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  • 1 quarter

    1. noun
    1) Viertel, das

    a or one quarter of — ein Viertel (+ Gen.)

    divide/cut something into quarters — etwas in vier Teile teilen/schneiden; etwas vierteln

    a quarter [of a pound] of cheese — ein Viertel[pfund] Käse

    a quarter of a mile/an hour — eine Viertelmeile/-stunde

    2) (of year) Quartal, das; Vierteljahr, das
    3) (point of time)

    [a] quarter to/past six — Viertel vor/nach sechs; drei Viertel sechs/Viertel sieben (landsch.)

    there are buses at quarter to and quarter past [the hour] — es fahren Busse um Viertel vor und Viertel nach jeder vollen Stunde

    4) (direction) Richtung, die

    blow from all quarters — [Wind:] aus allen Richtungen wehen

    5) (source of supply or help) Seite, die
    6) (area of town) [Stadt]viertel, das; Quartier, das

    in some quarters — (fig.) in gewissen Kreisen

    7) in pl. (lodgings) Quartier, das (bes. Milit.); Unterkunft, die
    8) (Brit.): (measure) (of volume) Quarter, der; (of weight) ≈ Viertelzentner, der
    9) (Amer.) (school term) Viertelschuljahr, das; (university term) halbes Semester
    10) (Astron.) Viertel, das
    11) (mercy)

    give no quarter to somebody — jemandem keinen Pardon (veralt.) gewähren od. geben

    12) (Amer.): (amount, coin) Vierteldollar, der; 25-Cent-Stück, das
    2. transitive verb
    1) (divide) vierteln; durch vier teilen [Zahl, Summe]
    2) (lodge) einquartieren [Soldaten]
    * * *
    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) das Viertel
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) der Vierteldollar
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) das Viertel
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) die Gegend
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) die Schonung
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) das Hinterviertel
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) das erste/dritte Mondviertel
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) das Spielviertel
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) das Viertel
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) vierteln
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) vierteilen
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) einquartieren
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    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.)
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) die Vierteljahresschrift
    - quarters
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters
    * * *
    quar·ter
    [ˈkwɔ:təʳ, AM ˈkwɔ:rt̬ɚ]
    I. n
    1. (one fourth) Viertel nt
    the bottle was a \quarter full es war noch ein Viertel in der Flasche
    for a \quarter of the price [or for \quarter the price] zu einem Viertel des Preises
    a \quarter [of a pound] of tea ein Viertel[pfund] Tee
    three \quarters drei Viertel
    to divide sth into \quarters etw in vier Teile teilen
    2. (time) Viertel nt
    a \quarter of a century ein Vierteljahrhundert nt
    a \quarter of an hour eine Viertelstunde
    an hour and a \quarter eineinviertel Stunden
    a \quarter to [or AM of] /past [or AM after] three Viertel vor/nach drei
    3. (1/4 of year) Quartal nt; AM (school term) Quartal nt
    paid by the \quarter vierteljährlich bezahlt
    4. (1/4 of a game) Viertel nt
    5. AM (25 cents) Vierteldollar m
    ▪ \quarters pl ein Spiel, bei dem ein Vierteldollar in ein Glas Bier geschnippt wird
    6. (area) Gegend f; (neighbourhood) Viertel nt, Quartier nt SCHWEIZ, Grätz[e]l nt ÖSTERR
    7. (unspecified place) Seite f; (place) Stelle f
    help came from a totally unexpected \quarter Hilfe kam von völlig unerwarteter Seite
    in certain \quarters in gewissen Kreisen
    from high \quarters von höherer Stelle
    8. (mercy) Gnade f kein pl, Erbarmen nt kein pl
    to ask/cry for \quarter um Gnade bitten/flehen
    no \quarter was asked for and none given es wurde auf beiden Seiten schonungslos gekämpft
    to give \quarter Erbarmen haben
    ▪ \quarters pl Wohnung f; MIL Quartier nt, Unterkunft f
    married \quarters Familienunterkunft f
    servants' \quarters Dienstbotenwohnung f
    to be confined to \quarters MIL Stubenarrest haben
    10. (area of compass) [Himmels]richtung f
    from the north/west \quarter aus nördlicher/westlicher Richtung
    11. NAUT (part of ship)
    on the port \quarter backbord
    on the starboard \quarter steuerbord
    12.
    ▶ at close \quarters with sb in jds Nähe
    they fought at close \quarters sie kämpften Mann gegen Mann
    II. vt
    ▪ to \quarter sth etw vierteln
    ▪ to \quarter sb HIST jdn vierteilen
    2. (give housing)
    ▪ to \quarter sb somewhere jdn irgendwo unterbringen
    ▪ to be \quartered with sb bei jdm untergebracht [o einquartiert] werden
    ▪ to \quarter oneself on sb sich akk bei jdm einquartieren
    III. adj inv Viertel-
    \quarter hour Viertelstunde f
    \quarter pound Viertelpfund nt
    * * *
    ['kwɔːtə(r)]
    1. n
    1) (= fourth part) Viertel nt

    the bottle was a quarter/three-quarters full — die Flasche war zu einem Viertel/zu drei Vierteln gefüllt, die Flasche war viertel/drei viertel voll

    a quarter of a mile —

    for a quarter (of) the price, for quarter the price — zu einem Viertel des Preises

    a quarter to seven, a quarter of seven (US) — (ein) Viertel vor sieben, drei viertel sieben (dial)

    a quarter past six, a quarter after six (US) — (ein) Viertel nach sechs, viertel sieben (dial)

    the clock has just struck the quarter — die Uhr hat eben Viertel or die Viertelstunde geschlagen

    an hour and a quarter — eineinviertel Stunden, fünf viertel Stunden

    3) (= fourth of year) Vierteljahr nt, Quartal nt
    4) (US) Vierteldollar m, 25-Cent-Stück nt
    5) (= district in town) Viertel nt
    6)

    (= area) he has travelled in every quarter of the globe — er hat schon alle Ecken der Welt bereist

    7) (= direction) (Himmels)richtung f
    8) (NAUT: direction of wind) Richtung f
    9) (= side) Seite f; (= place) Stelle f
    10) pl (= lodgings) Quartier nt (ALSO MIL), Unterkunft f
    11) (NAUT for battle) Posten m
    12) (NAUT: part of ship) Achterschiff nt
    13) (= mercy in battle) Schonung f, Pardon m
    14) (HER) Wappenfeld nt
    15) (of moon) Viertel nt
    16) (SPORT of match) (Spiel)viertel nt
    17) (MEASURE) ≈ Viertelzentner m
    2. adj
    Viertel-

    quarter pound/mile — Viertelpfund nt/-meile f

    the/a quarter part — das/ein Viertel

    3. vt
    1) (= cut into four) vierteln; beef, horse (in vier Teile) zerlegen; traitor's body vierteilen
    2) (= lodge) unterbringen, einquartieren (ALSO MIL) (on bei)
    * * *
    quarter [ˈkwɔː(r)tə(r)]
    A s
    1. Viertel n, vierter Teil:
    quarter of a century Vierteljahrhundert n;
    for a quarter (of) the price zu einem Viertel des Preises;
    not a quarter as good as nicht annähernd so gut wie;
    the stadium was only a quarter full das Stadion war nur zu einem Viertel gefüllt
    2. US oder Can Vierteldollar m (= 25 Cents)
    3. auch quarter of an hour Viertelstunde f:
    three quarters of an hour Dreiviertelstunde f;
    (a) quarter to (US a. of) six (ein) Viertel vor sechs, drei Viertel sechs;
    (a) quarter past (US a. after) six (ein) Viertel nach sechs, Viertel sieben;
    the clock strikes the quarters die Uhr schlägt viertelstündlich
    4. auch quarter of the year Vierteljahr n, Quartal n:
    by the quarter vierteljährlich, quartalsweise
    5. ASTRON (Mond)Viertel n
    6. besonders US
    a) UNIV (Studien)Quartal n
    b) SCHULE Viertel n des Schuljahres
    7. SPORT (Spiel)Viertel n
    8. Viertelpfund n (0,113 kg)
    9. besonders SPORT Viertelmeile f
    10. Quarter n:
    a) Br 28 lb. = 12,7 kg, US 25 lb. =11,34 kg (Handelsgewicht)
    b) Br = 2,91 hl (Hohlmaß)
    11. SCHIFF
    a) Kardinalpunkt m, Haupthimmelsrichtung f (des Kompasses)
    b) Viertelstrich m (des Kompasses = 2° 49’)
    12. (Himmels-, Wind) Richtung f:
    what quarter is the wind in? woher oder von welcher Seite weht oder kommt der Wind? (a. fig)
    13. Gegend f, Teil m (eines Landes etc):
    from all quarters von überall(her), aus allen (Himmels)Richtungen ( → A 14);
    in this quarter hierzulande, in dieser Gegend; → close quarters
    14. Stelle f, Seite f, Quelle f:
    higher quarters höhere Stellen;
    in the highest quarters an höchster Stelle;
    in the proper quarter bei der zuständigen Stelle;
    in Government quarters in Regierungskreisen;
    from all quarters von allen Seiten ( → A 13);
    from official quarters von amtlicher Seite; → informed 1
    15. (Stadt)Viertel n, (-)Bezirk m:
    poor quarter Armenviertel;
    16. meist pl MIL Quartier n, (Truppen)Unterkunft f:
    be confined to quarters Stubenarrest haben;
    take up (one’s) quarters Quartier beziehen
    17. meist pl Quartier n, Unterkunft f, Wohnung f, Logis n:
    have free quarters umsonst wohnen, freie Wohnung haben
    18. besonders MIL Pardon m, Schonung f:
    ask for quarter um Schonung bitten;
    give quarter Pardon geben oder gewähren
    19. ( besonders Hinter)Viertel n (eines Schlachttiers), Kruppe f (eines Pferdes)
    20. Seitenteil m/n, Fersenleder n (am Schuh)
    21. SCHIFF Achterschiff n
    22. SCHIFF Posten m:
    beat to quarters die Mannschaft auf ihre Posten rufen
    23. SCHIFF Raharm m
    24. Heraldik: Quartier n, (Wappen)Feld n
    25. ARCH, TECH Stollenholz n, Vierpass m
    B v/t
    1. etwas in vier Teile teilen, vierteln
    2. aufteilen, zerstückeln
    3. HIST jemanden vierteilen
    4. jemanden beherbergen
    5. MIL einquartieren (on, upon bei), Truppen unterbringen:
    be quartered at ( oder in) in Garnison liegen in (dat);
    quarter o.s. on sb allg sich bei jemandem einquartieren
    6. Heraldik: ein Wappenschild vieren
    C v/i
    1. wohnen, leben
    2. einquartiert sein, Quartier haben ( beide:
    at in dat, bei)
    3. umherstreifen (Jagdhunde)
    4. SCHIFF mit Backstagswind segeln
    q. abk
    qu. abk
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) Viertel, das

    a or one quarter of — ein Viertel (+ Gen.)

    divide/cut something into quarters — etwas in vier Teile teilen/schneiden; etwas vierteln

    a quarter [of a pound] of cheese — ein Viertel[pfund] Käse

    a quarter of a mile/an hour — eine Viertelmeile/-stunde

    2) (of year) Quartal, das; Vierteljahr, das

    [a] quarter to/past six — Viertel vor/nach sechs; drei Viertel sechs/Viertel sieben (landsch.)

    there are buses at quarter to and quarter past [the hour] — es fahren Busse um Viertel vor und Viertel nach jeder vollen Stunde

    4) (direction) Richtung, die

    blow from all quarters — [Wind:] aus allen Richtungen wehen

    6) (area of town) [Stadt]viertel, das; Quartier, das

    in some quarters — (fig.) in gewissen Kreisen

    7) in pl. (lodgings) Quartier, das (bes. Milit.); Unterkunft, die
    8) (Brit.): (measure) (of volume) Quarter, der; (of weight) ≈ Viertelzentner, der
    9) (Amer.) (school term) Viertelschuljahr, das; (university term) halbes Semester
    10) (Astron.) Viertel, das

    give no quarter to somebody — jemandem keinen Pardon (veralt.) gewähren od. geben

    12) (Amer.): (amount, coin) Vierteldollar, der; 25-Cent-Stück, das
    2. transitive verb
    1) (divide) vierteln; durch vier teilen [Zahl, Summe]
    2) (lodge) einquartieren [Soldaten]
    * * *
    (year) n.
    Quartal -e n. n.
    Gegend -en f.
    Quartier -e n.
    Viertel - n. v.
    einquartieren v.

    English-german dictionary > quarter

  • 2 quarter

    ['kwɔːtə] 1. сущ.
    1)
    а) четверть, четвёртая часть

    exactly a quarter of a circle, or 90 degree — точно четвёртая часть круга, или 90 градусов

    A quarter of the population voted for him. — За него проголосовало четверть населения.

    Syn:
    б) муз. четверть, четвертная нота
    Syn:
    2)
    а) квартал, четверть года
    б) студ. учебная четверть
    в) четвёртая часть лунного периода; положение Луны между первой и второй или третьей и четвёртой фазами; сдвиг по фазе на 90 градусов
    г) четверть часа, 15 минут

    (a) quarter to one брит., (a) quarter of one амер. — без четверти час

    The clock struck the quarter. — Часы пробили четверть.

    д) спорт. один период игры, которая продолжается четыре периода, или четыре тайма
    3) четверть (четвёртая часть какой-л. меры: мера сыпучих тел = 2,9 гектолитра; мера веса = 12,7 кг; мера длины: 1/4 ярда = 22,86 см, 1/4 мили = 402,24 м)
    4) амер.

    His allowance was a quarter a week. — Его недельное содержание составляло 25 центов.

    6)
    а) четвертина, окорок (четвёртая часть, включающая ногу, на которую делят тушу при разделке; у домашней птицы - часть, включающая ногу или крыло)
    б) ( quarters) ист. четыре части тела человека, каждая включающая конечность, на которые делилось тело человека при четвертовании

    Their heads and quarters were still rotting on poles. — Их головы и четвертованные части всё ещё висели и разлагались на столбах.

    Syn:
    hind-quarter, haunch
    7) геральд. четверть геральдического щита
    8) мор. четверть румба
    9) сторона света, часть света

    Venus was also seen in the southern quarter. — Венера была также видна в южной части ( небосвода).

    10) место, местность, сторона

    The troops attacked the city from all quarters. — Войска атаковали город со всех сторон.

    Syn:

    Even in the highest quarters justice ceased to be much considered. — Даже в высших кругах справедливость перестала особенно цениться.

    13) ( quarters)
    а) жилище, жильё, квартира

    We must find quarters before nightfall. — Мы должны найти какое-нибудь жильё, прежде чем наступит ночь.

    Syn:
    б) воен. квартиры, казармы; стоянка;
    14)
    15) мор. кормовая часть судна
    16) стр. деревянный четырёхгранный брус
    17) уст. взаимоотношения с (кем-л.), поведение по отношению к (кому-л.)

    to keep good (fair) quarter(s) with smb. — сохранять, поддерживать хорошие отношения с кем-л.

    to ask for / to cry quarter — просить пощады

    The king gave no quarter to traitors. — Король не пощадил предателей.

    Several of them uttered a cry of "Quarter, quarter!". — Некоторые из них прокричали: "Пощады, пощады!".

    Syn:
    ••

    not a quarter so / as good — вовсе не так хорош

    to beat to quarters, to sound off quarters — мор. бить сбор

    2. гл.

    She quartered the sandwiches and put them on a serving tray. — Она разрезала бутерброды на четыре части и положила их на поднос.

    2) ист. четвертовать
    3) геральд.
    а) делить ( щит) на четверти вертикальными и горизонтальными линиями
    4) поселять, помещать на квартиру; расквартировывать ( обычно войска); ставить на постой

    He was then quartered in Edinburgh as a lieutenant. — Когда он был лейтенантом, его поселили в Эдинбурге.

    Syn:
    5) квартировать, жить

    It was an atmosphere of manners belonging to those who have quartered in various countries. — Это была атмосфера нравов, характерных для тех, кто жил в разных странах.

    Syn:
    6)
    б) летать, кружить ( о хищных птицах)
    7) астр.вступать в новую фазу ( о Луне)

    Англо-русский современный словарь > quarter

  • 3 hand

    1. [hænd] n
    I
    1. рука, кисть руки

    cupped hands - горсть; пригоршня

    laying on of the hands - церк. рукоположение

    hands off! - руки прочь!

    hands up! - а) руки вверх!; б) поднимите руки (на уроке и т. п.)

    to take [to hold] smb.'s hand - взять [держать] кого-л. за руку

    to lead smb. by the hand - вести кого-л. за руку

    2. 1) лапа, передняя нога ( обезьяны)
    2) лапа (сокола, попугая)
    3) клешня ( рака)
    4. сторона, направление, положение

    on all hands, on every hand - со всех сторон

    at his right [left] hand sat the President - справа [слева] от него сидел президент

    5. источник (сведений, информации и т. п.)

    a story heard at second hand - история, услышанная от третьего лица

    6. стрелка (часов, барометра и т. п.)
    7. крыло ( семафора)
    8. ком.
    1) пучок, связка
    2) окорок
    9. повод, поводья, узда
    10. ладонь, хенд (мера длины, равная четырём дюймам; ≈ 10,16 см)
    11. фактура (ткани и т. п.)

    the smooth hand of leather - мягкость /гладкость/ кожи

    II
    1. часто pl рабочий, работник ( занятый физическим трудом)

    hands wanted! - требуется рабочая сила!; требуются рабочие!

    farm hand - помощник на ферме; сельскохозяйственный рабочий

    2. 1) матрос
    2) pl мор. команда, экипаж ( судна)

    all hands on deck! - все наверх!

    all hands to quarters! - все по своим местам!

    3. pl группа, компания
    4. автор; исполнитель
    5. мастер своего дела; искусник, умелец; дока; человек, имеющий большой опыт в чём-л.

    to be a new hand at smth. - быть новичком в чём-л.

    she is a great hand at thinking up new games - она мастерица придумывать новые игры

    he is an old parliamentary hand - у него большой опыт парламентской деятельности

    6. умение, ловкость, мастерство; манера исполнения

    to be in hand with smth. - ловко /искусно/ делать что-л.

    to get one's hand in - набраться опыта; набить руку

    a pianist has to practise every day to keep his hand in - пианист должен упражняться ежедневно, чтобы сохранить беглость пальцев

    his hand is out - а) он устал; б) он отвык

    his hand had been out at tennis for so long that he could not get it in again - он так долго не играл в теннис, что совсем разучился

    7. 1) почерк

    to write a very legible hand - писать очень разборчиво, иметь очень разборчивый почерк

    2) подпись

    under hand and seal - юр. за подписью и печатью

    8. помощь

    a helping hand - а) помощь; б) помощник

    to give /to lend/ a hand - оказать помощь, помочь

    to bear a hand - помогать, содействовать

    9. роль, участие, доля

    to have a hand in smth. - участвовать в чём-л.; приложить руку к чему-л.

    10. театр. разг. аплодисменты

    to give smb. a big hand - громко /дружно/ аплодировать кому-л.

    III
    1. 1) контроль; власть, твёрдая рука

    to act with a heavy /high/ hand - действовать безжалостно; подавлять безжалостной рукой

    to keep a strict hand over smb. - держать кого-л. в ежовых рукавицах, держать кого-л. в руках

    2) обыкн. pl владение; распоряжение

    to change hands - перейти в другие руки; переходить из рук в руки

    to put oneself in smb.'s hands - довериться, вверить кому-л. свою судьбу

    the hotel has changed hands - в отеле новый владелец /хозяин/

    3) pl попечение, забота

    to take smth. on one's hands - принять на себя заботы о чём-л.

    2. 1) согласие, обещание

    here's my hand on it! - вот вам моя рука!, даю вам слово!

    2) согласие или предложение вступить в брак

    to ask smb.'s hand - просить чьей-л. руки

    3. карт.
    1) карты, находящиеся на руках у одного игрока

    I'm holding my hand! - я - пас

    2) игрок, рука
    3) партия; кон

    even hands - «при своих»

    ♢

    the hand of God - десница божья, провидение, божья воля

    at /амер. on/ hand - а) под рукой, рядом, неподалёку; б) готовый, доступный; there is always a doctor at hand - врач всегда в вашем распоряжении; всегда можно вызвать врача; в) близко, вскоре (тж. close at hand, near at hand)

    by hand - ручным способом, вручную

    to bring up /to feed/ a child [a calf] by hand - искусственно вскармливать ребёнка [телёнка]

    in hand - а) в руках; в наличии; в чьём-л. распоряжении; cash in hand - наличные деньги; he still has some money in hand - у него ещё остались деньги; I have five minutes in hand - у меня ещё пять минут в запасе; б) под контролем; to bear smb. in hand - держать кого-л. в руках /в своей власти/; I'll take it in hand - я этим займусь; я беру это на себя; to keep a car /a horse/ well in hand - хорошо смотреть /ухаживать/ за машиной /за лошадью/; to keep /to have/ oneself well in hand - не распускаться, не давать воли чувствам; держать себя в руках; в) в работе; в стадии рассмотрения

    the matter in hand - повестка дня; текущая /рассматриваемая/ проблема; вопрос, о котором идёт речь

    off hand - экспромтом; не раздумывая

    off one's hands - ≅ с плеч долой

    he can't get the work off his hands - он никак не может разделаться с этой работой

    on hand - на руках; в наличии

    to have too many goods (left) on hand /on one's hands/ - иметь в наличии слишком много товаров, затовариться

    I'm on hand if you need me - я буду рядом /здесь/ - позовите, если понадоблюсь

    out of hand - а) немедленно, быстро, экспромтом; недолго думая, с места в карьер; без долгих слов; to do smth. out of hand - сделать что-л. без промедления /экспромтом/; to reject smth. out of hand - отказать наотрез; отклонить (предложение и т. п.) без обсуждения; б) бесконтрольно; his wrath got out of hand - им овладела слепая ярость; в) отбившийся от рук; these children are quite out of hand - дети совсем распустились; г) сделанный, законченный (о работе, деле и т. п.)

    the case has been out of hand for some time - дело было закончено некоторое время назад

    to hand - а) поблизости, в пределах досягаемости; б) находящийся в чьём-л. распоряжении

    to come to hand - попасть в руки; прийти, поступить (о письме и т. п.); появиться; подвернуться

    take what comes next to hand - бери, что хочешь

    to one's hand - на свой манер, на свой лад

    to bring up to one's hand - воспитать /переделать/ на свой лад

    under hand - скрытно, тайком

    hand in hand - а) взявшись за руки; б) вместе, сообща

    hand to hand - ≅ лицом к лицу

    to fight hand to hand - сойтись /схватиться/ врукопашную

    hand over hand, hand over fist - а) быстро /живо/ и легко; to come up hand over hand - приближаться на всех парах ( о корабле); б) стабильно; медленно, но верно

    to climb hand over fist - карабкаться вверх, перебирая руками /перехватывая руки/

    hand over head - смело, очертя голову

    hand in /and/ glove (with) - в тесной связи; в тесном сотрудничестве

    they are hand in glove - они всегда заодно; они спелись

    hand and foot - а) по рукам и ногам; to bind hand and foot - связать по рукам и ногам; б) не за страх, а за совесть

    to serve hand and foot - служить не за страх, а за совесть

    heart and hand см. heart I ♢

    to live from hand to mouth - с трудом перебиваться; кое-как сводить концы с концами

    on the one hand..., on the other hand - с одной стороны..., с другой стороны

    at /on/ any hand - во всяком случае

    in the turning of a hand - уст. вмиг, в одно мгновение

    hands down - легко, без труда

    a man of quick hands - ловкий, быстрый, исполнительный человек

    to make a (good) hand of smth. - нагреть руки /поживиться/ на чём-л.

    to show one's hand - голосовать, поднимая руки

    to tip one's hand - преждевременно сообщать свои планы, раскрывать свои карты

    to stand one's hand - сл. заплатить за выпивку, угостить кого-л. спиртным

    to wring one's hands - ломать /заламывать/ руки (от отчаяния и т. п.)

    to kiss one's hand to smb. - послать кому-л. воздушный поцелуй

    to join hands - объединиться, объединить усилия

    to strike hands - ударить по рукам, договориться

    to shake hands with smb. - жать руку кому-л., здороваться или прощаться с кем-л. за руку

    throw up one's hands - опустить руки, признать своё поражение, спасовать

    to lay hands on smth. - завладеть чем-л.

    to lay hands on smb. - захватить, арестовать кого-л.

    to put one's hand on smth. - иметь что-л. под рукой

    to set /to put/ one's hands to a task - взяться за работу

    I don't know what to put my hands to fist - не знаю, с чего мне начать

    to put /to dip/ one's hand in the till - запускать руку в кассу

    to wash one's hands of smb. - снимать с себя ответственность (за кого-л.), умывать руки

    to have one's hands full - ≅ хлопот полон рот

    to have a light hand - быть деликатным /тактичным/

    to have clean hands - быть неподкупным /честным/

    to put the last hand to smth. - отделать что-л. начисто, завершить что-л.

    to get /to have/ the upper hand - одержать верх, одолеть, взять верх

    to lay violent hands on oneself - книжн. наложить на себя руки

    not to do a hand's turn - ничего не делать; ≅ не ударить палец о палец

    not to move hand or foot - ничего не делать /не предпринимать/; ≅ не ударить палец о палец

    play into the hand's of smb. /into smb.'s hands/ - играть на руку кому-л.; ≅ лить воду на чью-л. мельницу

    to sit on one's hands - а) сидеть сложа руки, выжидать; б) не аплодировать

    to be on /upon/ the mending hand - выздоравливать

    to spend money with both hands - сорить деньгами; швырять деньги направо и налево

    2. [hænd] a
    1. 1) ручной
    2) сделанный вручную, ручным способом

    hand getting - горн. ручная добыча /выемка/

    3) переносный
    4) наручный, для ношения на руке
    2. в грам. знач. нареч. вручную

    hand knitted - связанный вручную, ручной вязки

    3. [hænd] v
    1. передавать; вручать

    to hand smb. a discharge - разг. уволить кого-л.

    she was handed the prize for reading - ей вручили приз за чтение, она получила приз за чтение

    2. дотрагиваться, касаться
    3. (into, out of, to) провести за руку; помочь (войти, пройти)
    4. (обыкн. hand it to smb.)
    1) разг. отдавать должное

    you have to hand it to him, he could work - надо отдать ему должное, работать он умел; чего-чего, а умения работать у него не отнимешь

    2) признать себя побеждённым, уступить
    5. мор. убрать ( паруса)

    НБАРС > hand

  • 4 give

    1. I
    the door gave дверь подалась; the ice gave лед сломался /не выдержал/; the foundations are giving фундамент оседает; at the height of the storm the bridge gave в самый разгар бури мост не выдержал и рухнул; his knees seemed to give ему казалось, что у него подкашиваются ноги; the branch gave but did not break ветка прогнулась, но не сломалась; а soft chair (a bed, a mattress, etc.) gives [when one sits on it] мягкий стул и т. д. проминается [, когда на него садятся]; the frost is beginning to give мороз начинает слабеть
    2. II
    1) give in some manner. give generously /unsparingly, abundantly/ щедро и т. д. давать /дарить, одаривать/; give grudgingly нехотя делать подарки
    2) give in some manner this chair (the mattress, the bed, etc.) gives comfortably (a lot) этот стул и т. д. приятно (сильно) проминается; the springs won't give enough /much/ пружины довольно тугие; the горе has given a good deal веревка сильно растянулась /ослабла/; give for some time the frost did not give all day мороз не отпускал весь день
    3. III
    give smth.
    1) give food (medicine, L 3, etc.) давать еду и т. д., give presents дарить /делать/ подарки; give a grant давать дотацию /пособие/; give a scholarship предоставлять стипендию; give a medal награждать медалью; give alms подавать милостыню
    2) give a message передавать записку /сообщение/; give one's regards передать привет
    3) give a large crop (10 per cent profit, etc.) приносить / давать/ большой урожай и т. д.; give fruit плодоносить; give milk давать молоке; give heat излучать тепло; the lamp gives a poor light лампа светит тускло /дает, излучает тусклый свет/; his work gives good results его работа дает хорошие результаты; two times two /two multiplied by two/ gives four дважды два give четыре
    4) give facts (news, details, the following figures, etc.) приводить /сообщать/ факты и т. д.; give an example /an instance/ приводить /давать/ пример: the dictionary doesn't give this word в словаре нет этого слова; the list gives ten names в списке [приведено /указано/] / список содержит/ десять имен; he gave a full account of the event он все рассказал /дал полный отчет/ об этом событии; he gave no particulars он не сообщил никаких подробностей; give a portrait (a character, the scenery of the country, etc.) нарисовать портрет и т. д.; in his book he gives a description of their customs в своей книге он описывает их нравы; give evidence /testimony/ давать показания; give one's name and address дать /назвать/ свой фамилию и адрес
    5) the thermometer gives forty degrees термометр показывает сорок градусов; the barometer gives rain барометр пошел на дождь; give no sign of life не подавать признаков жизни; give no sign of recognition a) не подать виду, что узнал; б) не узнать; give no sign of embarrassment нисколько не смутиться
    6) give a dinner (a dinner party, a ball, a party, a concert, a performance, etc.) давать /устраивать/ обед и т. д.
    7) give lessons (instruction, exact information, etc.) давать уроки и т. д., give smth. in smth. give lessons in mathematics (instruction in golf, etc.) давать уроки по математике и т. д.; give smth. on smth. give lectures on psychology (on biology, on various subjects, etc.) читать лекции по психологии и т. д., give a lecture прочитать лекцию, выступить с лекцией; give a song (one of Beethoven's sonatas, a concerto, etc.) исполнять песню и т. д., give a recital (a recitation) выступать с сольным концертом (с художественным чтением)
    8) give one's good wishes желать всего доброго / хорошего/; give one's blessing давать свое благословение: give a toast провозглашать тост; give smb.'s health /the health of smb./ поднимать тост за чье-л. здоровье
    9) give a point in the argument уступить по одному какому-л. вопросу в споре; give way /ground/ отступать, сдавать [свои] позиции; the army (our troops, the crowd, etc.) gave way армия и т. д. отступила; the door (the axle, the railing, etc.) gave way дверь и т. д. подалась; the bridge (the ice, the floor, the ground, etc.) gave way мост и т. д. провалился; the rope /the line/ gave way веревка лопнула; my legs gave way у меня подкосились ноги; his health is giving way его здоровье пошатнулось; his strength is giving way силы оставляют его; if he argues don't give way если он будет спорить, не уступайте
    10) give a decision сообщать решение; give judg (e)ment выносить приговор; give notice а) предупреждать о предстоящем увольнении; б) уведомлять
    11) semiaux give a look /а glance/ взглянуть, бросить взгляд; give a jump /а leap/ (под)прыгнуть, сделать прыжок; give a push (a pull) толкнуть (потянуть); give a kick ударить ногой, лягнуть; give a smile улыбнуться; give a kiss поцеловать; give a loud laugh громко засмеяться /рассмеяться/; give a cry /а shout/ издавать крик; give a sigh вздохнуть; give a groan застонать; give a sob всхлипнуть; give a start вздрогнуть; give a nod кивнуть; give a shake [of one's head] отрицательно покачать головой; give an injection делать укол; give a shrug of the shoulders пожать плечами; give a wave of the hand махнуть рукой; give a blow ударить; give a rebuff давать отпор; give a beating задать порку, избить; give chase пускаться в погоню; give a wag of the tail вильнуть хвостом; give an order (a command, instructions, etc.) отдавать приказ /распоряжение/ и т. д.; give an answer /а reply/ давать ответ, отвечать; give help оказывать помощь; give the alert объявлять тревогу; give a warning делать предупреждение; give advice советовать, давать совет; give a suggestion предлагать, выдвигать предложение; give a promise (one's word, one's pledge, etc.) давать обещание и т. д.; give shelter давать /предоставлять/ убежище; give a volley дать залп; the gun gave a loud report раздался громкий ружейный выстрел; give offence обижать, наносить обиду; give battle давать бой; give a chance (an opportunity, power, etc.) предоставлять /давать/ возможность и т. д.
    4. IV
    give smth. somewhere
    1) give back the books you borrowed (my pen, my newspaper, etc.) возвращать книги, которые вы взяли и т. д.; give smth. in some manner give money generously (grudgingly, freely, etc.) щедро и т. д. давать деньги; regularly give presents регулярно делать подарки
    2) give smth. at some time give a message immediately немедленно передать записку
    3) give smth. at some time give profit (10 per cent, etc.) regularly (annually, etc.) регулярно и т. д. приносить прибыль и т. д.
    4) give smth. in some manner give an extract in full (at length, in detail, etc.) приводить отрывок полностью и т. д.
    5) semiaux give smth. in some manner give aid willingly охотно оказывать помощь; give one's answers loudly (distinctly, etc.) давать ответы /отвечать/ громко и т. д.
    5. V
    1) give smb. smth. give me your pencil (him this book, her your hand, me a match, the child a glass of milk, the boy his medicine, etc.) дайте мне ваш карандаш и т. д., give smb. a present сделать кому-л. подарок; give him watch (her a ring, etc.) подарить ему часы и т. д.; give her a bunch of flowers преподнести ей букет цветов; what has he given you? что он вам подарил /преподнес/?; give him a letter from his mother (her a note from me, etc.) передавать ему письмо от матери и т. д.; give an actor a role (him a job, etc.) предлагать /давать/ актеру роль и т. д.; give smb. the place of honour отвести кому-л. почетное место; give me long distance дайте мне междугородную; I give you my word (my promise, my consent, etc.) 'даю вам слово и т. д.; give smb. smth. for smth. give smb. a watch for a present преподнести кому-л. часы в качестве подарка; give women equal pay with men for their work оплачивать труд женщин наравне с трудом мужчин; give smb. smth. in smth. give them parts in his new play распределять между ними роли в его новой пьесе; give smb. smb. she gave him a beautiful baby boy она родила ему прекрасного мальчика
    2) give smb. smth. give him the message (me the letter, etc.) передавать ему записку и т. д.; give smb. one's love (one's compliments, one's kind regards, etc.) передавать кому-л. привет и т. д.; give him my thanks передайте ему мою благодарность; I give you my very best wishes желаю вам всего самого лучшего
    3) give smb. smth. give smb. an illness (measles, a sore throat, etc.) заразить кого-л. какой-л. болезнью и т. д.; you've given me your cold вы заразили меня насморком, я от вас заразился насморком
    4) give smb., smth. smth. give us warmth and light (us fruit, people meat, us milk, us wool and leather, etc.) давать нам тепло и свет и т. д.; give men pleasure (him joy, the children enjoyment, her satisfaction, etc.) доставлять людям удовольствие и т. д.; give smb. [much] pain (much trouble, sorrow, etc.) причинять кому-л. боль и т. д.; too much noise gives me a headache от сильного шума у меня начинается головная боль; give smb. courage (me patience, him strength, her more self-confidence, etc.) придавать кому-л. мужество и т. д.; that gave me the idea of travelling это навело меня на мысль о путешествии; give smth. flavour придавать чему-л. вкус
    5) give smb. smth. give the commission an account of his trip (us a good description of the man, him wrong information, him good proof, etc.) давать комиссии отчет /отчитываться перед комиссией/ о своей поездке и т. д.; give me your opinion сообщите мне свое мнение; give us human nature truthfully (the reader a true picture of his age, etc.) описать /воссоздать/ для нас подлинную картину человеческой природы и т. д.
    6) give smb. smth. give the child a name дать ребенку имя; give smth. smth. give the book a strange title дать книге странное заглавие /название/; this town gave the battle its name эта битва получила название по городу, близ которого она произошла
    7) give smb. smth. give smb. lessons (music lessons, lessons in French, consultations, instruction, etc.) давать кому-л. уроки и т. д., give smb. a concerto (a play, etc.) исполнить для кого-л. концерт и т. д.; give us Bach (us another song, etc.) исполните нам /для нас/ Баха и т. д.; who will give us a song? кто вам споет? || give smb. an example служить кому-л. примером; give the other boys an example подавать другим мальчикам пример
    8) give smb. smth. give smb. good morning (him good day, us good evening, etc.) пожелать кому-л. доброго утра и т. д., give smb. one's blessing благословлять кого-л.; give smb. smth., smb. give them our country (our host, the Governor, etc.) предложить им выпить за нашу страну и т. д.
    9) give smb. smth. give smb. six months' imprisonment (five years, two years of hard labour, etc.) приговорить кого-л. к пяти месяцам тюремного заключения и т. д.
    10) semiaux give smb., smth. smth. give smb. a look (a fleeting glance, etc.) бросить на кого-л. взгляд и т. д.; give smb. a smile улыбнуться кому-л.; give smb. a kiss поцеловать кого-л.; give smb. a blow нанести кому-л. удар, стукнуть кого-л.; give smb. a push толкнуть кого-л.; give smb. a kick лягнуть, ударить кого-л. ногой; give smb. a nod кивнуть кому-л. [головой]; give smb. a beating избить /поколотить/ кого-л.; give one's hat a brush почистить шляпу; give a blackboard a wipe стереть с доски; give smb.'s hand a squeeze сжать или пожать кому-л. руку; give them our support (him help, him a hand, them every assistance, etc.) оказать им поддержку и т. д.; give the matter every care внимательно отнестись к вопросу; give smb. a warning предупреждать кого-л.; give smb. an order (instructions, etc.) отдать кому-л. приказ и т. д.; give smb. an answer /а reply/ давать кому-л. ответ, отвечать кому-л.; my old coat gives me good service мое старое пальто все еще служит мне; give me a chance (him another opportunity, etc.) предоставьте мне возможность и т. д.
    6. VII
    1) give smth. to do smth. give a signal to start (notice to leave, etc.) давать сигнал к отправлению и т. д.; give a push to open the door толкнуть дверь, чтобы она открылась; give a lot to know it (anything to know what happened, the world to have it, the world to secure such a thing, etc.) многое отдать, чтобы узнать это и т. д. || give smb. to understand дать кому-л. понять
    2) give smb. smth. to do give him a book to read (me something to eat, her a glass of water to drink, him the right to complain, him a week to make up his mind, us an hour to get there, myself time to think it over, etc.) дать ему прочесть книгу и т. д.; give a porter one's bags to carry (a groom one's horse to hold, etc.) попросить носильщика отнести вещи и т. д.; give him a letter to mail дать /велеть/ ему отправить письмо; give her a message to deliver дать ей записку для передачи
    7. XI
    1) be given smth. he was given a job (quarters, a rest, etc.) ему дали /предложили/ работу и т. д., he was given a book (a watch, L 50, a ring, etc.) ему подарили книгу и т. д.; be given to smb., smth. a book (a watch, etc.) was given to him ему подарили книгу и т. д., he was given a contract с ним заключили контракт; be given in some manner our services are given free of charge мы оказываем услуги бесплатно; invitations are given gratuitously (periodically, willingly, etc.) приглашения рассылаются бесплатно и т. д., be given somewhere articles (books, etc.) must be given back статьи и т. д. должны быть возвращены
    2) be given to smb. of all the books that have been given to the public on the problem из всех выпущенных по данному вопросу книг
    3) || semiaux I was given to understand that... мне дали понять, что...
    4) be given to smth. be given to idleness (to luxury and pleasure, to drink, to these pursuits, etc.) иметь склонность к безделью и т. д., he is much given to music он увлекается музыкой; be given in so me manner I am not given that way у меня не такой склад /характер/; be given to doing smth. be given to drinking (to day-dreaming, to lying, to contradicting, to swearing, to shooting and hunting, etc.) любить выпить, иметь пристрастие к выпивке и т. д.; he is given to stealing он нечист на руку; he is given to boasting он хвастлив || semiaux (not) be given to smb. to do smth. it is not given to him to understand it (to appreciate beauty, to express his thoughts eloquently, to become famous, etc.) ему не дано понять это и т. д.
    5) be given somewhere the figures (the data, the results, etc.) are given below ( above) цифры и т. д. приведены ниже (выше); as given below (above) как показано /сказано/ ниже (выше); the word (this phrase, etc.) is not given in the dictionary словарь не дает /не приводит/ этого слова и т. д., be given in some manner the prices are given separately цены даются отдельно; this is given as a hypothesis это приводится в виде гипотезы
    6) be given smth. he was given the name of John его назвали Джоном; be given in some manner the subtitle is given rather grandiloquently дан очень пышный подзаголовок
    7) be given at some place the opera (the play, etc.) was first given in Paris (on this stage, etc.) эта опера и т. д. была впервые поставлена в Париже и т. д.; be given at some time the play is to be given again next month пьеса вновь пойдет /пьесу снова покажут/ в следующем месяце
    8) be given smth. be given six years' imprisonment (a severe punishment, a stiff sentence, a reprieve, etc.) получить шесть лет тюрьмы и т. д.; be given for (against) smb. the decision (the judg(e)ment, etc.) was given for (against) the defendant ( the plaintiff, etc.) решение и т. д. было вынесено в пользу (против) обвиняемого и т. д.
    8. XVI
    1) give to /for/ smth., smb. give to the Red Cross (to charity, to the poor, for the relief of the victims of the flood, etc.) жертвовать [средства] в пользу Красного Креста и т. д.
    2) give under smth. the fence (the beam, etc.) may give under the weight забор и т. д. может рухнуть под такой тяжестью; the earth /the soil/ (the marshy ground, etc.) gave under the vehicle под тяжестью машины почва и т. д. осела; the step gave under his feet ступенька сломалась у него под ногами; the lock gave under hard pushing мы напирали на дверь, пока замок не сломался; give on smth. we can't negotiate until each side is willing to give on some points успешные переговоры невозможны [до тех пор], пока каждая сторона не пойдет на определенные уступки
    3) give (up)on (into, onto) smth. the window ( the door, the gate, etc.) gives (up)on the street (on the garden, on the side street, into /on(to)/ the yard, on the sea, etc.) окно и т. д. выходит на улицу и т. д., the road gave onto the highway дорога выходила на шоссе
    9. XVIII
    give oneself to smth. give oneself to mathematics (to study, to science, etc.) посвятить себя математике и т. д.; give oneself to thought (to meditation, to prayer, etc.) предаваться размышлениям и т. д.; the invaders gave themselves to plunder захватчики занимались грабежом
    10. XXI1
    1) give smth. to smb., smth. give a book to each of the boys (food to the hungry, medicine to a patient, money to a beggar, etc.) давать каждому мальчику по книге и т. д.; money to the Red Cross (all his books to the library, his collection to the college, etc.) передать /( пожертвовать/ деньги Красному Кресту и т.
    ; give one's hand to the visitor подать / пожать, протянуть/ руку посетителю; give a part to an actor дать актеру роль; give place to the old woman (to new methods, etc.) уступить место пожилой женщине и т. д.; give her face to the sun подставить лицо солнцу; give smth. for smb., smth. give his life for his friends (for his country, for a cause, etc.) отдать свою жизнь за друзей и т. д.; give smth. to smth., smb. give (no) thought to it (не) задумываться над этим; give [one's] attention to smb. оказывать кому-л. внимание; give credit to smth. прислушиваться к чему-л.; give credit to the report доверять сообщению || give one's ear to smb., smth. прислушиваться к кому-л., чему-л.; give ear to the rumour прислушиваться к тому, что говорят; give one's daughter in marriage выдавать /отдавать/ дочь замуж
    2) give smth. to smb. give the command of the regiment to him поручить ему командование полком; give my love /my kind regards, my compliments/ to her (to your family, etc.) передавать ей и т. д. привет; give smb., smth. into smb., smth. give the children into smb.'s hands (into smb.'s care, into smb.'s charge, etc.) передавать детей в чьи-л. руки и т. д., поручать детей кому-л. и т. д., give the thief into the hands of the police передать вора в руки полиции; give the prisoner into custody отдать заключенного под стражу
    3) give smth. to smth., smb. give perfume to the linen (an edge to the appetite, brilliance to the thing, etc.) придавать белью аромат и т. д.; give a disease to smb. (a cold to the boy, measles to a whole school, etc.) заразить кого-л. какой-л. болезнью и т. д.; give motion to the wheel привести колесо в движение; give currency to smth. пускать что-л. в обращение; give currency to rumours распускать слухи; his novel gave currency to this phrase после выхода в свет его романа это выражение стало крылатым; give rise to smth. породить /вызвать/ что-л.; his behaviour gave rise to rumours его поведение дало повод разговорам
    4) give smth. for smth. give five pounds for the hat (as much as L 3 for this book, a good price for the car, etc.) (заплатать пять фунтов за шляпу и т. д.; how much /what/ did you give for that? сколько вы за это заплатили?; give prizes /premiums/ for the best exhibits выдавать призы за лучшие экспонаты; give smth. to smb. give good wages to the workers хорошо платить рабочим
    5) give smth. to smth., smb. give one's free time to golf (one's mind to scientific research, one's attention to study, one's heart to art, one's energy to political affairs, one's love to her, etc.) отдавать все свое свободное время игре в гольф и т. д.; give one's life to science (to the cause of peace, to study, to one's duty, etc.) отдать /посвятить/ свой жизнь науке и т. д.
    6) give smth. with smth. give the story with many unnecessary particulars (a description with many side remarks, evidence with no trace of bias, etc.) рассказать эту историю со многими ненужными подробностями и т. д.; give the scenery with great fidelity описывать /воспроизводить/ пейзаж с большой точностью; give smth. for smth. give his reasons for his absence (for the delay, for her lateness, etc.) объяснять свое отсутствие и т. д.
    7) give smth. at smth. the bulletin gives the population of the country at 90 millions (the average number of attempts at 3, the number of instances at 8, etc.) в бюллетене указывается, что население этой страны ранки девяноста миллионам и т. д.; give smth. in smth. give 30° in the shade (in the sun) показывать /регистрировать/ тридцать градусов в тени (на солнце)
    8) give smth. to smth. the city gave its name to the battle эта ботва получила название по городу, близ которого она произошла; the largest city gave its name to the province эта область названа по самому большому городу
    9) give smth. for smb. give a dinner (a party, etc.) for 20 guests давать обед и т. д. на двадцать человек /персон/
    10) give smth. to smb. give instruction to a class of adults (lessons to children, interviews to journalists, etc.) давать уроки группе взрослых и т. д., give a talk to the recruits провести беседу с новобранцами
    11) give smth. to smb. give three hearty cheers to the winners встречать победителей троекратным "ура"
    12) || give way to smth., smb. отступать перед чем-л., кем-л.; give way to а саг (to traffic coming in from the right, to the man, etc.) пропускать автомобиль и т. д., давать дорогу автомобилю и т. д.; give way to despair впасть в отчаяние; give way to temptation (to grief, etc.) поддаться соблазну и т. д.; give way to emotions уступить чувствам, быть не в состоянии справиться со своими чувствами; give way to tears не сдержать слезы, расплакаться; give way to his whims (to him, to these impudent demands, etc.) уступать его капризам и т. д., give way to anger не сдержать гнева, дать волю гневу; give place to smth., smb. отступать перед чем-л., кем-л.; spring gave place to summer на смену весне пришло лето
    13) semiaux give smth., to smb., smth. give a blow to smb. нанести кому-л. удар; give a signal to the guard подавать сигнал часовому; give a turn to a key in the lock повернуть ключ в замке; give help to the needy оказывать помощь нуждающимся; give an order to the servants (a command to the soldiers. etc.) отдать распоряжение слугам и т. д.; give an answer to the man ответить этому человеку; give encouragement to the boy ободрить /подбодрить/ мальчика; give chase to a ship [начать] преследовать корабль
    11. XXIV1
    give smth. as smth. give a book (a jack-knife, etc.) as a present давать книгу и т. д. в качестве подарка, дарить книгу и т. д., give smth. as a keepsake дарить что-л. на память

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  • 5 Cassinet

    A cheap trousering and waist-coating made in various coloured stripes. A fine cotton warp and yarn dyed-wool weft, slightly fulled and calendered. The fabric known as "Double Cassinet" is made with wool and cotton weft, pick and pick, in a 3 X 1 twill, so that three-quarters of the wool can be en the face. The cheaper all-cotton variety is termed Cassinetas.

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  • 6 Introduction

       Portugal is a small Western European nation with a large, distinctive past replete with both triumph and tragedy. One of the continent's oldest nation-states, Portugal has frontiers that are essentially unchanged since the late 14th century. The country's unique character and 850-year history as an independent state present several curious paradoxes. As of 1974, when much of the remainder of the Portuguese overseas empire was decolonized, Portuguese society appeared to be the most ethnically homogeneous of the two Iberian states and of much of Europe. Yet, Portuguese society had received, over the course of 2,000 years, infusions of other ethnic groups in invasions and immigration: Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Suevi, Visigoths, Muslims (Arab and Berber), Jews, Italians, Flemings, Burgundian French, black Africans, and Asians. Indeed, Portugal has been a crossroads, despite its relative isolation in the western corner of the Iberian Peninsula, between the West and North Africa, Tropical Africa, and Asia and America. Since 1974, Portugal's society has become less homogeneous, as there has been significant immigration of former subjects from its erstwhile overseas empire.
       Other paradoxes should be noted as well. Although Portugal is sometimes confused with Spain or things Spanish, its very national independence and national culture depend on being different from Spain and Spaniards. Today, Portugal's independence may be taken for granted. Since 1140, except for 1580-1640 when it was ruled by Philippine Spain, Portugal has been a sovereign state. Nevertheless, a recurring theme of the nation's history is cycles of anxiety and despair that its freedom as a nation is at risk. There is a paradox, too, about Portugal's overseas empire(s), which lasted half a millennium (1415-1975): after 1822, when Brazil achieved independence from Portugal, most of the Portuguese who emigrated overseas never set foot in their overseas empire, but preferred to immigrate to Brazil or to other countries in North or South America or Europe, where established Portuguese overseas communities existed.
       Portugal was a world power during the period 1415-1550, the era of the Discoveries, expansion, and early empire, and since then the Portuguese have experienced periods of decline, decadence, and rejuvenation. Despite the fact that Portugal slipped to the rank of a third- or fourth-rate power after 1580, it and its people can claim rightfully an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions that assure their place both in world and Western history. These distinctions should be kept in mind while acknowledging that, for more than 400 years, Portugal has generally lagged behind the rest of Western Europe, although not Southern Europe, in social and economic developments and has remained behind even its only neighbor and sometime nemesis, Spain.
       Portugal's pioneering role in the Discoveries and exploration era of the 15th and 16th centuries is well known. Often noted, too, is the Portuguese role in the art and science of maritime navigation through the efforts of early navigators, mapmakers, seamen, and fishermen. What are often forgotten are the country's slender base of resources, its small population largely of rural peasants, and, until recently, its occupation of only 16 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. As of 1139—10, when Portugal emerged first as an independent monarchy, and eventually a sovereign nation-state, England and France had not achieved this status. The Portuguese were the first in the Iberian Peninsula to expel the Muslim invaders from their portion of the peninsula, achieving this by 1250, more than 200 years before Castile managed to do the same (1492).
       Other distinctions may be noted. Portugal conquered the first overseas empire beyond the Mediterranean in the early modern era and established the first plantation system based on slave labor. Portugal's empire was the first to be colonized and the last to be decolonized in the 20th century. With so much of its scattered, seaborne empire dependent upon the safety and seaworthiness of shipping, Portugal was a pioneer in initiating marine insurance, a practice that is taken for granted today. During the time of Pombaline Portugal (1750-77), Portugal was the first state to organize and hold an industrial trade fair. In distinctive political and governmental developments, Portugal's record is more mixed, and this fact suggests that maintaining a government with a functioning rule of law and a pluralist, representative democracy has not been an easy matter in a country that for so long has been one of the poorest and least educated in the West. Portugal's First Republic (1910-26), only the third republic in a largely monarchist Europe (after France and Switzerland), was Western Europe's most unstable parliamentary system in the 20th century. Finally, the authoritarian Estado Novo or "New State" (1926-74) was the longest surviving authoritarian system in modern Western Europe. When Portugal departed from its overseas empire in 1974-75, the descendants, in effect, of Prince Henry the Navigator were leaving the West's oldest empire.
       Portugal's individuality is based mainly on its long history of distinc-tiveness, its intense determination to use any means — alliance, diplomacy, defense, trade, or empire—to be a sovereign state, independent of Spain, and on its national pride in the Portuguese language. Another master factor in Portuguese affairs deserves mention. The country's politics and government have been influenced not only by intellectual currents from the Atlantic but also through Spain from Europe, which brought new political ideas and institutions and novel technologies. Given the weight of empire in Portugal's past, it is not surprising that public affairs have been hostage to a degree to what happened in her overseas empire. Most important have been domestic responses to imperial affairs during both imperial and internal crises since 1415, which have continued to the mid-1970s and beyond. One of the most important themes of Portuguese history, and one oddly neglected by not a few histories, is that every major political crisis and fundamental change in the system—in other words, revolution—since 1415 has been intimately connected with a related imperial crisis. The respective dates of these historical crises are: 1437, 1495, 1578-80, 1640, 1820-22, 1890, 1910, 1926-30, 1961, and 1974. The reader will find greater detail on each crisis in historical context in the history section of this introduction and in relevant entries.
       LAND AND PEOPLE
       The Republic of Portugal is located on the western edge of the Iberian Peninsula. A major geographical dividing line is the Tagus River: Portugal north of it has an Atlantic orientation; the country to the south of it has a Mediterranean orientation. There is little physical evidence that Portugal is clearly geographically distinct from Spain, and there is no major natural barrier between the two countries along more than 1,214 kilometers (755 miles) of the Luso-Spanish frontier. In climate, Portugal has a number of microclimates similar to the microclimates of Galicia, Estremadura, and Andalusia in neighboring Spain. North of the Tagus, in general, there is an Atlantic-type climate with higher rainfall, cold winters, and some snow in the mountainous areas. South of the Tagus is a more Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry, often rainless summers and cool, wet winters. Lisbon, the capital, which has a fifth of the country's population living in its region, has an average annual mean temperature about 16° C (60° F).
       For a small country with an area of 92,345 square kilometers (35,580 square miles, including the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and the Madeiras), which is about the size of the state of Indiana in the United States, Portugal has a remarkable diversity of regional topography and scenery. In some respects, Portugal resembles an island within the peninsula, embodying a unique fusion of European and non-European cultures, akin to Spain yet apart. Its geography is a study in contrasts, from the flat, sandy coastal plain, in some places unusually wide for Europe, to the mountainous Beira districts or provinces north of the Tagus, to the snow-capped mountain range of the Estrela, with its unique ski area, to the rocky, barren, remote Trás-os-Montes district bordering Spain. There are extensive forests in central and northern Portugal that contrast with the flat, almost Kansas-like plains of the wheat belt in the Alentejo district. There is also the unique Algarve district, isolated somewhat from the Alentejo district by a mountain range, with a microclimate, topography, and vegetation that resemble closely those of North Africa.
       Although Portugal is small, just 563 kilometers (337 miles) long and from 129 to 209 kilometers (80 to 125 miles) wide, it is strategically located on transportation and communication routes between Europe and North Africa, and the Americas and Europe. Geographical location is one key to the long history of Portugal's three overseas empires, which stretched once from Morocco to the Moluccas and from lonely Sagres at Cape St. Vincent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is essential to emphasize the identity of its neighbors: on the north and east Portugal is bounded by Spain, its only neighbor, and by the Atlantic Ocean on the south and west. Portugal is the westernmost country of Western Europe, and its shape resembles a face, with Lisbon below the nose, staring into the
       Atlantic. No part of Portugal touches the Mediterranean, and its Atlantic orientation has been a response in part to turning its back on Castile and Léon (later Spain) and exploring, traveling, and trading or working in lands beyond the peninsula. Portugal was the pioneering nation in the Atlantic-born European discoveries during the Renaissance, and its diplomatic and trade relations have been dominated by countries that have been Atlantic powers as well: Spain; England (Britain since 1707); France; Brazil, once its greatest colony; and the United States.
       Today Portugal and its Atlantic islands have a population of roughly 10 million people. While ethnic homogeneity has been characteristic of it in recent history, Portugal's population over the centuries has seen an infusion of non-Portuguese ethnic groups from various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Between 1500 and 1800, a significant population of black Africans, brought in as slaves, was absorbed in the population. And since 1950, a population of Cape Verdeans, who worked in menial labor, has resided in Portugal. With the influx of African, Goan, and Timorese refugees and exiles from the empire—as many as three quarters of a million retornados ("returned ones" or immigrants from the former empire) entered Portugal in 1974 and 1975—there has been greater ethnic diversity in the Portuguese population. In 2002, there were 239,113 immigrants legally residing in Portugal: 108,132 from Africa; 24,806 from Brazil; 15,906 from Britain; 14,617 from Spain; and 11,877 from Germany. In addition, about 200,000 immigrants are living in Portugal from eastern Europe, mainly from Ukraine. The growth of Portugal's population is reflected in the following statistics:
       1527 1,200,000 (estimate only)
       1768 2,400,000 (estimate only)
       1864 4,287,000 first census
       1890 5,049,700
       1900 5,423,000
       1911 5,960,000
       1930 6,826,000
       1940 7,185,143
       1950 8,510,000
       1960 8,889,000
       1970 8,668,000* note decrease
       1980 9,833,000
       1991 9,862,540
       1996 9,934,100
       2006 10,642,836
       2010 10,710,000 (estimated)

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Introduction

  • 7 separate

    1 adjective ['sepərət]
    (a) (different, distinct → category, meaning, issue) distinct, à part; (→ incident, times, episodes) différent;
    ∎ that's quite a separate matter ça, c'est une toute autre affaire;
    ∎ the two issues are quite separate les deux problèmes sont distincts;
    ∎ they sleep in separate rooms (children) ils ont chacun leur chambre; (couple) ils font chambre à part;
    ∎ administration and finance are in separate departments l'administration et les finances relèvent de services différents;
    ∎ the canteen is separate from the main building la cantine se trouve à l'extérieur du bâtiment principal;
    ∎ begin each chapter on a separate page commencez chaque chapitre sur une nouvelle page;
    ∎ use a separate piece of paper utilisez une feuille séparée;
    ∎ I'd prefer them to come on separate days je préférerais qu'ils viennent à des jours différents;
    ∎ it happened on four separate occasions cela s'est produit à quatre reprises;
    ∎ she likes to keep her home life separate from the office elle tient à ce que son travail n'empiète pas sur sa vie privée;
    ∎ the peaches must be kept separate from the lemons les pêches et les citrons ne doivent pas être mélangés;
    ∎ he was kept separate from the other children on le tenait à l'écart ou on l'isolait des autres enfants;
    ∎ separate but equal = doctrine en vigueur aux États-Unis de 1896 à 1954, selon laquelle la séparation entre Noirs et Blancs était licite du moment qu'ils bénéficiaient de services (éducation, transports etc) équivalents
    (b) (independent → entrance, living quarters) indépendant, particulier; (→ existence, organization) indépendant;
    ∎ they lead very separate lives ils mènent chacun leur vie;
    ∎ they went their separate ways (after meeting) ils sont partis chacun de leur côté; figurative (in life) chacun a suivi sa route
    2 noun ['sepərət]
    (a) (in stereo) élément m séparé
    (b) American (offprint) tiré m à part
    3 transitive verb ['sepəreɪt]
    (a) (divide, set apart) séparer; (detach → parts, pieces) séparer, détacher;
    ∎ he stepped in to separate the fighting dogs il est intervenu pour séparer les chiens qui se battaient;
    ∎ the last three coaches will be separated from the rest of the train les trois derniers wagons seront détachés du reste du train;
    ∎ the Bosphorus separates Europe from Asia le Bosphore sépare l'Europe de l'Asie;
    ∎ the seriously ill were separated from the other patients les malades gravement atteints étaient isolés des autres patients;
    ∎ the records can be separated into four categories les disques peuvent être divisés ou classés en quatre catégories
    (b) (keep distinct) séparer, distinguer;
    ∎ to separate reality from myth distinguer le mythe de la réalité, faire la distinction entre le mythe et la réalité
    (c) Cookery (milk) écrémer; (egg) séparer;
    ∎ separate the whites from the yolks séparez les blancs des jaunes
    4 intransitive verb ['sepəreɪt]
    (a) (go different ways) se quitter, se séparer;
    ∎ they separated after the meeting ils se sont quittés après la réunion
    (b) (split up → couple) se séparer, rompre; (→ in boxing, duel) rompre; Politics (→ party) se scinder;
    ∎ they separated on good terms ils se sont séparés à l'amiable;
    ∎ the party separated into various factions le parti s'est scindé en diverses factions
    (c) (come apart, divide → liquid) se séparer; (→ parts) se séparer, se détacher, se diviser;
    ∎ the boosters separate from the shuttle les propulseurs auxiliaires se détachent de la navette;
    ∎ the model separates into four parts la maquette se divise en quatre parties
    ['sepərəts] (clothes) coordonnés mpl
    ►► French Canadian separate school ≃ école f libre
    séparer, trier
    se séparer
    séparer, diviser;
    ∎ to separate sth up into equal shares diviser ou partager qch en parts égales

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  • 8 Edison, Thomas Alva

    [br]
    b. 11 February 1847 Milan, Ohio, USA
    d. 18 October 1931 Glenmont
    [br]
    American inventor and pioneer electrical developer.
    [br]
    He was the son of Samuel Edison, who was in the timber business. His schooling was delayed due to scarlet fever until 1855, when he was 8½ years old, but he was an avid reader. By the age of 14 he had a job as a newsboy on the railway from Port Huron to Detroit, a distance of sixty-three miles (101 km). He worked a fourteen-hour day with a stopover of five hours, which he spent in the Detroit Free Library. He also sold sweets on the train and, later, fruit and vegetables, and was soon making a profit of $20 a week. He then started two stores in Port Huron and used a spare freight car as a laboratory. He added a hand-printing press to produce 400 copies weekly of The Grand Trunk Herald, most of which he compiled and edited himself. He set himself to learn telegraphy from the station agent at Mount Clements, whose son he had saved from being run over by a freight car.
    At the age of 16 he became a telegraphist at Port Huron. In 1863 he became railway telegraphist at the busy Stratford Junction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, arranging a clock with a notched wheel to give the hourly signal which was to prove that he was awake and at his post! He left hurriedly after failing to hold a train which was nearly involved in a head-on collision. He usually worked the night shift, allowing himself time for experiments during the day. His first invention was an arrangement of two Morse registers so that a high-speed input could be decoded at a slower speed. Moving from place to place he held many positions as a telegraphist. In Boston he invented an automatic vote recorder for Congress and patented it, but the idea was rejected. This was the first of a total of 1180 patents that he was to take out during his lifetime. After six years he resigned from the Western Union Company to devote all his time to invention, his next idea being an improved ticker-tape machine for stockbrokers. He developed a duplex telegraphy system, but this was turned down by the Western Union Company. He then moved to New York.
    Edison found accommodation in the battery room of Law's Gold Reporting Company, sleeping in the cellar, and there his repair of a broken transmitter marked him as someone of special talents. His superior soon resigned, and he was promoted with a salary of $300 a month. Western Union paid him $40,000 for the sole rights on future improvements on the duplex telegraph, and he moved to Ward Street, Newark, New Jersey, where he employed a gathering of specialist engineers. Within a year, he married one of his employees, Mary Stilwell, when she was only 16: a daughter, Marion, was born in 1872, and two sons, Thomas and William, in 1876 and 1879, respectively.
    He continued to work on the automatic telegraph, a device to send out messages faster than they could be tapped out by hand: that is, over fifty words per minute or so. An earlier machine by Alexander Bain worked at up to 400 words per minute, but was not good over long distances. Edison agreed to work on improving this feature of Bain's machine for the Automatic Telegraph Company (ATC) for $40,000. He improved it to a working speed of 500 words per minute and ran a test between Washington and New York. Hoping to sell their equipment to the Post Office in Britain, ATC sent Edison to England in 1873 to negotiate. A 500-word message was to be sent from Liverpool to London every half-hour for six hours, followed by tests on 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of cable at Greenwich. Only confused results were obtained due to induction in the cable, which lay coiled in a water tank. Edison returned to New York, where he worked on his quadruplex telegraph system, tests of which proved a success between New York and Albany in December 1874. Unfortunately, simultaneous negotiation with Western Union and ATC resulted in a lawsuit.
    Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for a telephone in March 1876 while Edison was still working on the same idea. His improvements allowed the device to operate over a distance of hundreds of miles instead of only a few miles. Tests were carried out over the 106 miles (170 km) between New York and Philadelphia. Edison applied for a patent on the carbon-button transmitter in April 1877, Western Union agreeing to pay him $6,000 a year for the seventeen-year duration of the patent. In these years he was also working on the development of the electric lamp and on a duplicating machine which would make up to 3,000 copies from a stencil. In 1876–7 he moved from Newark to Menlo Park, twenty-four miles (39 km) from New York on the Pennsylvania Railway, near Elizabeth. He had bought a house there around which he built the premises that would become his "inventions factory". It was there that he began the use of his 200- page pocket notebooks, each of which lasted him about two weeks, so prolific were his ideas. When he died he left 3,400 of them filled with notes and sketches.
    Late in 1877 he applied for a patent for a phonograph which was granted on 19 February 1878, and by the end of the year he had formed a company to manufacture this totally new product. At the time, Edison saw the device primarily as a business aid rather than for entertainment, rather as a dictating machine. In August 1878 he was granted a British patent. In July 1878 he tried to measure the heat from the solar corona at a solar eclipse viewed from Rawlins, Wyoming, but his "tasimeter" was too sensitive.
    Probably his greatest achievement was "The Subdivision of the Electric Light" or the "glow bulb". He tried many materials for the filament before settling on carbon. He gave a demonstration of electric light by lighting up Menlo Park and inviting the public. Edison was, of course, faced with the problem of inventing and producing all the ancillaries which go to make up the electrical system of generation and distribution-meters, fuses, insulation, switches, cabling—even generators had to be designed and built; everything was new. He started a number of manufacturing companies to produce the various components needed.
    In 1881 he built the world's largest generator, which weighed 27 tons, to light 1,200 lamps at the Paris Exhibition. It was later moved to England to be used in the world's first central power station with steam engine drive at Holborn Viaduct, London. In September 1882 he started up his Pearl Street Generating Station in New York, which led to a worldwide increase in the application of electric power, particularly for lighting. At the same time as these developments, he built a 1,300yd (1,190m) electric railway at Menlo Park.
    On 9 August 1884 his wife died of typhoid. Using his telegraphic skills, he proposed to 19-year-old Mina Miller in Morse code while in the company of others on a train. He married her in February 1885 before buying a new house and estate at West Orange, New Jersey, building a new laboratory not far away in the Orange Valley.
    Edison used direct current which was limited to around 250 volts. Alternating current was largely developed by George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla, using transformers to step up the current to a higher voltage for long-distance transmission. The use of AC gradually overtook the Edison DC system.
    In autumn 1888 he patented a form of cinephotography, the kinetoscope, obtaining film-stock from George Eastman. In 1893 he set up the first film studio, which was pivoted so as to catch the sun, with a hinged roof which could be raised. In 1894 kinetoscope parlours with "peep shows" were starting up in cities all over America. Competition came from the Latham Brothers with a screen-projection machine, which Edison answered with his "Vitascope", shown in New York in 1896. This showed pictures with accompanying sound, but there was some difficulty with synchronization. Edison also experimented with captions at this early date.
    In 1880 he filed a patent for a magnetic ore separator, the first of nearly sixty. He bought up deposits of low-grade iron ore which had been developed in the north of New Jersey. The process was a commercial success until the discovery of iron-rich ore in Minnesota rendered it uneconomic and uncompetitive. In 1898 cement rock was discovered in New Village, west of West Orange. Edison bought the land and started cement manufacture, using kilns twice the normal length and using half as much fuel to heat them as the normal type of kiln. In 1893 he met Henry Ford, who was building his second car, at an Edison convention. This started him on the development of a battery for an electric car on which he made over 9,000 experiments. In 1903 he sold his patent for wireless telegraphy "for a song" to Guglielmo Marconi.
    In 1910 Edison designed a prefabricated concrete house. In December 1914 fire destroyed three-quarters of the West Orange plant, but it was at once rebuilt, and with the threat of war Edison started to set up his own plants for making all the chemicals that he had previously been buying from Europe, such as carbolic acid, phenol, benzol, aniline dyes, etc. He was appointed President of the Navy Consulting Board, for whom, he said, he made some forty-five inventions, "but they were pigeonholed, every one of them". Thus did Edison find that the Navy did not take kindly to civilian interference.
    In 1927 he started the Edison Botanic Research Company, founded with similar investment from Ford and Firestone with the object of finding a substitute for overseas-produced rubber. In the first year he tested no fewer than 3,327 possible plants, in the second year, over 1,400, eventually developing a variety of Golden Rod which grew to 14 ft (4.3 m) in height. However, all this effort and money was wasted, due to the discovery of synthetic rubber.
    In October 1929 he was present at Henry Ford's opening of his Dearborn Museum to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the incandescent lamp, including a replica of the Menlo Park laboratory. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and was elected to the American Academy of Sciences. He died in 1931 at his home, Glenmont; throughout the USA, lights were dimmed temporarily on the day of his funeral.
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    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Member of the American Academy of Sciences. Congressional Gold Medal.
    Further Reading
    M.Josephson, 1951, Edison, Eyre \& Spottiswode.
    R.W.Clark, 1977, Edison, the Man who Made the Future, Macdonald \& Jane.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Edison, Thomas Alva

  • 9 McCoy, Elijah

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    b. 1843 Colchester, Ontario, Canada
    d. 1929 Detroit, Michigan (?), USA
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    African-American inventor of steam-engine lubricators.
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    McCoy was born into a community of escaped African-American slaves. As a youth he went to Scotland and served an apprenticeship in Edinburgh in mechanical engineering. He returned to North America and ended up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, seeking employment at the headquarters of the Michigan Central Railroad Company. In spite of his training, the only job McCoy could obtain was that of locomotive fireman. Still, that enabled him to study at close quarters the problem of lubricating adequately the moving parts of a steam locomotive. Inefficient lubrication led to overheating, delays and even damage. In 1872 McCoy patented the first of his lubricating devices, applicable particularly to stationary engines. He assigned his patent rights to W. and S.C.Hamlin of Ypsilanti, from which he derived enough financial resources to develop his invention. A year later he patented an improved hydrostatic lubricator, which could be used for both stationary and locomotive engines, and went on to make further improvements. McCoy's lubricators were widely taken up by other railroads and his employers promoted him from the footplate to the task of giving instruction in the use of his lubricating equipment. Many others had been attempting to achieve the same result and many rival products were on the market, but none was superior to McCoy's, which came to be known as "the Real McCoy", a term that has since acquired a wider application than to engine lubricators. McCoy moved to Detroit, Michigan, as a patent consultant in the railroad business. Altogether, he took out over fifty patents for various inventions, so that he became one of the most prolific of nineteenth-century black inventors, whose activities had been so greatly stimulated by the freedoms they acquired after the American Civil War. His more valuable patents were assigned to investors, who formed the Elijah McCoy Manufacturing Company. McCoy himself, however, was not a major shareholder, so he seems not to have derived the benefit that was due to him.
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    Further Reading
    P.P.James, 1989, The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation 1619– 1930, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 73–5.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > McCoy, Elijah

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