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  • 61 first

    أَوَّل \ early: near the beginning: The early part of his life was spent in Khartoum. first: before all others, in time or in order: The first day of the year is January 1st. He was first on the list. former: adj. (attrib.); pron. (compared with latter) the first (of two) to be named: Michael and Martin are brothers. The former (Michael) can swim, but the latter (Martin) cannot. initial: first; at the beginning: The initial letter of the word ‘start’ is ‘s’. My initial attempt to swim across the river ended in failure.

    Arabic-English glossary > first

  • 62 former

    أَوَّل \ early: near the beginning: The early part of his life was spent in Khartoum. first: before all others, in time or in order: The first day of the year is January 1st. He was first on the list. former: adj. (attrib.); pron. (compared with latter) the first (of two) to be named: Michael and Martin are brothers. The former (Michael) can swim, but the latter (Martin) cannot. initial: first; at the beginning: The initial letter of the word ‘start’ is ‘s’. My initial attempt to swim across the river ended in failure.

    Arabic-English glossary > former

  • 63 initial

    أَوَّل \ early: near the beginning: The early part of his life was spent in Khartoum. first: before all others, in time or in order: The first day of the year is January 1st. He was first on the list. former: adj. (attrib.); pron. (compared with latter) the first (of two) to be named: Michael and Martin are brothers. The former (Michael) can swim, but the latter (Martin) cannot. initial: first; at the beginning: The initial letter of the word ‘start’ is ‘s’. My initial attempt to swim across the river ended in failure.

    Arabic-English glossary > initial

  • 64 latter

    أَوَّل \ early: near the beginning: The early part of his life was spent in Khartoum. first: before all others, in time or in order: The first day of the year is January 1st. He was first on the list. former: adj. (attrib.); pron. (compared with latter) the first (of two) to be named: Michael and Martin are brothers. The former (Michael) can swim, but the latter (Martin) cannot. initial: first; at the beginning: The initial letter of the word ‘start’ is ‘s’. My initial attempt to swim across the river ended in failure.

    Arabic-English glossary > latter

  • 65 dekada

    - dy; -dy; dat sg - dzie; f
    * * *
    f.
    1. (= dziesięć dni) ten days; w pierwszej/drugiej/trzeciej dekadzie stycznia/lutego itd. in early/mid/late January/February etc.
    2. (= dziesięć lat) decade.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > dekada

  • 66 fecha

    f.
    date.
    una fecha señalada an important date
    en fecha próxima in the next few days
    fijar la fecha de algo to set a date for something
    hasta la fecha to date, so far
    ocurrió por estas fechas it happened around this time of year
    fecha de caducidad sell-by date; (de alimentos) expiry date; (de carné, pasaporte) use before date (de medicamento)
    fecha de entrega delivery date
    fecha límite deadline
    fecha de nacimiento date of birth
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: fechar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: fechar.
    * * *
    1 date
    ■ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?
    2 (día) day
    1 (época) time sing
    \
    a seis (cuatro, diez, etc) días fecha COMERCIO six (four, ten, etc) days after sight
    con fecha... dated...
    de fecha... dated...
    en fecha próxima at an early date
    fijar la fecha to fix a date
    hasta la fecha so far, until now
    poner fecha a to date
    sin fecha undated
    fecha de caducidad expiry date
    fecha de nacimiento date of birth
    fecha límite deadline, closing date
    fecha tope deadline, closing date
    * * *
    noun f.
    - fecha límite
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=día preciso) date

    ¿a qué fecha estamos? — what's the date today?

    a partir de esa fecha no volvió a llamar — from then on o thereafter he never called again

    a 30 días fecha — (Com) at 30 days' sight

    • con fecha de, una carta con fecha del 15 de agosto — a letter dated 15 August

    • hasta la fecha — to date, so far

    • pasarse de fecha — (Com) to pass the sell-by date

    • poner la fecha — to date

    • en fecha próxima — soon

    • sin fecha, una carta sin fecha — an undated letter, a letter with no date

    fecha de caducidad — [de medicamento, tarjeta] expiry date; [de alimento] sell-by date

    fecha de vencimiento — (Com) due date

    fecha de vigencia — (Com) effective date

    fecha futura, en alguna fecha futura — at some future date

    fecha tope — [de finalización] deadline; [de entrega] closing date

    2) pl fechas (=época)
    * * *
    femenino date

    ¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what date is it today?

    con or de fecha 7 de marzo — (Corresp) dated March 7 o (BrE) 7th March

    le dieron/tiene fecha para Agosto — (para examen, entrevista, etc) she has her exam (o interview etc) in August; ( para cita con el médico) she has an appointment in August; ( para el parto) the baby is due in August

    * * *
    = date.
    Ex. This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.
    ----
    * al cumplir la fecha = at term.
    * certificado de fecha de registro = time stamp [timestamp].
    * como fecha final = at the very latest.
    * con fecha = dated.
    * con fecha + Fecha = dated + Fecha.
    * cuya fecha se anunciará más adelante = at a time to be announced later.
    * cuya fecha se determinará más adelante = at a time to be determined later.
    * fecha de caducidad = date due, expiry date, expiration date, best by date, best before date, limited life, sell-by date.
    * fecha de cierre = closed date.
    * fecha de cobertura = date of coverage.
    * fecha de comienzo = starting date, beginning date, date of commencement.
    * fecha de defunción = date of death.
    * fecha de devolución = return date.
    * fecha de edición = edition date.
    * fecha de entrega = delivery date.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * fecha de finalización = completion date, completion target.
    * fecha de impresión = imprint date.
    * fecha de inicio = trigger date.
    * fecha de la cubierta = cover date.
    * fecha del copyright = copyright date.
    * fecha de llegada = arrival date.
    * fecha de nacimiento = birth date, date of birth.
    * fecha de pedido = date of order.
    * fecha de publicación = age, date of issue, date of publication.
    * fecha de registro = accession date, time stamp [timestamp].
    * fecha de reimpresión = reprint date.
    * fecha de retención = retention date.
    * fecha de salida = departure date.
    * fecha de vencimiento = date due, expiry date, due date, expiration date, deadline, best by date, best before date, dateline, sell-by date.
    * fecha límite = cut-off date, closing date, deadline, timeline [time line], dateline.
    * fecha tope = deadline, dateline.
    * fijar fecha con antelación = predate.
    * hasta la fecha = to date, up to now, so far.
    * hoja de fecha de devolución = date label.
    * línea internacional de cambio de fecha, la = International Date Line, the.
    * ordenado por fecha = in date order.
    * poner la fecha = date-stamp.
    * sello de fecha = date stamp.
    * sin fecha = undated.
    * tener la fecha de + Fecha = be dated + Fecha.
    * * *
    femenino date

    ¿qué fecha es hoy? — what's the date today?, what date is it today?

    con or de fecha 7 de marzo — (Corresp) dated March 7 o (BrE) 7th March

    le dieron/tiene fecha para Agosto — (para examen, entrevista, etc) she has her exam (o interview etc) in August; ( para cita con el médico) she has an appointment in August; ( para el parto) the baby is due in August

    * * *
    = date.

    Ex: This access is achieved by organising the tools so that a user may search under a specific access point or heading or index term, for example, subject term, author, name, title, date.

    * al cumplir la fecha = at term.
    * certificado de fecha de registro = time stamp [timestamp].
    * como fecha final = at the very latest.
    * con fecha = dated.
    * con fecha + Fecha = dated + Fecha.
    * cuya fecha se anunciará más adelante = at a time to be announced later.
    * cuya fecha se determinará más adelante = at a time to be determined later.
    * fecha de caducidad = date due, expiry date, expiration date, best by date, best before date, limited life, sell-by date.
    * fecha de cierre = closed date.
    * fecha de cobertura = date of coverage.
    * fecha de comienzo = starting date, beginning date, date of commencement.
    * fecha de defunción = date of death.
    * fecha de devolución = return date.
    * fecha de edición = edition date.
    * fecha de entrega = delivery date.
    * fecha de expurgo = purge date.
    * fecha de finalización = completion date, completion target.
    * fecha de impresión = imprint date.
    * fecha de inicio = trigger date.
    * fecha de la cubierta = cover date.
    * fecha del copyright = copyright date.
    * fecha de llegada = arrival date.
    * fecha de nacimiento = birth date, date of birth.
    * fecha de pedido = date of order.
    * fecha de publicación = age, date of issue, date of publication.
    * fecha de registro = accession date, time stamp [timestamp].
    * fecha de reimpresión = reprint date.
    * fecha de retención = retention date.
    * fecha de salida = departure date.
    * fecha de vencimiento = date due, expiry date, due date, expiration date, deadline, best by date, best before date, dateline, sell-by date.
    * fecha límite = cut-off date, closing date, deadline, timeline [time line], dateline.
    * fecha tope = deadline, dateline.
    * fijar fecha con antelación = predate.
    * hasta la fecha = to date, up to now, so far.
    * hoja de fecha de devolución = date label.
    * línea internacional de cambio de fecha, la = International Date Line, the.
    * ordenado por fecha = in date order.
    * poner la fecha = date-stamp.
    * sello de fecha = date stamp.
    * sin fecha = undated.
    * tener la fecha de + Fecha = be dated + Fecha.

    * * *
    date
    ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what date is it today?
    con or de fecha 7 de marzo último ( Corresp) dated March 7 o ( BrE) 7th March last
    tuve que adelantar la fecha I had to move up ( AmE) o ( BrE) bring forward the date
    atrasaron la fecha they moved back o ( BrE) put back the date
    le dieron/tiene fecha para Agosto (para un examen, una entrevista etc) she has her exam ( o interview etc) in August, she has an appointment in August; (para el parto) the baby is due in August
    el año pasado por estas fechas this time last year
    [ S ] inauguración en fecha próxima opening soon
    Compuestos:
    (de un medicamento) expiration date ( AmE), expiry date ( BrE); (de un alimento) use-by date
    [ S ] fecha de caducidad 25 junio 2010 (en un medicamento) expires June 25th 2010; (en un alimento) use by June 25th 2010
    best-before date
    (de una letra) due date, maturity date (de un medicamento, alimento) ( AmL) fecha de caducidad
    closing date
    national day
    closing date
    * * *

     

    Del verbo fechar: ( conjugate fechar)

    fecha es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    fecha    
    fechar
    fecha sustantivo femenino
    date;

    con fecha 7 de marzo (Corresp) dated March 7 o (BrE) 7th March;
    hasta la fecha to date;
    el año pasado por estas fechas this time last year;
    en fecha próxima soon;
    fecha de caducidad or (AmL) vencimiento ( de medicamento) expiration date (AmE), expiry date (BrE);

    ( de alimento) use-by date;

    fecha límite or tope (para solicitud, suscripción) closing date;

    (para proyecto, trabajo) deadline
    fechar ( conjugate fechar) verbo transitivo
    to date
    fecha sustantivo femenino
    1 date: hasta la fecha no ha habido cambios, so far there have been no changes
    fecha de caducidad, sell-by date
    fecha límite, deadline 2 fechas, (momento, tiempo) time sing; el mes pasado por estas fechas, this time last month
    por aquellas fechas, at that time
    fechar verbo transitivo to date
    ' fecha' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adelantar
    - botepronto
    - caducidad
    - citar
    - concretar
    - convenir
    - designar
    - día
    - envasada
    - envasado
    - ser
    - estar
    - hasta
    - indicada
    - indicado
    - límite
    - nacimiento
    - señalar
    - señalada
    - señalado
    - tope
    - trasladar
    - a
    - acordar
    - aproximar
    - bien
    - cambiar
    - cercano
    - concreto
    - decisivo
    - determinado
    - encabezamiento
    - envío
    - equivocar
    - fijar
    - fijo
    - inconveniente
    - lugar
    - para
    - programar
    - prorrogar
    - próximo
    - reciente
    - recordar
    - retrasar
    - seguro
    English:
    advance
    - be
    - closing date
    - date
    - deadline
    - expiration date
    - expiry
    - name
    - rearrange
    - sell-by date
    - set
    - settle
    - settle on
    - target date
    - time limit
    - as
    - back
    - birth
    - closing
    - dead
    - hither
    - pin
    - reschedule
    - sell
    - such
    - time
    * * *
    fecha nf
    [día] date; [momento actual] current date;
    una fecha señalada an important date;
    pon la fecha en la carta put the date on the letter, date the letter;
    en fecha próxima in the next few days;
    a fecha de hoy todavía no se conocen los resultados at the moment the results are still not known;
    su lanzamiento todavía no tiene fecha a date has still not been set for its launch;
    el 28 es la fecha de su cumpleaños the 28th is his birthday;
    fijar la fecha de algo to set a date for sth;
    a partir de esta fecha from this date;
    hasta la fecha to date, so far;
    ocurrió por estas fechas it happened around this time of year
    fecha de caducidad [de alimentos] use-by date; [de medicamento] use before date; Cont fecha de cierre closing date;
    fecha de consumo use-by date;
    fecha de entrega delivery date, date of delivery;
    fecha de expedición date of issue;
    fecha de facturación invoice o billing date;
    fecha límite deadline, closing date;
    fecha límite de venta sell-by date;
    fecha de nacimiento date of birth;
    Am fecha patria national holiday [commemorating important historical event];
    fecha tope deadline;
    Fin fecha vencimiento due date
    * * *
    f date;
    hasta la fecha to date;
    en estas fechas at this time of year;
    sin fecha undated
    * * *
    fecha nf
    1) : date
    2)
    fecha de vencimiento : expiration date
    3)
    fecha límite : deadline
    * * *
    fecha n date
    ¿a qué fecha estamos? what's the date today? / what's today's date?
    en/por estas fechas at/around this time of year
    fecha límite / feche tope (en general) deadline (de concurso, etc) closing date

    Spanish-English dictionary > fecha

  • 67 Les mois de l'année

    L’anglais emploie la majuscule pour les noms de mois. Les abréviations sont courantes en anglais familier écrit, par ex. dans une lettre à un ami: I’ll see you on Mon 17 Sept.
    janvier January Jan
    février February Feb
    mars March Mar
    avril April Apr
    mai May May
    juin June Jun
    juillet July Jul
    août August Aug
    septembre September Sept
    octobre October Oct
    novembre November Nov
    décembre December Dec
    Dans les expressions suivantes, May est pris comme exemple. Tous les autres noms de mois s’utilisent de la même façon.
    mai a été pluvieux
    = May was wet
    L’anglais peut utiliser les noms de mois même là où le français a recours à l’expression le mois de…
    j’aime le mois de mai
    = I like May
    le mois de mai le plus chaud
    = the warmest May
    nous avons eu un beau mois de mai
    = we had a lovely May
    Quand?
    Pour l’expression de la date ⇒ La date.
    nous sommes en mai
    = it is May
    Avec les autres verbes que be ( être), en se traduit normalement par in.
    en mai
    = in May ou (littéraire) in the month of May
    je suis né en mai
    = I was born in May
    je te verrai en mai
    = I’ll see you in May
    l’an prochain en mai
    = in May next year
    Noter aussi:
    cette année-là en mai
    = that May
    en mai prochain
    = next May
    l’année dernière en mai
    = last May
    dans deux ans en mai
    = the May after next
    il y a deux ans en mai
    = the May before last
    tous les ans en mai
    = every May
    tous les deux ans en mai
    = every other May
    presque tous les ans en mai
    = most Mays
    Comparer:
    un matin en mai
    = one morning in May
    un matin de mai
    = one May morning ou on a May morning
    début mai
    = in early May
    au début de mai
    = at the beginning of May
    fin mai
    = in late May
    à la fin de mai
    = at the end of May
    à la mi-mai
    = in mid-May
    depuis mai
    = since May
    pendant tout le mois de mai
    = for the whole of May ou for the whole month of May
    tout au long du mois de mai
    = all through May ou throughout May
    De avec les noms de mois
    Les expressions françaises avec de se traduisent par l’emploi du nom de mois en position d’adjectif.
    les fleurs de mai
    = May flowers
    la pluie du mois de mai
    = the May rain
    le soleil de mai
    = the May sunshine
    le temps du mois de mai
    = May weather
    les soldes du mois de mai
    = the May sales

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > Les mois de l'année

  • 68 nisan

    Nisan, Jewish month; (first in ecclesiatic year); (late January-early Feburary)

    Latin-English dictionary > nisan

  • 69 zu

    zu [tsu:] präp +dat,
    to
    1) ( wohin) to;
    ich muss gleich \zum Arzt/\zum Bäcker/\zum Supermarkt I must go to the doctor's/baker's/supermarket;
    \zur Stadt/ Stadtmitte gehen to go to town/the town centre;
    wie weit ist es von hier \zum Bahnhof? how far is it from here to the train station?;
    wie komme ich [von hier] \zur Post? how do I get [from here] to the post office?;
    \zum Militär gehen to join the army;
    \zum Theater gehen to go on the stage [or into the theatre];
    \zum Schwimmbad geht es da lang! the swimming pool is that way!;
    fahr mich bitte \zur Arbeit/ Kirche/ Schule please drive me to work/church/school;
    \zu Fuß/ Pferd on foot/horseback;
    \zu Fuß gehen Sie etwa 20 Minuten it will take you about 20 minutes on foot;
    \zu Schiff by ship [or sea];
    2) (örtlich: Richtung)
    \zum Fenster herein/ hinaus in/out of the window;
    \zur Tür herein/ hinaus in/out the door;
    \zum Himmel weisen to point heavenwards [or up at the heavens];
    \zur Decke sehen to look [up] at the ceiling;
    \zu jdm/ etw hinaufsehen to look up at sb/sth;
    das Zimmer liegt \zur Straße hin the room looks out onto the street;
    \zum Meer/ zur Stadtmitte hin towards the sea/town [or city centre];
    der Kerl vom Nachbartisch sieht dauernd \zu uns hin the bloke at the next table keeps looking across at us
    3) ( neben)
    \zu jdm/ etw next to sb/sth;
    etw \zu etw legen;
    legen Sie \zu den Tellern bitte jeweils eine Serviette! put one serviette next to each plate;
    darf ich mich \zu Ihnen setzen? may I sit next to [or beside] you?;
    setz dich \zu uns [come and] sit with us;
    etw \zu etw tragen to wear sth with sth
    4) zeitlich at;
    \zu Ostern/ Pfingsten/ Weihnachten at Easter/Whitsun/Christmas;
    letztes Jahr \zu Weihnachten last Christmas;
    \zu früher/ später Stunde at an early/late hour;
    \zu Mittag at [or by] midday/noon;
    [bis] \zum 31. Dezember/ Montag/ Abend until [or by] 31st December/Monday/[this] evening;
    \zum Wochenende fahren wir weg we are going away at [or (Am) on] the weekend;
    \zum 1. Januar fällig due on January 1st;
    \zum Monatsende kündigen to give in one's notice for [or to take effect from] the end of the month; s. a. Anfang, Schluss, Zeit
    5) (anlässlich einer S.)
    etw \zum Geburtstag/\zu Weihnachten bekommen to get sth for one's birthday/for Christmas;
    \zu Ihrem 80. Geburtstag ( geh) on the occasion of your 80th birthday;
    jdm \zu etw gratulieren to congratulate sb on sth;
    jdn \zum Essen einladen to invite sb for a meal;
    Ausstellung \zum Jahrestag seines Todes exhibition to mark the anniversary of his death;
    \zu dieser Frage möchte ich Folgendes sagen to this question I should like to say the following;
    was sagst du \zu diesen Preisen? what do you say to these prices?;
    eine Rede \zum Thema Umwelt a speech on the subject of the environment;
    jdn \zu etw vernehmen to question sb about sth
    Papier \zum Schreiben paper to write on, writing paper;
    Wasser \zum Trinken drinking water;
    der Knopf \zum Abstellen the off-button;
    das Zeichen \zum Aufbruch the signal to leave;
    etw \zur Antwort geben to say sth in reply;
    \zu nichts taugen/\zu nichts zu gebrauchen sein to be no use at all;
    mögen Sie Milch/Zucker \zum Kaffee? do you take your coffee with milk [or white] /with sugar;
    \zum Frühstück trinkt sie immer Tee she always has tea at breakfast
    \zur Einführung... by way of an introduction...;
    \zu seiner Entschuldigung/\zur Erklärung in apology/explanation, by way of an apology/explanation;
    sie sagte das nur \zu seiner Beruhigung she said that just to set his mind at rest;
    \zu was ( fam) for what, why;
    \zu was soll das gut sein? what do you need that for?, what is that for?
    bei dem Regenwetter habe ich keine Lust zum Wandern I don't fancy walking if it is raining;
    wir haben nichts \zum Essen we have nothing to eat;
    gib dem Kind doch etwas \zum Spielen give the child something to play with;
    auf die Reise habe ich mir etwas \zum Lesen mitgenommen I've brought something to read on the trip;
    das ist ja \zum Lachen that's ridiculous [or really funny];
    das ist \zum Weinen it's enough to make you want to cry [or weep];
    \zu etw werden to turn into [or become] sth;
    manch einer wird aus Armut \zum Dieb often it is poverty that turns sb into a thief;
    wieder \zu Staub werden to [re]turn to dust;
    jdn/etw \zu etw machen to make sb/sth into sth;
    jdn \zum Manne machen to make a man of sb;
    \zum Kapitän befördert werden to be promoted to captain;
    \zum Vorsitzenden gewählt werden to be elected to [or chosen for] the post of chairman;
    \zu Asche verbrennen to burn to ashes;
    etw \zu Pulver zermahlen to grind sth [in]to powder
    Liebe \zu jdm love for sb;
    aus Freundschaft \zu jdm because of one's friendship with sb;
    das Vertrauen \zu jdm/ etw trust in sb/sth;
    meine Beziehung \zu ihr my relationship with her
    11) ( im Verhältnis zu) in relation [or proportion] to;
    im Vergleich \zu in comparison with, compared to;
    im Verhältnis 1 \zu 4 math in the ratio of one to four;
    unsere Chancen stehen 50 \zu 50 our chances are fifty-fifty
    \zu den Lehrbüchern gehören auch Kassetten there are cassettes to go with the text books;
    wo ist der Korken \zu der Flasche? where is the cork for this bottle?;
    mir fehlt nur der Schlüssel \zu dieser Tür I've only got to find the key to this door
    Bayern München gewann mit 5 \zu 1 Bayern Munich won five-one;
    das Fußballspiel ging unentschieden 0 \zu 0 aus the football match ended in a nil-nil draw
    \zu drei Prozent at three percent;
    diese Äpfel habe ich \zu zwei Euro das Stück gekauft I bought these apples for [or at] two euros each;
    sechs [Stück] \zu fünfzig Cent six for fifty cents;
    \zum halben Preis at half price;
    wir sind \zu fünft in den Urlaub gefahren five of us went on holiday together;
    sie kommen immer \zu zweit those two always come as a pair;
    der Pulli ist nur \zur Hälfte fertig the jumper is only half finished;
    hast du das Buch nur \zu einem Viertel gelesen? have you only read a quarter of the book?;
    \zum ersten Mal for the first time;
    \zum Ersten..., \zum Zweiten firstly..., secondly;
    \zum Ersten, \zum Zweiten, \zum Dritten ( bei Auktionen) going once, going twice, sold
    15) (örtlich: Lage) in;
    der Dom \zu Köln the cathedral in Cologne, Cologne cathedral;
    der Reichstag \zu Worms (hist) the Diet of Worms;
    \zu Hause at home;
    \zu seiner Rechten/Linken... on his right/left [hand side]...;
    \zu Lande und \zu Wasser on land and sea;
    jdm \zur Seite sitzen ( geh) to sit at sb's side;
    sich \zu Tisch setzen ( geh) to sit down to dinner
    der Graf \zu Blaubeuren the Count of Blaubeuren;
    der Gasthof \zum blauen Engel the Blue Angel Inn
    17) ( als)
    jdn \zum Präsidenten wählen to elect as president;
    jdn \zu etw ernennen to nominate sb for sth;
    er machte sie \zu seiner Frau he made her his wife;
    er nahm sie \zur Frau he took her as his wife;
    jdn/etw \zum Vorbild nehmen to take sb/sth as one's example, to model oneself on sb/sth;
    \zum Arzt geboren sein to be born to be a doctor
    \zu Deutsch (veraltet) in German;
    \zum Beispiel for example;
    \zur Belohnung as a reward;
    \zur Beurteilung/ Einsicht for inspection;
    \zum Gedächtnis von jdm in memory of sb, in sb's memory;
    \zum Glück luckily;
    \zu Hilfe help;
    jdm \zu Hilfe kommen to come to sb's aid;
    \zum Lobe von jdm/ etw in praise of sb/sth;
    \zur Probe as a trial [or test];
    \zur Ansicht on approval;
    \zur Strafe as a punishment;
    \zur Unterschrift for signature [or signing];
    \zur Warnung as a warning;
    \zu jds Bestem/ Vorteil sein to be for one's own good/to one's advantage → bis
    \zur Hauptsache mainly;
    \zum voraus in front of;
    \zum vorn[e]herein from in front;
    \zum Rechten schauen to look to the right
    1) (all\zu) too;
    \zu sehr too much;
    er hat sich nicht \zu sehr bemüht he didn't try too [or very] hard;
    ich wäre \zu gern mitgefahren I would have loved to have gone along
    2) ( geschlossen) shut, closed;
    dreh den Wasserhahn \zu! turn the tap off!;
    Tür \zu, es zieht! shut the door, there's a draught!;
    mach die Augen \zu, ich hab da was für dich close your eyes, I've got sth for you;
    die Geschäfte haben sonntags \zu stores are closed on Sundays;
    \zu sein to be shut [or closed];
    3) ( örtlich) towards;
    nach hinten/vorne \zu towards the back/front;
    dem Ausgang \zu towards the exit
    4) (fam: betrunken sein)
    \zu sein to be pissed (fam!), to have had a skinful ( fam)
    dann mal \zu! go ahead, off we go;
    immer/nur \zu! go ahead;
    schimpf nur \zu, es hilft doch nichts go on, scream, it won't do any good;
    mach \zu hurry up, get a move on;
    lauf schon \zu, ich komme nach you go on [or go on ahead], I'll catch up
    etw \zu essen sth to eat;
    dieser Auftrag ist unverzüglich \zu erledigen this task must be completed straight away;
    ich habe heute einiges \zu erledigen I have got a few things to do today;
    sie hat \zu gehorchen she has to obey [or do as she is told];
    die Rechnung ist bis Freitag \zu bezahlen the bill has to be paid by Friday;
    \zum Stehen kommen to come to a halt;
    \zum Erliegen kommen to come to rest;
    ich habe \zu arbeiten I have some work to do;
    ohne es \zu wissen without knowing it;
    ich komme, um mich zu verabschieden I have come to say goodbye
    \zu bezahlende Rechnungen outstanding bills;
    es gibt verschiedene noch \zu kaufende Gegenstände some things still have to be bought;
    der \zu Prüfende the candidate to be examined;
    nicht \zu unterschätzende Probleme problems [that are] not to be underestimated

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  • 70 emerytu|ra

    f 1. Admin. (świadczenie) (retirement) pension
    - otrzymywać a. pobierać emeryturę to receive a. draw one’s pension
    - nabyć prawo do emerytury to be of pensionable a. retirement age
    2. sgt (okres) retirement
    - odejść a. pójść na emeryturę to go into retirement, to retire
    - przejść na wcześniejszą emeryturę to take early retirement
    - być na emeryturze to be retired
    - od stycznia przenieśli ją na emeryturę she was pensioned off in January

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  • 71 двадцатый

    числ.; поряд.

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  • 72 Delgado, General Humberto

    (1906-1965)
       Pioneer air force advocate and pilot, senior officer who opposed the Estado Novo, and oppositionist candidate in the 1958 presidential elections. One of the young army lieutenants who participated in the 28 May 1926 coup that established the military dictatorship, Delgado was a loyal regime supporter during its early phase (1926-44) and into its middle phase (1944-58). An important advocate of civil aeronautics, as well as being a daring pilot in the army air force and assisting the Allies in the Azores in World War II, Delgado spent an important part of his career after 1943 outside Portugal.
       On missions abroad for the government and armed forces, Delgado came to oppose the dictatorship in the l950s. In 1958, he stood as the oppositionist candidate in the presidential elections, against regime candidate Admiral Américo Tomás. In the cities, Delgado received considerable popular support for his campaign, during which he and the coalition of varied political movements, including the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) and Movement of Democratic Unity, were harassed by the regime police, PIDE. When the managed election results were "tallied," Delgado had won more than 25 percent, including heavy votes in the African colonies; this proved an embarrassment to the regime, which promptly altered electoral law so that universal male suffrage was replaced by a safer electoral college (1959).
       When legal means of opposition were closed to him, Delgado conspired with dissatisfied military officers who promised support but soon abandoned him. The government had him stripped of his job, rank, and career and, in 1959, fearing arrest by the PIDE, Delgado sought political asylum in the embassy of Brazil. Later he fled to South America and organized opposition to the regime, including liaisons and plotting with Henrique Galvão. Delgado traveled to Europe and North Africa to rally Portuguese oppositionists in exile and, in 1961-62, dabbled in coup plots. He had a role in the abortive coup at Beja, in January 1962. Brave to the extent of taking risks against hopeless odds, Delgado dreamed of instigating a popular uprising on his own.
       In 1965, along with his Brazilian secretary, Delgado kept an appointment with destiny on Portugal's Spanish frontier. Neither he nor his companion were seen alive again, and later their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave; investigations since have proved that they were murdered by PIDE agents in a botched kidnapping plot.
       When the true story of what happened to the "Brave General" was revealed in the world press, the opposition's resolve was strengthened and the Estado Novo's image reached a new low. Posthumously, General Delgado has been honored in numerous ways since the Revolution of 25 April 1974.

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  • 73 East Timor

       Colony of Portugal from the 16th century to December 1975, with an area of 40,000 square kilometers (18,989 square miles). East Timor is located on the eastern portion of the island of Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. From 1975 to August 1999, when it was forcibly annexed and occupied by Indonesia, until May 2002, when it achieved full independence, East Timor was, in effect, a ward of the United Nations.
       In the 16th century, the Portuguese established trading posts on the island, but for centuries few Portuguese settled there, and the "colony" remained isolated and neglected. After the Dutch won control of Indonesia, there was a territorial dispute with Portugal as to who "owned" what on the island of Timor. In 1859, this question was decided as the Dutch and Portuguese governments formally divided the island into a Dutch portion (west) and the Portuguese colony (east) and established the frontier. From the late 19th century to World War I, Portugal consolidated its control of East Timor by means of military campaigns against the Timorese tribes. In addition to colonial officials, a few Portuguese missionaries and merchants occupied East Timor, but few Portuguese ever settled there.
       East Timor's geographic location close to the north coast of Australia and its sharing of one island in the Dutch colony catapulted it into world affairs early in World War II. To forestall a Japanese invasion of Timor, a joint Dutch-Australian expedition landed on 17 December 1941; the Portuguese authorities neither resisted nor cooperated. In February 1942, when Japanese troops landed in Timor, the small allied force fled to the hills and later was evacuated to Australia. Japan occupied all of Timor and the remainder of the Dutch East Indies until Japan's surrender in September 1945. Portugal soon reassumed control.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, East Timorese nationalist parties hoped for rapid decolonization and independence with Lisbon's cooperation. But on 28 November 1975, before a preoccupied Portugal could work out a formal transfer of power, the Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), then in control of the former colony's capital, declared independence, and, on 7 December 1975, Indonesian armed forces swiftly invaded, occupied, and annexed East Timor. In the following years, a tragic loss of life occurred. Portugal refused to recognize Indonesia's sovereignty over East Timor and claimed legal sovereignty before the United Nations.
       As Indonesia persistently and brutally suppressed Timorese nationalist resistance, world media attention focused on this still remote island. Several sensational international and Indonesian events altered the status of occupied East Timor, following the continuation of FRETILIN guerrilla resistance. In November 1991, world media disseminated information on the Indonesian forces' slaughter of East Timorese protesters at a cemetery demonstration in the capital of Dili. In 1996, two East Timorese, Bishop Belo and José Ramos Horta, each a symbol of East Timorese resistance and the desire for independence, shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Then, in 1998, in Indonesia, the Suharto regime collapsed and was replaced by a more democratic government, which in January 1999 pledged a free referendum in East Timor. On 30 August 1999, the referendum was held, and nearly 80 percent of the East Timorese voters voted for independence from Indonesia.
       However, Indonesian armed forces and militias reacted brutally, using intimidation, murder, mayhem, and razing of buildings to try to reverse the people's will. Following some weeks of confusion, a United Nations (UN) armed forces, led by Australia, took control of East Timor and declared it a UN protectorate, to last until East Timor was secure from Indonesian aggression and prepared for full independence. East Timor had changed from a Portuguese colony to an Indonesian protectorate/colony to a fledgling nation-in-the-making.
       The status of East Timor as a ward of the UN was made official on 25 October 1999, as the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor began to prepare the country for independence. Appalling conditions prevailed: 70 percent of the country's buildings had been destroyed and nearly half of the population of 800,000 had been driven out of East Timor into uneasy refuge in West Timor, under Indonesian control. A territory without an economy, East Timor lacked police, civil servants, schools, and government records.
       With UN assistance, general elections were held in the spring of 2002; the majority of parliamentary seats were won by FRETILIN, and José "Xanana" Gusmão was elected the first president. On 20 May 2002, East Timor became independent. World luminaries adorned the independence celebrations: UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, and other celebrities attended. But East Timor's travails continued with civil strife and uncertainty.

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  • 74 Pintasilgo, Maria de Lourdes

    (1930-2004)
        Catholic leader and social activist, chemical engineer, and politician. Born in Abrantes, to a middle class family, Pintasilgo had a distinguished record as a student in her Lisbon high school and at Lisbon's Instituto Superior Técnico where, in 1953, she graduated with an engineering degree in industrial chemistry. For seven years, she worked as an engineer for the Portuguese conglomerate Companhia União Fabril (CUF). A progressive Catholic who never formally joined a political party, Pintasilgo became a top lay Catholic leader in Portugal, as well as an influential, international Catholic leader in Catholic student, lay, and women's associations. She also attended Lisbon's Catholic University, where she became a student leader. During the final period of the dictatorship under Marcello Caetano, she held various government posts related to social welfare and women's affairs. In the first provisional government following the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Pintasilgo was secretary of state for social welfare and, by early 1975, became minister of social affairs. That same year, she became Portugal's first ambassador to the United Nations Educational and Social Organization.
       In July 1979, she became prime minister, following a call from President António Ramalho Eanes, and served in a caretaker role until January 1980. During her brief term, she worked to improve social security coverage and health and social welfare. She was Portugal's first woman prime minister and, following Britain's Margaret Thatcher, was Europe's second woman to serve in that office. In 1986, she ran as an independent for the presidency of the Republic but was unsuccessful. In 1987, she began a two-year term following election as a member of the European Parliament. She died suddenly and unexpectedly in July 2004.

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  • 75 Sócrates, José

    (Carvalho Pinto de Sousa)
    (1957-)
       Politician, head of the Socialist Party, and prime minister of Portugal. Born in Oporto, Sôcrates lived his early years in Covilha, central Portugal. Trained as a civil engineer, Sôcrates' professional credentials became the subject of a heated political controversy after he became an important politician. The validity of his engineering degree, as well as the academic respectability of the private university at which he had received the disputed credential, were brought into question in the media.
       Sôcrates helped found the youth wing of the Social Democratic Party and, since 1981, has been a member of the Socialist Party.
       His specialty has been environmental affairs, and in the first government of Antônio Guterres, he served as undersecretary of state for the environment. He later became Minister for Youth and Sport in the second Guterres government in 1999. One of his main causes has been to ban smoking in public buildings and public transport and, in January 2008, a law was passed to this effect. (Sôcrates became the target of criticism when it was discovered that he had smoked on a flight from Portugal to Venezuela.) He again became Minister for Youth and Sports and helped organize the 2004 EURO cup ( futebol) in Portugal. He won the post of secretary-general of the Socialist Party in 2004 with a strong vote, and he became prime minister of the XVII constitutional government in March 2005. He was also president-in-office of the European Union during the second half of 2007.

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  • 76 Spain

       Portugal's independence and sovereignty as a nation-state are based on being separate from Spain. Achieving this on a peninsula where its only landward neighbor, Spain, is stronger, richer, larger, and more populous, raises interesting historical questions. Considering the disparity in size of population alone — Spain (as of 2000) had a population of 40 million, whereas Portugal's population numbered little over 10 million—how did Portugal maintain its sometimes precarious independence? If the Basques, Catalans, and Galicians succumbed to Castilian military and political dominance and were incorporated into greater Spain, how did little Portugal manage to survive the "Spanish menace?" A combination of factors enabled Portugal to keep free of Spain, despite the era of "Babylonian Captivity" (1580-1640). These include an intense Portuguese national spirit; foreign assistance in staving off Spanish invasions and attacks between the late 14th century and the mid l9th century, principally through the Anglo- Portuguese Alliance and some assistance from France; historical circumstances regarding Spain's own trials and tribulations and decline in power after 1600.
       In Portugal's long history, Castile and Leon (later "Spain," as unified in the 16th century) acted as a kind of Iberian mother and stepmother, present at Portugal's birth as well as at times when Portuguese independence was either in danger or lost. Portugal's birth as a separate state in the 12th century was in part a consequence of the king of Castile's granting the "County of Portucale" to a transplanted Burgundian count in the late 11th century. For centuries Castile, Leon, Aragon, and Portugal struggled for supremacy on the peninsula, until the Castilian army met defeat in 1385 at the battle of Aljubarrota, thus assuring Portugal's independence for nearly two centuries. Portugal and its overseas empire suffered considerably under rule by Phillipine Spain (1580-1640). Triumphant in the War of Restoration against Spain (1640-68), Portugal came to depend on its foreign alliances to provide a counterweight to a still menacing kindred neighbor. Under the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, England (later Great Britain) managed to help Portugal thwart more than a few Spanish invasion threats in the next centuries. Rumors and plots of Spain consuming Portugal continued during the 19th century and even during the first Portuguese republic's early years to 1914.
       Following difficult diplomatic relations during Spain's subsequent Second Republic (1931-36) and civil war (1936-39), Luso-Span-ish relations improved significantly under the authoritarian regimes that ruled both states until the mid-1970s. Portugal's prime minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar and Spain's generalissimo Francisco Franco signed nonaggression and other treaties, lent each other mutual support, and periodically consulted one another on vital questions. During this era (1939-74), there were relatively little trade, business, and cultural relations between the two neighbors, who mainly tended to ignore one another. Spain's economy developed more rapidly than Portugal's after 1950, and General Franco was quick to support the Estado Novo across the frontier if he perceived a threat to his fellow dictator's regime. In January 1962, for instance, Spanish army units approached the Portuguese frontier in case the abortive military coup at Beja (where a Portuguese oppositionist plot failed) threatened the Portuguese dictatorship.
       Since Portugal's Revolution of 25 April 1974, and the death of General Franco and the establishment of democracy in Spain (1975-78), Luso-Spanish relations have improved significantly. Portugal has experienced a great deal of Spanish investment, tourism, and other economic activities, since both Spain and Portugal became members of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1986.
       Yet, Portugal's relations with Spain have become closer still, with increased integration in the European Union. Portugal remains determined not to be confused with Spain, and whatever threat from across the frontier exists comes more from Spanish investment than from Spanish winds, marriages, and armies. The fact remains that Luso-Spanish relations are more open and mutually beneficial than perhaps at any other time in history.

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  • 77 касаться

    гл. —
    1. to touch; 2. to feel; 3. to run one's hand over/along; 4. to concern; 5. to have smth to do with; 6. with regard to; 7. to deal; 8. as to/as regards/ as far as smth is concerned
    Значение русского глагола касаться относится как к физическому контакту, так и к сфере интеллектуальной деятельности. Английские эквиваленты различают физическую и интеллектуальную сферы, а также различаются по структурной роли в предложении и принадлежат к разным частям речи.
    1. to touch — (глагол to touch многозначен, и его значения, как и значения русского глагола касаться, относятся к разным сферам человеческой деятельности и соответствуют разным значениям русского глагола): a) касаться, коснуться, дотронуться: to touch smb, smth —дотронуться до кого-либо, чего-либо/коснуться кого-либо, чего-либо I could feel someone touching my shoulder. — Я почувствовал, что кто-то дотронулся до моего плеча./Я почувствовал, как кто-то коснулся моего плеча. She touched the button and the electronic gate opened. — Она нажала на кнопку, и автоматические ворота открылись. Andy would never let you drive his car, he goes mad if anyone touches it. — Энди никогда не позволит тебе ездить на его машине, он с ума сходит, когда кто-нибудь дотрагивается до нее. She touched me on the arm. — Она коснулась моей руки. Не touched the cat with his hand. — Он дотронулся до кота ( рукой). I put the cards together on the table so that the edges were just touching. — Я положил карты на стол так, чтобы их края только касались друг друга. Do not touch the wire or you will get electrocuting. — Смотри, не коснись провода, а то тебя ударит током. Не drew me closer until our bodies were touching. — Он притянул меня к себе поближе, так что наши тела касались друг друга. Don't touch me! — Не трогай меня! b) затрагивать, коснуться (вопроса, проблемы): to touch upon smth — затрагивать что-либо; to touch upon the problem (plan, subject) — касаться проблемы (вопроса, темы) In his report he did not touch upon the issue of emigration. — В своем докладе он не касался проблем эмиграции. Не only touched upon the problem but did not go into detail. — Он только коснулся этой проблемы, но не вдавался в подробности/детали. There is one factor we haven't touched upon. — Есть еще один фактор, которого мы не коснулись/который мы не затронули.
    2. to feel — касаться, дотронуться, ощутить, ощупывать (дотронуться слегка, чтобы только почувствовать или определить, что это такое): Feel how soft this material is. — Пощупай, какой это мягкий материал. Doctor Vane fell Freddy's forehead to see if he was running high temperature. — Доктор Вейн дотронулся до лба Фредди, чтобы определить, нет ли у него высокой температуры./Доктор Вейн потрогал лоб у Фредди, чтобы определить, нет ли у него высокой температуры. She felt the radiator: «It is cold, the boiler must have come out again». — Она коснулась радиатора: «Радиатор холодный, скорее всего котел вышел из строя»./Она дотронулась до радиатора: «Радиатор холодный, наверное котел вышел из строя». The stones felt rough and warm under my feet. — Камни под ногами на ощупь были острыми и теплыми. I am not sure what sort of material it is, it feels kind of wax. — Я не уверен из какого материала это сделано, но на ощупь это похоже на воск.
    3. to run one's hand over/along — провести рукой по чему-либо: She ran her hand along the cat's back, feeling its soft fur. — Она провела рукой по спине кота, ощущая его мягкий мех. Blind people read by running their fingers over a series of the raised dots, called Braille. — Слепые читают, проводя пальцами по выпуклым точкам, которые называют алфавитом Брайля.
    4. to concern — касаться, иметь отношение к…. относиться (упоминать о том, что произошло или могло быть объектом или субъектом происходящего): as far as 1 am concerned — что касается меня Much of the material in these early letters concerns events that happened some years ago. — Значительная часть материала в этих ранних письмах касается событий, которые произошли несколько лет тому назад. One of the remarkable stories about him concerns his first performance at the theatre. — Одна из примечательных историй о нем касается его первого выступления в театре. I have no complaints, as far as I'm concerned everything was all right. — У меня нет никаких жалоб, по-моему все было прекрасно. I don't enjoy travelling, I am afraid, as far as I am concerned, it would just be a waste of money. — Я не получаю никакого удовольствия от путешествий, по-моему, это пустая трата денег. Don't worry, the accusation doesn't concern you. — He волнуйся, обвинение тебя не касается. The story concerns a man who was a friend of mine. — Этот рассказ касается человека, который был моим другом. My past doesn't concern you. — Мое прошлое не имеет к вам никакого отношения. These changes concern everyone who has children of school age. — Эти изменения касаются всех, у кого есть дети школьного возраста.
    5. to have smth to do with — касаться, иметь отношение к… (быть связанным с чем-либо, кем-либо каким-либо образом, хотя может быть неясно, как конкретно связаны объекты): to have nothing to do with smth, smb — не касаться чего-либо, кого-либо/не иметь никакого отношения к чему-либо, кому-либо It has nothing to do with him. — Это его не касается./Он к этому не имеет никакого отношения. I am not aware what her job is, but it is something to do with marketing. — Я не имею понятия, какая у нее работа, но она имеет какое-то отношение к маркетингу/Я не имею понятия, какая у нее работа, но она как-то связана с маркетингом. Harry is going into hospital tomorrow it is something to do with his leg, I think. — Гарри завтра ложится в больницу, мне кажется, это связано с его ногой/касается его ноги. His decision to move overseas has a lot to do with his financial problems. — Его решение уехать за границу связано с его финансовыми трудностями.
    6. with regard to — в отношении, касательно (слово официального стиля речи для указания вопроса или темы, которую вводят для обсуждения или доклада): With regard to the matter of unemployment, I would like to add a few remarks to what was said by the previous speaker. — Что касается проблемы безработицы, мне бы хотелось добавить несколько замечаний к тому, что было сказано предыдущим оратором. With regard to your letter concerning my January payment, this matter has now been settled. — Что касается вашего письма относительно моей январской зарплаты, то этот вопрос уже улажен.
    7. to deal — касаться, иметь дело с… (описывает или трактует какой-либо вопрос, проблему, тему и т. п.): to deal with smth. — касаться чего-либо/затрагивать что-либо; to deal with a problem — рассматривать проблему/заниматься проблемой These ideas are dealt with more fully in chapter four. — Эти идеи более подробно рассматриваются в четвертой главе./Четвертая глава более подробно касается этих идей.
    8. as to/as regards/as far as smth is concerned — что касается этого, насчет: as to me — что касается меня As for her, I want lo see her never again. — Что до нее, я не хочу ее больше видеть./Что касается ее, я не хочу ее больше видеть. She said nothing as to the salary. — Она ничего не сказала насчет зарплаты/о зарплате. As regards the environmental issues, the government will enforce extreme regulation. — Что касается вопросов охраны окружающей среды, правительство ужесточает существующие правила.

    Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > касаться

  • 78 Aspinall, Sir John Audley Frederick

    [br]
    b. 25 August 1851 Liverpool, England
    d. 19 January 1937 Woking, England
    [br]
    English mechanical engineer, pioneer of the automatic vacuum brake for railway trains and of railway electrification.
    [br]
    Aspinall's father was a QC, Recorder of Liverpool, and Aspinall himself became a pupil at Crewe Works of the London \& North Western Railway, eventually under F.W. Webb. In 1875 he was appointed Manager of the works at Inchicore, Great Southern \& Western Railway, Ireland. While he was there, some of the trains were equipped, on trial, with continuous brakes of the non-automatic vacuum type. Aspinall modified these to make them automatic, i.e. if the train divided, brakes throughout both parts would be applied automatically. Aspinall vacuum brakes were subsequently adopted by the important Great Northern, Lancashire \& Yorkshire, and London \& North Western Railways.
    In 1883, aged only 32, Aspinall was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Southern \& Western Railway, but in 1886 he moved in the same capacity to the Lancashire \& Yorkshire Railway, where his first task was to fit out the new works at Horwich. The first locomotive was completed there in 1889, to his design. In 1899 he introduced a 4–4–2, the largest express locomotive in Britain at the time, some of which were fitted with smokebox superheaters to Aspinall's design.
    Unusually for an engineer, in 1892 Aspinall was appointed General Manager of the Lancashire \& Yorkshire Railway. He electrified the Liverpool-Southport line in 1904 at 600 volts DC with a third rail; this was an early example of main-line electrification, for it extended beyond the Liverpool suburban area. He also experimented with 3,500 volt DC overhead electrification of the Bury-Holcombe Brook branch in 1913, but converted this to 1,200 volts DC third rail to conform with the Manchester-Bury line when this was electrified in 1915. In 1918 he was made a director of the Lancashire \& Yorkshire Railway.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1917. President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers 1909. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1918.
    Further Reading
    H.A.V.Bulleid, 1967, The Aspinall Era, Shepperton: Ian Allan (provides a good account of Aspinall and his life's work).
    C.Hamilton Ellis, 1958, Twenty Locomotive Men, Shepperton: Ian Allan, Ch. 19 (a good brief account).
    PJGR

    Biographical history of technology > Aspinall, Sir John Audley Frederick

  • 79 Baxter, George

    SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing
    [br]
    b. 31 July 1804 Lewes, Sussex, England
    d. 11 January 1867 Sydenham, London, England
    [br]
    English pioneer in colour printing.
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    The son of a printer, Baxter was apprenticed to a wood engraver and there began his search for improved methods of making coloured prints, hitherto the perquisite of the rich, in order to bring them within reach of a wider public. After marriage to the daughter of Robert Harrild, founder of the printing firm of Harrild \& Co., he set up house in London, where he continued his experiments on colour while maintaining the run-of-the-mill work that kept the family.
    The nineteenth century saw a tremendous advance in methods of printing pictures, produced as separate prints or as book illustrations. For the first three decades colour was supplied by hand, but from the 1830s attempts were made to print in colour, using a separate plate for each one. Coloured prints were produced by chromolithography and relief printing on a small scale. Prints were first made with the latter method on a commercial scale by Baxter with a process that he patented in 1835. He generally used a key plate that was engraved, aquatinted or lithographed; the colours were then printed separately from wood or metal blocks. Baxter was a skilful printer and his work reached a high standard. An early example is the frontispiece to Robert Mudie's Summer (1837). In 1849 he began licensing his patent to other printers, and after the Great Exhibition of 1851 colour relief printing came into its own. Of the plethora of illustrated literature that appeared then, Baxter's Gems of the Great Exhibition was one of the most widely circulated souvenirs of the event.
    Baxter remained an active printer through the 1850s, but increasing competition from the German coloured lithographic process undermined his business and in 1860 he gave up the unequal struggle. In May of that year, all his oil pictures, engravings and blocks went up for auction, some 3,000 lots altogether. Baxter retired to Sydenham, then a country place, making occasional visits to London until injuries sustained in a mishap while he was ascending a London omnibus led to his death. Above all, he helped to initiate the change from the black and white world of pre-Victorian literature to the riotously colourful world of today.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    C.T.Courtney Lewis, 1908, George Baxter, the Picture Printer, London: Sampson Lowe, Marsden (the classic account).
    M.E.Mitzmann, 1978, George Baxter and the Baxter Prints, Newton Abbot: David \& Charles.
    LRD

    Biographical history of technology > Baxter, George

  • 80 Bell, Imrie

    [br]
    b. 1836 Edinburgh, Scotland
    d. 21 November 1906 Croydon, Surrey, England
    [br]
    Scottish civil engineer who built singular and pioneering structures.
    [br]
    Following education at the Royal High School of Edinburgh, Bell served an apprenticeship with a Mr Bertram, engineer and shipwright of Leith, before continuing as a regular pupil with Bell and Miller, the well-known civil engineers of Glasgow. A short period at Pelton Colliery in County Durham followed, and then at the early age of 20 Bell was appointed Resident Engineer on the construction of the Meadowside Graving Dock in Glasgow.
    The Meadowside Dry Dock was opened on 28 January 1858 and was a remarkable act of faith by the proprietors Messrs Tod and McGregor, one of the earliest companies in iron shipbuilding in the British Isles. It was the first dry dock in the City of Glasgow and used the mouth of the river Kelvin for canting ships; at the time the dimensions of 144×19×5.5m depth were regarded as quite daring. This dock was to remain in regular operation for nearly 105 years and is testimony to the skills of Imrie Bell and his colleagues.
    In the following years he worked for the East India Railway Company, where he was in charge of the southern half of the Jumna Railway Bridge at Allahabad, before going on to other exciting civil engineering contracts in India. On his return home, Bell became Engineer to Leith Docks, and three years later he became Executive Engineer to the States of Jersey, where he constructed St Helier's Harbour and the lighthouse at La Corbiere—the first in Britain to be built with Portland cement. In 1878 he rejoined his old firm of Bell and Miller, and ultimately worked from their Westminster office. One of his last jobs in Scotland was supervising the building of the Great Western Road Bridge in Glasgow, one of the beautiful bridges in the West End of the city.
    Bell retired from business in 1898 and lived in Surrey for the rest of his life.
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    Bibliography
    1879–80, "On the St Helier's Harbour works", Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 23.
    Further Reading
    Fred M.Walker, 1984, Song of the Clyde, Cambridge: PSL.
    FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Bell, Imrie

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