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1 minus
(a) Mathematics moins;∎ seven minus two leaves or equals five sept moins deux font cinq;∎ minus twelve moins douze∎ it's minus 5° outside il fait moins 5° dehors∎ he came home minus his shopping il est rentré sans ses achats;∎ that chair is minus a leg cette chaise a un pied en moins2 noun∎ put a minus in front of the twelve mettez un moins devant le douze(b) (drawback) inconvénient m;∎ one of the minuses is that we risk losing money un des inconvénients est que nous risquons de perdre de l'argent∎ School B minus B moins(b) figurative négatif;∎ but, on the minus side, the pay is low mais le revers de la médaille, c'est que c'est mal payé►► minus sign signe m moins, moins m -
2 minus
1. preposition(used to show subtraction: Ten minus two equals eight (10 - 2 = 8).) menos
2. noun((also minus sign) a sign (-) used to show subtraction or negative quality.) menos
3. adjective(negative or less than zero: a minus number; Twelve from ten equals minus two (10 - 12 = -2).) negativominus prep menostr['maɪnəs]1 SMALLMATHEMATICS/SMALL menos2 SMALLMETEOROLOGY/SMALL bajo cero1 negativo,-a1 SMALLMATHEMATICS/SMALL menos nombre masculino2 (disadvantage) desventaja, contra nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLminus sign signo de menos, menos nombre masculinominus ['maɪnəs] n1) : cantidad f negativa2)minus sign : signo m de menosminus prep1) : menosfour minus two: cuatro menos dos2) without: sinminus his hat: sin su sombreroadj.• menos adj.• negativo, -a adj.adv.• menos (Matemática) adv.n.• menos s.m.prep.• menos prep.• sin prep.
I 'maɪnəsa)minus (sign) — signo m de menos, menos m (read as: menos tres)
b) ( disadvantage) (colloq) desventaja f, contra m
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a) ( disadvantageous) (colloq) (before n)on the minus side,... — un factor negativo or en contra es que...
b) ( negative) (before n) <number/ion> negativo-3 — (léase: minus three) -3
c) ( Educ)A- — (léase: A minus) calificación entre A y B, más alta que B+
III
a) menos3 - 1 = 2 — (léase: three minus one equals two) 3 - 1 = 2 (read as: tres menos uno es igual a dos)
b) (without, missing) (colloq) sin['maɪnǝs]1. PREP1) menos2) (=without, deprived of) sin2.ADJ [number] negativo3.N (=sign) signo m menos; (=amount) cantidad f negativa4.CPDminus sign N — signo m menos
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I ['maɪnəs]a)minus (sign) — signo m de menos, menos m (read as: menos tres)
b) ( disadvantage) (colloq) desventaja f, contra m
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a) ( disadvantageous) (colloq) (before n)on the minus side,... — un factor negativo or en contra es que...
b) ( negative) (before n) <number/ion> negativo-3 — (léase: minus three) -3
c) ( Educ)A- — (léase: A minus) calificación entre A y B, más alta que B+
III
a) menos3 - 1 = 2 — (léase: three minus one equals two) 3 - 1 = 2 (read as: tres menos uno es igual a dos)
b) (without, missing) (colloq) sin -
3 chispa
f.1 spark.2 bit.3 sparkle (sharpness, humor).esa novela tiene chispa that novel has really got something4 wit, cleverness, scintillation.5 small bit, shred.6 spoon bait, spinner.* * *1 (de lumbre, eléctrica, etc) spark2 (brillo) sparkle, glitter3 (brillante pequeño) small diamond5 (de lluvia) drop, droplet7 (mentira) lie\coger una chispa / pillar una chispa familiar to get sloshedechar chispas figurado to be ragingno tiene ni chispa de gracia figurado it's not funny at all, it's not a bit funnyser una chispa figurado to be very brighttener chispa figurado to be witty, be funnychispa eléctrica spark* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) [de luz, fuego] spark- echar chispas: está que echa chispas2) (=gota de lluvia) drop3) (=pizca) bit, tiny amount4) (=ingenio) wit- es de chispa retardada5) * (=borrachera) drunkennesscoger o pillar una chispa — to get sloshed *
estar con o tener la chispa — to be tight *
6) CAm, Méxdar chispa — to work, be successful, yield results
7) And (=rumor) rumour, rumor (EEUU)8) And (=arma) gun, weapon2. ADJ INV1) (=borracho)estar chispa — * to be sloshed *
2) Méx (=divertido) funny, amusing3.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)II1)a) ( del fuego) sparkestá/están que echa/echan chispas — (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)
b) (Auto, Elec) sparklo enchufé y empezaron a saltar chispas — I plugged it in and it started sparking o giving off sparks
2) (fam) ( pizca)¿más vino? - una chispita — more wine? - just a drop
3) (gracia, ingenio) wit* * *= spark, zest, piquancy, sizzle, wit.Ex. However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.Ex. In the humanistic perspective, the concern is with potential, unique capabilities, and dignity -- with a dash of joy to add zest.Ex. Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.Ex. Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex. The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.----* echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).* encender la chispa = kindle + spark.* ni una chispa de viento = not a drop of wind.* soltar chispas = emit + sparks.* * *Iadjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)II1)a) ( del fuego) sparkestá/están que echa/echan chispas — (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)
b) (Auto, Elec) sparklo enchufé y empezaron a saltar chispas — I plugged it in and it started sparking o giving off sparks
2) (fam) ( pizca)¿más vino? - una chispita — more wine? - just a drop
3) (gracia, ingenio) wit* * *= spark, zest, piquancy, sizzle, wit.Ex: However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.
Ex: In the humanistic perspective, the concern is with potential, unique capabilities, and dignity -- with a dash of joy to add zest.Ex: Young was a man of singular eccentricity and piquancy of character, a person who was very interesting in his own right.Ex: Sure we can, but minus the original moment of sizzle, our excellent choice might very well fizzle.Ex: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.* echar chispas = fume, froth at + the mouth.* echar chispas por los ojos = glower, scowl (at).* encender la chispa = kindle + spark.* ni una chispa de viento = not a drop of wind.* soltar chispas = emit + sparks.* * *A1 (del fuego) sparkestá/están que echa/echan chispas ( fam); he's/they're hopping mad ( colloq), he's/they're fuming! ( colloq)cuando lo enchufé empezaron a saltar chispas when I plugged it in it started sparking o giving off sparkstiene la chispa atrasada the ignition timing needs adjustingB ( fam)(pizca): ¿te sirvo más vino? — una chispita would you like some more wine? — just a dropvio en sus ojos una chispa de ironía/esperanza she saw a flicker of irony/hope in his eyesno tiene ni chispa de inteligencia he doesn't have an ounce o an iota o a spark of intelligenceC (gracia, ingenio) witsus chistes tienen mucha chispa his jokes are very funny o wittyD ( Chi) (para pescar) spinner* * *
chispa sustantivo femenino
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◊ está/están que echa/echan chispas (fam) he's/they're hopping mad (colloq)b) (Auto, Elec) spark
2 (fam) ( pizca) little bit
3 (gracia, ingenio) wit;
■ adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) tipsy (colloq)
chispa sustantivo femenino
1 spark
2 familiar (un poco, pizca) bit, dash
una chispa de coñac, a dash of brandy
3 familiar (ingenio) wit, sparkle
4 (gracia, simpatía) liveliness
' chispa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gracia
- graciosa
- gracioso
- inflamarse
- sal
- centella
- chiribita
- ingenio
- ingenioso
English:
gleam
- spark
- sparkle
- droll
- glint
* * *♦ nf1. [de fuego] spark;Famechar chispas to be hopping mad;está que echa chispas she's hopping mad, she's fuming2. [de electricidad] spark;si juntas los cables, saltan chispas if you put the cables together, you get o it throws off sparks;Figsaltaron chispas entre los asistentes al debate sparks flew among the participants in the debate3. [pizca] bit;añade una chispa de sal add a pinch of salt4. [agudeza, gracia] sparkle;esa novela tiene chispa that novel has really got something;cuenta los chistes con mucha chispa he tells jokes really well5.están cayendo chispas [lluvia ligera] it's spitting (with rain)♦ interjMéx¡chispas! good heavens!, Br blimey!, US jeez!* * *I adj:estar chispa fam be tipsy famII f1 spark;echar chispas be fuming fam2 fig famwitni chispa not one iota;una chispa de … a touch of …;eres una chispa revolucionario you’re a bit of a revolutionary* * *chispa adjun perrito chispa: a frisky puppychispa nf1) : spark2)echar chispas : to be furious* * *chispa n spark -
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5 plus
c black plus [ply]━━━━━━━━━4. conjunction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque plus fait partie d'une locution comme d'autant plus, non... plus, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <► ne... plus not any more• je ne reviendrai plus/plus jamais I won't/I'll never come back again• elle n'est plus très jeune she's not as young as she used to be► plus de + nom2. <a. (avec verbe) more━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son comparatif est formé avec ier.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur comparatif avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Attention aux comparatifs irréguliers.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. (locutions)• il y aura plus de 100 personnes there will be more than or over 100 people• il roulait à plus de 100 km/h he was driving at more than or over 100km per hour► à plus ! (inf) see you later!► plus que + adjectif ou adverbe• j'en ai plus qu'assez ! I've had more than enough of this!► de plus ( = en outre) (en tête de phrase) moreover• c'est dangereux, de plus c'est illégal it's dangerous, and what's more, it's illegal• vous n'avez pas une chaise en plus ? you wouldn't have a spare chair?• en plus de cela on top of that► en plus + adjectif• il ressemble à sa mère, mais en plus blond he's like his mother only fairer• je cherche le même genre de maison en plus grand I'm looking for the same kind of house only bigger► ... et plus• il est compétent, mais ni plus ni moins que sa sœur he's competent, but neither more nor less so than his sister► plus... moins the more... the less• plus on le connaît, moins on l'apprécie the more you get to know him, the less you like him► plus... plus the more... the more• plus il en a, plus il en veut the more he has, the more he wants► plus ou moins ( = à peu près, presque) more or less• ils utilisent cette méthode avec plus ou moins de succès they use this method with varying degrees of success► qui plus est moreover3. <a. ► le plus + verbe mostb. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe court━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison iest.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur superlatif avec most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe long━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec the most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. ► le plus de + nom the moste. (locutions)► le plus... possible• ça vaut 100 € au plus it's worth 100 euros at the most• il a trente ans, tout au plus he's thirty at most• rappelle-moi au plus vite call me back as soon as possible► des plus + adjectif4. <• tous les voisins, plus leurs enfants all the neighbours, plus their children5. <c black b. ( = avantage) plus• ici, parler breton est un plus indéniable being able to speak Breton is definitely a plus here━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The s of plus is never pronounced when used in negatives, eg il ne la voit plus. When used in comparatives the s is generally pronounced s, eg il devrait lire plus, although there are exceptions, notably plus preceding an adjective or adverb, eg plus grand, plus vite. Before a vowel sound, the comparative plus is pronounced z, eg plus âgé.* * *
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1. ply, plys, plyz8 plus 3 égale 11 — 8 and ou plus 3 equals 11
plus 10° — plus 10°
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adverbe de comparaison1) ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif)je ne peux pas faire plus — I can do no more, I can't do any more
plus j'y pense, moins je comprends — the more I think about it, the less I understand
qui plus est — furthermore, what's more
2) ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mostc'est le même modèle en plus petit — it's the same model, only smaller
3) ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mosttrois heures plus tôt/tard — three hours earlier/later
plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué — the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be
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adverbe de négationelle ne fume plus — she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes
plus besoin de se presser — (colloq) there's no need to hurry any more
il n'y a plus d'œufs — there are no more eggs, there aren't any eggs left
j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture! — I went into the garage, the car was gone!
plus que trois jours avant Noël! — only three days left ou to go until Christmas!
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plus de déterminant indéfini1) ( avec un nom dénombrable)plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries — the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have
il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place — quite a few people would like to be in his/her position
je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi — I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did
3) ( avec un numéral)il était déjà bien plus de onze heures — it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock
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au plus locution adverbiale at the most
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de plus locution adverbiale1) ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more2) ( en supplément)une fois de plus — once more, once again
9% de plus — 9% more
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en plus locutionle même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus — the same model, only with a sunroof
les taxes en plus — plus tax, tax not included
II plysnom masculin invariable1) Mathématique plus2) (colloq) ( avantage) plus (colloq)
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plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally usedplus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi]1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘-er’ à la fin de l'adjectif/adverbe: plus grand/petit/simple = taller/smaller/simpler; plus longtemps/vite = longer/faster- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big/bigger, sad/sadder, dim/dimmer, wet/wetter etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient sunnier, pretty/prettier, happy/happier etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute more devant le mot: plus beau/compétent/intéressant = more beautiful/competent/interesting; plus facilement/sérieusement = more easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple peut produire simpler ou more simple, handsome/handsomer ou more handsome etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec more: callous/more callous, cunning/more cunning- les adverbes se terminant par ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec more: quickly/more quickly, slowly/more slowly etc1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘(e)st’ à la fin du mot: le plus grand/petit/simple = the tallest/smallest/simplest; le plus longtemps/vite = the longest/fastest- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big- the biggest, sad- the saddest, dim- the dimmest etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient the sunniest, pretty/the prettiest, happy/the happiest etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute the most devant le mot: le plus beau/compétent/intéressant = the most beautiful/competent/interesting; le plus facilement/sérieusement = the most easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple/the simplest ou the most simple, clever/the cleverest ou the most clever etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec the most: callous/the most callous, cunning/the most cunning etc- les adverbes en ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec the most: quickly/the most quickly, slowly/the most slowly etcAttention: lorsque la comparaison ne porte que sur deux éléments on utilise la forme du comparatif: le plus doué des deux = the more gifted of the two; la voiture la plus rapide des deux = the faster carL'expression le plus possible est traitée avec possibleOn trouvera ci-contre exemples et exceptions illustrant les différentes fonctions de plus. On trouvera également des exemples de plus dans les notes d'usage. Voir l'index* * *ply, plys1. adv1) (négation)ne... plus — no longer, not... any more
Il ne travaille plus ici. — He's no longer working here., He doesn't work here any more.
Je ne veux plus le voir. — I don't want to see him any more., I no longer want to see him.
ne plus avoir de qch; Je n'ai plus d'argent. — I've got no more money., I've got no money left
Je n'ai plus de pain. — I've got no bread left., I've got no more bread.
2) (comparatif: devant un adjectif) moreIl fait un peu plus froid qu'hier. — It's a bit colder than yesterday.
Elle est plus grande que moi. — She's bigger than me.
Il est plus intelligent que son frère. — He's more intelligent than his brother.
3) (comparaison: non suivi d'un adjectif)Il travaille plus. — He works more.
Il travaille plus que moi. — He works more than me.
4)plus de; Il nous faut plus de pain. — We need more bread.
plus de 3 heures — more than 3 hours, over 3 hours
Il y avait plus de dix personnes. — There were more than 10 people.
plus de minuit — after midnight, past midnight
5)de plus; Il a 3 ans de plus que moi. — He's 3 years older than me.
Le voyage a pris trois heures de plus que prévu. — The journey took 3 hours longer than planned.
Il nous faut un joueur de plus. — We need one more player.
6)en plus; 3 kilos en plus — 3 kilos more
J'ai apporté quelques gâteaux en plus. — I brought a few more cakes.
en plus de; Deux personnes sont arrivées en plus de celles qui étaient déjà là. — Two more people came, in addition to those already there.
7)plus... plus... — the more... the more...
Plus il gagne d'argent, plus il en veut. — The more money he earns, the more he wants.
8)Il y a de plus en plus de touristes par ici. — There are more and more tourists round here.
de plus en plus (suivi d'un adjectif) Il fait de plus en plus chaud. — It's getting hotter and hotter.
9)ni plus ni moins — no more, no less
10) (superlatif)le plus; la plus; les plus — the most
C'est le plus grand de la famille. — He's the tallest in his family., (sans adjectif, modifiant un verbe)
C'est ce qu'elle aime le plus. — That's what she likes most.
de plus — what's more, moreover
en plus de cela... — what is more...
2. conjQuatre plus deux égalent six. — 4 plus 2 is 6.
3. nm(= avantage) plus* * *I.plus ⇒ Note d'usageA prép1 ( dans une addition) 8 plus 3 égale 11 8 and 3 equals 11, 8 plus 3 equals 11; on nous a servi du fromage, un dessert plus du café we were served cheese, a dessert and coffee (as well);2 ( pour exprimer une valeur) un jour il faisait moins 5°, le lendemain plus 10° one day it was minus 5°, the next plus 10°.B adv de comparaison1 ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) le plus the most; il mange/travaille plus (que moi) he eats/works more (than I do ou than me); tu devrais demander plus you should ask for more; je ne peux pas faire plus I can do no more, I can't do any more, I can't do more than that; elle en sait plus que lui sur le sujet she knows more about the subject than he does; c'est plus que je ne peux supporter it's more than I can bear; elle l'aime plus que tout she loves him/her more than anything; il est plus à plaindre qu'autre chose he's more to be pitied than anything else; c'est plus que bien it's more than just good; elle est plus que jolie she's more than just pretty; il a fait plus que l'embaucher, il l'a aussi formé he did more than just hire him, he also trained him; j'en ai plus qu'assez I've had more than enough; elle mange deux fois/trois fois plus que lui she eats twice/three times as much as he does; plus je gagne, plus je dépense the more I earn, the more I spend; plus j'y pense, moins je comprends the more I think about it, the less I understand; plus ça va as time goes on; qui plus est furthermore, what's more; c'est lui qui m'a le plus appris he's the one who taught me the most; quel pays aimes-tu le plus? which country do you like best?; de plus en plus more and more; il fume de plus en plus he smokes more and more;2 ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; deux fois plus vieux/cher twice as old/expensive (que as); trois/quatre fois plus cher three/four times as expensive (que as); il n'est pas plus riche que moi he's no richer than I am ou than me, he isn't any richer than I am ou than me; c'est le même modèle en plus petit it's the same model, only smaller; il est on ne peut plus gentil/désagréable he's as nice/unpleasant as can be; il est plus ou moins fou he's more or less insane; il est plus ou moins artiste he's an artist of sorts; la cuisine était plus ou moins propre the kitchen wasn't particularly clean, the kitchen was clean after a fashion; il a été plus ou moins poli he wasn't particularly polite; ils étaient plus ou moins ivres they were a bit drunk; le plus heureux des hommes the happiest of men; la plus belle de toutes the most beautiful of all; mon vœu le plus cher my dearest wish; l'arbre le plus gros que j'aie jamais vu the biggest tree I've ever seen; son livre le plus court his shortest book; c'est ce qu'il y a de plus beau/important au monde it's the most beautiful/important thing in the world; un livre des plus intéressants a most interesting book; un individu des plus méprisables a most despicable individual; de plus en plus difficile more and more difficult; de plus en plus chaud hotter and hotter;3 ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; trois heures plus tôt/tard three hours earlier/later; deux fois plus longtemps twice as long (que as); trois/quatre fois plus longtemps three/four times as long (que as); ils ne sont pas restés plus longtemps que nous they didn't stay any longer than we did ou than us; il l'a fait plus ou moins bien he didn't do it very well; de plus en plus loin further and further; plus tu te coucheras tard, plus tu auras de mal à te lever the later you go to bed, the harder it'll be for you to get up; plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be; c'est moi qui y vais le plus souvent I go there the most often; ça s'est passé le plus simplement/naturellement du monde it happened quite simply/naturally.C adv de négation elle ne fume plus she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes, she's given up smoking; il n'habite plus ici he no longer lives here, he doesn't live here any more ou any longer; le grand homme n'est plus the great man is no more; elle ne veut plus le voir she doesn't want to see him any more ou any longer, she no longer wants to see him; il a décidé de ne plus y aller he decided to stop going there; je ne veux plus en entendre parler I don't want to hear any more about it; il n'y est plus (jamais) retourné he never went back there (again); plus jamais ça! never again!; nous ne faisons plus ce modèle we no longer do this model, we don't do this model any more ou any longer; il n'a plus vingt ans ( il n'est plus très jeune) he's not twenty any more, he's no longer twenty; nous n'avons plus d'espoir we've no more hope, we no longer have any hope, we've given up hoping; plus besoin de se presser○ there's no longer any need to hurry, there's no more need to hurry, there's no need to hurry any more; il n'y a plus de pain/d'œufs there is no more bread/there are no more eggs, there isn't any bread left/there aren't any eggs left; je ne veux plus de vin I don't want any more wine; il n'y a plus rien there's nothing left; plus rien ne m'intéresse nothing interests me any more; je ne voyais plus rien I could no longer see anything, I couldn't see a thing any more; il n'y a plus personne dans la pièce there's nobody left in the room, there's no longer anybody in the room; il n'y a plus aucun crayon there aren't any pencils left, there are no more pencils; il n'y a plus aucun problème there's no longer any problem; ce n'est plus du courage, c'est de la folie it's no longer bravery, it's foolhardiness; j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture○! I went into the garage, the car was gone○!; ce n'est plus qu'une question de jours it's only a matter of days now; il n'y a plus qu'une solution there's only one solution left; il ne restait plus que quelques bouteilles there were only a few bottles left, there was nothing left but a few bottles; il n'y a plus que lui qui puisse nous aider only he can help us now; plus que trois jours avant les vacances! only three days left ou to go until the vacation!; nous n'avons plus qu'à rentrer à la maison all we can do now is go home; il ne me reste plus qu'à vous remercier it only remains for me to thank you.D plus de dét indéf1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) trois/deux fois plus de livres/verres que three times/twice as many books/glasses as; c'est là que j'ai vu le plus de serpents that's where I saw the most snakes; c'est lui qui a le plus de livres he's got the most books; le joueur qui a le plus de chances de gagner the player who is most likely to win; les jeunes qui posent le plus de problèmes the young people who pose the most problems; c'est le candidat qui a remporté le plus de voix he's the candidate who won the most votes; plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have; il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place quite a few people would like to be in his/her position;2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did; il n'a pas plus d'imagination que sa sœur he has no more imagination than his sister, he hasn't got any more imagination than his sister; trois/deux fois plus de vin/talent three times/twice as much wine/talent (que as); le joueur qui a gagné le plus d'argent the player who won the most money;3 ( avec un numéral) elle ne possède pas plus de 50 disques she has no more than 50 records; une foule de plus de 10 000 personnes a crowd of more than ou over 10,000 people; il a plus de 40 ans he's over 40, he's more than 40 years old; les gens de plus de 60 ans people over 60; les plus de 60 ans the over-sixties; il était déjà bien plus de onze heures/midi it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock/midday.F de plus loc adv1 ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more;2 ( en supplément) j'ai mangé deux pommes de plus qu'elle I ate two apples more than she did; donnez-moi deux pommes de plus give me two more apples; ça nous a pris deux heures de plus que la dernière fois it took us two hours longer than last time; j'ai besoin de deux heures de plus I need two more hours; il a trois ans de plus que sa sœur he's three years older than his sister; une fois de plus once more, once again; l'augmentation représente 9% de plus que l'année précédente the rise is 9% more than last year.G en plus loc en plus (de cela) on top of that; il est arrivé en retard et en plus (de cela) il a commencé à se plaindre he arrived late and what' s more ou on top of that he started complaining; c 'est le même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus it's the same model, only with a sunroof; c'est tout le portrait de son père, la moustache en plus he's the image of his father, only with a moustache GB ou mustache US; il a reçu 100 euros en plus de son salaire habituel he got 100 euros on top of his usual salary; en plus de son métier d'ingénieur il élève des tatous besides his job as an engineer, he breeds armadillos; les taxes en plus plus tax, tax not included; il s'est passé quelque chose en plus something else happened as well. A note on pronunciation: plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally used. plus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi].II.plus nm1 Math plus; le signe plus the plus sign;2 ○( avantage) plus○; son expérience d'enseignant constitue un plus pour lui his teaching experience is a point in his favourGB ou is a plus○.[ply(s)] adverbeA.[COMPARATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]c'est plus loin it's further ou fartherc'est plus rouge qu'orange it's red rather than ou it's more red than orangec'est plus que gênant it's embarrassing, to say the leastelle a eu le prix mais elle n'en est pas plus fière pour ça she got the award, but it didn't make her any prouder for all thatje veux la même, en plus large I want the same, only biggerencore plus beau more handsome still, even more handsomecinq fois plus cher five times dearer ou as dear ou more expensive2. [avec un verbe] moreje m'intéresse à la question plus que tu ne penses I'm more interested in the question than you thinkB.[SUPERLATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]le plus loin the furthest ou farthestc'est ce qu'il y a de plus original dans sa collection d'été it's the most original feature of his summer collection2. [précédé d'un verbe] mostc'est moi qui travaille le plus I'm the one who works most ou the hardestC.[ADVERBE DE NÉGATION]1. [avec 'ne']2. [tour elliptique]plus de glace pour moi, merci no more ice cream for me, thanks————————[ply(s)] adjectif————————[ply(s)] conjonction3 plus 3 égale 6 3 plus 3 is ou makes 6il fait plus 5º it's 5º above freezing, it's plus 5º2. [en sus de] plusle transport, plus le logement, plus la nourriture, ça revient cher travel, plus ou and accommodation, plus ou then food, (all) work out quite expensiveplus le fait que... plus ou together with the fact that...————————[ply(s)] nom masculinau plus locution adverbiale[au maximum] at the most ou outsideça coûtera au plus 30 euros it'll cost a maximum of 30 euros ou 30 euros at mostde plus locution adverbialemets deux couverts de plus lay two extra ou more placesil est content, que te faut-il de plus? he's happy, what more do you want?un mot/une minute de plus et je m'en allais another word/minute and I would have left10 euros de plus ou de moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?2. [en trop] too manyen recomptant, je trouve trente points de plus on adding it up again, I get thirty points too manyde plus, il m'a menti what's more, he lied to mede plus en plus locution adverbiale[suivi d'un adverbe] more and morede plus en plus dangereux more and more ou increasingly dangerousça devient de plus en plus facile/compliqué it's getting easier and easier/more and more complicated2. [précédé d'un verbe]de plus en plus de locution déterminante[suivi d'un nom comptable] more and more, a growing number of[suivi d'un nom non comptable] more and morede plus en plus de gens more and more people, an increasing number of peopleil y a de plus en plus de demande pour ce produit demand for this product is increasing, there is more and more demand for this productdes plus locution adverbialeson attitude est des plus compréhensibles her attitude is most ou quite understandableen plus locution adverbiale1. [en supplément] extra (avant nom)les boissons sont en plus drinks are extra, you pay extra for the drinks10 euros en plus ou en moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?[en trop] sparea. [à la fin du jeu] I've got one card left overb. [en distribuant] I've got one card too manyet vous emportez une bouteille de champagne en plus! and you get a bottle of Champagne as well ou on top of that ou into the bargain!elle a une excellente technique et en plus, elle a de la force her technique's first-class and she's got strength tooet elle m'avait menti, en plus! not only that but she'd lied to me (as well)!je ne tiens pas à le faire et, en plus, je n'ai pas le temps I'm not too keen on doing it, and besides ou what's more, I've no timeen plus de locution prépositionnelleen plus du squash, elle fait du tennis besides (playing) squash, she plays tenniset plus locution adverbiale45 kilos et plus over 45 kilos, 45 odd kilosni plus ni moins locution adverbialeje te donne une livre, ni plus ni moins I'll give you one pound, no more no lesstu t'es trompé, ni plus ni moins you were mistaken, that's allnon plus locution adverbialeje ne sais pas — moi non plus! I don't know — neither do I ou nor do I ou me neither!on ne peut plus locution adverbialeplus de locution déterminante1. [comparatif, suivi d'un nom] moreelle roulait à plus de 150 km/h she was driving at more than 150 km/h ou doing over 150 km/hil est plus de 5 h it's past 5 o'clock ou after 52. [superlatif, suivi d'un nom]les plus de 20 ans people over 20, the over-20splus... moins locution correlativethe more... the lessplus il vieillit, moins il a envie de sortir the older he gets, the less he feels like going outplus ça va, moins je la comprends I understand her less and less (as time goes on)plus... plus locution correlativethe more... the moreplus je réfléchis, plus je me dis que... the more I think (about it), the more I'm convinced that...plus ça va, plus il est agressif he's getting more and more aggressive (all the time)plus ça va, plus je me demande si... the longer it goes on, the more I wonder if...plus ou moins locution adverbialec'est plus ou moins cher, selon les endroits prices vary according to where you arequi plus est locution adverbialewhat's ou what is moresans plus locution adverbialec'était bien, sans plus it was nice, but nothing moretout au plus locution adverbialec'est une mauvaise grippe, tout au plus it's a bad case of flu, at the most -
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1. adv книжн. снаружи, с наружной стороны2. adv книжн. внешне, с видуto labor without stint — работать, не жалея сил
without meaning it — не имея этого в виду; не желая того
3. adv книжн. арх. вне, за пределами, снаружиwithout the walls — вне города, за городскими стенами
without question — вне сомнения; вне всякого сомнения
without doubt, beyond doubt — вне сомнения
4. adv книжн. наружу5. cj амер. диал. если не; без того чтобыthey never met without they quarrelled — они никогда не встречались без того, чтобы не поссориться
Синонимический ряд:1. outdoors (noun) open; open air; outdoors; out-of-doors; outside2. absent (other) absent; in default of; lacking; minus; not with; sans; wanting3. out (other) out; outward; outwards4. outdoors (other) out of doors; outdoors; withoutdoors5. outside (other) left out; outside; outwardly -
7 from
preposition1) (expr. starting point) von; (from within) aus[come] from Paris/Munich — aus Paris/München [kommen]
2) (expr. beginning) vonfrom the year 1972 we never saw him again — seit 1972 haben wir ihn nie mehr [wieder]gesehen
from tomorrow [until...] — von morgen an [bis...]
start work from 2 August — am 2. August anfangen zu arbeiten
3) (expr. lower limit) vonblouses [ranging] from £2 to £5 — Blusen [im Preis] zwischen 2 und 5 Pfund
dresses from £20 [upwards] — Kleider von 20 Pfund aufwärts od. ab 20 Pfund
from 4 to 6 eggs — 4 bis 6 Eier
from the age of 18 [upwards] — ab 18 Jahre od. Jahren
from a child — (since childhood) schon als Kind
4) (expr. distance) von5) (expr. removal, avoidance) von; (expr. escape) vor (+ Dat.)6) (expr. change) vonfrom... to... — von... zu...; (relating to price) von... auf...
from crisis to crisis, from one crisis to another — von einer Krise zur anderen
7) (expr. source, origin) ausbuy everything from the same shop — alles im selben Laden kaufen
where do you come from?, where are you from? — woher kommen Sie?
8) (expr. viewpoint) von [... aus]9) (expr. giver, sender) vontake it from me that... — lass dir gesagt sein, dass...
10) (after the model of)painted from life/nature — nach dem Leben/nach der Natur gemalt
11) (expr. reason, cause)she was weak from hunger/tired from so much work — sie war schwach vor Hunger/müde von der vielen Arbeit
from what I can see/have heard... — wie ich das sehe/wie ich gehört habe,...
12) with adv. von [unten, oben, innen, außen]13) with prep.from behind/under[neath] something — hinter/unter etwas (Dat.) hervor
* * *[from]1) (used before the place, thing, person, time etc that is the point at which an action, journey, period of time etc begins: from Europe to Asia; from Monday to Friday; a letter from her father.) von2) (used to indicate that from which something or someone comes: a quotation from Shakespeare.) von3) (used to indicate separation: Take it from him.) von4) (used to indicate a cause or reason: He is suffering from a cold.) an,von* * *[frɒm, frəm, AM frɑ:m, frəm]he took a handkerchief \from his pocket er nahm ein Taschentuch aus seiner HosentascheI'm so happy that the baby eats \from the table already ich bin so froh, dass das Baby jetzt schon am Tisch isstyou can see the island \from here von hier aus kann man die Insel sehen; ( fig)she was talking \from her own experience of the problem sie sprach aus eigener Erfahrung mit dem Problem\from sb's point of view aus jds Sichtthe wind comes \from the north der Wind kommt von Nordena flight leaving \from the nearest airport ein Flug vom nächstgelegenen Flughafenthe flight \from Amsterdam der Flug von Amsterdamthe water bubbled out \from the spring das Wasser sprudelte aus der Quellemy dad goes often \from Washington to Florida mein Vater reist oft von Washington nach Florida; (indicating desultoriness) von etw dat in etw datthe woman walked \from room to room die Frau lief vom einen Raum in den anderen, ab + datthe price will rise by 3p a litre \from tomorrow der Preis steigt ab morgen um 3 Pence pro Liter\from the thirteenth century aus dem dreizehnten Jahrhundertthe show will run \from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. die Show dauert von 10.00 Uhr bis 14.00 Uhr\from start to finish vom Anfang bis zum Ende\from day to day von Tag zu Tag, täglichher strength improved steadily \from day to day sie wurden jeden Tag ein bisschen stärker\from hour to hour von Stunde zu Stunde, stündlich\from time to time von Zeit zu Zeit, ab und zu\from that day [or time] on[wards] von diesem Tag [an], seitdemthey were friends \from that day on seit diesem Tag sind sie Freunde\from now/then on von da an, seitheras \from 1 January, a free market will be created ab dem 1. Januar haben wir einen freien Marktprices start \from £2.99 die Preise beginnen bei 2,99 Pfundthe number has risen \from 25 to 200 in three years die Anzahl ist in drei Jahren von 25 auf 200 gestiegenshe translated into German \from the Latin text sie übersetzte aus dem Lateinischen ins Deutschethings went \from bad to worse die Situation wurde noch schlimmer\from strength to strength immer bessershe has gone \from strength to strength sie eilte von Erfolg zu Erfolgtickets will cost \from $10 to $45 die Karten kosten zwischen 10 und 45 Dollar\from soup to nuts alles zusammenthe whole dinner, \from soup to nuts, costs $55 das ganze Essen mit allem drum und dran kostet 55 Dollaranything \from geography to history alles von A bis Zwe're about a mile \from home wir sind ca. eine Meile von zu Hause entfernta day's walk \from her camping spot eine Tageswanderung von ihrem Zeltplatzit's about two kilometres \from the airport to your hotel der Flughafen ist rund zwei Kilometer vom Hotel entferntthough \from working-class parents, he made it to the Fortune 500 list obwohl er als Arbeiterkind aufwuchs, ist er heute unter den 500 Reichsten der Weltmy mother is \from France meine Mutter stammt aus FrankreichI'm \from New York ich komme aus New Yorkdaylight comes \from the sun das Tageslicht kommt von der Sonne, aus + dathe hasn't returned \from work yet er ist noch nicht von der Arbeit zurückshe called him \from the hotel sie rief mich aus dem Hotel anthey're here fresh \from the States sie sind gerade aus den USA angekommenhis return \from the army was celebrated seine Rückkehr aus der Armee wurde gefeiertthey sent someone \from the local newspaper sie schickten jemanden von der örtlichen Zeitungcan I borrow $10 \from you? kann ich mir 10 Dollar von dir leihen?the vegetables come \from an organic farm das Gemüse kommt von einem Biobauernhof▪ sth \from sb [to sb/sth] etw von jdm (für jdn/etw)I wonder who this card is \from ich frage mich, von wem wohl diese Karte istthis is a present \from me to you das ist ein Geschenk von mir für dich10. (made of)the seats are made \from leather die Sitze sind aus Lederin America, most people buy toys \from plastic in Amerika kaufen die meisten Leute Spielzeug aus Plastikto extract usable fuel \from crude oil verwertbaren Brennstoff aus Rohöl gewinnenthey took the child \from its parents sie nahmen das Kind von seinen Eltern weghe knows right \from wrong er kann gut und böse unterscheidenthree \from sixteen is thirteen sechzehn minus drei ist dreizehn, wegen + gento conclude \from the evidence that aufgrund des Beweismaterials zu dem Schluss kommen, dassto make a conclusion from sth wegen einer S. gen zu einem Schluss kommeninformation obtained \from papers and books Informationen aus Zeitungen und Büchern\from looking at the clouds, I would say it's going to rain wenn ich mir die Wolken so ansehe, würde ich sagen, es wird Regen gebenhe died \from his injuries er starb an seinen Verletzungenshe suffers \from arthritis sie leidet unter Arthritishe did it \from jealousy er hat es aus Eifersucht getanshe made her fortune \from investing in property sie hat ihr Vermögen durch Investitionen in Grundstücke gemachtto get sick \from salmonella sich akk mit Salmonellen infizierento reduce the risk \from radiation das Risiko einer Verstrahlung reduzierenthey got a lot of happiness \from hearing the news sie haben sich über die Neuigkeiten unheimlich gefreutto guard sb \from sth jdn vor etw dat schützenthey insulated their house \from the cold sie dämmten ihr Haus gegen die Kältethey found shelter \from the storm sie fanden Schutz vor dem Sturmthe truth was kept \from the public die Wahrheit wurde vor der Öffentlichkeit geheim gehaltenthe bank loan saved her company \from bankruptcy das Bankdarlehen rettete die Firma vor der Pleitehe saved him \from death er rettete ihm das Lebenhe has been banned \from driving for six months er darf sechs Monate lang nicht Auto fahrenhe boss tried to discourage her \from looking for a new job ihr Chef versuchte, sie davon abzubringen, nach einem neuen Job zu suchenconditions vary \from one employer to another die Bedingungen sind von Arbeitgeber zu Arbeitgeber unterschiedlichhe knows his friends \from his enemies er kann seine Freunde von seinen Feinden unterscheidenhis opinion could hardly be more different \from mine unsere Meinungen könnten kaum noch unterschiedlicher sein17.▶ \from the bottom of one's heart aus tiefstem Herzen* * *[frɒm]prephe/the train has come from London — er/der Zug ist von London gekommen
he/it comes or is from Germany — er/es kommt or ist aus Deutschland
where have you come from today? — von wo sind Sie heute gekommen?
where does he come from?, where is he from? — woher kommt or stammt er?
a representative from the company — ein Vertreter/eine Vertreterin der Firma
from... on — ab...
from now on — von jetzt an, ab jetzt
from then on — von da an; (in past also) seither
from his childhood — von Kindheit an, von klein auf
as from the 6th May — vom 6. Mai an, ab (dem) 6. Mai
the house is 10 km from the coast — das Haus ist 10 km von der Küste entfernt
4) (indicating sender, giver) von (+dat)tell him from me —
to take/grab etc sth from sb — jdm etw wegnehmen/wegreißen etc
he took it from the top/middle/bottom of the pile — er nahm es oben vom Stapel/aus der Mitte des Stapels/unten vom Stapel weg
where did you get that from? — wo hast du das her?, woher hast du das?
I got it from the supermarket/the library/Kathy — ich habe es aus dem Supermarkt/aus der Bücherei/von Kathy
to drink from a stream/glass — aus einem Bach/Glas trinken
quotation from "Hamlet"/the Bible/Shakespeare — Zitat nt aus "Hamlet"/aus der Bibel/nach Shakespeare
made from... — aus... hergestellt
7) (= modelled on) nach (+dat)8) (indicating lowest amount) ab (+dat)from £2/the age of 16 (upwards) — ab £ 2/16 Jahren (aufwärts)
dresses (ranging) from £60 to £80 — Kleider pl zwischen £ 60 und £ 80
9)he fled from the enemy — er floh vor dem Feind10)things went from bad to worse — es wurde immer schlimmer11)he is quite different from the others — er ist ganz anders als die andernI like all sports, from swimming to wrestling — ich mag alle Sportarten, von Schwimmen bis Ringen
12)(= because of, due to)
to act from compassion — aus Mitleid handeln13)(= on the basis of)
from experience — aus Erfahrungto judge from recent reports... — nach neueren Berichten zu urteilen...
to conclude from the information — aus den Informationen einen Schluss ziehen, von den Informationen schließen
from what I heard —
from what I can see... — nach dem, was ich sehen kann...
from the look of things... — (so) wie die Sache aussieht...
14) (MATH)£10 will be deducted from your account — £ 10 werden von Ihrem Konto abgebucht
15)to prevent/stop sb from doing sth — jdn daran hindern/davon zurückhalten, etw zu tunhe prevented me from coming — er hielt mich davon ab, zu kommen
to suffer from sth — an etw (dat) leiden
to protect sb from sth — jdn vor etw (dat) schützen
16) +adv vonfrom inside/underneath — von innen/unten
17) +prepfrom above or over/across sth — über etw (acc) hinweg
from beneath or underneath sth — unter etw (dat) hervor
from out of sth —
from inside/outside the house — von drinnen/draußen
* * *from the well aus dem Brunnen;from the sky vom Himmel;from crisis to crisis von einer Krise in die andere2. von, von … an, seit:from 2 to 4 o’clock von 2 bis 4 Uhr;from day to day von Tag zu Tag;a month from today heute in einem Monat;3. von … an:I saw from 10 to 20 boats ich sah 10 bis 20 Boote;good wines from £5 gute Weine von 5 Pfund an (aufwärts)4. (weg oder entfernt) von:ten miles from Rome 10 Meilen von Rom (weg oder entfernt)5. von, aus, aus … heraus:he took it from me er nahm es mir weg;stolen from the shop (the table) aus dem Laden (vom Tisch) gestohlen;they released him from prison sie entließen ihn aus dem Gefängnis6. von, aus (Wandlung):change from red to green von Rot zu Grün übergehen;from dishwasher to millionaire vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär;an increase from 5 to 8 per cent eine Steigerung von 5 auf 8 Prozent7. von (Unterscheidung):he does not know black from white er kann Schwarz und Weiß nicht auseinanderhalten, er kann Schwarz und oder von Weiß nicht unterscheiden; → academic.ru/637/Adam">Adam, different 2, tell A 88. von, aus, aus … heraus (Quelle):draw a conclusion from the evidence einen Schluss aus dem Beweismaterial ziehen;from what he said nach dem, was er sagte;a quotation from Shakespeare ein Zitat aus Shakespeare;he has three children from previous marriages aus früheren Ehen;four points from four games SPORT vier Punkte aus vier Spielen9. von, von … aus (Stellung):from his point of view von seinem Standpunkt (aus)10. von (Geben etc):a gift from his son ein Geschenk seines Sohnes oder von seinem Sohn11. nach:painted from nature nach der Natur gemalt;from a novel by … ( FILM, TV) nach einem Roman von …12. aus, vor (dat), wegen (gen), infolge von, an (dat) (Grund):he died from fatigue er starb vor Erschöpfung13. siehe die Verbindungen mit den einzelnen Verben etcf. abk4. feminine5. following6. foot8. fromfm abk1. fathom2. fromfr. abk1. fragment2. franc3. from* * *preposition1) (expr. starting point) von; (from within) aus[come] from Paris/Munich — aus Paris/München [kommen]
2) (expr. beginning) vonfrom the year 1972 we never saw him again — seit 1972 haben wir ihn nie mehr [wieder]gesehen
from tomorrow [until...] — von morgen an [bis...]
start work from 2 August — am 2. August anfangen zu arbeiten
3) (expr. lower limit) vonblouses [ranging] from £2 to £5 — Blusen [im Preis] zwischen 2 und 5 Pfund
dresses from £20 [upwards] — Kleider von 20 Pfund aufwärts od. ab 20 Pfund
from the age of 18 [upwards] — ab 18 Jahre od. Jahren
from a child — (since childhood) schon als Kind
4) (expr. distance) von5) (expr. removal, avoidance) von; (expr. escape) vor (+ Dat.)6) (expr. change) vonfrom... to... — von... zu...; (relating to price) von... auf...
from crisis to crisis, from one crisis to another — von einer Krise zur anderen
7) (expr. source, origin) auswhere do you come from?, where are you from? — woher kommen Sie?
8) (expr. viewpoint) von [... aus]9) (expr. giver, sender) vontake it from me that... — lass dir gesagt sein, dass...
painted from life/nature — nach dem Leben/nach der Natur gemalt
11) (expr. reason, cause)she was weak from hunger/tired from so much work — sie war schwach vor Hunger/müde von der vielen Arbeit
from what I can see/have heard... — wie ich das sehe/wie ich gehört habe,...
12) with adv. von [unten, oben, innen, außen]13) with prep.from behind/under[neath] something — hinter/unter etwas (Dat.) hervor
* * *prep.aus präp.von präp.vor präp. -
8 cantidad
adv.really (informal). (peninsular Spanish)me gusta cantidad I really like it a lotcorrimos cantidad we did a lot of runningf.1 quantity, amount (medida).¿qué cantidad de pasta hará falta? how much pasta will we need?2 abundance, large number (abundancia).en cantidad in abundance3 number (number).sumar dos cantidades to add two numbers o figures together4 sum (of money) (suma de dinero).* * *1 (gen) quantity; (de dinero) amount, sum► adverbio1 familiar a lot\cantidad de familiar lots of, loads ofen cantidad familiar tons, loadscantidades industriales familiar tons, loads* * *noun f.1) quantity, amount2) sum* * *1. SF1) (=medida) amount, quantityhay que poner la misma cantidad de azúcar que de harina — you have to add the same amount o quantity of sugar as of flour
en cantidad: hemos recibido mercancía en cantidad — we have received huge amounts o quantities of stock
bebo café en cantidades industriales — I drink coffee by the bucketful o by the gallon
cantidad de movimiento — (Fís) momentum
2) [de personas, animales, cosas] number¿has visto la cantidad de discos que tienes? — do you realize just how many records you've got?
3) * (=gran cantidad)a)cantidad de — loads of *
b) LAmcualquier cantidad — * loads *
-¿había mucha gente? -¡cualquier cantidad! — "were there many people?" - "loads!" *
4) [de dinero] sum, amountpor una pequeña cantidad se lo enviamos a su domicilio — for a small sum o amount we'll deliver it to your house
pagaron cantidades millonarias por los derechos de la película — they paid millions for the film rights
5) [de sílaba] quantity2.ADV esp Esp**CANTIDAD Cantidad, como sustantivo, se puede traducir al inglés por amount, number, sum, quantity y figure. ► Cuando cantidad expresa cuánto tenemos, necesitamos u obtenemos de algo se traduce por amount, palabra que se usa en el contexto de nombres incontables: Le preocupaba la cantidad de trabajo que tenía que hacer He was worried about the amount of work he had to do NOTA: Se puede decir a large amount y a small amount, pero es incorrecto decir a big amount o a little amount. ► Cuando hablamos de una cantidad de personas, animales o cosas, (nombres en plural), cantidad se traduce por number. Con la expresión the number of el verbo va en singular y con a number of en plural: En los últimos 30 años la cantidad de consumidores de electricidad ha aumentado en un 50 por ciento In the last 30 years, the number of electricity consumers has risen by 50 per cent Me esperaban una gran cantidad de recibos sin pagar A large number of bills were waiting for me NOTA: Hay que tener en cuenta que con number también podemos utilizar large y small, pero no big ni little. ► Hablando de dinero, cantidad se traduce por sum. Puede aparecer con large, small o huge: Los fabricantes gastan enormes cantidades de dinero en anunciar sus productos Manufacturers spend huge sums of money on advertising their products ► Una cantidad que se puede medir o contar se puede traducir por quantity. Puede ir acompañado de large o small: Quiero un kilo de patatas y la misma cantidad de manzanas I'd like a kilo of potatoes and the same quantity of apples Sólo necesitas una cantidad muy pequeña You only need a very small quantity Amount también es posible en el contexto de sustancias incontables: Sólo necesitas una cantidad muy pequeña You only need a very small amount ► Una cantidad específica, expresada numéricamente, se traduce por figure, que puede aparecer con los adjetivos high y low: Al final se decidieron por una cantidad de veinte mil libras Finally, they decided on a figure of twenty thousand pounds Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entradame gustas cantidad — I like you a lot, I think you're really cool **
* * *IIIsabe cantidad — she/he knows a lot about everything
a) ( volumen) quantityb) ( suma de dinero) sum, amountc) (número, volumen impresionante)no te puedes imaginar la cantidad de gente/de comida que había — you wouldn't believe how many people there were/how much food there was
tiene amigos en cantidad — she has lots o loads of friends (colloq)
tenemos cantidad or cantidades — (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq)
cualquier cantidad de — (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)
* * *= bulk, degree, figure, incidence, quantity, amount, count.Ex. The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.Ex. I do not remember the exact figures, but it was found that about 16 percent of the approaches to the catalog were by way of subject headings.Ex. The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.Ex. Thus, in a unit entry catalogue all entries contain the same quantity of detail.Ex. Certain processes in a library, such as circulation and reference, are directly related to the amount of personnel.Ex. Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.----* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.* cantidad a pagar = amount payable, amount due.* Cantidad + aprox = approx. + Cantidad.* cantidad aproximada = ballpark figure, ballpark estimate, ballpark number.* cantidad comprometida = encumbrance, accrual.* cantidad de tiempo = length of time.* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].* cantidad devengada = encumbrance, accrual.* cantidades = monies [money, -sing.].* cantidad global = lump sum.* cantidad máxima = cost ceiling.* cantidad presupuestada = budgeted amount.* cantidad simbólica = nominal fee.* comprar en cantidad = stock up.* contener en cantidad = abound in/with.* contener en cantidad + Nombre = contain + its share of + Nombre.* con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.* diferir en cantidad = differ in + degree.* en cantidad = bulk.* en gran cantidad = prodigiously.* en grandes cantidades = en masse, in good number, in record numbers, in bulk.* en menor cantidad = less copiously.* fabricado en cantidad = mass-produced.* gran cantidad de = large crop of, mass of.* grandes cantidades de = storerooms of, huge numbers of, huge numbers of, great numbers of.* ofrecer en cantidad = offer + in quantity.* poca cantidad = trickle.* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.* redondear una cantidad = gross up + figure.* una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.* una cantidad ingente de = a wealth of.* una cierta cantidad de = a measure of, a proportion of.* una gran cantidad de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of.* una gran cantidad y variedad de = a wealth and breadth of.* una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.* una vasta cantidad de = a vast amount of.* * *IIIsabe cantidad — she/he knows a lot about everything
a) ( volumen) quantityb) ( suma de dinero) sum, amountc) (número, volumen impresionante)no te puedes imaginar la cantidad de gente/de comida que había — you wouldn't believe how many people there were/how much food there was
tiene amigos en cantidad — she has lots o loads of friends (colloq)
tenemos cantidad or cantidades — (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq)
cualquier cantidad de — (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)
* * *= bulk, degree, figure, incidence, quantity, amount, count.Ex: The sheer bulk of the headings and the complexity of references structures is sufficient to confirm that a more systematic approach might prove fruitful.
Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.Ex: I do not remember the exact figures, but it was found that about 16 percent of the approaches to the catalog were by way of subject headings.Ex: The number of entries in pre-co-ordinate system will depend upon the incidence of references and multiple entries.Ex: Thus, in a unit entry catalogue all entries contain the same quantity of detail.Ex: Certain processes in a library, such as circulation and reference, are directly related to the amount of personnel.Ex: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.* cantidad a pagar = amount payable, amount due.* Cantidad + aprox = approx. + Cantidad.* cantidad aproximada = ballpark figure, ballpark estimate, ballpark number.* cantidad comprometida = encumbrance, accrual.* cantidad de tiempo = length of time.* cantidad de trabajo = workload [work load].* cantidad devengada = encumbrance, accrual.* cantidades = monies [money, -sing.].* cantidad global = lump sum.* cantidad máxima = cost ceiling.* cantidad presupuestada = budgeted amount.* cantidad simbólica = nominal fee.* comprar en cantidad = stock up.* contener en cantidad = abound in/with.* contener en cantidad + Nombre = contain + its share of + Nombre.* con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.* diferir en cantidad = differ in + degree.* en cantidad = bulk.* en gran cantidad = prodigiously.* en grandes cantidades = en masse, in good number, in record numbers, in bulk.* en menor cantidad = less copiously.* fabricado en cantidad = mass-produced.* gran cantidad de = large crop of, mass of.* grandes cantidades de = storerooms of, huge numbers of, huge numbers of, great numbers of.* ofrecer en cantidad = offer + in quantity.* poca cantidad = trickle.* por la cantidad de + Número = amounting to + Cantidad.* redondear una cantidad = gross up + figure.* una buena cantidad de = a fair amount of.* una cantidad ingente de = a wealth of.* una cierta cantidad de = a measure of, a proportion of.* una gran cantidad de = a good deal of, a great deal of, a large degree of, a mass of, a plethora of, a supply of, a vast amount of, a city of, a wealth of, a sea of, a cascade of, an army of, a good many, a huge number of, a great number of, a multitude of, scores of, a host of, a vast corpus of, a whole host of.* una gran cantidad y variedad de = a wealth and breadth of.* una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.* una vasta cantidad de = a vast amount of.* * *( fam):este suéter abriga cantidad this sweater is really warmme gustó el libro cantidad I really liked the book, I liked the book a lotcomimos cantidad we ate tons o loads ( colloq)A1 (volumen) quantityno ha calculado la cantidad de agua que se necesita he has not calculated how much water is needed, he has not calculated the quantity o amount of water that is needed2 (suma de dinero) sum, amountcantidad a abonar amount due3(número, volumen impresionante): había una cantidad de mosquitos impresionante there were an incredible number of mosquitoesno te puedes imaginar la cantidad de gente que había you wouldn't believe how many people there weremira la cantidad de comida que hay look how much food there is, look at the amount of food there istiene amigos en cantidad she has lots o loads of friends ( colloq)compra chocolate en cantidades industriales ( fam); he buys loads of o massive quantities of o huge quantities of chocolate ( colloq)¿tenemos más folletos? — cantidad or cantidades ( fam); have we any more leaflets? — loads o tons ( colloq)B (de un sonido) length* * *
cantidad sustantivo femenino
d) ( volumen impresionante):
¡qué cantidad de gente/de comida había! there were so many people/there was so much food!;
tenemos cantidad or cantidades (fam) we have lots o tons (colloq);
cualquier cantidad de (AmS) lots of, loads of (colloq)
cantidad
I sustantivo femenino
1 quantity
2 familiar (número o porción grande) lots of: tienes cantidad de libros, you have got thousands of books
3 (suma de dinero) amount, sum: puede fraccionar la cantidad a pagar, you can divide the payment
4 (cifra) figure
II adverbio familiar a lot: me duele la cabeza cantidad, my head aches terribly
♦ Locuciones: en cantidad, a lot
familiar cantidades industriales, loads, tons
' cantidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abundar
- alcanzar
- algo
- andar
- aproximada
- aproximado
- aumentar
- bárbara
- barbaridad
- bárbaro
- bestialidad
- burrada
- carga
- cien
- ciento
- colateral
- consignar
- cuanta
- cuanto
- desorbitada
- desorbitado
- diluvio
- disconforme
- disparate
- elevarse
- ser
- estimable
- exacta
- exacto
- exageración
- exagerada
- exagerado
- existente
- exorbitante
- fuerte
- gasto
- grande
- hasta
- importante
- indemnización
- inferior
- juntar
- kilo
- lágrima
- manta
- mar
- masa
- media
- menos
- miseria
English:
adequate
- allocation
- amount
- appreciable
- assess
- assessment
- awful
- bare
- by
- check
- commensurate
- dash
- decline
- double
- even
- fair
- fall off
- few
- flow
- generous
- gob
- growing
- host
- large
- less
- little
- measure
- measure out
- minus
- nominal
- number
- of
- pay in
- printing
- put away
- quantity
- rainfall
- readership
- respectable
- scoop
- sink
- small
- some
- sparingly
- sufficiency
- sum
- swell
- taste
- workload
- worth
* * *♦ nf1. [medida] quantity, amount;la cantidad de energía que se emite the amount of energy given off;¿qué cantidad de pasta hará falta? how much pasta will we need?2. [abundancia] abundance, large number;Famhabía cantidad de colegas míos allí there were lots of my colleagues there;en cantidad in abundance;Famprepararon comida en cantidades industriales they made food in industrial quantities3. [número] number;sumar dos cantidades to add two numbers o figures together4. [suma de dinero] sum (of money)♦ advEsp Fam really;me gusta cantidad I really like it a lot;corrimos cantidad we did a lot of running;me duele cantidad it really hurts* * *I f quantity, amount;había cantidad de there was (pl were) a lot of;en cantidad in large amounts;tenemos seda en cantidad we have lots of o plenty of silkII adv:es cantidad de barato it’s really cheap;nos divertimos cantidad we had a really great time* * *ese carro me costó cantidad: that car cost me plentycantidad nf1) : quantity2) : sum, amount (of money)había cantidad de niños en el parque: there were tons of kids in the park* * *cantidad1 adv a lotcantidad2 n2. (número) number3. (de dinero) sum / amountcantidad de lots / loads -
9 grado
m.1 degree.grado centígrado degree centigrade2 degree.quemaduras de primer grado first-degree burnsmostró un alto grado de preparación he was very well prepareden menor grado to a lesser extent o degreeen grado sumo greatly3 grade (rango).4 year, class (education).5 score, grade.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: gradar.* * *1 (gen) degree2 (estado) stage5 (peldaño) step6 MILITAR rank7 LINGÚÍSTICA degree\de buen grado willingly, with good gracede mal grado unwillingly, with bad graceen sumo grado to the highest degreeen tal grado so much so* * *noun m.1) degree2) grade3) extent* * *SM1) (=nivel) degreequemaduras de primer/segundo grado — first-/second-degree burns
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en alto grado — to a great degreela censura dificultó en alto grado la investigación científica — scientific research was greatly hindered o was hindered to a great degree by censorship
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de grado en grado — step by step, by degrees•
en mayor grado — to a greater degree o extent•
en menor grado — to a lesser degree o extent•
en sumo grado o en grado sumo, era humillante en sumo grado — it was humiliating in the extreme•
tercer grado (penitenciario) — Esp lowest category within the prison system which allows day release privileges2) (Geog, Mat, Fís) degree3) [de escalafón] grade; (Mil) rank4) (=etapa) stagecolación de grados — Arg conferment of degrees
6) (Ling) degree of comparisonadjetivos en grado comparativo — comparative adjectives, comparatives
adjetivos en grado superlativo — superlative adjectives, superlatives
7) (=gusto)•
de (buen) grado — willingly•
de mal grado — unwillinglyde grado o por (la) fuerza —
otros muchos países entraron en guerra, de grado o por la fuerza — many other countries were forced willy-nilly to enter the war
pues tendrás que ir, de grado o por la fuerza — well you'll have to go, like it or not
8) [de escalera] step9) pl grados (Rel) minor orders* * *1)a) (nivel, cantidad) degreeel asunto se ha complicado en or (AmL) a tal grado... — things have become so complicated...
en grado sumo: me preocupó en grado sumo it caused me great concern; nos complace en grado sumo comunicarle que... — it gives us great pleasure to inform you that...
b) ( de parentesco) degree2) ( de escalafón) grade3) ( disposición)de buen/mal grado — willingly/unwillingly
4)a) (Fís, Meteo) degreeb) (Geog, Mat) degreec) (Vin) degree5)a) (esp AmL) (Educ) (curso, año) yearb) ( título)* * *= degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], magnitude, range, rate, scale, to what extent, grade, quotient, degree.Ex. This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.Ex. The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.Ex. As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.Ex. Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Ex. Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.Ex. Whether, in the future, the co-operatives will be able to fund appropriate developments at a sufficiently rapid rate remains an unanswered question.Ex. Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.Ex. Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.Ex. The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.Ex. One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the 'aggravation quotient'.Ex. In cartography reference system is the method by which one can locate a place on a map, eg (a) degrees of latitude and longitude; (b) a grid reference.----* alumno de cuarto grado = fourth grader.* asesinato en primer grado = first-degree murder.* bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.* cierto grado de = a degree of.* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.* de grado básico = junior grade.* delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].* de primer grado = in the first degree.* de segundo grado = second-degree, in the second degree.* el grado de = the extent of.* el grado de + Nombre = the breadth and depth of + Nombre.* el grado en que = the extent to which.* en cierto grado = something of.* en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.* en distinto grado = in varying measures, differing, to varying degrees.* en diverso grado = to varying degrees.* en diversos grados = to varying extents.* en este grado = to this extent.* en grado mínimo = minimally.* en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.* en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.* en sumo grado = in the extreme.* en tercer grado = in the third degree.* en un grado bastante aceptable = to a fair extent.* en un grado sumo = in the extreme.* escala que consta de nueve grados = nine-point scale.* girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.* grado centígrado (ºC) = degree centigrade (ºC).* grado de aceptación = acceptance rate.* grado de acidez = pH, ph value.* grado de adecuación = degree of fit.* grado de citación = citedness.* grado de cobertura = depth of coverage.* grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.* grado de compleción = completeness.* grado de escepticismo = degree of skepticism.* grado de integración = scale of integration.* grado de no citación = uncitedness.* grado de pertinencia = recall tendency.* grado de precisión = degree of detail.* grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.* grado de relación = relatedness measure.* grado medio = middle grade.* grado superlativo = superlative.* hasta tal grado que = so much so that.* salón de grados = conference room.* tomarse Algo de buen grado = take + Nombre + in good humour.* un cierto grado de = a certain amount of, a modicum of.* vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.* * *1)a) (nivel, cantidad) degreeel asunto se ha complicado en or (AmL) a tal grado... — things have become so complicated...
en grado sumo: me preocupó en grado sumo it caused me great concern; nos complace en grado sumo comunicarle que... — it gives us great pleasure to inform you that...
b) ( de parentesco) degree2) ( de escalafón) grade3) ( disposición)de buen/mal grado — willingly/unwillingly
4)a) (Fís, Meteo) degreeb) (Geog, Mat) degreec) (Vin) degree5)a) (esp AmL) (Educ) (curso, año) yearb) ( título)* * *= degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], magnitude, range, rate, scale, to what extent, grade, quotient, degree.Ex: This degree of standardisation is not the pattern outside of this specific area of application.
Ex: The extent of searchable elements will vary from one data base to another.Ex: As job anxiety scores increased, job satisfaction indices decreased.Ex: Only those who have attempted to edit the proceedings of a conference can appreciate the magnitude and scope of such an enterprise.Ex: Overall, the library media specialists experienced stress in the mild to moderate range.Ex: Whether, in the future, the co-operatives will be able to fund appropriate developments at a sufficiently rapid rate remains an unanswered question.Ex: Various scales of relevance ratings may be established.Ex: Clearly an index must permit access to a document by its central theme, but, to what extent should access be provided to secondary or subsidiary topics considered within a document?.Ex: The project is concerned with the investigation of conditions of appointment for women librarians as well as the grades and salary scales assigned to library tasks.Ex: One reads, for instance, that a parameter in assessing the maximum period a user can be kept waiting is the 'aggravation quotient'.Ex: In cartography reference system is the method by which one can locate a place on a map, eg (a) degrees of latitude and longitude; (b) a grid reference.* alumno de cuarto grado = fourth grader.* asesinato en primer grado = first-degree murder.* bebida alcohólica con muchos grados = hard drink, hard liquor.* cada vez en mayor grado = ever-increasing.* cierto grado de = a degree of.* de buen grado = willing, good-humouredly, good-humoured, good-naturedly.* de grado básico = junior grade.* delito de menor grado = misdemeanour [misdimeanor, -USA].* de primer grado = in the first degree.* de segundo grado = second-degree, in the second degree.* el grado de = the extent of.* el grado de + Nombre = the breadth and depth of + Nombre.* el grado en que = the extent to which.* en cierto grado = something of.* en diferente grado = differing, in varying measures.* en distinto grado = in varying measures, differing, to varying degrees.* en diverso grado = to varying degrees.* en diversos grados = to varying extents.* en este grado = to this extent.* en grado mínimo = minimally.* en mayor grado = to a greater degree, a fortiori, to a greater extent, to a larger degree, to a larger extent.* en mayor o menor grado = to a greater or lesser degree.* en menor grado = to a lesser extent, to a lesser degree.* en sumo grado = in the extreme.* en tercer grado = in the third degree.* en un grado bastante aceptable = to a fair extent.* en un grado sumo = in the extreme.* escala que consta de nueve grados = nine-point scale.* girar 180 grados = move + 180 degrees.* grado centígrado (ºC) = degree centigrade (ºC).* grado de aceptación = acceptance rate.* grado de acidez = pH, ph value.* grado de adecuación = degree of fit.* grado de citación = citedness.* grado de cobertura = depth of coverage.* grado de coincidencia entre el tema de un documento y el tema de búsqueda = topicality.* grado de compleción = completeness.* grado de escepticismo = degree of skepticism.* grado de integración = scale of integration.* grado de no citación = uncitedness.* grado de pertinencia = recall tendency.* grado de precisión = degree of detail.* grado de proximidad entre dos = betweenness.* grado de relación = relatedness measure.* grado medio = middle grade.* grado superlativo = superlative.* hasta tal grado que = so much so that.* salón de grados = conference room.* tomarse Algo de buen grado = take + Nombre + in good humour.* un cierto grado de = a certain amount of, a modicum of.* vida + dar un giro de 180 grados = turn + Posesivo + life around.* * *A1 (nivel, cantidad) degreeotro ejemplo del grado de confusión reinante another example of the degree of confusion that prevailsdepende del grado de libertad que tengan it depends on how much freedom o the degree of freedom they enjoyel asunto se ha complicado en or ( AmL) a tal grado que no le veo solución things have become so complicated that I can't see any solutionen grado sumo: la noticia me preocupó en grado sumo the news worried me greatly o caused me great concernnos complace en grado sumo poder comunicarle que … it gives us great pleasure to be able to inform you that …2 (de parentesco) degreeson primos en segundo grado they are second cousinsB (de escalafón) gradeun oficial de grado superior a high-ranking officerC(disposición): de buen grado readily, willingly, with good gracede mal grado reluctantly, unwillingly, with bad graceDestamos a tres grados bajo cero it's three degrees below zero, it's minus three degreesa un ángulo de 60 grados at an angle of 60 degrees, at a 60° angle25 grados de latitud/longitud 25 degrees latitude/longitude3 ( Vin) degreeun vino de 12 grados a 12% proof wineCompuestos:● grado centígrado or Celsiusdegree centigrade o Celsiusdegree FahrenheitE2(título): tiene el grado de licenciado he has a college degree ( AmE), he has a university degree ( BrE)F ( Ling) degreegrado positivo/comparativo positive/comparative degreeG ( Der) stageel juicio se halla en grado de apelación/revisión the trial is at the appeal/review stage* * *
grado sustantivo masculino
1 ( en general) degree;
grado centígrado or Celsius/Fahrenheit degree centigrade o Celsius/Fahrenheit;
el grado de confusión reinante the degree of confusion that prevails;
en grado sumo extremely
2 ( de escalafón) grade;
(Mil) rank
3 ( disposición):◊ de buen/mal grado willingly/unwillingly
4
b) ( título):◊ tiene el grado de licenciado he has a college (AmE) o (BrE) university degree
grado sustantivo masculino
1 degree
2 Mil rank
3 (gusto, voluntad) desire, will
♦ Locuciones: de buen/mal grado, willingly/reluctantly
' grado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
categoría
- coeficiente
- colmo
- ecuación
- insolación
- jerarquía
- mayor
- medida
- menor
- menos
- mínimamente
- poder
- punto
- superior
- décima
- enfadado
- enfadar
- enojado
- enojar
- extensión
- grande
English:
accurately
- degree
- extent
- extreme
- first-degree
- grace
- grade
- grind
- insofar
- may
- optimum
- point
- rank
- registrar
- subaltern
- commission
- freely
- lesser
* * *grado nm1. [de temperatura] degreegrado Celsius degree Celsius;grado centígrado degree centigrade;grado Fahrenheit degree Fahrenheit;grado Kelvin kelvin2. [de alcohol]¿cuántos grados tiene ese whisky? how strong is that whisky?;alcohol de 90 grados 90 degree proof alcohol3. [índice, nivel] degree;el candidato mostró un alto grado de preparación the candidate was very well prepared;un fenómeno que afecta en menor grado a las ciudades a phenomenon that affects cities to a lesser extent o degree;eso depende del grado de intransigencia de la gente that depends on how prepared people are to compromise;están examinando su grado de ceguera they're checking to see how blind she is;la situación empeoró en tal o Am [m5]a tal grado que… the situation deteriorated to such a degree o to such an extent that…;en grado sumo greatly4. [en escala] degree;quemaduras de primer grado first-degree burns;asesinato en segundo grado second-degree murder5. [rango] grade;es primo mío en segundo grado he's my second cousin6. Mil rankobtuvo el grado de doctor he obtained his doctorate9. Ling degreegrado comparativo comparative degree;grado superlativo superlative degree12. [voluntad]hacer algo de buen/mal grado to do sth willingly/unwillingly;te lo prestaré de buen grado I'd be happy to lend it to you* * *m1 degree;de primer grado quemaduras first-degree2:de buen grado with good grace, readily;de mal grado with bad grace, reluctantly* * *grado nm1) : degree (in meteorology and mathematics)grado centígrado: degree centigrade2) : extent, level, degreeen grado sumo: greatly, to the highest degree3) rango: rank4) : year, class (in education)5)de buen grado : willingly, readily* * *grado n degree -
10 out of
из предлог:вследствие (because of, owing to, through, following, in consequence of, out of) -
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wɪˈðaut
1. предл.
1) без (отсутствие кого-л., чего-л.) without me ≈ без меня without money ≈ без денег things without us ≈ внешний мир Syn: minus, less
2) (перед герундием и отглагольным сущ.) без того, чтобы
2. нареч.;
уст.
1) вне, снаружи;
наружу Syn: outside, out of
2) внешне, с виду
3. сущ. наружная сторона
1. prep
1) без;
to do ( или to go) ~ обходиться без чего-л.;
2) (перед pres. p. и отглагольными сущ. на -ing) без того чтобы;
to come in ~ waking him войти, не разбудив его;
to go away ~ thanking him уйти, не поблагодарив его;
3) вне, за (пределами) ;
2. adv снаружи;
3. n from ~ снаружи, извне;
4. conj если не, без того чтобы ~ наружная сторона;
from without снаружи, извне ~ adv уст. вне, снаружи;
listening to the wind without прислушиваясь к ветру на улице;
I heard footsteps without за дверью послышались шаги ~ adv уст. вне, снаружи;
listening to the wind without прислушиваясь к ветру на улице;
I heard footsteps without за дверью послышались шаги ~ prep вне, за;
things without us внешний мир without prep без;
without friends без друзей;
to do (или to go) (without smth.) обходиться( без чего-л.) ~ без ~ prep (перед герундием и отглагольным сущ.) без того, чтобы;
without taking leave не прощаясь ~ adv уст. вне, снаружи;
listening to the wind without прислушиваясь к ветру на улице;
I heard footsteps without за дверью послышались шаги ~ prep вне, за;
things without us внешний мир ~ cj уст. разг. если не;
без того, чтобы ~ наружная сторона;
from without снаружи, извне without prep без;
without friends без друзей;
to do (или to go) (without smth.) обходиться (без чего-л.) ~ prep (перед герундием и отглагольным сущ.) без того, чтобы;
without taking leave не прощаясь -
12 не считая
•But for a few substances, the state of the art has not advanced sufficiently.
•Except for (or With the exception of) the bubble caps the plant was constructed entirely of carbon steel.
•The delivered cost of a 20,000 lb/hr steam unit is about 120,000 dollars excluding buildings, water treating facilities, stacks, and outside piping.
•The total cost of the part, exclusive of (or less, or minus) material costs, would be...
•Not counting optical isomers, there are two butanes with...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > не считая
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13 угол наклона
1) General subject: angle of slope, pitch, steeve (бушприта)2) Geology: angle of gradient, angle of taper, incidence angle3) Aviation: oblique angle4) Naval: angle of rake, angle of tilt, declivity angle5) Medicine: angulation6) Military: cant angle (цапф орудия), slope angle (брони относительно вертикальной плоскости)7) Engineering: amount of inclination, batter (шахты доменной печи), canting angle (относительно линии горизонта), dip, dip angle, inclination, rake, tilt, tilt angle, tip angle8) Agriculture: angle of tip, elevation angle9) Chemistry: angle of inclination10) Construction: angle of dip, deflection angle (упругой кривой), degree of tilt (аэроснимка), pitch (к горизонту)11) Mathematics: grade, obliquity, tilting angle (плоскости)12) Automobile industry: angle of obliquity (шатуна по отношению к оси цилиндра), discharge angle13) Mining: angle of hade14) Forestry: angle of bank15) Metallurgy: angle of dip (напр. пьезоэлемента)16) Physics: slope angle17) Electronics: altitude, angle of elevation, elevation18) Information technology: obliquing angle19) Oil: angle of lean, angle of lean (мачты), inclination (буровой скважины к горизонту), pitch (режущего инструмента), pitch angle, vertical drift20) Astronautics: angle of cant, cant angle21) Cartography: angle of bank (местности), angle of tilt (аэроснимка), tilt angle (аэроснимка), vertical angle22) Radiolocation: depression angle (напр. цели), descending vertical angle (напр. цели), minus angle (напр. цели), slope angle (напр. цели)23) Welding: work angle (электрода)24) Household appliances: inclination angle25) Drilling: angle of pitch (лопасти винта), outside slope26) Sakhalin energy glossary: drift angle (скважины)27) Oil&Gas technology angle of incidence28) Automation: angle of arrival (траектории), angularity, bevel, cant, declivity angle (относительно основной или горизонтальной плоскости), degree of faceting, grade angle, lead, slope29) Robots: pitch (звена или рабочего органа робота), pitch angle (звена или рабочего органа робота), swivel angle30) Makarov: angle of deflection, angle of slope (откоса), decline, deflection angle, hade, obliqueness, obliquity angle, tilt angle (основания в ДНК), tilting (аэроснимка)31) Gold mining: hade (дополнительный к углу падения)32) oil&gas: angle, deviation angle (скважины), inclination angle (скважины) -
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ЗА ВЙЧЕТОМ чего PrepP Invar the resulting PrepP is adv1. upon deduction ofafter deducting(of taxes and other deductions from one's pay) after (the English equivalent and its obj precede the NP denoting the final sum) less minus.«Сколько ты получаешь?» - «За вычетом налогов и алиментов — четыре тысячи рублей». "How much do you make?" "Less taxes and alimony, four thousand rubles."2. excludingexcept forwith the exception of apart from save not counting outside of....Мой актив, за вычетом вещей, разбросанных по будет-лянским (from «будетляне», a Slavonic name for the Futurists coined by Velimir Khlebnikov) сборникам, сводился в ту пору к одной лишь «Флейте Марсия»... (Лившиц 1)....Apart from pieces scattered throughout the budetliane miscellanies, my assets at that time amounted merely to the Flute of Marsyas (1a). -
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[PrepP; Invar; the resulting PrepP is adv]=====1. upon deduction of:- [of taxes and other deductions from one's pay] after;- [the English equivalent and its obj precede the NP denoting the final sum] less;- minus.♦ "Сколько ты получаешь?" - "За вычетом налогов и алиментов - четыре тысячи рублей". "How much do you make?" "Less taxes and alimony, four thousand rubles."2. excluding:- except for;- apart from;- save;- not counting;- outside of.♦...Мой актив, за вычетом вещей, разоросанных по будетлянским [from "будетляне", a Slavonic name for the Futurists coined by Velimir Khlebnikov] сборникам, сводился в ту пору к одной лишь "Флейте Марсия"... (Лившиц 1)....Apart from pieces scattered throughout the budetliane miscellanies, my assets at that time amounted merely to the Flute of Marsyas (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > за вычетом
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16 seis
adj.1 sixth.el seis de agosto the sixth of August2 six.el seis de diamantes the six of diamondsechar o tirar un seis to play a sixf. & m.1 six.tiene seis años she's six (years old)2 six (number).la página seis page sixel seis number sixdoscientos seis two hundred and sixtreinta y seis thirty-sixm. s.&pl.six, number six.* * *► adjetivo1 six2 (sexto) sixth1 six■ seis por seis treinta y seis six sixes are thirty-six, six times six is thirty-six* * *noun m. adj.* * *1.ADJ INV PRON [gen] six; [ordinal, en la fecha] sixthun niño de seis años — a six-year-old (child), a child of six
2.SM INV (=número) six; (=fecha) sixthllega el seis de agosto — he arrives on the sixth of August o on August the sixth o on 6 August
* * *I II* * *I II* * *seis1adj inv/pronseis2* * *
seis adj inv/pron/m
six;
para ejemplos ver◊ cinco
seis adjetivo & pron & m inv six
el seis de diciembre, the sixth of December
' seis' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cada
- coma
- diana
- punto
- salir
- sala
- sobre
- sumar
- suponer
- tarde
- terminar
- doble
- ir
- número
- oscuro
- palabra
- piso
- prisión
- semestre
- tardar
English:
arrange
- bang
- be
- by
- call for
- catch
- category
- chapter
- checkup
- defeat
- dot
- equal
- evening
- fall
- for
- hopefully
- individual
- less
- meet
- minus
- pack in
- party
- plane
- reading
- sharp
- six
- six-pack
- six-shooter
- sixteen
- stand
- still
- stroke
- take
- to
- touch down
- under
- wineglass
- about
- age
- at
- exactly
- get
- must
- of
- outside
- over
- past
- short
- start
- succession
* * *seis númsix;el (Torneo de las) Seis Naciones [en rugby] the Six Nations (Championship);ver también tres* * *m/adj six* * *seis adj & nm: six* * *seis num1. (en general) six2. (en fechas) sixth -
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seis adj inv/pron/m six; para ejemplos ver◊ cinco
seis adjetivo & pron & m inv six
el seis de diciembre, the sixth of December ' seis' also found in these entries: Spanish: cada - coma - diana - punto - salir - sala - sobre - sumar - suponer - tarde - terminar - doble - ir - número - oscuro - palabra - piso - prisión - semestre - tardar English: arrange - bang - be - by - call for - catch - category - chapter - checkup - defeat - dot - equal - evening - fall - for - hopefully - individual - less - meet - minus - pack in - party - plane - reading - sharp - six - six-pack - six-shooter - sixteen - stand - still - stroke - take - to - touch down - under - wineglass - about - age - at - exactly - get - must - of - outside - over - past - short - start - succession -
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I прийм.1) ( про місце перебування - позаду) behind; ( по той бік) across, over, beyond; ( поза) out ofза борт, за бортом — overboard
за містом — out of town ( city); ( далі за місто) beyond the town ( city); (на дачі, на селі) in the country
2) (коло, навколо) at3) ( згідно з) according to, in accordance with, under, by4) ( при позначенні причини) because of, through, over, by reason ofза браком (чого-небудь) — for want/lack of, lacking, in the absence of
5) ( замість) instead (of), forза нього — instead of him, in his stead
за такого-то (підпис) — per procurationem (скороч. p.proc, p.pro., p.p.)
6) ( за часів) in the time of, in the days of; (про уряд, владу) under7) ( протягом) during, at; ( у проміжок часу) within, for, inза життя — during the life (of); when alive
за рік — in a year ( year's time)
за останній час — recently, lately, of late
8) ( через якийсь час) in9) ( відправлятися) for10) ( при позначенні заняття) at, toвзятися за роботу — to set to work, to begin working
11) ( ніж) than або не перекладається;12) (заради, на підтримку) for13) ( при позначенні ціни) forза безцінь — dirt-cheap, very cheaply
продати за безцінь — to sell for nothing, to sell for a song
купити за безцінь — to buy for a song, to buy for a trifling sum
за готівку — ( against) cash ( down)
14) ( про однорідну послідовність) after, upon, byдень за днем — day by day, day after day
15) ( слідом за) afterйти за кимсь — to follow smb.
16) (як) as або не перекладається;17) (більш, понад - про вік) over; past; ( про час) after18) ( на відстані) at a distance of ( або не перекладається)20) ( при передачі співпереживання) forзаступитися за когось — to stand up for smb.; to intercede, to plead for smb., to take someone's part
прохати за когось — to intercede ( to plead) for someone, to speak on smb.'s behalf
ручитися за когось — to answer for smb.
21) ( при) under22) (при позначенні предмета, за який тримаються) by23)схопитися за голову — to be horrified, to be in despair
за винятком — except, excepting, with the exception of, except ( for), apart from, save
пити за здоров'я — to drink (to) one's health
за ваше здоров'я! — your health!, here's to you!, cheerio!, (жарг. тост) chin-chin!
за вирахуванням (чого-небудь) — less, minus, deducting, allowing ( for), with the deduction (of); except for, apart from ( крім)
за маршрутом — by way of, via
за сприяння когось — with smb.'s assistance ( help)
зачепити за щось — to hit against smth.
стежити за кимсь — to spy on ( upon) smb.
тривожитися за щось — to be anxious about smth., to worry about smth.
ходити за хворим — to nurse ( to look after) a patient
за відсутності (ого-небудь) — in the absence (of); for lack (of); for want (of)
за кадром — off screen, off-camera
за компанію — for company, to keep smb.'s company
за кулісами — in the wings, backstage; behind the scenes
за відсутності (чого-небудь) — in the absence (of); for lack (of); for want (of)
за підписом (кого-небудь) — signed (by)
за межами (чого-небудь) — outside, beyond the bounds (of)
за свій рахунок — at one's own expense, out of one's own pocket
за власний рахунок — for one's own account, on own account
за упокій — for the peace (of smb.'s soul)
за чий-небудь рахунок — on smb.'s account
II пр. III част.за чужий рахунок — at someone else's expense, at the expense of others
що він за людина? — what is he like?, what kind of man is he?
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1) лезвие; режущая пластина3) резец, вставной резец; нож (напр. фрезы)4) лопатка; лопасть; крыло5) нож ( рубильника)6) ребро•- abrasive cutoff bladeto offset saw blade on each side — разводить зубья пилы, разводить зубья ленточной пилы
- abrasive saw blade
- adjustable-pitch blade
- backspot-facing blade
- backward inclined blade
- bandsaw blade
- bar blade
- bevel gear cutter blade
- bimetal band saw blade
- bimetal cutting blade
- carbide blade
- circular saw blade
- clamping blade
- coated carbide blade
- cold saw blade
- compressor blade
- constant thickness blade
- controllable pitch blade
- crosscut blade
- cutoff blade
- cutting blade
- cylindrical blade
- disk blade
- eight pitch blade
- encapsulated blade
- end-cutting blade
- endless bandsaw blade
- endless cutting blade
- extra-depth blade
- file blade
- finishing blade
- finishing cutter blade
- flanged overrunning stop cutting blade
- flat blade
- flying blade
- forward inclined blade
- friction blade
- grit-tipped blade
- guide blade
- hacksaw blade
- inclined blade
- inserted blade
- inside blade
- knife-like blade
- master blade
- minus angle blade
- moving blade
- multiset blade
- multivariable pitch blade
- notching blade
- nozzle blade
- outside blade
- overrunning stop cutting blade with lugs
- pentahedral carbide blade
- plus angle blade
- profiled blade
- propeller blade
- radial blade
- reference blade
- removable blade
- reversing blade
- rip blade
- rotary blade
- rotary cutting blade
- rotating blade
- rough-cut blade
- saw blade
- segmental blade
- segmental saw blade
- semifinishing blade
- serrated blade
- severing blade
- shearing blade
- slotting blade
- space blade
- spiral carbide blade
- support blade
- turbine blade
- turning blade
- variable-pitch blade
- welded-edge blade
- work blade
- workrest bladeEnglish-Russian dictionary of mechanical engineering and automation > blade
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adj. of about fifteen degrees- panuje kilkunastostopniowy mróz (w stopniach Celsjusza) it’s about fifteen below (zero) a. well below minus ten degrees outside- może nastąpić kilkunastostopniowy spadek/wzrost temperatury we can expect the temperature to fall/rise (by) about fifteen degrees- kilkunastostopniowe odchylenie od kursu a fifteen- or twenty-degree deviation from courseThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kilkunastostopniow|y
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