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private ['praɪvɪt]

privé ⇒ 1 (a)-(d), 1 (f), 4 personnel ⇒ 1 (c)-(e) particulier ⇒ 1 (e) intime ⇒ 1 (f) soldat ⇒ 2

1 adjective

(a) (not for the public) privé;

∎ private (sign) privé, interdit au public;

∎ the funeral will be private les obsèques auront lieu dans la plus stricte intimité;

∎ they want a private wedding ils veulent se marier dans l'intimité

(b) (not state-run) privé;

∎ they operate a private pension scheme ils ont leur propre caisse de retraite;

∎ the private sector le secteur privé

(c) (personal) privé, personnel;

∎ for private reasons pour des raisons personnelles;

∎ don't interfere in my private affairs or business ne vous mêlez pas de mes affaires personnelles;

∎ private agreement accord m à l'amiable;

∎ I thought we had a private agreement about it je croyais que nous avions réglé ce problème entre nous;

∎ for your private information à titre confidentiel;

∎ it's my private opinion c'est mon opinion personnelle;

∎ it's a private joke c'est une blague entre nous/eux/ etc;

∎ she lives in her own private fantasy world elle vit dans un monde imaginaire bien à elle;

∎ she keeps her private thoughts to herself elle garde pour elle ses opinions personnelles

(d) (confidential) privé, confidentiel, personnel;

∎ a private conversation une conversation privée ou à caractère privé;

∎ we had a private meeting nous nous sommes vus en privé;

∎ I have some private information about him j'ai des renseignements confidentiels à son sujet ou le concernant;

∎ keep it private gardez-le pour vous;

∎ can I tell him? - no, it's private je peux le lui dire? - non, c'est personnel;

∎ private and confidential secret et confidentiel;

∎ private (on envelope) personnel

(e) (individual → bank account) personnel; (→ bathroom, lessons, tuition) particulier;

∎ she has private lessons in French elle prend des cours particuliers de français;

∎ this is a private house c'est une maison particulière ou qui appartient à des particuliers;

∎ in my private capacity à titre personnel;

∎ for your private use pour votre usage personnel;

∎ this is his own private room c'est sa pièce à lui

(f) (quiet, intimate) intime, privé;

∎ a private place un endroit tranquille;

∎ he's a very private person c'est quelqu'un de très discret;

∎ do you have a private room where we can talk? avez-vous une pièce où l'on puisse parler tranquillement?

(g) (ordinary)

∎ a private citizen or individual un (simple) citoyen, un particulier

2 noun

Military (simple) soldat m, soldat m de deuxième classe;

∎ it belongs to Private Hopkins ça appartient au soldat Hopkins;

∎ the privates and the NCOs la troupe et les gradés;

∎ Private Murdoch! soldat Murdoch!

3 privates plural noun

familiar euphemism parties fpl génitales^□

4 in private adverb

(confidentially) en privé, en confidence; (in private life) en privé, dans la vie privée; (with close family) dans l'intimité; (with friends, not in public) dans le privé;

∎ to sit in private (assembly) se réunir en séance privée ou à huis clos;

∎ Law to hear a case in private juger une affaire à huis clos;

∎ to speak to sb in private parler à qn en privé;

∎ in private she admitted she was worried en privé, elle a admis qu'elle était inquiète; (to herself) dans son for intérieur elle a admis qu'elle était inquiète

►► private address adresse f personnelle, domicile m;

Law private agreement acte m sous seing privé;

Telecommunications private automatic exchange central m automatique privé;

private bank banque f privée;

private bar = salon dans un pub;

private car voiture f particulière;

private citizen simple particulier m;

private company entreprise f ou société f privée;

private dance bal m sur invitation;

private detective détective m privé;

private education enseignement m privé;

private enterprise entreprise f privée; (principle) libre entreprise f;

Press Private Eye = bimensuel satirique britannique fondé en 1960, dont le ton irrévérencieux rappelle celui du 'Canard enchaîné' en France;

familiar private eye (private detective) privé m;

private finance initiative partenariat m public-privé;

private fishing pêche f gardée;

private health insurance assurance f maladie privée;

Law private hearing audience f à huis clos;

private hotel ≃ pension f de famille;

private income rentes fpl;

∎ to live on or off a private income vivre de ses rentes;

private industry privé m;

private investigator détective m privé;

Finance private investment investissement m ou placement m privé;

Finance private investor investisseur(euse) m,f privé(e);

private land terrain m privé;

private life vie f privée;

∎ in (his) private life dans sa vie privée, en privé;

∎ she has no private life elle n'a pas de vie privée;

Finance private limited company société f à responsabilité limitée;

Telecommunications private line ligne f privée;

private means rentes fpl, fortune f personnelle;

∎ a man of private means un rentier;

Parliament private member = simple député m;

Parliament private member's bill = proposition de loi faite par un simple député;

private ownership propriété f privée;

familiar euphemism private parts parties fpl génitales^□ ;

private party (gathering) réunion f privée ou intime; (group) groupe m de particuliers;

private patient = patient d'un médecin dont les consultations ne sont pas prises en charge par les services de santé;

Finance private pension retraite f complémentaire;

Theatre private performance représentation f privée;

Medicine private practice médecine f privée or non conventionnée;

∎ she's in private practice elle a un cabinet (médical) privé;

private property propriété f privée;

∎ private property, keep out! (sign) propriété privée, défense d'entrer;

private pupil élève mf (à qui l'on donne des cours particuliers);

∎ he has a lot of private pupils il donne beaucoup de cours particuliers;

private road voie f privée;

private room (in hospital) chambre f particulière;

private sale vente f à l'amiable;

private school école f privée;

private secretary secrétaire mf particulier(ère); British Politics = haut fonctionnaire dont le rôle est d'assister un ministre;

Cinema private showing projection f privée;

private soldier simple soldat m, (soldat m de) deuxième classe m;

private teacher précepteur(trice) m,f;

Art private view vernissage m;

Law private wrong atteinte f aux droits d'un individu

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private [ˈpraɪvɪt]

1. adjective

   a. ( = not open to public) privé ; [gardens] privatif

   b. ( = personal) [house, lesson, room] particulier ; [car, bank account, letter] personnel

• a private house une maison particulière

• he has a number of private pupils il donne des leçons particulières

• a private citizen un simple citoyen

• in his private life dans sa vie privée

• it's a private matter c'est personnel

• this matter is strictly private c'est strictement confidentiel

• it's not very private here on n'est pas très tranquille ici

• he's a very private person c'est un homme très secret

• "private" (on envelope) « personnel »

   c. ( = outside public sector) private health insurance assurance f maladie privée

• private patient (British) patient (e) m(f) consultant en clientèle privée

• to be in private practice ≈ être médecin non conventionné

2. noun

   a. ( = soldier) simple soldat m

   b. ► in private en privé

3. compounds

► private detective noun détective m privé

► private enterprise noun entreprise f privée

► private eye (inf) noun privé (inf) m

► private finance initiative noun (British) initiative f de financement privé

► private investigator noun détective m privé

► private joke noun plaisanterie f pour initiés

► private parts (inf) plural noun

(euphemistic) parties fpl intimes

► private property noun propriété f privée

► private school noun école f privée

► private sector noun secteur m privé

► private study noun (British) étude f

► private tuition noun leçons fpl particulières

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['praɪvɪt] 1.
noun simple soldat m
2.
adjective

1) ( not for general public) privé

room with private bath — chambre avec salle de bains particulière

the funeral will be private — l'enterrement aura lieu dans la plus stricte intimité

2) (personal, not associated with company) [letter, phone call, capacity] personnel/-elle; [sale] de particulier à particulier

private life — vie privée

the private citizen — le (simple) particulier

3) (not public, not state-run) gen privé; [housing, accommodation, landlord, lesson] particulier/-ière

private industry — le (secteur) privé

4) [talk, meeting, matter] privé; [reason, opinion, thought] personnel/-elle

to come to a private understanding — s'arranger à l'amiable

to keep something private — préserver l'intimité de quelque chose

a private joke — une plaisanterie pour initiés

5) [place] tranquille

6) ( secretive) renfermé (sur soi-même)
3.
in private adverbial phrase en privé

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to go private — GB Medicine se faire soigner dans le (secteur) privé

English-French dictionary > private
3 private

1. adjective
1) (outside State system) privat; Privat[unterricht, -schule, -industrie, -klinik, -patient, -station usw.]

a doctor working in private medicine — ein Arzt, der Privatpatienten hat

have a private education — auf eine Privatschule gehen

2) (belonging to individual, not public, not business) persönlich [Dinge]; nichtöffentlich [Versammlung, Sitzung]; privat [Telefongespräch, Schriftverkehr]; Privat[eigentum, -wagen, -flugzeug, -strand, -parkplatz, -leben, -konto]

‘private’ — (on door) "Privat"; (in public building) "kein Zutritt"; (on private land) ‘Betreten verboten’

for [one's own] private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch

3) (personal, affecting individual) persönlich [Meinung, Interesse, Überzeugung, Rache]; privat [Vereinbarung, Zweck]

4) (not for public disclosure) geheim [Verhandlung, Geschäft, Tränen]; still [Gebet, Nachdenken, Grübeln]; persönlich [Gründe]; (confidential) vertraulich

have a private word with somebody — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

5) (secluded) still [Ort]; (undisturbed) ungestört

6) (not in public office)

private citizen or individual — Privatperson, die
2. noun
1) (Brit. Mil.) einfacher Soldat

2)

in private — privat; in kleinem Kreis [feiern]; (confidentially) ganz im Vertrauen

speak to somebody in private — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

3) in pl. (coll.): (genitals) Geschlechtsteile Pl.

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1. adjective
1) (of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.) privat

2) (having no public or official position or rank: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.) Privat-...
2. noun
(in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer.) gewöhnlicher Soldat

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- privately
- private enterprise
- private means
- in private
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pri·vate

[ˈpraɪvɪt, AM -vət]

I. adj

1. inv (personal) privat, Privat-

\private initiative/life Privatinitiative f/-leben nt

\private joke Insiderwitz m fam

to speak in some \private language in seiner eigenen Sprache reden

sb's \private opinion jds persönliche Meinung

\private papers persönliche Papiere

2. (not open to public) privat, Privat-; discussion, meeting nicht öffentlich

\private beach/club/collection Privatstrand m/-klub m/-sammlung f

\private function Privatveranstaltung f, private Feier

\private funeral Beerdigung f in aller Stille

\private land Privatgrund m

\private wedding ceremony Hochzeitsfeier f im engsten Familienkreis

3. (confidential) vertraulich

to keep sth \private etw für sich akk behalten

4. (not social) zurückhaltend, introvertiert

to be a very \private sort of person ein sehr verschlossener [o in sich akk gekehrter] Mensch sein

5. (secluded) abgelegen; (undisturbed) ungestört

6. inv (not governmental) privat, Privat-

\private business Privatwirtschaft f

\private financing Privatfinanzierung f

\private funds private Gelder

\private hospital Privatklinik f

7. (not as official)

as a \private person als Privatperson

II. n

1. no pl (not in public)

▪ in \private privat, im Privatleben; LAW unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit

to speak [or talk] to sb in \private jdn [o mit jdm] unter vier Augen sprechen

2. ( fam: genitals)

▪ \privates pl Geschlechtsteile pl

3. (soldier) Gefreiter m, einfacher Soldat

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['praIvɪt]
1. adj

1) privat; (= personal) letter, reasons persönlich, privat; (= confidential) matter, affair vertraulich; conversation, meeting, interview privat, vertraulich; (= secluded) place abgelegen; dining room separat; (= not public) funeral, wedding im engsten Kreis; hearing, sitting nicht öffentlich, nichtöffentlich

they were sharing a private joke — sie fanden irgend etwas lustig

it's just a private joke between us —

no private jokes! — lass uns auch mitlachen!

private and confidential — streng vertraulich

he acted in a private capacity — er handelte als Privatperson

they wanted to be private — sie wollten allein or für sich sein

to keep sth private — etw für sich behalten

his private life — sein Privatleben nt

in his private thoughts — in seinen ganz persönlichen Gedanken

2)

private branch exchange ( Brit Telec ) — Nebenstellenanlage f

private car — Privatwagen m

private citizen — Privatperson f

private education — Ausbildung f

private health insurance — private Krankenversicherung

private individual — Einzelne(r) mf

private law — Privatrecht nt

private limited company — ≈ Aktiengesellschaft f (die nicht an der Börse notiert ist)

private means — Privatvermögen nt

private pupil — Privatschüler(in) m(f)

private soldier (Mil) — gemeiner or einfacher Soldat

private treatment — Privatbehandlung f

private tutor — Privatlehrer(in) m(f)

private ward — Privatabteilung or -station f

3) (= withdrawn, reserved) person reserviert, zurückhaltend

2. n

1) (MIL) Gefreite(r) mf

Private X — der Gefreite X; (in address) Gefreiter X

private first class (US) — Obergefreite(r) mf

2) pl (= genitals) Geschlechtsteile pl

3)

in private — privat; (Jur) unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit

we must talk in private — wir müssen das unter uns besprechen

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private [ˈpraıvıt]

A adj (adv → privately)

1. privat, Privat…, eigen(er, e, es), Eigen…, persönlich:

private account Privatkonto n;

private address Privatadresse f, -anschrift f;

private affair ( oder concern, matter) Privatsache f, -angelegenheit f;

private army Privatarmee f;

private audience Privataudienz f;

private bill PARL Gesetzesvorlage in privatem od lokalem Interesse;

private citizen Privatperson f;

private collection Privatsammlung f;

private consumer Privatverbraucher(in);

private consumption Eigenverbrauch m;

private gentleman Privatier m;

private health insurance private Krankenversicherung;

have private health insurance privat versichert sein;

private law JUR Privatrecht n;

private liability persönliche Haftung;

private life Privatleben n;

private patient MED Br Privatpatient(in);

private person Privatperson f;

private property Privateigentum n, -besitz m;

private secretary Privatsekretär(in);

private treatment MED Br Behandlung f als Privatpatient(in)

2. privat, nicht öffentlich:

sell by private bargain ( oder contract) unter der Hand verkaufen;

at private sale unter der Hand (verkauft etc);

private beach eigener Strand (eines Hotels);

private (limited) company WIRTSCH Br Gesellschaft f mit beschränkter Haftung;

private corporation

a) JUR privatrechtliche Körperschaft,

b) WIRTSCH US Gesellschaft f mit beschränkter Haftung;

private enterprise privates Unternehmertum, Privatwirtschaft f;

private eye bes US umg, private investigator ( oder detective) Privatdetektiv(in);

private firm Einzelfirma f;

private industry Privatindustrie f, -wirtschaft f;

private instruction ( oder lessons pl) Privatunterricht m;

private performance THEAT etc geschlossene Vorstellung;

private road Privatweg m;

private school Privatschule f;

private sector WIRTSCH Privatsektor m;

private theater (bes Br theatre) Liebhabertheater n;

private view → preview A 2; → dick 2, hand A 6, nuisance 3

3. be a very private person sehr zurückgezogen leben;

wish to be private den Wunsch haben, (für sich) allein zu sein oder nicht gestört zu werden;

private prayer stilles Gebet

4. privat, der Öffentlichkeit nicht bekannt, nicht für die Öffentlichkeit bestimmt:

private reasons

a) private Gründe,

b) Hintergründe

5. geheim:

keep sth private etwas geheim halten oder vertraulich behandeln;

private negotiations geheime Verhandlungen;

private parts → B 2

6. vertraulich (Informationen etc):

this is for your private ear dies sage ich Ihnen ganz im Vertrauen;

be private to sth in etwas eingeweiht sein, über etwas Bescheid wissen

7. nicht amtlich oder öffentlich, außeramtlich (Angelegenheit)

8. PARL besonders Br private member nicht der Regierung angehörende(r) Abgeordnete(r);

private member’s bill von einem private member eingebrachte Gesetzesvorlage

9. JUR außergerichtlich:

private arrangement gütlicher Vergleich

10. private soldier → B 1

B s

1. MIL (einfacher) Soldat:

private 1st class US Gefreite(r) m

2. pl Geschlechtsteile pl

3. in private

a) im Privatleben, privat,

b) insgeheim,

c) unter vier Augen,

d) in privatem Kreis,

e) unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit

priv. abk

1. private priv.

2. LING privative

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1. adjective
1) (outside State system) privat; Privat[unterricht, -schule, -industrie, -klinik, -patient, -station usw.]

a doctor working in private medicine — ein Arzt, der Privatpatienten hat

have a private education — auf eine Privatschule gehen

2) (belonging to individual, not public, not business) persönlich [Dinge]; nichtöffentlich [Versammlung, Sitzung]; privat [Telefongespräch, Schriftverkehr]; Privat[eigentum, -wagen, -flugzeug, -strand, -parkplatz, -leben, -konto]

‘private’ — (on door) "Privat"; (in public building) "kein Zutritt"; (on private land) ‘Betreten verboten’

for [one's own] private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch

3) (personal, affecting individual) persönlich [Meinung, Interesse, Überzeugung, Rache]; privat [Vereinbarung, Zweck]

4) (not for public disclosure) geheim [Verhandlung, Geschäft, Tränen]; still [Gebet, Nachdenken, Grübeln]; persönlich [Gründe]; (confidential) vertraulich

have a private word with somebody — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

5) (secluded) still [Ort]; (undisturbed) ungestört

6) (not in public office)

private citizen or individual — Privatperson, die
2. noun
1) (Brit. Mil.) einfacher Soldat

2)

in private — privat; in kleinem Kreis [feiern]; (confidentially) ganz im Vertrauen

speak to somebody in private — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

3) in pl. (coll.): (genitals) Geschlechtsteile Pl.

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(military) n.

Gefreite -n (Soldat) m. adj.

nicht öffentlich adj.

persönlich adj.

privat adj.

English-german dictionary > private
4 Private

1. adjective
1) (outside State system) privat; Privat[unterricht, -schule, -industrie, -klinik, -patient, -station usw.]

a doctor working in private medicine — ein Arzt, der Privatpatienten hat

have a private education — auf eine Privatschule gehen

2) (belonging to individual, not public, not business) persönlich [Dinge]; nichtöffentlich [Versammlung, Sitzung]; privat [Telefongespräch, Schriftverkehr]; Privat[eigentum, -wagen, -flugzeug, -strand, -parkplatz, -leben, -konto]

‘private’ — (on door) "Privat"; (in public building) "kein Zutritt"; (on private land) ‘Betreten verboten’

for [one's own] private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch

3) (personal, affecting individual) persönlich [Meinung, Interesse, Überzeugung, Rache]; privat [Vereinbarung, Zweck]

4) (not for public disclosure) geheim [Verhandlung, Geschäft, Tränen]; still [Gebet, Nachdenken, Grübeln]; persönlich [Gründe]; (confidential) vertraulich

have a private word with somebody — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

5) (secluded) still [Ort]; (undisturbed) ungestört

6) (not in public office)

private citizen or individual — Privatperson, die
2. noun
1) (Brit. Mil.) einfacher Soldat

2)

in private — privat; in kleinem Kreis [feiern]; (confidentially) ganz im Vertrauen

speak to somebody in private — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

3) in pl. (coll.): (genitals) Geschlechtsteile Pl.

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1. adjective
1) (of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.) privat

2) (having no public or official position or rank: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.) Privat-...
2. noun
(in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer.) gewöhnlicher Soldat

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- privately
- private enterprise
- private means
- in private
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pri·vate

[ˈpraɪvɪt, AM -vət]

I. adj

1. inv (personal) privat, Privat-

\private initiative/life Privatinitiative f/-leben nt

\private joke Insiderwitz m fam

to speak in some \private language in seiner eigenen Sprache reden

sb's \private opinion jds persönliche Meinung

\private papers persönliche Papiere

2. (not open to public) privat, Privat-; discussion, meeting nicht öffentlich

\private beach/club/collection Privatstrand m/-klub m/-sammlung f

\private function Privatveranstaltung f, private Feier

\private funeral Beerdigung f in aller Stille

\private land Privatgrund m

\private wedding ceremony Hochzeitsfeier f im engsten Familienkreis

3. (confidential) vertraulich

to keep sth \private etw für sich akk behalten

4. (not social) zurückhaltend, introvertiert

to be a very \private sort of person ein sehr verschlossener [o in sich akk gekehrter] Mensch sein

5. (secluded) abgelegen; (undisturbed) ungestört

6. inv (not governmental) privat, Privat-

\private business Privatwirtschaft f

\private financing Privatfinanzierung f

\private funds private Gelder

\private hospital Privatklinik f

7. (not as official)

as a \private person als Privatperson

II. n

1. no pl (not in public)

▪ in \private privat, im Privatleben; LAW unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit

to speak [or talk] to sb in \private jdn [o mit jdm] unter vier Augen sprechen

2. ( fam: genitals)

▪ \privates pl Geschlechtsteile pl

3. (soldier) Gefreiter m, einfacher Soldat

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['praIvɪt]
1. adj

1) privat; (= personal) letter, reasons persönlich, privat; (= confidential) matter, affair vertraulich; conversation, meeting, interview privat, vertraulich; (= secluded) place abgelegen; dining room separat; (= not public) funeral, wedding im engsten Kreis; hearing, sitting nicht öffentlich, nichtöffentlich

they were sharing a private joke — sie fanden irgend etwas lustig

it's just a private joke between us —

no private jokes! — lass uns auch mitlachen!

private and confidential — streng vertraulich

he acted in a private capacity — er handelte als Privatperson

they wanted to be private — sie wollten allein or für sich sein

to keep sth private — etw für sich behalten

his private life — sein Privatleben nt

in his private thoughts — in seinen ganz persönlichen Gedanken

2)

private branch exchange ( Brit Telec ) — Nebenstellenanlage f

private car — Privatwagen m

private citizen — Privatperson f

private education — Ausbildung f

private health insurance — private Krankenversicherung

private individual — Einzelne(r) mf

private law — Privatrecht nt

private limited company — ≈ Aktiengesellschaft f (die nicht an der Börse notiert ist)

private means — Privatvermögen nt

private pupil — Privatschüler(in) m(f)

private soldier (Mil) — gemeiner or einfacher Soldat

private treatment — Privatbehandlung f

private tutor — Privatlehrer(in) m(f)

private ward — Privatabteilung or -station f

3) (= withdrawn, reserved) person reserviert, zurückhaltend

2. n

1) (MIL) Gefreite(r) mf

Private X — der Gefreite X; (in address) Gefreiter X

private first class (US) — Obergefreite(r) mf

2) pl (= genitals) Geschlechtsteile pl

3)

in private — privat; (Jur) unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit

we must talk in private — wir müssen das unter uns besprechen

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Pte abk MIL Private Gefreiter m

Pvt. abk MIL Private Gefreiter m

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1. adjective
1) (outside State system) privat; Privat[unterricht, -schule, -industrie, -klinik, -patient, -station usw.]

a doctor working in private medicine — ein Arzt, der Privatpatienten hat

have a private education — auf eine Privatschule gehen

2) (belonging to individual, not public, not business) persönlich [Dinge]; nichtöffentlich [Versammlung, Sitzung]; privat [Telefongespräch, Schriftverkehr]; Privat[eigentum, -wagen, -flugzeug, -strand, -parkplatz, -leben, -konto]

‘private’ — (on door) "Privat"; (in public building) "kein Zutritt"; (on private land) ‘Betreten verboten’

for [one's own] private use — für den persönlichen Gebrauch

3) (personal, affecting individual) persönlich [Meinung, Interesse, Überzeugung, Rache]; privat [Vereinbarung, Zweck]

4) (not for public disclosure) geheim [Verhandlung, Geschäft, Tränen]; still [Gebet, Nachdenken, Grübeln]; persönlich [Gründe]; (confidential) vertraulich

have a private word with somebody — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

5) (secluded) still [Ort]; (undisturbed) ungestört

6) (not in public office)

private citizen or individual — Privatperson, die
2. noun
1) (Brit. Mil.) einfacher Soldat

2)

in private — privat; in kleinem Kreis [feiern]; (confidentially) ganz im Vertrauen

speak to somebody in private — jemanden unter vier Augen sprechen

3) in pl. (coll.): (genitals) Geschlechtsteile Pl.

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(military) n.

Gefreite -n (Soldat) m. adj.

nicht öffentlich adj.

persönlich adj.

privat adj.

English-german dictionary > Private
5 private

شَخْصِيّ \ personal: of a person; private: My personal opinion is not always my official opinion, done by oneself, not by anyone else He made a personal appearance on television, concerning sb.’s private qualities his personal appearance. private: belonging to (or concerning) a person or a small group; not owned by the state: a private house (not a lodging house or office, etc.); a private school (usu. owned by the headmaster); a private car (not a hired car; not a bus or a goods vehicle), not official; not concerning one’s work; concerning one’s home and family: In his private life, the actor is rather quiet, although in the play he is loud and angry. \ See Also خاص (خَاصّ)‏

Arabic-English glossary > private
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['praɪvɪt] 1. adj
(personal, confidential, not public) prywatny; ( secluded) ustronny; ( secretive) skryty
2. n ( MIL)
szeregowy(-wa) m(f)

"private" — ( on envelope) "poufne", "do rąk własnych"; ( on door) "obcym wstęp wzbroniony"

in private — na osobności, bez świadków

in (his) private life — w życiu prywatnym, prywatnie

to be in private practice ( MED) — prowadzić prywatną praktykę

private hearing ( JUR) — przesłuchanie niejawne

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1. adjective
1) (of, for, or belonging to, one person or group, not to the general public: The headmaster lives in a private apartment in the school; in my private (=personal) opinion; This information is to be kept strictly private; You shouldn't listen to private conversations.) prywatny

2) (having no public or official position or rank: It is your duty as a private citizen to report this matter to the police.) prywatny
2. noun
(in the army, an ordinary soldier, not an officer.) szeregowiec

- privacy
- privately
- private enterprise
- private means
- in private

English-Polish dictionary > private
7 private **** pri·vate

['praɪvɪt]
1. adj

1) (not public: conversation, meeting, land) privato (-a), (funeral, wedding) in forma privata, (showing) a inviti, (confidential: letter) personale, (agreement, information) confidenziale

"private" — (on door) "privato", (on envelope) "riservata"

this information must be kept private — quest'informazione deve rimanere strettamente confidenziale

he is a very private person — è una persona molto riservata

in (his) private life — nella vita privata

private place — posto segreto

private hearing Law — udienza a porte chiuse

2) (for one person: car, house, secretary) privato (-a), personale, (lessons) privato (-a), (personal: bank account, reasons) personale

a man of private means — un uomo che vive di rendita

3) (not state-owned: company, army) privato (-a), (doctor, nursing home) non convenzionato (-a), privato (-a)

2. n

1) Mil soldato semplice

2)

in private — privately 1)

See:

b

English-Italian dictionary > private **** pri·vate
8 private

خَاصّ \ exclusive: used only by a special group, esp. of rich people: an exclusive shop; an exclusive club, whole; only We have the exclusive right to publish that book. This shop deals exclusively with women’s clothes. intimate: very personal; very close, as a result of deep personal understanding: an intimate friend; an intimate knowledge of local affairs. particular: special: There was nothing of particular importance in the letter. peculiar: (with to) belonging only to (a person, place, time, etc.): That way of speaking is peculiar to people in this part of the country. personal: of a person; private: My personal opinion is not always my official opinion. private: belonging to (or concerning) a person or a small group; not owned by the state: a private house (not a lodging house or office, etc.); a private school (usu. owned by the headmaster); a private car (not a hired car; not a bus or a goods vehicle), not official; not concerning one’s work; concerning one’s home and family In his private life, the actor is rather quiet, although in the play he is loud and angry. select: carefully chosen; not including anything (or anybody) unsuitable: a select club. special: not general or usual; of a particular kind, or for a particular purpose: Take special care with this expensive machine. That’s a special train for supporters of a football team. \ See Also خصوصي (خُصوصيّ)‏

Arabic-English glossary > private
9 private

غَيْرُ رَسْمِيّ \ informal: without ceremony or special dress: The prince paid an informal visit to the town. private: not official; not concerning one’s work; concerning one’s home and family: In his private life, the actor is rather quiet, although in the play he is loud and angry.

Arabic-English glossary > private
10 life

life [laɪf]

1. noun

(plural lives)

   a. vie f

• a matter of life and death une question de vie ou de mort

• loss of life perte f de vies humaines

• to lose one's life perdre la vie

• no lives were lost il n'y a eu aucune victime

• to take one's (own) life se donner la mort

• to take sb's life donner la mort à qn

• to take one's life in one's hands risquer sa vie

• to bring sb back to life ranimer qn

• to lay down one's life sacrifier sa vie

• he ran for his life il a pris ses jambes à son cou

• run for your lives! sauve qui peut !

• I couldn't for the life of me tell you his name (inf) je ne pourrais absolument pas vous dire son nom

   b. ( = living things) vie f

• is there life on Mars? y a-t-il de la vie sur Mars ?

• bird life les oiseaux mpl

• insect life les insectes mpl

• animal and plant life la faune et la flore

   c. ( = existence) vie f

• life went on uneventfully la vie poursuivit son cours paisible

• life goes on la vie continue

• he lived in France all his life il a vécu toute sa vie en France

• she began life as a teacher elle a débuté comme professeur

• in her early life dans sa jeunesse

• in later life plus tard (dans la vie)

• in his later life vers la fin de sa vie

• late in life sur le tard

   d. ( = way of living) vie f

• which do you prefer, town or country life? que préférez-vous, la vie à la ville ou à la campagne ?

• to lead a busy life avoir une vie bien remplie

• the good life (pleasant) la belle vie

• to make a new life for o.s. commencer une nouvelle vie

• to have a life of its own n'en faire qu'à sa tête

   e. ( = liveliness) there isn't much life in our village notre village est plutôt mort

• she brought the party to life elle a mis de l'animation dans la soirée

• the town came to life when the sailors arrived la ville s'éveillait à l'arrivée des marins

• it put new life into me ça m'a ragaillardi

• he's the life and soul of the party c'est un boute-en-train

   f. (in exclamations) that's life! c'est la vie !

• get a life! (inf) secoue-toi un peu ! (inf)

• how's life? comment (ça) va ?

• not on your life! (inf) jamais de la vie !

• this is the life! (inf) voilà comment je comprends la vie !

• what a life! quelle vie !

   g. ( = lifespan) vie f ; [of car, ship, government, battery] durée f de vie

• for the first time in my life pour la première fois de ma vie

• never in (all) my life have I seen such stupidity jamais de ma vie je n'ai vu une telle stupidité

• it will last you for life cela vous durera toute votre vie

• for the rest of his life pour le restant de ses jours

• at my time of life à mon âge

• to be sent to prison for life être condamné à perpétuité

• friends for life amis pour toujours

• a job for life un emploi pour la vie

• my car's nearing the end of its life ma voiture a fait son temps

   h. ( = life imprisonment) (inf) he got life il a été condamné à perpétuité

• he's doing life (for murder) il purge une peine de réclusion à perpétuité (pour meurtre)

2. compounds

[subscription] à vie

► life-affirming adjective (humainement) positif

► life assurance noun assurance-vie f

► life coach noun coach mf (personnel(le))

► life cycle noun cycle m de vie

► life drawing noun dessin m d'après nature

► life-enhancing adjective revigorant

► life expectancy noun espérance f de vie

► life form noun forme f de vie

► life history noun

• her life history l'histoire f de sa vie ► life imprisonment noun réclusion f à perpétuité

► life insurance noun assurance-vie f

► life jacket noun gilet m de sauvetage

► life member noun membre m à vie

► life peer noun (British) pair m à vie

► life preserver noun (US = life jacket) gilet m de sauvetage

► life raft noun radeau m de sauvetage

► life-saver noun ( = person) maître m nageur-sauveteur

• that money was a life-saver cet argent m'a (or lui a etc) sauvé la vie ► life-saving noun ( = rescuing) sauvetage m ; ( = first aid) secourisme m adjective de sauvetage

► life sentence noun condamnation f à la réclusion à perpétuité

► life-size, life-sized adjective grandeur nature inv

► life span noun durée f de vie

► life story noun biographie f

• his life story l'histoire f de sa vie

• he started telling me his life story (inf) il a commencé à me raconter sa vie ► life support machine noun

• he's on a life support machine il est sous assistance respiratoire ► life's work noun œuvre f d'une vie

► life-threatening adjective [disease, emergency] extrêmement grave

► life-vest adjective (US) gilet m de sauvetage

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[laɪf] 1.
(pl lives) noun

1) ( as opposed to death) vie f

a matter of life and death — une question de vie ou de mort

to have a love of life — aimer la vie

to bring somebody back to life — gen rendre la vie à quelqu'un; Medicine ranimer quelqu'un

plant life — la vie végétale

to take one's own life — se donner la mort

to take life as it comes — prendre la vie comme elle vient

life must go on — la vie continue

that's life! — c'est la vie!

run for your life! — sauve qui peut!

2) ( period from birth to death) vie f

throughout one's life — pendant toute sa vie

the first time in my life — la première fois de ma vie

a day in the life of — une journée de la vie de

a job for life — un emploi à vie

a friend for life — un ami pour la vie

in later life — plus tard dans sa vie

early in life — très tôt

in adult life — à l'âge adulte

at my time of life — à mon âge

for the rest of one's life — pour le restant de ses jours

the life and times of X — la vie et l'époque de X

to write a life of somebody — écrire une biographie de quelqu'un

3) ( animation) vie f, vitalité f

full of life — plein de vie

there's not much life in this town — cette ville n'est pas très vivante

to come to life — [person] reprendre conscience; fig sortir de sa réserve; [fictional character] prendre vie; [party] s'animer

to bring a subject to life — traiter un sujet de manière très vivante

put a bit of life into it — (colloq) mettez-y un peu de tonus (colloq)

4) (social activity, lifestyle) vie f

private life — vie privée

his way of life — son mode de vie

a life of crime — une vie de criminel

to live the good ou high life — mener la grande vie

it's no life for a child — ce n'est pas une vie pour un enfant

5) ( human being(s))

without loss of life — sans perte de vies humaines

the ship sank with the loss of 500 lives — le naufrage du navire a fait 500 morts

6) ( useful duration) (of machine, vehicle, product) durée f

7) Jur

to do (colloq) ou serve life — être emprisonné à vie

to sentence somebody to life — condamner quelqu'un à perpétuité

to get life — (colloq) se faire condamner à perpette (colloq)

8) Art

from life — [draw, paint] d'après nature
2.
noun modifier [ member, peer, membership] à vie

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anything for a quiet life — tout ce que tu voudras mais laisse-moi tranquille

for dear life — de toutes mes/ses etc forces

he couldn't for the life of him see why — il n'arrivait absolument pas à comprendre pourquoi

get a life! — (colloq) lâche-moi les baskets! (colloq)

not on your life! — jamais de la vie!

this is the life! — c'est la belle vie!

to frighten the life out of somebody — faire mourir quelqu'un de peur

to have the time of one's life — s'amuser comme un fou/une folle

to take one's life in one's hands — risquer sa vie

English-French dictionary > life
11 life

life (pl lives)

A n

1 ( as opposed to death) vie f ; life and death la vie et la mort ; a matter of life and death une question de vie ou de mort ; to cling to life s'accrocher à la vie ; to have a love of life aimer la vie ; to bring sb back to life gen rendre la vie à qn ; Med ranimer qn ; to save sb's life sauver la vie de qn ; to put one's life at risk risquer sa vie ; to lay down ou give one's life for sb sacrifier sa vie pour qn ; to lose/risk one's life doing perdre/risquer sa vie à faire ; to take one's own life se donner la mort ; to take sb's life sout donner la mort à qn ; to run/swim for one's life courir/nager aussi vite que possible ; run for your life! sauve qui peut! ;

2 ( period from birth to death) vie f ; short/long life courte/longue vie ; throughout one's life pendant toute sa vie ; his waking life sa vie éveillée ; in this life and the next dans cette vie et dans l'autre ; the first time in my life la première fois de ma vie ; a day/year in the life of une journée/année de la vie de ; romance/race of one's life amour/course de sa vie ; I got the fright of my life! j'ai eu la frayeur de ma vie! ; a job for life un emploi à vie ; a friend for life un ami pour la vie ; in later life plus tard dans sa vie ; to mark sb for life marquer qn pour la vie ; to go through ou spend one's life doing passer sa vie à faire ; to make life worth living donner un sens à la vie ; to be all for an easy life aimer la vie facile ; early in life très tôt ; in adult life à l'âge adulte ; in the prime of life dans la fleur de l'âge ; at my time of life à mon âge ; have you lived here all your life? est-ce que tu as toujours habité ici? ; for the rest of one' s life pour le restant de ses jours ; in her early life quand elle était jeune ; to depart this life littér quitter ce monde ; the life and times of X la vie et l'époque de X ; to write a life of sb écrire une biographie de qn ;

3 (animation, vigour) vie f, vitalité f ; full of life plein de vie or vitalité ; there was no life in her voice il n'y avait aucune vitalité dans sa voix ; there's not much life in the town in winter cette ville n'est pas très vivante l'hiver ; to come to life [person] reprendre conscience ; fig sortir de sa réserve ; [fictional character] prendre vie ; [party] s'animer ; to bring a subject to life traiter un sujet de manière très vivante ; to bring history/a character to life donner de la vie à l'histoire/un personnage ; to roar/splutter into life se mettre en marche en vrombissant/en toussant ; put a bit of life into it ○ mettez-y un peu de tonus ○ ; this drink will put new life into you cette boisson te redonnera des forces ;

4 (social activity, lifestyle) vie f ; to lead a busy/sheltered life mener une vie occupée/protégée ; to change one's life transformer sa vie ; private/family ou home life vie privée/de famille ; working/social life vie professionnelle/personnelle ; his way of life son mode de vie ; a way of life un style de vie ; a life of luxury/crime une vie de luxe/de criminel ; to live the good ou high life mener la grande vie ; the outdoor life la vie au grand air ; it's no life for a child ce n'est pas une vie pour un enfant ; to have a life of one's own avoir sa propre vie ; to make a new life for oneself se forger une nouvelle vie ; to get on with one's life continuer sa vie ; what a life! quelle vie! ; in public life dans les affaires publiques ;

5 ( as general concept) vie f ; life in general la vie en général ; life's been kind to me la vie m'a été favorable ; isn't life wonderful? la vie n'est-elle pas merveilleuse? ; how's life treating you? comment va la vie? to make life easier/difficult for sb faciliter/compliquer la vie à qn ; don't make life so difficult for yourself ne te rends pas la vie impossible ; to take life as it comes prendre la vie comme elle vient ; life has to go on la vie continue ; that's life c'est la vie ; life's a bitch ○ chienne de vie ○ ;

6 ( living things) vie f ; origins of life origines de la vie ; extraterrestrial life la vie extraterrestre ; life as we know it la vie telle que nous la connaissons ; plant/marine life la vie végétale/marine ; life in the hedgerows/forest la faune des haies/forêts ; low life péj racaille ○ f ;

7 ( human being(s)) without loss of life sans perte de vies humaines ; the ship sank with the loss of 500 lives le naufrage du navire a fait 500 morts ;

8 ( useful duration) durée f ; shelf life durée de conservation ; the average life of a washing-machine la durée moyenne d'une machine à laver ; there's plenty of life still left in them ils sont encore tout à fait utilisables ; this carpet's coming to the end of its life ce tapis commence à avoir fait son temps ;

9 Jur to do ○ ou serve life être emprisonné à vie ; to sentence sb to life condamner qn à perpétuité ; to get life ○ se faire condamner à perpette ○ ;

10 Games vie f ; to lose a life perdre une vie ;

11 Art from life [draw, paint] d'après nature.

B modif [member, president, peer, peerage, membership] à vie ; [ban] définitif/-ive ; Insur [annuity] viager/-ère.

Idioms

anything for a quiet life tout ce que tu voudras mais laisse-moi tranquille ; for dear life de toutes mes/ses etc forces ; not for the life of me absolument pas ; he couldn't for the life of him see why il n'arrivait absolument pas à comprendre pourquoi ; get a life ○ ! lâche-moi les baskets ○ ! ; not on your life! jamais de la vie! ; this is the life! c'est la belle vie!, voilà la vie qu'il me/nous etc faut! ; to frighten the life out of sb faire mourir qn de peur ; to have the time of one's life s'amuser comme un fou/une folle ; you get out of life what you put into it comme on fait son lit on se couche Prov ; to take one's life in one's hands risquer sa vie.

Big English-French dictionary > life
12 ♦ life

♦ life /laɪf/
n. (pl. lives)

1 [uc] vita ( quasi in ogni senso); esistenza; ( di cose) durata: He lost his life in a road accident, perse la vita in un incidente stradale; to risk (o to endanger) one's life, rischiare la vita; to save sb. 's life, salvare la vita a q.; to rebuild one's life, rifarsi una vita; to spare sb. 's life, risparmiare la vita a q.; the struggle for life, la lotta per l'esistenza; this life, questa vita; la vita terrena; plant life, flora; vegetazione; the eternal life, la vita eterna; to spend one's life in idleness, passare la vita nell'ozio; country [city] life, la vita di campagna [di città]; high life, la vita elegante (o dell'alta società); low life, vita mediocre (o misera); to lead a happy life, condurre un'esistenza serena; to make life difficult for sb., rendere la vita difficile a q.; to make sb. 's life a misery, rendere la vita di q. un inferno; Most fashions have a very short life, per lo più le mode hanno vita brevissima; the life of a government, la durata (o la vita) d'un governo; the life of a loan, la durata di un mutuo; love life, vita sentimentale; home life, vita familiare; adult life, vita adulta; busy life, vita molto attiva; full life, vita piena; charmed life, vita piena di fortune; hard life, vita dura; humdrum life, vita monotona; married life, vita matrimoniale; private life, vita privata; a sheltered life, una vita troppo protetta

2 [u] ( arte) (il) naturale; (il) vero; (il) vivo: to draw from life, disegnare dal vero; life drawing, disegno dal vero; a class in life, un corso di disegno dal vero

3 ( baseball) occasione; opportunità ( data al battitore)

4 (fig.) occasione di ricominciare da capo, di rifarsi una vita

5 vita; biografia: a life of Einstein, una biografia di Einstein; Plutarch's «Lives», le «Vite» di Plutarco

6 condanna a vita (o all'ergastolo); ergastolo (= life imprisonment e life sentence ► sotto): The terrorist got life, il terrorista è stato condannato all'ergastolo; a man serving (o doing) life, un uomo che sconta una condanna all'ergastolo; un ergastolano

7 ( slang USA) – the life, la vita; il mestiere di prostituta

● life annuity, (assegno) vitalizio □ life assurance = life insurance ► sotto □ life blood ► lifeblood □ life cycle, (biol.) ciclo vitale; (comput.) ciclo di vita ( del software); (econ., fin.) ciclo di vita ( di un prodotto; di un investitore, ecc.) □ (leg.) life estate, usufrutto a vita □ life expectancy, (ass., stat.) aspettativa (o speranza) di vita; ( di cosa) durata prevista □ life-giving, vivificante; che rianima; che rinvigorisce □ (mil., in GB) the Life Guards, le Guardie del Corpo del Sovrano ( reggimento di cavalleria) □ Life Guardsman, soldato della Guardia del Corpo □ (biol.) life history, storia biologica □ ( di un bene) life-hold, tenuto in usufrutto □ (leg., in GB e USA) life imprisonment, carcere per la durata di vari anni ( in pratica, di rado supera i 10 anni); (stor.) carcere a vita, ergastolo (= life sentence ► sotto) □ life instinct, pulsione di vita □ (ass.) life insurance, assicurazione sulla vita □ (leg.) life interest, usufrutto a vita □ (naut.) life jacket, giubbotto (di salvataggio) □ (med.) life machine, respiratore artificiale □ life member, socio a vita □ life-net, telo di salvataggio □ ( slang USA) the life of Riley, la bella vita; la vita comoda (o di Michelaccio) □ (ass.) life office, agenzia di assicurazioni sulla vita □ a life-or-death battle, un combattimento all'ultimo sangue □ a life-or-death matter, una questione di vita o di morte □ (polit.) Life Peer, Pari (d'Inghilterra) nominato a vita ( il titolo non è ereditario) □ (ass.) life policy, polizza di assicurazione sulla vita □ life preserver, bastone animato; tirapugni; ( USA, naut.) salvagente □ (naut., aeron.) life raft, gommone di salvataggio □ life-saver ► lifesaver □ (elettr.) life saving appliance, salvavita □ life-saving drug, farmaco salvavita □ life sciences, scienze naturali □ life scientist, naturalista □ (leg., in GB, in USA, ecc.) life sentence, condanna a diversi anni di carcere ( spesso il giudice fissa un periodo minimo; questo, in Canada, non supera mai i 25 anni); (stor.) condanna all'ergastolo ( che non esiste più nell'ordinamento inglese né in quello nordamericano) □ ( arte: di quadro, statua, ecc.) life-size (o life-sized), in grandezza naturale; al naturale □ life span, arco (o durata) della vita; vita naturale ( di un animale); durata ( di un oggetto) □ life spring, fonte di vita □ life story, storia di una vita; biografia □ (tecn.) life-support, che assicura la sopravvivenza □ (med.) life-support machine (o life-support system), autorespiratore □ (ass., stat.) life tables, tavole di mortalità □ (leg.) life tenancy, usufrutto a vita □ (leg.) life tenant, usufruttuario a vita □ (ind.) life test, prova di durata □ ( USA) life vest, giubbotto salvagente □ to be life-weary, essere stanco della vita □ life work, il lavoro di tutta una vita; l'opera più importante (di q.) □ (ecol.) life zone, zona biotica □ to bring to life, rianimare, far tornare in vita; animare, vivificare □ to come to life, rinvenire, riprendere conoscenza; (fig.) dimostrare interesse, interessarsi □ to come back to life, tornare in sé; riaversi; rinvenire □ for life, per tutta la vita; fino alla morte □ (in frasi neg.) for the life of me, per nulla al mondo; mai e poi mai □ for dear life, tenacemente; con tutte le proprie forze □ the good life, la bella vita; la vita comoda □ (ass.) a good [a bad] life, uno che ha molte [che ha scarse] probabilità di vivere sino all'età media presunta □ (fam.) to have the time of one's life, divertirsi un mondo; spassarsela □ to lay down one's life for, dare (o sacrificare) la vita per □ to marry early in life, sposarsi giovane □ Not on your life!, certo che no!; mai e poi mai! □ nothing in life, nulla di nulla; assolutamente nulla □ the other life (o future, everlasting life), l'altra vita (o la vita futura, eterna) □ to run for one's (o for dear) life, darsi alla fuga; darsela a gambe □ to be safe in life and limb, essere sano e salvo □ (in frasi neg.) to save one's life, per nulla al mondo; mai e poi mai □ to take sb. 's life, toglier la vita a q.; uccidere q. □ to take one's own life, togliersi la vita; suicidarsi □ (fam.) to take one's life in one's ( own) hands, mettere a repentaglio la vita □ to the life, somigliantissimo; tale e quale: ( di un ritratto) It's him to the life!, è lui nato e sputato!; to imitate sb. to the life, imitare qualcuno a pennello □ true to life, realistico; basato sui fatti; che riproduce fedelmente la realtà □ upon my life, in fede mia; parola mia □ with all the pleasure in life, col massimo piacere; con grande gioia □ A cat has nine lives, i gatti hanno sette vite □ (fam.) This is the life!, questa sì che è vita! □ I want to see life, voglio vivere anch'io!; voglio vedere il mondo □ (prov.) While there's life there's hope, finché c'è vita c'è speranza.

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ life
13 life

laɪf
1. сущ.
1) а) жизнь;
существование to breathe( new) life into smth. ≈ вдохнуть( новую) жизнь во что-л. to restore smb. to life ≈ возродить, вернуть кого-л. к жизни to devote one's life (to smth.) ≈ посвятить жизнь (чему-л.) to give, lay down, sacrifice life ≈ отдать жизнь, пожертвовать жизнью to hang on for dear life ≈ цепляться за дорогую жизнь to lead a busy life ≈ быть очень занятым to make a new life for oneself ≈ устроить себе новую жизнь to prolong one's life ≈ продлить жизнь to risk one's life ≈ рисковать жизнью to ruin smb.'s life ≈ сломать чью-л. жизнь to save a life ≈ спасти жизнь to show signs of life ≈ проявлять признаки жизни to spend one's life (doing smth.) ≈ провести жизнь (делая что-л.) to stake one's life on smth. ≈ рисковать жизнью to start a new life ≈ начать новую жизнь not on your life ≈ ни в жизнь, никогда The accident claimed many lives. ≈ Этот несчастный случай унес много жизней. She took her own life ≈ Она покончила жизнь самоубийством. The statue took on life in the sculptor's skilled hands. ≈ Статуя ожила в руках скульптора. to claim a life ≈ уносить жизнь to enter upon life ≈ вступить в жизнь to snuff out a life ≈ уносить жизнь to take a life ≈ уносить жизнь to take on life ≈ оживать in the prime of life ≈ в начале жизни way of life ≈ образ жизни come to life б) биография, жизнеописание A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him. ≈ Его давно интересовала биография Джона Поля Джонса. Syn: biography в) срок службы, работы (машины), долговечность
2) а) образ жизни active life ≈ активная жизнь city life ≈ городская жизнь cloistered life ≈ уединенная жизнь dull life ≈ скучная, монотонная жизнь;
безрадостная жизнь easy life ≈ простая жизнь;
спокойная, неторопливая жизнь full life ≈ полная, наполненная жизнь life of movement ≈ жизнь на колесах miserable life ≈ жалкая, несчастная жизнь modern life ≈ современная жизнь monastic life ≈ монашеская жизнь б) общество, общественная жизнь high life ≈ светское, аристократическое общество
3) а) живость, оживление, энергия б) натура, натуральная величина (тж. life size) - large as life ∙ my dear life ≈ моя дорогая;
мой дорогой while there is life there is hope посл. ≈ пока человек жив, он надеется for the life of me I can't do it ≈ хоть убей, не могу этого сделать he was life and soul of the party ≈ он был душой общества
2. прил.
1) пожизненный a life member of the club ≈ пожизненный член клуба life imprisonment ≈ пожизненное заключение life sentence ≈ пожизненное заключение Syn: lifelong
2) жизненный life processes ≈ жизненные процессы
3) живой, естественный, натуральный( о натуре) a life class in art ≈ занятия рисунком с натуры жизнь, существование - the origin of * происхождение жизни - the struggle for * борьба за существование - this *, natural * (религия) земное бытие /существование/ - the other /eternal, future/ * (религия) загробная /вечная, будущая/ жизнь - for one's * для спасения (своей) жизни - to seek smb.'s * покушаться на чью-л. жизнь - to take smb.'s * убить кого-л. - to take one's own * покончить с собой - to pawn one's * ручаться жизнью /головой/ - to run for dear /for very/ *, to flee /to run/ for one's * бежать изо всех сил;
спасаться бегством - to fight for dear * драться /сражаться/ не на живот, а на смерть жизнедеятельность - the noise of * шум жизни;
звуки деятельности человека - stirrings of * признаки жизни - to come to * начать жизнь, появиться на свет;
оживать, приходить в себя (после обморока и т. п.) - a writer whose characters come to * писатель, создающий живые образы - to bring to * вызывать к жизни;
приводить в чувство( после обморока и т. п.) живые существа, жизнь - is there any * on Mars? есть ли жизнь /есть ли живые существа/ на Марсе? живое существо, человек - a * for a * жизнь за жизнь - three lives were saved by his brave act своим храбрым поступком он спас три жизни /спас троих/ - how many lives were lost? сколько людей погибло? - the battle was won at great sacrifice of * битва была выиграна ценой больших потерь( собирательнле) мир живых организмов - plant * мир растений - wild * живая природа - marine * фауна и флора океана срок жизни, вся жизнь - at his time of * в его возрасте - a lease for three lives арендный договор сроком до смерти последнего из трех названных лиц - for * на всю жизнь, до конца жизни, до смерти;
пожизненно - to be deported for * быть высланным навечно, быть приговоренным к бессрочной ссылке - to be sentenced to * быть осужденным на пожизненное заключение - to be elected for * быть избранным пожизненно - to marry early in * жениться рано - I have lived here all my * я всю жизнь живу здесь срок службы или работы (машины, учреждения) ;
долговечность - the average * of steel rails средний срок службы стальных рельсов - the useful * of a car срок эксплуатации автомобиля - * cycle преим. (военное) срок службы, срок действия( чего-л.) - * of an agreement( дипломатическое) срок действия соглашения образ или характер жизни - regular * регулярный /размеренный/ образ жизни - comfortable * спокойная жизнь - country * деревенский образ жизни - a dog's * собачья жизнь, жалкое существование - everyday * повседневная жизнь, быт - political * политическая жизнь - musical * of a city музыкальная жизнь города - to lead a quiet * вести спокойную жизнь - how's *? (разговорное) как жизнь?, как дела? - such is * такова жизнь;
ничего не поделаешь общественная жизнь;
взаимоотношения( людей) ;
общество - high * светское общество, высший свет;
светская жизнь - low * жизнь низших классов общества - social * общественная жизнь;
общение с друзьями и знакомыми;
встречи, развлечения и т.п7 - to see /to learn/ something of *, to see * повидать свет, узнать жизнь - to enter upon * вступить в жизнь - to be settled in * найти свое место в жизни - we have practically no social * мы почти ни с кем не встречаемся, мы живем очень замкнуто жизнеописание, биография - the lives of great men жизнеописания /жизнь/ великих людей - L. of Johnson биография Джонсона - few authors write their own lives писатели редко пишут автобиографии энергия, живость;
воодушевление;
оживление - to infuse new * into smth. вдохнуть новую жизнь во что-л. - to put * into one's work работать с душой - to put * into a portrait оживить портрет - put more * into your movements шевелитесь побыстрее - the children are full of * дети полны жизни /очень оживленны, деятельны/ самое важное, нгеобходимое;
основа;
душа - he was the * of the party он был душой общества - plenty of sleep is the * of young children длительный сон - самое важное /основное/ для (здоровья) детей натура - a picture taken from( the) * картина с натуры - small * меньше натуральной величины - to portray smb. to the * очень точно передать сходство, нарисовать чей-л. верный портрет (страхование) застрахованное лицо( физическое) время жизни( частицы и т. п.) > my (dear) * мой дорогой, моя дорогая, моя жизнь (обращение) > upon my *! честное слово! > for the * of me I can't understand it хоть убей, не могу этого понять > it is a matter of * and death это вопрос жизни и смерти > with all the pleasure in * с величайшим удовольствием > to have the time of one's * повеселиться на славу;
отлично провести время;
переживать лучшую пору своей жизни > change of * (эвфмеизм) климакс > to bother /to harass, to nag, to worry/ the * out of smb. изводить кого-л., не давать ни минуты покоя кому-л., выматывать( всю) душу > to gasp out one's * испустить дух, скончаться > to take one's * in both hands and eat it прожигать жизнь > there is * in the old dog yet есть еще порох в пороховницах > a cat has nine lives (пословица) у кошки девять жизней, кошки живучи > while there is * there is hope (пословица) пока человек жив, он надеется > not on your *! ни в коем случае! жизненный - * force жизненная сила пожизненный - * sentence пожизненное заключение - * member пожизненный член (клуба и т. п.) с натуры ~ (pl lives) жизнь;
существование;
to enter upon life вступить в жизнь;
for life на всю жизнь;
an appointment for life пожизненная должность average expectation of ~ страх. ожидаемая средняя продолжительность жизни average ~ средневзвешенный срок непогашенной части кредита average ~ средний срок амортизации average ~ произ. средний срок службы average ~ страх. средняя продолжительность жизни average ~ expectancy страх. ожидаемая средняя продолжительность жизни to come to ~ осуществляться;
to bring to life привести в чувство;
my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение;
to take (smb.'s) life убить( кого-л.) business ~ деловая жизнь classifier ~ вчт. долговечность классификатора to come to ~ оживать, приходить в себя( после обморока и т. п.) to come to ~ осуществляться;
to bring to life привести в чувство;
my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение;
to take (smb.'s) life убить (кого-л.) corporate ~ продолжительность существования корпорации design ~ вчт. расчетный ресурс economic ~ наиболее экономичный срок службы economic ~ экономическая жизнь economic ~ экономная жизнь ~ (pl lives) жизнь;
существование;
to enter upon life вступить в жизнь;
for life на всю жизнь;
an appointment for life пожизненная должность expected ~ время безотказной работы expected ~ ожидаемая долговечность expected ~ ожидаемый ресурс expected useful ~ ожидаемая эксплуатационная долговечность expected useful ~ ожидаемый ресурс ~ (pl lives) жизнь;
существование;
to enter upon life вступить в жизнь;
for life на всю жизнь;
an appointment for life пожизненная должность for ~ пожизненно for the ~ of me I can't do it хоть убей, не могу этого сделать he was ~ and soul of the party он был душой общества ~ общество;
общественная жизнь;
high life светское, аристократическое общество;
to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет;
познать жизнь high ~ высшее общество, высший свет;
аристократия human ~ человеческая жизнь life биография, жизнеописание ~ вчт. долговечность ~ долговечность ~ жизнь ~ (pl lives) жизнь;
существование;
to enter upon life вступить в жизнь;
for life на всю жизнь;
an appointment for life пожизненная должность ~ наработка ~ натура;
натуральная величина (тж. life size) ;
to portray to the life точно передавать сходство ~ образ жизни ~ образ жизни;
to lead a quiet life вести спокойную жизнь;
stirring life деятельная жизнь, занятость;
life of movement жизнь на колесах ~ общество;
общественная жизнь;
high life светское, аристократическое общество;
to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет;
познать жизнь ~ attr. пожизненный;
длящийся всю жизнь;
life imprisonment (или sentence) пожизненное заключение;
my dear life моя дорогая;
мой дорогой ~ продолжительность работы ~ вчт. ресурс ~ ресурс ~ эк. срок амортизации ~ срок годности ~ срок действия ~ срок действия ценной бумаги ~ срок службы ~ срок службы или работы (машины, учреждения) ;
долговечность ~ энергия, живость, оживление;
to sing with life петь с воодушевлением;
to put life into one's work работать с душой ~ and death struggle борьба не на жизнь, а на смерть ~ of contract срок действия контракта ~ образ жизни;
to lead a quiet life вести спокойную жизнь;
stirring life деятельная жизнь, занятость;
life of movement жизнь на колесах load ~ вчт. долговечность при нагрузке low ~ скромный, бедный образ жизни married ~ супружество mean ~ средняя продолжительность жизни ~ attr. пожизненный;
длящийся всю жизнь;
life imprisonment (или sentence) пожизненное заключение;
my dear life моя дорогая;
мой дорогой to come to ~ осуществляться;
to bring to life привести в чувство;
my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение;
to take (smb.'s) life убить (кого-л.) operation ~ вчт. эксплуатационный ресурс ~ натура;
натуральная величина (тж. life size) ;
to portray to the life точно передавать сходство private ~ частная жизнь private: ~ industry частный сектор промышленности;
private life частная жизнь;
private means личное состояние ~ энергия, живость, оживление;
to sing with life петь с воодушевлением;
to put life into one's work работать с душой rated ~ номинальная долговечность rated ~ номинальная наработка rated ~ номинальный ресурс rated ~ расчетная долговечность rated ~ расчетная наработка rated ~ расчетный ресурс rated ~ расчетный срок службы remaining useful ~ остаточная эксплуатационная долговечность to run for dear ~ бежать изо всех сил ~ общество;
общественная жизнь;
high life светское, аристократическое общество;
to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет;
познать жизнь see: ~ испытать, пережить;
to see life повидать свет, познать жизнь;
to see armyservice отслужить в армии ~ общество;
общественная жизнь;
high life светское, аристократическое общество;
to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет;
познать жизнь service ~ общий срок службы service ~ срок годности service ~ срок службы объекта на дату демонтажа service ~ эксплуатационная долговечность service ~ эксплуатационная наработка service ~ вчт. эксплуатационный ресурс service ~ эксплуатационный ресурс service ~ эксплуатационный срок службы shelf ~ долговечность при хранении shelf ~ срок годности при хранении ~ энергия, живость, оживление;
to sing with life петь с воодушевлением;
to put life into one's work работать с душой social ~ общественная жизнь specified ~ вчт. гарантируемая долговечность still ~ жив. натюрморт ~ образ жизни;
to lead a quiet life вести спокойную жизнь;
stirring life деятельная жизнь, занятость;
life of movement жизнь на колесах storage ~ срок годности при хранении such is ~ такова жизнь, ничего не поделаешь to come to ~ осуществляться;
to bring to life привести в чувство;
my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение;
to take (smb.'s) life убить (кого-л.) unexpired ~ неистекший срок службы upon my ~! честное слово! useful economic ~ наиболее экономичный срок службы useful economic ~ срок полезной службы useful ~ период нормальной эксплуатации useful ~ ресурс useful ~ срок полезной службы useful ~ вчт. эксплуатационная долговечность useful ~ эксплуатационная долговечность while there is ~ there is hope посл. пока человек жив, он надеется whole ~ assurance страхование на случай смерти working ~ трудовая жизнь

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > life
14 life

plural - lives; noun

1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) vida

2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) vida

3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) vida

4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) vida

5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) vida

6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) vida

7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) biografía

8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) cadena perpetua

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- lifeless
- lifelike
- life-and-death
- lifebelt
- lifeboat
- lifebuoy
- life-cycle
- life expectancy
- lifeguard
- life-jacket
- lifeline
- lifelong
- life-saving
- life-sized
- life-size
- lifetime
- as large as life
- bring to life
- come to life
- for life
- the life and soul of the party
- not for the life of me
- not on your life!
- take life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- to the life

life n vida

she saved my life me salvó la vida

El plural de life se escribe lives

life

tr[laɪf]

noun (pl lives tr[laɪvz])

1 vida

■ she can't play tennis for her life es una negada para el tenis

■ never in my life have I heard such nonsense! ¡jamás en la vida había oído tales estupideces!

2 (of battery) duración nombre femenino

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

for dear life con toda su fuerza

it's a matter of life and death es cuestión de vida o muerte

not on your life! familiar ¡ni hablar!

run for your life «(lives)»! ¡sálvese quien pueda!

to be the life and soul of the party ser el alma de la fiesta

to bring somebody back to life resucitar a alguien

to come to life cobrar vida

to have the time of one's life pasárselo como nunca

to live the life of Riley familiar pegarse la gran vida

to lose one's life perder la vida

to take one's life in one's hands (risk) arriesgar la vida 2 (control) controlar su propia vida

to take one's own life suicidarse, quitarse la vida

to take somebody's life matar a alguien

life belt / life buoy salvavidas nombre masculino

life cycle ciclo vital

life expectancy esperanza de vida

life insurance seguro de vida

life imprisonment cadena perpetua

life jacket chaleco salvavidas

life preserver SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL salvavidas nombre masculino

life sentence cadena perpetua

life story biografía

life style estilo de vida

life ['laɪf] n, pl lives ['laɪvz]

1) : vida f

plant life: la vida vegetal

2) existence: vida f, existencia f

3) biography: biografía f, vida f

4) duration: duración f, vida f

5) liveliness: vivacidad f, animación f

life

adj.

• perpetuo, -a adj.

• vital adj.

• vitalicio, -a adj.

n.

(§ pl.: lives) = animación s.f.

• existencia s.f.

• ser s.m.

• tiempo de vida s.m.

• vida s.f.

• vigencia s.f.

• vivir s.m.

laɪf
noun (pl lives)

1) c u ( existence) vida f

it will last you for life — te durará toda la vida

maimed for life — lisiado de por vida

for the rest of my life — por el resto de mis días

early in life — en su (or mi, etc) juventud

in later life — más tarde or más adelante

at my time of life — a mi edad, con la edad que tengo

he began life as a car salesman — empezó vendiendo coches

the man/woman in your life — el hombre/la mujer de tu vida

to have the time of one's life — divertirse* como nunca or (fam) de lo lindo

to live life to the full — vivir la vida al máximo

to see life — ver* mundo

you can bet your life we'll be late! — (colloq) te apuesto lo que quieras a que llegamos tarde!

to lose one's life — perder* la vida

no lives were lost — no hubo muertos

to risk one's life — arriesgar* la vida

to save somebody's life — salvarle la vida a alguien

to take somebody's life — (frml) darle* muerte a alguien (frml)

to take one's (own) life — (frml) quitarse la vida (frml)

a matter of life and death — una cuestión de vida o muerte

as large as life — en carne y hueso

he couldn't darn a sock to save his life — no sería capaz de zurcir un calcetín ni aun si le fuera la vida en ello

larger than life: the characters are all larger than life todos los personajes son creaciones que desbordan la realidad; he was a larger-than-life character era un personaje exuberante; not for the life of one: I can't remember for the life of me no me puedo acordar por nada del mundo; not on your life! ni muerto!; to cling/hold on for dear life aferrarse/agarrarse desesperadamente; to fight/run for one's life: they had to run for their lives tuvieron que correr como alma que lleva el diablo; run for your lives! sálvese quien pueda!; he was fighting for (his) life se debatía entre la vida y la muerte; to frighten o scare the life out of somebody darle* or pegarle* un susto mortal a alguien; (to have) the shock of one's life llevarse el susto de su (or mi etc) vida; she gave the performance of her life actuó como nunca; to risk life and limb arriesgar* la vida; to take one's life in one's hands jugarse* la vida; (before n) <member, pension, president> vitalicio; life force fuerza f vital; life imprisonment cadena f perpetua; life sentence condena f a perpetuidad or a cadena perpetua; his life story — la historia de su vida

2) u

a) ( vital force) vida f

it brings the history of this period to life — hace cobrar vida a este período de la historia

to bring somebody back to life — resucitar a alguien

to come to life — \<\<party\>\> animarse; \<\<puppet/doll\>\> cobrar vida

b) ( vitality) vida f, vitalidad f

to inject new life into something — revitalizar* algo

to be the life o (esp BrE) the life and soul of the party — ser* el alma de la fiesta

3) u ( lifestyle) vida f

married life — la vida de casado

this is the life (for me)! — esto sí que es vida!

to live the life of Riley — darse* la gran vida, vivir a cuerpo de rey

4) u ( living things) vida f

animal/plant life — vida animal/vegetal

5) u ( duration - of battery) duración f, vida f; (- of agreement) vigencia f

6) u ( imprisonment) (colloq) cadena f perpetua

he got life — lo condenaron a cadena perpetua

7) u ( Art)

to paint/draw from life — pintar/dibujar del natural

8) c ( biography) vida f

[laɪf]
1. N
(pl lives)
1) (=animate state) vida f

life on earth — la vida en la tierra

bird life — los pájaros

there is not much insect life here — aquí hay pocos insectos

plant life — vida f vegetal, las plantas fpl

• to bring sb back to life — resucitar or reanimar a algn

• a matter of life and death — cosa f de vida o muerte

I don't believe in life after death — no creo en la vida después de la muerte

• to risk life and limb — jugarse la vida

2) (=existence) vida f

the life of an ant — la vida de una hormiga

how's life? * — ¿cómo te va (la vida)?, ¿qué hubo? (Mex, Chile)

I do have a life outside of work, you know — yo hago otras cosas en mi vida aparte de trabajar ¿sabes?

• to begin life as... — empezar la vida como...

life begins at 40 — la vida comienza a los 40

• to depart this life — liter partir de esta vida

• in early/later life — en los años juveniles/maduras

• I can't for the life of me remember * — por más que lo intento no puedo recordar

I clung on for dear life — me agarré como si me fuera la vida en ello

she was fighting for her life — se debatía entre la vida y la muerte

run for your life! — ¡sálvese quien pueda!

to be on trial for one's life — ser acusado de un crimen capital

• you gave me the fright of my life! — ¡qué susto me diste!

• life goes on or must go on — la vida sigue

• to lay down one's life — dar su vida, entregar su vida

• to lose one's life — perder la vida

how many lives were lost? — ¿cuántas víctimas hubo?

three lives were lost — murieron tres

• never in my life — en mi vida

• in the next life — en el más allá, en la otra vida

• to have a life of its own — [object, machine] tener vida propia

• in real life — en la vida real

• to see life — ver mundo

• to spend one's life doing sth — pasar la vida haciendo algo

• to take sb's life — quitar la vida a algn

to take one's own life — quitarse la vida, suicidarse

you'll be taking your life in your hands if you climb up there — subir allí es jugarse la vida

• at my time of life — a mi edad, con los años que yo tengo

• his life won't be worth living — más le valdría morirse

it's more than my life's worth — sería jugarme la vida
bed 1., 4), private 3., save I, 1., 1)
3) (=way of living)

• country/ city life — la vida de la ciudad/del campo

• the good life — una vida agradable; (Rel) la vida santa

it's a good life — es una vida agradable

I've had a good life — la vida me ha tratado bien

• it's a hard life — la vida es muy dura

• to make a new life for o.s., to start a new life — comenzar una vida nueva

• to live one's own life — ser dueño de su propia vida

• to lead a quiet life — llevar una vida tranquila
Riley
4) (in exclamations)

• get a life! * — ¡espabílate y haz algo!

• (upon) my life! — † ¡Dios mío!

• not on your life! * — ¡ni hablar!

• such is life!, that's life! — ¡así es la vida!

• this is the life! — ¡esto sí que es vida!, ¡esto es jauja!

what a life! — (=bad) ¡qué vida esta!; (=good) ¡vaya vida!, ¡eso sí que es vivir bien!

5) (=liveliness) vida f

• his acting brought the character to life — su actuación dio vida al personaje

she brought the party to life — animó la fiesta

• to come to life — animarse

• to put or breathe new life into sth/sb — infundir nueva vida a algo/algn

you need to put a bit of life into it — tienes que ponerle un poco de garra

• the life and soul of the party — el alma de la fiesta

6) (=lifespan) [of person] vida f ; [of licence] vigencia f, validez f ; [of battery] vida f, duración f

during the life of this government — durante el mandato de este gobierno

• friends for life — amigos mpl para siempre

scarred for life — con una cicatriz de por vida

a job for life — un trabajo para toda la vida

these birds mate for life — estas aves tienen una sola pareja en su vida

• it was her life's work — fue el trabajo de toda su vida

7) * (=life imprisonment)

• to do life — cumplir una condena de cadena or reclusión perpetua

• to get life, be sentenced to life — ser condenado a cadena or reclusión perpetua

8) (Art)

• to paint from life — pintar del natural

• true to life — fiel a la realidad

9) (=biography) vida f

10) (US)
** [of prostitute]
she's in the life — hace la calle *, es una mujer de la vida

2.

CPD

life and death struggle N — lucha f a vida o muerte

life annuity N — pensión f or anualidad f vitalicia

life assurance N — seguro m de vida

life class N — (Art) clase f de dibujo al natural

life coach N — profesional encargado de mejorar la situación laboral y personal de sus clientes

life cycle N — ciclo m vital

life drawing N — dibujo m del natural

life expectancy N — esperanza f de vida

life force N — fuerza f vital

life form N — forma f de vida

Life Guards NPL — (Brit) (Mil) regimiento de caballería

life history N — [of person] (historia f de la) vida f ; hum, iro vida f y milagros * mpl

the life history of the salmon — (la historia de) la vida del salmón

life imprisonment N — cadena f perpetua

life insurance N — = life assurance

life interest N — usufructo m vitalicio

life jacket N — chaleco m salvavidas

life member N — miembro m vitalicio

life membership N —

to take out a life membership — inscribirse como miembro vitalicio or de por vida

life peer N — (Brit) (Parl) miembro de la Cámara de los Lores de carácter no hereditario

life preserver N — (Brit) cachiporra f ; (US) chaleco m salvavidas

life president N — presidente mf de por vida

life raft N — balsa f salvavidas

life sciences NPL — ciencias fpl de la vida

life sentence N — condena f a perpetuidad

life span N — [of person] vida f ; [of product] vida f útil

life story N — biografía f

life vest N — (US) chaleco m salvavidas

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[laɪf]
noun (pl lives)

1) c u ( existence) vida f

it will last you for life — te durará toda la vida

maimed for life — lisiado de por vida

for the rest of my life — por el resto de mis días

early in life — en su (or mi, etc) juventud

in later life — más tarde or más adelante

at my time of life — a mi edad, con la edad que tengo

he began life as a car salesman — empezó vendiendo coches

the man/woman in your life — el hombre/la mujer de tu vida

to have the time of one's life — divertirse* como nunca or (fam) de lo lindo

to live life to the full — vivir la vida al máximo

to see life — ver* mundo

you can bet your life we'll be late! — (colloq) te apuesto lo que quieras a que llegamos tarde!

to lose one's life — perder* la vida

no lives were lost — no hubo muertos

to risk one's life — arriesgar* la vida

to save somebody's life — salvarle la vida a alguien

to take somebody's life — (frml) darle* muerte a alguien (frml)

to take one's (own) life — (frml) quitarse la vida (frml)

a matter of life and death — una cuestión de vida o muerte

as large as life — en carne y hueso

he couldn't darn a sock to save his life — no sería capaz de zurcir un calcetín ni aun si le fuera la vida en ello

larger than life: the characters are all larger than life todos los personajes son creaciones que desbordan la realidad; he was a larger-than-life character era un personaje exuberante; not for the life of one: I can't remember for the life of me no me puedo acordar por nada del mundo; not on your life! ni muerto!; to cling/hold on for dear life aferrarse/agarrarse desesperadamente; to fight/run for one's life: they had to run for their lives tuvieron que correr como alma que lleva el diablo; run for your lives! sálvese quien pueda!; he was fighting for (his) life se debatía entre la vida y la muerte; to frighten o scare the life out of somebody darle* or pegarle* un susto mortal a alguien; (to have) the shock of one's life llevarse el susto de su (or mi etc) vida; she gave the performance of her life actuó como nunca; to risk life and limb arriesgar* la vida; to take one's life in one's hands jugarse* la vida; (before n) <member, pension, president> vitalicio; life force fuerza f vital; life imprisonment cadena f perpetua; life sentence condena f a perpetuidad or a cadena perpetua; his life story — la historia de su vida

2) u

a) ( vital force) vida f

it brings the history of this period to life — hace cobrar vida a este período de la historia

to bring somebody back to life — resucitar a alguien

to come to life — \<\<party\>\> animarse; \<\<puppet/doll\>\> cobrar vida

b) ( vitality) vida f, vitalidad f

to inject new life into something — revitalizar* algo

to be the life o (esp BrE) the life and soul of the party — ser* el alma de la fiesta

3) u ( lifestyle) vida f

married life — la vida de casado

this is the life (for me)! — esto sí que es vida!

to live the life of Riley — darse* la gran vida, vivir a cuerpo de rey

4) u ( living things) vida f

animal/plant life — vida animal/vegetal

5) u ( duration - of battery) duración f, vida f; (- of agreement) vigencia f

6) u ( imprisonment) (colloq) cadena f perpetua

he got life — lo condenaron a cadena perpetua

7) u ( Art)

to paint/draw from life — pintar/dibujar del natural

8) c ( biography) vida f

English-spanish dictionary > life
15 life

noun

, pl. lives

1) Leben, das

it is a matter of life and death — es geht [dabei] um Leben und Tod; (fig.): (it is of vital importance) es ist äußerst wichtig (to für)

come to life — [Bild, Statue:] lebendig werden

run etc. for one's life — um sein Leben rennen usw.

I cannot for the life of me — ich kann beim besten Willen nicht

lose one's life — sein Leben verlieren

many lives were lost — viele Menschen kamen ums Leben

without loss of life — ohne Todesopfer

life is not worth living — das Leben ist nicht lebenswert

marry early in life — früh heiraten

late in life — erst im fortgeschrittenen Alter

for life — lebenslänglich [inhaftiert]

he's doing life — (coll.) er sitzt lebenslänglich (ugs.)

get life — (coll.) lebenslänglich kriegen (ugs.)

expectation of life — Lebenserwartung, die

get the fright/shock of one's life — (coll.) zu Tode erschrecken/den Schock seines Lebens bekommen (ugs.)

have the time of one's life — sich hervorragend amüsieren

he will do anything for a quiet life — für ihn ist die Hauptsache, dass er seine Ruhe hat

make life easy for oneself/somebody — es sich (Dat.) /jemandem leicht machen

make life difficult for oneself/somebody — sich (Dat.) /jemandem das Leben schwer machen

this is the life! — (expr. content) so lässt sich's leben!

that's life, life's like that — so ist das Leben [nun mal]

not on your life — (coll.) nie im Leben! (ugs.)

save one's/somebody's life — sein Leben/jemandem das Leben retten

something is as much as somebody's life is worth — mit etwas setzt jemand sein Leben aufs Spiel

take one's [own] life — sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen

take one's life in one's hands — sein Leben riskieren

get a life — (coll.) was aus seinem Leben machen

2) (energy, animation) Leben, das

be the life and soul of the party — der Mittelpunkt der Party sein

there is still life in something — in etwas (Dat.) steckt noch Leben

3) (living things and their activity) Leben, das

bird/insect life — die Vogelwelt/die Insekten

4) (living form or model)

draw somebody from life — jemanden nach dem Leben zeichnen

as large as life — (life-size) lebensgroß; (in person) in voller Schönheit (ugs. scherzh.)

larger than life — überzeichnet

true to life — wahrheitsgetreu

5) (specific aspect) [Privat-, Wirtschafts-, Dorf]leben, das

in this life — (on earth) in diesem Leben

the other or the future or the next life — (in heaven) das zukünftige Leben [nach dem Tode]

eternal or everlasting life — ewiges Leben

daily life — das Alltagsleben

see life — etwas von der Welt sehen

6) (of battery, lightbulb, etc.) Lebensdauer, die

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plural - lives; noun

1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) das Leben

2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) das Leben

3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) das Leben

4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) das Leben

5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) das Leben

6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) das Leben

7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) die Lebensbeschreibung

8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) lebenslängliche Haftstrafe, lebenslang

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- academic.ru/42849/lifeless">lifeless
- lifelike
- life-and-death
- lifebelt
- lifeboat
- lifebuoy
- life-cycle
- life expectancy
- lifeguard
- life-jacket
- lifeline
- lifelong
- life-saving
- life-sized
- life-size
- lifetime
- as large as life
- bring to life
- come to life
- for life
- the life and soul of the party
- not for the life of me
- not on your life! - take life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- to the life
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life

<pl lives>

[laɪf, pl laɪvz]

I. n

1. (existence) Leben nt

cats are supposed to have nine lives man sagt, Katzen haben neun Leben nt

run for your \life! renn um dein Leben!

it's a matter of \life and death! es geht um Leben und Tod!

a \life and death issue eine Frage, die über Leben und Tod entscheiden kann

in a previous \life in einem früheren Leben

to believe in \life after death an ein Leben nach dem Tod[e] glauben

to depart this \life ( euph form) verscheiden euph geh

to give [or lay down] one's \life for sb/sth sein Leben für jdn/etw geben

to lose one's \life sein Leben lassen, ums Leben kommen

to save sb's \life jdm das Leben retten

to seek sb's \life jdm nach dem Leben trachten

to take sb's \life ( form) jdn töten [o umbringen]

to take one's own \life sich dat [selbst] das Leben nehmen

2. no pl (quality, force) Leben nt

\life is a precious gift das Leben ist ein wertvolles Gut

he tried to discover some sign of \life in the boy's body er versuchte irgendein Lebenszeichen im Körper des Jungen festzustellen

I love \life ich liebe das Leben

to be one/another of \life's great mysteries ( hum) eines/ein weiteres der großen Geheimnisse des Lebens sein

3. no pl (living things collectively) Leben nt

there are no signs of \life on the planet auf dem Planeten gibt es keinen Hinweis auf Leben

animal \life Tierwelt f

plant \life Pflanzenwelt f

insect \life Welt f der Insekten, Insekten pl

intelligent/sentient \life intelligentes/empfindendes Leben

4. no pl (mode or aspect of existence) Leben nt

to be deeply rooted in American \life tief im Leben der Amerikaner verwurzelt sein

family \life Familienleben nt

love \life Liebesleben nt

private \life Privatleben nt

working \life Arbeitsleben nt

5. no pl (energy) Lebendigkeit f

come on, show a little \life! los, jetzt zeig' mal ein bisschen Temperament! fam

put more \life into your voice bringen Sie etwas mehr Timbre in die Stimme

there isn't much \life here hier ist nicht viel los

to be full of \life voller Leben sein, vor Leben [nur so] sprühen

to bring sth to \life etw lebendiger machen

to come to \life lebendig werden fig

after an hour the party finally came to \life nach einer Stunde kam endlich Leben in die Party

6. (total circumstances of individual) Leben nt

teaching has been her \life der Lehrberuf war ihr Leben

she only wants two things in \life sie wünscht sich nur zwei Dinge im Leben

who's the man in your \life now? [und] wer ist der neue Mann in deinem Leben?

a dull/exciting \life ein langweiliges/aufregendes Leben

to make [or start] a new \life ein neues Leben anfangen [o beginnen]

to want sth out of [or in] \life etw vom Leben erwarten

7. (person) Menschenleben nt

how many lives were lost in the fire? wie viele Menschenleben hat der Brand gekostet?

to save a \life ein Menschenleben retten

8. (human activities) Leben nt

I left home at 16 to see \life ich ging mit 16 von zu Hause fort, um etwas vom Leben und von der Welt zu sehen

to give sb an outlook on \life jdm eine Lebenseinstellung vermitteln

9. (biography) Biografie f, Lebensbeschreibung f

10. (time until death) Leben nt

▪ for \life friendship lebenslang

I believe marriage is for \life ich finde, eine Ehe sollte für das ganze Leben geschlossen werden

he's behind bars for \life er sitzt lebenslänglich [hinter Gittern] fam

a job for \life eine Stelle auf Lebenszeit

11. (duration) of a device, battery Lebensdauer f, Nutzungsdauer f; of an institution Bestehen nt kein pl; of a contract Laufzeit f

during the \life of the present parliament während der jetzigen Legislaturperiode [des Parlaments]

12. no pl ( fam: prison sentence) lebenslänglich

to be doing/get \life lebenslänglich sitzen fam/bekommen

13. no pl ART

to draw [or sketch] sb/sth from \life jdn/etw nach einem Modell zeichnen/skizzieren

taken from the \life nach einem Modell

14. (reality)

true to \life wirklichkeitsgetreu

15.

▶ \life's a bitch (sl) das Leben kann manchmal schon verdammt hart sein! fam

▶ for dear \life verzweifelt

she hung on for dear \life sie klammerte sich fest, als hinge ihr Leben davon ab

▶ to frighten [or scare] the \life out of sb jdn furchtbar [o zu Tode] erschrecken

▶ for the \life of me ( fam) um alles in der Welt fam

▶ not for the \life of me nicht um alles in der Welt

▶ to get a \life aufwachen fig, auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückkommen

get a \life! komm endlich auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurück!

▶ the good \life das süße Leben, das [o die] Dolce Vita

▶ it's a hard \life! ( iron fam) das Leben ist eins der härtesten fam

▶ how's \life [treating you]? ( fam) wie geht's [denn so]? fam

▶ larger than \life car, house riesig, riesengroß; person energiegeladen und charismatisch

▶ to lead [or live] the \life of Riley ( dated fam) leben wie Gott in Frankreich

▶ not on your \life! ( fam) nie im Leben! fam

▶ to be the \life [ BRIT and soul] of the/any party der [strahlende] Mittelpunkt der/jeder Party sein

▶ \life's rich tapestry die Sonnen- und Schattenseiten des Lebens

▶ to roar [or thunder] into \life mit aufheulendem Motor losfahren/starten

▶ to save one's [own] \life:

he couldn't sing to save his \life er konnte ums Verrecken nicht singen sl

▶ to be set [up] for \life für den Rest des Lebens ausgesorgt haben

▶ to take one's \life in one's hands ( fam) Kopf und Kragen riskieren fam

▶ that's \life! [das ist] Schicksal! fam, so ist das Leben [eben]!

▶ this is the \life [for me]! so lässt sich's leben! fam, Mensch, ist das ein Leben! fam

▶ to be sb to the \life ( dated) jdm wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein

that sketch is Joanna to the \life diese Zeichnung trifft Joanna aufs Haar

▶ one's \life [or \life's] work jds Lebenswerk

II. n modifier

\life drawing/[drawing] class Aktzeichnung f/Aktzeichnen nt (Kunststunde, in der nach Modell gemalt wird)

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[laɪf]
n pl lives

1) Leben nt

bird/plant life — die Vogel-/Pflanzenwelt

there is not much insect life here — hier gibt es nicht viele Insekten

drawn from life — lebensnah

to draw from life (Art) — nach dem Leben zeichnen

to the life — lebensecht

the battle resulted in great loss of life — bei der Schlacht kamen viele ums Leben

this is a matter of life and death — hier geht es um Leben und Tod

a life and death struggle — ein Kampf auf Leben und Tod

life after death — das Leben nach dem Tod

life begins at 40 — das Leben fängt mit 40 (erst richtig) an

to be tired of life — des Lebens überdrüssig sein

life goes on — das Leben geht weiter

to bring sb back to life — jdn wiederbeleben, jdn ins Leben zurückrufen

his book brings history to life — sein Buch lässt die Geschichte lebendig werden

to come to life (fig) — lebendig werden

I'm the sort of person who comes to life in the evenings — ich bin ein Typ, der erst abends munter wird

after half an hour the discussion came to life — nach einer halben Stunde kam Leben in die Diskussion

to put new life into sb — jdm wieder Auftrieb geben

for dear life — verzweifelt

they swam for dear life —

they looked at him in the oxygen tent fighting for dear life — sie sahen, wie er im Sauerstoffzelt um sein Leben kämpfte

at my time of life — in meinem Alter

marriage should be for life — eine Ehe sollte fürs Leben geschlossen werden

he's got a job for life — er hat eine Stelle auf Lebenszeit

the murderer was imprisoned for life — der Mörder wurde zu lebenslänglicher Freiheitsstrafe verurteilt

he's doing life (for murder) (inf) — er sitzt lebenslänglich (wegen Mord) (inf)

he got life (inf) — er hat lebenslänglich gekriegt (inf)

2)

(= individual life) how many lives were lost? — wie viele (Menschen) sind ums Leben gekommen?

the lives of the prisoners — das Leben der Gefangenen

I've got a new man in my life — in meinem Leben gibt es einen neuen Mann

to take sb's life — jdn umbringen

to take one's own life — sich (dat) das Leben nehmen

to save sb's life (lit) — jdm das Leben retten; (fig) jdn retten

I couldn't do it to save my life — ich kann es beim besten Willen nicht

the church is my life — die Kirche ist mein ganzes Leben

to rule sb's life — jds Leben bestimmen

the suspected murderer is on trial for his life —

in the next life — im nächsten Leben

early in life, in early life — in frühen Jahren

later in life, in later life — in späteren Jahren, später im Leben

she leads a busy life — bei ihr ist immer etwas los

she began ( her working) life as a teacher — sie begann ihr Berufsleben als Lehrerin

the book started life as a screenplay — das Buch war ursprünglich ein Drehbuch

all his life — sein ganzes Leben lang

I've never been to London in my life — ich war in meinem ganzen Leben noch nicht in London

to fight for one's life — um sein Leben kämpfen

run for your lives! — rennt um euer Leben!

it gave me the fright of my life — es hat mich zu Tode erschreckt

I can't for the life of me... (inf) — ich kann beim besten Willen nicht...

never in my life have I heard such nonsense — ich habe mein Lebtag noch nicht or noch nie im Leben so einen Unsinn gehört

not on your life! (inf) — ich bin doch nicht verrückt! (inf)

would you ever disobey him? – not on your life! (inf) — würdest du je seine Befehle missachten? – nie im Leben!

get a life! (inf) — sonst hast du keine Probleme? (inf)

to have a life — etwas vom Leben haben

to have a life of one's own — sein eigenes Leben führen

it seemed to have a life of its own —

he is a good/bad life (Insur) — er ist ein niedriges/hohes Risiko

3)

(= the world, social activity) to see life — die Welt sehen

there isn't much life here in the evenings — hier ist abends nicht viel Leben or nicht viel los

4) (= liveliness) Leben nt

those children are full of life! — diese Kinder stecken voller Leben or sind sehr lebhaft!

was full of life —

he's still got so much life in him — er ist noch so vital or steckt noch voller Leben

there's life in the old girl yet (inf) — sie ist noch schwer aktiv (inf); (of car) die Kiste bringts noch (sl)

of every party — er bringt Leben in jede Party

of the party — John will überall im Mittelpunkt stehen

5) (= way of life) Leben nt

village life — das Leben auf dem Dorf

this is the life! — ja, ist das ein Leben!

what a life! — was für ein Leben!

such is life, that's life — so ist das Leben

it's a good life — es ist ein schönes Leben

the good life — das süße Leben

6) (= useful or active life) Lebensdauer f

during the life of the present Parliament —

there's not much life left in the battery, the battery's nearing the end of its life — die Batterie machts nicht mehr lange (inf)

7) (= biography) Biografie f; (of saint, king etc) Lebensbeschreibung f

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life [laıf] pl lives [laıvz] s

1. (organisches) Leben:

how did life begin? wie ist das Leben entstanden?

2. Leben(skraft) n(f)

3. Leben n:

a) Lebenserscheinungen pl

b) Lebewesen pl:

there is no life on the moon auf dem Mond gibt es kein Leben;

marine life das Leben im Meer, die Lebenserscheinungen oder Lebewesen im Meer

4. (Menschen) Leben n:

they lost their lives sie verloren ihr Leben, sie kamen ums Leben;

three lives were lost drei Menschenleben sind zu beklagen;

with great sacrifice of life mit schweren Verlusten an Menschenleben;

risk life and limb Leib und Leben riskieren

5. Leben n (eines Einzelwesens):

a matter (question) of life and death eine lebenswichtige Angelegenheit (Frage);

early in life in jungen Jahren;

my early life meine Jugend;

late in life in vorgerücktem Alter;

as much as one’s life is worth lebensgefährlich, weitS. sehr gefährlich oder riskant;

as if ( oder though) his life depended on it als ob sein Leben davon abhinge, als ob es um sein Leben ginge;

he’s out of my life er existiert für mich überhaupt nicht mehr; → danger A 1, matter A 3, own Bes Redew, risk B 1

6. a) Leben n, Lebenszeit f, Lebensdauer f ( auch TECH einer Maschine etc), Dauer f, Bestehen n:

all his life sein ganzes Leben lang;

the life of a book die Erfolgszeit eines Buches;

during the life of the republic während des Bestehens der Republik; → expectation 3

b) WIRTSCH, JUR Laufzeit f (eines Wechsels, Vertrags etc), besonders WIRTSCH Haltbarkeit f, Lagerfähigkeit f:

the life of packaged fresh meat

7. Leben n, Lebensweise f, -führung f, -art f, -wandel m: → anything A 2, married A 1, saint A 1

8. Leben(sbeschreibung) n(f), Biografie f

9. Leben n, menschliches Tun und Treiben, Welt f:

life in Australia das Leben in Australien;

see life das Leben kennenlernen oder genießen

10. Leben n, Schwung m:

full of life lebendig, voller Leben;

the life of the Constitution der wesentliche Inhalt der Verfassung;

he was the life and soul of the party er brachte Schwung in die Party, er unterhielt die ganze Party

11. KUNST Leben n:

from (the) life nach dem Leben, nach der Natur; → large A 1

12. Versicherungswesen:

a) auf Lebenszeit Versicherte(r) m/f(m) (im Hinblick auf die Lebenserwartung)

b) auch life business Lebensversicherungsgeschäft n

13. JUR umg lebenslängliche Freiheitsstrafe:

he is doing life er sitzt lebenslänglich;

he got life er bekam „lebenslänglich“Besondere Redewendungen: for life

a) fürs (ganze) Leben, für den Rest seines Lebens,

b) besonders JUR, POL lebenslänglich, auf Lebenszeit appointed for life auf Lebenszeit ernannt;

imprisonment for life lebenslängliche Freiheitsstrafe;

not for the life of me umg nicht um alles in der Welt;

I couldn’t get to sleep for the life of me umg ich konnte ums Verrecken nicht einschlafen;

not on your life umg ganz bestimmt nicht, unter keinen Umständen;

to the life nach dem Leben, lebensecht, naturgetreu;

upon my life! so wahr ich lebe!;

that’s life so ist nun einmal das Leben;

music was his life die Musik war sein Leben;

where ( oder while) there’s life there’s hope (Sprichwort) MED man darf die Hoffnung nie aufgeben, weitS. a. es hofft der Mensch, solange er lebt;

bring to life

a) auch put life into beleben, Leben oder Schwung bringen in (akk), auch jemanden in Schwung bringen

b) ins Leben rufen come to life sich beleben, (auch Person) in Schwung kommen;

after some time the party came to life nach einiger Zeit kam Leben oder Schwung in die Party;

come back to life

a) wieder zu(m) Bewusstsein oder zu sich kommen,

b) wieder gesund werden lead ( oder live) the life of Riley Br umg wie Gott in Frankreich leben;

run for dear ( oder one’s) life um sein Leben laufen;

I couldn’t get it open to save my life umg ich brachte es nicht ums Verrecken auf;

sell one’s life dearly sein Leben teuer verkaufen;

show (signs of) life Lebenszeichen von sich geben;

seek sb’s life jemandem nach dem Leben trachten;

take sb’s life jemanden umbringen;

take one’s own life sich das Leben nehmen;

take one’s life in one’s (own) hands umg sein Leben riskieren oder aufs Spiel setzen; → bet B, bowl¹ 1 b, breathe B 1, bring back 4, charm B 2

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noun

, pl. lives

1) Leben, das

it is a matter of life and death — es geht [dabei] um Leben und Tod; (fig.): (it is of vital importance) es ist äußerst wichtig (to für)

come to life — [Bild, Statue:] lebendig werden

run etc. for one's life — um sein Leben rennen usw.

I cannot for the life of me — ich kann beim besten Willen nicht

lose one's life — sein Leben verlieren

many lives were lost — viele Menschen kamen ums Leben

without loss of life — ohne Todesopfer

life is not worth living — das Leben ist nicht lebenswert

marry early in life — früh heiraten

late in life — erst im fortgeschrittenen Alter

for life — lebenslänglich [inhaftiert]

he's doing life — (coll.) er sitzt lebenslänglich (ugs.)

get life — (coll.) lebenslänglich kriegen (ugs.)

expectation of life — Lebenserwartung, die

get the fright/shock of one's life — (coll.) zu Tode erschrecken/den Schock seines Lebens bekommen (ugs.)

have the time of one's life — sich hervorragend amüsieren

he will do anything for a quiet life — für ihn ist die Hauptsache, dass er seine Ruhe hat

make life easy for oneself/somebody — es sich (Dat.) /jemandem leicht machen

make life difficult for oneself/somebody — sich (Dat.) /jemandem das Leben schwer machen

this is the life! — (expr. content) so lässt sich's leben!

that's life, life's like that — so ist das Leben [nun mal]

not on your life — (coll.) nie im Leben! (ugs.)

save one's/somebody's life — sein Leben/jemandem das Leben retten

something is as much as somebody's life is worth — mit etwas setzt jemand sein Leben aufs Spiel

take one's [own] life — sich (Dat.) das Leben nehmen

take one's life in one's hands — sein Leben riskieren

get a life — (coll.) was aus seinem Leben machen

2) (energy, animation) Leben, das

be the life and soul of the party — der Mittelpunkt der Party sein

there is still life in something — in etwas (Dat.) steckt noch Leben

3) (living things and their activity) Leben, das

bird/insect life — die Vogelwelt/die Insekten

4) (living form or model)

draw somebody from life — jemanden nach dem Leben zeichnen

as large as life — (life-size) lebensgroß; (in person) in voller Schönheit (ugs. scherzh.)

larger than life — überzeichnet

true to life — wahrheitsgetreu

5) (specific aspect) [Privat-, Wirtschafts-, Dorf]leben, das

in this life — (on earth) in diesem Leben

the other or the future or the next life — (in heaven) das zukünftige Leben [nach dem Tode]

eternal or everlasting life — ewiges Leben

daily life — das Alltagsleben

see life — etwas von der Welt sehen

6) (of battery, lightbulb, etc.) Lebensdauer, die

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n.

(§ pl.: lives)

= Leben -- n.

Lebensdauer f.

English-german dictionary > life
16 private

ˈpraɪvɪt
1. прил.
1) а) частный;
личный, персональный, приватный private life ≈ частная жизнь private secretary ≈ личный секретарь private school ≈ частная школа private investigator, private detective, private eye ≈ частный сыщик, частный детектив on private account ≈ на частных началах private industry ≈ частный сектор промышленности private medical practitioner ≈ частнопрактикующий врач private office ≈ личный кабинет private practitioner ≈ частнопрактикующий врач Syn: personal, individual б) личный, собственный private vehicle ≈ личный автомобиль private apartment ≈ собственная квартира private means ≈ личное состояние private property ≈ частная собственность в) индивидуальный, независимый от других private opinion ≈ личное мнение, частное мнение
2) а) неофициальный;
не находящийся на государственной службе;
не относящийся к государственной службе private correspondence ≈ частная переписка private member ≈ член парламента, не занимающий никакого государственного поста Syn: personal б) штатский
3) уединенный Syn: secluded, solitary
4) а) конфиденциальный, секретный, тайный Syn: secret, covert б) закрытый, не являющийся доступным для всех private view б) закрытый просмотр( кинофильма, выставки и т. п.)
2. сущ.
1) а) человек, носящий нижнее звание в полиции, в пожарной охране и т.п. б) воен. рядовой( звание)
2) мн. наружные половые органы ∙ in private (военное) рядовой - * first class рядовой первого класса pl наружные половые органы (устаревшее) частное лицо( устаревшее) личное, частное дело > in * конфиденциально, секретно;
в узком кругу;
при закрытых дверях;
в частной жизни > can we discuss this in * можно нам поговорить об этом с глазу на глаз? > he drinks a great deal in * он много пьет в одиночку частный - * property частная собственность - * hospital частная лечебница - * road дорога частного пользования - * sector of industry (экономика) частный сектор промышленности - * enterprise( частное) предпринимательство;
частное предприятие - * bill (парламентское) частный законопроект;
законопроект, касающийся отдельных лиц (физических и юридических) личный;
отдельный;
собственный - * office отдельный /личный/ кабинет - * secretary личный секретарь - * house особняк, дом для одной семьи - * opinion личное /частное/ мнение - for my * use для моего личного пользования - * life частная /личная/ жизнь - * income /money, means/ личное состояние - * business /affair/ частное /личное/ дело - * motives мотивы личного характера - * letter личное /частное/ письмо - * correspondence частная переписка - * and confidencial лично, в собственные руки (надпись на письме) закрытый, не являющийся доступным для всех - * meeting /sitting/ закрытое заседание;
неофициальная встреча - * negotiations /talks/ неофициальные /закрытые/ переговоры - * view закрытый просмотр( спектакля, кинофильма и т. п.) - * concert домашний концерт - "P." "Посторонним вход воспрещен" (надпись на дверях) неофициальный, частный - * person частное лицо - * wrong преступление против частного лица - to speak in one's * capacity выступать в качестве частного лица /частным образом/ не находящийся на государственной службе, не занимающий правительственного поста - * member of Parliament депутат парламента, не занимающий правительственного поста - * life пребывание в отставке( особ. после оставления государственного поста) - * eye (разговорное) частный сыщик штатский (об одежде) - in * clothes в штатском (платье) тайный, конфиденциальный, секретный;
не подлежащий огласке - * information сведения, не подлежащие огласке - keep it * не говорите об этом никому, держите это в тайне - this is for your * ear это только между нами, это строго конфиденциально - he is very * about his affairs он не особенно распространяется о своих делах уединенный - we are quite * here мы здесь одни, нам здесь никто не помешает рядовой (о солдате) личный, сокровенный - * parts наружные половые органы ~ тайный, конфиденциальный;
for one's own private ear по секрету;
to keep a thing private держать( что-л.). в тайне ~ тайный, конфиденциальный;
for one's own private ear по секрету;
to keep a thing private держать (что-л.). в тайне ~ property частная собственность;
on private account на частных началах private закрытый (о заседаниях) ~ вчт. закрытый ~ закрытый ~ конфиденциальный ~ личный ~ не занимающий официального поста ~ не находящийся на государственной службе, не занимающий официального поста;
неофициальный ~ не находящийся на государственной службе ~ не подлежащий огласке ~ неофициальный ~ pl половые органы ~ рядовой ~ рядовой (о солдате) ~ рядовой ~ секретный ~ собственный ~ тайный, конфиденциальный;
for one's own private ear по секрету;
to keep a thing private держать (что-л.). в тайне ~ тайный ~ уединенный ~ частный;
личный;
private bill парламентский законопроект, касающийся отдельных лиц или корпораций ~ частный ~ in ~ в частной жизни;
в домашней обстановке ~ in ~ втихомолку, в душе, в глубине души ~ in ~ наедине;
конфиденциально ~ member член парламента, не занимающий никакого государственного поста;
private eye разг. частный сыщик ~ office личный кабинет;
private (medical) practitioner частнопрактикующий врач ~ office личный кабинет;
private (medical) practitioner частнопрактикующий врач ~ property частная собственность;
on private account на частных началах property: private ~ частная собственность ~ secretary личный секретарь;
private view закрытый просмотр (кинофильма, выставки и т. п.) secretary: private ~ личный секретарь ~ secretary личный секретарь;
private view закрытый просмотр (кинофильма, выставки и т. п.) view: private ~ выставка или просмотр картин (частной коллекции) ;
on the view во время осмотра, при осмотре

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > private
17 private

1. [ʹpraıvıt] n
1. воен. рядовой

private first class - амер. рядовой 1-го класса

2. pl наружные половые органы

3. арх. частное лицо

4. уст. = privacy 3

♢ in private - а) конфиденциально, секретно; can we discuss this in private? - можно нам поговорить об этом с глазу на глаз?; б) в узком кругу; при закрытых дверях; в) в частной жизни

he drinks a great deal in private - он много пьёт в одиночку
2. [ʹpraıvıt] a
1. 1) частный

private property - частная собственность

private hospital [school, bank] - частная лечебница [школа, -ый банк]

private road - дорога частного пользования

private sector of industry - эк. частный сектор промышленности

private enterprise - а) (частное) предпринимательство; б) частное предприятие

private bill - парл. частный законопроект; законопроект, касающийся отдельных лиц ( физических и юридических)

2) личный; отдельный; собственный

private office - отдельный /личный/ кабинет

private secretary - личный секретарь

private house - особняк, дом для одной семьи

private opinion - личное /частное/ мнение

for my private use - для моего личного пользования

private life - частная /личная/ жизнь [см. тж. 3, 2)]

private income /money, means/ - личное состояние

private business /affair/ - частное /личное/ дело

private motives - мотивы личного характера

private letter - личное /частное/ письмо

private correspondence - частная переписка

private and confidential - лично, в собственные руки ( надпись на письме)

2. закрытый, не являющийся доступным для всех

private meeting /sitting/ - закрытое заседание; неофициальная встреча

private negotiations /talks/ - неофициальные /закрытые/ переговоры

private view - закрытый просмотр (спектакля, кинофильма и т. п.)

private concert - домашний концерт

❝Private❞ - «Посторонним вход воспрещён» ( надпись на дверях)

3. 1) неофициальный, частный

private person - частное лицо

private wrong - преступление против частного лица

to speak [to act] in one's private capacity - выступать [действовать] в качестве частного лица /частным образом/

2) не находящийся на государственной службе, не занимающий официального поста

private member of Parliament - депутат парламента, не занимающий правительственного поста

private life - пребывание в отставке (особ. после оставления государственного поста) [см. тж. 1, 2)]

private eye - разг. частный сыщик

3) штатский ( об одежде)

in private clothes - в штатском (платье)

4. тайный, конфиденциальный, секретный; не подлежащий огласке

private information - сведения, не подлежащие огласке

keep it private - не говорите об этом никому, держите это в тайне

this is for your private ear - это только между нами, это строго конфиденциально

he is very private about his affairs - он не особенно распространяется о своих делах

5. уединённый

we are quite private here - мы здесь одни, нам здесь никто не помешает

6. рядовой ( о солдате)

7. личный, сокровенный

private parts - наружные половые органы

НБАРС > private
18 life

[laɪf] 1.
nome (pl. lives)

1) (as opposed to death) vita f.

a matter of life and death — una questione di vita o di morte

to bring sb. back to life — riportare in vita qcn.; med. rianimare qcn.

to take one's own life — togliersi la vita

plant, marine life — la vita vegetale, marina

life has to go on — la vita continua

that's life — così è la vita

run for your life! — si salvi chi può!

2) (period from birth to death) vita f.

throughout one's life — per tutta la vita

the first time in my life — la prima volta nella mia vita

romance of one's life — amore della propria vita

I got the fright of my life! — è stato il più grande spavento della mia vita!

a job for life — un lavoro per tutta la vita

to mark sb. for life — marcare qcn. a vita

in later life — più avanti negli anni

at my time of life — alla mia età

in her early life — quando era giovane

3) (biography) vita f.

4) (animation) vita f., vitalità f.

full of life — pieno di vita

there was no life in her voice — non c'era vitalità nella sua voce

there's not much life in the town in winter — in questa città non c'è molta vita d'inverno

to come to life — [ person] rinvenire, riprendere conoscenza; [ fictional character] prendere vita; [ party] animarsi

to bring history to life — fare rivivere la storia

put a bit of life into it — colloq. mettici un po' di animo

5) (social activity, lifestyle) vita f.

to lead a busy life — avere una vita piena di impegni

private life — vita privata

in public life — in pubblico

way of life — modo di vivere

to live the good o high life — fare la bella vita

6) (human beings)

without loss of life — senza perdite di vite umane

the ship sank with the loss of 500 lives — il naufragio della nave ha causato la morte di 500 persone

7) (useful duration)

the average life of a washing machine — la durata media di una lavatrice

there's plenty of life still left in them — sono ancora utilizzabili

8) dir.

to serve o do colloq. life scontare un ergastolo; to sentence sb. to life condannare qcn. all'ergastolo; to get life — colloq. farsi dare l'ergastolo

9) art.

from life — [draw, paint] dal vero
2.
modificatore [president, membership, ban] a vita

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anything for a quiet life — qualsiasi cosa per amore del quieto vivere

for dear life — più che si può, con tutte le forze

he couldn't for the life of him see why — non riusciva assolutamente a capire il perché

get a life! — colloq. lasciami vivere!

not on your life! — certo che no! neanche per sogno!

this is the life! — questa sì che è vita!

to frighten the life out of sb. — spaventare a morte qcn.

to have the time of one's life — divertirsi come matti

to take one's life in one's hands — rischiare la vita

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plural - lives; noun

1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) vita

2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) vita

3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) vita

4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) vita

5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) vita

6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) vita

7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) biografia

8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) ergastolo

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- lifeless
- lifelike
- life-and-death
- lifebelt
- lifeboat
- lifebuoy
- life-cycle
- life expectancy
- lifeguard
- life-jacket
- lifeline
- lifelong
- life-saving
- life-sized
- life-size
- lifetime
- as large as life
- bring to life
- come to life
- for life
- the life and soul of the party
- not for the life of me
- not on your life!
- take life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- to the life
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[laɪf] 1.
nome (pl. lives)

1) (as opposed to death) vita f.

a matter of life and death — una questione di vita o di morte

to bring sb. back to life — riportare in vita qcn.; med. rianimare qcn.

to take one's own life — togliersi la vita

plant, marine life — la vita vegetale, marina

life has to go on — la vita continua

that's life — così è la vita

run for your life! — si salvi chi può!

2) (period from birth to death) vita f.

throughout one's life — per tutta la vita

the first time in my life — la prima volta nella mia vita

romance of one's life — amore della propria vita

I got the fright of my life! — è stato il più grande spavento della mia vita!

a job for life — un lavoro per tutta la vita

to mark sb. for life — marcare qcn. a vita

in later life — più avanti negli anni

at my time of life — alla mia età

in her early life — quando era giovane

3) (biography) vita f.

4) (animation) vita f., vitalità f.

full of life — pieno di vita

there was no life in her voice — non c'era vitalità nella sua voce

there's not much life in the town in winter — in questa città non c'è molta vita d'inverno

to come to life — [ person] rinvenire, riprendere conoscenza; [ fictional character] prendere vita; [ party] animarsi

to bring history to life — fare rivivere la storia

put a bit of life into it — colloq. mettici un po' di animo

5) (social activity, lifestyle) vita f.

to lead a busy life — avere una vita piena di impegni

private life — vita privata

in public life — in pubblico

way of life — modo di vivere

to live the good o high life — fare la bella vita

6) (human beings)

without loss of life — senza perdite di vite umane

the ship sank with the loss of 500 lives — il naufragio della nave ha causato la morte di 500 persone

7) (useful duration)

the average life of a washing machine — la durata media di una lavatrice

there's plenty of life still left in them — sono ancora utilizzabili

8) dir.

to serve o do colloq. life scontare un ergastolo; to sentence sb. to life condannare qcn. all'ergastolo; to get life — colloq. farsi dare l'ergastolo

9) art.

from life — [draw, paint] dal vero
2.
modificatore [president, membership, ban] a vita

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anything for a quiet life — qualsiasi cosa per amore del quieto vivere

for dear life — più che si può, con tutte le forze

he couldn't for the life of him see why — non riusciva assolutamente a capire il perché

get a life! — colloq. lasciami vivere!

not on your life! — certo che no! neanche per sogno!

this is the life! — questa sì che è vita!

to frighten the life out of sb. — spaventare a morte qcn.

to have the time of one's life — divertirsi come matti

to take one's life in one's hands — rischiare la vita

English-Italian dictionary > life
19 life

[laɪf]
n

(pl lives [laɪvz])

1) жизнь, существование, деятельность

Is there any life on that planet? — На той планете есть какая-либо жизнь? /На той планете есть какие-либо живые существа?

The average life of a dog is ten years. — Собаки в среднем живут десять лет.

The streets are full of life. — Жизнь на улицах бьет ключом.

The drooping plant came to life in water. — Поникшее растение в воде ожило.

- animal life
- physical life
- low life
- busy life
- adult life
- this life
- other life
- all one's life
- one's own life
- somebody else's life
- working life
- life force
- life science
- life span
- life insurance

- life boat
- life jacket
- life scientist
- life giving rain
- life of the people
- life cycle of a frog
- life of a battery
- life for life
- life of pleasure
- matter of life and death
- happiest days of smb's life
- original of life
- fight struggle for one's life
- charities of life
- necessities of life
- people from all sections of public life
- speed and the noise of city life
- threat to smb's life
- thread of life
- average span of life
- books true to life
- appointment for life
- post for life
- pension for life
- love of life
- way of life
- end of smb's life
- meaning of one's life
- art of leading one's life
- her last hours of life
- water swarms with life
- in after life
- in the course of smb's life
- at the cost
- in the prime of life
- for the rest of one's life
- at my time of life
- for dear life
- have enough food to sustain life
- bring smb, smth to life
- come to life
- go forth into the highways and by ways of life
- have power over life and death
- preserve life
- be sould of the party
- beat smb within an inch of his life
- beg for one's life
- cling to life
- enjoy one's life
- value one's life
- fill up one's life with useful work
- get as much fun out of life as possible
- get the fright of one's life
- give one's life to science
- give new life to smb, smth
- guide smb's life
- have a double life
- hold a post for life
- lay down one's life for one's country
- lead a dog's life
- lead smb a dog's life
- live a happy life
- live an easy life
- live a simple life
- live one's own life
- make a new life for oneself
- make one's own life
- make life easy
- make an attempt on smb's life
- make smb's life miserable
- quit this life
- risk one's life
- run for dear life
- run for one's life
- save one's own life
- sell one's life dearly
- sentence smb to hard labour for life
- spare smb's life
- spend one's life in smth
- start life as an messenger
- take smb's life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- trust one's life to doctors
- everything that has life
- smb's last hours of life
2) жизнь, образ жизни

Sport has always been a part of university life. — Спорт всегда был частью университетской жизни.

TV has become part of our everyday life. — Телевидение прочно вошло в наш быт.

- a hard life

- smb's past life
- private life
- city life
- human life
- miserable life
- everyday life
- quiet life
- American life
- fashionable life
- high life
- social life
- college life
- fascinating life
- married life
- retired lie
- life of the capital
- life of crime
- chose a political life
- enter a political life
- lead an active life
- lead an idle life

- lead high life

3) реальность, действительность

He has had a successful life. — У него была успешная карьера.

The life of the Roman Empire was long. — Римская Империя существовала долго.

There he stands, as large as life. — Вон он стоит собственной персоной.

There he is as big as life. — Вот он, во всей своей красе.

It is a larger than life version of our present society. — Это преувеличенная картина современного общества.

- real life situation
- life portrait
- life of the contract
- realities of life
- portrait from life
- in real life
- during the life of the last Labour Government
- as big as life
- face life
- learn something of life
- mould life
- paint from life
- paint smb, smth to the life
- see something of life
- see life
- take life easy
- take one's subjects from life
- characters taken from life
4) (часто в отрицательных предложениях) жизнь, энергия

There was no life in her movements. — Она вяло двигалась.

Put more life into your step! — Пошевеливайся!

Will you put more life into the matter. — Займись, пожалуйста, данным вопросом с бо́льшим воодушевлением.

- actors put no life in their performance
- there was no life in her voice
- there was no life in her eyes
5) следует за утверждением или риторическим вопросом

I have seen something of life. — я знаю настоящую жизнь.

The portrait is my uncle to the life. — Портрет - точная копия моего дядюшки.

Do you think I'm going to trust a person like him? Not on your life! — И ты думаешь, что я буду доверять такому человеку, как он? Ни в коем случае!

There is life in the old dog yet. — ◊ Есть еще порох в пороховницах.

While there is life there is hope. — ◊ Пока жив человек, жива и надежда

- such is life!
- how is life?

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > life
20 life

[laif] n կյանք. animal/plant life կենդա նի ների/բույսերի կյանքը. the origin of life կյանքի ծագումը. a matter of life and death կյանքի և մահու հարց/գործ. at the cost of life կյանքի գնով. come to life ծնվել, առաջանալ. bring/ come to life ուշքի գալ/բերել. sell one’s life dear կյանքը թանկ տալ. lay down one’s life կյանքը զո հաբերել. lose one’s life զոհվել. take one’s life սպա նել. take one’s own life ինքնասպանություն գործել. He owes his life to you Նա կյանքով ձեզ է պարտական. Upon my life Կյանքովս եմ երդվում. see life կյանք/աշխարհ տես նել. (ապրելակերպ, կենսակերպ) regular կանոնավոր ապրելակերպ. public/private/ high life հասարակական/անձնա կան/ բարձ րաստիճան կյանք. way/mode of life ապրելակերպ. see much of life կյանք տեսնել. life span կյանքի տևողություն. life style ապ րե լակերպ. կենսաոճ. lead a life կյանք վարել. lead a dog’s life շան կյանք վարել. lead an active /quiet life գործունյա/հանգիստ կյանք վարել. for life ամ բողջ կյանքում. a portrait from life բնա նկար, բնապատկեր. still life բնապատկեր. time of life բժշկ. կլիմաքս, տեխ. դիմաց կու նություն. the life of a battery/car մարտ կո ցի/մե քենայի օգտագործման ժամկետը. life and soul of the party հավաքույթի ոգին. scare the life out of smn մահու չափ վախենալ. life science կենսաբանություն. life imprisonment իրավ. ցմահ բանտարկություն. life insurance կյանքի ապահովագրություն. life interest ցմահ իրա վունք. life tenant/member ցմահ վա ր ձա կալ/անդամ

English-Armenian dictionary > life

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