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61 καθίημι
A (lyr.): [tense] aor. 1 καθῆκα, [dialect] Ep.καθέηκα Il.24.642
: [ per.] 2 dual [tense] aor. 2 : [tense] pf.καθεῖκα Lysipp.1
, D.29.46: (v. ἵημι):—let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [ κεραυνὸν]..ἧκε Χαμᾶζε Il.8.134
; ; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, 24.642; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, 21.132; [ ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, Od.9.72;λαῖφος καθήσειν A.Eu.
l.c.; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, Hdt.5.16; σῶμα πύργων κ. E.Tr. 1011; κοντὸν ἐς [ τὴν λίμνην] κ. Hdt.4.195;ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα E.Hel. 1614
; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ ib. 1375; (so metaph.τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε D.29.46
); ;νάρθηκ' ἐς πέδον Id.Ba. 706
; κ. σπονδάς pour them, Id.IA60; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, S.Aj. 1285;ἄγκυραν Hdt. 7.36
; ; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, Hdt.2.28: abs., καθιέναι reach by sounding, sound,οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν Arist.Mete. 351a13
: Medic., [ αὐλίσκον] pass a catheter, Ruf.Ren.Ves.7.11; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε ( παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) Ar.V. 174; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, D.C.41.47; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, Ael. VH2.13, NA1.57; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, E. Ba. 695, cf. IT52; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, Ar.Ec. 100, cf. Th. 841, Arr.Epict.2.23.21 ([voice] Pass.,τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι Crates Com.27
;πώγωνα καθειμένος Plu.Phoc.10
;τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο Ael.VH11.10
); [ αἱ ὄϊες]μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν Arist.HA 596a24
([voice] Pass., of a mare's udder, Hdt.4.2); also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, Th.5.52 ([voice] Pass.,καθεῖτο τείχη 4.103
); καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, Pl.Phd. 61c; κατ' ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (sc. τὰ σκέλη) καθέντος, of a wrestler, Gal.6.143; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, X.An.6.5.25; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Th.2.91; rarely of striking, ; ; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, Id.Hec. 561; ; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, Id.HF 1006;εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν D.H.5.27
; [ πώλους]ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην E.IA 423
; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς.. let them march into.., Plb.3.70.11;εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν Id.3.92.7
; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, Id.4.63.9:—[voice] Pass., stretch down seawards,ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα Pl. Criti. 118a
;ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου Epicur.Ep.2p.47U.
, cf. p.51 U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, Hdn.5.2.3.2 send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, Th.6.16, Isoc.16.34; of plays, produce, Eratosth. ap. Sch.Ar.Nu. 552 ([voice] Pass.);διδασκαλίαν Plu.Cim.8
; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι.. γνώμας καθεῖναι (Com. for προθεῖναι) Ar.Ec. 397; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. D.24.15: freq. in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, Luc.DMeretr.7.4;κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας Philostr.VA6.38
; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, Plu.Per.7, cf. Philostr.VA4.42:—[voice] Pass., to be put in motion, .II intr., swoop down like a wind,λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς Ar.Eq. 430
; of rivers, run down,ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου Pl.Phd. 112e
; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, Plu.Ant.45; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Lat. descendere in arenam, Id.2.616d, Luc.Alex.6; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, v.l. for κατῆγεν, Polyaen.5.17.2.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > καθίημι
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62 rise
rise [raɪz]hauteur ⇒ 1 (a) lever ⇒ 1 (b) montée ⇒ 1 (b) hausse ⇒ 1 (c) se lever ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b) se relever ⇒ 2 (a) s'élever ⇒ 2 (b), 2 (f) augmenter ⇒ 2 (c) monter ⇒ 2 (c), 2 (g)1 noun∎ we reached the top of a steep rise nous sommes arrivés au sommet d'une côte raide(b) (of moon, sun, curtain) lever m; (to power, influence) montée f, ascension f; (in rank) avancement m, promotion f; (of industry, technology) essor m;∎ the rise and fall of the tide le flux et le reflux de la marée;∎ the rise and fall of the Roman Empire la croissance et la chute ou la grandeur et la décadence de l'Empire romain;∎ the rise and fall of the fascist movement la montée et la chute du mouvement fasciste;∎ her rise to fame came overnight elle est devenue célèbre du jour au lendemain;(c) (increase → of price, cost of living, crime, accidents) hausse f, augmentation f; (→ in bank rate, interest) relèvement m, hausse f; (→ of temperature, pressure) hausse f; (→ in level of river) crue f; (→ of affluence, wealth) augmentation f; British (→ in salary) augmentation f (de salaire);∎ to be on the rise être en hausse;∎ there has been a steep rise in house prices les prix de l'immobilier ont beaucoup augmenté;∎ the rise in the price of petrol la hausse du prix de l'essence;∎ there was a 10 percent rise in the number of visitors le nombre de visiteurs a augmenté de 10 pour cent;∎ there has been a steady rise in the number of accidents les accidents sont en augmentation régulière;∎ rise in value appréciation f;∎ Stock Exchange to speculate on a rise jouer à la hausse;∎ British to be given a rise être augmenté(d) (origin → of river) source f;∎ figurative to give rise to sth donner lieu à qch, entraîner qch;∎ it gave rise to a lot of hostility/difficulties cela a provoqué une forte hostilité/beaucoup de difficultés;∎ their disappearance gave rise to great scandal/suspicion leur disparition a provoqué un énorme scandale/éveillé de nombreux soupçons∎ he rose (from his chair) to greet me il s'est levé (de sa chaise) pour me saluer;∎ to rise to one's feet se lever, se mettre debout;∎ he rises late every morning il se lève tard tous les matins;∎ all rise! (in courtroom) levez-vous s'il vous plaît!;∎ Horseriding to rise in the saddle faire du trot enlevé;∎ the horse rose on its hind legs le cheval s'est cabré;∎ rise and shine! debout!;∎ Religion to rise from the dead ressusciter d'entre les morts;∎ he looked as if he'd risen from the grave il avait une mine de déterré(b) (sun, moon, star, fog) se lever; (smoke, balloon) s'élever, monter; (land) s'élever; (fish) mordre; Theatre (curtain) se lever;∎ to rise into the air (bird, balloon) s'élever (dans les airs); (plane) monter ou s'élever (dans les airs);∎ the birds rose above our heads les oiseaux se sont envolés au-dessus de nos têtes;∎ to rise to the surface (swimmer, whale) remonter à la surface; (anger) faire surface; (doubts, conflict) se faire jour;∎ also figurative to rise to the bait mordre à l'hameçon;∎ the colour rose in or to her cheeks le rouge lui est monté aux joues;∎ his eyebrows rose in surprise il leva les sourcils de surprise;∎ laughter/cheers rose from the crowd des rires/des hourras montèrent de la foule;∎ a feeling of panic rose in me un sentiment de panique s'est emparé de moi;∎ disturbing images rose into my mind des images troublantes me vinrent à l'esprit;∎ to rise to the occasion se montrer à la hauteur de la situation;∎ figurative to rise from the ashes renaître de ses cendres(c) (increase → value) augmenter; (→ number, amount) augmenter, monter; (→ prices, costs) monter, augmenter, être en hausse; (→ temperature, pressure) monter; (→ barometer) monter, remonter; (→ wind) se lever; (→ tide, river level) monter; (→ tension, tone) monter; (→ voice) s'élever;∎ gold has risen in value by 10 percent la valeur de l'or a augmenté de 10 pour cent;∎ to rise by 10 dollars/by 10 percent augmenter de 10 dollars/de 10 pour cent;∎ the pound has risen against the dollar la livre s'est appréciée vis-à-vis du dollar;∎ to make prices rise faire monter les prix;∎ prices are rising les prix montent ou sont à la ou en hausse;∎ rents are rising fast les loyers augmentent rapidement;∎ the river has risen by two metres la rivière est montée de deux mètres;∎ the wind has risen to gale force le vent se mit à souffler en tempête;∎ his voice rose above the noise of the crowd sa voix s'élevait au-dessus du bruit de la foule;∎ his spirits rose when he heard the news il a été soulagé ou heureux d'apprendre la nouvelle(e) (become erect → hair) se hérisser;∎ the dog's hackles rose le chien s'est hérissé de colère;∎ the hair on the back of her neck rose ses poils se sont hérissés(f) (mountains, buildings) se dresser, s'élever;∎ the trees rose above our heads les arbres se dressaient au-dessus de nos têtes;∎ the mountain rises to 2,500 m la montagne a une altitude de ou culmine à ou s'élève à 2500 m;∎ the steeple rises 200 feet into the air le clocher a ou fait 60 mètres de haut;∎ many new apartment blocks have risen in the past ten years de nombreux immeubles neufs ont été construits au cours des dix dernières années(g) (socially, professionally) monter, réussir;∎ to rise in society réussir socialement;∎ to rise in the world faire son chemin dans le monde;∎ to rise to fame devenir célèbre;∎ to rise to power accéder au pouvoir;∎ to rise in sb's esteem monter dans l'estime de qn;∎ to rise to the rank of colonel monter jusqu'au grade de colonel;∎ to rise through the ranks monter les échelons un à un;∎ to rise from the ranks sortir du rang;∎ she rose to the position of personnel manager elle a réussi à devenir chef du personnel∎ to rise in arms prendre les armes;∎ to rise in protest against sth se soulever contre qch∎ Parliament rose for the summer recess la session parlementaire est close pour les vacances d'été(j) (originate → river) prendre sa source►► Computing rise time temps m de montée(obstacle, fear) surmonter; (figure) dépasser;∎ this book never rises above the level of potboiler ce livre n'est que de la littérature alimentaire;∎ she seems to rise above that kind of petty jealousy elle semble être au-dessus de ce genre de jalousie mesquine;∎ try to rise above it tâche de rester au-dessus de la mêlée;∎ politics should rise above the level of personal attacks le débat politique ne devrait pas se situer au niveau des attaques personnelles∎ to rise up from one's chair se lever de sa chaise∎ the smoke/the balloon rose up into the sky la fumée/le ballon s'élevait dans le ciel∎ to rise up against an oppressor se soulever contre un oppresseur∎ to rise up from the dead ressusciter d'entre les morts∎ a strange sight rose up before his eyes un spectacle étrange s'offrit alors à son regard;∎ a shadowy figure rose up out of the mist une ombre surgit de la brume -
63 sonrisa
f.smile.* * *1 smile* * *noun f.* * *SF smile* * *femenino smile* * *= smile, grin, smiley, smiley face, emoticon.Nota: En Internet, combinación de caracteres y números que si se miran torciendo la cabeza hacia la izquierda representan expresiones faciales que indican el estado emocional del que los escribe: tristeza:-(, alegría:-), guiño ;-), aburrimiento:-0, regañando:-<, etc. Proviene de la combinación de emotion (emoción) y icon (símbolo).Ex. Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.Ex. A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.Ex. Smileys are combinations of alphanumeric and punctuation characters to represent facial expressions and figures, typically used to indicate tone of voice, emotion, or state of mind.Ex. To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.Ex. To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.----* ofrecer una sonrisa = give + a grin.* reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja = grin from + ear to ear.* sonrisa controlada = subdued laugh.* * *femenino smile* * *= smile, grin, smiley, smiley face, emoticon.Nota: En Internet, combinación de caracteres y números que si se miran torciendo la cabeza hacia la izquierda representan expresiones faciales que indican el estado emocional del que los escribe: tristeza:-(, alegría:-), guiño ;-), aburrimiento:-0, regañando:-<, etc. Proviene de la combinación de emotion (emoción) y icon (símbolo).Ex: Possessed of a phenomenal memory and a perpetual smile, this paragon always is ready to meet the public without losing balance or a sense of humor.
Ex: A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.Ex: Smileys are combinations of alphanumeric and punctuation characters to represent facial expressions and figures, typically used to indicate tone of voice, emotion, or state of mind.Ex: To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.Ex: To view a smiley face or emoticon, tilt your head to the left, or the image to the right, until the left-hand side is at the top.* ofrecer una sonrisa = give + a grin.* reírse con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja = grin from + ear to ear.* sonrisa controlada = subdued laugh.* * *smileuna sonrisa forzada a forced smilesiempre tiene la sonrisa en los labios she's always smiling, she always has a smile on her facecon una sonrisa de oreja a oreja grinning from ear to earsin perder la sonrisa without losing her smilese le heló la sonrisa en los labios the smile froze on his lips* * *
sonrisa sustantivo femenino
smile
sonrisa sustantivo femenino smile
' sonrisa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agradecer
- amagar
- elocuente
- embrujar
- evocar
- inconfundible
- vislumbrar
- amplio
- arrebatador
- artificial
- coqueto
- delator
- dulce
- empalagoso
- falso
- forzar
- franco
- fugaz
- hechicero
- imperturbable
- infantil
- irresistible
- leve
- pícaro
- significativo
- tenue
- triunfal
English:
artificial
- beaming
- boyish
- bright
- crooked
- delighted
- forced
- grin
- icy
- lopsided
- mischievous
- muster
- set
- smile
- smirk
- sneer
- stiff
- manage
* * *sonrisa nfsmile;una sonrisa de felicidad/triste a happy/sad smileArte la sonrisa etrusca Mona Lisa smile* * *f smile* * *sonrisa nf: smile* * *sonrisa n smile -
64 ring
I [rɪŋ]1) (hoop) (for ornament, gymnast, attaching rope) anello m.2) (circle) (of people, on page) cerchio m.to put a ring round — fare un cerchio intorno a, cerchiare [ad]
3) sport (for horses, circus) pista f.; (for boxing) ring m.4) (of smugglers) rete f., organizzazione f.5) zool. (on bird) collare m.6) astr.7) (on cooker) (electric) fornello m. elettrico, piastra f. elettrica; (gas) fornello m. a gas••II [rɪŋ]to run rings round — surclassare, stracciare
1) (encircle) [ trees] circondare, cingere; [ police] circondare, accerchiare2) (put a ring on) inanellare [ bird]III [rɪŋ]1) (sound) (at door) squillo m. (di campanello), scampanellata f.; (of phone) squillo m.that story has a familiar ring (to it) — questa storia non è nuova o suona familiare
2) BE (phone call) telefonata f., colpo m. di telefonoIV 1. [rɪŋ]to give sb. a ring — fare uno squillo a qcn., dare un colpo di telefono a qcn
1) (cause to sound) suonare [ bell]2.the doorbell rang — suonò il campanello, suonarono alla porta
2) (sound bell)"please ring for service" — "si prega di telefonare per il servizio in camera"
3) (resonate) [footsteps, words] risuonare, riecheggiare4) BE tel. telefonareto ring for — chiamare [ taxi]
•- ring in- ring off- ring out- ring up••to ring down, up the curtain — abbassare, alzare il sipario
to ring down the curtain on an era — porre fine a un'epoca, segnare la fine di un'epoca
* * *I 1. [riŋ] noun1) (a small circle eg of gold or silver, sometimes having a jewel set in it, worn on the finger: a wedding ring; She wears a diamond ring.)2) (a circle of metal, wood etc for any of various purposes: a scarf-ring; a key-ring; The trap-door had a ring attached for lifting it.)3) (anything which is like a circle in shape: The children formed a ring round their teacher; The hot teapot left a ring on the polished table.)4) (an enclosed space for boxing matches, circus performances etc: the circus-ring; The crowd cheered as the boxer entered the ring.)5) (a small group of people formed for business or criminal purposes: a drugs ring.)2. verb( verb)1) (to form a ring round.)2) (to put, draw etc a ring round (something): He has ringed all your errors.)3) (to put a ring on the leg of (a bird) as a means of identifying it.)•- ringlet
- ring finger
- ringleader
- ringmaster
- run rings round II 1. [riŋ] past tense - rang; verb1) (to (cause to) sound: The doorbell rang; He rang the doorbell; The telephone rang.)2) ((often with up) to telephone (someone): I'll ring you (up) tonight.)3) ((often with for) to ring a bell (eg in a hotel) to tell someone to come, to bring something etc: She rang for the maid.)4) ((of certain objects) to make a high sound like a bell: The glass rang as she hit it with a metal spoon.)5) (to be filled with sound: The hall rang with the sound of laughter.)6) ((often with out) to make a loud, clear sound: His voice rang through the house; A shot rang out.)2. noun1) (the act or sound of ringing: the ring of a telephone.)2) (a telephone call: I'll give you a ring.)3) (a suggestion, impression or feeling: His story has a ring of truth about it.)•- ring back
- ring off
- ring true* * *I [rɪŋ]1. n1) (gen) anello, (for napkin) portatovagliolowedding ring — fede f, (of smoke) spirale f
they were sitting in a ring — erano seduti in circolo or in cerchio
3) (arena etc) Boxing ring m inv, quadrato, (at circus) pista, arena2. vt(surround) circondare, accerchiare, (mark with ring) fare un cerchietto intorno aII [rɪŋ] rang vb: pt rung pp1. n2) Brit Telecto give sb a ring — dare un colpo di telefono a qn, telefonare a qn
2. vt1) (bell, doorbell) suonareto ring the changes fig — variare
2) Brit Telecto ring sb (up) — telefonare a qn, dare un colpo di telefono a qn
3. vi1) (bell, telephone etc) suonareto ring for sb/sth — (suonare il campanello per) chiamare qn/chiedere qc
2) (telephone) telefonareto ring true/false fig — suonare vero (-a) /falso (-a)
•- ring in- ring off- ring out- ring up* * *I [rɪŋ]1) (hoop) (for ornament, gymnast, attaching rope) anello m.2) (circle) (of people, on page) cerchio m.to put a ring round — fare un cerchio intorno a, cerchiare [ad]
3) sport (for horses, circus) pista f.; (for boxing) ring m.4) (of smugglers) rete f., organizzazione f.5) zool. (on bird) collare m.6) astr.7) (on cooker) (electric) fornello m. elettrico, piastra f. elettrica; (gas) fornello m. a gas••II [rɪŋ]to run rings round — surclassare, stracciare
1) (encircle) [ trees] circondare, cingere; [ police] circondare, accerchiare2) (put a ring on) inanellare [ bird]III [rɪŋ]1) (sound) (at door) squillo m. (di campanello), scampanellata f.; (of phone) squillo m.that story has a familiar ring (to it) — questa storia non è nuova o suona familiare
2) BE (phone call) telefonata f., colpo m. di telefonoIV 1. [rɪŋ]to give sb. a ring — fare uno squillo a qcn., dare un colpo di telefono a qcn
1) (cause to sound) suonare [ bell]2.the doorbell rang — suonò il campanello, suonarono alla porta
2) (sound bell)"please ring for service" — "si prega di telefonare per il servizio in camera"
3) (resonate) [footsteps, words] risuonare, riecheggiare4) BE tel. telefonareto ring for — chiamare [ taxi]
•- ring in- ring off- ring out- ring up••to ring down, up the curtain — abbassare, alzare il sipario
to ring down the curtain on an era — porre fine a un'epoca, segnare la fine di un'epoca
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65 urgency
Dringlichkeit, diethere is no urgency — es eilt nicht od. ist nicht dringend
* * ** * *ur·gen·cy[ˈɜ:ʤən(t)si, AM ˈɜ:r-]n no pl1. (top priority) of a matter, demand Dringlichkeit f; of a problem, situation also Vordringlichkeit fto be a matter of \urgency äußerst dringend seinto realize/stress the \urgency of sth die Dringlichkeit einer S. gen erkennen/betonenthere was a note of \urgency in her speech sie sprach mit großer Eindringlichkeit* * *['ɜːdZənsI]nDringlichkeit f; (of tone of voice, pleas also) Eindringlichkeit fto treat sth as a matter of urgency — etw als dringend behandeln
there's no urgency — es eilt nicht, das hat keine Eile
the urgency of his step — seine eiligen Schritte
the sense of urgency in the music — das Drängen in der Musik
* * *urgency [-dʒənsı] s1. Dringlichkeit f2. (dringende) Not, Druck m3. Eindringlichkeit f:4. pl dringende Vorstellungen pl5. a) Drang mb) Drängen n6. PARL Br Dringlichkeitsantrag m* * *noun, no pl.Dringlichkeit, diethere is no urgency — es eilt nicht od. ist nicht dringend
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avoir [avwaʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 34━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque avoir fait partie d'une locution comme avoir faim, avoir raison, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• j'ai trois frères I have or I've got three brothers• j'ai la réponse I have or I've got the answer• il n'avait pas d'argent he had no money or didn't have any money• en avoir (inf!) ( = être courageux) to have balls (vulg!)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque avoir est utilisé pour localiser un bâtiment, un objet etc, il peut se traduire par to have (got), mais l'anglais préférera souvent une tournure avec to be.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. ( = obtenir) to get• pouvez-vous nous avoir ce livre ? can you get this book for us?d. ( = porter) [+ vêtements] to wear• ici, le lac a 2 km de large the lake is 2km wide hereg. ( = souffrir de) [+ rhume, maladie] to have• qu'est-ce que tu as ? what's wrong with you?• il a qu'il est jaloux he's jealous, that's what's wrong with him• qu'est-ce qu'il a à pleurer ? what's he crying for?h. ( = faire) to makei. ( = recevoir chez soi) to havej. ( = avoir un cours de, avoir à faire) to have• le vendredi, j'ai trois heures d'anglais I have three hours of English on Fridaysk. ( = atteindre, attraper) to get• on les aura ! we'll get them! (inf)• je t'aurai ! I'll get you! (inf)• je t'ai bien eu ! got you there! (inf)• je me suis fait avoir de 300 € I was conned out of 300 euros (inf!)2. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le passé composé français peut se traduire soit par le prétérit, soit par le parfait anglais, selon le contexte.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• hier, j'ai mangé trois bananes yesterday, I ate three bananas• as-tu faim ? -- non, j'ai mangé trois bananes are you hungry? -- no, I've eaten three bananas• j'étais pressé, alors j'ai couru I was in a hurry so I ran► avoir à + infinitif ( = devoir)• c'est simple, vous n'avez qu'à lui écrire it's simple, just write to him• s'il n'est pas content, il n'a qu'à partir if he doesn't like it, he can always leave3. <► il y a• il y a voiture et voiture ! there are cars and cars!• qu'y a-t-il ? what is it?• qu'est-ce qu'il y a ? what's the matter?• qu'est-ce qu'il y a eu ? what's happened?• il n'y a pas que toi ! you're not the only one!• il n'y a que lui pour faire cela ! trust him to do that!• j'achète du pain ? -- non, il y en a encore shall I buy some bread? -- no, there's some left• il y en a qui disent... there are those who say...• il y en a qui feraient mieux de se taire ! some people would do better to keep quiet!• il n'y en a que pour mon petit frère, à la maison my little brother gets all the attention at home• il n'y en a eu que pour lui pendant l'émission the whole programme revolved around him► y a pas (inf)il y a pas, faut que je parte it's no good, I've got to go• y a pas, il faut qu'il désobéisse he just won't do as he's told• il y a pas à dire, il est très there's no denying he's very intelligent► il n'y a qu'à (+ infinitif), y a qu'à (+ infinitif) (inf)b. (temps)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Pour exprimer une durée, le présent français devient un parfait en anglais, l'imparfait un pluperfect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Dans le cas d'une action révolue, on emploie ago et le prétérit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• il y a dix ans, j'ai obtenu mon diplôme I graduated ten years ago• combien y a-t-il d'ici à Lille ? how far is it from here to Lille?4. <a. ( = bien) assetsb. ( = actif) credit ; ( = billet) credit note5. <* * *
I avwaʀ1) ( obtenir) to get [objet, rendez-vous]; to catch [train, avion]2) ( au téléphone)j'ai réussi à l'avoir — I managed to get through to him/her
3) ( porter) to wear, to have [something] on4) (colloq) ( triompher) to beat, to get (colloq), to havecette fois-ci, on les aura — this time, we'll get ou have them
5) ( duper) to have (colloq); ( par malveillance) to con (colloq)elle s'est fait or laissée avoir — she's been had (colloq)
6) ( éprouver moralement) to feelavoir du chagrin/de la haine — to feel sorrow/hate
qu'est-ce que tu as? — what's wrong ou the matter with you?
7) (servant à exprimer l'âge, des sensations physiques)j'ai 20 ans/faim/froid — I am 20 years old/hungry/cold
la salle a 20 mètres de long — the room is 20 metres [BrE] long
II avwaʀnom masculin2) ( possessions) assets (pl), holdings (pl)•Phrasal Verbs:
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Dans la plupart des situations exprimant la possession, la disponibilité avoir sera traduit par to have ou to have got: j'ai des livres/enfants/employés = I have (got) books/children/employees; je n'ai pas assez de place/temps = I don't have (ou I haven't got) enough room/time; la maison a l'électricité/cinq pièces = the house has electricity/five rooms; j'aurai mon visa demain = I'll have my visa tomorrow; ils vont/elle va avoir un bébé en mai = they're/she's having a baby in MayLes autres sens de avoir, verbe transitif simple (obtenir, porter, triompher de etc), sont traités dans l'entrée plus basOn notera qu'en règle générale les expressions figées du type avoir raison, avoir beau, en avoir marre, il y a belle lurette, il y a de quoi etc seront traitées respectivement sous raison, beau, marre, lurette, quoi etcOn pourra également consulter les diverses notes d'usage répertoriées, notamment celles consacrées à l'expression de l'âge, aux maladies, à l'expression de l'heure etcOn trouvera ci-dessous les divers emplois de avoir pour lesquelles une explication est nécessaireavoir = verbe auxiliaireavoir verbe auxiliaire se traduit toujours par to have sauf dans le cas du passé composé: ils avaient révisé les épreuves quand je suis parti = they had revised the proofs when I left; quand ils eurent (ou ont eu) révisé les épreuves, ils sont partis = when they had revised the proofs, they left; ils auront fini demain = they will have finished tomorrow; il aurait (ou eût) aimé parler = he would have liked to speak. Lorsqu'on a un passé composé en français, il sera traduit soit par le prétérit: ils ont révisé les épreuves en juin = they revised the proofs in June; ils ont révisé les épreuves avant ma démission = they revised the proofs before I resigned; je suis sûr qu'il l'a laissé là en partant = I'm sure he left it here when he left; soit par le ‘present perfect’: ils ont révisé les épreuves plusieurs fois = they have revised the proofs several timesavoir = verbe semi-auxiliaireDe même, avoir semi-auxiliaire dans les tournures attributives du type avoir le coeur malade/les genoux cagneux, se traduit de façon variable ( to be ou to have) selon la structure adoptée par l'anglais pour rendre ces tournures; voir, en l'occurrence, les entrées coeur et cagneux; mais c'est en général sous l'adjectif que ce problème est traitéavoir à + infinitifExprimant l'obligation ou la convenance, cette locution verbale se rend généralement par to have to suivi de l'infinitif: j'aurais à ajouter que... = I would have to add that...; tu auras à rendre compte de tes actes = you'll have to account for your actions; je n'ai pas à vous raconter ma vie = I don't have to tell you my life-story; vous n'aviez pas à le critiquer = you didn't have to criticize him; il n'a pas à te parler sur ce ton = he shouldn't speak to you in that tone of voice; j'ai beaucoup à faire = I have (ou I've got) a lot to do; tu n'as rien à faire? = don't you have (ou haven't you got GB) anything to do?; j'ai à faire un rapport/un rapport à faire = I have to write a report/a report to writeQuand cette locution équivaut à suffir, plusieurs possibilités de traduction se présentent: tu n'avais qu'à = tu aurais dû, elle se rend par should have suivi du participe passé; tu n'as qu'à leur écrire = you only have to (ou you've only got to GB, ou all you have to do is) write to them; tu n'auras que cinq minutes à attendre = you'll only have to wait five minutes; tu n'avais qu'à faire attention/me le dire/partir plus tôt = you should have paid attention/told me/left earlierOn trouvera sous assez, marre, etc les expressions figées en avoir assez, en avoir marre etc. Voir aussi les emplois avec il y a plus basL'anglais distingue généralement entre une tâche précise ( to take) et une activité ou absence indéterminée ( to be): vous en avez (ou aurez) pour combien de temps? (à faire ce travail) = how long will it take you?, (à me faire attendre) = how long are you going to be?; j'en ai pour cinq minutes (= je reviens dans...) = I'll be five minutes; je n'en ai pas pour longtemps = I won't be long; j'en ai eu pour deux heures = it took me two hoursSe traduit par to cost suivi du pronom personnel complément correspondant au pronom sujet français (voir aussi argent): j'en ai eu pour 500 francs = it cost me 500 francs; nous en aurons pour combien? = how much will it cost us?(sl) en avoir = to have balls (sl); ne pas en avoir = to have no balls (sl)il y a du lait dans le réfrigérateur = there's some milk in the fridge; il y a des souris/des araignées au grenier = there are mice/spiders in the attic; il n'y a pas/plus de riz = there's no/no more rice ou there isn't any/any more rice; il doit y avoir (ou il y aura) des souris dans le grenier = there must be mice in the attic; il n'y a pas eu moins de 50 concurrents = there were no less than 50 competitors; il y a chapeau et chapeau = there are hats and hats; il y aura Paul, Marie,... = there will be Paul, Marie,...; et il y aura Paul et Marie! = and Paul and Marie will be there!; il n'y a pas de raison de faire/que tu fasses = there's no reason to do/for you to do; il a dû y avoir quelque chose de grave = something serious must have happened; qu'est-ce qu'il y a? (qui ne va pas) = what's wrong?, (qui se passe) = what's going on?; il y a qu'elle m'énerve = she's getting on my nerves, that's what's wrong; il y a que l'ordinateur est en panne = the computer has broken downAttention, un mot singulier en français peut être traduit par un mot fonctionnant comme un pluriel en anglais: il y a beaucoup de monde = there are a lot of people; y avait-il du monde? = were there many people?il est venu il y a longtemps/cinq ans = he came a long time/five years ago; il y a cinq ans que j'habite ici = I have been living here for five years; il y aura cinq ans demain que j'ai pris ma retraite = it will be five years tomorrow since I retired; il y aura deux mois mardi que je travaille ici = I will have been working here for two months on Tuesday; il n'y a que deux mois que je suis/travaille ici = I have only been/been working here for two months; il n'y a pas cinq minutes qu'il est parti = he left less than five minutes ago; il n'y a pas 200 ans que l'espèce est éteinte = the species has been extinct for no more than 200 years; il y a combien de temps/d'années que tu habites ici? = how long/many years have you lived here?; il y a combien de temps/d'années qu'on ne s'est vus? = how long is it/many years has it been since we last met?Elle se fait généralement à l'aide du verbe to be: combien y a-t-il jusqu'à la gare/d'ici à la gare? = how far is it to the station/to the station from here?; combien y a-t-il encore jusqu'à la gare? = how much further is it to the station?; il y a 15 kilomètres jusqu'à/d'ici à la gare = the station is 15 kilometres [BrE] away/away from here; il y a au moins 15 kilomètres = it's at least 15 kilometres [BrE] away; il y a encore 15 kilomètres = it's another 15 kilometres [BrE]; il n'y a pas/que 200 mètres d'ici à la gare = it's less than/only 200 metres [BrE] from here to the stationil y a à + infinitifil y a à manger pour quatre = there's enough food for four; il y a (beaucoup) à faire = there's a lot to be done (ceci traduit également il y a de quoi faire); souligner le danger/l'avantage qu'il y a à faire = to stress how dangerous/advantageous it is to do; les risques qu'il y avait/aurait à faire = how risky it was/would be to do; il n'y a pas à hésiter/s'inquiéter = there's no need to hesitate/worry; il n'y a pas à discuter! = no arguments!; il n'y a qu'à le repeindre! - y a qu'à (colloq), c'est facile à dire! = all you have to do is repaint it! - just repaint it! easier said than done!L'existence se rend par there is/are, le temps par to take, et le coût par to cost ou to come to: il y en a qui n'ont pas peur du ridicule! = there are some people who aren't afraid of being ridiculed!; il y en a toujours pour se plaindre (ou qui se plaignent) = there's always someone who complains; il y en a (ou aura) pour deux heures = it'll take two hours; il y en a eu/aurait eu pour deux heures = it took/would have taken two hours; il n'y en a plus que pour deux heures = it'll only take another two hours; il y en a encore pour combien de temps? = how much longer will it take?; il y en a (ou aura) pour 200 francs = it'll cost (ou come to) 200 francs; il y en a eu pour 200 francs = it cost (ou came to) 200 francsNoter aussi: il n'y en a que pour leur chien = they only think of their dog ou their dog comes firstRemarque: certaines formes personnelles du verbe avoir sont équivalentes au présentatif il y a. En corrélation avec le relatif qui, elles ne se traduisent pas; directement suivies de l'objet présenté, elles se traitent comme il y a: j'ai mon stylo qui fuit = my pen is leaking; elle avait les larmes aux yeux = there were tears in her eyes; j'ai ma cicatrice qui me fait souffrir = my scar is hurting; à droite, vous avez une tapisserie d'Aubusson = on your right, there's an Aubusson tapestry* * *avwaʀ1. nm1) (= biens) assets pl2) COMMERCE (= note de crédit) credit2. vt1) (= posséder) to have, to have gotElle a 2 enfants. — She has 2 children., she has got 2 children
Elle a une belle maison. — She has a lovely house., She has got a lovely house.
Il a les yeux bleus. — He has blue eyes., He has got blue eyes.
Tu as de beaux cheveux. — You have beautiful hair., You have got beautiful hair.
Il a beaucoup d'amis. — He has a lot of friends., He has got a lot of friends.
2) (= obtenir) to get3) (= trouver)ici, vous avez la cuisine — here we have the kitchen
4) (= éprouver) [sensation, sentiment] to haveJ'avais un pressentiment. — I had a feeling.
Il a des démangeaisons. — He is itching.
J'ai une petite douleur ici. — I've got a slight pain here.
J'ai un drôle de pressentiment. — I have a funny feeling.
qu'est-ce que tu as?; qu'as-tu? — what's wrong?, what's the matter?
See:faim, peur, mal5) (âge)avoir 3 ans — to be 3 years old, to be 3
J'avais 10 ans quand je l'ai rencontré. — I was 10 when I met him.
6) * (= duper) to do *on vous a eu! — you've been done!, you've been had!
Vous n'avez qu'à lui demander. — You only have to ask him.
Tu n'as pas à me poser des questions. — It's not for you to ask me questions.
en avoir pour...; J'en ai pour une demi-heure. — It'll take me half an hour.
On en a eu pour 100 euros. — It cost us 100 euros.
3. vb auxJ'ai déjà mangé. — I've already eaten.
Il a mangé des frites. — He had some chips.
Hier je n'ai pas mangé. — I didn't eat yesterday.
Je lui ai parlé hier. — I spoke to him yesterday.
Il a neigé pendant la nuit. — It snowed during the night.
4. vb impers1) (présence)il y a (+ singulier) — there is, (+ pluriel) there are
Il y a quelqu'un à la porte. — There's somebody at the door.
Il y a un bon film à la télé. — There's a good film on TV.
Il y a des chocolats sur la table. — There are some chocolates on the table.
Il y a beaucoup de monde. — There are lots of people.
il doit y avoir; Il doit y avoir une explication. — There must be an explanation.
qu'est-ce qu'il y a?; qu'y a-t-il? — what's the matter?, what is it?
Il n'y a qu'à... — We will just have to...
Il n'y a qu'à partir plus tôt. — We'll just have to leave earlier.
Il ne peut y en avoir qu'un. — There can only be one.
2) (temporel)Je l'ai rencontré il y a 2 ans. — I met him 2 years ago.
Il y a 10 ans qu'il est arrivé. — It's 10 years since he arrived.
* * *I.avoir ⇒ Note d'usage verb table: avoir vtr1 ( obtenir) to get [objet, rendez-vous]; to catch [train, avion]; j'ai pu vous avoir votre visa I managed to get your visa for you; j'ai eu ce vase pour cinq euros I got this vase for five euros; pouvez-vous m'avoir un des traducteurs? can you get me one of the translators?; je n'ai pas eu mon train I didn't catch my train; il l'a eue◑ le soir même he had○ her that very evening;2 ( au téléphone) j'ai réussi à l'avoir I managed to get through to him/her; essayer d'avoir le ministre to try to get through to the minister; pouvez-vous m'avoir son adjoint/Hongkong can you put me through to ou get me his assistant/Hong Kong;3 ( porter) to wear, to have [sth] on; elle avait une robe bleue à son mariage she wore a blue dress at her wedding; elle a toujours une écharpe autour du cou she's always got a scarf round her neck; il avait un béret (sur la tête) he had a beret on ou he was wearing a beret;4 ○( triompher) to beat, to get○, to have; l'équipe de Marseille nous a eus the Marseilles team beat us; ne nous laissons pas avoir par la concurrence let's not let the competition beat us; cette fois-ci, on les aura this time, we'll get ou have them;5 ( duper) to have○; ( par malveillance) to con○; j'ai été eu I've been had○; il t'a bien eu! ( l'escroc) he conned○ you!; ( le plaisantin) he was having you on○! GB, he put one over on you○!; elle s'est fait or laissé avoir she's been had○; j'ai failli me faire avoir I was nearly conned○; je ne me laisserai pas avoir par un abruti○ I won't be conned○ by a moron;6 ( éprouver moralement) to feel; avoir du chagrin/de la haine to feel sorrow/hate; qu'est-ce que tu as? what's wrong ou the matter with you?; j'ai qu'il m'énerve he's getting on my nerves, that's what's wrong; qu'est-ce que tu as à crier comme ça? what are you shouting like that for?; j'ai que mon ordinateur ne marche pas because my computer doesn't work; qu'est-ce qu'il a à conduire comme ça? why is he driving like that?; il a qu'il est soûl because he's drunk, that's why;7 (servant à exprimer l'âge, des sensations physiques) j'ai 20 ans/faim/froid I am 20 years old/hungry/cold; la salle a 20 mètres de long the room is 20 metresGB long.en avoir○ to have balls◑; ne pas en avoir○ to have no balls◑.II.avoir nm2 ( possessions) assets (pl), holdings (pl); avoirs à l'étranger foreign assets ou holdings; avoirs en caisse cash holdings; avoirs en dollars dollar-based assets;avoir fiscal tax credit.I[avwar] nom masculin[en comptabilité] credit side2. ÉCONOMIE & FINANCEavoirs assets, holdingsavoirs numéraires ou en caisse cash holdingsII[avwar] verbe auxiliaireA.1. [avec des verbes transitifs]as-tu lu sa lettre? did you read ou have you read his letter?non content de les avoir humiliés, il les a jetés dehors not content with humiliating them, he threw them out2. [avec des verbes intransitifs]3. [avec le verbe 'être']il aurait été enchanté he would've ou would have been delightedB.1. [exprime la possibilité]a. [conseil] all they have to do ou all they've got to do is write to the managerb. [menace] just let them (try and) write to the managers'il vous manque quelque chose, vous n'avez qu'à me le faire savoir if you're missing anything, just let me know2. [exprime l'obligation]et voilà, je n'ai plus qu'à recommencer! so now I've got to start all over again!3. [exprime le besoin]il a à te parler he's got something to ou there's something he wants to tell youtu n'as pas à t'inquiéter you shouldn't worry, you have nothing to worry about4. (locution)————————[avwar] verbe transitifA.1. [être propriétaire de - action, bien, domaine etc.] to have, to own, to possess ; [ - chien, hôtel, voiture] to have, to owntu n'aurais pas un stylo en plus? have you got ou do you happen to have a spare pen?2. [ami, collègue, famille etc.] to haveavoir un/une/des... qui: elle a un mari qui fait la cuisine she's got the sort ou kind of husband who does the cookingavoir son/sa/ses... qui (familier) : j'ai la chaîne de mon vélo qui est cassée the chain on my bike is broken3. [détenir - permis de conduire, titre] to have, to hold ; [ - droits, privilège] to have, to enjoy ; [ - emploi, expérience, devoirs, obligations] to have ; [ - documents, preuves] to have, to possessavoir le ballon to be in possession of ou to have the ball[au téléphone] to get through toj'ai essayé de t'avoir toute la journée I tried to get through to you ou to contact you all day5. [jouir de - beau temps, bonne santé, liberté, bonne réputation] to have, to enjoy ; [ - choix, temps, mauvaise réputation] to haveil a tout pour lui et il n'est pas heureux! he's got everything you could wish for and he's still not happy!6. [recevoir chez soi]avoir de la famille/des amis à dîner to have relatives/friends over for dinnerbientôt, nous aurons les chaînes européennes soon, we'll be able to get the European channels8. [attraper - otage, prisonnier] to have10. [monter à bord de - avion, bus, train] to catchB.1. [présenter - tel aspect] to have (got)elle a un joli sourire she's got ou she has a nice smileton père a le défaut de ne pas écouter ce qu'on lui dit your father's weakness is not listening to what people tell him[avec pour complément une partie du corps] to havefaites attention, il a une arme careful, he's got a weapon ou he's armed3. [faire preuve de]avoir du talent to have talent, to be talentedayez la gentillesse de... would you ou please be kind enough to...4. [exprime la mesure] to bele voilier a 4 m de large ou largeur the yacht is 4 m widetu en as pour 12 jours/deux heures it'll take you 12 days/two hours5. [exprime l'âge] to beC.1. [subir - symptôme] to have, to show, to display ; [ - maladie, hoquet, mal de tête etc.] to have ; [ - accident, souci, ennuis] to have ; [ - difficultés] to have, to experience ; [ - opération] to undergo, to have ; [ - crise] to have, to go through (inseparable)avoir de la fièvre to have ou to be running a temperatureje ne sais pas ce que j'ai aujourd'hui I don't know what's the matter ou what's wrong with me todayle car n'a rien eu du tout, mais la moto est fichue (familier) there wasn't a scratch on the bus but the motorbike's a write-offun enfant/chaton qui a des vers a child/kitten with wormselle eut cette phrase devenue célèbre she said ou uttered those now famous words3. [ressentir]avoir faim to be ou to feel hungryavoir peur to be ou to feel afraidavoir du chagrin to feel ou to be sadavoir de l'amitié pour quelqu'un to regard ou to consider somebody as a friendavoir du respect pour quelqu'un to have respect for ou to respect somebodyce chien/cette guêpe en a après toi! this dog/wasp has got it in for you!en avoir après ou contre quelque chose to be angry about something4. [élaborer par l'esprit - avis, idée, suggestion] to haveD.1 500 euros pour ce buffet? tu t'es fait avoir! 1,500 euros for that dresser? you were conned ou had ou done!tu t'es fait avoir! you've been had ou taken in ou taken for a ride!tu essaies de m'avoir! you're having ou putting me on!————————il y a verbe impersonnel1. [dans une description, une énumération - suivi d'un singulier] there is ; [ - suivi d'un pluriel] there areil n'y a qu'ici qu'on en trouve this is the only place (where) you can find it/themmerci — il n'y a pas de quoi! thank you — don't mention it ou you're welcome!il n'y a rien à faire, la voiture ne démarre pas it's no good, the car won't startil n'y a pas à dire, il sait ce qu'il veut there's no denying he knows what he wantsqu'est-ce qu'il y a? — il y a que j'en ai marre! (familier) what's the matter? — I'm fed up, that's what!2. [exprimant la possibilité, l'obligation etc.]il n'y a qu'à lui dire you/we etc. just have to tell him3. [indiquant la durée]4. [indiquant la distance]il doit y avoir une raison there must be a ou some reason -
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СБИВАТЬ/СБИТЬ С ТОЛКУ кого coll VP subj: human or abstr1. (more often pfv) to perplex s.o., throw s.o. into a state of (uneasy) confusion, make s.o. unable to see the situation clearlyX сбил Y-a с толку = X confused (nonplussed, bewildered, muddled, disconcerted, derailed) YX got Y confused (flustered) X got Y all mixed up (screwed up, shook up etc) X knocked Y off track (course) X rattled Y thing X threw Y off.Его рассуждения опять сбили Надю с толку (Дудинцев 1). His reasoning had again confused Nadia (1a).(Говорящий - мул) Молодец мой старик. Что мне в нём нравится, так это то, что никто его не может сбить с толку. Если уж он что-то сам решил, так пусть хоть всем селом навалятся на него, он всё равно будет делать по-своему (Искандер 3). (The speaker is а mule) Good for my old man. What I like is that no one can muddle him. Once he's made up his mind to something, even if the whole village puts pressure on him, he'll still do it his own way (3a).Гусев мне надоел, и я нарочно болтал разную ерунду, чтобы сбить его с толку (Войнович 5). I was fed up with Gusev and I was purposely babbling all sorts of nonsense to derail him (5a).«Да у тебя белая горячка, что ль! - заревел взбесившийся наконец Разумихин. - Чего ты комедии-то разыгрываешь! Даже меня сбил с толку...» (Достоевский 3). "Have you got brain fever or what?" Razumikhin bellowed, finally enraged. "What is this farce you're playing? You've even got me all screwed up..." (3c).«Когда вас спрашивают, вы должны отвечать», - тоном педагога сказал Радов. «Я вам вообще ничего не должен, - сказал я. - Если бы я пришёл вступать в Союз писателей, тогда был бы должен. А я пришёл с вами прощаться». Это их как-то сбило с толку... (Войнович 1). "When you're asked a question, you should answer it," said Radov in a teacherly tone of voice. "I don't have to do anything of the sort," I said. "I would if I were here trying to join the Writers' Union, but I'm here to say good-bye." Somehow that knocked them off course... (1a).Вы - не Достоевский», - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. «Ну, почём знать, почём знать», - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).2. by serving as a bad example or exerting some influence on s.o., to induce s.o. to change his behavior for the worse, drive s.o. to do sth. wrongX сбивает Y-a с толку - X is leading Y astray (into temptation, down the wrong path).Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray: the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c). -
68 сбивать с толку
• СБИВАТЬ/СБИТЬ С ТОЛКУ кого coll[VP; subj: human or abstr]=====1. [more often pfv]⇒ to perplex s.o., throw s.o. into a state of (uneasy) confusion, make s.o. unable to see the situation clearly:- X сбил Y-а с толку≈ X confused <nonplussed, bewildered, muddled, disconcerted, derailed> Y;- X got Y confused < flustered>;- X got Y all mixed up (screwed up, shook up etc);- X rattled Y;- thing X threw Y off.♦ Его рассуждения опять сбили Надю с толку (Дудинцев 1). His reasoning had again confused Nadia (1a).♦ [Говорящий - мул] Молодец мой старик. Что мне в нём нравится, так это то, что никто его не может сбить с толку. Если уж он что-то сам решил, так пусть хоть всем селом навалятся на него, он всё равно будет делать по-своему (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule] Good for my old man. What I like is that no one can muddle him. Once he's made up his mind to something, even if the whole village puts pressure on him, he'll still do it his own way (3a).♦ Гусев мне надоел, и я нарочно болтал разную ерунду, чтобы сбить его с толку (Войнович 5). I was fed up with Gusev and I was purposely babbling all sorts of nonsense to derail him (5a).♦ "Да у тебя белая горячка, что ль! - заревел взбесившийся наконец Разумихин. - Чего ты комедии-то разыгрываешь! Даже меня сбил с толку..." (Достоевский 3). "Have you got brain fever or what?" Razumikhin bellowed, finally enraged. "What is this farce you're playing? You've even got me all screwed up..." (3c).♦ "Когда вас спрашивают, вы должны отвечать", - тоном педагога сказал Радов. "Я вам вообще ничего не должен, - сказал я. - Если бы я пришёл вступать в Союз писателей, тогда был бы должен. А я пришёл с вами прощаться". Это их как-то сбило с толку... (Войнович 1). "When you're asked a question, you should answer it," said Radov in a teacherly tone of voice. "I don't have to do anything of the sort," I said. "I would if I were here trying to join the Writers' Union, but I'm here to say good-bye." Somehow that knocked them off course... (1a).♦ "Вы - не Достоевский", - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. "Ну, почём знать, почём знать", - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).2. by serving as a bad example or exerting some influence on s.o., to induce s.o. to change his behavior for the worse, drive s.o. to do sth. wrong:- X сбивает Y-а с толку≈ X is leading Y astray (into temptation, down the wrong path).♦ Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray: the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сбивать с толку
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69 сбить с толку
• СБИВАТЬ/СБИТЬ С ТОЛКУ кого coll[VP; subj: human or abstr]=====1. [more often pfv]⇒ to perplex s.o., throw s.o. into a state of (uneasy) confusion, make s.o. unable to see the situation clearly:- X сбил Y-а с толку≈ X confused <nonplussed, bewildered, muddled, disconcerted, derailed> Y;- X got Y confused < flustered>;- X got Y all mixed up (screwed up, shook up etc);- X rattled Y;- thing X threw Y off.♦ Его рассуждения опять сбили Надю с толку (Дудинцев 1). His reasoning had again confused Nadia (1a).♦ [Говорящий - мул] Молодец мой старик. Что мне в нём нравится, так это то, что никто его не может сбить с толку. Если уж он что-то сам решил, так пусть хоть всем селом навалятся на него, он всё равно будет делать по-своему (Искандер 3). [The speaker is a mule] Good for my old man. What I like is that no one can muddle him. Once he's made up his mind to something, even if the whole village puts pressure on him, he'll still do it his own way (3a).♦ Гусев мне надоел, и я нарочно болтал разную ерунду, чтобы сбить его с толку (Войнович 5). I was fed up with Gusev and I was purposely babbling all sorts of nonsense to derail him (5a).♦ "Да у тебя белая горячка, что ль! - заревел взбесившийся наконец Разумихин. - Чего ты комедии-то разыгрываешь! Даже меня сбил с толку..." (Достоевский 3). "Have you got brain fever or what?" Razumikhin bellowed, finally enraged. "What is this farce you're playing? You've even got me all screwed up..." (3c).♦ "Когда вас спрашивают, вы должны отвечать", - тоном педагога сказал Радов. "Я вам вообще ничего не должен, - сказал я. - Если бы я пришёл вступать в Союз писателей, тогда был бы должен. А я пришёл с вами прощаться". Это их как-то сбило с толку... (Войнович 1). "When you're asked a question, you should answer it," said Radov in a teacherly tone of voice. "I don't have to do anything of the sort," I said. "I would if I were here trying to join the Writers' Union, but I'm here to say good-bye." Somehow that knocked them off course... (1a).♦ "Вы - не Достоевский", - сказала гражданка, сбиваемая с толку Коровьевым. "Ну, почём знать, почём знать", - ответил тот (Булгаков 9). "You are not Dostoevsky," said the woman, somewhat rattled by Koroviev's logic. "You never can tell, you never can tell," he answered (9a).2. by serving as a bad example or exerting some influence on s.o., to induce s.o. to change his behavior for the worse, drive s.o. to do sth. wrong:- X сбивает Y-а с толку≈ X is leading Y astray (into temptation, down the wrong path).♦ Чёрт сбил с толку обоих чиновников: чиновники, говоря попросту, перебесились и перессорились ни за что (Гоголь 3). The Devil led the two officials astray: the officials, to put it plainly, went crazy and fell out with each other for no reason whatsoever (3c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сбить с толку
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70 permettre
permettre [pεʀmεtʀ]➭ TABLE 561. transitive verba. to allow• est-il permis d'être aussi bête ! how can anyone be so stupid!• ce diplôme va lui permettre de trouver du travail this qualification will enable him to find a jobb. (sollicitation) vous permettez ? may I?• vous permettez que je fume ? do you mind if I smoke?2. reflexive verba. ( = s'offrir) to allow o.s.b. ( = risquer) [+ grossièreté, plaisanterie] to dare to make• je me permettrai de vous faire remarquer que... I'd like to point out (to you) that...• je me permets de vous écrire au sujet de... (formule épistolaire) I am writing to you in connection with...* * *pɛʀmɛtʀ
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1) ( donner l'autorisation)ça, permettez-moi d'en douter — I'm sorry, I have my doubts about that
c'est pas permis (colloq) d'être aussi hypocrite! — how can anyone be such a hypocrite?
il est menteur comme c'est pas permis — (colloq) he's an incredible liar
2) ( donner les moyens)permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose — to allow ou enable somebody to do something
des mesures pour permettre une reprise rapide de l'économie — measures to ensure rapid economic recovery
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se permettre verbe pronominalje peux me permettre ce genre de plaisanterie avec lui — I can get away with telling him that kind of joke
‘je me permets de vous écrire au sujet de...’ — ‘I'm writing to you about...’
* * *pɛʀmɛtʀ vt1) (= autoriser) to allowSa mère lui permet de sortir le soir. — His mother allows him to go out at night.
2) ADMINISTRATION, [loi, règlement, officiel] to permitJ'ajouterai une dernière remarque si vous me le permettez. — I would like to add one last comment, if I may.
4) (= rendre possible) to permitNous pensons pique-niquer si le temps le permet. — We're planning to have a picnic if the weather permits.
* * *permettre verb table: mettreA vtr1 ( donner l'autorisation) to allow; je ne le permettrai pas I won't allow it; je ne permets pas qu'on dise du mal d'elle I won't hear a word against her; permettre à qn de faire qch to allow sb to do sth, to give sb permission to do sth; il nous a permis de sortir ce soir he allowed us ou gave us permission to go out tonight; est-ce que vous savez s'il est permis de fumer/prendre des photos ici? do you know if smoking is allowed here?/if you're allowed to take photos here?; permettez-moi de vous accompagner allow me to accompany you; permets-moi de te dire que let me tell you that; permettez-moi d'ajouter que I would like to add that; vous permettez que j'ouvre la fenêtre/que je fume? do you mind if I open the window/if I smoke?; (vous) permettez! j'étais là avant!/je n'ai pas dit cela! excuse me! I was here first!/I didn't say that!; ça, permettez-moi d'en douter I'm sorry, I have my doubts about that; c'est pas permis○ d'être aussi pingre/hypocrite! how can anyone be so stingy/such a hypocrite?; il est pingre/menteur comme c'est pas permis○ he's incredibly stingy/an incredible liar; il est permis de se poser des questions one is entitled to wonder; tous les espoirs sont permis there is every hope of success;2 ( donner les moyens) des mesures pour permettre une reprise rapide de l'économie/la création de nouveaux emplois measures to ensure rapid economic recovery/the creation of new jobs; ça permet une meilleure tenue de route it ensures ou makes for better roadholding; si le temps le permet weather permitting; dès que les circonstances le permettront as soon as circumstances allow ou permit; je viendrai si mon emploi du temps (me) le permet I'll come if my schedule allows ou permits; ce procédé permet de consommer moins d'énergie this system makes it possible to use less energy; permettre à qn de faire to allow ou enable sb to do, to give sb the opportunity to do; ça m'a permis de travailler plus longtemps/d'économiser it allowed ou enabled me ou gave me the opportunity to work longer/to save money; un accord qui devrait permettre à la France d'exporter davantage an agreement that should enable ou allow France to export more; leurs moyens ne le leur permettent pas they can't afford it; ma santé ne me permet pas de faire du sport my health prevents me from doing any sport; autant qu'il est permis d'en juger as far as one can tell.B se permettre vpr je peux me permettre ce genre de plaisanterie avec lui I can get away with telling him that kind of joke; il se permet bien des choses or bien des familiarités avec elle he takes a lot of liberties with her; puis-je me permettre une remarque? might I say something?; se permettre de faire to take the liberty of doing; il s'est permis d'entrer sans frapper/d'utiliser mon ordinateur he took the liberty of coming in without knocking/of using my computer; je me suis permis de lui faire la remarque/de lui dire ce que je pensais I ventured to point it out to him/to tell him what I thought, I took the liberty of pointing it out to him/of telling him what I thought; tu ne peux pas te permettre d'être en retard à ton rendez-vous you can't afford to be late for your appointment; je ne peux pas me permettre d'acheter une nouvelle voiture I can't afford to buy a new car; puis-je me permettre de vous offrir un verre? would you care for a drink?; puis-je me permettre de vous raccompagner? fml might I be allowed to escort you home?; ‘je me permets de vous écrire au sujet de…’ ‘I'm writing to you about…’.[pɛrmɛtr] verbe transitif1. [suj: personne] to allowpermettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose, permettre que quelqu'un fasse quelque chose to allow somebody to do something, to let somebody do somethingle train à grande vitesse permettra d'y aller en moins de deux heures the high-speed train will make it possible to get there in under two hoursce document permet d'entrer dans le secteur turc this document enables ou entitles you to enter the Turkish sectorsi le temps/sa santé le permet weather/(his) health permittingc'est permis? is it allowed ou permitted?il n'est pas/il est permis de boire de l'alcool drinking is not/is allowed ou permittedelle est belle/insolente comme c'est pas permis she's outrageously beautiful/cheekyun tel mauvais goût, ça devrait pas être ou c'est pas permis there should be a law against such bad taste3. [dans des formules de politesse]il reste un sandwich, vous permettez? may I have the last sandwich?si vous me permettez l'expression if I may be allowed to say so, if you don't mind my sayingtu n'es pas sincère non plus, permets-moi de te le dire and you're not being honest either, let me tell youah permettez, j'étais là avant vous! do you mind, I was there before you!————————se permettre verbe pronominal transitif1. [s'accorder] to allow ou to permit oneself2. [oser] to daresi je peux me permettre, je ne pense pas que ce soit une bonne idée if you don't mind my saying so, I don't think it's a very good idea3. [pouvoir payer] to (be able to) afford————————se permettre de verbe pronominal plus prépositionpuis-je me permettre de vous rappeler mon nom/nos accords signés? may I remind you of my name/our binding agreements? -
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I.supporter1 [sypɔʀte]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = endurer) [+ maladie, solitude, douleur, personne] to bear ; [+ conduite] to tolerate• il va falloir le supporter pendant toute la journée ! we're going to have to put up with him all day long!• je ne supporte pas qu'on me parle sur ce ton I won't tolerate being spoken to in that tone of voice• on supporte un gilet, par ce temps you can do with a cardigan in this weatherb. ( = résister à) [+ température, conditions atmosphériques, épreuve] to withstand• il a bien/mal supporté l'opération he took the operation well/badly• je ne supporte pas les épinards ( = je ne les aime pas) I can't stand spinach ; ( = ils me rendent malade) spinach doesn't agree with mec. ( = subir) [+ frais] to bear ; [+ conséquences, affront, malheur] to sufferd. ( = servir de base à) to supporte. ( = apporter son soutien à) to support2. reflexive verb► se supporter ( = se tolérer)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━+1! to support n'est pas la traduction la plus courante de supporter.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━II.supporter2 [sypɔʀtεʀ]masculine noun, supporteur, -trice [sypɔʀtœʀ, tʀis]masculine noun, feminine noun* * *
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1. sypɔʀte1) ( soutenir) [structure, colonne, pilier] to support, to bear the weight of [toiture, édifice]2) ( prendre en charge) to bear [frais, dépenses]3) ( endurer) to put up with, to endure [privations, malheur]; to put up with [personne, attitude, sarcasme]; to bear, to endure [souffrance, solitude]; [plante] to withstand [froid, chaleur]elle ne supporte pas d'attendre/la vue du sang — she can't stand waiting/the sight of blood
elle supporte bien la chaleur — she can take ou stand the heat
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se supporter verbe pronominal
II sypɔʀtœʀnom masculin et féminin supporter* * *
I sypɔʀtœʀ nm1) SPORT supporter, fan2) POLITIQUE (= partisan) supporter
II sypɔʀte vt1) (= endurer) [défauts, personne] to stand, to put up with, [chaleur, vin] to takeJe supporte mal la chaleur. — I can't take hot weather., I can't stand hot weather.
Je ne supporte pas l'hypocrisie. — I can't stand hypocrisy.
Elle ne supporte pas qu'on la critique. — She can't stand being criticized.
Je ne peux pas la supporter. — I can't stand her.
2) (= résister à) [chaleur] to withstand, [poids, poussée] to support3) (= souffrir) [conséquences, épreuve] to endure4) SPORT, [concurrent, équipe] to support* * *I.supporter verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( soutenir) [structure, colonne, pilier] to support, to bear the weight of [toiture, édifice];2 ( prendre en charge) to bear [frais, dépenses];3 ( endurer) to put up with, to endure [privations, malheur]; to put up with [attitude, conduite, brimade, sarcasme]; to bear, to endure [souffrance, solitude]; to put up with [personne]; elle ne supporte plus son mari she can't stand her husband any more; il ne supporte pas ce genre de musique/vantardise he can't stand this sort of music/boasting; elle ne supporte pas d'attendre/la vue du sang she can't stand waiting/the sight of blood;4 ( accepter) to put up with; elle supporte tout de lui she puts up with ou takes anything from him; je ne supporte pas qu'elle me réponde sur ce ton I won't stand for her taking that tone with me; il a mal supporté tes critiques he found your criticisms hard to take;5 ( subir sans dommages) [plante] to withstand [froid, chaleur]; [personne] elle supporte bien la chaleur she can take ou stand the heat; elle supporte mal la chaleur she can't take the heat, the heat doesn't agree with her; il ne supporte pas l'aspirine® aspirin doesn't agree with him; il a bien supporté son opération he came through the operation well; il n'a pas supporté l'opération he didn't come through the operation; ce plat supporte la chaleur this dish is heat-resistant; il a bien supporté le traitement he reacted well to the treatment; il a bien supporté le voyage he stood the journey well; il ne supporterait pas le voyage the journey would be too much for him ; il ne fait pas très froid, mais on supporte un pull it's not very cold but you need a sweater; je supporterais bien un pull I could do with a sweater.II.supporter nmf supporter.I[sypɔrte] verbe transitif2. [assumer - responsabilité, obligation] to assume[prendre en charge - dépense] to bear3. [être assujetti à - impôt] to be subject todes plantes qui supportent/ne supportent pas le froid plants that do well/badly in the coldje ne supporte pas l'alcool/la pilule drink/the pill doesn't agree with me5. [subir sans faillir - épreuve, privation] to bear, to endure, to put up with (inseparable) ; [ - insulte, menace] to bear7. [résister à] to withstandleur nouvelle voiture supporte la comparaison avec la concurrence their new car will bear ou stand comparison with anything produced by their competitors8. SPORT [encourager] to support————————se supporter verbe pronominalje ne me supporte plus en blonde/en noir blonde hair/black just isn't right for me any more————————se supporter verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)to bear ou to stand each other————————se supporter verbe pronominal (emploi passif)II[sypɔrtɛr] nom masculin -
72 dirigirse
1 (ir) to go (a, to), make one's way (a, to), make (a, for)2 (hablar) to address (a, -), speak (a, to)3 (escribir) to write■ si quiere más información diríjase a esta dirección if you want further information write to this address* * *VPR1) (=ir)dirigirse a o hacia — to head for
se dirigía a la oficina cuando lo arrestaron — he was on his way to o heading for the office when he was arrested
2) (=ponerse en contacto)dirigirse a algn — [oralmente] to speak to sb, address sb frm; [por escrito] to contact sb
el presidente se dirigió a la nación — the president spoke to o frm addressed the nation
¿se dirige usted a mí? — are you speaking to me?
"diríjase a..." — "contact..."
3) (=estar destinado)el programa se dirige a los adultos — the programme is aimed at o geared towards adults
toda sus esfuerzos van dirigidos a conseguir un nuevo récord — she is concentrating all her efforts on setting a new record
* * *(v.) = be headed, head, head outEx. It is clear to me, and I hope to you, that unless we drastically change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.Ex. The skilled searcher knows which sources to tap first, and can often take shortcuts by heading straight for the most effective index for his purposes.Ex. It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.* * *(v.) = be headed, head, head outEx: It is clear to me, and I hope to you, that unless we drastically change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.
Ex: The skilled searcher knows which sources to tap first, and can often take shortcuts by heading straight for the most effective index for his purposes.Ex: It's tempting to splurge on a new hi-fi system or head out on a shopping spree, but the smart option might be to pay off an existing debt.* * *
■dirigirse verbo reflexivo
1 (encaminarse) to go [a/hacia, to], to make one's way [a/hacia, towards]
2 (a una persona, un grupo) to address: se dirigía a ti, he was speaking to you
diríjase al servicio de atención al cliente, contact the customer service department
' dirigirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ir
- tratar
- tratamiento
- dirigir
- encaminar
- hablar
- majestad
English:
address
- approach
- bound
- head
- home in
- lord
- make for
- home
- inquiry
- make
* * *vprse dirigió al centro de la ciudad por un atajo she took a shortcut Br to the city centre o US downtown;pasajeros con destino a Miami: por favor, diríjanse a la puerta 5 would passengers flying to Miami please proceed to gate 5;¿hacia dónde te diriges? where are you heading for?;nos dirigimos hacia el río we made our way towards the river2.[escribir a] to write to;dirigirse a [hablar con] to address, to speak to;se dirigió a mí en un tono amenazador she addressed me threateningly, she spoke to me in a threatening tone of voice;se dirigió a varias empresas por escrito para pedir ayuda financiera he wrote to several firms asking for financial assistance;el monarca se dirigió a la nación por televisión the monarch addressed the nation on television, the monarch gave a television address to the nation;me estoy dirigiendo tí, así que escúchame I'm talking to you, so listen;me dirijo a usted para solicitarle… I'm writing to you to request…;diríjase al apartado de correos 42 write to PO Box 42* * *v/r make, head (a, hacia for)* * *vr1)dirigirse a : to go towards2)dirigirse a : to speak to, to address* * *dirigirse vb1. (ir) to go / to headse dirige a Roma he's going to Rome / he's heading for Romeel profesor se dirigió a toda la clase the teacher addressed the whole class / the teacher spoke to the whole classme dirijo a usted... I'm writing to you... -
73 suggestion
noun1) Vorschlag, der2) (insinuation) Andeutungen Pl.there is no suggestion that he cooperated with the kidnappers — niemand unterstellt, dass er mit den Entführern zusammengearbeitet hat
what a suggestion! — wie kann man so etwas nur sagen!
* * *[- ən]1) (the act of suggesting.) der Vorschlag2) (something that is suggested; a proposal or idea: Has anyone any other suggestions to make?; What a clever suggestion!) der Vorschlag3) (a slight trace or sign: There was a suggestion of boredom in his tone.) die Spur* * *sug·ges·tionnto have/make/reject a \suggestion einen Vorschlag haben/machen/ablehnento be always open to \suggestion immer ein offenes Ohr habento be [always] open to new \suggestions [immer] für neue Vorschläge offen [o zu haben] seinat sb's \suggestion auf jds Vorschlag hinshe speaks German with a \suggestion of a foreign accent sie spricht Deutsch mit einem kaum hörbaren ausländischen Akzentthe power of \suggestion die Macht der Suggestion* * *[sə'dZestSən]nmy suggestion is that... — mein Vorschlag lautet..., ich schlage vor, dass...
following your suggestion — auf Ihren Vorschlag or Ihre Anregung hin
Rome was your suggestion — Rom war deine Idee
John was his suggestion as candidate — er schlug John als Kandidaten vor
2) (= theory, explanation) Vermutung fhe made the suggestion that... — er äußerte die Vermutung, dass...
4) (= trace) Spur fto create a suggestion of depth — um den Eindruck von Tiefe zu erwecken
* * *1. Vorschlag m, Anregung f:2. Wink m, Hinweis m3. Anflug m, Spur f, Hauch m, Idee f:not even a suggestion of fatigue nicht die leiseste Spur von Müdigkeit;a suggestion of a smile der Anflug eines Lächelns, ein angedeutetes Lächeln;4. Vermutung f:5. Erinnerung f (of an akk)6. Hervor-, Wachrufen nof auf akk)8. Eingebung f, -flüsterung f9. PSYCH Suggestion f, (hypnotische) Beeinflussung* * *noun1) Vorschlag, derat or on somebody's suggestion — auf jemandes Vorschlag (Akk.)
2) (insinuation) Andeutungen Pl.there is no suggestion that he cooperated with the kidnappers — niemand unterstellt, dass er mit den Entführern zusammengearbeitet hat
* * *n.Andeutung f.Anregung -en f.Rat ¨-e m.Ratschlag m.Vorschlag m.Wink -e m. -
74 out of the top drawer
разг.принадлежащий к верхушке общества, к привилегированному сословию; хорошо воспитанныйThat's a real nice gentleman. Straight out o'the top drawer... Well eddicated [= educated] too. (D. L. Sayers, ‘Busman's Honeymoon’, ch. VIII) — Это настоящий джентльмен. Такой воспитанный... и образованный.
His tone was different from that of his friends. I could not place his accent. But it was nothing like that of Eton and the Brigade; any of the others would have known, and Mrs. Henneker might have said, that he did not come "out of the top drawer". (C. P. Snow, ‘Corridors of Power’, ch. I) — Роджер говорил не так, как его приятели. Но что это за произношение, я определить не мог. Воспитанники Итона и гвардейские офицеры говорят совсем по-другому. Прислушавшись, каждый заметил бы, и в первую очередь миссис Хеннекер, что к "сливкам" общества он не принадлежит.
Always from call-boxes, nothing to identify it. ‘The same voice? Yes. What sort? Not quite out of the top drawer,’ said Ellen... (C. P. Snow, ‘Corridors of Power’, ch. XXIII) — Звонили всякий раз из автомата, так что установить личность звонившего невозможно. - Голос всегда один и тот же. Да, не совсем нашего круга, - сказала Элен...
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75 the pros and cons
доводы "за" и "против"; см. тж. pro and conAt length the lady of the caravan shook off her fit of meditation, summoning the driver to come under the window at which she was seated, held a long conversation with him in a low tone of voice as if she were asking his advice on an important matter, and discussing the pros and cons of some very weighty matter. (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’, part I, ch. XXVII) — Но вот хозяйка фургона стряхнула с себя задумчивость, подозвала к своему окну возчика и завела длинный разговор вполголоса, видимо, спрашивая его совета и обсуждая со всех сторон какой-то весьма важный вопрос.
He would weight the pros and cons of an issue until his aides were in despair, then make up his mind and never waver again. (F. Knebel and Ch. Bailey, ‘Seven Days in May’, ‘Monday’) — Приводя в отчаяние своих помощников, он долго взвешивал все за и против, но, приняв решение, уже никогда от него не отступал.
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76 comedido
adj.moderate, frugal, abstinent, abstemious.past part.past participle of spanish verb: comedirse.* * *1→ link=comedirse comedirse► adjetivo1 (cortés) courteous, polite2 (moderado) moderate, restrained, reserved* * *(f. - comedida)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=moderado) moderate, restrained2) esp LAm (=solícito) obliging* * *- da adjetivoa) ( moderado) moderate, restrainedb) (AmL) ( atento) obliging, well-meaning* * *= moderate, restrained, frugal, sparing, guarded, measured, even-keeled, even-keel, on an even keel.Ex. In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.Ex. The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.Ex. In a small library this arrangement is not only frugal but also efficient.Ex. The committee was very sparing in its recommendations of proposals for debate.Ex. Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.Ex. This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.Ex. By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.Ex. She doesn't expend energy on anger; she's an even-keel person -- the kind of leader people enjoy working with.Ex. In the intervening months since the near-tragedy took place, her life has remained on an even keel.----* optimismo comedido = guarded optimism.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( moderado) moderate, restrainedb) (AmL) ( atento) obliging, well-meaning* * *= moderate, restrained, frugal, sparing, guarded, measured, even-keeled, even-keel, on an even keel.Ex: In his efforts to broaden the tax base, Groome has been actively courting industry - with some moderate success.
Ex: The stereotype of the governess as exemplified in Jane Eyre -- intelligent, restrained, soberly clad -- was the predecessor of the librarian as an occupation in which the women of the period, the 'guardians of morality' could find genteel employment.Ex: In a small library this arrangement is not only frugal but also efficient.Ex: The committee was very sparing in its recommendations of proposals for debate.Ex: Britain has given a guarded response to Myanmar's announcement that a referendum will be held on a new constitution in May.Ex: This will move the debate about open access as a model for scholarly communication towards a more measured and nuanced discourse.Ex: By the same token, the Obama campaign has remained relatively dignified, has survived the worst of crises, has been even-keeled, efficient and well-managed.Ex: She doesn't expend energy on anger; she's an even-keel person -- the kind of leader people enjoy working with.Ex: In the intervening months since the near-tragedy took place, her life has remained on an even keel.* optimismo comedido = guarded optimism.* * *1 (moderado) moderate, restrainedes muy comedido con la bebida he's a very moderate drinkerlo dijo de una manera muy comedida she said it in a very restrained tone of voicemasculine, feminine( AmL) well-meaning person o soul, obliging person o soulno hay comedido que salga bien helping people brings nothing but trouble* * *
Del verbo comedirse: ( conjugate comedirse)
comedido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
comedido
comedirse
comedido◊ -da adjetivo
comedido,-a adjetivo self-restrained
comedirse verbo reflexivo
1 to exercise restraint: tienes que aprender a comedirte, you have to learn to exercise restraint
2 LAm to offer to help
' comedido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comedida
English:
restrained
* * *comedido, -a adj2. Am [servicial] obliging* * *adj moderate* * *comedido, -da adjmesurado: moderate, restrained -
77 hard
1) (rigid, solid) hart;\hard cheese Hartkäse m;a \hard and fast rule eine verbindliche Regel;2) (difficult, complex) schwierig;she had a \hard time [of it] es war eine schwere Zeit für sie;it's \hard being a widow es ist nicht einfach, Witwe zu sein;if she won't listen, she'll have to learn the \hard way wer nicht hören will, muss fühlen;to be \hard to come by schwierig aufzutreiben sein;to do sth the \hard way sich dat etw schwer machen;to get \hard [or \harder] schwer [o schwerer] werden;it's \hard to say es ist schwer zu sagen3) ( requiring much effort) anstrengend, mühevoll;the mountain there is a \hard climb der Berg dort ist schwer zu besteigen;a \hard fight ein harter Kampf (a. fig)to give sth a \hard push etw kräftig anschieben;to be \hard work harte Arbeit sein;to be a \hard worker fleißig seinshe's finding the bad news \hard to take es fällt ihr schwer, die schlechte Nachricht zu verkraften;a \hard blow ein harter Schlag;a \hard heart ein hartes Herz;that's your \hard luck! das ist dein Pech!;a \hard taskmaster ein strenger Arbeitgeber;to give sb a \hard time jdm das Leben schwer machen;to be \hard on sb/ sth mit jdm/etw hart ins Gericht gehen5) ( causing harm)to be \hard on sth etw stark strapazieren;I'm very \hard on shoes ich habe einen extrem hohen Schuhverschleiß6) (problematic, unfortunate) hart;to be \hard on sb hart für jdn sein7) ( extremely cold)\hard frost/ winter strenger Frost/Winter8) (demonstrable, solid) sicher, fest;\hard facts ( verified) gesicherte Fakten;( brutally honest) nackte Tatsachen;9) ( strong) stark;\hard drinks/ drugs harte Getränke/Drogen;a \hard drinker ein starker Trinker/eine starke Trinkerin;\hard drinking starker Alkoholkonsum;to be into \hard drugs harte Drogen nehmen\hard water hartes Wasser11) ( scrutinizing)to take a [good] \hard look at sth sich dat etw genau ansehen, etw gründlich betrachtenPHRASES:to drive a \hard bargain knallhart verhandeln [o feilschen];to be \hard on sb's heels jdm dicht auf den Fersen sein adv1) (solid, rigid) hart;boiled \hard hart gekocht;frozen \hard hart gefroren;( sth moving) steif gefroren2) ( vigorously) fest[e], kräftig;think \hard! denk mal genau nach!;to exercise \hard hart trainieren;to play \hard ausgiebig spielen;to press/pull \hard kräftig drücken/ziehen;to study \hard fleißig lernen;to work \hard hart arbeiten;to not do sth very \hard etw nicht sehr gründlich tun;to be \hard at it ganz bei der Sache sein3) (painfully, severely) schwer;his parents took the news of his death \hard seine Eltern traf die Nachricht von seinem Tod schwer;4) ( closely) knapp;to follow \hard [up]on [or after] [or behind] sb/ sth jdm/etw knapp folgen, jdm/etw dicht auf den Fersen sein5) (heavy, driving)it was raining \hard es regnete stark;to die \hard [nur] langsam sterben;the old idea of state ownership of all firms dies \hard die alte Vorstellung von einer Verstaatlichung aller Firmen stirbt einfach nicht ausPHRASES:old habits die \hard (die \hard) der Mensch ist ein Gewohnheitstier -
78 cross smb.'s path
(cross smb.'s path (амер. track; тж. cross the path или амер. the track of smb.))1) перейти кому-л. дорогу, стать кому-л. поперёк дорогиAltogether he seemed to suggest that anyone crossing his path must be prepared to look out for himself... (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Stoic’, ch. 29) — Чувствовалось, что этот человек не остановится ни перед чем, и плохо тому придется, кто перейдет ему дорогу...
An' a real nasty tone of voice he's got too, sometimes. And then I think ‘Well, I don't like you, and I wouldn't like to cross your path, that I wouldn't.’ And then the next time, he's as nice as anything. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. V) — И тон у него тоже бывает иногда препротивный. Тогда я думаю: "Ну, нет, не нравишься ты мне, и не хотела бы я ни за что на свете оказаться у тебя на дороге". А иногда он невероятно любезен.
Just don't cross his path when he's angry. — Только не попадайтесь ему под горячую руку.
2) встретиться на чьём-л. жизненном пути; попасться кому-л. на глазаIt is fortunate for you that you have crossed my path. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Catalina’, ch. 31) — Вам повезло, что вы встретили меня на своем жизненном пути.
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79 удивлять(ся)
гл.Русские глаголы удивлять/удивляться нейтральны и не указывают на степень и силу этой эмоции. В русском языке силу эмоции передают другие глаголы и словосочетания. В английском языке, как и в русском, сила эмоции передается разными глаголами, но в отличие от русского английские соответствия указывают на источник и причину, вызвавшую удивление.1. to surprise — удивлять, удивляться, застать врасплох (наиболее нейтральный глагол, употребляющийся в ситуации неожиданности): to surprise smb — удивлять кого-либо; to be/to get surprised — удивляться; to be surprised at smth — удивляться чему-либо He was surprised to see me, he didn't expect me to reiurn so soon. — Он не ожидал, что я вернусь так быстро, и был удивлен, увидев меня. Her angry tone of voice surprised me. — Ее сердитый голос удивил меня. Mike decided to surprise Ellis with flowers. — Майк решил удивить Эллис тем, что неожиданно принес ей цветы. It would not surprise me, if it snowed tonight. — Я не удивлюсь, если сегодня вечером пойдет снег. She surprised herself by finishing the race first. — Для нее самой было Неожиданностью, что в забеге она финишировала первой./Она сама была удивлена, что в забеге пришла первой. The soldiers surprised the men before they had a chance to escape. — Солдаты застали мужчин врасплох, не дав им скрыться./Солдаты застали мужчин врасплох, не дав им убежать. The teacher surprised the boys smoking cigarettes. — Учитель застал мальчиков врасплох за курением.2. to astonish — удивлять, удивляться (описывает удивление, вызванное чем-либо маловероятным с тонки зрения говорящего): Her refusal to help astonished me, it was not like her. — Ее отказ помочь мне удивил меня, это было на нее так непохоже. She astonished her family by winning three competitions in a row. — Она крайне удивила всю семью, выиграв в трех состязаниях подряд. What astonishes me most is his complete lack of fear. — Что меня больше всего удивляет, так это полное отсутствие у него страха. It always astonished him that his children were not fond of their grand father. — Его всегда удивляло, что его дети не любили дедушку.3. to amaze — удивлять, изумлять, поражать (чаще всего используется, когда удивление вызвано какими-либо впечатлениями, действиями или поступками): We were amazed at their decision to leave their well-paid job and go travelling around the world. — Нас поразило их решение бросить свою хорошо оплачиваемую работу и отправиться в путешествие вокруг света. The boys continued to amaze with their excellent music. — Мальчики продолжали поражать своей великолепной игрой. What amazes me is that they never get tired. — Что меня поражает, так это то, что они никогда не устают. They amazed their friends by suddenly getting married. — Они поразили своих друзей, так неожиданно поженившись./Они крайне удивили своих друзей, так неожиданно поженившись. Their loyalty never ceases to amaze me. — Их преданность никогда не переставала поражать меня.4. to stagger — удивлять, ошеломлять (обозначает удивление, вызванное чем-либо очень приятным или очень плохим): You can't imagine how staggered I was to learn that they refused to pay theirdebts. — Вы представить себе не можете, какябыл потрясен, узнав, что они отказались платить свои долги.The news staggered me. — Эта новость потрясла меня. She refused to discuss the matter and it really staggered him. — Его потрясло, что она отказалась обсуждать это дело. What staggered us was the sheer size of her salary. — Что нас просто ошеломило, так это мизерный размер ее жалования./Нас просто ошеломило, что у нее такая мизерная зарплата.5. to get over — удивлять, удивляться (чаще употребляется в конструкции can't get over; описывает удивление по поводу событий, которые произошли, но которым не хочется верить): I can't get over it, I saw him a week ago, he looked a healthy man, and now he is dead. — Трудно поверить, что его нет в живых, неделю тому назад я видел его вполне здоровым. She is still trying to get over the news. — Она все еще не может осознать эту новость./Она все еше не может пережить эту новость. Once we have got over the first few months, we should be making a reasonable progress. — Как только мы переживем первые трудные месяцы, мы начнем получать хорошие результаты. Carrie couldn't get over how pale and lean he looked. — Керри не переставала удивляться, как бледен и худ он был. They suddenly fired all the company directors, I just can't get over it. — Они вдруг уволили всех директоров компании, это не перестает удивлять меня. I can't get over how your nephew has grown, I seem to have seen him so recently. — Удивительно, как ваш племянник вырос, я, кажется, видела его совсем недавно. -
80 positive
ˈpɔzətɪv
1. прил.
1) а) позитивный, реальный, прямо выраженный, точный - positive philosophy Syn: stated, explicit, express, definite, precise, practical, realistic б) несомненный, определенный, точный в) уверенный And I'm positive if Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny were millionaires, they would've furnished you with a whole bedroom set. ≈ И я совершенно уверен, что если бы твои дядя Конрад и тетя Джинни были миллионеры, они бы обставили тебе целиком всю спальню (К.Тарантино, "Криминальное чтиво"). Syn: sure, convinced, assured г) разг. абсолютный, в полном смысле слова Syn: unqualified, unrelated, absolute
2) положительный, позитивный positive philosophy Syn: good
3) самоуверенный
4) специальные термины а) грам. положительный (о степени сравнения прилагательных) б) мат. положительный в) фото позитивный г) тех. принудительный( о движении)
2. сущ.
1) нечто реальное
2) грам. положительная степень сравнение прилагательного
3) фото позитив
4) позитив, нечто хорошее
5) муз. позитив (тип органа) нечто положительное, положительность нечто реальное, реальность (грамматика) положительная степень( фотографическое) позитив сокр. от positive quantity положительная величина (электротехника) положительная пластина( элемента) (музыкальное) (церковное) позитив (небольшой переносной орган;
тж. * organ) несомненный;
определенный, совершенно ясный - * proof несомненное доказательство точный, определенный - * orders точные приказания - * promises определенные /недвусмысленные/ обещания решительный;
категорический - * order категорический приказ - * refusal решительный /категорический/ отказ положительный, утвердительный - * reaction to a suggestion положительная реакция на предложение верный, достоверный - * information достоверные сведения - * ore (геология) достоверные запасы руды уверенный (в чем-л.), убежденный в правильности (чего-л.) - are you sure? - Yes, I am * вы уверены? - Да, совершенно /абсолютно/ - he is * of his facts /on that point/ он (абсолютно) уверен в этом - I'm * (that) I saw him я (совершенно) уверен, что видел его самоуверенный - a * sort of man самоуверенный человек - * tone of voice безапелляционный тон - don't be so * не будьте так категоричны /самоуверенны/ настоящий, определенный - * help настоящая /конкретная/ помощь - * miracle (самое) настоящее чудо( разговорное) абсолютный, сущий;
законченный - * fool абсолютный /сущий, настоящий/ дурак - he is a * nuisance он просто невыносим - it's a * shame просто стыдно абсолютный, безусловный, безотносительный - the idea of beauty is not * понятие красоты условно позитивный;
конструктивный - * philosophy позитивизм - * criticism конструктивная критика - * approach конструктивный подход - * law (юридическое) позитивное /действующее/ право( грамматика) положительный (о степени) (математика) положительный - * quantity положительная величина - the * sign положительный знак, (знак) плюс( физическое) положительный (о заряде и т. п.) - * current положительный ток - * charge положительный заряд - * electrode анод (биохимия) положительный (о реакции и т. п.) (биология) положительный (о тропизме) (фотографическое) позитивный (техническое) принудительный;
нагнетательный;
вдувной - * blower нагнетательный вентилятор - * draft искусственная тяга - * motion принудительное движение;
движение без проскальзывания - * pressure давление выше атмосферного( специальное) движущийся, вращающийся по часовой стрелке;
правовращающийся (оптика) вращающий плоскость поляризации вправо( оптика) собирающий( о линзах) ~ уверенный;
I am positive that this is so я уверен, что это так positive разг. абсолютный, в полном смысле слова ~ абсолютный ~ конструктивный ~ несомненный ~ нечто реальное ~ определенный ~ определенный, несомненный, точный ~ позитивный;
positive philosophy позитивизм ~ позитивный ~ грам. положительная степень ~ мат. положительный;
positive sign знак плюс ~ грам. положительный (о степени) ~ положительный ~ положительный ~ тех. принудительный (о движении) ~ самоуверенный ~ точный ~ уверенный;
I am positive that this is so я уверен, что это так ~ утвердительный ~ фото позитив ~ фото позитивный ~ позитивный;
positive philosophy позитивизм ~ мат. положительный;
positive sign знак плюсБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > positive
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tone of voice — noun The way someone speaks, as characterised by tone, pitch, speed, rhythm, melody, accent, etc. You could tell by his tone of voice that he was uncomfortable. Syn: intonation, tone … Wiktionary
tone — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 quality of a sound, esp. of the human voice ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, low ▪ hushed, quiet, subdued ▪ Why is everyone speaking in hushed tones? … Collocations dictionary
voice — voice1 W1S2 [vɔıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(speaking)¦ 2¦(singing)¦ 3¦(opinion)¦ 4 speak with one voice 5¦(representative)¦ 6 the voice of reason/experience etc 7¦(feelings)¦ 8 inner voice 9¦(grammar)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1 … Dictionary of contemporary English
voice — 1 /vOIs/ noun 1 SPEAKING (C, U) the sounds that you make when you speak: He recognized her voice instantly. | I could hear voices in the next room. | a loud/deep/soft/husky etc voice: a child with a squeaky voice | angry/excited/worried etc voice … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
voice — voice1 [ vɔıs ] noun *** ▸ 1 speaking/singing sound ▸ 2 for expressing opinions ▸ 3 someone/something expressing idea ▸ 4 personal style ▸ 5 in linguistics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount the sounds someone makes when they speak: A female voice … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
voice — I UK [vɔɪs] / US noun Word forms voice : singular voice plural voices *** 1) [countable/uncountable] the sounds that someone makes when they speak A female voice answered the phone. We could hear voices in the next apartment. He tried to keep the … English dictionary
tone — [[t]to͟ʊn[/t]] ♦♦♦ tones, toning, toned 1) N COUNT: with supp, usu pl The tone of a sound is its particular quality. Cross could hear him speaking in low tones to Sarah. ...the clear tone of the bell. 2) N COUNT: usu with supp Someone s tone is a … English dictionary
Tone — (t[=o]n), n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei nein to stretch or strain. See {Thin}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tone color — Tone Tone (t[=o]n), n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei nein to stretch or strain. See {Thin},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tone syllable — Tone Tone (t[=o]n), n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei nein to stretch or strain. See {Thin},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tone — tone1 W2 [təun US toun] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(voice)¦ 2¦(sound)¦ 3¦(general feeling/attitude)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5¦(electronic sound)¦ 6 raise/lower the tone (of something) 7¦(body)¦ 8¦(music)¦ 9¦(voice level)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date … Dictionary of contemporary English