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it's quite simple

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1 It's quite simple.

Общая лексика: Всё очень просто.

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > It's quite simple.
2 It's quite simple!

Немудрено!

Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > It's quite simple!
3 the answer to the puzzle was quite simple (after all)

Образное выражение: а ларчик просто открывался

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the answer to the puzzle was quite simple (after all)
4 the explanation was quite simple

Образное выражение: а ларчик просто открывался

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the explanation was quite simple
5 A wonderful discovery – psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they are complex.

<01> Удивительное изобретение – психоанализ. Самые примитивные люди начинают думать, что они сложные натуры. Behrman (Берман).

Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > A wonderful discovery – psychoanalysis. Makes quite simple people feel they are complex.
6 the answer to the puzzle was quite simple

Образное выражение: (after all) а ларчик просто открывался

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the answer to the puzzle was quite simple
7 simple

simple adj

1 ( not complicated) [task, method, instructions, solution, answer] simple ; it's quite simple c'est très simple ; it's a simple matter to change a wheel c'est très simple de changer une roue ; the simple truth la vérité pure et simple ; for the simple reason that pour la simple raison que ; I can't make it any simpler je ne peux pas simplifier davantage ; the simplest thing would be to… la solution la plus simple serait de… ; what could be simpler? rien de plus facile! ; computing made simple l'informatique à la portée de tous ;

2 ( not elaborate) [dress, furniture, design, style] sobre ; [food, lifestyle, tastes] simple ;

3 ( unsophisticated) [pleasures, people] simple ; her parents were simple shopkeepers ses parents étaient de simples commerçants ; I 'm a simple soul iron j'ai des goûts simples ;

4 ( dimwitted) simplet/-ette ○, simple d'esprit ;

5 ( basic) [structure] simple ; [life-form] primaire ; [sentence, tense] simple.

Big English-French dictionary > simple
8 simple

adj.

1 simple (sin componentes).

2 simple (sencillo, tonto).

3 simple, easy.

es muy simple, metes la moneda y ya está it's quite simple, all you have to do is insert the coin

4 mere (mero).

por simple estupidez through sheer stupidity

nos basta con su simple palabra his word is enough for us by itself

no le pedí más que un simple favor all I asked him for was a favor

5 prime (Mat).

f. & m.

simpleton (person).

* * *

simple

► adjetivo

1 (gen) simple

2 (único) single, just one

■ con una simple llamada lo hubiera arreglado he could have settled it with just one phone call

3 (mero) mere

4 (persona) simple, simple-minded

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 simpleton

► nombre masculino

1 (tenis) singles plural

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FRASEOLOGÍA

por simple descuido through sheer carelessness

* * *

adj.

1) mere

2) simple

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=sin adornos) [peinado, objeto] simple; [vestido, decoración] plain

2) [método] simple, easy, straightforward

3) [antes de sustantivo] (=mero) mere

por simple descuido — through sheer carelessness

es cosa de una simple plumada — it's a matter of a mere stroke of the pen

somos simples aficionados — we're just amateurs

4) [antes de sustantivo] (=corriente) ordinary

es un simple abogado — he's only o just a solicitor

un simple soldado — an ordinary soldier

5) [persona] (=sin complicaciones) simple; (=crédulo) gullible; pey (=de pocas luces) simple-minded

6) (Ling, Quím) simple

7) (Bot) single

2.

SMF (=persona) simpleton

3.

SMPL pl simples (Tenis) singles; (Bot) simples

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I
adjetivo

1)

a) (sencillo, fácil) <sistema/procedimiento> simple

no puede ser más simple — it couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward; llanamente

b) (Quím) < sustancia> simple

c) (Ling) < tiempo> simple

2) (delante del n) ( mero) simple

es un simple resfriado — it's just a common cold

un simple soldado — an ordinary soldier

3) ( tonto) simple, simple-minded

no seas simple — don't be silly
II
masculino y femenino simpleton

* * *

= mere, non-intellectual, pure [pure -comp., purest -sup.], sheer [sheerer -comp., sheerest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], single, straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, low-key [low key], schematic, simple-minded, uncluttered, unsophisticated, naked, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, hassle-free, no-brainer.

Ex. Contextual logic or proximity operators: these are a useful means of searching for more than the mere occurrence of a term; they also permit the searcher to specify the context in which the term should appear in some sense or other.

Ex. The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who asks quite non-intellectual questions at the reference desk.

Ex. The notation used in DC is pure, and numbers.

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. Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.

Ex. Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.

Ex. Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.

Ex. Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex. Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.

Ex. Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex. None of this is ever as schematic and neatly arranged, step-by-step, as my discussion of it here makes it seem = Nunca nada de esto es tan simple, bien ordenado y secuencial como lo hago parecer.

Ex. Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.

Ex. Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex. Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.

Ex. Everything in this book is set down without reference to context, or author's intention, or the naked facts and figures, or the difference between one kind of writing and reading and another.

Ex. Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex. It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.

Ex. Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.

Ex. Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

Ex. Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.

Ex. Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.

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* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.

* búsqueda simple = simple search.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner.

* de una manera simple = in a simple manner.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* interés simple = simple interest.

* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.

* simple mortal = lesser mortal.

* simple y llanamente = just plain, plainly and simply.

* tan simple como = with as little ado as.

* unidad simple = singleton.

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) (sencillo, fácil) <sistema/procedimiento> simple

no puede ser más simple — it couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward; llanamente

b) (Quím) < sustancia> simple

c) (Ling) < tiempo> simple

2) (delante del n) ( mero) simple

es un simple resfriado — it's just a common cold

un simple soldado — an ordinary soldier

3) ( tonto) simple, simple-minded

no seas simple — don't be silly
II
masculino y femenino simpleton

* * *

= mere, non-intellectual, pure [pure -comp., purest -sup.], sheer [sheerer -comp., sheerest -sup.], simple [simpler -comp., simplest -sup.], single, straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], straightforward, unadorned, low-key [low key], schematic, simple-minded, uncluttered, unsophisticated, naked, unfussy, uncomplicated, uncomplicatedly, low-keyed, hassle-free, no-brainer.

Ex: Contextual logic or proximity operators: these are a useful means of searching for more than the mere occurrence of a term; they also permit the searcher to specify the context in which the term should appear in some sense or other.

Ex: The picture of the self-improvement-oriented readers contrasts sharply with the typical adult user who asks quite non-intellectual questions at the reference desk.

Ex: The notation used in DC is pure, and numbers.

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: Some simple measures of index effectiveness are introduced here so that it is possible to consider different indexing methods critically.

Ex: Equally important was the desire to achieve a single text.

Ex: Thus these indexes contain more entries than a straight KWIC index and are inclined to be relatively bulky.

Ex: Even in this apparently straightforward situation, complications can arise.

Ex: Concrete illustrations are always better than unadorned abstract description.

Ex: Activity is still low key, but will increase when the British Library puts up data bases on its own computer in 1977.

Ex: None of this is ever as schematic and neatly arranged, step-by-step, as my discussion of it here makes it seem = Nunca nada de esto es tan simple, bien ordenado y secuencial como lo hago parecer.

Ex: Granted the seemingly simple-minded examples that have been used, such as changing NEGROES to AFRO-AMERICANS and BLACKS, appear fairly straightforward.

Ex: Google, the search engine, became popular because of its efficiency, simple structure uncluttered by advertising and its non-commercial look and feel.

Ex: Here is a clear indication of the extent, during the eighteenth century, to which the unsophisticated reader lagged behind his middle class compatriots = Aquí tenemos una clara indicación del grado en el que, durante el siglo dieciocho, el lector normal iba por detrás de sus compatriotas de clase media.

Ex: Everything in this book is set down without reference to context, or author's intention, or the naked facts and figures, or the difference between one kind of writing and reading and another.

Ex: Above all the journal wishes to provide research and comment in a form that is easily and quickly understood: a fresh, rigorous, but unfussy, writing style is what is aimed for.

Ex: It is an example of an uncomplicated but practical and successful artificial intelligence application.

Ex: Children which lack reading experience should be presented with a sequence of shorter, very directly told, and uncomplicatedly structured books, rather than with denser and more subtle texts.

Ex: Overall, he provides a low-keyed, lucid account that, with its many-leveled approach, does more than justice to the complex themes it studies.

Ex: Cooking dry beans in the crockpot makes them relatively hassle-free.

Ex: Recycling is a no-brainer since it conserves our natural resources and reduces air pollution.

* a simple vista = by the naked eye, superficially, on first thought.

* búsqueda simple = simple search.

* de una forma simple = in a simple manner.

* de una manera simple = in a simple manner.

* hacerle la vida más simple a todos = simplify + life for everyone.

* interés simple = simple interest.

* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.

* por simple curiosidad = (just) as a mater of interest, just out of interest.

* simple ciudadano, el = man-on-the-street, man in the street, the.

* simple mortal = lesser mortal.

* simple y llanamente = just plain, plainly and simply.

* tan simple como = with as little ado as.

* unidad simple = singleton.

* * *

simple¹

adjective

A

1 (sencillo, fácil) ‹sistema/procedimiento› simple

el mecanismo no puede ser más simple the mechanism couldn't be (any) simpler o more straightforward

la solución es muy simple the solution is very simple

es una dieta simple pero completa it's a simple but complete diet

llanamente

2 ( Quím) ‹sustancia› simple

3 ( Ling) ‹tiempo› simple

B ( delante del n) (mero) simple

un simple error puede causar un accidente a simple mistake can cause an accident

no es más que un simple resfriado it's just a common cold

era un simple soldado he was an ordinary soldier

vista² (↑ vista (2))

C (tonto, bobo) simple, simple-minded

es muy simple, pero buena persona he's rather simple o simple-minded, but he's a nice person

no seas simple ¿no ves que así no haces nada? don't be silly o ( BrE colloq) daft, can't you see you won't get anywhere like that?

simple²

masculine and feminine

simpleton

* * *

simple adjetivo
1 (sencillo, fácil) simple;
See also→ llanamente
2 ( delante del n) ( mero) simple;
◊ el simple hecho de … the simple fact of …;

es un simple resfriado it's just a common cold;
un simple soldado an ordinary soldier
3 ( tonto) simple, simple-minded
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
simpleton
simple
I adjetivo
1 (sencillo) simple: estos ejercicios son muy simples, these exercises are very easy
una cámara de simple manejo, an easy-to-use camera
2 Ling Quím (no complejo, no compuesto) simple
oración simple, simple sentence
3 (mero, tan solo) mere, pure: somos simples espectadores, we are mere observers
fue simple casualidad, it was pure coincidence
pey es un simple secretario, he's just a secretary
4 (cándido, sin malicia) naive, innocent
pey (tonto) simple-minded, half-witted, foolish
II m (ingenuo, inocente) innocent, naive person
pey (simplón, tonto) simpleton, half-wit
' simple' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
babosa
- baboso
- bendita
- bendito
- boba
- bobalicón
- bobalicona
- bobo
- borrica
- borrico
- clavar
- compuesta
- compuesto
- hincapié
- idea
- lila
- llaneza
- mayoría
- pánfila
- pánfilo
- pardilla
- pardillo
- preferir
- sencilla
- sencillo
- simpleza
- triste
- vista
- hechura
- llanamente
- mero
- pretérito
- puro
- ya
English:
ago
- arithmetic
- dowdy
- gravestone
- mere
- naked
- plain
- simple
- simple interest
- simple-minded
- simple-mindedness
- single-spacing
- basic
- simply
- unsophisticated

* * *

simple

♦ adj

1. [sencillo, tonto] simple

2. [fácil] easy, simple;

es muy simple, metes la moneda y ya está it's quite simple, all you have to do is insert the coin

3. [sin complicación] simple;

una decoración simple a simple decoration

4. [único, sin componentes] single;

dame una simple razón give me one single reason

5. [mero]
es un simple trabajador he's a simple o an ordinary worker;

no le pedí más que un simple favor I merely asked her a favour;

nos basta con su simple palabra his word is enough for us by itself;

por simple estupidez through sheer stupidity

6. Mat prime

7. Quím simple

8. Ling [verbo] simple

♦ nmf
[persona] simpleton
* * *

simple

I adj

1 ( fácil) simple

2 ( mero) ordinary

II m/f simpleton

* * *

simple adj

1) sencillo: plain, simple, easy

2) : pure, mere

por simple vanidad: out of pure vanity

3) : simpleminded, foolish

simple n

: fool, simpleton

* * *

simple adj

1. (sencillo) simple

era un problema muy simple it was a very simple problem

2. (solamente) just

es un simple resfriado it's just a cold

con una simple llamada with just a phone call

Spanish-English dictionary > simple
9 quite

1. adverb
1) (completely; entirely: This is quite impossible.) totalmente

2) (fairly; rather; to a certain extent: It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea.) bastante

2. interjection
(exactly; indeed; I agree: `I think he is being unfair to her.' `Quite'.) pues sí, así es

quite adv

1. totalmente / del todo

that is quite impossible eso es totalmente imposible

that banana is not quite ripe ese plátano no está del todo maduro

2. bastante

he's quite tall es bastante alto

Del verbo quitar: ( conjugate quitar) \ \
quité es: \ \
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

quite es: \ \
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

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

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries: quitar quite
quitar ( conjugate quitar) verbo transitivo 1 (apartar, retirar):
◊ ¡quítalo de aquí! get it out of here!;
quité la silla de en medio I got the chair out of the way; quita tus cosas de mi escritorio take your things off my desk; quite la mesa (Esp) to clear the table; ¡quítame las manos de encima! take your hands off me!; no le puedo quite la tapa I can't get the top off; le quitó los zapatos she took his shoes off 2 (+ me/te/le etc)
a) ( de las manos):

◊ le quitó la pistola al ladrón he got o took the gun off the thief;
le quité el cuchillo I took the knife (away) from her
b) ( privar de) ‹pasaporte/carnet de conducir› to take away

c) ‹cartera/dinero› to take, steal;
‹asiento/lugar› to take 3 ( restar) (+ me/te/le etc):
◊ me quita mucho tiempo it takes up a lot of my time;
quitele años a algn to take years off sb; quitele importancia a algo to play sth down; le quita valor it detracts from its value 4 ( hacer desaparecer) ‹ mancha› to remove, get … out; ‹ dolor› to relieve, get rid of; ‹ sed› to quench; ‹ apetito› to take away; (+ me/te/le etc)
◊ eso te quiteá el hambre that will stop you feeling hungry;
hay que quitele esa idea de la cabeza we must get that idea out of his head 5
◊ quitando ( ger) (fam) except for
verbo intransitivo 1 (Esp fam):
◊ ¡quita (de ahí)! get out of the way!
2 ( en locs)
◊ de quita y pon ‹funda/etiqueta› removable;
eso no quita que … that doesn't mean that … quitarse verbo pronominal 1 ( desaparecer) [ mancha] to come out; [ dolor] to go (away);
◊ ya se me quiteon las ganas I don't feel like it any more
2 (apartarse, retirarse) to get out of the way;
◊ ¡quítate de mi vista! get out of my sight!
3 ( refl)
a) ‹prenda/alhaja/maquillaje› to take off

b) ‹dolor/resfriado› to get rid of;
‹ miedo› to overcome, get over;
◊ se quita la edad she lies about her age;
quitese algo/a algn de encima to get rid of sth/sb
quitar
I verbo transitivo
1 (retirar, separar) to remove: quita todas esas cajas de aquí, get all those boxes out of here
quitar la mesa, to clear the table
2 (ropa, gafas, etc) to take off
3 (eliminar) (la sed) to quench (el hambre) to take away: el té me quita el sueño, tea keeps me awake
4 (una mancha) to remove, get out
5 (el dolor) to relieve
6 (arrebatar, privar de) le quitó el lápiz, he took the pencil away from him
nos quitaron el asiento, they took our seats (robar) to steal
7 Mat (restar) to substract figurado quitar importancia a algo, to play sthg down figurado quitar las ganas a alguien, to put sb off figurado le quita mucho tiempo, it takes up a lot of her time
II verbo intransitivo ¡quita!, get away Locuciones: de quita y pon, removable fam (excepción hecha de) quitando, except for
quite m Taur distracting of the bull Locuciones: estar al quite, to be ready to help or defend sb: nosotros estaremos al quite por si dice alguna inconveniencia, we'll defend you should he make a rude remark
salir al quite, to go to someone's defence o help ' quite' also found in these entries: Spanish: algo - apolillada - apolillado - baqueteada - baqueteado - bastante - bien - buena - bueno - campante - capaz - clara - claro - contraria - contrario - contumaz - dar - decir - dentro - desahogo - descreída - descreído - despiste - destreza - deterioro - efectivamente - envergadura - fácil - folclore - gallo - hosca - hosco - importancia - imposible - informal - interfluvio - libre - llenado - locatis - lomo - lucir - mal - mayor - mucha - mucho - ordinaria - ordinario - parecerse - personaje - prometerse English: aspect - blow - change - close - explode - few - frenzy - frequently - gritty - lengthy - my - off - ordeal - quite - recall - sequence - spoil - trek - unintentional - warm - agreeable - amenable - bit - drift - fair - far - move - oblivious - place - pretty - recently - respectable - some - something - taken - unchanged

quite

tr[kwaɪt]

adverb

1 (rather) bastante

■ it was quite a good game fue un partido bastante bueno

■ they played quite well jugaron bastante bien

■ they're quite difficult exercises son ejercicios bastante difíciles

■ there are quite a few people here hay bastante gente aquí

2 (totally) completamente, del todo

■ I quite understand lo entiendo perfectamente

■ you've quite ruined it lo has destrozado completamente

■ it isn't quite finished no está terminado del todo

3 (exceptional) excepcional, increíble, original

■ he's quite a comedian es un cómico increíble

■ our trip was quite something nuestro viaje fue algo excepcional

4 (exactly) exactamente

■ it isn't quite what I was looking for no es exactamente lo que buscaba

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

quite so! ¡exactamente!

quite ['kwaɪt] adv

1) completely: completamente, totalmente

2) rather: bastante

quite near: bastante cerca

quite

adv.

• bastante adv.

• completamente adv.

• del todo adv.

• harto adv.

• muy adv.

• realmente adv.

• totalmente adv.

kwaɪt
adverb

1)

a) (completely, absolutely) completamente, totalmente

I can quite believe it — no me cabe la menor duda

I still can't quite believe it — todavía no me lo creo del todo or no acabo de creérmelo

I quite agree with you — estoy totalmente or completamente de acuerdo contigo

I quite appreciate your difficulty — comprendo perfectamente tu problema

this will only make matters worse - quite! — esto sólo va a empeorar las cosas - exactamente!

that's quite enough! — basta ya!

is this what you wanted? - not quite — ¿es esto lo que buscaba? - no exactamente

they're not quite perfect — no son cien por ciento perfectos

there isn't quite enough — falta un poquito

she's not quite ten — todavía no ha cumplido los diez

there's nothing quite like champagne — realmente no hay como el champán

quite the opposite — todo lo contrario

b) (as intensifier)

it makes quite a difference — hace bastante diferencia

you'll have quite a job persuading her — te va a costar lo tuyo or te va a dar mucho trabajo convencerla

quite a few of them — muchos de ellos

that was quite a game! — fue un partidazo! (fam), fue flor de partido! (CS fam)

the journey was quite an experience — el viaje fue toda una experiencia

2) ( fairly) (BrE) bastante

it's quite warm today — hoy hace bastante calor

there were quite a few — había bastantes, había unos cuantos

quite a lot of money — bastante dinero

we see them quite often — los vemos bastante a menudo

it's quite likely — es muy probable

[kwaɪt]
ADV
1) (=completely) totalmente, completamente

quite new — completamente nuevo

I'm not quite sure — no estoy del todo seguro

I quite agree with you — estoy totalmente de acuerdo contigo

it's quite clear that this plan won't work — está clarísimo que este plan no va a funcionar

that's quite enough for me — eso me basta a mí

that'll be quite enough of that! — ¡ya está bien!

I can quite believe that... — no me cuesta creer que...

I quite understand — comprendo perfectamente

I don't quite understand it — no acabo de entenderlo

they are quite simply the best — son simple y llanamente los mejores

quite frankly, I can't stand him — para ser totalmente sincero, no lo aguanto

you could quite easily have killed yourself — podrías haberte matado con toda facilidad

that's not quite right — eso no es totalmente cierto

he has not quite recovered yet — no se ha repuesto todavía del todo

it was quite three months since she had called — † habían pasado por lo menos tres meses desde que llamó

he's quite grown up now — ahora está hecho todo un hombre

2) (=exactly) exactamente

it's not quite what we wanted — no es exactamente lo que queríamos

we don't quite know — no sabemos exactamente

it's not quite the same — no es exactamente lo mismo

quite (so)! — ¡así es!, ¡exacto!

not quite as many as last time — no tantos como la última vez

3) (=rather) bastante

it's quite good/important — es bastante bueno/importante

"how was the film?" - "quite good" — -¿qué tal la película? -bastante bien

it was quite a surprise — me sorprendió bastante

it was quite a shock — fue bastante chocante

quite a lot — bastante

I've been there quite a lot — he ido allí bastante

quite a lot of money — bastante dinero

it costs quite a lot to go abroad — es bastante caro salir al extranjero

4) (emphatic use)

that's quite a car! — ¡vaya coche!

quite a hero — todo un héroe also iro

there were quite a few people there — había bastante gente allí

quite suddenly, everything went black — de golpe, todo se volvió oscuro

* * *
[kwaɪt]
adverb

1)

a) (completely, absolutely) completamente, totalmente

I can quite believe it — no me cabe la menor duda

I still can't quite believe it — todavía no me lo creo del todo or no acabo de creérmelo

I quite agree with you — estoy totalmente or completamente de acuerdo contigo

I quite appreciate your difficulty — comprendo perfectamente tu problema

this will only make matters worse - quite! — esto sólo va a empeorar las cosas - exactamente!

that's quite enough! — basta ya!

is this what you wanted? - not quite — ¿es esto lo que buscaba? - no exactamente

they're not quite perfect — no son cien por ciento perfectos

there isn't quite enough — falta un poquito

she's not quite ten — todavía no ha cumplido los diez

there's nothing quite like champagne — realmente no hay como el champán

quite the opposite — todo lo contrario

b) (as intensifier)

it makes quite a difference — hace bastante diferencia

you'll have quite a job persuading her — te va a costar lo tuyo or te va a dar mucho trabajo convencerla

quite a few of them — muchos de ellos

that was quite a game! — fue un partidazo! (fam), fue flor de partido! (CS fam)

the journey was quite an experience — el viaje fue toda una experiencia

2) ( fairly) (BrE) bastante

it's quite warm today — hoy hace bastante calor

there were quite a few — había bastantes, había unos cuantos

quite a lot of money — bastante dinero

we see them quite often — los vemos bastante a menudo

it's quite likely — es muy probable

English-spanish dictionary > quite
10 quite a simple mechanism

Общая лексика: очень простое устройство

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > quite a simple mechanism
11 to seem very simple

to seem (to look) very (quite, perfectly, too, rather) simple казаться (выглядеть) очень (совсем, совершенно, слишком, довольно) простым

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to seem very simple
12 although it may sound simple, it is actually quite difficult to ...

• хотя это может звучать просто, в действительности это довольно сложно...

English-Russian dictionary of phrases and cliches for a specialist researcher > although it may sound simple, it is actually quite difficult to ...
13 bête

bête [bεt]

1. feminine noun

   a. ( = animal) animal ; ( = insecte) insect

• bête (sauvage) (wild) beast

• nos amies les bêtes our four-legged friends

• pauvre petite bête poor little thing (inf)

• travailler comme une bête (inf) to work like a dog

• on s'est éclatés comme des bêtes (inf) we had a whale of a time (inf)

   b. ( = personne) (bestial) beast

• c'est une brave or une bonne bête ! (humorous) he's a good-natured chap

2. adjective

   a. ( = stupide) [personne, idée, sourire] stupid

• ce qu'il peut être bête ! he's such a fool!

• il est plus bête que méchant he's not really nasty, just stupid

• être bête comme ses pieds (inf) to be as thick as a brick (inf)

• lui, pas si bête, est parti à temps he's no fool, so he left in time

• c'est bête, on n'a pas ce qu'il faut pour faire des crêpes it's too bad we haven't got the ingredients for making pancakes

• que je suis bête ! how stupid of me!

• ce n'est pas bête that's not a bad idea

   b. ( = simple) c'est tout bête it's dead (inf) simple

• bête comme chou as easy as pie (inf)

3. compounds

► bête à bon dieu ladybird

► bête à concours swot (inf) (Brit), grind (inf) (US)

► bête à cornes horned animal

► bête curieuse (ironic) strange animal

• ils nous ont regardés comme des bêtes curieuses they looked at us as if we were two-headed monsters ► bête féroce wild animal

► bête noire

• c'est ma bête noire (chose) that's my pet hate ; (personne) I just can't stand him ► bête sauvage wild animal

► bête de scène great performer

► bête de somme beast of burden

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bɛt
1.

adjectif [personne, air, idée, question] stupid; [problème] simple; [accident] silly

tu es bien bête d'avoir accepté — it was stupid of you to accept

il n'est pas bête — he's no fool

ce n'est pas bête ça! — that's not a bad idea!

suis-je bête! — how stupid of me!

bête à pleurer — too stupid for words

je suis restée toute bête — I was dumbfounded

bête et méchant — nasty

il est bête et discipliné — he just does as he's told

c'est tout bête — it's quite simple

c'est (trop) bête d'en arriver là — it's (such) a shame that things should come to this

c'est bête, je ne peux pas venir — it's a shame I can't come

2.

nom féminin gén creature; ( quadrupède) animal

nos amis les bêtes — our four-legged friends

il a une cinquantaine de bêtes — he has around 50 head of cattle

Phrasal Verbs:

- bête à bon Dieu

- bête à concours

- bête à cornes

- bête curieuse

- bête féroce

- bête noire

- bête sauvage

- bête de somme

- bête de travail

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il est bête comme ses pieds (colloq) or à manger du foin — (colloq) he's (as) thick as two short planks (colloq) GB, he's as dumb as can be

chercher la petite bête — (colloq) to nit-pick (colloq)

reprendre du poil de la bête — (colloq) to perk up

travailler comme une bête — (colloq) to work like crazy (colloq)

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bɛt
1. nf

1) (tout animal) animal

les bêtes — animals

comme une bête [travailler] — like a dog

2) (= bestiole) insect, creature

3)

chercher la petite bête fig — to nit-pick

2. adj

stupid, silly

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bête

A adj

1 ( pas intelligent) [personne, air, idée, question] stupid; ce que tu peux être bête! you can be so stupid sometimes!; il est loin d'être bête he's far from stupid; il n'est pas bête he's no fool; tiens ce n'est pas bête ça! hey that's not a bad idea!; suis-je bête! how stupid of me!; c'est bête à pleurer it's too stupid for words; tu es bien bête d'avoir accepté it was really stupid of you to accept; je suis restée toute bête I was dumbfounded; bête et méchant [personne, plaisanterie] nasty; il est bête et discipliné he just does as he's told;

2 ( très simple) [problème, objet] simple; j'ai une question toute bête I have a very simple question; c'est tout bête it's quite simple; tu prends une boîte toute bête you just take an ordinary box;

3 ( regrettable) [accident] silly; c'est (trop) bête d'échouer/d'en arriver là it's (such) a shame to fail/that things should come to this; c'est bête, je ne peux pas venir it's (such) a shame I can't come.

B nf

1 Zool ( quadrupède) animal; ( insecte) insect, bug; la sale bête m'a mordue the wretched animal bit me; on n'est pas des bêtes! we're not animals!; la Belle et la bête Beauty and the beast; nos amis les bêtes our four-legged friends;

2 Agric ( vache) cow; ( taureau) bull; il a une cinquantaine de bêtes he has around 50 head of cattle;

3 ( en parlant d'une personne) animal; une vraie bête a real animal; sale bête! stupid thing!;

4 ○( personne talentueuse) au tennis/en musique c'est une (vraie) bête! he's/she's (really) brilliant at tennis/music; une bête de scène/du rock a brilliant actor/rock star; une bête de travail a workaholic.

Composés

bête à bon Dieu Zool ladybird GB, ladybug US; bête à concours○ exam fiend○; bête à cornes Zool horned animal; bête curieuse freak; regarder qn comme une bête curieuse to look at sb as if he/she were a freak; bête féroce Zool ferocious animal; bête noire bête noire GB, pet hate, pet peeve US; être la bête noire de qn [personne, sujet, problème] to be sb's bête noire GB ou pet hate; bête sauvage Zool wild animal; bête de somme Zool beast of burden.

Idiomes

il est bête comme ses pieds○ or une oie he's (as) thick as two short planks○ GB; elle est bête à manger du foin○ or de la paille○ she's got nothing between her ears; bon et bête commencent par la même lettre kind souls are easily duped; chercher la petite bête○ to nit-pick○; reprendre du poil de la bête○ to perk up; travailler comme une bête○ to work like crazy○.

[bɛt] adjectif

1. [peu intelligent] stupid, idiotic

il est plus bête que méchant he's not wicked, just (plain) stupid

mais non, cela ne me dérange pas, ce que tu peux être bête! of course you're not putting me out, how silly (can you be ou of you)!

c'est encore moi qui vais payer, je suis bien bête, tiens! I'll end up paying again, like an idiot!

mais oui, je me souviens maintenant, suis-je bête! ah, now I remember, how stupid of me!

je ne suis pas bête au point de... I know better than to...

loin d'être bête far from stupid

pas si bête, j'ai pris mes précautions I took some precautions, since I'm not a complete idiot

être bête comme ses pieds ou comme une cruche ou comme une oie ou à manger du foin to be as thick as two short planks (UK), to be as dumb as the day is long (US)

c'est bête à pleurer it's ridiculously stupid

je suis bête et discipliné, moi, je fais ce qu'on me dit de faire! I'm just carrying out orders!

2. [regrettable]

je n'ai pas su le retenir, comme c'est bête! I didn't know how to keep him, what a pity ou waste!

c'est bête de ne pas y avoir pensé it's silly ou stupid not to have thought of it

ce serait trop bête de laisser passer l'occasion it would be a pity not to take advantage of the occasion

3. [simple]

c'est tout bête, il suffisait d'y penser! it's so simple, we should have thought of it before!

ce n'est pas bête, ton idée! that's quite a good idea you've got there!

c'est bête comme tout ou chou (familier) it's simplicity itself ou easy as pie ou easy as falling off a log

4. [stupéfait]

en être ou rester tout bête to be struck dumb ou dumbfounded

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[bɛt] nom féminin

1. [animal - généralement] animal ; [ - effrayant] beast

jeté ou livré (en pâture) aux bêtes ANTIQUITÉ thrown to the lions

bête fauve

a. [généralement] wild animal ou beast

b. [félin] big cat

bête féroce ou sauvage wild animal ou beast

bête de somme ou de charge beast of burden

je ne veux pas être la bête de somme du service I don't want to do all the dirty work in this department

bête de trait draught (UK) ou draft (US) animal

(petite) bête insect, creature (humoristique)

bête à bon Dieu ladybird (UK), ladybug (US)

2. [personne]

grosse bête, va! you silly fool!

c'est une bonne ou brave bête

a. (familier) [généralementéreux] he's a good sort

b. [dupe] he's a bit of a sucker

bête à concours (familier) swot (UK) ou grind (US) (who does well at competitive exams)

ils nous regardaient comme des bêtes curieuses they were staring at us as if we'd come from Mars

sa/ma bête noire his/my bugbear

un ministre qui est la bête noire des étudiants a minister students love to hate

le latin, c'était ma bête noire Latin was my pet hate

bête de scène/télévision great live/television performer

comme une bête: malade comme une bête sick as a dog

travailler comme une bête to work like a slave ou dog

s'éclater comme une bête (familier) to have a great time

faire la bête à deux dos (archaïque & humoristique) to have sex

se payer ou se servir sur la bête to get one's payment in kind (by docking it off a man's pay, or by demanding a woman's sexual favours)

3. RELIGION

la bête de l'Apocalypse the beast of the Apocalypse

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > bête
14 compliqué

compliqué, e [kɔ̃plike]

past participle of compliquer adjective

complicated

• ne sois pas si compliqué ! don't make life so difficult!

• puisque tu refuses, ce n'est pas compliqué, moi je pars since you refuse, that simplifies things - I'm leaving

• il ne m'écoute jamais, c'est pas compliqué ! (inf) it's quite simple, he never listens to a word I say!

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compliquée kɔ̃plike adjectif

1) gén complicated; [esprit] tortuous

si tu ne t'arrêtes pas de pleurer, ce n'est pas compliqué (colloq), tu vas au lit! — it's quite simple, if you don't stop crying you'll go straight to bed!

2) Médecine [fracture] compound

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kɔ̃plike adj compliqué, -e
1) (mécanisme, processus) complicated

C'est une histoire compliquée. — It's a complicated story.

2) (personne) complicated

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compliqué, compliquée

A pp ⇒ compliquer.

B pp adj

1 [appareil, exercice, dessin] complicated; [problème] complicated, difficult; [esprit] tortuous; [personne] complicated; ce n'est pourtant pas compliqué de changer un fusible it's not exactly hard to change a fuse; ce n'est quand même pas compliqué de ranger tes affaires it wouldn't take much effort to keep your things tidy; si tu ne t'arrêtes pas de pleurer, ce n'est pas compliqué, tu vas au lit○! it's quite simple, if you don't stop crying you'll go straight to bed!; si ça continue comme ça, ce n'est pas compliqué, je démissionne○ if things carry on as they are, I'll simply resign; ‘c'est de sa faute alors?’-‘c'est un peu plus compliqué que cela’ ‘so it's his fault?’-‘it's not quite as simple as that’;

2 Méd [fracture] compound.

( féminin compliquée) [kɔ̃plike] adjectif

1. [difficile à comprendre - affaire, exercice, phrase] complicated ; [ - jeu, langue, livre, problème] difficult ; [ - plan] intricate

elle avait un nom compliqué she had a real tongue-twister of a name

c'est trop compliqué à expliquer it's too hard to explain

regarde, ce n'est pourtant pas compliqué! look, it's not so difficult to understand!

2. [ayant de nombreux éléments - appareil, mécanisme] complicated, complex, intricate

3. [qui manque de naturel - personne] complicated ; [ - esprit] tortuous

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, compliquée [kɔ̃plike] nom masculin, nom féminin

(familier)

ta sœur, c'est une compliquée! your sister certainly likes complications!

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > compliqué
15 Л-32

(А) ЛАРЧИК ПРОСТО ОТКРЫВАЛСЯ (sent past or pres fixed WO
some seemingly difficult problem turned out to have a simple solution, some seemingly inexplicable phenomenon turned out to have a simple explanation etc

the explanation (the solution, the answer (to the puzzle)) was quite simple (after all)
it was easy (wasn't hard) to figure out the reason was (all) too obvious.
"А ларчик просто открывался. Мы по душам говорили сегодня, и она сказала, что я её физически не удовлетворяю. Разрыв еще не оформлен, на днях, наверное» (Шолохов 2). "The answer to the puzzle was quite simple after all. We had a heart-to-heart talk today and she told me I don't satisfy her physically. The break is not yet official, in a few days probably" (2a).

He странно ли, что судят тех, кто получил «контрабанду», но даже в свидетели не приглашают тех, кто ее перевез через границу. Ларчик просто открывался: допроси хоть одного из этих иностранцев - он тут же доказал бы, что деньги разменял в Госбанке СССР, и этот зловещий фарс лопнул бы как мыльный пузырь (Ивинская 1). Was it not odd that those who had received these allegedly smuggled rubles were on trial, while the persons who had brought them across the frontier had not even been called as witnesses? The reason was all too obvious, if any of these foreigners had been questioned, he would immediately have been able to prove that he had obtained the rubles from the State Bank, and the whole wicked farce would have burst like a soap bubble (1a).

From Ivan Krylovs fable "A Little Box" («Ларчик»), 1808.

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Л-32
16 а ларчик просто открывался

• (А) ЛАРЧИК ПРОСТО ОТКРЫВАЛСЯ

[sent; past or pres; fixed WO]

=====

⇒ some seemingly difficult problem turned out to have a simple solution, some seemingly inexplicable phenomenon turned out to have a simple explanation etc:

- the explanation (the solution, the answer < to the puzzle>) was quite simple (after all);

- it was easy (wasn't hard) to figure out;

- the reason was (all) too obvious.

♦ "А ларчик просто открывался. Мы по душам говорили сегодня, и она сказала, что я её физически не удовлетворяю. Разрыв еще не оформлен, на днях, наверное" (Шолохов 2). "The answer to the puzzle was quite simple after all. We had a heart-to-heart talk today and she told me I don't satisfy her physically. The break is not yet official, in a few days probably" (2a).

♦ Не странно ли, что судят тех, кто получил "контрабанду", но даже в свидетели не приглашают тех, кто ее перевез через границу. Ларчик просто открывался: допроси хоть одного из этих иностранцев - он тут же доказал бы, что деньги разменял в Госбанке СССР, и этот зловещий фарс лопнул бы как мыльный пузырь (Ивинская 1). Was it not odd that those who had received these allegedly smuggled rubles were on trial, while the persons who had brought them across the frontier had not even been called as witnesses? The reason was all too obvious, if any of these foreigners had been questioned, he would immediately have been able to prove that he had obtained the rubles from the State Bank, and the whole wicked farce would have burst like a soap bubble (1a).

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← From Ivan Krylovs fable "A Little Box" (" Ларчик"), 1808.

Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > а ларчик просто открывался
17 ларчик просто открывался

• (А) ЛАРЧИК ПРОСТО ОТКРЫВАЛСЯ

[sent; past or pres; fixed WO]

=====

⇒ some seemingly difficult problem turned out to have a simple solution, some seemingly inexplicable phenomenon turned out to have a simple explanation etc:

- the explanation (the solution, the answer < to the puzzle>) was quite simple (after all);

- it was easy (wasn't hard) to figure out;

- the reason was (all) too obvious.

♦ "А ларчик просто открывался. Мы по душам говорили сегодня, и она сказала, что я её физически не удовлетворяю. Разрыв еще не оформлен, на днях, наверное" (Шолохов 2). "The answer to the puzzle was quite simple after all. We had a heart-to-heart talk today and she told me I don't satisfy her physically. The break is not yet official, in a few days probably" (2a).

♦ Не странно ли, что судят тех, кто получил "контрабанду", но даже в свидетели не приглашают тех, кто ее перевез через границу. Ларчик просто открывался: допроси хоть одного из этих иностранцев - он тут же доказал бы, что деньги разменял в Госбанке СССР, и этот зловещий фарс лопнул бы как мыльный пузырь (Ивинская 1). Was it not odd that those who had received these allegedly smuggled rubles were on trial, while the persons who had brought them across the frontier had not even been called as witnesses? The reason was all too obvious, if any of these foreigners had been questioned, he would immediately have been able to prove that he had obtained the rubles from the State Bank, and the whole wicked farce would have burst like a soap bubble (1a).

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← From Ivan Krylovs fable "A Little Box" (" Ларчик"), 1808.

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18 eenvoudig

eenvoudig

I 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉

1 [niet samengesteld/ingewikkeld] simple ⇒ uncomplicated, plain 〈 woorden, waarheid〉, 〈 gemakkelijk〉 easy

2 [zonder overdaad/pronk] simple ⇒ unpretentious, ordinary, 〈 van maaltijd ook〉 frugal, 〈 zeer eenvoudig〉 severe, 〈 zeer eenvoudig〉 austere

3 [bescheiden] simple ⇒ plain, ordinary, low(ly) 〈 afkomst〉, humble 〈 afkomst〉, modest, unpresuming, simple-hearted

♦voorbeelden:

1   in eenvoudige bewoordingen • in plain words

     dat is toch heel eenvoudig • surely that's quite simple

     dat is het eenvoudigste • that's the easiest way

     dat maakte de zaak stukken eenvoudiger • that simplified matters considerably

     kinderlijk eenvoudig • ridiculously simple; 〈 informeel〉 foolproof

     zo eenvoudig ligt dat niet • it's not that simple

     zo eenvoudig als wat • a piece of cake

3   de eenvoudigen van geest • simple(-hearted) souls

II 〈 bijwoord〉

1 [op eenvoudige wijze] simply ⇒ plainly

2 [zonder meer] simply ⇒ just

♦voorbeelden:

1   hij kleedt zich eenvoudig • he dresses simply

     zij leven eenvoudig • they lead a simple life

     (al) te eenvoudig voorstellen • (over)simplify

2   ik doe het eenvoudig niet! • I simply won't do it!

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > eenvoudig
19 simpel

base, cheap, common, crude, easy, primitive, vulgar

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adj

( enkel, ligefrem) simple, plain ( fx a simple method (, problem); plain food (, dress); it is quite simple, it is as plain as can be);

( blot og bar) mere ( fx mere justice demands it); common ( fx

honesty); plain ( fx it is your plain duty to do it);

( vulgær) common, vulgar ( fx manners);

( nedrig) low, mean;

[ af den simple grund at] for the simple reason that;

[ af simpel høflighed] out of common courtesy;

[ en simpel karl] a vulgar fellow;

[ simpelt flertal, simpel majoritet] a simple (el. an ordinary) majority;

[ en simpel soldat] a common soldier.

Danish-English dictionary > simpel
20 ларчик

муж.;
уменьш. от ларец а ларчик просто открывался разг. ≈ the solution/explanation was quite simple

м. casket;
а ~ просто открывался the explanation was quite simple.

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