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in+a+contrived+way

  • 1 in the way of smth.

    1) в отношении чего-л., что касается; по части чего-л., насчёт чего-л., в рассуждении чего-л.

    Remembering that he had come in the way of business, and was, as it were, under a flag of truce. (Ch. Kingsley, ‘The Water-Babies’, ch. I) — Он помнил, что явился по делу, с парламентским флагом, так сказать.

    She prided herself on remembering her customers' likes and dislikes in the way of food. (A. Christie, ‘The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding’, ‘Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds’) — Официантка Молли гордилась тем, что помнит, какие блюда особенно по душе каждому ее клиенту.

    In that small village there was very little in the way of entertainment. (ECI) — Что касается развлечений, то их почти не было в этой деревушке.

    2) в виде, в качестве чего-л.

    The attack was made, not in the way of storm, but by slow... approaches. (Th. Macaulay, ‘The History of England’, vol. I, ch. II) — Нападающие действовали не с ошеломляющей быстротой, а осмотрительно и осторожно...

    Shake... always contrived to be on the spot when anything was doing in the way of a gamble. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Potch and Colour’, ‘The Mayor of Bardie Creek’) — Шейк... всегда ухитрялся быть там, где пахло азартной игрой.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > in the way of smth.

  • 2 in the way of smth.

       1) в oтнoшeнии чeгo-л., чтo кacaeтcя...; пo чacти чeгo-л., нacчёт чeгo-л.
        She prided herself on remembering her customers' likes and dislikes in the way of food (A Christie). Shake... always contrived to be on the spot when anything was doing in the way of a gamble (K. S. Prichard). In that small village there was very little in the way of entertainment
       2) в видe, в кaчecтвe чeгo-л.
        The attack was made, not in the way of storm, but by slow... approaches (Th. Macaulay)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > in the way of smth.

  • 3 artificially

    tr[ɑːtɪ'fɪʃəlɪ]
    1 de modo artificial
    artificially [.ɑrt̬ə'fɪʃəli] adv
    : artificialmente, con afectación
    adv.
    • artificialmente adv.
    'ɑːrtə'fɪʃəli, ˌɑːtɪ'fɪʃəli
    a) <produce/prolong> artificialmente
    b) ( in a contrived way) rebuscadamente
    c) < smile> con afectación
    [ˌɑːtɪ'fɪʃǝlɪ]
    ADV
    1) (=by synthetic means) artificialmente
    2) (fig) con afectación
    * * *
    ['ɑːrtə'fɪʃəli, ˌɑːtɪ'fɪʃəli]
    a) <produce/prolong> artificialmente
    b) ( in a contrived way) rebuscadamente
    c) < smile> con afectación

    English-spanish dictionary > artificially

  • 4 contrive

    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) ideárselas, ingeniárselas para
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) idear, lograr
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    tr[kən'traɪv]
    1 (way, device) idear, inventar; (meeting) arreglar; (meal, dress, etc) improvisar
    2 (manage) conseguir, lograr
    contrive [kən'traɪv] vt, - trived ; - triving
    1) devise: idear, ingeniar, maquinar
    2) manage: lograr, ingeniárselas para
    she contrived a way out of the mess: se las ingenió para salir del enredo
    v.
    • darse maña expr.
    • discurrir v.
    • idear v.
    • ingeniar v.
    • inventar v.
    • maquinar v.
    • tramar v.
    • urdir v.
    kən'traɪv
    a) ( manage)

    to contrive to + INF — lograr + inf/que (+ subj), ingeniárselas or arreglárselas para + inf/para que (+ subj)

    b) ( create) \<\<method/device\>\> idear; \<\<meeting\>\> arreglar
    [kǝn'traɪv]
    1.
    VT [+ plan, scheme] inventar, idear
    2.
    VI

    to contrive to do — (=manage, arrange) lograr hacer; (=try) procurar hacer

    * * *
    [kən'traɪv]
    a) ( manage)

    to contrive to + INF — lograr + inf/que (+ subj), ingeniárselas or arreglárselas para + inf/para que (+ subj)

    b) ( create) \<\<method/device\>\> idear; \<\<meeting\>\> arreglar

    English-spanish dictionary > contrive

  • 5 contrive

    transitive verb
    1) (manage)

    contrive to do something — es fertig bringen od. zuwege bringen, etwas zu tun

    they contrived to meet — es gelang ihnen, sich zu treffen

    2) (devise) sich (Dat.) ausdenken; ersinnen (geh.)
    * * *
    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) zustandebringen
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) ersinnen, entwerfen
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    con·trive
    [kənˈtraɪv]
    I. vt
    ▪ to \contrive sth
    1. (devise) etw ersinnen geh, sich dat etw ausdenken
    to \contrive a plan einen Plan aushecken fam [o geh ersinnen]
    to \contrive plans Pläne schmieden
    2. (arrange) etw arrangieren
    to \contrive a meeting ein Treffen arrangieren
    3. (make) etw fabrizieren
    II. vi
    ▪ to \contrive to do sth es schaffen, etw zu tun
    * * *
    [kən'traɪv]
    vt
    1) (= devise) plan, scheme entwickeln, entwerfen, ersinnen; (= make) fabrizieren

    to contrive a means of doing sth — einen Weg finden, etw zu tun

    2) (= manage, arrange) bewerkstelligen, zuwege or zu Wege bringen; meeting also arrangieren

    can you contrive to be here at three o'clock? — können Sie es so einrichten, dass Sie um drei Uhr hier sind?

    he always contrives to get his own way — er versteht (es) immer, seinen Kopf durchzusetzen

    * * *
    contrive [kənˈtraıv]
    A v/t
    1. erfinden, ersinnen, (sich) etwas ausdenken, entwerfen:
    contrive ways and means Mittel und Wege finden
    2. etwas Böses aushecken, Pläne schmieden
    3. zustande bringen, bewerkstelligen
    4. es fertigbringen, es verstehen, es einrichten:
    he contrived to make himself popular er verstand es oder es gelang ihm, sich beliebt zu machen
    B v/i
    1. Pläne schmieden
    2. Ränke schmieden
    * * *
    transitive verb

    contrive to do something — es fertig bringen od. zuwege bringen, etwas zu tun

    they contrived to meet — es gelang ihnen, sich zu treffen

    2) (devise) sich (Dat.) ausdenken; ersinnen (geh.)
    * * *
    v.
    arrangieren v.
    einfädeln v.
    erfinden v.

    English-german dictionary > contrive

  • 6 contrive

    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) formå; finde udveje for; lykkes
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) opfinde; finde på; udtænke
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    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) formå; finde udveje for; lykkes
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) opfinde; finde på; udtænke
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    English-Danish dictionary > contrive

  • 7 contrive

    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) conseguir
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) fabricar
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    con.trive
    [kəntr'aiv] vt+vi 1 inventar, excogitar. 2 planejar, projetar, tramar. he contrived ways of handling the situation / ele planejou meios de lidar com a situação. 3 efetuar, conseguir, dar um jeito. 4 produzir, realizar. he contrived to lose all his money ironic ele conseguiu perder todo o dinheiro.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > contrive

  • 8 contrive

    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) sørge for, finne en utvei, lykkes
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) klekke ut, tenke ut, finne opp, sette sammen
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    verb \/kənˈtraɪv\/
    1) ( ofte ironisk eller negativt) oppfinne, tenke ut, finne på, klekke ut
    2) dikte opp
    3) planlegge, legge (onde) planer
    4) greie, klare, sørge for, lykkes i
    contrive a means of finne en utvei til å, finne en måte å

    English-Norwegian dictionary > contrive

  • 9 contrive

    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) posrečiti se
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) spretno narediti, scimprati
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    [kəntráiv]
    transitive verb & intransitive verb
    iznajti, izmisliti, izumiti; izvršiti, urediti; delati načrte, načrtovati; znajti se, znati si pomagati
    to contrive to live, to cut and contrive — preživljati se s skromnimi sredstvi, varčno živeti

    English-Slovenian dictionary > contrive

  • 10 afectado

    adj.
    1 affected, impressed, cut-up.
    2 affected, concerned, interested.
    3 affected, hammy, unnatural.
    f. & m.
    sufferer.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: afectar.
    * * *
    1→ link=afectar afectar
    1 (gen) affected
    2 (emocionado) affected, upset
    \
    estar afectado,-a de to be suffering from
    * * *
    (f. - afectada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=forzado) [acento, persona] affected; [estilo] stilted, precious
    2) (Med) (=aquejado)

    estar afectado — Méx to be consumptive; Cono Sur to be hurt

    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <gestos/acento> affected
    b) <área/órgano> affected

    está afectado de una grave enfermedad — (frml) he is suffering from a serious disease

    * * *
    = affected, mannered, concerned, devastated, stilted, camp, shaken.
    Ex. A collection of such affected words from the Latin and Greek are either to be used warily or to be rejected totally as barbarous.
    Ex. Since 1975 his work has become mannered and predictable.
    Ex. Mainframe computers are rarely dedicated to the library's own sole application, unless the library concerned happens to be a national library, offering online access to its data bases to a wide audience.
    Ex. The most devastated countries have seen almost no debt relief, and most of the bank's aid has come in the form of loans, not grants.
    Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex. There is an obvious positive correlation between camp behaviour and homosexuality.
    Ex. I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.
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    * afectado por el oídio = mildewed.
    * afectado por la sequía = drought-plagued, drought-parched.
    * afectado por las inundaciones = flood-hit.
    * afectado por las mareas = tidal.
    * evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.
    * no verse afectado = be none the worse for wear, be none the worse for (that).
    * peor afectado = worst-hit.
    * usar sobre la zona afectada = use + topically.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <gestos/acento> affected
    b) <área/órgano> affected

    está afectado de una grave enfermedad — (frml) he is suffering from a serious disease

    * * *
    = affected, mannered, concerned, devastated, stilted, camp, shaken.

    Ex: A collection of such affected words from the Latin and Greek are either to be used warily or to be rejected totally as barbarous.

    Ex: Since 1975 his work has become mannered and predictable.
    Ex: Mainframe computers are rarely dedicated to the library's own sole application, unless the library concerned happens to be a national library, offering online access to its data bases to a wide audience.
    Ex: The most devastated countries have seen almost no debt relief, and most of the bank's aid has come in the form of loans, not grants.
    Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex: There is an obvious positive correlation between camp behaviour and homosexuality.
    Ex: I felt lorn and bereft, then suddenly it was gone, leaving me empty and shaken the way a storm shakes the land and the sea.
    * afectado por el oídio = mildewed.
    * afectado por la sequía = drought-plagued, drought-parched.
    * afectado por las inundaciones = flood-hit.
    * afectado por las mareas = tidal.
    * evitar ser afectado = escape + unaffected.
    * no verse afectado = be none the worse for wear, be none the worse for (that).
    * peor afectado = worst-hit.
    * usar sobre la zona afectada = use + topically.

    * * *
    affected
    * * *

     

    Del verbo afectar: ( conjugate afectar)

    afectado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    afectado    
    afectar
    afectado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ‹gestos/acento› affected

    b) ‹área/órgano› affected;


    afectar ( conjugate afectar) verbo transitivo
    1


    b) ( afligir) to affect (frml);


    2 ( fingir) ‹admiración/indiferencia› to affect, feign
    afectado,-a I adj (amanerado) affected
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino los afectados por el terremoto, those affected by the earthquake
    los afectados de hepatitis, the hepatitis victims
    afectar verbo transitivo
    1 (incumbir) to affect: la medida nos afecta a todos, the measure affects us all
    2 (impresionar, entristecer) to affect, sadden: le afectó mucho la muerte de su padre, she was deeply affected by her father's death
    ' afectado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    afectada I
    - hinchada
    - hinchado
    - remilgada
    - remilgado
    - retórica
    - amanerado
    English:
    affected
    - concerned
    - precious
    - self-conscious
    - unaffected
    - unnatural
    - untouched
    - visibly
    - any
    - camp
    - diseased
    - Down's syndrome
    - fog
    - hard
    - self
    - stricken
    - suffer
    * * *
    afectado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [amanerado] affected
    2. [afligido] upset, badly affected
    3. RP [asignado] assigned
    ♦ nm,f
    victim;
    los afectados por las inundaciones serán indemnizados the people affected by the floods will receive compensation
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( afligido) upset ( por by)
    2 ( amanerado) affected
    II m, afectada f
    :
    es un afectado he is so affected
    * * *
    afectado, -da adj
    1) : affected, mannered
    2) : influenced
    3) : afflicted
    4) : feigned
    * * *
    afectado adj (conmovido) affected / upset

    Spanish-English dictionary > afectado

  • 11 anfitrión

    adj.
    host, home.
    m.
    host, entertainer.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) host; (mujer) hostess
    * * *
    (f. - anfitriona)
    noun
    host / hostess
    * * *
    * * *
    - triona masculino, femenino (m) host; (f) hostess
    * * *
    = host [hostess, fem.].
    Ex. A white man can try to experience what it means to be black by going to live in a black Central African home and getting as close to his host's way of life as can be contrived.
    ----
    * institución anfitriona = host institution.
    * país anfitrión = host country.
    * * *
    - triona masculino, femenino (m) host; (f) hostess
    * * *
    = host [hostess, fem.].

    Ex: A white man can try to experience what it means to be black by going to live in a black Central African home and getting as close to his host's way of life as can be contrived.

    * institución anfitriona = host institution.
    * país anfitrión = host country.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) host
    B ( feminine) hostess
    * * *

     

    anfitrión
    ◊ - triona sustantivo masculino, femenino (m) host;


    (f) hostess
    anfitrión sustantivo masculino host
    ' anfitrión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atento
    English:
    host
    * * *
    anfitrión, -ona
    ♦ adj
    host;
    país anfitrión host country
    ♦ nm,f
    host, f hostess
    ♦ nm
    Informát host
    * * *
    m host
    * * *
    anfitrión, - triona n, mpl - triones : host, hostess f
    * * *
    anfitrión n host

    Spanish-English dictionary > anfitrión

  • 12 cute

    kju:t
    1) ((especially American) attractive or pleasing in any way: a cute baby.) lindo, precioso
    2) (cunningly clever: You think you're pretty cute, don't you!) listo
    cute adj mono
    tr[kjʊːt]
    1 (sweet) mono,-a, rico,-a; (good-looking) guapo,-a, lindo,-a
    2 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL (clever) listo,-a
    cute ['kju:t] adj, cuter ; - est : mono fam, lindo
    adj.
    • cuco, -a adj.
    • gachón, -ona adj.
    • gracioso, -a adj.
    • listo, -a adj.
    • mono, -a adj.
    • resalado, -a adj.
    • rico, -a adj.
    • tierno, -a adj.
    kjuːt
    adjective cuter, cutest
    a) ( sweet) <baby/face> mono (fam), cuco (fam), rico (CS fam)
    b) ( attractive) (AmE) guapo
    c) ( clever) (AmE) < person> listo, vivo (AmL fam)
    d) ( contrived) (AmE) afectado, efectista
    [kjuːt]
    ADJ
    1) (=sweet) [face, animal, baby] lindo, precioso, mono *, rico *; [person] guapo

    isn't he cute! — (=baby) ¡qué lindo es!, ¡qué mono or rico es! *; (=pet) ¡qué lindo es!, ¡qué mono or rico es! *, ¡es una monada or monería! *; (=man) ¡es guapísimo!

    2) (esp US) (=clever) listo, vivo (LAm); (=affecting prettiness etc) presumido
    * * *
    [kjuːt]
    adjective cuter, cutest
    a) ( sweet) <baby/face> mono (fam), cuco (fam), rico (CS fam)
    b) ( attractive) (AmE) guapo
    c) ( clever) (AmE) < person> listo, vivo (AmL fam)
    d) ( contrived) (AmE) afectado, efectista

    English-spanish dictionary > cute

  • 13 cursi

    adj.
    1 tacky(dress, song).
    2 prissy, affected, la-di-da, chichi.
    f. & m.
    affected person.
    * * *
    1 familiar (afectado) pretentious, affected, twee
    1 familiar pretentious person, affected person
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=amanerado) affected; (=remilgado) prissy; [en sus gustos] twee
    2) [objeto] twee
    2.
    SMF

    es una cursi — (=amanerada) she's so affected; (=niña remilgada) she's so prissy; [en sus gustos] she's so twee

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichi
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam)
    * * *
    = cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].
    Ex. His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.
    Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichi
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam)
    * * *
    = cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

    Ex: His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.

    Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

    * * *
    ( fam):
    se cree muy elegante y refinada pero yo la encuentro cursi she thinks she's so chic and refined but she just seems affected to me
    sus ideas sobre el matrimonio son de lo más cursi her ideas on marriage are terribly romantic and sentimental, she has such twee ideas about marriage ( BrE)
    llevaba unos lacitos en el pelo de lo más cursi she was wearing some horribly prissy o ( AmE) cutesy o ( BrE) twee little ribbons in her hair
    tenía la casa decorada de la manera más cursi the decor in his house was terribly chichi o precious o fussy
    es muy cursilona she's terribly precious o affected o ( BrE) twee
    ( fam)
    es un cursi he's so affected o precious o ( BrE) twee
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    cursi adjetivo (fam) ‹ objeto› corny, twee (BrE);
    ‹ idea› sentimental, twee (BrE);
    ‹ decoración› chichi;
    ‹ persona› affected;
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam):
    ◊ es un cursi he's so affected o (BrE) twee

    cursi adjetivo pey pretentious, affected

    ' cursi' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repipi
    - siútico
    English:
    corny
    - genteel
    - twee
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [vestido, canción] tacky, Br naff;
    se puso un sombrero muy cursi she put on this really tacky o Br naff hat;
    a mi abuela le gustan esas cortinas tan cursis my grandmother likes those twee curtains
    2. [modales, persona]
    es un escritor muy cursi he's such a corny writer;
    camina de una manera muy cursi she has a very affected way of walking;
    no seas cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands
    ♦ nmf
    affected person;
    es un cursi he's so affected;
    no seas un cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands
    * * *
    fam
    I adj persona affected
    II m/f
    :
    es un cursi he is so affected
    * * *
    cursi adj, fam : affected, pretentious
    * * *
    cursi adj twee

    Spanish-English dictionary > cursi

  • 14 contrive

    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) takast; finna ráð
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) gera á hugvitssamlegan hátt
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    English-Icelandic dictionary > contrive

  • 15 contrive

    feltalál, kijön (fizetésből), kigondol, megél
    * * *
    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) szerét ejti vminek
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) kieszel
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    English-Hungarian dictionary > contrive

  • 16 contrive

    v. icat etmek, bulmak, tasarlamak, yapmak, başarmak, planlamak, ev idare etmek
    * * *
    1. başar 2. bul
    * * *
    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) yolunu bulmak, bir çaresini bulmak
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) uydurmak, becermek
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    English-Turkish dictionary > contrive

  • 17 contrive

    • onnistua
    • saada aikaan
    • keksiä
    • muodostaa
    • suunnitella
    * * *
    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) onnistua
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) väsätä, suunnitella
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    English-Finnish dictionary > contrive

  • 18 contrive

    [kən'traɪv]
    1) (arrange) organizzare [ event]

    to contrive to do — riuscire a fare, trovare il mezzo di fare

    2) (invent) inventare [machine, device]
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    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) riuscire
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) trovare il modo di fare
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    [kən'traɪv]
    1) (arrange) organizzare [ event]

    to contrive to do — riuscire a fare, trovare il mezzo di fare

    2) (invent) inventare [machine, device]

    English-Italian dictionary > contrive

  • 19 contrive

    [kən'traɪv] 1. vt
    device zmajstrować ( perf); meeting etc ukartować ( perf)
    2. vi

    to contrive to do sth — znajdować (znaleźć perf) sposób na zrobienie czegoś

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    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) znaleźć sposób na
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) wykombinować
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    English-Polish dictionary > contrive

  • 20 contrive

    1) (to manage (to do something): He contrived to remove the money from her bag.) pamanīties; iemanīties
    2) (to make in a clever way: He contrived a tent from an old sack.) izgudrot; izdomāt
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    izdomāt, izgudrot; iemanīties; perināt

    English-Latvian dictionary > contrive

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