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(kem; kom or kvam, kómum or kvamúm; kominn), v.

1) to come (litlu síðarr kómu Finnar aptr heim);

2) to come, arrive (bréf kómu frá Skúla jarli);

kom svá, at (it came to pass, that) Bárði var heitit meyjunni;

3) with dat. of the object, to make to come, to take, bring, carry, etc.;

hann skyldi koma Þór í Geirröðargarða, he should make Th. come to G.;

hann kom Þórhaddi heilum yfir ána, he brought Th. safe across the river;

koma e-m í hel, to put one to death;

koma e-m til falls, to make one fall;

koma e-m í sætt við e-n, to reconcile one with another;

koma sér vel hjá e-m, to bring oneself into favour with, be agreeable to (þeir kómu sér vel við alla);

koma e-u til leiðar (til vegar), to effect, bring about;

koma orðum við e-n, to speak with a person (hann gørði sik svá reiðan, at ekki mátti orðum við hann koma);

4) with preps.:

koma e-u af sér, to get rid of (allt mun ek til vinna at koma af mér yðvarri reiði);

koma e-u af, to abolish (Þvi hafði eigi orðit af komitmeði öllu);

koma at e-m, to come upon one (kómu þessir at honum fyrir Sjólandi með tveim skipum);

koma at hendi, to happen (mikill vandi er kominn at hendi);

impers., Gunnarr játaði því, en þá er at kom, vildi hann eigi, G. agreed to it, but when it came to the point he would not;

koma at e-u, to come at, regain, recover (koma at hamri);

koma sér at e-u, to bring oneself to (Þ. kom sér ekki at því);

koma á e-t, to come on, hit (höggit kom á lærit);

koma e-u á, to bring about, effect (máttu þeir øngum flutningum á koma);

koma kristni (dat.) á England, to christianize E.;

koma fram, to come forth, appear, emerge (sigldi E. suðr með landi ok kom fram í Danmörk); to be produced, brought forward (nú mun pat fram koma sem ek sagða);

koma e-u fram, to bring about, effect (koma fram hefndum);

koma fyrir e-t, to be an equivalent for (fyrir víg Hjartar skyldi koma víg Kols);

allt mun koma fyrir eitt, it will all come to the same;

koma fyrir ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail;

e-m þykkir fyrir ván komit, at, one thinks it past all hope, that;

koma e-u fyrir, to destroy (hann kom hverjum hesti fyrir);

koma í e-t, to come into, enter;

mál koma í dóm, suits are brought up for judgement;

koma niðr, to come down;

hann reyndi eptir, hvar G. væri niðr kominn, what had become of G.;

kom þar niðr tal hennar, at hon sagði honum, hversu, the end of her talk was, that she told him how koma;

koma hart niðr, to pay dearly for it (ek hafða illa til gört, enda kom ek hart niðr);

koma saman, to come together, gather (er saman kom liðit); to agree;

þat kom saman (or ásamt) með þeim, they agreed on it;

impers., kom þeim vel saman (ásamt), they agreed well;

koma e-u saman, to bring about, effect;

koma saman sættum með e-m, to reconcile them;

koma til e-s, to come to a person or place (jarlinn kom með allan her sinn til Dyflinnar);

koma till ríkis, to come to, or succeed to, the throne;

koma til e-s, to cause: þat kemr til þess, at, the reason is, that; to help, avail: koma til lítils, to come to little, be of small avail (= koma fyrir lítit); to concern: þetta mál kemr ekki til þín, this quarrel is no business of thine; þat er til mín kemr, so far as I am concerned; to mean, signify (Þ. kvezk skilja, hvar orð hans kómu til); to be of value: sverð þat, er til kom mörk gulls, that was worth a ‘mark’ of gold; mikit þykkir til e-s koma, one is much thought of, is thought to be of great importance;

koma til, to be born;

koma e-m undan, to help one to escape;

koma undir e-n, to come unto one;

ef undir oss skal koma kjörit, if we are to choose;

koma e-m undir, to get one down, overcome one;

koma upp, to come up;

tungl kemr upp, the moon rises;

eldr kom upp, fire broke out;

kom þá upp af tali þeirra, at, the end of their talk was, that; to come out, become known (kom þat þá upp, at hann hafði beðit hennar);

koma e-u upp, to open (kerling tekr hörpuna ok vildi upp koma);

hann mátti lengi eigi orði upp koma, it was long before he could utter a word;

koma við e-t, to touch (komit var við hurðina);

þeir kómu við sker, they struck on a reef;

hann kemr við margar sögur, he appears in many sagas; to be added to (koma þær nætr við hinar fyrri);

koma við, to fit, be convenient, suit;

koma e-u við, to employ, make use of (ek mátta eigi boganum við koma); hann kom því við (he brought about), at engi skyldi fara með vápn; urðu þeir at flýja sem því kómu við, all fled that could;

koma sér við, to bring about, effect, be able to do (ek mun veita þér slíkt lið sem ek má mér við koma); to behave (hversu hann kom sér við í þessum málum);

koma yfir, to pass over (hvert kveld, er yfir kom);

5) refl., komast;

f. arrival, = kváma.

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pres. sing. kem, kemr, kemr; an older form komr is used constantly in very old and good vellum MSS., as the Kb. of Sæm.; and even spelt keomr or ceomr (in Eluc., Greg., etc.); reflex. komsk, 2nd pers. kømztu ( pervenis), Sdm. 10: pret. kom, kom-k, I came, Skm. 18: 2nd pers. komt, 17, mod. komst: the pret. plur. varies, kvámu being the oldest form; kvómu, often in the MSS.; kómu, as it is still pronounced in the west of Icel.; the usual and latest form is komu, with a short vowel; the spelling of the MSS. cannot always be ascertained, as the word is usually written k^umu or q^umu: pret. subj. kvæmi and kꝍmi (kæmi): imperat. kom, kom-ðú, proncd, kondu, come thou! pret. infin. kómu ( venisse), Fms. i. 224 (in a verse), Geisli 62:—with suff. neg., pres. kmr-at or kømr-að, Akv. 11, Grág. ii. 141, Gkv. 3. 8; pret. kom-a, kom-að, came not, Ls. 56, Þorf. Karl. (in a verse), Þd. 18; 2nd pers. komtaðu ( non venisti), Am. 99; subj. kømi-a ( non veniret), Gs. 10: reflex., pres. kømsk-at, Grág. ii. 180; pret. komsk-at ( could not come), Am. 3:—a middle form, pres. 1st pers. komum-k (komumsk), Ó. H. 140, 214, Skm. 10, 11; subj. pres. komimk, Ó. H. 85; pret. kømomc, Hbl. 33 (Bugge); part. pass. kominn, see Gramm. p. xix. The preterite forms kvam and kvaminn, used in the Edition of the Sturl. and in a few other mod. Editions without warrant in the MSS., are due to the fact that the Edition of Sturl. was published from a transcript now in the Advocates’ Library in Edinburgh, made by the learned priest Eyjolf á Völlum (died A. D. 1745), who used this spelling: in prehistoric times, before the age of writing, it may be assumed for certain that this verb had a v throughout, as in Gothic: [Ulf. qiman, i. e. qwiman, = ἔρχεσθαι; A. S. cuman; Engl. come; O. H. G. queman; Germ. kommen; Dutch komen; Dan. komme; Swed. komma; Lat. venio, qs. gvenio; the Ormul. spells cumenn, indicating a long root vowel; cp. North. E. coom.]

A. To come; sá þeirra sem fyrr kæmi, Fms. ix. 373; konungr kom norðr til Túnsbergs, 375; kómu Finnar heim, i. 9; þeir mágar kómu ór hjúkólfi, Sturl. ii. 124; kömr hann á konungs fund, Fms. ix. 221; þá vóru þeir norðan komnir, 308; hér er nú komin ær ein kollótt, Sturl. i. 159, passim.

2. to become, arrive; bréf kómu frá Skúla jarli, Fms. ix. 375; ef svá síðarliga kömr skip til hlunns, Sks. 28; en er vár kom, Eg. 167; koma at máli við e-n, to have an interview, talk with one, 467; konungi kom njósn, Fms. vii. 57; þá komu honum þau tíðendi, i. 37; þetta kom allt fyrir Ingimar, vii. 114; kom honum þat (it came to him, he got it) fyrir útan fé, en engum kom fyrr, x. 394; hvat sem á bak kemr, whatsoever may befall, Nj. 193; koma e-m at haldi, or í hald, to avail oneself, 192, Fms. x. 413; koma at gagni, to ‘come in useful,’ be of use, Nj. 264; koma at úvörum, to come at unawares, Ld. 132; koma e-m fyrir úvart, id., Fms. xi. 290; koma á úvart, Nj. 236; koma í þörf = koma í gagn, Fms. vii. 14; hvar kom kapp þitt þá? Bs. i. 18; mál koma í dóm, to be brought up for judgment, Fms. vii. 115; líðr vetrinn, kemr þar ( that time comes) er menn fara til Gulaþings, Eg. 340; var þá svá komit, at allir menn vóru sofa farnir, 376; kom svá ( it came to pass) at Bárði var heitið meyjunni, 26; svá kemr, kemr þar, at, it comes to pass. Fb. i. 174, ii. 48, 68; láta koma, to let come, put; síðan létu þeir koma eld í spánuna, Fms. xi. 34.

3. in greeting; kom heill, welcome! kom heill ok sæll, frændi! Nj. 175: mod. komdu (kondu) sæll! komið þér sælir!

II. with prepp.; koma á, to hit; ef á kömr, Grág. ii. 7:—koma at, to come to, arrive, happen; láttu at því koma, let it be so, Dropl. 24; kom þat mjök optliga at honum, of sickness, Fms. vii. 150; kom at þeim svefnhöfgi, sleep came upon them, Nj. 104; koma at hendi, to happen; mikill vandi er kominn at hendi, 177, Hom. 80; koma at e-u, to come at, regain, recover; koma at hamri, Þkv. 32:—koma fram, to come forth, appear, stund var í milli er þeir sá framstafninn ok inn eptri kom fram, Fms. ii. 304; engin kom önnur vistin fram, Eg. 549; nú eru öll sóknar-gögn fram komin, Nj. 143: to emerge, hann kom fram í Danmörk, Hkr. i. 210, 277, Ísl. ii. 232, Eg. 23, Landn. 134, Orkn. 152: to arrive, sendimenn fóru ok fram kómu, Fms. xi. 27; reifa mál þau fyrst er fyrst eru fram komin, each in its turn, Grág. i. 64: to be fulfilled, happen, því er á þínum dögum mun fram koma, Ld. 132; nú mun þat fram komit sem ek sagða, Eg. 283; kom nú fram spásagan Gests, Ld. 286; öll þessi merki kómu fram ok fylldusk, Stj. 444; aldrei skal maðr arf taka eptir þann mann er hann vegr, eðr ræðr bana fram kominn, whom he has slain, or whose death he has devised with effect, Grág. ii. 113; staðar-prýði flest fram komin, Bs. i. 146; vera langt fram kominn, mod. áfram kominn, to be ‘in extremis,’ at the point of death, 644; er sú frásögn eigi langt fram komin, this story comes from not far off, i. e. it is derived from first, not second hand, Fms. viii. 5:—koma fyrir, to come as payment, tvau hundrað skyldu koma fyrir víg Snorra (of weregild), Sturl. ii. 158; henni kvaðsk aldri hefnt þykkja Kjartans, nema Bolli kæmi fyrir, Ld. 240; allt mun koma fyrir eitt, it will come to the same, Lv. 11, Nj. 91, Fms. i. 208; koma fyrir ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail, Ísl. ii. 215, Fms. vi. 5:—koma í, to enter, come in, a fisherman’s term; koma í drátt, to hook a fish; at í komi með ykkr Þorbrandssonum, that ye and the Th. come to loggerheads, Eb. 80:—koma með, to come with a thing, to bring; kondu með það, fetch it!—koma til, to come to; vera kann at eigi spillisk þótt ek koma til, Eg. 506; nú er rétt lögruðning til ykkar komin, Nj. 236; koma til ríkis, to come to a kingdom, Eg. 268; þeir létu til hans koma um alla héraðs-stjórn, Fs. 44: to befall, kom svá til efnis, it so happened, Mar.; þeim hlutum sem hafinu kunni opt til at koma, Stj. 105, Sks. 323: to mean, signify, en hvar kom þat til er hann sagði, Ó. H. 87; ef þat kom til annars, en þess er hann mælti, id.: to cause, hygg ek at meir komi þar til lítilmennska, Eb. 172; konungr spurði hvat til bæri úgleði hans, hann kvað koma til mislyndi sína, Fms. vi. 355, Fb. ii. 80, Band. 29 new Ed.: to concern, þetta mál er eigi kom síðr til yðvar en vár, Fms. vii. 130; þetta mál kemr ekki til þín, Nj. 227; þat er kemr til Knúts, Fms. v. 24; þat er til mín kemr, so far as I am concerned, iv. 194; hann kvað þetta mál ekki til sín koma, vi. 100; þeir eru orðmargir ok láta hvervetna til sín koma, meddle in all things, 655 xi. 2: to belong to, skulu þeir gjalda hinum slíka jörð sem til þeirra kemr, proportionally, Jb. 195; kemr þat til vár er lögin kunnum, Nj. 149; sú sök er tylptar-kviðr kömr til, Grág. i. 20; tylptar-kviðar á jafnan á þingi at kveðja, þar sem hann kömr til saka, ii. 37; þá er komit til þessa gjalds ( it is due), er menn koma í akkeris-sát, 408: to help, avail, koma til lítils, to come to little, be of small avail, Nj. 149, Fms. vi. 211; at göra litla fésekt, veit ek eigi hvat til annars kemr, I am not aware what else will do, I believe that will meet the case best, Band. 36 new Ed.; koma til, to ‘come to,’ of a person in a swoon, etc.; veit ek eigi til hvers koma mun sú tiltekja Fb. i. 177, Fms. xi. 103; hvar til þessi svör skulu koma, i. 3; það kemr til, it will all come right; kom þar til með kóngum tveim, two kings came to a quarrel, Skíða R. 48: to be of value, importance, authority, þótti allt meira til hans koma, Fas. i. 16; hvart sem til hans kæmi meira eðr minna, Fms. xi. 76; sverð þat er til kom hálf mörk gulls, Ld. 32; svá fémikill at til kómu tuttugu merkr gulls, Fms. xi. 85; mér þykir lítið til hans koma, I think little of him:—koma saman, to come together, live together, marry, K. Á. 134: to agree, þat kom saman með þeim, they agreed on it, Dropl. 9, Gísl. 41; kom þat ásamt með þeim, id., Fb. i. 168; koma vel ásamt, to agree well, Nj. 25:—koma undir e-n, to come unto one, ef undir oss bræðr skal koma kjörit, if we are to choose, Nj. 192; öll lögmæt skil þau er undir mik koma á þessu þingi, 239: to depend on, það er mikit undir komið, at …, be of importance:—koma upp, to come up, break out; kom þá upp grátr fyrir henni, she burst into tears, Fms. ix. 477; er lúðrar kvæði við, ok herblástr kæmi upp, v. 74; er seiðlætin kómu upp, Ld. 152; eldr kom upp, fire came up, Ölk. 35, (hence elds-uppkoma, an upcome of fire, an eruption); ef nokkut kemr síðan sannara upp, Fms. vii. 121: þá kom þat upp at hann hafði beðit hennar, Eg. 587; kom þat upp af tali þeirra, at …, Fms. vii. 282; þat kom upp ( it ended so) at hverr skyldi vera vin annars, i. 58: to turn up, ek ætla mér góðan kost hvárn sem upp kemr, Eg. 715; mun nú hamingjan skipta hverr upp kemr, 418; at sakar görðisk eða upp kæmi, Grág. i. 27; skaut til Guðs sínu máli, ok bað hann láta þat upp koma er hann sæi at bazt gegni, Ó. H. 195, Stj. 385:—koma við, to touch, hit; sé eigi komið við, if it is not touched, Grág. ii. 65; komit var við hurðina, Fas. i. 30; at þeir skyldi koma við torfuna, Ld. 60; hefi ek aldrei svá reitt vápn at manni, at eigi hafi við komit, Nj. 185; hann kemr við margar sögur, he comes up, appears in many Sagas, Ld. 334; koma þeir allir við þessa sögu síðan, Nj. 30; sem ek kom við (as I mentioned, touched upon) í morgin, Fms. ii. 142; er mestr er, ok úskapligast komi við, Ld. 118: to fit, þat kemr lítt við, ‘tis not meet, it won’t do, Lv. 20; mun ek gefa þér tveggja dægra byr þann er bezt kemr við, Fas. iii. 619: koma við, to land, call; þeir vóru komnir við Ísland, Eg. 128; þeir kómu við Hernar, Nj. 4; þeir kómu suðr við Katanes, 127; þeir kómu við sker ( struck on a skerry) ok brutu stýri sín, Fms. ix. 164; hann hafði komit við hval, he had struck against a whale, Sturl. ii. 164; hence in mod. usage, koma við, to call, make a short stay, also on land: to be added to, tekr heldr at grána gamanit ok koma kveðlingar við, i. 21; koma þær nætr við inar fyrri, Rb. 58; þá koma enn ellefu nætr við, 22:—koma yfir, to overcome, pass over; íss er yfir kömr, Hm. 81; hvert kveld er yfir kom, Finnb. 230; hryggleikr kom yfir, 623. 57; at sá dagr myndi ekki yfir koma, Sks. 111.

B. With the dat. of the object, to make to come, put, bring, carry; páfa þess, er Kristni (dat.) kom á England, who Christianised England, Íb. 14; koma mönnum til réttrar trúar, Fms. i. 146; koma orðum við e-n, to speak to a person; görðisk hann styggr svá at fáir menn máttu orðum við hann koma, i. e. that no one could come to words with him, Eg. 3; hann görði sik svá reiðan, at ekki mátti orðum við hann koma, Fms. i. 83, xi. 293; koma vélræðum við e-n, to plan against one, Eg. 49; koma flugu í munn e-m, Nj. 64, 68; þú skalt ekki láta í skorta at koma þeim í (málit) með þér, 271; hann skyldi koma Þór í Geirröðar-garða, make Thor come to G., Edda 60; hann kom Þorhaddi heilum yfir ána, he brought Th. safe across the river, Þorst. Síðu H. 181; koma kaupi, to bring about a bargain, Gþl. 415; koma e-m í hel, to put one to death, Anal. 233; koma e-m til falls, to make one fall, Edda 34; koma e-m í sætt, Fs. 9; mun ek koma þér í sætt við konung, Eg. 227; hann kom sér í mikla kærleika við jarlinn, Nj. 268; koma sér í þjónustu, Fs. 84; koma sér vel, to put oneself in favour, be engaging; ek hefi komit mér vel hjá meyjum, Kormak; þeir komu sér vel við alla, Fas. iii. 529, Fs. 96, Nj. 66; koma sér ílla, to make oneself hated; það kemr sér ílla, it is ill seen, unpleasant; as also, það kemr sér vel, a thing is agreeable, acceptable; koma e-u til leiðar, to effect, make, Nj. 250, Eb. 118; koma e-u til vegar, id., Ld. 320; koma tölu á, to put, count on, count, number, Anal. 217; koma friði, sættum á, to bring peace, agreement about: hann kom þeim á flótta, he put them to flight, Fms. vii. 235; tóku þar allt er þeir kómu höndum á, all they could catch, ix. 473; koma e-m ór eldi, Fb. i. 300; tók hann merkit ok kom því (put it, hid it) í millum klæða sinna, Nj. 274: Gunnarr kom þangat at þeim örunum, 115; allt þat er bitið var ok blóði kom út á, where it was bitten so as to make blood flow, Fms. vii. 187.

II. with prepp.; koma e-u fram, to effect; koma fram ferð, máli, Nj. 102; til lítils þætti þat koma, en enginn kvæmi sínu máli fram þótt til alþingis væri stefnt, 149, Fb. ii. 90; þat skal aldri verða at hann komi þessu fram, Eg. 765; ef ek kem hefndum fram, Ld. 262; koma fram lögum við e-n. Eg. 722:—koma e-u á, to bring about, introduce:—koma e-u af, to abolish; þó fékk hann því ekki af komit, Bs. i. 165; koma e-u af sér, to get rid of, Fs. 96, Eb. 40, 41:—koma e-u fyrir, to arrange; koma e-m fyrir, to get a place for one; hann kom honum fyrir í skóla: to destroy (fyrir-koma), hann kom hverjum hesti fyrir, Glúm. 356:—koma e-u upp, to open; áðr ek kom henni upp, before I could open it, Fms. iii. 74; kerling tekr hörpuna ok vildi upp koma ( open), nú fær hón upp komit hörpunni, Fas. i. 233; hann mátti lengi eigi orði upp koma fyrir harmi, it was long before he could speak, utter a word, Fms. vi. 234; sá svarar er mátti máli upp koma, vii. 288:—koma e-m undir, to overthrow one, get one down; varð at kenna afls-munar áðr hann kæmi honum undir, Eb. 172:—koma e-m undan, to make one escape. Fms. vii. 265, 623. 18:—ek ætla at koma mér útan, I think to go abroad, Nj. 261:—koma e-u við, to bring about, effect, to be able to do; ek mun veita þér slíkt sem ek má mér við koma, as I can, Nj.; þú munt öðru koma við en gabba oss, Anal. 77; hann kom því við ( brought about) at engi skyldi fara með vápn, Fms. vii. 240; ef váttum kvæmi við, in a case where witnesses were at hand, Íb. 12; liðit flýði allt þat er því kom við, all that could fled, Eg. 529; Guðmundr hafði almanna-lof hversu hann kom sér við ( how he behaved) þessum málum, Nj. 251; komi þeir til er því koma við, who can, Gþl. 371; menn skyldi tala hljótt ef því kæmi við, Sturl. iii. 147; ef því kemr við, if it is possible, Gþl. 429; urðu þeir at flýja sem því kómu við, Fb. ii. 187; ekki mun oss þetta duga, at hann komi boganum við, Nj. 96.

C. Reflex. komask, to come to the end, get through, reach, Lat. pervenire; the difference between the active and reflex. is seen from such phrases as, hann kemr ef hann kemst, he will come if he can; or, eg komst ekki á stað, I could not get off; eg komst ekki fyrir íllviðri, I could not come for bad weather; or, to come into a certain state, with the notion of chance, hap, komask í lífs háska, to come into danger of life; komask í skipreika, to be shipwrecked, and the like; Þorfinnr kom öngu hljóði í lúðrinn, ok komsk eigi upp blástrinn, Fms. ix. 30; komask á fætr, to get on one’s legs, Eg. 748; hann komsk við svá búit í ríki sitt, Hkr. i. 76; meina honum vötn eða veðr svá at hann má ekki komask til þess staðar, Grág. i. 496; hann komsk með sundi til lands, Eg. 261; kómusk sauðirnir upp á fjallit fyrir þeim, Nj. 27; ef Gunnarr færi eigi utan ok mætti hann komask, 111; ef maðr byrgir mann inni í húsi, svá at hann má eigi út komask, so that he cannot get out, Grág. ii. 110; en allt fólk flýði með allt lausa-fé er með fékk komisk, with all the property they could carry with them, Fms. i. 153; ek komumk vel annar-staðar út, þótt hér gangi eigi, Nj. 202; komask á milli manna, to get oneself among people, intrude oneself, 168; komsk hann í mestu kærleika við konung, Eg. 12; komask at orði, to come by a word, to express oneself; einsog hann að orði komsk, passim.

II. with prepp.; komast á, to get into use; það komst á:—komask af, to get off, escape, save one’s life; hann bað menn duga svá at af kæmisk skipit, Fms. x. 98; tveir druknuðu, en hinir kómusk af:—komask at e-u, to get at a thing, procure; mörgum manns-öldrum síðarr komsk at bók þeirri Theodosius, Niðrst. 10; Hrani gat komisk at trúnaði margra ríkra manna, Fms. iv. 62; þú hefir at þessum peningum vel komisk, ‘tis money well gotten, i. 256; eigi skaltú ílla at komask, thou shall not get it unfairly, vii. 124:—komast eptir, to enquire into, get information of:—komask fyrir, to prevent, come in another’s way:—koma hjá e-u, to evade, pass by, escape doing:—komast til e-s, to come towards, and metaph. to have time for a thing, ek komst ekki til þess, I have no time; eg komst ekki til að fara:—komask undan, to escape; allt þat lið er undan komsk, Eg. 261; ekki manns barn komsk undan, Fms. xi. 387; komask undan á flótta, Eg. 11:—komask við, to be able; komusk þeir ekki í fyrstu við atlöguna, Fms. vii. 264; ef hann vill refsa údáða-mönnum, ok má þó við komask, N. G. L. i. 123; brenn allt ok bæl, sem þú mátt við komask, Fær. 64; ef ek viðr of kœmimk, Hbl. 33; þá er ek komumk við, Eg. 319; komask við veðri, to get abroad, Rd. 252; hann lét þat ekki við veðri komask, Fms. vii. 165: to be touched (við-kvæmni), hann komsk við mjök ok felldi tár, iii. 57; eða hann komisk við ( repent) ok hverfi aptr at íllsku sinni, Greg. 41; þá komsk mjök við inn válaði, svá at hann matti eigi lengi orði upp koma fyrir harmi, Fms. vi. 234; þá komsk hón við ákaflega mjök, Clem. 32; með við komnu hjarta, with a touched heart, Bs. i. 561, Karl. 166:—komask yfir e-t, to overcome, get hold of; er hann komsk yfir fét, Bárð. 175.

D. Part. kominn, in special phrases; inn komni maðr, a new comer, stranger, Gullþ. 47; at kominn, arrived; hinn aðkomni maðr, a guest; at kominn, just come to, on the brink of; kominn at andláti, at dauða, to be at the last gasp; var at komit, at …, it was on the point of happening, that …, Str. 8; vóru þeir mjök at komnir ( much exhausted) svá magrir vóru þeir, Fas. iii. 571:—heill kominn, hail! Blas. 42; vel kominn, welcome! vertu vel kominn! ver með oss vel kominn, Þiðr. 319, Fs. 158; hann bað þá vera vel komna, passim; so also, það er vel komið, ‘it is welcome,’ i. e. with great pleasure, granting a favour:—placed, ertu maðr sannorðr ok kominn nær frétt, Nj. 175; Pétri var svá nær komit, P. was so closely pursued, Fms. ix. 48; ok nú eigi allfjarri yðr komit, xi. 123; svá vel er sá uppsát komin, at …, ix. 368: situated, hann (the hospital) er kominn á fjall upp, is situated on a fell, Symb. 18; útsker þat er komit af þjóðleið, Eg. 369: metaph., vel, ílla kominn, well placed, in good, bad estate; ek þykjumk hér vel kominn; hann var vel til náms kominn, he was in a good place for learning, Bs. i. 153; þat fé er ílla komit er fólgit er í jörðu, Grett. 39 new Ed.; mér þykkir son minn hvergi betr kominn, methinks my son is nowhere better off, in better hands, Fms. vi. 5; lítt ertú nú kominn, Njarð. 376; þykkjumk ek hér vel kominn með þér, Nj. 258:—kominn af, or frá e-m, come of, descended from, Landn., Eb., passim:—kominn á sik vel, in a good state, accomplished, Orkn. 202; hverjum manni betr á sik kominn, Ld. 110; kominn á sik manna bezt, Ísl. ii. 203: vera á legg kominn, to be grown up, Fms. xi. 186; vera svá aldrs kominn, to be of such an age, Fs. 4, 13, Sturl. iii. 100, Fms. xi. 56; hér er allvel á komit, it suits well enough, Bs. i. 531: hann sagði henni hvar þá var komit, how matters stood, Nj. 271, Fms. ii. 152; hann undi vel við þar sem komit var, as it stood, in statu quo, Nj. 22; Sveinn segir honum sem komit var þessu máli, Fms. ii. 159; at svá komnu, as matters stand, Bs. i. 317; málum várum er komit í únýtt efni, Nj. 164, 190:—vera kominn til e-s, to be entitled to, have due to one; ef hann fengi þat er hann var eigi til kominn, Fms. x. 7; þeir er til einskis eru komnir, ix. 248; fá þeir margir af yðr sæmd mikla er til minna eru komnir, en hann, Eg. 111; þeim til sæmdar er til þess er kominn, Sks. 311, rétt komnir til konungdóms, rétt kominn til Noregs, right heir to the kingdom, to Norway, Fms. ix. 332; lézk Sigvaldi nú kominn til ráða við Astríði, xi. 104: fit for, entitled to, hann þótti vel til kominn at vera konungr yfir Danmörk, i. 65: shapen, þetta mál er svá til komit, vii. 130; sagðisk hann eigi verr til manns kominn en Sturla bróðir hans, Sturl.; eigi þóttusk þeir til minna vera komnir fyrir ættar sakir, entitled to less, Eb. 17.

II. part. pres. komandi, a new comer, stranger, Fbr. 168, Stj. 525: one to come, future generations, verandum ok viðr-komendum, N. G. L. i. 121; allir menn verandi ok eptir-komandi, D. I. i. 3; komendr, pl. guests, comers.

espérer [εspeʀe]

➭ TABLE 6 transitive verb

[+ succès, récompense, aide] to hope for

• espérer réussir to hope to succeed

• espérer que to hope that

• je n'en espérais pas tant I wasn't hoping for as much

• viendra-t-il ? -- j'espère (bien) will he come? -- I (certainly) hope so

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1) ( appeler de ses vœux)

2) ( escompter) to expect (de from)

verbe intransitif to hope

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1. vt

2. vi

1)

2)

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espérer verb table: céder

A vtr

1 ( appeler de ses vœux) espérer qch to hope for sth; il n'y a plus rien/grand-chose à espérer there's nothing left/not much left to hope for; espérer faire to hope to do; j'espère avoir fait I hope (that) I have done; espérer que to hope (that); ceci, je l'espère, te conviendra this, I hope, will suit you; il comprendra, j'espère? he will understand, I hope?; ‘il comprendra?’-‘je l'espère/j'espère bien’ ‘will he understand?’-‘I hope so/I should hope so’; j'espère que oui/que non I hope so/not; que peut-on espérer de plus? what more can you hope for?; laisser espérer que to raise hopes that; laisser espérer une guérison rapide to raise hopes of a rapid recovery;

2 ( escompter) to expect (de from); je n' en espérais pas tant it's more than I expected; laisser espérer qch à qn to lead sb to expect sth; je ne t'espérais plus I had given up on you.

B vi to hope; on peut toujours espérer! iron one can always hope!; espérer en Dieu to trust in God.

[ɛspere] verbe transitif

1. [souhaiter] to hope

2. [escompter] to expect

3. [attendre] to expect, to wait for (inseparable)

on ne vous espérait plus! we'd given up on you!

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[ɛspere] verbe intransitif

il faut espérer en des temps meilleurs we must live in hope of better times

vivre [vivʀ]

➭ TABLE 46

1. intransitive verb

   a. to live

• quand l'ambulance est arrivée, il vivait encore he was still alive when the ambulance arrived

• vivre vieux to live to a great age

• le colonialisme a vécu colonialism has had its day

• il fait bon vivre it's good to be alive

• vivre à Londres/en France to live in London/in France

• vivre avec qn to live with sb

• ils vivent ensemble they are living together

• vivre dans le passé/dans la crainte to live in the past/in fear

• vivre dangereusement to live dangerously

• se laisser vivre to live for the day

• laissez-les vivre ! let them be! ; (slogan anti-avortement) let them live!

• être facile/difficile à vivre to be easy/difficult to get on with

• il faut vivre avec son temps you've got to move with the times

• vivre de laitages/de rentes to live on dairy produce/a private income

• vivre au jour le jour to live from hand to mouth

• vivre bien to live well

• avoir (juste) de quoi vivre to have (just) enough to live on

• il vit de sa peinture he earns his living by painting

• travailler/écrire pour vivre to work/write for a living

• faire vivre qn [personne] to support sb

• je n'aime pas ce métier mais il me fait vivre I don't like this job but it pays the bills

• vivre de l'air du temps to live on air

• vivre d'amour et d'eau fraîche to live on love alone

• on vit bien en France life is good in France

• c'est un homme qui a beaucoup vécu he's a man who's lived life to the full

• elle ne vit plus depuis que son fils est pilote she's been living on her nerves since her son became a pilot

   b. [idée, rue, paysage] to be alive

2. transitive verb

   a. ( = passer) to spend

• vivre des jours heureux to spend happy days

• la vie ne vaut pas la peine d'être vécue life isn't worth living

   b. [+ événement, guerre] to live through

• nous vivons des temps troublés we are living in troubled times

• vivre sa vie to live one's own life

• il a mal vécu son divorce he had a hard time of it when he got divorced

3. plural masculine noun

vivres supplies

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1) ( connaître) to live through [époque, période]; to go through [heures difficiles, enfer]; to experience [amour, passion]

2) ( ressentir) to cope with [divorce, échec]

verbe intransitif

1) Biologie ( être vivant) to live

2) ( habiter) to live

3) ( exister) [personne] to live

4) ( survivre) [personne] to live

5) ( durer) [relation, mode] to last

6) ( être animé) [ville, rue] to be full of life

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1. vi

1) (= résider) to live

2) (= être vivant) to be alive

3) (= exister, mener son existence) to live

4) (= subsister) to live

2. vt

1) [vie] to live, [aventures] to go through, [temps] to spend

2) (= ressentir)

3) (autres locutions)

3. nm

4. vivres nmpl

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vivre verb table: vivre

A vtr

1 ( connaître) to live through [époque, période]; to go through [heures difficiles, cauchemar, enfer]; to experience [amour, passion]; vivre son mariage comme un sacrifice to view one's marriage as self-sacrifice; être vécu comme un affront to be taken as an insult; vivre une vie tranquille/agitée to lead a quiet/hectic life; la vie vaut d'être vécue life is worth living; vivre sa vie to lead one's own life;

2 ( ressentir) to cope with [divorce, échec, changement]; comment as-tu vécu votre séparation? how did you cope with your separation?; vivre sa foi to put one's faith into practice^GB?

B vi

1 Biol ( être vivant) [personne, animal, plante] to live; vivre longtemps/vieux/centenaire to live for a long time/to a great age/to be a hundred; cesser de vivre euph to pass away; vive la révolution/le président! long live the revolution/the president!; vive(nt) les vacances! three cheers for the holidays GB ou the vacation US!; vive la vie! life is wonderful!; vive moi/nous! three cheers for me/us!; vive Paul! hurray for Paul!;

2 ( habiter) [personne, animal, plante] to live; vivre à la campagne/en démocratie to live in the country/in a democracy; il vit avec quelqu'un he's living with somebody; vivre à cinq dans une chambre to live five to a room; être facile/difficile à vivre [conjoint, concubin] to be easy/difficult to live with; [ami, collègue] to be easy/difficult to get on with; vivre les uns sur les autres to live on top of each other;

3 ( exister) [personne] to live; vivre en ermite to live like a hermit; vivre dans la crainte/pour ses enfants to live in fear/for one's children; vivre avec son temps to move with the times; vivre à contre-courant to go one's own way; vivre en pyjama to live in one's pyjamas GB ou pajamas US; se laisser vivre to take things easy; apprendre à qn à vivre○ to teach sb some manners○; savoir vivre ( profiter de la vie) to know how to enjoy life; ( être poli) to know how things are done;

4 ( survivre) [personne] to live; bien vivre to live well; vivre de peu to live on very little; de quoi vit-elle? what does she live on?; avoir de quoi vivre to have enough to live on; vivre avec presque rien/sur son capital/de la charité to live on next to nothing/on one's capital/on charity; vivre de légumes to live on vegetables; vivre sur sa réputation to live on one's reputation; vivre de ses rentes to have a private income; faire vivre qn ( matériellement) to keep sb; vivre aux dépens de qn to live off sb; vivre d'espoir to live in hope; qu'est-ce qui te fait vivre? what keeps you going?;

5 ( durer) [relation, mode, idéologie] to last; le gouvernement ne vivra pas longtemps the government won't last long; avoir vécu [personne] to have seen a great deal of life; hum ( être usé) [objet, idée] to have had its day; mes chaussures ont vécu my shoes have had their day; leur souvenir vivra dans nos mémoires their memory will live on in our hearts;

6 ( être animé) [ville, rue] to be full of life.

C se vivre vpr ( être ressenti) le divorce se vit souvent très mal divorce is often very hard to cope with.

D vivres nmpl

1 ( nourriture) food, supplies;

2 ( moyens de subsistance) couper les vivres à qn to cut off sb's allowance.

le vivre et le couvert board and lodging; vivre de l'air du temps to live on air; vivre sur un grand pied to live in great style; qui vivra verra what will be will be.

[vivr] nom masculin

le vivre et le couvert bed and board

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vivres nom masculin pluriel

food (substantif non comptable), foodstuffs, provisions

[vivr] verbe intransitif

1. BIOLOGIE [personne, animal] to live, to be alive

[cellule, plante] to live

2. [mener une existence] to live

a. [on est inquiet] we're worried sick

b. [on est harassé] this isn't a life, this isn't what you can call living

a. [il est impoli] he has no manners

b. [il est trop nerveux] he doesn't know how to enjoy life

3. [résider] to live

a. [maritalement] to live with somebody

b. [en amis] to share ou to live with somebody

vivre ensemble [couple non marié] to live together

4. [subsister] to live

a. [personne] to provide a living for ou to support a family

b. [commerce] to provide a living for a family

5. [se perpétuer - croyance, coutume] to be alive

6. [donner l'impression de vie - sculpture, tableau]

voici une description qui vit here is a description that is full of life

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[vivr] verbe transitif

1. [passer par - époque, événement] to live through (inseparable)

2. [assumer - divorce, grossesse, retraite] to experience

3. (locution)

what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc: (now) that is (thatis) going too far!

a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....1 have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

• (ВОН < ВОТ> КУДА ХВАТИЛ < МАХНУЛ>! highly coll; ЭК(А) (КУДА) ХВАТИЛ! substand

[sent; pfv past only; fixed WO]

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⇒ what you (he etc) said is grossly exaggerated, foolish etc:

- (now) that is < that's> going too far!;

- where'd you <he etc> get that from?;

- what will you <he etc> say next?;

- what put that idea into your <his etc> head?;

- [in limited contexts] you have really surpassed yourself <he has really surpassed himself etc>!

     ♦ "...Не видать книг у вас! - сказал Пенкин. - Но умоляю вас, прочтите одну вещь; готовится великолепная... поэма: "Любовь взяточника к падшей женщине"... Я слышал отрывки - автор велик! В нём слышится то Дант, то Шекспир..." - "Вон куда хватили!" (Гончаров 1). "...Idon'tsee any books in your room!" said Pyenkin. "But one thing I urge you to read: a magnificent...poem: The Love of an Extortionist for a Fallen Woman'....I have heard extracts from it - the author is great! It has the ring of Dante...Shakespeare..." "Now that is going too far!" (1b).

     ♦ [Аммос Фёдорович:] Это значит вот что: Россия... да... хочет вести войну, и министерия-то, вот видите, и подослала чиновника, чтобы узнать, нет ли где измены. [Городничий:] Эк куда хватили! (Гоголь 4). [А.Е:] Here's what I mean now: Russia... um, yes...wants to start war, and the ministry now, you see, has sent out a man to find out if there isn't treason somewhere. [Mayor:] Where'd you get that from! (4a).

     ♦ "Кто ж станет покупать их [ мёртвые души]? Ну, какое употребление он может из них сделать?" - "А может, в хозяйстве-то как-нибудь под случай понадобятся..." - возразила старуха... "Мёртвые в хозяйстве! Эк куда хватили! Воробьёв разве пугать по ночам в вашем огороде, что ли?" (Гоголь 3). "Who will want to buy them [dead souls]? To what use can one put them?" "But perhaps they can be put to some use in the household on an occasion..." retorted the old woman.... "Dead men to be put to use in the household! You have really surpassed yourself! What for, pray? To set them up on poles to scare off sparrows in your vegetable garden at night, or what?" (3c).

v/t

1. (beschaffen) get; (Taxi) auch find; jemandem etw. besorgen get s.o. s.th.; förm. provide s.o. with s.th.; bes. mit Mühe: get hold of s.th. for s.o. umg.; sich (Dat) etw. besorgen get ( oder buy) s.th.; umg. (stehlen) organize s.th.; jemandem eine Stelle besorgen get ( oder find) s.o. a job, fix s.o. up with a job; ich habe einiges zu besorgen I’ve got a bit of (Am. auch a little) shopping to do; ihm werd’ ich’s besorgen umg. I’ll sort him out; es jemandem besorgen oder jemandem eins besorgen vulg. (sexuell befriedigen) have it off with s.o., Am. do it with s.o.

2. (erledigen, sich kümmern um) see to, (auch Haushalt, Kranken) look after; wird besorgt! umg. will do!; die Auswahl der Stücke besorgte... the pieces were chosen ( oder compiled) by...; was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen Sprichw. never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

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to provide; to procure

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1) (= kaufen, beschaffen etc) to get; (euph inf = stehlen) to acquire (euph inf)

2) (= erledigen) to attend or see to

3) (= versorgen) to take care of, to look after

4) (inf)

5)

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

2) (to get or obtain: He managed to procure a car.) procure

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1. (kaufen)

▪ [jdm] etw \besorgen to buy [or get] [sb] sth; (beschaffen) to get [or form obtain] sth for sb [or sb sth], to procure sth for sb form

▪ sich dat etw \besorgen to get [oneself] sth, to obtain [or form procure] sth [for oneself]

jdm einen Job/Partner \besorgen to fix sb [up] with a job/partner

sich dat einen Job \besorgen to find oneself a job fam

2. (erledigen)

▪ etw \besorgen to see [or attend] to sth

jds Angelegenheiten \besorgen to look after [or manage] sb's affairs

den Haushalt \besorgen to run the household

▶ es jdm \besorgen (fam: jdn verprügeln) to give sb a thrashing; (es jdm heimzahlen) to give sb what for

ich habe es ihm richtig besorgt I really let him have it; (jdm die Meinung sagen) to give sb a piece of one's mind; (derb: jdn sexuell befriedigen) to give it to sb vulg

▶ was du heute \besorgen kannst, verschiebe nicht auf morgen (prov) do not postpone anything until tomorrow that could be done today

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1) get; (kaufen) buy

2) (erledigen) take care of; deal with

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besorgen v/t

1. (beschaffen) get; (Taxi) auch find;

jemandem etwas besorgen get sb sth; form provide sb with sth; besonders mit Mühe: get hold of sth for sb umg;

sich (dat)

etwas besorgen get ( oder buy) sth; umg (stehlen) organize sth;

jemandem eine Stelle besorgen get ( oder find) sb a job, fix sb up with a job;

ich habe einiges zu besorgen I’ve got a bit of (US auch a little) shopping to do;

ihm werd’ ich’s besorgen umg I’ll sort him out;

es jemandem besorgen oder

jemandem eins besorgen vulg (sexuell befriedigen) have it off with sb, US do it with sb

2. (erledigen, sich kümmern um) see to, (auch Haushalt, Kranken) look after;

wird besorgt! umg will do!;

die Auswahl der Stücke besorgte … the pieces were chosen ( oder compiled) by …;

was du heute kannst besorgen, das verschiebe nicht auf morgen sprichw never put off till tomorrow what you can do today

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1) get; (kaufen) buy

2) (erledigen) take care of; deal with

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to deal with v.

to get v.

or p.p.: gotten•)

to manage v.

to obtain v.

to provide v.

to see to v.

- jeden z najpiękniejszych parków, jakie można u nas zobaczyć one of the finest parks one can see here

- czytać można było tylko przy świecy one a. you could only read by candlelight

- wystawę będzie można obejrzeć we wrześniu the exhibition will open in September

- na to nie można liczyć one a. you can’t count on that

- na nim można/nie można polegać you can/can’t count a. rely on him

- można/nie można było tego uniknąć it could/couldn’t have been avoided

- można się było tego spodziewać one could a. might have expected that, that was (only) to be expected

- czego innego można się było po nim spodziewać? what else can a. could you expect from him?

- łatwiejszy, niż można by przypuszczać easier than one might have expected a. supposed, easier than might have been expected a. supposed

- można było powiedzieć, że nie chcesz iść ze mną you could a. should have told me you didn’t want to go with me

- można śmiało powiedzieć, że… it’s safe to say a. we can safely say that…

- sprawa pilna, rzec by można: niecierpiąca zwłoki a matter of urgency, one might say, brooking no delay książk., żart.

- jest pracowity, czego nie można powiedzieć o tobie he’s hard-working, which is more than can be said for a. of you

- nie można powiedzieć, żeby film nas rozczarował I can’t a. wouldn’t say the film disappointed us

- dzieci – nie można powiedzieć – zachowywały się grzecznie the children, it must be said, behaved very well

- nie można zaprzeczyć temu, że… there’s no denying the fact that…

- nie można z tobą wytrzymać you’re (absolutely) impossible! pot.

- można wytrzymać pot. (z powątpiewaniem) it’s all right a. OK

- cholery można dostać! pot. it’s enough to drive you up the wall pot.

- jak można się tak zachowywać? how could they/you behave like that?

- gdzie/kiedy tylko można wherever/whenever possible

- ile tylko można (z policzalnymi) as many as possible; (z niepoliczalnymi) as much as possible

- jak tylko można by all means possible

- jeżeli tylko można if it’s (at all) possible

- nie można tego dotykać you mustn’t touch it

- czy można? can I?; may I? książk.

- czy można wejść? can I a. may I come in?

- czy można tu zaparkować? can I park here?

- czy można otworzyć okno? do you mind if I open the window?

- nie rób tego, tak nie można! don’t do that, it’s wrong!

- jeśli można if I may książk.

- jeśli można, jeszcze jedna uwaga one more thing, if I may

- jeśli można tak powiedzieć if I may say so

- można pana prosić o otworzenie drzwi? could you open the door, please?

- czy można panią prosić do tańca? would you like to dance?; may I have this dance? książk.

- można by zaprosić kilka osób I/we could invite one or two people

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1. ( wyraża możliwość urzeczywistnienia czegoś) it is possible to..., one (you etc.) can l. may...; rzec by można, że... one (you etc.) could l. can say that...; można się cieszyć, że... it is fortunate that...; można już iść you (we etc.) may l. can go now; można śmiało powiedzieć, że... it is safe to say that...; można wykazać, że... it is arguable that...; można jej wybaczyć, że... she could be forgiven for...; czego (innego) można się (było) spodziewać? what (else) can l. do you expect?; można było tego uniknąć it was avoidable; nie można się jej oprzeć she is irresistible; można mieć wątpliwości there is room for doubt; gdyby tylko było można if it was only possible, given half a chance; można tam dojść piechotą it is within walking distance; można się było tego spodziewać small l. little wonder; wszystko co można sobie wyobrazić everything under the sun, everything but the kitchen sink; można wytrzymać pot. it's O.K. l. okay, it's alright l. all right; jak można...? ( coś zrobić) how to...?, how can one...?; ( wyraz oburzenia) how can l. dare you...?

2. ( dla wyrażenia przyzwolenia) one (you etc.) may..., one (you etc.) is (are etc.) allowed l. free to...; czy można? may I?, do you mind?; czy tu można palić? may l. can I smoke here?; czy można zapalić? do you mind if I smoke?; tak nie można! that's wrong!; jeśli można if that's OK; czy można zamknąć okno? do you mind if I close the window?; nie można tak myśleć you mustn't think that; można by pójść do kina how l. what about going to the cinema?, why don't we go to the cinema?