in harmony with the landscape

accord [akɔʀ]

   a. ( = entente) agreement ; ( = concorde) harmony

• nous avons son accord de principe he has agreed in principle

► d'accord

• être d'accord to agree

• se mettre or tomber d'accord avec qn to agree with sb

• il est d'accord pour nous aider he's willing to help us

• je ne suis pas d'accord avec toi I don't agree with you

• c'est d'accord all right

• c'est d'accord pour demain it's OK for tomorrow (inf)

• d'accord ! OK! (inf)

• alors là, (je ne suis) pas d'accord ! (inf) no way! (inf)► en accord avec

• en accord avec le paysage in harmony with the landscape

• en accord avec vos instructions in accordance with your instructions

• je l'ai fait en accord avec lui I did it with his agreement

   b. ( = traité) agreement

• passer un accord avec qn to make an agreement with sb

• accord à l'amiable informal agreement

• accord sur la réduction du temps de travail agreement on the reduction of working hours

   c. ( = permission) consent

   d. ( = harmonie) [de couleurs] harmony

   e. [d'adjectif, participe] agreement

• accord en genre/nombre agreement in gender/number

   f. ( = notes) chord ; ( = réglage) tuning

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nom masculin

1) ( consentement) agreement (à to)

2) ( pacte) agreement ( portant sur on); ( non formel) understanding

3) (avis partagé, entente) agreement ( sur on)

4) (entre personnes, couleurs, styles) harmony

5) Linguistique agreement

6) Musique ( notes) chord

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- accord à l'amiable

- accord de gré à gré

- accord de principe

- accord salarial

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1) (= entente, convention) agreement

2) (= consentement) agreement, consent

3) LINGUISTIQUE agreement

4) (entre des styles, tons) harmony

5) MUSIQUE chord

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accord nm

1 ( consentement) consent (à to), agreement (à to); donner son accord à qch to give one's consent to sth, to agree to sth; d'un commun accord by common consent ou mutual agreement;

2 ( pacte) agreement (portant sur on); ( non formel) understanding; accord de conciliation/cessez-le-feu conciliation/ceasefire agreement; conclure un accord to enter into an agreement; accords de commerce or commerciaux trade agreements; accords bilatéraux bilateral agreements;

3 (avis partagé, entente) agreement (sur on); décider qch en or d'accord avec qn to decide sth in agreement with sb; être d'accord to agree; je suis/je ne suis pas d'accord avec toi là-dessus I agree/I disagree with you on this; je suis d'accord que I agree (that); Pierre est d'accord pour faire Pierre has agreed to do; je suis/je ne suis pas d'accord pour payer I am/I am not willing to pay; je ne suis pas d'accord pour que nous fassions I am not in favour^GB of our doing; je demeure d'accord avec vous sur ce point I am in agreement with you on this point; se mettre or tomber d'accord to come to an agreement; mettre tout le monde d'accord ( du même avis) to bring everybody round^GB to the same way of thinking; ( mettre fin aux querelles) to put an end to the argument; tu es d'accord pour la plage○? are you on for the beach○?; ‘on signe?’-‘d'accord’○ ‘shall we sign?’-‘OK○’, ‘all right’, ‘fine’;

4 (entre personnes, couleurs, styles) harmony; vivre en accord to live in harmony; un accord parfait règne entre eux they have a very harmonious relationship; être en accord avec (avec écrit, tradition, promesse) to be in keeping ou consistent with; en accord avec le reste du mobilier in keeping with the rest of the furniture; agir en accord avec le règlement/ses principes to act in accordance with the rules/one's principles;

5 Ling agreement; accord en genre/en nombre gender/number agreement; faire l'accord to make the agreement;

6 Mus ( notes) chord; ( réglage) tuning; le piano tient l'accord the piano stays in tune.

accord à l'amiable informal agreement; accord de contingentement quota agreement; accord de gré à gré mutual agreement; accord de paiement Écon trade agreement; accord de principe agreement in principle; accord salarial Entr wage settlement; accords de crédit Fin credit arrangements; Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT.

[akɔr] nom masculin

1. [approbation] consent, agreement

2. [entente] agreement

[harmonie] harmony

3. [convention] agreement

4. LINGUISTIQUE agreement, concord

5. MUSIQUE [son] chord, concord

[réglage] tuning

d'accord locution adverbiale

a. [je refuse] no (way)!

b. [c'est faux] I disagree!

en accord avec locution prépositionnelle

I quite ou totally agree. Je suis tout à fait d'accord

I couldn't agree (with you) more. Je suis entièrement de votre avis

I agree wholeheartedly with what you said. Je suis entièrement d'accord avec ce que tu as dit

I'm inclined to agree (with you). Je suis assez d'accord (avec toi)

You're quite ou absolutely right. Vous avez absolument raison

I think you were right to tell him to leave. À mon avis, vous avez eu raison de lui dire de partir

That's just ou exactly what I was thinking. C'est exactement ce que je pensais

Those are my feelings exactly. Je partage votre sentiment là-dessus

I couldn't have put it better myself. Je n'aurais pas dit mieux moi-même

I would have done exactly the same in your situation. À ta place, j'aurais fait exactement la même chose

You've made the right decision there. Tu as pris la bonne décision

I'll go along with that. Je suis d'accord

That's fine ou OK by me. Pas de problème

That sounds like a good idea. Ça semble être une bonne idée

I don't see why not. Pourquoi pas ?

1 harmony, agreement, concord, concordance.

2 harmonics, harmony.

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► nombre femenino

1 harmony

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SF harmony

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femenino harmony

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= harmonisation [harmonization, -USA], harmony, unity, harmonics.

Ex. The difficult issue of copyright will not be resolved as the EC is not at present looking at reprography as an area of harmonization.

Ex. A harmony is an arrangement of passages of the Bible on the same topic into parallel columns so that similarities and differences are readily compared.

Ex. The part chosen should have a unity of its own, a wholeness that offers a complete experience without at the same time giving away everything.

Ex. Socrates's description of astronomy and harmonics is less problematic when it is read against the background of certain Greek mathematical treatises.

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* algo que rompe la armonía = a blot on the landscape.

* armonía racial = racial harmony.

* armonía social = social harmony.

* con armonía = harmoniously.

* en armonía = harmoniously, in harmony.

* en armonía con = in harmony with, in harness with, in keeping with, in tune with, in sync with.

* falta de armonía = disharmony.

* que rompe la armonía = eyesore.

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femenino harmony

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1 ( Mús) harmony

2 (de colores, estilos) harmony

accesorios en armonía con las ricas telas de los vestidos accessories in harmony with o which complement the rich fabrics of the dresses

3 (en relaciones) harmony

conviven en perfecta armonía they live together in perfect harmony

vivir en armonía con la naturaleza to live in harmony with nature

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armonía, harmonía nf

1. Mús harmony

2. [de colores, formas] harmony

3. [amistad] harmony;

la falta de armonía entre los miembros del gabinete the lack of agreement within the cabinet;

vivir en armonía con alguien to live in harmony with sb

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f harmony

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armonía nf

: harmony

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armonía n harmony [pl. harmonies]

1. петь, звучать - (с чем) music (to sing, sound notes etc) at the same pitch or in octaves

in unison.

2. - с чем, чему corresponding exactly to the mood, emotional spirit (of some person, group, happening etc): in unison with

3. \У-116 скем-чем (to do sth.) in coordination, together (with s.o. or sth.): as one

4. — отвечать (to answer) with the same inflection, intonation, expressing the same emotion (as one's interlocutor)

in the same fashion (spirit, tone)

• В УНИСОН

[PrepP; Invar; adv]

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1. петь, звучать (с чем) music (to sing, sound notes etc) at the same pitch or in octaves:

- in unison.

2. в унисон с чем, чему corresponding exactly to the mood, emotional spirit (of some person, group, happening etc):

- in unison with;

- in harmony <tune, keeping> with;

- harmonize with.

     ♦ Музыка звучала в унисон моему меланхоличному настроению. The music was in keeping with my melancholy mood.

     ♦ "В воздухе чувствовалось дыхание приближающейся грозы". Этой фразой я завершу роман "В поисках радости"... Приближающаяся гроза оживляет пейзаж и звучит в унисон событиям: лёгкий намёк на революцию, на любовь моего Вадима к Татьяне Кречет... (Терц 4). "The breath of an approaching thunderstorm could be sensed in the air." With this phrase I would end my novel In Search of Joy....An approaching storm would enliven the landscape and harmonize with the novel's events, introducing a faint hint of revolution and of the love of my hero Vadim for Tatyana Krechet (4a).

3. в унисон с кем-чем (to do sth.) in coordination, together (with s.o. or sth.):

- as one;

- in unison.

4. в унисон отвечать( to answer) with the same inflection, intonation, expressing the same emotion (as one's interlocutor):

- in the same fashion <spirit, tone>;

- match(ing) s.o.'s tone.

SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building

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Mies van der Rohe was the son of a stonemason and his early constructional training came from his father. As a young man he gained experience of the modern school from study of the architecture of the earlier leaders, notably Peter Behrens, Hendrik Berlage and Frank Lloyd Wright. He commenced architectural practice in 1913 and soon after the First World War was establishing his own version of modern architecture. His building materials were always of the highest quality, of marble, stone, glass and, especially, steel. He stripped his designs of all extraneous decoration: more than any of his contemporaries he followed the theme of elegance, functionalism and an ascetic concentration on essentials. He believed that architectural design should not look backwards but should reflect the contemporary achievement of advanced technology in both its construction and the materials used, and he began early in his career to act upon these beliefs. Typical was his early concrete and glass office building of 1922, after which, more importantly, came his designs for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona Exposition of 1929. These designs included his famous Barcelona chair, made from chrome steel and leather in a geometrical design, one which has survived as a classic and is still in production. Another milestone was his Tugendhat House in Brno (1930), a long, low, rectilinear structure in glass and steel that set a pattern for many later buildings of this type. In 1930 Mies followed his colleagues as third Director of the Bauhaus, but due to the rise of National Socialism in Germany it was closed in 1933. He finally left Germany for the USA in 1937, and the following year he took up his post as Director of Architecture in Chicago at what is now known as the Illinois Institute of Technology and where he remained for twenty years. In America Mies van der Rohe continued to develop his work upon his original thesis. His buildings are always recognizable for their elegance, fine proportions, high-quality materials and clean, geometrical forms; nearly all are of glass and steel in rectangular shapes. The structure and design evolved according to the individual needs of each commission, and there were three fundamental types of design. One type was the single or grouped high-rise tower, built for apartments for the wealthy, as in his Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago (1948–51), or for city-centre offices, as in his Seagram Building in New York (1954–8, with Philip Johnson) or his Chicago Federal Centre (1964). Another form was the long, low rectangle based upon the earlier Tugendhat House and seen again in the New National Gallery in Berlin (1965–8). Third, there were the grouped schemes when the commission called for buildings of varied purpose on a single, large site. Here Mies van der Rohe achieved a variety and interest in the different shapes and heights of buildings set out in spatial harmony of landscape. Some examples of this type of scheme were housing estates (Lafayette Park Housing Development in Detroit, 1955–6), while others were for educational, commercial or shopping requirements, as at the Toronto Dominion Centre (1963–9).

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