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  • 81 на краю света

    at the back of beyond, at the world's end

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > на краю света

  • 82 boondocks

    Глухомань. Это слово — американский эквивалент словосочетания the back of beyond (самый отдалённый уголок мира, глушь). Во время Второй мировой войны американские войска базировались на Филиппинах, иногда их посылали в горные районы. Bundok на тагальском (официальном языке Филиппин) значит «гора», поэтому слова boondocks и the boonies означают труднопроходимые, глухие, мрачные места.

    English-Russian dictionary of expressions > boondocks

  • 83 infierno


    infierno sustantivo masculino
    ¡vete al infierno! (fam) go to hell! (sl);
    su vida es un infierno her life is hell
    b) (fam) ( lugarruidoso) madhouse (colloq), bedlam (colloq);
    (— horrendo) hellhole (colloq)
    infierno sustantivo masculino
    1 Rel hell
    2 (calvario, sufrimiento) hell, inferno: pasó por un auténtico infierno, he went through sheer hell Locuciones: en el quinto infierno, at the back of beyond familiar ¡vete al infierno!, go to hell!, get lost! ' infierno' also found in these entries: Spanish: antesala - condenada - condenado English: hell - hellhole - inferno - underworld - under

    English-spanish dictionary > infierno

  • 84 backwoodsman

    «Гость из лесной глуши», «человек, который живёт на краю света» ('at the back of beyond') и редко появляется в обществе. Backwoodsmen называют тех членов палаты лордов, которые не участвуют в повседневных делах парламента, но на голоса которых правительство рассчитывает в случае спорных вопросов. Backwoodsmen — это также пассивные, недеятельные акционеры или члены какого-либо общества.

    English-Russian dictionary of expressions > backwoodsman

  • 85 go

    1) розм. обставина; спроба
    2) скасовуватися, знищуватися; бути в обігу, мати обіг; говорити ( про документ); переходити у власність, діставатися; зазнавати краху, збанкрутувати; керуватися; помирати, гинути

    go beyond the verge of constitutional powers — виходити за межі повноважень, наданих конституцією

    - go at large
    - go AWOL
    - go back
    - go back on a vote
    - go back on one's promise
    - go back upon a vote
    - go back upon one's promise
    - go bail
    - go bankrupt
    - go begging
    - go-between
    - go beyond commission
    - go beyond the law
    - go beyond the limits of powers
    - go down the road of treason
    - go for ratification
    - go hiding
    - go hiding to avoid persecution
    - go in
    - go in for the law
    - go into a committee
    - go into a secret session
    - go into business
    - go into effect
    - go into exile
    - go off
    - go on a crime spree
    - go on a robbing spree
    - go on a shooting spree
    - go on circuit
    - go on duty
    - go on hunger-strike
    - go on sentry
    - go on strike
    - go on trial
    - go outside of law
    - go sine die
    - go through passport control
    - go through procedure
    - go through procedures
    - go through with a tooth-comb
    - go to give oneself up
    - go to jail
    - go to law
    - go to seed
    - go to the Bar
    - go to the bar
    - go to the country
    - go to the electric chair
    - go to the law
    - go to the people
    - go to the polls
    - go to the scene of a crime
    - go to trial
    - go underground
    - go unpunished
    - go unrepresented
    - go with a toothcomb

    English-Ukrainian law dictionary > go

  • 86 reach

    ri: 
    1. verb
    1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?) llegar (a)
    2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) alcanzar
    3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) extender/alargar/estirar el brazo
    4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) contactar
    5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) extenderse

    2. noun
    1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) cerca de
    2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) alcance
    3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) parte, tramo
    reach1 n alcance
    reach2 vb
    1. llegar / alcanzar
    2. alargar la mano
    tr[riːʧ]
    1 (arrive in/at, get to) llegar a
    have you reached a decision? ¿has llegado a una decisión?
    2 (rise to, fall to) alcanzar
    3 (be able to touch) alcanzar, llegar a
    4 (contact) contactar, localizar
    have you got an address where I can reach you? ¿tienes una dirección donde pueda contactar contigo?
    5 (pass) alcanzar
    could you reach me that hammer? ¿podrías alcanzarme ese martillo?
    2 (extend) extenderse
    3 (take) extender la mano, tender la mano
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    beyond the reach of fuera del alcance de
    out of reach of fuera del alcance de
    within reach of (at hand) al alcance de 2 (near) cerca de
    reach ['ri:ʧ] vt
    1) extend: extender, alargar
    to reach out one's hand: extender la mano
    2) : alcanzar
    I couldn't reach the apple: no pude alcanzar la manzana
    3) : llegar a, llegar hasta
    the shadow reached the wall: la sombra llegó hasta la pared
    4) contact: contactar, ponerse en contacto con
    reach vi
    1) or to reach out : extender la mano
    2) stretch: extenderse
    3)
    to reach for : tratar de agarrar
    : alcance m, extensión f
    n.
    (§ pl.: reaches) = alcance s.m.
    envergadura s.f.
    estirón s.m.
    extensión s.f.
    potencia s.f.
    v.
    alargar v.
    alcanzar v.
    cumplir v.
    estirar v.
    extenderse v.
    influenciar v.
    llegar v.
    riːtʃ
    I
    1)
    a) c ( distance) alcance m

    within reacha mi (or tu etc) alcance

    to be within easy reach\<\<book\>\> estar* muy a mano; \<\<station\>\> quedar muy cerca

    out of o beyond reach — fuera de su (or mi etc) alcance

    2) c ( of river) tramo m

    the upper/lower reaches of the Nile — la cuenca alta/baja del Nilo


    II
    1.
    1)
    a) ( with hand) alcanzar*

    can you reach the top shelf? — ¿alcanzas el estante de arriba?

    b) ( extend to) llegar* a
    2)
    a) \<\<destination/limit/age\>\> llegar* a; \<\<stage/figure\>\> llegar* a, alcanzar*

    applications must reach us by... — las solicitudes deben ser recibidas antes de...

    b) \<\<agreement/compromise\>\> llegar* a, alcanzar*

    I've reached the conclusion that... — he llegado a la conclusión de que...

    3)
    a) ( contact) contactar or ponerse* en contacto con

    where can I reach you? — ¿cómo puedo ponerme en contacto contigo?

    b) ( gain access to) \<\<public/audience\>\> llegar* a
    4) ( pass)

    to reach somebody something — alcanzarle* algo a alguien


    2.
    vi
    a) (extend hand, arm)

    to reach FOR something: he reached for his gun echó mano a la pistola; she reached across the table for the salt — agarró or (esp Esp) cogió la sal, que estaba al otro lado de la mesa

    b) ( stretch far enough) alcanzar*

    I can't reach! — no alcanzo!, no llego!

    c) ( extend) extenderse*
    Phrasal Verbs:
    [riːtʃ]
    1. VT
    1) (=get as far as) [+ place, person, stage, point, age] llegar a; [+ speed, level] alcanzar, llegar a

    to reach the terrace you have to cross the gardenpara llegar a or hasta la terraza tienes que cruzar el jardín

    by the time I reached her she was dead — cuando llegué a donde estaba, la encontré muerta

    when you reach my agecuando llegues a mi edad

    we hope to reach a wider audienceesperamos llegar a un público más variado

    not a sound reached our earsningún sonido llegó a nuestros oídos

    to reach homellegar a casa

    I reached a point where I was ready to give up — llegué a un punto en el que estaba dispuesto a tirar la toalla

    peak 1., 3), point 1., 5)
    2) (=achieve) [+ goal, target] lograr; [+ agreement, compromise] llegar a; [+ decision] tomar

    they failed to reach agreementno consiguieron llegar a un acuerdo

    have they reached a decision yet? — ¿han tomado ya una decisión?

    3) (=extend to) llegar a

    it doesn't reach the bottomno llega al fondo

    her dress reaches the floorel vestido le llega a or hasta el suelo

    the cancer had already reached her liverel cáncer ya le había llegado al hígado

    he reaches her shoulderle llega al or por el hombro

    far-reaching
    4) (=stretch to) alcanzar

    he is tall enough to reach the top shelf — es lo suficientemente alto como para alcanzar el estante de arriba del todo

    5) (=pass) alcanzar

    can you reach me (over) the oil? — ¿me alcanzas el aceite por favor?

    can you reach me (down) that case? — ¿me alcanzas esa maleta por favor?

    6) (=contact) [+ person] ponerse en contacto con, contactar

    to reach sb by telephoneponerse en contacto con or contactar a algn por teléfono

    7) (US) (Jur) (=suborn) [+ witness] sobornar
    2. VI
    1) (=stretch out hand) alargar la mano ( for sth para tomar or coger algo)

    he reached across the desk and shook my hand — me tendió la mano por encima del escritorio y estrechó la mía

    she reached for the bottle — alargó la mano para tomar or coger la botella

    reach for the sky!(US) * ¡arriba las manos!

    she reached into her bag and pulled out a gun — metió la mano en el bolso y sacó una pistola

    he reached up and put the book on the shelf — alargó la mano y puso el libro en el estante

    - reach for the stars
    2) (=extend) [land] extenderse; [clothes, curtains, water level] llegar; (fig) (in time) remontarse
    3) (=stretch far enough) [person] alcanzar; [cable, hose] llegar

    can you reach? — ¿alcanzas?

    3. N
    1) alcance m

    beyond (the) reach of sth/sb: the price is beyond the reach of ordinary people — el precio está fuera del alcance de la gente corriente

    to have a long reach — [boxer, tennis player] tener brazos largos

    out of reach — fuera del alcance

    within sb's reach — al alcance (de la mano) de algn

    at last his goal was within reach — por fin el objetivo que tenía estaba a su alcance, por fin tenía su objetivo al alcance de la mano

    within easy reach — a mano, cerca

    it's within easy reach by bus — en autobús queda cerca, se puede acceder fácilmente en autobús

    a house within easy reach of the station — una casa cerca de la estación, una casa bien situada con respecto a la estación

    within reach of sth — cerca de algo

    2) [of river, canal] (=short stretch) tramo m

    the upper/ lower reaches of the Amazon — (=larger area) la cuenca alta/baja del Amazonas

    * * *
    [riːtʃ]
    I
    1)
    a) c ( distance) alcance m

    within reacha mi (or tu etc) alcance

    to be within easy reach\<\<book\>\> estar* muy a mano; \<\<station\>\> quedar muy cerca

    out of o beyond reach — fuera de su (or mi etc) alcance

    2) c ( of river) tramo m

    the upper/lower reaches of the Nile — la cuenca alta/baja del Nilo


    II
    1.
    1)
    a) ( with hand) alcanzar*

    can you reach the top shelf? — ¿alcanzas el estante de arriba?

    b) ( extend to) llegar* a
    2)
    a) \<\<destination/limit/age\>\> llegar* a; \<\<stage/figure\>\> llegar* a, alcanzar*

    applications must reach us by... — las solicitudes deben ser recibidas antes de...

    b) \<\<agreement/compromise\>\> llegar* a, alcanzar*

    I've reached the conclusion that... — he llegado a la conclusión de que...

    3)
    a) ( contact) contactar or ponerse* en contacto con

    where can I reach you? — ¿cómo puedo ponerme en contacto contigo?

    b) ( gain access to) \<\<public/audience\>\> llegar* a
    4) ( pass)

    to reach somebody something — alcanzarle* algo a alguien


    2.
    vi
    a) (extend hand, arm)

    to reach FOR something: he reached for his gun echó mano a la pistola; she reached across the table for the salt — agarró or (esp Esp) cogió la sal, que estaba al otro lado de la mesa

    b) ( stretch far enough) alcanzar*

    I can't reach! — no alcanzo!, no llego!

    c) ( extend) extenderse*
    Phrasal Verbs:

    English-spanish dictionary > reach

  • 87 control

    1. noun
    1) (power of directing, restraint) Kontrolle, die (of über + Akk.); (management) Leitung, die

    governmental control — Regierungsgewalt, die

    have control of somethingdie Kontrolle über etwas (Akk.) haben; (take decisions) für etwas zuständig sein

    take control of — die Kontrolle übernehmen über (+ Akk.)

    be in control [of something] — die Kontrolle [über etwas (Akk.)] haben

    [go or get] out of control — außer Kontrolle [geraten]

    [get something] under control — [etwas] unter Kontrolle [bringen]

    lose/regain control of oneself — die Beherrschung verlieren/wiedergewinnen

    have some/complete/no control over something — eine gewisse/die absolute/keine Kontrolle über etwas (Akk.) haben

    2) (device) Regler, der

    controls(as a group) Schalttafel, die; (of TV, stereo system) Bedienungstafel, die

    be at the controls[Fahrer, Pilot:] am Steuer sitzen

    2. transitive verb,
    - ll-
    1) (have control of) kontrollieren; steuern, lenken [Auto]

    he controls the financial side of thingser ist für die Finanzen zuständig

    controlling interest(Commerc.) Mehrheitsbeteiligung, die

    2) (hold in check) beherrschen; zügeln [Zorn, Ungeduld, Temperament]; (regulate) kontrollieren; regulieren [Geschwindigkeit, Temperatur]; einschränken [Export, Ausgaben]; regeln [Verkehr]
    * * *
    [kən'trəul] 1. noun
    1) (the right of directing or of giving orders; power or authority: She has control over all the decisions in that department; She has no control over that dog.) die Kontrolle
    2) (the act of holding back or restraining: control of prices; I know you're angry but you must not lose control (of yourself).) die Kontrolle
    3) ((often in plural) a lever, button etc which operates (a machine etc): The clutch and accelerator are foot controls in a car.) die Regulierung
    4) (a point or place at which an inspection takes place: passport control.) die Kontrolle
    2. verb
    1) (to direct or guide; to have power or authority over: The captain controls the whole ship; Control your dog!) beherrschen
    2) (to hold back; to restrain (oneself or one's emotions etc): Control yourself!) beherrschen
    3) (to keep to a fixed standard: The government is controlling prices.) kontrollieren
    - academic.ru/15792/controller">controller
    - control-tower
    - in control of
    - in control
    - out of control
    - under control
    * * *
    con·trol
    [kənˈtrəʊl, AM -ˈtroʊl]
    I. n
    1. no pl (command) Kontrolle f; of a country, of a people Gewalt f, Macht f, Herrschaft f; of a company Leitung, f
    he's got no \control over that child of his er hat sein Kind überhaupt nicht im Griff
    the junta took \control of the country die Junta hat die Gewalt über das Land übernommen
    to be in \control of sth etw unter Kontrolle haben; a territory etw in seiner Gewalt haben
    he's firmly in \control of the company er hält in der Firma die Fäden fest in der Hand
    to be in full \control of sth völlig die Kontrolle über etw akk haben
    we're in full \control of the situation wir sind vollkommen Herr der Lage
    to be out of [or beyond] \control außer Kontrolle sein
    to be under \control unter Kontrolle sein
    don't worry, everything is under \control! keine Sorge, wir haben alles im Griff!
    to be under the \control of sb MIL unter jds Kommando stehen
    to bring [or get] a fire under \control ein Feuer unter Kontrolle bringen
    to exert [or ( form) exercise] \control over sb/sth jdn/etw beherrschen
    to get [or go] [or run] out of \control außer Kontrolle geraten
    the car/fire went out of \control der Wagen/das Feuer geriet außer Kontrolle
    to lose \control over sth die Kontrolle [o Gewalt] über etw akk verlieren
    to gain/lose \control of a company die Leitung eines Unternehmens übernehmen/abgeben müssen
    to slip out of sb's \control nicht mehr in jds Macht liegen, jds Kontrolle entgleiten
    to wrest \control of a town from sb jdm die Herrschaft über eine Stadt entreißen
    ball \control SPORT Ballführung f
    2. no pl (self-restraint) Selbstbeherrschung f
    to be in \control of one's emotions seine Gefühle unter Kontrolle haben, Herr seiner Gefühle sein
    3. (means of regulating) Kontrolle f
    \controls on sth Kontrolle f einer S. gen
    arms \control Rüstungsbegrenzung f
    birth \control Geburtenkontrolle f
    price \controls Preiskontrollen pl
    rent \controls Mietpreisbindung f
    traffic \control Verkehrsregelung f
    quality \control Qualitätskontrolle f
    wage \controls Gehaltskontrollen pl
    to impose [or introduce] /tighten \controls Kontrollen einführen/konsolidieren
    the government has recently imposed strict \controls on dog ownership die Regierung macht den Hundehaltern neuerdings strenge Auflagen
    4. TECH Schalter m, Regler m
    the co-pilot was at the \controls when the plane landed der Kopilot steuerte das Flugzeug bei der Landung
    to take over the \controls die Steuerung übernehmen
    \control panel Schalttafel f
    volume \control Lautstärkeregler m
    5. no pl (checkpoint) Kontrolle f
    customs/passport \control Zoll-/Passkontrolle f
    to go through customs \control die Zollkontrolle passieren geh, durch den Zoll gehen fam
    6. (person) Kontrollperson f
    \control [group] Kontrollgruppe f
    7. COMPUT Steuerung f, Control f
    \control-F2 Steuerung [o Strg] -F2
    8. (base)
    \control [room] Zentrale f
    \control tower AVIAT Kontrollturm m
    9. (in an intelligence organization) Agentenführer(in) m(f)
    II. vt
    <- ll->
    to \control sth etw kontrollieren
    to \control a business ein Geschäft führen
    to \control a car ein Auto steuern
    to \control a company eine Firma leiten
    the car is difficult to \control at high speeds bei hoher Geschwindigkeit gerät der Wagen leicht außer Kontrolle
    the whole territory is now \controlled by the army das ganze Gebiet steht jetzt unter Kontrolle der Streitkräfte
    to \control sth etw regulieren [o kontrollieren]
    many biological processes are \controlled by hormones viele biologische Prozesse werden von Hormonen gesteuert
    the laws \controlling drugs are very strict in this country hierzulande ist das Arzneimittelgesetz sehr streng
    to \control a blaze/an epidemic ein Feuer/eine Epidemie unter Kontrolle bringen
    to \control inflation die Inflation eindämmen
    to \control pain Schmerzen in Schach halten
    to \control prices/spending Preise/Ausgaben regulieren
    3. (as to emotions)
    to \control sb/sth jdn/etw beherrschen
    I was so furious I couldn't \control myself ich war so wütend, dass ich mich nicht mehr beherrschen konnte
    to \control one's anger seinen Zorn mäßigen
    to \control one's feelings seine Gefühle akk unter Kontrolle haben
    to \control one's temper/urge sein Temperament/Verlangen zügeln
    4. TECH
    to \control sth temperature, volume etw regulieren
    the knob \controls the volume der Knopf regelt die Lautstärke
    the traffic lights are \controlled by a computer die Ampeln werden von einem Computer gesteuert
    5.
    to \control the purse strings das Geld zusammenhalten, den Daumen draufhalten sl
    * * *
    [kən'trəʊl]
    1. n
    1) no pl (= management, supervision) Aufsicht f (of über +acc); (of money, fortune) Verwaltung f (
    of +gen); (of situation, emotion, language) Beherrschung f ( of +gen); (= self-control) (Selbst)beherrschung f; (= physical control) (Körper)beherrschung f ( of +gen); (= authority, power) Gewalt f, Macht f (over über +acc); (over territory) Gewalt f (over über +acc = regulation, of prices, disease, inflation) Kontrolle f ( of +gen); (of traffic) Regelung f ( of +gen); (of pollution) Einschränkung f ( of +gen)

    to have control of sb — jdn unter Kontrolle haben; children jdn beaufsichtigen

    to be in control of one's emotions — Herr über seine Gefühle sein, Herr seiner Gefühle sein

    she has no control over how the money is spent/what her children do — sie hat keinen Einfluss darauf, wie das Geld ausgegeben wird/was ihre Kinder machen

    to lose control (of sth) — etw nicht mehr in der Hand haben, (über etw acc ) die Gewalt or Herrschaft verlieren; of business die Kontrolle (über etw acc ) verlieren; of car die Kontrolle or Herrschaft (über etw acc ) verlieren

    to be/get out of control (child, class)außer Rand und Band sein/geraten; (situation) außer Kontrolle sein/geraten; (car) nicht mehr zu halten sein; (inflation, prices, disease, pollution) sich jeglicher Kontrolle (dat) entziehen/nicht mehr zu halten or zu bremsen (inf) sein; (fire) nicht unter Kontrolle sein/außer Kontrolle geraten

    the car spun out of control —

    to bring or get sth under control — etw unter Kontrolle bringen; situation Herr einer Sache (gen) werden; car etw in seine Gewalt bringen

    to be under control — unter Kontrolle sein; (children, class) sich benehmen; (car) (wieder) lenkbar sein

    everything or the situation is under control — wir/sie etc haben die Sache im Griff (inf)

    the situation was beyond their control —

    2) (= check) Kontrolle f (
    on +gen, über +acc)

    wage/price controls — Lohn-/Preiskontrolle f

    3) (= control room) die Zentrale; (AVIAT) der Kontrollturm
    4) (= knob, switch) Regler m; (of vehicle, machine) Schalter m

    to be at the controls (of spaceship, airliner)am Kontrollpult sitzen; (of small plane, car) die Steuerung haben

    5) (SCI: person) Kontrollperson f; (= animal) Kontrolltier nt; (= group) Kontrollgruppe f
    6) (SPIRITUALISM) Geist einer Persönlichkeit, dessen Äußerungen das Medium wiedergibt
    7) (COMPUT) Steuerung f
    2. vt
    1) (= direct, manage) kontrollieren; business führen, leiten, unter sich (dat) haben; sea beherrschen; organization in der Hand haben; animal, child, class fertig werden mit; car steuern, lenken; traffic regeln; emotions, movements beherrschen, unter Kontrolle halten; hair bändigen

    to control oneself/one's temper — sich beherrschen

    control yourself!nimm dich zusammen!

    please try to control your children/dog — bitte sehen Sie zu, dass sich Ihre Kinder benehmen/sich Ihr Hund benimmt

    2) (= regulate, check) prices, rents, growth etc kontrollieren; temperature, speed regulieren; disease unter Kontrolle bringen; population eindämmen, im Rahmen halten
    * * *
    control [kənˈtrəʊl]
    A v/t
    1. beherrschen, die Herrschaft oder Kontrolle haben über (akk), etwas in der Hand haben, gebieten über (akk):
    the company controls the entire industry die Gesellschaft beherrscht die gesamte Industrie;
    control the race SPORT das Rennen kontrollieren;
    controlling company WIRTSCH Muttergesellschaft f;
    controlling interest WIRTSCH maßgebliche Beteiligung, ausschlaggebender Kapitalanteil;
    controlling shareholder (bes US stockholder) WIRTSCH Besitzer(in) der Aktienmajorität, maßgebliche(r) Aktionär(in)
    2. in Schranken halten, einer Sache Herr werden, Einhalt gebieten (dat), (erfolgreich) bekämpfen, eindämmen:
    control o.s. ( oder one’s temper) sich beherrschen
    3. kontrollieren:
    a) überwachen, beaufsichtigen
    b) (nach)prüfen:
    control an experiment ein Experiment durch Gegenversuche kontrollieren
    4. regeln:
    5. leiten, lenken, führen, verwalten
    6. WIRTSCH (staatlich) bewirtschaften, planen, dirigieren, den Absatz, Konsum, die Kaufkraft etc lenken, die Preise binden:
    controlled economy gelenkte Wirtschaft, Planwirtschaft f
    7. ELEK, TECH steuern, regeln, regulieren, eine Maschine etc bedienen:
    controlled by compressed air druckluftgesteuert;
    controlled rocket gesteuerte Rakete;
    controlled ventilation regulierbare Lüftung
    B s
    1. (of, over) Beherrschung f (gen) (auch fig), Macht f, Gewalt f, Kontrolle f, Herrschaft f (über akk):
    be in control of o.s. sich in der Gewalt haben;
    bring ( oder get) under control Herr werden (gen), unter Kontrolle bringen;
    get control of one’s life sein Leben in den Griff bekommen;
    get control over in seine Gewalt oder in die Hand bekommen;
    get beyond sb’s control jemandem über den Kopf wachsen;
    get out of control außer Kontrolle geraten, (Diskussion etc) ausufern;
    circumstances beyond our control unvorhersehbare Umstände, Fälle höherer Gewalt;
    a) A 1,
    b) Gewalt über jemanden haben;
    have the situation under control Herr der Lage sein, die Lage beherrschen;
    keep under control im Zaum halten, fest in der Hand haben;
    lose control die Herrschaft oder Gewalt oder Kontrolle verlieren (over, of über eine Partei, ein Auto etc);
    lose control of o.s. die Beherrschung verlieren
    2. Selbstbeherrschung f:
    3. Körperbeherrschung f
    4. (of, over) Aufsicht f, Kontrolle f (über akk), Überwachung f (gen):
    government ( oder state) control staatliche Aufsicht;
    be in control of sth etwas leiten oder unter sich haben;
    be under sb’s control jemandem unterstehen oder unterstellt sein
    5. Leitung f, Verwaltung f (eines Unternehmens etc)
    6. WIRTSCH
    a) (Kapital-, Konsum-, Kaufkraft- etc) Lenkung f
    b) (Devisen- etc) Bewirtschaftung f
    7. JUR
    a) Gewahrsam m
    b) Verfügungsgewalt f (of, over über akk)
    c) auch parental control elterliche Gewalt (of, over über akk):
    place sb under control jemanden unter Vormundschaft stellen
    8. Bekämpfung f, Eindämmung f
    9. ELEK, TECH Steuerung f, Bedienung f
    10. TECH Bedienungselement n:
    be at the controls fig das Sagen haben, an den (Schalt-)Hebeln der Macht sitzen
    11. ELEK, TECH
    a) Regelung f, Regulierung f
    b) Regler m
    12. pl FLUG Steuerung f, Leitwerk n, Steuerzüge pl
    13. a) Kontrolle f, Anhaltspunkt m
    b) Vergleichswert m
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (power of directing, restraint) Kontrolle, die (of über + Akk.); (management) Leitung, die

    governmental control — Regierungsgewalt, die

    have control of somethingdie Kontrolle über etwas (Akk.) haben; (take decisions) für etwas zuständig sein

    take control of — die Kontrolle übernehmen über (+ Akk.)

    be in control [of something] — die Kontrolle [über etwas (Akk.)] haben

    [go or get] out of control — außer Kontrolle [geraten]

    [get something] under control — [etwas] unter Kontrolle [bringen]

    lose/regain control of oneself — die Beherrschung verlieren/wiedergewinnen

    have some/complete/no control over something — eine gewisse/die absolute/keine Kontrolle über etwas (Akk.) haben

    2) (device) Regler, der

    controls (as a group) Schalttafel, die; (of TV, stereo system) Bedienungstafel, die

    be at the controls[Fahrer, Pilot:] am Steuer sitzen

    2. transitive verb,
    - ll-
    1) (have control of) kontrollieren; steuern, lenken [Auto]

    controlling interest(Commerc.) Mehrheitsbeteiligung, die

    2) (hold in check) beherrschen; zügeln [Zorn, Ungeduld, Temperament]; (regulate) kontrollieren; regulieren [Geschwindigkeit, Temperatur]; einschränken [Export, Ausgaben]; regeln [Verkehr]
    * * *
    n.
    Bedienungselement n.
    Beherrschung f.
    Kontrolle f.
    Lenkung -en f.
    Steuerung f. v.
    ansteuern v.
    beherrschen v.
    kontrollieren v.
    steuern v.

    English-german dictionary > control

  • 88 get

    1. I
    1) I have 10 shillings more to get мне надо достать еще десять шиллингов
    2) she gave him as good as she got она дала ему сдачи
    2. II
    1) get somewhere get here (home, thus far, abroad, etc.) приезжать /добираться, попадать/ сюда и т. д.; he forgot the key and couldn't get in он забыл ключ и не мог попасть в дом; the door was locked and we could not get out дверь была заперта [на ключ], и мы не могли войти; the train is starting, you must get in поезд отправляется, вам надо войти в вагон; I have no ticket, will I be able to get in? у меня нет билета, мне можно пройти /меня пропустят/? get out! вылезай(те)!, выходи(те)!; please, let me get by пожалуйста, пропустите меня /разрешите мне пройти/; get ashore сходить /высаживаться/ на берег; get astray заблудиться; rumours (reports, etc.) get abroad ходят /распространяются/ слухи и т. д.; this piece of news has got abroad эта новость стала широко известна; such sensations get abroad такого рода сенсационные сообщения становятся достоянием широкой публики; he'll soon get there он там скоро будет, он туда скоро попадет; your letter got there yesterday ваше письмо там получили /пришло туда/ вчера; how (lid these flowers get there? как туда попали эти цветы?: he got home quickly он быстро добрался до дому: the bridge was destroyed and we couldn't get across мост был разрушен, и мы не могли попасть на ту сторону; the frontier is so well guarded that. no one can get across граница так надежно /хорошо/ охраняется, что никто не может ее перейти /что ее невозможно нарушить/; get down спуститься вниз: the cat climbed to the top of tile tree and couldn't get down кошка взобралась на вершину дерева и не могла слезть
    2) he tries hard but he never gets anywhere он много работает, но у него ничего не выходит, он прилагает много усилий, но ничего не может добиться; you'll get nowhere if you work so little если вы будете так мало работать, вы ничего не добьетесь: with courage we can get anywhere мужество поможет нам добиться всего; he is getting ahead splendidly у него дела идут прекрасно; at last we seem to be getting somewhere похоже, наконец у нас что-то получается
    3. III
    1) get smth. get an answer (a postcard, a telegram, good new?get information, a birthday present, a pension, wages, etc.) получать ответ и т.д., get confirmation получить подтверждение; he got a surprise его ждал сюрприз; where can I get permission? его можно получить разрешение?; get one's breakfast (one's dinner, etc.) позавтракать и т. д.; I could not get any supper я остался без ужина, я не смог поужинать || get a sight glimpse/ of smb., smth. увидеть кого-л., что-л.
    2) get smth., smb. where did you get the money? где вы достали /раздобыли/ деньги? get a hat (a new coat, same stamps, a new diary, etc.) приобретать /покупать/ шляпу и т. д.'; you had better get a new umbrella вам бы надо купить /вам нужен/ новый зонтик; where can I get this book? где можно достать /купить/ эту книгу? I got the book. needed я нашел /достал/ нужную мне книгу; I'll go and get some milk. get Some biscuits too a схожу за молоком. get Возьми еще и печенья. get the prize (a good crop, credit, much, little, etc.) получать приз и т. д., he has got the support of the directors он получил поддержку /добился поддержки/ директоров; get a profit получать прибыль; he got nothing ему ничего на досталось, get good results (advantage, power, fame, wealth, etc.) добиваться хороших результатов и т.д., I went and got some singing lessons я пошел и взял несколько уроков пения; get friends при обретать друзей; where do you get pupils? откуда вы берете учеников?; get a wife жениться; get knowledge of the subject овладевать каким-л. предметом || get possession of smth. завладеть /овладеть/ чем-л.; get one's own way добиться своего
    3) get smth., smb. get one's hat (one's stick, one's bag, etc.) взять [с собой] шляпу и т. д., wait till I get my coat подожди, я только возьму пальто; go and get the doctor сходи за врачом; hold the line, I'll go and get him не вешайте трубку, я сейчас ere позову /найду/
    4) get smth. the room (the house, etc.) gets no sun в комнату и т. д. совсем не попадает солнце; this room gets all the sun именно в эту комнату попадает солнце; I'll come and see you if I get the time я приеду повидать вас, если у меня будет время; she hoped to get a little sleep она надеялась, что немного поспит /что ей удастся немного поспать/; I'll go and get some sleep пойду сосну
    5) get smb.,smth. I didn't get him a) я не застал его; б) я не дозвонился ему; you got the wrong number вы ошиблись номером /вы не туда попали/
    6) get smb., smth. get the thief (the runaway, the culprit, a squirrel, etc.) поймать вора и т. д.; did he get his train он успел на поезд?; I decided to get the next train я решил сесть на следующий поезд
    7) get smth. get an illness заболеть; get a cold chill/ простудиться; get [the] measles (scarlet fever, typhus, etc.) заболеть корью, подхватить корь и т. д.; have you got a cold? у вас насморк?; get a bad fall (a slight hurt) сильно (слегка) ушибиться; get a blow (a shock, a nasty wound, etc.) получить удар и т. д.
    8) get smth. get ten years (six months, etc.) получить десять лет тюрьмы /тюремного заключения/ и т. д., быть приговоренным к десяти годам [тюремного заключения] и т. д.; you'll get a beating тебя ожидает порка, тебя высекут; you'll get a scolding тебя ожидает /ты получишь/ выговор; you'll get it! тебе влетит
    9) get smth., smb. coll. get the joke (smb.'s meaning, smb.'s idea, etc.) понимать шутку и т. д., I don't get it не понял; it is just between us, get it? это только между нами, попятно?; I didn't get your name я не разобрал /не расслышал/ вашего имени; I don't get you я вас не понимаю
    10) get smth. dividing nine by three we get three если разделить девять на три, получится три
    11) have got smth. I have got a new watch (a new suit, a new hat, a car, etc.) у меня [есть] новые часы и т. д; have you got a newspaper (the tickets, a pencil, an erasing-knife, etc)? у вас есть газета и т.д.? I've got no money у меня нет денег; she's got a lovely voice у нее красивый голос; he'll lose all he's got, if he isn't careful если он не будет более осмотрительным /осторожнее/, он потеряет все, что имеет
    4. IV
    1) get smth. at some time get the answer this morning (some money soon, etc.) получить ответ сегодня утром и т. д.; get money every month получать деньги каждый месяц; I get a letter every day каждый день мне приходит /я получаю/ письмо; in this hotel I get breakfast every morning в этой гостинице каждое утро дают /подают/ завтрак; get your dinner at once сейчас же пообедай; get smth. in some manner you got the answer right ты получил /у тебя получился/ правильный ответ
    2) get smth. in some manner get this horse (this coat, this bicycle, etc.) cheap (ly) дешево купить /приобрести/ лошадь и т. д., купить эту лошадь и т. д. по дешевке; get the book second-hand приобрести подержанную книгу, купить книгу у букиниста; get money easily легко зарабатывать /доставать, получать/ деньги; get this book easily достать эту книгу без затруднений
    3) get smb., smth. somewhere get him home (the old man upstairs, you there, the child up, etc.) отводить /доставлять, приводить/ его домой и т.д., get smb. in а) помочь кому-л. проникнуть куда-л.; б) втащить кого-л. вовнутрь; get smb. out а) помочь кому-л. выбраться откуда-л.; б) вытащить кого-л. откуда-л.; get the horses out вывести лошадей; what got you here? что вас привело сюда?; get this parcel home (the table here, etc.) доставлять посылку домой и т. д., get the chairs (the washing, some coal, etc.) in вносить стулья и т.д., I don't know how you'll ever get the box (the trunk, the piano, etc.) upstairs не знаю, как вы втащите этот ящик и т. д. наверх; get a mast up ставить мачту; get up a sunken vessel поднимать затонувшее судно; get smth. overboard выбрасывать что-л. за борт; get his letter (one's own books, my money, etc.) back получить обратно его письме и т. д., now I've got you back теперь вы вернулись ко мне
    4) get smb. at some time I'll get you yet! я еще вас поймаю!, вы еще мне попадетесь!; he got you that time! на этот раз он вас поймал!
    5) get smb. somewhere it will get him nowhere, it won't get him anywhere это ничего ему не даст, этим он ничего не добьется; all work and no play does not get you anywhere если работать и не отдыхать, толку будет мало
    6) get smb., smth. in some manner coll. I get you (your meaning, your idea, etc.) all right я хорошо понимаю вас и т. д.
    7) have got smth. somewhere what have you got there? что у вас там?
    5. V
    get smb. smth.
    1) get him a ticket (me a dictionary, them those pictures, etc.) доставать /покупать/ ему билет и т. д.; get me a good teacher (him a place. her another job, etc.) найдите мне хорошего преподавателя и т. д.
    2) get smb. a towel (me my hat, him another dictionary, her a chair, me some ink, etc.) принести кому-л. полотенце и т. д.; can you get me another pencil? вы можете принести /дать/ мне другой карандаш?
    3) get smb. smb., smth. get me the director (the hospital, the head teacher, etc.) соедините меня с директором и т. д.
    6. VI
    1) get smth., smb. in some state get dinner (breakfast, books, etc.) ready приготовить обед и т. д., she quickly got the children ready for school она быстро собрала детей в школу; get one's feet (one's clothes, etc.) wet промочить ноги и т. д.; get the windows open открыть окна; get everything right again снова навести везде порядок; get smb. free освободить кого-л., выпустить кого-л. на свободу; get the dog loose спустить собаку с цепи; it gets me down-hearted это приводит меня в уныние
    2) get smth. in some state get the sum right получить правильный ответ [в решении задачи], правильно решить задачу
    7. VII
    1) get smth., smb. to do smth. get something (nothing, etc.) to eat (to read, to play with, etc.) достать что-нибудь поесть и т. д.; get leave to go home получить отпуск для поездки домой; get smb. to clean the windows (to wash the floors, to do the room, etc.) найти кого-л. [, чтобы] вымыть окна и т. д.; I can't get anyone to do the work properly не могу найти человека, который выполнил бы эту работу как следует
    2) get smb., smth. to do smth. get your friend to help you (him to come, her to join us, your brother to introduce me to the chairman, etc.) убедить /заставить/ вашего приятеля /друга/ помочь вам и т. д.; get a fire to burn разжечь огонь или костер; get this door to shut properly починить дверь, чтобы она закрывалась как следует; I can never get him to go to bed я никогда не могу уложить его спать; get him to tell her about it уговорите его рассказать ей об этом; you will not be able to get a tree to grow in this soil вам не удастся вырастить дерево на такой почве
    3) Have got smth. to do I have got very much /lots of work/ to do у меня очень много работы /дел/, мне надо очень много сделать; what have you got to say? что вы можете сказать?
    8. VIII
    get smth., smb. doing smth.get the clock (the work, the typewriter, etc.) going наладить часы и т. д; at last he got the stone rolling наконец ему удалось сдвинуть камень, и тот покатился; she got everybody singing все подхватили ее песню; она заставила всех петь; I'll get her talking а) я заставлю ее заговорить; б) я разговорю ее; that got him guessing это заставило его теряться в догадках
    9. IX
    1) get smth., smb. done I must get the book bound (my passport endorsed, the work done, my shoes repaired, etc.) мне нужно [отдать] переплести книгу и т. д.; we are getting our apartment newly papered мы заново оклеиваем [обоями] квартиру; I shall get my hair cut я постригусь; can you get the work finished in time (by evening)? a) вы можете закончить работу вовремя (к вечеру)?; б) вы можете добиться, чтобы работа была готова вовремя (к вечеру)?; where can I this printed (my piano tuned, my shoes soled, etc.)? где мне / я могу/ это напечатать и т. д.?; I want to get my coat mended я хочу починить /отдать в починку/ пальто; get the laws obeyed (my words believed, etc.) добиться [того], чтобы законы выполнялись /соблюдались/ и т. д.; get oneself appointed (noticed, chosen, etc.) сделать так, чтобы тебя назначили и т. д., they got him elected chairman они провели его в председатели
    2) get smb. in some state get a man drunk напоить человека; get smb. dressed (washed, fed, etc.) одеть и т. д. кого-л.; it gets me discouraged я от этого прихожу в уныние; he got his face scratched (his wrist broken, etc.) он расцарапал лицо и т. д.
    10. X
    get into some state get married (dressed, shaved, brushed clean, confused, hurt, etc.) жениться и т.д., get drunk напиваться; get tired уставать; get frozen замерзать; he got drowned он утонул; you must get done /finished/ with it с этим нужно покончить /кончать/; get used /accustomed/ to the climate here (to the customs and manners over here, to sitting up late, to the rolling of a ship, etc.) привыкать к здешнему климату и т. д., he got fired /dismissed/ (severely wounded, killed, etc.) его уволили /выгнали/ и т. д.; he got paid for this ему за это заплатили; he got mixed up with dishonest men он связался с дурной компанией; they got left behind они отстали; that vase will get broken эта ваза разобьется; everything gets known все становится известным || get rid of smb., smth. отделываться /избавляться/ от кого-л., чего-л.; get rid of a troublesome visitor (of a lazy servant, of the old car, of an engagement, etc.) избавиться /отделаться/ от назойливого посетителя и т. д.
    11. XI
    1) be got the thing is not to be got fay вещь нельзя достать
    2) be got at the soul of a people can be got at fully only through, the knowledge of its language душу народа можно познать только через его язык
    3) be got at coll. the witness (the press, the voters, etc.) have been got at свидетели и т. д. были подкуплены
    12. ХIII
    1) get to do smth. soon she got to like her job скоро ей начала нравиться /понравилась/ ее работа, она вскоре полюбила свой работу;how did you get to know it? как вы об этом узнали?, как вам удалось это узнать?; they got to be friends они стали друзьями; you'll like him when /once/ you get to know him когда вы его узнаете, вы его полюбите
    2) have got to do smth. we've got to go (to write a letter, to listen to what he says, to leave early to catch my train, to pass this examination, etc.) нам необходимо /мы должны/ идти и т.д., it has got to be done это должно быть сделано /надо сделать/; she's got to work hard for her living ей приходится много работать, чтобы заработать на жизнь
    3) id have got to do with smth. what's that got to do with us? какое это имеет отношение к нам?
    13. XIV
    get doing smth.,get moving (rolling, singing, etc.) начать двигаться и т. д.; when these women get talking they go on for hours когда эти женщины начнут разговаривать /болтать/, их не остановишь; we got talking of the future мы стали говорить /заговорили/ о будущем; they wanted to get going on the construction of the house они хотели приступить к строительству дома; if we don't get doing we'll never arrive in time если мы не тронемся в путь, мы ни за что не приедем вовремя; things haven't really got going yet дела еще фактически не сдвинулись с места /с мертвой точки/; let's get going! пошли!, пойдём!, поёхали!
    13. XV
    get into some state get warmer (worse and worse, uglier every day, etc.) становиться теплее и т. д.; get grey (old, silly, poor, red in the face, etc.) поседеть и т. д.; get well поправляться, выздоравливать; he is getting better ему уже лучше; get asleep засыпать; I am getting thirsty (sleepy, hungry. etc.) мне захотелось пить и т. д., the children will get wet (hungry, etc.) дети вымокнут /промокнут/ и т. д.; he got rich он разбогател; he got mad at the message записка его разозлила; он разозлился на записку; they got closer to each other они сблизились, они стали ближе друг другу; it got rainy пошли дожди; it got foggy опустился туман; the sky got cloudy небо заволокло тучами; it is getting dark (cold, warm, etc.) темнеет и т. д. it is getting late уже поздно; the fire is getting low костер гаснет /угасает/; things are getting better дела идут все лучше
    14. XVI
    1) get into (out of, through, over, up, across, at, etc.) smth. get into the room (into town, into a bar, etc.) попадать /входить/ в комнату и т. д.; the burglar got into the kitchen through the window грабитель проник /влез/ в кухню через окно; get into a car сесть /влезть/ в автомобиль /в машину/; get into the saddle сесть /взобраться/ в седло; something has got into my eye мне что-то попало в глаз this story got into the newspapers эта история попала в газеты; where has that book got to? куда запропастилась /делась/ эта книга?; get to the station (to London, to the office, etc.) добраться до вокзала и т. д.; where did you get to yesterday? куда вы делись /где вы были/ вчера?; get out, of a train (out of a bus, out of a carriage, etc.) выходить из поезда и т. д., get out of bed! вставайте!; get out of here (out of this house)! прочь отсюда (из этого дома)!; get out of the way of a car посторониться и пропустить машину; get out of smb.'s way уйти с чьей-л. дороги; get through the hole in the wall (through the eye of a needle, through a gap, through a crack, etc.) пролезать через дыру в стене и т. д.; get over a fence (over a wall, over a stile, etc.) перелезать через забор и т. д.; get over /across/ a river переправляться через реку; get across tile street (across /over/ the bridge, across the frontier, etc.) перейти на другую сторону улицы и т. д.; he got above the clouds он поднялся над облаками; get under the hedge (under the wire netting, under the rope, etc.) пролезать под изгородью и т. д.; get under some old boxes (under some bushes, etc.) залезать /закатиться/ под старые ящики и т. д.; under the wheels (under а motor-саг, etc.) попасть под колеса и т. д.; the cat got under the bed (under the fence, etc.) кошка шмыгнула под кровать и т. д.; get at the top shelf (at the ripest fruit, at one's luggage, etc.) дотянуться /достать/ до верхней полки и т. д.; keep medicines where children can't get at them убирайте лекарства так, чтобы дети не смогли их достать; the dog could not get at me собака не могла меня достать; let me get at him coll. дайте мне только до него добраться; get down a tree (down a fence, etc.) слезать с дерева и т. д., get up a ladder (up a hill, up a tree, etc.) взбираться на лестницу и т. д.; get by the guard (by the policeman, etc.) проскользнуть мимо часового и т. д.; get before the crowd (before the procession, before the column of marchers, etc.) обогнать толпу и т. д.; get behind a tree (behind a door, behind a fence, etc.) встать /спрятаться/ за дерево и т. д.; the реп got behind the bookcase ручка закаталась /попала/ за книжный шкаф; get between the sheets залезть под одеяло; he got between the boys and prevented a fight он встал между мальчишками и не дал им сцепиться; get aboard a ship подняться на борт корабля
    2) get to (abreast of, beyond, as far аs, etc.) smth. get to the end of the chapter (to the main subject, to the theme of my story, to the heart of the matter, etc.) дойти /добраться/ до конца главы и т. д.: how far did you get to? до какого места ты дочитал?; get to the head of one's class выйти на первое место в классе; стать первым учеником в классе; get to the city police (to the authorities, etc.) связаться с городской полицией и т. д.; get to some time (to some age) достигать какого-л. времени (возраста); when it gets to 10 o'clock I begin to feel tired к десяти часам я начинаю чувствовать усталость: when you get to 70... когда вам [будет] семьдесят...; get between two fighting parties оказаться /очутиться/ между двумя враждующими /борющимися/ группами; his anger has got beyond control он вышел из себя, он уже не мог сдержать гнев; he doesn't let much get by him он почти ничего не пропускает; практически ничто мимо него не проходит; you cannot easily get at him с ним не так просто связаться /увидеться/; get abreast of modem technology достичь современного уровня техники; we got as far as the lake мы дошли или доехали до озера || get in touch with smb. связаться / установить контакт/ с кем-л.
    3) get within smth. get within smb.'s reach (within the range of their fire, etc.) оказаться в пределах чьей-л. досягаемости и т. д.; get within earshot оказаться в пределах слышимости; get within their sight оказаться в поле их зрения; get out of smth. get out of smb.'s sight скрыться с чьих-л. глаз; get out of smb.'s reach оказаться для них вне пределов досягаемости; get among smb. get among friends (among enemies, among strangers, etc.) оказаться среди друзей и т. д. || get into the hands of the police попасть в руки полиции
    4) get into smth. get into a coat (into one's clothes, into one's boots, etc.) надевать пальто и т. д., get into one's trousers натянуть брюки; I can't get into these shoes, they are three sizes too small я не могу надеть эти ботинки, мне надо на три номера больше
    5) get into smth. get into business (into trade, into the movies, into politics, etc.) заняться коммерцией и т. д.; get into fights with the neighbour's children драться /вступать в драку/ с соседскими мальчишками; get into Parliament (into a party, into a club, etc.) стать членом парламента и т. д.; get into office получить /занять/ должность; Kennedy got into office in 1961 Кеннеди стал президентом в тысяча девятьсот шестьдесят первом году; get into conversation (into a dispute with smb., into correspondence, into communication, etc.) завязать разговор и т.д.; they got into quite an argument about it между ними разгорелся довольно жаркий спор
    6) get in (to) smth. get into trouble (into a difficulty, into mischief, etc.) попасть в беду и т. д.; get into debt залезть в долги; get in a row (into a horrible scrape, etc.) оказаться замешанным /ввязаться/ в скандал и т. д.; get into a bad habit приобрести плохую /дурную/ привычку; get into the habit /into the way/ of getting up early (of doing things one's own way, of answering back, etc.) привыкнуть рано вставать и т. д., get into a rage впасть в ярость; get into a panic поддаться панике; get into general use получить широкое распространение; get out of smth. get out of practice потерять навык, [давно] не иметь практики; get out of repair требовать ремонта; get out of order выйти из строя, испортиться, сломаться; get out of shape потерять форму
    7) get over (out of, through,get etc.) smth. get over a difficulty ( over an obstacle, over an impediment, etc.) преодолеть затруднение и т. д.; she couldn't get over her shyness (over her embarrassment, over her confusion, over her dislike of him, over the disinclination to work, etc.) она не могла побороть / преодолеть/ свой застенчивость и т. д.; he couldn't get over his stutter он не мог избавиться от заикания; I can't get over his abominable manners никак не могу примириться с его ужасными манерами /привыкнуть к его ужасным манерам/; get over a disappointment (over an alarm, over a surprise, etc.) прийти в себя после разочарования и т. д.; I couldn't get over his behaviour он себя так плохо вел, что я никак не мог успокоиться; I couldn't get over the fear of him я никак не мог избавиться от чувства /преодолеть чувство/ страха перед ним; get over an illness (over an ailment, over that severe cold, over an injury, etc.) оправиться от /после/ болезна и т.д., get over /out of/ a bad habit отделаться / отучиться/ от дурной привычки; get out of a difficulty выйти из затруднительного положения; there is по getting out of it, you cannot get out of it от этого не открутишься; don't try to get out of your duties не пытайтесь уклоняться от своих обязанностей; get through another bad winter (through a dangerous illness, etc.) пережить еще одну тяжелую зиму и т. д.; I don't know how I'll get through this month я не знаю, как я дотяну до конца месяца; I don't know how I got through the day не знаю, как я прожил /выдержал/ этот день; get through an exam выдержать экзамен; get through written papers написать контрольную работу; get through a driving test сдать экзамен на водительские права; how he got through college is a mystery совершенно непонятно, как он смог окончить колледж; get (a)round smth. get around the law (around the regulations, around that clause, around a difficulty, etc.) обходить закон и т. д.; there is no getting (aground this fact a) нельзя не (посчитаться с этим фактом; б) нельзя пройти мимо этого факта; get (a)round smb. coll. she can get (aground anyone она может убедить /обвести вокруг пальца/ кого хочешь /кого угодно/; she knows how to get round him она знает, как к нему подъехать
    8) get through /over/ smth. get through a lot of reading (through a lot of work, etc.) много прочитать и т.д., get through her washing (through one's homework, through this book, etc.) закончить стирку и т. д.; how could he get through all these files? как он успел просмотреть все эти папки?; get through one's task with great speed быстро выполнить свой задачу; get through a lot of correspondence ( through these books, etc.) разделаться с большим количеством писем и т. д.; get through such a lot of food (through all this meat, through a bottle of gin a week, etc.) съесть /осилить/ много всякой всячины и т. д.; get through one's fortune (through a lot of money, through L 1000 in less than a week, etc.) растратить /растранжирить, промотать/ свое состояние и т. д.
    9) get at smth., smb. get at the truth (at the facts, at the root of the trouble, at the cause of the disturbance, at the heart of things, etc.) докапываться до правды и т. д.; get at the meaning of the sentence добраться до сути этого предложения; get at the secret of his success выяснить /понять/, в чем секрет его успеха; that's what I want to get at вот в чем мне хочется разобраться, вот что мне хочется постичь; what are you getting at? coll. a) чего вы хотите?, к чему вы клоните?; б) что вы имеете в виду?; we could not tell what the speaker was getting at мы не знали /не понимали/, что имел в виду /хотел сказать/ оратор; who are you getting at? кого вы имеете в виду?, на кого вы намекаете?; were you getting at me in that last remark you made? в своем последнем замечании вы намекали на меня? /вы имели в виду меня/?; he is always getting at me coll. он вечно ко мне цепляется /придирается/
    10) get at smb. get at a witness (at a judge, at the press, etc.) подкупать свидетеля и т. д.
    15. XVII
    1) get (in)to doing smth. coll. get into sleeping in the afternoon (to fighting, etc.) взять себе за привычку спать днем и т. д.; I got to thinking that... я стал думать, что...
    2) get out of doing smth. get out of attending smth. (out of going there, out of answering, etc.) отвертеться и не пойти на какое-л. мероприятие и т. д.; get as far as doing smth. we did not get as far as discussing finances мы не дошли до обсуждения финансовых вопросов
    16. XXI1
    1) get smth. from (at, out of, etc.) smth., smb. get machinery from Europe (many commodities from abroad, etc.) получать оборудование из Европы и т. д., закупать /покупать, приобретать/ оборудование в Европе и т.д., get our things at this shop покупать /приобретать/ вещи в этом магазине; get information from the library (money from the bank, help from him, etc.) получать, сведения из библиотеки и т. д., get dinner (lunch, etc.) at the hotel (at the restaurant, at the inn, etc.) (пообедать и т. д. в гостинице и т. д.; I got this information (the news, facts. etc.) from a friend of mine (from my secretary, etc.) мне это и т. д. сообщил один приятель и т. д., я получил эти сведения и т. д. от одного приятеля и т. д.; get butter from cream получать масло из сливок; get a confession out of the prisoner ( a secret out of the woman, the truth out of the man, etc.) вытянуть / вырвать/ у заключенного признание и т. д.; get smth. for smth. get data for analysis (information for the article, new curtains for the guest-room, etc.) доставать /добывать/ данные для анализа и т. д., get material for research собирать материал для исследования: can I still get a ticket for tonight's play? можно еще достать /купить, получить/ билет на сегодняшний спектакль?; get smth. for smb. get tickets (another dictionary, this book, etc.) for him купить или заказать ему билеты и т. д.; get smth. by smth. get good results by hard work усердием /большим трудом/ добиться хороших результатов; get very little by deceit немногого добиться обманом || get hold of the manager (of the secretary, of the owner, etc.) разыскать /найти/ администратора и т. д., where did you get hold of this curious old picture? где вы раздобыли эту любопытную старую картину?; he got the start of his rivals он получил преимущество перед своими соперниками
    2) get smth. from smb. get presents from his brother (a letter from one's parents, a message from him, etc.) получать подарки от брата и т. д.; get no help (no money, no advice, etc.) from him не получать от него помощи и т. д.; you will never get anything from him от него ничего не дождешься; get his timidity from his mother унаследовать робость от матери; get smth. for smth. get a good salary for the job (a reward for his part in the affair, a medal for bravery. etc.) получать хорошую зарплату за эту работу и т. д.; what did you get for this article? сколько вам заплатили за эту статью?; get a good price for the land получить хорошую цену за землю; I will see what I can get for it посмотри, сколько я могу за это получить /выручить, взять/; get a new watch (a ring, a new hat, etc.) for one's birthday получить новые часы и т. д. [в подарок] на день рождения; get smth. out of smth. what did you get out of his lecture? что вы вынесли из его лекции?, что вам дала его лекция?; all he got out of it was disgrace это принесло ему только позор; get smth. of smb., smth. what impression did you get of him (of this play, etc.)? .какое он и т. д. на вас произвел впечатление?
    3) get smth., smb. across (from, to, etc.) smth. get smth. across the river (across the sea, across the frontier, etc.) переправить что-л. через реку и т. д.; get smb. across the street (across the bridge, across the field, etc) перевести кого-л. через улицу и т. д.; get one's hat from the other room (the books from the study, the tea-things from the kitchen, etc.) принести шляпу из другой комнаты и т. д., get down a book from the top shelf (the boy from the fence, my hat from the book, etc.) снимать книгу с верхней полки и т. д.; get a letter to London (to Paris, etc.) доставить письмо в Лондон и т. д., get the child to bed уложить ребенка в постель; get the trunk back to the garret отнести сундук обратно на чердак; get the parcel back to London снова доставить пакет в Лондон; get your TV back for this evening (for the party, etc.) принесите снова ваш телевизор на этот вечер и т. д.; the car did not get him very far on the road home он проехал на машине лишь небольшую часть дороги домой; that did not get him very far on the road to fame это весьма незначительно способствовало его продвижению по пути славы; get smth., smb. to smb., smth. how can I get these things to you? как мне переправить вам эти вещи?; get the slaves to the north переправить рабов на север
    4) get smth., smb. into (through, from, out of, etc.) smth. I can't get the key into the lock я не могу вставить ключ в замок; help me get the pig into the cart помогите мне втащить поросенка в телегу: how can I get all these books into the bag? как мне запихнуть /засунуть, впихнуть/ все эти книги в портфель?; get the piano through the door протащить пианино в дверь; get the milk from the refrigerator for me достаньте мне молока из холодильника; get smth. out of the house выносить что-л. из дома; get a cork out of a bottle вытаскивать пробку из бутылки; get stains out of a coat выводить пятна с пиджака: get these things out of the way уберите эти вещи с дороги [, чтобы они не мешали]; get the man out of the house (the dog out of the room, etc.) выводить человека из дома и т. д.: get her out of the country помочь ей уехать или вывезти ее из страны /за границу/ || get smth. into one's head вбить себе что-л. в голову: he got it into his head that everybody was persecuting him он вбил себе в голову, что его все преследуют; get smth. out of one's head выбросить что-л. из головы; get the idea (the thing, it, the notion, etc.) out of one's head выбросить эту мысль и т. д. из головы, перестать об этом думать
    5) get smb., smth. into (through) smth. get him into Parliament (into their headquarters, etc.) провести /протащить/ его в парламент и т. д.; get smb. into the firm пристроить кого-л. в эту фирму; get a bill through Parliament (this measure through the house, etc.) провести /протащить/ законопроект в парламенте и т. д., he helped me to get my luggage through the customs он помог мне пройти таможенный досмотр; get a pupil through his examination вытащить ученика на экзамене; it was his mathematics that got him through entrance examinations он выдержал приемные экзамены благодаря тому, что хорошо знал математику; get an article into a paper поместить статьи в газете; get the report into print сдать доклад в печать
    6) get smb. by smth. get smb. by the hand (by the hair, by the throat, by the wrist. etc.) схватить кого-л. за руку и т. д.: get smth., smb. on (by) smth. I get all program (me)s on my TV-set мой телевизор принимает все программы; how many stations can you get on your radio set? сколько станций берет /принимает/ ваш приемник?; I can't get him on the phone я не могу связаться с ним по телефону; get smb. by phone (by radio, etc.) связаться с кем-л. по телефону и т. д.
    7) get smb. in (on, through, etc.) smth. the bullet got him in the leg (through the stomach, in the shoulder, etc.) пуля попала ему в ногу и т. д.; the blow got him on the head (in the mouth, on the back, etc.) удар пришелся ему по голове и т. д., get smth. in smth. get a splinter in one's finger занозить палец; get a bullet in the leg получить пулевое ранение в ногу
    8) get smb. into smth. get smb. into debt (into difficulties, into a fight, etc.) вовлекать кого-л. в долги и т. д., she got me into trouble у меня из-за нее /она втравила меня в/ неприятности; get smb. out of smth. get smb. out of a fix /out of difficulty/ вызволить кого-л. из затруднения; get the children out of this habit отучать детей от этой привычки || get smth., smb. off one's hands избавиться от чего-л., кого-л., сбыть что-л., кого-л. с рук; she wished she could get the old house (the useless books, her unmarried daughter, etc.) off her hands ей хотелись избавиться /освободиться/ от старого дома и т. д. /сбыть старый дом и т. д. с рук/
    9) get smth. of smth. get 5 years of hard labour получить пять лет каторжных работ; get smth. for smth. he got a stiff sentence for his crimes за совершенные преступления ему был вынесен суровый приговор
    10) have got smth., smb. in (at, on, etc.) smth. I have /I've/ got money in the bank (a flat in this house, a friend at the studio, etc.) у меня в банке [лежат] деньги и т. д. || he's got smth., smb. on the brain он все время о чем-л., о ком-л. думает
    17. XXII
    get smth. by doing smth. that's what you get by talking too much вот что ты получаешь /вот как ты расплачиваешься/ за болтливость; get a good price by bargaining поторговаться и получить хорошую цену; get smth. for doing smth. you'll get a beating for doing this тебе за это всыпят; you'll get it for breaking that vase! тебе крепко достанется за то, что ты разбил вазу!
    18. XXIV1
    get smth., smb. as smth. get L 10 as reward (a book as a consolation prize, the newcomer as assistant, etc.) получить десять фунтов в качестве вознаграждения и т. д.; I got this book as a present я получил эту книгу в подарок; we get L 20 as the average мы получаем в среднем двадцать фунтов
    19. XXVI
    get smb., smth. before... (when..., etc.) get him before he escapes схватить его до того, как он скроется; get the book when the price is reduced купить книгу, когда ее уценят

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  • 89 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 90 carry

    1. II
    carry in some manner
    1) the sound (the report of the guns, etc.) carried far звук и т. д. был слышен /разносился/ далеко; these guns won't carry so far эти орудия так далеко не бьют; this gun carried as far as the enemy ships снаряды из этого орудия долетали до кораблей неприятеля
    2) carry well хорошо переносить перевозку; delicate plants (ripe fruit, these wines, vegetables, etc.) will not carry well нежные растения и т. д. портятся при перевозке
    2. III
    1) carry smth., smb. carry one's books (a baby, a bunch of flowers, etc.) нести книги и т. д.; carry heavy loads (bags with sand, bundles of books, etc.) носить /таскать/ тяжелый груз и т. д.; carry passengers возить /перевозить/ пассажиров; the horse carries its rider лошадь несет всадника; run as fast as one's legs can carry one бежать со всех ног; the wires carry sound (current, etc.) звук и т. д. идет /передается/ по проводам; а boat (the lift, smb.'s car, etc.) carries only seven people лодка и т. д. рассчитана на /берет, вмещает/ только семь человек; railways and ships carry goods железные дороги и пароходы перевозят грузы; how much weight does the bridge -? на какую нагрузку рассчитан этот мост?
    2) carry smth. carry a purse (keys, a walking-stick, an umbrella, field-glasses, a camera, etc.) носить с собой кошелек и т. д., ходить с кошельком и т. д.; carry a gun (arms, a sword, a knife, a dagger, etc.) носить при себе ружье и т. д., быть вооруженным ружьем и т.д.; the ship carries guns корабль вооружен пушками; the ship carries sails корабль оснащен парусами
    3) carry smth. carry information (a message, new ideas, etc.) содержать сведения и т. д.',carry sense /meaning, content/ иметь смысл; the book (the article, the magazine, etc.) carries tables (diagrams, figures, etc.) в книге и т. д. приводятся таблицы и т. д., the papers carry weather reports (a large amount of advertising, etc.) газеты помещают сводки погоды и т. д; the journal carries a financial page в журнале имеется /есть/ страничка, посвященная новостям в финансовых сферах; the, papers carry reports of the attack газеты сообщают /в газетах есть сообщения/ об этом нападении
    4) carry smb. carry the audience (the people, the house, etc.) захватить, увлечь аудиторию / публику/ и т. д.; his speech carried the crowd толпа была воодушевлена его речью
    5) carry smth. carry the motion (the decision, the resolution, the bill, etc.) принимать предложение и т. д. || carry the elections одержать победу на выборах
    6) carry smth. carry hats (clothing for men, a nice line in stockings, etc.) иметь шляпы и т. д. в ассортименте, торговать шляпами и т. д.; do you carry men's shirts? у вас продаются мужские рубашки?
    7) carry smth. columns (pillars, piers, beams, etc.) carry the roof (the arch, the weight of the construction, etc.) колонны и т. д. несут крышу/служат опорой крыши/ и т. д.
    8) carry smth. carry authority (conviction) быть авторитетным (убедительным); his word carries great weight его слово имеет большой вес; this decision carries serious consequences это решение повлечет за собой серьезные последствия; you will carry the whole responsibility вы будете нести всю ответственность
    9) carry hay (corn) убирать сено (хлеб)
    3. IV
    1) carry smb., smth. somewhere carry the wounded men (the branches, the treasures, etc.) away уносить /увозить/ раненых и т. д.; carry away pleasant recollections /memories/ уносить /увозить/ с собой приятные воспоминания; carry death and destruction everywhere нести /сеять/ повсюду смерть и разрушение; the wind carried the music here ветер доносил до нас мелодию; carry smb., smth. back приносить /привозить/ кого-л., что-л. обратно; carry smb., smth. in вносить кого-л., что-л.
    2) carry smth. somewhere carry a joke (an argument, a dispute, a quarrel, etc.) too far заходить в шутке и т. д. слишком далеко
    3) carry smth. in some manner carry one's head high высоко держать голову; carry one's age (one's [eighty] etc, years) well хорошо выглядеть /держаться/ для своих [восьмидесяти] и т. д. лет id he knows how to carry his liquor он умеет пить не пьянея
    4) || carry smb. far хватать кому-л. надолго; а can of petrol (the money, the food you have, etc.) will not carry you far канистры бензина и т. д. вам хватит ненадолго
    4. V
    1) carry smb. smth. carry father the book he asked for (mother a glass of milk, etc.) относить книгу отцу и т. д.
    2) carry smb. some distance the horse (the bicycle, the car, etc.) carried me (him, etc.) 50 miles и т. д. проехал на лошади и т. д. пятьдесят миль
    5. XI
    be carried somewhere several passengers (deckchairs, etc.) were carried away нескольких пассажиров и т. д. снесло /смыло/ (волной); be carried somewhere by smth. several houses were carried away by the swollen river разлившаяся /вышедшая из берегов/ река унесла несколько домов
    6. XVI
    carry to (through, beyond) smth his voice carried to the back of the audience hall (through the passage, etc.) его голос был слышен в самом конце зала и т. д; his voice did not carry beyond the first rows его было слышно только в первых рядах
    7. XVIII
    carry oneself in some manner carry oneself with dignity (proudly, badly, defiantly, like a soldier, etc.) держаться с достоинством и т. д.; she carries herself very well у нее великолепная осанка
    8. XXI1
    1) carry smb., smth. across (along, over) smth. carry a baby across the river (the girl over the threshold, etc.) перенести ребенка через реку и т. д.; carry one's eye along the line пробегать строку глазами /взглядом/: carry smth., smb. in (on) smth. carry a bag in one's hand (a bundle in one's arms, a pass in the pocket, a baby -in one's arms, a basket on one's back, a box on one's shoulder, a water jug on one's head, etc.) носить /таскать/ сумку в руке и т. д.; he carried the mark on his face all his life у него на лице остался след на всю жизнь; carry smth., smb. into smth. carry plates into the kitchen (chairs into the house, etc.) относить тарелки на кухню и т. д.; carry the war into Africa (into the enemy's country, etc.) перевести войну в Африку и т. д; the book carries us into the scenes of domestic lives книга переносит нас в домашнюю обстановку /в круг семьи/; carry smth., smb. to smth., smb. carry letters and parcels to the post office (a book to father, an apple to a child, etc.) относить письма и посылки на почту и т. д.; business carried him to London дела привели его в Лондон; the pipes carry water to the house вода идет в дом по трубам; I shall carry the memory of it with me to the grave я пронесу это воспоминание через всю жизнь; carry the case to a higher court передавать дело в высшую судебную инстанцию
    2) carry smth. round (through, under) smth. carry the fence right round the field обнести все поле забором; carry the chimney through the roof выводить трубу через крышу; carry pipes under a street прокладывать трубы под улицей; carry smth. to (into) smth. carry the tower to 500 feet довести высоту башни до пятисот футов; carry the road into the mountains провести дорогу в горы; carry the work to completion (modesty to excess, one's principles to extreme, the argument to its logical conclusion, etc.) доводить работу до конца /до завершения/ и т. д.
    3) carry smb. with smb. carry the people (the public, the audience, the crowd, the soldiers, etc.) with one увлечь /повести/ людей и т. д. за собой
    4) || carry smth. with it влечь за собой; this post carries a higher pay with it эта должность выше оплачивается; promotion carries higher wages with it повышение по службе предполагает увеличение зарплаты
    5) carry smth. by smth. carry the motion (the bill, the resolution, etc.) by a small majority (by a majority of five, etc.) проводить /принимать/ предложение и т. д. незначительным большинством [ голосов] и т. д.

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > carry

  • 91 see

    {si:}
    I. 1. виждам
    there is nothing to he SEEn нищо не се вижда
    I can't SEE my way не виждам пътя/къде вървя
    I can't SEE to read не мога да чета, защото не виждам
    SEEing is believing да видиш значи да повярваш
    to SEE things имам халюцинации, привиждат ми се разни неща
    to SEE stars виждам заезди по пладне
    things SEEn реални/действителни неща
    to SEE someone fall (ing) виждам някого да/как пада
    he was SEEn to fall видяха го да/как пада
    SEE you (later), (I'll) be SEEing you довиждане
    to SEE visions виждам в бъдещето, пророкувам
    2. гледам (пиеса и пр.), разглеждам (град и пр.)
    there is nothing to SEE няма нищо за гледане
    3. преглеждам (вестник, болен, къща и пр.)
    4. виждам, срещам (се с), посещавам, приемам
    come and SEE us елате у нас, елате ни на гости
    to SEE a doctor/lawyer съветвам се с лекар/адвокат
    the president does not SEE anyone today председателят не приема никого днес
    5. погрижвам се, внимавам, гледам, проверявам, виждам
    SEE that it is done погрижи се да се направи
    SEE you don't lose it гледай/внимавай да не го изгубиш
    to SEE for oneself сам проверявам/виждам
    to SEE someone right погрижвам се за някого, погрижвам се някой да бъде правилно възнаграден и пр
    6. виждам, схващам, разбирам, гледам на, научавам се, узнавам (от вестник и пр.)
    as far as I can SEE доколкото разбирам
    to SEE an argument/the point разбирам довод/за какво се отнася
    I SEE things differently другояче гледам на нещата
    I can't SEE my way (clear) to do (ing) that не виждам как бих могъл да направя това
    SEE? раз-бирате ли? I SEE разбирам, да, ясно
    as I SEE it както аз гледам на нещата
    he can't SEE a joke той няма чувство за хумор
    not to SEE the good/use/advantage of doing something не виждам смисъла/ползата да се направи нещо
    you SEE нали разбирате, видите ли (вмъкнато)
    to SEE oneself obliged to виждам се принуден да
    to SEE through a brickwall бързо схващам, сече ми умът
    7. виждам, помислям, размислям
    let me SEE чакай да видя/помисля
    I'll SEE what I can do ще видя/помисля какво мога да направя
    8. изпращам, придружавам
    to SEE someone home/to the door изпращам някого до вкъщи/до вратата
    9. виждам, преживявам, изпитвам
    to have SEEn better/one's best days западнал съм (за човек), износен/овехтял/изтъркан съм (за предмет)
    this coat has SEEn hard wear това палто e много носено/е носено, нoсено
    I have SEEn the day/time when помня времето, когато
    he'll never SEE fifty, etc. again прехвърлил e петдесетте и пр
    he first saw fire at той получи бойно кръщение при
    10. считам, смятам, намирам
    if you SEE fit/proper ако считате за подходящо/редно
    11. представям си, виждам (as като)
    I can't SEE myself doing such a thing не мога да си представя да направя такова нещо
    12. приемам, съгласявам се, позволявам, понасям, готов съм, предпочитам
    I do not SEE myself being made use of не приемам/позволявам да ме използват
    are you going to SEE me treated like that? ще търпиш/позволиш ли да се отнасят така с мен? I would SEE him in prison before I gave him money предпочитам да отиде в затвора, ама няма да му дам пари
    I'll SEE you blowed/damned/dead/further first! как не! това няма да го бъде! върви по дяволите! SEE here! ам. слушай! виж какво! this is a coat I SEE yon in това палто ще ти прилича
    see about погрижвам се за, занимавам се с, проучвам
    see across придружавам при пресичане (на улица)
    see after грижа се/погрижвам се за
    see beyond прен. виждам по-далеч от, предвиждам
    see in посрещам (новата година и пр.)
    see into гледам (в бъдещето и пр.), разглеждам, проучвам, вниквам в
    see of срещам (се с), виждам
    to SEE little of someone рядко се виждам с някого
    we must SEE more of each other трябва по-често да се виждаме
    I haven't SEEn much of him lately рядко го виждам напоследък
    he isn't SEEn much of outside the office рядко го виждат вън от службата
    to SEE the end of виждам края на
    to SEE the back/the last of someone отървавам се от някого
    see off изпращам (на гара и пр.), изгонвам, прогонвам
    to SEE someone off the premises извеждам някого до изхода
    see out придружавам/изпращам до вратата
    I'll SEE myself out сам ще изляза, стоя до края (на), изтрайвам/изкарвам до края (на даден период), надживявам (някого)
    he'll SEE us all out ще ни надживее/погребе всичките
    to SEE the old year out изпращам старата година
    see over/round разглеждам, преглеждам (къща и пр.)
    see through виждам (през), прозирам, разбирам (подбуди и пр.), разбирам преструвките/машинациите на, помагам (някому) в затруднение, издържам/изкарвам докрай/до края на, извеждам на добър край, превеждам през
    see to грижа се/погрижвам се за, занимавам се с
    to SEE to it that погрижвам се да
    II. n епархия
    the Holy/Apostolic S., the SEE of Rome папският престол
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    {si:} v (saw {sъ:}; seen {si:n}) 1. виждам; there is nothing (2) {si:} n епархия; the Holy/Apostolic S., the S. of Rome папски
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    съзирам; виждам; разглеждам;
    * * *
    1. 1 представям си, виждам (as като) 2. 1 приемам, съгласявам се, позволявам, понасям, готов съм, предпочитам 3. are you going to see me treated like that? ще търпиш/позволиш ли да се отнасят така с мен? i would see him in prison before i gave him money предпочитам да отиде в затвора, ама няма да му дам пари 4. as far as i can see доколкото разбирам 5. as i see it както аз гледам на нещата 6. come and see us елате у нас, елате ни на гости 7. he can't see a joke той няма чувство за хумор 8. he first saw fire at той получи бойно кръщение при 9. he isn't seen much of outside the office рядко го виждат вън от службата 10. he was seen to fall видяха го да/как пада 11. he'll never see fifty, etc. again прехвърлил e петдесетте и пр 12. he'll see us all out ще ни надживее/погребе всичките 13. i can't see my way (clear) to do (ing) that не виждам как бих могъл да направя това 14. i can't see my way не виждам пътя/къде вървя 15. i can't see myself doing such a thing не мога да си представя да направя такова нещо 16. i can't see to read не мога да чета, защото не виждам 17. i do not see myself being made use of не приемам/позволявам да ме използват 18. i have seen the day/time when помня времето, когато 19. i haven't seen much of him lately рядко го виждам напоследък 20. i see things differently другояче гледам на нещата 21. i'll see myself out сам ще изляза, стоя до края (на), изтрайвам/изкарвам до края (на даден период), надживявам (някого) 22. i'll see what i can do ще видя/помисля какво мога да направя 23. i'll see you blowed/damned/dead/further first! как не! това няма да го бъде! върви по дяволите! see here! ам. слушай! виж какво! this is a coat i see yon in това палто ще ти прилича 24. i. виждам 25. if you see fit/proper ако считате за подходящо/редно 26. ii. n епархия 27. let me see чакай да видя/помисля 28. not to see the good/use/advantage of doing something не виждам смисъла/ползата да се направи нещо 29. see about погрижвам се за, занимавам се с, проучвам 30. see across придружавам при пресичане (на улица) 31. see after грижа се/погрижвам се за 32. see beyond прен. виждам по-далеч от, предвиждам 33. see in посрещам (новата година и пр.) 34. see into гледам (в бъдещето и пр.), разглеждам, проучвам, вниквам в 35. see of срещам (се с), виждам 36. see off изпращам (на гара и пр.), изгонвам, прогонвам 37. see out придружавам/изпращам до вратата 38. see over/round разглеждам, преглеждам (къща и пр.) 39. see that it is done погрижи се да се направи 40. see through виждам (през), прозирам, разбирам (подбуди и пр.), разбирам преструвките/машинациите на, помагам (някому) в затруднение, издържам/изкарвам докрай/до края на, извеждам на добър край, превеждам през 41. see to грижа се/погрижвам се за, занимавам се с 42. see you (later), (i'll) be seeing you довиждане 43. see you don't lose it гледай/внимавай да не го изгубиш 44. see? раз-бирате ли? i see разбирам, да, ясно 45. seeing is believing да видиш значи да повярваш 46. the holy/apostolic s., the see of rome папският престол 47. the president does not see anyone today председателят не приема никого днес 48. there is nothing to he seen нищо не се вижда 49. there is nothing to see няма нищо за гледане 50. things seen реални/действителни неща 51. this coat has seen hard wear това палто e много носено/е носено, нoсено 52. to have seen better/one's best days западнал съм (за човек), износен/овехтял/изтъркан съм (за предмет) 53. to see a doctor/lawyer съветвам се с лекар/адвокат 54. to see an argument/the point разбирам довод/за какво се отнася 55. to see for oneself сам проверявам/виждам 56. to see little of someone рядко се виждам с някого 57. to see oneself obliged to виждам се принуден да 58. to see someone fall (ing) виждам някого да/как пада 59. to see someone home/to the door изпращам някого до вкъщи/до вратата 60. to see someone off the premises извеждам някого до изхода 61. to see someone right погрижвам се за някого, погрижвам се някой да бъде правилно възнаграден и пр 62. to see stars виждам заезди по пладне 63. to see the back/the last of someone отървавам се от някого 64. to see the end of виждам края на 65. to see the old year out изпращам старата година 66. to see things имам халюцинации, привиждат ми се разни неща 67. to see through a brickwall бързо схващам, сече ми умът 68. to see to it that погрижвам се да 69. to see visions виждам в бъдещето, пророкувам 70. we must see more of each other трябва по-често да се виждаме 71. you see нали разбирате, видите ли (вмъкнато) 72. виждам, помислям, размислям 73. виждам, преживявам, изпитвам 74. виждам, срещам (се с), посещавам, приемам 75. виждам, схващам, разбирам, гледам на, научавам се, узнавам (от вестник и пр.) 76. гледам (пиеса и пр.), разглеждам (град и пр.) 77. изпращам, придружавам 78. погрижвам се, внимавам, гледам, проверявам, виждам 79. преглеждам (вестник, болен, къща и пр.) 80. считам, смятам, намирам
    * * *
    see [si:] I. v ( saw[sɔ:]; seen [si:n]) 1. виждам; there is nothing to be \seen нищо не се вижда; nothing could be \seen of him той не се виждаше; he is not fit to be \seen видът му не е за пред хората; what sort of man is he to \see? как изглежда той? I can't \see to read не мога да чета, защото не се вижда; to \see the light раждам се; възниквам; to \see the red light чувствам, че идва опасност; to \see things халюцинирам, привиждат ми се разни неща; to \see snakes ( pink elephants) изпадам в делириум тременс; to \see stars виждам звезди по пладне; things \seen реални, действителни неща; \see you again до скоро виждане; с inf или part: to \see s.o. fall( ing) виждам някого да пада; he was \seen to fall видяха го да (как) пада; 2. гледам (пиеса и пр.); разглеждам (град и пр.); гледам на; I don't \see it in that light не го виждам в такава светлина; 3. преглеждам, разглеждам ( болен, вестник, къща и пр.); 4. виждам, срещам (се с); посещавам; приемам; come and \see us елате у нас (ни) на гости; he must \see a doctor ( his lawyer) той трябва да се посъветва с лекар адвоката си); the President does not \see anyone председателят не приема (никого); 5. погрижвам се; внимавам, гледам; проверявам, виждам; \see that it is done on time погрижи се да стане навреме; \see to it that everyone knows погрижи се всички да знаят; to \see s.o. right погрижвам се някой да бъде третиран справедливо; \see you don't lose your way гледай (внимавай) да не се загубиш; \see and don't lose the train разг. гледай да не изпуснеш влака; to \see for o.s. сам проверявам; 6. виждам, схващам, разбирам; научавам се (от вестник и пр.); \seeing that като се има предвид че; тъй като; as far as I can \see доколкото разбирам; that remains to be \seen това тепърва ще се види (разбере); I can't \see my way to do( ing) s.th. не виждам как бих могъл да направя нещо; he cannot \see a joke не разбира от шега; \see? разбирате ли? to \see into ( through) millstone ( through brick walls) много съм проницателен, всичко схващам; 7. виждам, помислям, размислям; I'll \see what I can do ще помисля (видя) какво мога да направя; let me \see чакай да видя (да помисля); 8. изпращам, придружавам; to \see s.o. home изпращам някого до дома; to \see s.o. to the door изпращам някого до вратата; 9. виждам, преживявам, изпитвам; to \see life получавам жизнен опит; to \see service служа (във войска, флот); износвам се, овехтявам (за предмет); to have \seen better (o.'s best) западнал е (за човек); износен е, изтъркан е, овехтял е (за предмет); he first saw fire at... той получи бойно кръщение при ...; I have \seen the day when помня времето, когато; he will never \see fifty again прехвърлил е петдесетте; 10. считам, смятам, намирам; if you \see fit ( proper) to do it ако считате за подходящо (редно) да го направите; 11. представям си; I can't \see myself doing such a thing не мога да си представя да направя такова нещо; 12. приемам, съгласявам се, позволявам; I do not \see myself being made use of не приемам (позволявам) да ме използват; • to \see the last of s.o. отървавам се от някого; I will \see you blowed ( damned, hanged, at Jericho) first! как не! това няма да го бъде! върви по дяволите! to \see red ( scarlet) гледам на кръв; вбесявам се; to \see things bloodshot кръвожаден съм; гледам мрачно на света; черноглед съм; \see here! ам. слушай! this is a coat I \see you in това палто ще ти прилича; II. see n епархия; the Holy S., the S. of Rome Светият (папският) престол (двор).

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  • 92 sink

    1. I
    1) the ship sank корабль затонул /пошел ко дну/; wood (a rubber ball, etc.) doesn't sink дерево и т.д. в воде не тонет
    2) the foundations sink фундамент оседает; the lake has sunk уровень воды в озере упал /понизился/; the floods will sink наводнение /вода/ будет спадать; take that picture before the sun sinks сделайте этот снимок, пока не зашло солнце; her cheeks (her eyes) sank у нее запали щеки (провалились глаза)
    3) the storm (the flames, etc.) began to sink буря и т.д. начала утихать; the wind has sunk ветер стих; prices (figures of unemployment, etc.) sank цены и т.д. упали; his spirits sank он пал духом; his voice sank его голос упал /понизился/; он заговорил тихо; he is sinking он умирает; life is sinking жизнь уходит
    2. II
    1) sink in some manner sink slowly (gradually, rapidly, suddenly, imperceptibly, partially, continuously, markedly, etc.) опускаться /спускаться, понижаться/ медленно и т.д.; the ground (the land, etc.) sinks abruptly грунт резко опускается; the sun was sinking fast солнце быстро садилось; sink deep погружаться глубоко
    2) sink in some manner heavy clouds began to sink lower and lower тяжелые облака нависали все ниже и ниже; he sank deep in the armchair он опустился в глубокое кресло; он потонул в кресле; sink somewhere his head sank forward он уронил голову
    3) sink in some manner the patient is sinking fast больной быстро слабеет /теряет силы/
    3. III
    sink smth.
    1) sink a ship (the enemy warships, etc.) затопить /потопить/ корабль и т.д.
    2) sink a tube pipe/ прокладывать трубу; can you suggest a good place to sink a well? вы можете указать хорошее место, чтобы вырыть колодец?
    3) lack of rain sank the reservoir из-за отсутствия дождей уровень воды в резервуаре упал
    4) let us sink our differences and work together давайте забудем /похороним/ наши разногласия и будем работать вместе
    4. XVI
    1) sink in smth. sink in the water тонуть в воде; wood doesn't sink in water дерево в воде не тонет
    2) sink into (through, upon, on) smth. sink into mud (into quicksand, into bog, into a puddle, etc.) провалиться в грязь и т.д.; the house sank into the ground дом осел; his eyes have sunk into his head глаза у него провалились /ввалились/; the rain sank into the dry ground (the oil sank into the wood, etc.) дождь пропитал сухую землю и т.д., земля впитала влагу и т.д.; sink into an armchair опуститься в кресло; sink (up)on a couch (on a bed, on the ground, etc.) опускаться на диван и т.д.; his head sank on his chest он уронил голову на грудь; sink into smb.'s arms упасть кому-л. в объятия; 1 should have liked to sink into the ground /through the floor/ with shame я хотел /был готов/ провалиться сквозь землю от стыда; these words (this lesson, this warning, this impression, etc.) sank into his mind /into his memory/ ему хорошо запомнились /запали в память/ эти слова и т.д.; his kindness sank deep into my soul его доброта глубоко запала мне в душу; he sank low он низко пал; sink into oneself уйти в себя; sink to /towards/ smth. the ground sinks to the sea к морю местность понижается; the road sinks towards the river дорога спускается к реке; the moon sank to the horizon луна скаталась к горизонту; sink beyond (behind, below, under, etc.) smth. the sun sank beyond the mountain солнце закатилось за гору; the moon sank behind the clouds луна скрылась за тучами /зашла за тучи/; the moon sank below the horizon луна опустилась за горизонт; his legs sank under him у него подкашивались ноги; sink to smth. sink to one's knees опуститься на колени; sink to one's waist (to one's knees, to one's neck, etc.) in snow провалиться в снег по пояс и т.д.; the shares have sunk to nothing акции полностью обесценились; his voice sank to a whisper его голос понизился до шепота, он перешел на шепот; his courage sank to his boots у него сердце ушло в пятки
    3) sink into smth. sink into silence (into a deep sleep, into deep thought, into reverie, into nirvana, etc.) погрузиться в молчание и т.д.; sink into despair поддаваться отчаянию; sink back into apathy вновь впасть в апатию; sink into decay прийти в упадок sink into degradation начать деградировать; sink into poverty (into the depth of misery, into vice, into crime, etc.) впасть в нищету и т.д.; sink into oblivion кануть в вечность; sink into obscurity затеряться, забыться; sink into insignificance потерять значение; sink into the background (into the second place) отойти на задний (второй) план; sink into old habits опять вернуться к старым привычкам; sink back into the position of a provincial town опять вернуться на положение провинциального городка; sink in smth. sink in price (in value, etc.) упасть в цене и т.д.; sink in smb.'s opinion (in smb.'s estimation) упасть в чьем-л. мнении (потерять чье-л. уважение); sink at smth. his heart sank at the news (at the thought of failure, etc.) у него упало сердце при этом известии и т.д.
    5. XIX1
    sink like smth. sink like a stone (like lead, etc.) идти ко дну /тонуть/ как камень и т.д.
    6. XXI1
    1) sink smth. in (to) smth. sink a post into the ground вкопать /врыть/ столб в землю; sink the head of a screw in a hole утопить гайку в отверстии; sink one's teeth into smth. вонзать зубы во что-л.; the dog sank its fangs into his flesh собака вонзила свои клыки в его тело; sink smth. on smth. sink one's head on one's chest уронить голову на грудь
    2) sink smth. to smth. sink one's voice to a whisper понизить голос до шепота; sink smth. in smth. sink one's own interests in smb. else's affairs пожертвовать своими интересами ради чьих-л. дел; sink twenty dollars in a machine that we never used (an enormous sum in war, a lot of money in house-building, etc.) израсходовать /потратить, растратить/ двадцать долларов на машину, которой никогда не пользовались и т.д.; he sank all his money in it он ухлопал на это все свой деньги

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  • 93 cut

    cut [kʌt]
    couper1 (a)-(f), 1 (h), 1 (j), 1 (o), 1 (q), 1 (t), 2 (a), 2 (d)-(g) découper1 (b) tondre1 (c) interrompre1 (f) arrêter1 (g) réduire1 (i), 1 (j) blesser1 (k) manquer1 (m) percer1 (n) graver1 (p) monter1 (r) se couper2 (b) faire mal2 (c) coupure3 (a), 3 (b), 3 (f) coup3 (c), 3 (g) morceau3 (d) réduction3 (e) coupe3 (h), 3 (k) part3 (i) coupé4 (a), 4 (c) réduit4 (b)
    (pt & pp cut, cont cutting)
    (a) (incise, slash, sever) couper;
    cut the box open with the knife ouvrez la boîte avec le couteau;
    he fell and cut his knee (open) il s'est ouvert le genou en tombant;
    she cut her hand elle s'est coupé la main ou à la main;
    he cut his wrists il s'est ouvert ou taillé les veines;
    to cut one's throat se trancher la gorge;
    they cut his throat ils lui ont coupé ou tranché la gorge, ils l'ont égorgé;
    they cut the prisoners free or loose ils ont détaché les prisonniers;
    figurative to cut oneself loose from sth se libérer de qch;
    they cut our supply line ils nous ont coupé notre approvisionnement;
    figurative the fog's so thick you could cut it with a knife il y a un brouillard à couper au couteau;
    the atmosphere was so tense, you could cut it with a knife l'atmosphère était extrêmement tendue;
    you're cutting your own throat c'est du suicide
    (b) (divide into parts) couper, découper; (meat) découper; (slice) découper en tranches;
    she cut articles from the paper elle découpait des articles dans le journal;
    cut the cake in half/in three pieces coupez le gâteau en deux/en trois;
    to cut sth to shreds or to ribbons mettre qch en pièces;
    figurative the enemy cut the army to pieces l'ennemi a taillé l'armée en pièces;
    figurative the critics cut the play to pieces les critiques ont esquinté la pièce
    (c) (trim → grass, lawn) tondre; (→ bush, tree) tailler; (reap → crop) couper, faucher;
    I'll have to cut the grass this weekend il faudra que je tonde la pelouse ce week-end;
    I cut my nails/my hair je me suis coupé les ongles/les cheveux;
    you've had your hair cut vous vous êtes fait couper les cheveux
    (d) (shape → dress, suit) couper; (→ diamond, glass, key) tailler; (→ screw) fileter; (dig → channel, tunnel) creuser, percer; (engrave) graver; (sculpt) sculpter;
    steps had been cut in the rock on avait taillé des marches dans le rocher;
    we cut our way through the crowd nous nous sommes frayé ou ouvert un chemin à travers la foule;
    the advance cut a swath through the enemy's defences l'avance des troupes ouvrit une brèche dans la défense ennemie;
    proverb cut your coat according to your cloth = il ne faut pas vivre au-dessus de ses moyens
    (e) (cross, traverse) couper, croiser; Mathematics couper;
    where the path cuts the road à l'endroit où le chemin coupe la route
    (f) (interrupt) interrompre, couper;
    to cut sb short couper la parole à qn;
    we had to cut our visit short nous avons dû écourter notre visite;
    his career was tragically cut short by illness sa carrière a été tragiquement interrompue par la maladie;
    to cut a long story short, I left bref ou en deux mots, je suis parti
    (g) (stop) arrêter, cesser;
    he cut working weekends il a arrêté de travailler le weekend;
    cut the very familiar crap or vulgar shit! arrête tes conneries!
    (h) (switch off) couper;
    cut the lights! coupez la lumière!, éteignez!;
    he cut the engine il a coupé ou arrêté le moteur
    (i) (reduce → numbers, spending) réduire; (→ production) diminuer; (→ speech) abréger, raccourcir;
    we cut our costs by half nous avons réduit nos frais de moitié;
    they cut taxes in the run-up to the election ils ont réduit les impôts juste avant les élections;
    to cut prices casser les prix;
    the athlete cut five seconds off the world record or cut the world record by five seconds l'athlète a amélioré le record mondial de cinq secondes
    (j) Cinema & Television (edit out) faire des coupures dans, réduire; (drop) couper;
    the censors cut all scenes of violence la censure a coupé ou supprimé toutes les scènes de violence;
    the film was cut to 100 minutes le film a été ramené à 100 minutes
    (k) (hurt feelings of) blesser profondément;
    her remark cut me deeply sa remarque m'a profondément blessé
    (l) familiar (ignore, snub)
    they cut me (dead) in the street dans la rue ils ont fait comme s'ils ne me voyaient pas ;
    he cut me dead for days after our argument il m'a battu froid pendant des jours après notre dispute
    (m) familiar (absent oneself from → meeting, appointment etc) manquer (volontairement), sauter ;
    I had to cut lunch in order to get there on time j'ai dû me passer de déjeuner pour arriver à l'heure;
    the students cut class les étudiants ont séché le cours;
    to cut school sécher les cours
    (n) (tooth) percer;
    the baby is cutting his first tooth le bébé perce sa première dent;
    familiar figurative a pianist who cut her teeth on Bach une pianiste qui s'est fait la main sur du Bach
    (o) (dilute) couper
    (p) (record, track) graver, faire
    to cut the cards couper
    (r) Cinema (edit → film) monter
    (t) Sport (ball) couper
    to cut the ground from under sb's feet couper l'herbe sous le pied de qn;
    her promotion cut the ground from under his feet sa promotion lui a coupé l'herbe sous le pied;
    familiar he couldn't cut it, he couldn't cut the mustard il n'était pas à la hauteur ;
    to cut sth fine compter un peu juste, ne pas se laisser de marge;
    you're cutting it a bit fine vous comptez un peu juste;
    an hour is cutting it too fine une heure, ce n'est pas suffisant;
    familiar that argument cuts no ice with me cet argument ne m'impressionne pas ;
    to cut a fine figure avoir fière allure;
    to cut one's losses sauver les meubles;
    we decided to cut our losses nous avons décidé de sauver les meubles;
    to cut a caper or capers (skip) faire des cabrioles, gambader; (fool around) faire l'idiot;
    Cars to cut a corner prendre un virage à la corde, couper un virage; figurative sauter des étapes;
    figurative to cut corners (economize excessively) faire des économies exagérées; (not follow rules) contourner les règlements;
    if you cut corners now you'll just have more work to do later on si tu fais les choses trop vite maintenant, tu auras plus à faire plus tard;
    figurative she doesn't believe in cutting corners elle fait toujours les choses à fond;
    figurative they cut corners to finish on time ils ont brûlé les étapes pour finir à temps;
    old-fashioned to cut a rug danser
    (a) (incise, slash) couper, trancher;
    this knife doesn't cut ce couteau ne coupe pas bien;
    cut around the edge découpez ou coupez en suivant le bord;
    she cut into the bread elle a entamé le pain;
    the rope cut into my wrists la corde m'a coupé ou cisaillé les poignets;
    the string is cutting into me le cordon me coupe la chair;
    figurative he cut through all the red tape il s'est dispensé de toutes les formalités administratives;
    figurative the whip cut through the air le fouet fendit l'air;
    figurative the yacht cut through the waves le yacht fendait les vagues;
    Nautical the boat cut loose le bateau a rompu les amarres;
    figurative to cut loose se libérer;
    to cut and run se sauver, filer;
    that argument cuts both or two ways c'est un argument à double tranchant
    (b) (cloth, paper) se couper;
    this meat cuts easily cette viande se coupe facilement;
    the cake will cut into six pieces ce gâteau peut se couper en six
    (c) (hurtfully) faire mal
    (d) (take shorter route) couper, passer;
    cut through the back way and you'll get there first coupez par derrière et vous arriverez (là-bas) les premiers;
    we cut across the fields nous avons coupé par les champs
    (e) (cross) traverser, couper; Mathematics (lines) se couper;
    this path cuts across or through the swamp ce sentier traverse ou coupe à travers le marécage
    (f) (in cards) couper;
    they cut for the deal ils ont coupé avant de donner
    the film cuts straight from the love scene to the funeral l'image passe directement de la scène d'amour à l'enterrement;
    cut! coupez!
    3 noun
    (a) (slit) coupure f; (deeper) entaille f; (wound) balafre f; Medicine incision f;
    a cut on the arm une coupure ou une entaille au bras;
    she had a nasty cut on her leg from the fall elle s'était fait une vilaine entaille à la jambe en tombant;
    to be a cut above (the rest) être nettement mieux que les autres ou le reste;
    that film is a cut above the others ce film est nettement mieux que les autres
    (b) (act of cutting) coupure f, entaille f;
    to make a cut in sth (with knife, scissors etc) faire une entaille dans qch
    (c) (blow, stroke) coup m;
    a knife/sword cut un coup de couteau/d'épée;
    a saw cut un trait de scie;
    figurative his treachery was the unkindest cut of all sa trahison était le coup le plus perfide
    (d) (meat → piece) morceau m; (→ slice) tranche f;
    a cut off the joint un morceau de rôti;
    prime cut morceau m de (premier) choix;
    cheap cuts bas morceaux mpl
    (e) (reduction → in price, taxes) réduction f, diminution f; (→ in staff) compression f;
    a cut in government spending une réduction ou diminution des dépenses publiques;
    the cuts in the Health Service la réduction ou diminution du budget de la santé;
    she took a cut in pay elle a subi une diminution ou réduction de salaire;
    Finance the cuts les compressions fpl budgétaires;
    power or electricity cut coupure f de courant
    (f) (deletion) coupure f;
    they made several cuts in the film ils ont fait plusieurs coupures dans le film
    (g) (gibe, nasty remark) trait m, coup m
    (h) (shape, style → of clothes, hair) coupe f; (→ of jewel) taille f;
    the cut of a suit la coupe d'un costume
    (i) familiar (portion, share) part f;
    what's his cut (of the profits)? à combien s'élève sa part?
    (k) Cards coupe f
    (l) familiar (on record) plage f
    (m) Cinema & Television coupe f;
    the cut from the love scene to the funeral le changement de séquence de la scène d'amour à l'enterrement
    (n) Sport (in tennis → backspin) effet m; (in cricket) coup m tranchant
    (p) British (body of water) étendue f d'eau; (canal) canal m
    I prefer a finer/coarser cut of tobacco je préfère le tabac plus fin/grossier
    the cut and thrust of parliamentary debate les joutes oratoires des débats parlementaires;
    the cut and thrust of the business world la concurrence féroce qui règne dans le monde des affaires;
    it's cut and thrust la lutte est acharnée
    (a) (hand, flowers) coupé; (tobacco) découpé
    (b) (reduced) réduit; (shortened) raccourci;
    to sell sth at cut prices vendre qch au rabais;
    the cut version of the film la version raccourcie du film
    (c) (shaped → clothing) coupé; (faceted → gem) taillé;
    a well-cut suit un costume bien coupé ou de bonne coupe
    (d) British familiar (drunk) soûl, plein
    ►► cut glass cristal m taillé;
    Computing cut sheet feed dispositif m d'alimentation feuille à feuille; (act) alimentation f feuille à feuille;
    Computing cut sheet feeder dispositif m d'alimentation feuille à feuille
    (a) (cross, traverse) traverser, couper à travers;
    it's quicker if you cut across the fields c'est plus rapide si tu coupes à travers (les) champs;
    they cut across country ils ont coupé à travers champs
    (b) (go beyond) surpasser, transcender;
    the issue cuts across party lines la question transcende le clivage des partis
    (c) (contradict) contredire, aller à l'encontre de;
    it cuts across all my principles ça va à l'encontre de tous mes principes
    (remove) enlever ou ôter (en coupant); (branch) élaguer, émonder;
    they had to cut away the wreckage to reach the victim ils ont dû découper l'épave pour atteindre la victime
    (a) (return) rebrousser chemin, revenir sur ses pas;
    we cut back to the car nous sommes revenus à la voiture
    (b) Cinema & Television revenir en arrière
    (c) (financially) économiser, réduire les dépenses
    (a) (reduce) réduire, diminuer;
    arms spending has been cut right back les dépenses d'armement ont été nettement réduites
    (b) (prune, trim) tailler; (shrub, tree) élaguer, tailler
    (financially) économiser sur; (time) réduire;
    the factory cut back on production la fabrique a réduit la production
    (a) (tree) couper, abattre; (person → in battle) abattre;
    figurative he was cut down by malaria (killed) il est mort de la malaria; (incapacitated) il était terrassé par la malaria;
    literary to be cut down in one's prime être fauché à la fleur de l'âge
    (b) (make smaller → article, speech) abréger; (→ clothing) rendre plus petit;
    to cut sth down to about 150,000 words réduire qch à environ 150 000 mots;
    she cuts down her dresses for her daughter elle ajuste ses robes pour sa fille;
    to cut sb down to size remettre qn à sa place
    (c) (curtail) réduire, diminuer; (expenses) réduire, rogner;
    we've been asked to cut down the amount of time we devote to sports on nous a demandé de consacrer moins de temps au sport;
    he cut his smoking down to ten a day il ne fume plus que dix cigarettes par jour
    (expenditure) réduire;
    I'm going to cut down on drinking/smoking je vais boire/fumer moins;
    they have cut down on eating out in restaurants ils vont moins souvent au restaurant;
    to cut down on the amount of time spent doing sth passer moins de temps à faire qch
    cut in
    (a) (interrupt) interrompre;
    she cut in on their conversation elle est intervenue dans leur conversation;
    he cut in on me to ask a question il m'a coupé la parole pour poser une question;
    figurative the new store is cutting in on our business le nouveau magasin nous fait perdre de la clientèle
    (b) Cars faire une queue de poisson;
    the taxi cut in on them le taxi leur a fait une queue de poisson
    mind if I cut in? vous permettez que je vous emprunte votre partenaire?
    (include) we should cut him in on the deal nous devrions l'intéresser à l'affaire
    to cut into a conversation intervenir dans ou interrompre brusquement la conversation
    to cut into one's savings entamer ses économies;
    this work cuts into my free time ce travail empiète sur mes heures de loisir
    (a) (hair, piece of meat, bread) couper; (arm, leg) amputer, couper;
    they cut off the king's head ils ont décapité le roi;
    he was cut off in his prime il a été emporté à la fleur de l'âge;
    she cut off her nose to spite her face elle s'est fait du tort en voulant se venger
    (b) (interrupt → speaker) interrompre, couper;
    he was cut off in mid sentence il a été interrompu au milieu de sa phrase
    (c) (disconnect, discontinue) couper;
    Telecommunications he's been cut off (during conversation) il a été coupé; (disconnected) on lui a coupé le téléphone;
    they cut off the electricity or power ils ont coupé le courant;
    they cut off his allowance ils lui ont coupé les vivres;
    her family cut her off without a penny sa famille l'a déshéritée;
    it cut off the supply of blood to the brain cela a empêché l'irrigation du cerveau
    (d) (separate, isolate) isoler;
    the house was cut off by snow drifts la maison était isolée par des congères;
    he cut himself off from his family il a rompu avec sa famille;
    housewives often feel cut off les femmes au foyer se sentent souvent isolées
    (e) (bar passage of) couper la route à;
    the police cut off the thief la police a barré le passage au voleur;
    the battalion cut off the enemy's retreat le bataillon a coupé la retraite à l'ennemi
    cut out
    (a) (make by cutting → coat, dress) couper, tailler; (→ statue) sculpter, tailler;
    a valley cut out by the river une vallée creusée par le fleuve;
    figurative to be cut out for sth être fait pour qch, avoir des dispositions pour qch;
    I'm not cut out for living abroad je ne suis pas fait pour vivre à l'étranger;
    he's not cut out to be a politician il n'a pas l'étoffe d'un homme politique;
    you have your work cut out for you vous avez du pain sur la planche ou de quoi vous occuper;
    she'll have her work cut out to finish the report on time elle va avoir du mal à finir le rapport à temps
    (b) (remove by cutting → article, picture) découper; Medicine (→ tumour etc) enlever;
    advertisements cut out from or of the paper des annonces découpées dans le journal
    (c) (eliminate) supprimer; (stop) arrêter;
    unnecessary expense must be cut out il faut éliminer ou supprimer les frais superflus;
    they cut out all references to the president ils ont supprimé toute référence au président;
    try and cut out all unnecessary details essayez de supprimer tous les détails superflus;
    he cut out smoking il a arrêté de fumer;
    cut out the screaming! arrête de crier!, assez crié!;
    familiar cut it out! ça suffit!, ça va comme ça!
    (d) familiar (rival) supplanter
    (e) (deprive) priver;
    his father cut him out of his will son père l'a rayé de son testament;
    they cut him out of his share ils lui ont escroqué sa part
    (f) Photography & Typography détourer
    (a) (machine, engine → stop operating) caler; (→ switch off) s'éteindre
    (b) American familiar (leave) mettre les bouts, calter
    cut up
    (a) (food, wood) couper; (meat → carve) découper; (→ chop up) hacher; (body) couper en morceaux
    (b) (usu passive) familiar (affect deeply) she's really cut up about her dog's death la mort de son chien a été un coup pour elle ;
    he's very cut up about it ça l'a beaucoup affecté
    that really cut me up! ça m'a fait rire!
    (d) British Cars faire une queue de poisson de
    (a) American (fool around) faire le pitre
    to cut up rough se mettre en rogne ou en boule

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  • 94 see

    ̈ɪsi: I гл.
    1) видеть;
    смотреть, глядеть;
    наблюдать see visions Syn: look, notice, observe, watch, witness, meet Ant: disregard, ignore, miss, neglect, overlook
    2) осматривать see the sights Syn: inspect
    3) понимать, знать;
    сознавать Syn: regard
    4) подумать, поразмыслить It is necessary to see see what could be done ≈ Необходимо подумать, что следует предпринять.
    5) вообразить, представить себе I can clearly see him doing it. ≈ Я ясно себе представляю, как он это делает.
    6) считать, придерживаться определенного взгляда;
    считать, полагать, думать to see good (или fit, proper, right и т. п.) ≈ счесть нужным (сделать что-л.)
    7) а) повидать(ся) ;
    навестить We went to see her. ≈ Мы пошли к ней в гости. When will you come and see us? ≈ Когда вы придете к нам? б) видеться, видаться, встречаться We have not seen each other for ages. ≈ Мы давно не виделись. You ought to see more of him. ≈ Вам следует чаще с ним встречаться. see you later/again/soon ≈ до скорой встречи
    8) выяснять( что-л. у кого-л.), советоваться( о чем-л.), узнавать Which nurse do I see about my sick daughter? ≈ С какой сиделкой мне следует поговорить о моей больной дочери?
    9) принимать( посетителя) I am seeing no one today. ≈ Я сегодня никого не принимаю.
    10) провожать
    11) позаботиться( о чем-л.) ;
    посмотреть( за чем-л.)
    12) испытать, пережить ∙ see about see across see after see against see ahead see around see beyond see fit see into see off see out see over see through see to see up I'll see you damned/blowed first разг. ≈ как бы не так!, держи карман шире!, и не подумаю! see here! see eye to eye see the back see scarlet see the red light see service II сущ.
    1) епархия Syn: diocese, bishopric
    2) престол( епископа и т. п.) Holy See( церковное) епархия (церковное) престол (церковное) чин епископа (церковное) папство > the Holy S., the S. of Rome папский престол видеть - to * well видеть хорошо - cats * well at night кошки хорошо видят ночью /в темноте/ - he can't * он не видит, он слепой - I can't * as far as that я на таком далеком расстоянии не вижу - to * nothing ничего не видеть - I looked but saw nothing я посмотрел, но ничего не увидел смотреть, видеть - to * a play смотреть пьесу - I saw this film last year я видел этот фильм в прошлом году - I saw an interesting story the other day на днях мне попался на глаза интересный рассказ - have you seen today's paper? вы видели сегодняшнюю газету? - did you * about her death in the paper? вы читали извещение о ее смерти в газетах? - let me * that letter покажите мне это письмо, разрешите взглянуть на это письмо - to * smth. with one's own eyes видеть что-л. собственными глазами - all this took place in the street, where all could * все это произошло на улице на глазах у всех - he is not fit to be seen он в таком виде, что не может показаться на людях - what sort of man is he to *? какой он на вид? - *, here he comes! смотри /видишь/, вот он идет! справляться, смотреть - * page four смотри страницу 4 - * (as) above смотри выше - * also смотри также( частная ссылка) представлять себе - I can't * you old не могу представить себе вас старым - to * everything black видеть все в черном свете - to * things wrong неправильно судить о чем-л. - to * things as they are правильно смотреть на вещи - I don't * it in this light я смотрю на это иначе - as I * it как мне это представляется /кажется/ находить, обнаруживать - I can * no faults in him я не вижу /не нахожу/ в нем никаких недостатков - I * no alternative /no way out/ я не вижу иного пути /выхода/ - I don't know what you can * in her я не знаю, что вы в ней находите - to * oneself in one's children узнавать себя в своих детях понимать, сознавать - to * a joke понимать шутку - he can't * a joke он не понимает шуток, у него нет чувства юмора - I * what you mean я понимаю, что ты имеешь в виду /что ты хочешь сказать/ - I * what you are driving at я понимаю, к чему вы клоните - I * it to be a fraud я считаю это мошенничеством - now do you *? теперь вам понятно? - that is easy to * это легко /нетрудно/ понять - don't /can't/ you * I'm tired? ты не понимаешь, что я устал? - I * no reason why we should despair не вижу причины для отчаяния - it's like this, you * видите ли, дело обстоит так - I * that you have changed your mind я вижу, что вы передумали - this is how I * it вот как я на это смотрю - * what you've done! посмотри, что ты наделал! - * what courage can do! вот что значит мужество! - to * for oneself убедиться( в чем-л.) самому - go and * for yourself if you don't belive me если вы мне не верите, пойдите убедитесь сами - I can't * the good of it! к чему это? - not to * the use of doing smth. сомневаться в целесообразности чего-л. - I don't * the good of getting angry не стоит сердиться - I don't * the use of crying бесполезно плакать;
    напрасно (вы) плачете испытывать, переживать( что-л.) ;
    сталкиваться( с чем-л.) - he has seen a good deal in his (long) life он немало повидал /испытал/ на своем веку - I never saw such rudeness я никогда не сталкивался с такой грубостью - I have seen war at close quarters я на себе испытал, что такое война - he first saw fire at Berlin он получил боевое крещение под Берлином - to have seen better days знавать лучшие времена;
    обеднеть;
    поизноситься, поистрепаться, потерять свежесть( о вещи) - this coat of mine has seen hard wear мое пальто порядком поизносилось - the nineteenth century saw the rise of our literature девятнадцатый век был свидетелем расцвета нашей литературы - this place has seen many changes здесь произошло много перемен видеться, встречаться - he *s a great deal of the Smiths он часто бывает у Смитов - he is much seen in society он много бывает в обществе - we * less of him in winter зимой мы его реже видим - I haven't seen you for /in/ ages я вас не видел целую вечность - when shall I * you again? когда мы опять встретимся? - * you on Thursday! до четверга! - I shall * you again soon, (американизм) I'll be *ing you до скорой встречи узнавать;
    выяснять - * who it is посмотри /узнай/, как это - * if the postman has come посмотрите /узнайте/, не пришел ли почтальон - I don't know but I'll * я не знаю, но я пойду и выясню - * if you can get an evening paper пойди узнай, нельзя ли достать вечернюю газету - I * in the papers that... из газет я узнал /в газетах пишут/, что... обдумывать - I'll * what can be done я подумаю /посмотрю/, что можно сделать - * what you can do подумайте, что можно сделать - will you come to dinner tomorrow? - Well, I'll * вы придете завтра обедать? - Я подумаю /Может быть, там видно будет/ - well, we'll * посмотрим, подумаем, там видно будет - that remains to be seen, we shall * (это) еще неизвестно, время покажет - let me * постойте, подождите, дайте подумать - let me *, what was I saying? подождите /постойте/, о чем это я говорил? - now, then, let's * ну (ладно), теперь посмотрим осматривать, освидетельствовать (тж. * over) - to * a flat before taking it осмотреть квартиру прежде, чем переехать в нее - we want to * over the house мы хотим осмотреть этот дом - to have smb. * one's work попросить кого-л. посмотреть работу - I want you to * my new coat я хочу, чтобы вы посмотрели мое новое пальто - the doctor ought to * him at once доктор должен сейчас же его осмотреть (редкое) допускать, разрешать - you cannot * your sister starve without trying to help her вы ведь не допустите, чтобы ваша сестра голодала, и попытаетесь помочь ей (карточное) принимать вызов осматривать (достопримечательности) - to * the sights осматривать достопримечательности - Americans manage to * Oxford in a few hours американцы ухитряются осмотреть Оксфорд за несколько часов обращаться( за советом, консультацией и т. п.) - to * a doctor обращаться (за советом) к врачу - you ought to * a doctor immediately вам бы следовало немедленно обратиться к /показаться/ врачу - I must * a lawyer about filing my suit мне нужно посоветоваться с юристом о передаче дела в суд - I wanted to * you on business я хотел поговорить /посоветоваться/ с вами по делу - * him about the book поговори с ним насчет этой книги принимать, быть на приеме (по делу и т. п.) - to manage to * an official добиться приема у чиновника - to refuse to * smb. отказаться принять кого-л. - the rector can't * anyone today сегодня ректор никого не принимает - she can't be seen now сейчас ее нельзя видеть (американизм) предоставлять (слово) - I * Mr. Brown слово предоставляется господину Брауну - to see about smth. позаботиться, подумать о чем-л.;
    проследить, присмотреть за чем-л. - to * about a house позаботиться о жилье - I must * about a new courtain for this room мне нужно подумать о новой шторе для этой комнаты - who will * about the tickets? кто позаботится о билетах? - I'll * about it я этим займусь, это я беру на себя;
    я подумаю /посмотрю/ - he promised to * about the matter он обещал заняться этим вопросом - to see to smth., smb. следить, присматривать за чем-л.,кем-л., заботиться о чем-л., о ком-л. - to * to the house следить за домом, вести домашнее хозяйство - to * to the children присматривать за детьми - we will * to everything мы обо всем позаботимся - to * to the business позаботиться о деле - I'll * to the tickets я займусь билетами;
    я возьму на себя расходы, я оплачу билеты - I shall * to it я этим займусь, я это беру на себя - to * to all the locks and doors проверить все замки и двери - next morning he came in to * to Martha на следующее утро он зашел, чтобы присмотреть за Мартой - to see after smb., smth. ухаживать, присматривать за кем-л., чем-л. - I am going to * after the children я присмотрю за детьми - who will * after the house when you are gone? кто присмотрит за домом, когда вы уедете? заботиться о ком-л., чем-л. - to * after one's own interests заботиться о своих интересах - to see about doing smth. проследить за тем, чтобы что-л. было сделано - to * about packing позаботиться о том, чтобы вещи были уложены - you must * about getting him a coat вы должны позаботиться о том, чтобы у него было пальто - to see smb. to some place провожать, сопровождать кого-л. куда-л. - to * smb. home провожать кого-л. домой - let me * you home разрешите проводить вас домой - to * smb. into a train посадить кого-л. на поезд - to see into smth. изучать что-л.;
    разбираться в чем-л. - to * into a matter изучать какой-л. вопрос - the lawyer will * into your claim юрист рассмотрит ваш иск всматриваться, проникать взором во что-л. - to try and * into the future пытаться предугадать будущее - to * into smb.'s motives разгадать чьи-л. замыслы - to see (to it) that посмотреть, проследить за тем, чтобы что-л. было сделано - * to it that the things are packed by three o'clock последи за тем, чтобы все было уложено к 3 часам - you must * to it that the children are fed properly вам следует позаботиться о том, чтобы детей хорошо кормили - I'll * (to it) that nothing goes wrong я позабочусь, чтобы все было в порядке - * that he comes in time позаботьтесь, чтобы он пришел во время - you will * that he has all he needs вы должны позаботиться, чтобы у него было все необходимое - to see smth. done сделать что-л., постараться, чтобы что-л. было сделано - to * smth. rebuilt перестроить что-л. - the house that I should like to * rebuilt дом, который мне хотелось бы перестроить - to go /to come, to call/ and see smb., to go /to come, to call/ to see smb. навещать кого-л., приходить к кому-л. - go and * him зайди к нему, навести его - come up and * me some time загляни ко мне когда-нибудь - he called to * us он пришел к нам в гости - to see across smth. переводить, провожать (через улицу и т. п.) - ask a grown-up person to see you across the road попроси кого-нибудь из взрослых перевести тебя через улицу > * here! (американизм) послушай(те) ! > wait and *! увидите!, вы еще увидите! > * and don't do it смотри не делай этого > * and don't miss the train смотри, не опоздай на поезд > as far as I can *, from what I can * по моим соображениям, как мне представляется > to * life /the world/ приобрести жизненный опыт;
    (сленг) веселиться, кутить > to * visions быть ясновидящим /провидцем/ > to * the back of smb. отделаться от кого-л.;
    избавиться от чьего-л. присутствия > to * the last of smth., smb. покончить с чем-л., с кем-л., отделаться от чего-л., от кого-л. > I shall be glad to * the last of this job я буду рад отделаться от этой работы > I hope we have seen the last of him надеюсь, что мы от него отделались > to * no further than one's nose не видеть дальше своего носа > to * through a brick wall видеть насквозь;
    видеть на три аршина в землю > to * one's way to do /doing/ smth. видеть возможность сделать что-л. > can't * my way to get the book не вижу возможности /не знаю, как/ достать эту книгу > he will never * forty again ему уже давно перевалило за сорок > * you in church( американизм) (сленг) до скорого!, пока! > (he) saw you coming простофиля за версту виден > to * things галлюцинировать > to * smb. about his business прогнать /вышвырнуть/ кого-л., избавиться от кого-л. > to * through a glass darkly( библеизм) видеть как сквозь тусклое стекло;
    смутно понимать или различать что-л. now you ~ what it is to be careless теперь ты видишь, что значит быть неосторожным;
    as far as I can see насколько я могу судить when will you come and ~ us? когда вы придете к нам?;
    can I see you on business? могу я увидеться с вами по делу? the doctor must ~ him at once врач должен немедленно осмотреть его don't you ~? разве вы не понимаете?;
    I do not see how to do it не знаю, как это сделать he cannot ~ the joke он не понимает этой шутки to ~ service быть в долгом употреблении;
    износиться;
    повидать виды;
    he has seen better days он видел лучшие времена ~ to присматривать за, заботиться о;
    see here! амер. послушайте!;
    he will never see forty again ему уже за сорок ~ престол (епископа и т. п.) ;
    the Holy See папский престол ~ принимать (посетителя) ;
    I am seeing no one today я сегодня никого не принимаю ~ вообразить, представить себе;
    I can clearly see him doing it я ясно себе представляю, как он это делает don't you ~? разве вы не понимаете?;
    I do not see how to do it не знаю, как это сделать ~ узнавать, выяснять;
    I don't know but I'll see я не знаю, но я выясню ~ понимать, знать;
    сознавать;
    I see я понимаю;
    you see, it is like this видите ли, дело обстоит таким образом ~ придерживаться определенного взгляда;
    I see life (things) differently now я теперь иначе смотрю на жизнь( на вещи) ~ about подумать;
    I will see about it подумаю, посмотрю;
    see after смотреть, следить (за чем-л.) I'll be seeing you увидимся;
    see you later (или again, soon) до скорой встречи I'll ~ you damned (или blowed) first разг. = как бы не так!, держи карман шире!, и не подумаю! ~ понимать, знать;
    сознавать;
    I see я понимаю;
    you see, it is like this видите ли, дело обстоит таким образом ~ подумать, размыслить;
    let me see дайте подумать;
    позвольте, постойте ;
    we must see what could be done следует поразмыслить, что можно сделать ~ осматривать;
    to see the sights осматривать достопримечательности;
    let me see the book покажите мне книгу ~ провожать;
    may I see you home? можно мне проводить вас домой? now you ~ what it is to be careless теперь ты видишь, что значит быть неосторожным;
    as far as I can see насколько я могу судить see (saw;
    seen) видеть;
    смотреть, глядеть;
    наблюдать;
    to see well хорошо видеть;
    to see vicions быть ясновидящим, провидцем ~ вообразить, представить себе;
    I can clearly see him doing it я ясно себе представляю, как он это делает ~ встречаться, видаться;
    we have not seen each other for ages мы давно не виделись ~ епархия ~ испытать, пережить;
    to see life повидать свет, познать жизнь;
    to see armyservice отслужить в армии ~ осматривать;
    to see the sights осматривать достопримечательности;
    let me see the book покажите мне книгу ~ повидать(ся) ;
    навестить;
    we went to see her мы пошли к ней в гости ~ подумать, размыслить;
    let me see дайте подумать;
    позвольте, постойте ;
    we must see what could be done следует поразмыслить, что можно сделать ~ позаботиться (о чем-л.) ;
    посмотреть (за чем-л.) ;
    to see the work done, to see that the work is done проследить за выполнением работы ~ понимать, знать;
    сознавать;
    I see я понимаю;
    you see, it is like this видите ли, дело обстоит таким образом ~ престол (епископа и т. п.) ;
    the Holy See папский престол ~ придерживаться определенного взгляда;
    I see life (things) differently now я теперь иначе смотрю на жизнь (на вещи) ~ принимать (посетителя) ;
    I am seeing no one today я сегодня никого не принимаю ~ провожать;
    may I see you home? можно мне проводить вас домой? ~ советоваться, консультироваться;
    to see a doctor (a lawyer) посоветоваться с врачом (адвокатом) ~ считать, находить;
    to see good (или fit, proper, right и т. п.) счесть нужным (сделать что-л., с inf.) ~ узнавать, выяснять;
    I don't know but I'll see я не знаю, но я выясню ~ through доводить до конца;
    to see (smb. through smth.) помогать( кому-л. в чем-л.) ~ советоваться, консультироваться;
    to see a doctor (a lawyer) посоветоваться с врачом (адвокатом) ~ about подумать;
    I will see about it подумаю, посмотрю;
    see after смотреть, следить (за чем-л.) ~ about позаботиться (о чем-л.) ;
    проследить (за чем-л.) ~ about подумать;
    I will see about it подумаю, посмотрю;
    see after смотреть, следить (за чем-л.) ~ after the luggage присмотрите за багажом;
    see into вникать в, рассматривать;
    see off провожать ~ испытать, пережить;
    to see life повидать свет, познать жизнь;
    to see armyservice отслужить в армии to ~ eye to eye (with smb.) сходиться во взглядах( с кем-л.) ;
    to see the back (of smb.) избавиться от (чьего-л.) присутствия ~ считать, находить;
    to see good (или fit, proper, right и т. п.) счесть нужным (сделать что-л., с inf.) ~ to присматривать за, заботиться о;
    see here! амер. послушайте!;
    he will never see forty again ему уже за сорок ~ after the luggage присмотрите за багажом;
    see into вникать в, рассматривать;
    see off провожать to ~ much (little) (of smb.) часто (редко) бывать в (чьем-л.) обществе;
    you ought to see more of him вам следует чаще с ним встречаться ~ after the luggage присмотрите за багажом;
    see into вникать в, рассматривать;
    see off провожать to ~ (smb.) off at the station проводить (кого-л.) на вокзал;
    to see (smb.) off the premises выпроводить( кого-л.) ~ out доводить до конца;
    see over осматривать (здание) ~ out досидеть до конца ~ out пережить ~ out пересидеть( кого-л.) ~ out проводить (до дверей) ~ out доводить до конца;
    see over осматривать (здание) to ~ scarlet прийти в ярость, в бешенство;
    to see the red light предчувствовать приближение опасности, беды to ~ service быть в долгом употреблении;
    износиться;
    повидать виды;
    he has seen better days он видел лучшие времена ~ позаботиться (о чем-л.) ;
    посмотреть (за чем-л.) ;
    to see the work done, to see that the work is done проследить за выполнением работы to ~ eye to eye (with smb.) сходиться во взглядах (с кем-л.) ;
    to see the back (of smb.) избавиться от (чьего-л.) присутствия ~ осматривать;
    to see the sights осматривать достопримечательности;
    let me see the book покажите мне книгу sight: ~ pl достопримечательности;
    to see the sights осматривать достопримечательности ~ позаботиться (о чем-л.) ;
    посмотреть (за чем-л.) ;
    to see the work done, to see that the work is done проследить за выполнением работы ~ through видеть насквозь ~ through доводить до конца;
    to see (smb. through smth.) помогать (кому-л. в чем-л.) ~ through доводить до конца ~ to присматривать за, заботиться о;
    see here! амер. послушайте!;
    he will never see forty again ему уже за сорок see (saw;
    seen) видеть;
    смотреть, глядеть;
    наблюдать;
    to see well хорошо видеть;
    to see vicions быть ясновидящим, провидцем see (saw;
    seen) видеть;
    смотреть, глядеть;
    наблюдать;
    to see well хорошо видеть;
    to see vicions быть ясновидящим, провидцем I'll be seeing you увидимся;
    see you later (или again, soon) до скорой встречи these things have seen better days эти вещи поизносились, поистрепались ~ встречаться, видаться;
    we have not seen each other for ages мы давно не виделись ~ подумать, размыслить;
    let me see дайте подумать;
    позвольте, постойте ;
    we must see what could be done следует поразмыслить, что можно сделать ~ повидать(ся) ;
    навестить;
    we went to see her мы пошли к ней в гости when will you come and ~ us? когда вы придете к нам?;
    can I see you on business? могу я увидеться с вами по делу? to ~ much (little) (of smb.) часто (редко) бывать в (чьем-л.) обществе;
    you ought to see more of him вам следует чаще с ним встречаться ~ понимать, знать;
    сознавать;
    I see я понимаю;
    you see, it is like this видите ли, дело обстоит таким образом

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > see

  • 95 see

    I [siː] гл.; прош. вр. saw; прич. прош. вр. seen
    1)

    Can you see the children playing? — Видишь, как дети играют?

    The window is so dirty that I can't see out. — Окно такое грязное, что ничего не видно.

    In the evening we went to see a movie. — Вечером мы пошли в кино.

    Let me see the book. — Покажите мне эту книгу. / Дайте мне взглянуть на эту книгу.

    Jewels look best seen against a dark background. — Драгоценные камни лучше всего смотрятся на тёмном фоне.

    Syn:
    watch II 2.

    The doctor must see him at once. — Врач должен немедленно осмотреть его.

    May we see around / over the house? — Можно нам осмотреть дом?

    Syn:
    2)
    а) смотреть, справляться (в книге, справочнике)

    See page 11. — Смотрите на стр. 11.

    б) консультироваться, обращаться за консультацией ( к специалисту)

    You ought to see a doctor about that cough. — С таким кашлем вам бы следовало обратиться к доктору.

    3) представить себе, вообразить

    I can clearly see him doing it. — Я легко могу себе представить, как он это делает.

    His colleagues see him as a future director. — Его коллеги видят в нём будущего директора.

    Sales figures are improving, but it's impossible just yet to see beyond the end of the year. — Показатели продаж улучшаются, но невозможно представить себе, что будет к концу года.

    Are you making plans for the future, or can't you see beyond your next pay packet? — Ты строишь планы на будущее или не можешь планировать дальше следующей зарплаты?

    4) испытать, пережить; повидать

    He has seen a great deal in his long life. — Он многое повидал за свою долгую жизнь.

    They saw off three enemy attacks within three days. — За три дня они пережили три атаки врага.

    He saw better days. — Он видел лучшие времена.

    5) быть местом или временем совершения чего-л.

    The year 2005 sees the centenary of Anthony Powell's birth. — В 2005 году исполняется 100 лет со дня рождения Энтони Пауэлла.

    Syn:
    6)

    Guess who I saw at the party last night! — Угадай, с кем я встретился вчера на вечеринке!

    I saw your mother out yesterday; does that mean her leg is better? — Вчера я встретил на улице твою маму; значит ли это, что у неё лучше с ногой?

    б) видеться, встречаться

    see you later / again / soon — до скорой встречи

    to see much / little of smb. — часто / редко видеть кого-л.

    You ought to see more of him. — Вам следует чаще с ним встречаться.

    We have not seen each other for ages. — Мы давно не виделись.

    I'll be seeing you. — Увидимся.

    I don't know his name, but I've seen him around quite a lot. — Я не знаю, как его зовут, но часто встречал его.

    в) повидать(ся); навестить

    They went to see her. — Они пошли к ней в гости.

    7)
    а) провожать, сопровождать

    Mr Freeman will see the visitors around the factory. — Господин Фримен проведёт посетителей по заводу.

    I'll see you up to the director's office on the top floor. — Я провожу вас наверх в кабинет директора, он на верхнем этаже.

    Don't trouble to see me out, I know the way. — Не беспокойтесь, меня провожать не нужно, я знаю дорогу.

    The old man was employed to see the children across the busy street. — Пожилого человека наняли, чтобы он переводил детей через дорогу с оживлённым движением.

    б) принимать, вести приём ( посетителей)

    I am seeing no one today. — Я сегодня никого не принимаю.

    8)
    а) понимать, знать; сознавать

    oh, I see — я понимаю

    Can't you see (that) he's taking advantage of you? — Как вы не понимаете, что он использует вас?

    He cannot see the joke. — Он не понимает этой шутки.

    Now you see what it is to be careless. — Теперь ты видишь, что значит быть неосторожным.

    Syn:
    б) считать, полагать; иметь (определённое) мнение

    I see things differently now. — Сейчас я по-другому смотрю на вещи.

    The way I see it, you have three main problems. — Как мне кажется, у вас есть три основные проблемы.

    9)
    а) выяснять, узнавать; обнаруживать

    It is necessary to see what could be done. — Необходимо выяснить, что следует предпринять.

    "Is he going to get better?" "I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see." — "Он поправится?" - "Не знаю, нужно подождать, и мы всё узнаем".

    Syn:

    The chairman's decision must be seen against the need for long talks and much enquiry. — Решение председательствующего должно быть рассмотрено в связи с необходимостью длительного разбирательства и дополнительного расследования.

    10) ( see about) позаботиться о (чём-л.); проследить за (чем-л.); подумать о (чём-л.)

    I haven't had time to see about a hotel for the night yet. — У меня ещё не было времени, чтобы позаботиться о гостинице на ночь.

    I will see about it. — Я займусь этим.

    11) (see after / to) присматривать, наблюдать за (кем-л. / чем-л.)

    Can you see (to it) that the fax goes this afternoon? — Вы не могли бы проследить, чтобы факс был отправлен сегодня после обеда?

    Please see after the luggage. — Будьте добры, присмотрите за багажом.

    I'll see after the details of the contract. — Я прослежу за деталями контракта.

    Excuse me, I must go and see to the dinner. — Извините, но мне нужно пойти проследить, чтобы подали обед.

    I'll see to the visitors when they arrive. — Я встречу гостей, когда они приедут.

    Syn:
    l observe, watch II 1.
    Ant:
    12) ( see into)
    а) вникать во (что-л.), изучать, разбираться с (чем-л.)

    The police have promised to see into the disappearance of the jewellery. — Полиция обещала разобраться с обстоятельствами пропажи драгоценностей.

    б) всматриваться, проникать взором во (что-л.)

    The old woman claims to be able to see into the future. — Пожилая женщина утверждает, что может предсказывать будущее.

    I wish I had the gift of seeing into people's hearts as you do. — Хотелось бы мне так же читать в людских сердцах, как это делаешь ты.

    13) ( see through) видеть насквозь, ясно разбираться в (чем-л.)

    I see through your little game. — Я вижу все ваши хитрости насквозь.

    He's a poor liar; anyone can see through him. — Он не умеет как следует врать, любой может раскусить его.

    14) карт. уравнивать (ставку соперника, в покере)

    I'll see you and raise you five. — Уравниваю вашу ставку и ставлю пять сверху.

    - see off
    - see out
    - see through
    ••

    to see through / into brick wall — видеть насквозь; обладать необычайной проницательностью

    I'll see you damned / blowed first разг. — как бы не так!, держи карман шире!, и не подумаю!

    - see eye to eye with smb.
    - see the back of smb.
    - see scarlet
    - see the red light
    - see service
    - see visions
    II [siː] сущ.; книжн.

    Holy See — папский престол, святейший престол, Ватикан

    2) епархия, диоцез
    Syn:

    Англо-русский современный словарь > see

  • 96 tear

    I [tɪə] n

    She couldn't read it (listen to him) without tears. — Она не могла этого читать (слушать его) без слез.

    Tears came into her eyes. — У нее на глаза навернулись слезы.

    To shed crocodile tears. — Проливать крокодиловы слезы

    - tears of anger
    - tears of happiness
    - tears of laughter
    - in tears
    - with happy tears in one's eyes co
    - with regretful tears co
    - shed bitter tears
    - weep real tears
    - keep back back one's tears
    - restrain one's tears
    - dry away one's tears on a handkerchief
    - check down unbidden tears
    - brush the tears away
    - drop a tear on the letter
    - hear tears in her voice
    - be in tears
    - be beyond tears
    - be moved to tears
    - smile through tears
    - bring tears to smb's eyes
    - tears come into one's eyes
    - tears run down one's face
    II [teə] v
    (tore, torn)
    1) разрывать, рвать, отрывать, вскрывать, вырывать
    - tear smth
    - tear smth in pieces
    - tear a piece of smth
    - tear a sheet out of a copybook
    - tear open an envelope
    WAYS OF DOING THINGS:
    Глагол to tear в значении "рвать, разорвать" обозначает нанесение повреждения чему-либо, сделанному из ткани или бумаги, не уточняя характера разрыва, в отличие от нижеследующих глаголов - to rip, to ladder, to be in shreds, to rip smth to shreds, to split и прилагательных - frayed, tattered. To rip - рвать, порвать, разодрать что-либо сильно и быстро: Stop pulling my dress, you'll rip it! Перестань тянуть мое платье, ты его разорвешь. Madge ripped the article out of the magazine and ran to show it to her husband. Мэдж вырвала статью из журнала и побежала показать ее мужу. To ladder - спустить петлю, случайно порвать что-либо, чтобы шов или петля спустились или разошлись: I've laddered my tights! У меня на колготках спустилась петля. There is a ladder in this pair of stockings. В этой паре чулок спустились петли. To shred, to rip smth to shreds - разорвать на мелкие кусочки: He handed his secretary a few letters and asked her to shred them. Он передал секретарю несколько писем и попросил разорвать их. The photo, the only evidence of the crime was shredded. Фотография, единственная улика преступления, была разорвана на мелкие кусочки. To split - разорваться, лопнуть, разойтись (о швах), лопнуть по шву: Peter's coat had split right up the back. Пиджак у Петра разорвался на спине по шву. These shoes are so old the convas his split. Эти туфли такие старые, что вся парусина оторвалась. Frayed - обтрепанный, оборванный на концах, особенно от того, что ткань долго находилась в носке: The jacket was a little frayed at the cuffs. У жакета немного обтрепались обшлага. She made her old jeans into shorts with frayed edges. Она сделала из своих старых джинсов шорты с бахромой. Tattered - в лохмотьях, особенно ткань или одежда, если они долго были в пользовании: A man in tattered blue overall was busy in the garage. Мужчина в грязной, во многих местах разорванной спецовке, возился в гараже. The old diary was yellowed and tattered, I could just make out only the initials AMG. Страницы дневника пожелтели и разорвались так сильно, что я мог только разобрать инициалы А. М. Ж

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > tear

  • 97 extend

    ɪksˈtend гл.
    1) а) простирать(ся), тянуть(ся) ;
    длиться The forest extends beyond the border. ≈ Лес тянется за границу. The border extends to the river. ≈ Граница тянется до реки. The plateau extends for many miles. ≈ Плато тянется на много миль. The strike has extended over 22 weeks. ≈ Забастовка длилась 22 недели. Syn: reach, stretch б) расширять( о помещении) The way in which this inn had gone on extending. ≈ То, как расширялся этот постоялый двор. в) продолжать, удлинять( о дороге, тропинке, шоссе и т.п.) ;
    перен. продлевать, оттягивать( о сроке) We extended the fence to the edge of our property. ≈ Мы продолжили ограду до конца нашего участка. The cold wave extended into March. ≈ Холодная погода продолжалась и в марте. г) воен. рассыпаться цепью, разворачиваться в цепь ∙ Syn: elongate, lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch, widen, continue Ant: contract, narrow, shorten, shrink, terminate, truncate, cut short
    2) а) распространять влияние, расширять сферу влияния His power extends over the whole country. ≈ Его влияние распространяется на всю страну. Syn: spread б) оказывать протекцию, покровительство, "брать под крыло" в) оказывать знаки внимания, хорошо относиться к кому-л. To all she smiles extends. ≈ Она всем улыбается.
    3) а) протягивать (особенно о руке) It is necessary to parry with the arm a little extended. ≈ Парировать удар нужно немного вытянутой рукой. They extended a warm welcome to us. ≈ Они нас тепло встретили. Now suddenly extending his arms immoderately. ≈ Вот внезапно он страстно протягивает руки (Майкл Найман, "Поцелуй"). Syn: convey б) тянуть, вытягивать, натягивать( проволоку между столбами и т. п.) Syn: stretch, strain в) вытягивать ноги, расслабляться( о человеке)
    4) спорт напрягать силы, собираться, делать рывок;
    также о животных в цирке, манеже и т.п. The horse is made to extend himself. ≈ Лошадь создана для упражнений. The main interest will be to see how he extends himself on the race-course. ≈ Наиболее интересно будет посмотреть, каких пределов он сможет достичь в забеге.
    5) а) писать расшифровку стенографической записи б) писать, выписывать полностью, раскрывая сокращения
    6) а) юр. подавать протест б) юр. вступать во владение недвижимым имуществом по праву изъятия за долги протягивать, вытягивать, простирать - to * a helping hand (to) протянуть руку помощи - she *ed both her hands to him она протянула ему обе руки натягивать - to * a rope across the street натянуть канат поперек улицы простираться, тянуться - the garden *s as far as the river сад доходит до самой реки - the road *s for miles and miles дорога тянется на много миль выходить за границы, пределы - his knowledge of Russian does not * beyond small talk его знания русского языка хватает только на то, чтобы вести светскую беседу /говорить о пустяках/ тянуться, продолжаться - a custom *ing back over many generations обычай, уходящий в глубь поколений - his researches *ed over ten years его научная работа растянулась на десять лет расширять;
    удлинять;
    растягивать, увеличивать - to * a school building расширить школьное здание - to * the city boundaries расширить границы города - to * a railway line to X довести железнодорожную линию до X - to * the reach (спортивное) увеличить проводку весла (в гребле) ;
    увеличить предел досягаемости - by that time the fire had greatly * itself к тому времени огонь сильно распространился расширять, углублять;
    усиливать - *ing one's potential through job training расширить свои возможности путем повышения квалификации распространять, расширять - to * power распространить власть - penal consequences cannot be *ed to these activities эти действия не подлежат наказанию в уголовном порядке;
    уголовная наказуемость не распространяется на эти действия - his authority was *ed to new departments в его ведение перешли новые отделы распространяться( на что-л.) - his jurisdiction *ed over the whole area его юрисдикция распространилась на всю территорию продлить, оттянуть, удлинить( срок) ;
    пролонгировать - to * a visit for another day продлить пребывание на один день - endeavour to get the time *ed until the end of next month усилия с целью добиться отсрочки до конца будущего месяца длиться, продолжаться - his visit will * from... to... его визит будет продолжаться с... по... - the exhibition will * for a fortnight выставка продлится две недели предоставлять (займы и т. п.) ;
    оказывать (услуги и т. п.) - to * credit to customers продавать в кредит - to * aid to the needy оказывать помощь нуждающимся - to * special privilege to smb. ставить кого-л. в привилегированное положение - to * an invitation послать приглашение - to * a warm welcome радушно встречать или приглашать выказывать, выражать (сочувствие и т. п.) ;
    проявлять (внимание) - to * good wishes высказывать добрые пожелания, посылать привет - to * thanks выразить благодарность - to * felicitations on /upon/ the birth of a son поздравить с рождением сына выжимать все возможное( из кого-л., чего-л.) - to * a horse гнать лошадь во весь опор - he does not * himself он не выкладывается целиком( в спорте и т. п.) ;
    он не надрывается на работе - he could work long and hard without seeming to * himself он мог работать долго и упорно без всякого видимого напряжения (техническое) наращивать (трубопровод, кабель, конвейер) (военное) (спортивное) размыкать, рассыпать цепью;
    расчленять - *! разомкнись! (команда) - to * one's flank растянуть фланг рассыпаться цепью (специальное) детализировать > to * shorthand notes расшифровать стенограмму extend вытягивать;
    натягивать (проволоку между столбами и т. п.) ~ исполнять судебный приказ о производстве оценки имущества должника ~ (обыкн. pass) спорт. напрягать силы ~ оказывать (покровительство, внимание - to) ;
    to extend sympathy and kindness (to smb.) проявить симпатию и внимание (к кому-л.) ~ переносить запись ~ пересчитывать для получения общей суммы ~ предоставлять ~ предоставлять заем ~ продлевать, пролонгировать ~ продлевать ~ пролонгировать ~ простирать(-ся) ;
    тянуть(ся) ~ протягивать;
    to extend one's hand for a handshake протянуть руку для рукопожатия ~ разносить ~ распространять (влияние) ~ распространять(ся) ~ воен. рассыпать(ся) цепью ~ расширять (дом и т. п.) ;
    продолжать (дорогу и т. п.) ;
    удлинять, продлить, оттянуть (срок) ~ вчт. расширять ~ расширять ~ увеличивать ~ увеличивать выход продукта добавками, примесями (обыкн. ухудшающими качество) ~ удлинять ~ протягивать;
    to extend one's hand for a handshake протянуть руку для рукопожатия ~ оказывать (покровительство, внимание - to) ;
    to extend sympathy and kindness (to smb.) проявить симпатию и внимание (к кому-л.)

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > extend

  • 98 reach

    § მიღწევა, მისვლა; გაშლა, გავრცობა
    §
    1 ხელის გაწვდენა, გაშვერა
    beyond / out of reach (ნიშნავს მიუწვდომელ ადგილას ყოფნას)
    put that pistol out of reach of the children რევოლვერი ისე შეინახე, რომ ბავშვებმა არ მიაგნონ
    house is within easy reach of the metro station ჩემი სახლი მეტროსთან ახლოსაა
    this car is within reach of my family ეს მანქანა ჩემი ოჯახისათვის ხელმისაწვდომია
    2 მიწვდომა (მიწვდება)
    I can’t reach that branch იმ ტოტს ვერ ვწვდები
    his voice doesn't reach to the back of the hall მისი ხმა დარბაზის ბოლომდე არ ატანს
    3 მიღწევა (მიაღწევს)
    4 მისვლა (მივა)
    he reached a conclusion that... იმ დასკვნამდე მივიდა, რომ…
    5 ნახვა (ნახავს), პოვნა
    where can I reach you? სად გნახო? // სად იქნები, რომ გნახო?
    we reached home at length როგორც იქნა, შინ მივედით
    he was quite puffed by the time he reached the top of a hill როცა გორაზე ავიდა, ქოშინი აუვარდა
    matters reached such a pitch that… საქმე იქამდე მივიდა, რომ...
    he strained every nerve to reach the other bank მთელი ძალ-ღონე დაძაბა, რომ ნაპირამდე მიეღწია
    they reached a settlement on this subject ამ საკითხზე შეთანხმებას მიაღწიეს
    he learnt German but never reached familiarity with it გერმანულს სწავლობდა, მაგრამ კარგად მაინც ვერ დაეუფლა

    English-Georgian dictionary > reach

  • 99 negotiations

    n pl

    to activate the process of negotiations — активизировать процесс / ход переговоров

    to break off negotiations — прерывать / приостанавливать переговоры

    to conclude negotiations on smthдоговариваться о чем-л.; проводить переговоры по какому-л. вопросу

    to determine smth by negotiations — решать что-л. путем переговоров

    to drag one's feet in / to drag out negotiations — затягивать переговоры

    to draw smb into negotiations — втягивать кого-л. в переговоры

    to give grounds for delay or postponement of the negotiations — давать основания для задержки или отсрочки переговоров

    to give new impetus to the negotiations — давать новый импульс / толчок переговорам

    to hold negotiations — вести / проводить переговоры

    to impede negotiations — затруднять / осложнять переговоры

    to improve one's bargaining position at negotiations — укреплять свои позиции на переговорах

    to initiate negotiations — начинать переговоры; приступать к переговорам

    to launch negotiations — начинать переговоры; приступать к переговорам

    to oversee negotiations — контролировать ход переговоров; следить за ходом переговоров

    to prolong negotiations — 1) продолжать переговоры 2) отсрочить / отложить переговоры

    to push smb towards negotiations — подталкивать кого-л. к переговорам

    to renew / to reopen / to restart / to resume negotiations — возобновлять переговоры

    to seek a solution by negotiationsстараться решить что-л. путем переговоров

    to side-track the negotiations — уводить переговоры в сторону; избегать переговоров; откладывать переговоры

    to undermine the negotiations — подрывать / срывать переговоры

    - active negotiations
    - armistice negotiations
    - arms buying negotiations
    - arms control negotiations
    - arms negotiations
    - arms-reduction negotiations
    - back stage negotiations
    - basis for negotiations
    - behind-the-scene negotiations
    - beyond negotiations
    - bilateral negotiations
    - break-down in negotiations
    - bruising negotiations
    - business negotiations
    - by negotiations
    - closing stage of negotiations
    - collapse in negotiations
    - collapse of negotiations
    - complex negotiations
    - comprehensive negotiations
    - constructive negotiations
    - control negotiations
    - conventional force negotiations
    - cordial negotiations
    - course of negotiations
    - crucial negotiations
    - culmination of negotiations
    - current negotiations
    - deadlocked negotiations
    - delicate negotiations
    - detailed negotiations
    - difficult negotiations
    - diplomatic negotiations
    - direct negotiations
    - disarmament negotiations
    - discreet negotiations
    - dragged-out negotiations
    - drawn out negotiations
    - earnest negotiations
    - endless negotiations
    - extensive negotiations
    - face-to-face negotiations
    - failure of negotiations
    - feverish negotiations
    - final stage of negotiations
    - flurry of negotiations
    - follow-on negotiations
    - for the duration of negotiations
    - forthcoming negotiations
    - fresh negotiations
    - friendly negotiations
    - fruitful negotiations
    - full-size negotiations
    - global negotiations
    - grinding negotiations
    - hard negotiations
    - hectic negotiations
    - hitch in negotiations
    - in the course of negotiations
    - inconclusive negotiations
    - indirect negotiations
    - intense negotiations
    - intensive negotiations
    - it will be a matter of negotiations
    - joint negotiations
    - laborious negotiations
    - last-minute negotiations
    - lengthy negotiations
    - limited negotiations
    - machinery and methods of negotiations
    - meaningful negotiations
    - membership negotiations
    - merger negotiations
    - military negotiations
    - ministerial negotiations
    - multilateral negotiations
    - negotiations among equals
    - negotiations are at a delicate stage
    - negotiations are at an end
    - negotiations are back on track
    - negotiations are deadlocked
    - negotiations are going above smb's head
    - negotiations are underway
    - negotiations behind closed doors
    - negotiations behind the scenes
    - negotiations broke down
    - negotiations center on smth
    - negotiations from strength
    - negotiations have become bogged down
    - negotiations have been stalled over an issue
    - negotiations have collapsed
    - negotiations have finished
    - negotiations have reached deadlock
    - negotiations have resumed
    - negotiations on disarmament
    - negotiations reach an impasse
    - negotiations through the medium of smb
    - negotiations will bear fruit
    - negotiations without any prior conditions
    - not open for negotiations
    - not open to negotiations
    - ongoing negotiations
    - open for negotiations
    - open to negotiations
    - painful negotiations
    - painstaking negotiations
    - patient negotiations
    - peace negotiations
    - peaceful negotiations
    - pending these negotiations
    - political negotiations
    - preliminary negotiations
    - preparatory negotiations
    - private negotiations
    - progress of negotiations
    - prolonged negotiations
    - protracted negotiations
    - renewal of negotiations
    - results of negotiations
    - resumption of negotiations
    - secret negotiations
    - separate negotiations
    - session of negotiations
    - settlement by negotiations
    - settlement through negotiations
    - social negotiations
    - stalemated negotiations
    - sticking point in the negotiations
    - stiff negotiations
    - substantive negotiations
    - successful negotiations
    - summit negotiations
    - sustained negotiations
    - through negotiations
    - top-level negotiations
    - tortuous negotiations
    - torturous negotiations
    - tough negotiations
    - trade negotiations
    - trilateral negotiations
    - tripartite negotiations
    - truce negotiations
    - US-mediated negotiations
    - wage negotiations
    - walkout from negotiations
    - well prepared negotiations
    - within the framework of negotiations

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  • 100 see

    1. transitive verb,

    let somebody see something — (show) jemandem etwas zeigen

    let me seelass mich mal sehen

    I saw her fall or falling — ich habe sie fallen sehen

    he was seen to leave or seen leaving the building — er ist beim Verlassen des Gebäudes gesehen worden

    I'll believe it when I see itdas will ich erst mal sehen

    they saw it happen — sie haben gesehen, wie es passiert ist

    can you see that house over there?siehst du das Haus da drüben?

    be worth seeing — sehenswert sein; sich lohnen (ugs.)

    see the light(fig.): (undergo conversion) das Licht schauen (geh.)

    I saw the light(I realized my error etc.) mir ging ein Licht auf (ugs.)

    I must be seeing things(joc.) ich glaub', ich seh' nicht richtig

    see the sights/town — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten/Stadt ansehen

    see one's way [clear] to do or to doing something — es einrichten, etwas zu tun

    2) (watch) sehen

    let's see a filmsehen wir uns (Dat.) einen Film an!

    3) (meet [with]) sehen; treffen; (meet socially) zusammenkommen mit; sich treffen mit

    I'll see you there/at 5 — wir sehen uns dort/um 5

    see you!(coll.)

    [I'll] be seeing you! — (coll.) bis bald! (ugs.)

    see you on Saturday/soon — bis Samstag/bald; see also academic.ru/43656/long">long I 1. 3)

    4) (speak to) sprechen [Person] ( about wegen); (pay visit to) gehen zu, (geh.) aufsuchen [Arzt, Anwalt usw.]; (receive) empfangen

    the doctor will see you now — Herr/Frau Doktor lässt bitten

    whom would you like to see?wen möchten Sie sprechen?; zu wem möchten Sie?

    5) (discern mentally) sehen

    I can see it's difficult for you — ich verstehe, dass es nicht leicht für dich ist

    I see what you mean — ich verstehe [was du meinst]

    I saw that it was a mistakemir war klar, dass es ein Fehler war

    he didn't see the joke — er fand es [gar] nicht lustig; (did not understand) er hat den Witz nicht verstanden

    I can't think what she sees in him — ich weiß nicht, was sie an ihm findet

    6) (consider) sehen

    let me see what I can do — [ich will] mal sehen, was ich tun kann

    7) (foresee) sehen

    I can see I'm going to be busy — ich sehe [es] schon [kommen], dass ich beschäftigt sein werde

    I can see it won't be easy — ich sehe schon, dass es nicht einfach sein wird

    8) (find out) feststellen; (by looking) nachsehen

    see if you can read this — guck mal, ob du das hier lesen kannst (ugs.)

    9) (take view of) sehen; betrachten

    try to see it my wayversuche es doch mal aus meiner Sicht zu sehen

    10) (learn) sehen

    I see from your letter that... — ich entnehme Ihrem Brief, dass...

    11) (make sure)

    see [that]... — zusehen od. darauf achten, dass...

    12) usu. in imper. (look at) einsehen [Buch]

    see below/p. 15 — siehe unten/S. 15

    13) (experience, be witness of) erleben

    now I've seen everything!(iron.) hat man so etwas schon erlebt od. gesehen!

    we shall see — wir werden [ja/schon] sehen

    he will not or never see 50 again — er ist [bestimmt] über 50

    14) (imagine) sich (Dat.) vorstellen

    see somebody/oneself doing something — sich vorstellen, dass jemand/man etwas tut

    I can see it now -... — ich sehe es schon bildhaft vor mir -...

    15) (contemplate) mit ansehen; zusehen bei

    [stand by and] see somebody doing something — [tatenlos] zusehen od. es [tatenlos] mit ansehen, wie jemand etwas tut

    16) (escort) begleiten, bringen (to [bis] zu)
    17) (consent willingly to) einsehen

    not see oneself doing something — es nicht einsehen, dass man etwas tut

    2. intransitive verb,
    saw, seen

    see redrotsehen (ugs.)

    2) (make sure) nachsehen
    3) (reflect) überlegen

    let me see — lass mich überlegen; warte mal ['n Moment] (ugs.)

    4)

    I see — ich verstehe; aha (ugs.); ach so (ugs.)

    you see — weißt du/wisst ihr/wissen Sie

    there you are, you see! — Siehst du? Ich hab's doch gesagt!

    as far as I can seesoweit ich das od. es beurteilen kann

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - see about
    - see into
    - see off
    - see out
    - see over
    - see through
    - see to
    * * *
    I [si:] past tense - saw; verb
    1) (to have the power of sight: After six years of blindness, he found he could see.) sehen
    2) (to be aware of by means of the eye: I can see her in the garden.) sehen
    3) (to look at: Did you see that play on television?) sehen
    4) (to have a picture in the mind: I see many difficulties ahead.) sehen
    5) (to understand: She didn't see the point of the joke.) verstehen
    6) (to investigate: Leave this here and I'll see what I can do for you.) sehen
    7) (to meet: I'll see you at the usual time.) sehen
    8) (to accompany: I'll see you home.) begleiten
    - see about
    - seeing that
    - see off
    - see out
    - see through
    - see to
    - I
    - we will see
    II [si:] noun
    (the district over which a bishop or archbishop has authority.) das (Erz)Bistum
    * * *
    see1
    <saw, seen>
    [si:]
    1. (perceive with eyes)
    to \see sb/sth jdn/etw sehen
    I've never \seen anything quite like this before so etwas habe ich ja noch nie gesehen
    have you ever \seen this man before? haben Sie diesen Mann schon einmal gesehen?
    he's \seen where you live er weiß jetzt, wo du wohnst
    I can't \see much without my glasses ohne Brille sehe ich nicht sonderlich viel
    there's nothing to \see (after accident) hier gibt's nichts zu sehen!
    I saw it happen ich habe gesehen, wie es passiert ist
    it has to be \seen to be believed man muss es gesehen haben[, sonst glaubt man es nicht]
    I'll believe it when I \see it das glaube ich auch erst, wenn ich es mit eigenen Augen gesehen habe
    to \see sb do [or doing] sth sehen, wie jd etw tut
    I saw her coming ich habe sie kommen sehen
    the woman was \seen to enter the bank die Frau wurde gesehen, wie sie die Bank betrat
    I can't believe what I'm \seeing — is that your car? ich glaube, ich spinne! ist das dein Auto?
    she didn't want to be \seen visiting the doctor sie wollte nicht, dass jemand mitbekommt, dass sie zum Arzt geht
    I've never \seen my brother eating mushrooms ich habe meinen Bruder noch nie Pilze essen sehen
    can you \see where... siehst du, wo...
    to \see sth with one's own eyes etw mit eigenen Augen sehen
    for all the world to \see in aller Öffentlichkeit
    2. (watch as a spectator)
    to \see sth film, play [sich dat] etw [an]sehen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. anschauen]
    this film is really worth \seeing dieser Film ist echt sehenswert
    to \see sb in a film/in a play/on television jdn in einem Film/Stück/im Fernsehen sehen
    3. (visit place)
    to \see sth famous building, place etw ansehen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. anschauen]
    I'd love to \see Salzburg again ich würde gerne noch einmal nach Salzburg gehen
    to \see the sights of a town die Sehenswürdigkeiten einer Stadt besichtigen
    to \see sth etw verstehen [o begreifen]; (discern mentally) etw erkennen
    I \see what you mean ich weiß, was du meinst
    I can't \see the difference between... and... für mich gibt es keinen Unterschied zwischen... und...
    I just don't \see why... ich begreife [o verstehe] einfach nicht, warum...
    I can't \see why I should do it ich sehe einfach nicht ein, warum ich es machen sollte
    I can \see you're having trouble with your car Sie haben Probleme mit Ihrem Auto?
    I really can't \see what difference it makes to... ich weiß wirklich nicht, was es für einen Unterschied machen soll,...
    I can \see it's difficult ich verstehe ja, dass es schwierig ist
    I can \see you have been fighting ich sehe doch, dass ihr euch gezankt habt
    I can't \see the joke ich weiß nicht, was daran komisch sein soll
    I don't \see the point of that remark ich verstehe den Sinn dieser Bemerkung nicht
    \see what I mean? siehst du?
    to \see sth etw sehen
    as I \see it... so wie ich das sehe...
    try and \see it my way versuche es doch mal aus meiner Sicht zu sehen
    I \see myself as a good mother ich denke, dass ich eine gute Mutter bin
    this is how I \see it so sehe ich die Sache
    I don't \see it that way ich sehe das nicht so
    to \see sth in a new [or a different] [or another] light etw mit anderen Augen sehen
    to \see reason [or sense] Vernunft annehmen
    to \see things differently die Dinge anders sehen
    to make sb \see sth jdm etw klarmachen
    to \see oneself obliged to do sth sich akk dazu gezwungen sehen, etw zu tun
    6. (learn, find out)
    to \see sth etw feststellen
    I \see [that]... wie ich sehe,...
    I'll \see what I can do/who it is ich schaue mal, was ich tun kann/wer es ist
    let me \see if I can help you mal sehen, ob ich Ihnen helfen kann
    that remains to be \seen das wird sich zeigen
    to \see sb jdn sehen; (by chance) jdn [zufällig] treffen [o sehen]
    we're \seeing friends at the weekend wir treffen uns am Wochenende mit Freunden
    to \see a lot [or much] of sb jdn häufig sehen
    I haven't \seen much of him recently ich sehe ihn in letzter Zeit [auch] nur [noch] selten
    I haven't \seen her around much in the last few weeks in den letzten Wochen habe ich sie [auch nur] selten gesehen
    I shall be \seeing them at eight ich treffe sie um acht
    I'll \see you around bis dann!
    \see you! [or BRIT be \seeing you!] ( fam) bis bald! fam
    \see you later! ( fam: when meeting again later) bis später!; (goodbye) tschüss! fam
    \see you on Monday bis Montag!
    to go and \see sb jdn besuchen [gehen]
    to \see sb jdn sehen; (talk to) jdn sprechen; (receive) jdn empfangen
    I demand to \see the manager ich möchte mit dem Geschäftsführer sprechen!
    Mr Miller can't \see you now Herr Miller ist im Moment nicht zu sprechen
    the doctor will \see you now Sie können jetzt reingehen, der Herr Doktor ist jetzt frei
    to \see a doctor/a solicitor zum Arzt/zu einem Anwalt gehen, einen Arzt/einen Anwalt aufsuchen geh
    9. (have relationship with)
    to be \seeing sb mit jdm zusammen sein fam
    I'm not \seeing anyone at the moment ich habe im Moment keine Freundin/keinen Freund
    are you \seeing anyone? hast du einen Freund/eine Freundin?
    to \see sth sich dat etw vorstellen
    I \see a real chance of us meeting again ich glaube wirklich, dass wir uns wiedersehen
    I can't \see him getting the job ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass er den Job bekommt
    can you \see her as a teacher? kannst du dir sie als Lehrerin vorstellen?
    do you \see... kannst du dir vorstellen,...
    I can't \see myself as a waitress ich glaube nicht, dass Kellnern was für mich wäre
    to \see it coming es kommen sehen
    11. (witness, experience)
    to \see sth etw [mit]erleben
    1997 saw a slackening off in the growth of the economy 1997 kam es zu einer Verlangsamung des Wirtschaftswachstums
    he won't \see 50 again er ist gut über 50
    I've \seen it all mich überrascht nichts mehr
    now I've \seen everything! ist denn das zu fassen!
    I've \seen it all before das kenne ich alles schon!
    to \see sb do sth [mit]erleben, wie jd etw tut
    his parents saw him awarded the winner's medal seine Eltern waren mit dabei, als ihm die Siegermedaille überreicht wurde
    I can't bear to \see people being mistreated ich ertrag es nicht, wenn Menschen misshandelt werden
    to \see the day when... den Tag erleben, an dem...
    to \see life das Leben kennenlernen
    to live to \see sth etw erleben
    I shall not live to \see it das werde ich wohl nicht mehr miterleben
    12. (accompany)
    to \see sb jdn begleiten
    to \see sb into bed jdn ins Bett bringen
    to \see sb to the door [or out] /home jdn zur Tür/nach Hause bringen [o geh begleiten]
    to \see sb into a taxi jdn zum Taxi bringen
    I saw her safely into the house ich brachte sie sicher zum Haus
    13. (inspect)
    sb wants to \see sth licence, passport jd möchte etw sehen; references, records jd möchte etw [ein]sehen
    the policeman asked to \see my driving licence der Polizist wollte meinen Führerschein sehen
    let me \see that lass mich das mal sehen
    14. in imperative (refer to)
    \see... siehe...
    \see below/page 23/over[leaf] siehe unten/Seite 23/nächste Seite
    to \see sth in sb/sth etw in jdm/etw sehen
    I don't know what she \sees in him ich weiß nicht, was sie an ihm findet
    16. (ensure)
    to \see sb right BRIT, AUS ( fam: help) jdm helfen [o behilflich sein]; (pay or reimburse) aufpassen [o dafür sorgen], dass jd sein Geld [wieder]bekommt
    to \see that sth happens dafür sorgen, dass etw passiert
    \see that this doesn't happen again sieh zu, dass das nicht noch einmal passiert
    17. (view)
    to \see sth house for sale [sich dat] etw ansehen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. anschauen
    18. (in poker)
    to \see sb:
    I'll \see you ich halte
    19.
    to have \seen better days schon [einmal] bessere Tage gesehen haben
    let's \see the colour of your money first erst will ich dein Geld sehen! fam
    you couldn't \see him/her for dust man sah nur noch seine/ihre Staubwolke fam
    if... you won't \see the dust of him/her wenn..., wird er/sie die Fliege machen wie nichts sl
    he/she can't \see further than [or beyond] the end of his/her nose er/sie sieht nicht weiter als seine/ihre Nasenspitze [reicht] fam
    I'll \see him/her in hell first das wäre das Letzte, was ich täte!
    to not have \seen hide nor hair of sb jdn nicht mal von hinten gesehen haben fam
    to \see the last [or BRIT, AUS the back] of sb [endlich] jdn los sein fam
    to \see the last [or BRIT, AUS the back] of sth endlich etw überstanden haben
    sb \sees the light (understand) jdm geht ein Licht auf fam; (become enlightened) jdm gehen die Augen auf fam; (be converted) jd [er]schaut das Licht [Gottes] geh
    to \see the light of day (first appear) das Licht der Welt erblicken geh o hum
    to [go and] \see a man about a dog hingehen, wo auch der Kaiser zu Fuß hingeht euph hum fam
    to \see stars Sterne sehen fam
    to be \seeing things sich dat etw einbilden, Halluzinationen haben
    to \see one's way [clear] to doing sth es [sich dat] einrichten, etw zu tun
    to not \see the wood [or AM the forest] for the trees den Wald vor [lauter] Bäumen nicht sehen hum
    1. (use eyes) sehen
    I can't \see very well without my glasses ohne Brille kann ich nicht sehr gut sehen
    ... but \seeing is believing... doch ich habe es mit eigenen Augen gesehen!
    as far as the eye [or you] can \see so weit das Auge reicht
    2. (look) sehen
    let me \see! lass mich mal sehen!
    \see for yourself! sieh doch selbst!; (in theatre etc.)
    can you \see? können Sie noch sehen?
    there, \see, Grandad's mended it for you schau mal, Opa hat es dir wieder repariert!
    3. (understand, realize)
    ... — oh, I \see!... — aha!
    I \see ich verstehe
    you \see! it wasn't that difficult was it? na siehst du, das war doch gar nicht so schwer!
    \see, I don't love you anymore ich liebe dich einfach nicht mehr, o.k.? fam
    you \see,... weißt du/wissen Sie,...
    well, you \see, all these rooms are going to be decorated alle Zimmer werden natürlich noch renoviert
    \see?! siehst du?!
    as far as I can \see... so wie ich das sehe...
    I \see from your report... Ihrem Bericht entnehme ich,...
    ... so I \see... das sehe [o merke] ich
    now, \see here, I only bought this ticket a month ago also, dieses Ticket habe ich erst vor einem Monat gekauft!
    5. (find out) nachsehen, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. nachschauen; (in the future) herausfinden
    wait and \see abwarten und Tee trinken fam
    well, we'll \see schau ma mal! fam
    let me \see lass' mich mal überlegen
    you'll \see du wirst schon sehen!
    you'll soon \see for yourself du wirst es schon bald selbst sehen!
    6.
    to not \see eye to eye [with sb] nicht derselben Ansicht sein [wie jd]
    to \see fit to do sth es für angebracht halten, etw zu tun
    to \see red rotsehen fam
    to make sb \see red jdn zur Weißglut treiben fam
    see2
    [si:]
    n (of bishop or archbishop) [Erz]bistum nt; (Catholic) [Erz]diözese f
    the Holy S\see der Heilige Stuhl
    * * *
    see1 [siː] prät saw [sɔː], pperf seen [siːn]
    A v/t
    1. sehen:
    see page 15 siehe Seite 15;
    as I see it fig wie ich es sehe, in meinen Augen, meiner Meinung nach;
    I see things otherwise fig ich sehe oder betrachte die Dinge anders;
    I cannot see myself doing it fig ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass ich es tue;
    I cannot see my way to doing it ich weiß nicht, wie ich es anstellen soll;
    I see myself obliged to go ich sehe mich gezwungen zu gehen;
    I wonder what he sees in her ich möchte wissen, was er an ihr findet;
    let us see what can be done wir wollen sehen, was sich machen lässt;
    little was seen of the attack SPORT vom Angriff war nur wenig zu sehen (siehe weitere Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven etc)
    2. (ab)sehen, erkennen:
    see danger ahead Gefahr auf sich zukommen sehen
    3. entnehmen, ersehen ( beide:
    from aus der Zeitung etc)
    4. (ein)sehen:
    I do not see what he means ich verstehe nicht, was er meint;
    I don’t see the importance of it ich verstehe nicht, was daran so wichtig sein soll;
    I don’t see the use of it ich weiß nicht, wozu das gut sein soll; joke A 2
    5. (sich) etwas ansehen, besuchen: worth1 A 2
    6. herausfinden:
    see who it is sieh nach, wer es ist
    7. dafür sorgen(, dass):
    see (to it) that it is done sorge dafür oder sieh zu, dass es geschieht;
    see justice done to sb dafür sorgen, dass jemandem Gerechtigkeit widerfährt
    8. a) besuchen
    b) sich treffen mit:
    they have been seeing a lot of each other lately sie sind in letzter Zeit oft zusammen;
    he has been seeing her for two years er geht schon seit zwei Jahren mit ihr umg
    9. aufsuchen, konsultieren ( beide:
    about wegen), sprechen ( on business geschäftlich), US umg (mal) mit jemandem reden (um ihn zu beeinflussen):
    10. empfangen:
    11. begleiten, geleiten:
    see sb home jemanden heimbegleiten, jemanden nach Hause bringen;
    see sb to bed jemanden zu Bett bringen;
    see sb to the station jemanden zum Bahnhof bringen oder begleiten;
    see sb across the street jemanden über die Straße bringen; see off 1, see out 1
    12. sehen, erleben:
    live to see erleben;
    see action MIL im Einsatz sein, Kämpfe mitmachen;
    he has seen better days er hat schon bessere Tage gesehen
    13. besonders Poker: mithalten mit
    B v/i
    1. sehen:
    she doesn’t see very well with her left eye sie sieht nicht sehr gut auf dem linken Auge;
    we haven’t seen much of him lately wir haben ihn in letzter Zeit nicht allzu oft gesehen;
    you’ll see du wirst schon sehen
    2. einsehen, verstehen:
    I see! (ich) verstehe!, aha!, ach so!;
    (you) see, … weißt du oder wissen Sie, …;
    (you) see? umg verstehst du?;
    as far as I can see soviel ich sehen kann
    3. nachsehen:
    go and see (for) yourself!
    4. überlegen:
    let me see! warte(n Sie) mal!, lass mich überlegen!;
    we’ll see wir werden sehen, mal sehen oder abwarten
    see2 [siː] s REL
    1. (Erz)Bischofssitz m, (erz)bischöflicher Stuhl:
    Apostolic ( oder Holy) See (der) Apostolische oder Heilige Stuhl
    2. (Erz)Bistum n:
    3. obs ( besonders Thron)Sitz m
    s. abk
    1. second ( seconds pl) s, Sek.
    3. see s.
    5. set
    6. HIST Br shilling ( shillings pl)
    7. sign
    8. signed gez.
    9. singular Sg.
    10. son
    v. abk
    1. MATH vector
    3. verb
    5. JUR SPORT versus, against
    6. very
    7. vide, see
    9. ELEK volt ( volts pl) V
    10. ELEK voltage
    11. volume
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,

    let somebody see something (show) jemandem etwas zeigen

    I saw her fall or falling — ich habe sie fallen sehen

    he was seen to leave or seen leaving the building — er ist beim Verlassen des Gebäudes gesehen worden

    they saw it happen — sie haben gesehen, wie es passiert ist

    be worth seeing — sehenswert sein; sich lohnen (ugs.)

    see the light(fig.): (undergo conversion) das Licht schauen (geh.)

    I saw the light(I realized my error etc.) mir ging ein Licht auf (ugs.)

    I must be seeing things(joc.) ich glaub', ich seh' nicht richtig

    see the sights/town — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten/Stadt ansehen

    see one's way [clear] to do or to doing something — es einrichten, etwas zu tun

    2) (watch) sehen

    let's see a filmsehen wir uns (Dat.) einen Film an!

    3) (meet [with]) sehen; treffen; (meet socially) zusammenkommen mit; sich treffen mit

    I'll see you there/at 5 — wir sehen uns dort/um 5

    see you!(coll.)

    [I'll] be seeing you! — (coll.) bis bald! (ugs.)

    see you on Saturday/soon — bis Samstag/bald; see also long I 1. 3)

    4) (speak to) sprechen [Person] ( about wegen); (pay visit to) gehen zu, (geh.) aufsuchen [Arzt, Anwalt usw.]; (receive) empfangen

    the doctor will see you now — Herr/Frau Doktor lässt bitten

    whom would you like to see? — wen möchten Sie sprechen?; zu wem möchten Sie?

    I can see it's difficult for you — ich verstehe, dass es nicht leicht für dich ist

    I see what you mean — ich verstehe [was du meinst]

    I saw that it was a mistake — mir war klar, dass es ein Fehler war

    he didn't see the joke — er fand es [gar] nicht lustig; (did not understand) er hat den Witz nicht verstanden

    I can't think what she sees in him — ich weiß nicht, was sie an ihm findet

    6) (consider) sehen

    let me see what I can do — [ich will] mal sehen, was ich tun kann

    7) (foresee) sehen

    I can see I'm going to be busy — ich sehe [es] schon [kommen], dass ich beschäftigt sein werde

    I can see it won't be easy — ich sehe schon, dass es nicht einfach sein wird

    8) (find out) feststellen; (by looking) nachsehen

    see if you can read this — guck mal, ob du das hier lesen kannst (ugs.)

    9) (take view of) sehen; betrachten
    10) (learn) sehen

    I see from your letter that... — ich entnehme Ihrem Brief, dass...

    see [that]... — zusehen od. darauf achten, dass...

    12) usu. in imper. (look at) einsehen [Buch]

    see below/p. 15 — siehe unten/S. 15

    13) (experience, be witness of) erleben

    now I've seen everything!(iron.) hat man so etwas schon erlebt od. gesehen!

    we shall see — wir werden [ja/schon] sehen

    he will not or never see 50 again — er ist [bestimmt] über 50

    14) (imagine) sich (Dat.) vorstellen

    see somebody/oneself doing something — sich vorstellen, dass jemand/man etwas tut

    I can see it now -... — ich sehe es schon bildhaft vor mir -...

    15) (contemplate) mit ansehen; zusehen bei

    [stand by and] see somebody doing something — [tatenlos] zusehen od. es [tatenlos] mit ansehen, wie jemand etwas tut

    16) (escort) begleiten, bringen (to [bis] zu)

    not see oneself doing something — es nicht einsehen, dass man etwas tut

    2. intransitive verb,
    saw, seen

    see redrotsehen (ugs.)

    2) (make sure) nachsehen
    3) (reflect) überlegen

    let me see — lass mich überlegen; warte mal ['n Moment] (ugs.)

    4)

    I see — ich verstehe; aha (ugs.); ach so (ugs.)

    you see — weißt du/wisst ihr/wissen Sie

    there you are, you see! — Siehst du? Ich hab's doch gesagt!

    as far as I can seesoweit ich das od. es beurteilen kann

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: saw, seen)
    = anzeigen v.
    sehen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: sah, gesehen)
    zusehen v.

    English-german dictionary > see

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