lower town

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ville [vil]

1. feminine noun

   a. ( = cité, habitants) town ; (plus importante) city

• la ville de Paris the city of Paris

• la ville d'Albi the town of Albi

• le plus grand cinéma de la ville the biggest cinema in town

• en ville in town

• à la ville comme à la scène (comédien) on stage and off ; (acteur de cinéma) on screen and off

• aller en ville to go into town

   b. ( = quartier) vieille ville old town

   c. ( = municipalité) ≈ local authority

   d. ( = vie urbaine) la ville town or city life

• aimer la ville to like city life

• les gens de la ville city folk

• vêtements de ville town clothes

2. compounds

► ville champignon mushroom town

► ville d'eaux spa

► ville nouvelle new town

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1) (agglomération, habitants) town, ( de grande importance) city

2) ( administration) town ou city council

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- ville d'eau

- ville franche

- ville libre

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1) (= milieu urbain) town

2) (petite ou moyenne) town

3) (importante) city

4) (= administration)

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ville ⇒ Les villes nf

1 (agglomération, habitants) town, ( de grande importance) city; la ville de Brest the town of Brest; la ville de Paris the city of Paris; la deuxième ville du pays the country's second city; le meilleur restaurant de la ville the best restaurant in town; la vieille ville the old town; la ville haute/basse/neuve the upper/lower/new town; ville natale/adoptive/d'attache home/adoptive/base town; ville industrielle/olympique industrial/Olympic town ou city; ville minière mining town; ville universitaire university city ou town; ville portuaire port town; ville côtière/de province/frontière coastal/provincial/border town; une ville d'art a town of artistic interest; une ville sainte a holy city; ville forte or fortifiée fortified town; les gens des villes town ou city dwellers, townees○ péj; de ville [vêtements, chaussures] town; en ville [conduire, habiter] in town; aller en ville to go into town; la vie en ville town ou city life;

2 ( administration) town ou city council.

ville d'eau(x) spa town; ville franche free city; ville de garnison garrison town; ville libre semiautonomous city; ville nouvelle new town; ville ouverte open city; la Ville Éternelle the Eternal City; la Ville Lumière the City of Light.

[vil] nom féminin

1. [moyenne] town

[plus grande] city

2. [quartier]

3. ADMINISTRATION

a. [administration] the local authority

b. [représentants] the (town) council

4. [milieu non rural]

la vie à la ville town ou city life

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de ville locution adjectivale

[vêtement]

chaussures/tenue de ville shoes/outfit for wearing in town

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en ville locution adverbiale

trouver un studio en ville to find a flat (UK) ou studio apartment (US) in town

f town

grande city

città dormitorio dormitory town

città giardino garden city

città universitaria university town ( in the provinces)

la città vecchia the old (part of) town

Città del Vaticano Vatican City

la città eterna the Eternal City

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città s.f.

1 town: città di provincia, country town; città giardino, garden town (o city); città natale, native (o home) town; città universitaria, university town; città satellite, satellite town; città industriale, industrial town; città dormitorio, dormitory town; città commerciale, trading town; città sede di mercato, market town; città portuale, seaport; una casa di città e una di campagna, a town house and a country house; gente di città, townspeople (o city-dwellers); città alta, bassa, the upper, lower town; vita di città, town life; preferisci vivere in città o in campagna?, do you prefer living in town or in the country?; andare in città, to go (in)to town; essere in città, fuori di città, to be in town, out of town; centro città, city (o town) centre; (amer.) downtown: un ristorante in centro città, a downtown restaurant

2 ( città grande, importante, metropoli) city: la città di Londra e il suo centro d'affari, the city of London and the City; la città e lo Stato di New York, New York city and New York State; Monza è una cittadina vicino a Milano, la grande città lombarda, Monza is a small town near Milan, the great city of Lombardy // la città celeste, the Heavenly City (o our Heavenly Home) // la Città del Vaticano, the Vatican City // la Città Eterna, the Eternal City // la città santa, the Holy City // (st.) città stato, city-state

3 ( gli abitanti) town: tutta la città ne parla, è la favola della città, the whole town is talking about it (o it is the talk of the town); la città è in festa, the town is celebrating.

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sostantivo femminile invariabile

1) (agglomerato urbano) city, town

2) (quartiere)

3) geogr.

4) (cittadini)

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città

/t∫it'ta/

Dei due equivalenti inglesi dell'italiano città, il termine city designa una città che è sede vescovile o con diritto di autogoverno e, per estensione, una città genericamente grande e importante; town, invece, definisce le località di dimensioni inferiori: Canterbury è forse la città più importante nel sud est dell'Inghilterra = Canterbury is perhaps the most important city in the south-est of England; Mestre è una piccola città vicino a Venezia = Mestre is a small town near Venice. - City de-signa anche il centro commerciale e finanziario di Londra: l'ufficio di mio padre è nella City = my father's office is in the City. - Quando si contrappone la città alla campagna, la parola da usare in inglese è town: viviamo in campagna ma andiamo in città almeno due volte alla settimana = we live in the country but go into town at least twice a week. - Per altri usi ed esempi si veda la voce qui sotto.

f.inv.

 1 (agglomerato urbano) city, town; andare in città to go into town; città di provincia, di frontiera provincial, frontier town; gente di città city folk; in, fuori città [ vivere] in town, out of town; la vita di città urban life

 2 (quartiere) città alta, bassa upper, lower city; la città vecchia the old town

 3 geogr. Città del Capo Cape Town; Città del Messico Mexico City; Città del Vaticano Vatican City

 4 (cittadini) tutta la città ne parla the whole city is talking about it

COMPOUNDS

città d'arte = town of artistic interest; città giardino garden city; città olimpica Olympic city; città santa holy town; città satellite satellite o overspill town; città universitaria university town.

1 area, district.

los barrios bajos the rough parts of town

de barrio local (cine, tienda)

mandar a alguien al otro barrio (informal figurative) to do somebody in, to kill somebody (peninsular Spanish)

barrio chino Chinatown; (de chinos) red light district (de prostitución) (peninsular Spanish)

barrio comercial/periférico shopping/outlying district

barrio latino Latin Quarter

2 neighborhood, local community, neighbourhood.

3 quarter, area.

4 people in the neighborhood.

5 district, ward, town ward.

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► nombre masculino

1 neighbourhood (US neighborhood) (zona) district, area

■ es un barrio muy tranquilo it's a very quiet neighbourhood

■ no vive en este barrio she doesn't live round here

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de barrio local

■ el cine de barrio the local cinema

irse al otro barrio familiar to kick the bucket

barrio chino red-light district

barrio comercial business district

barrio histórico old town

barrio latino Latin Quarter

barrio periférico suburb

barrio popular working-class area

barrio residencial residential area

barrios bajos slums

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1) neighborhood

2) quarter

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1) (=distrito) area, district, neighborhood (EEUU)

- el otro barrio

- irse al otro barrio

- mandar a algn al otro barrio

2) LAm shanty town

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masculino ( zona) neighborhood*

- barrio alto

- barrio chino

- barrio de invasión

- barrio de tolerancia

- barrio espontáneo

- barrio obrero/residencial

- barrio periférico

- barrios bajos

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= block, ward, quarter, burb, local community.

Ex. And what really hurt was that one of them lives on my block and is in no way what you would call a 'delinquent' child.

Ex. A total of 868 personal interviews were conducted with residents in tree wards (inner city and suburban).

Ex. The library is located in the marginalized quarter of the city of Guatemala.

Ex. Townie is in fact a derogatory reference to those who are born and raised in that type of burg or burb, and are assumed to be of inferior intellectual promise.

Ex. Involving local communities is crucial to prevent and control destructive forest fires.

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* a nivel de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* asesoría de barrio (NAC) = neighbourhood advice centre (NAC).

* asistente social de barrio = community worker.

* barrio bajo = slum, skid row.

* barrio chino, el = Chinatown.

* barrio de chabolas = slum.

* barrio de los pobres = lower town.

* barrio de los ricos = upper town.

* barrio dormitorio = bedroom community.

* barrio marginado = deprived area.

* barrio marginado de la ciudad = inner-city area.

* barrio pobre = slum.

* barrio residencial de las afueras = suburb.

* Barrio Sésamo = Sesame Street.

* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.

* biblioteca de barrio = district library, community library.

* bibliotecario de biblioteca de barrio = district librarian.

* centro de barrio = neighbourhood centre.

* de barrio = neighbourhood-based.

* de los barrios pobres = back-street.

* en + Posesivo + barrio = in + Posesivo + neck of the woods.

* habitante de un barrio residencial = suburbanite.

* material documental de interés para los vecinos del barrio = community literature.

* nuevo vecino del barrio = new kid on the block.

* patrullas de barrio = community policing.

* ser la comidilla del barrio = be the talk of the town.

* tienda de barrio = convenience store.

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masculino ( zona) neighborhood*

- barrio alto

- barrio chino

- barrio de invasión

- barrio de tolerancia

- barrio espontáneo

- barrio obrero/residencial

- barrio periférico

- barrios bajos

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barrio barrio (↑ barrio a1)

(zona) neighborhood*

la gente del barrio people in the neighborhood, local people

el mercado del barrio the local market

ese chico es de mi barrio that boy lives in my neighborhood o round my way

un barrio residencial a residential district o area o neighborhood

lo conozco del barrio I've seen him around in my area o in the area I live in

un comité de barrio neighborhood association

los barrios más antiguos de la ciudad the oldest parts o areas o quarters of the city

es el hazmerreír del barrio he's the laughing stock of the neighborhood

vive en un barrio de las afueras she lives out in the suburbs

cine/peluquería de barrio local cinema/hairdresser's

irse al otro barrio ( Esp fam hum); to kick the bucket ( colloq hum)

( Chi) smart neighborhood

(de chinos) Chinatown; (zona de prostitución) ( Esp) red-light district

business quarter o district

( Esp) shantytown

( Col) shantytown

downtown quarter ( AmE), town centre area ( BrE)

fishermen's quarters

( Andes) red-light district

( AmC) shantytown

Latin Quarter

working-class neighborhood o area

suburb

residential neighborhood o area

mpl poor neighborhoods (pl)

A city neighborhood, defined by its geographical location, a characteristic of its inhabitants, a particular feature, or its history. Most barrios have very strong identities. Buenos Aires is unique, with a total of forty-six distinctive barrios, some very well known, such as the oldest, San Telmo, and La Boca (↑ La Boca 21).

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3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

a) ( arrastrar) to sweep away

b) ‹ rival› to thrash, trounce

◊ la inundación barrió con todo the flood swept everything away;

a) ( zona) neighborhood^{( conjugate neighborhood)};

◊ la gente del barrio people in the neighborhood, local people;

b) ( de las afueras) suburb

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barrio nm

1. [vecindario] area, district, neighbourhood;

un barrio acomodado a well-to-do area o neighbourhood;

vive en un barrio céntrico she lives centrally;

la gente del barrio nos conocemos todos everyone knows everyone else round here;

la contaminación afecta más al centro que a los barrios the pollution is worse in the centre of the city than further out;

una tienda/un cine de barrio a local shop/cinema;

los barrios bajos the rough parts of town;

irse al otro barrio to kick the bucket, to snuff it;

mandar a alguien al otro barrio to bump sb off

barrio comercial shopping district;

barrio latino Latin Quarter;

barrio marginal deprived area o district;

barrio obrero working-class area o district o neighbourhood;

barrio periférico outlying area o district;

barrio residencial residential area o district o neighbourhood;

2. Ven [de chabolas] shanty town

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m neighborhood, Br

neighbourhood, area;

irse al otro barrio fig fam kick the bucket pop

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barrio nm

1) : neighborhood, district

barrios bajos : slums pl

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barrio n

1. (zona) area / neighbourhood

2. (zona típica) quarter

(n.) = lower town

Ex. ' Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

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packed, chock-a-block, crowded, crammed.

past participle of spanish verb: apiñar.

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► participio pasado

1→ link=apiñar apiñar

► adjetivo

1 crammed together, packed

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1) (=apretado) crammed, packed (de with)

2) [forma] cone-shaped, pyramidal frm

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= crowded, densely packed, packed.

Ex. 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

Ex. The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.

Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

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apiñado, -a adj

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adj packed, squashed

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apiñado, -da adj

: jammed, crowded

1 crowded, full-up, chock-a-block, chock-full.

2 obstinate, stubborn, pigheaded.

1 official report.

2 attestation, constat.

3 certificate.

past participle of spanish verb: atestar.

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► nombre masculino

1 DERECHO affidavit, statement

► nombre masculino plural atestados

1 testimonials

► participio pasado

1→ link=atestar atestar 2

► adjetivo

1 packed (de, with), crammed (de, with)

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SM (Jur) affidavit, statement

1) (=lleno) packed

2) (=testarudo) obstinate, stubborn

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- da adjetivo packed, crammed

masculino statement, attestation (frml)

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= crowded, overcrowded, cluttered, choc-a-block, chock-full, densely packed, packed, packed full.

Ex. 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

Ex. Cooperative storage of materials on a regional or national basis promises to become the best way of coping with overcrowded libraries.

Ex. They found him in his habitually cluttered office, buried beneath stacks of paperwork.

Ex. The library was choc-a-block with celebrities and children as they swarmed to see the signing of the new Harry Potter book by its author.

Ex. Herbal cancer remedy is chock-full of drugs.

Ex. The square was humble and nondescript, part of a maze of narrow streets and densely packed shops and houses.

Ex. Here and there, elderly citizens tend tiny, packed shops selling candy and chipped bottles of cold soda.

Ex. The days will be packed full, without any filler and without a moment wasted.

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* atestado (de) = jam-packed (with), filled to capacity.

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- da adjetivo packed, crammed

masculino statement, attestation (frml)

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atestado(de)

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packed, crammed

el salón estaba atestado (de gente) the hall was packed o crammed (with people)

atestado DE algo packed o crammed full OF sth, packed o crammed WITH sth

tiene cinco o seis cajas atestadas de libros he has five or six boxes crammed o packed full of books, he has five or six boxes crammed o packed with books

statement, attestation ( frml)

hacer un atestado to make a statement

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◊ -da adjetivo

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♦ adj

packed;

la discoteca estaba atestada the disco was packed;

el museo estaba atestado de turistas the museum was packed with tourists;

mi mesa está atestada de libros my desk is covered in books

♦ nm

official report;

levantar un atestado to write an official report

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adj overcrowded

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atestado, -da adj

: crowded, packed

1 popular, well-attended.

2 busy, much frequented.

past participle of spanish verb: concurrir.

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► participio pasado

1→ link=concurrir concurrir

► adjetivo

1 (lugar público) busy, crowded

2 (espectáculo) well-attended, popular

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ADJ [local] crowded, much frequented; [calle] busy, crowded; (Teat etc) popular, well-attended, full (of people)

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- da adjetivo

a) [estar] ( con mucha gente) <discoteca/local> busy, crowded; <concierto/exposición> well-attended

b) ( frecuentado) popular

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= crowded, busy [busier -comp., busiest -sup.], bustling.

Ex. 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

Ex. The variety of reader places in a library adds interest to the interior but also provide for the many preferences of the users, some of whom seem to prefer a very busy location.

Ex. The article 'A bustling New York ALA show' describes the vendor exhibits at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New York.

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* muy concurrido = well-used [well used].

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- da adjetivo

a) [estar] ( con mucha gente) <discoteca/local> busy, crowded; <concierto/exposición> well-attended

b) ( frecuentado) popular

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1 [ ESTAR] (lleno) busy, crowded

el bar está siempre muy concurrido the bar is always very busy o crowded

el concierto estuvo muy concurrido the concert was very well-attended

2 (frecuentado) popular

es un bar/teatro muy concurrido it's a very popular bar/theater

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el participio

◊ -da adjetivo

a) [estar] ( con mucha gente) ‹discoteca/local› busy, crowded;

b) [ser] ( frecuentado) popular

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concurrido, -a adj

es un restaurante muy concurrido there are always lots of people in that restaurant

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adj crowded

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concurrido, -da adj

: busy, crowded

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concurrido adj crowded / busy [comp. busier; superl. busiest]

(v.) = coerce (into), press into

Ex. Because of this human characteristic of dislike of work, most people must be coerced, controlled, directed, threatened with punishment to get them to put forth adequate effort.

Ex. 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

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(n.) = water's edge

Ex. 'Lower town,' along the water's edge, is a district of crowded brick and frame structures of varied heights, an occasional old residence having had its ground floor pressed into commercial service.

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1 poor (necesitado).

más pobre que las ratas (informal) as poor as a church mouse

2 poor (desdichado).

¡pobre hombre! poor man!

¡pobre de mí! poor me!

pobre de aquél que se atreva a comerse mi ración woe betide anyone who dares to eat my portion

3 poor (mediocre, defectuoso).

4 poor (escaso).

una dieta pobre en proteínas a diet with a low protein content

esta región es pobre en recursos naturales this region lacks natural resources

1 poor person (sin dinero, infeliz).

los pobres the poor, poor people

¡el pobre! poor thing!

la pobre está siempre luchando por dar de comer a sus hijos the poor woman is forever struggling to keep her children fed

2 beggar (mendigo).

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► adjetivo

1 (gen) poor

2 (infeliz) poor

■ ¡ojalá estuviera aquí tu pobre padre! if only your dear father were here now!

■ pobre de ti si te acercas a ella otra vez don't go near her again or you'll be sorry

■ ¡ay, pobre de mí, que vieja estoy ya! poor old me, I'm getting old!

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (con poco dinero) poor person; (mendigo) beggar

■ siempre les da dinero a los pobres she always gives money to the poor

2 (infeliz) poor thing

■ la pobre se cree que le van a devolver el dinero the poor thing thinks she is going to get her money back

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no salir de pobres familiar to be condemned to eternal poverty

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1) poor

2) weak

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1. ADJ

1) [persona, familia, barrio] poor

2) (=escaso) poor

3) [indicando compasión] poor

2. SMF

1) (=necesitado) poor person; (=mendigo) beggar

2) [indicando compasión] poor thing

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1)

a) <persona/barrio/nación> poor; < vestimenta> poor, shabby

b) ( escaso) < vocabulario> poor, limited

c) ( mediocre) <examen/trabajo/actuación> poor; < salud> poor, bad

d) < tierra> poor

2) (delante del n) ( digno de compasión) poor

•

- pobre diablo

masculino y femenino

1) ( necesitado) poor person, pauper (arch)

2) ( expresando compasión) poor thing

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- pobre de espíritu

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= poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], denuded, penurious, impoverished, impecunious, down-and-out, destitute, pauper.

Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.

Ex. Which is a more effective location is a question that can be explored, but we do need to avoid the situation faced by other in situations developed in past ages, like the Church of England, whose physical plant (the church buildings) is over-provided for the denuded rural areas and under-provided for the city.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Periodicals: proliferation, pricing and the penurious librarian'.

Ex. Many books contain inaccuracies and generalisations about Africa, perpetuating stereotypes e.g. that of the malnourished, impoverished African.

Ex. Despite its impecunious state and lack of a home until 1928, the UK Library Association remained confident about the future of libraries and librarianship.

Ex. The story is based on an overheard conversation between a well-meaning librarian and a down-and-out old man seeking validation for his unpublished poetry.

Ex. The clarity of his drawings contrasts sharply with the total alienation in which he lived as a destitute mental patient with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.

Ex. Gavarni's illustrations of waifs, paupers, and beggars were later published separately, with captions added by the artist.

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* aprendizaje pobre en inteligencia = knowledge-sparse learning.

* asilo de pobres = almshouse.

* barrio de los pobres = lower town.

* barrios pobres del centro de la ciudad = inner city.

* estilo pobre = impoverished style.

* excusa muy pobre = lame excuse.

* los más pobres + Nombre = the poorest + Nombre.

* pariente pobre = poor relation.

* pobre en información = info-poor.

* pobre en recursos = resource-poor.

* pobre hombre = poor fellow.

* pobres = have-nots.

* pobres en información = information have-nots.

* pobres en información, los = information-poor, the.

* pobres en tecnología, los = technical poor, the.

* pobres, los = poor, the.

* pobre verbalmente = verbally impoverished.

* pretexto muy pobre = lame excuse.

* ricos y los pobres, los = haves and the have-nots, the.

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1)

a) <persona/barrio/nación> poor; < vestimenta> poor, shabby

b) ( escaso) < vocabulario> poor, limited

c) ( mediocre) <examen/trabajo/actuación> poor; < salud> poor, bad

d) < tierra> poor

2) (delante del n) ( digno de compasión) poor

•

- pobre diablo

masculino y femenino

1) ( necesitado) poor person, pauper (arch)

2) ( expresando compasión) poor thing

•

- pobre de espíritu

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1 ‹persona/barrio/vivienda› poor; ‹vestimenta› poor, shabby; ‹nación› poor

somos muy pobres we are very poor

los sectores más pobres de la población the poorest o the most deprived sectors of the population

2 (escaso) poor, limited

tiene un vocabulario muy pobre she has a very poor o limited vocabulary

aguas pobres en minerales water with a low mineral content

3 (mediocre) ‹examen/trabajo› poor; ‹salud› poor, bad

indica una comprensión pobre de la obra it shows a poor understanding of the work

un argumento bastante pobre a rather weak argument

su actuación en el festival fue bastante pobre his performance at the festival was fairly mediocre o rather poor

¡qué chiste más pobre! what a pathetic o terrible joke! ( colloq)

4 ‹tierra› poor

B ( delante del n) (digno de compasión) poor

tu pobre padre your poor father

pobrecito, tiene hambre poor little thing, he's hungry

se está quedando ciego, pobrecillo he's going blind, poor thing o poor man o poor devil

¡pobre de mí! poor (old) me!

¡pobre de ti si vuelves a tocarlo! if you touch it again, you'll be for it!, I wouldn't like to be in your shoes if you touch it again

un pobre desgraciado a poor devil

(infeliz) poor devil; (necesitado) poor soul

A (necesitado) poor person, pauper ( arch)

los pobres the poor

se le acercó un pobre pidiendo limosna a poor beggar came up to her asking for money

sacar de pobre ( fam); to make … rich

salir de pobre ( fam); to get somewhere in the world

nunca saldrás de pobre con ese hombre you'll never get rich o get on o get anywhere with him ( colloq)

B (expresando compasión) poor thing

la pobre está siempre sola the poor thing's always on her own

el pobre se está quedando sordo the poor thing o the poor man o the poor devil is going deaf

la pobre de la abuela está muy enferma poor grandmother's very ill

( Bib):

los pobres de espíritu the poor in spirit

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a) ‹persona/barrio/nación› poor;

b) ( escaso) ‹ vocabulario› poor, limited;

◊ aguas pobres en minerales water with a low mineral content

c) ( mediocre) ‹examen/trabajo/actuación› poor;

d) ‹ tierra› poor

◊ pobre animal poor animal;

◊ los pobres the poor

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♦ adj

1. [necesitado] poor;

un país pobre a poor country;

más pobre que las ratas as poor as a church mouse

2. [desdichado] poor;

el pobre bebé estaba llamando a su mamá the poor little baby was calling for its mother;

¡pobre hombre! poor man!;

¡pobre de mí! poor me!;

pobre de aquél que se atreva a comerse mi ración woe betide anyone who dares to eat my portion;

pobre de ti como te dejes engañar por sus encantos God help you if you fall for her charms

3. [mediocre, defectuoso] poor;

utilizó un razonamiento muy pobre the arguments she gave were very weak o poor

4. [escaso] poor;

utiliza un léxico muy pobre she has a very poor vocabulary;

una dieta pobre en proteínas a diet lacking in protein;

esta región es pobre en recursos naturales this region lacks natural resources

5. [poco fértil] poor

♦ nmf

1. [sin dinero] poor person;

los pobres the poor, poor people

2. [infeliz]

la pobre está siempre luchando por dar de comer a sus hijos the poor woman is forever struggling to keep her children fed;

el pobre no consigue aprobar el examen the poor thing just can't seem to pass the exam

3. [mendigo] beggar

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I adj económicamente, en calidad poor;

pobre hombre poor man;

¡pobre de mí! poor me!

II m/f poor person;

los pobres the poor

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pobre adj

1) : poor, impoverished

2) : unfortunate

¡pobre de mí!: poor me!

3) : weak, deficient

una dieta pobre: a poor diet

pobre nmf

: poor person

los pobres: the poor

¡pobre!: poor thing!

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pobre¹ adj poor

pobre² n

1. (persona sin dinero) poor man [pl. men] / poor woman [pl. women]

2. (desgraciado) poor thing

ἄστυ, τό, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. gen. εος (disyll. in Semon.7.74), [dialect] Att. and Trag. εως ( ἄστεος is never required by the metre, ἄστεως (trisyll.) is necessary in E.Or. 761, Ph. 842, El. 246, and is the only form found in [dialect] Att. Inscrr., as IG2.584.7, 22.463.76; it is a disyll. in E.El. 298, Ba. 840): pl.,

A

ἄστη Id.Supp. 952

;

ἄστεα Hdt.1.5

:—town,

ἄ. μέγα Πριάμοιο Il.2.332

, al.: with name in gen., Σουσίδος, Σούσων ἄ., A.Pers. 119, 535;

ἄ. Θήβης S.OC 1372

, Tr. 1154, etc.

2 lower town, opp. acropolis, Hdt.1.176, al.

II in Attica, town (i.e. Athens), opp. ἀγρός ( country), mostly without Art.,

στυγῶν μὲν ἄ. Ar.Ach.33

;

ἐξ ἄστεως νῦν εἰς ἀγρὸν χωρῶμεν Id.Fr. 107

; ἔγημα.. ἄγροικος ὢν ἐξ ἄστεως I married a town girl, Id.Nu.47;

τῶν κατ' ἄστυ πραγμάτων Men.Georg. Fr.4

: also with Art.,

πρὸς τὸ ἄ. Pl.R. 327b

, 328c, al.

2 Athens, opp. Phalerum or Piraeus, Id.Smp. 172a, D.20.12, Arist.Pol. 1303b12, al.; τὸ ἄστυ τῆς πόλεως, opp. Piraeus, Lycurg.18; ἄρχοντος ἐν ἄστει, opp. ἐν Σαλαμῖνι, IG2.594.

3 in Egypt, Alexandria, PHal.1.89 (iii B. C.), St.Byz. s.v. ἄστυ, etc.

III town in the material sense, opp. πόλις ( the civic body), Il.17.144.

IV Adv. ἄστυδε (q. v.). (ϝάστυ, cf.

ϝασστυόχος IG5(2).77

([place name] Tegea): gen. ϝάστιος ib.7.3170 (Orchom. [dialect] Boeot.): but prob. not cogn. with Skt. ua/sati 'dwell', which has e in the root.)

тж Barony of Gilead

1. Гилеад

2. библ. Галаад

см. тж New Canaan, Affiliation

••

см. тж End-World, Affiliation, Barony, Gilead

••

Town on the Wanganui (or Whanganui) River in the lower North Island.

[̘. ̈n.haus]

accepting house акцептный дом (Великобритания) accepting house торговый банк, специализирующийся на финансировании внешней торговли и операциях на финансовых рынках adjoining house соседний дом house театр; публика, зрители; appreciative house отзывчивая публика, аудитория; to bring down the (whole) house вызвать гром аплодисментов; full house аншлаг auction house здание, где происходит аукцион banking house банк banking house банкирский дом barter house торговый дом house театр; публика, зрители; appreciative house отзывчивая публика, аудитория; to bring down the (whole) house вызвать гром аплодисментов; full house аншлаг business house торговый дом clearing house банковская расчетная палата clearing house депозитарно-распределительный документационный центр clearing house клиринговая палата clearing house (банковская) расчетная палата clearing house центр анализа и синтеза информации club house помещение клуба commercial house коммерческий дом confirming house дом для конфирмации council house муниципальный дом court house здание суда discount house вексельная контора discount house розничный магазин, торгующий по сниженным ценам discount house учетный банк house of correction исправительно-трудовая колония; on the house за счет предприятия, бесплатно; a drink on the house бесплатная выпивка dwelling house жилой дом third house амер. sl. кулуары конгресса; to enter the House стать членом парламента export house экспортная фирма fabricated house стандартный дом; дом из сборных элементов, изготовленных заводским способом finance house финансовый дом (Великобритания) house представление; сеанс; the first house starts at five o'clock первый сеанс начинается в пять часов free house с доставкой на дом house театр; публика, зрители; appreciative house отзывчивая публика, аудитория; to bring down the (whole) house вызвать гром аплодисментов; full house аншлаг half-way houses "дома на пол-пути" (реабилитационные учреждения, предоставляют кров наркоманам, не имеющим средств к существованию и поддержки со стороны семьи) holiday house загородный дом house (the H.) разг. (лондонская) биржа house вмещать(ся), помещаться house гостиница, постоялый двор house дом; семья; хозяйство; to keep house вести хозяйство; to keep the house сидеть дома house дом; жилище; здание house дом house жилище house жить (в доме); we can house together мы можем поселиться вместе house квартира house колледж университета; пансион при школе house (тж. the H.) палата (парламента); a parliament of two houses двухпалатный парламент; lower house нижняя палата; upper house верхняя палата house помещать, убирать (о вещах, имуществе и т. п.) house поселить, приютить house предоставлять жилище; обеспечивать жильем house предоставлять жилище house представление; сеанс; the first house starts at five o'clock первый сеанс начинается в пять часов house (the H.) разг. работный дом house воен. расквартировывать house религиозное братство house мор. рубка house семья, род; дом, династия house семья house театр; публика, зрители; appreciative house отзывчивая публика, аудитория; to bring down the (whole) house вызвать гром аплодисментов; full house аншлаг house торговая фирма house недв. торговая фирма house торговый дом house с.-х. убирать (хлеб); загонять (скот) house недв. хозяйство house attr. домашний, комнатный; house and home дом, домашний уют house attr. домашний, комнатный; house and home дом, домашний уют house of call помещение, где собираются в ожидании клиентов возчики, рассыльные; извозчичья биржа House of Commons парл. палата общин (Великобритания) House of Commons палата общин; House of Lords палата лордов; House of Representatives палата представителей, нижняя палата конгресса США house of correction исправительно-трудовая колония; on the house за счет предприятия, бесплатно; a drink on the house бесплатная выпивка House of Lords юр. палата лордов (Великобритания) House of Commons палата общин; House of Lords палата лордов; House of Representatives палата представителей, нижняя палата конгресса США house of parliament парл. здание парламента House of Representatives парл. палата представителей (США) House of Commons палата общин; House of Lords палата лордов; House of Representatives палата представителей, нижняя палата конгресса США representative: house (R.) амер. член палаты представителей; House of Representatives палата представителей house party компания гостей, проводящая несколько дней в загородном доме issuing house эмиссионное учреждение issuing house эмиссионный банк issuing house эмиссионный дом house дом; семья; хозяйство; to keep house вести хозяйство; to keep the house сидеть дома keep house банкрот. прекращать платежи по долгам keep: house управлять, вести; to keep house вести хозяйство house дом; семья; хозяйство; to keep house вести хозяйство; to keep the house сидеть дома leasehold house арендованный дом to set (или to put) one's house in order привести в порядок свои дела; like a house on fire разг. быстро и легко linked house родственная компания house (тж. the H.) палата (парламента); a parliament of two houses двухпалатный парламент; lower house нижняя палата; upper house верхняя палата Lower House нижняя палата (в двухпалатном парламенте) lower: Lower House нижняя палата (в двухпалатном парламенте) mail-order house компания посылочной торговли mail-order house магазин "товары почтой" mail-order: mail-order: house house магазин "товары почтой" to divide the house парл. провести поименное голосование; to make a house обеспечить кворум (в палате общин) move house менять место жительства move: house переезжать; переселяться; to move house переезжать на другую квартиру multifamily house многосемейный дом multistorey house многоэтажный дом house of correction исправительно-трудовая колония; on the house за счет предприятия, бесплатно; a drink on the house бесплатная выпивка one-family house дом для одной семьи one-family house односемейный дом owner-occupied house дом, занимаемый владельцем house (тж. the H.) палата (парламента); a parliament of two houses двухпалатный парламент; lower house нижняя палата; upper house верхняя палата pensioner's house дом престарелых public house бар public house закусочная public house пивная public house трактир, кабак, пивная, таверна public: public разг. см. public house publishing house издательство publishing: house house, house office издательство road house придорожная закусочная, буфет; придорожная гостиница rough house sl скандал, шум row house дом периметральной застройки row house дом строчной застройки semidetached house сблокированный двухквартирный дом semidetached: semidetached имеющий общую стену; semidetached house один из двух особняков, имеющих общую стену to set (или to put) one's house in order привести в порядок свои дела; like a house on fire разг. быстро и легко show house выставочный зал show house демонстрационный зал single-family house одноквартирный дом single-family house односемейное жилище social tenant house дом, находящийся в коллективной собственности software house comp. программотехническая фирма software house вчт. фирма программного обеспечения storage house склад storage house хранилище summer house летний дом tenement house сдаваемый в аренду многоквартирный дом terraced house дом рядовой застройки third house амер. sl. кулуары конгресса; to enter the House стать членом парламента town house богадельня (США) town house городская квартира town house городская тюрьма (США) town house работный дом (США) town house ратуша town: house attr. городской; town house городская квартира; town water вода из городского водопровода; a man about town человек, ведущий светский образ жизни trading house торговый дом two-family house жилой дом на две семьи underwriting house банк, размещающий ценные бумаги underwriting house инвестиционный банкир underwriting house эмиссионное учреждение underwriting house эмиссионный дом house (тж. the H.) палата (парламента); a parliament of two houses двухпалатный парламент; lower house нижняя палата; upper house верхняя палата upper: upper верхний; высший; the Upper House верхняя палата; the upper servants старшая прислуга (дворецкий и т. п.); the upper ten (thousand) верхушка общества house жить (в доме); we can house together мы можем поселиться вместе

descendre [desɑ̃dʀ]

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► descendre is conjugated with être, unless it has an object, when the auxiliary is avoir.

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1. intransitive verb

   a. ( = aller vers le bas) to go down ; (venir d'en haut) to come down (à, vers to) ( dans into)

• aidez-la à descendre (de sa chaise) help her down ; (dans l'escalier) help her downstairs

• descendre à pied/à bicyclette to walk/cycle down

• on descend par un sentier étroit the way down is by a narrow path

• descendre en courant to run down

• descendre par l'ascenseur to go down in the lift (Brit) or elevator (US)

• descendre à Marseille to go down to Marseilles

• descendre en ville to go into town

   b. (d'un lieu élevé) descendre de [+ toit, colline, échelle, arbre] to come down from

• fais descendre le chien du fauteuil get the dog off the chair

   c. (d'un moyen de transport) descendre de voiture to get out of the car

• « tout le monde descend ! » "all change!"

• vous descendez à la prochaine ? are you getting off at the next stop?

• descendre à terre to go ashore

• descendre de cheval to dismount

• descendre de bicyclette to get off one's bicycle

   d. ( = atteindre) [habits, cheveux] descendre à or jusqu'à to come down to

   e. ( = loger) descendre dans un hôtel or à l'hôtel to stay at a hotel

   f. ( = s'étendre de haut en bas) [colline, route] descendre en pente douce to slope gently down

• descendre en pente raide to drop away sharply

   g. ( = tomber) [obscurité, neige] to fall ; [soleil] to go down

• le brouillard descend sur la vallée the fog is coming down over the valley

   h. ( = baisser) to fall ; [mer, marée] to go out

• il est descendu à la dixième place he's fallen back into tenth position

• l'équipe est descendue en seconde division the team has gone down into the second division

   i. ( = faire irruption) la police est descendue dans cette boîte de nuit the police raided the night club

   j. ( = être avalé ou digéré) (inf) ça descend bien [vin, repas] that goes down well

• il a bu une bière pour faire descendre son sandwich he washed his sandwich down with a beer

2. indirect transitive verb

• descendre de ( = avoir pour ancêtre) to be descended from

• l'homme descend du singe man is descended from the apes

3. transitive verb

   a. ( = parcourir vers le bas) [+ escalier, colline, pente] to go down

• descendre une rivière en canoë to go down a river in a canoe

   b. ( = porter, apporter en bas) [+ valise] to get down ; [+ meuble] to take down

• tu peux me descendre mes lunettes ? can you bring my glasses down for me?

• il faut descendre la poubelle tous les soirs the rubbish (Brit) or garbage (US) has to be taken down every night

• je te descends en ville I'll take you into town

• le bus me descend à ma porte the bus drops me at my front door

   c. ( = baisser) [+ étagère, rayon] to lower

• descends les stores pull the blinds down

   d. ( = tuer) [+ personne] (inf) to do in (inf!)

• l'auteur s'est fait descendre en beauté (par la critique) the author was shot down in flames (by the critics)

   e. ( = boire) [+ bouteille] (inf) to down (inf)

• qu'est-ce qu'il descend ! he drinks like a fish! (inf)

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verbe transitif (+ v avoir)

1) ( transporter) ( en bas) gén to take [sb/sth] down (à to); ( d'en haut) gén to bring [sb/sth] down (de from)

2) ( placer plus bas) to put [something] down [objet]; ( en abaissant) gén to lower (de by); ( avec une manivelle) to wind [something] down

3) ( réussir à mettre plus bas) to get [something] down [objet]

4) ( parcourir) ( en allant) to go down; ( en venant) to come down [pente, rue, marches, fleuve]

5) (colloq) ( éliminer) to bump off (colloq) [personne]; to shoot down [avion]

6) (colloq) ( malmener) to tear [sb/sth] to pieces

7) (colloq) ( boire) [personne] to down [bouteille]

verbe intransitif (+ v être)

1) ( se déplacer) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go down (à to); ( en venant) gén to come down (de from); [ascenseur, avion] ( en allant) to go down; ( en venant) to come down; [oiseau] to fly down; [soleil] to set ( sur over); [nuit] to fall; [brouillard] to come down ( sur over)

2) ( d'un moyen de transport)

3) ( s'étendre de haut en bas) [route, voie ferrée] to go downhill, to go down; [terrain] to go down

4) ( atteindre) [vêtement, cheveux] to come down ( jusqu'à to)

5) ( baisser) [niveau, baromètre, température, pression, prix, taux] to drop, to go down (à to; de by); [marée] to go out

6) (se rendre, séjourner)

7) ( être issu)

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1. vt

1) [escalier, montagne] (en allant) to go down, (en venant) to come down

2) [valise, paquet] (en allant) to take down, (en venant) (de l'étage en dessus, du grenier) to bring down, (d'une étagère) to get down

3) [étagère] to lower

4) * (= abattre) to shoot down

5) * (= boire) to knock back *

2. vi

1) (aller) to go down, (venir) to come down

2) [passager] (d'une voiture) to get out, (d'un train, d'un bus) to get off

3) [niveau, température] to go down, to come down, [marée] to go out

4)

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descendre verb table: rendre

A vtr

1 ( transporter) ( en bas) gén to take [sb/sth] down [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] downstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en haut) gén to bring [sb/sth] down [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] downstairs [personne, objet]; descendre les bouteilles à la cave to take the bottles down to the cellar; descendre les valises du grenier to bring the suitcases down from the attic; je peux vous descendre au village I can take you down to the village; descends-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers down for me; je leur ai fait descendre les bouteilles à la cave I had them take the bottles down to the cellar; j'ai fait descendre le piano dans le salon I had the piano taken ou brought down to the living room; faites-moi descendre les dossiers secrets have the secret files brought down to me;

2 ( placer plus bas) to put [sth] down [objet]; ( en abaissant) gén to lower (de by); ( avec une manivelle) to wind [sth] down; descends le store put the blind down; j'ai descendu le vase sur l'étagère du bas/de l'étagère du haut I moved the vase down to the bottom shelf/from the top shelf; descendre l'étagère d'un cran/de 20 centimètres to lower the shelf by one notch/by 20 centimetres^GB; descendre un seau dans un puits to lower a bucket into a well;

3 ( réussir à mettre plus bas) to get [sth] down [objet]; impossible de descendre le piano par l'escalier/par la fenêtre it's impossible to get the piano down the stairs/through the window; comment va-t-on descendre le piano? ( de l'étage) how are we going to get the piano downstairs?; ( du camion) how are we going to get the piano out?; tu peux me descendre cette valise de l'armoire? can you get this suitcase down from the wardrobe for me?;

4 ( parcourir) ( en allant) to go down [pente, rue, marches, fleuve]; ( en venant) to come down [pente, rue, marches, fleuve]; je l'ai vu descendre les escaliers sur le derrière○ I saw him slide down the stairs on his bottom; descendre la colline en rampant/à bicyclette to crawl/to cycle down the hill; descendre la rivière en pagayant/à la nage to paddle/to swim down the river; je leur ai fait descendre la colline en courant I made them run down the hill; il m'a fait descendre les escaliers trois fois he made me go downstairs ou down the stairs three times;

5 ○( éliminer) to bump off○, to plug○, to kill [personne]; to shoot down [avion]; se faire descendre [personne] to be bumped off○; [avion] to be shot down; on l'a descendu d'une balle dans la poitrine/tête he was shot in the chest/head and killed;

6 ○( malmener) to tear [sb/sth] to pieces; il s'est fait descendre par la presse the newspapers tore him to pieces; ils ont descendu ma thèse pendant deux heures they spent two hours tearing my thesis to pieces;

7 ○( boire) [personne] to down [bouteille, verre]; il a descendu son verre en deux secondes he downed his drink in two seconds flat.

B vi (+ v être)

1 ( se déplacer) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go down (à to); ( de l'étage) to go downstairs; ( en venant) gén to come down (de from); ( de l'étage) to come downstairs; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique, avion, hélicoptère] ( en allant) to go down; ( en venant) to come down; [oiseau] to fly down; [soleil] to set (sur over); [nuit] to fall; [brouillard] to come down (sur over); reste ici, je descends à la cave stay here, I'm going down to the cellar; peux-tu descendre chercher mon sac? can you go downstairs and get my bag?; tu peux descendre m'aider à pousser l'armoire? can you come downstairs and help me push the wardrobe?; il est descendu fumer he went downstairs to smoke; te voilà! tu es descendu par l'ascenseur? there you are! did you come down in the elevator?; tu es descendu à pied? did you walk down?; je préfère descendre par l'escalier I prefer to go down by the stairs; nous sommes descendus par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked down by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode down by the path/the road; il est descendu du col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove down from the pass; où est l'écureuil? il a dû descendre de l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have come down ou climbed down from the tree; descends, je te suis go on down, I'll follow you; descends de là! get down from there!; je suis descendu au fond du puits/au bas de la falaise I went down to the bottom of the well/to the foot of the cliff; descendre de son lit to get out of bed; descendre de son nid [oiseau] to fly out of its nest; descendre de [personne] to step off [trottoir, marche]; [animal] to get off [marche, trottoir]; [personne, animal] to climb down from [mur, tabouret]; il est descendu du toit [enfant, chat] he' s come down from the roof; descendre de l'échelle/l'arbre/la corde to climb down from the ladder/the tree/the rope; descendre à la verticale [paquet, alpiniste] to descend vertically; descendre aux Enfers Relig to descend into Hell; l'air froid fait descendre les ballons/planeurs cold air makes balloons/gliders drop; elle m'a fait/ne m'a pas laissé descendre à la cave she had me/didn't let me go down to the cellar; faites-les descendre send them down [clients, marchandises]; faire descendre sa jupe/ses bas/son châle to pull one's skirt/one's tights/one's shawl down;

2 ( d'un moyen de transport) descendre d'une voiture to get out of a car; le chien ne veut pas descendre ( de la voiture) the dog doesn't want to get out; descendre d'un train/bus/avion to get off a train/bus/plane; descendre d'avion/de bateau to get off a plane/a boat; descendre de bicyclette to get off one 's bicycle; descendre de cheval to get off one's horse, to dismount sout; descendre à Marseille (d'avion, de bateau, de bus, de train) to get off at Marseilles;

3 ( s'étendre de haut en bas) [route, voie ferrée] to go downhill, to go down; [terrain] to go down; [canalisations, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go down; ( en venant) to come down; [rivière] to flow down; descendre jusqu'à [chemin, muraille, escalier] to go down to; descendre jusqu'à la mer [route, rivière] to go right down to the sea; descendre en lacets [route] to wind its way down; descendre en pente douce [terrain, route] to slope down gently; descendre en pente raide [terrain, route] to drop steeply; descendre brusquement sur 200 mètres [pente, route] to drop sharply for 200 metres^GB;

4 ( atteindre) [vêtement, cheveux] to come down (jusqu'à to); robe qui descend jusqu'aux chevilles dress that comes down to the ankles; elle avait une robe qui lui descendait aux chevilles she was wearing an ankle-length dress; il a les cheveux qui lui descendent sur la nuque/jusqu'à la taille his hair comes down the nape of his neck/to his waist;

5 ( baisser) [niveau, baromètre, température, pression, prix, taux] to drop, to go down (à to; de by); [marée] to go out; l’euro est or a descendu par rapport à la livre the euro has dropped ou gone down against the pound ; faire descendre les cours de 2% to bring prices down by 2%; ça va faire descendre le dollar it'll send ou put the dollar down; ça fait descendre la température gén it lowers the temperature; Méd it brings one's temperature down; ça ne fera pas descendre le taux de chômage it won't bring the unemployment rate down;

6 (se rendre, séjourner) descendre à Marseille/dans le Midi to go down to Marseilles/to the South (of France); descendre en ville to go into town; descendre dans un hôtel to stay at a hotel; descendre dans la rue gén to go outside; Pol to take to the streets; descendre dans un bar/chez qn [police] to raid a bar/sb's place;

7 ( être issu) descendre de gén to come from; ( génétiquement) to be descended from; descendre d'une famille de négociants to come from a family of merchants; l'homme descend du singe man is descended from the ape;

8 ○( passer) boire de l'eau pour faire descendre la viande to have a drink of water to help the meat down; un petit vin qui descend bien a wine which slips down nicely.

[desɑ̃dr] verbe intransitif (aux être)

1. [personne, mécanisme, avion - vu d'en haut] to go down ; [ - vu d'en bas] to come down

[oiseau] to fly ou to swoop down

a. [échafaudage, échelle] to come ou to climb down from, to get down from

b. [arbre] to climb ou to come down out of

c. [balançoire] to get off

descendre dans la rue [manifester] to take to the streets

2. [air froid, brouillard] to come down

[soleil] to go down

3. [se rendre - dans un lieu d'altitude inférieure, dans le Sud, à la campagne] to go down

4. [poser pied à terre - d'un véhicule] to get off, to alight (soutenu)

5. [faire irruption]

6. [se loger] to stay

7. (familier) [repas, boisson] to go ou to slip down

a. [il boit] he really knocks it back!

b. [il mange] he can really tuck it away!

1. [cheveux, vêtement]

a. to come down to

b. [puits] to go down to

2. [suivre une pente - rivière] to flow down ; [ - route] to go down ou downwards ; [ - toit] to slope down

descendre en pente raide [route, terrain, toit] to drop sharply

1. [baisser - marée, mer] to go out (inseparable), to ebb ; [ - prix] to go down, to fall

faire descendre [inflation, prix] to bring ou to push down (separable)

2. [s'abaisser moralement] to stoop

descendre d'une octave to go down ou to drop an octave

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[desɑ̃dr] verbe transitif (aux avoir)

1. [parcourir - escalier, montagne] to go down (inseparable)

descendre le courant [détritus, arbre] to float downstream

a. [en nageant] to swim downstream

b. [en bateau] to sail down a river

2. [placer plus bas - tableau] to lower ; [ - store] to pull down (separable), to lower

3. [porter vers le bas - colis] to take down (separable), to get down (separable), - porter vers soi] to bring down (separable)

4. [amener en voiture] to take ou to drive down (separable)

5. (familier) [abattre - gangster] to gun ou to shoot down (separable) ; [ - avion] to bring ou to shoot down (separable)

6. (familier) [critiquer] to pan, to slate

7. (familier) [boire - bouteille] to down, to knock back (separable)

8. MUSIQUE

descendre la gamme to go down the scale

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descendre de verbe plus préposition

[être issu de] to be descended from

le prince descendait des Habsbourg the prince was descended from the Habsburgs

1 guard (conjunto de personas).

la vieja guardia the old guard

guardia Civil Civil Guard, = armed Spanish police force who patrol rural areas and highways, guard public buildings in cities and police borders and coasts

2 watch, guard (vigilancia).

en guardia on guard

montar (la) guardia to mount guard

aflojar o bajar la guardia to lower o drop one's guard

3 duty (turno).

estar de guardia to be on duty

1 policeman, (f) policewoman (person).

guardia civil civil guard

guardia municipal (local) policeman, f. (local) policewoman

guardia de seguridad security guard

guardia de tráfico traffic policeman, f. traffic policewoman

2 guard, guardsman, watchman.

3 safeguard, protection, defense, defence.

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► nombre femenino

1 (vigilancia) watch, lookout

2 (servicio) duty, call

■ dos veces al mes le toca guardia en el hospital she's on call at the hospital twice a month

3 (tropa) guard

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (hombre) policeman; (mujer) policewoman

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bajar la guardia to lower one's guard

estar de guardia (doctor) to be on duty, be on call 2 (soldado) to be on guard duty 3 (marino) to be on watch

estar en guardia to be on guard

mantener la guardia to keep watch

montar la guardia to mount guard

ponerse en guardia to put oneself on one's guard

farmacia de guardia duty chemist's

guardia civil Civil Guard

guardia de asalto assault guard

guardia de corps Royal Guard

guardia de tráfico (hombre) traffic policeman 2 (mujer) traffic policewoman

guardia urbano,-a (hombre) policeman 2 (mujer) policewoman

médico de guardia doctor on duty

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1) guard

2) policeman / policewoman

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SMF (=policía) policeman/policewoman; (Mil) guardsman

2. SF

1) (=vigilancia)

- bajar la guardia

- estar en guardia

- poner a algn en guardia contra algo

- ponerse en guardia

2) (tb: turno de guardia) [de médico, enfermera] shift; [de soldado] duty session

3) (Esgrima) (=posición) guard, garde

4) (=cuerpo) (Mil) guard

- la vieja guardia

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1)

a) ( vigilancia)

b) ( en esgrima)

2) ( cuerpo militar) guard

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- Guardia Civil

- guardia de honor

- guardia jurado

- guardia marina

- guardia tumbado

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= guard, patrolman, watch.

Ex. This article reports on the results of a survey measuring student library users' perception of the effectiveness of using guards in the library.

Ex. Arabs who played a role in the Holocaust included those who personally took part in the persecution of Jews, and patrolmen who tracked down Jewish escapees from forced labor camps.

Ex. During his watch, the US economy as well as the global monetary situation have been thrown into a precarious situation.

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* bajar la guardia = lower + Posesivo + guard.

* cambio de la guardia = changing of the guard.

* de guardia = on duty, duty + Profesión, on standby, on call.

* de la vieja guardia = old-style.

* estar en guardia = be on guard (against), be on + Posesivo + guard.

* farmacia de guardia = emergency pharmacy.

* guardia de honor = guard of honour.

* guardia del alba = morning watch.

* guardia de seguridad = security guard.

* Guardia Nacional, la = National Guard, the.

* poner a Alguien en guardia = put + Nombre + on + Posesivo + guard.

* relevo de la guardia = changing of the guard.

* servicio en la Guardia Nacional = National Guard duty.

* turno de guardia = guard duty.

* vieja guardia, la = old guard, the.

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1)

a) ( vigilancia)

b) ( en esgrima)

2) ( cuerpo militar) guard

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- Guardia Civil

- guardia de honor

- guardia jurado

- guardia marina

- guardia tumbado

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