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  • 61 подвернуться под руку

    • ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)
    [VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:
    - X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;
    || [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;
    - everything (everyone etc) within reach;
    - everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;
    || первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;
    - the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
         ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).
         ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).
         ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).
         ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).
         ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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  • 62 подвертываться под руку

    • ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)
    [VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:
    - X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;
    || [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;
    - everything (everyone etc) within reach;
    - everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;
    || первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;
    - the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
         ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).
         ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).
         ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).
         ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).
         ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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  • 63 подворачиваться под руку

    • ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)
    [VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:
    - X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;
    || [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;
    - everything (everyone etc) within reach;
    - everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;
    || первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;
    - the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
         ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).
         ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).
         ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).
         ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).
         ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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  • 64 попадать под руку

    • ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)
    [VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:
    - X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;
    || [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;
    - everything (everyone etc) within reach;
    - everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;
    || первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;
    - the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
         ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).
         ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).
         ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).
         ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).
         ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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  • 65 попадаться под руку

    • ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)
    [VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:
    - X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;
    || [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;
    - everything (everyone etc) within reach;
    - everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;
    || первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;
    - the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
         ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).
         ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).
         ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).
         ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).
         ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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  • 66 попасть под руку

    • ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)
    [VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:
    - X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;
    || [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;
    - everything (everyone etc) within reach;
    - everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;
    || первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;
    - the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
         ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).
         ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).
         ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).
         ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).
         ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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  • 67 попасться под руку

    • ПОПАДАТЬ(СЯ)/ПОПАСТЬ(СЯ) (ПОДВЕРТЫВАТЬСЯ, ПОДВОРАЧИВАТЬСЯ/ПОДВЕРНУТЬСЯ) ПОД РУКУ (кому)
    [VP; subj: usu. concr or human; more often past; more often this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to turn up, happen to be proximate, be found by chance:
    - X попался Y-y под руку≈ Y happened to come across X;
    || [used as obj] всё, что подвернулось (всех, кто подвернулся) Y-y под руку≈ everything (everybody, anything, anyone) Y could get (lay) his hands on;
    - everything (everyone etc) within reach;
    - everything (everyone etc) that comes within Y's reach;
    || первое, что подвернулось Y-y под руку≈ the first thing that came to hand;
    - the first thing Y could get (lay) his hands on.
         ♦...Через несколько дней ему под руку попался все тот же шахматный журнальчик ["8х8"], он перелистал его, ища недостроенных мест, и, когда оказалось, что всё уже сделано, пробежал глазами отрывок в два столоца из юношеского дневника Чернышевского... (Набоков 1)....A few days later he happened to come across that same copy of [the chess magazine]8x8; he leafed throught it, looking for unfinished bits, and when all the problems turned out to be solved, he ran his eyes over the two-column extract from Chernyshevski's youthful diary... (1a).
         ♦ Тогда фашисты стали хватать всех, кто подвернулся под руку на Крещатике, сажали в машины и отправляли в Бабий Яр (Кузнецов 1). The fascists began to seize everybody on Kreshchatik they could lay their hands on; they put them in trucks and sent them off to Babi Yar (1a).
         ♦ Он читал и читал всё, что попадалось под руку, и читал так, что, приехав домой, когда лакеи еще раздевали его, он, уже взяв книгу, читал... (Толстой 5). He read and read, anything that came to hand, so that coming home at night he picked up a book even while his valets were still taking off his clothes... (5a).
         ♦ По призванию... он был вор. Он крал, словно находясь в каком-то вдохновенном трансе. Крал нагло, открыто, жадно все, что попадало ему под руку (Максимов 2)....By vocation he was a thief. When he stole, he did so as though in a kind of inspired trance. He stole impudently, openly and greedily everything that came within his reach (2a).
         ♦ Видно, что повар руководствовался более каким-то вдохновеньем и клал первое, что попадалось под руку: стоял ли возле него перец - он сыпал перец, капуста ли попалась - совал капусту... (Гоголь 3). Evidently the cook was guided mostly by inspiration and put into the pot the first thing he laid his hand on. If a pepper shaker happened to be close by, he put in pepper; if it was cabbage, in went the cabbage (3c). It was obvious that the cook was guided by some kind of inspiration and put in the first thing that his hand happened to light upon: if pepper happened to be near, he put in some pepper, if cabbage turned up, he shoved in cabbage... (3a).

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  • 68 snap

    [snæp] 1. сущ.
    1) треск; щёлканье, щелчок

    Every minute or so I could hear a snap, a crack and a crash as another tree went down. — Почти ежеминутно я слышал треск, грохот и сильный удар при падении очередного дерева.

    He shut the book with a snap and stood up. — Он с треском захлопнул книгу и встал.

    I could obtain with the snap of my fingers anything I chose. — Я мог получить всё, что захочу, одним щелчком пальцев.

    Syn:
    2) = snap fastener
    а) застёжка, защёлка, замочек (например, на ювелирных украшениях)
    3)
    б) неприятный разговор, разговор на повышенных тонах

    We had a bit of a snap with one another. — Мы повздорили друг с другом.

    4)
    а) небольшое количество, кусочек

    not a snap — нисколько; ничуть

    б) небольшая часть, небольшой фрагмент чего-л.
    Syn:
    bit, scrap I 1., fragment, morsel 1.
    5) = snapshot (любительский) снимок, (любительская) фотография

    to take a snap of smb. / smth. — сфотографировать кого-л. / что.-л.

    a snap my mother took last year — снимок, который моя мать сделала в прошлом году

    Syn:
    6)
    а) = cold snap / snap of cold резкое внезапное похолодание

    She felt the effects of the snap of winter last week. — Она ощутила влияние зимнего похолодания на прошлой неделе.

    7) разг., амер. энергия, живость, проворство, расторопность, предприимчивость

    I like to see a man who has got snap in every part of him. (H. W. Beecher) — Мне нравится видеть человека, полного энергии.

    Syn:
    8) амер.; разг.; = soft snap лёгкая прибыльная работа
    9)
    а) разг. сухое хрустящее печенье
    б) лёгкая закуска, лёгкий завтрак
    Syn:
    10) тех. обжимка ( клепальная)
    11) амер. ложь, обман, хитрость
    Syn:
    trick 1., deception, trap I 1.
    2. прил.
    1) поспешный, скоропалительный, необдуманный

    snap judgement — скоропалительный вывод, скоропалительное суждение

    I think this is too important for a snap decision. — По-моему, это слишком важное дело, чтобы принимать поспешное решение.

    It's important not to make snap judgements. — Важно не выносить скоропалительных суждений.

    2) неожиданный, без предупреждения
    3) простой, лёгкий
    Syn:
    4) защёлкивающийся, захлопывающийся ( о механизме)
    3. гл.
    1)
    а) щёлкать, хлопать, издавать щелчок
    б) щёлкать, вызывать щелчок

    He snapped his fingers. — Он щёлкнул пальцами.

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    Syn:
    crack 3.
    2) = snap shut
    а) закрывать, захлопывать со щелчком
    б) захлопываться, защёлкиваться со щелчком

    The studio door snapped shut behind her. — Дверь мастерской захлопнулась за ней.

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    Syn:
    click 2.
    3)

    The shark snapped its horrid teeth. — Акула щёлкнула своими ужасными зубами.

    His teeth snapped in a truly savage manner. — Он щёлкнул зубами как настоящий зверь.

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    Syn:
    bite 2.
    4)

    She snapped at a piece of salami. — Она схватила кусочек салями.

    The trout snapped at the bait. — Форель схватила наживку.

    He snapped at the chance. — Он ухватился за эту возможность.

    Any bookseller will snap at what you write. — Любой книготорговец просто ухватится за то, что вы пишете.

    Syn:
    в) купиться, клюнуть на (что-л.)

    I snapped at the bait hook, line and sinker. — Я всему поверил.

    Syn:
    bite 2.
    5) = snap out говорить резко, отрывисто; выкрикивать

    He ran away snapping curses. — Он убежал, выкрикивая проклятия.

    6) ( snap at) грубить (кому-л.)

    Don't snap at me! — Не грубите мне.

    "And wipe that mess up," Mum snapped at me. — "И вытри это безобразие!" - рявкнула на меня мама.

    7)
    а) ломать; рвать

    to snap smth. in two — ломать что-л. пополам

    I snapped the disk in two. — Я разломил диск на две половинки.

    б) ломаться; рваться

    A twig snapped under my foot. — Под моей ногой с хрустом сломалсь ветка.

    The rope was already fraying and after a try it snapped. — Верёвка была уже изношенной, и, едва мы попытались, она с треском лопнула.

    •
    Syn:
    8)

    If I could snap out of this sadness, don't you think I would? — Если бы я мог избавиться от этой тоски, неужели ты думаешь, я бы не избавился от неё?

    Snap into it, you men, we haven't got time to waste! — Эй, вы, быстрее принимайтесь за работу, у нас не так много времени!

    б) вырвать, "выдернуть" человека из какого-л. состояния
    9) = snap-shoot фотографировать ( любительской фотокамерой)
    Syn:
    •
    - snap off
    - snap on
    - snap to attention
    - snap up
    ••

    to snap off smb.'s nose / head — оборвать кого-л.; огрызнуться, резко ответить кому-л.

    - snap one's fingers at smb.
    - snap one's fingers at smth. 4. нареч.
    1) быстро, внезапно
    Syn:

    Snap an oak fell down. — Дуб с треском повалился вниз.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > snap

  • 69 hand

    A n
    1 Anat main f ; he had a pencil/book in his hand il avait un crayon/un livre dans la main ; she had a pistol/umbrella in her hand elle avait un pistolet/un parapluie à la main ; he stood there, gun/suitcase in hand il était là, un pistolet/une valise à la main ; to get ou lay one's hands on mettre la main sur [money, information, key, person] ; he eats/steals everything he can get ou lay his hands on il mange/vole tout ce qui lui passe sous le nez ; to keep one's hands off sth ne pas toucher à [computer, money] ; to keep one's hands off sb laisser qn tranquille ; they could hardly keep their hands off each other ils avaient du mal à se retenir pour ne pas se toucher ; to take sb's hand prendre la main de qn ; to take sb by the hand prendre qn par la main ; they were holding hands ils se donnaient la main ; to hold sb's hand lit tenir qn par la main ; fig ( give support) [person] tenir la main à qn ; [government] soutenir qn ; to do ou make sth by hand faire qch à la main ; the letter was delivered by hand la lettre a été remise en mains propres ; ‘by hand’ ( on envelope) ‘par porteur’ ; they gave me 50 dollars in my hand il m'ont donné 50 dollars de la main à la main ; from hand to hand de main en main ; look! no hands! regarde! sans les mains! ; to have one's hands full lit avoir les mains pleines ; fig avoir assez à faire ; to seize an opportunity with both hands saisir l'occasion à deux mains ; hands up, or I shoot! les mains en l'air, ou je tire! ; to be on one's hands and knees être à quatre pattes ; we can always use another pair of hands une autre paire de bras ne serait pas de trop ; hands off ○ ! pas touche ○ !, bas les pattes ○ ! ; ‘hands off our schools’ ( slogan at rally) ‘ne touchez pas à nos écoles’ ; please put your hands together for Max! s'il vous plaît applaudissez Max! ;
    2 ( handwriting) écriture f ; in a neat hand rédigé d'une belle écriture ; in her own hand rédigé de sa propre main ;
    3 (influence, involvement) influence f ; to have a hand in sth prendre part à [decision, project] ; avoir quelque chose à voir avec [demonstration, robbery] ; to have a hand in planning ou organizing sth prendre part à l'organisation de qch ; to stay ou hold one's hand patienter ; I thought I recognized your hand j'ai cru avoir reconnu ton style ;
    4 ( assistance) coup m de main ; to give ou lend sb a (helping) hand donner un coup de main à qn ; I need a hand with my suitcases j'ai besoin d'un coup de main pour porter mes valises ;
    5 ( round of applause) to give sb a big hand applaudir qn très fort ; let's have a big hand for the winner! applaudissons bien fort le gagnant! ;
    6 ( consent to marriage) to ask for/win sb's hand (in marriage) demander/obtenir la main de qn (en mariage) ;
    7 ( possession) to be in sb's hands [money, painting, document, power, affair] être entre les mains de qn ; the painting is in private hands le tableau est entre les mains d'un particulier ; to change hands changer de mains ; to fall ou get into sb's hands [information, equipment] tomber entre les mains de qn ; to fall ou get into the wrong hands [documents, weapons] tomber en mauvaises mains ; in the right hands this information could be useful en bonnes mains, cette information pourrait être utile ; to be in good ou safe hands [child, money] être en bonnes mains ; to put one's life in sb's hands remettre sa vie entre les mains de qn ; to place ou put sth in sb's hands confier qch à qn [department, office] ; remettre qch entre les mains de qn [matter, affair] ; to play into sb's hands jouer le jeu de qn ; the matter is out of my hands cette affaire n'est plus de mon ressort ;
    8 ( control) to get out of hand [expenditure, inflation] déraper ; [children, fans] devenir incontrôlable ; [demonstration, party] dégénérer ; things are getting out of hand on est en train de perdre le contrôle de la situation ; to take sth in hand prendre [qch] en main [situation] ; s'occuper de [problem] ; to take sb in hand prendre qn en main [child, troublemaker] ;
    9 Games ( cards dealt) jeu m ; ( game) partie f ; to show one's hand lit, fig montrer son jeu ; to throw in one's hand lit, fig abandonner la partie ;
    10 ( worker) Agric ouvrier/-ière m/f agricole ; Ind ouvrier/-ière m/f ; Naut membre m de l'équipage ; the ship went down with all hands le bateau a coulé corps et biens ;
    11 ( responsibility) to have sth/sb on one's hands avoir qch/qn sur les bras [unsold stock, surplus] ; to take sb/sth off sb's hands débarrasser qn de qn/qch ; to have sth off one's hands ne plus avoir qch sur les bras ; they'll have a strike on their hands if they're not careful ils vont se retrouver avec une grève sur les bras s'ils ne font pas attention ;
    12 ( available) to keep/have sth to hand garder/avoir qch sous la main [passport, pen, telephone number] ; to be on hand [person] être disponible ; the fire extinguisher was close to hand ou near at hand l'extincteur n'était pas loin ; help was close at hand les secours étaient à proximité ; to grab the first coat that comes to hand attraper n'importe quel manteau ;
    13 ( skill) to try one's hand at sth s'essayer à [photography, marketing] ; to try one's hand at driving/painting s'essayer à la conduite/la peinture ; to set ou turn one's hand to sth/doing entreprendre qch/de faire ; she can turn her hand to almost anything elle sait pratiquement tout faire ; to keep/get one's hand in garder/se faire la main ;
    14 ( pointer) (on clock, dial) aiguille f ; the hour/minute hand l'aiguille des heures/minutes ;
    15 Equit, Meas = 10,16 cm ;
    16 Culin ( of bananas) régime m ; a hand of pork un jambonneau ;
    17 †( signature) to set one's hand to apposer sa signature à [document] ;
    18 ( source) I got the information first/second hand j'ai eu l'information de première main/par l'intermédiaire de quelqu'un ;
    19 (aspect, side) on the one hand…, on the other hand… d'une part… d'autre part… ; on the other hand ( conversely) par contre ; on every hand partout.
    1 ( current) en cours ( never after v) ; the job/matter in hand le travail/l'affaire en cours ;
    2 ( underway) en cours ; work on the road is already in hand les travaux sur la route sont déjà en cours ; the preparations are well in hand les préparatifs sont bien avancés ;
    3 ( to spare) I've got 50 dollars in hand il me reste 50 dollars ; she finished the exam with 20 minutes in hand elle a terminé l'examen avec 20 minutes d'avance ; I'll do it when I have some time in hand je le ferai quand j'aurai du temps devant moi ; stock in hand Comm marchandises en stock.
    C out of hand adv phr [reject, condemn, dismiss] d'emblée.
    D at the hands of prep phr his treatment at the hands of his captors la façon dont il a été traité par ses ravisseurs ; our defeat at the hands of the French team notre défaite contre l'équipe française.
    E vtr ( give) to hand sb sth ou to hand sth to sb donner qch à qn [form, letter, ticket] ; passer qch à qn [knife, screwdriver] ; remettre qch à qn [trophy] ; to hand sb out of a car aider qn à sortir d'une voiture.
    the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing la main gauche ignore ce que fait la droite ; to know sth like the back of one's hand connaître qch comme le dos de la main ; many hands make light work Prov plus on est nombreux plus ça va vite ; I could do that with one hand tied behind my back! je pourrais le faire les doigts dans le nez ○ ! ; you've got to hand it to her/them… il faut lui/leur faire cette justice… ; he never does a hand's turn il ne remue pas le petit doigt ; to win hands down gagner haut la main.
    ■ hand back:
    ▶ hand [sth] back, hand back [sth] rendre [object, essay, colony] (to à).
    ■ hand down:
    ▶ hand [sth] down, hand down [sth] ( transmit) transmettre [heirloom, property, tradition, skill, story] (from de ; to à) ;
    ▶ hand [sth] down to sb, hand down [sth] to sb
    1 ( pass) faire passer [qch] à qn [boxes, books] ;
    2 ( pass on after use) passer [qch] à qn [old clothes].
    ■ hand in:
    ▶ hand [sth] in, hand in [sth]
    1 ( submit) remettre [form, petition, ticket] (to à) ; rendre [homework] ; to hand in one's notice ou resignation donner sa démission ;
    2 ( return) rendre [equipment, keys].
    ■ hand on:
    ▶ hand [sth] on, hand on [sth] passer [collection plate, baton].
    ■ hand out:
    ▶ hand [sth] out, hand out [sth] distribuer [food, leaflets] distribuer [punishments, fines] ; péj prodiguer pej [advice].
    ■ hand over:
    1 TV, Radio [presenter] passer l'antenne à [reporter, presenter] ;
    2 ( transfer power) passer la main à [deputy, successor] ;
    ▶ hand over [sth], hand [sth] over rendre [weapon] ; céder [collection, savings, territory, title, business, company] ; livrer [secret] ; transmettre [power, problem] ; remettre [keys] ; céder [microphone, controls] ; the mugger forced him to hand over his money le voleur l'a obligé à lui remettre son argent ; that pen's mine, hand it over! ce stylo est à moi, rends-le moi! ;
    ▶ hand [sb] over, hand over [sb] livrer [prisoner, terrorist] (to à) ; to hand a baby/patient over to sb remettre un enfant/un malade entre les mains de qn.
    ▶ hand [sth] round, hand round [sth] faire circuler [collection plate, leaflets, drinks, sandwiches].
    ■ hand up:
    ▶ hand [sth] up to sb passer [qch] à qn [hammer, box].

    Big English-French dictionary > hand

  • 70 bei

    Präp.
    1. räumlich, auch fig.:
    a) (in der Nähe von) near; bei Berlin near Berlin; die Schlacht bei Waterloo the Battle of Waterloo; beim Rathaus (just) near ( oder by) the town hall; (am Rathaus) at the town hall; dicht bei der Schule just next to the school; gleich beim Hotel liegt die Post the post office is just ( oder right) next to the hotel; etw. bei der Hand haben have s.th. to hand; sein Einkommen / der Wert liegt etwa bei 5000 Euro his salary / its value is around 5000 euros;
    b) an einem bestimmten Ort: at; beim Metzger / Bäcker etc. at the butcher’s / baker’s etc.; hast du das bei Woolworth gekauft? did you buy that at Woolworth’s; Herr Müller ist gerade bei Tisch Mr Müller is just at the table; wir waren alle bei mir / meinen Eltern we were all at my house ( oder place) / at my parents’ (place); bei ihr zu Hause in her house, at her place; bei uns in Hessen / auf dem Land where I come from in Hessen / in the country; wir sind morgen bei Kollegen eingeladen we have been invited to visit colleagues tomorrow; er wohnt bei mir nebenan / gegenüber / um die Ecke he lives next door / opposite / on the corner where I live ( oder of my place); sie wohnt bei einem alten Ehepaar she lives with an old couple; bei (per Adresse) Schmidt c / o (= care of) Schmidt; am Telefon: hier bei Müller this is the Müllers’, Müller speaking; bei den Schotten heißt das anders the Scots call it something else; Amerika wacht gerade erst auf, bei uns ist es aber schon 13 Uhr in America they’re just waking up, but here it’s already 1 o’clock
    2.
    a) bezeichnet Arbeitsverhältnis etc.: for; sie ist bei Langenscheidt she is with ( oder works for) Langenscheidt; er arbeitet oder ist bei der Post / Bahn he works for the post office / railway (Am. railroad); sie ist beim Fernsehen she works for (the) TV; beim Militär in the armed forces;
    b) bei jemandem Stunden nehmen have lessons with s.o.; bei welchem Arzt bist du? which doctor do you go to?; Brit. auch who’s your GP?
    3. an einer bestimmten Stelle: jemanden beim Kragen packen grab s.o. by the collar; jemanden bei der Hand etc. fassen take s.o. by the hand etc.; die Gelegenheit beim Schopf fassen seize ( oder grab umg.) the opportunity; bei Fuß! (to) heel
    4. dabei, mit: with; ich habe kein Geld bei mir I have no money on me; er hatte seinen Hund bei sich he had his dog with him; das ist oft so bei Kindern that’s fairly common with children; pej. children are like that; bei mir machst du das lieber nicht you’d be advised not to try that with me, you’d better not try that with me; die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision
    6. von Werken, Künstlern etc.: in the work of; bei Schiller steht in one of Schiller’s works it says, Schiller says; bei Tizian / den Romantikern findet man dieses Motiv you find this motif in the works of Titian / the Romantics
    7. zeitlich, Umstände, Zustände:
    a) zu einem gewissen Zeitpunkt: on, at; bei meiner Ankunft when I arrived, on my arrival; bei Tagesanbruch at dawn; bei Sonnenaufgang / Sonnenuntergang at sunrise / sunset; bei schönem Wetter when the weather is fine; der Park schließt bei anbrechender Dunkelheit the park closes at dusk; bei dieser Gelegenheit möchte ich.... I should like to take this opportunity to...; bei einem Unfall in an accident; Vorsicht bei Abfahrt des Zuges! take care when the train leaves;
    b) (während) during, at, by; bei Nacht at night; bei Tag during the daytime, by day; beim Unterricht during a ( oder the) lesson; bei einem Glas Wein over a glass of wine; beim Lesen der Zeitung fiel mir auf... while ( oder when) I was reading the paper it struck me...; bei der Arbeit einschlafen fall asleep while working; beim Essen / Schlafen / Schreiben etc. while eating / sleeping / writing etc.;
    c) (dabei, mit) with; hilfst du mir beim Umzug / bei der Arbeit? will you help me with my move / work; jemanden beim Namen nennen call s.o. by (his oder her) name;
    d) (im Falle von) if there is, in case of; bei Gefahr Knopf drücken press the button in case of danger; bei Regen wird das Fest verschoben if it rains the party will be postponed; bei Nebel if it is foggy; bei Glatteis Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung auf 30 km speed limit 30 km if there is ice; Vorsicht bei Nässe! take care in wet conditions; beim nächsten Mal (the) next time; bei nächster Gelegenheit (the) next chance, at the first ( oder earliest) opportunity; bei Fieber Bettruhe halten stay in bed if you have a temperature; bei so etwas wird mir schlecht that sort of thing makes me feel ill; bei so etwas kann er nicht mitreden he has nothing to say about that sort of thing
    8. (unter) among; bei den alten Fotos among the old photos; heute war nichts für dich bei der Post there was nothing for you in the post (Am. mail) today; bei Strafe von under penalty of
    9. (betreffend): bei Alkohol muss ich aufpassen I have to be careful with alcohol; bei Geldfragen muss ich passen when it comes to (questions of) money, I have to pass; bei Männern hat sie Pech she’s unlucky with men
    10. (angesichts): bei deinem Gehalt! (you) with your salary!; bei meinem Gehalt kann ich mir das nicht leisten I can’t afford that on ( oder with) my salary; bei deiner Erkältung solltest du nicht rausgehen you should stay in with your cold ( oder with that cold of yours); bei 25 Euro pro Stunde at 25 euros an hour; bei so vielen Schwierigkeiten considering all the difficulties; bei so viel Hilfe sind wir schnell fertig with all this help we should be ready soon; bei der Lage der Dinge (with) matters ( oder things) the way they are; bei so vielen Teilnehmern können wir... with so many participants we can...; bei diesem Lärm / diesen Temperaturen kann man nicht schlafen with all this noise / with temperatures like this one can’t sleep
    11. (trotz): bei aller Liebe, das ist zu viel verlangt much as I sympathize - that’s asking too much; und das bei all seiner Mühe! and that in spite of all his efforts
    12. in bestimmtem Zustand: bei Kräften sein be in good health; bei guter Gesundheit sein be in good health; bei Besinnung sein be conscious; du bist wohl nicht ( recht) bei Trost! you’re not in your right mind; er ist heute nicht bei Laune he’s not in a very good mood today; gut bei Kasse sein have plenty of money
    13. bei bestimmten Bedingungen: beim besten Willen with the best will in the world; bei Wasser und Brot with just bread and water; bei offenem Fenster with the window open; bei Kerzenlicht / Mondschein by candlelight / moonlight; bei Licht besehen ist es nur halb so schlimm seen in the light of day it’s not so bad; bei Tageslicht by daylight
    14. Maß: bei weitem by far
    15. Anrufung: schwören bei swear by; bei Gott! by God!; bei meiner Ehre! altm. on my hono(u)r!; bei allem, was recht ist, das geht nun wirklich zu weit in all conscience, that’s going too far
    * * *
    on; at; about; next to; upon; beside; in the event of
    * * *
    1) at
    2) (next to; near; at the side of: by the door; He sat by his sister.) by
    3) on
    4) upon
    5) (in the care of: Leave your case with the porter.) with
    * * *
    [bai]
    1. (räumlich: in jds Wohn-/Lebensbereich) with
    \bei wem hast du die letzte Nacht verbracht? who did you spend last night with?
    sie wohnt \bei ihren Großeltern she lives with her grandparents
    ich war die ganze Zeit \bei meinen Eltern I was at my parents' [house] the whole time
    am Wochenende sind sie entweder \bei ihm oder \bei ihr at the weekend they're either at his place or at hers
    \bei jdm zu Besuch sein to be staying with [or visiting] sb
    \bei jdm zu Hause at sb's house
    bei uns zu Hause war das immer so üblich we always did it that way at home, that was the way we did things at home
    \bei Hofe at court
    \bei den Maori/Masai leben to live among the Maori/Masai
    \bei Familie Schmidt (Briefanschrift) c/o Schmidt
    2. (räumlich: im Tätigkeits-/Unternehmensbereich) for
    \bei jdm arbeiten [o sein] to work for sb
    er ist \bei Klett angestellt he works at Klett
    sie arbeitet \beim Fernsehen she works in television
    er arbeitet \bei der Bahn/beim Bund/einer Firma/ der Post he works for the railways/the government/a company/the post office
    er arbeitet \beim Supermarkt an der Ecke he works at the supermarket on the corner
    er ist neuerdings Redakteur \bei uns he joined us as an editor recently
    er ist ein hohes Tier \bei der Post he's a big shot [or fish] at the post office
    \bei wem lassen Sie Ihre Anzüge schneidern? who makes your suits?, who is your tailor?
    \bei wem haben Sie Deutsch gelernt? who taught you German?
    sie hat ihr Handwerk \bei einem sehr erfahrenen Meister gelernt she learnt her trade from a very experienced master craftsman
    beim Bäcker/Friseur at the baker's/hairdresser's
    \bei der Citybank sein (ein Konto haben) to bank [or have an account] with the Citybank
    \bei Klett erschienen published by Klett
    \bei der Marine/beim Militär in the navy/military
    \bei jdm Unterricht haben [o nehmen] to have lessons with [or take lessons from] sb
    3. (räumlich: in jds Werk)
    ▪ \bei jdm in
    das Zitat steht [irgendwo] \bei Goethe the quotation comes from [somewhere in] Goethe
    \bei wem hast du denn das gelesen? where did you read that?
    das kannst du alles \bei Schopenhauer nachlesen you can look it all up in Schopenhauer
    4. (räumlich: mit sich haben) with
    etw \bei sich dat haben [o tragen] to have sth with [or on] one
    ich habe die Unterlagen leider nicht \bei mir I'm afraid I haven't got the papers with me
    ich habe gerade kein Geld \bei mir I don't have [or I'm not carrying] any money on [or with] me at the moment
    jdn \bei sich dat haben to have sb with one
    zum Glück hatte ich meinen Bruder \bei mir fortunately, my brother was with me
    5. (räumlich: im eigenen Bereich) to
    ich dachte \bei mir... I thought [or was thinking] to myself...
    etw \bei sich behalten to keep sth to oneself
    behalte die Nachricht bitte noch \bei dir please don't tell anyone else the news for now, please keep the news to yourself for now
    6. (räumlich: in der Nähe) near
    Böblingen ist eine Stadt \bei Stuttgart Böblingen is a town near Stuttgart
    er wohnt \beim Bahnhof he lives near [to] [or close to] the station
    wir treffen uns \bei der Kirche/der Post we'll meet by the church/post office
    er saß \bei ihr (direkt neben) he sat beside [or next to] her; (in der näheren Umgebung) he sat close to [or near] her
    geh du, ich bleibe \bei den Kindern you go, I'll stay with the children
    \bei der ersten/zweiten Kreuzung at the first/second crossing
    \beim Fluss by the river
    die Schlacht \bei Hastings the battle of Hastings
    7. (räumlich: an) by
    jdn \bei der Hand nehmen to take sb by the hand; ÖSTERR (fig)
    etw \bei der Hand haben to have sth at hand
    8. (räumlich: zwischen, unter) among
    er war auch \bei den Demonstranten he was also among the demonstrators
    die Unterlagen sind \bei den Akten the papers are amongst the files
    9. (Angabe von Zeitspanne) during; (Angabe von Zeitpunkt) at
    unterbrechen Sie mich bitte nicht dauernd \bei meiner Rede! please stop interrupting my speech!
    \bei dem Zugunglück starben viele Menschen many people died in the train crash
    \bei der Aufführung darf nicht geraucht werden smoking is not permitted during the performance
    Vorsicht \bei der Abfahrt [des Zuges] please stand clear of the doors, the train is about to leave
    \bei jds Abreise/Ankunft on sb's departure/arrival
    ich hoffe, du bist \bei meiner Abreise auch da I hope you will be there when I leave [or on my departure]
    \bei Anbruch der Dunkelheit/des Tages at nightfall/daybreak
    \bei der Geburt/dem Tod at his/her etc. birth/death
    \bei Nacht/Tag by night/day
    \bei Tag und Nacht day and night
    \bei Tisch at table
    10. (gibt Teilnahme an)
    \bei einer Aufführung mitwirken to be involved in a performance/play
    \bei einem Gottesdienst/einer Hochzeit sein to be at a church service/wedding
    11. (während einer Tätigkeit) while
    das ist mir beim Bügeln eingefallen it occurred to me when [or as] [or while] I was ironing; NORDD
    \bei sein, etw zu tun to be on the verge of doing sth [or about to do sth
    wir können das ja \bei einer Flasche Wein besprechen let's talk about it over a bottle of wine
    \bei Schnee ist Weihnachten immer am schönsten Christmas is always nicest when it snows
    \bei diesem Wetter setze ich keinen Fuß vor die Tür! I'm not setting foot outside the door in this weather!
    \bei der Arbeit sein to be working [or at work]
    \bei/nicht \bei Bewusstsein sein to be conscious/unconscious
    \bei Kerzenlicht by candlelight
    \bei Kräften/guter Laune sein to be well [or fit]/in good spirits
    \bei dieser Hitze/Kälte in such heat/cold
    \bei Tageslicht arbeiten to work in daylight
    nicht mehr \bei Verstand sein to have taken leave of one's senses, to not be in one's right mind
    \bei Wind und Wetter come rain or shine
    13. (ungefähr) around
    der Preis liegt \bei etwa Euro 1.000 the price is around [or about] 1,000 euros
    14. (zur Angabe eines erreichten Wertes)
    der DAX lag \bei 3.554 the DAX closed at 3,554 points
    die Temperatur lag \bei 38,3° im Schatten the temperature was 38.3° in the shade
    15. (im Falle von etw) in case of
    „bei Feuer Scheibe einschlagen“ “in case of fire break glass”
    \bei Nebel/Regen werde ich nicht fahren I won't go if it's foggy/it rains
    16. (wegen, mit) with
    \bei seiner Sturheit könnte man manchmal wirklich verzweifeln one could sometimes really despair at his stubbornness
    \bei so viel Dummheit ist wirklich alle Liebesmüh vergebens all effort is futile in the face of such stupidity
    \bei diesem Sturm bleiben wir lieber zu Hause in view of [or due to] this storm we'd better stay at home
    \bei deinen Fähigkeiten with your talents [or skills
    17. (trotz) in spite of, despite
    \bei aller Freundschaft, das geht einfach zu weit we may be friends but that's just going too far
    es geht \beim besten Willen nicht even with the best will in the world it's just not possible
    ich schwöre es, \bei meiner toten Mutter! I swear on my mother's grave!
    \bei meiner Ehre [up]on my honour
    \bei Gott! (veraltend) by God!
    „ich schwöre \bei Gott, die Wahrheit zu sagen und nichts als die Wahrheit“ “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God”
    19.
    ▶ nicht [ganz] \bei sich dat sein (fam) to be not [quite] oneself
    * * *
    1) (nahe) near; (dicht an, neben) by

    bei den Fahrrädern/Kindern bleiben — stay with the bicycles/children

    nicht [ganz] bei sich sein — (fig.) be not quite with it

    sich bei jemandem entschuldigen/erkundigen — apologize to somebody/ask somebody

    2) (unter) among
    3) (an) by
    4) (im Wohn-/Lebens-/Arbeitsbereich von)

    bei mir [zu Hause] — at my house

    bei uns um die Ecke/gegenüber — round the corner from us/opposite us

    wir treffen uns bei uns/Peter — we'll meet at our/Peter's place

    bei uns in Österreich — in Austria [where I/we come from/live]

    bei Schmidt — (auf Briefen) c/o Schmidt

    bei jemandem/einem Verlag arbeiten — work for somebody/a publishing house

    bei einer Hochzeit/einem Empfang — usw. at a wedding/reception etc.

    6) (im Werk von)

    bei Schiller heißt es... — Schiller says or writes that...

    7) (im Falle von) in the case of

    wie bei den Römern — as with the Romans

    hoffentlich geht es nicht wie bei mir — I hope the same thing doesn't happen as happened in my case

    bei Sonnenaufgang/-untergang — at sunrise/sunset

    9) (modal)

    bei Tag/Nacht — by day/night

    bei Tag und [bei] Nacht — day and night

    10) (im Falle des Auftretens von)

    ‘bei Feuer Scheibe einschlagen’ — ‘in case of fire, break glass’

    ‘bei Regen Schleudergefahr’ — ‘slippery when wet’

    11) (angesichts) with

    bei diesem Sturm/Lärm — with this storm blowing/noise going on

    12) (trotz)

    bei all seinem Engagement/seinen Bemühungen — in spite of or despite or for all his commitment/efforts

    bei allem Verständnis, aber ich kann das nicht — much as I sympathize, I cannot do that

    bei meiner Ehre! — (veralt.) upon my honour!

    * * *
    bei präp
    1. räumlich, auch fig: (in der Nähe von) near;
    bei Berlin near Berlin;
    die Schlacht bei Waterloo the Battle of Waterloo;
    beim Rathaus (just) near ( oder by) the town hall; (am Rathaus) at the town hall;
    dicht bei der Schule just next to the school;
    gleich beim Hotel liegt die Post the post office is just ( oder right) next to the hotel;
    etwas bei der Hand haben have sth to hand;
    sein Einkommen/der Wert liegt etwa bei 5000 Euro his salary/its value is around 5000 euros; an einem bestimmten Ort: at;
    beim Metzger/Bäcker etc at the butcher’s/baker’s etc;
    hast du das bei Woolworth gekauft? did you buy that at Woolworth’s;
    Herr Müller ist gerade bei Tisch Mr Müller is just at the table;
    wir waren alle bei mir/meinen Eltern we were all at my house ( oder place)/at my parents’ (place);
    bei ihr zu Hause in her house, at her place;
    bei uns in Hessen/auf dem Land where I come from in Hessen/in the country;
    wir sind morgen bei Kollegen eingeladen we have been invited to visit colleagues tomorrow;
    er wohnt bei mir nebenan/gegenüber/um die Ecke he lives next door/opposite/on the corner where I live ( oder of my place);
    sie wohnt bei einem alten Ehepaar she lives with an old couple;
    bei (per Adresse)
    Schmidt c/o (= care of) Schmidt; am Telefon:
    hier bei Müller this is the Müllers’, Müller speaking;
    bei den Schotten heißt das anders the Scots call it something else;
    Amerika wacht gerade erst auf, bei uns ist es aber schon 13 Uhr in America they’re just waking up, but here it’s already 1 o’clock
    2. bezeichnet Arbeitsverhältnis etc: for;
    sie ist bei Langenscheidt she is with ( oder works for) Langenscheidt;
    ist bei der Post/Bahn he works for the post office/railway (US railroad);
    sie ist beim Fernsehen she works for (the) TV;
    beim Militär in the armed forces;
    bei jemandem Stunden nehmen have lessons with sb;
    bei welchem Arzt bist du? which doctor do you go to?; Br auch who’s your GP?
    jemanden beim Kragen packen grab sb by the collar;
    fassen take sb by the hand etc;
    die Gelegenheit beim Schopf fassen seize ( oder grab umg) the opportunity;
    bei Fuß! (to) heel
    4. dabei, mit: with;
    ich habe kein Geld bei mir I have no money on me;
    er hatte seinen Hund bei sich he had his dog with him;
    das ist oft so bei Kindern that’s fairly common with children; pej children are like that;
    bei mir machst du das lieber nicht you’d be advised not to try that with me, you’d better not try that with me;
    die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision
    bei einer Aufführung mitwirken take part in a performance; bei Spielen:
    bei dieser Runde setze ich aus I’ll sit this round out
    6. von Werken, Künstlern etc: in the work of;
    bei Schiller steht in one of Schiller’s works it says, Schiller says;
    bei Tizian/den Romantikern findet man dieses Motiv you find this motif in the works of Titian/the Romantics
    7. zeitlich, Umstände, Zustände: zu einem gewissen Zeitpunkt: on, at;
    bei meiner Ankunft when I arrived, on my arrival;
    bei Sonnenaufgang/Sonnenuntergang at sunrise/sunset;
    bei schönem Wetter when the weather is fine;
    bei dieser Gelegenheit möchte ich …. I should like to take this opportunity to …;
    bei einem Unfall in an accident;
    Vorsicht bei Abfahrt des Zuges! take care when the train leaves; (während) during, at, by;
    bei Nacht at night;
    bei Tag during the daytime, by day;
    beim Unterricht during a ( oder the) lesson;
    bei einem Glas Wein over a glass of wine;
    beim Lesen der Zeitung fiel mir auf … while ( oder when) I was reading the paper it struck me …;
    bei der Arbeit einschlafen fall asleep while working;
    beim Essen/Schlafen/Schreiben etc while eating/sleeping/writing etc; (dabei, mit) with;
    hilfst du mir beim Umzug/bei der Arbeit? will you help me with my move/work;
    jemanden beim Namen nennen call sb by (his oder her) name; (im Falle von) if there is, in case of;
    bei Gefahr Knopf drücken press the button in case of danger;
    bei Regen wird das Fest verschoben if it rains the party will be postponed;
    bei Nebel if it is foggy;
    bei Glatteis Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung auf 30 km speed limit 30 km if there is ice;
    Vorsicht bei Nässe! take care in wet conditions;
    beim nächsten Mal (the) next time;
    bei nächster Gelegenheit (the) next chance, at the first ( oder earliest) opportunity;
    bei Fieber Bettruhe halten stay in bed if you have a temperature;
    bei so etwas wird mir schlecht that sort of thing makes me feel ill;
    bei so etwas kann er nicht mitreden he has nothing to say about that sort of thing
    8. (unter) among;
    bei den alten Fotos among the old photos;
    heute war nichts für dich bei der Post there was nothing for you in the post (US mail) today;
    bei Strafe von under penalty of
    9. (betreffend):
    bei Alkohol muss ich aufpassen I have to be careful with alcohol;
    bei Geldfragen muss ich passen when it comes to (questions of) money, I have to pass;
    bei Männern hat sie Pech she’s unlucky with men
    bei deinem Gehalt! (you) with your salary!;
    bei meinem Gehalt kann ich mir das nicht leisten I can’t afford that on ( oder with) my salary;
    bei deiner Erkältung solltest du nicht rausgehen you should stay in with your cold ( oder with that cold of yours);
    bei 25 Euro pro Stunde at 25 euros an hour;
    bei so vielen Schwierigkeiten considering all the difficulties;
    bei so viel Hilfe sind wir schnell fertig with all this help we should be ready soon;
    bei der Lage der Dinge (with) matters ( oder things) the way they are;
    bei so vielen Teilnehmern können wir … with so many participants we can …;
    bei diesem Lärm/diesen Temperaturen kann man nicht schlafen with all this noise/with temperatures like this one can’t sleep
    11. (trotz):
    bei aller Liebe, das ist zu viel verlangt much as I sympathize - that’s asking too much;
    und das bei all seiner Mühe! and that in spite of all his efforts
    bei Kräften sein be in good health;
    bei guter Gesundheit sein be in good health;
    bei Besinnung sein be conscious;
    du bist wohl nicht (recht) bei Trost! you’re not in your right mind;
    er ist heute nicht bei Laune he’s not in a very good mood today;
    gut bei Kasse sein have plenty of money
    beim besten Willen with the best will in the world;
    bei Wasser und Brot with just bread and water;
    bei offenem Fenster with the window open;
    bei Kerzenlicht/Mondschein by candlelight/moonlight;
    bei Licht besehen ist es nur halb so schlimm seen in the light of day it’s not so bad;
    bei Tageslicht by daylight
    14. Maß:
    bei weitem by far
    15. Anrufung:
    schwören bei swear by;
    bei Gott! by God!;
    bei meiner Ehre! obs on my hono(u)r!;
    bei allem, was recht ist, das geht nun wirklich zu weit in all conscience, that’s going too far
    * * *
    1) (nahe) near; (dicht an, neben) by

    bei den Fahrrädern/Kindern bleiben — stay with the bicycles/children

    nicht [ganz] bei sich sein — (fig.) be not quite with it

    sich bei jemandem entschuldigen/erkundigen — apologize to somebody/ask somebody

    2) (unter) among
    3) (an) by
    4) (im Wohn-/Lebens-/Arbeitsbereich von)

    bei mir [zu Hause] — at my house

    bei uns um die Ecke/gegenüber — round the corner from us/opposite us

    wir treffen uns bei uns/Peter — we'll meet at our/Peter's place

    bei uns in Österreich — in Austria [where I/we come from/live]

    bei Schmidt — (auf Briefen) c/o Schmidt

    bei jemandem/einem Verlag arbeiten — work for somebody/a publishing house

    bei einer Hochzeit/einem Empfang — usw. at a wedding/reception etc.

    6) (im Werk von)

    bei Schiller heißt es... — Schiller says or writes that...

    7) (im Falle von) in the case of

    bei Sonnenaufgang/-untergang — at sunrise/sunset

    bei Tag/Nacht — by day/night

    bei Tag und [bei] Nacht — day and night

    ‘bei Feuer Scheibe einschlagen’ — ‘in case of fire, break glass’

    ‘bei Regen Schleudergefahr’ — ‘slippery when wet’

    11) (angesichts) with

    bei diesem Sturm/Lärm — with this storm blowing/noise going on

    bei all seinem Engagement/seinen Bemühungen — in spite of or despite or for all his commitment/efforts

    bei allem Verständnis, aber ich kann das nicht — much as I sympathize, I cannot do that

    bei meiner Ehre! — (veralt.) upon my honour!

    * * *
    (vollem) Verstand sein ausdr.
    to be in one's right mind expr.
    to be of sound mind expr. präp.
    at prep.
    by prep.
    next to prep.
    on prep.

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  • 71 wahrnehmen

    v/t (unreg., trennb., hat -ge-)
    1. perceive; optisch: see, discern; akustisch: hear, register; weitS. (merken) notice; er nahm alles, was um ihn herum vorging, genau wahr he was very aware of ( oder he took in precisely) everything that was going on around him; sie nahm nichts mehr um sich herum wahr she was no longer aware of what was going on around her, she was no longer taking anything in
    2. (Gelegenheit) seize; förm. avail o.s. of; (Interessen) look after, protect, safeguard; einen Termin wahrnehmen observe ( oder keep) an appointment; eine Frist wahrnehmen observe ( oder keep to oder stick to umg.) a deadline
    * * *
    das Wahrnehmen
    percipience; discernment
    * * *
    wahr|neh|men
    vt sep
    1) (= mit den Sinnen erfassen) to perceive; (= bemerken) Vorgänge, Veränderungen etc to be aware of; (= entdecken, erkennen) Geräusch to hear; Licht to see; Geruch to detect; (= heraushören) Unterton, Stimmung to detect, to discern

    nichts mehr/alles um sich herum wáhrnehmen — to be no longer aware of anything/to be aware of everything around one

    2) (= nutzen, vertreten) Frist, Termin to observe; Gelegenheit to take; Interessen, Angelegenheiten to look after; Verantwortung to exercise

    wáhrnehmen — to exercise one's right to sth

    * * *
    (to identify or make out: He could just distinguish the figure of a man running away.) distinguish
    * * *
    wahr|neh·men
    [ˈva:ɐ̯ne:mən]
    ▪ etw \wahrnehmen to perceive [or detect] sth
    einen Geruch \wahrnehmen to perceive a smell
    ein Geräusch/Summen/Vibrieren \wahrnehmen to detect a sound/humming/vibration
    ▪ etw [für jdn] \wahrnehmen to attend sth [for sb]
    einen Termin \wahrnehmen to keep an appointment
    ▪ etw \wahrnehmen to take advantage of sth
    eine günstige Gelegenheit \wahrnehmen to take advantage of a favourable [or AM -orable] opportunity
    ▪ etw [für jdn] \wahrnehmen to look after sth [for sb]
    jds Interessen \wahrnehmen to look after sb's interests
    seine Rechte \wahrnehmen to exercise one's rights
    seine Pflichten \wahrnehmen to attend to one's duties, to fulfil [or AM fulfill] one's obligations
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) perceive; discern; (spüren) feel; detect <sound, smell>; (bemerken) notice; be aware of; (erkennen, ausmachen) make out; discern; detect, discern <atmosphere, undertone>
    2) (nutzen) take advantage of < opportunity>; exploit < advantage>; exercise < right>
    3) (vertreten) look after <somebody's interests, affairs>
    4) (erfüllen, ausführen) carry out, perform <function, task, duty>; fulfil < responsibility>
    * * *
    wahrnehmen v/t (irr, trennb, hat -ge-)
    1. perceive; optisch: see, discern; akustisch: hear, register; weitS. (merken) notice;
    er nahm alles, was um ihn herum vorging, genau wahr he was very aware of ( oder he took in precisely) everything that was going on around him;
    sie nahm nichts mehr um sich herum wahr she was no longer aware of what was going on around her, she was no longer taking anything in
    2. (Gelegenheit) seize; form avail o.s. of; (Interessen) look after, protect, safeguard;
    einen Termin wahrnehmen observe ( oder keep) an appointment;
    eine Frist wahrnehmen observe ( oder keep to oder stick to umg) a deadline
    * * *
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb
    1) perceive; discern; (spüren) feel; detect <sound, smell>; (bemerken) notice; be aware of; (erkennen, ausmachen) make out; discern; detect, discern <atmosphere, undertone>
    2) (nutzen) take advantage of < opportunity>; exploit < advantage>; exercise < right>
    3) (vertreten) look after <somebody's interests, affairs>
    4) (erfüllen, ausführen) carry out, perform <function, task, duty>; fulfil < responsibility>
    * * *
    n.
    percipience n.

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  • 72 ocasión

    f.
    1 occasion, instance, chance, opportunity.
    2 motive, reason, cause.
    * * *
    1 (momento) occasion
    2 (oportunidad) opportunity, chance
    ■ cómpralo, aprovecha la ocasión buy it while you've got the chance
    3 COMERCIO bargain
    4 (motivo) reason
    \
    de ocasión (de segunda mano) second-hand 2 (barato) cut-price, at bargain prices
    en cierta ocasión once, on one occasion
    la ocasión hace al ladrón opportunity makes the thief
    a la ocasión la pintan calva strike while the iron is hot
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=vez) occasion
    2) (=oportunidad) chance, opportunity

    aprovechar la ocasión — to take one's chance, seize one's opportunity

    3) (=motivo) cause
    4)

    de ocasión — (Com) secondhand, used

    5) LAm (=ganga) bargain

    precio de ocasión — bargain price, reduced price

    * * *
    1)
    a) (vez, circunstancia) occasion
    b) ( momento oportuno) opportunity
    2) ( ganga) bargain

    muebles de ocasión — ( usados) secondhand furniture; ( baratos) cut-price furniture

    coches de ocasión — used o secondhand cars

    * * *
    = occasion, time, chance.
    Ex. As with author headings, sometimes one heading or title will be both sought and provide collocation, but on other occasions there will be a conflict between soughtness' and collocation.
    Ex. Because reorganisation allows the optimization of update and searching procedures, it moves the maintenance to a time when it does not affect the operation of the system.
    Ex. In some authority files (titles, ISBN/ISSN, national bibliographic record numbers), no search of the file is made because there is little chance of finding the new entry in the file.
    ----
    * aprovechándose de la ocasión = opportunistically.
    * aprovechar la ocasión = use + the occasion.
    * celebrar la ocasión = mark + the occasion.
    * celebrar una ocasión especial = mark + a special occasion.
    * coche de ocasión = used car, second-hand car.
    * con ocasión de = on the occasion of.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * de ocasión = second-hand [secondhand].
    * desperdiciar una ocasión = kill + chance.
    * en alguna ocasión = on any one occasion.
    * en aquellas ocasiones cuando = on occasions when.
    * en ciertas ocasiones = at certain times.
    * en contadas ocasiones = rarely, seldom, on rare occasions.
    * en determinadas ocasiones = sometimes, on particular occasions.
    * en diferentes ocasiones = at different times, at various times.
    * en distintas ocasiones = at different times, at various times, on several occasions.
    * en diversas ocasiones = on several occasions.
    * en esta ocasión = on this occasion.
    * en más de una ocasión = on more than one occasion, in more than one instance, in more than one occasion.
    * en + Número + ocasión = on + Número + occasion.
    * en ocasiones = on occasion(s).
    * en ocasiones determinadas = on any one occasion.
    * en otra ocasión = in another context, some other time.
    * en otras ocasiones = at other times.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en toda ocasión = at every turn.
    * en vairadas ocasiones = on several occasions.
    * en varias ocasiones = on several occasions.
    * hecho para una única ocasión = one shot.
    * la ocasión la pintan calva = make + hay while the sun shines.
    * ocasión + dar lugar a = occasion + give rise to.
    * para otra ocasión = for future reference.
    * para una única ocasión = one-time.
    * presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * según surja la ocasión = as the occasion arises.
    * ser una buena ocasión para + Infinitivo = be a good time to + Infinitivo.
    * sólo en una ocasión = on a one-time basis.
    * surgir una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * tener la ocasión de = have + opportunity to.
    * una mejor ocasión = a better time.
    * vendedor de coches de ocasión = second-hand car dealer, used-car dealer.
    * vestirse para la ocasión = dress + the part.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (vez, circunstancia) occasion
    b) ( momento oportuno) opportunity
    2) ( ganga) bargain

    muebles de ocasión — ( usados) secondhand furniture; ( baratos) cut-price furniture

    coches de ocasión — used o secondhand cars

    * * *
    = occasion, time, chance.

    Ex: As with author headings, sometimes one heading or title will be both sought and provide collocation, but on other occasions there will be a conflict between soughtness' and collocation.

    Ex: Because reorganisation allows the optimization of update and searching procedures, it moves the maintenance to a time when it does not affect the operation of the system.
    Ex: In some authority files (titles, ISBN/ISSN, national bibliographic record numbers), no search of the file is made because there is little chance of finding the new entry in the file.
    * aprovechándose de la ocasión = opportunistically.
    * aprovechar la ocasión = use + the occasion.
    * celebrar la ocasión = mark + the occasion.
    * celebrar una ocasión especial = mark + a special occasion.
    * coche de ocasión = used car, second-hand car.
    * con ocasión de = on the occasion of.
    * crear una ocasión = create + opportunity.
    * de ocasión = second-hand [secondhand].
    * desperdiciar una ocasión = kill + chance.
    * en alguna ocasión = on any one occasion.
    * en aquellas ocasiones cuando = on occasions when.
    * en ciertas ocasiones = at certain times.
    * en contadas ocasiones = rarely, seldom, on rare occasions.
    * en determinadas ocasiones = sometimes, on particular occasions.
    * en diferentes ocasiones = at different times, at various times.
    * en distintas ocasiones = at different times, at various times, on several occasions.
    * en diversas ocasiones = on several occasions.
    * en esta ocasión = on this occasion.
    * en más de una ocasión = on more than one occasion, in more than one instance, in more than one occasion.
    * en + Número + ocasión = on + Número + occasion.
    * en ocasiones = on occasion(s).
    * en ocasiones determinadas = on any one occasion.
    * en otra ocasión = in another context, some other time.
    * en otras ocasiones = at other times.
    * en raras ocasiones = in rare cases.
    * en toda ocasión = at every turn.
    * en vairadas ocasiones = on several occasions.
    * en varias ocasiones = on several occasions.
    * hecho para una única ocasión = one shot.
    * la ocasión la pintan calva = make + hay while the sun shines.
    * ocasión + dar lugar a = occasion + give rise to.
    * para otra ocasión = for future reference.
    * para una única ocasión = one-time.
    * presentarse una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * según surja la ocasión = as the occasion arises.
    * ser una buena ocasión para + Infinitivo = be a good time to + Infinitivo.
    * sólo en una ocasión = on a one-time basis.
    * surgir una ocasión = occasion + arise.
    * tener la ocasión de = have + opportunity to.
    * una mejor ocasión = a better time.
    * vendedor de coches de ocasión = second-hand car dealer, used-car dealer.
    * vestirse para la ocasión = dress + the part.

    * * *
    A
    1 (vez, circunstancia) occasion
    en alguna ocasión occasionally o on occasion
    con ocasión de la inauguración on the occasion of the inauguration
    un traje para las grandes ocasiones a suit for special occasions
    2 (momento oportuno) opportunity
    ésta es una buena ocasión para decírselo this is a good opportunity o chance o moment to tell him
    no dejes escapar esta ocasión don't pass up o miss this opportunity o chance
    no tuve ocasión de hablarle I didn't have an opportunity o a chance to talk to him
    en la primera ocasión que surja at the first available opportunity
    cogió la ocasión al vuelo she seized the opportunity
    a la ocasión la pintan calva you have to strike while the iron is hot, make the most of the chances that come your way
    la ocasión hace al ladrón opportunity makes the thief
    B (ganga) bargain
    es una auténtica ocasión it's a real bargain
    precios de ocasión bargain prices
    muebles de ocasión (usados) secondhand furniture; (baratos) cut-rate o ( BrE) cut-price furniture
    coches de ocasión used o secondhand cars
    * * *

     

    ocasión sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) (vez, circunstancia) occasion;


    en alguna ocasión occasionally

    ◊ no tuve ocasión de hablarle I didn't have an opportunity o a chance to talk to him

    2 ( ganga) bargain;


    ‹ muebles› ( usados) secondhand;
    ( baratos) cut-rate o (BrE) cut-price;
    ‹ coches› secondhand
    ocasión sustantivo femenino
    1 (circunstancia) occasion: en una ocasión me dijo que..., once he told me that...
    2 (coyuntura favorable) opportunity, chance: no tuve ocasión de decírselo, I didn't have the chance to tell him ➣ Ver nota en opportunity 3 Com bargain
    coches de ocasión, second-hand cars
    precios de ocasión, discount prices
    ♦ Locuciones: con ocasión de..., on the occasion of...
    ' ocasión' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aprovechar
    - desperdiciar
    - día
    - lugar
    - momento
    - presentarse
    - reservarse
    - sazón
    - siempre
    - única
    - único
    - vestirse
    - vez
    - amargar
    - apropiado
    - cierto
    - comida
    - dar
    - librería
    - perder
    - por
    - prestar
    - realce
    - trascendental
    English:
    boat
    - occasion
    - opportunity
    - previous
    - affair
    * * *
    1. [oportunidad] opportunity, chance;
    una ocasión de oro a golden opportunity;
    una ocasión irrepetible an unrepeatable opportunity;
    aprovechar una ocasión to take advantage of an opportunity;
    estaba esperando una buena ocasión para preguntarle I was waiting for a suitable opportunity to ask him;
    en o [m5] a la primera ocasión at the first opportunity;
    tener ocasión de hacer algo to have the chance to do sth;
    apenas tuve ocasión de hablar con ella I scarcely had the chance to speak to her;
    no tuvimos ocasión de vernos we didn't have the chance to meet up;
    Fam
    la ocasión la pintan calva this is my/your/ etc big chance;
    tenía ganas de ir a París y al tener unos días de vacaciones pensé, la ocasión la pintan calva I was keen to go to Paris and since I had a few days off I thought it's now or never;
    Esp Fam
    coger la ocasión por los pelos to seize the opportunity (by the scruff of the neck);
    quien quita la ocasión quita el peligro opportunity makes the thief
    2. [momento] moment, time;
    [vez] occasion;
    en dos ocasiones on two occasions;
    en alguna ocasión sometimes;
    en ocasiones sometimes, at times;
    en otra ocasión some other time
    3. [motivo]
    con ocasión de on the occasion of;
    dar ocasión para algo/para hacer algo to give cause for sth/to do sth;
    no le des ocasión para regañarte don't give him cause to tell you off
    4. [ganga] bargain;
    automóviles de ocasión second-hand o used cars
    * * *
    f
    1 occasion;
    con ocasión de on the occasion of;
    en ocasiones on occasion
    2 ( oportunidad) chance, opportunity;
    la ocasión hace al ladrón fam don’t put temptation in a thief’s way;
    la ocasión la pintan calva fam strike while the iron is hot fam
    3 COM
    :
    de ocasión cut-price, bargain atr ; de segunda mano second-hand, used
    * * *
    ocasión nf, pl - siones
    1) : occasion, time
    2) : opportunity, chance
    3) : bargain
    4)
    de ocasión : secondhand
    5)
    aviso de ocasión Mex : classified ad
    * * *
    1. (vez) time / occasion
    2. (oportunidad) chance / opportunity [pl. opportunities]
    de ocasión cheap / cut price

    Spanish-English dictionary > ocasión

  • 73 FYRIR

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    prep.
    I. with dat.
    1) before, in front of (ok vóru fyrir honum borin merkin);
    fyrir dyrum, before the door;
    2) before one, in one’s presence;
    hón nefndist fyrir þeim Gunnhildr, she told them that her name was G.;
    3) for;
    hann lét ryðja fyrir þeim búðina, he had the booth cleared for them, for their reception;
    4) before one, in one’s way;
    fjörðr varð fyrir þeim, they came to a fjord;
    sitja fyrir e-m, to lie in wait for one;
    5) naut. term. before, off;
    liggja fyrir bryggjum, to lie off the piers;
    fyrir Humru-mynni, off the Humber;
    6) before, at the head of, over;
    vera fyrir liði, to be over the troops;
    vera fyrir máli, to lead the case;
    sitja fyrir svörum, to undertake the defence;
    7) of time, ago;
    fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago;
    fyrir stundu, a while ago;
    fyrir löngu, long ago;
    vera fyrir e-u, to forebode (of a dream);
    8) before, above, superior to;
    Hálfdan svarti var fyrir þeim brœðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers;
    9) denoting disadvantige, harm, suffering;
    þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest E. thwart all thy affairs;
    tók at eyðast fyrir herm lausa-fé, her money began to fail;
    10) denoting obstacle, hindrance;
    mikit gøri þer mér fyrir þessu máli, you make this case hard for me;
    varð honum lítit fyrir því, it was a small matter for him;
    Ásgrími þótti þungt fyrir, A. thought that things looked bad;
    11) because of, for;
    hon undi sér hvergri fyrir verkjum, she had no rest for pains;
    fyrir hræðslu, for fear;
    illa fœrt fyrir ísum, scarcely, passable for ice;
    gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing, they neglected to make hay;
    fyrir því at, because, since, as;
    12) against;
    gæt þín vel fyrir konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men;
    beiða griða Baldri fyrir alls konar háska, against all kinds of harm;
    13) fyrir sér, of oneself;
    mikill fyrir sér, strong, powerful;
    minnstr fyrir sér, smallest, weakest;
    14) denoting manner or quality, with;
    hvítr fyrir hærum, while with hoary hair;
    II. with acc.
    1) before, in front of;
    halda fyrir augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes;
    2) before, into the presence of;
    stefna e-m fyrir dómstól, before a court;
    3) over;
    hlaupa fyrir björg, to leap over a precipice;
    kasta fyrir borð, to throw overboard;
    4) in one’s way, crossing one’s way;
    ríða á leið fyrir þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them;
    5) round, off;
    sigla fyrir nes, to weather a point;
    6) along, all along;
    fyrir endilangan Noreg, all along Norway, from one end to the other;
    draga ör fyrir odd, to draw the arrow past the point;
    7) of time, fyrir dag, before day;
    fyrir e-s minni, before one’s memory;
    8) for, on behalf of;
    vil ek bjóða at fara fyrir þik, I will offer to go for thee, in thy stead;
    lögvörn fyrir mál, a lawful defence for a case;
    9) for, for the benefit of;
    þeir skáru fyrir þá melinn, they cut the lyme-grass for them (the horses);
    10) for, instead of, in place of, as;
    11) for, because of (vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit);
    fyrir þín orð, for thy words (intercession);
    fyrir sína vinsæld, by reason of his popularity;
    12) denoting value, price;
    fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks;
    fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost;
    13) in spite of, against (giptast fyrir ráð e-s);
    14) joined with adverbs ending in -an, governing acc. (fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan);
    fyrir austan, sunnan fjall, east, south of the fell;
    fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge;
    fyrir handan á, beyond the river;
    fyrir innan garð, inside the fence;
    III. as adverb or ellipt.
    1) ahead, before, opp. to eptir;
    þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, when this came first, preceded;
    2) first;
    mun ek þar eptir gera sem þér gerit fyrir, I shall do to you according as you do first;
    3) at hand, present, to the fore;
    föng þau, er fyrir vóru, stores that were at hand;
    þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already present (before the bride and bridegroom came);
    4) e-m verðr e-t fyrir, one takes a certain step, acts so and so;
    Kolbeini varð ekki fyrir, K. was at a loss what to do;
    e-t mælist vel (illa) fyrir, a thing is well (ill) spoken or reported of (kvæðit mæltist vel fyrir).
    * * *
    prep., in the Editions spelt differently; in MSS. this word is usually abbreviated either  (i. e. firir), or Ꝼ̆, fur͛, fvr͛ (i. e. fyrir); in some MSS. it is idiomatically spelt with i, fir͛, e. g. Arna-Magn. 382 (Bs. i. 263 sqq.); and even in the old Miracle-book Arna-Magn. 645 (Bs. i. 333 sqq.), just as ifir is written for yfir ( over); in a few MSS. it is written as a monosyllable fyr, e. g. D. I. i. 475, Mork. passim; in Kb. (Sæm.-Edda) occurs fyr telia, Vsp. I; fyr norðan, 36; fyr dyrum, Gm. 22; fyr vestan ver, Hkv. 2. 8; in other places as a dissyll. fyrir, e. g. Hm. 56, Gm. 54, Skm. 34, Ls. 15, Am. 64, Hkv. 2. 2, 19 (quoted from Bugge’s edition, see his preface, p. xvi); fyr and fyrir stand to one another in the same relation as ept to eptir, und to undir, of ( super) to yfir: this monosyllabic form is obsolete, save in the compds, where ‘for-’ is more common than ‘fyrir-;’ in some cases both forms are used, e. g. for-dæming and fyrir-dæming; in others only one, but without any fixed rule: again, the forms fyri, fyre, or fire, which are often used in Edd., are just as wrong, as if one were to say epti, undi, yfi; yet this spelling is found now and then in MSS., as, fyre, Ó. H. (facsimile); fire, Grág. Sb. ii. 288 (also facsimile): the particles í and á are sometimes added, í fur, Fms. iv. 137; í fyrir, passim; á fur, Haustl. 1. [Ulf. faur and faura; A. S. fore and for; Engl. for and fore-; Germ. für and vor; Dan. for; Swed. för; Gr. προ-; Lat. pro, prae.]
    WITH DAT., chiefly without the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrum, before the doors, at the doors, Nj. 14, Vsp. 53, Hm. 69, Edda 130; niðr f. smiðju-dyrum, Eg. 142:—ahead, úti fyrir búðinni, Nj. 181; kómusk sauðirnir upp á fjallit f. þeim, ahead of them, 27; vóru fyrir honum borin merkin, the banner was borne before him, 274; göra orð fyrir sér, to send word before one, Fms. vii. 207, Hkr. iii. 335 (Ó. H. 201, l. c., frá sér):—also denoting direction, niðri í eldinum f. sér, beneath in the fire before them, Nj. 204; þeir sá f. sér bæ mikinn, they saw before them a great building, i. e. they came to a great house, Eg. 546; öðrum f. sér ( in front) en öðrum á bak sér, Grág. i. 5.
    2. before one, before one’s face, in one’s presence; úhelgaða ek Otkel f. búum, before the neighbours, Nj. 87; lýsi ek f. búum fimm, 218; lýsa e-u ( to proclaim) f. e-m, Ld. 8; hann hermdi boð öll f. Gizuri, Nj. 78; hón nefndisk f. þeim Gunnhildr, told them that her name was G., Fms. i. 8; kæra e-t f. e-m, Ó. H. 60; slíkar fortölur hafði hann f. þeim, Nj. 200; the saying, því læra börnin málið að það er f. þeim haft, bairns learn to speak because it is done before them, i. e. because they hear it; hafa gott (íllt) f. e-m, to give a good (bad) example, e. g. in the presence of children; lifa vel f. Guði, to live well before God, 623. 29; stór ábyrgðar-hluti f. Guði, Nj. 199; sem þeir sjá réttast f. Guði, Grág. i. (pref.); fyrir öllum þeim, Hom. 89; á laun f. öðrum mönnum, hidden from other men, unknown to them, Grág. i. 337, Jb. 378; nú skaltú vera vin minn mikill f. húsfreyju minni, i. e. when you talk to my wife, Nj. 265; fyrir Drottni, before the Lord, Merl. 2. 78.
    3. denoting reception of guests, visitors; hann lét ryðja f. þeim búðina, he had the room cleared for them, for their reception, Nj. 228; Valhöll ryðja fyr vegnu fólki, i. e. to clear Valhalla for slain folk, Em. I; ryðja vígvöll f. vegundum, Nj. 212; ljúka upp f. e-m, to open the door for one, Fms. xi. 323, Stj. 5; rýma pallinn f. þeim, Eg. 304; hann lét göra eld f. þeim, he had a fire made for them, 204; þeir görðu eld. f. sér, Fms. xi. 63; … veizlur þar sem fyrir honum var búit, banquets that were ready for him, Eg. 45.
    II. before one, in one’s way; þar er díki varð f. þeim, Eg. 530; á (fjörðr) varð f. þeim, a river, fjord, was before them, i. e. they came to it, 133, 161; at verða eigi f. liði yðru, 51; maðr sá varð f. Vindum, that man was overtaken by the V., Hkr. iii. 363; þeirra manna er f. honum urðu, Eg. 92.
    2. sitja f. e-m, to lie in wait for one, Ld. 218, Nj. 107; lá f. henni í skóginum, Edda (pref.); sitja f. rekum, to sit watching for wrecks, Eg. 136 (fyrir-sát).
    3. ellipt., menn urðu at gæta sín er f. urðu, Nj. 100; Egill var þar f. í runninum, E. was before (them), lay in ambush, Eg. 378; hafði sá bana er f. varð, who was before (the arrow), i. e. he was hit, Nj. 8.
    4. verða f. e-u, to be hit, taken, suffer from a thing; ef hann verðr f. drepi, if he be struck, Grág. ii. 19; verða f. áverka, to be wounded, suffer injury, Ld. 140; verða f. reiði konungs, to fall into disgrace with the king, Eg. 226; verða f. ósköpum, to become the victim of a spell, spell-bound, Fas. i. 130; sitja f. hvers manns ámæli, to be the object of all men’s blame, Nj. 71; vera eigi f. sönnu hafðr, to be unjustly charged with a thing, to be innocent.
    III. a naut. term, before, off; liggja f. bryggjum, to lie off the pier, Ld. 166; skip fljóta f. strengjum, Sks. 116; þeir lágu f. bænum, they lay off the town, Bs. i. 18; liggja úti f. Jótlands-síðu, off Jutland, Eg. 261; hann druknaði f. Jaðri, off the J., Fms. i. II; þeir kómu at honum f. Sjólandi, off Zealand, x. 394; hafa úti leiðangr f. landi, Hkr. i. 301; f. Humru-minni, off the Humber, Orkn. 338, cp. Km. 3, 8, 9, 13, 19, 21; fyrir Nesjum, off the Ness, Vellekla; fyrir Tungum, Sighvat; fyrir Spáni, off Spain, Orkn. 356.
    IV. before, at the head of, denoting leadership; smalamaðr f. búi föður síns, Ver. 26 (of king David); vera f. liði, to be over the troops, Eg. 292, Nj. 7; vera f. máli, to lead the case, Band. 8; vera forstjóri f. búi, to be steward over the household, Eg. 52; ráða f. landi, ríki, etc., to rule, govern, Ó H. 33, Nj. 5; hverr f. eldinum réði, who was the ringleader of the fire, Eg. 239; ráða f. e-u, to rule, manage a thing, passim: the phrase, sitja f. svörum, to respond on one’s behalf, Ölk. 36, Band. 12; hafa svör f. e-m, to be the chief spokesman, Fms. x. 101, Dipl. v. 26.
    V. special usages; friða f. e-m, to make peace for one, Fms. vii. 16, Bs. i. 65; bæta f. e-m, to make things good for one, Hom. 109; túlka, vera túlkr, flytja (etc.) f. e-m, to plead for one, Fms. iii. 33, Nj. 128,—also spilla f. e-m, to disparage one, Eg. 255; haga, ætla f. e-u, to manage, arrange for one, Ld. 208, Sturl. i. 14, Boll. 356; rífka ráð f. e-m, to better one’s condition, Nj. 21; ráða heiman-fylgju ok tilgjöf f. frændkonu sinni, Js. 58; standa f. manni, to stand before, shield a man, stand between him and his enemy, Eg. 357, Grág. ii. 13; vera skjöldr f. e-m, 655 xxxii. 4; hafa kostnað f. e-u, to have the expences for a thing, Ld. 14; vinna f. e-m, to support one by one’s work, Sks. 251; starfa f. fé sínu, to manage one’s money, Ld. 166; hyggja f. e-u, to take heed for a thing, Nj. 109; hyggja f. sér, Fs. 5; hafa forsjá f. e-m, to provide for one, Ld. 186; sjá f. e-u, to see after, Eg. 118, Landn, 152; sjá þú nokkut ráð f. mér, Nj. 20: ironic. to put at rest, Háv. 40: ellipt., sjá vel f., to provide well for, Nj. 102.
    B. TEMP. ago; fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago; fyrir stundu, a while ago, Nj. 80; fyrir litlu, a little while ago, Fms. i. 76, Ld. 134; fyrir skömmu, a sbort while ago; fyrir löngu, a long while ago, Nj. 260, Fms. i. 50; fyrir öndverðu, from the beginning, Grág. i. 80, ii. 323, 394, Finnb. 342; fyrir þeim, before they were born, Fms. i. 57.
    2. the phrase, vera f. e-u, to forebode; vera f. stórfundum, Nj. 107, 277; þat hygg ek vera munu f. siða-skipti, Fms. xi. 12; þessi draumr mun vera f. kvámu nökkurs manns, vii. 163; dreyma draum f. e-u, 8; fyrir tiðendum, ii. 65:—spá f. e-m, to ‘spae’ before, prophecy to one, Nj. 171.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. before, above; þóttu þeir þar f. öllum ungum mönnum, Dropl. 7; þykkisk hann mjök f. öðrum mönnum, Ld. 38; ver f. hirðmönnum, be first among my herdsmen, Eg. 65; Hálfdan svarti var f. þeim bræðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers, Fms. i. 4; þorgrímr var f. sonum Önundar, Grett. 87; var Haraldr mest f. þeim at virðingu, Fms. i. 47.
    II. denoting help, assistance; haun skal rétta vættið f. þeim, Grág. i. 45 (vide above A. IV and V).
    2. the following seem to be Latinisms, láta lífit f. heilagri Kristni, to give up one’s life for holy Christianity, = Lat. pro, Fms. vii. 172; ganga undir píslir fyrir Guðs nafni, Blas. 38; gjalda önd mína f. önd þinni, Johann. 17; gefa gjöf f. sál sinni ( pro animâ suâ), H. E. i. 466; fyrir mér ok minni sál, Dipl. iv. 8; færa Guði fórnir f. e-m, 656 A; heita f. e-m, biðja f. e-m, to make a vow, pray for one (orare pro), Fms. iii. 48, Bs. i. 70; biðja f. mönnum, to intercede for, 19, Fms. xi. 287: even with a double construction, biðja f. stað sinn (acc., which is vernacular) ok heilagri kirkju (dat., which is a Latinism), x. 127.
    III. denoting disadvantage, harm, suffering; þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest Egil thwart all thy affairs, Eg. 249; únýtir hann þá málit fyrir sér, then he ruins his own case, Grág. i. 36, Dropl. 14, 16; Manverjar rufu safnaðinn f. Þorkatli, the Manxmen broke up the assembly, i. e. forsook Thorkel, Fms. ix. 422; kom upp grátr f. henni, she burst into tears, 477; taka fé f. öðrum, to take another’s money, N. G. L. i. 20; knörr þann er konungr lét taka fyrir Þórólfi, Landn. 56; ef hross verðr tekit f. honum, if a horse of his be taken, Grág. i. 436; hann tók upp fé fyrir öllum, he seized property for them all, Ó. H. 60; e-t ferr ílla f. e-m, a thing turns out ill for one; svá fór f. Ólófu, so it came to pass for O., Vígl. 18; loka dyrr f. e-m, to lock the door in one’s face, Edda 21: þeir hafa eigi þessa menn f. yðr drepit, heldr f. yðrar sakir þessi víg vegit, i. e. they have not harmed you, but rather done you a service in slaying those men, Fbr. 33; tók at eyðask f. henni lausa-fé, her money began to fail, Nj. 29; rak á f. þeim storma ok stríðviðri, they were overtaken by gales and bad weather, Vígl. 27; Víglundr rak út knöttinn f. Jökli, V. drove the ball for J., i. e. so that he had to run after it, 24; sá er skar tygil f. Þóri, he who cut Thor’s line, Bragi; sverð brast f. mér, my sword broke, Korm. 98 (in a verse); brjóta e-t f. e-m, to break a thing for one, Bs. i. 15 (in a verse); Valgarðr braut krossa fyrir Merði ok öll heilög tákn, Nj. 167; árin brotnaði f. honum, his oar broke; allar kýrnar drápust fyrir honum, all his cows died.
    2. denoting difficulty, hindrance; sitja f. sæmd e-s, to sit between oneself and one’s honour, i. e. to hinder one’s doing well, Sturl. 87; mikit göri þér mér f. þessu máli, you make this case sore for me, Eb. 124; þér er mikit f. máli, thy case stands ill, Fms. v. 325; ekki er Guði f. því, it is easy for God to do, 656 B. 9; varð honum lítið f. því, it was a small matter for him, he did it easily, Grett. III; mér er minna f. því, it is easier for me, Am. 60; þykkja mikit f. e-u, to be much grieved for a thing, do it unwillingly, Nj. 77; Icel. also say, þykja fyrir (ellipt.), to feel hurt, be displeased:—ellipt., er þeim lítið fyrir at villa járnburð þenna, it is a small matter for them to spoil this ordeal, Ó. H. 140; sem sér muni lítið f. at veiða Gunnar, Nj. 113; fast mun f. vera, it will be fast-fixed before (one), hard to move, Ld. 154; Ásgrími þótti þungt f., A. thought that things looked sad (heavy), Nj. 185; hann var lengi f., he was long about it, Fms. x. 205; hann var lengi f. ok kvað eigi nei við, he was cross and said not downright no, Þorf. Karl. 388.
    IV. in a causal sense, for, because of, Lat. per, pro; sofa ek né mákat fugls jarmi fyrir, I cannot sleep for the shrill cry of birds, Edda 16 (in a verse); hon undi sér hvergi f. verkjum, she had no rest for pains, Bjarn. 69; fyrir gráti, tárum, = Lat. prae lacrymis; fyrir harmi, for sorrow; f. hlátri, for laughter, as in Engl.; þeir æddust f. einni konu, they went mad for the sake of one woman, Sól. 11; ílla fært f. ísum, scarce passable for ice, Fms. xi. 360; hætt var at sitja útar f. Miðgarðs-ormi, Edda 35; hann var lítt gengr f. sárinu, he could hardly walk for the wound, Fbr. 178; fyrir hræðslu, for fear, Hbl. 26; heptisk vegrinn f. þeim meinvættum sem …, Fs. 4; gáðu þeir eigi f. veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing they took no care to make hay, Landn. 30; fyrir riki konungs, for the king’s power, Eg. 67, 117; fyrir ofríki manna, Grág. i. 68; fyrir hví, for why? Eluc. 4; fyrir hví þeir væri þar, Eg. 375; fyrir því, at …, for that, because, Edda 35, Fms. i. 22, vii. 330, Ld. 104; en fyrir því nú at, now since, Skálda 171; nú fyrir því at, id., 169: the phrase, fyrir sökum, for the sake of, because of, passim; vide sök.
    V. by, by the force of; öxlin gékk ór liði fyrir högginu, the shoulder was disjointed by the force of the stroke, Háv. 52.
    2. denoting contest; falla f. e-m, to fall before one, i. e. fighting against one, Fms. i. 7, iv. 9, x. 196; verða halloki f. e-m, to be overcome in fighting one, Ld. 146; látask f. e-m, to perish by one, Eb. 34; hafa bana f. e-m, to be slain by one, Nj. 43; þeir kváðu fá fúnað hafa f. honum, 263; mæddisk hann f. þeim, he lost his breath in fighting them, Eg. 192; láta ríki f. e-m, to lose the kingdom before another, i. e. so that the latter gains it, 264; láta lausar eignir mínar f. þér, 505; láta hlut sinn f. e-m, Fs. 47; standask f. e-m, to stand one’s ground before one, Edda (pref.); hugðisk hann falla mundu f. sjóninni einni saman, that he would sink before his glance, 28, Hým. 12; halda hlut f. e-m, Ld. 54; halda frið ok frelsi f. várum óvinum, Fms. viii. 219; fara mun ek sem ek hefi áðr ætlað f. þínum draum ( thy dream notwithstanding), Ld. 216; þér farit hvárt er þér vilit f. mér, you go wherever you like for me, so far as I am concerted, Fær. 37; halda vöku f. sér, to keep oneself awake, Fms. i. 216.
    β. with verbs, flýja, hlaupa, renna, stökkva f. e-m, to fly, leap, run before one, i. e. to be pursued, Bs. i. 774, Grág. ii. 359; at hann rynni f. þrælum hans, Ld. 64; fyrir þessum úfriði stökk Þangbrandr til Noregs, 180; skyldi hann ganga ór á f. Hofsmönnum, Landn. 178; ganga f. e-u, to give way before, yield to a thing, Fms. i. 305, x. 292; vægja f. e-m, to yield to one, give way, Eg. 21, 187, Nj. 57, Ld. 234.
    VI. against; verja land f. e-m, Eg. 32; verja landit f. Dönum ok öðrum víkingum, Fms. i. 23; til landvarnar f. víkingum, Eg. 260; landvarnar-maðr f. Norðmönnum, Fms. vi. 295; gæta brúarinnar f. bergrisum, Edda 17; gæt þín vel f. konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men, Eg. 113; góð aðstoð f. tröllum ok dvergum, Bárð. 163; beiða Baldri griða f. allskonar háska, Edda 36; auðskæðr f. höggum, Eg. 770.
    VII. in the sense of being driven before; fyrir straumi, veðri, vindi, before the stream, wind, weather (forstreymis, forvindis), Grág. ii. 384, Fms. vii. 262; halda f. veðri, to stand before the wind, Róm. 211.
    2. rýrt mun verða f. honum smá-mennit, he will have an easy game with the small people, Nj. 94: ellipt., hafði sá bana er f. varð, 8; sprakk f., 16, 91.
    VIII. fyrir sér, of oneself, esp. of physical power; mikill f. sér, strong, powerful; lítill f. sér, weak, feeble, Nj. 20, Ísl. ii. 368, Eg. 192; þér munuð kalla mik lítinn mann f. mér, Edda 33; minnstr f. sér, smallest, weakest, Eg. 123; gildr maðr f. sér, Ísl. ii. 322, Fms. ii. 145; herðimaðr mikiil f. sér, a hardy man, Nj. 270; hvat ert þú f. þér, what kind of fellow art thou? Clem. 33; vera einn f. sér, to be a strange fellow, Grett. 79 new Ed.; Icel. also say, göra mikið (lítið) f. sér, to make oneself big ( little).
    β. sjóða e-t f. sér, to hesitate, saunter, Nj. 154; mæla f. munni, to talk between one’s teeth, to mutter, Orkn. 248, Nj. 249.
    IX. denoting manner or quality; hvítr f. hærum, white with hoary hairs, Fms. vi. 95, Fas. ii. 540; gráir fyrir járnum, grey with steel, of a host in armour, Mag. 5; hjölt hvít f. silfri, a hilt white with silver = richly silvered, Eb. 226.
    X. as adverb or ellipt.,
    1. ahead, in front, = á undan, Lat. prae, opp. to eptir; þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, as this came first, preceded, Nj. 34; at einhverr mundi fara heim fyrir, that some one would go home first (to spy), Eg. 580; Egill fór f., E. went in before, id.; at vér ríðim þegar f. í nótt, 283.
    β. first; hann stefndi f. málinu, en hann mælti eptir, one pronounced the words first, but the other repeated after him, Nj. 35; mun ek þar eptir göra sem þér gerit f., I shall do to you according as you do first, 90:—temp., sjau nóttum f., seven nights before, Grág. ii. 217.
    2. to the fore, at hand, present; þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already to the fore, i. e. before the bride and bridegroom came, Nj. 11; úvíst er at vita hvar úvinir sitja á fleti fyrir, Hm. 1; skal þá lögmaðr þar f. vera, he shall be there present, Js. 3; heima í túni fyrir, Fær. 50; þar vóru fyrir Hildiríðar-synir, Eg. 98; var honum allt kunnigt fyrir, he knew all about the localities, 583; þeim ómögum, sem f. eru, who are there already, i. e. in his charge, Grág. i. 286: of things, föng þau er f. vóru, stores that were to the fore, at hand, Eg. 134.
    3. fore, opp. to ‘back,’ of clothes; slæður settar f. allt gullknöppum, Eg. 516; bak ok fyrir, back and front, = bak ok brjóst, Mar.
    XI. in the phrase, e-m verðr e-t fyrir, a thing is before one, i. e. one takes that and that step, acts so and so in an emergency; nú verðr öðrum þeirra þat f., at hann kveðr, now if the other part alleges, that …, Grág. i. 362; Kolbeini varð ekki f., K. had no resource, i. e. lost his head, Sturl. iii. 285:—the phrase, e-t mælisk vel (ílla) fyrir, a thing is well ( ill) reported of; víg Gunnars spurðisk ok mæltisk ílla fyrir um allar sveitir, Nj. 117, Sturl. ii. 151; mun þat vel f. mælask, people will like it well, Nj. 29, Þórð. 55 new Ed.; ílla mun þat f. mælask at ganga á sættir við frændr sína, Ld. 238; ok er lokit var, mæltisk kvæðit vel f., the people praised the poem, Fms. vii. 113.
    XII. in special senses, either as prep. or adv. (vide A. V. above); segja leið f. skipi, to pilot a ship, Eg. 359; segja f. skipi, to say a prayer for a new ship or for any ship going to sea, Bs. i. 774, Fms. x. 480; mæla f. e-u, to dictate, Grág. ii. 266; mæla f. minni, to bring out a toast, vide minni; mæla f. sætt, i. 90; skipa, koma e-u f., to arrange, put right; ætla f. e-u, to make allowance for; trúa e-m f. e-u, to entrust one with; það fer mikið f. e-u (impers.), it is of great compass, bulky; hafa f. e-u, to have trouble with a thing; leita f. sér, to enquire; biðjask f., to say one’s prayers, vide biðja; mæla fyrir, segja f., etc., to order, Nj. 103, Js. 3: of a spell or solemn speaking, hann mælti svá f., at …, Landn. 34; spyrjask f., to enquire, Hkr. ii. 333; búask f., to prepare, make arrangement, Landn. 35, Sks. 551; skipask f., to draw up, Nj. 197; leggjask f., to lie down in despair, Bs. i. 194; spá fyrir, to ‘spae’ before, foretell; þeir menn er spá f. úorðna hluti, Fms. i. 96; segja f., to foretell, 76, Bb. 332; Njáll hefir ok sagt f. um æfi hans, Nj. 102; vita e-t f., to ‘wit’ beforehand, know the future, 98; sjá e-t f., to foresee, 162; ef þat er ætlat f., fore-ordained, id.
    WITH ACC., mostly with the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrrin, Nj. 198; láta síga brýnn f. brár, Hkv. Hjörv. 19; halda f. augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes, Nj. 132; leggja sverði fyrir brjóst e-m, to thrust a sword into his breast, 162, Fs. 39.
    2. before one, before a court; stefna e-m f. dómstól, Fms. xi. 444; ganga, koma f. e-n, to go, come before one, Fms. i. 15, Eg. 426, Nj. 6, 129, passim; fyrir augu e-s, before one’s eyes, Stj. 611.
    3. before, so as to shield; hann kom skildinum f. sik, he put the shield before him, Nj. 97, 115; halda skildi f. e-n, a duelling term, since the seconder had to hold one’s shield, Ísl. ii. 257.
    4. joined to adverbs such as fram, aptr, út, inn, ofan, niðr, austr, vestr, suðr, norðr, all denoting direction; fram f., forward; aptr f., backward, etc.; hann reiddi öxina fram f. sik, a stroke forward with the axe, Fms. vii. 91; hann hljóp eigi skemra aptr en fram fyrir sik, Nj. 29; þótti honum hann skjóta brandinum austr til fjallanna f. sik, 195; komask út f. dyrr, to go outside the door, Eg. 206:—draga ofan f. brekku, to drag over the hill, Ld. 220; hrinda f. mel ofan, to thrust one over the gravel bank, Eg. 748; hlaupa f. björg, to leap over a precipice, Eb. 62, Landn. 36; elta e-n f. björg, Grág. ii. 34; hlaupa (kasta) f. borð, to leap ( throw) overboard, Fms. i. 178, Hkr. iii. 391, Ld. 226; síga ( to be hauled) niðr f. borgar-vegg, 656 C. 13, Fms. ix. 3; hlaupa niðr f. stafn, Eg. 142; niðr f. skaflinn, Dropl. 25; fyrir brekku, Orkn. 450, Glúm. 395 (in a verse).
    II. in one’s way, crossing one’s way; þeir stefndu f. þá, Fms. ix. 475; ríða á leið f. þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them, Boll. 348; hlaupa ofan f. þá, Nj. 153; vóru allt komin f. hann bréf, letters were come before him, in his way, Fms. vii. 207; þeir felldu brota f. hann, viz. they felled trees before him, so as to stop him, viii. 60, ix. 357; leggja bann f. skip, to lay an embargo on a ship, Ld. 166.
    III. round, off a point; fyrir nesit, Nj. 44; út f. Holm, out past the Holm, Fms. vii. 356: esp. as a naut. term, off a point on the shore, sigla f. England, Norðyrnbraland, Þrasnes, Spán, to sail by the coast of, stand off England, Northumberland, … Spain, Orkn. 338, 340, 342, 354; fyrir Yrjar, Fms. vii. (in a verse); fyrir Siggju, Aumar, Lista, Edda 91 (in a verse); er hann kom f. Elfina, when be came off the Gotha, Eg. 80; leggja land f. skut, to lay the land clear of the stern, i. e. to pass it, Edda l. c.; göra frið f. land sitt, to pacify the land from one end to another, Ld. 28; fyrir uppsprettu árinnar, to come to ( round) the sources of the river, Fms. iii. 183; fyrir garðs-enda, Grág. ii. 263; girða f. nes, to make a wall across the ness, block it up, cp. Lat. praesepire, praemunire, etc., Grág. ii. 263; so also binda f. op, poka, Lat. praeligare, praestringere; hlaða f. gat, holu, to stop a hole, opening; greri f. stúfinn, the stump (of the arm or leg) was healed, closed, Nj. 275; skjóta slagbrandi f. dyrr, to shoot a bolt before the door, to bar it, Dropl. 29; láta loku (lás) f. hurð, to lock a door, Gísl. 28; setja innsigli f. bréf, to set a seal to a letter, Dipl. i. 3: ellipt., setr hón þar lás fyrir, Ld. 42, Bs. i. 512.
    2. along, all along; f. endilanga Danmörk, f. endilangan Noreg, all along Denmark, Norway, from one end to the other, Fms. iv. 319, xi. 91, Grett. 97:—öx álnar f. munn, an axe with an ell-long edge, Ld. 276; draga ör f. ödd, to draw the arrow past the point, an archer’s term, Fms. ii. 321.
    IV. with verbs, fyrir ván komit, one is come past hope, all hope is gone, Sturl. i. 44, Hrafn. 13, Fms. ii. 131; taka f. munn e-m, to stop one’s mouth; taka f. háls, kverkar, e-m, to seize one by the throat, etc.; taka mál f. munn e-m, ‘verba alicujus praeripere,’ to take the word out of one’s mouth, xi. 12; taka f. hendr e-m, to seize one’s hands, stop one in doing a thing, Eb. 124; mod., taka fram f. hendrnar á e-m.
    B. TEMP.: fyrir dag, before day, Eg. 80; f. miðjan dag, Ld. 14; f. sól, before sunrise, 268; f. sólar-lag, before sunset; f. miðjan aptan, Nj. 192; f. náttmál, 197; f. óttu, Sighvat; f. þinglausnir, Ölk. 37; f. Jól, Nj. 269; f. fardaga, Grág. ii. 341; viku f. sumar, 244; f. mitt sumar, Nj. 138; litlu f. vetr, Eg. 159; f. vetrnætr, Grág. ii. 217; f. e-s minni, before one’s memory, Íb. 16.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. above, before; hann hafdi mest fyrir aðra konunga hraustleikinn, Fms. x. 372.
    II. for, on behalf of; vil ek bjóða at fara f. þik, I will go for thee, in thy stead, Nj. 77; ganga í skuld f. e-n, Grág. i. 283; Egill drakk … ok svá f. Ölvi, Eg. 210; kaupa e-t f. e-n, Nj. 157; gjalda gjöld f. e-n, Grág. i. 173; verja, sækja, sakir f. e-n, Eg. 504; hvárr f. sik, each for oneself, Dipl. v. 26; sættisk á öll mál f. Björn, Nj. 266; tók sættir f. Björn, Eg. 168; svara f. e-t, Fms. xi. 444; hafa til varnir f. sik, láta lýrit, lög-vörn koma f.; færa vörn f. sik, etc.; verja, sækja sakir f. sik, and many similar law phrases, Grág. passim; biðja konu f. e-n, to woo a lady for another, Fms. x. 44; fyrir mik, on my behalf, for my part, Gs. 16; lögvörn f. mál, a lawful defence for a case, Nj. 111; hafa til varnar f. sök, to defend a case, Grág. i. 61; halda skiladómi f. e-t, Dipl. iv. 8; festa lög f. e-t, vide festa.
    III. in a distributive sense; penning f. mann, a penny per man, K. Þ. K. 88; fyrir nef hvert, per nose = per head, Lv. 89, Fms. i. 153, Ó. H. 141; hve f. marga menn, for how many men, Grág. i. 296; fyrir hverja stiku, for each yard, 497.
    IV. for, for the benefit of; brjóta brauð f. hungraða, Hom. 75; þeir skáru f. þá melinn, they cut the straw for them (the horses), Nj. 265; leggja kostnað f. e-n, to defray one’s costs, Grág. i. 341.
    V. for, instead of; hann setti sik f. Guð, Edda (pref.); hafa e-n f. Guð (Lat. pro Deo), Stj. 73, Barl. 131; geta, fá, kveðja mann f. sik, to get a man as one’s delegate or substitute, Grág. i. 48 passim; þeir höfðu vargstakka f. brynjur, Fs. 17; manna-höfuð vóru f. kljána, Nj. 275; gagl f. gás ok grís f. gamalt svín, Ó. H. 86; rif stór f. hlunna, Háv. 48; buðkr er f. húslker er hafðr, Vm. 171; auga f. auga, tönn f. tönn, Exod. xxi. 24; skell f. skillinga, Þkv. 32.
    VI. because of, for; vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit, Nj. 92, Fms. v. 162; eigi f. sakleysi, not without ground, i. 302; fyrir hvat (why, for what) stefndi Gunnarr þeim til úhelgi? Nj. 101; ok urðu f. þat sekir, Landn. 323; hafa ámæli f. e-t, Nj. 65, passim.
    2. in a good sense, for one’s sake, for one; fyrir þín orð, for thy words, intercession, Ísl. ii. 217; vil ek göra f. þín orð, Ld. 158, Nj. 88; fyrir sína vinsæld, by his popularity, Fms. i. 259: the phrase, fyrir e-s sök, for one’s sake, vide sök: in swearing, a Latinism, fyrir trú mína, by my faith! (so in Old Engl. ‘fore God), Karl. 241; fyrir þitt líf, Stj. 514; ek særi þik f. alla krapta Krists ok manndóm þinn, Nj. 176. VII. for, at, denoting value, price; fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks, Eg. 714; er sik leysti út f. þrjú hundruð marka, Fms. ix. 421; ganga f. hundrað, to pass or go for a hundred, D. I. i. 316:—also of the thing bought, þú skalt reiða f. hana þrjár merkr, thou shall pay for her three marks, Ld. 30; fyrir þik skulu koma mannhefndir, Nj. 57; bætr f. víg, Ísl. ii. 274; bætr f. mann, Eg. 259, passim; fyrir áverka Þorgeirs kom legorðs-sökin, Nj. 101:—so in the phrase, fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost; fyrir öngan mun, by no means, Fms. i. 9, 157, Gþl. 531:—hafði hverr þeirra mann f. sik, eða tvá …, each slew a man or more for himself, i. e. they sold their lives dearly, Ó. H. 217.
    2. ellipt., í staðinn f., instead of, Grág. i. 61; hér vil ek bjóða f. góð boð, Nj. 77; taka umbun f., Fms. vii. 161; svara slíku f. sem …, Boll. 350; þér skulut öngu f. týna nema lífinu, you shall lose nothing less than your head, Nj. 7.
    VIII. by means of, by, through; fyrir þat sama orð, Stj.; fyrir sína náttúru, Fms. v. 162; fyrir messu-serkinn, iii. 168; fyrir þinn krapt ok frelsis-hönd, Pass. 19. 12; svikin f. orminn, by the serpent, Al. 63,—this use of fyrir seems to be a Latinism, but is very freq. in eccl. writings, esp. after the Reformation, N. T., Pass., Vídal.; fyrir munn Davíðs, through the mouth of David, etc.:—in good old historical writings such instances are few; þeir hlutuðu f. kast ( by dice), Sturl. ii. 159.
    IX. in spite of, against; fyrir vilja sinn, N. G. L. i. 151; fyrir vitorð eðr vilja e-s, against one’s will or knowledge, Grág. ii. 348; kvángask (giptask) f. ráð e-s, i. 177, 178, Þiðr. 190; nú fara menn f. bann ( in spite of an embargo) landa á milli, Gþl. 517; hann gaf henni líf f. framkvæmd farar, i. e. although she had not fulfilled her journey ( her vow), Fms. v. 223; fyrir várt lof, vi. 220; fyrir allt þat, in spite of all that, Grett. 80 new Ed.; fyrir ráð fram, heedlessly; fyrir lög fram, vide fram.
    X. denoting capacity, in the same sense as ‘at,’ C. II, p. 27, col. 1; scarcely found in old writers (who use ‘at’), but freq. in mod. usage, thus, eigi e-n f. vin, to have one for a friend, in old writers ‘at vin;’ hafa e-n f. fífl, fól, to make sport of one.
    2. in old writers some phrases come near to this, e. g. vita f. vist, to know for certain, Dipl. i. 3; vita f. full sannindi, id., ii. 16; hafa f. satt, to take for sooth, believe, Nj. 135; koma f. eitt, to come ( turn) all to one, Lv. 11, Nj. 91, Fms. i. 208; koma f. ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail, Ísl. ii. 215; fyrir hitt mun ganga, it will turn the other way, Nj. 93; fyrir hann er einskis örvænt orðs né verks, from him everything may be expected, Ísl. ii. 326; hafa e-s víti f. varnað, to have another’s faults for warning, Sól. 19.
    XI. joined with adverbs ending in -an, fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan, innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan, either with a following acc. denoting. direction, thus, fyrir austan, sunnan … fjall, east, south of the fell, i. e. on the eastern, southern side; fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge; fyrir útan fjall = Lat. ultra; fyrir innan fjall = Lat. infra; fyrir handan á, beyond the river; fyrir innan garð, inside the yard; fyrir ofan garð, above, beyond the yard, etc.; vide these adverbs:—used adverb., fyrir sunnan, in the south; fyrir vestan, in the west; fyrir norðan, in the north; fyrir austan, in the east,—current phrases in Icel. to mark the quarters of the country, cp. the ditty in Esp. Árb. year 1530; but not freq. in old writers, who simply say, norðr, suðr …, cp. Kristni S. ch. 1: absol. and adverb., fyrir ofan, uppermost; fyrir handan, on the other side:—fyrir útan e-t, except, save, Anal. 98, Vkv. 8; fyrir fram, vide fram.
    ☞ For- and fyrir- as prefixes, vide pp. 163–167 and below:
    I. fore-, for-, meaning before, above, in the widest sense, local, temp., and metaph. furthering or the like, for-dyri, for-nes, for-ellri, for-beini, etc.
    β. before, down, for-brekkis, -bergis, -streymis, -vindis, -viðris, etc.
    2. in an intens. sense = before others, very, but not freq.; for-dyld, -góðr, -hagr, -hraustr, -kostuligr, -kuðr, -lítill, -ljótr, -prís, -ríkr, -snjallr.
    II. (cp. fyrir, acc., C. IX), in a neg. or priv. sense; a few words occur even in the earliest poems, laws, and writers, e. g. for-að, -átta, -dæða, -nám, -næmi, -sending, -sköp, -verk, -veðja, -viða, -vitni, -ynja, -yrtir; those words at least seem to be original and vernacular: at a later time more words of the same kind crept in:
    1. as early as writers of the 13th and 14th centuries, e. g. for-boð, -bænir, -djarfa, -dæma (fyrir-dæma), -taka (fyrir-taka), -þóttr; fyrir-bjóða, -fara, -göra, -koma, -kunna, -líta, -muna, -mæla, -vega, -verða.
    2. introduced in some words at the time of the Reformation through Luther’s Bible and German hymns, and still later in many more through Danish, e. g. for-brjóta, -drífa, -láta, -líkast, -merkja, -nema, -sorga, -sóma, -standa, -svara, -þénusta, and several others; many of these, however, are not truly naturalised, being chiefly used in eccl. writings:—it is curious that if the pronoun be placed after the verb (which is the vernacular use in Icel.) the sense is in many cases reversed; thus, fyrir-koma, to destroy, but koma e-u fyrir can only mean to arrange; so also fyrir-mæla, to curse, and mæla fyrir, to speak for; for-bænir, but biðja fyrir e-m, etc.; in the latter case the sense is good and positive, in the former bad and negative; this seems to prove clearly that these compds are due to foreign influence.

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  • 74 NEMA

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    I)
    conj.
    1) except, save, but;
    þoriga ek segja nema þér einum, I dare not tell any one save thee alone;
    engi … nema, no … but, no (not any) other than (Grani vildi undir øngum manni ganga nema Sigurði);
    2) with subj. unless;
    engir þóttu lögligir dómar dœmdir, nema hann væri við, unless he had a hand in them;
    nema ek hálsaða herjans stilli einu sinni, save that I once fell on the king’s neck;
    4) veit ek eigi nema, hverr veit nema, I don’t know, (who knows) but that;
    may be, perhaps (hverr veit nema ek verða víða frægr um síðir);
    5) því at eins, nema, only in the case, if;
    ráðit þér því at eins á þá nema þér séð allir sem øruggastir, do not attack them unless you are all most steadfast and dauntless;
    6) nema heldr, but rather (eigi má þat menn kalla, nema heldr hunda);
    7) nor, = né, hvárki sverð nema øxi, neither sword nor axe.
    (nem; nam, námum; numinn), v.
    1) to take, take in use, take possession of (ef þú nemr þér jörð á Íslandi);
    nema land, to take possession of land, as a settler (hann nam Eyjafjörð allan);
    nema konu, to carry off, abduct a woman;
    nema stað or staðar, stop, halt (hér munum vér stað or staðar nema);
    nema yndi, to find rest in a place (hvárki nam hann yndi á Íslandi né í Noregi);
    2) nema e-n e-u, to bereave one of a thing (nema e-n höfði, aldri, fjörvi);
    3) to reach, touch (pilzit var svá sítt, at nam hæl);
    hvárt nam þik eða eigi, did it touch thee or not? þótt þik nótt um nemi, though the night overtake thee;
    4) to amount to, be equivalent to (honum þótti landauðn nema);
    5) as an auxiliary verb, with infin.;
    hann nam at vaxa ok vel dafna, he grew apace and throve well;
    inn nam at ganga, he stepped in;
    6) to percieve, catch, hear, of sound;
    varð þá svá mikit úhljóð, at engi nam annars mál, that no one could hear the other’s voice;
    eigi skulu vér þat mál svá nema, we shall not understand it so;
    7) to learn (nema lög, fjölkyngi);
    to learn by heart (vísur þessar námu margir);
    nema e-t at (or af) e-m, to learn, get information, about a thing from one (Glúmr hafði numit þenna atburð at þeim manni, er hét Arnór);
    8) with preps. and advs.:
    nema e-t af, to abolish (var sú heiðni af numin sem önnur);
    nema brott konu, to carry off a woman;
    nema eptir e-u, to imitate;
    nema e-t frá, to except (nema konur eða þeir menn, er hann næmi frá);
    nema e-t upp, to pick up (nam ek upp rúnar);
    nema við, to resist, make a stand (hann vill enn við nema, þótt liðsmunr væri mikill);
    to stop, halt (þar námu þeir Hrafn við í nesinu);
    nema við e-u, to touch (gaddhjaltit nam við borðinu);
    to be a hindrance to (ef þat nemr við förinni, at þú þykkist hafa fé of lítit);
    impers., nemr við e-u, there is an obstacle, or stop (en er þeir kómu at kirkjudurum, þá nam þar við);
    9) refl., nemast e-t, to refuse, withhold from doing;
    nemast förina, to refuse to go;
    nemast orðsendingar hans, to disregard his messages;
    also with infin. (hann bað hann eigi nemast með öllu at gøra sem bœndr vildu).
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    1.
    conj. [compounded of the negative particle ne, and the adverb if or ef (q. v.) in an older dissyllabic form ifa; for the change of f into m see the introduction; cp. Ulf. nibai; A. S. nemne, nimne; O. H. G. nibu, nibi, nubi; Hel. nebu; early Swed. num; cp. Lat. ni-si, see Grimm’s Gramm. iii. 724.]
    B. Except, save, but; manngi, nema einn Agnarr, Gm. 2; nema þér einum, Vkv. 24; allra nema einna, 26, Ls. 11; nema við þat lík at lifa, Hm. 96; nema sá einn Áss, Ls. 11; hvar kómu feðr várir þess, … hvar nema alls hvergi? Ísl. ii. 236; öngu nema lífinu, Nj. 7; öllu gózi nema búinu, Fms. ix. 470; engi nema þú einn, Barl. 207; engi nema Bergþórr, Fms. vii. 141; kom viðrinn á kirkju-sand, nema tvau tré kómu á Raufarnes, save that two trees came to R., Landn. 51, v. l.; Ólafr hafði mörg sár ok flest smá, nema tvau vóru nökkvi mest, Fb. i. 501; nema ek hélt, Óg. 23; þeir blandask eyvitar við aðra ísa nema sér einum heldr hann, Sks. 176 B; vætki of sýti’k nema hræðumk helvíti, Hallfred; lét Koðran skíra sik ok hjú hans öll, nema Ormr vildi eigi við trú taka, Bs. i. 5.
    II. with subj. unless; aldrei, nema okkr væri báðum borit, Ls 9; nema þú hánum vísir … eða mey nemir, Hkv. 1. 19; nema ek dauðr sjá’k, 20; nema geðs viti, Hm. 19; nema hann mæli til mart, 26; nema haldendr eigi, 28; nema til kynnis komi, 32; nema reisi niðr at nið, 71; nema einir viti, 97; nema ek þik hafa, Hkv. Hjörv. 7; nema sjálfr ali, Stor. 16; nema þeir felldi hann, Edda 36; öngir þóttu lögligir dómar nema hann væri í, Nj. 1; nema maðr verði sjúkr eða sárr, Grág. i. 141; nema lands-fólkit kristnaðisk, Hkr. i. 248; nema mér banni hel, Fb. ii. 59; hann heyrði eigi nema æpt væri at honum, Fms. iv. 204, and in countless instances in old and mod. usage.
    2. in phrases such as ‘veit ek eigi nema …,’ like Lat. nescio an, implying an affirmation; þú veizt eigi nema sá verði fégjarn, Sks. 28; nú veit ek eigi nema nökkurr verði virðing af at hafa þessu máli, Band. 34 new Ed.; hverr veit nema ek verða víða frægr um síðir, who can tell but that I shall be a widely known man some day? Fms. vi. (in a verse); nú veit ek eigi nema yðr þykki minna vega mín reiði en Sigurðar konungs, now know I not if, vii. 141; eigi veit ek nema þetta væri ráðligt, en eigi má ek þat vita …, viii. 95:—with indic., kveðkat ek dul nema hún hefir, there is no doubt but that she has, Ýt. 7; hver sé if nema rögn stýra, who can doubt that? Vellekla.
    III. irreg. usages; ef nokkurr maðr ferr á jörðu, nema (in the case that, supposing that) sá vili á búa, sem fé á í jörðu, þá rænir sá hann, Gþl. 357: því at eins, nema, only in that case, if ( but not else); ráðit þér því at eins á þá nema pér sét allir sem öruggastir, only in the case if, i. e. do not attack them unless, Nj. 228; því at eins mun hann sættask vilja, nema hann gjaldi ekki, 254; skal hann því at eins í braut hafa þann hval, nema hann láti bera vitni, Jb. 326: þat man því at eins, nema ek nái ráða-hag við Melkorku, Ld. 70; því at eins ferjanda, nema fjörbaugr komi fram, Nj. 240; oss þykkir þú því at eins veita skylda þjónustu konungi, nema þú leggir af tignar-klæðin, Fms. ix. 432.
    2. nema heldr, but rather; eigi má þat menn kalla, nema heldr hunda, not men, but rather dogs, Bær. 9; sver ek eigi at eins fyrir mik, nema heldr fyrir allra þeirra sálir, Gþl. 69; hón hafði eigi hreinlífi at eins, nema heldr ok alla gæzku, Hom. 128; nema enn, but on the contrary; at glæpask eigi lengr í félags-skap við Philistim, nema enn skulu þér …, Stj. 412, 428, 442: eigi at eins óttaðisk hann um sjálfs síns líf, nema jamvel um alla aðra sína frændr, but also, Barl. 73: fyrr nema = fyrr enn, fyrr skal dólga dynr, nema ek dauðr sják (= fyrr en ek sé dauðr), Hkv. 1. 20:—hefi ek vist sét þat gull, at öngum mun er verra, nema betra sé, which is not worse, if it is not even better, Fb. i. 348.
    2.
    pres. nem; pret. nam, namt, nam, pl. námu; subj. næmi; part. numinn, older nominn, N. G. L. i. 200, Hom. 100; with neg., suff. nam-a, Hkv. 2. 15; a pret. numdi in mod. usage, formed from the part. numinn, as if from a verb nymja; örvaðist geð á allan hátt er eg numdi sjónum föður-landið heldr hátt hafít upp úr sjónum, Eggert: [Ulf. niman = λαμβάνειν; A. S. neman; Germ. nehmen; freq. in Early Engl.; in mod. Engl., where it is superseded by the Scandin. taka, it survives in nimble and numb = A. S. be-numen = lcel. numinn.]
    A. To take; the use of the word in this, its proper sense, is limited, for taka (q. v.) is the general word, whereas nema remains in special usages; nema upp, to pick up, Hm. 140; nema e-n ór nauðum, Fsm.; þar er gull numit upp í söndum, Rb. 350; at hann nemr hann ór kviðnum, ok kveða á hvert hann nemr hann ór sínu órnámi, eða annars manns, Grág. i. 51; reifa mál þeirra er ór dóminum eru numnir, 79; hann á kost at nema þá upp alla senn, 51:—nema af, to abolish; þessi heiðni var af numin á fára vetra fresti, Nj. 165, Íb. 4:—nema frá, to except; nema konur eða þeir menn er hann næmi frá, 5; á þeim tíðum er uú eru frá numnar, Grág. i. 325:—upp numinn, taken up into heaven; Enoch var upp numinn, Stj. 41.
    2. to take by force, seize upon; þá menn er konu hafa numit ( carried off), Grág. i. 354; hann nam sér konu af Grikklandi, Rb. 404; Jupiter þá er hann nam Europam, 732. 17; Björn nam Þóru á brott, Eg. 155; ek nam konu þessa er hér er hjá mér, Nj. 131; hann segir hann hafa numit sik í burt af Grænlandi undan Sólar-fjöllum, Bárð. 32 new Ed.: nema nes-nám, Danir ok Svíar herjuðu mjök í Vestr-víking ok kómu þá opt í Eyjarnar er þeir fóru vestr eða vestan, ok námu þar nesnám, Fms. iv. 229, (see nesnám, landnám):—in a lawful sense, nema land, to take possession of a land, as a settler (landnám II); hann nam Eyjafjörð allan.
    3. nema e-n e-u, to bereave one of a thing; nema e-n höfði, aldri, fjörvi, Gkv. 2. 31, 42; verða ek á fitjum þeim er mik Niðaðar námu rekkar, Vkv.; hví namtú hann sigri þá? Em. 6; sigri numnir, Fms. xi. 306 (in a verse); numinn máli, bereft of speech, Geisli 34; fjörvi numna, life-bereft, Eb. (in a verse); hann lá þar lami ok öllu megni numinn, Hom. 116; þar til er lands-menn námu þá ráðum, used force, coerced them, Bs. i. 24; ríkir menn verða þá ráðum nomnir, Hom. 100; ef hann vill eigi nema trúa því, if he will not believe it, N. G. L. i. 88.
    4. to reach, touch, hit; í hvítu pilzi, þat var svá sítt at þat nam hæl, Fas. ii. 343; nema hjöltin við neðra gómi, Edda 20; allir þeir sem oddrinn nam, Skíða R. 183; hvárt nam þik eðr eigi! Nj. 97; ok nema hann þar nauðsynjar, at hann má eigi lík færa, and if he is held back by necessity, N. G. L. i. 14, K. Á. 70; þótt þik nótt um nemi, if the night overtake thee, Sdm. 26: hence the saying, láta þar nótt sem nemr, to leave it to the night as it takes one = to take no care of the morrow:—nema stað, to take up one’s position, halt, Nj. 133, 197, Fms. i. 167, vii. 68, Eg. 237.
    5. spec. phrases; Kolskeggr nam þar eigi yndi, Nj. 121; ef hann vildi þar staðfestask ok nema yndi, Fms. i. 103:—nema staðar = nema stað, Nj. 54, 205, 265, Ld. 104, Stj. 486, Fms. i. 206: of a weapon, hefi ek þat sverð er hvergi nemr í höggi stað, I have so keen a sword that it never stops in its stroke, i. e. it cuts clean through anything, Fas. ii. 535; oddrinn nam í brynjunni staðar, Al. 76; svá at staðar nam (naf Cod. Reg.) höndin við sporðinn, Edda 40; nema hvíld, to take rest, Alm. 1; nema veiðar, to take the prey, to hunt, Hým. 1.
    6. to amount to, be equivalent to; ef eigi nemr kúgildi, Grág. ii. 233; honum þótti landauðn nema, Íb. 4; það nemr öngu, litlu, miklu, it is of no, of small, of great importance; bríkr þær er greyping hefir numit, Gþl. 345.
    7. nema við, to strike against so as to stop, come no further; nam þar við ok gékk eigi lengra, Fms. xi. 278; en gadd-hjaltið nam við borðinu, Eb. 36.
    8. metaph. to stop, halt; hér munu vér við nema, Finnb. 236; þar námu þeir Hrafn við í nesinu, Ísl. ii. 266; hann býsk við, ok vill enn við nema, þótt liðs-munr væri mikill, Bjarn. 54; konungr verðr glaðr við er hann skal fyrir hafa funnit þá menn er eigi spara viðr at nema, Al. 46; en ef þat nemr við förinni, at þú þykisk hafa fé oflítið, þá …, Ld. 70; er þat úvizka at bera eigi slíkt, ok mun þat eigi við nema, Glúm. 327; at konungr mundi fátt láta við nema, at sættir tækisk, i. e. that he would do anything for the sake of peace, Eg. 210.
    II. as an auxiliary verb, emphatic, like Engl. do, did, with infin.; Höðr nam skjóta (H. did shoot) … sá nam einnættr vega, Vsp. 37; þá nam at vaxa, Hkv. 1. 9; hann nam at vaxa (he ‘took to growing’) ok vel dafna, Rm. 19; inn nam at ganga, 2; lind nam at skelfa, 9, 35; nam hón sér Högna heita at rúnum, Skv. 3. 14; róa námu ríki, they did row mightily, Am. 35; nam hann vittugri valgaldr kveða, Vtkv. 4; nama Högna mær of hug mæla, Hkv. 2. 15; þat nam at mæla, Og. 9: seldom in prose, ek nam eigi trúa á þat er hann sagði, Post.; Falka hestr Þiðreks nemr þetta at sjá, Þiðr. 117.
    B. Metaph. to take in a mental sense or by the senses, to perceive, like Lat. apprehendere, comprehendere, freq. in old and mod. usage:
    I. to perceive, catch, hear, of sound; en svá mikill ákafi var at hvassleik veðrsins þá er konungr tók at mæla, at varla námu þeir er næstir vóru, Fms. viii. 55; sem þeir vóru langt brottu komnir, svá at þó mátti nema kail milli þeirra ok manna Saul, Stj. 486; þeir skulu svá nær sitjask, at hvárirtveggju nemi orð annarra, Grág. i. 69; engi nam mál annars, Nj. 164; mál nam í milli þeirra, Fms. v. 31; eigi skulu vér þat mál svá nema, we shall not understand it so, Hom. 156.
    II. to learn; klök nam fugla, Rm.; hann hafði numit svá lög, at hann var enn þriðr mestr laga-maðr á Íslandi, Nj. 164; inir hæstu turnar hafa numit honum at hníga, Al. 90; nú var Þórir þar ok nam þar fjölkyngi, Fb. iii. 245; Óðinn var göfgastr, ok at honum námu þeir allir íþróttirnar, Hkr. i; nema nám, to take in, acquire learning, Bs. i. 92, 127; see nám:—to ‘catch,’ learn by heart, þær kváðu vísur þessar en hann nam, Nj. 275; vísur þessar námu menn þegar, Ó. H. 207; en hinn nemi, er heyrir á, Darrl.; Þórdís nam þegar vísuna, Gísl. 33:—to learn from, þvar namtu þessi hnæfilegu orð? nam ek at mönnum …, Hbl.; nema ráð, Hm.; menn nemi mál mín ! Ó. H. (in a verse):—nema e-t at e-m, to learn something, derive information from one, ek hefi hér verit at nema kunnustu at Finnum, Fms. i. 8; hann nam lögspeki at Þorsteini, Ísl. ii. 205; hann nam kunnáttu at Geirríði, Eb. 44; Glúmr hafði numit þenna atburð at þeim manni er hét Arnórr, Fms. i. 266; en Oddr nam at Þorgeiri afráðs-koll …, Ari nam ok marga fræði at Þuríði Snorra dóttur Goða … hann hafði numit af gömlum mönnum ok vitrum, … eptir því sem vér höfum numit af fróðum mönnum, … þótt hverr maðr hafi síðan numit at öðrum, … ok hafa menn síðan at þeim numit, Ó. H. (pref.); nemi þér af mér, Fms. viii. 55.
    C. Reflex., prop. to take, seize for oneself:
    1. to take by force; ef maðr nemsk konu, ok samþykkjask þau síðan, þá …, H. E. i. 247.
    β. to stop; ok hafða ek þat sverð, sem aldri hefir í höggi stað numisk (= numit), Fas. ii. 208; friðr namsk, ceased.
    γ. to refuse, withhold from doing; hann bað hann eigi nemask með öllu at göra sem bændr vildu, Hkr. i. 142; hverr bóndi er þat nemsk ( who makes default), gjaldi …, K. Á. 40; þar var kominn fjöldi liðs ór Austr-löndum til móts við hann, ok námusk förina ( refused to go) ef hann kæmi eigi, Fb. ii. 71; en ef maðr nemsk leiðangrs-görð, eðr leiðangrs-ferð, þá hafi ármaðr sótt þat fyrr en skip komi á hlunn, … at hann hafi leiðangr görvan ok eigi fyrir nomisk, N. G. L. i. 200; en þó vil ek eigi fyrir minn dauða at nemask ( disregard) hans orðsendingar, O. H. L. 29.
    2. to learn; láttú nemask þat, learn, take heed that, Skv. 1, passim; eptir þetta nemask af aptrgöngur hans, Ld. 54.
    II. part. numinn, as adj. numb, seized, palsied; hann var allr numinn öðrum megin, ok mátti eigi mæla hálfum munni, Ann.; þá varð ek sem ek væra numinn, Mar.; vera frá sér numinn, to be beside oneself, from joy, astonishment, or the like, cp. the references above (A. 3).

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > NEMA

  • 75 chwy|cić

    pf — chwy|tać impf Ⅰ vt 1. (złapać) to get hold of, to take hold of; (bardziej zdecydowanie) to catch hold of, to grab (hold of) [torbę, talerz, krzesło, dziecko, zwierzę]; to catch [piłkę, jabłko]; to seize, to grasp [nóż, szablę]; [dźwig] to pick up [kontener]
    - chwytać piłkę obiema rękami a. w obie ręce to catch a ball with a. in both hands
    - chwytać (za) czapkę/kij to grab one’s cap/a stick
    - chwycić za klamkę to grab the door handle
    - chwytać linę to catch a. grab (at) a rope
    - chwycić rzucony cukierek to catch a sweet
    - chwycić kogoś za włosy/kark to grab sb by the hair/(the scruff of) the neck
    - chwycić kogoś za kołnierz/płaszcz to grab (hold of) a. get hold of sb by the collar/ to grab (hold of) sb’s coat
    - chwycić kogoś za rękę to grip sb’s hand, to grasp sb by the hand
    - chwycić kogoś za ramię to grip sb’s arm, to seize sb by the arm
    - chwycić kogoś w objęcia to grasp a. clasp sb in an embrace
    - pies chwycił go za nogawkę spodni the dog caught his trouser leg in its teeth
    2. (wędką, pułapką, sidłem) to catch [rybę, zwierzę, motyla]
    - chwytać ryby siecią/w sieć to catch fish with/in a net
    - chwytać konia na lasso to lasso a. rope a horse
    3. (spinać) to pin up [brzegi sukni] 4. przen. (postrzegać) to catch [dźwięki, spojrzenia]
    - chwytać uchem coś to catch the sound of sth
    - chwycić coś kątem oka to catch sth out of the corner of one’s eye
    5. przen. (pojmować) to grasp; to get pot.
    - chwycić żart to get a joke
    - chwytać, o co komuś chodzi to get what sb means
    - chwytać coś w lot to grasp sth immediately; to catch on (to sth) at once a. immediately pot.
    - chwytać rytm tańca to pick up the rhythm of a dance
    6. przen. (zauważać) to catch
    - chwycić kogoś na czymś to catch sb doing sth
    7. (przyciągać) [dywan, zasłony] to pick up, to attract [kurz] 8. przen. (ogarniać, opanowywać) chwyta go dolegliwość he is coming down with an illness
    - chwytały go bóle/konwulsje he was gripped by pain/seized by convulsions
    - chyba chwyta mnie grypa I think I’m coming down with a. I’m getting the flu
    - chwycił go kaszel he had a coughing fit
    - chwyciły ją dreszcze she started shivering
    - kobietę w ciąży często chwytają mdłości pregnant women often suffer from bouts of sickness
    - mojego kota chwyciła jakaś choroba my cat has caught a. picked up some disease
    - chwyta go sen he feels sleepy
    - położył się do łóżka i od razu chwycił go sen as soon as he got into bed he fell asleep a. he was overcome by sleep książk.
    - chwyta ją żal/wzruszenie she’s overcome with sorrow/emotion
    - gdy mróz chwyta, na ulicach robi się ślisko when it’s frosty a. there’s a frost the streets become slippery
    - w lutym chwyta zwykle kilkunastostopniowy mróz in February the temperature usually falls to 10 or 15 degrees below zero
    Ⅱ vi 1. przen. (przywrzeć) [farba, emulsja, barwnik] to take; [klej] to set, to stick; [taśma klejąca] to stick; [cement] to set
    - poczekaj, aż klej chwyci wait until the glue sets
    - ten klej nie chwyta metalu this glue doesn’t stick to a. adhere to metal
    - farba nie chwyciła the dye didn’t take
    2. pot., przen. (zyskać uznanie) [idea, pomysł, moda, reklama] to catch on pot.; [towar, film] to take off pot.; [propozycja] to be accepted
    - idea rządu koalicyjnego nie chwyciła the idea of a coalition government fell through a. didn’t take off
    Ⅲ chwycić się — chwytać się 1. (siebie samego) to clutch, to grasp
    - chwytać się za głowę z bólu to clutch one’s head in pain
    - chwytać się za bolącą nogę to grasp a. clutch an aching leg
    - chwytać się pod boki ze śmiechu to clutch one’s sides laughing, to hold one’s sides with laughter
    2. (jeden drugiego) to grasp one another, to hold one another
    - chwytać się za ręce to take hold of a. clasp one another’s hands
    3. (dla utrzymania równowagi) to hold on to, to cling to [mebli, poręczy, płotu, gałęzi]
    - chwycił się stołu, żeby nie upaść he caught hold of the table so as not to fall
    4. (dać się złapać) [ryba, zwierzę] to be caught 5. przen. (robić wszystko) to try (out), to resort to
    - chwytać się różnych pomysłów to try (out) different ideas
    - chwytać się różnych sposobów to resort to various methods a. means
    - chwytać się różnych zajęć to take on a. up various activities
    - chwytać się myśli/nadziei to cling to a. hold on to an idea/a hope
    - prezydent chwycił się pomocy wojska the president turned to the army for help
    6. pot. (spostrzegać w sobie) to catch oneself (na czymś doing sth)
    - chwytać się na myślach o śmierci to catch oneself thinking about death
    ■ chwycić byka za rogi to take the bull by the horns
    - chwycić wiatr Myślis. [pies] to catch the scent, to get the scent; Żegl. to catch the wind
    - chwytać oddech a. powietrze to gasp (for breath), to catch one’s breath
    - ranny z ledwością chwytał powietrze the injured man could hardly catch his breath
    - chwytać kogoś za słowa a. słówka to pick sb up on every word (they say)
    - nie chwytaj mnie za słowa, tylko uważnie mnie wysłuchaj just listen to what I’m saying and stop picking me up on every word
    - chwytać coś na gorąco pot. (w mediach) to cover sth as it happens, to be where the action is pot.
    - dobry reporter powinien chwytać życie na gorąco a good reporter should always be there on the spot
    - chwytać na gorąco relacje świadków to get eyewitness reports on the spot a. at the scene
    - chwycić za broń/pióro/pędzel to take up arms/writing/painting
    - chwytać kogoś za gardło [emocje] to bring a lump to sb’s throat
    - chwytać kogoś za serce a. duszę [słowa, widok] to pull a. tug at sb’s heartstrings
    - chwytać kogoś za serce [osoba] to play on sb’s heartstrings
    - żadne choroby się go nie chwytają he’s totally immune to illness
    - nie chwytają się go żadne nasze tłumaczenia none of our explanations seem to (be) get(ting) through to him
    - tonący brzytwy się chwyta przysł. a drowning man will clutch at a straw przysł.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > chwy|cić

  • 76 prendere

    1. ['prɛndere]
    vb irreg vt
    1) (gen) to take, (portare: cosa) to get, fetch, (persona) to pick up, fetch

    ha preso il libro dal tavolo — he picked up o took the book from the table

    l'ho preso dal cassetto — I took o got it out of the drawer

    l'ha preso per mano — she took his hand o took him by the hand

    abbiamo preso una casa — (affittare) we have rented a house, (comprare) we have bought a house

    2) (afferrare) to seize, grab, (catturare: ladro, pesce) to catch, (fortezza) to take
    3) (direzione, scorciatoia, mezzo pubblico) to take

    ha preso il treno — he took the train, he went by train

    ha preso il treno delle 10 — he took o caught the 10 o'clock train

    4) (registrare) to take (down)
    5) (guadagnare) to get, earn, (chiedere: somma, prezzo) to charge, ask

    prende 2000 euro al mese — he makes o earns 2000 euros a month

    6) (ricevere: colpi, schiaffi, sgridata) to get, (subire: malattia) to catch
    7) (ingoiare: pasto, panino, tè) to have, (medicina) to take

    prendi qualcosa? — (da bere, da mangiare) would you like something to eat (o drink)?

    8) (assumere: collaboratore, dipendente) to take on, hire, (responsabilità) to take on, assume, (tono, aria) to put on, (colore) to take on, (decisione) to take, make, come to
    9)

    (pervadere) essere preso dai rimorsi — to be full of remorse

    10)

    (scambiare) prendere qn/qc per — to mistake sb/sth for

    ha preso le mie parole per o come un'offesa — he took offence at my words

    per chi mi prendi? — who do you think I am?, what do you take me for?

    11) (trattare: persona) to handle

    prendere qn con le buone/cattive — to handle sb tactfully/rudely

    12) (occupare: spazio, tempo) to take up
    13)

    (cominciare) prendere a fare qc — to begin to do sth, start doing sth

    14)

    prendersela — (adirarsi) to get annoyed, (preoccuparsi) to get upset, worry

    15)

    (fraseologia) prendere da qn — (assomigliare) to take after sb

    prendersi cura di qn/qc — to look after sb/sth

    2. vi (aus avere)
    1) (far presa: colla, cemento) to set, (piante) to take (root), (fuoco) to catch
    2)

    (andare) prendere a destra — to go o turn right

    3)

    (fraseologia) mi è preso un colpo — I got such a fright

    (uso reciproco: afferrarsi) to grab each other, seize each other

    prendersi a pugni — to come to blows, punch each other

    Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese > prendere

  • 77 γέντο

    Grammatical information: v.
    Meaning: `he took' (Il. 8, 43).
    Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [368] * gem- `seize, take etc.'
    Etymology: γέντο is like λέκτο `he laid down' either a middle root aorist, or an s- aorist with lost σ (*λέκ-σ-το, *γέμ-σ-το; on μ s. below), cf. Schwyzer 751 Zus. 2. Both verbs have analogical full grade. Not from *gm̥̄to (Wackernagel Unt. 175 A.). To γέντο \< *γέμτο probably ipv. ἀπό-γεμε ἄφελκε. Κύπριοι and ὕγ-γεμος συλλαβή. Σαλαμίνιοι H. From other languages have been compared MIr. gemel `fetter', Latv. gùmstu, gùmt `seize etc.'; OCS žьmǫ, žęti `σφίγγειν, comprimere'. This word has again been compared with Gr. γέμω `be full' (q. v.), which could be the thematic present beside athematic (sigmatic) aorist γέντο. - Pok. 368f. Not to γαμέω nor to γάγγαμον `net' (q. v.).
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    Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > γέντο

  • 78 bite

    أَمْسَكَ (بِـ)‏ \ bite: (of tools) to take firm hold: Tyres do not bite well an a wet road. catch, (caught): to seize sb. or sth. that is escaping: I ran after him but could not catch him, to seize in any way: Did you catch a fish?. hold: to keep (sth.) in the hand: He held the rope (in his hand), control; keep still: He held his breath. Hold your tongue. hook: to catch or fasten with a hook.

    Arabic-English glossary > bite

  • 79 catch, (caught)

    أَمْسَكَ (بِـ)‏ \ bite: (of tools) to take firm hold: Tyres do not bite well an a wet road. catch, (caught): to seize sb. or sth. that is escaping: I ran after him but could not catch him, to seize in any way: Did you catch a fish?. hold: to keep (sth.) in the hand: He held the rope (in his hand), control; keep still: He held his breath. Hold your tongue. hook: to catch or fasten with a hook.

    Arabic-English glossary > catch, (caught)

  • 80 hold

    أَمْسَكَ (بِـ)‏ \ bite: (of tools) to take firm hold: Tyres do not bite well an a wet road. catch, (caught): to seize sb. or sth. that is escaping: I ran after him but could not catch him, to seize in any way: Did you catch a fish?. hold: to keep (sth.) in the hand: He held the rope (in his hand), control; keep still: He held his breath. Hold your tongue. hook: to catch or fasten with a hook.

    Arabic-English glossary > hold

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