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1 lent

предоставил; предоставленный; предоставляться; получить в распоряжение

lent money — предоставлять ссуду

lent long — предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду

lent on pawn — предоставлять ссуду под залог

lent on pledge — предоставлять ссуду под залог

lent on security — предоставлять ссуду под залог

English-Russian big medical dictionary > lent
2 long

long [lɒŋ]

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1. adjective

2. adverb

3. intransitive verb

4. noun

5. compounds

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1. adjective

   a. (in size) long ( longue f)

• the wall is 10 metres long le mur fait 10 mètres de long

• a wall 10 metres long un mur de 10 mètres de long

• how long is the swimming pool? quelle est la longueur de la piscine ?

• to get longer [queue] s'allonger ; [hair] pousser

• he's getting a bit long in the tooth (inf) il n'est plus tout jeune

• not by a long shot (inf) loin de là

• it's a long shot but we might be lucky c'est très risqué mais nous aurons peut-être de la chance

   b. (in distance) it's a long way c'est loin

• it's a long way to the shops les magasins sont loin

   c. (in time) long ( longue f) ; [delay] important

• at long last enfin

• in the long run à la longue

• in the long term à long terme

• the days are getting longer les jours rallongent

• long time no see! (inf!) ça fait une paye ! (inf)

• he's not long for this world (inf) il n'en a plus pour longtemps

• the reply was not long in coming la réponse n'a pas tardé à venir

► a long time longtemps

• a long time ago il y a longtemps

• that was a long, long time ago il y a bien longtemps de cela

• it will be a long time before I see her again je ne la reverrai pas avant longtemps

• it will be remembered for a long time to come on s'en souviendra longtemps

• it'll be a long time before I do that again! je ne recommencerai pas de si tôt !

• have you been studying English for a long time? il y a longtemps que vous étudiez l'anglais ?

• it's a long time since I last saw him ça fait longtemps que je ne l'ai pas vu

• he has not been seen for a long time cela fait longtemps qu'on ne l'a pas vu

• you took a long time to get here tu as mis du temps pour venir

• it takes a long time for the drug to act ce médicament met du temps à agir

• it took a long time for the truth to be accepted les gens ont mis très longtemps à accepter la vérité

2. adverb

   a. ( = a long time) longtemps

• they didn't stay long ils ne sont pas restés longtemps

• he hasn't been gone long il n'y a pas longtemps qu'il est parti

• it didn't take him long to realize that... il n'a pas mis longtemps à se rendre compte que...

• are you going away for long? vous partez pour longtemps ?

• not for long pas pour longtemps

• not for much longer plus pour très longtemps

• will you be long? tu en as pour longtemps ?

• I won't be long je n'en ai pas pour longtemps

• don't be long dépêche-toi

• he hasn't long to live il n'en a plus pour longtemps

• women live longer than men les femmes vivent plus longtemps que les hommes

• have you been here/been waiting long? vous êtes ici/vous attendez depuis longtemps ?

• his long-awaited reply sa réponse longtemps attendue

• long live the King! vive le roi !

• I only had long enough to buy a paper j'ai juste eu le temps d'acheter un journal

• six months at the longest six mois au plus

• so long! (inf) à bientôt !

   b. ( = through) all night long toute la nuit

• all summer long tout l'été

• his whole life long toute sa vie

   c. (set structures)

► before long (+ future) dans peu de temps ; (+ past) peu après

► how long? (in time)

how long will you be? (doing job) ça va te demander combien de temps ?

• how long did they stay? combien de temps sont-ils restés ?

• how long is it since you saw him? cela fait combien de temps que tu ne l'as pas vu ?

• how long are the holidays? les vacances durent combien de temps ?

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• how long have you been learning Greek? depuis combien de temps apprenez-vous le grec ?

• how long had you been waiting? depuis combien de temps attendiez-vous ?

► long ago il y a longtemps

• how long ago was it? il y a combien de temps de ça ?

• as long ago as 1930 déjà en 1930

• not long ago il n'y a pas longtemps

• he arrived not long ago il n'y a pas longtemps qu'il est arrivé► long after longtemps après

• long after he died longtemps après sa mort► long before

• long before the war bien avant la guerre

• his wife had died long before sa femme était morte depuis longtemps

• you should have done it long before now vous auriez dû le faire il y a longtemps

• not long before the war peu avant la guerre

• not long before his wife died peu avant la mort de sa femme

• she had died not long before elle était morte peu de temps avant► long since il y a longtemps

• it's not long since he died il est mort il n'y a pas longtemps

• he thought of friends long since dead il a pensé à des amis morts depuis longtemps► any/no/a little longer

• I can't stay any longer je ne peux pas rester plus longtemps

• she no longer wishes to do it elle ne veut plus le faire

• he is no longer living there il n'y habite plus

• wait a little longer attendez encore un peu► as long as (conditional) à condition que + subj

• you can borrow it as long as John doesn't mind vous pouvez l'emprunter à condition que John n'y voie pas d'inconvénient

• as long as necessary le temps qu'il faudra

• stay as long as you like restez autant que vous voulez

• as long as this crisis lasts tant que durera cette crise

3. intransitive verb

• to long to do sth ( = hope to) avoir très envie de faire qch ; ( = dream of) rêver de faire qch

• I'm longing to meet her j'ai très envie de la rencontrer

• to long for sth ( = hope for) avoir très envie de qch ; ( = dream of) rêver de qch

• to long for sb to do sth mourir d'envie que qn fasse qch

• she longed for her friends ses amis lui manquaient beaucoup

4. noun

• the long and the short of it is that... le fin mot de l'histoire, c'est que...

5. compounds

► long-distance adjective [race, runner] de fond

• long-distance call appel m longue distance

• long-distance flight vol m long-courrier

• long-distance lorry driver (British) routier m adverb• to call sb long-distance appeler qn à longue distance ► long-drawn-out adjective interminable

► long drink noun long drink m

► long-grain rice noun riz m long

► long-haired adjective [person] aux cheveux longs ; [animal] à longs poils

► long-haul noun transport m à longue distance

• long-haul airline/flight ligne f/vol m long-courrier ► long jump noun saut m en longueur

► long jumper noun sauteur m, - euse f en longueur

► long-lasting adjective durable

• to be longer-lasting durer plus longtemps ► long-legged adjective [person] aux jambes longues ; [animal] à longues pattes

► long-life adjective [milk] longue conservation ; [batteries] longue durée

► long-lost adjective [person] perdu de vue depuis longtemps ; [thing] perdu depuis longtemps

► long-range adjective [missile, rocket] à longue portée ; [planning] à long terme

• long-range weather forecast prévisions fpl météorologiques à long terme ► long-running adjective [play] à l'affiche depuis longtemps ; [dispute] vieux ; [TV programme] diffusé depuis longtemps

• long-running series (TV) série-fleuve f ► long-sighted adjective (British) hypermétrope ; (in old age) presbyte ; (figurative) [person] qui voit loin ; [decision] pris avec prévoyance ; [attitude] prévoyant

► long-sleeved adjective à manches longues

► long-standing adjective de longue date

► long-stay car park noun parking m longue durée

► long-suffering adjective d'une patience à toute épreuve

► long-time adjective de longue date, vieux ( vieille f)

► long wave noun grandes ondes fpl

• on long wave sur les grandes ondes ► long-winded adjective [speech] interminable

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[lɒŋ], US [lɔːŋ] 1.
adjective

1) (lengthy, protracted) [process, wait, journey, vowel] long/longue; [delay] important; [bath, sigh] grand (before n)

to be 20 minutes long — durer 20 minutes

how long is the interval? — combien de temps dure l'entracte?

is an hour long enough? — est-ce qu'une heure suffira?

it's been a long day — la journée a été longue

to get longer — [days] s'allonger

to take a long hard look at something — réfléchir sérieusement à quelque chose

to work long hours — faire de longues journées

a friend of long standing — un ami de longue date

2) ( in expressions of time)

she's been away a long time — elle est restée longtemps absente

it's been a long time since I saw you — ça fait longtemps que je ne t'ai pas vu

you've been a long time getting here — tu as mis longtemps pour arriver

they've taken a long time to decide — il leur a fallu du temps pour se décider

that's a long time — c'est long

I've been a teacher for a long time — je suis professeur depuis longtemps

she hasn't been well for a long time — ça fait longtemps qu'elle est malade

for a long time I didn't believe her — pendant longtemps je ne l'ai pas crue

a long time ago — il y a longtemps

to take a long time — [person] être lent; [task] prendre longtemps

3) ( in measuring) [dress, hair, queue] long/longue; [grass] haut; [detour] grand

20 m long — de 20 m de long

to be 20 m long — avoir 20 m de long

to get long — [grass, hair] pousser; [list, queue] s'allonger

she's growing her hair long — elle se laisse pousser les cheveux

to make something longer — allonger [sleeve]; augmenter la longueur de [shelf]

4) ( in expressions of distance)

a long way — loin

January is a long way off — janvier est loin

don't fall, it's a long way down — ne tombe pas, c'est haut

a long way down the list — loin sur la liste

a long way out — ( at sea) loin au large; ( in calculations) loin du compte

we've come a long way — nous avons fait beaucoup de chemin

to go a long way — [person] ( be successful) aller loin

to make something go a long way — faire durer quelque chose

to go a long way towards doing — contribuer largement à faire

to have a long way to go — fig [worker, planner] avoir encore beaucoup d'efforts à faire

by a long way — de loin

to take the long way round — faire un long détour
2.
adverb

1) ( a long time) longtemps

to be long — ( doing something) en avoir pour longtemps

how long will you be in the meeting? — cette réunion va te prendre combien de temps?

not very long — pas très longtemps

don't be long — dépêche-toi

how long will it be before we know? — dans combien de temps le saura-t-on?

it won't be long before... — dans peu de temps...

I've been here longer than anyone else — je suis ici depuis plus longtemps que personne

I can't stand it a day longer — je ne le supporterai pas un jour de plus

I can't stand it any longer — j'en ai assez

the longer we stayed the hotter it grew — plus le temps passait et plus il faisait chaud

it's not that long since... — il ne s'est pas passé tellement de temps depuis...

it wasn't long before... — il n'a pas fallu longtemps pour que...

has he been gone long? — est-ce qu'il y a longtemps qu'il est parti?

I haven't got long — je n'ai pas beaucoup de temps

long enough — assez longtemps

just long enough to... — juste le temps de...

that doesn't give us long — ça ne nous laisse pas beaucoup de temps

this won't take long — ça ne prendra pas longtemps

longer than expected — plus longtemps que prévu

how long did it take him? — il lui a fallu combien de temps?

longer than he thought — plus de temps qu'il ne pensait

three days at the longest — trois jours tout au plus

before long — ( in past) peu après; ( in future) dans peu de temps

before much longer — sous peu

not for long — pas longtemps

will you be gone for long? — seras-tu longtemps absent?

long after — longtemps après

not long after — peu après

it's long past your bedtime — tu devrais être couché depuis longtemps

long ago — il y a longtemps

long before — bien avant

not long before lunch — peu de temps avant le déjeuner

long since — depuis longtemps

he's no longer head — il n'est plus chef

5 minutes, no longer! — 5 minutes, pas plus!

2) ( for a long time) (avant pp) depuis longtemps

those days are long gone — ce temps-là n'est plus

3) ( throughout) (après n)

all day long — toute la journée
3.
as long as, so long as conjunctional phrase

1) ( in time) aussi longtemps que

(for) as long as you like — aussi longtemps que tu veux

as long as I live — toute ma vie

2) ( provided that) du moment que (+ indic), pourvu que (+ subj)
4.
intransitive verb

to long for something/somebody — avoir très envie de quelque chose/de voir quelqu'un

to long to do — ( be impatient) être très impatient de faire; ( desire something elusive) rêver de faire

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long time no see! — (colloq) hum ça fait une paye (colloq) qu'on ne s'est pas vus!

she's not long for this world — elle ne fera pas de vieux os

so long! — (colloq) salut!

why all the long faces? — vous en faites une tête! (colloq)

to pull a long face — faire triste mine

to have a long memory — être rancunier/-ière

English-French dictionary > long
3 Great Acaphistus (A long hymn to the Virgin, sung in the 5th week of Lent)

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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > Great Acaphistus (A long hymn to the Virgin, sung in the 5th week of Lent)
4 lend

lend гл.;
прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - lent
1) а) одалживать, давать взаймы She lent the money to him. ≈ Она дала ему денег взаймы б) ссужать, давать под проценты lend long ≈ предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду
2) давать, придавать a dispassionate manner which lends great force to his criticisms ≈ невозмутимая манера, которая придавала особую убедительность его критике Syn: afford, furnish, impart
3) возвр. приспосабливаться, прилаживаться, применяться a topic that lends itself admirably to class discussion ≈ тема, которая идеально подходит к обсуждению в классе He loves Ireland too well to lend himself to such a policy. ≈ Он слишком любит Ирландию, чтобы согласиться с такой политикой. Syn: accommodate ∙ lend out to lend one's ears, to lend one's ear ≈ уделить внимание, выслушать to lend a (helping) hand ≈ помочь( шотландское) ссуда, заем давать взаймы, давать на время - to * money to smb. ссужать кого-л. деньгами, давать кому-л. деньги взаймы - to * books to smb. давать читать книги кому-л.;
выдавать кому-л. книги по абонементу (в библиотеке) ссужать деньгами под проценты придавать;
оказывать - to * aid /assistance/ оказывать помощь - to * dignity придавать достоинство - facts * probability to the theory факты сообщают этой теории достоверность отдавать( обыкн. to * oneself, to * itself) - to * oneself to smth. прибегать к чему-л. (обыкн. дурному) ;
дать втянуть себя во что-л.;
предаваться чему-л. - he *s himself to illusory hopes он тешит себя пустыми надеждами - to * itself to smth. служить чему-л., быть пригодным /подходящим/ для чего-л. - your house *s itself well to the purpose ваш дом вполне пригоден для этой цели - laws that * themselves to various interpretations законы, которые допускают различные толкования > to * a (helping) hand помогать, оказывать помощь > to * (an) ear /one's ears/ to smb. выслушать кого-л. > to * one's soul to a task вкладывать душу в какое-л. дело > to * colour to делать более правдоподобным > the wounds of the prisoner's arm lend colour to his story у заключенного на руке такие раны, что невольно веришь его рассказу > to * credence to подтверждать( что-л.) lend refl. годиться (только о вещах) ~ давать, предоставлять;
to lend assistance (support) оказывать помощь (поддержку) ~ давать, сообщать, придавать;
to lend probability to a story придавать правдоподобие рассказу ~ (lent) давать взаймы;
одалживать;
ссужать, to lend long предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду ~ давать взаймы ~ заем ~ refl. предаваться (мечтам и т. п.) ~ предоставлять заем, давать взаймы, давать в ссуду, ссужать ( что-л.) ~ refl. прибегать( к чему-л. обыкн. дурному) ;
to lend oneself to dishonesty прибегнуть к подлости ~ ссуда ~ ссужать ~ out выдавать книги (в библиотеке) ;
to lend one's ears (или ear) выслушать;
to lend a (helping) hand помочь ~ (lent) давать взаймы;
одалживать;
ссужать, to lend long предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду ~ money on предоставлять заем под залог ~ money on ссужать деньги под залог ~ on pawn ссужать деньги под залог ~ out выдавать книги (в библиотеке) ;
to lend one's ears (или ear) выслушать;
to lend a (helping) hand помочь ~ refl. прибегать (к чему-л. обыкн. дурному) ;
to lend oneself to dishonesty прибегнуть к подлости ~ out выдавать книги (в библиотеке) ;
to lend one's ears (или ear) выслушать;
to lend a (helping) hand помочь ~ out одалживать ~ out money on real property ссужать под залог недвижимости ~ out money on securities ссужать деньги под залог ценных бумаг ~ давать, сообщать, придавать;
to lend probability to a story придавать правдоподобие рассказу

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > lend
5 loan

1. noun
1) (thing lent) Leihgabe, die

2) (lending)

let somebody have/give somebody the loan of something — jemandem etwas leihen

be [out] on loan — [Buch, Schallplatte:] ausgeliehen sein

have something on loan [from somebody] — etwas [von jemandem] geliehen haben

3) (money lent) Darlehen, das; Kredit, der; (public loan) Anleihe, die
2. transitive verb
loan something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen; etwas an jemanden verleihen

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[ləun] 1. noun
1) (anything lent, especially money: I shall ask the bank for a loan.) die Anleihe, das Darlehen

2) (the act of lending: I gave him the loan of my bicycle.) das Leihen
2. verb
((especially American) to lend: Can you loan me a pen?) leihen

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loan

[ləʊn, AM loʊn]

I. n

1. (money) Darlehen nt, Kredit m

a $50,000 \loan ein Darlehen über 50.000 Dollar

an unsecured \loan ein ungesicherter Kredit

to take out a \loan ein Darlehen aufnehmen

to get a \loan ein Darlehen [o einen Kredit] bekommen

\loan to managers Organkredit m

\loan to small and medium-sized enterprises Mittelstandskredit m

2. (act) Ausleihe f kein pl, Verleihen nt kein pl

a permanent \loan eine Dauerleihgabe

to be on \loan verliehen sein

the exhibit is on \loan from another museum das Ausstellungsstück ist die Leihgabe eines anderen Museums

to be on long-term/short-term \loan langfristig/kurzfristig ausgeliehen sein

II. n modifier

\loan conditions Kreditbedingungen pl, Darlehensbedingungen pl

III. vt

▪ to \loan sb sth [or sth to sb] jdm etw leihen

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[ləʊn]
1. n

1) (= thing lent) Leihgabe f; (from bank etc) Darlehen nt; (= public loan) Anleihe f

my friend let me have the money as a loan — mein Freund hat mir das Geld geliehen

it's not a gift, it's a loan — es ist nicht geschenkt, sondern nur geliehen

government loans — Regierungsdarlehen nt

2)

I asked for the loan of a bicycle — ich bat darum, ein Fahrrad ausleihen zu dürfen

he gave me the loan of his bicycle —

conditions governing the loan of this book — Leihbedingungen pl für dieses Buch

it's on loan — es ist geliehen

the machinery is on loan from the American government — die Maschinen sind eine Leihgabe der amerikanischen Regierung

she's on loan to us from the CIA — sie ist vom CIA an uns abgestellt worden

to have sth on loan — etw geliehen haben (from von)

2. vt
leihen (to sb jdm)
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loan [ləʊn]

A s

1. (Ver)Leihen n, Ausleihung f:

on loan leihweise;

a book on loan ein geliehenes Buch;

painting, etc on loan Leihgabe f;

be on loan from eine Leihgabe (gen) sein;

ask for the loan of sth darum bitten, (sich) etwas (aus)leihen zu dürfen;

may I have the loan of …? darf ich (mir) … (aus)leihen?;

have sth on loan from sb (sich) etwas von jemandem (aus)geliehen haben

2. WIRTSCH Anleihe f (auch fig):

take up a loan eine Anleihe aufnehmen (on auf akk); → academic.ru/31904/government">government 4

3. WIRTSCH Darlehen n, Kredit m:

loan on securities Lombardkredit

4. Leihgabe f (für eine Ausstellung):

loan collection Leihgaben(sammlung) pl(f)

5. LING Lehnwort n

B v/t besonders US → lend 1

C v/i besonders US Geld verleihen

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1. noun
1) (thing lent) Leihgabe, die

2) (lending)

let somebody have/give somebody the loan of something — jemandem etwas leihen

be [out] on loan — [Buch, Schallplatte:] ausgeliehen sein

have something on loan [from somebody] — etwas [von jemandem] geliehen haben

3) (money lent) Darlehen, das; Kredit, der; (public loan) Anleihe, die
2. transitive verb
loan something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen; etwas an jemanden verleihen

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n.

Anleihe -n f.

Ausleihe -ungen f.

Darlehen - n.

Kredit -e m.

Leihe -n f. v.

ausleihen v.

English-german dictionary > loan
6 recover

1. transitive verb
1) (regain) zurückerobern

2) (find again) wieder finden [Verlorenes, Fährte, Spur]

3) (retrieve) zurückbekommen; bergen [Wrack]

4) (make up for) aufholen [verlorene Zeit]

5) (acquire again) wiedergewinnen [Vertrauen]; wieder finden [Gleichgewicht, innere Ruhe usw.]

recover consciousness — das Bewusstsein wiedererlangen

recover one's senses — (lit. or fig.) wieder zur Besinnung kommen

recover one's sight — sein Sehvermögen wiedergewinnen

recover one's breath — wieder zu Atem kommen

6) (reclaim)

recover land from the sea — dem Meer Land abgewinnen

recover metal from scrap — Metall aus Schrott gewinnen

7) (Law) erheben [Steuer, Abgabe]; erhalten [Schadenersatz, Schmerzensgeld]
2. intransitive verb
recover from something — sich von etwas [wieder] erholen

how long will it take him to recover? — wann wird er wieder gesund sein?

be [completely or fully] recovered — [völlig] wiederhergestellt sein

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verb

1) (to become well again; to return to good health etc: He is recovering from a serious illness; The country is recovering from an economic crisis.) genesen

2) (to get back: The police have recovered the stolen jewels; He will recover the cost of the repairs through the insurance.) wiedererlangen

3) (to get control of (one's actions, emotions etc) again: The actor almost fell over but quickly recovered (his balance).) sich fangen

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- academic.ru/60794/recovery">recovery

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re·cov·er

[rɪˈkʌvəʳ, AM -ɚ]

I. vt

1. (get back)

▪ to \recover sth one's health etw zurückerlangen; sth lent etw zurückbekommen; one's appetite etw wiedergewinnen; stolen goods etw sicherstellen

to \recover one's balance/composure sein Gleichgewicht/seine Selbstbeherrschung wiederfinden

to \recover consciousness das Bewusstsein wiedererlangen, wieder zu Bewusstsein kommen

to \recover one's costs seine Kosten decken

to \recover data/a directory/file COMPUT Daten/ein Verzeichnis/eine Datei wiederherstellen

to \recover one's health wieder gesund werden

to \recover one's hearing/sight wieder hören/sehen können

to \recover one's strength wieder zu Kräften kommen

to be fully \recovered völlig genesen sein

▪ to \recover oneself sich akk wieder fangen [o fassen]; FIN

to \recover one's disbursement seine Auslagen vergütet bekommen

to \recover money Geld wieder hereinholen

to \recover the costs die Unkosten eintreiben

2. (obtain)

to \recover coal/ore Kohle/Erz gewinnen

to \recover compensation/damages LAW (legally) eine Entschädigung/Schadenersatz erhalten

to \recover possession den Besitz wiedererlangen

II. vi sich akk erholen

▪ to \recover from [or after] sth sich akk von [o nach] etw dat erholen

the economy has \recovered after the slump die Wirtschaft hat sich nach der Rezession wieder erholt

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[rɪ'kʌvə(r)]
1. vt
sth lost wiederfinden; one's appetite, balance also wiedergewinnen; sth lent zurückbekommen; health wiedererlangen; goods, property, lost territory zurückgewinnen, zurückbekommen; (police) stolen/missing goods sicherstellen; body, space capsule, wreck bergen; (IND ETC) materials gewinnen; debt eintreiben, beitreiben; (JUR) damages Ersatz erhalten für; losses wiedergutmachen; expenses decken, wieder einholen; (COMPUT) file wiederherstellen
to recover data —

to recover one's breath/strength — wieder zu Atem/Kräften kommen

to recover consciousness — wieder zu Bewusstsein kommen or gelangen, das Bewusstsein wiedererlangen (geh)

to recover one's sight — wieder sehen können

to recover land from the sea — dem Meer Land abringen

to recover lost ground (fig) — aufholen

to recover oneself or one's composure — seine Fassung wiedererlangen

to be quite recovered — sich ganz erholt haben

2. vi

1) (after shock, accident etc ST EX, FIN) sich erholen; (from illness also) genesen (geh); (from falling) sich fangen; (regain consciousness) wieder zu sich kommen

2) (JUR) (den Prozess) gewinnen

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recover [rıˈkʌvə(r)]

A v/t

1. auch fig den Appetit, das Bewusstsein, die Fassung, seine Stimme etc wiedererlangen, -finden, etwas wiederbekommen, zurückerlangen, -erhalten, -bekommen, -gewinnen, IT Daten etc wiederherstellen:

recover one’s breath wieder zu Atem kommen;

recover one’s legs wieder auf die Beine kommen;

recover land from the sea dem Meer Land abgewinnen; → speech A 1

2. obs

a) jemanden heilen ( from von)

b) sich erholen von, verwinden:

recover o.s. → B 1, B 2;

be recovered from wiederhergestellt sein von einer Krankheit

3. Verluste etc wiedergutmachen, wieder einbringen, wettmachen, Zeit wieder aufholen

4. zurückerobern

5. eine Spur etc wiederentdecken

6. JUR

a) Schulden etc ein-, beitreiben

b) Eigentum wieder in Besitz nehmen

c) ein Urteil erwirken ( against gegen):

recover damages for Schadenersatz erhalten für

7. ein Fahrzeug, Schiff, eine Raumkapsel etc bergen, ein Fahrzeug auch abschleppen

8. → reclaim A 6

9. (er)retten, befreien, erlösen ( alle:

from aus, von)

10. Fechten, MIL: die Waffe in (die) Ausgangsstellung bringen

B v/i

1. genesen, wieder gesund werden:

he has fully recovered er ist wieder ganz gesund

2. sich erholen ( from von) ( auch WIRTSCH), fig auch seine Fassung wiederfinden, sich (wieder) fangen oder fassen:

be recovering MED auf dem Weg der Besserung sein

3. das Bewusstsein wiedererlangen, wieder zu sich kommen

4. JUR

a) recht bekommen

b) entschädigt werden, sich schadlos halten:

recover in one’s (law)suit seinen Prozess gewinnen, obsiegen

5. SPORT in die Ausgangsstellung zurückgehen

C s → recovery 8 a

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1. transitive verb
1) (regain) zurückerobern

2) (find again) wieder finden [Verlorenes, Fährte, Spur]

3) (retrieve) zurückbekommen; bergen [Wrack]

4) (make up for) aufholen [verlorene Zeit]

5) (acquire again) wiedergewinnen [Vertrauen]; wieder finden [Gleichgewicht, innere Ruhe usw.]

recover consciousness — das Bewusstsein wiedererlangen

recover one's senses — (lit. or fig.) wieder zur Besinnung kommen

recover one's sight — sein Sehvermögen wiedergewinnen

recover one's breath — wieder zu Atem kommen

6) (reclaim)

recover land from the sea — dem Meer Land abgewinnen

recover metal from scrap — Metall aus Schrott gewinnen

7) (Law) erheben [Steuer, Abgabe]; erhalten [Schadenersatz, Schmerzensgeld]
2. intransitive verb
recover from something — sich von etwas [wieder] erholen

how long will it take him to recover? — wann wird er wieder gesund sein?

be [completely or fully] recovered — [völlig] wiederhergestellt sein

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v.

entdecken v.

erholen v.

sich erholen v.

wiedererlangen v.

wiederfinden v.

wiederherstellen v.

English-german dictionary > recover
7 lend

[lend]

lend refl. годиться (только о вещах) lend давать, предоставлять; to lend assistance (support) оказывать помощь (поддержку) lend давать, сообщать, придавать; to lend probability to a story придавать правдоподобие рассказу lend (lent) давать взаймы; одалживать; ссужать, to lend long предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду lend давать взаймы lend заем lend refl. предаваться (мечтам и т. п.) lend предоставлять заем, давать взаймы, давать в ссуду, ссужать (что-л.) lend refl. прибегать (к чему-л. обыкн. дурному); to lend oneself to dishonesty прибегнуть к подлости lend ссуда lend ссужать lend out выдавать книги (в библиотеке); to lend one's ears (или ear) выслушать; to lend a (helping) hand помочь lend (lent) давать взаймы; одалживать; ссужать, to lend long предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду lend money on предоставлять заем под залог lend money on ссужать деньги под залог lend on pawn ссужать деньги под залог lend out выдавать книги (в библиотеке); to lend one's ears (или ear) выслушать; to lend a (helping) hand помочь lend refl. прибегать (к чему-л. обыкн. дурному); to lend oneself to dishonesty прибегнуть к подлости lend out выдавать книги (в библиотеке); to lend one's ears (или ear) выслушать; to lend a (helping) hand помочь lend out одалживать lend out money on real property ссужать под залог недвижимости lend out money on securities ссужать деньги под залог ценных бумаг lend давать, сообщать, придавать; to lend probability to a story придавать правдоподобие рассказу

English-Russian short dictionary > lend
8 lend

verb

(past and past participle lent)

1) давать взаймы; одалживать; ссужать, to lend long предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду

2) давать, сообщать, придавать; to lend probability to a story придавать правдоподобие рассказу

3) давать, предоставлять; to lend assistance (support) оказывать помощь (поддержку)

4) (refl.) прибегать (к чему-л. обыкн. дурному); to lend oneself to dishonesty прибегнуть к подлости

5) (refl.) годиться (только о вещах)

6) (refl.) предаваться (мечтам и т. п.)

lend out

to lend one's ears (или ear) выслушать

to lend a (helping) hand помочь

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1 (n) заем; ссуда

2 (v) давать; давать взаймы; дать; дать взаймы; дать кредиты; ссудить; ссужать

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(lent) давать взаймы

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[ lend] v. давать взаймы, одалживать; предоставлять, придавать; сообщать, давать, прибегать к; предаваться, годиться; ссужать деньги под проценты, одолжить
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давать

желать

одалживать

одолжать

одолжить

оказывать

предоставлять

предоставьте

придавать

сообщать

ссудить

ссужать

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прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - lent 1) а) одалживать, давать взаймы б) ссужать, давать под проценты 2) давать 3) возвр. приспосабливаться

Новый англо-русский словарь > lend
9 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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lingering ['lɪŋgrɪŋ]

adjective

(a) (long) long (longue);

∎ he gave her a long lingering look il lui lança un long regard langoureux;

∎ they had no time for lingering goodbyes ils n'avaient pas le temps d'échanger des adieux prolongés

(b) (persistent) persistant;

∎ a lingering feeling of dissatisfaction un irréductible sentiment d'insatisfaction;

∎ a lingering doubt un doute persistant

(c) (illness) qui traîne, chronique; (death) lent;

∎ she died a lingering death la mort l'a emportée lentement

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11 lend

[lend]
гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. lent

1)

а) одалживать, давать взаймы

She lent the money to him. — Она дала ему денег взаймы.

б) = lend out ссужать, давать под проценты

Banks will only lend out money at a high rate of interest. — Банки выдают кредиты только под высокие проценты.

to lend long — предоставлять долгосрочную ссуду

2) давать, придавать

His dispassionate manner lends great force to his criticisms. — Его невозмутимая манера придаёт особую убедительность его критике.

Syn:

afford, furnish, impart

3) (lend itself / oneself to) приспосабливаться, прилаживаться к (чему-л.), годиться для (чего-л.)

This topic lends itself admirably to class discussion. — Эта тема идеально подходит к обсуждению в классе.

He loves Ireland too well to lend himself to such a policy. — Он слишком любит Ирландию, чтобы согласиться с такой политикой.

Syn:

accommodate

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to lend one's ear(s) — уделить внимание, выслушать

to lend a (helping) hand — помочь

Англо-русский современный словарь > lend
12 lend

v ( lent)

1) придавать; оказывать (помощь и т.п.)

- lend aid

- lend assistance

2) давать взаймы, кредитовать, ссужать

- lend money

- lend money at rate of 3 per cent

- lend long

- lend on goods

- money lent abroad

- lend a helping hand

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13 slow

[sləu] 1. adjective
1) (not fast; not moving quickly; taking a long time: a slow train; The service at that restaurant is very slow; He was very slow to offer help.) lent

2) ((of a clock etc) showing a time earlier than the actual time; behind in time: My watch is five minutes slow.) en retard (de)

3) (not clever; not quick at learning: He's particularly slow at arithmetic.) lent
2. verb
(to make, or become slower: The car slowed to take the corner.) ralentir

- slowly
- slowness - slow motion - slow down/up

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14 mark

mark ⇒ Currencies and money

A n

1 ( visible patch) ( stain) tache f ; ( spot on animal) tache f ; ( from injury) marque f ; to make one's mark ( on document) signer d'une croix ; fig faire ses preuves ;

2 fig ( lasting impression) to bear the mark of [person] porter l'empreinte de [genius, greatness] ; [face] porter les marques de [pain, grief] ; to leave one's mark on sth [person] marquer qch de son influence [company, project] ; [recession] marquer qch [country] ;

3 ( symbol) as a mark of en signe de [appreciation, esteem] ;

4 Sch, Univ, gen ( assessment of work) note f ; what mark has she given you? quelle note t'a-t-elle mise? ; he gets no marks for effort/ originality fig pour l'effort/l'originalité, il mérite zéro ; ⇒ full, top ;

5 ( number on scale) the 3-mile mark la borne de trois miles ; unemployment has reached/passed the two million mark le chômage a atteint/dépassé la barre des deux millions ; his earnings are above/below the £20,000 mark son salaire est supérieur/inférieur à 20 000 livres sterling ; the timer had reached the one-minute mark cela faisait une minute au chronomètre ; the high-tide mark le maximum de la marée haute ; at gas mark 7 à thermostat 7 ; he/his work is not up to the mark fig il/son travail n'est pas à la hauteur ;

6 Sport ( starting line) ( in athletics) marque f ; on your marks, (get) set, go! à vos marques! prêts! partez! ; to get off the mark prendre le départ ; we haven't even got off the mark yet fig nous n'avons même pas commencé ; he's a bit slow off the mark fig il a l'esprit un peu lent ; you were a bit slow off the mark in not noticing the mistake sooner tu as été un peu lent à remarquer cette erreur ; he's very quick off the mark il a l'esprit vif ; you were a bit quick off the mark (in) blaming her tu l'as blâmée un peu trop vite ; he's always very quick off the mark when it comes to money il n'est jamais le dernier quand il s'agit d'argent ; you were quick off the mark! ( to do sth) tu n'as pas perdu de temps! ;

7 ( target) ( in archery etc) but m ; to find its mark [arrow] atteindre son but ; fig [criticism, remark] mettre dans le mille ; to be (way) off the mark, to be wide of the mark [person, calculation] être à côté de la plaque ○ ; on the mark absolument exact ;

8 Sport ( in rugby) arrêt m de volée ;

9 ( also Mark) ( model in series) Mark ; Jaguar Mark II Jaguar Mark II ;

10 ( also Deutschmark) deutschmark m.

B vtr

1 ( make visible impression on) ( stain) tacher [clothes, material, paper] ; [bruise, scar] marquer [skin, face] ; ( with pen etc) marquer [map, belongings] (with avec) ; to mark sb for life ( physically) défigurer qn à vie ; ( mentally) marquer qn à vie ;

2 (indicate, label) [person] marquer [name, initials, price, directions] (on sur) ; [cross, arrow, sign, label] indiquer [position, place, road] ; fig [death, event, announcement] marquer [end, change, turning point] ; to be marked as être considéré comme [future champion, criminal] ; to mark the occasion/sb's birthday with marquer l'occasion/l'anniversaire de qn par [firework display, party] ; X marks the spot l'endroit est indiqué par une croix ; to mark one's place ( in book) marquer la page ;

3 ( characterize) caractériser [style, remark, behaviour, era] ; to be marked by être caractérisé par [violence, envy, humour, generosity] ;

4 Sch, Univ ( tick) corriger [essay, homework, examination paper] ; to mark sb absent/present noter qn absent/présent ; to mark sth right/wrong indiquer que qch est juste/faux ;

5 ( pay attention to) noter (bien) [warning, comment] ; mark him well, he will be a great man sout souvenez-vous de lui, ce sera un grand homme ;

6 Sport marquer [player].

C vi

1 Sch, Univ [teacher] faire des corrections ;

2 ( stain) [dress, material etc] se tacher ;

3 Sport marquer.

D mark you conj phr n'empêche que (+ indic) ; mark you it won't be easy n'empêche que ça ne va pas être facile.

Idioms

mark my words crois-moi ; he'll not live long, mark my words! crois-moi, il ne vivra pas longtemps! ; to be an easy mark être une poire ○ ; to mark time Mil marquer le pas ; I'm marking time working as a waitress until I go to France fig je travaille comme serveuse en attendant d'aller en France ; the company is marking time at the moment fig la compagnie ne fait que piétiner en ce moment.

Phrasal verbs

■ mark down:

▶ mark [sth] down, mark down [sth] ( reduce price of) démarquer [product] ;

▶ mark [sb] down ( lower grade of) baisser les notes de [person] ; baisser la note de [work, essay] ; to mark sb down as (being) sth ( consider to be) considérer qn comme [troublemaker, asset].

■ mark off:

▶ mark [sth] off, mark off [sth]

1 ( separate off) délimiter [area] ;

2 ( tick off) pointer [items, names].

■ mark out:

▶ mark [sb] out, mark out [sb]

1 ( distinguish) distinguer (from de) ;

2 ( select) désigner [person] (for pour) ;

▶ mark [sth] out, mark out [sth] marquer les limites de [court, area].

■ mark up:

▶ mark [sth] up, mark up [sth] ( add percentage to price) [company] majorer le prix de [product] (by de) ; ( increase price) [shopkeeper] augmenter le prix de [product] (by de) ;

▶ mark [sb/sth] up Sch, Univ ( increase grade of) remonter les notes de [person] ; remonter la note de [work, essay].

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15 mile

mile [maɪl]

1 noun

(a) (measurement) = 1609 m, mile m;

∎ it's 10 miles away ≃ c'est à une quinzaine de kilomètres d'ici;

∎ she lives 30 miles from Birmingham ≃ elle habite à une cinquantaine de kilomètres de Birmingham;

∎ the two towns are 50 miles apart ≃ les deux villes sont (situées) à 80 kilomètres l'une de l'autre;

∎ it's 10 miles back ≃ c'est à une quinzaine de kilomètres derrière nous;

∎ miles per hour milles par heure;

∎ smaller cars do more miles to the or per gallon les petites voitures consomment moins;

∎ we passed a restaurant a few miles back nous sommes passés devant un restaurant quelques kilomètres plus haut;

∎ a 100-mile journey ≃ un voyage de 160 kilomètres;

∎ a 10-mile tailback (of traffic) ≃ un bouchon d'une quinzaine de kilomètres;

∎ mile after mile of sandy beaches ≃ des plages de sable sur des kilomètres et des kilomètres

(b) (long distance)

∎ you can see it a mile off ça se voit de loin;

∎ they live miles apart ils habitent à des kilomètres l'un de l'autre;

∎ the best doctor for miles around le meilleur médecin à des kilomètres à la ronde;

∎ we're miles from the nearest town on est à des kilomètres de la ville la plus proche;

∎ it's miles from anywhere c'est un endroit complètement isolé;

∎ you can see for miles and miles on voit à des kilomètres à la ronde;

∎ we walked (for) miles and miles on a fait des kilomètres (à pied);

∎ figurative I've had to use miles of string il m'a fallu des kilomètres de ficelle;

∎ familiar it sticks out a mile ça vous crève les yeux, ça se voit comme le nez au milieu de la figure

(c) figurative

∎ they're miles ahead of their competitors ils ont une avance considérable sur leurs concurrents;

∎ the two judges are miles apart on capital punishment les deux juges ont des points de vue ou des avis radicalement opposés sur la peine de mort;

∎ he was miles away (daydreaming) il était dans la lune;

∎ you could see what was going to happen a mile off on voyait d'ici ce qui allait arriver;

∎ you can tell she's Italian a mile off elle a vraiment le type italien;

∎ your calculations are miles out vous vous êtes complètement trompé dans vos calculs;

∎ someone not a million miles from us une certaine personne qui ne se trouve pas très loin de nous;

∎ it's not a million miles from what we tried to do cela ressemble assez à ce que nous avons essayé de faire;

∎ to go the extra mile faire un petit effort supplémentaire

2 adverb

familiar (very much)

∎ I feel miles better je me sens vachement mieux;

∎ it's miles more interesting c'est vachement plus intéressant;

∎ you're miles too slow t'es vachement trop lent, t'es mille fois trop lent;

∎ she's miles better than me at languages elle est vachement plus forte que moi en langues

►► American mile marker ≃ borne f kilométrique

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16 mark

mark [mα:k]

1. noun

   a. ( = physical marking) marque f ; ( = stain) tache f

• he was found without a mark on his body quand on l'a trouvé, son corps ne portait aucune trace de blessure

   b. ( = sign) signe m

• as a mark of respect en signe de respect

• as a mark of my gratitude en témoignage de ma gratitude

   c. ( = hallmark) marque f

• it bears the mark(s) of genius cela porte la marque du génie

• it is the mark of a good teacher c'est le signe d'un bon professeur

• to react the way he did was the mark of a true hero il s'est montré un véritable héros en réagissant comme il l'a fait

• he has made his mark il s'est imposé

• to make one's mark as a politician s'imposer comme homme politique

   d. ( = grade) note f

• good/bad mark bonne/mauvaise note f

• the mark is out of 20 c'est une note sur 20

• he got full marks (British) il a eu vingt sur vingt

• full marks for trying c'est bien d'avoir essayé

• full marks for honesty bravo pour l'honnêteté

   e. on your marks! (get) set! go! à vos marques ! prêts ! partez !

   f. ( = level) barre f

• the number of unemployed has reached the 2 million mark le chiffre du chômage a atteint la barre des 2 millions

   g. ( = brand name) marque f

   h. ( = oven temperature) (gas) mark 6 thermostat m 6

   i. ( = currency) mark m

   j. (set structures)

► off the mark

• to be off the mark être loin de la vérité

• it's way off the mark (inf) c'est complètement à côté de la plaque (inf)

• to be quick off the mark ( = quick on the uptake) avoir l'esprit vif ; ( = quick in reacting) avoir des réactions rapides

• to be quick off the mark in doing sth ne pas perdre de temps pour faire qch► on the mark

• to be right on the mark [observation] être très pertinent► up to the mark

• his work isn't up to the mark son travail laisse à désirer

2. transitive verb

   a. marquer ; ( = stain) tacher

• the accident marked him for life l'accident l'a marqué pour la vie

• they marked his grave with a cross ils ont mis une croix sur sa tombe

• in order to mark the occasion pour marquer l'occasion

• this marks him as a future manager cela laisse présager pour lui une carrière de cadre

• to mark time attendre son heure

   b. [+ essay, exam] corriger

• to mark sth right/wrong marquer qch juste/faux

   c. [+ price] indiquer

3. intransitive verb

se tacher

• this material marks easily ce tissu se tache facilement

4. compounds

► mark-up noun ( = increase) majoration f de prix ; ( = profit margin) bénéfice m

► mark down separable transitive verb

   a. ( = write down) noter

   b. [+ goods] démarquer

   c. [+ pupil] baisser la note de

► mark off separable transitive verb

   a. ( = separate) [+ section of text] délimiter

   b. ( = divide by boundary) délimiter ; [+ distance] mesurer ; [+ road, boundary] tracer

   c. [+ items on list] cocher

• he marked the names off il cochait les noms (sur la liste)► mark out separable transitive verb

   a. [+ zone] délimiter ; [+ field] borner ; [+ route] baliser

• to mark out a tennis court tracer les lignes d'un court de tennis

   b. ( = single out) désigner

• he was marked out long ago for that job il y a longtemps qu'on l'avait prévu pour ce poste

► mark up separable transitive verb

   a. ( = put a price on) indiquer le prix de

   b. ( = increase) [+ price] majorer ; [+ goods] majorer le prix de

   c. [+ pupil] gonfler la note de

* * *
[mɑːk] 1.
noun

1) (stain, animal marking) tache f; ( from injury) marque f

to make one's mark — lit signer d'une croix; fig faire ses preuves

2) ( lasting impression)

to leave one's mark on something — [person] marquer quelque chose de son influence [company]; [recession] marquer quelque chose [country]

3) ( symbol)

as a mark of — en signe de [esteem]

4) School, University note f

he gets no marks for effort — fig pour l'effort, il mérite zéro

5) ( number on scale)

the 3-mile mark — la borne de trois miles

unemployment has reached the two million mark — le chômage a atteint la barre des deux millions

the high-tide mark — le maximum de la marée haute

at gas mark 7 — à thermostat 7

6) Sport ( starting line) marque f

on your marks! — à vos marques!

to get off the mark — prendre le départ

he's very quick/a bit slow off the mark — fig il a l'esprit vif/un peu lent

you were quick off the mark! — fig tu n'as pas perdu de temps!

7) ( target) ( in archery etc) but m

to find its mark — [arrow] atteindre son but; fig [remark] mettre dans le mille

to be (way) off the mark —

to be wide of the mark — fig être à côté de la plaque (colloq)

8) Sport ( in rugby) arrêt m de volée

9) (also Mark) ( model in series) Mark

Jaguar Mark II — Jaguar Mark II

10) (also Deutschmark) deutschmark m
2.
transitive verb

1) ( make visible impression on) ( stain) tacher [clothes]; [bruise, scar] marquer [skin]; ( with pen) marquer [map, belongings]

to mark somebody for life — ( physically) défigurer quelqu'un à vie; ( mentally) marquer quelqu'un à vie

2) (indicate, label) [person] marquer [name, price] (on sur); [arrow, sign, label] indiquer [position, road]; fig [event] marquer [end, change]

to mark the occasion with — marquer l'occasion par [firework display, party]

X marks the spot — l'endroit est indiqué par une croix

to mark one's place — ( in book) marquer la page

3) ( characterize) caractériser

4) School, University corriger

to mark somebody absent — noter quelqu'un absent

5) ( pay attention to) noter (bien)

he'll not live long, mark my words! — tu verras, il ne vivra pas longtemps!

6) Sport marquer
3.
intransitive verb

1) School, University faire des corrections

2) ( stain) se tacher

3) Sport marquer
4.
mark you conjunctional phrase n'empêche que (+ indic)

Phrasal Verbs:

- mark down

- mark out

- mark up

••

to be an easy mark — être une poire (colloq)

to mark time — Military marquer le pas

I'm marking time working as a waitress until I go to France — fig je travaille comme serveuse en attendant d'aller en France

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17 term

term [tɜ:m]

termes ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (e), 1 (f), 3 (a), 3 (d) trimestre ⇒ 1 (b) session ⇒ 1 (c) mandat ⇒ 1 (c) peine ⇒ 1 (d) échéance ⇒ 1 (g) appeler ⇒ 2 conditions ⇒ 3 (a) tarifs ⇒ 3 (c) accord ⇒ 3 (e)

1 noun

(a) (period, end of period) terme m; (of pregnancy) terme m;

∎ in the long/short term à long/court terme;

∎ to reach (full) term (pregnancy) arriver ou être à terme;

∎ to set or put a term to sth mettre fin ou un terme à qch

(b) British School & University trimestre m;

∎ in or during term (time) pendant le trimestre;

∎ autumn term trimestre m d'automne, premier trimestre m

(c) Law & Politics (of court, parliament) session f; (of elected official) mandat m;

∎ the president is elected for a four-year term le président est élu pour (une période ou une durée de) quatre ans;

∎ during my term of office (gen) pendant que j'étais en fonction; Politics pendant mon mandat

(d) (in prison) peine f;

∎ term of imprisonment peine f de prison;

∎ to serve one's term purger sa peine

(e) (word, expression) terme m;

∎ medical/legal term terme m médical/juridique;

∎ she spoke of you in very flattering terms elle a parlé de vous en (des) termes très flatteurs;

∎ she told him what she thought in no uncertain terms elle lui a dit carrément ce qu'elle pensait;

∎ he condemned the invasion in the strongest possible terms il a condamné l'invasion avec la dernière énergie

(f) Mathematics & (in logic) terme m

(g) Finance (of bill of exchange) (terme m d')échéance f;

2 transitive verb

appeler, nommer;

∎ I wouldn't term it a scientific book exactly je ne dirais pas vraiment que c'est un livre scientifique;

∎ critics termed the play a total disaster les critiques ont qualifié la pièce d'échec complet

3 terms plural noun

(a) (conditions → of employment) conditions fpl; (→ of agreement, contract) termes mpl;

∎ under the terms of the agreement selon les termes de l'accord;

∎ Law terms and conditions of sale/of employment conditions fpl de vente/d'emploi;

∎ what are the inquiry's terms of reference? quelles sont les attributions ou quel est le mandat de la commission d'enquête?;

∎ what are your terms? quelles sont vos conditions?;

∎ to dictate terms to sb imposer des conditions à qn;

∎ she would only accept on her own terms elle n'était disposée à accepter qu'après avoir posé ses conditions;

∎ not on any terms à aucun prix, à aucune condition

(b) (perspective)

∎ we must think in less ambitious terms il faut voir moins grand;

∎ he refuses to consider the question in international terms il refuse d'envisager la question d'un point de vue international;

∎ in personal terms, it was a disaster sur le plan personnel, c'était une catastrophe;

∎ in financial terms financièrement parlant, en matière de finance

(c) (rates, tariffs) conditions fpl, tarifs mpl;

∎ we offer easy terms nous proposons des facilités de paiement;

∎ on easy terms avec facilités de paiement;

∎ weekly terms (in hotel) tarifs mpl à la semaine;

∎ special terms for families tarifs mpl spéciaux pour les familles

(d) (relations)

∎ to be on good terms with sb être en bons termes avec qn;

∎ we're on the best of terms nous sommes en excellents termes;

∎ we remained on friendly terms nos relations sont restées amicales;

∎ on equal terms d'égal à égal;

∎ they're no longer on speaking terms ils ne se parlent plus

(e) (agreement) accord m;

∎ to make terms or to come to terms with sb arriver à ou conclure un accord avec qn

(f) (acceptance)

∎ to come to terms with sth se résigner à qch, arriver à accepter qch;

∎ she'll have to come to terms with her problems eventually tôt ou tard elle devra faire face à ses problèmes

4 in terms of preposition

en ce qui concerne, pour ce qui est de;

∎ in terms of profits, we're doing well pour ce qui est des bénéfices, tout va bien;

∎ I was thinking more in terms of a Jaguar je pensais plutôt à une Jaguar;

∎ we really should be thinking more in terms of foreign competition il nous faudrait davantage tenir compte de ou penser davantage à la concurrence étrangère

►► Finance term bill effet m à terme;

Finance terms of credit conditions fpl de crédit;

Finance term day (jour m du) terme m;

Finance term deposit dépôt m à terme;

Finance term draft traite f à terme;

Finance terms of exchange termes mpl d'échange;

term insurance assurance f à terme;

Finance term loan (money lent) prêt m à terme (fixe); (money borrowed) emprunt m à terme (fixe);

term of notice période f de préavis;

American School & University term paper dissertation f trimestrielle;

terms of payment modalités fpl de paiement, conditions fpl ou termes mpl de paiement;

Economics terms of trade termes mpl de l'échange

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18 trickle

trickle ['trɪkəl]

1 intransitive verb

(a) (liquid) couler goutte à goutte;

∎ rainwater trickled from the gutters un mince filet d'eau de pluie s'échappait des gouttières;

∎ I felt the blood trickle slowly down my leg je sentis le sang couler doucement le long de ma jambe;

∎ water trickled down the window pane un filet d'eau coulait ou dégoulinait le long de la vitre;

∎ tears trickled down his face les larmes coulaient ou dégoulinaient sur son visage

(b) figurative

∎ information began to trickle out from behind enemy lines les informations commencèrent à filtrer depuis l'arrière des lignes ennemies;

∎ news is beginning to trickle through or out from the devastated area on commence à recevoir peu à peu des nouvelles de la région sinistrée;

∎ cars began to trickle over the border la circulation a repris progressivement à la frontière;

∎ the ball trickled into the goal le ballon roula tranquillement dans les buts

2 transitive verb

(a) (liquid) faire couler goutte à goutte;

∎ he trickled a few drops of milk into the flour il a versé quelques gouttes de lait dans la farine;

∎ she trickled some oil out of the can elle a versé un peu d'huile de la boîte

(b) (sand, salt) faire glisser ou couler;

∎ to trickle sand through one's fingers faire glisser ou couler du sable entre ses doigts

3 noun

(a) (liquid) filet m;

∎ the flow from the spring dwindled to a trickle la source ne laissait plus échapper qu'un mince filet d'eau;

∎ the trickle of lava soon became a torrent le filet de lave se transforma bientôt en torrent;

∎ there was only a trickle of water from the tap un maigre filet d'eau coulait du robinet

(b) figurative

∎ a trickle of applications began to come in les candidatures commencèrent à arriver au compte-gouttes;

∎ there was only a trickle of visitors il n'y avait que quelques rares visiteurs, les visiteurs étaient rares

►► trickle charger chargeur m à régime lent

➲ trickle away intransitive verb

(a) (liquid) s'écouler lentement;

∎ the water trickled away down the plughole l'eau s'écoulait lentement dans le trou de l'évier

(b) figurative (money, savings) disparaître petit à petit; (crowd) se disperser petit à petit; (people) s'en aller progressivement

➲ trickle in intransitive verb

(a) (rain) entrer goutte à goutte

(b) (spectators) entrer par petits groupes

(c) figurative

∎ offers of help began to trickle in quelques offres d'aide commençaient à arriver;

∎ information on the disaster only trickled in at first au début les informations sur le désastre arrivaient au compte-gouttes

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19 relent

/ri'lent/ * nội động từ - bớt nghiêm khắc, trở nên thuần tính, dịu lại - mủi lòng, động lòng thương

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20 book

buk
1. сущ.
1) книга (материальный объект, состоящий из обложки, страниц и т.д.), том to charge, check a book (out of a library) ≈ заказывать книгу (из библиотеки) to renew a book (borrowed from a library) ≈ продлить срок пользования книгой (взятой в библиотеке) to bind a book ≈ переплетать книгу rare book ≈ редкая книга complaint book ≈ книга жалоб library book ≈ библиотечная книга
2) книга (как рассказ о чем-л.), литературное произведение, научный трактат to bring out, publish, put out a book ≈ опубликовать произведение to write a book ≈ написать книгу to ban a book ≈ запрещать издание какой-л. книги to copyright a book ≈ зарегистрировать авторское право на какую-л. книгу to dedicate, inscribe a book ≈ посвятить книгу кому-л. to edit a book ≈ издать книгу to expurgate a book ≈ "подвергнуть цензуре" книгу (вычеркнуть все нежелательные для кого-л. места) to pirate a book ≈ нарушать авторские права на какую-л. книгу to proofread a book ≈ вычитывать/корректировать книгу to review a book ≈ сделать обзор какого-л. издания to revise a book ≈ вносить правки/корректуру в книгу to translate a book ≈ переводить книгу, делать перевод книги to set a book in type ≈ отдать книгу в печать children's book ≈ книга для детей illustrated, picture book ≈ иллюстрированная книга a book appears, comes out, is published ≈ книга выходит в свет a book goes out of print ≈ книга выходит из печати a book is sold out ≈ книга распродана comic book ≈ комиксы cookbook ≈ сущ.;
амер. книга о вкусной и здоровой пище cookery book ≈ брит. книга о вкусной и здоровой пище handbook ≈ руководство, справочник, указатель phrase book ≈ разговорник prayer book ≈ молитвенник reference book ≈ справочник, руководство, инструкция, описание, указатель;
наставление, учебник ring book брит. ≈ телефонная книга telephone book ≈ телефонная книга book learning ≈ книжные/теоретические знания - Domesday book the Book
3) книга (как название частей деления произведения), том, часть
4) либретто (текст оперы, пьесы и т.п.) ;
сценарий;
репертуар
5) сборник официальных документов "под одной обложкой", часто одинаковых а) конторская книга, бухгалтерская книга б) сборник отчетов( коммерческого предприятия, научного общества и т. п.) (тж. books) в) букмекерская книга записи ставок (на тотализаторе) ;
запись заключаемых пари Syn: betting-book г) книжечка( билетов на автобус и т. п.)
6) объект, напоминающий книгу а) книжечка картонных спичек (также book of matches;
выдается бесплатно в барах) б) книжечка почтовых марок (также book of stamps) в) пакет листового золота (25 листов в пакете, проложенных бумагой)
7) набор преступлений, в которых кто-л. обвиняется throw a book at smb. do the book
8) карт. первые шесть взяток одной из сторон( в висте) ∙ to read smb. like a book ≈ прекрасно понимать кого-л., видеть насквозь to know a thing like a book ≈ знать что-л. как свои пять пальцев to be in smb.'s good (bad, black) books ≈ быть у кого-л. на хорошем (плохом) счету to speak by the book ≈ говорить о чем-л. на основании точной информации to be on the books ≈ значиться в списке one for the book ≈ достойный серьезного внимания, значительный to suit smb.'s book ≈ совпадать с чьими-л. планами, отвечать чьим-л. интересам to bring to book ≈ призвать к ответу without book ≈ по памяти
2. гл.
1) о записи в книгу какого-л. рода а) записывать, вносить в книгу, регистрировать To seize and book every object worth noticing. ≈ Схватить и описать любой предмет, достойный внимания. б) заводить на кого-л. досье, дело в) заносить в список;
рекрутировать;
производить перепись He caused the marchers to book their men. ≈ Он приказал начальникам пограничных территорий переписать своих людей. г) подписываться( при сборе денег)
2) о билетах - поскольку они печатаются "книгой", см. book
1.
5) а) заказывать места (обычно заранее), брать билет( любой) - book through б) продавать билеты;
принимать заказы на билеты, бронировать места
3) приглашать кого-л. в гости;
заручаться согласием;
заставлять кого-л. давать обещание, "подписывать" Before I went I had been booked up to take brother and the girl for a nice drive that afternoon. ≈ Прежде чем я ушел, меня "подписали" на то, чтобы я повез брата и ту девушку кататься тем вечером. ∙ book in book off book out be booked out be booked up book through I'm booked ≈ я попался
3. прил. книжный книга - picture * книжка с картинками - to be at one's *s сидеть за книгами, заниматься - to hit the *s (американизм) (студенческое) (жаргон) зубрить глава, том, книга - Milton's Paradise Lost consists of 12 *s "Потерянный рай" Мильтона состоит из 12 книг (the B.) библия - to swear on the B. клясться на библии сброшюрованные листы чистой или разграфленной бумаги;
(конторская) книга - an account * бухгалтерская книга что-либо в виде книги, книжечка - a * of stamps книжечка марок (для наклейки на письма) - a * of bus tickets автобусная книжечка - a * of mathes книжечка спичек сборник денежных, коммерческих, статистических и прочих отчетов, протоколов - the Books отчеты о решениях и приговорах (вынесенных английскими судами с древних времен до нынешнего времени) запись заключаемых пари - to make a * on the Derby записать пари, заключенные на скачках в Дерби - to keep a * держать тотализатор (нелегально) заключать пари - to make * делать ставки, держать пари( американизм) (разговорное) букмекер либретто (оперы) (карточное) шесть первых взяток одной из сторон (в висте) > a * of fate книга судьбы > a * of life книга жизни > a * of God библия > to be upon the *s быть занесенным в списки членов > to make smb.'s name off the *s исключить кого-либо из списков > to be in smb.'s good *s быть у кого-либо на хорошем счету > to be a sealed * to smb. быть для кого-либо книгой за семью печатями > to close /to shut/ the *s временно прекратить дело;
подвести итог;
закрыть дело > to know smth. like the * знать что-либо как свои пять пальцев > to read smb. like the * видеть кого-либо насквозь > without * наизусть;
без разрешения;
не имея полномочий > to punish without * наказывать, не имея на то права > by the * по правилам, как это обычно делается > to speak by the * говорить с полным знанием дела > to speak like the * говорить очень авторитетно;
быть прекрасно знакомым (с чем-л.) > to suit smb.'s *s совпадать с чьими-либо планами, подходить кому-либо > the treaty suited their *s politically договор отвечал их политическим интересам > to take a leaf out of smb.'s * следовать чьему-либо примеру > in one's * по чьему-либо мнению > in my *, he is not to be trusted на мой взгляд, ему нельзя доверять > in the *(s) (разговорное) имеющийся в наличии, существующий > to throw the * at smb. (военное) наложить самое строгое взыскание;
(американизм) (сленг) наказать по всей строгости закона /на всю катушку/ относящийся к книгам - * trade торговля книгами - * salesman книготорговец книжный - * learning книжные знания - * lore знания, почерпнутые из книг записанные в конторской книге - the net * profit is 1 million чистая прибыль, согласно конторским книгам, составляет 1 миллион заносить в книгу;
записывать, регистрировать (в гостинице) ;
оформлять( заказы) - to * the addresses and birthdays of one's friends записывать адреса и дни рождения своих друзей - I always * the titles of the books lent я всегда записываю, кому какую книгу дала почитать - he *ed all names он зарегистрировал все фамилии заказывать заранее;
бронировать (комнату в гостинице, билет) ;
брать билет (железнодорожный) - to * seats for a performance брать билеты на спектакль - to have one's luggage *ed заранее отправить багаж - all seats are *ed все билеты проданы - seats for the theatre can be *ed from 12 p. m. till 6 p. m. билеты в театр продаются с 12 до 18 - have you *ed your passage? вы позаботились о каюте?, вы купили билет на пароход? принимать заказы - we are heavily *ed у нас много заказов оплатить перевозку багажа выписать счет - shall I * it for you? вам выписать счет? ангажировать( актера, лектора) (разговорное) приглашать;
договариваться - I want to * you to dinner я хочу пригласить вас на обед - I am *ed to go to London next week я договорился поехать в Лондон на будущей неделе брать на заметку;
завести дело - they *ed him on suspicion они зарегистрировали его как подозреваемого штрафовать - to be *ed for speeding быть оштрафованным за превышение скорости (разговорное) поймать с поличным - if the teacher sees your absence you are *ed если учитель заметит твое отсутствие, ты попался ( спортивное) записывать номер или имя игрока, нарушившего правила;
штрафовать agenda ~ памятная книга ~ принимать заказы на билеты;
all the seats are booked (up) все места проданы annual accounts ~ ежегодная бухгалтерская книга arrivals ~ транс. книга записи поступающих товаров to be in ( smb.'s) good (bad, black) ~s быть (у кого-л.) на хорошем (плохом) счету;
one for the book достойный серьезного внимания, значительный;
to bring to book призвать к ответу to speak by the ~ говорить (о чем-л.) на основании точной информации;
to be on the books значиться в списке beige ~ сборник отчетов коммерческого предприятия bill ~ книга векселей bills payable ~ книга векселей к уплате bills receivable ~ книга векселей к получению book ангажировать (актера) ~ (the B.) библия ~ транс. бронировать ~ букмекерская книга записи ставок пари (на скачках) ;
запись заключаемых пари ~ бухгалтерская книга ~ досье судебных документов ~ заказывать, брать билет (железнодорожный и т. п.) ~ заказывать ~ заносить в книгу, (за) регистрировать ~ заносить в книгу ~ зарегистрировать ~ заручиться согласием;
приглашать;
ангажировать (актера, оратора) ;
I shall book you for Friday evening жду вас в пятницу вечером;
I'm booked я попался ~ книга, литературное произведение ~ книга ~ книжечка (билетов на автобус и т. п.) ;
a book of matches книжечка картонных спичек ~ конторская книга ~ либретто;
текст (оперы и т. п.) ;
сценарий ~ принимать заказы на билеты;
all the seats are booked (up) все места проданы ~ размещать заказы ~ регистрировать ~ сборник отчетов (коммерческого предприятия, научного общества и т. п.;
тж. books) ~ счетная книга ~ том, книга, часть ~ фрахтовать (судно) ~ карт. (первые) шесть взяток одной из сторон (в висте) Book: Book: White ~ Белая книга( сборник официальных документов) book: book: yellow ~ Желтая книга (сборник официальных документов французского правительства) visitor: ~ посетитель, гость;
the visitors, book книга посетителей ~ a seat резервировать место ~ an item делать проводку в бухгалтерской книге ~ attr. книжный;
book learning книжные (или теоретические) знания ~ in conformity вести единообразный бухгалтерский учет ~ attr. книжный;
book learning книжные (или теоретические) знания ~ of account журнал бухгалтерского учета ~ книжечка (билетов на автобус и т. п.) ;
a book of matches книжечка картонных спичек ~ of original entry главная бухгалтерская книга ~ of record книга учета ~ of stamps альбом марок ~ of stamps книжечка почтовых марок ~ on an accrual basis отчитываться по мере накопления счетов ~ value of mortgaged assets остаточная стоимость заложенного имущества ~ value per share нетто-капитал на одну акцию bought day ~ бухгалтерская книга регистрации покупок bought invoice ~ книга учета счетов на покупку to be in (smb.'s) good (bad, black) ~s быть (у кого-л.) на хорошем (плохом) счету;
one for the book достойный серьезного внимания, значительный;
to bring to book призвать к ответу cargo ~ суд. грузовая книга cash ~ журнал кассовых операций cash ~ кассовая книга cause ~ журнал судебных дел cause ~ регистр дел cheque ~ чековая книжка close a ~ закрывать бухгалтерскую книгу в конце отчетного периода closed ~ закрытая бухгалтерская книга corporate record ~ протокол компании counterfoil ~ книжка талонов deposit ~ депозитная книжка deposit ~ сберегательная книжка desk ~ настольная книга;
справочник discharge ~ расчетная книжка forwarding ~ список отправленных товаров ~ заручиться согласием;
приглашать;
ангажировать (актера, оратора) ;
I shall book you for Friday evening жду вас в пятницу вечером;
I'm booked я попался ~ заручиться согласием;
приглашать;
ангажировать (актера, оратора) ;
I shall book you for Friday evening жду вас в пятницу вечером;
I'm booked я попался judgment ~ книга записи судебных решений to know a thing like a ~ = знать (что-л.) как свои пять пальцев;
without book по памяти law ~ кодекс law ~ свод законов loan ~ книга займов long ~ большая бухгалтерская книга matched ~ уравновешенный портфель операций банка message ~ воен. полевая книжка minute ~ книга протоколов to be in (smb.'s) good (bad, black) ~s быть (у кого-л.) на хорошем (плохом) счету;
one for the book достойный серьезного внимания, значительный;
to bring to book призвать к ответу open ~ несовпадение активов и пассивов банка по срокам order ~ книга заказов order ~ книга приказов и распоряжений paying-in ~ книга учета платежей postage account ~ книга учета почтовых сборов postal receipt ~ книга почтовых квитанций purchase day ~ книга суточного учета покупок quick-reference ~ краткий справочник ration ~ продовольственная или промтоварная книжка, заборная книжка (на нормированные товары) to read (smb.) like a ~ прекрасно понимать (кого-л.), видеть насквозь receipt ~ квитанционная книжка reference ~ книга, выдаваемая для чтения только в помещении библиотеки reference ~ справочная книга reference ~ справочник reference: ~ attr. справочный;
reference book справочник;
reference library справочная библиотека( без выдачи книг на дом) ;
reference point ориентир register ~ книга записей register ~ регистрационный журнал registration ~ регистрационный журнал run ~ вчт. документация по задаче sales ~ журнал учета продаж savings ~ сберегательная книжка savings stamp ~ книжечка сберегательных марок sell the ~ продавать максимально возможное количество акций большой партии по текущей цене settlement ~ расчетная книга short ~ книга упрощенного учета signature ~ список подписей (должностных лиц) to speak by the ~ говорить (о чем-л.) на основании точной информации;
to be on the books значиться в списке statute ~ действующее законодательство stock ~ книга регистрации владельцев акций stock ~ книга фондовых ценностей to suit (smb.'s) ~ совпадать с (чьими-л.) планами, отвечать (чьим-л.) интересам tax ~ книга учета налогов tender ~ книга учета предложений transfer ~ трансфертная книга unmatched ~ несовпадение активов и пассивов банка по срокам warehouse ~ складская книга to know a thing like a ~ = знать (что-л.) как свои пять пальцев;
without book по памяти book: yellow ~ Желтая книга (сборник официальных документов французского правительства)

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lent — lent, lente [ lɑ̃, lɑ̃t ] adj. • 1080; lat. lentus 1 ♦ Qui manque de rapidité, met plus, trop de temps. La tortue, animal lent. Véhicules lents. Il est lent, lent dans tout ce qu il fait. ⇒ lambin, 1. mou, traînard. « la vieille nourrice si lente … Encyclopédie Universelle
long — long, longue [ lɔ̃, lɔ̃g ] adj., n. m. et adv. • Xe temporel; lat. longus I ♦ Adj. A ♦ (1080 lonc) dans l espace 1 ♦ (Av. le nom) Qui a une étendue supérieure à la moyenne dans le sens de la longueur. ⇒ grand. Une longue tige. Un long fil. De… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lent — Lent, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lent lily — Lent Lent, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lent — late 14c., short for Lenten (n.) forty days before Easter (early 12c.), from O.E. lencten springtime, spring, the season, also the fast of Lent, from W.Gmc. *langa tinaz long days (Cf. O.S. lentin, M.Du. lenten, O.H.G. lengizin manoth), from… … Etymology dictionary
long — long, ongue (lon ; lon gh ; le g devant une consonne ne se prononce pas : un lon chemin ; devant une voyelle ou une h muette il se lie et se prononce comme un k ; un lon k espoir ; au pluriel, l s se lie : les lon z espoirs) adj. 1° Qui s étend … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
long — LONG, Longue. adj. Il se dit d un corps consideré seulement dans l extension qu il a d un bout à l autre. Un champ long & estroit. ce jardin est long, plus long que large. un baston long de tant de pieds. ce chemin est bien long. le cours du… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Lent — Quaresma redirects here. For other uses, see Quaresma (disambiguation). This article is about the observance of Lent in Western Christianity. For Lent in Orthodox Christianity, see Great Lent. For other uses, see Lent (disambiguation). Acolytes… … Wikipedia
Lent — [OE] The etymological meaning of Lent is ‘long days’. It comes from *langgitīnaz, a prehistoric West Germanic compound formed from *lanngaz ‘long’ and an element *tīnadenoting ‘day’. This signified originally ‘spring’, an allusion to the… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
long — [OE] Long goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *langgaz, which also produced German, Dutch, and Danish lang and Swedish lång. It is presumably related to Latin longus ‘long’ (source of French long, Italian lungo, and Romanian lung) but quite how… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
Lent — [OE] The etymological meaning of Lent is ‘long days’. It comes from *langgitīnaz, a prehistoric West Germanic compound formed from *lanngaz ‘long’ and an element *tīnadenoting ‘day’. This signified originally ‘spring’, an allusion to the… … Word origins

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