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aller [ale]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 9━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <• où vas-tu ? where are you going?• vas-y ! go on!• allons-y ! let's go!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► aller se traduit souvent par un verbe plus spécifique en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► aller + préposition• je vais sur or vers Lille (en direction de) I'm going towards Lille ; (but du voyage) I'm going to Lille━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque être allé à/en signifie avoir visité, il se traduit par to have been to.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• étiez-vous déjà allés en Sicile ? had you been to Sicily before?• plus ça va, plus les gens s'inquiètent people are getting more and more worried• plus ça va, plus je me dis que j'ai eu tort the more I think about it, the more I realize how wrong I was► aller en + participe présentd. (état, santé) comment allez-vous ? how are you?• comment ça va ? -- ça va how are you doing? -- fine• comment vont les affaires ? -- elles vont bien how's business? -- finee. ( = convenir) ça ira comme ça ? is it all right like that?• aller bien ensemble [couleurs, styles] to go well together• ils vont bien ensemble [personnes] they make a nice couple• cette robe te va très bien (couleur, style) that dress really suits you ; (taille) that dress fits you perfectlyf. (exclamations) allons !• allez ! go on!• allez la France ! come on France!• allons, allons, il ne faut pas pleurer come on, don't cry• ce n'est pas grave, allez ! come on, it's not so bad!• va donc, eh crétin ! you stupid idiot! (inf)• allez-y, c'est votre tour go on, it's your turn• allez-y, vous ne risquez rien go on, you've nothing to lose• non mais vas-y, insulte-moi ! (inf) go on, insult me!► allons bon !• allons bon ! qu'est-ce qui t'est encore arrivé ? now what's happened?• allons bon, j'ai oublié mon sac ! oh dear, I've left my bag behind!► ça va ! (inf) ( = assez) that's enough! ; ( = d'accord) OK, OK! (inf)• tes remarques désobligeantes, ça va comme ça ! I've had just about enough of your nasty comments!• ça fait dix fois que je te le dis -- ça va, je vais le faire ! I've told you ten times -- look, I'll do it, OK? (inf)► va pour (inf)va pour 30 € ! OK, 30 euros then!• j'aimerais aller à Tokyo -- alors va pour Tokyo ! I'd like to go to Tokyo -- Tokyo it is then!2. <• ça y va le whisky chez eux ! they certainly get through a lot of whisky!• ça y allait les insultes ! you should have heard the abuse!3. <► aller + infinitifa. (futur)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque aller + infinitif sert à exprimer le futur, il se traduit par will + infinitif ; will est souvent abrégé en 'll.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► La forme du futur to be going to s'utilise pour mettre qn en garde.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. (intention) il est allé se renseigner he's gone to get some information ; (a obtenu les informations) he went and got some informationc. (locutions) n'allez pas vous imaginer que... don't you go imagining that...• allez savoir ! (inf) who knows?• va lui expliquer ça, toi ! you try explaining that to him!4. <a. ( = partir) to go• bon, je m'en vais right, I'm going• va-t'en ! go away!5. <b. ( = trajet) outward journey• l'aller et retour Paris-New York coûte 2 500 € Paris-New York is 2,500 euros return (Brit) or round-trip (US)• j'ai fait plusieurs allers et retours entre chez moi et la pharmacie I made several trips to the chemist's• le dossier a fait plusieurs allers et retours entre nos services the file has been shuttled between departments* * *
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1. aleverbe auxiliaire1) ( marque le futur)ça va aller mal — (colloq) there'll be trouble
3) ( marque le mouvement)aller atterrir (colloq) sur mon bureau — to end up on my desk
4) ( marque l'inclination)5) ( marque l'évolution)
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verbe intransitif1) (se porter, se dérouler, fonctionner)comment vas-tu, comment ça va? — how are you?
bois ça, ça ira mieux — drink this, you'll feel better
ça ne va pas très fort — ( ma santé) I'm not feeling very well; ( la vie) things aren't too good; ( le moral) I'm feeling a bit low
ne pas aller sans peine or mal — not to be easy
ça va de soi or sans dire — it goes without saying
ça va tout seul — ( c'est facile) it's a doddle (colloq) GB, it's easy as pie
on fait aller — (colloq) struggling on (colloq)
ça peut aller — (colloq)
ça ira — (colloq) could be worse (colloq)
ça va pas, non (colloq) or la tête? — (colloq) are you mad (colloq) GB ou crazy? (colloq)
2) ( se déplacer) to goaller et venir — ( dans une pièce) to pace up and down; ( d'un lieu à l'autre) to run in and out
où vas-tu? — where are you going?, where are you off (colloq) to?
aller en Pologne/au marché — to go to Poland/to the market
aller sur or vers Paris — to head for Paris
j'y vais — ( je m'en occupe) I'll get it; ( je pars) (colloq) I'm going, I'm off (colloq)
où va-t-il? — where is he off to? (colloq)
où va-t-on? — (colloq)
où allons-nous? — (colloq) fig what are things coming to?, what's the world coming to?
aller au pain — (colloq) to go and get the bread
aller aux courses (colloq) or commissions — (colloq) to go shopping
4) ( s'étendre dans l'espace)5) ( convenir)ma robe, ça va? — is my dress all right?
ça va, ça peut aller — (colloq) ( en quantité) that'll do; ( en qualité) it'll do
une soupe, ça (te) va? — how about some soup?
va pour une soupe — (colloq) soup is okay (colloq)
si le contrat ne te va pas, ne le signe pas — don't sign the contract if you're not happy with it
si ça va pour toi, ça va pour moi — (colloq) if it's okay by you, it's okay by me (colloq)
ça te va bien de faire la morale — (colloq) iron you're hardly the person to preach
6) (être de la bonne taille, de la bonne forme)7) (flatter, mettre en valeur)je trouve que ta sœur et son petit ami vont très bien ensemble — I think your sister and her boyfriend are ideally suited
8) ( se ranger) to go9) ( faculté)10) ( dans une évaluation)la voiture peut aller jusqu'à 200 km/h — the car can do up to 200 kph
certains modèles peuvent aller jusqu'à 1000 francs — some models can cost up to 1,000 francs
11) ( en arriver à)12) ( dans le temps)13) (agir, raisonner)vas-y doucement, le tissu est fragile — careful, the fabric is delicate
vas-y, demande-leur! — ( incitation) go on, ask them!
vas-y, dis-le! — ( provocation) come on, out with it!
allons, allez! — (pour encourager, inciter) come on!
si tu vas par là, rien n'est entièrement vrai — if you take that line, nothing is entirely true
14) ( contribuer)15) (colloq) ( se succéder)16) ( servir)17) ( enfreindre)aller contre la loi — [personne] to break the law; [acte] to be against the law
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s'en aller verbe pronominal1) (partir, se rendre)il faut que je m'en aille — I must go ou leave
2) ( disparaître)avec le temps, tout s'en va — everything fades with time
4) (avoir l'intention de, essayer)
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verbe impersonnel1) ( être en jeu)2) ( se passer)3) Mathématique
II alenom masculin1) ( trajet)j'ai pris le bus à l'aller — ( en allant là) I took the bus there; ( en venant ici) I took the bus here
il n'arrête pas de faire des allers et retours entre chez lui et son bureau — he keeps running to and fro from his house to the office
billet aller — gén single ticket GB, one-way ticket US; ( d'avion) one-way ticket
billet aller (et) retour — return ticket GB, round trip (ticket) US
2) ( ticket)aller (simple) — single (ticket) GB, one-way ticket ( pour to)
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Lorsque aller fait partie d'une expression figée comme aller dans le sens de, aller de pair avec etc, l'expression est traitée sous l'entrée sens, pair etcOn notera les différentes traductions de aller verbe de mouvement indiquant: un déplacement unique dans le temps: je vais au théâtre ce soir = I'm going to the theatre [BrE] this evening; ou une habitude: je vais au théâtre tous les lundis = I go to the theatre [BrE] every Mondayaller + infinitifla traduction dépend du temps: je vais apprendre l'italien = I'm going to learn Italian; il est allé voir l'exposition = he went to see the exhibition; j'allais me marier quand la guerre a éclaté = I was going to get married when the war broke out; va voir = go and see; va leur parler = go and speak to them; j'irai voir l'exposition demain = I'll go and see the exhibition tomorrow; je vais souvent m'asseoir au bord de la rivière = I often go and sit by the river; il ne va jamais voir une exposition = he never goes to see exhibitionsOn notera que pour les activités sportives on peut avoir: aller nager/faire du vélo = to go swimming/cycling ou to go for a swim/on a bike rideOn trouvera ci-dessous des exemples et des exceptions illustrant aller dans ses différentes fonctions verbales* * *ale1. nm1) (= trajet) outward journeyL'aller nous a pris trois heures. — The journey there took us three hours., The outward journey took us three hours.
2) (= billet) single Grande-Bretagne ticket, one-way ticketJe voudrais un aller pour Angers. — I'd like a single to Angers.
2. vi1) (déplacement) to goJe suis allé à Londres. — I went to London.
Elle ira le voir. — She'll go and see him.
La boulangerie? Je dois justement y aller. — The baker's? That's just where I need to go.
2) (= convenir)aller à qn [couleur, style] — to suit sb, [forme, pointure] to fit sb, [dispositions, date] to suit sb
cela me va [couleur, vêtement] — it suits me, (pointure, taille) it fits me, [projet, dispositions] it suits me, that's OK by me
Cette robe te va bien. — That dress suits you.
aller avec qch [couleurs, style] — to go with sth
3) (= se sentir)"Comment allez-vous? " - - "Je vais bien." — "How are you?" - - "I'm fine."
Il va bien. — He's fine.
Il va mal. — He's not well.
4) (= marcher, se passer)comment ça va? — how are you?, how are things?
"ça va?" - - "oui ça va!" — "how are things?" - - "fine!"
allez! (encouragement) — go on!, (avec impatience) come on!
Allez! Dépêche-toi! — Come on, hurry up!
allez, au revoir — OK then, bye-bye
y aller; allons-y! — let's go!
Je dois y aller. — I've got to go.
Tu y vas un peu fort. — You're going a bit too far., You're going a bit far.
Nous sommes allés jusqu'à Angers. — We went as far as Angers.
J'irais jusqu'à dire qu'il est trop tard. — I would go so far as to say that it's too late.
se laisser aller — to let o.s. go
ça va de soi; ça va sans dire — that goes without saying
ça va comme ça (= c'est suffisant) — that's fine, (impatience) that's enough
3. vb auxJe vais le faire. — I'm going to do it.
Je vais me fâcher. — I'm going to get angry.
Je vais écrire à mes cousins. — I'm going to write to my cousins.
* * *I.aller ⇒ Note d'usage verb table: allerA v aux1 ( marque le futur) je vais partir I'm leaving; je vais rentrer chez moi/me coucher I'm going home/to bed; j'allais partir I was just leaving; j'allais partir quand il est arrivé I was about to leave when he arrived; l'homme qui allait inventer la bombe atomique the man who was to invent the atomic bomb; il allait le regretter he was to regret it; il va le regretter he'll regret it; elle va avoir un an she'll soon be one; il va faire nuit it'll soon be dark; ça va aller mal○ there'll be trouble; tu vas me laisser tranquille? will you please leave me alone!;2 ( marque le futur programmé) je vais leur dire ce que je pense I'm going to tell them what I think; elle va peindre sa cuisine en bleu she's going to paint her kitchen blue; j'allais te le dire I was just going to tell you;3 ( marque le mouvement) aller rouler de l'autre côté de la rue to go rolling across the street; aller valser○ à l'autre bout de la pièce to go flying across the room; aller atterrir○ en plein champ/sur mon bureau to end up in the middle of a field/on my desk;4 (marque l'inclination, l'initiative) qu'est-ce que tu vas imaginer là? what a ridiculous idea!; va savoir! who knows?; va or allez (donc) savoir ce qui s'est passé who knows what happened?; qu'es-tu allé te mettre en tête? where did you pick up that idea?; qui irait le soupçonner? who would suspect him?; vous n'iriez pas leur dire ça? you're not going to go and say that, are you?; pourquoi es-tu allé faire ça? why did you have to go and do that?; n'allez pas croire une chose pareille! ( pour réfuter) don't you believe it!; ( pour tempérer l'enthousiasme) don't get carried away!; allez y comprendre quelque chose! just try and work that out!;5 ( marque l'évolution) la situation va (en) se compliquant the situation is getting more and more complicated; aller (en) s'améliorant/s'aggravant to be improving/getting worse; la tristesse ira (en) s'atténuant the grief will diminish.B vi1 (se porter, se dérouler, fonctionner) comment vas-tu, comment ça va? how are you?; ça va (bien) I'm fine; les enfants vont bien? are the children all right?; et ta femme/ton épaule, comment ça va? how's your wife/your shoulder?; comment va la santé? how are you keeping?; ça va la vie○? how's life○?; ça va les amours○? how's the love life going?; aller beaucoup mieux to be much better; bois ça, ça ira mieux drink this, you'll feel better; tout va bien pour toi? is everything going all right?; si tout va bien if everything goes all right; vous êtes sûr que ça va? are you sure you're all right?; les affaires vont bien/mal business is good/bad; ça va l'école? how are things at school?; ça ne va pas très fort or bien ( ma santé) I'm not feeling very well; ( la vie) things aren't too good; ( le moral) I'm feeling a bit low; ça pourrait aller mieux, ça va plus ou moins ( réponse) so-so; ça va mal entre eux things aren't too good between them; qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? what's the matter?; la voiture a quelque chose qui ne va pas there's something wrong with the car; tout va pour le mieux everything's fine; tout est allé si vite! it all happened so quickly!; ne pas aller sans peine or mal not to be easy; ne pas aller sans hésitations to take some thinking about; ça va de soi or sans dire it goes without saying; ça devrait aller de soi it should be obvious; ainsi vont les choses that's the way it goes; ainsi va le monde that's the way of the world; ainsi allait la France this was the state of affairs in France; l'amour ne va jamais de soi love is never straightforward; ça va tout seul ( c'est facile) it's a doddle○ GB, it's as easy as pie; ça ne va pas tout seul it's not that easy, it's no picnic○; les choses vont très vite things are moving fast; on fait aller○ struggling on○; ça peut aller○, ça ira○ could be worse○; ça va pas, non○ or la tête○? are you mad○ GB ou crazy○?; ça va pas, non, de crier or gesticuler comme ça○? what's the matter with you, carrying on like that○?; ⇒ pis;2 ( se déplacer) to go; tu vas trop vite you're going too fast; allez tout droit go straight ahead; aller et venir ( dans une pièce) to pace up and down; ( d'un lieu à l'autre) to run in and out; la liberté d'aller et venir the freedom to come and go at will; je préfère aller à pied/en avion I'd rather walk/fly; les nouvelles vont vite news travels fast; aller d'un pas rapide to walk quickly; je sais aller à bicyclette/cheval I can ride a bike/horse; où vas-tu? where are you going?, where are you off○ to?; je vais en Pologne I'm going to Poland; aller au marché/en ville to go to the market/into town; aller chez le médecin/dentiste to go to the doctor's/dentist's; va dans ta chambre go to your room; je suis allé de Bruxelles à Anvers I went from Brussels to Antwerp; je suis allé jusqu'en Chine/au marché ( et pas plus loin) I went as far as China/the market; ( et c'était loin) I went all the way to China/the market; je préfère ne pas y aller I'd rather not go; allons-y! let's go!; je l'ai rencontré en allant au marché I met him on the way to the market; aller vers le nord to head north; j'y vais ( je m'en occupe) I'll get it; ( je pars)○ I'm going, I'm off○; où va-t-il encore? where is he off to now○?; aller sur or vers Paris to head for Paris; où va-t-on○?, où allons-nous○? fig what are things coming to?, what's the world coming to?; va donc, eh, abruti○! get lost○, you idiot!; ⇒ cruche;3 (pour se livrer à une activité, chercher un produit) aller à l'école/au travail to go to school/to work; aller à la chasse/pêche to go hunting/fishing; allez-vous à la piscine? do you go to the swimming pool?; il est allé au golf/tennis he's gone to play golf/tennis; aller aux champignons/framboises to go mushroom-/raspberry-picking; aller au pain○ to go and get the bread; dans quelle boulangerie allez-vous? which bakery do you go to?; aller aux courses○ or commissions○ to go shopping; aller au ravitaillement to go and stock up; aller aux nouvelles or informations to go and see if there's any news;4 ( s'étendre dans l'espace) la route va au village the road leads to the village; la rue va de la gare à l'église the street goes from the station to the church;5 ( convenir) ma robe/la traduction, ça va? is my dress/the translation all right?; ça va, ça ira○, ça peut aller○ ( en quantité) that'll do; ( en qualité) it'll do; ça va comme ça it's all right as it is; ça ne va pas du tout that's no good at all; ça ne va pas du tout, tu dois mettre une cravate you can't go like that, you have to wear a tie; la traduction n'allait pas the translation was no good; lundi ça (te) va? would Monday suit you ou be okay○?; une soupe, ça (te) va? how about some soup?; va pour une soupe○ soup is okay○; ça irait si on se voyait demain? would it it be all right if we met tomorrow?; ça va si je porte un jean? can I wear jeans?; si le contrat ne te va pas, ne le signe pas don't sign the contract if you're not happy with it; si ça va pour toi, ça va pour moi○ or ça me va○ if it's okay by you, it's okay by me○; ça n'irait pas du tout ( inacceptable) that would never do; ma scie ne va pas pour le métal my saw is no good for metal; ça te va bien de faire la morale/parler comme ça○ iron you're hardly the person to preach/make that sort of remark;6 (être de la bonne taille, de la bonne forme) aller à qn to fit sb; tes chaussures sont trop grandes, elles ne me vont pas your shoes are too big, they don't fit me; cette vis/clé ne va pas this screw/key doesn't fit;7 (flatter, mettre en valeur) aller à qn to suit sb; le rouge ne me va pas or me va mal red doesn't suit me; sa robe lui allait (très) bien her dress really suited her; le rôle t'irait parfaitement the part would suit you perfectly; ta cravate ne va pas avec ta chemise your tie doesn't go with your shirt; les tapis vont bien ensemble the rugs go together well; les meubles vont bien ensemble the furniture all matches; je trouve que ta sœur et son petit ami vont très bien ensemble I think your sister and her boyfriend are ideally suited;8 ( se ranger) to go; les assiettes vont dans le placard the plates go in the cupboard; la chaise pliante va derrière la porte de la cuisine the folding chair goes behind the kitchen door;9 ( faculté) pouvoir aller dans l'eau to be waterproof; le plat ne va pas au four the dish is not ovenproof;10 ( dans une évaluation) la voiture peut aller jusqu'à 200 km/h the car can do up to 200 km/h; certains modèles peuvent aller jusqu'à 1 000 euros some models can cost up to 1,000 euros; une peine allant jusqu'à cinq ans de prison a sentence of up to five years in prison;11 ( en arriver à) aller jusqu'au président to take it right up to the president; aller jusqu'à mentir/tuer to go as far as to lie/kill; leur amour est allé jusqu'à la folie their love bordered on madness;12 ( dans le temps) aller jusqu'en 1914 to go up to 1914; pendant la période qui va du 8 février au 13 mars between 8 February and 13 March; la période qui va de 1918 à 1939 the period between 1918 and 1939; l'offre va jusqu'à jeudi the offer lasts until Thursday; le contrat allait jusqu'en 1997 the contract ran until 1997; va-t-on vers une nouvelle guerre? are we heading for another war?; aller sur ses 17 ans to be going on 17;13 (agir, raisonner) vas-y doucement or gentiment, le tissu est fragile careful, the fabric is delicate; ils n'y sont pas allés doucement avec les meubles○ they were rather rough with the furniture; tu vas trop vite you're going too fast; vas-y, demande-leur! ( incitation) go on, ask them!; vas-y, dis-le! ( provocation) come on, out with it!; allons, allez! (pour encourager, inciter) come on!; j'y vais○ ( je vais agir) here we go!; si tu vas par là or comme ça, rien n'est entièrement vrai if you take that line, nothing is entirely true;14 ( contribuer) y aller de sa petite larme to shed a little tear; y aller de sa petite chanson to do one's party piece; y aller de ses économies to dip into one's savings; y aller de sa personne to pitch in; y aller de 100 euros Jeux to put in 100 euros;15 ○( se succéder) ça y va la vodka avec lui he certainly gets through the vodka; ça y allait les coups the fur was flying○;16 ( servir) où est allé l'argent? where has the money gone?; l'argent ira à la réparation de l'église the money will go toward(s) repairing the church; l'argent est allé dans leurs poches they pocketed the money;17 ( enfreindre) aller contre la loi [personne] to break the law; [acte] to be against the law; je ne peux pas aller contre ce qu'il a décidé I can't go against his decision.C s'en aller vpr1 (partir, se rendre) il faut que je m'en aille I must go ou leave; je m'en vais en Italie cet été I'm going to Italy this summer; je m'en vais du Japon l'année prochaine I'll be leaving Japan next year; va-t'en! go away!; s'en aller faire les courses/en vacances/au travail to go off to do the shopping/on vacation/to work; ils s'en allaient chantant† they went off singing;2 ( disparaître) les nuages vont s'en aller the clouds will clear away; la tache ne s'en va pas the stain won't come out; avec le temps, tout s'en va everything fades with time; les années s'en vont the years go by;4 (avoir l'intention de, essayer) je m'en vais leur dire ce que je pense I'm going to tell them what I think; ne t'en va pas imaginer une chose pareille ( pour réfuter) don't you believe it!; ( pour tempérer l'enthousiasme) don't get carried away!; va-t'en savoir ce qu'il a voulu dire! who knows what he meant?D v impers1 ( être en jeu) il y va de ma réputation my reputation is at stake; il y va de ta santé your health is at stake, you're putting your health at risk;2 ( se passer) il en va souvent ainsi that's often what happens; tout le monde doit aider et il en va de même pour toi everyone must help, and that goes for you too; il en ira de même pour eux the same goes for them; il en va autrement en Corée things are different in Korea; il en ira de lui comme de ses prédécesseurs he'll go the same way as his predecessors;3 Math 40 divisé par 12 il y va 3 fois et il reste 4 12 into 40 goes 3 times with 4 left over.II.aller nm1 ( trajet) j'ai fait une escale à l'aller I made a stopover on the way out; j'ai pris le bus à l'aller ( en allant là) I took the bus there; ( en venant ici) I took the bus here; l'aller a pris trois heures the journey there took three hours; il n'arrête pas de faire des allers et retours entre chez lui et son bureau he keeps running to and fro from his house to the office; je suis pressé, je ne fais que l'aller et le retour○ I'm in a hurry, I've just popped in○; billet aller gén single ticket GB, one-way ticket US; ( d'avion) one-way ticket; billet aller (et) retour return ticket GB, round trip (ticket) US;2 ( ticket) aller (simple) single (ticket); deux allers (pour) Lille two singles to Lille; aller (et) retour return ticket;I[ale] nom masculin1. [voyage] outward journeyfaire des allers et retours [personne, document] to go back and forth, to shuttle back and forthne faire qu'un ou que l'aller et retour: je vais à la banque mais je ne fais qu'un aller et retour I'm going to the bank, but I'll be right back2. [billet]3. (familier)aller et retour [gifle] slapII[ale] verbe auxiliaire1. (suivi de l'infinitif) [exprime le futur proche] to be going ou about totu vas tomber! you're going to fall!, you'll fall!attendez-le, il va arriver wait for him, he'll be here any minute nowj'allais justement te téléphoner I was just going to phone you, I was on the point of phoning you[pour donner un ordre]tu vas faire ce que je te dis, oui ou non? will you do as I say or won't you?2. (suivi de l'infinitif) [en intensif] to gone va pas croire/penser que... don't go and believe/think that...tu ne vas pas me faire croire que tu ne savais rien! you can't fool me into thinking that you didn't know anything!allez expliquer ça à un enfant de 5 ans! try and explain ou try explaining that to a 5-year-old!3. [exprime la continuité] (suivi du gérondif)a. [tension] to be risingb. [nombre] to be rising ou increasing————————[ale] verbe intransitifA.[EXPRIME LE MOUVEMENT]1. [se déplacer] to goa. hurry up!b. [à un enfant] run along (now)!vous alliez à plus de 90 km/h [en voiture] you were driving at ou doing more than 90 km/ha. [de long en large] to pace up and downb. [entre deux destinations] to come and go, to go to and fro2. [se rendre - personne]aller à la mer/à la montagne to go to the seaside/mountainsa. [bâtiment] to go to the universityb. [institution] to go to university ou collegealler à la chasse/pêche to go hunting/fishingj'irai en avion/voiture I'll fly/drive, I'll go by plane/cartu n'iras plus chez eux, tu m'entends? you will not visit them again, do you hear me?aller en haut/bas to go up/down3. (suivi de l'infinitif) [pour se livrer à une activité]va te faire voir (très familier) ou te faire foutre! (vulgaire) get lost! ou (UK) stuffed! (très familier), go to hell!4. [mener - véhicule, chemin] to go7. [être remis]l'argent collecté ira à une œuvre the collection will go ou be given to a charityB.[S'ÉTENDRE]1. [dans l'espace]aller de... à...: leur propriété va de la rivière à la côte their land stretches from the river to the coasta. [vers le haut] to go ou to reach up tob. [vers le bas] to go ou to reach down toc. [en largeur, en longueur] to go to, to stretch as far as2. [dans le temps]aller de... à... to go from... to...aller jusqu'à [bail, contrat] to run till3. [dans une série]aller de... à... to go ou to range from... to...C.[PROGRESSER]1. [se dérouler]aller vite/lentement to go fast/slowplus ça va...: plus ça va, moins je comprends la politique the more I see of politics, the less I understand itplus ça va, plus je l'aime I love her more each day2. [personne]aller jusqu'à: j'irai jusqu'à 1.000 euros pour le fauteuil I'll pay ou go up to 1,000 euros for the armchairj'irais même jusqu'à dire que... I would even go so far as to say that...aller sur ou vers [approcher de]: il va sur ou vers la cinquantaine he's getting on for ou going on 50elle va sur ses cinq ans she's nearly ou almost five, she'll be five soonaller à la faillite/l'échec to be heading for bankruptcy/failureoù va-t-on ou allons-nous s'il faut se barricader chez soi? what's the world coming to if people have to lock themselves in nowadays?D.[ÊTRE DANS TELLE OU TELLE SITUATION]1. [en parlant de l'état de santé]bonjour, comment ça va? — ça va hello, how are you? — all rightça va? [après un choc] are you all right?2. [se passer]les choses vont ou ça va mal things aren't too good ou aren't going too wellcomment ça va dans ton nouveau service? how are you getting on ou how are things in the new department?quelque chose ne va pas? is there anything wrong ou the matter?ça ne va pas tout seul ou sans problème it's not an ou it's no easy jobE.[EXPRIME L'ADÉQUATION]1. [être seyant]a. [taille d'un vêtement] to fit somebodyb. [style d'un vêtement] to suit somebodyle bleu lui va blue suits her, she looks good in bluecela te va à ravir ou à merveille that looks wonderful on you, you look wonderful in that2. [être en harmonie]j'ai acheté un chapeau pour aller avec ma veste I bought a hat to go with ou to match my jacketa. [couleurs, styles] to go well together, to matchb. [éléments d'une paire] to belong togetherils vont bien ensemble, ces deux-là! those two make quite a pair!je trouve qu'ils vont très mal ensemble I think (that) they're an ill-matched couple ou they make a very odd pair3. [convenir]tu veux de l'aide? — non, ça ira! do you want a hand? — no, I'll manage ou it's OK!tu ne rajoutes pas de crème? — ça ira comme ça don't you want to add some cream? — that'll do (as it is) ou it's fine like thisça ira pour aujourd'hui that'll be all for today, let's call it a dayaller à quelqu'un: on dînera après le spectacle — ça me va we'll go for dinner after the show — that's all right ou fine by me ou that suits me (fine)F.[LOCUTIONS]allez, un petit effort come on, put some effort into itallez, je m'en vais! right, I'm going now!zut, j'ai cassé un verre! — et allez (donc), le troisième en un mois! damn! I've broken a glass! — well done, that's the third in a month!allez-y! go on!, off you go!allons bon, j'ai perdu ma clef maintenant! oh no, now I've lost my key!allons bon, voilà qu'il recommence à pleurer! here we go, he's crying again!c'est mieux comme ça, va! it's better that way, you know!je t'aurai prévenu! — ça va, ça va! don't say I didn't warn you! — OK, OK!ça va comme ça hein, j'en ai assez de tes jérémiades! just shut up will you, I'm fed up with your moaning!y aller (familier) : une fois que tu es sur le plongeoir, il faut y aller! once you're on the diving board, you've got to jump!quand faut y aller, faut y aller when you've got to go, you've got to gocomme tu y vas (familier) /vous y allez (familier) : j'en veux 30 euros — comme tu y vas! I want 30 euros for it — isn't that a bit much?ça y va: (familier) ça y va, les billets de 10 euros! 10 euro notes are going as if there was no tomorrow!y aller de: aux réunions de famille, il y va toujours d'une ou de sa chansonnette every time there's a family gathering, he sings a little songil ou cela ou ça va de soi (que) it goes without saying (that)il ou cela ou ça va sans dire (que) it goes without saying (that)il en va de... comme de...: il en va de la littérature comme de la peinture it's the same with literature as with paintingil en va autrement: il en irait autrement si ta mère était encore là things would be very different if your mother was still heretout le monde est égoïste, si tu vas par là! everybody's selfish, if you look at it like that!————————s'en aller verbe pronominal intransitif1. [partir - personne] to go2. [se défaire, se détacher] to come undone4. [disparaître - tache] to come off, to go (away) ; [ - son] to fade away ; [ - forces] to fail ; [ - jeunesse] to pass ; [ - lumière, soleil, couleur] to fade (away) ; [ - peinture, vernis] to come offça s'en ira au lavage/avec du savon it'll come off in the wash/with soap5. (suivi de l'infinitif) [en intensif] -
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creuser [kʀøze]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ bois, falaise] to hollow out ; [+ sol, roc] to dig a hole in ; (au marteau-piqueur) to drill a hole inb. [+ puits, fondations, canal, tranchée] to dig ; [+ sillon] to plough (Brit), to plow (US) ; [+ trou] to dig ; (au marteau-piqueur) to drillc. ( = approfondir) [+ problème, sujet] to go into• la promenade, ça creuse (l'estomac) (inf) walking gives you a real appetite2. reflexive verba. [joues, visage] to become gauntb. [personne] se creuser (la cervelle or la tête) (inf) to rack one's brains• il ne s'est pas beaucoup creusé ! (inf) he didn't exactly overexert himself!* * *kʀøze
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1) ( ôter de la matière dans) [personne] to dig a hole in [terre]; to hollow out [tronc, fruit]; to drill a hole in [dent]; to dig into [roche]; [mer, eau] to eat into, to erode [falaise]2) ( pratiquer) to dig [trou, canal, tombe, terrier]; to sink [puits]; to plough GB, to plow US [sillon] ( dans in); [rivière] to hollow out [lit]3) ( marquer) [rides] to furrow [front, visage]elle avait le visage creusé par la faim/le chagrin — her face was gaunt with hunger/grief
4) ( accentuer la cambrure de)creuser le dos or les reins — to arch one's back
5) ( accentuer) to deepen, to increase [déficit, fossé]6) ( approfondir) [personne] to go into [something] in depth [sujet, théorie]
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verbe intransitif
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se creuser verbe pronominal [joues, visage] to become hollow; [mer, vagues] to be whipped up; [rides] to deepen; [écart] to widen••ça creuse — (colloq) it really gives you an appetite
se creuser (la tête or la cervelle) — (colloq) to rack one's brains
* * *kʀøze1. vt1) [trou, tunnel] to dig2) [sol] to dig a hole in, [bois] to hollow out3) fig to go into, to go deeply into2. vi* * *creuser verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( ôter de la matière dans) [personne] to dig a hole in [terre]; to hollow out [tronc, fruit]; to drill a hole in [dent]; [bulldozer] to dig into [roche]; [mer, eau] to eat into, to erode [falaise, rochers]; [ver] to burrow through [terre];2 ( pratiquer) [personne] to dig [trou, souterrain, tombe, fossé]; to sink [puits, fondations]; to cut, to dig [canal, tunnel]; to plough GB, to plow US [sillon] (dans in); [lapin, renard] to dig [terrier]; [rivière] to hollow out [lit]; creuser un trou à la pelleteuse to dig a hole with a mechanical digger; creuser sa propre tombe lit, fig to dig one's own grave;3 ( marquer) [rides] to furrow [front, visage]; elle avait le visage creusé par la faim/le chagrin/l'épuisement her face was gaunt with hunger/grief/exhaustion;4 ( accentuer la cambrure de) creuser le dos or les reins to arch one's back;5 ( accentuer) to deepen, to increase [déficit, fossé, inégalités]; creuser l'écart entre to widen the gap between;6 ( approfondir) [personne] to go into [sth] in depth, to research [question, sujet, théorie]; vous ne creusez pas assez votre analyse your analysis does not go far enough; si tu creuses un peu, tu t'aperçois vite que if you scratch the surface you soon realize that.B vi creuser dans la craie/la roche/l'argile to dig into the chalk/the rock/the clay.C se creuser vpr1 ( devenir concave) [joues, visage] to become hollow; [mer, vagues] to be whipped up;2 ( s'accentuer) [rides] to deepen; [écart, différence] to widen.ça creuse○ it really gives you an appetite; se creuser (la tête or la cervelle)○ to rack one's brains.[krøze] verbe transitif1. [excaver - puits, mine] to dig, to sink ; [ - canal] to dig, to cut ; [ - tranchée] to dig, to excavate ; [ - sillon] to plough ; [ - passage souterrain, tunnel] to make, to bore, to diga. [à la pelle] to dig a holeb. [en grattant] to scratch a holeça a creusé un abîme ou fossé entre eux this has opened up a gulf between them2. [faire un trou dans - généralement] to hollow (out) ; [ - avec une cuillère] to scoop (out)3. [ployer]creuser les reins ou le dos to arch one's back4. [marquer - traits du visage]5. (familier) [ouvrir l'appétit de] to make hungryla marche m'a creusé (l'estomac) the walk gave me an appetite ou whetted my appetite ou made me feel hungry6. [approfondir - idée] to look ou to go into (inseparable) ; [ - problème, question] to look ou to delve into (inseparable)il paraît intelligent, mais il vaut mieux ne pas creuser (trop loin) he seems intelligent, but it might be better not to go into it too deeply7. COUTURE [décolleté] to make deeper ou lower[emmanchure] to make bigger————————se creuser verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)tu ne t'es pas beaucoup creusé pour écrire ce texte! you didn't overtax yourself when you wrote this text!————————se creuser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [yeux, visage] to grow hollow[joues] to grow gaunt ou hollow[fossettes, rides] to appear2. [augmenter - écart] to grow bigger -
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que [kə]━━━━━━━━━1. conjunction2. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (complétive) that━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► that introduisant une subordonnée complétive est souvent sous-entendu en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• tu crois qu'il réussira ? do you think he'll succeed?• mais il n'a pas de voiture ! -- il dit que si but he has no car! -- he says he has━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Avec un verbe de volonté, l'anglais emploie une proposition infinitive. Si le sujet de cette infinitive est un pronom, l'anglais utilise la forme objet du pronom.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque que remplace une conjonction comme si, quand, comme, que, la conjonction est soit répétée soit omise en anglais.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• si vous êtes sages et qu'il fait beau, nous sortirons if you are good and (if) the weather is fine, we'll go out• comme la maison est petite et qu'il n'y a pas de jardin... as the house is small and there's no garden...• il ira, qu'il le veuille ou non he'll go whether he wants to or not• qu'il parte ou qu'il reste, ça m'est égal whether he leaves or stays, it's all the same to med. (but) tenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas hold him so he doesn't falle. (temps) elle venait à peine de sortir qu'il se mit à pleuvoir she had no sooner gone out than it started raining• ils ne se connaissaient pas depuis 10 minutes qu'ils étaient déjà amis they had only known each other for 10 minutes and already they were friendsf. (souhait) qu'il se taise ! I wish he would be quiet!• eh bien, qu'il vienne ! all right, he can come!• qu'il essaie seulement ! just let him try!• que je l'aide ? tu plaisantes ! me, help him? you must be joking!• « viens ici ! » qu'il me crie (inf) "come here!" he shoutedh. (locutions)► que... ne• j'avais déjà fini de déjeuner qu'elle n'avait pas commencé I'd already finished my lunch and she hadn't even started► que oui ! yes indeed!• il était fâché ? -- que oui ! was he angry? -- he certainly was!► que non ! certainly not!• tu viens ? -- que non ! are you coming? -- no I am not!2. <• que tu es lent ! you're so slow!• que de voitures ! there's so much traffic!• que d'erreurs ! there are so many mistakes!qu'est-ce qu'il est bête ! he's such an idiot!• qu'est-ce qu'il joue bien ! doesn't he play well!3. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le pronom relatif que n'est souvent pas traduit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner une personne en anglais, il y a trois possibilités: whom, qui est d'un registre soutenu, who qui n'est pas correct, mais très fréquemment utilisé, et that.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le pronom relatif que n'est souvent pas traduit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on utilise un pronom relatif pour désigner un animal ou une chose en anglais, il y a deux possibilités: that et which, qui s'utilise surtout pour des choses.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• la raison qu'il a donnée the reason (that or which) he gavec. (en incise)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la relative est en incise, on n'emploie jamais that, mais which pour une chose et who(m) pour une personne.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• un certain M. Leduc, que je ne connais pas, m'a appelé a certain Mr Leduc, who (inf) or whom I don't know, called me• la lettre, que j'ai postée lundi, est arrivée vendredi the letter, which I posted on Monday, arrived on Fridaye. (autres) quel homme charmant que votre voisin ! what a charming man your neighbour is!• tout distrait qu'il est, il s'en est aperçu absent-minded though he is, he still noticed it4. <• que fais-tu ? what are you doing?• qu'en sais-tu ? what do you know about it?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Dans les cas où il y a un choix, on emploie which.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• que préfères-tu, de la compote ou un crème caramel ? which would you prefer, stewed fruit or crème caramel?• qu'est-ce que tu fais ? what are you doing?• qu'est-ce que tu préfères, le rouge ou le noir ? which do you prefer, the red one or the black one?► qu'est-ce qui what• qu'est-ce qui l'a mis en colère ? what made him so angry?* * *
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( qu' before vowel or mute h) kə conjonctioncomme tu ne veux pas venir et que tu ne veux pas dire pourquoi — since you refuse to come and (since you) refuse to say why
2)qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte — we were already well aware that he's the best
approche, que je te regarde — come closer so I can look at you
que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non — whether you like it or not
il n'était pas sitôt parti qu'elle appela la police — no sooner had he left than she called the police
j'avais déjà lu dix pages qu'il n'avait toujours pas commencé — I had already read ten pages while he hadn't even started
qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais... — you must excuse me but...
qu'il crève! — (sl) let him rot! (colloq)
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pronom interrogatif whatque dire? — what can you ou one say?
que faire? — ( maintenant) what shall I/we do?; ( au passé) what could I/we do?
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pronom relatifPierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier — Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday
c'est la plus belle femme que j'aie jamais vue — she's the most beautiful woman (that) I've ever seen
3) ( employé comme attribut) that
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‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’ - ‘oh que si!’ — ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’ - ‘yes I have!’
‘tu en as besoin?’ - ‘que oui!’ — ‘do you need it’ - ‘I certainly do!’
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que conjonction de subordination se traduit généralement par that: elle a dit qu'elle le ferait = she said that she would do it; il est important qu'ils se rendent compte que ce n'est pas simple it's important that they should realize that it's not simpleOn notera que that est souvent omis: je pense qu'il devrait changer de métier = I think he should change jobsQuand que suit un verbe exprimant un souhait, une volonté, l'anglais utilise un infinitif: je voudrais que tu ranges ta chambre = I'd like you to tidy your room; elle veut qu'il fasse un stage de formation = she wants him to do a training courseOn trouvera ci-dessous quelques exemples supplémentaires mais on pourra toujours se reporter aux verbes, adjectifs et substantifs qui peuvent être suivis de que, comme montrer, comprendre, apparaître, certain, évident, idée etc. De même les locutions ainsi que, alors que, bien que sont traitées respectivement sous ainsi, alors, bien. Pour les emplois de que avec ne, plus, moins etc on se reportera à ne, plus, moins etcque pronom relatif se traduit différemment selon qu'il a pour antécédent un nom de personne: l'homme que je vois = the man that I can see; = the man I can see; = the man who I can see; = the man whom I can see; les amis que j'ai invités = the friends that I've invited; = the friends I've invited; = the friends who I have invited; = the friends whom I have invited (dans les deux cas ci-dessus la traduction avec whom appartient au registre de la langue écrite); ou un nom de chose, concept, animal: le chien que je vois = the dog that I can see; = the dog I can see; = the dog which I can see; l'invitation que j'ai reçue = the invitation that I received; = the invitation I received; = the invitation which I received. Voir III ci-dessous* * *kə1. conj1) (introduisant complétive) thatIl sait que tu es là. — He knows you're here., He knows that you're here.
Je veux que tu acceptes. — I want you to agree.
Je veux que tu viennes. — I want you to come.
Il a dit que oui. — He said he would.
Quand il rentrera et qu'il aura mangé... — When he gets back and has eaten...
Si vous y allez ou que vous... — If you go there or if you...
qu'il le veuille ou non — whether he likes it or not, (souhait)
4) (but) (= de sorte que) so, so thatTenez-le, qu'il ne tombe pas. — Hold it so it doesn't fall., Hold it so that it doesn't fall.
5) (après comparatif) thanplus... que — more... than
C'est plus difficile que je ne le pensais. — It's more difficult than I thought.
Il est plus grand que moi. — He's bigger than me.
6) (équivalence) asaussi... que — as... as
Elle est aussi jolie que sa sœur. — She's as pretty as her sister.
Le train est aussi cher que l'avion. — The train is as expensive as the plane.
See:plus; aussi; autantne... que (= seulement) — only
Il ne boit que de l'eau. — He only drinks water.
Je ne l'ai vu qu'une fois. — I've only seen him once.
à peine... que; Elle venait à peine de sortir qu'il se mit à pleuvoir. — She had just gone out when it started to rain., No sooner had she gone out than it started to rain.
il y a... que; ça fait... que; Il y a 4 ans qu'il est parti.; Ça fait 4 ans qu'il est parti. — It is 4 years since he left.
See:2. advqu'il est...; Qu'il est bête!; Qu'est-ce qu'il est bête! — He's so silly!
Qu'il court vite!; Qu'est-ce qu'il court vite! — He runs so fast!
que de... — such a lot of..., so many...
3. pron1) (relatif) (personne) that, whomla dame que j'ai rencontrée hier — the lady I met yesterday, the lady that I met yesterday
l'homme que je vois — the man I can see, the man that I can see
2) (chose) that, whichLe gâteau qu'elle a fait est délicieux. — The cake she made is delicious., The cake that she made is delicious., The cake which she made is delicious.
le livre que tu vois — the book you see, the book that you see, the book which you see
3) (temps) (= où)un jour que j'étais... — a day when I was...
4) (interrogatif) whatQu'est-ce que...? — What...?
Qu'est-ce que c'est? (en désignant qch) — What is it?, What's that?, (en entendant qch) What's that?
* * *que ⇒ Note d'usage (qu' before vowel or mute h)A conj1 ( reprenant une autre conjonction) comme tu ne veux pas venir et que tu ne veux pas dire pourquoi since you refuse to come and (since you) refuse to say why; si vous venez et que vous avez le temps if you come and (if you) have the time;2 je crains que tu (ne) fasses une bêtise I'm worried (that) you might do something silly; le fait qu'il se soit enfui prouve sa culpabilité the fact that he has run away is proof of his guilt; qu'il soit le meilleur, nous nous en sommes déjà rendu compte we were already well aware that he's the best; taisez- vous que j'entende ce qu'il dit stop talking so (that) I can hear what he's saying; approche, que je te regarde come closer so I can look at you; qu'il pleuve et toute la récolte est détruite if it rains the harvest will be ruined; que vous le vouliez ou non, que cela vous plaise ou non whether you like it or not; il voudrait faire échouer le projet qu'il ne s'y prendrait pas autrement if he wanted to ruin the project he couldn't have chosen a better way to do it; il l'aurait fait qu'il ne voudrait pas l'admettre even if he did do it he wouldn't admit it; il n'était pas sitôt parti qu'elle appela la police no sooner had he left than she called the police; vous dormiez encore que j'avais déjà fait une longue promenade you were still asleep, while I had already been for a long walk; j'avais déjà lu 10 pages qu'il n'avait toujours pas commencé I had already read 10 pages while he hadn't even started; il ne se passe pas de jour qu'il ne pleuve not a day goes by without rain ou when it doesn't rain; que tout le monde sorte! everyone must leave!; qu'on veuille bien m'excuser mais… you must excuse me but…; qu'il se taise! I wish he would be quiet!; que n'êtes vous-arrivés hier soir! fml if only you'd arrived last night!; que ceux qui n'ont pas compris le disent let anyone who hasn't understood say so; qu'on le pende! hang him!; qu'il crève◑! let him rot○!, he can rot○!; que j'aille le voir! you expect me to go and see him!; que je leur prête ma voiture! you expect me to lend them my car!; que je sache as far as I know;3 ◑( à la place de l'inversion du sujet) et alors? que je lui ai dit so? I said to him; approche! qu'il m'a dit come closer! he says to me○.B pron inter what; que fais-tu ? what are you doing?; que dire? what can you ou one say?; que faire? ( maintenant) what shall I do?, what am I to do?; ( au passé) what could I do?, what was I to do?; que veux-tu pour ton anniversaire? what do you want for your birthday?; qu'est-ce que tu en penses? what do you think?; je ne sais que dire I don't know what to say; je ne sais pas ce qu'il a dit I don't know what he said; que sont ces traces? what are those tracks?; qu'est-ce que c'est que ça? what's that?; qu'importe? what does it matter?C pron rel1 ( ayant un nom de personne pour antécédent) Pierre, que je n'avais pas vu depuis 20 ans, est venu me voir hier Pierre, whom I had not seen for 20 years, came to see me yesterday; c'est la plus belle femme que j'aie jamais vue she's the most beautiful woman (that) I've ever seen;2 ( ayant un nom de chose ou d'animal pour antécédent) je n'aime pas la voiture que tu as achetée I don't like the car (that) you've bought; le livre qu'il a écrit juste après la guerre the book that he wrote just after the war; les photos que vous regardez ont été prises à Rome the photographs that ou which you are looking at were taken in Rome; c'est la plus belle fleur que j'aie jamais vue it's the most beautiful flower (that) I've ever seen;3 ( employé comme attribut) that; la vieille dame qu'elle est devenue the old lady that she has become; énervé qu'il était il n'a pu terminer son discours he was so worked up that he couldn't finish his speech; de petite fille sage qu'elle était elle est devenue une petite peste she's changed from the good little girl that she was into a real pest; bête que je suis fool that I am; stupide que tu es! you silly thing!D adv que vous êtes jolie! how pretty you are!; que c'est difficile/ennuyeux how difficult/boring it is; que c'est joli it's so pretty; ce que vous êtes jolie! you're so pretty!; que de monde/d'eau what a lot of people/water; qu'avait-il besoin de faire? why did he have to do?; que ne le disais-tu plus tôt? fml why didn't you say so earlier?; ‘vous ne leur en avez pas parlé?’-‘oh que si!’ ‘haven't you spoken to them about it?’-‘oh yes I have!’; que non! definitely not!; ‘tu en as besoin?’-‘que oui!’ ‘do you need it’-‘indeed I do!’; c'était une époque turbulente que le XVIe siècle what a turbulent period the 16th century was.1. [combien]que tu es naïf! you're so naive!, aren't you naive!que de bruit ici! it's so noisy here!, what a lot of noise there is in here!2. [exprimant l'indignation]que ne l'as-tu (pas) dit plus tôt! why didn't you say so earlier?, I wish you had said so ou that earlier!————————sa sœur, que je n'avais pas vue depuis 10 ans, était là aussi her sister, whom ou who I hadn't seen for 10 years, was there toole contrat que j'ai signé the contract (which) ou that I signedje ne suis pas la seule, que je sache I'm not the only one as far as I know4. [pour souligner une caractéristique]fatiguée qu'elle était, elle continuait à l'aider tired though ou as she was, she carried on helping himde timide qu'il était, il est devenu expansif once a shy man, he's now an extroverten bon père/électricien qu'il était being the good father/electrician he wasune chance, que cette panne! very lucky, this breakdown!5. [dans des expressions de temps, de durée]un soir qu'il faisait très chaud one very hot evening, one evening when the weather was very hotle temps que tu te prépares, il sera trop tard by the time you're ready it'll be too latechaque fois que je m'absente, il téléphone every time I'm out he phones————————1. [dans le discours direct] whatqu'est-ce que je vois/j'entends? [ton menaçant ou hum] what is this I see/hear?2. [dans le discours indirect] what————————1. [après des verbes déclaratifs ou des verbes d'évaluation] thatexigez qu'on vous indemnise demand compensation ou to be compensated[en début de proposition]que leur fils ait fugué, cela ne devrait pas nous surprendre the fact that their son ran away shouldn't come as a surprise to usque tu pleures ne changera rien your ou you crying won't change anything2. (à valeur circonstancielle) [et déjà] thanil n'a pas fini de lire un roman qu'il en commence un autre no sooner has he finished one novel than he starts reading another[afin que] so thatapproche-toi, que je te voie mieux come closer so that I can see you better[à tel point que]elle tousse que ça réveille tout le monde (familier) she coughs so much (that) she wakes everybody upil est têtu que ça en devient un vrai problème (familier) he's so ou that stubborn (that) it's a real problem[dialecte: parce que]ne viens pas, que si je te vois je te tue! don't come, 'cos if I see you I'll kill you!3. (suivi du subjonctif) [pour formuler un ordre, un souhait, une éventualité]a. [faites-la parler] make her talk!b. [laissez-la parler] let her speak!eh bien, qu'il s'en aille s'il n'est pas content! he can leave if he doesn't like it!qu'il m'attaque et je dis tout just let him (try and) attack me, and I'll reveal everything4. (soutenu) [dans une double hypothèse]5. [répète la conjonction précédente]6. [formule de présentation et d'insistance]je croyais l'affaire faite et voilà qu'elle n'est pas d'accord I thought the deal was clinched and now I find she disagreessi je n'ai rien dit, c'est que je craignais de te vexer if I said nothing, it was because I was afraid of upsetting youtu n'iras pas — que si! you won't go — oh yes I will ou I will too!7. [dans une formule interrogative]————————que... ne locution conjonctiveaucune décision n'est prise que je ne sois préalablement consulté no decision is made without my being consulted first————————que... ou non locution conjonctivewhether... or not————————que... (ou) que locution conjonctivewhether... orqu'il fasse beau, qu'il pleuve, je sors me promener come rain or come shine, I go out for a walk -
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seefar vedere showstare a vedere watch* * *vedere v.tr.1 to see*: il bambino vide un grosso cane, the child saw a big dog; ho visto quel libro da qualche parte, I've seen that book somewhere; l'ho visto io, con i miei occhi, I saw it myself, with my own eyes; lo vidi cadere nell'acqua, I saw him fall into the water; lo vidi correre verso il fiume, I saw him running towards the river; vedemmo arrestare il ladro, we saw the thief arrested; fu visto parlare con lei, he was seen speaking (o to speak) to her // si vede questa macchia?, does this spot show? // lo vedrebbe anche un cieco, even a blind man could see it // vedere la luce, ( nascere) to see the light of day (o to be born) // vedere le stelle, (fig.) to see stars // far vedere, to show: fammelo vedere, let me see it; fammi vedere come fai, show me how you do it; far vedere un documento, to show (o to produce) a document // farsi vedere, to show oneself: non si vuol far vedere, he doesn't want to show himself; non si fa vedere da due settimane, he hasn't shown up (o he hasn't put in an appearance) for two weeks; fatti vedere quando puoi, come and see us (o look us up) when you can2 ( incontrare) to meet*; to see*; vedere un amico a teatro, to meet a friend at the theatre; non vuole vedere nessuno, he doesn't want to see (o to meet) anybody // lieto di vederla!, nice to meet you!3 ( guardare) to see*, ( film, televisione) to watch: andrò a vedere l''Aida', I shall go and see 'Aida'; vedere un film, una partita, la televisione, to watch a film, a match, television4 ( esaminare) to examine, to have a look at; ( controllare) to check, to look over, to go* through: fece vedere il figlio al dottore, he got the doctor to have a look at (o to examine) his son; vedere i conti, to check (o to go through) the accounts6 ( pensare) to think*; to see*; ( decidere) to decide: vedrò cosa posso fare per lui, I'll see what I can do for him; vedremo in seguito, we'll see later on; vedi tu cosa è il caso di fare, you decide (o see) what had better be done7 ( capire) to see*, to understand*: vedo che avete capito, I see you have understood; non vedi che sto male?, can't you see I am ill?; non vedo dove vuoi arrivare, I can't understand what you are leading up to (o what you are driving at); non vedo la ragione, il vantaggio di farlo, I don't see any reason for, the advantage of doing it; vedo bene che non hai capito, I fully realize you haven't understood8 ( procurare, fare in modo) to see*, to try, to take* care: vedi che questo lavoro sia fatto prima di sera, see (to it) that this job is done before evening; vedi di non svegliarlo, take care not to wake him up; vedrò di aiutarlo, I shall try to help him◆ v. intr. to see*: vedo bene, male con questi occhiali, I can, I cannot see well with these glasses; vedere bene da lontano, da vicino, to be long-sighted, short-sighted // non vede più in là del suo naso, he can't see further than the end of his nose // vederci, to be able to see: non ci vede da quell'occhio, he can't see out of that eye; ci vedi con questa luce?, can you see with this light?; vederci doppio, to see double // non ci vedo dalla fame, ho una fame che non ci vedo, I'm starving // non ci vedeva più dalla rabbia, he was blind with rage; quando ha detto questo non ci ho visto più, when he said so I lost my temper // chi vivrà vedrà, (prov.) time will tell.◘ vedersi v.rifl.1 to see* oneself: vedere nello specchio, to see* oneself in the mirror3 ( riconoscersi) to see* oneself, to recognize oneself: mi vedo in questa descrizione, I see (o recognize) myself in this description // non posso vedermi tra quella gente, I don't feel at ease among those peoplevedere s.m.1 ( aspetto) appearance; ( impressione) impression: fare un bel, un brutto vedere, to make a good, a bad impression* * *1. [ve'dere]vb irreg vt1) to seesenza occhiali, non ci vedo — I can't see without my glasses
non si vede niente; non (ci) si vede — (è buio) you can't see a thing
non si vede — (non è visibile) it doesn't show, you can't see it
2) (raffigurarsi) to seemodo di vedere — outlook, view of things
3) (esaminare: libro, prodotto) to see, look at, (conti) to go over, checkmi fai vedere il vestito nuovo? — let me see o have a look at the new dress
4) (scoprire) to see, find outvai a vedere cos'è successo — go and see o find out what has happened
voglio vedere come vanno le cose/che possibilità ci sono — I want to see o find out how things are going/what opportunities there are
è da vedere se... — it remains to be seen whether...
5) (incontrare) to see, meetfatti vedere ogni tanto — come and see us (o me ecc) from time to time
6) (visitare: museo, mostra) to visit, (consultare: medico, avvocato) to see, consult7) (capire) to see, graspho visto subito che... — I immediately realized that...
non vedo la ragione di farlo — I can't see any reason to do it o for doing it
è triste ma non lo dà a vedere — he is sad but he isn't letting it show o he is hiding it
8)vedere di fare qc — to see (to it) that sth is done, make sure that sth is donevedi di non arrivare in ritardo — see o make sure you don't arrive late
vedi tu — (decidi tu) it's up to you
9)vedetevela voi — you see to itessere ben/mal visto da qn — to be/not to be well thought of by sb
visto che... — seeing that...
non avere niente a che vedere con qn/qc — to have nothing to do with sb/sth
vedere la luce — (nascere) to come into being, see the light of the day
vedere le stelle — (dal dolore) to see stars
vedere lontano — (fig) to be farsighted
non vederci più dalla rabbia — to be beside o.s. with rage
non vederci più dalla fame — to be ravenous o starving
a vederlo si direbbe che... — by the look of him you'd think that...
2. vr (vedersi)1) (specchiarsi, raffigurarsi) to see o.s.2)si vide costretto a... — he found himself forced to...
3) (uso reciproco) to see each other, meet* * *I 1. [ve'dere]verbo transitivo1) (percepire attraverso la vista) to see*vedere qcn., qcs. con i propri occhi — to see sb., sth. with one's own eyes
lo vidi arrivare — I saw him come o coming
l'hanno vista entrare — she was seen going in, someone saw her go in
fare vedere qcs. a qcn. — to show sb. sth.
fammi vedere — let me see, let me have a look
2) (essere spettatore, testimone di) to see* [film, spettacolo, avvenimento]; (guardare) to watch [ televisione]non ho mai visto una cosa simile — I've never seen its like o the like of it
3) (immaginare) to see*, to imaginelo vedo o vedrei bene come insegnante I can just see him as a teacher; non me lo vedo a viaggiare da solo — I can't imagine him travelling alone
4) (giudicare)vedere in qcn. un amico — to see sb. as a friend
vedi tu — see for yourself, do as you think best
5) (capire)non vedi che... — can't o don't you see (that)...
si vedeva che... — I could see (that)
6) fig. (constatare)7) (scoprire)"io non pago!" - "staremo a vedere!" — "I won't pay!" - "we shall see about that!"
8) (esaminare) to look over, to look through [documento, conti]vedremo — well, we'll see
9) (tentare) to see*, to try10) (incontrare, trovare) to see*, to meet* [ persona]; (consultare) to see*, to consult [esperto, avvocato]11) (visitare) to see*, to visit [città, monumento]12) (in un testo)vedi sopra, sotto, a pagina 6 — see above, below, page 6
13) (nel poker)14) farsi vedere (mettersi in mostra) to show* off; (mostrarsi)alla festa non si è fatta vedere — she didn't show o turn up at the party
non farti più vedere! — don't show your face around here any more! (farsi visitare)
2.farsi vedere da un medico — to see o consult a doctor
3.vedere vederci to see, to be able to see; ci vedo bene I've got good sight; non ci vedo I can't see; (ci) vedo poco — I can hardly see
verbo pronominale vedersi1) (guardarsi) to see* oneself2) (sentirsi)-rsi costretto a fare qcs. — to find oneself forced to do
4) (incontrarsi, frequentarsi)ci vediamo (domani, dopo)! — see you (tomorrow, later)!
6) vederselavedersela con qcn. — to sort it out with sb.
me la sono vista brutta — I had a narrow o lucky escape
••avere a che vedere — to have to do ( con with)
non avere nulla a che vedere con — to have nothing to do with, to bear no relation to
te la farò vedere — just you wait, I'll show you
ti faccio vedere io! — I'll show o have you!
non vedo l'ora che arrivino le vacanze — I can't wait for the holidays, I'm looking forward to the holidays
non vedo l'ora di conoscerlo — I can't wait to meet him, I'm looking forward to meeting him
non ci vedo più dalla fame — I'm so hungry I can't see straight, I'm starving
ne vedremo delle belle! — that'll make the fur o feathers fly!
II [ve'dere]non ti vedo bene — (in forma) you don't look well
sostantivo maschile (giudizio)* * *vedere1/ve'dere/ [97]1 (percepire attraverso la vista) to see*; non vedevo nulla I couldn't see a thing; vedere qcn., qcs. con i propri occhi to see sb., sth. with one's own eyes; lo vidi arrivare I saw him come o coming; l'hanno vista entrare she was seen going in, someone saw her go in; non si vede nessuno there's nobody to be seen; sullo sfondo si vedono dei monti you can see mountains in the background; fare vedere qcs. a qcn. to show sb. sth.; fammi vedere let me see, let me have a look; fammi vedere come si fa show me how to do it2 (essere spettatore, testimone di) to see* [film, spettacolo, avvenimento]; (guardare) to watch [ televisione]; l'ho visto alla televisione I saw it on television; andare a vedere una partita to go see a match; è un film da vedere the film is worth seeing; è triste da vedere it's sad to see; vorrei vedere te al mio posto! I'd like to see how you'd get on! non ho mai visto una cosa simile I've never seen its like o the like of it; e non avete visto ancora niente! and you ain't seen nothing yet! colloq.; ma guarda che cosa ci tocca vedere! could you ever have imagined such a thing!3 (immaginare) to see*, to imagine; lo vedo o vedrei bene come insegnante I can just see him as a teacher; non me lo vedo a viaggiare da solo I can't imagine him travelling alone4 (giudicare) tu come vedi la situazione? how do you view the situation? per come la vedo io as I see it; il suo modo di vedere le cose his way of looking at things; vedere in qcn. un amico to see sb. as a friend; vedi tu see for yourself, do as you think best5 (capire) non vedo dove sia il problema I can't see the problem; non vedo perché I don't see why; non vedi che... can't o don't you see (that)...; si vedeva che... I could see (that)...6 fig. (constatare) come vedete as you can see; vedo che ti piace I see you like it; da quel che vedo from what I can see; vedi se è asciutto see if it's dry; vai a vedere se go (and) see if7 (scoprire) "io non pago!" - "staremo a vedere!" "I won't pay!" - "we shall see about that!" è ancora da vedere that remains to be seen; aspetta e vedrai (you just) wait and see8 (esaminare) to look over, to look through [documento, conti]; vediamo un po' let me see; vedremo well, we'll see; dovresti fare vedere quella ferita you should get that wound looked at9 (tentare) to see*, to try; vedi di comportarti bene! see that you behave yourself! vediamo di non fare sbagli let's try not to make mistakes10 (incontrare, trovare) to see*, to meet* [ persona]; (consultare) to see*, to consult [esperto, avvocato]; la vedo raramente I see very little of her; mi ha fatto piacere vederla I was pleased to see her; guarda chi si vede! look who's here!11 (visitare) to see*, to visit [città, monumento]; a Perugia ci sono molte cose da vedere there are a lot of sights in Perugia; non ho mai visto Roma I have never been to Rome12 (in un testo) vedi sopra, sotto, a pagina 6 see above, below, page 613 (nel poker) vedo! I'll see you!14 farsi vedere (mettersi in mostra) to show* off; (mostrarsi) alla festa non si è fatta vedere she didn't show o turn up at the party; non farti più vedere! don't show your face around here any more! (farsi visitare) farsi vedere da un medico to see o consult a doctor(aus. avere) (avere la facoltà della vista) vedere, vederci to see, to be able to see; ci vedo bene I've got good sight; non ci vedo I can't see; (ci) vedo poco I can hardly seeIII vedersi verbo pronominale1 (guardarsi) to see* oneself; - rsi allo specchio to see oneself in the mirror2 (sentirsi) -rsi costretto a fare qcs. to find oneself forced to do3 (riconoscersi) non mi vedo come avvocato I don't see myself as a lawyer; non mi vedo a fare I don't see myself doing4 (incontrarsi, frequentarsi) non ci vediamo da mesi we haven't seen each other for months; si vedono alle 10 they're meeting at 10; ci vediamo (domani, dopo)! see you (tomorrow, later)!5 (essere visibile) la cicatrice non si vede the scar doesn't show6 vedersela vedersela con qcn. to sort it out with sb.; vedetevela voi! work it out for yourselves! dovrai vedertela con tuo padre you'll have your father to deal with; me la sono vista brutta I had a narrow o lucky escapeavere a che vedere to have to do ( con with); non avere nulla a che vedere con to have nothing to do with, to bear no relation to; dare a vedere to show; visto? che ti avevo detto? there you are! what did I tell you? non posso proprio vederlo! I can't stand the sight of him! te la farò vedere just you wait, I'll show you; ti faccio vedere io! I'll show o have you! non vedo l'ora che arrivino le vacanze I can't wait for the holidays, I'm looking forward to the holidays; non vedo l'ora di conoscerlo I can't wait to meet him, I'm looking forward to meeting him; non vederci dalla rabbia to be blind with rage; non ci vedo più dalla fame I'm so hungry I can't see straight, I'm starving; ne vedremo delle belle! that'll make the fur o feathers fly! non ti vedo bene (in forma) you don't look well; vedere lontano to be far-sighted; ho visto giusto I guessed right; chi s'è visto s'è visto that's that.\See also notes... (vedere.pdf)————————vedere2/ve'dere/sostantivo m.(giudizio) a mio vedere in my opinion. -
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(ЕЩЁ) ВИЛАМИ НА (ПО) ВОДЕ ПИСАНО coll AdjP subj-compl with быть« ( subj: usu. это, всё, всё это, or a clause) usu. pres usu. this WO it is as yet unclear how things will turn out or whether sth. usu. sth. desired) will come to pass, be realized etc: это вилами на воде писано - it remains to be seen itfc (things are) still up in the air it could go either way (in limited contexts) №s uncertain, to say the least....Небольшого ума требует, взглянув на всё, понять, что выигрыш тут мал и временен и всё совершенно вилами по воде писано: выигрыш ли ещё это, - а скорее всего, что и нет... (Битов 2)....It doesn't take much intelligence to realize, all things considered, that the gain here is small and temporary and it's still up in the air whether it is a gain, more likely it's not... (2a).(author's usage) После войны (Настя) домой не вернулась... Ёе судьба после возвращения была бы вилами по воде писана. Сталин не любил людей, которые в чужестранстве побывали... (Войнович 1). She (Nastya) didn't return to the Soviet Union after the war....Had she returned, her own fate would have been uncertain, to say the least. Stalin had no liking for people who had spent time in foreign countries... (1a). -
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БЕЛЫЙ (БОЖИЙ) СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЁМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЁМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЁЛУ (БЕЛОМУ) СВЕТУ rather folk poet NP sing only usu. this WO the world around us, life in all its manifestationsthis (the) worldthe (whole) wide world the wide, wide world the great wide world.Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (1 la).Он (мальчик) не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не (the lad)...didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентет-никову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).Я бросил ответный взгляд (на Гудзия), этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him (Gudzy)—and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a)..Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1)....Не (the merchant seaman) set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a). -
107 С-232
СКОРЕЕ ВСЕГб AdvP Invar usu. sent adv fixed WOvery probably, the probability is great (that...): most likely (probably)in all likelihood (probability) chances are more likely (than not)....Он мне говорил, что был когда-то эсером, за это и пострадал. Я в это не верил тогда и сейчас думаю, что сидел он скорее всего по уголовному делу... (Войнович 5)....He told me that it was once having been a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party which had caused him so much grief. I didn't believe it then, and now I think that he'd most likely been in prison on criminal charges (5a)....Ягов теперь заключил, что Парвус надувал германскую империю, никакой революции реально не готовил, а взятые миллионы скорее всего положил себе в карман (Солженицын 5)....Jagow now concluded that Parvus had been deceiving the German Reich all along, that he had never seriously tried to bring about a revolution, that he had most probably simply pocketed the millions given to him (5a).Небольшого ума требует, взглянув на все, понять, что выигрыш тут мал и временен и все совершенно вилами по воде писано: выигрыш ли ещё это, - а скорее всего, что и нет... (Битов 2)....It doesn't take much intelligence to realize, all things considered, that the gain here is small and temporary and it's still up in the air whether it is a gain, more likely it's not... (2a). -
108 вилами на воде писано
• (ЕЩЕ) ВИЛАМИ НА <ПО> ВОДЕ ПИСАНО coll[AdjP; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это, всё, всё это, or a clause); usu. pres; usu. this WO]=====⇒ it is as yet unclear how things will turn out or whether sth. (usu. sth. desired) will come to pass, be realized etc:- [in limited contexts] it's uncertain, to say the least.♦...Небольшого ума требует, взглянув на всё, понять, что выигрыш тут мал и временен и всё совершенно вилами по воде писано: выигрыш ли ещё это, - а скорее всего, что и нет... (Битов 2)....It doesn't take much intelligence to realize, all things considered, that the gain here is small and temporary and it's still up in the air whether it is a gain, more likely it's not... (2a).♦ [author's usage] После войны [Настя] домой не вернулась... Ее судьба после возвращения была бы вилами по воде писана. Сталин не любил людей, которые в чужестранстве побывали... (Войнович 1). She [Nastya] didn't return to the Soviet Union after the war....Had she returned, her own fate would have been uncertain, to say the least. Stalin had no liking for people who had spent time in foreign countries... (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вилами на воде писано
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109 вилами по воде писано
• (ЕЩЕ) ВИЛАМИ НА <ПО> ВОДЕ ПИСАНО coll[AdjP; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это, всё, всё это, or a clause); usu. pres; usu. this WO]=====⇒ it is as yet unclear how things will turn out or whether sth. (usu. sth. desired) will come to pass, be realized etc:- [in limited contexts] it's uncertain, to say the least.♦...Небольшого ума требует, взглянув на всё, понять, что выигрыш тут мал и временен и всё совершенно вилами по воде писано: выигрыш ли ещё это, - а скорее всего, что и нет... (Битов 2)....It doesn't take much intelligence to realize, all things considered, that the gain here is small and temporary and it's still up in the air whether it is a gain, more likely it's not... (2a).♦ [author's usage] После войны [Настя] домой не вернулась... Ее судьба после возвращения была бы вилами по воде писана. Сталин не любил людей, которые в чужестранстве побывали... (Войнович 1). She [Nastya] didn't return to the Soviet Union after the war....Had she returned, her own fate would have been uncertain, to say the least. Stalin had no liking for people who had spent time in foreign countries... (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > вилами по воде писано
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110 еще вилами на воде писано
• (ЕЩЕ) ВИЛАМИ НА <ПО> ВОДЕ ПИСАНО coll[AdjP; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это, всё, всё это, or a clause); usu. pres; usu. this WO]=====⇒ it is as yet unclear how things will turn out or whether sth. (usu. sth. desired) will come to pass, be realized etc:- [in limited contexts] it's uncertain, to say the least.♦...Небольшого ума требует, взглянув на всё, понять, что выигрыш тут мал и временен и всё совершенно вилами по воде писано: выигрыш ли ещё это, - а скорее всего, что и нет... (Битов 2)....It doesn't take much intelligence to realize, all things considered, that the gain here is small and temporary and it's still up in the air whether it is a gain, more likely it's not... (2a).♦ [author's usage] После войны [Настя] домой не вернулась... Ее судьба после возвращения была бы вилами по воде писана. Сталин не любил людей, которые в чужестранстве побывали... (Войнович 1). She [Nastya] didn't return to the Soviet Union after the war....Had she returned, her own fate would have been uncertain, to say the least. Stalin had no liking for people who had spent time in foreign countries... (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > еще вилами на воде писано
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111 еще вилами по воде писано
• (ЕЩЕ) ВИЛАМИ НА <ПО> ВОДЕ ПИСАНО coll[AdjP; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. это, всё, всё это, or a clause); usu. pres; usu. this WO]=====⇒ it is as yet unclear how things will turn out or whether sth. (usu. sth. desired) will come to pass, be realized etc:- [in limited contexts] it's uncertain, to say the least.♦...Небольшого ума требует, взглянув на всё, понять, что выигрыш тут мал и временен и всё совершенно вилами по воде писано: выигрыш ли ещё это, - а скорее всего, что и нет... (Битов 2)....It doesn't take much intelligence to realize, all things considered, that the gain here is small and temporary and it's still up in the air whether it is a gain, more likely it's not... (2a).♦ [author's usage] После войны [Настя] домой не вернулась... Ее судьба после возвращения была бы вилами по воде писана. Сталин не любил людей, которые в чужестранстве побывали... (Войнович 1). She [Nastya] didn't return to the Soviet Union after the war....Had she returned, her own fate would have been uncertain, to say the least. Stalin had no liking for people who had spent time in foreign countries... (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > еще вилами по воде писано
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112 белый свет
• БЕЛЫЙ < БОЖИЙ> СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЕМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЕМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЕЛУ < БЕЛОМУ> СВЕТУ rather folk poet[NP; sing only; usu. this WO]=====⇒ the world around us, life in all its manifestations:- this < the> world;- the wide, wide world;- the great wide world.♦ Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (11a).♦ Он [ мальчик] не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не [the lad]... didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).♦ Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентетникову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).♦ Я бросил ответный взгляд [на Гудзия], этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him [Gudzy]- and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a).♦...Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1).... Не [the merchant seaman] set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > белый свет
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113 божий свет
• БЕЛЫЙ < БОЖИЙ> СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЕМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЕМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЕЛУ < БЕЛОМУ> СВЕТУ rather folk poet[NP; sing only; usu. this WO]=====⇒ the world around us, life in all its manifestations:- this < the> world;- the wide, wide world;- the great wide world.♦ Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (11a).♦ Он [ мальчик] не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не [the lad]... didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).♦ Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентетникову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).♦ Я бросил ответный взгляд [на Гудзия], этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him [Gudzy]- and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a).♦...Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1).... Не [the merchant seaman] set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > божий свет
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114 во всем белом свете
• БЕЛЫЙ < БОЖИЙ> СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЕМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЕМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЕЛУ < БЕЛОМУ> СВЕТУ rather folk poet[NP; sing only; usu. this WO]=====⇒ the world around us, life in all its manifestations:- this < the> world;- the wide, wide world;- the great wide world.♦ Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (11a).♦ Он [ мальчик] не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не [the lad]... didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).♦ Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентетникову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).♦ Я бросил ответный взгляд [на Гудзия], этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him [Gudzy]- and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a).♦...Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1).... Не [the merchant seaman] set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > во всем белом свете
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115 на белом свете
• БЕЛЫЙ < БОЖИЙ> СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЕМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЕМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЕЛУ < БЕЛОМУ> СВЕТУ rather folk poet[NP; sing only; usu. this WO]=====⇒ the world around us, life in all its manifestations:- this < the> world;- the wide, wide world;- the great wide world.♦ Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (11a).♦ Он [ мальчик] не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не [the lad]... didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).♦ Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентетникову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).♦ Я бросил ответный взгляд [на Гудзия], этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him [Gudzy]- and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a).♦...Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1).... Не [the merchant seaman] set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на белом свете
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116 на всем белом свете
• БЕЛЫЙ < БОЖИЙ> СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЕМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЕМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЕЛУ < БЕЛОМУ> СВЕТУ rather folk poet[NP; sing only; usu. this WO]=====⇒ the world around us, life in all its manifestations:- this < the> world;- the wide, wide world;- the great wide world.♦ Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (11a).♦ Он [ мальчик] не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не [the lad]... didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).♦ Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентетникову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).♦ Я бросил ответный взгляд [на Гудзия], этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him [Gudzy]- and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a).♦...Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1).... Не [the merchant seaman] set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на всем белом свете
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117 по белому свету
• БЕЛЫЙ < БОЖИЙ> СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЕМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЕМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЕЛУ < БЕЛОМУ> СВЕТУ rather folk poet[NP; sing only; usu. this WO]=====⇒ the world around us, life in all its manifestations:- this < the> world;- the wide, wide world;- the great wide world.♦ Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (11a).♦ Он [ мальчик] не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не [the lad]... didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).♦ Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентетникову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).♦ Я бросил ответный взгляд [на Гудзия], этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him [Gudzy]- and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a).♦...Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1).... Не [the merchant seaman] set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по белому свету
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118 по белу свету
• БЕЛЫЙ < БОЖИЙ> СВЕТ, often НА (ВСЕМ) БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ВО ВСЕМ БЕЛОМ СВЕТЕ, ПО БЕЛУ < БЕЛОМУ> СВЕТУ rather folk poet[NP; sing only; usu. this WO]=====⇒ the world around us, life in all its manifestations:- this < the> world;- the wide, wide world;- the great wide world.♦ Что же это делается на белом свете? (Булгаков 11). What's happening in this world? (11a).♦ Он [ мальчик] не знал... что его ждут новые события в его маленькой жизни, что наступит день, когда он останется один на всем белом свете... (Айтматов 1). Не [the lad]... didn't know that new events in his young life awaited him, that a day would come when he'd remain alone in the whole wide world... (1b).♦ Так как уже не мало есть на белом свете людей, которые коптят небо, то почему ж и Тентетникову не коптить его? (Гоголь 3)....Since there are not a few people in the wide world who idle away their lives, why shouldn't Tentetnikov do the same? (3c).♦ Я бросил ответный взгляд [на Гудзия], этого было достаточно, чтобы почувствовать, что ты сейчас не один на белом свете (Свирский 1). I looked back at him [Gudzy]- and it was enough to make me realize that I wasn't alone in the wide, wide world anymore (1a).♦...Моряк тут же принялся рассказывать о всяких своих странствиях по белу свету в качестве механика какого-то сухогруза (Войнович 1).... Не [the merchant seaman] set at once to telling us about his wanderings through the great wide world as a mechanic on board a freighter that hauled dry cargo (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > по белу свету
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119 скорее всего
[AdvP; Invar; usu. sent adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ very probably, the probability is great (that...):- chances are;- more likely (than not).♦...Он мне говорил, что был когда-то эсером, за это и пострадал. Я в это не верил тогда и сейчас думаю, что сидел он скорее всего по уголовному делу... (Войнович 5)....He told me that it was once having been a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party which had caused him so much grief. I didn't believe it then, and now I think that he'd most likely been in prison on criminal charges (5a).♦...Ягов теперь заключил, что Парвус надувал германскую империю, никакой революции реально не готовил, а взятые миллионы скорее всего положил себе в карман (Солженицын 5)....Jagow now concluded that Parvus had been deceiving the German Reich all along, that he had never seriously tried to bring about a revolution, that he had most probably simply pocketed the millions given to him (5a).♦...Небольшого ума требует, взглянув на все, понять, что выигрыш тут мал и временен и все совершенно вилами по воде писано: выигрыш ли ещё это, - а скорее всего, что и нет... (Битов 2)....It doesn't take much intelligence to realize, all things considered, that the gain here is small and temporary and it's still up in the air whether it is a gain, more likely it's not... (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > скорее всего
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120 Kommen
v/i; kommt, kam, ist gekommen1. come; (ankommen) auch arrive; (gelangen) get ( bis to); durch eine Stadt / Gegend kommen pass through a town / area; nach Hause kommen come ( oder get) home; wie komme ich zum Bahnhof / nach Linz? how do I get to the (Am. train) station / to Linz?; ich komme gerade von der Arbeit I’ve just got back from work; komm schon! come on!, hurry up!; ich komme schon! I’m coming; na, komm schon! umg. come on (, now)!; er wird bald kommen he’ll be here ( oder with you) soon, he won’t be long; da kommt jemand there’s somebody coming; es ist Post für dich gekommen there’s some post (Am. mail) for you; spät kommen come ( oder be) late; zu spät kommen be late; und etwas versäumen: be too late; jetzt komme ich an die Reihe now it’s my turn; zuerst oder als Erster / zuletzt oder als Letzter kommen come first / last; wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst Sprichw. first come, first served; wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben etwa: he who lags behind, loses; angelaufen etc. kommen come running etc. along ( oder up); der soll mir nur kommen!, er soll nur kommen! drohend: (just) let him come; jemanden kommen lassen send for s.o.; etw. kommen lassen (bestellen) send for ( oder order) s.th.; wie weit bist du gekommen? how far did you get?; es kam mir ( der Gedanke), dass... it occurred to me that...; es kommt mir oder mir kommt eine Idee I’ve got an idea, I know what we can do; mir kommen die Tränen tears come to my eyes, my eyes fill with tears; iro. don’t make me weep; das wird teuer kommen / dich teuer kommen umg. it’ll come expensive / it’ll cost you; ihr Aufschlag kommt gut Tennis: her serve is coming on well; siehe auch Reihe, spät II etc.2. (herannahen) be coming; es kommt ein Gewitter there’s a storm coming (up); der Morgen kommt it’s nearly morning, it’s starting to get light; die Flut kommt the tide is coming in; da vorn kommt gleich eine Kreuzung there’s a junction (Am. intersection) coming up, we’re just coming to a junction (Am. intersection)3. (geschehen) auch happen; etw. kommen sehen (voraussehen) see s.th. coming; das kommt mir gelegen / ungelegen it’s a good / bad time ( oder the right / wrong moment) for me; wie kommt das? how does that come about?, how is that possible?; wie oder woher kommt es, dass how is it that, how come umg.; das kommt daher, dass it’s because; das durfte jetzt nicht kommen it shouldn’t happen (now), it shouldn’t be possible; umg. (das hättest du nicht sagen sollen) you shouldn’t have said that; was auch ( immer) kommen mag... whatever happens,...; komme, was da wolle come what may; es wird noch ganz anders kommen there’s worse to come (yet); das musste ja so kommen it had to ( oder was bound to) happen; es kam, wie es kommen musste the inevitable happened; es ist so weit gekommen, dass things have got to the stage where; es wird noch so weit kommen, dass er rausgeschmissen wird he’ll be thrown out one of these days4. umg. wenn Sie mir so kommen if you talk to me like that; komm mir ja nicht so frech! don’t be so cheeky, Am. don’t be such a smart aleck, I don’t want any of your cheek; komm mir nur nicht mit diesen Ausreden spare me your excuses; damit kannst du mir nicht kommen you don’t expect me to believe that, do you?; komm mir nicht dauernd mit der Geschichte I wish you wouldn’t keep going on ( oder I wish you’d stop pestering me) about that business; er kommt einfach mit diesen Ideen he just trots out these ideas6. umg. (sich entwickeln) develop; wie kommt dein neues Projekt? how is your new project coming on?a) (gelangen zu) come ( oder get) to, arrive at; (jemandem zukommen) go ( oder fall) to; an jemandes Stelle kommen take s.o.’s place;b) (sich verschaffen, bekommen) get hold of; wie bist du an die Daten gekommen? how did you come by these data?8. kommen auf (+ Akk) (herausfinden) think of, hit upon; (sich erinnern an) think of, remember; auf eine Summe kommen come to ( oder total) an amount; auf die Rechnung kommen go ( oder be put) on the bill (Am. auch tab); das kommt (steht) auf Seite 12 that comes ( oder is) on page 12; auf etw. zu sprechen kommen get onto the subject of s.th.; wie kommst du darauf? what makes you say that?, what gives you that idea?; darauf wäre ich nie gekommen it would never have occurred to me; ich komme nicht darauf! I just can’t think of it; darauf komme ich gleich I’ll be coming to that; auf 100 Einwohner kommt ein Arzt there’s a ( oder one) doctor for every 100 inhabitants; ich lasse nichts auf ihn kommen I won’t have anything said against him10. das Buch kommt ins oberste Regal / ins Arbeitszimmer the book goes on the top shelf / belongs in the study; in Gefahr / Not / Verlegenheit kommen get into danger / difficulties Pl. / an embarrassing situation; ins Rutschen kommen get into a slide ( oder skid)11. über einen Zaun etc. kommen get over a fence etc.; über jemanden kommen Gefühl etc.: come over s.o.; Fluch: come upon s.o.12. um etw. kommen lose s.th.; durch fremdes Mitwirken: be done out of s.th.; ums Leben kommen lose one’s life, die, (getötet werden) auch be killed14. kommen von Ergebnis: be a result of ( oder due to); das kommt davon! see what happens?, what did I tell you?; das kommt davon, wenn du so viel trinkst that’s what happens when you drink so much16. zu etw. kommen come ( oder get) to s.th.; (bekommen) come by s.th., get hold of s.th.; zu Geld kommen (erben) come into money; zur Ansicht kommen, dass... come to the conclusion that..., decide that...; zur Sprache kommen come up (for discussion); ( wieder) zu sich kommen come to ( oder [a]round), regain consciousness; wie kamst du bloß dazu(, das zu tun)? what on earth made you do that?; es kam zum Streit a quarrel developed; es kam zu Kämpfen zwischen... fighting broke out between...; zum Stehen kommen come to a standstill; ich komme einfach nicht zum Lesen I just don’t get ( oder find) the time to read anything; ich komme aber erst morgen dazu I won’t get (a)round to it ( oder manage it) before tomorrow; wie kommen Sie dazu? how dare you?; siehe auch Kraft 1, Sache etc.* * *to arrive; to emerge; to come* * *Kọm|mennt -s, no plcomingein einziges Kommen und Gehen — a constant coming and going
jd ist im Kommen — sb is on his/her way up
* * *das1) (coming or arrival: the advent of space travel.) advent2) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) get3) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) come4) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) come* * *kom·men[ˈkɔmən]1.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (eintreffen) to come, to arriveich bin gerade ge\kommen I just arrived [or got here]ich komme schon! I'm coming!sie \kommen morgen aus Berlin they're arriving [or coming] from Berlin tomorrowder Zug kommt aus Paris the train is coming from Parisda kommt Anne/der Bus there's Anne/the busder Bus müsste jeden Augenblick \kommen the bus is due any minuteich komme um vier und hole Sie ab I'll come and fetch you at fourder Wind kommt von Osten/von der See the wind is blowing [or coming] from the East/off the seasie kam in Begleitung ihres Mannes she was accompanied by her husbandich bin ge\kommen, um zu helfen I've come [or I'm here] to helpdu kommst wie gerufen! you've come just at the right moment!wann soll das Baby \kommen? when's the baby due?das Baby kam am 1. Mai the baby arrived [or was born] on the 1 Mayzurzeit \kommen laufend Anfragen zur neuen Software we keep receiving queries about the new software at the momentseine Antwort kam zögernd his answer was hesitant, he answered hesitantlyjede Hilfe kam zu spät help came [or arrived] too lateangefahren/angeflogen/angerannt \kommen to arrive by car/by plane/at a runsie kamen gestern aus Rom angefahren/angeflogen they drove up/flew in from Rome yesterdayangereist \kommen to arrivemit dem Auto/Fahrrad \kommen to come by car/bike, to drive/cycleals Erster/Letzter \kommen to be the first/last to arrive, to arrive first/lastfrüh/pünktlich/rechtzeitig/spät \kommen to arrive early/on time [or punctually]/in time/latezu Fuß \kommen to come on foot, to walk2.<kam, gekommen>▪ irgendwohin \kommen to get [or reach] somewherekommt man hier zum Bahnhof? is this the way to the station?wie komme ich von hier zum Bahnhof? how do I get to the station from here?zu Fuß kommt man am schnellsten dahin the quickest way [to get] there is to walksie kommt kaum noch aus dem Haus she hardly gets out of the house these daysnach Hause \kommen to come [or get] homeunter's Messer \kommen (hum) to have an operation[sicher] ans Ufer \kommen to [safely] reach the bankans Ziel \kommen to reach the finishing [or AM finish] line3.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich begeben) to comekommst du mit uns ins Kino? are you coming to the cinema with us?meine Kollegin kommt sofort zu Ihnen my colleague will be with you [or be along] immediatelynach draußen/oben/unten \kommen to come outside/upstairs/downstairsnach London/England \kommen to come to London/England4.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (passieren)5.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (teilnehmen)6.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (besuchen)▪ zu jdm \kommen to visit sb, to come and see [or visit] sbich komme gern[e] einmal zu Ihnen I'd be delighted to visit you sometimekomm doch mal, ich würde mich sehr freuen! [come and] stop by sometime, I'd love to see you!7.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (herstammen)▪ irgendwoher \kommen to come [or be] [or hail] from somewheresie kommt aus New York/Australien she's [or she comes] [or she hails] from New York/Australia, she's a New Yorker/an Australian8.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (folgen, an der Reihe sein) to comewer kommt [jetzt]? whose turn [or go] is it?die Schule kommt kurz nach der Kreuzung the school is just after the crossroads▪ nach/vor jdm \kommen to come after/before sban die Reihe \kommen to be sb's turn [or go]ich komme zuerst [an die Reihe] I'm first, it's my turn [or go] firstnoch \kommen to be still [or yet] to comeda wird noch mehr Ärger \kommen there'll be more trouble yetdas Schlimmste kommt noch the worst is yet to comezuerst [o als Erster] /als Nächster/zuletzt [o als Letzter] \kommen to come first/next/last9.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (untergebracht werden)ins Gefängnis/Krankenhaus \kommen to go to prison/into hospitalin die Schule/Lehre \kommen to start school/an apprenticeship10.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (erlangen)wie komme ich zu dieser Ehre? (iron, hum) to what do I owe this honour?zu der Erkenntnis \kommen, dass... to realize [or come to the realization] that...zu Geld \kommen to come into moneyzu Kräften \kommen to gain strengthzu Ruhm \kommen to achieve [or win] fame[wieder] zu sich dat selbst \kommen to get out of one's head, to come back to [or find] oneself again▪ an jdn/etw \kommen to get hold of sb/sthwie bist du an das viele Geld ge\kommen? how did you get hold of [or come by] all that money?; s.a. Besinnung, Ruhe11.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (verlieren)ums Leben \kommen to lose one's life, to be killed, to die12.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (erreichen) to reachauf den 2. Platz \kommen to reach 2nd place, to come [in] 2nd13.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (gebracht werden) to comekam Post für mich? was there any post for me?14.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (veranlassen, dass jd kommt)den Arzt/den Klempner/ein Taxi \kommen lassen to send for [or call] the doctor/the plumber/a taxi15.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (hingehören) to go, to belongdie Tasse kommt dahin the cup belongs there16.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (herannahen) to approach; (eintreten, geschehen) to come about, to happenheute kommt noch ein Gewitter there'll be a thunderstorm todayder Winter kommt mit Riesenschritten winter is fast approachingder Termin kommt etwas ungelegen the meeting comes at a somewhat inconvenient timedas habe ich schon lange \kommen sehen! I saw that coming a long time agodas kam doch anders als erwartet it/that turned out [or happened] differently than expectedes kam eins zum anderen one thing led to anotherund so kam es, dass... and that's why/how..., and that's how it came about [or happened] that...wie kommt es, dass...? how is it that...?, how come...?es musste ja so \kommen it/that was bound to happenes hätte viel schlimmer \kommen können it could have been much worsezum Prozess \kommen to come to trialso weit \kommen, dass... to get to the stage [or point] where...komme, was da wolle come what maywas auch immer \kommen mag whatever happenswie's kommt so kommt's whatever will be, will be[wieder] im K\kommen sein to be[come] fashionable again17.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (in Erscheinung treten) Pflanzen to come on [or along]die ersten Tomaten \kommen schon the first tomatoes are appearing18.<kam, gekommen>eine gewaltige Traurigkeit kam über mich I was overcome by a tremendous sadnesses kam einfach so über mich it just came over me19.<kam, gekommen>jdm \kommen die Tränen sb is overcome by tears, sb starts to cry20.<kam, gekommen>wir kamen plötzlich ins Schleudern we suddenly started to skidin Gefahr/Not \kommen to get into danger/difficultyin Sicherheit \kommen to get to safetyin Verlegenheit \kommen to get [or become] embarrassed; s.a. Stillstand21.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich verhalten) to beso lasse ich mir nicht \kommen! I won't have [or stand for] that!so kommst du mir nicht! don't you take that line with me!jdm frech \kommen to be cheeky to sb22.<kam, gekommen>komm mir nicht schon wieder damit! don't give me [or start] that again!der soll nur \kommen! (fam) just let him try!23.<kam, gekommen>daher kommt es, dass... that's why...das kommt davon! (fam) it's your own fault!das kommt davon, dass/weil... that's because...das kommt davon, wenn... that's what happens when...wie kommt es, dass... how come..., how is it that [that]...24.<kam, gekommen>ich komme beim besten Willen nicht darauf I just can't seem to remember [or recall] it25.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (einfallen)▪ jdm \kommen to think of, to occurjdm kommt der Gedanke, dass... it occurs to sb that...na, das kommt dir aber früh! (iron) why didn't that occur to you sooner?26.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (sich verschaffen)wie bist du an das Geld ge\kommen? where did you get the money?27.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (etw herausfinden)hinter ein Geheimnis \kommen to uncover [or sep find out] a secret28.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein FILM, RADIO, TV (gesendet werden) to be onwas kommt heute im Fernsehen? what's on [television] tonight?als Nächstes \kommen die Nachrichten the news is [on] next29.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (Zeit für etw finden)ich komme zu nichts mehr! I don't have time for anything else!30.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (entfallen)▪ auf jdn/etw \kommen to be allotted to sb/sthauf jeden Studenten kamen drei Studentinnen for every male student there were three female students, the ratio of female to male students was 3:131.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (ähnlich sein)▪ nach jdm \kommen to take after sb32.<kam, gekommen>die Reparatur kam sehr teuer the repairs cost a lot [of money]33.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (überfahren werden)unter ein Auto/einen Lastwagen \kommen to be knocked down by a car/lorry [or AM truck]unter die Räder \kommen to get knocked [or run] down [or run over34.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (ansprechen)auf einen Punkt/eine Angelegenheit \kommen to broach [or get onto] a point/matterjetzt, wo wir auf das Thema Gehaltserhöhung zu sprechen \kommen,... now that we're on [or we've got round to] the subject of pay rises...ich werde gleich darauf \kommen I'll come [or get] to that in a moment35.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (reichen)36.<kam, gekommen>37.<kam, gekommen>komm, sei nicht so enttäuscht come on, don't be so disappointedkomm, lass uns gehen! come on [or hurry up], let's go!komm, komm, werd nicht frech! now now, don't get cheeky!ach komm! (fam) come on!38.▶ erstens kommt es anders und zweitens als man denkt (prov) things never turn out the way you expect▶ zu kurz \kommen to come off badly, to get a raw deal1.<kam, gekommen>▪ es kommt jd sb is cominges kommt jetzt der berühmte Magier Obrikanus! and now the famous magician, Obrikanus!es scheint keiner mehr zu \kommen nobody else seems to be coming2.<kam, gekommen>Hilfsverb: sein (beginnen)▪ es kommt etw sth is cominges kommt auch mal wieder schöneres Wetter the weather will turn nice again3.<kam, gekommen>III. TRANSITIVES VERB<kam, gekommen>▪ jdn etw \kommen to cost sb sthdie Reparatur kam mich sehr teuer I paid a lot [of money] for the repairs, the repairs cost a lot [of money]* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) come; (eintreffen) come; arriveangelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up
angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up
durch eine Gegend kommen — pass through a region
nach Hause kommen — come or get home
zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody
ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?
etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something
jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody
da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.
komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!
[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]
2) (gelangen) getans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line
wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)
auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something
jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks
dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something
zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing
3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come throughihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her
zur Schule kommen — go to or start school
ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison
in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell
5) (gehören) go; belongin die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf
6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go7) (geraten) getin Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed
unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed
neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung
8) (nahen)ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in
der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling
im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up
9) (sich ereignen) come about; happendas durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now
gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient
überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]
daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...
das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...
vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency
wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)
10) unperses kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight
es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently
so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!
11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)da vorn kommt eine Tankstelle — there's a petrol station coming up (coll.)
12)zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.
nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere
[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round
13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...
als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last
jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now
14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody
so lasse ich mir nicht kommen! — I don't stand for that sort of thing!
15)ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.
über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody
16) (entfallen)auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed
17)seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony
18) (ugs.): (kosten)alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...
wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?
etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]
21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now
22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well
23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall* * *ein ständiges Kommen und Gehen a constant coming and going;es ist ein ständiges Kommen und Gehen people are in and out all day, there’s a constant stream of of people coming and going;im Kommen sein Ideologie etc: be in the ascendant;sind wieder im Kommen wider ties etc are coming in again;dieser Dirigent ist im Kommen he’s an up-and-coming conductor* * *unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein1) come; (eintreffen) come; arriveangelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up
angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up
nach Hause kommen — come or get home
zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody
ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?
etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something
jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody
da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.
komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!
[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]
2) (gelangen) getans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line
wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)
auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something
jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks
dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something
zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing
3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come throughihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her
zur Schule kommen — go to or start school
ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison
in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell
5) (gehören) go; belongin die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf
6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go7) (geraten) getin Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed
unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed
neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung
8) (nahen)ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in
der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling
im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up
9) (sich ereignen) come about; happendas durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now
gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient
überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]
daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...
das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...
vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency
wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)
10) unperses kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight
es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently
so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!
11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)12)zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.
nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere
[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round
13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...
als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last
jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now
14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody
15)ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.
über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody
16) (entfallen)auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed
17)seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony
18) (ugs.): (kosten)alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...
wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?
etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]
21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now
komm, komm — oh, come on
22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well
23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall* * *interj.come interj. v.(§ p.,pp.: kam, ist gekommen)= to come v.(§ p.,p.p.: came, come)to cum v.
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