i+first+learned

1) (familiarity) Kenntnisse (of in + Dat.)

2) (awareness) Wissen, das

3) (understanding)

4) no art. (what is known) Wissen, das

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1) (the fact of knowing: She was greatly encouraged by the knowledge that she had won first prize in the competition.) das Wissen

2) (information or what is known: He had a vast amount of knowledge about boats.) die Kenntnis

3) (the whole of what can be learned or found out: Science is a branch of knowledge about which I am rather ignorant.) die Wissenschaft

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[ˈnɒlɪʤ, AM ˈnɑ:l-]

1. (body of learning) Kenntnisse pl (of in + dat)

she has a good working \knowledge of Apple software sie besitzt nützliche, praktische Fähigkeiten im Umgang mit Apple Software

\knowledge of French Französischkenntnisse pl

limited \knowledge begrenztes Wissen

to have [no/some] \knowledge of sth [keine/gewisse] Kenntnisse über etw akk besitzen

to have a thorough \knowledge of sth ein fundiertes Wissen in etw dat besitzen

2. (acquired information) Wissen nt, Kenntnis f

I have absolutely no \knowledge about his private life ich weiß nicht das Geringste über sein Privatleben

to my \knowledge soweit ich weiß, meines Wissens geh

to be common \knowledge allgemein bekannt sein

3. (awareness) Wissen nt

to deny all \knowledge [of sth] jegliche Kenntnis [über etw akk] abstreiten

to be safe in the \knowledge that... mit Bestimmtheit wissen, dass...

it has been brought to our \knowledge that... wir haben davon Kenntnis erhalten, dass...

▪ to do sth without sb's \knowledge etw ohne jds gen Wissen tun

4. ( form: sexual contact)

carnal \knowledge Geschlechtsverkehr m

to have carnal \knowledge of sb mit jdm Geschlechtsverkehr haben form

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1) (= understanding, awareness) Wissen nt, Kenntnis f

2) (= learning, facts learned) Kenntnisse pl, Wissen nt

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knowledge [ˈnɒlıdʒ; US ˈnɑ-] s

1. Kenntnis f:

the knowledge of the victory die Kunde vom Sieg;

bring sth to sb’s knowledge jemandem etwas zur Kenntnis bringen, jemanden von etwas in Kenntnis setzen;

it has come to my knowledge es ist mir zur Kenntnis gelangt, ich habe erfahren ( beide:

that dass);

have knowledge of Kenntnis haben von;

from personal ( oder one’s own) knowledge aus eigener Kenntnis;

(not) to my knowledge meines Wissens (nicht);

to the best of one’s knowledge and belief JUR nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen;

my knowledge of Mr X meine Bekanntschaft mit Mr. X;

with the full knowledge of mit vollem Wissen von (od gen);

without my knowledge ohne mein Wissen;

knowledge of life Lebenserfahrung f; → carnal, common A 5, tree A 1

2. Wissen n, Kenntnisse pl ( beide:

of, in in dat):

basic knowledge Grundwissen, -kenntnisse;

knowledge of the law Rechtskenntnisse;

have a good knowledge of viel verstehen von, sich gut auskennen in (dat), gute Kenntnisse haben in (dat);

knowledge is power (Sprichwort) Wissen ist Macht; → general A 3

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1) (familiarity) Kenntnisse (of in + Dat.)

2) (awareness) Wissen, das

3) (understanding)

4) no art. (what is known) Wissen, das

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Erkenntnis f.

Kenntnis -se f.

Wissen n.

[̘. ̈n. ̘ˑ ̏ ʄ ʁ˧ ̆of̃ʟ a quarter of a century ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ʄɰ̘ʟ to divide into quarters ʁ̘̋ɣ ↗˧ ɜ̘ ̏ :ʁ ̏̆ɻʟ for a quarter of the price, for quarter the price ̘̋ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ʌ ɜ: ̙ˑ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ̏̆ɻ̘ʟ a quarter to one, ̘̈↘. a quarter of one ɬ ̋ ̏ɰʄ ʁ ̘̏ɻʟ a bad quarter of an hour ɜɰɻɞ↗˧ɞ ɜ ̤ʁɭɜ˧ˈ ↘ɜʙʟ ɜ ̤ʁɭɜɞ ̤ ʁ -ʄ̆ɜ ̝ˑ ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ ̆ˌɞɣ̘̃, ̈́ɞ↗. ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ʟ to be several quarters in arrear ̘̋ɣɞ↗-̆˧ ̘̋ ɜɰɻɞ↗˧ɞ ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ɞʄ ̆ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁɜ˞ʕ ̤↗̆˞  .̤.̃ ̞ˑ ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ ̆ˌɟʁɞɣ̘̃ʟ residential quarter ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ -↗:ˈ ɣɞ↘ɟʄ ̪ˑ ɻʁ̘ɜ̆ ɻʄɰ̘ ̻ˑ ̈pl. ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁ̘, ̤ɞ↘ ̀ɰɜ, -↗̂̀ ʟ at close quarters ʄ ɰɻɜɞ↘ ɻɞɻɰɣɻʄ ʟ to take up oneʼs quarters with smb. ̤ɞɻ ↗̂˧ɻ̼ ˞ ɞˌɟ̤↗. ↗ ɻ  ↘̤↗. ̜ˑ ̈pl. ̈ʄɞ ɜ. ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁ˧, ̘̋̆ʁ↘˧ʟ ɻɞɭɜ̘ʟ ̈↘ɞʁ. ̤ɞɻʟ to beat to quarters ̈↘ɞʁ. ɬ˧ ɻɬɞʁʟ to sound off quarters ̈↘ɞʁ. ɬ˧ ɞɬɟ  ̥ˑ ↘ɰɻɞ, ɻɞʁɞɜ̆ʟ from every quarter ɻɞ ʄɻ ˈ ɻɞʁɟɜʟ from no quarter ɜɞʙɣ̘, ɜ ɻ ̏˧   ɻɞʁɞɜ:ʟ we learned from the hiɡhest quarters ↘˧ ˞̋ɜ̆↗ ̋ ̘ʄɞʁɰɜ˧ˈ ɻɟ̏ɜɞʄ ̯ˑ ̤ɞ̀̆ɣ̘ʟ to ask for ̆↗ to crỹ quarter ̤ʁɞɻ̂˧ ̤ɞ̀̆ɣ˧ʟ to ɡive quarter ̤ɞ̘̀ɣ̂˧ -̋ɜ˧ ̆ɻɣ̘ʄ́ ˌɞɻ̼ ɜ̘ ↘↗ɞɻ˧ ̤ɞɬ ɣ ↗̼̃ʟ no quarter to be ɡiven ̤ɞ̀̆ɣ˧ ɜ ɬʙɣ  ̘̰ˑ ̤ʁˤ↘, ɞɬˈɞ-ɣɰɜ ̘̘ˑ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ̆˞́̃ʟ fore quarter ↗ɞ̤̆̘ʟ hind quarter ̋̆ɣɜ̼̼ ̘̏ɻ˧ ̘̙ˑ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ̆↘ ʁ̘ ɻ˧̤˞̏ˈ  ↗ ̠ ̙,̯ ˌ ɞ↗ʁ̘ʟ ↘ ʁ̘ ʄ ɻ̘ ̠ ̘̙,̜ ˌʟ ↘ ʁ̘ ɣ↗ɜ˧ˡ ̘/̞ ̼ʁɣ̘ ̠ ̙̙,̥̻ ɻ↘, ̘/̞ ↘↗ ̠ ̞̰̙,̙̞ ↘̃ ̘̝ˑ ̈↘ɞʁ. ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ʁʙ↘ɬ̘ʟ from what quarter does the wind blowʔ ɞʙɣ̘ ɣʙ  ʄɰ ʁʔ ̘̞ˑ ̘̈↘. ̆↘ɞɜɰ̘ ʄ ̙̪ ʌɰɜɞʄ̃ ̘̪ˑ ɬ ˌ ɜ̘ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ↘̂↗ ̘̻ˑ ̈↘ɞʁ. ɞʁ↘ɞʄ̼̆ ̘̏ɻ˧ ɻʙɣɜ̘ ̘̜ˑ ̋̆ɣɜ ̆ɻ̘̤ɞˌ̘̃ ̘̥ˑ ̈ˌ ʁ̘↗˧ɣ. ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ˌ ʁ̘↗˧ɣ̂̏ ɻɞˌɞ ̀̆ ̘̯ˑ ̈ɻʁ. ɣ ʁ ʄɭɜɜ˧  ̏ ˧ʁˤˈˌʁ̆ɜɜ˧  ɬʁ˞ɻʟ not a quarter so ɡood as ɣ̘↗ ɟ ɜ ̘ ˈɞʁɟ́, ̘ʟ at close quarters ʄ ɜ ̤ɞɻʁɰɣɻʄ ɜɜɞ↘ ɻɞ̤ʁɞɻɜɞʄɰɜ ̆ɞɻɞɬ. ɻ ̤ʁɞʄɜɞ↘̃ ʀɻʁ. -. ̻ɽʟ to come to close quarters ̘ˑ ʄɻ˞̤̂˧ ʄ ʁ˞ɞ̤̆́ɜ˞ʕʟ ɬˑ ɻʌ ̤̂˧ɻ̼ ʄ ɻ̤ɟʁ ʟ ʄˑ ɻɞ↗ɜʙ˧ɻ̼ ↗ʌɟ↘  ↗ʌʙ ̙. ̈v. ̘ˑ ɣ ↗̂˧ ɜ̘ ̏ :ʁ ̆ʁ̆ʄɜ˧ ̃ ̏̆ɻ ̙ˑ ̈ɻ. ̏ ʄ ʁɞʄ̆˧ ̝ˑ ʁ̘ɻʄ̘ʁʁɟʄ˧ʄ̘˧ ̆ɞɻɞɬ. ʄɞ ɻ̘̃ʟ ̤ɞ↘ ̀̆˧ ɜ̘ ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁ˞ʟ ɻ̆ʄ˧ ɜ̘ ̤ɞɻɟ  ̆on quarter  ɞ↘˞̤↗.̃ ̞ˑ ʄ̘ʁʁɞʄ̆˧ ̆at̃ ̪ˑ ʁ:ɻ̘˧ ̤ɞ ʄɻ ↘ ɜ̘̤ʁ̘ʄ↗ɰɜ̼↘ ̆ɞɬ ɞˈɞɜ̏˧ˈ ɻɞɬ̘̘ˈ̃ ̻ˑ ˞ɻ˞̤̆˧ ɣɞʁɟˌ˞, ɻʄɞʁ̆̏ʄ̘˧, ̏ɟɬ˧ ʁ̘̋̂ɰˈ̘˧ɻ̼ ̜ˑ ̈ˌ ʁ̘↗˧ɣ. ɣ ↗̂˧ ̆̀̃ ɜ̘ ̏ɰʄ ʁʟ ̤ɞ↘ ̀̆˧ ʄ ɞɣɜɟ  ̋ ̏ ʄ ʁɰ  ̀̆ ɜɟʄ˧  ˌ ʁɬ ]

quarter пощада; to ask for (или to cry) quarter просить пощады; to give quarter пощадить жизнь (сдавшегося на милость победителя); no quarter to be given пощады не будет quarter pl квартира, помещение, жилище; at close quarters в тесном соседстве (ср. тж.); to take up one's quarters (with smb.) поселиться (у кого-л. или с кем-л.) at close quarters в непосредственном соприкосновении (особ. с противником) quarter четверть часа; a quarter to one, амер. a quarter of one без четверти час; a bad quarter of an hour несколько неприятных минут; неприятное переживание quarter квартал (года); школ. четверть; to be several quarters in arrears задолжать за несколько кварталов (квартирную плату и т. п.) quarter pl воен. квартиры, казармы; стоянка; мор. пост; to beat to quarters мор. бить сбор; to sound off quarters мор. бить отбой business quarter деловой квартал by the quarter поквартально to come to close quarters вступить в рукопашную to come to close quarters столкнуться лицом к лицу to come to close quarters сцепиться в споре commercial quarter торговый квартал quarter четверть (of); a quarter of a century четверть века; to divide into quarters разделить на четыре части first quarter первый квартал for a quarter (of) the price, for quarter the price за четверть цены for a quarter (of) the price, for quarter the price за четверть цены quarter четверть (туши); fore quarter лопатка; hind quarter задняя часть fourth quarter четвертый квартал quarter место, сторона; from every quarter со всех сторон; from no quarter ниоткуда, ни с чьей стороны quarter место, сторона; from every quarter со всех сторон; from no quarter ниоткуда, ни с чьей стороны quarter мор. четверть румба; from what quarter does the wind blow? откуда дует ветер? quarter пощада; to ask for (или to cry) quarter просить пощады; to give quarter пощадить жизнь (сдавшегося на милость победителя); no quarter to be given пощады не будет quarter четверть (туши); fore quarter лопатка; hind quarter задняя часть industrial quarter промышленная зона industrial quarter промышленный район last quarter последний квартал quarter пощада; to ask for (или to cry) quarter просить пощады; to give quarter пощадить жизнь (сдавшегося на милость победителя); no quarter to be given пощады не будет quarter стр. деревянный четырехгранный брус; not a quarter so good as далеко не так хорош, как quarter квартировать (at) quarter амер. (монета в 25 центов) quarter четверть (of); a quarter of a century четверть века; to divide into quarters разделить на четыре части quarter арендная плата за квартал quarter бег на четверть мили quarter геральд. четверть геральдического щита quarter геральд. делить (щит) на четверти; помещать в одной из четвертей щита новый герб quarter делить на четыре (равные) части quarter стр. деревянный четырехгранный брус; not a quarter so good as далеко не так хорош, как quarter задник (сапога) quarter квартал (города); residential quarter квартал жилых домов quarter квартал (года); школ. четверть; to be several quarters in arrears задолжать за несколько кварталов (квартирную плату и т. п.) quarter квартал года quarter квартал города quarter pl квартира, помещение, жилище; at close quarters в тесном соседстве (ср. тж.); to take up one's quarters (with smb.) поселиться (у кого-л. или с кем-л.) quarter pl воен. квартиры, казармы; стоянка; мор. пост; to beat to quarters мор. бить сбор; to sound off quarters мор. бить отбой quarter мор. кормовая часть судна quarter круг лиц quarter место, сторона; from every quarter со всех сторон; from no quarter ниоткуда, ни с чьей стороны quarter пощада; to ask for (или to cry) quarter просить пощады; to give quarter пощадить жизнь (сдавшегося на милость победителя); no quarter to be given пощады не будет quarter прием, обхождение quarter расквартировывать (особ. войска); помещать на квартиру; ставить на постой (on - к кому-л.) quarter рыскать по всем направлениям (об охотничьих собаках) quarter страна света quarter три месяца года quarter уступать дорогу, сворачивать, чтобы разъехаться quarter 25 центов quarter четвертая часть quarter ист. четвертовать quarter четверть (мера сыпучих тел = 2,9 гектолитра; мера веса = 12,7 кг; мера длины: 1/4 ярда = 22,86 см, 1/4 мили = 402,24 м) quarter четверть (туши); fore quarter лопатка; hind quarter задняя часть quarter четверть quarter четверть доллара quarter мор. четверть румба; from what quarter does the wind blow? откуда дует ветер? quarter четверть часа; a quarter to one, амер. a quarter of one без четверти час; a bad quarter of an hour несколько неприятных минут; неприятное переживание quarter четверть часа quarter четверть (of); a quarter of a century четверть века; to divide into quarters разделить на четыре части quarter четверть часа; a quarter to one, амер. a quarter of one без четверти час; a bad quarter of an hour несколько неприятных минут; неприятное переживание quarter четверть часа; a quarter to one, амер. a quarter of one без четверти час; a bad quarter of an hour несколько неприятных минут; неприятное переживание quarter квартал (города); residential quarter квартал жилых домов residential quarter жилой квартал residential quarter жилой район residentional quarter квартал жилых домов second quarter второй квартал quarter pl воен. квартиры, казармы; стоянка; мор. пост; to beat to quarters мор. бить сбор; to sound off quarters мор. бить отбой quarter pl квартира, помещение, жилище; at close quarters в тесном соседстве (ср. тж.); to take up one's quarters (with smb.) поселиться (у кого-л. или с кем-л.) third quarter третий квартал urban quarter городской квартал we learned from the highest quarters мы узнали из авторитетных источников

1) (expr. place) an (+ Dat.)

2) (expr. time)

3) (expr. price)

4)

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1) (position: They are not at home; She lives at 33 Forest Road) zu; an; in; bei

2) (direction: He looked at her; She shouted at the boys.) zu; nach; auf

3) (time: He arrived at ten o'clock; The children came at the sound of the bell.) um; bei; auf

4) (state or occupation: The countries are at war; She is at work.) in; auf; bei

5) (pace or speed: He drove at 120 kilometres per hour.) mit

6) (cost: bread at $1.20 a loaf.) für

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1. (in location of)

she's standing \at the bar sie steht an der Theke

my number \at the office is 2154949 meine Nummer im Büro lautet 2154949

she lives \at number 12, Darlington Road sie wohnt in der Darlington Road Nummer 12

there's somebody \at the door da ist jemand an der Tür

he was standing \at the top of the stairs er stand oben an der Treppe

\at Anna's bei Anna

\at the airport/station am Flughafen/Bahnhof

\at the baker's/doctor's beim Bäcker/Arzt

\at home zu Hause

\at a hotel in einem Hotel

\at the table am Tisch

\at the window am Fenster

\at the zoo im Zoo

2. (attending)

we spent the afternoon \at the museum wir verbrachten den Nachmittag im Museum

while he was \at his last job, he learned a lot in seiner letzten Stelle hat er viel gelernt

\at the institute am Institut

\at the party/festival auf [o bei] der Party/dem Festival

\at school in der Schule

\at university auf [o an] der Universität

\at work auf [o bei] der Arbeit

he's \at work at the moment er arbeitet gerade

3. (expressing point of time)

he was defeated \at the election er wurde bei der Wahl geschlagen

what are you doing \at Christmas? was macht ihr an Weihnachten?

our train leaves \at 2 o'clock unser Zug fährt um 2:00 Uhr

I'm busy \at present [or the moment] ich bin gerade beschäftigt

I can't come to the phone \at the moment ich kann gerade nicht ans Telefon kommen

we always read the kids a story \at bedtime wir lesen den Kindern zum Schlafengehen immer eine Geschichte vor

I can't do ten things \at a time ich kann nicht tausend Sachen auf einmal machen

his death came \at a time when... sein Tod kam zu einem Zeitpunkt, als...

the bells ring \at regular intervals die Glocken läuten in regelmäßigen Abständen

\at the age of 60 im Alter von 60

most people retire \at 65 die meisten Leute gehen mit 65 in Rente

\at the beginning/end am Anfang/Ende

\at daybreak/dawn im Morgengrauen

\at lunch beim Mittagessen

\at lunchtime in der Mittagspause

\at midnight um Mitternacht

\at night nachts

\at nightfall bei Einbruch der Nacht

\at this stage of research beim derzeitigen Stand der Forschung

five \at a time fünf auf einmal

\at the time zu diesem Zeitpunkt

\at the time, nobody knew damals wusste keiner Bescheid

\at no time [or point] [or stage] nie[mals]

\at the same time (simultaneously) gleichzeitig; (on the other hand)

I love snow — \at the same time, however, I hate the cold ich liebe Schnee — andererseits hasse ich jedoch die Kälte

\at the weekend am Wochenende

4. (denoting amount, degree of)

he can see clearly \at a distance of 50 metres er kann auf eine Entfernung von 50 Metern noch alles erkennen

learners of English \at advanced levels Englischlernende mit fortgeschrittenen Kenntnissen

he drives \at any speed he likes er fährt so schnell wie er will

the horse raced to the fence \at a gallop das Pferd raste im Galopp auf den Zaun zu

the children came \at a run die Kinder kamen angerannt

I'm not going to buy those shoes \at $150! ich zahle keine 150 Dollar für diese Schuhe!

\at that price, I can't afford it zu diesem Preis kann ich es mir nicht leisten

inflation is running \at 5% die Inflation liegt im Moment bei 5 %

\at £20 apiece für 20 Pfund das Stück

\at 50 kilometres per hour mit [o bei] 50 km/h

he denied driving \at 120 km per hour er leugnete, 120 Stundenkilometer gefahren zu sein

5. (in state, condition of)

the country was \at war das Land befand sich im Krieg

there was a murderer \at large ein Mörder war auf freiem Fuß

to be \at an advantage/a disadvantage im Vorteil/Nachteil sein

to be \at ease with oneself sich akk in seiner Haut wohl fühlen

to be \at ease with sb sich akk mit jdm zusammen wohl fühlen

to be \at fault im Unrecht sein

\at a loss/profit mit Verlust/Gewinn

to be \at peace ( euph) in Frieden ruhen

\at play beim Spielen

\at one's own risk auf eigene Gefahr

to put sb/sth \at risk jdn/etw gefährden

to be \at a standstill stillstehen

6. + superl

she's \at her best when she's under stress sie ist am besten, wenn sie unter Druck steht

he's been \at his worst recently zurzeit übertrifft er sich echt selbst! fam

he was \at his happiest while he was still in school in der Schule war er am glücklichsten

\at least (at minimum) mindestens; (if nothing else) zumindest

\at [the] most [aller]höchstens

7. after adj

I was so depressed \at the news die Nachricht hat mich sehr deprimiert

we are unhappy \at the current circumstances über die gegenwärtigen Umstände sind wir sehr unglücklich

don't be angry \at her! ( fam) sei nicht sauer auf sie!

I'm amazed \at the way you can talk ich bin erstaunt, wie du reden kannst

to be annoyed \at sth sich akk über etw akk ärgern

to be good/poor \at sth etw gut/schlecht können

to be good \at math gut in Mathematik sein

8. after vb

she shuddered \at the thought of having to fly in an airplane sie erschauderte bei dem Gedanken, mit einem Flugzeug fliegen zu müssen

he excels \at diving er ist ein hervorragender Taucher

the dog gnawed \at the bone der Hund knabberte an dem Knochen herum

she clutched \at the thin gown sie klammerte sich an den dünnen Morgenmantel

if you persevere \at a skill long enough,... wenn man eine Fertigkeit lange genug trainiert,...

some dogs howl \at the moon manche Hunde heulen den Mond an

to aim \at sb auf jdn zielen

to aim \at sth etw zum Ziel haben

to go \at sb jdn angreifen

to hint \at sth etw andeuten

to laugh \at sth über etw akk lachen

to look \at sb jdn anschauen

to rush \at sb auf jdn zurennen

to wave \at sb jdm zuwinken

9. after n

her pleasure \at the bouquet was plain to see ihre Freude über den Blumenstrauß war unübersehbar

to be an expert \at sth ein Experte für etw akk sein

to be a failure \at sth eine Niete in etw dat sein

10. (in response to)

I'm here \at his invitation ich bin hier, da er mich eingeladen hat

\at your request... auf Ihre Bitte hin...

\at her death, we all moved away nach ihrem Tod zogen wir alle weg

\at this [or that] ... daraufhin...

11. (repeatedly do)

to be \at sth mit etw dat beschäftigt sein

he's been \at it for at least 15 years er macht das jetzt schon seit mindestens 15 Jahren

▶ \at all:

she barely made a sound \at all sie gab fast überhaupt keinen Laut von sich

I haven't been well \at all recently in letzter Zeit ging es mir gar nicht gut

did she suffer \at all? hat sie denn gelitten?

▶ nothing/nobody \at all gar [o überhaupt] nichts/niemand

▶ not \at all (polite response) gern geschehen, keine Ursache, da nicht für NORDD; (definitely not) keineswegs

I'm not \at all in a hurry ich habe es wirklich nicht eilig

▶ to be \at sb jdm zusetzen

▶ \at first zuerst, am Anfang

▶ to be \at it:

while we're \at it... wo wir gerade dabei sind,...

▶ \at last endlich, schließlich

▶ \at that:

she's got a new boyfriend, and a nice one \at that sie hat einen neuen Freund, und sogar einen netten

▶ where it's \at ( fam)

London is where it's \at in London steppt der Bär! sl

▶ where sb's \at ( fam)

she really doesn't know where she's \at sie weiß wirklich nicht, wo ihr der Kopf steht

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1) (position) an (+dat), bei (+dat); (with place) in (+dat)

2)

3)

4)

5)

6) (= as a result of, upon) auf (+acc)... (hin)

7) (cause = with) angry, annoyed, delighted etc über (+acc)

8)

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at [æt] präp

1. (Ort, Stelle) in (dat), an (dat), bei, zu, auf (dat)( in Verbindung mit Städtenamen steht at im Allgemeinen bei kleineren Städten, bei größeren Städten nur dann, wenn sie bloß als Durchgangsstationen, besonders auf Reisen, betrachtet werden;

bei London und der Stadt, in der der Sprecher wohnt, ebenso nach here, steht stets in, nie at):

at the baker’s beim Bäcker;

at the battle of N. in der Schlacht bei N.;

at the door an der Tür;

he lives at 48, Main Street er wohnt Main Street Nr. 48;

he was educated at Christ’s College er hat am Christ’s College studiert;

jogging is where it’s at umg es geht nichts über Jogging

2. (Richtung etc) auf (akk), gegen, nach, bei, durch:

he threw a stone at the door er warf einen Stein gegen die Tür

3. (Beschäftigung etc) bei, beschäftigt mit, in (dat):

he is still at it er ist noch dabei oder d(a)ran oder damit beschäftigt

4. (Art und Weise, Zustand, Lage) in (dat), bei, zu, unter (dat), nach:

at all überhaupt;

not at all überhaupt oder durchaus oder gar nicht, keineswegs;

not at all! umg nichts zu danken!, gern geschehen!;

nothing at all gar nichts, überhaupt nichts;

no doubts at all überhaupt oder gar keine Zweifel, keinerlei Zweifel;

is he at all suitable? ist er überhaupt geeignet?;

I wasn’t surprised at all ich war nicht im Geringsten überrascht

5. (Ursprung, Grund, Anlass) über (akk), bei, von, aus, auf (akk), anlässlich

6. (Preis, Wert, Verhältnis, Ausmaß, Grad etc) für, um, zu, auf (akk), mit, bei:

at 6 dollars für oder zu 6 Dollar

7. (Zeit, Alter) um, bei, zu, im Alter von, auf (dat), an (dat):

at 21 mit 21 (Jahren), im Alter von 21 Jahren;

at 3 o’clock um 3 Uhr;

at his death bei seinem Tod (Siehe weitere Verbindungen bei den entsprechenden Stichwörtern.)

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1) (expr. place) an (+ Dat.)

2) (expr. time)

3) (expr. price)

4)

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kostengünstig adv. prep.

an präp.

auf präp.

bei präp.

im präp.

in präp.

um präp.

zu präp.

über präp.

abs

1) see people (a procession, a motorcade, the marching soldiers, etc.) pass видеть, как проходят люди и т.д.; the road is too narrow for two cars to pass дорога слишком узка, и две машины по ней не разъедутся; let me pass пропустите меня; will you kindly allow me to pass разрешите /дайте/ мне, пожалуйста, пройти; I heard someone passing я слышал, как кто-то прошел мимо

2) let the remark (the words, the insult, etc.) pass не придавать значения замечанию и т.д., пропускать замечание мимо ушей; I don't like it, but I'll let it pass мне это не нравится, но я не стану обращать внимания /буду смотреть [на это] сквозь пальцы/; he should not have said it, but let it pass ему бы не следовало этого говорить, но бог с ним; we can't let that pass мы не можем этого допустить

3) time (a fortnight, the day, etc.) passed время и т.д. прошло; а week passed миновала неделя; in the garden I don't notice time passing работая в саду, я не замечаю, как идет время

4) all things pass нет ничего вечного; kingdoms and nations pass королевства и народы становятся историей; customs pass обычаи уходят в прошлое; the pain (his anger, the passion, etc.) has passed боль и т.д. прошла /утихла/; the crisis has passed кризис миновал

5) the bill (this measure, the proposition, etc.) will pass этот законопроект и т.д. пройдет /будет принят/; they new tax bill passed and became a law новый проект закона о налогах был утвержден и вступил в силу

6) it is not very good, but it will pass это не очень хорошо [сделано], но сойдет

7) of the twenty who took the exam only twelve passed из двадцата сдававших выдержали экзамен только двенадцать

8) strange things came to pass произошли /случились/ странные вещи; did you see what was passing? вы видели, что происходило /делалось/?

9) I had very poor cards and decided to pass у меня были очень плохие карты, и я решил пасовать

1) pass in some manner pass quickly (slowly, noisily, etc.) быстро и т.д. проходить или проезжать мимо; pass first (last) проходить первым (последним); pass somewhere pass to and fro двигаться /ходить/ взад и вперед; pass in and out входить и выходить; pass ahead проходить /двигаться/ вперед; pass on продвигаться дальше /вперед/, не останавливаясь

2) pass in some manner years (days, hours, etc.) pass quickly [by] годы и т.д. быстро летят; pass at some time the time for action had already passed время действовать уже прошло; weeks have passed since then с тех пор прошло много недель

3) pass in some time the pain (his anger, the passion, her charm, etc.) will soon (gradually, etc.) pass боль и т.д. скоро и т.д. пройдет /исчезнет/

1) pass smth. pass the post office (smb.'s house, the gates, a station, a big truck, the place where it happened, etc.) проходить или проезжать мимо почты и т.д.; pass an ocean (a desert, a frontier, etc.) пересекать океан и т.д.; pass a river переправляться через реку; pass a bridge переходить или переезжать мост; pass the mountains (a range of hills, etc.) перевалить через горы и т.д.; the ship passed the channel пароход миновал канал; we passed our turning мы проехали наш поворот; we passed their car мы обогнали их машину

2) pass smth. not a word (no sound, no complaint, etc.) passed her lips она не проронила ни слова и т.д.; no food has passed her lips у нее и крошки во рту не было

3) pass smb. pass the visitors (the delegation, the children, etc.) пропускать посетителей и т.д.

4) pass smth. pass these pages (this chapter, the preface, this paragraph, etc.) пропускать /опускать/ эти страницы и т.д.

5) pass smth. pass the salt (the butter, the bread, the mustard, etc.) передавать соль и т.д.; pass bad money распространять фальшивые деньги и т.д.; pass a forged note (a worthless check, etc.) всучить фальшивый /поддельный/ вексель и т.д.; pass the ball передавать /пасовать/ или отбивать мяч || pass the chair сложить с себя обязанности председателя; pass the word передавать приказание

6) pass smth. pass a quiet night (the worst day of his life, etc.) провести спокойную ночь и т.д.; pass the time проводить время

7) pass smth. pass a bill (a law, a scheme of arrangement, a resolution, etc.) принять законопроект и т.д.; the new law passed the city council новый закон утвержден /принят/ городским советом

8) pass smth. pass a test (a written examination, Latin, a subject, etc.) выдерживать [проверочные] испытания и т.д.

9) pass smb. pass a student пропустить студента (на экзамене); поставить зачет студенту; принять экзамен у студента; pass a group of applicants признать группу претендентов годной; pass a candidate утвердить кандидатуру; I am passing the whole class я ставлю зачет всему классу; the board of censors passed the play (the film, etc.) цензура пропустила эту пьесу и т.д.; pass the censor (the customs, etc.) проходить цензуру и т.д.; he passed his medical coll. он прошел медицинский осмотр

10) pass smth. pass smb.'s understanding /smb.'s comprehension/ быть выше чьего-л. понимания; pass all bounds переходить все границы, не знать меры /границ/; his strange story passed belief в странную историю, рассказанную им, невозможно было поверить; the splendour of the palace passed anything before or since великолепие дворца затмило все виденное и дотоле и потом

1) pass smth., smb. at some time pass the bank (the office, etc.) every day ежедневно проходить мимо банка и т.д.; have we passed the station yet? мы уже проехали станцию?; pass smb. just now только что встретить или пройти мимо кого-л.; pass smth. in some manner pass the dangerous section of the road successfully благополучно миновать опасный участок дороги

2) pass smb. somewhere pass smb. in впускать кого-л.; pass smb. out выпускать кого-л.

3) pass smth. somewhere pass a year abroad (the day at home, etc.) провести год за границей и т.д.; pass smth. in some manner pass a few hours profitably с пользой провести несколько часик; how shall we pass the time (the evening, etc.)? как нам провести /скоротать/ время и т.д.?

4) pass smth. in some manner pass a resolution unanimously единогласно принять резолюцию; pass a bill (a law, etc.) on the second vote принять закон и т.д. при повторном голосовании

1) be passed somewhere all the people were passed over the river всех [людей] переправили через реку; the old coin was passed around the room for everyone to see старинная монета обошла всех в комнате, и все могли ее рассмотреть

2) be passed by smb. the play (the film, etc.) was passed by the censor пьеса и т.д. прошла цензуру; be passed as smth. he passed as A on his physical examination при медицинском освидетельствовании он получил группу А

1) pass by (between, across, over, under, etc.) smth., smb. pass by the door (by the shop, by me, etc.) проходить мимо двери и т.д.; pass between smb., smth. проходить между кем-л., чем-л.; the road passes near the lake дорога проходит недалеко от озера; he passed into the room он прошел в комнату; the poison has passed into his system яд проник в [его] организм; pass across the street (across the bridge, across the field, etc.) переходить /пересекать/ улицу и т.д.; pass along the street (along the beach, etc.) идти /проходить/ по улице и т.д.; the current is passing along the wire ток проходит /идет/ по проводам; pass over an obstacle /over a hurdle/ брать препятствие; the cloud passed over the river туча прошла над рекой; pass under the arch of a bridge (under the building, under the river, etc.) проходить под сводом моста и т.д.; pass through all Europe (through the whole country, through a village, through the garden, through the canal, etc.) проходить через всю Европу и т.д.; а line passes through a given point линия проходит через данную точку; we were passing through the forest мы проезжали через лес, мы ехали лесом; pass out of /beyond, from/ smth. pass out of (beyond the bounds of) sight /from smb.'s view/ скрыться из виду, оказаться вне пределов /за пределами/ видимости; pass out of (beyond the bounds of) hearing выйти за пределы /оказаться за пределами/ слышимости; pass beyond the bounds of gravity выйти за пределы /оказаться вне пределов/ земного притяжения, преодолеть земное притяжение; he passed beyond the bounds of law закон на него более не распространялся; pass from smb. to smb. pass from person to person (from one boy to another, etc.) переходить от человека к человеку и т.д.; the letter passed from one to another until everyone had read it письмо переходило из рук в руки, пока все не прочли его; pass from smth. to smth. pass from one place to another (from one subject to another, etc.) переходить с места на место и т.д.; pass from house to house (from hand to hand, etc.) переходить из дома в дом и т.д.; pass from mouth to mouth переходить из уст в уста; pass between smb. many letters passed between them они написали друг другу множество писем, они обменялись многочисленными посланиями

2) pass across (over, etc.) smth. a blush passed across her face у нее вспыхнуло лицо; а change passed over his face у него изменилось выражение лица; а smile passed over her lips на ее лице промелькнула улыбка; an idea /а thought/ passed through my mind у меня в голове промелькнула мысль

3) pass over smth. pass over smb.'s rudeness (over smb.'s conduct, over smb.'s offence, over smb.'s neglect, etc.) спускать кому-л. грубость и т.д.; pass over smb.'s faults закрывать глаза на чьи-л. недостатки; my advice passed entirely over his head он пропустил мимо ушей мой совет, не обратил никакого внимания на мой совет; he passed over the details он опустил подробности, он пренебрег подробностями; just pass over the first part of his letter опустите /пропустите, не читайте/ начало его письма

4) pass to smb., smth. pass to his heir (to a member of the same family, to other hands, to his children, etc.) переходить [во владение] к его наследнику и т.д.; pass from smb. to smb. the title to the house passed from father to son право на владение домом /на дом/ перешло от отца к сыну; pass to smth. pass ing to the next point /item/ переходя к следующему вопросу; pass into (out of) smth. pass into smb.'s hands (into smb.'s possession, etc.) переходить в чьи-л. руки и т.д.; he didn't want the estate to pass out of his hands он не хотел, чтобы имение перешло в другие руки

5) pass into (out of /from/) smth. pass into steam (into liquid, etc.) переходить /превращаться/ в пар и т.д.; pass into law (into an axiom, etc.) становиться законом и т.д.; pass into history становиться достоянием истории; pass into a proverb становиться поговоркой, превращаться в поговорку; days passed into weeks дни складывались в недели; pass into nothingness превращаться в ничто, исчезать; pass into general use (into circulation, into a new phase, etc.) переходить в общее пользование и т.д.; pass into disuse выйти из употребления; pass into silence замолчать, смолкнуть; pass into oblivion быть преданным забвению, кануть в вечность; pass out of fashion /out of style/ (out of current use, etc.) выйти из моды и т.д.; pass out of existence прекратить существование; the book passed out of print весь тираж книги распродан /разошелся/; pass from /out of/ memory /from smb.'s mind/ (по)забыться, улетучиться из памяти; pass from one state to another переходить из одного состояния в другое; pass from smth., to smth. pass from words to blows (from thought to action, from rage to despair, etc.) переходить от брани к драке и т.д.; pass from triumph to triumph идти от триумфа и триумфу: the weather passed suddenly from cold to hot холод неожиданно сменился жарой

6) pass through smth. pass through many trials (through hard times, through a terrible experience, through many changes, through various adventures, etc.) пережить много испытаний и т.д., пройти через многочисленные испытания и т.д., we have passed through Ibis crisis мы пережили этот кризис; this book has passed through many editions эта книга выдержала много изданий

7) pass in smth. pass in an examination выдержать /сдать/ экзамен; he didn't pass in geography он не сдал географию; pass without smth. he passed without a hitch он прошел гладко /без сучка без задоринки/ (на экзамене)

8) pass between smb. nothing passed between them между ними ничего не произошло; sharp words passed between them между ними произошла ссора, они поссорились /поругались/

9) pass for smb., smth. pass for a great scholar (for a learned man. for a liberal, for a hero, for a rich man, etc.) считаться /слыть/ большим ученым и т.д.; they could have passed for sisters их можно было принять за сестер; it might pass for silk это может сойти за шелк; it passes for slang это считается жаргоном; pass under the пате of... pass under the name of Black быть известным под фамилией Блэк

10) pass (up)on smb., smth. pass on each contestant оценить каждого участника состязания, дать оценку каждому участнику состязания; pass on the authenticity of the drawing вынести суждение /высказать мнение/ по поводу того, является ли рисунок подлинником; the court dismissed the case without passing upon it суд отклонил иск без разбирательства дела

1) pass smb., smth. in (on, etc.) smth. pass the man in the street (each other on the road, the girl on the stairs, a village on one's way, etc.) пройти мимо этого человека на улице и т.д.

2) pass smth. across (over, around, etc.) smth. pass one's hand across one's forehead (across one's eyes, etc.) провести рукой по лбу и т.д., pass a sponge over the blackboard (a cloth over the table, etc.) провести губкой по доске и т.д., стереть губкой с доски и т.д.; pass a rope around /about/ the waist for support обвязаться веревкой для страховки; pass a rope round the barrel (round the box, etc.) обвязать бочку и т.д. веревкой; pass a rope round smb.'s neck накинуть петлю на чью-л. шею || pass one's eye over smth. взглянуть на что-л.; will you, please, pass your eye over this note? взгляните, пожалуйста, на эту записку; pass smth. through smth. pass a rope through a hole (a string through a ring, etc.) пропустить /протянуть/ канат через отверстие и т.д.; pass a thread through a needle вдеть нитку в иголку; pass smth. through a fine sieve просеять что-л. через тонкое сито; pass smth. between smth. pass one's hand between the bars просунуть руку через решетку

3) pass smb. through smth. we'll pass them through this gate мы их пропустим в эти ворота; they passed me through the customs меня подвергли таможенному досмотру

4) pass smth. to smb. pass a glass (the mustard, the salt, etc.) to your neighbour (to me, etc.) передавать стакан и т.д. соседу и т.д.; pass smth. (a)round (over, etc.) smth. pass the pie (the bottle, the tea, etc.) (a)round the table обносить всех сидящих за столом пирогом и т.д.; he passed her letter over my head он передал ее письмо у меня над головой; pass smth. from smth. pass a book from the shelf подать книгу с полки; pass a ring from hand to hand передавать кольцо из рук в руки; pass with. out of smth. pass a suitcase out of a window передать чемодан через окне; pass smth. over smth. pass rumours (gossip, the news, etc.) all over the village распространять /разносить/слухи и т.д. по всей деревне

5) pass time in some place pass the winter in the south проводить зиму на Юге; pass time in smth. pass one's time in idleness жить в безделье /в праздности/; pass time with smb. pass a week (a few days, etc.) with the children (with him, etc.) провести неделю и т.д. с детьми и т.д.

6) pass smth. through smth. pass a resolution (a measure, a bill, etc.) through a committee (through Senate, etc.) провести резолюцию и т.д. через комитет и т.д.

7) pass smth. on smb. pass sentence /judgement/ on a criminal (on guilty persons, etc.) выносить приговор преступнику и т.д.; pass smth. on smth. pass criticism /remarks/ on smb.'s paper делать критические замечания по чьей-л. работе; I can't pass an opinion on your work without seeing it я не видел вашей работы и не могу высказать мнения о ней

1) pass smth., smb. without doing smth. pass the town (the place, the spot, etc.) without stopping проехать через город и не остановиться /не задержаться/ [в нем]; pass her without noticing (without looking, etc.) пройти мимо нее, не обратив [на нее] внимания и т.д.; pass him without smiling пройти мимо него без улыбки; pass them without saying "hello" пройти мимо них, не поздоровавшись

2) pass smth. in doing smth. pass one's time in reading (in painting, etc.) проводить время за чтением и т.д.

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace

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After serving in the British Army during the Boer War. Dunne returned home convinced that aeroplanes would be more suitable than balloons for reconnaissance work. He built models to test his ideas for a tailless design based on the winged seed of a Javanese climbing plant. In 1906 Dunne joined the staff of the Balloon Factory at Farnborough, where the Superintendent, Colonel J.E.Capper, was also interested in manned kites and aeroplanes. Since 1904 the colourful American "Colonel" S.F. Cody had been experimenting at Farnborough with manned kites, and in 1908 his "British Army Dirigible No. 1" made the first powered flight in Britain. Dunne's first swept-wing tailless glider was ready to fly in the spring of 1907, but it was deemed to be a military secret and flying it at Farnborough would be too public. Dunne, Colonel Capper and a team of army engineers took the glider to a remote site at Blair Atholl in Scotland for its test flights. It was not a great success, although it attracted snoopers, with the result that it was camouflaged. Powered versions made short hops in 1908, but then the War Office withdrew its support. Dunne and his associates set up a syndicate to continue the development of a new tailless aeroplane, the D 5; this was built by Short Brothers (see Short, Hugh Oswald) and flew successfully in 1910. It had combined elevators and ailerons on the wing tips (or elevons as they are now called when fitted to modern delta-winged aircraft). In 1913 an improved version of the D 5 was demonstrated in France, where the pilot left his cockpit and walked along the wing in flight. Dunne had proved his point and designed a stable aircraft, but his health was suffering and he retired. During the First World War, however, it was soon learned that military aircraft needed to be manoeuvrable rather than stable.

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John Harrison was the son of a carpenter and was brought up to that trade. He was largely self-taught and learned mechanics from a copy of Nicholas Saunderson's lectures that had been lent to him. With the assistance of his younger brother, James, he built a series of unconventional clocks, mainly of wood. He was always concerned to reduce friction, without using oil, and this influenced the design of his "grasshopper" escapement. He also invented the "gridiron" compensation pendulum, which depended on the differential expansion of brass and steel. The excellent performance of his regulator clocks, which incorporated these devices, convinced him that they could also be used in a sea dock to compete for the longitude prize. In 1714 the Government had offered a prize of £20,000 for a method of determining longitude at sea to within half a degree after a voyage to the West Indies. In theory the longitude could be found by carrying an accurate timepiece that would indicate the time at a known longitude, but the requirements of the Act were very exacting. The timepiece would have to have a cumulative error of no more than two minutes after a voyage lasting six weeks.

In 1730 Harrison went to London with his proposal for a sea clock, supported by examples of his grasshopper escapement and his gridiron pendulum. His proposal received sufficient encouragement and financial support, from George Graham and others, to enable him to return to Barrow and construct his first sea clock, which he completed five years later. This was a large and complicated machine that was made out of brass but retained the wooden wheelwork and the grasshopper escapement of the regulator clocks. The two balances were interlinked to counteract the rolling of the vessel and were controlled by helical springs operating in tension. It was the first timepiece with a balance to have temperature compensation. The effect of temperature change on the timekeeping of a balance is more pronounced than it is for a pendulum, as two effects are involved: the change in the size of the balance; and the change in the elasticity of the balance spring. Harrison compensated for both effects by using a gridiron arrangement to alter the tension in the springs. This timekeeper performed creditably when it was tested on a voyage to Lisbon, and the Board of Longitude agreed to finance improved models. Harrison's second timekeeper dispensed with the use of wood and had the added refinement of a remontoire, but even before it was tested he had embarked on a third machine. The balance of this machine was controlled by a spiral spring whose effective length was altered by a bimetallic strip to compensate for changes in temperature. In 1753 Harrison commissioned a London watchmaker, John Jefferys, to make a watch for his own personal use, with a similar form of temperature compensation and a modified verge escapement that was intended to compensate for the lack of isochronism of the balance spring. The time-keeping of this watch was surprisingly good and Harrison proceeded to build a larger and more sophisticated version, with a remontoire. This timekeeper was completed in 1759 and its performance was so remarkable that Harrison decided to enter it for the longitude prize in place of his third machine. It was tested on two voyages to the West Indies and on both occasions it met the requirements of the Act, but the Board of Longitude withheld half the prize money until they had proof that the timekeeper could be duplicated. Copies were made by Harrison and by Larcum Kendall, but the Board still continued to prevaricate and Harrison received the full amount of the prize in 1773 only after George III had intervened on his behalf.

Although Harrison had shown that it was possible to construct a timepiece of sufficient accuracy to determine longitude at sea, his solution was too complex and costly to be produced in quantity. It had, for example, taken Larcum Kendall two years to produce his copy of Harrison's fourth timekeeper, but Harrison had overcome the psychological barrier and opened the door for others to produce chronometers in quantity at an affordable price. This was achieved before the end of the century by Arnold and Earnshaw, but they used an entirely different design that owed more to Le Roy than it did to Harrison and which only retained Harrison's maintaining power.

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As a boy, Paul MacCready was an enthusiastic builder of flying model aeroplanes; he became US National Junior Champion in 1941. He learned to fly and became a pilot with the US Navy in 1943. he developed an interest in gliding in 1945 and became National Soaring Champion in 1948 and 1949. After graduating from the California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) as a meteorologist, he set up Meteorological Research Inc. In 1953 MacCready became the first American to win the World Gliding Championship. When hang-gliders became popular in the early 1970s MacCready studied their performance and compared them with soaring birds: he came to the conclusion that man-powered flight was a possibility. In an effort to generate an interest in man-powered flight, a cash prize had been offered in Britain by Henry Kremer, a wealthy industrialist and fitness enthusiast. A man-powered aircraft had to complete a one-mile (1.6km) figure-of-eight course in order to win. However, the figure-of-eight proved to be a major obstacle and the prize money was increased over the years to £50,000. In 1976 MacCready and his friend Dr Peter Lissaman set to work on their computer and came up with their optimum design for a man-powered aircraft. The Gossamer Condor had a wing span of 96 ft (27.4 m), about the same as a Douglas DC-9 airliner, yet it weighed just 70 lb (32 kg). It was a tail-first design with a pedaldriven pusher propeller just behind the pilot. Bryan Allen, a biologist, pilot and racing cyclist, joined the team to provide the muscle-power. After over two hundred flights they were ready to make an attempt on the prize, and on 23 August 1977 they succeeded where many had failed, in 7 minutes. Kremer then offered £100,000 for the first manpowered flight across the English Channel. Many thought this would be impossible, but MacCready and his team set about the task of designing a new machine based on their Condor, which they called the Gossamer Albatross. Bryan Allen also had a major task: getting fit for a flight which might take three hours of pedalling. The weather was more of a problem than in California, and after a long delay the Gossamer Albatross took off, on 12 June 1979. After pedalling for 2 hours 49 minutes, Bryan Allen landed in France: it was seventy years since Blériot's flight, although Blériot was much quicker.

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He was born Edward Muggeridge, but later changed his name, taking the Saxon spelling of his first name and altering his surname, first to Muygridge and then to Muybridge. He emigrated to America in 1851, working in New York in bookbinding and selling as a commission agent for the London Printing and Publishing Company. Through contact with a New York daguerreotypist, Silas T.Selleck, he acquired an interest in photography that developed after his move to California in 1855. On a visit to England in 1860 he learned the wet-collodion process from a friend, Arthur Brown, and acquired the best photographic equipment available in London before returning to America. In 1867, under his trade pseudonym "Helios", he set out to record the scenery of the Far West with his mobile dark-room, christened "The Flying Studio".

His reputation as a photographer of the first rank spread, and he was commissioned to record the survey visit of Major-General Henry W.Halleck to Alaska and also to record the territory through which the Central Pacific Railroad was being constructed. Perhaps because of this latter project, he was approached by the President of the Central Pacific, Leland Stanford, to attempt to photograph a horse trotting at speed. There was a long-standing controversy among racing men as to whether a trotting horse had all four hooves off the ground at any point; Stanford felt that it did, and hoped than an "instantaneous" photograph would settle the matter once and for all. In May 1872 Muybridge photographed the horse "Occident", but without any great success because the current wet-collodion process normally required many seconds, even in a good light, for a good result. In April 1873 he managed to produce some better negatives, in which a recognizable silhouette of the horse showed all four feet above the ground at the same time.

Soon after, Muybridge left his young wife, Flora, in San Francisco to go with the army sent to put down the revolt of the Modoc Indians. While he was busy photographing the scenery and the combatants, his wife had an affair with a Major Harry Larkyns. On his return, finding his wife pregnant, he had several confrontations with Larkyns, which culminated in his shooting him dead. At his trial for murder, in February 1875, Muybridge was acquitted by the jury on the grounds of justifiable homicide; he left soon after on a long trip to South America.

He again took up his photographic work when he returned to North America and Stanford asked him to take up the action-photography project once more. Using a new shutter design he had developed while on his trip south, and which would operate in as little as 1/1,000 of a second, he obtained more detailed pictures of "Occident" in July 1877. He then devised a new scheme, which Stanford sponsored at his farm at Palo Alto. A 50 ft (15 m) long shed was constructed, containing twelve cameras side by side, and a white background marked off with vertical, numbered lines was set up. Each camera was fitted with Muybridge's highspeed shutter, which was released by an electromagnetic catch. Thin threads stretched across the track were broken by the horse as it moved along, closing spring electrical contacts which released each shutter in turn. Thus, in about half a second, twelve photographs were obtained that showed all the phases of the movement.

Although the pictures were still little more than silhouettes, they were very sharp, and sequences published in scientific and photographic journals throughout the world excited considerable attention. By replacing the threads with an electrical commutator device, which allowed the release of the shutters at precise intervals, Muybridge was able to take series of actions by other animals and humans. From 1880 he lectured in America and Europe, projecting his results in motion on the screen with his Zoopraxiscope projector. In August 1883 he received a grant of $40,000 from the University of Pennsylvania to carry on his work there. Using the vastly improved gelatine dry-plate process and new, improved multiple-camera apparatus, during 1884 and 1885 he produced over 100,000 photographs, of which 20,000 were reproduced in Animal Locomotion in 1887. The subjects were animals of all kinds, and human figures, mostly nude, in a wide range of activities. The quality of the photographs was extremely good, and the publication attracted considerable attention and praise.

Muybridge returned to England in 1894; his last publications were Animals in Motion (1899) and The Human Figure in Motion (1901). His influence on the world of art was enormous, over-turning the conventional representations of action hitherto used by artists. His work in pioneering the use of sequence photography led to the science of chronophotography developed by Marey and others, and stimulated many inventors, notably Thomas Edison to work which led to the introduction of cinematography in the 1890s.

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The little that is known of Theophilus is what can be inferred from his great work, De diversis artibus. He was a Benedictine monk and priest living in north-west Germany, probably near an important art centre. He was an educated man, conversant with scholastic philosophy and at the same time a skilled, practising craftsman. Even his identity is obscure: Theophilus is a pseudonym, possibly for Roger of Helmarshausen, for the little that is known of both is in agreement.

Evidence in De diversis suggests that it was probably composed during 1110 to 1140. White (see Further Reading) goes on to suggest late 1122 or early 1123, on the grounds that Theophilus only learned of St Bernard of Clairvaulx's diatribe against lavish church ornamentation during the writing of the work, for it is only in the preface to Book 3 that Theophilus seeks to justify his craft. St Bernard's Apologia can be dated late 1122. No other medieval work on art combines the comprehensive range, orderly presentation and attention to detail as does De diversis. It has been described as an encyclopedia of medieval skills and crafts. It also offers the best and often the only description of medieval technology, including the first direct reference to papermaking in the West, the earliest medieval account of bell-founding and the most complete account of organ building. Many metallurgical techniques are described in detail, such as the making of a crucible furnace and bloomery hearth.

The treatise is divided into three books, the first on the materials and art of painting, the second on glassmaking, including stained glass, glass vessels and the blown-cylinder method for flat glass, and the final and longest book on metalwork, including working in iron, copper, gold and silver for church use, such as chalices and censers. The main texts are no mere compilations, but reveal the firsthand knowledge that can only be gained by a skilled craftsman. The prefaces to each book present perhaps the only medieval expression of an artist's ideals and how he sees his art in relation to the general scheme of things. For Theophilus, his art is a gift from God and every skill an act of praise and piety. Theophilus is thus an indispensable source for medieval crafts and technology, but there are indications that the work was also well known at the time of its composition and afterwards.

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   1) The Book of Nature Is Written in the Language of Mathematics

   Philosophy is written in that great book, the universe, which is always open, right before our eyes. But one cannot understand this book without first learning to understand the language and to know the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other figures. Without these, one cannot understand a single word of it, and just wanders in a dark labyrinth. (Galileo, 1990, p. 232)

   2) Arranging Speech so as to Reply Appropriately

   It never happens that it [a nonhuman animal] arranges its speech in various ways in order to reply appropriately to everything that may be said in its presence, as even the lowest type of man can do. (Descartes, 1970a, p. 116)

   3) No Other Animal Has the Language Capacity of the Human

   It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid, without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same. (Descartes, 1967, p. 116)

   4) Human Beings Do Not Live Only in the World of Objects

   Human beings do not live in the object world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group.... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir, 1921, p. 75)

   5) Language Powerfully Conditions All Our Thinking

   It powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes.... No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached. (Sapir, 1985, p. 162)

   6) A List of Language Games

   [A list of language games, not meant to be exhaustive:]

   Giving orders, and obeying them- Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements- Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)Reporting an eventSpeculating about an eventForming and testing a hypothesisPresenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagramsMaking up a story; and reading itPlay actingSinging catchesGuessing riddlesMaking a joke; and telling it

   Solving a problem in practical arithmeticTranslating from one language into another

   LANGUAGE Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, and praying-. (Wittgenstein, 1953, Pt. I, No. 23, pp. 11 e-12 e)

   7) Language Constrains Certain Modes of Interpretation

   We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.... The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... No individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation even while he thinks himself most free. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 153, 213-214)

   8) We Dissect Nature in Accordance with Our Native Languages

   We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.

   The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or can in some way be calibrated. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 213-214)

   9) The Forms of a Person's Thoughts Are Controlled by Unperceived Patterns of His Own Language

   The forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language-shown readily enough by a candid comparison and contrast with other languages, especially those of a different linguistic family. (Whorf, 1956, p. 252)

    10) The Analysis of Certain Types of Utterances

   It has come to be commonly held that many utterances which look like statements are either not intended at all, or only intended in part, to record or impart straightforward information about the facts.... Many traditional philosophical perplexities have arisen through a mistake-the mistake of taking as straightforward statements of fact utterances which are either (in interesting non-grammatical ways) nonsensical or else intended as something quite different. (Austin, 1962, pp. 2-3)

    11) The Dictionary of a Language Is a System of Concepts

   In general, one might define a complex of semantic components connected by logical constants as a concept. The dictionary of a language is then a system of concepts in which a phonological form and certain syntactic and morphological characteristics are assigned to each concept. This system of concepts is structured by several types of relations. It is supplemented, furthermore, by redundancy or implicational rules..., representing general properties of the whole system of concepts.... At least a relevant part of these general rules is not bound to particular languages, but represents presumably universal structures of natural languages. They are not learned, but are rather a part of the human ability to acquire an arbitrary natural language. (Bierwisch, 1970, pp. 171-172)

    12) Talk about the Evolution of the Language Capacity is Beside the Point

   In studying the evolution of mind, we cannot guess to what extent there are physically possible alternatives to, say, transformational generative grammar, for an organism meeting certain other physical conditions characteristic of humans. Conceivably, there are none-or very few-in which case talk about evolution of the language capacity is beside the point. (Chomsky, 1972, p. 98)

    13) The Development of Language

   [It is] truth value rather than syntactic well-formedness that chiefly governs explicit verbal reinforcement by parents-which renders mildly paradoxical the fact that the usual product of such a training schedule is an adult whose speech is highly grammatical but not notably truthful. (R. O. Brown, 1973, p. 330)

    14) Sentential and Conceptual Levels in Language

   he conceptual base is responsible for formally representing the concepts underlying an utterance.... A given word in a language may or may not have one or more concepts underlying it.... On the sentential level, the utterances of a given language are encoded within a syntactic structure of that language. The basic construction of the sentential level is the sentence.

   The next highest level... is the conceptual level. We call the basic construction of this level the conceptualization. A conceptualization consists of concepts and certain relations among those concepts. We can consider that both levels exist at the same point in time and that for any unit on one level, some corresponding realizate exists on the other level. This realizate may be null or extremely complex.... Conceptualizations may relate to other conceptualizations by nesting or other specified relationships. (Schank, 1973, pp. 191-192)

    15) Linguistic Realities Have Not Yet Been Captured by Theoretical Models

   The mathematics of multi-dimensional interactive spaces and lattices, the projection of "computer behavior" on to possible models of cerebral functions, the theoretical and mechanical investigation of artificial intelligence, are producing a stream of sophisticated, often suggestive ideas.

   But it is, I believe, fair to say that nothing put forward until now in either theoretic design or mechanical mimicry comes even remotely in reach of the most rudimentary linguistic realities. (Steiner, 1975, p. 284)

    16) The Final Steps to Human Language

   The step from the simple tool to the master tool, a tool to make tools (what we would now call a machine tool), seems to me indeed to parallel the final step to human language, which I call reconstitution. It expresses in a practical and social context the same understanding of hierarchy, and shows the same analysis by function as a basis for synthesis. (Bronowski, 1977, pp. 127-128)

    17) The Inadequacy of Formal Linguistic Models for Ordinary Language Usage

    t is the language donn eґ in which we conduct our lives.... We have no other. And the danger is that formal linguistic models, in their loosely argued analogy with the axiomatic structure of the mathematical sciences, may block perception.... It is quite conceivable that, in language, continuous induction from simple, elemental units to more complex, realistic forms is not justified. The extent and formal "undecidability" of context-and every linguistic particle above the level of the phoneme is context-bound-may make it impossible, except in the most abstract, meta-linguistic sense, to pass from "pro-verbs," "kernals," or "deep deep structures" to actual speech. (Steiner, 1975, pp. 111-113)

    18) When a Language Is an Abstract Machine

   A higher-level formal language is an abstract machine. (Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 113)

    19) Metaphor and Metonymy Underpin the Formation of Linguistic Signs

   Jakobson sees metaphor and metonymy as the characteristic modes of binarily opposed polarities which between them underpin the two-fold process of selection and combination by which linguistic signs are formed.... Thus messages are constructed, as Saussure said, by a combination of a "horizontal" movement, which combines words together, and a "vertical" movement, which selects the particular words from the available inventory or "inner storehouse" of the language. The combinative (or syntagmatic) process manifests itself in contiguity (one word being placed next to another) and its mode is metonymic. The selective (or associative) process manifests itself in similarity (one word or concept being "like" another) and its mode is metaphoric. The "opposition" of metaphor and metonymy therefore may be said to represent in effect the essence of the total opposition between the synchronic mode of language (its immediate, coexistent, "vertical" relationships) and its diachronic mode (its sequential, successive, lineal progressive relationships). (Hawkes, 1977, pp. 77-78)

    20) Language and the Analysis of Nature

   It is striking that the layered structure that man has given to language constantly reappears in his analyses of nature. (Bronowski, 1977, p. 121)

    21) Correspondence Rules for Mapping Old Theory into Subsets of New Theory

   First, [an ideal intertheoretic reduction] provides us with a set of rules"correspondence rules" or "bridge laws," as the standard vernacular has it-which effect a mapping of the terms of the old theory (T o) onto a subset of the expressions of the new or reducing theory (T n). These rules guide the application of those selected expressions of T n in the following way: we are free to make singular applications of their correspondencerule doppelgangers in T o....

   Second, and equally important, a successful reduction ideally has the outcome that, under the term mapping effected by the correspondence rules, the central principles of T o (those of semantic and systematic importance) are mapped onto general sentences of T n that are theorems of Tn. (P. Churchland, 1979, p. 81)

    22) The Inclusion of Non- linguistic Factors in a Theory of Grammar

   If non-linguistic factors must be included in grammar: beliefs, attitudes, etc. [this would] amount to a rejection of the initial idealization of language as an object of study. A priori such a move cannot be ruled out, but it must be empirically motivated. If it proves to be correct, I would conclude that language is a chaos that is not worth studying.... Note that the question is not whether beliefs or attitudes, and so on, play a role in linguistic behavior and linguistic judgments... [but rather] whether distinct cognitive structures can be identified, which interact in the real use of language and linguistic judgments, the grammatical system being one of these. (Chomsky, 1979, pp. 140, 152-153)

    23) Language Is Inevitably Influenced by Specific Contexts of Human Interaction

   Language cannot be studied in isolation from the investigation of "rationality." It cannot afford to neglect our everyday assumptions concerning the total behavior of a reasonable person.... An integrational linguistics must recognize that human beings inhabit a communicational space which is not neatly compartmentalized into language and nonlanguage.... It renounces in advance the possibility of setting up systems of forms and meanings which will "account for" a central core of linguistic behavior irrespective of the situation and communicational purposes involved. (Harris, 1981, p. 165)

    24) The Genetic Blueprints of Language

   By innate [linguistic knowledge], Chomsky simply means "genetically programmed." He does not literally think that children are born with language in their heads ready to be spoken. He merely claims that a "blueprint is there, which is brought into use when the child reaches a certain point in her general development. With the help of this blueprint, she analyzes the language she hears around her more readily than she would if she were totally unprepared for the strange gabbling sounds which emerge from human mouths. (Aitchison, 1987, p. 31)

    25) Languages Are Machines

   Looking at ourselves from the computer viewpoint, we cannot avoid seeing that natural language is our most important "programming language." This means that a vast portion of our knowledge and activity is, for us, best communicated and understood in our natural language.... One could say that natural language was our first great original artifact and, since, as we increasingly realize, languages are machines, so natural language, with our brains to run it, was our primal invention of the universal computer. One could say this except for the sneaking suspicion that language isn't something we invented but something we became, not something we constructed but something in which we created, and recreated, ourselves. (Leiber, 1991, p. 8)

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1) (near the beginning (of a period of time etc): early in my life; early in the afternoon.) früh

2) (sooner than others; sooner than usual; sooner than expected or than the appointed time: He arrived early; She came an hour early.) zu früh

1) (belonging to, or happening, near the beginning of a period of time etc: early morning; in the early part of the century.) früh

2) (belonging to the first stages of development: early musical instruments.) frühzeitig

3) (happening etc sooner than usual or than expected: the baby's early arrival; It's too early to get up yet.) zu früh

4) (prompt: I hope for an early reply to my letter.) baldig

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I. adj

1. (in the day) früh

she usually has an \early breakfast sie frühstückt meistens zeitig

\early edition Morgenausgabe f

the \early hours die frühen Morgenstunden

in the \early morning am frühen Morgen

\early morning call Weckruf m

\early riser Frühaufsteher(in) m(f)

2. (of a period) früh, Früh-

she is in her \early thirties sie ist Anfang dreißig

in the \early afternoon am frühen Nachmittag

at an \early age in jungen Jahren

from an \early age von klein auf

in the \early 15th century Anfang [o zu Beginn] des 15. Jahrhunderts

\early education Früherziehung f, Vorschulerziehung f

to score an \early goal ein frühes Tor erzielen

\early potatoes Frühkartoffeln pl

\early returns erste Wahlergebnisse

\early Romantic Frühromantiker(in) m(f)

\early stage Anfangsstadium nt, Frühstadium f

3. attr ( form: prompt) schnell, baldig

\early payment appreciated um baldige Zahlung wird gebeten

4. (ahead of expected time) vorzeitig; (comparatively early) [früh]zeitig

I took an \early train home from work today ich habe heute nach der Arbeit einen früheren Zug genommen

you are \early du bist früh dran fam

to have an \early dinner/lunch früh zu Abend/Mittag essen

to have an \early night früh schlafen [o zu Bett] gehen

\early parole vorzeitige [Haft]entlassung

\early retirement vorzeitiger [o vorgezogener] Ruhestand, Frühpension f ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ

to take \early retirement vorzeitig in den Ruhestand gehen, in Frühpension gehen ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ

5. attr (first) erste(r, s), frühe(r, s)

the \early Christians die ersten Christen

the E\early Church die Urkirche

the \early masters ART die frühen Meister

II. adv

1. (in the day) früh, zeitig

to get up [or rise] \early früh aufstehen

2. (in good time) vorzeitig

to arrive \early zeitig eintreffen

3. (ahead of expected time) vorzeitig; (prematurely) zu früh; (comparatively early) [früh]zeitig

the plane landed 20 minutes \early das Flugzeug landete 20 Minuten früher [als geplant]

to die \early früh sterben

4. (of a period) früh

I'll call you \early next Monday/tomorrow ich rufe dich Montag/morgen Vormittag an

\early [on] in life früh im Leben

\early in the week Anfang der Woche

\early in October Anfang Oktober

\early next week Anfang nächster Woche

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1. adv

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2) (= before the expected time) früher (als erwartet); (= before the appointed time) zu früh; (= earlier than usual) früh

2. adj (+er)

1) früh

2) (= before expected time) flowers früh blühend; cabbage, peas etc, crop früh; death vorzeitig; marriage früh; menopause verfrüht

3) (from historical perspective) settlers, man frühgeschichtlich

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early [ˈɜːlı; US ˈɜrliː]

A adv

1. früh, (früh)zeitig;

early in the day (year) früh am Tag (im Jahr);

early in the morning früh am Morgen, am frühen Morgen, frühmorgens;

early in life früh im Leben;

early in May Anfang Mai;

early in 1996 Anfang 1996;

early last week Anfang letzter Woche;

as early as May schon im Mai;

as early as the times of Chaucer schon zu Chaucers Zeiten;

early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise (Sprichwort) Morgenstunde hat Gold im Munde; → afternoon A

2. bald:

as early as possible so bald wie möglich

3. am Anfang:

a) schon früh(zeitig),

b) bald;

early on in anfangs (gen)

4. a) zu früh:

b) früher:

B adj

1. früh, (früh)zeitig:

early riser, hum early bird Frühaufsteher(in);

be an early riser auch früh aufstehen;

the early bird catches ( oder gets) the worm (Sprichwort) Morgenstunde hat Gold im Munde;

keep early hours früh aufstehen und früh zu Bett gehen;

at this early stage schon jetzt;

the early summer der Frühsommer;

at an early hour zu früher Stunde;

it is still early days es ist noch zu früh am Tage;

in the early eighties (am) Anfang der Achtzigerjahre;

he’s in his early forties er ist Anfang der Vierziger

2. a) vorzeitig, früh:

her early death;

his early release seine vorzeitige Entlassung;

early school leaver Schulabbrecher(in)

b) vorgezogen (Wahl)

3. zu früh:

you are early today du bist heute (etwas) zu früh (daran);

he was born two months early er kam zwei Monate zu früh auf die Welt

4. früh, Jugend…:

in his early days in seiner Jugend

5. früh (reifend):

early fruit Frühobst n

6. anfänglich, Früh…, früh, erst(er, e, es):

early Christian frühchristlich;

the early Christians die ersten Christen, die Frühchristen;

early history Frühgeschichte f, frühe Geschichte;

early pace SPORT Anfangstempo n

7. baldig (Antwort etc)

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baldig adj.

früh adj.

zeitig adj.

1) einmal

2) (multiplied by one) ein mal

3) (even for one or the first time) je[mals]

4) (formerly) früher einmal

5)

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1) (a single time: He did it once; If I could see her once again I would be happy.) einmal

2) (at a time in the past: I once wanted to be a dancer.) einst

- at once

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I. adv inv

1. (one time) einmal

\once was enough for me nach dem ersten Mal hatte ich schon genug

if she \once started you would never stop her wenn sie erst einmal angefangen hat, konnte man sie nicht aufhalten

\once again wieder einmal, erneut

\once and for all ein für alle Mal

\once a day/month/week einmal am Tag/im Monat/pro [o die] Woche

for [or this] \once ausnahmsweise

just for \once nur einmal

just this \once nur dieses eine Mal

\once in a lifetime einmal im Leben

never/not \once nicht einmal [o ein einziges Mal]

the \once ( fam) ein einziges Mal, das eine Mal

\once or twice ein paar Mal, ein paar Male

[every] \once in a while hin und wieder

2. (in the past) früher [einmal], einst geh

\once upon a time there lived a prince es war einmal ein Prinz

I could have done it, \once upon a time früher [einmal] hätte ich es schaffen können

3. (some time)

at \once (simultaneously) auf einmal; (immediately) sofort

you're all talking at \once! ihr redet alle durcheinander!

all at \once [alle] auf einmal fam; (no warning) mit einem Mal

\once more (one more time) noch einmal; (as before) wieder

4. (one of)

\once 10 is 10 ein mal 10 ist 10

▶ \once a..., always a... ( prov) einmal ein/eine..., immer ein/eine...

▶ \once bitten, twice shy ( prov) [ein] gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer prov

II. conj

1. (as soon as) sobald

2. (when) wenn; (in the past) als

you won't be able to cancel the contract \once you've signed wenn du erst einmal unterschrieben hast, kommst du von dem Vertrag nicht mehr los

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1. adv

1) (= on one occasion) einmal

2) (= in past) einmal

3)

2. conj

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once [wʌns]

A adv

1. einmal:

you only live once man lebt nur einmal;

once and again, once or twice ein paar Mal, einige Male;

once again, once more noch einmal;

once a day einmal täglich;

once in a while ( oder way) von Zeit zu Zeit, hin und wieder, dann und wann;

once and for all ein für alle Mal, zum ersten und (zum) letzten Mal; → bitten B, lifetime A, moon A 1

2. je(mals), überhaupt (in bedingenden oder verneinenden Sätzen):

if once he should suspect wenn er jemals misstrauisch werden sollte;

not once nicht ein oder kein einziges Mal, nie(mals)

3. (früher oder später) einmal, einst:

once (upon a time) there was es war einmal (Märchenanfang);

a once-famous doctrine eine einst(mals) berühmte Lehre

B s

1. (das) eine oder einzige Mal:

every once in a while von Zeit zu Zeit;

this once dieses eine Mal, (für) diesmal (ausnahmsweise);

once is no custom (Sprichwort) einmal ist keinmal

2. at once auf einmal, zugleich, gleichzeitig:

don’t all speak at once redet nicht alle auf einmal oder durcheinander!;

at once a scientist and a poet Wissenschaftler und Dichter zugleich

3. at once sogleich, sofort, schnellstens:

all at once plötzlich, mit einem Male, schlagartig

C konj sobald oder wenn … (einmal), wenn nur oder erst:

once that is accomplished, all will be well wenn das erst (einmal) geschafft ist, ist alles gut;

once he hesitates sobald er zögert

D adj einstig, ehemalig

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1) einmal

2) (multiplied by one) ein mal

3) (even for one or the first time) je[mals]

4) (formerly) früher einmal

5)

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ehemals adj.

einmal adj.

sobald adj.

[æt, ət] prep

1) ( in location of)

\at sth, at the baker's beim Bäcker;

she's standing \at the bar sie steht an der Theke;

my number \at the office is 2154949 meine Nummer im Büro lautet 2154949;

the man who lives \at number twelve der Mann, der in Nummer zwölf wohnt;

I'd love to stay \at home ich möchte gerne zu Hause bleiben;

John's \at work right now John ist gerade bei der Arbeit;

\at the top of the stairs am oberen Treppenende;

sb \at the door ( sb wanting to enter) jd an der Tür;

\at sb's feet neben jds Füßen

2) ( attending)

\at sth, \at the party/ festival auf [o bei] der Party/dem Festival;

we spent the afternoon \at the museum wir verbrachten den Nachmittag im Museum;

\at school auf [o in] der Schule;

\at university auf [o an] der Universität;

\at work auf [o bei] der Arbeit;

\at the institute am Institut;

while he was \at his last job, he learned a lot in seiner letzten Stelle hat er eine Menge gelernt

3) ( during time of)

\at sth;

he was defeated \at this election er wurde bei dieser Wahl geschlagen;

what are you doing \at Christmas? was macht ihr an Weihnachten?;

\at the weekend am Wochenende;

\at night in der Nacht, nachts;

our train leaves \at 2:00 unser Zug fährt um 2:00 Uhr;

\at daybreak im Morgengrauen;

\at nightfall bei Einbruch der Nacht;

\at midnight um Mitternacht;

I'm busy \at present [or the moment] ich habe im Moment viel zu tun;

I can't come to the phone \at the moment ich kann gerade nicht ans Telefon kommen;

I'm free \at lunchtime ich habe in der Mittagspause Zeit;

we always read the kids a story \at bedtime wir lesen den Kindern zum Schlafengehen immer eine Geschichte vor;

\at the age of 60 im Alter von 60;

most people retire \at 65 die meisten Leute gehen mit 65 in Rente;

\at the beginning/ end am Anfang/Ende;

\at this stage of research bei diesem Stand der Forschung;

\at a time auf einmal, gleichzeitig;

just wait a second - I can't do ten things \at a time eine Sekunde noch - ich kann nicht tausend Sachen auf einmal machen;

his death came \at a time when the movement was split sein Tod kam zu einem Zeitpunkt, als die Bewegung auseinanderbrach;

\at the time zu dieser Zeit, zu diesem Zeitpunkt;

\at the same time ( simultaneously) zur gleichen Zeit, gleichzeitig;

they both yelled “no!” \at the same time beide schrieen im gleichen Moment „nein!“;

( on the other hand) auf der anderen Seite;

I like snow - \at the same time, however, I hate the cold ich mag Schnee - andererseits hasse ich die Kälte;

\at no time [or point] [or stage] nie[mals]

4) ( to amount of)

he can see clearly \at a distance of 50 metres er kann auf eine Entfernung von 50 Metern noch alles erkennen;

learners of English \at advanced levels Englischlernende mit fortgeschrittenen Kenntnissen;

he denied driving \at 120 km per hour er leugnete, 120 km/h schnell gefahren zu sein;

he drives \at any speed he likes er fährt so schnell er will;

\at 50 kilometres per hour mit [o bei] 50 km/h;

the horse raced to the fence \at a gallop das Pferd raste im Galopp auf den Zaun zu;

the children came \at a run die Kinder kamen alle angelaufen;

\at £20 für 20 Pfund;

I'm not going to buy those shoes \at $150! ich zahle für diese Schuhe keine 150 Dollar!;

\at that price, I can't afford it für diesen Preis kann ich es mir nicht leisten;

the bells ring \at regular intervals die Glocken läuten in regelmäßigen Abständen;

inflation is running \at 5% die Inflation liegt im Moment bei 5%;

\at least ( at minimum) mindestens;

clean the windows \at least once a week! putze die Fenster mindestens einmal pro Woche!;

( if nothing else) zumindest;

\at least you could say you're sorry du könntest dich zumindest entschuldigen;

they seldom complained - officially \at least sie haben sich selten beschwert - zumindest offiziell;

\at [the] most [aller]höchstens;

I'm afraid we can only pay you £5 an hour at [the] most ich befürchte, wir können Ihnen höchstens 5 Pfund in der Stunde zahlen

5) ( in state of)

I love watching the animals \at play ich sehe den Tieren gerne beim Spielen zu;

everything is \at a standstill alles steht still;

the country was \at war das Land befand sich im Krieg;

she finished \at second place in the horse race sie belegte bei dem Pferderennen den zweiten Platz;

to be \at an advantage/ a disadvantage im Vorteil/Nachteil sein;

to be \at fault im Unrecht sein;

\at first zuerst, am Anfang;

\at first they were happy together anfangs waren sie miteinander glücklich;

\at last endlich, schließlich + superl

she's \at her best when she's under stress sie ist am besten, wenn sie im Stress ist;

he was \at his happiest while he was still in school in der Schule war er noch am glücklichsten;

\at large in Freiheit;

there was a murderer \at large ein Mörder war auf freiem Fuß

6) after adj ( in reaction to)

I was so depressed \at the news ich war über die Nachricht sehr frustriert;

we are unhappy \at the current circumstances die gegenwärtigen Umstände machen uns unglücklich ( fam);

don't be angry \at her! ärgere dich nicht über sie!;

I'm amazed \at the way you can talk ich bin erstaunt, wie du reden kannst after vb

many people in the audience were crying \at the film viele Leute im Publikum weinten wegen des Films;

they laughed \at her funny joke sie lachten über ihren komischen Witz;

she shuddered \at the thought of flying in an airplane sie erschauderte bei dem Gedanken an einen Flug in einem Flugzeug;

her pleasure \at the bouquet was plain to see ihre Freude über den Blumenstrauß war unübersehbar

7) ( in response to)

I'm here \at your invitation ich bin auf Ihre Einladung hin gekommen;

\at your request we will send extra information auf Ihre Bitte hin senden wir Ihnen zusätzliche Informationen;

\at that daraufhin

8) after vb ( in ability to) bei +dat;

he excels \at estimating the seriousness of the offers er tut sich beim Einschätzen der Ernsthaftigkeit der Angebote hervor after adj

he's very good \at getting on with people er kann sehr gut mit Menschen umgehen;

she's good \at maths but bad \at history sie ist gut in Mathematik, aber schlecht in Geschichte;

he is poor \at giving instructions er kann keine guten Anweisungen geben after n

he's a failure \at love er kennt sich kaum in der Liebe aus

9) after vb ( repeatedly do) an +dat;

the dog gnawed \at the bone der Hund knabberte an dem Knochen herum;

she clutched \at the thin gown sie klammerte sich an den dünnen Morgenmantel;

if you persevere \at a skill long enough, you will master it wenn man eine Fertigkeit lange genug trainiert, beherrscht man sie auch;

to be \at sth mit etw dat beschäftigt sein;

he's been \at it for at least 15 years er macht das jetzt schon seit 15 Jahren

10) after vb ( expressing object of action)

they smiled \at us as we drove by sie lächelten uns zu, als wir vorbeifuhren;

he glanced \at his wife before he answered er warf seiner Frau einen Blick zu, bevor er antwortet;

she hates it when people laugh \at her sie hasst es, ausgelacht zu werden;

the kids waved \at their father die Kinder winkten ihrem Vater zu;

some dogs howl \at the moon manche Hunde heulen den Mond an;

the policeman rushed \at him der Polizist rannte auf ihn zu;

the policy aimed \at reducing taxation die Politik hatte eine Steuerreduzierung zum Ziel;

what are you hinting \at? was hast du vor?;

to go \at sb jdn angreifen

11) after n ( expressing the means by which sth is done)

\at a rough guess, I'd say the job will take three or four weeks grob geschätzt würde ich sagen, die Arbeit dauert drei bis vier Wochen

to be \at the end of one's rope mit seinem Latein am Ende sein;

\at hand in Reichweite;

we have to use all the resources \at hand wir müssen alle verfügbaren Ressourcen einsetzen;

to be \at one's wit's end mit seiner Weisheit am Ende sein;

\at all überhaupt;

she barely made a sound \at all sie hat fast keinen Ton von sich gegeben;

I haven't been well \at all recently mir ging es in letzter Zeit gar nicht gut;

I don't like him \at all ich kann ihn einfach nicht ausstehen;

did she suffer \at all? hat sie denn gelitten?;

nothing/nobody \at all gar [o überhaupt] nichts/niemand;

I'm afraid I've got nothing \at all to say ich befürchte, ich habe gar nichts zu sagen;

there was nobody at home \at all when I called dort war niemand zu Hause, als ich anrief;

not \at all ( polite response) gern geschehen, keine Ursache;

( definitely not) keineswegs, überhaupt [o durchaus] nicht;

I'm not \at all in a hurry - please don't rush ich habe es wirklich nicht eilig - renne bitte nicht so;

to get \at sth auf etw hinaus wollen [o abzielen];

\at that noch dazu;

where it's \at (fam: fashionable) wo etw los ist;

New York is where it's \at, stylewise in New York ist modemäßig richtig was los ( fam)

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

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As the son of an inn keeper, Nicolas Appert would have learned about pickling and brewing, but he chose to become a chef and confectioner, establishing himself in the rue des Lombards in Paris in 1780. He prospered there until about 1795, and in that year he began experimenting in ways to preserve foodstuffs, succeeding with soups, vegetables, juices, dairy products, jellies, jams and syrups. His method was to place food in glass jars, seal the jars with cork and sealing wax, then sterilize them by immersion in boiling water for a predetermined time.

In 1810 the French Government offered a 12,000 franc award to anyone succeeding in preserving high-quality foodstuffs for its army and navy. Appert won the award and in 1812 used the money to open the world's first food-bottling factory, La Maison Appert, in the town of Massey, near Paris. He established agents in all the major sea ports, recognizing the marine market as his most likely customer, and supplied products to Napoleon's troops in the field. By 1820 Appert's method was in use all over the United States, in spite of the simultaneous development of other containers of tin or other metals by an English merchant, Peter Durand, and the production of canned food products by the Bermondsey firm of Donkin \& Hall, London. The latter had opened the first canning factory in England in 1811.

Initially Appert used glass jars and bottles, but in 1822 he changed to tin-plated metal cans. To heat the cans he used an autoclave, which heated the water to a temperature higher than its boiling point. A hammer and chisel were needed to open cans until the invention of a can opener by an Englishman named Yates in 1855. Despite Appert's successes, he received little financial reward and died in poverty; he was buried in a common grave.

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SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing

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Benton spent his childhood in Milwaukee and La Crosse, where he early showed a talent for mechanical invention. His father was a lawyer with an interest in newspapers and who acquired the Milwaukee Daily News. Benton became familiar with typesetting equipment in his father's newspaper office. He learned the printer's trade at another newspaper office, at La Crosse, and later worked as bookkeeper at a type foundry in Milwaukee. When that failed in 1873, Benton acquired the plant, and when he was joined by R.V.Waldo the firm became Benton, Waldo \& Co. Benton began learning and improving type-cutting practice. He first devised unit-width or "self-spacing" type which became popular with compositors, saving, it was reckoned, 20 per cent of their time. Meanwhile, Benton worked on a punch-cutting machine to speed up the process of cutting letters in the steel punches from which matrices or moulds were formed to enable type to be cast from molten metal. His first mechanical punch-cutter worked successfully in 1884. The third machine, patented in 1885, was the model that revolutionized the typefounding operation. So far, punch-cutting had been done by hand, a rare and expensive skill that was insufficient to meet the demands of the new typesetting machines, the monotype of Lanston and the linotype of Merganthaler. These were threatened with failure until Benton saved the day with his automatic punch-cutter. Mechanizing punch-cutting and the forming of matrices made possible the typesetting revolution brought about by mono-and linotype.

In 1892 Benton's firm merged with others to form the American Type Founders Company. Benton's equipment was moved to New York and he with it, to become a board member and Chief Technical Advisor. In 1894 he became Manager of the company's new plant for type manufacture in Jersey City. Benton steadily improved both machinery and processes, for which he was granted twenty patents. With his son Morris Fuller, he was also notable and prolific in the field of type design. Benton remained in active association with his company until just two weeks before his death.

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SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy, Mining and extraction technology

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At the University of Prague he studied law, but thereafter turned to mineralogy, physics and different aspects of mining. In 1769–70 he worked with the mining administration in Schemnitz (now Banská Stiavnica, Slovakia) and Prague and later continued travelling to many parts of Europe, with special interests in the mining districts. In 1776, he was charged to enlarge and systematically to reshape the natural-history collection in Vienna. Three years later he was appointed Wirklicher Hofrat at the mining and monetary administration of the Austrian court.

Born, who had been at a Jesuit college in his youth, was an active freemason in Vienna and exercised remarkable social communication. The intensity of his academic exchange was outstanding, and he was a member of more than a dozen learned societies throughout Europe. When with the construction of a new metallurgic plant at Joachimsthal (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic) the methods of extracting silver and gold from ores by the means of quicksilver demanded acute consideration, it was this form of scientific intercourse that induced him in 1786 to invite many of his colleagues from several countries to meet in Schemnitz in order to discuss his ideas. Since the beginnings of the 1780s Born had developed the amalgamation process as had first been applied in Mexico in 1557, by mixing the roasted and chlorinated ores with water, ingredients of iron and quicksilver in drums and having the quicksilver refined from the amalgam in the next step. The meeting led to the founding of the Societät der Bergbaukunde, the first internationally structured society of scientists in the world. He died as the result of severe injuries suffered in an accident while he was studying fire-setting in a Slovakian mine in 1770.

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SUBJECT AREA: Civil engineering, Mining and extraction technology, Ports and shipping

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His mother died when he was 7 years old, a year later he went to college in Gisors and later to the Seminary of Sainte-Nicaise at Rouen. From 1786 to 1792 he followed a career in the French navy as a junior officer. In Rouen he met Sophie Kingdom, daughter of a British Navy contractor, whom he was later to marry. In July 1793 Marc sailed for America from Le Havre. He was to remain there for six years, and became an American citizen, occupying himself as a land surveyor and as an architect. He became Chief Engineer to the City of New York. At General Hamilton's dinner table he learned that the British Navy used over 100,000 ship's blocks every year; this started him thinking how the manufacture of blocks could be mechanized. He roughed out a set of machines to do the job, resigned his post as Chief Engineer and sailed for England in February 1799.

In London he was shortly introduced to Henry Maudslay, to whom he showed the drawings of his proposed machines and with whom he placed an order for their manufacture. The first machines were completed by mid-1803. Altogether Maudslay produced twenty-one machines for preparing the shells, sixteen for preparing the sheaves and eight other machines.

In February 1809 he saw troops at Portsmouth returning from Corunna, the victors, with their lacerated feet bound in rags. He resolved to mechanize the production of boots for the Army and, within a few months, had twenty-four disabled soldiers working the machinery he had invented and installed near his Battersea sawmill. The plant could produce 400 pairs of boots and shoes a day, selling at between 9s. 6d. and 20s. a pair. One day in 1817 at Chatham dockyard he observed a piece of scrap keel timber, showing the ravages wrought by the shipworm, Teredo navalis, which, with its proboscis protected by two jagged concave triangular shells, consumes, digests and finally excretes the ship's timbers as it gnaws its way through them. The excreted material provided material for lining the walls of the tunnel the worm had drilled. Brunel decided to imitate the action of the shipworm on a large scale: the Thames Tunnel was to occupy Marc Brunel for most of the remainder of his life. Boring started in March 1825 and was completed by March 1843. The project lay dormant for long periods, but eventually the 1,200 ft (366 m)-long tunnel was completed. Marc Isambard Brunel died at the age of 80 and was buried at Kensal Green cemetery.

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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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Chapman was born on the west coast of Sweden and was the son of a British naval officer serving in the Swedish Navy. In 1738 he followed in his father's footsteps by joining the naval dockyards as a shipbuilding apprentice. Subsequent experience was gained in other shipyards and by two years (1741–3) in London. His assiduous note taking and study of British shipbuilding were noticed and he was offered appointments in England, but these were refused and he returned to Sweden in 1744 and for a while operated as a ship repairer in partnership with a man called Bagge. In 1749 he started out on his own. He began with a period of study in Stockholm and in London, where he worked for a while under Thomas Simpson, and then went on to France and the Netherlands. During his time in England he learned the art of copper etching, a skill that later stood him in good stead. After some years he was appointed Deputy Master Shipwright to the Swedish Navy, and in 1760 he became Master Shipwright at Sveaborg (now Suomenlinna), the fortress island of Helsinki. There Chapman excelled by designing the coastal defence or skerry fleet that to this day is accepted as beautiful and fit for purpose. He understood the limitations of ship design and throughout his life strove to improve shipbuilding by using the advances in mathematics and science that were then being made. His contribution to the rationalization of thought in ship theory cannot be overemphasized.

In 1764 he became Chief Shipbuilder to the Swedish Navy, with particular responsibility for Karlskrona and for Stockholm. He assisted in the new rules for the classification of warships and later introduced standardization to the naval dockyards. He continued to rise in rank and reputation until his retirement in 1793, but to the end his judgement was sought on many matters concerning not only ship design but also the administration of the then powerful Swedish Navy.

His most important bequest to his profession is the great book Architectura Navalis Mercatoria, first published in 1768. Later editions were larger and contained additional material. This volume remains one of the most significant works on shipbuilding.

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SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing

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Clymer was born on his father's farm, of a family that emigrated from Switzerland in the early eighteenth century. He attended local schools, helping out on the farm in his spare time, and he showed a particular talent for maintaining farm machinery. At the age of 16 he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed in the same district for over twenty-five years. During that time, he showed his talent for mechanical invention in many ways, including the invention of a plough specially adapted to the local soils. Around 1800, he moved to Philadelphia, where his interest was aroused by the erection of the first bridge over the Schuylkill River. He devised a pump to remove water from the cofferdams at a rate of 500 gallons per day, superior to any other pumps then in use. He obtained a US patent for this in 1801, and a British one soon after.

Clymer then turned his attention to the improvement of the printing press. For three and a half centuries after its invention, the old wooden-framed press had remained virtually unchanged except in detail. The first real change came in 1800 with the introduction of the iron press by Earl Stanhope. Modified versions were developed by other inventors, notably George Clymer, who after more than ten years' effort achieved his Columbian press. With its new system of levers, it enabled perfect impressions to be obtained with far less effort by the pressman. The Columbian was also notable for its distinctive cast-iron ornamentation, including a Hermes on each pillar and alligators and other reptiles on the levers. Most spectacular, it was surmounted by an American spread eagle, usually covered in gilt, which also served as a counterweight to raise the platen. The earliest known Columbian, surviving only in an illustration, bears the inscription Columbian Press/No.25/invented by George Clymer/Anno Domini 1813/Made in Philadelphia 1816. Few American printers could afford the US$400 selling price, so in 1817 Clymer went to England, where it was taken up enthusiastically. He obtained a British patent for it the same year, and by the following March it was being manufactured by the engineering firm R.W.Cope, although Clymer was probably making it on his own account soon afterwards. The Columbian was widely used for many years and continued to be made even into the twentieth century. The King of the Netherlands awarded Clymer a gold medal for his invention and the Tsar of Russia gave him a present for installing the press in Russia. Doubtless for business reasons, Clymer spent most of his remaining years in England and Europe.

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