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1. noun1) (principle) Regel, diethe rules of the game — (lit. or fig.) die Spielregeln
stick to or play by the rules — (lit. or fig.) sich an die Spielregeln halten
be against the rules — regelwidrig sein; (fig.) gegen die Spielregeln verstoßen
rule of thumb — Faustregel, die
2) (custom) Regel, diethe rule of the house is that... — in diesem Haus ist es üblich, dass...
2. transitive verbthe rule of law — die Autorität des Gesetzes
1) (control) beherrschen2) (be the ruler of) regieren; [Monarch, Diktator usw.:] herrschen über (+ Akk.)rule the roost [in the house] — Herr im Hause sein
3) (give as decision) entscheiden3. intransitive verbrule a motion out of order — einen Antrag nicht zulassen
1) (govern) herrschenrule on a matter — in einer Sache entscheiden
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/91129/rule_off">rule off- rule out* * *[ru:l] 1. noun1) (government: under foreign rule.) die Herrschaft2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) die Ordnung3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) die Regel4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) die Regel5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) das Lineal2. verb1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) regieren2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) entscheiden•- ruled- ruler
- ruling 3. noun(an official decision: The judge gave his ruling.) die Entscheidung- as a rule- rule off
- rule out* * *[ru:l]I. nwhere in the \rules does it say that? wo steht das?those are the \rules so sind nun mal die Regelnthis is a club \rule das ist im Klub hier so üblichit is a \rule that... es ist eine Regel, dass...company \rule Betriebsvorschriften pl\rules and regulations Regeln und Bestimmungenset of \rules Regeln pltraffic \rules Verkehrsregeln plto break a \rule eine Regel brechento know the \rules of a game die Spielregeln kennenaccording to the \rules nach den Regeln, den Regeln entsprechendto be against the \rules gegen die Regeln verstoßenthe \rule of law die Rechtsstaatlichkeitone-party \rule Einparteienherrschaft fthe period of Fascist \rule die faschistische Herrschaft\rule of 72 72er Regel7.▶ as a [general] \rule normalerweise, in der Regel▶ to be the \rule die Regel sein▶ to make sth a \rule etw zur Regel machen▶ to run the \rule over sth überprüfen, ob etw in Ordnung istII. vt1. (govern)▪ to \rule sth/sb etw/jdn regierento \rule a country with a rod of iron ein Land mit eiserner Faust regieren2. (control)▪ to \rule sth etw beherrschenshe \rules her household with an iron hand sie führt ihren Haushalt mit eiserner Handto \rule sb's thinking jds Denken beherrschen3. (draw)to \rule a line eine Linie ziehen4. (decide)▪ to \rule that... entscheiden, dass...the courts have \ruled his brave action [to be] illegal die Gerichte entschieden, dass seine mutige Tat illegal war5.III. vi2. LAWonly the appeal court can \rule on this point nur das Berufungsgericht kann in diesem Punkt entscheidento \rule for [or in favour of] /against sb zu Gunsten von jdm/gegen jdn entscheiden4.* * *[ruːl]1. n1) (= regulation) Regel f; (SPORT, CARDS) (Spiel)regel f; (ADMIN) Vorschrift f, Bestimmung fto bend or stretch the rules — es mit den Regeln/Vorschriften nicht so genau nehmen
running is against the rules, it's against the rules to run — Rennen ist nicht erlaubt
it's a rule that... —
that's the rule of the road (Mot) the Franciscan rule — das ist im Straßenverkehr üblich die Regeln des Franziskanerordens
as a rule of thumb — als Faustregel
2) (= custom) Regel fI make it a rule to get up early — ich habe es mir zur Regel gemacht, früh aufzustehen
as a (general) rule —
a foot rule (1 foot long) (showing feet) — ein (30 cm langes) Lineal ein Maßstab m mit Fußeinteilung
See:→ slide rule2. vt1) (= govern) beherrschen, regieren; (individual) beherrschen, herrschen über (+acc); (fig) passions, emotion beherrschen, zügeln; person beherrschento rule the roost (fig) — Herr im Haus sein (inf)
to be ruled by emotions —
if you would only be ruled by what I say — wenn du nur auf mich hören würdest
he let his heart rule his head — er ließ sich von seinem Herzen und nicht von seinem Verstand leiten
2) (JUR, SPORT, ADMIN: give decision) entscheidenhis question was ruled out of order —
3. viover +acc)2) (FIN: prices) notieren* * *rule [ruːl]A s1. Regel f, Normalfall m, (das) Übliche:as a rule in der Regel, normalerweise;as is the rule wie es allgemein üblich ist, wie gewöhnlich;become the rule zur Regel werden;make it a rule to do sth es sich zur Regel machen, etwas zu tun;2. SPORT etc (Spiel)Regel f (auch fig), Richtschnur f, Grundsatz m:against the rules regelwidrig, gegen die Regeln;rule of thumb Faustregel;by rule of thumb über den Daumen gepeilt umg;serve as a rule als Richtschnur oder Maßstab dienen3. JUR etca) Vorschrift f, (gesetzliche) Bestimmung, Norm fb) (gerichtliche) Entscheidungc) Rechtsgrundsatz m:by rule, according to rule laut Vorschrift;rules of the air Luftverkehrsregeln;4. pl (Geschäfts-, Gerichts- etc) Ordnung f:(standing) rules of procedurea) Verfahrensordnung,b) Geschäftsordnungagainst the rules satzungswidrig;the rules (and bylaws) die Satzungen, die Statuten6. WIRTSCH Usance f, Handelsbrauch m7. MATH Regel f, Rechnungsart f:rule of trial and error Regula f falsi (Methode zur näherungsweisen Bestimmung der Nullstelle einer Funktion);rule of proportion, rule of three Regeldetri f, Dreisatz m;rule of sums Summenregel9. Herrschaft f, Regierung f:during (under) the rule of während (unter) der Regierung (gen);rule of law Rechtsstaatlichkeit f10. a) Lineal n, Maßstab m11. TECHa) Richtscheit nb) Winkel(eisen) m(n), -maß n12. TYPOrule case Linienkasten mb) Kolumnenmaß n (Satzspiegel)c) Br Strich m:em rule Gedankenstrich;en rule Halbgeviert n13. the Rules pl Br HIST Gebiet in der Nähe einiger Gefängnisse, in dem sich Gefangene gegen Kaution aufhalten konntenB v/t1. ein Land etc, auch fig ein Gefühl etc beherrschen, herrschen oder Gewalt haben über (akk), regieren:rule the roost fig das Regiment führen, Herr im Haus sein;rule o.s. sich beherrschen2. lenken, leiten:be ruled by sich leiten lassen von3. fig (vor)herrschen in (dat)4. anordnen, verfügen, bestimmen, entscheiden ( alle:that dass):b) etwas ablehnen;rule sth out of order etwas nicht zulassen oder für regelwidrig erklären;rule sb out of order jemandem das Wort entziehen;rule offside SPORT auf Abseits entscheiden5. a) Papier linierenb) eine Linie ziehen:rule sth off einen Schlussstrich unter etwas ziehen;rule sth out etwas durchstreichen;C v/i2. entscheiden (in sb’s favo[u]r zu jemandes Gunsten)3. WIRTSCH hoch etc stehen, liegen, notieren:rule high (low)4. vorherrschen5. gelten, in Kraft sein (Recht etc)* * *1. noun1) (principle) Regel, diethe rules of the game — (lit. or fig.) die Spielregeln
stick to or play by the rules — (lit. or fig.) sich an die Spielregeln halten
be against the rules — regelwidrig sein; (fig.) gegen die Spielregeln verstoßen
rule of thumb — Faustregel, die
2) (custom) Regel, die2. transitive verbthe rule of the house is that... — in diesem Haus ist es üblich, dass...
1) (control) beherrschen2) (be the ruler of) regieren; [Monarch, Diktator usw.:] herrschen über (+ Akk.)rule the roost [in the house] — Herr im Hause sein
3) (give as decision) entscheiden4) (draw) ziehen [Linie]; (draw lines on) linieren [Papier]3. intransitive verb1) (govern) herrschenPhrasal Verbs:- rule off- rule out* * *n.Herrschaft f.Maßstab -¨e m.Regel -n f. v.beherrschen v.herrschen v.herschen v.regeln v. -
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[ruːl]1. n1) (gen) regola, (regulation) regola, regolamentoit's against the rules — è contro le regole or il regolamento
as a rule — normalmente, di regola
2)under British rule — sotto il dominio britannico3) (for measuring) riga2. vt1) (govern), (also: rule over) (country) governare2)(
subj: umpire, judge) to rule (that) — decretare (che), decidere (che)3) (paper, page) rigare3. vi1) (monarch) regnare2) Lawto rule against/in favour of/on — pronunciarsi a sfavore di/in favore di/su
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A n1 ( regulation) (of game, sport, language, religion) règle f ; (of school, company, organization) règlement m ; the rules of the game lit, fig les règles or la règle du jeu ; school/EC rules le règlement de l'école/de la CEE ; to obey/break/bend the rules obéir à/violer/contourner les règles or le règlement ; to be against the rules être contraire aux règles or au règlement (to do de faire) ; it is a rule that il est de règle que ; under this rule selon cette règle or le règlement ; rules and regulations réglementation f ; I make it a rule always/never to do j'ai pour règle de toujours/de ne jamais faire ;2 ( usual occurrence) règle f ; hot summers are the rule here les étés chauds sont la règle ici ; as a rule généralement ; as a general rule en règle générale ;3 ¢ ( authority) domination f, gouvernement m ; colonial rule domination coloniale ; majority rule gouvernement majoritaire ; under Tory rule sous un gouvernement conservateur ; under the rule of a tyrant sous la domination d'un tyran ;B vtr1 Pol [ruler, law, convention] gouverner ; [monarch] régner sur ; [party] diriger ; [army] commander ;2 ( control) [money, appetite] dominer [life, character] ; [person, consideration] diriger [behaviour] ; [factor] dicter [strategy] ; to be ruled by sb† se laisser diriger par qn ; to let one's heart rule one's head laisser son cœur dominer sa raison ;4 [tribunal, court, judge, umpire] to rule that décréter que ; to rule sth unlawful décréter que qch est illégal.C vi1 gen, Pol [monarch] régner ; [government] gouverner ; anarchy rules l'anarchie règne ; Leeds United rule OK ○ ! vive Leeds United! ;2 [tribunal, court, judge, umpire] statuer (against contre).■ rule off:▶ rule off faire or tirer un trait ;▶ rule off [sth], rule [sth] off faire or tirer un trait sous [part of writing].■ rule out:▶ rule out [sth], rule [sth] out1 ( eliminate) exclure [chance, possibility, candidate] (of de) ; to rule out doing exclure de faire ;2 ( prevent) interdire [activity]. -
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rule [ru:l]règle ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), 1 (e) règlement ⇒ 1 (a) gouvernement ⇒ 1 (c) gouverner ⇒ 2 (a) dominer ⇒ 2 (b) juger ⇒ 2 (c) régner ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (b) statuer ⇒ 3 (c)1 noun∎ the rules of chess/grammar les règles fpl du jeu d'échecs/de la grammaire;∎ to break the rules ne pas respecter les règles;∎ to play according to the rules or by the rules (of the game) jouer suivant les règles (du jeu);∎ the rules and regulations le règlement;∎ the club rules are very strict on this point le règlement du club est très strict sur ce point;∎ smoking is against the rules, it's against the rules to smoke le règlement interdit de fumer;∎ that contravenes rule 5b c'est contraire à la règle 5b;∎ to stretch or to bend the rules (for sb) faire une entorse au règlement (pour qn);∎ Mathematics rule of three règle f de trois;∎ rule of thumb point m de repère;∎ as a rule of thumb, allow one pound of meat for four people en règle générale, compter une livre de viande pour quatre personnes(b) (usual practice, custom) règle f;∎ as a (general) rule en règle générale;∎ rules of conduct règles fpl de conduite;∎ he makes it a rule not to trust anyone il a comme ou pour règle de ne faire confiance à personne;∎ we must make it a rule that everyone contributes equally nous devons poser comme principe que chacun contribue à part égale;∎ tipping is the rule here les pourboires sont de règle ici;∎ long hair was the rule in those days tout le monde avait les cheveux longs à cette époque;∎ it's often the case, but there's no hard and fast rule c'est souvent le cas, mais il n'y a pas de règle absolue;∎ politeness seems to be the exception rather than the rule on dirait que la politesse est l'exception plutôt que la règle;∎ the exception proves the rule l'exception confirme la règle∎ a return to majority/mob rule un retour à la démocratie/à l'anarchie;∎ the territories under French rule les territoires mpl sous autorité française;∎ in the days of British rule à l'époque de la domination britannique;∎ majority rule, the rule of the majority règle f majoritaire;∎ the rule of law (l'autorité f de) la loi(d) (for measuring) règle f;∎ folding rule mètre m pliant;∎ metre rule mètre m;∎ pocket rule règle f ou mètre m de poche(e) (of religious order) règle f(a) (govern → country, people) gouverner;∎ if I ruled the world si j'étais maître du monde∎ their lives are ruled by fear leur vie est dominée par la peur;∎ don't let him rule your life ne le laisse pas mener ta vie;∎ don't be ruled by what he says ce n'est pas à lui de vous dire ce que vous avez à faire;∎ don't let your heart rule your head ne laisse pas tes émotions l'emporter sur la raison;∎ to rule the roost faire la loi;∎ to rule the waves tenir la mer, être maître ou maîtresse des mers(c) (judge, decide) juger, décider;∎ the referee ruled the ball out or that the ball was out l'arbitre a déclaré ou jugé que la balle était hors jeu;∎ the strike was ruled illegal la grève a été jugée illégale;∎ the court ruled that he should have custody of the children c'est à lui que la cour a accordé la garde des enfants;∎ the chairperson ruled her or her remark out of order le président a déclaré que sa remarque n'était pas valable∎ he ruled over a vast kingdom il régna sur un vaste royaume;∎ familiar Chelsea rule OK! vive Chelsea!□ ;∎ Rule Britannia = chant patriotique britannique∎ chaos ruled le désordre régnait;∎ the philosophy currently ruling in the party la philosophie actuellement en vigueur au parti∎ to rule on a dispute statuer sur un litige;∎ to rule against/in favour of sb décider ou prononcer contre/en faveur de qn(possibility, suggestion, suspect) exclure, écarter;∎ we cannot rule out that possibility on ne saurait exclure cette éventualité;∎ she cannot be ruled out of the inquiry elle n'a pas encore été mise hors de cause;∎ the police have ruled out murder la police exclut la possibilité d'un meurtre;∎ the presence of hostages ruled out an attack la présence d'otages rendait toute attaque impossible;∎ the injury rules him out of Saturday's game sa blessure ne lui permettra pas de jouer samedi -
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1. noun1) (government: under foreign rule.) gobierno2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) regla, norma, reglamento3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) regla4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) norma5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) regla
2. verb1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) reinar, gobernar2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) decidir, fallar (jurídico)3) (to draw (a straight line): He ruled a line across the page.) trazar (con una regla)•- ruled- ruler
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3. noun(an official decision: The judge gave his ruling.) fallo, decisión- rule off
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rule1 n1. regla / normayou can't do that, it's against the rules no puedes hacer eso, va en contra de las reglas / no puedes hacer eso, está prohibido2. gobierno / dominiorule2 vb gobernartr[rʊːl]1 (regulation) regla, norma2 (control) dominio3 (of monarch) reinado; (by government) gobierno4 (measure) regla2 (decree) decretar, dictaminar3 (draw) trazar2 (decree) decretar, dictaminar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas a rule por lo general, por regla generalto work to rule hacer una huelga de celoas a rule of thumb como regla general1) control, govern: gobernar (un país), controlar (las emociones)2) decide: decidir, fallarthe judge ruled that...: el juez falló que...3) draw: trazar con una reglarule vi1) govern: gobernar, reinar2) prevail: prevalecer, imperar3)to rule against : fallar en contra derule n1) regulation: regla f, norma f2) custom, habit: regla f generalas a rule: por lo general3) government: gobierno m, dominio m4) ruler: regla f (para medir)n.• arreglo s.m.• canon s.m.• código s.m.• dominación s.f.• dominio s.m.• estatuto s.m.• norma s.f.• precepto s.m.• regla s.f.• reglamento s.m.• señoría s.f.v.• decidir v.• dirigir v.• gobernar v.• imperar v.• rayar v.• regir v.• reinar v.ruːl
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1) c (regulation, principle) regla f, norma fto bend o stretch the rules — apartarse un poco de las reglas
to work to rule — ( Lab Rel) hacer* huelga de celo, trabajar a reglamento (CS)
2) (general practice, habit) (no pl)as a rule — por lo general, generalmente
to be under foreign rule — estar* bajo dominio extranjero
the rule of law — el imperio de la ley; majority 1) a)
4) c ( measure) regla f
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1) (govern, control) \<\<country\>\> gobernar*, administrar; \<\<person\>\> dominar; \<\<emotion\>\> controlar2) ( pronounce) dictaminar3) ( draw) \<\<line\>\> trazar* con una reglaruled paper — papel m con renglones
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vi1)a) ( govern) gobernar*; \<\<monarch\>\> reinarto rule OVER somebody — gobernar* a alguien, reinar sobre alguien
b) (predominate, be current) imperar2) ( pronounce)to rule (ON something) — fallar or resolver* (en algo)
to rule against/in favor of somebody/something — fallar or resolver* en contra/a favor de alguien/algo
•Phrasal Verbs:- rule off- rule out[ruːl]1. N1) (=regulation) regla f, norma frules [of competition] bases fplit's the rules — son las reglas, esa es la norma
school rules — reglamento msing escolar
it's a rule that all guests must vacate their rooms by 10a.m. — por norma los clientes tienen que dejar la habitación antes de las 10 de la mañana
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to break the rules — infringir las reglas or las normas or el reglamento•
to make the rules — dictar las normasin my job I'm allowed to make my own rules — en mi trabajo se me permite decidir cómo se hacen las cosas
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to play by the rules — (fig) obedecer las reglas or las normasbend 2., 1), golden, ground, work 2., 1)•
I couldn't stand a life governed by rules and regulations — no soportaría una vida llena de reglas y normas2) (=guiding principle) regla fas a rule of thumb, a bottle of wine holds six glasses — por regla general, una botella de vino da para seis vasos
3) (=habit, custom) norma f•
as a (general) rule — por regla general, en general, normalmenteexception•
he makes it a rule to get up early — tiene por norma or por sistema levantarse temprano4) (=government) gobierno m ; (=reign) reinado mmilitary/one-party rule — gobierno m militar/unipartidista
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under British rule — bajo el dominio británico5) (for measuring) regla f2. VT1) (=govern) gobernar- rule the roost2) (=dominate, control) controlar, dominarheart 1., 2)you shouldn't let work rule your life — no deberías permitir que el trabajo controlara or dominara tu vida
3) (esp Jur) (=declare) dictaminar3. VI1) (=govern) gobernar; [monarch] reinarrod•
to rule over sth/sb — gobernar algo/a algn2) (=prevail) reinarUnited rules OK — (in graffiti) ¡aúpa United!, ¡arriba United!
3) (=decide) [chairman, president] decidir, resolver; [judge, jury] fallar•
to rule against sth/sb — fallar or resolver en contra de algo/algn•
to rule in favour of sth/sb — fallar en or a favor de algo/algn, resolver en or a favor de algo/algn•
to rule on sth — fallar or resolver or decidir en algo4.CPDrule book N — reglamento m
we'll do it by or go by the rule book — lo haremos de acuerdo con las normas
rule of law N —
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the rule of law — el estado de derecho- rule in- rule off- rule out* * *[ruːl]
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1) c (regulation, principle) regla f, norma fto bend o stretch the rules — apartarse un poco de las reglas
to work to rule — ( Lab Rel) hacer* huelga de celo, trabajar a reglamento (CS)
2) (general practice, habit) (no pl)as a rule — por lo general, generalmente
to be under foreign rule — estar* bajo dominio extranjero
the rule of law — el imperio de la ley; majority 1) a)
4) c ( measure) regla f
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1) (govern, control) \<\<country\>\> gobernar*, administrar; \<\<person\>\> dominar; \<\<emotion\>\> controlar2) ( pronounce) dictaminar3) ( draw) \<\<line\>\> trazar* con una reglaruled paper — papel m con renglones
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vi1)a) ( govern) gobernar*; \<\<monarch\>\> reinarto rule OVER somebody — gobernar* a alguien, reinar sobre alguien
b) (predominate, be current) imperar2) ( pronounce)to rule (ON something) — fallar or resolver* (en algo)
to rule against/in favor of somebody/something — fallar or resolver* en contra/a favor de alguien/algo
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1. past tense, past participle - made; verb1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) hacer, construir, fabricar2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) hacer, obligar3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) hacer, poner, volver4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) ganar, hacer5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) ser, equivaler6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) ser, hacer7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) calcular8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) nombrar, elegir9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?) hacer
2. noun(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) marca- maker- making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to
make1 n marcawhat make is your watch? ¿de qué marca es tu reloj? / ¿cuál es la marca de tu reloj?make2 vb1. hacerhave you made your bed? ¿te has hecho la cama?2. fabricar / producir3. sertr[meɪk]1 (brand) marca■ what make of car did you buy? ¿de qué marca es el coche que compraste?1 (produce - gen) hacer; (construct) construir; (manufacture) fabricar; (create) crear; (prepare) preparar■ have you made a list? ¿has hecho una lista?■ she made some sandwiches hizo unos bocadillos, preparó unos bocadillos■ stop making all that noise! ¡dejad de hacer tanto ruido!■ these cakes have been made using the finest ingredients estos pastelitos han sido elaborados con ingredientes de primera calidad2 (carry out, perform) hacer■ may I make a suggestion? ¿puedo hacer una sugerencia?■ we've made arrangements for you to be met at the airport hemos dispuesto que alguien vaya a buscarte al aeropuerto3 (cause to be) hacer, poner, volver4 (force, compel) hacer, obligar; (cause to do) hacer■ what makes you say that? ¿por qué dices eso?5 (be, become) ser, hacer; (cause to be) hacer, convertir en■ she'll make a good singer será buena cantante, tiene madera de cantante6 (earn) ganar, hacer■ she made 1,000 pounds last week ganó 1.000 libras la semana pasada7 (achieve) conseguir, alcanzar; (arrive at, reach) alcanzar, llegar a; (manage to attend) poder (ir)■ we made it! ¡lo conseguimos!9 (calculate, estimate, reckon) calcular■ how much do you make it? ¿a ti cuánto te da?■ what time do you make it? ¿qué hora tienes?10 (total, equal) ser, equivaler a■ that makes the third time you've asked me! ¡es la tercera vez que me lo preguntas!11 (complete, finish off) dar el toque final a, completar; (assure success of) consagrar1 (to be about to) hacer como, hacer ademán de, simular\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be on the make (for profit) andar tras el dinero, andar intentando sacar tajada 2 (for power) barrer para dentro, barrer para casa 3 (for sex) estar de ligue, andar buscando aventurasto make a fresh start volver a empezarto make a go of something sacar algo adelanteto make a loss perder dineroto make a name for oneself hacerse un nombreto make a note of something apuntar algoto make a profit ganar dineroto make a will hacer su testamentoto make believe hacer ver, imaginarse■ the children made believe they were on a desert island los niños hacían ver que estaban en una isla desiertato make do (with something) arreglárselas (con algo)to make friends hacer amigosto make fun of burlarse deto make it a rule to do something tener como norma hacer algoto make good triunfarto make something good (pay for, replace) pagar 2 (carry out, fulfil) cumplir con 3 (repair) arreglarto make it (be successful) tener éxito, llegar hasta arribato make like hacer ver, fingirto make nothing of something (achieve easily) hacer algo sin ningún problema 2 (treat as trifling) quitar importancia a algoto make or break somebody/something significar la consagración o la ruina de alguien/algoto make sense tener sentidoto make somebody's day alegrarle el día a alguiento make something clear aclarar algo, dejar algo claroto make something known dar a conocer algoto make sure (of something) asegurarse (de algo)to make the best/most of something sacar partido de algoto make the bed hacer la cama1) create: hacerto make noise: hacer ruido2) fashion, manufacture: hacer, fabricarshe made a dress: hizo un vestido3) devise, form: desarrollar, elaborar, formar4) constitute: hacer, constituirmade of stone: hecho de piedra5) prepare: hacer, preparar6) render: hacer, ponerit makes him nervous: lo pone nerviosoto make someone happy: hacer feliz a alguienit made me sad: me dio pena7) perform: hacerto make a gesture: hacer un gesto8) compel: hacer, forzar, obligar9) earn: ganarto make a living: ganarse la vidamake vi1) head: ir, dirigirsewe made for home: nos fuimos a casa2)to make do : arreglárselas3)to make good repay: pagar4)to make good succeed: tener éxitomake nbrand: marca fn.• fabricación s.f.• hechura s.f.• marca s.f.• modelo s.m.expr.• hacer resaltar expr.expr.• hacer resaltar expr.v.(§ p.,p.p.: made) = confeccionar v.• constituir v.• crear v.• fabricar v.• formar v.• hacer v.(§pres: hago, haces...) pret: hic-pp: hechofut/c: har-•)
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1. meɪk1) (past & past p made) transitive verb2) (create, produce) \<\<paint/cars\>\> hacer*, fabricar*; \<\<dress\>\> hacer*, confeccionar (frml); \<\<meal/cake/sandwich/coffee\>\> hacer*, preparar; \<\<film\>\> hacer*, rodar; \<\<record\>\> grabar; \<\<fire/nest/hole\>\> hacer*; \<\<list/will\>\> hacer*to make a noise — hacer* ruido
made in Spain/Mexico — hecho or fabricado en España/México
made in Argentina/Peru — industria or fabricación argentina/peruana
to make something into something: I'll make this material into a skirt con esta tela me haré una falda; to make something out of/from/of something: she made the dress out of an old sheet se hizo el vestido con/de una sábana vieja; we made another meal from the leftovers hicimos otra comida con las sobras; it's made of wood/plastic es de madera/plástico; don't make an enemy of her — no te la eches encima como enemiga; see also difference 1) b), fuss I, mess I 1), 2)
3)a) ( carry out) \<\<repairs/changes/payment\>\> hacer*, efectuar* (frml); \<\<preparations/arrangements\>\> hacer*; \<\<journey\>\> hacer*make a left (turn) here — (AmE) dobla or gira a la izquierda aquí
b) \<\<remark/announcement\>\> hacer*4) ( cause to be)I'll make you happy/rich — te haré feliz/rica
that made me sad — eso me entristeció or me apenó
the work made me thirsty/sleepy — el trabajo me dio sed/sueño
what makes me angry is... — lo que me da rabia es...
they've made him supervisor — lo han nombrado supervisor, lo han ascendido a supervisor
if nine o'clock is too early, make it later — si las nueve es muy temprano, podemos reunirnos (or encontrarnos etc) más tarde
two large pizzas..., no, make that three — dos pizzas grandes..., no, mire, mejor déme tres
5)a) ( cause to) hacer*whatever made you do it? — ¿por qué lo hiciste?, ¿qué te llevó a hacer eso?
b) ( compel) obligar* a, hacer*she was made to apologize — la obligaron a or la hicieron pedir perdón
c) (in phrases)to make believe: you can't just make believe it never happened no puedes pretender que no sucedió, no puedes hacer como si no hubiera sucedido; to make do (with something), to make something do — arreglárselas con algo
6)a) (constitute, be) ser*b) (equal, amount to) ser*five plus five makes ten — cinco y or más cinco son diez
7) ( calculate)what do you make the total? — ¿(a ti) cuánto te da?
what time do you make it, what do you make the time? — ¿qué hora tienes?
8) ( make fuss)I think you're making too much of what she said — creo que le estás dándo demasiada importancia a lo que dijo
9)a) ( understand)to make something of something: I could make nothing of the message no entendí el mensaje; make of that what you will — tú saca tus propias conclusiones
b) ( think)to make something of somebody/something: what did you make of him? ¿qué te pareció?; I don't know what to make of it — no sé qué pensar
10)a) (gain, earn) \<\<money\>\> hacer*they made a loss/profit — perdieron/ganaron dinero
they made a profit of $20,000 — ganaron or sacaron 20.000 dólares
how much did you make on the deal? — ¿cuánto sacaste or ganaste con el trato?
b) ( acquire) \<\<friends\>\> hacer*I made a few acquaintances there — conocí a or (frml) trabé conocimiento con algunas personas allí
to make a name for oneself — hacerse* un nombre
11) (colloq) (manage to attend, reach)to make it: he'll never make it as a doctor nunca será un buen médico; they made it through to the finals — llegaron a la final
12) ( assure success of)if you go to Harvard, you're made for life — si vas a Harvard, tienes el futuro asegurado
to make or break something/somebody — ser* el éxito o la ruina de algo/alguien
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vi1) ( make preliminary move)to make as if o as though to + inf — hacer* ademán de + inf
2) (move, proceed)they made toward the door — se dirigieron hacia la puerta; see also make for
•Phrasal Verbs:- make for- make off- make out- make up
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1) ( brand) marca fwhat make is it? — ¿de qué marca es?
2)[meɪk] (pt, pp made) When make is part of a set combination, eg make an attempt, make a bow, make a case, make sure, look up the other word.to be on the make — (colloq) ( out for gain) estar* intentando sacar tajada (fam); ( looking for a date) estar* de ligue or (AmS) de levante or (Chi) de pinche (fam)
1. TRANSITIVE VERB1) (=create, prepare) [+ fire, bed, tea, will, remark, plan, suggestion] hacer; [+ dress] hacer, confeccionar; [+ shelter] construir; [+ meal] hacer, preparar; [+ record] grabar; [+ film] rodar; (=manufacture) [+ tool, machine] fabricar, hacer"made in Spain" — [+ tool, machine] "fabricado en España"; [+ dress] "confeccionado en España"; [+ nougat, chocolate] "elaborado en España"
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they were made for each other — estaban hechos el uno para el otroshow 2., 4)•
it's made of gold — es de oro, está hecho de oro2) (=carry out) [+ journey, effort] hacer; [+ speech] pronunciar; [+ payment] efectuar; [+ error] cometer3) (=earn) ganarhow much do you make? — ¿cuánto ganas?
he makes £350 a week — gana 350 libras a la semana
the deal made him £500 — ganó 500 libras con el negocio, el negocio le reportó 500 libras
4) (=reach, achieve) [+ place] llegar awill we make Paris before lunch? — ¿llegaremos a París antes de la hora de comer?
Lara made a hundred — (Cricket) Lara hizo or se anotó 100 carreras
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we made it just in time — llegamos justo a tiempocan you make it by 10? — ¿puedes llegar a las 10?
sorry, I can't make it — lo siento, no puedo or no me va bien
do you think he'll make (it to) university? — ¿crees que conseguirá ir a la universidad?
to make it with sb * — (sexually) hacérselo con algn *
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to make land — (Naut) llegar a tierra•
to make port — (Naut) tomar puerto5) (=say, agree)another beer, please, no, make that two — otra cerveza por favor, no, que sean dos
6) (=cause to succeed)to make or break sth/sb —
sex can make or break a relationship — el sexo es determinante en una relación, el sexo puede afianzar una relación o hacer que fracase
7) (=constitute)he'll make somebody a good husband — va a ser or hará un buen marido para algn
it'll make a (nice) change not to have to cook every day — lo de no tener que cocinar cada día estará muy bien, ¡qué descanso, no tener que cocinar cada día!
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he'll make a good footballer — será buen futbolista8) (=equal)this one makes 20 — con este son or hacen 20
how much does that make (altogether)? — ¿a cuánto sube (en total)?
8 pints make a gallon — 8 pintas hacen or son un galón
9) (=calculate) calcularwhat do you make the total? — ¿cuánto calculas que es el total?
how many do you make it? — ¿cuántos calculas que hay?
what time do you make it, what do you make the time? — ¿qué hora tienes?
10) (Cards) [+ trick] ganar, hacer; (Bridge) [+ contract] cumplirto make sb sth (=cause to be) to make sb/sth ({+ adjective/past participle}28})to make o.s. heard — hacerse oír
the noise made concentration difficult or made it difficult to concentrate — con ese ruido era difícil concentrarse
ill 1., 1), sick 1., 2), unhappy to make sth/sb into sth convertir algo/a algn en algo to make sb do sth (=cause to do sth) hacer a algn hacer algo; (=force to do sth) hacer a algn hacer algo, obligar a algn a hacer algowhy make things difficult for yourself? — ¿por qué te complicas la vida?
to make sb laugh/cry — hacer reír/llorar a algn
now look what you've made me do! — ¡mira lo que me has hecho hacer!
what made you say that? — ¿cómo se te ocurrió decir eso?, ¿por qué dijiste eso?
what makes you do it? — ¿qué es lo que te lleva a hacerlo?
it makes you think, doesn't it? — da que pensar ¿no?
to make o.s. do sth obligarse a hacer algohe made me apologize to the teacher — me hizo pedir perdón or me obligó a pedir perdón al profesor
to make sth do, make [do] with sth arreglárselas or apañárselas con algo to make good [+ promise] cumplir; [+ accusation] hacer bueno, probar; [+ claim] justificar; [+ loss] compensar; [+ damage] reparar; (=pay) pagar make 2. to make sth of sth (=understand)I have to make myself (do it) — tengo que obligarme (a hacerlo), tengo que hacer un esfuerzo (por hacerlo)
what do you make of Anna? — ¿qué piensas de Anna?, ¿qué te parece Anna?
what do you make of this? — ¿qué te parece esto?
(=give importance to)I can't make anything of this letter — no entiendo nada de lo que pone esta carta, no saco nada en claro de esta carta
issue 1., 1)I think you're making rather too much of what I said — creo que le estás dando demasiada importancia a lo que dije
2.INTRANSITIVE VERB (in set expressions)•
to make after sb — perseguir a algn, correr tras algnhe made as if to strike me — hizo como si me fuera a pegar, hizo ademán de pegarme
3.NOUN (=brand) marca fwhat make of car was it? — ¿qué marca de coche era?
- be on the make- make for- make off- make out- make up* * *
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1. [meɪk]1) (past & past p made) transitive verb2) (create, produce) \<\<paint/cars\>\> hacer*, fabricar*; \<\<dress\>\> hacer*, confeccionar (frml); \<\<meal/cake/sandwich/coffee\>\> hacer*, preparar; \<\<film\>\> hacer*, rodar; \<\<record\>\> grabar; \<\<fire/nest/hole\>\> hacer*; \<\<list/will\>\> hacer*to make a noise — hacer* ruido
made in Spain/Mexico — hecho or fabricado en España/México
made in Argentina/Peru — industria or fabricación argentina/peruana
to make something into something: I'll make this material into a skirt con esta tela me haré una falda; to make something out of/from/of something: she made the dress out of an old sheet se hizo el vestido con/de una sábana vieja; we made another meal from the leftovers hicimos otra comida con las sobras; it's made of wood/plastic es de madera/plástico; don't make an enemy of her — no te la eches encima como enemiga; see also difference 1) b), fuss I, mess I 1), 2)
3)a) ( carry out) \<\<repairs/changes/payment\>\> hacer*, efectuar* (frml); \<\<preparations/arrangements\>\> hacer*; \<\<journey\>\> hacer*make a left (turn) here — (AmE) dobla or gira a la izquierda aquí
b) \<\<remark/announcement\>\> hacer*4) ( cause to be)I'll make you happy/rich — te haré feliz/rica
that made me sad — eso me entristeció or me apenó
the work made me thirsty/sleepy — el trabajo me dio sed/sueño
what makes me angry is... — lo que me da rabia es...
they've made him supervisor — lo han nombrado supervisor, lo han ascendido a supervisor
if nine o'clock is too early, make it later — si las nueve es muy temprano, podemos reunirnos (or encontrarnos etc) más tarde
two large pizzas..., no, make that three — dos pizzas grandes..., no, mire, mejor déme tres
5)a) ( cause to) hacer*whatever made you do it? — ¿por qué lo hiciste?, ¿qué te llevó a hacer eso?
b) ( compel) obligar* a, hacer*she was made to apologize — la obligaron a or la hicieron pedir perdón
c) (in phrases)to make believe: you can't just make believe it never happened no puedes pretender que no sucedió, no puedes hacer como si no hubiera sucedido; to make do (with something), to make something do — arreglárselas con algo
6)a) (constitute, be) ser*b) (equal, amount to) ser*five plus five makes ten — cinco y or más cinco son diez
7) ( calculate)what do you make the total? — ¿(a ti) cuánto te da?
what time do you make it, what do you make the time? — ¿qué hora tienes?
8) ( make fuss)I think you're making too much of what she said — creo que le estás dándo demasiada importancia a lo que dijo
9)a) ( understand)to make something of something: I could make nothing of the message no entendí el mensaje; make of that what you will — tú saca tus propias conclusiones
b) ( think)to make something of somebody/something: what did you make of him? ¿qué te pareció?; I don't know what to make of it — no sé qué pensar
10)a) (gain, earn) \<\<money\>\> hacer*they made a loss/profit — perdieron/ganaron dinero
they made a profit of $20,000 — ganaron or sacaron 20.000 dólares
how much did you make on the deal? — ¿cuánto sacaste or ganaste con el trato?
b) ( acquire) \<\<friends\>\> hacer*I made a few acquaintances there — conocí a or (frml) trabé conocimiento con algunas personas allí
to make a name for oneself — hacerse* un nombre
11) (colloq) (manage to attend, reach)to make it: he'll never make it as a doctor nunca será un buen médico; they made it through to the finals — llegaron a la final
12) ( assure success of)if you go to Harvard, you're made for life — si vas a Harvard, tienes el futuro asegurado
to make or break something/somebody — ser* el éxito o la ruina de algo/alguien
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vi1) ( make preliminary move)to make as if o as though to + inf — hacer* ademán de + inf
2) (move, proceed)they made toward the door — se dirigieron hacia la puerta; see also make for
•Phrasal Verbs:- make for- make off- make out- make up
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1) ( brand) marca fwhat make is it? — ¿de qué marca es?
2)to be on the make — (colloq) ( out for gain) estar* intentando sacar tajada (fam); ( looking for a date) estar* de ligue or (AmS) de levante or (Chi) de pinche (fam)
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[ruːl] 1. n( norm) reguła f; ( regulation) przepis m; ( government) rządy pl, panowanie nt2. vtrządzić +instr3. vito rule (over sb/sth) — rządzić (kimś/czymś)
to rule in favour of/against/on — wydawać (wydać perf) orzeczenie na korzyść +gen /na niekorzyść +gen /w sprawie +gen
to rule that … — orzekać (orzec perf), że …
as a rule of thumb, … — można przyjąć, że …
Phrasal Verbs:- rule out* * *[ru:l] 1. noun1) (government: under foreign rule.) panowanie2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) przepis3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) reguła4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) zasada5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) miara, przymiar2. verb1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) rządzić2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) zawyrokować3) (to draw (a straight line): He ruled a line across the page.) narysować (linię)•- ruled- ruler
- ruling 3. noun(an official decision: The judge gave his ruling.) orzeczenie- rule off
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A n ( brand) marque f ; what make is your car? de quelle marque est ta voiture? ; what make of computer is it? quelle est la marque de cet ordinateur?1 ( create) faire [dress, cake, coffee, stain, hole, will, pact, film, sketch, noise] ; to make the bed faire le lit ; to make a rule établir une règle ; to make the law faire or édicter fml les lois ; to make sth from faire qch avec ; wine is made from grapes le vin se fait avec du raisin ; to make sth for sb, to make sb sth faire qch pour qn ; to be made for sb être fait pour qn ; to be made for each other être fait l'un pour l'autre ; to make room/the time for sth trouver de la place/du temps pour qch ; to make sth out of faire qch en ; what is it made (out) of? en quoi est-ce fait? ; it's made (out) of gold c'est en or ; to see what sb is made of voir de quoi est fait qn ; let's see what he's made of voyons de quoi il est fait ; show them what you're made of! montre-leur de quel bois tu te chauffes ○ ! ; to be as clever as they make them être malin comme pas un ○ ; to make A into B faire B à partir de A ; to make fruit into jam faire de la confiture à partir des fruits ; to make a house into apartments transformer une maison en appartements ; made in France/by Macron fabriqué en France/par Macron ; God made man Dieu a créé l'homme ;2 (cause to be or become, render) se faire [friends, enemies] ; to make sb happy/jealous/popular rendre qn heureux/jaloux/populaire ; to make sb hungry/thirsty donner faim/soif à qn ; to make oneself available/ill se rendre disponible/malade ; to make oneself heard/understood se faire entendre/comprendre ; to make sth bigger agrandir qch ; to make sth better améliorer qch ; to make sth worse aggraver qch [problem, situation] ; to make sb's cold better soulager le rhume de qn ; to make exams easier, to make passing exams easier, to make it easier to pass exams faciliter les examens ; to make it easy/possible to do [person] faire en sorte qu'il soit facile/possible de faire ; that made it easy for me to leave cela a facilité mon départ ;3 ( cause to do) to make sb cry/jump/think faire pleurer/sursauter/réfléchir qn ; I made her smile je l'ai fait sourire ; to make sb do sth faire faire qch à qn ; I made her forget her problems/lose patience je lui ai fait oublier ses problèmes/perdre patience ; it makes me look fat/old ça me grossit/vieillit ; it makes me look ill ça me donne l'air malade ; to make sth do faire que qch fasse ; to make sth happen faire que qch se produise ; to make the story end happily faire en sorte que l'histoire se termine bien ; to make sth work [person] réussir à faire marcher qch [machine etc] ; to make sth grow/burn [person] réussir à faire pousser/brûler qch ; [chemical, product] faire pousser/brûler qch ; it makes your face look rounder ça fait paraître ton visage plus rond ; it makes her voice sound funny cela lui donne une drôle de voix ;4 (force, compel) to make sb do obliger qn à faire ; they made me (do it) ils m'ont obligé, ils m'ont forcé, ils m'y ont forcé ; to be made to do être obligé or forcé de faire ; he must be made to cooperate il faut qu'il coopère ; to make sb wait/talk faire attendre/parler qn ;5 ( turn into) to make sb sth, to make sth of sb faire de qn qch ; it's been made into a film on en a fait or tiré un film ; to make sb a star faire de qn une vedette ; we made him treasurer on l'a fait trésorier ; we made Tom treasurer on a choisi Tom comme trésorier ; to be made president for life être fait président à vie ; to make sb one's assistant faire de qn son adjoint ; to make a soldier/a monster of sb faire de qn un soldat/un monstre ; it'll make a man of you hum ça fera de toi un homme ; he'll never make a teacher il ne fera jamais un bon professeur ; she'll make a good politician elle fera une fine politicienne ; to make sb a good husband être un bon mari pour qn ; to make sth sth, to make sth of sth faire de qch qch ; to make a habit/a success/ an issue of sth faire de qch une habitude/une réussite/une affaire ; do you want to make something of it? ( threatening) tu veux vraiment qu'on en discute? ; to make too much of sth faire tout un plat de qch ○ ; that will make a good shelter/a good tablecloth cela fera un bon abri/une bonne nappe ;6 (add up to, amount to) faire ; three and three make six trois et trois font six ; how much does that make? ça fait combien? ; that makes ten altogether ça fait dix en tout ; that makes five times he's called ça fait cinq fois qu'il appelle ;7 ( earn) gagner [salary, amount] ; to make £300 a week gagner 300 livres sterling par semaine ; he makes more in a week than I make in a month il gagne plus en une semaine que je ne gagne en un mois ; how much ou what do you think she makes? combien crois-tu qu'elle gagne? ; to make a living gagner sa vie ; to make a profit réaliser des bénéfices ; to make a loss subir des pertes ;8 (reach, achieve) arriver jusqu'à [place, position] ; atteindre [ranking, level] ; faire [speed, distance] ; to make the camp before dark arriver au or atteindre le camp avant la nuit ; to make the six o'clock train attraper le train de six heures ; we'll never make it nous n'y arriverons jamais ; to make the first team entrer dans la première équipe ; to make the charts entrer au hit-parade ; to make the front page of faire la une ○ de [newspaper] ; to make six spades ( in bridge) faire six piques ; to make 295 ( in cricket) faire or marquer 295 ;9 (estimate, say) I make it about 30 kilometres je dirais 30 kilomètres environ ; I make the profit £50 les bénéfices doivent s'élever à 50 livres sterling ; I make it five o'clock il est cinq heures à ma montre ; what time do you make it? quelle heure as-tu? ; what do you make the distance (to be)? quelle est la distance à ton avis? ; let's make it six o'clock/five dollars disons six heures/cinq dollars ; can we make it a bit later? peut-on dire un peu plus tard? ; what do you make of it? qu'en dis-tu? ; what does she make of him? qu'est-ce qu'elle pense or dit de lui? ; I don't know what to make of it je ne sais quoi en penser ; I can't make anything of it je n'y comprends rien ;10 ( cause success of) assurer la réussite de [holiday, day] ; a good wine can make a meal un bon vin peut assurer la réussite d'un repas ; it really makes the room [feature, colour] ça rend bien ; that interview made her career as a journalist cette interview lui a permis de faire carrière dans le journalisme ; it really made my day ça m'a rendu heureux pour la journée ; ‘go ahead, make my day!’ iron ‘allez, vas-y!’ ; to make or break sb/sth décider de l'avenir de qn/qch ;11 ○ ( have sex with) se faire ◑ [woman] ;13 Elec fermer [circuit] ;1 ( act) to make as if to do faire comme si on allait faire ; she made as if to kiss him elle a fait comme si elle allait l'embrasser ; he made like ○ he was injured il a fait semblant d'être blessé ;3 ( shuffle cards) battre.to be on the make ○ ( for profit) avoir les dents longues ; ( for sex) être en chasse ○ ; to make it ○ (in career, life) y arriver ; (to party, meeting) réussir à venir ; ( be on time for train etc) y être ; ( have sex) s'envoyer en l'air ○ (with avec) ; I'm afraid I can't make it malheureusement je ne peux pas y aller ; if they don't make it by 10pm s'ils n'arrivent pas avant 10h.■ make after:▶ make after [sb] poursuivre.■ make at:▶ make at [sb] attaquer (with avec).■ make away with = make off.■ make do:▶ make do faire avec ; to make do with se contenter de qch ;▶ make [sth] do se contenter de.■ make for:▶ make for [sth]1 ( head for) se diriger vers [door, town, home] ;2 ( help create) permettre, assurer [easy life, happy marriage] ;▶ make for [sb]1 ( attack) se jeter sur ;2 ( approach) se diriger vers.■ make good:▶ make good réussir ; a poor boy made good un garçon pauvre qui a réussi ;▶ make good [sth]1 ( make up for) réparer [damage, omission, loss] ; rattraper [lost time] ; combler [deficit, shortfall] ;2 ( keep) tenir [promise].■ make off filer ○ ; to make off across the fields/towards the town s'enfuir à travers les champs/vers la ville ; to make off with sth/sb se tirer ○ avec qch/qn.■ make out:▶ make out1 ( manage) s'en tirer ○ ; how are you making out? comment ça marche ○ ? ;2 US ( grope) se peloter ○ ;3 ( claim) affirmer (that que) ; he's not as stupid as he makes out il n'est pas aussi bête qu'il (le) prétend ;▶ make out [sth], make [sth] out1 (see, distinguish) distinguer [shape, writing] ;2 ( claim) to make sth out to be prétendre que qch est ;3 (understand, work out) comprendre [puzzle, mystery, character] ; to make out if or whether comprendre si ; I can't make him out je n'arrive pas à le comprendre ;4 ( write out) faire, rédiger [cheque, will, list] ; to make out a cheque GB ou check US to sb faire un chèque à qn, signer un chèque à l'ordre de qn ; it is made out to X il est à l'ordre de X ; who shall I make the cheque out to? à quel ordre dois-je faire le chèque? ;5 ( expound) to make out a case for sth argumenter en faveur de qch ;▶ make oneself out to be prétendre être [rich, brilliant] ; faire semblant d'être [stupid, incompetent].■ make over:▶ make over [sth], make [sth] over1 ( transform) transformer [building, appearance] (into en) ;2 ( transfer) céder [property] (to à).■ make towards:▶ make towards [sth/sb] se diriger vers.■ make up:▶ make up1 ( put make-up on) to make oneself up se maquiller ;2 ( after quarrel) se réconcilier (with avec) ;3 to make up for ( compensate for) rattraper [lost time, lost sleep, missed meal, delay] ; combler [financial loss, deficit] ; compenser [personal loss, bereavement] ;4 to make up to ○ faire de la lèche à ○ [boss, person] ;▶ make up [sth], make [sth] up1 ( invent) inventer [excuse, story] ; you're making it up! tu inventes! ; to make sth up as one goes along inventer qch au fur et à mesure ;2 ( prepare) faire [parcel, bundle, garment, road surface, bed] ; préparer [prescription] ; composer [type] ; she had the fabric made up into a jacket elle s'est fait faire une veste avec le tissu ;3 ( constitute) faire [whole, personality, society] ; to be made up of être fait or composé de ; to make up 10% of constituer 10% de ;4 ( compensate for) rattraper [loss, time] ; combler [deficit, shortfall] ; to make the total up to £1,000 compléter la somme pour faire 1 000 livres au total ;5 ( put make-up on) maquiller [person, face, eyes] ;6 ( stoke up) alimenter, s'occuper de [fire] ;7 to make it up ( make friends) se réconcilier (with avec) ; I'll make it up to you somehow ( when at fault) j'essaierai de me faire pardonner ; ( when not at fault) je vais trouver quelque chose pour compenser.■ make with ○:▶ make it with [sb] se faire ◑. -
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make [meɪk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp made━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = produce) faire ; [+ machines] fabriquer• how much does that make (altogether)? combien ça fait (en tout) ?► made + preposition• this car wasn't made to carry eight people cette voiture n'est pas faite pour transporter huit personnes• he makes $400 a week il gagne 400 dollars par semaine• the company made $1.4 million last year la société a réalisé un bénéfice net de 1,4 millions de dollars l'année dernière• the deal made him £500 cette affaire lui a rapporté 500 livresc. [+ destination] arriver à ; [+ train, plane] avoir• will we make Paris before lunch? est-ce que nous arriverons à Paris avant le déjeuner ?d. ( = reckon) what time do you make it? quelle heure as-tu ?e. ( = ensure success of) the beautiful pictures make the book ce livre doit beaucoup à ses magnifiques imagesf. ( = be, constitute) faire• what made you believe that...? qu'est-ce qui vous a fait croire que... ?• I don't know what makes him do it je ne sais pas ce qui le pousse à faire ça► to make sb sth ( = choose as)• what did you make of the film? que penses-tu de ce film ?• what do you make of him? qu'est-ce que tu penses de lui ?► to make sb + adjective• to make o.s. useful se rendre utile• to make sb happy/unhappy rendre qn heureux/malheureux━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Look up other combinations, eg make sb thirsty, make o.s. ridiculous, at the adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• let's make believe we're on a desert island imaginons que nous sommes sur une île déserte► to make do ( = manage) se débrouiller• you'll have to make do with me ( = be satisfied) tu vas devoir te contenter de moi► to make it ( = come) venir ; ( = arrive) arriver ; ( = succeed) réussir• can you make it by 3 o'clock? est-ce que tu peux y être pour 3 heures ?► to make it + time, date, amount• I'm coming tomorrow -- okay, can you make it the afternoon? je viendrai demain -- d'accord, mais est-ce que tu peux venir dans l'après-midi ?( = act)• she made as if to protest, then hesitated elle parut sur le point de protester, puis hésita3. nouna. ( = brand) marque f• what make of car do you drive? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme voiture ?b. ► to be on the make (inf) ( = trying to make money) chercher à se remplir les poches (inf) ; ( = trying to get power) avoir une ambition dévorante4. compounds• she lives in a world of make-believe elle vit dans un monde d'illusions adjective• his story is pure make-believe son histoire est pure fantaisie ► make-or-break (inf) adjective décisifa. ( = go to)b. ( = produce) produire ; ( = contribute to) contribuer à• happy parents make for a happy child des parents heureux font des enfants heureux► make off (inf) intransitive verb se tirer (inf)► make outa. ( = manage) (inf) se débrouillerb. (US = have sex) (inf!) s'envoyer en l'air (inf !)• how do you make that out? qu'est-ce qui vous fait penser cela ?b. ( = claim, pretend) prétendre ; ( = portray as) présenter commec. [+ cheque] libeller ; [+ will] fairea. ( = assign) [+ money, land] transférer (to à)a. ( = become friends again) se réconcilierb. ( = apply cosmetics) se maquillera. [+ story, excuse] inventer• you're making it up! tu l'inventes (de toutes pièces) !b. ( = put together) [+ parcel] faire ; [+ dish, medicine] préparer• have you made up the beds? as-tu fait les lits ?c. [+ deficit] compenser ; [+ sum of money, numbers] compléter• they made up the number with five amateurs ils ont complété l'effectif en faisant appel à cinq amateursd. ( = repay) to make sth up to sb revaloir qch à qne. [+ dispute] mettre fin à ; [+ differences] réglerf. ( = apply cosmetics to) maquiller• to make o.s. up se maquillerg. ( = compose) composer ; ( = represent) constituer• they make up 6% of the population ils constituent 6 % de la population► make up for inseparable transitive verb compenser• he tried to make up for all the trouble he'd caused il essaya de se faire pardonner les ennuis qu'il avait causés• he made up for all the mistakes he'd made il s'est rattrapé pour toutes les erreurs qu'il avait commises* * *[meɪk] 1. 2.transitive verb (prét, pp made)1) ( create) faire [cake, film, noise]to make something for somebody —
to make room/the time for something — trouver de la place/du temps pour quelque chose
made in France/by Macron — fabriqué en France/par Macron
2) (cause to be or become, render) se faire [friends, enemies]to make something bigger/better/worse — agrandir/améliorer/aggraver quelque chose
to make passing exams easier —
to make it possible to do — [person] faire en sorte qu'il soit possible de faire
3) ( cause to do)to make something work — [person] réussir à faire marcher quelque chose [machine]
to make something grow — [person] réussir à faire pousser quelque chose; [chemical, product] faire pousser quelque chose
4) (force, compel)to make somebody do — obliger or forcer quelqu'un à faire
to make somebody wait/talk — faire attendre/parler quelqu'un
5) ( turn into)to make somebody something —
to make something something —
to make a habit/an issue of something — faire de quelque chose une habitude/une affaire
it's been made into a film — on en a fait or tiré un film
6) (add up to, amount to) faire7) ( earn) gagner [salary, amount]8) (reach, achieve) arriver jusqu'à [place, position]; atteindre [ranking, level]; faire [speed, distance]to make the first team/the charts — entrer dans la première équipe/au hit-parade
to make six spades — ( in bridge) faire six piques
9) (estimate, say)10) ( cause success of) assurer la réussite de [holiday, meal, day]it really makes the room — [feature, colour] ça rend bien
11) Electricity fermer [circuit]to make a trick — ( win) faire une levée
•Phrasal Verbs:- make do- make for- make off- make out- make up••to be on the make — (colloq) ( for profit) avoir les dents longues; ( for sex) être en chasse (colloq)
to make it — (colloq) (in career, life) y arriver; (to party, meeting) réussir à venir; ( be on time for train etc) y être
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make [meɪk]faire ⇒ 1A (a)-(c), 1A (e)-(g), 1B (b)-(d), 1C (d), 1D (a)-(c) fabriquer ⇒ 1A (a) établir ⇒ 1A (c) former ⇒ 1A (d) rendre ⇒ 1B (a) atteindre ⇒ 1C (a), 1C (b) gagner ⇒ 1C (d) marquer ⇒ 1D (d) faire le succès de ⇒ 1E (a) marque ⇒ 3 (a)(pt & pp made [meɪd])A.(a) (construct, create, manufacture) faire, fabriquer;∎ to make one's own clothes faire ses vêtements soi-même;∎ to make a meal préparer un repas;∎ I'll make some tea je vais préparer du thé;∎ they make computers ils fabriquent des ordinateurs;∎ made in Japan (on packaging) fabriqué au Japon;∎ a vase made of or from clay un vase en ou de terre cuite;∎ what's it made of? en quoi est-ce que c'est fait?;∎ what do you make aluminium from? à partir de quoi est-ce qu'on fabrique l'aluminium?;∎ he makes models out of matchsticks il fait des maquettes avec des allumettes;∎ Knitting to make one/two faire un jeté simple/double;∎ they're made for each other ils sont faits l'un pour l'autre;∎ familiar we're not made of money! on n'a pas d'argent à jeter par les fenêtres!;∎ familiar I'll show them what I'm made of! je leur montrerai de quel bois je me chauffe ou qui je suis!(b) (cause to appear or happen → hole, tear, mess, mistake, noise) faire;∎ it made a dent in the bumper ça a cabossé le pare-chocs;∎ he's always making trouble il faut toujours qu'il fasse des histoires(c) (establish → law, rule) établir, faire;∎ I don't make the rules ce n'est pas moi qui fais les règlements(d) (form → circle, line) former∎ she's making a documentary elle fait un documentaire;∎ he's made several films with Ridley Scott il a fait plusieurs films avec Ridley Scott∎ to make an offer faire une offre;∎ to make a request faire une demande;∎ to make a note of sth prendre note de qch;∎ to make a speech faire un discours;∎ to make a phone call passer un coup de fil;∎ the Queen will make an official visit to Japan la reine va se rendre en visite officielle au Japon;∎ we've made a few changes nous avons fait ou apporté quelques modifications;∎ the police are making inquiries la police procède à une enquête;∎ I have no further comments to make je n'ai rien à ajouter∎ to make one's bed faire son litB.(a) (with adj or pp complement) (cause to be) rendre;∎ to make sb happy/mad rendre qn heureux/fou(folle);∎ to make oneself useful se rendre utile;∎ this will make things easier cela facilitera les choses;∎ it makes her tired ça la fatigue;∎ what makes the sky blue? qu'est-ce qui fait que le ciel est bleu?;∎ I'd like to make it clear that it wasn't my fault je voudrais qu'on comprenne bien que je n'y suis pour rien;∎ make yourselves comfortable mettez-vous à l'aise;∎ it was hard to make myself heard/understood j'ai eu du mal à me faire entendre/comprendre;∎ a child would make our happiness complete il ne nous manque qu'un enfant pour que notre bonheur soit parfait(b) (with noun complement or with "into") (change into) faire;∎ the film made her (into) a star le film a fait d'elle une vedette;∎ to make a success of sth réussir qch;∎ he was made president for life il a été nommé président à vie;∎ they made Bonn the capital ils ont choisi Bonn pour capitale;∎ they made Strasbourg the capital of Europe ils ont fait de Strasbourg la capitale de l'Europe;∎ he makes a joke of everything il tourne tout en plaisanterie;∎ the building has been made into offices l'immeuble a été réaménagé ou converti en bureaux;∎ I'll make you a present of it je t'en ferai cadeau;∎ the latest cheque makes the total £10,000 le dernier chèque porte la somme totale à 10 000 livres;∎ I can't come in the morning, shall we make it 2 p.m.? je ne peux pas venir le matin, est-ce que 14 heures vous conviendrait?;∎ if we made it a Wednesday… si on faisait ça un mercredi…;∎ can we make it your place? est-ce qu'on peut faire ça chez toi?;∎ better make it or that TWO whiskies mettez-moi un deuxième whisky∎ what makes you think they're wrong? qu'est-ce qui te fait penser qu'ils ont tort?;∎ peeling onions makes my eyes water les oignons me font pleurer;∎ I can't make the coffee machine work je n'arrive pas à faire marcher la machine à café;∎ you make it look easy à vous voir, on croirait que c'est facile;∎ the hat/photo makes you look ridiculous tu as l'air ridicule avec ce chapeau/sur cette photo;∎ don't make me laugh! ne me fais pas rire!(d) (force, oblige)∎ to make sb do sth faire faire qch à qn; (stronger) forcer ou obliger ou contraindre qn à faire qch;∎ they made me wait ils m'ont fait attendre;∎ if he doesn't want to do it you can't make him s'il ne veut pas le faire, tu ne peux pas l'y obliger ou forcer;∎ she made herself keep running elle s'est forcée à continuer à courirC.(a) (attain, achieve → goal) atteindre;∎ we made all our production targets nous avons atteint tous nos objectifs de production;∎ their first record made the top ten leur premier disque est rentré au top ten;∎ you won't make the team if you don't train tu n'entreras jamais dans l'équipe si tu ne t'entraînes pas;∎ the story made the front page l'histoire a fait la une des journaux(b) (arrive at, get to → place) atteindre;∎ we should make Houston/port by evening nous devrions arriver à Houston/atteindre le port d'ici ce soir;∎ did you make your train? as-tu réussi à avoir ton train?∎ I won't be able to make lunch je ne pourrai pas déjeuner avec toi/elle/vous/ etc;∎ can you make Friday afternoon? vendredi après-midi, ça vous convient?;∎ I can make two o'clock je peux être là à deux heures(d) (earn, win) faire, gagner;∎ how much do you make a month? combien gagnes-tu par mois?;∎ she made her first million selling beauty products elle a gagné son premier million en vendant des produits de beauté;∎ what do they make out of the deal? qu'est-ce qu'ils gagnent dans l'affaire?, qu'est-ce que l'affaire leur rapporte?D.(a) (amount to, add up to) faire;∎ 17 and 19 make or makes 36 17 plus 19 font ou égalent 36;∎ if Kay comes, that will make eight si Kay vient, ça fera huit;∎ that makes £4, Madam ça fait ou fera 4 livres, Madame;∎ that makes the third time you've been late this week c'est la troisième fois que vous êtes en retard cette semaine;∎ how old does that make him? quel âge ça lui fait?∎ I make the answer 257 d'après moi, ça fait 257;∎ I make it $14 each si je compte bien, ça fait 14 dollars par personne;∎ what time do you make it? quelle heure as-tu?(c) (with noun complement) (fulfil specified role, function etc) faire;∎ these shoes will make an excellent Christmas present ces chaussures feront un très beau cadeau de Noël;∎ he'll make somebody a good husband ce sera un excellent mari;∎ he'd make a good teacher il ferait un bon enseignant;∎ they make a handsome couple ils forment un beau couple;∎ her reminiscences make interesting reading ses souvenirs sont intéressants à lire∎ Smith made his second century Smith a marqué deux cents pointsE.(a) (make successful) faire le succès de;∎ it's her performance that makes the film tout le film repose sur son interprétation;∎ if this deal comes off we're made! si ça marche, on touche le gros lot!;∎ you've got it made! tu n'as plus de souci à te faire!;∎ what happens today will make us or break us notre avenir dépend entièrement de ce qui va se passer aujourd'hui∎ make a right/left tournez à droite/à gauche∎ I'll never make it for ten o'clock je ne pourrai jamais y être pour dix heures;∎ we made it to the airport with an hour to spare nous sommes arrivés à l'aéroport avec une heure d'avance;∎ if he doesn't make it back in ten minutes, start without him s'il n'est pas revenu dans dix minutes, commencez sans lui;∎ I hope she makes it through the winter j'espère qu'elle passera l'hiver;∎ he'll never make it as a businessman il ne réussira jamais dans les affaires;∎ I can't make it for supper tomorrow je ne peux pas dîner avec eux/toi/ etc demain;∎ American familiar to make sb, to make it with sb (have sex with) coucher avec qn∎ (act) to make (as if) to faire mine de;∎ she made (as if) to stand up elle fit mine de se lever;∎ familiar I walked in trying to make like a businessman je suis entré en essayant d'avoir l'air d'un homme d'affaires□ ;∎ familiar he's always making like a tough guy il essaie toujours de jouer les durs;∎ familiar make like you don't know anything fais comme si tu ne savais pas;∎ familiar make like you're asleep! fais semblant de dormir!□ ;∎ familiar I didn't know what it was all about but I made like I did je ne savais pas de quoi il était question, mais j'ai fait comme si;∎ to make believe imaginer;∎ make believe you're a bird imagine que tu es un oiseau;∎ it's broken but we'll just have to make do c'est cassé mais il faudra faire avec ou nous débrouiller avec;∎ we could make do with ten nous pourrions nous débrouiller avec dix3 noun∎ what make of washing machine have you got? quelle est la marque de votre machine à laver?, qu'est-ce que vous avez comme machine à laver?(b) (in bridge) contrat m∎ to be on the make (financially) chercher à se faire du fric, chercher à s'en mettre plein les poches; (looking for sexual partner) chasser, draguerpartir avec;∎ he made away with the cash il est parti avec l'argent∎ the plane is making for Berlin l'avion se dirige sur Berlin;∎ he made straight for the fridge il se dirigea tout droit vers le frigo;∎ when it started to rain everyone made for the trees quand il s'est mis à pleuvoir, tout le monde s'est précipité vers les arbres;∎ the truck was making right for him le camion fonçait droit sur lui;∎ he made for his gun il fit un geste pour saisir son pistolet(b) (contribute to) mener à;∎ the treaty should make for a more lasting peace le traité devrait mener ou aboutir à une paix plus durable;∎ this typeface makes for easier reading cette police permet une lecture plus facile;∎ a good diet makes for healthier babies un bon régime alimentaire donne des bébés en meilleure santé➲ make of(a) (understand) comprendre à;∎ I don't know what to make of that remark je ne sais pas comment interpréter cette remarque;∎ can you make anything of these instructions? est-ce que tu comprends quelque chose à ce mode d'emploi?∎ I think you're making too much of a very minor problem je pense que tu exagères l'importance de ce petit problème;∎ you're making too much of this tu y attaches trop d'importance;∎ the press has made a lot of this visit la presse a fait beaucoup de bruit autour de cette visite;∎ the prosecution made much of this fact l'accusation a fait grand cas de ce fait;(think of) penser de;∎ what do you make of the Caines? qu'est-ce que tu penses des Caine?partirpartir avec;∎ he made off with the cash il est parti avec l'argent➲ make out∎ I could just make out the outline of the castle je distinguais juste la silhouette du château;∎ I couldn't make out what he said je ne comprenais pas ce qu'il disait;∎ I can't make out the address je n'arrive pas à déchiffrer l'adresse(b) (understand) comprendre;∎ I couldn't make out how to fit it together je ne comprenais pas comment l'assembler;∎ I can't make her out at all je ne la comprends pas du tout∎ she made out that she was busy elle a fait semblant d'être occupée;∎ don't make yourself out to be something you're not ne prétends pas être ce que tu n'es pas;∎ it's not as bad as everyone makes out ce n'est pas aussi mauvais qu'on le prétend(d) (fill out → form) remplir;∎ to make out a cheque (to sb) faire un chèque (à l'ordre de qn);∎ who shall I make the cheque out to? je fais le chèque à quel ordre?∎ I'm sure she'll make out whatever happens je suis sûr qu'elle se débrouillera quoi qu'il arrive;∎ how did you make out at work today? comment ça s'est passé au boulot aujourd'hui?∎ to make out with sb peloter qn(a) (transfer) transférer, céder;∎ she has made the estate over to her granddaughter elle a cédé la propriété à sa petite-fille∎ the garage had been made over into a workshop le garage a été transformé en atelier(c) (change the appearance of) transformer➲ make up(a) (put make-up on) maquiller;∎ to make oneself up se maquiller;∎ he was heavily made up il était très maquillé ou fardé∎ we can make up a bed for you in the living room nous pouvons vous faire un lit dans le salon;∎ the chemist made up the prescription le pharmacien a préparé l'ordonnance;∎ the fire needs making up il faut remettre du charbon/du bois sur le feu∎ I'm sure he made the story up je suis sûr qu'il a inventé cette histoire (de toutes pièces);∎ I'm making it up as I go along j'improvise au fur et à mesure(d) Typography mettre en pages∎ to make up with sb, British to make it up with sb se réconcilier avec qn;∎ have you made up or British made it up with him? est-ce que vous vous êtes réconciliés?(a) (constitute) composer, constituer;∎ the different ethnic groups that make up our organization les différents groupes ethniques qui constituent notre organisation;∎ the cabinet is made up of eleven ministers le cabinet est composé de onze ministres;∎ it's made up of a mixture of different types of tobacco c'est un mélange de plusieurs tabacs différents(b) (compensate for → losses) compenser;∎ to make up lost ground regagner le terrain perdu;∎ he's making up time il rattrape son retard∎ this cheque will help you make up the required sum ce chèque vous aidera à atteindre le montant requis;∎ we need two more players to make up the team nous avons besoin de deux joueurs de plus pour que l'équipe soit au complet;∎ I'll make up the difference je mettrai la différence(a) (put on make-up) se maquiller(b) (become reconciled) se réconciliercompenser;∎ the pay doesn't make up for the poor conditions le salaire ne compense pas les piètres conditions de travail;∎ how can I make up for all the trouble I've caused you? que puis-je faire pour me faire pardonner tous les ennuis que je vous ai causés?;∎ also figurative she's making up for lost time now! elle est en train de rattraper le temps perdu!∎ (idiom) I promise I'll make it up to you someday tu peux être sûr que je te revaudrai ça (un jour)∎ to make up to sb (try to win favour) essayer de se faire bien voir par qn; (make advances) faire du plat à qn∎ make with the drinks! à boire!;∎ make with the music! musique! -
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I [meɪk]1) (brand) marca f.2) (type of manufacture) produzione f., fabbricazione f.••II 1. [meɪk]to be on the make — colloq. (for profit) badare al proprio interesse; (for sex) essere a caccia
1) (create) fare [dress, cake, stain, hole, will, pact, film, sketch, noise]to make sb. sth. — fare qcs. a qcn.
to be made for sb. — essere fatto per qcn.
to make the time for sth. — trovare il tempo per qcs.
to make sb. happy — fare felice qcn.
to make sb. jealous — fare ingelosire qcn.
to make sb. popular — rendere qcn. popolare
to make sb. hungry — fare venire fame a qcn.
to make sth. better, worse — migliorare, peggiorare qcs.
to make passing exams easier to make it easier to pass exams facilitare il superamento degli esami; to make it possible to do — rendere possibile fare
to make sb. cry, smile — fare piangere, sorridere qcn.
to make sth. happen — fare in modo che succeda qcs.
to make sth. work — fare funzionare qcs.
4) (force)to make sb. do — obbligare qcn. a fare
to make sb. talk — fare parlare qcn
5) (turn into)to make sb. a star — fare di qcn. una star
we made him treasurer — l'abbiamo fatto o nominato tesoriere
to make a monster of sb. — fare di qcn. un mostro
it'll make a man of you — scherz. questo farà di te un uomo
to make sth. sth. to make sth. of sth. fare qcs. di qcs.; to make a habit of sth. fare di qcs. un'abitudine; to make too much of it farne una questione di stato; that will make a good shelter — potrà essere un buon riparo
6) (amount to)8) (reach) arrivare a, raggiungere [place, ranking, level]; fare [speed, distance]to make the front page of — essere sulla prima pagina di [ newspaper]
9) (estimate, say)10) (cause success of) garantire il successo di [holiday, day]it really makes the room — [feature, colour] è proprio ciò che rende la stanza perfetta
to make or break sb., sth. — fare la fortuna o essere la rovina di qcn., qcs
11) el. chiudere [ circuit]12) gioc. mischiare [ cards]2.to make a trick — (win) vincere una mano
- make do- make for- make off- make out- make up••to make it — colloq. (in career, life) farcela; (be on time) farcela (ad arrivare) in tempo
I'm afraid I can't make it — (to party, meeting) ho paura che non ce la farò (a venire)
* * *[meik] 1. past tense, past participle - made; verb1) (to create, form or produce: God made the Earth; She makes all her own clothes; He made it out of paper; to make a muddle/mess of the job; to make lunch/coffee; We made an arrangement/agreement/deal/bargain.) fare, creare2) (to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): They made her do it; He made me laugh.) fare3) (to cause to be: I made it clear; You've made me very unhappy.) rendere4) (to gain or earn: He makes $100 a week; to make a profit.) guadagnare5) ((of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: 2 and 2 make(s) 4.) fare6) (to become, turn into, or be: He'll make an excellent teacher.) diventare, essere7) (to estimate as: I make the total 483.) valutare8) (to appoint, or choose, as: He was made manager.) nominare9) (used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: He made several attempts (= attempted several times); They made a left turn (= turned left); He made (= offered) a suggestion/proposal; Have you any comments to make?) fare2. noun(a (usually manufacturer's) brand: What make is your new car?) marca- maker- making
- make-believe
- make-over
- makeshift
- make-up
- have the makings of
- in the making
- make a/one's bed
- make believe
- make do
- make for
- make it
- make it up
- make something of something
- make of something
- make something of
- make of
- make out
- make over
- make up
- make up for
- make up one's mind
- make up to* * *make /meɪk/n.1 [u] fabbricazione; produzione; fattura; confezione2 marca; tipo; ( d'abito) forma, taglio: spare parts for all makes of car, pezzi di ricambio per auto di tutte le marche3 [u] costituzione fisica (o morale); carattere; temperamento: a man of this make, un uomo di siffatto temperamento4 (elettr.) chiusura d'un circuito: at make, nel momento in cui si chiude il circuito (o avviene il contatto)● (elettr.) make contact, contatto in chiusura; contatto normalmente aperto □ (econ.) make-work activities, attività creatrici di (posti di) lavoro □ ( slang) to be on the make, essere intento a far quattrini (o a far carriera); essere in cerca di sesso □ ( slang USA) to put the make on sb., tentare un approccio con q.; provarci con q.♦ (to) make /meɪk/(pass. e p. p. made)A v. t.1 fare; creare; costruire; comporre; formare; confezionare; fabbricare; produrre; causare; rendere; nominare: to make tea [bread, wine], fare il tè [il pane, il vino]; DIALOGO → - At the museum- I'll make some sandwiches, faccio dei panini; What time do you make it?, che ora fai?; to make roads [bridges], costruire strade [ponti]; What is it made of?, di che cosa è fatto?; di che cosa è?; Two and two make four, due più due fa quattro; to make a noise, far rumore; to make a mistake, fare un errore (o uno sbaglio); They made him president, lo hanno fatto (o nominato) presidente2 (causativo) fare; costringere; obbligare; indurre: Don't make me laugh!, non farmi ridere!; He made her cry, la fece piangere; This photograph makes you look older, questa fotografia ti fa (apparire) più vecchio; They made her resign ( o She was made to resign), la costrinsero a dimettersi3 valutare; supporre; ritenere; credere: I make the distance about ten miles, suppongo che la distanza sia di circa dieci miglia4 (spec. naut.) arrivare a, raggiungere; toccare: We made land at sunrise, abbiamo toccato terra (o siamo approdati a terra) all'alba5 diventare; dimostrarsi; essere per (q.): I think he will make a good teacher, credo che diventerà un buon insegnante7 fare la fortuna di: Fleet Street can make or break a politician, i giornali inglesi possono fare la fortuna o provocare la rovina di un uomo politico8 guadagnare: to make money, fare soldi, guadagnare soldi; She makes €50,000 a year, guadagna €50 000 all'anno9 fare (fig.); completare; rendere perfetto: It's the furniture that really makes a house, è il mobilio che fa una casa10 farcela ad arrivare a: We made the airport in ten minutes, in dieci minuti siamo riusciti ad arrivare all'aeroportoB v. i.(lett. o arc.) fare per; stare per; fare la mossa di: to make as if, far mostra di; fingere di; He made as if he were going to strike me, fece come per colpirmi● to make an appointment with sb., prendere un appuntamento con q. □ to make approaches to sb., cercare di avvicinare q. □ to make st. available to sb., mettere qc. a disposizione di q. □ to make believe, fare finta, fingere □ to make the best of st., sfruttare al meglio qc. □ to make the best of a bad job (o of a bad bargain), fare buon viso a cattiva sorte □ to make bold, diventare audace; osare: I make bold to say that…, oso (o mi permetto di) dire che… □ to make or break = to make or mar ► sotto □ a make or break case, un caso di o la va o la spacca □ a make or break plan, un piano disperato; un progetto audacissimo □ to make a call, fare una (breve) visita; (telef.) fare una telefonata; (naut.) fare scalo □ to make the cards (o the pack), fare le carte; mescolare e dare le carte □ to make certain, assicurarsi; accertarsi: Make certain that the door is locked, assicurati che la porta sia chiusa a chiave! □ (elettr.) to make a circuit, chiudere un circuito □ to make it clear that…, mettere in chiaro (o chiarire) che… □ (elettr.) to make a contact, stabilire (o chiudere) un contatto □ to make a decision, prendere una decisione; decidere □ to make st. do (o to make do with st.), far bastare qc.; arrangiarsi con qc. □ to make do and mend, tirare avanti con quello che si ha ( con un abito vecchio, ecc.) □ (naut.) to make fast, ormeggiarsi; dar volta a ( un cavo) □ to make st. fast, assicurare (o legare) qc. □ to make a fool of oneself, rendersi ridicolo; fare una figuraccia □ to make friends with sb., fare amicizia con q. □ to make fun of sb., prendere in giro q. □ to make good, aver successo, fare fortuna; ( anche) tornare sulla retta via □ to make st. good, risarcire ( una perdita); recuperare ( il tempo perduto); mantenere ( una promessa); mettere in atto ( una minaccia); dimostrare la validità di ( un argomento, ecc.): to make good a promise, tener fede a una promessa □ to make good time, andare in fretta; (autom., aeron., naut.) viaggiare bene (o in orario) □ to make a habit of st., prendere l'abitudine di fare qc. □ to make headway, (naut.) fare abbrivio in avanti; (fig.) far progressi □ (fam.) to make it, farcela; riuscire; fare in tempo, arrivare in tempo; avere successo, sfondare (fig.): DIALOGO → - Parent-teacher meeting- Can you make it?, ce la fai?; Unfortunately I can't make it to Florence, purtroppo non ce la faccio a venire a Firenze □ (fam.) to make it big, avere un grande successo; sfondare davvero (fig.) □ (fam.) to make sb. 's day, fare di un giorno una data memorabile per q. □ to make it difficult for sb., rendere la vita difficile a q. □ (fam.) to make it (o things) hot for sb., rendere la vita difficile a q. □ (fam. USA) to make like st. (o sb.), imitare qc. (o q.); fare finta di essere qc. (o q.) □ to make little of, tenere in scarsa considerazione; trarre scarso vantaggio da □ to make sb. lose his balance, sbilanciare q. □ to make love ► love □ (arc.) to make merry, far festa; far baldoria □ (fig. fam.) to make mincemeat of sb., fare a pezzi (o distruggere) q. □ to make the most of st., trarre il massimo vantaggio da qc.; sfruttare al massimo qc.: He makes the most of the little he has, sfrutta al massimo quel poco che possiede; DIALOGO → - At the museum- We'll just have to make the most of it now we're here, dobbiamo godercelo il più possibile dal momento che siamo qui □ to make much of, tenere in gran conto; trarre grande vantaggio da □ to make no bones about doing st., non esitare (fam.: non fare una piega) a fare qc. □ to make no difference, non fare differenza, essere indifferente □ to make oneself (seguito da aggettivo, causativo) farsi; rendersi: to make oneself understood, farsi capire; Make yourself useful, renditi utile! □ to make oneself, fare per sé; farsi ( anche) mettersi; considerarsi: to make oneself a cup of tea, farsi una tazza di tè; Make yourself at home!, mettiti comodo!; fa come se fossi a casa tua! □ to make ready, preparare; approntare; prepararsi □ to make room (o place) for sb., far posto a q. □ (naut.) to make sail, far vela, salpare; ( anche) aumentare la velatura □ (comm.) to make a sale, fare una vendita □ to make sense, avere senso: These words don't make sense, queste parole non hanno senso; to make sense of st., capire q., cavare un significato da q.; Can you make sense of this article?, ci capisci qualcosa in questo articolo? □ to make sure, accertarsi, assicurarsi; fare in modo (di) □ (a bridge) to make a trick, fare una presa □ to make one's way, dirigersi, andare: to make one's way home, prendere la strada di casa □ to make way for sb., far largo a q. □ to make one's way in the world, farsi strada nel mondo; fare carriera □ ( boxe) to make the weight, fare il peso □ (prov.) Make hay while the sun shines, batti il ferro finché è caldo!NOTA D'USO: - to make-* * *I [meɪk]1) (brand) marca f.2) (type of manufacture) produzione f., fabbricazione f.••II 1. [meɪk]to be on the make — colloq. (for profit) badare al proprio interesse; (for sex) essere a caccia
1) (create) fare [dress, cake, stain, hole, will, pact, film, sketch, noise]to make sb. sth. — fare qcs. a qcn.
to be made for sb. — essere fatto per qcn.
to make the time for sth. — trovare il tempo per qcs.
to make sb. happy — fare felice qcn.
to make sb. jealous — fare ingelosire qcn.
to make sb. popular — rendere qcn. popolare
to make sb. hungry — fare venire fame a qcn.
to make sth. better, worse — migliorare, peggiorare qcs.
to make passing exams easier to make it easier to pass exams facilitare il superamento degli esami; to make it possible to do — rendere possibile fare
to make sb. cry, smile — fare piangere, sorridere qcn.
to make sth. happen — fare in modo che succeda qcs.
to make sth. work — fare funzionare qcs.
4) (force)to make sb. do — obbligare qcn. a fare
to make sb. talk — fare parlare qcn
5) (turn into)to make sb. a star — fare di qcn. una star
we made him treasurer — l'abbiamo fatto o nominato tesoriere
to make a monster of sb. — fare di qcn. un mostro
it'll make a man of you — scherz. questo farà di te un uomo
to make sth. sth. to make sth. of sth. fare qcs. di qcs.; to make a habit of sth. fare di qcs. un'abitudine; to make too much of it farne una questione di stato; that will make a good shelter — potrà essere un buon riparo
6) (amount to)8) (reach) arrivare a, raggiungere [place, ranking, level]; fare [speed, distance]to make the front page of — essere sulla prima pagina di [ newspaper]
9) (estimate, say)10) (cause success of) garantire il successo di [holiday, day]it really makes the room — [feature, colour] è proprio ciò che rende la stanza perfetta
to make or break sb., sth. — fare la fortuna o essere la rovina di qcn., qcs
11) el. chiudere [ circuit]12) gioc. mischiare [ cards]2.to make a trick — (win) vincere una mano
- make do- make for- make off- make out- make up••to make it — colloq. (in career, life) farcela; (be on time) farcela (ad arrivare) in tempo
I'm afraid I can't make it — (to party, meeting) ho paura che non ce la farò (a venire)
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[ru:l] nwhere in the \rules does it say that? wo steht das?;those are the \rules so sind nun mal die Regeln;this is a club \rule das ist im Klub hier so üblich;it is a \rule that... es ist eine Regel, dass...;to know the \rules of a game die Spielregeln kennen;\rules and regulations Regeln und Bestimmungen;set of \rules Regeln fpl;traffic \rules Verkehrsregeln fpl;to break a \rule eine Regel brechen;according to the \rules nach den Regeln, den Regeln entsprechend;to be against the \rules gegen die Regeln verstoßenthe \rule of law die Rechtsstaatlichkeit;one-party \rule Einparteienherrschaft f;the period of Fascist \rule die faschistische HerrschaftPHRASES:\rule of thumb Faustregel f;to be the \rule die Regel sein;to make sth a \rule etw zur Regel machen;to run the \rule over sth überprüfen, ob etw in Ordnung ist;1) ( govern)to \rule sth/sb etw/jdn regieren;to \rule a country with a rod of iron ein Land mit eiserner Faust regieren2) ( control)to \rule sth etw beherrschen;she \rules her household with an iron hand sie führt ihren Haushalt mit einer eisernen Hand;to \rule sb's thinking jds Denken beherrschen3) ( draw)to \rule a line eine Linie ziehen4) ( decide)to \rule that... entscheiden, dass...;the courts have \ruled his brave action [to be] illegal die Gerichte entschieden, dass seine mutige Tat illegal warPHRASES:2) lawto \rule on sth in etw dat entscheiden;only the appeal court can \rule on this point nur das Berufungsgericht kann in diesem Punkt entscheiden;PHRASES: -
13 rule
قَرَّرَ \ affirm: to declare that sth. is true: He affirmed that his friend had not left the house at the time of the murder. choose, (chose, chosen): to decide: I chose to stay at home rather than to travel. decide: to determine; make up one’s mind: I’ve decided to get a new car. determine: to decide; be the cause of; control: We must determine the rights and wrongs of the case. The weather determines the size of the crop. fix: to settle; decide: Have you fixed the time and place of your meeting?. judge: to examine facts about (sb. or sth.) and come to a decision; to consider (in court, in a competition, etc.): He judged the man (to be) guilty. They judged him (to be) the winner. I was invited to judge the cattle at the show. lay down: to fix (a rule): The price of oil is laid down by the government. make up one’s mind: to decide after much thought: He made up his mind to tell them everything. resolve: to decide after careful thought. rule: give an official decision: The judge ruled that the prisoner was wrongly charged. \ See Also أكد (أَكَّدَ)، عزم (عَزَمَ)، حَدَّدَ، حكم (حَكَمَ) -
14 make up one’s mind
قَرَّرَ \ affirm: to declare that sth. is true: He affirmed that his friend had not left the house at the time of the murder. choose, (chose, chosen): to decide: I chose to stay at home rather than to travel. decide: to determine; make up one’s mind: I’ve decided to get a new car. determine: to decide; be the cause of; control: We must determine the rights and wrongs of the case. The weather determines the size of the crop. fix: to settle; decide: Have you fixed the time and place of your meeting?. judge: to examine facts about (sb. or sth.) and come to a decision; to consider (in court, in a competition, etc.): He judged the man (to be) guilty. They judged him (to be) the winner. I was invited to judge the cattle at the show. lay down: to fix (a rule): The price of oil is laid down by the government. make up one’s mind: to decide after much thought: He made up his mind to tell them everything. resolve: to decide after careful thought. rule: give an official decision: The judge ruled that the prisoner was wrongly charged. \ See Also أكد (أَكَّدَ)، عزم (عَزَمَ)، حَدَّدَ، حكم (حَكَمَ) -
15 make, made
صَنَعَ \ create: to make; cause sth. to be: He was paid to create trouble in the factory. make, made: form; build; cause (a rule, a mistake, a difference, trouble, etc.) to be or happen: She made some bread. They made a new road. They made a noise. manufacture: to make or produce things by machinery. model: to shape sth: We enjoy modelling (animals) out of clay in our art lessons. produce: to grow (on a farm); make (in a factory); supply (from under the ground, etc.): Australia produces wool and meat. France produces wine. \ See Also أنتج (أَنْتَجَ) -
16 rule
رَسَمَ \ draw: to make pictures by means of lines with a pen or pencil (but not with paint): An artist taught him to draw, to make sth. (a line, picture, plan, map, etc.) by drawing Please draw me a map of the way to your house. rule: to draw (a straight line), using a straight piece of wood or metal as a guide: He ruled a line across the middle of the page. -
17 Regel
f; -, -n1.a) rule; (Vorschrift auch) regulation; (Norm) auch norm; (Gewohnheit) auch habit; die Regeln einhalten observe ( oder keep to) the rules; gegen die Regel(n) verstoßen break the rules; nach der Regel according to the rule; in der Regel as a rule; die Regel / schon fast die Regel sein be the rule / almost always the case; zur Regel werden become a rule ( oder habit); sich (Dat) etw. zur Regel machen make it a rule to do s.th., make a habit of doing s.th.; Ausnahme;b) nach allen Regeln der Kunst (gründlich, wie es sich gehört) well and truly, good and proper; besiegen: in style; man hat uns nach allen Regeln der Kunst reingelegt we were well and truly had2. (Menstruation) period; Koll. periods Pl.; sie hat / bekommt ihre Regel she’s got / is getting her period; wann kommt deine Regel? when’s your period due?; meine Regel ist ausgeblieben I’ve missed my period* * *die Regel(Menstruation) period; menstruation;(Vorschrift) rule; norm* * *Re|gel ['reːgl]f -, -n1) (= Vorschrift, Norm) rule; (= Verordnung) regulationnach allen Régeln der Kunst (fig) — thoroughly
sie überredete ihn nach allen Régeln der Kunst,... — she used every trick in the book to persuade him...
2) (= Gewohnheit) habit, ruleetw zur Régel machen — to make a habit or rule of sth
in der or aller Régel — as a rule
zur Régel werden — to become a habit
3) (= Monatsblutung) perioddie Régel haben/bekommen — to have/get one's period, to menstruate
sie hat mit zehn ihre Régel bekommen — her periods started when she was ten
* * *die1) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) rule2) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) rule* * *Re·gel1<-, -n>[ˈre:gl̩]f1. (Vorschrift) rule, regulation2. (Norm) ruleeine ungeschriebene \Regel an unwritten rule3. (Gewohnheit) rule[jdm] zur \Regel werden to become a habit [with sb]in der \Regel, in aller \Regel as a rule4.▶ nach allen \Regeln der Kunst with all the tricks of the tradeetw nach allen \Regeln der Kunst erklären to explain sth inside out [or thoroughly]jdn nach allen \Regeln der Kunst betrügen to utterly deceive sb, to take sb for a ride famRe·gel2<->[ˈre:gl̩]f kein pl (Menstruation) periodmeine \Regel ist seit zehn Tagen ausgeblieben I'm [or my period is] ten days overdueseine \Regel haben/bekommen to have/get one's period* * *die; Regel, Regeln1) ruledie Regeln eines Spiels/des Anstands — the rules of a game/of decency
nach allen Regeln der Kunst — (fig.) well and truly
2)die Regel sein — be the rule
in der od. aller Regel — as a rule
3) (Menstruation) period* * *die Regeln einhalten observe ( oder keep to) the rules;gegen die Regel(n) verstoßen break the rules;nach der Regel according to the rule;in der Regel as a rule;die Regel/schon fast die Regel sein be the rule/almost always the case;zur Regel werden become a rule ( oder habit);sich (dat)nach allen Regeln der Kunst (gründlich, wie es sich gehört) well and truly, good and proper; besiegen: in style;man hat uns nach allen Regeln der Kunst reingelegt we were well and truly hadsie hat/bekommt ihre Regel she’s got/is getting her period;wann kommt deine Regel? when’s your period due?;meine Regel ist ausgeblieben I’ve missed my periodRegel… im subst1. (regelnd) control …, regulating;Regelschaltung control circuit;Regelspannung control voltage;Regelventil regulating ( oder control) valve2. (einstellbar) variable;Regelgetriebe variable speed gear;Regeltransformator variable transformerRegelspur standard gauge4. (Menstruations…) menstrual;Regelbeschwerden pl menstrual discomfort, period pains;Regelstörung menstrual disorder* * *die; Regel, Regeln1) ruledie Regeln eines Spiels/des Anstands — the rules of a game/of decency
nach allen Regeln der Kunst — (fig.) well and truly
2)in der od. aller Regel — as a rule
3) (Menstruation) period* * *-n f.norm n.rule n. -
18 norma
f.1 standard.este producto no cumple la norma europea this product does not meet European standardsla norma es que llueva al final de la tarde it usually o normally rains toward the end of the afternoonpor norma (general) as a ruletener por norma hacer algo to make it a rule to do something2 Norma.3 piece of legislation.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: normar.* * *1 norm, rule\norma de conducta rule of conduct* * *noun f.1) rule2) norm* * *SF1) (=regla) (tb Educ) rule; [oficial] regulationlos centros educativos tienen autonomía para elaborar sus propias normas — schools and colleges have the power to make their own rules
el comercio internacional está sujeto a ciertas normas — international trade is subject to certain regulations
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como o por norma general — as a general rule, as a rule of thumb•
tener por norma hacer algo — to make it a rule to do sthnorma de comprobación — (Fís) control
normas de conducta — [sociales] rules of behaviour; [de periódico, empresa] policy sing
2) (=situación, costumbre) normes norma ofrecer una copa de bienvenida — it is standard practice o it is the norm to offer a complimentary drink
como es norma en estos casos — as is standard practice o as is the norm in these cases
3)la norma — (Ling) the standard form
4) (Arquit, Téc) square* * *a) ( regla) rule, regulationdictar normas — to lay down rules o regulations
tengo por norma... — I make it a rule...
es norma que or la norma es que acudan los directivos — it is standard practice for the directors to attend
* * *= convention, guide, norm, pattern, prescription, rule, standard, yardstick.Ex. Articulated subject indexes are based on title-like phrases that have some conventions concerning citation order.Ex. In so doing the indexes act as an organized guide to large sections of the literature of a subject area.Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.Ex. In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.Ex. Granted, standard is an ambiguous term, because it can mean either quality or simply prescription.Ex. If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.Ex. A standard is a document available to the public and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits and approved by a body recognized on the national, regional or international level.Ex. The legitimate yardstick against which to evaluate 'Beatlemusik' is not, pace Paul Johnson, Beethoven's last quartets, but other contemporary popular music.----* acatar las normas = toe + the line.* atenerse a una norma = conform to + standard.* ausencia de normas = anomie.* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.* convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.* cumplir las normas = abide by + rules and regulations.* dar como norma = rule.* dar una norma = give + prescription.* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.* desacatar las normas establecidas = flout + convention.* desviación de la norma = deviation + from the norm, departure from the norm.* establecer norma = legislate.* establecer normas = make + provision, establish + standards.* establecer normas de funcionamiento = establish + policy.* establecer una norma = lay down + standard, set down + rule.* establecer un norma = give + prescription.* fuera de las normas comúnmente aceptadas = beyond the pale.* hacer cumplir una norma = enforce + standard.* hacer cumplir unas normas = enforce + policy.* hoja de normas = rule sheet.* imponer una norma = place + prescription.* incumplimiento de normas = rule breaking.* incumplir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + regulation, break + rules.* infracción de las normas = breach of regulations, infringement of the rules, breach of the rules.* infracción de normas = rule breaking.* infringir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules.* no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.* norma absoluta = ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* norma absouta = hard and fast rule.* norma básica = ground rule.* Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.* Norma Británica número + Número = BS + Número.* norma de comportamiento social = social pattern.* norma de entrada de datos = input standard.* norma de la industria = industry standard.* norma de trabajo = working rule.* norma de vestir = dress code.* norma fija = firm rule.* norma general = rule of thumb.* Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).* norma inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).* Norma Internacional para los Lenguajes de Instrucción = International Standard for Command Languages.* norma legal = statutory provision.* Norma + Número = ISO + Número.* norma ortográfica = spelling convention.* norma personal = personal norm.* norma que se puede aplicar a rajatabla = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* norma rígida = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* normas = policy, code of practice, regulation.* normas comunes = standard practices.* normas de préstamos vencidos = overdue policy.* normas de procedimiento = rules of procedure.* normas de uso = user policy.* normas habituales = standard practices.* normas internas = in-house guidelines.* norma social = social norm, societal norm.* normas para la elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting policy.* norma técnica = technical standard.* no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.* ofrecer una norma = offer + prescription.* por norma = as a rule.* que se atiene a una norma = compliant (with).* que sigue una norma = compliant (with).* ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.* * *a) ( regla) rule, regulationdictar normas — to lay down rules o regulations
tengo por norma... — I make it a rule...
es norma que or la norma es que acudan los directivos — it is standard practice for the directors to attend
* * *= convention, guide, norm, pattern, prescription, rule, standard, yardstick.Ex: Articulated subject indexes are based on title-like phrases that have some conventions concerning citation order.
Ex: In so doing the indexes act as an organized guide to large sections of the literature of a subject area.Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.Ex: In the same way that citation orders may have more or less theoretical foundations, equally reference generation may follow a predetermined pattern.Ex: Granted, standard is an ambiguous term, because it can mean either quality or simply prescription.Ex: If administrative regulations, rules, etc., are from jurisdictions in which such regulations, etc., are promulgated by government agencies or agents, enter them under the heading for the agency or agent.Ex: A standard is a document available to the public and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits and approved by a body recognized on the national, regional or international level.Ex: The legitimate yardstick against which to evaluate 'Beatlemusik' is not, pace Paul Johnson, Beethoven's last quartets, but other contemporary popular music.* acatar las normas = toe + the line.* atenerse a una norma = conform to + standard.* ausencia de normas = anomie.* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.* convertirse en la norma = become + the norm.* cumplir las normas = abide by + rules and regulations.* dar como norma = rule.* dar una norma = give + prescription.* de fijación de normas = standard(s) setting.* desacatar las normas establecidas = flout + convention.* desviación de la norma = deviation + from the norm, departure from the norm.* establecer norma = legislate.* establecer normas = make + provision, establish + standards.* establecer normas de funcionamiento = establish + policy.* establecer una norma = lay down + standard, set down + rule.* establecer un norma = give + prescription.* fuera de las normas comúnmente aceptadas = beyond the pale.* hacer cumplir una norma = enforce + standard.* hacer cumplir unas normas = enforce + policy.* hoja de normas = rule sheet.* imponer una norma = place + prescription.* incumplimiento de normas = rule breaking.* incumplir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + regulation, break + rules.* infracción de las normas = breach of regulations, infringement of the rules, breach of the rules.* infracción de normas = rule breaking.* infringir una norma = infringe + standard, violate + rule, violate + rule, violate + regulation, break + rules.* no cumplir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.* norma absoluta = ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* norma absouta = hard and fast rule.* norma básica = ground rule.* Norma Británica 1749: Recomendaciones para la ordenación alfabética y el ord = BS (British Standard) 1749: Recommendations for alphabetical arrangement and the filing order of numerals and symbols.* Norma Británica número + Número = BS + Número.* norma de comportamiento social = social pattern.* norma de entrada de datos = input standard.* norma de la industria = industry standard.* norma de trabajo = working rule.* norma de vestir = dress code.* norma fija = firm rule.* norma general = rule of thumb.* Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).* norma inflexible = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).* Norma Internacional para los Lenguajes de Instrucción = International Standard for Command Languages.* norma legal = statutory provision.* Norma + Número = ISO + Número.* norma ortográfica = spelling convention.* norma personal = personal norm.* norma que se puede aplicar a rajatabla = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* norma rígida = hard and fast rule, ironclad rule, steadfast rule.* normas = policy, code of practice, regulation.* normas comunes = standard practices.* normas de préstamos vencidos = overdue policy.* normas de procedimiento = rules of procedure.* normas de uso = user policy.* normas habituales = standard practices.* normas internas = in-house guidelines.* norma social = social norm, societal norm.* normas para la elaboración de resúmenes = abstracting policy.* norma técnica = technical standard.* no seguir una norma = fall (far) short of + norm.* ofrecer una norma = offer + prescription.* por norma = as a rule.* que se atiene a una norma = compliant (with).* que sigue una norma = compliant (with).* ser la norma = be the norm, be the rule, become + the norm.* * *1 (regla) rule, regulationnormas de conducta rules of conductnormas sociales social normsobservar las normas de seguridad to observe the safety regulationslas normas vigentes the regulations currently in forcedictar normas to lay down rules o regulationstengo por norma no beber al mediodía I make it a rule not to drink at lunchtime2(manera común de hacer algo): es norma que or la norma es que acudan a este tipo de reunión los directivos de la empresa it is standard practice for the directors of the company to attend this kind of meetingCompuesto:linguistic norm* * *
norma sustantivo femenino
normas de seguridad safety regulations;
tengo por norma … I make it a rule …b) ( manera común de hacer algo):
norma sustantivo femenino norm, rule: tiene que ajustarse a la norma europea, it has to meet the European standard
' norma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aplicarse
- caprichosa
- caprichoso
- criterio
- desordenada
- desordenado
- imposición
- normalizar
- normalización
- principio
- regla
- reglamentaria
- reglamentario
- relajar
- romper
- saltarse
- validez
- canon
- cumplimiento
- disposición
- elemental
- excepción
- implantar
- inadecuado
- obedecer
- regular
- respetar
English:
law
- norm
- operative
- policy
- regulation
- rule
- set aside
- set down
- standard
- vary
- yardstick
- departure
- deviant
* * *norma nf1. [patrón, modelo] standard;[regla] rule;este producto no cumple la norma europea this product does not meet European standards;normas de conducta [principios] standards (of behaviour);[pautas] patterns of behaviour;la norma es que llueva al final de la tarde it usually o normally rains towards the end of the afternoon;es la norma hacerlo así it's usual to do it this way;por norma (general) as a rule;tener por norma hacer algo to make it a rule to do sth2. Ling norm* * *f1 standard2 ( regla) rule, regulation* * *norma nf1) : rule, regulation2) : norm, standard* * *norma n ruletener por norma hacer algo to always do something / to never do something -
19 decidir
v.1 to decide, to choose.el juez decidirá si es inocente o no the judge will decide o determine whether or not he is innocentdecidir hacer algo to decide to do something¿a qué restaurante vamos? — tú decides which restaurant shall we go to? — you decidedecidir entre dos cosas to choose between two thingsElla decidió la forma de proceder She decided the way to proceed.Ella decide y no escucha She makes a decision and doesn't listen.2 to decide.el voto de la clase media decidió la elección the middle-class vote decided o swung the election3 to decide to, to resolve to.Ella decidió hacer una balsa She decided to make a raft.4 to determine, to ascertain, to pinpoint.* * *2 (convencer) to persuade, convince3 (resolver) to resolve, decide1 to decide, choose1 to make up one's mind\decidirse por to decide on* * *verb1) to decide2) determine3) settle•* * *1. VT1) (=tomar una decisión) to decide¿habéis decidido lo que vais a hacer? — have you decided what you are going to do?
después de pensarlo mucho he decidido que sí — after giving it a lot of thought, I've decided to go ahead
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decidir hacer algo — to decide to do sth2) (=determinar) [+ futuro, resultado] to decide; [+ asunto, disputa] to settle, resolve3) (=convencer)¿qué fue lo que al final te decidió? — what finally made up your mind?, what finally decided you?, what finally made you decide?
2.VI to decidenadie va a decidir por ellos — no one will make the decision o decide for them
tuvo que decidir entre varias opciones — she had to choose o decide from a number of options
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decidir sobre algo — to decide on sth, make a decision on sth3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( tomar una determinación) to decidedecidir + inf — to decide to + inf
b) < persona> to make... decide2.eso fue lo que me decidió — that was what decided me o made me decide
decidir vi to decideno sé, decide tú — I don't know, you decide
3.tiene que decidir entre dos opciones igualmente interesantes — she has to choose o decide between two equally attractive options
decidirse v pron to decide, to make up one's mindaún no me he decidido del todo — I still haven't quite decided o made up my mind
decidirse a + inf — to decide to + inf
* * *= decide, decision to the contrary, make + choices, opt (for), settle, sort out, take + viewpoint, adjudicate, resolve, take + view, take + Posesivo + pick, call + the shots, be the boss, rule + the roost.Ex. At the two extremes, the order may simply be decided for each topic as and when it arises, and followed thereafter.Ex. Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.Ex. Frequently it is necessary for the librarian or information worker to make choices concerning record size and field size.Ex. However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.Ex. Once the name to be used in a heading and its form have been settled, it is time to decide upon the entry element, or in more general terms, to examine the preferred order of the components of a name as the name is to appear as a heading.Ex. It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.Ex. I know a large library catalog in this country where the person in charge of filing has to adjudicate on the average four times a day on where a particular card should go.Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.Ex. We can offer them both and let our users take their pick.Ex. The article is entitled 'Who's calling the shots in the semiconductor industry'.Ex. One of the hardest things about being the boss is that no one tells you what you're doing wrong.Ex. Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.----* decidir Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.* decidir hacer = spring for.* decidir + Infinitivo = choose to + Infinitivo, elect to + Infinitivo.* decidir no + Infinitivo = decide against + Gerundio, decide against + Nombre.* decidir no ser incluido en = opt out of.* decidir por cuenta propia = take it upon + Reflexivo + to.* decidir qué hacer con = make + disposition of.* decidirse = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind, make + Posesivo + mind up.* decidirse por = marry, settle on/upon, go for, come down in + favour of, plump for.* decidirse por uno mismo = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind.* estar decidido a = be determined to.* por decidir = to be decided.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( tomar una determinación) to decidedecidir + inf — to decide to + inf
b) < persona> to make... decide2.eso fue lo que me decidió — that was what decided me o made me decide
decidir vi to decideno sé, decide tú — I don't know, you decide
3.tiene que decidir entre dos opciones igualmente interesantes — she has to choose o decide between two equally attractive options
decidirse v pron to decide, to make up one's mindaún no me he decidido del todo — I still haven't quite decided o made up my mind
decidirse a + inf — to decide to + inf
* * *= decide, decision to the contrary, make + choices, opt (for), settle, sort out, take + viewpoint, adjudicate, resolve, take + view, take + Posesivo + pick, call + the shots, be the boss, rule + the roost.Ex: At the two extremes, the order may simply be decided for each topic as and when it arises, and followed thereafter.
Ex: Unless a conscious decision has been made to the contrary, the abstractor should not introduce any new biases or emphases.Ex: Frequently it is necessary for the librarian or information worker to make choices concerning record size and field size.Ex: However, in 1983, Forest Press decided to opt for the concept of continuous revision.Ex: Once the name to be used in a heading and its form have been settled, it is time to decide upon the entry element, or in more general terms, to examine the preferred order of the components of a name as the name is to appear as a heading.Ex: It is true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.Ex: I know a large library catalog in this country where the person in charge of filing has to adjudicate on the average four times a day on where a particular card should go.Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.Ex: We can offer them both and let our users take their pick.Ex: The article is entitled 'Who's calling the shots in the semiconductor industry'.Ex: One of the hardest things about being the boss is that no one tells you what you're doing wrong.Ex: Just as the 19th century belonged to England and the 20th century to America, so the 21st century will be China's turn to set the agenda and rule the roost.* decidir Algo sobre la marcha = play + Nombre + by ear.* decidir hacer = spring for.* decidir + Infinitivo = choose to + Infinitivo, elect to + Infinitivo.* decidir no + Infinitivo = decide against + Gerundio, decide against + Nombre.* decidir no ser incluido en = opt out of.* decidir por cuenta propia = take it upon + Reflexivo + to.* decidir qué hacer con = make + disposition of.* decidirse = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind, make + Posesivo + mind up.* decidirse por = marry, settle on/upon, go for, come down in + favour of, plump for.* decidirse por uno mismo = make up + Posesivo + (own) mind.* estar decidido a = be determined to.* por decidir = to be decided.* * *decidir [I1 ]vt1 (tomar una determinación) to decidetodavía no han decidido nada they still haven't reached a decision o haven't decided anythingiba a aceptar pero después decidí que no I was going to accept but then I decided against it o decided not tohemos decidido que no nos vamos a mudar we've decided that we're not going to move, we've decided not to movedecidir + INF to decide to + INFdecidieron prorrogarle el contrato they decided to extend his contract2 ‹persona›eso fue lo que me decidió that was what made up my mind for me, that was what decided meaquel incidente me decidió a actuar that incident made me decide to act3 ‹asunto› to settle; ‹resultado› to decideeste contrato va a decidir el futuro de la empresa this contract is going to decide the future of the companyel gol que decidió el partido the goal that decided the game■ decidirvito decideno sé, decide tú I don't know, you decideotra persona había decidido por él someone else had made the decision for himtiene que decidir entre dos opciones igualmente interesantes she has to choose o decide between two equally attractive optionsdecidir SOBRE algo to make o take a decision ON sth, decide ON sthno es la persona más adecuada para decidir sobre este asunto she's not the best person to decide on o to make o to take a decision on this matteryo no tengo autoridad para decidir sobre su suerte I do not have the authority to decide (on) his fateto make up one's mindaún no me he decidido del todo I still haven't quite made up my mind o decideddecídete, me tengo que ir make up your mind, I have to go¿va a llover? — no sé, no se decide is it going to rain? — I don't know, it can't seem to make up its minddecidirse A + INF to decide to + INF decidirse POR algo to decide ON sthse decidió por el verde she decided on the green one* * *
decidir ( conjugate decidir) verbo transitivo
1
2 ‹ asunto› to settle;
‹ resultado› to decide
verbo intransitivo
to decide;◊ tiene que decidir entre los dos she has to choose o decide between the two;
decidir sobre algo to decide on sth
decidirse verbo pronominal
to decide, to make up one's mind;
decidirse a hacer algo to decide to do sth;
decidirse por algo to decide on sth
decidir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to decide: tú decides, it's up to you
el penalty en el último minuto decidió el partido, the last-minute penalty decided the game
' decidir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acertar
- indecisa
- indeciso
- mover
- solucionar
- vacilante
- pensar
- resolver
- votación
English:
choose
- conclude
- decide
- fix
- heart
- open
- opt out
- seal
- settle
- up to
- adjudicate
- agree
- determine
- for
- opt
- priority
- resolve
- spot
- up
* * *♦ vt1. [tomar una decisión sobre] to decide;el juez decidirá si es inocente o no the judge will decide o determine whether or not he is innocent;no hay nada decidido por el momento nothing has been decided for the moment;todo está aún por decidir everything's still up in the air, nothing's been decided yet;decidir hacer algo to decide to do sth;decidió que no valía la pena arriesgarse she decided (that) it wasn't worth the risk;han decidido que no van a tener más hijos they've decided not to have any more children2. [determinar] to decide;el voto de la clase media decidió la elección the middle-class vote decided o swung the election;el gol de Márquez decidió el partido Márquez's goal decided o settled the game3. [persuadir] to persuade, to convince;lo decidí a quedarse I convinced him to stay;su madre le decidió a dejar de fumar his mother persuaded him to stop smoking;¿qué te decidió a seguir con el negocio? what made you decide to carry on with the business?♦ vito decide, to choose;¿a qué restaurante vamos? – tú decides which restaurant shall we go to? – you decide;decidir entre dos cosas to choose between two things;ellos decidieron por mí they decided for me, they took the decision for me;tenemos que decidir sobre la decoración del dormitorio we have to decide how we're going to decorate the bedroom, we have to take a decision on the décor for the bedroom* * *I v/t decideII v/i decide, make up one’s mind* * *decidir vt1) : to decide, to determineno he decidido nada: I haven't made a decision2) : to persuade, to decidesu padre lo decidió a estudiar: his father persuaded him to studydecidir vi: to decide* * *decidir vb to decide -
20 imposer
imposer [ɛ̃poze]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ règle, conditions] to lay down• imposer ses idées/sa présence à qn to force one's ideas/one's company on sb• il/sa conduite impose le respect he/his behaviour compels respectb. ( = taxer) [+ marchandise, revenu] to taxc. imposer les mains [guérisseur] to lay on hands2. reflexive verba. ( = être nécessaire) [action] to be essential• quand on est à Paris une visite au Louvre s'impose if you're in Paris, a visit to the Louvre is a must (inf)b. ( = montrer sa supériorité) to assert o.s.c. ( = imposer sa présence à) je ne voudrais pas m'imposer I don't want to impose* * *ɛ̃poze
1.
1) ( rendre obligatoire) [personne] to impose [sanctions, délai, personne] (à on); to lay down [règlement]; [situation] to require [mesures, changement]2) ( faire admettre) to impose [idée, volonté]; to set3) ( inspirer) to command [respect, admiration]4) ( soumettre à l'impôt) to tax
2.
en imposer verbe transitif indirect
3.
s'imposer verbe pronominal1) ( être évident) [choix, solution] to be obvious (à to); ( être requis) [prudence, mesure, changement] to be called for2) ( s'astreindre à) to impose [something] on oneself [horaires, discipline]3) ( déranger) to impose ( à quelqu'un on somebody)4) ( se faire admettre)s'imposer dans un domaine — [personne] to make a name for oneself in a field
s'imposer sur un marché — [produit, firme] to establish itself in a market
s'imposer comme le plus grand architecte contemporain — to be universally acknowledged as the greatest contemporary architect
5) ( pour dominer) [personne] to make one's presence felt; [volonté] to impose itself* * *ɛ̃poze vt1) (= taxer) to tax2) (= faire accepter) [discipline, délais, tâches] to impose3) [attitude, courage, situation] [admiration, prudence] to command4)5) RELIGION* * *imposer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( rendre obligatoire) [personne] to impose [sanctions, délai] (à qn on sb); to lay down [règlement]; [situation] to require [mesures, changement]; imposer ses amis à ses parents to impose one's friends on one's parents; imposer que to rule that; on leur a imposé de faire they were obliged ou forced to do; imposer le port de lunettes protectrices aux ouvriers to make it obligatory for workers to wear protective goggles; cela impose qu'on réfléchisse au problème this demands that we think about the problem; il nous a imposé sa présence he forced his presence on us; elle nous a imposé le silence she made us be quiet;2 ( faire admettre) to impose [idée, volonté, point de vue]; to set [style, mode]; cela l'a imposé comme un des meilleurs chirurgiens this has established him as one of the best surgeons;3 ( inspirer) to command [respect, admiration];4 Fisc to tax [personne, produit, revenu];5 Imprim to impose.B en imposer vtr ind to be impressive; elle en impose! she's impressive!; elle en impose par son calme/intelligence her calm/intelligence is impressive; elle en impose à ses élèves she inspires respect in her pupils; ne t'en laisse pas imposer don't let yourself be overawed (par by).C s'imposer vpr1 ( être évident) [choix, solution] to be obvious (à to); ( être requis) [prudence, mesure, changement] to be called for; une visite au Louvre s'impose a visit to the Louvre is a must; s'imposer comme évident to be obvious;2 ( s'astreindre à) to impose [sth] on oneself [horaires, habitudes alimentaires, discipline]; s'imposer un sacrifice/des efforts démesurés to force oneself to make a sacrifice/a huge effort; s'imposer de travailler le soir to make it a rule to work in the evening;3 ( déranger) to impose oneself (à qn on sb); je ne voudrais pas m'imposer I wouldn't like to impose;4 ( se faire admettre) il s'est imposé comme leader he established himself as the leader; la ville s'est imposée comme capitale culturelle the city established itself as the cultural capital; s'imposer comme langue officielle to come in as the official language; s'imposer dans un domaine [personne] to make a name for oneself in a field; s'imposer sur un marché [produit, firme] to establish itself in a market; s'imposer par son intelligence to stand out because of one's intelligence; s'imposer comme le plus grand architecte contemporain to be universally acknowledged as the greatest contemporary architect;5 ( pour dominer) [personne] to make one's presence felt; [volonté] to impose itself.[ɛ̃poze] verbe transitifimposer sa volonté/son point de vue to impose one's will/one's ideas2. [provoquer]imposer l'admiration/le respect to command admiration/respectcette affaire impose la prudence/la discrétion this matter requires prudence/discretion3. [rendre célèbre]a. [personne] to make oneself knownb. [entreprise] to become establishedimposé à 33 % taxed at 33%5. (locution)————————s'imposer verbe pronominal intransitif1. [se faire accepter de force] to impose oneselfde peur de s'imposer for fear of being in the way ou of imposing2. [se faire reconnaître] to stand out3. [être inévitable] to be necessary————————s'imposer verbe pronominal transitif[se fixer]s'imposer un effort/un sacrifice to force oneself to make an effort/a sacrifice
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