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61 quieta
adj.&f.1 quiet, still (inmóvil); undisturbed.2 quiet, peaceable, pacific (carácter).3 orderly, virtuous, moderate.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: quietar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: quietar.* * *f., (m. - quieto)* * *
quieto,-a adjetivo
1 (sin movimiento) still: ¡estáte quieto!, don't move
2 (tranquilo, pacífico) placid, calm
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62 grâce
grâce [gʀαs]feminine nouna. ( = charme) grace• de grâce, laissez-le dormir for pity's sake, let him sleepd. (Religion) grace• à la grâce de Dieu ! it's in God's hands!e. (locutions) faire qch de or avec bonne/mauvaise grâce to do sth with good/bad grace* * *gʀɑsnom féminin Grace* * *ɡʀɒs1. nfJe suis arrivé à l'heure grâce à toi. — I arrived on time thanks to you.
1) (= don) [personne] grace2) (= disposition)3) RELIGION grace4) (= faveur) soutenu5) DROIT pardon2. grâces nfpl1)2) RELIGION (= prière) grace sg* * *A nf1 ( beauté) (de geste, personne) grace; ( de paysage) charm; ( de style) elegance; sans grâce [geste] ungraceful; [visage] plain; [personne] lacking in charm ( jamais épith); [paysage] nondescript; [style] inelegant; se mouvoir avec/sans grâce to move gracefully/awkwardly;2 ( volonté) bonne/mauvaise grâce good/bad grace; de bonne/mauvaise grâce with (a) good/bad grace, willingly/grudgingly; avoir la bonne grâce d'admettre que to have the good grace to admit that; il aurait mauvaise grâce à refuser it would be ungracious of him to refuse;3 ( faveur) favourGB; accorder une grâce à qn to grant sb a favourGB; chercher/gagner les bonnes grâces de qn to seek/win sb's favourGB; trouver grâce auprès de qn/aux yeux de qn to find favourGB with sb/in sb's eyes; faire à qn la grâce d'accepter fml to do sb the honourGB of accepting; il nous a fait la grâce d'assister à la réunion he honouredGB us with his presence at the meeting; fais-nous la grâce de te taire! do us a favourGB, be quiet!, please, be quiet!; à la grâce de Dieu! it's in God's hands!; de grâce fml please; ( avec impatience) for pity's sake; donner le coup de grâce à qn lit, fig to deal sb the death blow; ce fut le coup de grâce pour lui that was the final stroke for him;4 ( pardon) mercy; Jur (free) pardon; demander/crier grâce to beg/cry for mercy; solliciter/obtenir sa grâce Jur to seek/receive a pardon; grâce présidentielle/royale Jur presidential/royal pardon; grâce! (have) mercy!; je vous fais grâce des détails I'll spare you the details;5 ( remerciement) liter thanks; rendre grâce(s) à qn de qch to give thanks to sb for sth; grâce à Dieu! thank God!;B grâces nfpl1 ( prière) dire les grâces to say grace (after a meal);2 †( gracieusetés) hum avec mille grâces very graciously; elle lui fit mille grâces pour essayer de le fléchir she used all her charm to get round him.C grâce à loc prép grâce à thanks to; il s'en est tiré grâce à Dieu fig by some miracle he was all right.[gras] nom féminin2. [volonté]de bonne grâce with good grace, willinglyavoir la bonne grâce de dire/faire to have the grace to say/to dovous auriez mauvaise grâce à ou de vous plaindre it would be ungracious of you to complain3. [faveur] favourcrier ou demander grâce to beg for mercyfaire grâce à quelqu'un (de quelque chose): je te fais grâce des centimes I'll let you off the centimesune semaine/un mois de grâce one week's/month's gracea. [advienne que pourra] come what mayb. [n'importe comment] any old way[pour exprimer la reconnaissance]rendre grâce ou grâces à Dieu to give thanks to God6. [titre]Sa Grâce His/Her Grace————————[gras] interjection————————grâces nom féminin pluriel1. [faveurs]rechercher les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un to curry favour with somebody, to seek somebody's favourêtre/entrer dans les bonnes grâces de quelqu'un to be/to get in favour with somebody[manières]2. RELIGIONgrâce à locution prépositionnelle -
63 peu
peu [pø]━━━━━━━━━1. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = pas beaucoup) not muchb. ( = pas très) not veryc. ( = pas longtemps) shortlyd. ( = rarement) ils se voient peu they don't see each other very oftene. (locutions)• pour peu qu'il soit sorti sans sa clé... if he should have come out without his key...2. <3. <( = petite quantité) little━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► un peu se traduit souvent par l'expression a bit, qui est plus familière que a little ; de même, on peut dire a bit of au lieu de a little pour traduire un peu de.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• c'est un peu fort ! that's a bit much! (inf)• un peu de silence, s'il vous plaît ! can we have a bit of quiet please!► pour un peu• pour un peu, il m'aurait accusé he all but accused me* * *Note: Les emplois de peu avec avant, d'ici, depuis, sous sont traités respectivement sous chacun de ces motsIl sera également utile de se reporter à la note d'usage sur les quantitéspø
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1) ( modifiant un verbe) not muchil est aussi borné que son père et ce n'est pas peu dire! — (colloq) he's as narrow-minded as his father and that's saying a lot!
très peu pour moi! — (colloq) fig no thanks! (colloq)
2) ( modifiant un adjectif) not veryils se sentent très peu concernés par... — they feel quite unconcerned about...
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pronom indéfinipeu leur font confiance — few ou not many people trust them
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peu de déterminant indéfini1) ( avec un nom dénombrable)
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nom masculin1) ( petite quantité)le peu de — the little [confiance, liberté]; the few [livres, amis]
il a voulu montrer le peu d'importance qu'il attachait à l'affaire — he wanted to show how unimportant the matter was to him
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un peu locution adverbiale1) ( dans une mesure faible) a little, a bit‘elle aime le fromage?’ - ‘oui, pas qu'un peu (colloq)!’ — ‘does she like cheese?’ - ‘does she ever (colloq)!’
2) ( modifiant un adverbe) a little, a bitun peu moins de — slightly less [pluie]; slightly fewer [gens]
amène tes amis, un peu plus un peu moins... — bring your friends, another two or three people won't make much difference
‘il avait l'air un peu contrarié’ - ‘un peu beaucoup même (colloq)’ — ‘he looked a bit annoyed’ - ‘more than a bit’
3) ( emploi stylistique) justrépète un peu pour voir! — (colloq) you just try saying that again!
je vous demande un peu! — (colloq) I ask you!
il sait un peu (colloq) de quoi il parle — he does know what he's talking about
4) ( emploi par antiphrase) a little5) (colloq) ( pour renforcer une affirmation)il est un peu bien ton copain! — your boyfriend is a bit of all right (colloq) GB ou a good-looker! (colloq)
‘tu le ferais toi?’ - ‘un peu (que je le ferais)!’ — ‘would you do it?’ - ‘I sure would (colloq)!’
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peu à peu locution adverbiale gradually, little by little
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pour un peu locution adverbiale
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pour peu que locution conjonctive ifpour peu qu'il ait bu, il va nous raconter sa vie — if he's had anything at all to drink, he'll tell us his life story
* * *pø1. adv1) (modifiant un verbe) not muchIl boit peu. — He doesn't drink much.
Il voyage peu. — He doesn't travel much.
J'ai peu mangé à midi. — I didn't eat much for lunch.
2) (modifiant un adjectif) not veryIl est peu bavard. — He's not very talkative.
peu de (avec nom pluriel) — not many, few, (avec nom singulier) not a lot of, not much
peu de gens — not many people, few people
peu d'arbres — not many trees, few trees
Il y a peu de bons films au cinéma. — There aren't many good films on at the cinema.
Elle a peu d'amis. — She hasn't got many friends.
Il reste peu de lait. — There isn't much milk left., There isn't a lot of milk left.
Il a peu d'espoir. — He hasn't got much hope., He has little hope.
Il a peu d'espoir de réussir. — He doesn't have much hope of succeeding.
Il lui reste peu d'argent. — He hasn't got much money left.
c'est peu de chose — it's nothing, it's not much
à peu près — just about, more or less
J'ai à peu près fini. — I've just about finished., I've more or less finished.
à peu près 10 kg — about 10 kg, around 10 kg
à peu près deux heures — about two hours, around two hours
Le voyage prend à peu près deux heures. — The journey takes about two hours., The journey takes around two hours.
pour peu qu'il fasse — if he should do, if by any chance he does
depuis peu (au présent) — for a short while, for a little while
Je suis parisien depuis peu. — I've only been living in Paris for a short while., (au passé) a short while ago, a little while ago
Il est rentré depuis peu. — He came back a short while ago.
Chantal a manqué son train de peu. — Chantal only just missed her train.
Il est de peu mon cadet. — He's just a bit younger than me.
2. nm1)le peu de sable qui — what little sand, the little sand which
2)J'en voudrais un peu. — I'd like a little., (emploi adverbial, avec adjectif) a little, a bit
Elle est un peu timide. — She's a bit shy., She's a little shy.
un peu de — a little, a bit of
un peu de lait — a little milk, a bit of milk
un peu d'espoir — a little hope, a bit of hope
un peu plus de [vent, sucre, personnes, voitures] — slightly more
un peu moins de [vent, sucre] — slightly less, [personnes, voitures] slightly fewer
pour un peu il...; un peu plus et il... — he very nearly..., he all but...
3. pron* * *❢ Les emplois de peu avec avant, d'ici, depuis, sous sont traités respectivement sous chacun de ces mots. Il sera également utile de se reporter à la note d'usage sur les quantités ⇒ Les quantités.A adv1 ( modifiant un verbe) not much; il travaille/dort/parle peu he doesn't work/sleep/talk much; elle gagne assez peu she doesn't earn very much; elle gagne très/trop peu she earns very/too little; le radiateur chauffe peu the radiator doesn't give out much heat; je sors assez/très peu I don't go out very much/very much at all; je sais me contenter de peu I'm satisfied with very little; 40 euros/un demi-litre/1,50 m, c'est (bien) peu 40 euros/half a litreGB/1,50 m, that's not (very) much; 20 personnes, c'est peu 20 people, that's not many; dix minutes/deux mois ça fait peu ten minutes/two months, that's not long; deux semaines c'est trop peu two weeks isn't long enough; si peu que ce soit however little, no matter how little; tu ne vas pas t'en faire pour si peu you're not going to worry about such a little thing; je ne vais pas me casser la tête pour si peu I'm not going to rack my brains over such a little thing; il leur en faut peu pour pleurer/paniquer it doesn't take much to make them cry/panic; la catastrophe a été évitée de peu disaster was only just avoided; tu les as ratés de peu you've just missed them; il est mon aîné de peu he's slightly older than me; j'aime peu sa façon de dévisager les gens I don't much care for the way he stares at people; ça compte or importe peu it doesn't really matter; la cuisine n'est pas très bonne, et c'est peu dire the food isn't very good to say the least; il est aussi borné que son père et ce n'est pas peu dire○! he's as narrow-minded as his father and that's saying a lot!; un homme comme on en voit or fait○ peu the kind of man you don't often come across; très peu pour moi○! fig no thanks○!;2 ( modifiant un adjectif) not very; peu soigneux/ambitieux/fier not very tidy/ambitious/proud; il est très peu jaloux he's not at all jealous; c'est un endroit assez peu connu it's a relatively little-known spot; cet endroit trop peu connu des touristes this spot which is sadly little known to tourists; pour les personnes trop peu qualifiées for people who haven't got enough qualifications; ils se sentent très ou fort peu concernés par… they feel quite unconcerned about…; nous étions peu nombreux there weren't many of us; nous étions très/trop peu nombreux there were very/too few of us; un individu peu recommandable a disreputable character; elle n'est pas peu fière she's more than a little proud.B pron indéf peu lui font confiance few ou not many people trust him/her; il a écrit beaucoup de livres, peu lui survivront he has written many books, few will outlive him.C peu de dét indéf1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) peu de mots/d'occasions few words/opportunities;2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) peu de temps/d'espoir little time/hope; en peu de temps in next to no time; j'ai peu de temps pour le faire I haven't got much time to do it; il y a peu de changement there's little change; il y a peu de bruit there's not much noise; il est tombé peu de neige/pluie cet hiver there hasn't been much snow/rain this winter; il a peu de patience he's not very patient; c'est peu de chose it's not much; cela représente peu de chose it stands for little; avec peu de chose elle a fait un repas délicieux with very little she made a delicious meal; on est bien peu de chose! we're so insignificant!; il y a peu de visiteurs/divergences there are few ou not many visitors/differences; très peu de personnes sont atteintes very few people are affected; en peu de mots/jours in a few words/days; je sais peu de choses sur lui I don't know much about him; il y a peu de chances qu'il accepte he's unlikely to accept; la proposition a peu de chances d'aboutir the proposal has little chance of getting through.D nm1 ( petite quantité) le peu de the little [importance, confiance, pluie, liberté]; the few [livres, souvenirs, amis]; il a oublié le peu d'anglais qu'il savait he's forgotten the ou what little English he knew; elle s'est fait voler le peu d'objets qu'il lui restait she was robbed of the few things she had left; je vais dépenser le peu d'argent qu'il me reste I'm going to spend the ou what little money I've got left; il a voulu montrer le peu d'importance qu'il attachait à l'affaire he wanted to show how unimportant the matter was to him; je leur ai dit le peu que je savais I told them the ou what little I knew; il a dépensé le peu qu'il lui restait he spent what little he had left;2 ( manque) le peu de the lack of; malgré le peu d'intérêt manifesté despite the lack of interest; j'ai remarqué ton peu d'enthousiasme I've noticed your lack of enthusiasm; ton peu d'appétit m'inquiète your lack of appetite is worrying me.E un peu loc adv1 ( dans une mesure faible) a little, a bit; mange un peu eat a little; cela m'inquiète/m'énerve/m'ennuie un peu it worries me/annoys me/bothers me a little ou a bit; ça m'agace plus qu'un peu○ it annoys me to say the least; le rôti est un peu brûlé the roast is a bit ou slightly burned; elle est un peu médium/poète○ she's a bit of a ou something of a medium/poet; tu ne serais pas un peu casse-cou? you're a bit of a daredevil, aren't you?; dors/attends/reste encore un peu sleep/wait/stay a little longer; ‘il a plu?’-‘pas qu'un peu○!’ ‘did it rain?’-‘did it ever○!’; ‘elle aime le fromage?’-‘oui, pas qu'un peu!’ ‘does she like cheese?’-‘does she ever○!’;2 ( modifiant un adverbe) a little, a bit; mange un peu plus/moins eat a bit more/less; parle un peu plus fort speak a little ou a bit louder; parle un peu moins fort keep your voice down; va un peu moins/plus vite go a bit slower/faster; il fait un peu moins froid qu'hier it's a little less cold than yesterday; il fait un peu plus froid qu'hier it's slightly ou a little colder than yesterday; un peu au-dessous/au-dessus de la moyenne slightly below/above average; elle se maquille un peu trop she wears a bit too much make-up; un peu plus de bruit/vent a bit more noise/wind; un peu plus de gens/problèmes a few more people/problems; un peu moins de slightly less [pluie, humour]; slightly fewer [gens, tableaux]; peux-tu me donner un tout petit peu plus de carottes can you give me just a few more carrots; amène tes amis, un peu plus un peu moins tu sais… bring your friends, another two or three people won't make much difference; donne-moi ton linge à laver, un peu plus un peu moins… give me your laundry, a bit more won't make any difference; ‘il avait l'air un peu contrarié’-‘un peu beaucoup même○’ ‘he looked a bit annoyed’-‘more than a bit’;3 ( emploi stylistique) just; arrête un peu de faire l'idiot! just stop behaving like an idiot!; répète un peu pour voir○! you just try saying that again!; vise un peu la perruque○! just look at the wig!; réfléchis un peu just think; je vous demande un peu○! I ask you!; il sait un peu de quoi il parle○ he does know what he's talking about;4 ( emploi par antiphrase) a little; tu ne serais pas un peu jaloux toi? aren't you just a little jealous?; ton histoire est un peu tirée par les cheveux your story is a little far-fetched to say the least; c'est un peu tard! it's a bit late!; tu exagères ou pousses○ un peu! you're pushing it a bit○!;5 ○( pour renforcer une affirmation) il est un peu bien ton copain! your boyfriend is a bit of all right○!; ‘tu le ferais toi?’-‘un peu (que je le ferais)!’ ‘would you do it?’-‘I sure would○!’; comme organisateur il se pose un peu là! as an organizer he's great!F peu à peu loc adv gradually, little by little; les nuages se dissiperont peu à peu the clouds will gradually clear.G pour un peu loc adv very nearly; pour un peu ils se seraient battus they very nearly had a fight; pour un peu il m'aurait insulté! he very nearly insulted me!H pour peu que loc conj if; pour peu qu'il ait bu, il va nous raconter sa vie if he's had anything at all to drink, he'll tell us his life story.[pø] adverbeA.[EMPLOYÉ SEUL]il mange/parle peu he doesn't eat/talk muchil vient très peu he comes very rarely, he very seldom comes2. [modifiant un adjectif, un adverbe etc] not verypeu après soon after, shortly ou not long afterB.[EMPLOI NOMINAL]1. (avec déterminant) [indiquant la faible quantité]il a raté son examen de peu (familier) he just failed his exam, he failed his exam by a hair's breadthc'est peu (que) de le dire, encore faut-il le faire! that's easier said than done!c'est peu dire that's an understatement, that's putting it mildly2. [dans le temps]ils sont partis il y a peu they left a short while ago, they haven't long leftd'ici peu very soon, before longje travaille ici depuis peu I've only been working here for a while, I haven't been working here long3. [quelques personnes] a few (people)C.[PRÉCÉDÉ DE 'UN']1. [modifiant un verbe]un peu a little, a bitje le connais un peu I know him a little ou a bitpose-lui un peu la question, et tu verras! just ask him, and you'll see!fais voir un peu... let me have a look...un peu que je vais lui dire ce que je pense! (familier) I'll give him a piece of my mind, don't you worry (about that)!2. [modifiant un adjectif, un adverbe etc]un peu a little, a bitun peu partout just about ou pretty much everywhereun peu plus a little ou bit morea. [suivi d'un nom comptable] a few moreb. [suivi d'un nom non comptable] a little (bit) moreun peu moins a little ou bit lessa. [suivi d'un nom comptable] slightly fewer, not so manyb. [suivi d'un nom non comptable] a little (bit) lessun peu trop a little ou bit too (much)un peu plus et on se serait cru au bord de la mer you could almost imagine that you were at the seasideun peu plus, et je partais I was just about to leavepeu à peu locution adverbialeon s'habitue, peu à peu you get used to things, bit by bit ou gradually————————peu de locution déterminantepeu de temps avant/après not long before/afterj'ai peu d'amis I have few friends, I don't have many friends2. [avec un déterminant]a. [suivi d'un nom comptable] the ou what fewb. [suivi d'un nom non comptable] the ou what littlele peu de connaissances que j'ai the ou what few acquaintances I havele peu de fois où je l'ai vu on the few ou rare occasions when I've seen himavec ce peu de matériel/d'idées with such limited material/ideaspeu ou prou locution adverbiale————————pour peu que locution conjonctivepour peu qu'il le veuille, il réussira if he wants to, he'll succeedpour un peu locution adverbialepour un peu, j'oubliais mes clés I nearly forgot my keys————————quelque peu locution adverbiale1. [modifiant un verbe] just a littleil était quelque peu éméché he was somewhat ou rather tipsy————————quelque peu de locution déterminante————————si peu que locution conjonctivesi peu que j'y aille, j'apprécie toujours beaucoup l'opéra although I don't go very often, I always like the opera very much————————si peu... que locution conjonctive————————sous peu locution adverbialevous recevrez sous peu les résultats de vos analyses you will receive the results of your tests in a short while————————un peu de locution déterminanteprends un peu de gâteau have a little ou some cakeavec un peu de chance... with a little luck...allons, un peu de patience! come on, let's be patient!avec un (tout) petit peu de bonne volonté... with (just) a little willingness...tu l'as quitté par dépit? — il y a un petit peu de ça so you left him in a fit of pique? — that was partly it ou that was part of the reason -
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tourner [tuʀne]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb• tournez s.v.p. please turn over• tourner et retourner [+ pensée, problème] to turn over and over in one's mindb. ( = orienter) [+ appareil, tête, yeux] to turn• elle tourna son regard or les yeux vers la fenêtre she turned her eyes towards the window• tourner la tête à droite/à gauche to turn one's head to the right/to the left• quand il m'a vu, il a tourné la tête when he saw me he looked awayc. [+ difficulté, règlement] to get roundd. [+ phrase] to turn ; [+ demande, lettre] to phrasee. ( = transformer) tourner qn/qch en ridicule to ridicule sb/sth• tourner un film ( = faire les prises de vues) to shoot a film ; ( = produire) to make a film ; ( = jouer) to make a filmg. [+ bois, ivoire] to turn ; [+ pot] to throw2. intransitive verb• la grande aiguille tourne plus vite que la petite the big hand goes round faster than the small one• tout d'un coup, j'ai vu tout tourner all of a sudden my head began to spin• son spectacle va tourner dans le Midi cet été his show is on tour in the South of France this summer• faire tourner la tête à qn [compliments, succès, vin] to go to sb's head ; [bruit, altitude] to make sb's head spin► tourner autour de to turn round ; [terre, roue] to go round ; [oiseau] to fly round ; [mouches] to buzz round ; [prix] to be around or about (Brit)• le prix doit tourner autour de 80 000 € the price must be around 80,000 eurosb. [vent, opinion, chemin, promeneur] to turn• la chance a tourné his (or her etc) luck has turnedc. ( = évoluer) bien tourner to turn out well• mal tourner [farce, entreprise, personne] to turn out badly• tourner au drame/au tragique to take a dramatic/tragic turnd. [programme informatique] to work• ça tourne sur quelles machines ? which machines does it work on?e. [lait] to turn sour ; [poisson, viande, fruits] to go bad3. reflexive verb• se tourner du côté de or vers qn/qch to turn towards sb/sth• se tourner vers une profession/la politique to turn to a profession/to politics* * *tuʀne
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1) ( faire pivoter) to turn [volant, clé, bouton, meuble]2) Cinéma to shoot [film, scène]3) ( éluder) to get around [difficulté, loi]4) ( formuler) to phrase [lettre, compliment, critique]5) Technologie ( façonner) to turn [bois, pièce]; to throw [pot]6) ( transformer)tourner quelqu'un/quelque chose en dérision or ridicule — to deride ou ridicule somebody/something
8) ( envisager)9) ( remuer) to stir [sauce]; to toss [salade]
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verbe intransitif1) ( pivoter) gén [clé, disque] to turn; [roue] to turn, to revolve; [planète, hélice] to rotate; [porte à gonds] to swing; [porte à tambour] to revolve; ( rapidement) [toupie, danseur] to spinfaire tourner — gén to turn; ( rapidement) to spin
faire tourner les tables — ( en spiritisme) to do table-turning
2) ( graviter)tourner autour de — gén to turn around; [planète, étoile] to revolve around; [avion] to circle
3) ( aller et venir)tourner (en rond) — [personne] to go around and around; [automobiliste] to drive around and around
tourner en rond — fig [discussion] to go around in circles
il tourne dans son bureau depuis une heure — he has been pacing up and down in his office for the last hour
5) ( se situer)tourner autour de — [effectifs, somme d'argent] to be (somewhere) in the region of, to be round about (colloq) GB, to be around
6) ( fonctionner) [moteur, usine] to runtourner rond — [moteur] to run smoothly; [entreprise, affaires] to be doing well
faire tourner — to run [entreprise]
il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans cette histoire — (colloq) there's something fishy (colloq) about this business
mon frère ne tourne pas rond (colloq) depuis quelque temps — my brother has been acting strangely for some time
7) ( évoluer)les choses ont bien/mal tourné pour lui — things turned out well/badly for him
tourner à l'avantage de quelqu'un/au désavantage de quelqu'un — to swing in somebody's favour [BrE]/against somebody
la réunion a tourné à la bagarre/en mascarade — the meeting turned into a brawl/into a farce
8) Cinéma [réalisateur] to shoot, to filmtourner (dans un film) — [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US
9) ( faire une tournée) [représentant, spectacle] to tour10) ( fermenter) [lait, sauce, viande] to go off11) ( chercher à séduire)
3.
se tourner verbe pronominal1) (se diriger, par intérêt ou besoin)se tourner vers or du côté de quelqu'un/quelque chose — to turn to somebody/something
ne pas savoir vers qui se tourner/de quel côté se tourner — not to know who to turn to/which way to turn
2) ( changer de position)se tourner vers quelqu'un/quelque chose — to turn toward(s) somebody/something
3) ( faire demi-tour sur soi-même) to turn aroundtourne-toi un peu plus sur la or à gauche — just turn a little bit more to the left
* * *tuʀne1. vt1) [manivelle, poignée] to turn2) [sauce, mélange] to stir, [salade] to toss3) CINÉMA, [scène] to shoot4) (= contourner) [obstacle] to get around, to get round Grande-Bretagnetourner le dos à (mouvement) — to turn one's back on, (position) to have one's back to
2. vi1) (mouvement, direction, orientation) to turnTournez à droite au prochain feu. — Turn right at the lights.
2) [moteur] to run3) [compteur] to tick away4) [lait] to go sour, to turnLe lait a tourné. — The milk's gone sour., The milk has turned.
Ça a mal tourné. — It all went wrong.
tourner à; tourner en — to turn into
tourner autour de (à pied, en voiture) — to go around, [axe, planète] to revolve around, péjoratif (= rôder) to hang around
* * *tourner verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( faire pivoter) to turn [volant, clé, bouton, meuble]; tourner la tête vers to turn to look at; tourner les yeux vers to look at; le bruit m'a fait tourner la tête I looked around at the noise; ⇒ bouche, tête;3 ( éluder) to get around [difficulté, obstacle, problème, loi];4 ( formuler) to phrase [lettre, compliment, critique]; il tourne bien ses phrases he has a nice turn of phrase; il tourne mal ses phrases he doesn't have a very elegant turn of phrase;6 ( transformer) tourner qn en dérision or ridicule to make sb a laughing stock; tourner qch en dérision to make a mockery of sth;8 ( envisager) tourner et retourner qch dans son esprit to mull sth over; tourner une proposition en tous sens pour en trouver les implications to look at a proposal from every angle to work out the implications;B vi1 ( pivoter) gén [clé, disque] to turn; [roue] to turn, to revolve; [planète, rotor, hélice] to rotate; [porte à gonds] to swing; [porte à tambour] to revolve; ( rapidement) [toupie, étoile, particule, danseur] to spin; tourner sur soi-même to spin around; faire tourner gén to turn; ( rapidement) to spin; danseur qui fait tourner sa partenaire dancer spinning his partner around; faire tourner les tables ( en spiritisme) to do table-turning; ⇒ heure, œil, tête;2 ( graviter) tourner autour de gén to turn around; [planète, étoile] to revolve around; [avion] to circle; tourner au-dessus de [hélicoptère, oiseau] to circle over; [insecte] to buzz around;3 ( aller et venir) tourner (en rond) [personne] to go around and around; [automobiliste] to drive around and around; tourner en rond fig [discussion, négociations] to go around in circles; ça fait une heure qu'on tourne ( en voiture) we've been driving around for an hour; il tourne dans son bureau depuis une heure he has been pacing up and down in his office for the last hour; ⇒ cage, pot;4 ( virer) to turn (vers toward, towards GB); tournez à gauche turn left; le chemin tourne entre les arbres the path winds between the trees; ⇒ chance, vent;5 ( se situer) tourner autour de [effectifs, somme d'argent] to be (somewhere) in the region of, to be round about○ GB, to be around;6 ( fonctionner) [moteur, usine, entreprise] to run; tourner rond [moteur] to run smoothly; [entreprise, affaires] to be doing well; l'usine tourne au tiers de sa capacité the factory is running at one third of its capacity; les affaires tournent (bien) business is good; faire tourner qch to run sth [entreprise]; il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond dans cette histoire○ there's something fishy○ about this business; mon frère ne tourne pas rond depuis quelque temps○ my brother has been acting strangely for some time;7 ( évoluer) comment ont tourné les choses? how did things turn out?; les choses ont bien/mal tourné pour lui things turned out well/badly for him; leur frère a mal tourné their brother turned out badly; leur réunion a mal tourné their meeting went badly; tourner à l'avantage de qn/au désavantage de qn to swing in sb's favourGB/against sb; la réunion a tourné à la bagarre /en mascarade the meeting turned into a brawl/into a farce; mon rhume a tourné en bronchite my cold turned into bronchitis;8 Cin [réalisateur] to shoot, to film; [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US; tourner dans un film [acteur] to make a film GB ou movie US; tourner en Espagne to shoot in Spain; elle a tourné avec les plus grands acteurs she's worked with top actors; silence, on tourne! quiet everyone, we're shooting!;9 ( faire une tournée) [représentant, spectacle] to tour; troupe de théâtre qui tourne en Europe theatreGB company touring (in) Europe; le spectacle a tourné dans toute la France the show went all over France on tour;10 ( fermenter) [lait, sauce, viande] to go off;11 ( chercher à séduire) tourner autour de qn to hang around sb; qu'est-ce qu'il a à me tourner autour○? why doesn't he leave me alone?C se tourner vpr1 (se diriger, par intérêt ou besoin) se tourner vers or du côté de qn/qch to turn to sb/sth; se tourner vers la botanique/un ami to turn to botany/a friend; se tourner du côté du mysticisme to turn to mysticism; ne pas savoir vers qui se tourner/de quel côté se tourner not to know who to turn to/which way to turn; de quelque côté qu'on se tourne whichever way you turn;2 ( changer de position) se tourner vers qn/qch to turn toward(s) sb/sth; tous les yeux se sont tournés vers elle all eyes turned toward(s) her; nous nous sommes tournés dans la direction d'où venait le bruit we turned in the direction of the noise;3 ( faire demi-tour sur soi-même) to turn around; tournez-vous, je me change! turn around, I'm changing!; tourne-toi, que je voie ta coupe de cheveux turn around and let me see your haircut; tourne-toi un peu plus sur la or à gauche just turn a little bit more to the left; se tourner et se retourner dans son lit to toss and turn; ⇒ pouce.I[turne] verbe intransitifA.[DÉCRIRE DES CERCLES]II[turne] verbe intransitifA.[DÉCRIRE DES CERCLES]1. [se mouvoir autour d'un axe - girouette] to turn, to revolve ; [ - disque] to revolve, to spin ; [ - aiguille de montre, manège] to turn, to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - objet suspendu, rouet, toupie] to spin (round (UK)) ou around ; [ - aile de moulin] to turn ou to spin round (UK) ou around ; [ - clef, pédale, poignée] to turn ; [ - hélice, roue, tour] to spin, to rotateb. [vite] to spin (round and round)je voyais tout tourner everything was spinning ou swimminga. [pièce de monnaie, manège, roue] to spinb. [clef] to turn2. [se déplacer en cercle - personne] to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - oiseau] to fly ou to wheel round (UK) ou around, to circle (round (UK)) ou around ; [ - insecte] to fly ou to buzz round (UK) ou around ; [ - avion] to fly round (UK) ou around (in circles), to circle ; [ - astre, satellite] to revolve, to go round (UK) ou aroundj'ai tourné 10 minutes avant de trouver à me garer I drove round for 10 minutes before I found a parking space3. (familier) [être en tournée - chanteur] to (be on) tournotre représentant tourne dans votre région en ce moment our representative is in your area at the momentB.[CHANGER D'ORIENTATION, D'ÉTAT]1. [changer de direction - vent] to turn, to veer, to shift ; [ - personne] to turn (off) ; [ - véhicule] to turn (off), to make a turn ; [ - route] to turn, to bendla chance ou la fortune a tourné (pour eux) their luck has changed3. (familier) [se succéder - équipes] to rotateles médecins tournent pour assurer les urgences the doctors operate a rota system to cover emergenciesbien tourner [situation, personne] to turn out well ou satisfactorilymal tourner [initiative, plaisanterie] to turn out badly, to go wrongun jeune qui a mal tourné a youngster who turned out badly ou went off the straight and narrow5. [s'altérer - lait] to go off (UK), ou bad (US), to turn (sour) ; [ - viande] to go off (UK) ou bad ; [ - crème, mayonnaise] to curdlefaire tourner du lait/une mayonnaise to curdle milk/mayonnaiseC.[MARCHER, RÉUSSIR]1. [fonctionner - compteur] to go round (UK) ou around ; [ - taximètre] to tick away ; [ - programme informatique] to runle moteur tourne the engine's running ou goingl'heure ou la pendule tourne time passesfaire tourner une entreprise [directeur] to run a businessce sont les commandes étrangères qui font tourner l'entreprise orders from abroad keep the business going2. [réussir - affaire, entreprise, économie] to be running well————————[turne] verbe transitifA.[FAIRE CHANGER D'ORIENTATION]1. [faire pivoter - bouton, clé, poignée, volant] to turn2. [mélanger - sauce, café] to (give a) stir ; [ - salade] to toss3. [diriger - antenne, visage, yeux] to turntourner son regard ou les yeux vers to turn one's eyes ou to look towardstourner son attention vers to focus one's attention on, to turn one's attention to4. [retourner - carte] to turn over ou up (separable) ; [ - page] to turn (over) (separable) ; [ - brochette, grillade] to give a turn, to turn (over) (separable)tourner quelque chose contre un mur to turn something against ou to face a walltourner et retourner, tourner dans tous les sensa. [boîte, gadget] to turn over and overb. [problème] to turn over and over (in one's mind), to mull over6. (locution)a. (sens propre) to nauseate somebody, to turn somebody's stomachB.cinématélévision1. [cinéaste]a. [cinéaste] to shoot ou to film a sceneb. [acteur] to play ou to act a sceneelle a tourné plusieurs fois avec Pasolini she played in several of Pasolini's films (UK) ou movies (US)silence, on tourne! quiet please, action!C.[METTRE EN FORME]3. [transformer]tourner quelque chose à son avantage/désavantage to turn something to one's advantage/disadvantagetourner quelque chose/quelqu'un en ridicule to ridicule something/somebody, to make fun of something/somebody————————tourner à verbe plus prépositiontourner au burlesque/drame to take a ludicrous/tragic turnle temps tourne à la pluie/neige it looks like rain/snow————————tourner autour de verbe plus préposition1. [axe] to move ou to turn roundl'escalier tourne autour de l'ascenseur the staircase spirals ou winds round the lift2. [rôder]a. [généralement] to hang ou to hover round somebodyb. [pour le courtiser] to hang round somebodya. [par désœuvrement] the children had been hanging around outside the shop for a whileb. [avec de mauvaises intentions] the children had been loitering outside the shop for a whileles réparations devraient tourner autour de 200 euro the repairs should cost around ou should cost about ou should be in the region of 200 euro4. [concerner - suj: conversation] to revolve round, to centre ou to focus on ; [ - suj: enquête policière] to centre on————————tourner en verbe plus prépositionto turn ou to change into————————se tourner verbe pronominal intransitif1. [faire un demi-tour] to turn roundtourne-toi, je me déshabille turn round ou turn your back, I'm getting undressed2. [changer de position] to turnde quelque côté qu'on se tourne wherever ou whichever way you turn————————se tourner contre verbe pronominal plus préposition————————se tourner en verbe pronominal plus préposition————————se tourner vers verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [s'orienter vers] to turn towards2. (figuré)se tourner vers quelqu'un/Dieu to turn to somebody/God -
65 say
I [seɪ]to have one's say — dire la propria, dare il proprio parere (on su)
to have a say, no say (in the matter) — avere, non avere voce in capitolo
II 1. [seɪ]they want more o a bigger say vogliono avere più peso; to have the most o biggest say — avere più voce in capitolo o più peso
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. said)1) [ person] dire [words, prayer, yes, no] (to a)"hello," he said — "ciao" disse
say after me... — ripetete dopo di me...
if o though I do say so myself! non dovrei dirlo io! so they say (agreeing) così dicono; or so they say (doubtful) così almeno dicono; so to say per così dire; as you say... come dici tu...; as they say come si dice, come si suol dire; people o they say he's very rich he is said to be very rich si dice che sia molto ricco; to say sth. to oneself dire fra sé (e sé); what do you say to that? e adesso? come rispondi? what do you say to...? cosa ne pensi di...? what would you say to a little walk? che ne diresti di fare quattro passi? what (do you) say we eat now? colloq. e se mangiassimo adesso? it's not for me to say non sono io che devo dirlo, non tocca a me dirlo; you said it! colloq. l'hai detto! you can say that again! colloq. puoi ben dirlo! I should say it is! eccome! well said! ben detto! say no more, enough said colloq. va bene, non dire o aggiungere altro; let's say no more about it non ne parliamo più; there's no more to be said non c'è nient'altro da aggiungere; it goes without saying that va da sé o è ovvio che; don't say it's raining again! non mi dire che piove di nuovo! you might just as well say... tanto vale dire che...; that is to say cioè, vale a dire; that's not to say that ciò non vuol dire che; he was displeased, not to say furious era scontento, per non dire furioso; I must say (that) devo dire (che); to have a lot to say for oneself (negative) essere pieno di sé; (positive) avere molti pregi; what have you got to say for yourself? che cos'hai da dire in tua difesa? that's saying a lot — colloq. non è poco
2) [writer, book, letter, report, map] dire; [painting, music, gift] esprimere; [sign, poster, gauge] indicare; [gesture, signal] significare, voler direit says on the radio, in the rules that — la radio, il regolamento dice che
3) (guess)4) (assume)2.let's say (that) — supponiamo o mettiamo che
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. said)1)you don't say! — iron. ma non mi dire! ma va là!
says you! — colloq. (taunting) lo dici tu!
says who! who says? — colloq. (sceptical) ah sì? (on whose authority?) e chi lo dice?
2) BE ant.••it says a lot for sb., sth. — la dice lunga su qcn., qcs.
III [seɪ]when all is said and done — tutto considerato, a conti fatti
avverbio diciamo, poniamoIV [seɪ]you'll need, say, Ј 50 for petrol — avrai bisogno di, diciamo, 50 sterline per la benzina
interiezione AE ehi, senti (un po')* * *[sei] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - says; verb1) (to speak or utter: What did you say?; She said `Yes'.) dire2) (to tell, state or declare: She said how she had enjoyed meeting me; She is said to be very beautiful.) dire3) (to repeat: The child says her prayers every night.) dire4) (to guess or estimate: I can't say when he'll return.) dire2. noun(the right or opportunity to state one's opinion: I haven't had my say yet; We have no say in the decision.) (diritto di parlare), (voce in capitolo)- saying- have
- I wouldn't say no to
- let's say
- say
- say the word
- that is to say* * *say (1) /seɪ/n. [u]1 quel che si ha da dire; opinione: to have (o to say) one's say, dire la propria; dare il proprio parere2 diritto di parlare (o di decidere); voce in capitolo: to have a say ( in the matter), aver voce in capitolo (nella faccenda).say (2) /seɪ/inter.(fam. USA) ehi!; di' un po'! senti (un po')!♦ (to) say /seɪ/(pass. e p. p. said), v. t. e i.1 dire; dichiarare; asserire; affermare; recitare: «Move this table,» Mary said, «sposta questo tavolo» disse Mary; I said straightaway I wanted to buy it, but he told me to think it over, io dissi subito che volevo comprarlo ma lui mi disse di rifletterci bene; I'm only going to say a few words, dirò solo poche parole; to say «Good morning», dire «buongiorno»; dare il buongiorno; Say after me: «I swear to speak the truth», ripeti dopo di me: «Giuro di dire la verità»; to say yes [no], dire di sì [di no]; needless to say, inutile a dirsi; manco a dirlo; People say ( o they say) he's very wealthy, dicono che sia molto ricco; He is said to be extremely rich, si dice che sia ricchissimo; Say your prayers, di' (o recita) le preghiere!; He said he would run in the election, ha dichiarato che si sarebbe candidato alle elezioni; It's hard to say, è difficile a dirsi; DIALOGO → - At the bus stop- I'd say I've been here about fifteen minutes, direi che sono qui da quindici minuti; What did he say about me?, che cosa ha detto di me?; What do you have to say about that?, che cosa ne dici?; Do as I say, fai come dico io; Let us say he is innocent, diciamo che è (o supponiamo che sia) innocente; Let's meet again tomorrow, say at 4, ritroviamoci domani pomeriggio, diciamo alle 4 NOTA D'USO: - to tell o to say?-2 ( di testo scritto) dire; essere scritto: What does her note say?, che cosa dice il suo biglietto?; It says on the label that it should be taken before your meals, l'etichetta dice che lo si deve prendere prima dei pasti; It is said in the Bible, lo dice la Bibbia; sta scritto nella Bibbia3 indicare; segnare; fare: The tower clock says ten past four, l'orologio della torre segna le 4 e 10● (GB) I say, you do look smart!, ehi, come sei elegante! □ That says a lot about his reliability, questo la dice lunga sulla sua affidabilità □ What have you got to say for yourself?, che cosa puoi dire a tua discolpa? □ There is a lot to be said for their offer, la loro offerta sembra assai vantaggiosa □ It doesn't say much for his fitness to run the business, non depone certo a favore della sua capacità di mandare avanti la ditta □ to say a good word for sb., dire (o mettere) una buona parola per q. □ to say nothing of, per non dire (o parlare) di □ What would you say (o do you say) to a glass of beer?, che ne diresti (o che ne dici) di una birra? □ to say to oneself, dire fra sé; pensare □ (fam. USA) to say uncle, arrendersi; dire basta □ (versando da bere a q.) «Say when!» – «When», «Di' basta!» – «Basta così» □ to say the word, dare l'ordine; dare il via □ ( slang) «Says who?» «Says me!», «e chi lo dice?» «lo dico io!» □ ( slang) Says you!, lo dici tu!; figurati!; non ci credo; provaci (un po')! □ (fam.) says I, dico io; dissi io □ So you say!, ah sì?; davvero?; cosa mi dici! □ You can say that again (o You may well say so)!, puoi dirlo forte!; altroché!; eccome! □ (fam. spec. USA) You said it, l'hai detto!; verissimo! □ You don't say (so)!, ma no!; non è possibile!; pensa un po'! □ It goes without saying that…, va da sé che…; è ovvio che… □ ( rispondendo a un'offerta) I wouldn't say no, grazie, sì; volentieri □ (fam.) What do you say?, che ne dici? che ne pensi?; che te ne pare? □ Who can say?, chi può dirlo?, chi lo sa? □ You can't say fairer than that, mi pare una proposta più che generosa; di più non si può pretendere □ having said that, detto questo; comunque □ An excellent idea, if I may say so!, ottima idea, se posso dire! □ You may well say so, puoi ben dirlo □ There is no saying how he will react, non si può sapere come la prenderà; la sua reazione è imprevedibile □ (fam.) Say no more, non dire altro!; non aggiungere altro!; ho (già) capito! □ that is to say, vale a dire; cioè; in altre parole □ when all is said and done, a conti fatti; tutto considerato.NOTA D'USO: - to say (passive)-* * *I [seɪ]to have one's say — dire la propria, dare il proprio parere (on su)
to have a say, no say (in the matter) — avere, non avere voce in capitolo
II 1. [seɪ]they want more o a bigger say vogliono avere più peso; to have the most o biggest say — avere più voce in capitolo o più peso
verbo transitivo (pass., p.pass. said)1) [ person] dire [words, prayer, yes, no] (to a)"hello," he said — "ciao" disse
say after me... — ripetete dopo di me...
if o though I do say so myself! non dovrei dirlo io! so they say (agreeing) così dicono; or so they say (doubtful) così almeno dicono; so to say per così dire; as you say... come dici tu...; as they say come si dice, come si suol dire; people o they say he's very rich he is said to be very rich si dice che sia molto ricco; to say sth. to oneself dire fra sé (e sé); what do you say to that? e adesso? come rispondi? what do you say to...? cosa ne pensi di...? what would you say to a little walk? che ne diresti di fare quattro passi? what (do you) say we eat now? colloq. e se mangiassimo adesso? it's not for me to say non sono io che devo dirlo, non tocca a me dirlo; you said it! colloq. l'hai detto! you can say that again! colloq. puoi ben dirlo! I should say it is! eccome! well said! ben detto! say no more, enough said colloq. va bene, non dire o aggiungere altro; let's say no more about it non ne parliamo più; there's no more to be said non c'è nient'altro da aggiungere; it goes without saying that va da sé o è ovvio che; don't say it's raining again! non mi dire che piove di nuovo! you might just as well say... tanto vale dire che...; that is to say cioè, vale a dire; that's not to say that ciò non vuol dire che; he was displeased, not to say furious era scontento, per non dire furioso; I must say (that) devo dire (che); to have a lot to say for oneself (negative) essere pieno di sé; (positive) avere molti pregi; what have you got to say for yourself? che cos'hai da dire in tua difesa? that's saying a lot — colloq. non è poco
2) [writer, book, letter, report, map] dire; [painting, music, gift] esprimere; [sign, poster, gauge] indicare; [gesture, signal] significare, voler direit says on the radio, in the rules that — la radio, il regolamento dice che
3) (guess)4) (assume)2.let's say (that) — supponiamo o mettiamo che
verbo intransitivo (pass., p.pass. said)1)you don't say! — iron. ma non mi dire! ma va là!
says you! — colloq. (taunting) lo dici tu!
says who! who says? — colloq. (sceptical) ah sì? (on whose authority?) e chi lo dice?
2) BE ant.••it says a lot for sb., sth. — la dice lunga su qcn., qcs.
III [seɪ]when all is said and done — tutto considerato, a conti fatti
avverbio diciamo, poniamoIV [seɪ]you'll need, say, Ј 50 for petrol — avrai bisogno di, diciamo, 50 sterline per la benzina
interiezione AE ehi, senti (un po') -
66 silenda
sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).I.Lit.(α).Absol.:(β).silete et tacete atque animum advortite,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:optimum quemque silere,
Liv. 39, 27 fin.:muta silet virgo,
Ov. M. 10, 389:lingua, sile,
id. P. 2, 2, 61:sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,
Suet. Claud. 21:obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,
id. Aug. 94.—With de:(γ).cum ceteri de nobis silent,
Cic. Sull. 29, 80:de dracone silet,
id. Div. 2, 30, 65:de re publicā ut sileremus,
id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:de jurgio siletur,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—With acc.:(δ).quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,
Cic. Clu. 6, 18:tu hoc silebis,
id. Att. 2, 18, 3:neque te silebo, Liber,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:fortia facta,
Ov. M. 12, 575:alium silere quod voles,
Sen. Hippol. 876:nulla me tellus silet,
id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:facti culpa silenda mihi,
Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:ea res siletur,
Cic. Fl. 3, 6:quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,
id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,
Liv. 27, 10, 7:per quem tria verba silentur,
Ov. F. 1, 47:mala causa silenda est,
id. P. 3, 1, 147:quisquis ille, sileatur,
Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—With rel.clause:* (ε).quā tulerit mercede, silet,
Ov. M. 7, 688.—With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—2.Of things (mostly poet.):II.intempesta silet nox,
Verg. G. 1, 247:silet aequor,
id. E. 9, 57:mare,
Val. Fl. 7, 542:immotae frondes,
Ov. M. 7, 187:umidus aër,
id. ib.:aura,
Col. 2, 21, 5:venti,
id. 12, 25, 4:tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,
Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:silent late loca,
id. ib. 9, 190:tempus erat quo cuncta silent,
Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,
Lucr. 2, 506:silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:silent leges inter arma,
id. Mil. 4, 10:si quando ambitus sileat,
id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,
Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,
Val. Fl. 4, 281:nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),
Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;but -ti,
Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:nocte silenti,
Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:silenti nocte,
Liv. 26, 5, 9;Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,
Tib. 1, 5, 16:silente caelo,
Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:silenti agmine ducam vos,
Liv. 25, 38; so,silenti agmine,
id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:per lucos silentes,
Verg. G. 1, 476:vultu defixus uterque silenti,
Val. Fl. 7, 407:umbrae silentes,
i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;called populus silens,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:umbrae silentum,
Ov. M. 15, 797; so,rex silentum,
id. ib. 5, 356:sedes,
id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,
Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:coetus silentum,
Ov. M. 15, 66;hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,
Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:sarmentum,
not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:vineae,
id. 4, 27, 1:surculi,
id. 11, 2, 26:flos,
id. 12, 7, 1:ova,
in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:dies silens a ventis,
Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5. -
67 silentes
sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).I.Lit.(α).Absol.:(β).silete et tacete atque animum advortite,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:optimum quemque silere,
Liv. 39, 27 fin.:muta silet virgo,
Ov. M. 10, 389:lingua, sile,
id. P. 2, 2, 61:sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,
Suet. Claud. 21:obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,
id. Aug. 94.—With de:(γ).cum ceteri de nobis silent,
Cic. Sull. 29, 80:de dracone silet,
id. Div. 2, 30, 65:de re publicā ut sileremus,
id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:de jurgio siletur,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—With acc.:(δ).quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,
Cic. Clu. 6, 18:tu hoc silebis,
id. Att. 2, 18, 3:neque te silebo, Liber,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:fortia facta,
Ov. M. 12, 575:alium silere quod voles,
Sen. Hippol. 876:nulla me tellus silet,
id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:facti culpa silenda mihi,
Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:ea res siletur,
Cic. Fl. 3, 6:quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,
id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,
Liv. 27, 10, 7:per quem tria verba silentur,
Ov. F. 1, 47:mala causa silenda est,
id. P. 3, 1, 147:quisquis ille, sileatur,
Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—With rel.clause:* (ε).quā tulerit mercede, silet,
Ov. M. 7, 688.—With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—2.Of things (mostly poet.):II.intempesta silet nox,
Verg. G. 1, 247:silet aequor,
id. E. 9, 57:mare,
Val. Fl. 7, 542:immotae frondes,
Ov. M. 7, 187:umidus aër,
id. ib.:aura,
Col. 2, 21, 5:venti,
id. 12, 25, 4:tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,
Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:silent late loca,
id. ib. 9, 190:tempus erat quo cuncta silent,
Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,
Lucr. 2, 506:silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:silent leges inter arma,
id. Mil. 4, 10:si quando ambitus sileat,
id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,
Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,
Val. Fl. 4, 281:nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),
Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;but -ti,
Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:nocte silenti,
Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:silenti nocte,
Liv. 26, 5, 9;Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,
Tib. 1, 5, 16:silente caelo,
Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:silenti agmine ducam vos,
Liv. 25, 38; so,silenti agmine,
id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:per lucos silentes,
Verg. G. 1, 476:vultu defixus uterque silenti,
Val. Fl. 7, 407:umbrae silentes,
i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;called populus silens,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:umbrae silentum,
Ov. M. 15, 797; so,rex silentum,
id. ib. 5, 356:sedes,
id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,
Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:coetus silentum,
Ov. M. 15, 66;hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,
Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:sarmentum,
not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:vineae,
id. 4, 27, 1:surculi,
id. 11, 2, 26:flos,
id. 12, 7, 1:ova,
in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:dies silens a ventis,
Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5. -
68 sileo
sĭlĕo, ŭi ( perf. pass. silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2), 2, v. n. and a. [cf. Goth. silan, ana-silan, to be silent; Germ. seltsam, selten], to be noiseless, still, or silent, to keep silence; act., not to speak of, to keep silent respecting a thing (class.; stronger than tacere).I.Lit.(α).Absol.:(β).silete et tacete atque animum advortite,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 3; id. Capt. 3, 1, 20:optimum quemque silere,
Liv. 39, 27 fin.:muta silet virgo,
Ov. M. 10, 389:lingua, sile,
id. P. 2, 2, 61:sedentibus ac silentibus cunctis,
Suet. Claud. 21:obstrepentes forte ranas silere jussit,
id. Aug. 94.—With de:(γ).cum ceteri de nobis silent,
Cic. Sull. 29, 80:de dracone silet,
id. Div. 2, 30, 65:de re publicā ut sileremus,
id. Brut. 42, 157; cf. id. ib. 76, 266; cf. Fabri ad Sall. J. 19, 2.— Impers. pass.:de jurgio siletur,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 13; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; Sall. C. 2, 8: usque ab Abraham de justorum aliquorum commemoratione silitum est, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 2.—With acc.:(δ).quae hoc tempore sileret omnia,
Cic. Clu. 6, 18:tu hoc silebis,
id. Att. 2, 18, 3:neque te silebo, Liber,
Hor. C. 1, 12, 21; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 31:fortia facta,
Ov. M. 12, 575:alium silere quod voles,
Sen. Hippol. 876:nulla me tellus silet,
id. Herc. Oet. 39; cf.:facti culpa silenda mihi,
Ov. Tr. 2, 208.— Pass.:ea res siletur,
Cic. Fl. 3, 6:quod ego praetermitto et facile patior sileri,
id. Cat. 1, 6, 14:ne nunc quidem post tot saecula sileantur,
Liv. 27, 10, 7:per quem tria verba silentur,
Ov. F. 1, 47:mala causa silenda est,
id. P. 3, 1, 147:quisquis ille, sileatur,
Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4; cf. Tac. Agr. 41.— Part. pass. as subst.: sĭlenda, ōrum, mysteries, secrets, Liv. 39, 10, 5; cf. Curt. 6, 25, 3.—With rel.clause:* (ε).quā tulerit mercede, silet,
Ov. M. 7, 688.—With obj.-clause: ut sileat verbum facere, Auct. B. Hisp. 3, 7.—2.Of things (mostly poet.):II.intempesta silet nox,
Verg. G. 1, 247:silet aequor,
id. E. 9, 57:mare,
Val. Fl. 7, 542:immotae frondes,
Ov. M. 7, 187:umidus aër,
id. ib.:aura,
Col. 2, 21, 5:venti,
id. 12, 25, 4:tranquillo silet immotāque attollitur undā Campus,
Verg. A. 5, 127; cf.:silent late loca,
id. ib. 9, 190:tempus erat quo cuncta silent,
Ov. M. 10, 446; cf. also infra P. a.—Act.:si chartae sileant quod bene feceris,
Hor. C. 4, 8, 21.—Transf., to be still or quiet (opp. to being in action), to remain inactive, to rest, cease (in class. prose, for the most part only of things; cf.quiesco): et cycnea mele Phoebeaque Carmina consimili ratione oppressa silerent,
Lucr. 2, 506:silent diutius Musae Varronis quam solebant,
Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:silent leges inter arma,
id. Mil. 4, 10:si quando ambitus sileat,
id. Leg. 3, 17, 39:ne sileret sine fabulis hilaritas,
Petr. 110, 6.—Of persons:fixaque silet Gradivus in hastā,
Val. Fl. 4, 281:nec ceterae nationes silebant (with arma movere),
Tac. H. 3, 47.—Hence, sĭlens, entis (abl. silente;but -ti,
Liv. 23, 35, 18 al.; Ov. M. 4, 84; neutr. plur. silenta loca, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 7; gen. plur. ( poet.) silentum, Verg. A. 6, 432; Ov. M. 5, 356 al.), P. a., still, calm, quiet, silent:nocte silenti,
Ov. M. 4, 84; Verg. A. 4, 527:silenti nocte,
Liv. 26, 5, 9;Petr. poët. 89, 2, 32: silente nocte,
Tib. 1, 5, 16:silente caelo,
Plin. 18, 28, 69, § 279:silenti agmine ducam vos,
Liv. 25, 38; so,silenti agmine,
id. 31, 38 fin.; 35, 4:per lucos silentes,
Verg. G. 1, 476:vultu defixus uterque silenti,
Val. Fl. 7, 407:umbrae silentes,
i. e. the dead, Verg. A. 6, 264;called populus silens,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 237; more freq. as subst.: sĭlentes, um, comm., the dead:umbrae silentum,
Ov. M. 15, 797; so,rex silentum,
id. ib. 5, 356:sedes,
id. ib. 15, 772; Val. Fl. 1, 750; cf.:Aeacus jura silentibus illic Reddit,
Ov. M. 13, 25.—The Pythagoreans were also called Silentes for the five years during which they were to listen to the instructions of Pythagoras:coetus silentum,
Ov. M. 15, 66;hence, silentes anni, these five years of the Pythagoreans,
Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 157: luna silenti, not shining, i. e. at the end of the month, Cato, R. R. 29; 40; 50; Col. 2, 10, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 190:sarmentum,
not yet shooting forth, Col. 4, 29, 1:vineae,
id. 4, 27, 1:surculi,
id. 11, 2, 26:flos,
id. 12, 7, 1:ova,
in which the chicks do not yet move, id. 8, 5, 15.—With ab:dies silens a ventis,
Col. 4, 29, 5.—Hence, adv.: sĭlenter, silently, Juvenc. 3, 462; Vulg. 1, Reg. 24, 5. -
69 settle
1. n деревянная скамья с высокой спинкой; скамья-ларь2. n редк. помост3. v решать, принимать решение4. v договариваться, определять5. v выяснять, улаживать; разрешать6. v юр. разрешать, урегулироватьsettle dispute — урегулировать спор; урегулировать конфликт
7. v поселяться, обосновыватьсяsettle down — поселяться, водворяться
8. v поселять, заселять; колонизировать9. v устраиваться, усаживаться, укладываться10. v устраивать, усаживать, укладывать11. v устраивать, пристраиватьhe did not want his son to marry until he was well settled in his career — он не хотел, чтобы сын женился раньше, чем сделает карьеру
12. v опускаться, оседать, садиться13. v осаждаться, отстаиваться; давать осадок14. v давать отстояться, очищать от мутиa drop of cold water will settle boiling coffee — капля холодной воды — и кипящий кофе быстро осядет
before they could settle the question they had to refer back to the minutes of the previous meeting — прежде чем решить этот вопрос, они должны были обратиться к протоколу предыдущего заседания
15. v приводить в порядок, успокаивать16. v успокаиваться; приходить в порядок17. v надевать; вдевать; помещать18. v платить, оплачивать; расплачиватьсяsettle up — расплачиваться, рассчитываться
Синонимический ряд:1. alight (verb) alight; land; light; perch; roost; set down; sit down; touch down2. clean up (verb) clean up; wind up3. clear (verb) clear; clear off; compensate; discharge; liquidate; pay; pay up; quit; repay; satisfy; square4. fall (verb) decline; descend; fall; gravitate; immerse; plunge; precipitate; sink; submerge; subside5. fix (verb) arrange; attend to; concert; dispose of; fix; negotiate6. people (verb) colonise; colonize; dwell; inhabit; live; locate; lodge; people; reside; situate; squat7. quiet (verb) allay; balm; becalm; calm; compose; lull; pacify; quiet; repose; rest; soothe; stabilize; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize8. resolve (verb) mediate; reconcile; rectify; resolve; smooth over; straighten out9. seat (verb) ensconce; establish; install; seat10. set (verb) conclude; confirm; decide; determine; dispose; figure; judge; lay; place; prove; put; rule; set; stick; verifyАнтонимический ряд:blend; confuse; depart; derange; disagree; disarrange; discompose; disorder; disorganize; displace; disrupt; distort; disturb; forsake; irritate; move; rise -
70 schon
Adv.1. mit Zeitangaben: already; schon damals even then; schon früher before; (vor langer Zeit) a long time ago; schon immer always, all along; schon oft often (enough); schon wieder again; schon wieder! not again!; schon nach fünf Minuten after only five minutes; nach fünf Minuten war er schon fort etc. five minutes later he’d already gone etc.; schon von Anfang an right from the start, from the word go umg.; es ist schon 12 Uhr it’s twelve o’clock already; schon am nächsten Tag the very next day; schon um 6 Uhr waren sie auf they were already up at 6 o’clock; schon im 16. Jahrhundert as early ( oder as far back) as the 16th century; schon im 16. Jahrhundert gab es die Krankheit the disease was already around in the 16th century; das ist schon lange her that was long ago ( oder way back); das war schon vor zwanzig Jahren that was twenty (whole) years ago; wie lange sind Sie schon hier? how long have you been here?2. (bereits) already; (schon einmal, zuvor) before; (bis jetzt) so far; in Fragen: yet; (jemals) ever; ich habe schon eins umg. I’ve already got one; hast du schon einmal...? have you ever...?; sind Sie schon ( einmal) in Spanien gewesen? have you ever been to Spain?; ich war schon ein paar Mal / oft dort I’ve been there a couple of times / frequently; kennen Sie schon Herrn X? have you met Mr ( oder Mr.) X?, do you know Mr ( oder Mr.) X?; wir kennen uns schon we’ve met, we do know one another; ich habe ihn schon ( einmal) gesehen I’ve seen him before somewhere; danke, ich habe schon zu trinken etc.: no thanks, I’m fine; da ist er ja schon wieder he’s (iro. look who’s) back again; das kenne ich schon I know that, I’ve seen that before; bei Entschuldigungen: I’ve heard that one before; das kennen wir schon we know all about that, that’s an old one; ich habe schon bessere Weine getrunken I’ve tasted better wines in my time; hast du schon gehört? have you heard?; hast du schon mit ihm gesprochen? have you talked to him yet?; ist er schon da? has he come yet?, is he here yet?; (früher als erwartet) is he here already?; was, ( du bist) schon zurück? what, back already?; werden Sie schon bedient? are you being served?; ich bekomme schon it’s OK, I’m being looked after; er wollte schon gehen he was about ( oder all set) to go; warum willst du schon gehen? why are you leaving so early?3. zur Betonung (sogar, selbst) even; schon ein Milligramm des Gifts kann tödlich sein just ( oder even) one milligram(me) of the poison can kill you; ein Anruf hätte schon genügt (just) a phone call would have been enough; schon ein Unentschieden wäre ein Erfolg even a draw would be a success; schon für 10 Euro for only 10 euros; Herrenhemden schon ab 5 Euro men’s shirts from as little as 5 euros; ich komme (ja) schon! (I’m) coming!; da sind wir (ja) schon! here we are; schon war ich sauer umg. I was getting really annoyed; was gibt es denn ( nun) schon wieder? what is it now ( oder this time)?; ich verstehe schon I see4. (allein) schon seine Stimme just to hear his voice, his voice alone; schon der Name the mere (mention of the oder his etc.) name, just to hear the ( oder his etc.) name; schon der Anblick just to see it; schon der Gedanke the very idea, the mere thought (of it); schon deswegen if only for that (reason); schon wegen if only because of; der Kinder etc.: if only for the sake of; schon weil if only because; schon sie zu sehen (even) just to see her5. versichernd, verstärkend: sie wird’s schon schaffen she’ll make it all right; beruhigend: auch don’t worry, she’ll make it; er kommt schon noch he’ll come eventually; die Zinsen steigen schon noch the interest rates are bound to go up; the interest rates will go up, you’ll see; ich mach’s schon leave it to me; es wird schon gehen it’ll be all right, I’ll etc. manage (somehow); das ist schon möglich that could be; betonter: that’s quite possible; das lässt sich schon machen mit Vorbehalt: we etc. might be able to do that, it’s doable; (es ist kein Problem) that’s no problem, no problem umg.; wir können schon mit ihm reden (sind bereit) we don’t mind talking to him; ich kann mir schon denken, was... I can (just) imagine what...; er ist schon eingebildet he’s certainly bigheaded; das war schon Glückssache that really was a stroke of luck; das ist schon eine große Frechheit! that really is a bit much; schon gut! it’s all right, never mind; (das reicht) that’ll do6. umg., auffordernd, ermunternd: mach schon! get a move on, will you?; komm schon! come on, then; geh schon! go on, then; nun sag schon, wie’s war come on, tell us ( oder me) what it was like; gib’s schon zu! come on, admit it!7. einräumend oder bedingend: schon, aber... yes, but...; ich verstehe / möchte schon, aber... I can see that / I’d like to, but...; ich kenne sie schon, aber... I do know her, but...; sie müsste sich schon etwas mehr anstrengen she’d have to make more of an effort, of course; das ist schon wahr, aber... that’s (certainly) ( oder may be) true, but...; wenn du schon ( mal) da bist since you’re here8. (ohnehin) es ist so schon teuer genug it’s expensive enough as it is; schon gar nicht least of all; morgen schon gar nicht least of all tomorrow9. umg., rhetorisch: na wenn schon! so what; iro. so?; was macht das schon? what does it matter?; was heißt das schon? so?, that doesn’t mean a thing; wem nützt das schon? who is that supposed to help?; wer braucht / kauft so was schon? who on earth needs / buys something like that?; was verstehst du schon davon? what do you know about it?; wer könnte da schon nein sagen? who could possibly say no (to that)?; wer ist da? - na, wer schon? who’s there? - who do you think?10. umg.: wenn schon, denn schon (wenn man sich auf etw. einlässt) in for a penny (Am. dime), in for a pound (Am. dollar); (wenn man etw. unternimmt) anything worth doing, is worth doing well* * *ever; already; yet; by now* * *[ʃøːn]1. adj1) (= hübsch anzusehen) beautiful, lovely; Mann handsomena, schö́nes Kind (inf) — well then, beautiful (inf)
See:→ Auge2) (= nett, angenehm) good; Erlebnis, Stimme, Musik, Wetter good, lovely; Gelegenheit great, splendiddie schö́nen Künste — the fine arts
die schö́ne Literatur — belles-lettres sing
das ist ein schö́ner Tod — that's a good way to die
eines schö́nen Tages — one fine day
(wieder) in schö́nster Ordnung (nach Krach etc) — back to normal (again)
in schö́nster Eintracht or Harmonie — in perfect harmony
das Schöne beim Skilaufen ist... — the nice thing about skiing is...
das Schönste daran ist... — the beauty of it is..., the nicest or best thing about it is...
schö́ne Ferien!, schö́nen Urlaub! — have a good or nice holiday (esp Brit) or vacation (US)
schö́nes Wochenende — have a good or nice weekend
schö́nen guten Tag — a very good morning/afternoon/evening to you
war es schö́n im Urlaub? — did you have a nice or good holiday (esp Brit) or vacation (US)?
war es schö́n bei Tante Veronika? — did you have a nice or good time at Aunt Veronika's?
schö́n, dass du gekommen bist — nice of you to come
es ist schö́n, dass du wieder da bist — it's good to have you back
schö́ner, heißer Kaffee — nice hot coffee
ein schö́ner frischer Wind — a nice fresh wind
du bist mir ein schö́ner Freund/Vater/Held etc — a fine friend/father/hero etc you are, you're some friend/father/hero etc
du machst or das sind mir ja schö́ne Sachen or Geschichten — here's or this is a pretty state of things, here's a pretty kettle of fish (inf)
von dir hört man schö́ne Sachen or Geschichten — I've been hearing some nice or fine things about you
das wäre ja noch schö́ner (inf) — that's (just) too much!
es wird immer schö́ner (inf) — things are going from bad to worse
See:4) (inf = gut) nicedas war nicht schö́n von dir (inf) — that wasn't very nice of you
zu schö́n, um wahr zu sein (inf) — too good to be true
schö́n, schö́n, (also) schö́n, sehr schö́n, na schö́n — fine, okay, all right
schö́n und gut, aber... — (that's) all well and good but..., that's all very well but...
5) (= beträchtlich, groß) Erfolg great; Strecke, Stück Arbeit, Alter goodein schö́nes Stück weiterkommen — to make good progress
eine ganz schö́ne Leistung — quite an achievement
eine ganz schö́ne Arbeit — quite a lot of work
eine ganz schö́ne Menge — quite a lot
das hat eine schö́ne Stange Geld gekostet (inf) — that cost a pretty penny
2. adv1)(= hübsch)
sich schö́n anziehen — to get dressed upschö́n machen (Kind) — to dress up; (Wohnung, Straßen) to decorate
sich schö́n machen — to get dressed up, to dress (oneself) up
2) (bei Verben) (= gut) well; sich waschen, verarbeiten lassen easily; scheinen brightly; schreiben beautifully; (= richtig, genau) ansehen, durchlesen etc carefullyes schö́n haben — to be well off; (im Urlaub etc) to have a good time (of it)
etw am schö́nsten machen — to do sth best
See:→ danke, bitte3)(= angenehm)
schö́n weich/warm/stark etc — nice and soft/warm/strong etc4)schlaf schö́n — sleep wellamüsiere dich schö́n — have a nice or good time
erhole dich schö́n — have a good rest
See:→ grüßen5) (inf = brav, lieb) nicelyiss mal schö́n deinen Teller leer — eat it all up nicely (now), be a good girl/boy and eat it all up
sag schö́n "Guten Tag" — say "hello" nicely
sei schö́n still/ordentlich etc (als Aufforderung) — be nice and quiet/tidy etc
sei schö́n brav — be a good boy/girl
fahr schö́n langsam — drive nice and slowly
See:6) (inf = sehr, ziemlich) reallyschö́n wehtun — to hurt oneself a lot
sich schö́n täuschen — to make a big mistake
sich schö́n ärgern — to be very angry
jdn schö́n erschrecken — to give sb quite a or a real fright
ganz schö́n teuer/kalt — pretty expensive/cold
(ganz) schö́n weit weg — a long or good way off, quite a distance away
ganz schö́n lange — quite a while
(ganz) schö́n viel Geld kosten — to cost a pretty penny
* * *1) (before a particular time; previously: I had already gone when Tom arrived; I don't want that book - I've read it already.) already2) (before the expected time: Are you leaving already?; He hasn't gone already, has he?) already3) yet* * *[ʃo:n]I. adv1. (jetzt)sind wir \schon da? are we there yet?hast du \schon gehört? have you heard?sie kommen \schon heute they're coming todaydu willst \schon gehen? you want to leave now [or already]?nach fünf Minuten war ich \schon fertig I was finished after only five minutes, I was already finished after five minutes\schon bald darauf very soon after▪ es ist \schon...:es ist \schon spät it is already late [or late already2. (danach)nur eine Minute, und \schon bin ich weg just one minute, and then I'm gonekaum leg ich mich hin, \schon klingelt das Telefon wieder I hardly have time to lie down before the telephone rings yet again formkaum verließ sie das Zimmer, \schon rauchte er she had hardly left the room when he lit up3. (vorab)ihr könnt [ja] \schon [mal] anfangen you can start now4. (wirklich)was, \schon 5 Uhr? what, 5 o'clock already?er wiegt \schon 200 kg! he now weighs 200 kg!eine kleine Menge kann \schon Wunder wirken just [or even] a small amount can work wonders\schon ein Teilerfolg würde sich lohnen even a partial success would be worth itCD-Rohlinge gibt es \schon für ein paar Cent blank CDs can be had for as little as a few cents\schon 8-Jährige surfen im Internet children as young as eight are surfing the internet5. (früher)\schon in den Siebzigern gab es Mikrocomputer there were microcomputers as early as [or back in] the seventies\schon Ovid schrieb darüber/über diese Idee that/that idea is as old as Ovid\schon als Kind wollte ich Schauspieler werden since I was a child I've always wanted to be an actor\schon damals/gestern/jetzt even at that time/even yesterday/even now\schon früh early on\schon immer alwayssie war \schon immer schwierig she always was difficultich sagte es ja \schon immer I've always said so\schon seit Jahren for years [now]\schon lange/länger for a long time [now]\schon oft several times [already]6. (inzwischen)das kenn ich \schon I know that alreadyich wollte vorher \schon fragen I wanted to ask anyway\schon [ein]mal everhast du \schon mal Austern gegessen? have you ever eaten oysters?wie \schon gesagt as was/has been said already [or beforehand]wie \schon so oft as was/has been often the case [before]7. (allein)warum sich beklagen? es geht uns \schon so schlecht why complain? we're badly off as it is\schon darum/deshalb/aus dem Grunde for that reason alone\schon die Tatsache, dass... the fact alone that..., the very fact that...\schon Grund genug sein to be already reason enough; s.a. alleinII. part1. (wirklich)das ist \schon eine Schande! that really is a disgrace!es ist \schon wahr it's true all rightich sehe \schon,... I can see,...ich kann mir \schon denken, was du willst I can well imagine what you wantdas will \schon was heißen those are promising wordsdu wirst \schon sehen! you'll see!es ist \schon angenehm, nichts zu tun it really is pleasant doing nothingdas will ich nicht, und \schon gar nicht von dir I don't want it, and especially not from you\schon wieder [once] againnicht das/sie \schon wieder! not that/her again!jetzt komm \schon! hurry up!hör \schon auf damit! will you stop that!sag doch \schon! out with it!geh \schon! go on!gib \schon her! come on, give it here!mach \schon! hurry up!3. (aber)wenn du \schon nicht bleibst, [dann] iss eine Kleinigkeit if you really can't stay, then have a bite to eatwenn ich euch \schon fahre, dann [aber] vor Mitternacht if I do drive you, then before midnight4. (irgendwie) all rightdanke, es geht \schon thanks, I can managees wird \schon klappen it will work out all right5. (irgendwann) in the end, one dayes wird \schon noch [mal] klappen it will work out in the end [or one day6. (eigentlich)ich glaube \schon I think soso was kann \schon mal vorkommen such things can happenLust hätte ich \schon, nur keine Zeit I do feel like it, I simply don't have timedas stimmt \schon that's true enoughdas ist \schon möglich/wahr that's possible/true, I suppose\schon möglich, aber [o doch] [o nur] nicht sehr wahrscheinlich that's possible, but not very probable[ja] \schon[, aber...] [well] yes [or sure] [, but...]findest du sie attraktiv? — ja, \schon do you think she's attractive? — yes, she's okay\schon gut! okay! famwir durften nicht draußen spielen, die anderen [aber] \schon we weren't allowed to play outside, but the others wereauf dieser Straße kommen Sie nicht nach Köln, auf der \schon you won't get to Cologne on this road, but on that onewas ist \schon Reichtum? what's wealth of all things?was hast du \schon zu sagen? what have you of all people got to say?was sind \schon zehn Jahre? what do ten years matter?was macht das \schon? what does it matter?was nützt das \schon? what possible use is that?wen interessiert das \schon? who's possibly interested?9. (nur)wenn ich das \schon rieche/sehe! the mere smell/sight of that!wie war \schon Ihr Name? what was your name again?* * *1.er kommt schon heute/ist schon gestern gekommen — he's coming today/he came yesterday
er ist schon da/[an]gekommen — he is already here/has already arrived
schon damals/jetzt — even at that time or in those days/even now
schon [im Jahre] 1926 — as early as 1926; back in 1926
2) (fast gleichzeitig) there and thener schwang sich auf das Fahrrad, und schon war er weg — he jumped on the bicycle and was away [in a flash]
3) (jetzt)schon [mal] — now; (inzwischen) meanwhile
4) (selbst, sogar) even; (nur) only5) (ohne Ergänzung, ohne weiteren Zusatz) on its own[allein] schon der Gedanke daran ist schrecklich — the mere thought or just the thought of it is dreadful
2.schon darum od. aus diesem Grund — for this reason alone
1) (verstärkend) really; (gewiss) certainly2) (ugs. ungeduldig): (endlich)nun komm schon! — come on!; hurry up!
und wenn schon! — so what; what if he/she/it does/did/was etc.
3) (beruhigend): (wahrscheinlich) all righter wird sich schon wieder erholen — he'll recover all right; he's sure to recover
4) (zustimmend, aber etwas einschränkend)Lust hätte ich schon, nur keine Zeit — I'd certainly like to, but I've no time
das ist schon möglich, nur... — that is quite possible, only...
5) (betont): (andererseits)er ist nicht besonders intelligent, aber sein Bruder schon — he's not particularly intelligent, but his brother is
6) (einschränkend, abwertend)was weiß der schon! — what does 'he know [about it]!
* * *schon adv1. mit Zeitangaben: already;schon damals even then;schon früher before; (vor langer Zeit) a long time ago;schon immer always, all along;schon oft often (enough);schon wieder again;schon wieder! not again!;schon nach fünf Minuten after only five minutes;schon von Anfang an right from the start, from the word go umg;es ist schon 12 Uhr it’s twelve o’clock already;schon am nächsten Tag the very next day;schon um 6 Uhr waren sie auf they were already up at 6 o’clock;schon im 16. Jahrhundert as early ( oder as far back) as the 16th century;schon im 16. Jahrhundert gab es die Krankheit the disease was already around in the 16th century;das ist schon lange her that was long ago ( oder way back);das war schon vor zwanzig Jahren that was twenty (whole) years ago;wie lange sind Sie schon hier? how long have you been here?2. (bereits) already; (schon einmal, zuvor) before; (bis jetzt) so far; in Fragen: yet; (jemals) ever;ich habe schon eins umg I’ve already got one;hast du schon einmal …? have you ever …?;sind Sie schon (einmal) in Spanien gewesen? have you ever been to Spain?;ich war schon ein paar Mal/oft dort I’ve been there a couple of times/frequently;wir kennen uns schon we’ve met, we do know one another;ich habe ihn schon (einmal) gesehen I’ve seen him before somewhere;danke, ich habe schon zu trinken etc: no thanks, I’m fine;da ist er ja schon wieder he’s (iron look who’s) back again;das kenne ich schon I know that, I’ve seen that before; bei Entschuldigungen: I’ve heard that one before;das kennen wir schon we know all about that, that’s an old one;ich habe schon bessere Weine getrunken I’ve tasted better wines in my time;hast du schon gehört? have you heard?;hast du schon mit ihm gesprochen? have you talked to him yet?;ist er schon da? has he come yet?, is he here yet?; (früher als erwartet) is he here already?;was, (du bist) schon zurück? what, back already?;werden Sie schon bedient? are you being served?;ich bekomme schon it’s OK, I’m being looked after;er wollte schon gehen he was about ( oder all set) to go;warum willst du schon gehen? why are you leaving so early?3. zur Betonung (sogar, selbst) even;schon ein Milligramm des Gifts kann tödlich sein just ( oder even) one milligram(me) of the poison can kill you;ein Anruf hätte schon genügt (just) a phone call would have been enough;schon ein Unentschieden wäre ein Erfolg even a draw would be a success;schon für 10 Euro for only 10 euros;Herrenhemden schon ab 5 Euro men’s shirts from as little as 5 euros;ich komme (ja) schon! (I’m) coming!;da sind wir (ja) schon! here we are;schon war ich sauer umg I was getting really annoyed;was gibt es denn (nun) schon wieder? what is it now ( oder this time)?;ich verstehe schon I see4. (allein)schon seine Stimme just to hear his voice, his voice alone;schon der Anblick just to see it;schon der Gedanke the very idea, the mere thought (of it);schon deswegen if only for that (reason);schon wegen if only because of; der Kinder etc: if only for the sake of;schon weil if only because;schon sie zu sehen (even) just to see her5. versichernd, verstärkend:sie wird’s schon schaffen she’ll make it all right; beruhigend: auch don’t worry, she’ll make it;er kommt schon noch he’ll come eventually;die Zinsen steigen schon noch the interest rates are bound to go up; the interest rates will go up, you’ll see;ich mach’s schon leave it to me;es wird schon gehen it’ll be all right, I’ll etc manage (somehow);das ist schon möglich that could be; betonter: that’s quite possible;das lässt sich schon machen mit Vorbehalt: we etc might be able to do that, it’s doable; (es ist kein Problem) that’s no problem, no problem umg;wir können schon mit ihm reden (sind bereit) we don’t mind talking to him;ich kann mir schon denken, was … I can (just) imagine what …;er ist schon eingebildet he’s certainly bigheaded;das war schon Glückssache that really was a stroke of luck;das ist schon eine große Frechheit! that really is a bit much;schon gut! it’s all right, never mind; (das reicht) that’ll do6. umg, auffordernd, ermunternd:mach schon! get a move on, will you?;komm schon! come on, then;geh schon! go on, then;nun sag schon, wie’s war come on, tell us ( oder me) what it was like;gib’s schon zu! come on, admit it!schon, aber … yes, but …;ich verstehe/möchte schon, aber … I can see that/I’d like to, but …;ich kenne sie schon, aber … I do know her, but …;sie müsste sich schon etwas mehr anstrengen she’d have to make more of an effort, of course;das ist schon wahr, aber … that’s (certainly) ( oder may be) true, but …;wenn du schon (mal) da bist since you’re here8. (ohnehin)es ist so schon teuer genug it’s expensive enough as it is;schon gar nicht least of all;morgen schon gar nicht least of all tomorrowna wenn schon! so what; iron so?;was macht das schon? what does it matter?;was heißt das schon? so?, that doesn’t mean a thing;wem nützt das schon? who is that supposed to help?;wer braucht/kauft so was schon? who on earth needs/buys something like that?;was verstehst du schon davon? what do you know about it?;wer könnte da schon Nein sagen? who could possibly say no (to that)?;wer ist da? - na, wer schon? who’s there? - who do you think?10. umg:wenn schon, denn schon (wenn man sich auf etwas einlässt) in for a penny (US dime), in for a pound (US dollar); (wenn man etwas unternimmt) anything worth doing, is worth doing well* * *1.er kommt schon heute/ist schon gestern gekommen — he's coming today/he came yesterday
er ist schon da/[an]gekommen — he is already here/has already arrived
schon damals/jetzt — even at that time or in those days/even now
schon [im Jahre] 1926 — as early as 1926; back in 1926
2) (fast gleichzeitig) there and thener schwang sich auf das Fahrrad, und schon war er weg — he jumped on the bicycle and was away [in a flash]
3) (jetzt)schon [mal] — now; (inzwischen) meanwhile
4) (selbst, sogar) even; (nur) only5) (ohne Ergänzung, ohne weiteren Zusatz) on its own[allein] schon der Gedanke daran ist schrecklich — the mere thought or just the thought of it is dreadful
2.schon darum od. aus diesem Grund — for this reason alone
1) (verstärkend) really; (gewiss) certainly2) (ugs. ungeduldig): (endlich)nun komm schon! — come on!; hurry up!
und wenn schon! — so what; what if he/she/it does/did/was etc.
3) (beruhigend): (wahrscheinlich) all righter wird sich schon wieder erholen — he'll recover all right; he's sure to recover
4) (zustimmend, aber etwas einschränkend)Lust hätte ich schon, nur keine Zeit — I'd certainly like to, but I've no time
das ist schon möglich, nur... — that is quite possible, only...
5) (betont): (andererseits)er ist nicht besonders intelligent, aber sein Bruder schon — he's not particularly intelligent, but his brother is
6) (einschränkend, abwertend)was weiß der schon! — what does 'he know [about it]!
* * *adv.already adv.yet adv. -
71 era
f.1 era (periodo).era cristiana/geológica Christian/geological erala era espacial the space age2 threshing floor.3 thrashing floor, threshing floor.4 garden patch.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: erar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: erar.imperf.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Imperfect Indicative of Spanish verb: ser.* * *1→ link=ser ser————————1 AGRICULTURA threshing floor2 (cuadro de jardín) bed, plot————————1 (tiempo) era, age\era cristiana Christian era* * *noun f.* * *I IISF ( Hist) era, ageera cristiana, era de Cristo — Christian era
IIIera española, era hispánica — Spanish Era ( from 38 B.C.)
SF (Agr) [para cereales] threshing floor; [para flores] bed, plot; [para hortalizas] patcherais* * *I1) (período, época) era, age2) (Agr) threshing floorII* * *= era, epoch, age.Ex. Thus, as we stand on the threshold of what is undoubtedly a new era in catalog control, it is worth considering to what extent the traditional services of the Library will continue in the forms now available.Ex. The epoch of management inquiry and research has largely developed during this century, and many schools of thought have tried to formulate the underlying principles of management.Ex. He was a frank elitist living in an age of rampant equalitarianism.----* en la era digital = in the digital era, in the digital age.* era anterior al Cristianismo = pre-Christian era.* era cristiana, la = common era, the (C.E.).* era de la copia electrónica, la = electrocopying era, the.* era de la electrónica, la = electronic age, the.* era de la fotocopia, la = photocopying era, the.* era de la imprenta, la = print era, the.* era de la información = information era.* era de la información, la = information age, the.* era de la informática, la = computer age, the.* Era del Conocimiento, la = Knowledge Age, the.* era digital, la = digital age, the.* era moderna, la = modern era, the.* era tecnológica = technological age.* nacido antes de la era digital = digital immigrant.* nacido en la era digital = digital native.* nueva era = new age.* pasar a la era de = move into + the age of.* * *I1) (período, época) era, age2) (Agr) threshing floorII* * *= era, epoch, age.Ex: Thus, as we stand on the threshold of what is undoubtedly a new era in catalog control, it is worth considering to what extent the traditional services of the Library will continue in the forms now available.
Ex: The epoch of management inquiry and research has largely developed during this century, and many schools of thought have tried to formulate the underlying principles of management.Ex: He was a frank elitist living in an age of rampant equalitarianism.* en la era digital = in the digital era, in the digital age.* era anterior al Cristianismo = pre-Christian era.* era cristiana, la = common era, the (C.E.).* era de la copia electrónica, la = electrocopying era, the.* era de la electrónica, la = electronic age, the.* era de la fotocopia, la = photocopying era, the.* era de la imprenta, la = print era, the.* era de la información = information era.* era de la información, la = information age, the.* era de la informática, la = computer age, the.* Era del Conocimiento, la = Knowledge Age, the.* era digital, la = digital age, the.* era moderna, la = modern era, the.* era tecnológica = technological age.* nacido antes de la era digital = digital immigrant.* nacido en la era digital = digital native.* nueva era = new age.* pasar a la era de = move into + the age of.* * *era1A (período, época) era, agela era cristiana the Christian erala era atómica/espacial the atomic/space ageel año 210 de nuestra era the year 210 AD, the year of our Lord 210B ( Agr) threshing floor* * *
Del verbo ser: ( conjugate ser)
era es:
1ª persona singular (yo) imperfecto indicativo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperfecto indicativo
Multiple Entries:
era
ser
era sustantivo femenino (período, época) era, age
ser ( conjugate ser) cópula
1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;
es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf;
es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic;
era cierto it was true;
sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still;
que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy;
(+ me/te/le etc)
ver tb imposible, difícil etc
2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be;
es viuda she's a widow;
ver tb estar 1 cópula 2
3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be;
ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me
4 (con predicado introducido por `de'):
soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba;
es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors';
no soy de aquí I'm not from around here
5 (hipótesis, futuro):
¿será cierto? can it be true?
verbo intransitivo
1
b) (liter) ( en cuentos):◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …
2a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):
¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?b) ( en preguntas):◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;
¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq);
¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us?
3 ( sumar):◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;
son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos;
somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether
4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) era para algo to be for sth;
( en locs)
¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq);
como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what;
hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done;
el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever;
puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like;
de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml);
¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!;
es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?;
es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim;
lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something;
estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes;
o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago;
o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested;
o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out;
(ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …;
sea como sea at all costs;
sea cuando sea whenever it is;
sea donde sea no matter where;
sea quien sea whoever it is;
si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for …
( en el tiempo) to be;◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;
serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived;
ver tb v impers
era v impers to be;
era v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be;
fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900
■ sustantivo masculino
1
◊ era humano/vivo human/living beingb) (individuo, persona):
2 ( naturaleza):
era f (periodo) age, era
la era de la informática, the age of the computer
ser
I sustantivo masculino
1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
ser humano, human being
ser vivo, living being
2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
II verbo intransitivo
1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
ya es la una, it's one o'clock
3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people
(al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas
Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes
(adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave
♦ Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
como sea, anyhow
de no ser por..., had it not been for
es más, furthermore
es que..., it's just that...
lo que sea, whatever
o sea, that is (to say)
sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit
' era' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afán
- agrado
- anterioridad
- antesala
- cajón
- calentar
- coherencia
- confidente
- conflictiva
- conflictivo
- conmovedor
- conmovedora
- débil
- deprimente
- desalentador
- desalentadora
- descubrir
- destino
- desvaído
- desventura
- dueña
- dueño
- dura
- duro
- elocuente
- ser
- eslabón
- espanto
- estafador
- estafadora
- faceta
- faltar
- fiel
- forzada
- forzado
- fragosa
- fragoso
- gracia
- graduación
- hábil
- imperiosa
- imperioso
- indicada
- indicado
- inicialmente
- instante
- mamarrachada
- menos
- moral
- ninguna
English:
acknowledge
- acknowledgement
- advantageous
- anguish
- approximate
- astonishing
- attractive
- baby
- blatant
- blatantly
- blunt
- bumpkin
- bushy
- businesslike
- butt
- calculated
- conceited
- conduct
- conjecture
- consequence
- constant
- consternation
- crime
- cute
- dawn
- day
- deceive
- definitely
- disappointment
- disobedience
- dissatisfaction
- docile
- domineering
- drab
- epoch
- era
- erratic
- evident
- featureless
- figment
- flabby
- flair
- folly
- forgetful
- formidable
- fraud
- full-length
- genuine
- glaringly
- grief
* * *era2 nf[periodo] era;la era postindustrial the postindustrial era o age;vivimos en la era de la informática we are living in the computer age;en el año 500 de nuestra era in 500 ADera atómica atomic age;era cristiana Christian era;era espacial space age;era geológica geological era;era glacial ice ageera3 nf[para trillar] threshing floor* * *f era* * *era nfedad, época: era, age* * *era n era / age -
72 mudo
adj.1 dumb, muted, tongue-tied, speechless.2 mute, silent, mum.3 dumb, unable to speak.4 mute, voiceless, surd, silent.5 soundless, songless.f. & m.mute, dumb person, person incapable of speech, person who cannot speak.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mudar.* * *► adjetivo1 (por defecto) dumb; (por voluntad) silent, quiet2 CINEMATOGRAFÍA silent3 (vocal, consonante) mute► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 dumb person\estar mudo,-a to be dumbmudo,-a de asombro dumbfoundedquedarse mudo,-a to be left speechless* * *(f. - muda)adj.1) dumb2) mute* * *ADJ1) (Med) dumb, mute frmes mudo de nacimiento — he was born dumb o frm mute
2) (=callado) silent, mutesufrió con resignación muda — he suffered with silent o mute resignation
no podemos permanecer mudos ante lo que está ocurriendo — we cannot remain silent in the face of what is happening
ser testigo mudo de algo — to stand in mute witness o testimony to sth
quedarse mudo de asombro — to be left speechless, be dumbfounded
quedarse mudo de envidia — Esp to be green with envy
3) (Ling) [letra] mute, silent; [consonante] voiceless4) [película] silent5)papel mudo — (Teat) walk-on part
* * *I- da adjetivoa) (Med) dumb, muteb) < letra> silent, muteII- da masculino, femenino mute* * *= mute, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.].Ex. The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.Ex. This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.----* quedarse mudo = be speechless, be gobsmacked.* * *I- da adjetivoa) (Med) dumb, muteb) < letra> silent, muteII- da masculino, femenino mute* * *= mute, dumb [dumber -comp., dumbest -sup.].Ex: The young librarian was not accustomed to seeing the head of reference red-faced with mute anger or the head of technical services mumbling uncontrollably to himself.
Ex: This thesaurus contains a number of wretched, insensitive cross-references, like from dumb to DEAF, and from Feeble minded, Imbecility, and Morons to MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.* quedarse mudo = be speechless, be gobsmacked.* * *1 ( Med) dumb, mutees mudo de nacimiento he was born mute, he's been dumb o mute from birthse quedó mudo de asombro he was dumbfoundedse quedó mudo de emoción he was speechless with emotion2 ‹letra› silent, mutemasculine, femininemute, dumb person* * *
Del verbo mudar: ( conjugate mudar)
mudo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
mudó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
mudar
mudo
mudar ( conjugate mudar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( cambiar):◊ las serpientes mudan de piel snakes slough off o shed their skin;
cuando mudó de voz when his voice broke
2 (Méx) ( cambiar los dientes) to lose one's milk teeth
verbo transitivo
1 ‹bebé/sábanas› to change
2 (Zool) ‹piel/plumas› to molt, shed
mudarse verbo pronominal
mudo◊ -da adjetivo
se quedó mudo de asombro he was dumbfounded
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
mute
mudar verbo transitivo
1 (ropa, pañales) to change
2 Zool to shed
mudo,-a
I adjetivo
1 (que no habla) dumb
2 fig (sin palabras) speechless, dumbstruck: estaba mudo de asombro, he was speechless with amazement
3 (letra, cine) mute, silent
II sustantivo masculino y femenino mute
' mudo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cine
- muda
- nacimiento
- mudar
English:
dumb
- dumbfounded
- dumbstruck
- move out
- mute
- silent
- speechless
- strike
* * *mudo, -a♦ adj1. [sin habla] mute, dumb;es mudo de nacimiento he was born mute2. [callado] silent, mute;fue mudo testigo del asesinato she was a silent witness to the murder;se quedó mudo he was left speechless;me quedé mudo de terror I was speechless o I was struck dumb with fright3. [sin sonido] silent;cine mudo silent films4. [letra] silent♦ nm,fdumb person, mute* * *adj1 persona mute2 letra silent* * *mudo, -da adj1) silencioso: silentel cine mudo: silent films2) : mute, dumbmudo, -da n: mute* * *mudo1 adj1. (persona) dumb2. (cine, letra) silentmudo2 n dumb person -
73 इल् _il
इल् 6 P. (इलति, इयेल, ऐलीत्, एलितुम्, इलित) or 1 U. (इलयति or एलयति, ऐलयीत् or ऐलिलत्)1 To go, to move.-2 To sleep.-3 To throw, send, cast.-4 To keep still, not to move.-5 To become quiet. [cf. Germ. Eile, Gr. elao]. -
74 proposer
proposer [pʀɔpoze]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. ( = suggérer) to suggestb. ( = offrir) to offer2. reflexive verba. ( = offrir ses services) to offer one's servicesb. ( = envisager) [+ but, tâche] to set o.s.* * *pʀɔpoze
1.
1) ( suggérer) to suggest2) ( offrir) to offer‘que veux-tu manger?’ - ‘qu'est-ce que tu me proposes?’ — ‘what would you like to eat?’ - ‘what is there?’
3) ( soumettre) to put forward [solution, mesure]; to propose [stratégie, projet]4) ( à un examen) to set [sujet]
2.
se proposer verbe pronominal1) ( être volontaire)2) ( avoir l'intention)* * *pʀɔpoze vt1) (= suggérer) to suggestNous lui avons proposé une promenade en bateau. — We suggested going on a boat ride to him.
2) (= offrir) to offerIls m'ont proposé des chocolats. — They offered me some chocolates.
3) [candidat] to nominate, put forward, [loi, motion] to propose* * *proposer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( suggérer) to suggest [réunion, débat, solution, promenade]; je propose qu'on aille se promener I suggest we take a walk; ⇒ Dieu;2 ( offrir) to offer [aide, argent] (à qn to sb); Tourisme, Pub to offer [stage, excursion]; on m'a proposé un poste intéressant I've been offered an interesting job; ‘que veux-tu manger?’-‘qu'est-ce que tu me proposes?’ ‘what would you like to eat?’-‘what is there?’; ‘nous vous proposons de dîner aux chandelles’ ‘enjoy a candlelight supper’; je te propose de travailler avec nous why don't you come and work with us?; proposer un bébé à l'adoption to put a child up for adoption;3 ( soumettre) to put forward [solution, mesure]; to propose [stratégie, projet]; proposer la candidature de qn to put sb's name forward as a candidate;4 ( à un examen) to set [sujet, question];5 to present [loi].B se proposer vpr1 ( être volontaire) se proposer pour faire to offer to do; se proposer pour peindre la cuisine to offer to paint the kitchen; je me suis proposé comme cuisinier I offered to do the cooking;[prɔpoze] verbe transitif1. [suggérer] to suggestle chef vous propose sa quiche au saumon the chef's suggestion ou recommendation is the salmon quiche[dire]asseyons-nous, proposa-t-elle let's sit down, she said2. [offrir] to offer5. ADMINISTRATION & POLITIQUE————————se proposer verbe pronominal intransitif[être volontaire] to offer one's services————————se proposer de verbe pronominal plus préposition[avoir l'intention de] to intend to -
75 ma
but( eppure) and yetma cosa dici? what are you talking about?ma va! nonsense!ma no! not at all!, of course not!* * *ma1 cong. con valore avversativo1 (contrasto diretto) but: incredibile ma vero, incredible but true; è un libro difficile ma interessante, it's a difficult but interesting book; è un bell'appartamento, ma è troppo caro, it's a lovely flat but too expensive; gli ho scritto ma non mi ha ancora risposto, I wrote to him but he hasn't replied yet; ha diversi quadri, ma neanche uno autentico, he has a lot of paintings but none of them are originals; lei accetterebbe, ma io no, she would accept, but I wouldn't; ha agito così non per timore ma per prudenza, he behaved thus not out of fear but out of caution2 (invece, solo che) but, only that: l'avrei comprato, ma non avevo i soldi, I would have bought it, but (o only that) I didn't have the money; avremmo accettato l'invito, ma avevamo un altro impegno, we would have accepted the invitation but were otherwise engaged3 (tuttavia) but, still, yet: arrivammo alla stazione in ritardo ma riuscimmo a prendere il treno, we got to the station late but were still able to catch the train; c'era un tempo pessimo ma la gita si fece ugualmente, the weather was awful, but the trip took place all the same; sarà anche onesto, ma (tuttavia) non mi fido di lui, he may be honest, but I (still) don't trust him; non credo di poterlo aiutare, ma farò il possibile, I don't think I can help him, but I'll do what I can; ''Vuoi un po' di whisky?'' ''Sì, ma pochissimo'', ''Would you like some whisky?'' ''Yes, but only a drop''; va' pure, ma torna presto, you can go, but be back soon; hai pienamente ragione ma non devi prendertela tanto!, you're quite right, but don't worry so much about it!4 (con uso rafforzativo o enfatico): è ricco, ma così ricco, he's rich but (so) rich; è stato bello, ma bello davvero, it was absolutely lovely!; il cibo era non buono ma eccellente, The food wasn't (just) good. It was excellent; ha parlato bene, ma proprio bene, he spoke well, very well indeed; gliene ha date tante, ma tante, he gave him a real good hiding // non solo... ma anche, not only... but also5 (all'inizio di frase): é una situazione insostenibile. Ma parliamo d'altro, It's an unbearable situation. But let's change the subject; ma torniamo a quanto vi stavo dicendo, But let's get back to what I was telling you; questo è vero, ma ammettendo anche che tu abbia ragione..., that's true, but even admitting you are right...; ma ti dico che l'ho visto!, but I tell you I saw him!6 (in frasi escl. o interr.; di solito in ingl. non si traduce): ma è vero?!, Is it true?; ma che dici?, what are you saying?; ma che splendida giornata!, what a lovely day!; ma che cos'hai oggi?, what's wrong with you today?; ma insomma, taci!, for heaven's sake, be quiet! // ma bravo!, (iron.) that's a clever boy! // ma davvero?, really? // ma se lo sanno tutti!, everyone knows! // ma sì!, why (o yes), of course!: ma sì che è vero!, it's true, I tell you! // ma certo!, yes, sure! // ma no!, (per esprimere meraviglia) no! (o really? o indeed?); (per esprimere forte negazione) of course not!; ma no che non lo devi dire!, you mustn't talk like that! // ma che!, ma va là!, ma via!, go on (o come off it!) // ma come? !, (per esprimere meraviglia o sdegno) how come? (o what?).ma2 inter. (per esprimere perplessità o dubbio): ''Sai che ha interrotto gli studi?'' ''Ma! chi l'avrebbe potuto immaginare!'', ''Have you heard he's dropped out of college?'' ''Well! Whoever would have thought it?''; ''Come si chiama quel tizio?'' ''Ma, chi lo sa!'', ''What's that fellow's name?'' ''Heaven knows!''; ''Dove andremo a finire?'' ''Ma!...'', ''What's the world coming to?'' ''Goodness knows!''ma3 s.m. but: andrebbe tutto bene, ma c'è un ma..., it should be all right, but there's just one problem...; con tutti i tuoi ma e se, non combinerai nulla!, with all your ifs and buts you'll never get anywhere!; deciditi, senza tanti ma e se, make up your mind, without so many ifs and buts; non c'è ma che tenga, no buts about it!* * *[ma]1. congbut, (tuttavia) yet, still, but, (comunque) howevernon solo non beve più ma ha anche smesso di fumare — he's not just given up drinking, he's stopped smoking too
hanno fatto quel che potevano ma non sono riusciti a salvarlo — they did what they could, but they couldn't save him
non se lo merita ma dovremmo cercare di capirlo — even though he doesn't deserve it, we should try to understand him
ma smettila! — give over!, stop it!
ma va'? — (dubitativo) really?, (esclamazione) surely not!
ti dispiace? — ma no! — do you mind? — of course I don't!
ma insomma, vuoi smetterla? — stop it, for heaven's sake!
2. sm inv* * *[ma] 1.1) (per esprimere opposizione) butnon arriva lunedì, ma martedì — he's not arriving on Monday but on Tuesday o he's arriving on Tuesday, not on Monday
non solo... ma anche — not only... but also
ma dai, non ti preoccupare! — come on, don't worry about it!
faceva un caldo, ma un caldo! — it was so incredibly hot!
"posso venire anch'io?" - "ma certo!" — "can I come too?" - "of course!"
3) (per esprimere indignazione, impazienza)4) (per esprimere stupore, incredulità)ma ora passiamo ad altro — and now, let's move on to something else
2.ma dimmi, lo conosci anche tu? — so you know him too?
sostantivo maschile invariabilenon ci sono né se né ma — no ifs and buts o no ifs, ands or buts
* * *ma/ma/1 (per esprimere opposizione) but; è intelligente ma pigro he's intelligent but lazy; strano ma vero strange but true; non arriva lunedì, ma martedì he's not arriving on Monday but on Tuesday o he's arriving on Tuesday, not on Monday; non solo... ma anche not only... but also2 (come rafforzativo) ma è una pazzia! but that's madness! ma dai, non ti preoccupare! come on, don't worry about it! faceva un caldo, ma un caldo! it was so incredibly hot! "posso venire anch'io?" - "ma certo!" "can I come too?" - "of course!"3 (per esprimere indignazione, impazienza) ma dove è finito? where on earth has he got to? ma vuoi stare zitto! can't you just shut up? ma guarda che faccia tosta! really! what a nerve!4 (per esprimere stupore, incredulità) ma allora mi ha mentito! so he lied to me! ma guarda un po'! fancy that! ma non mi dire! you don't say! ma no! really?5 (in apertura di frase) ma ora passiamo ad altro and now, let's move on to something else; ma dimmi, lo conosci anche tu? so you know him too?II m.inv.non c'è ma che tenga no buts about it; non ci sono né se né ma no ifs and buts o no ifs, ands or buts. -
76 ход
course, ( доменной печи) drive, driving, excursion, computation line геод., line, ( механизма) move, movement, ( шагающих балок) pitch метал., run, process, route, running, stroke, (напр. поршня) throw, trace, tracing, traverse, way* * *ход м.1. ( движение) motion, move, movementво вре́мя хо́да су́дна — while the ship is underwayна ходу́ (напр. регулировать) — (e. g., adjust) on the goсвои́м хо́дом (о судне, автомобиле и т. п.) — under its own power3. (работа, эксплуатация) operation, service, actionпуска́ть в ход — put into operation, put into service, put into actionрабо́тать на холосто́м ходу́ — idle, run idle, run without loadсодержа́ть на ходу́ (напр. машины и т. п.) — keep (e. g., machines, etc.) in operation [in service, on the go]4. ( в теплообменном устройстве) pass5. (развитие чего-л.) progress, course6. ( скорость) rate, speed7. (место, через которое проходят) passage; ( вход) entrance, entry8. (изменение или характер изменения какой-л. физической величины, как правило, в зависимости от другой) behaviour, change, dependence, variation9. геод., топ. computation course, computation line, route, traverse10. (вид движения в транспортных средствах; существует только в сочетаниях с определяющими словами):на гу́сеничном ходу́ — on tracks, tracked, track-layingна колё́сном ходу́ — on wheels, wheeledазимута́льный ход — azimuth(al) motionход амортиза́тора — travelпри хо́де растяже́ния амортиза́тора — during extension …при хо́де сжа́тия амортиза́тора — during contraction …ход бата́на текст. — path of lay, stroke of latheход без толчко́в — smooth motionбесшу́мный ход — silent [noiseless] runningход вверх — upstroke, upward [ascending] strokeход вниз — downstroke, downward [inward, descending] strokeход впу́ска двс. — suction [admission, intake, charging] strokeвременно́й ход — time dependence, time variation, variation (of smth.) with timeход вса́сывания двс. — suction [admission, charging, intake] strokeход вы́пуска двс. — outstroke, exhaust strokeвысо́тный ход физ. — altitude curve, height dependence, altitudinal variationsдвойно́й ход — double strokeход до́менной пе́чи — run [operation] of a blast furnaceход зави́симости — variation, dependenceход зави́симости, напр. x от y — plot of x as a function of y, behaviour of x with (variations in) y, variations in x with yза́дний ход — reverse movement; reverse [backward] running; ж.-д. moving back, return motion; (поршня, ползуна) back strokeза́мкнутый ход геод. — closed circuitзо́льный ход кож. — line roundход иглы́ ( распылителя в топливной аппаратуре дизелей) — needle liftход каре́тки1. вчт. carriage movement2. текст. pitch of the coilход конта́ктов — contact travelход криво́й — ( имеется в виду кривая как таковая) trend [shape, run] of a curve; (имеется в виду какая-л. физическая величина, представленная кривой):ход криво́й ано́дного то́ка в зави́симости от се́точного напряже́ния пока́зывает, что … — a plot of anode current against grid voltage shows that …, the manner in which anode current varies with grid voltage shows that …, the behaviour of anode current with (variations in) grid voltage shows that …лесоспла́вный ход — floating routeли́тниковый ход — sprueход луча́ опт. — ray path (length)стро́ить ход луча́ — set up [trace] a rayмагистра́льный ход геод. — main [primary, principal] traverseма́лый ход мор. — low [slow] speedход маши́ны — machine runningмё́ртвый ход ( зазор в механизме) — backlash, lost motion, play, free travel, slackход нагнета́ния двс. — pressure strokeнеравноме́рный ход — irregular [discontinuous, uneven] runningнивели́рный ход — line of levels, level(ling) lineобра́тный ход — reverse [return] motion; reverse [backward] running; back strokeодина́рный ход — single strokeход педа́ли авто — pedal stroke, pedal travelход педа́ли сцепле́ния, свобо́дный — clutch pedal clearance, free travel of the clutch pedalпере́дний ход — forward motion; forward running; мор. advancing, aheadingперекидно́й ход ( коксовой печи) — cross-over flueход пе́чи — run [operation, working] of a furnaceрасстро́ить ход пе́чи — disturb [upset] the operation of a furnaceход пе́чи, горя́чий — hot run of a furnaceход пе́чи, неро́вный — erratic [irregular] operation of a furnaceход пе́чи, расстро́енный — disturbed operation of a furnaceход пе́чи, ро́вный — smooth [regular] operation of a furnaceход пе́чи, сты́лый — cold working of a furnaceход пе́чи, ти́хий — slow run [slow operation] of a furnaceход пе́чи, холо́дный — cold run of a furnaceход пилообра́зного напряже́ния элк. — stroke of a sawtooth voltageход пилообра́зного напряже́ния, обра́тный элк. — return stroke of a sawtooth voltageход пилообра́зного напряже́ния, прямо́й элк. — forward stroke of a sawtooth voltageход пилообра́зного напряже́ния, рабо́чий элк. — working stroke of a sawtooth voltageход пла́вки — progress of a heatпла́вный ход — smooth runningход плу́га — plough travel, plough draughtход подве́ски — suspension movementполигонометри́ческий ход — traverse, polygon(al) [polygonometric] traverse, polygonal courseпо́лный ход мор. — full speedрабо́чий ход двс. — working [power] strokeход развё́ртки (осциллоскопа, индикатора и т. п) — sweep motionход (развё́ртки), обра́тный — retrace (motion) of the sweep, flybackход (развё́ртки), прямо́й — forward motion of the sweep, active phase of the sweep scanход расшире́ния — двс. expansion [working, combustion, firing] stroke; ( амортизатора) extensionса́мый ма́лый ход мор. — dead slow speedса́мый по́лный ход мор. — flank speedсвобо́дный ход — free (easy) running, free travel; free wheelingход сжа́тия — compression [pressure] stroke; ( рессоры или пружины) bump stroke; ( амортизатора) contractionспоко́йный ход — smooth [quiet] runningсре́дний ход мор. — half [moderate] speedсу́точный ход — day [diurnal] variationсу́точный ход магни́тного склоне́ния — diurnal changes in magnetic variaticsтеодоли́тный ход — field [theodolite] traverseто́почный ход — (furnace) flueхолосто́й ход — idle [free, light, loose, no-load] running, idle [no-load] strokeпри холосто́м хо́де эл. — at no-loadход часо́в — daily rate (of a time niece)ход часо́в, отрица́тельный — rate of losingход часо́в, положи́тельный — rate of gainingчасто́тный ход (какой-л. физической величины) — variations with frequencyперепа́д мо́щности определя́ется часто́тным хо́дом перехо́дного ослабле́ния ответви́теля — the change in power is determined by variations in the dynamic attenuation of the coupler with frequencyчасто́тный ход оши́бки — the difference in error between the limiting frequenciesчасто́тный ход усиле́ния — plot of gain as a function of frequency, frequency dependence of gain, variations in gain with frequencyшу́мный ход — noisy runningход электро́нного луча́, обра́тный — flyback, return trace, retraceгаси́ть обра́тный ход электро́нного луча́ — eliminate [suppress, blank] the flyback [return trace, retrace]ход электро́нного луча́, обра́тный по вертика́ли — vertical flybackход электро́нного луча́, обра́тный по горизонта́ли — horizontal flybackход электро́нного луча́, обра́тный по ка́дру — frame flybackход электро́нного луча́, обра́тный по строке́ — line flybackход я́коря — armature travel -
77 pass
1) transp( road) Pass m;one of the highest \passes in Europe einer der höchsten Pässe in Europa;mountain \pass [Gebirgs]pass mthat was a beautiful \pass to the centre forward das war ein gekonnter Pass zum Mittelstürmerthey had seen the aircraft flying low in a \pass over the ski resort sie hatten gesehen, wie das Flugzeug sehr tief über das Skigebiet hinwegflog; by a magician, conjuror [Hand]bewegung f;the magician made some \passes with his hands over her body der Zauberer fuhr mit der Hand mehrmals über ihren Körperto achieve grade A \passes sehr gute Noten bekommen;to get/obtain a \pass in an exam eine Prüfung bestehen;in those courses they don't grade students - they just get a \pass or fail in diesen Kursen bekommen die Studenten keine Noten, sie können nur entweder bestehen oder durchfallen;( proof of completion) Bestanden ntonly people with a \pass are allowed to enter the nuclear power station nur Personen mit einem entsprechenden Ausweis dürfen das Kernkraftwerk betreten; for a festival Eintritt m, Eintrittskarte f; for public transport [Wochen-/Monats-/Jahres-]karte f;bus \pass Busfahrkarte f (die über einen bestimmten Zeitraum gültig ist);free \pass Freikarte f;disabled people have a free \pass for the public transport system Behinderte können die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel kostenlos benutzen;why aren't you at the math class? - I've got a \pass warum bist du nicht im Matheunterricht? - ich hab eine Entschuldigungthis is a \pass - we can't get back into the hotel da haben wir uns ja was Schönes eingebrockt - wir können nicht ins Hotel zurück ( fam)to come to a pretty \pass ziemlich übel [für jdn] aussehen ( fam)it's come to a pretty \pass when you can't even have a few quiet drinks with friends wenn man nicht mal mehr in aller Ruhe mit seinen Freunden ein paar Gläschen trinken kann, dann stimmt was nicht ( fam)to reach a \pass außer Kontrolle geraten, ausufern vt1) ( go past)to \pass sb/ sth an jdm/etw vorbeikommen;if you \pass a supermarket, can you get me some milk? würdest du mir Milch mitbringen, wenn du beim Supermarkt vorbeikommst?2) ( exceed)it \passes all belief that he could have been so selfish es ist doch wirklich nicht zu fassen, dass er dermaßen selbstsüchtig sein konnte;to \pass a closing date/ sell-by date verfallen;don't buy goods which have \passed their sell-by date kauf keine Waren, deren Verfallsdatum bereits abgelaufen ist;to \pass a limit eine Grenze überschreiten;to \pass the time limit das Zeitlimit überschreiten;I'm sorry, you've \passed the time limit es tut mir leid, aber Sie haben überzogen3) ( hand to)to \pass sth to sb jdm etw [herüber]reichen;( bequeath to) jdm etw vererben;could you \pass the salt please? könnten Sie mir bitte mal das Salz [herüber]reichen?;I asked if I could see the letter, so she \passed it to me reluctantly ich fragte, ob ich den Brief mal sehen könnte, also gab sie ihn mir widerwillig;the deceased's estate was \passed to his distant relatives der Besitz des Verstorbenen fiel an seine entfernten Verwandten;Gerald \passed the note to me Gerald gab mir die Notiz;to \pass the hat [around] ( fig) den Hut herumgehen lassen;( transfer to)to be \passed to sb auf jdn übergehen;the responsibility was gradually \passed to the British government die Verantwortung wurde nach und nach der britischen Regierung übertragen4) ( put into circulation)to \pass money Geld in Umlauf bringen;I saw someone get caught trying to \pass forged five pound notes in the supermarket ich sah, wie jemand dabei erwischt wurde, als er versuchte im Supermarkt mit gefälschten Fünfpfundnoten zu bezahlen;I haven't trusted him since he \passed me a forged fiver ich trau ihm einfach nicht mehr, seit er versucht hat, mir einen gefälschten Fünfer anzudrehen ( fam)5) fball, sportsto \pass the ball to sb jdm den Ball zuspielen;the crowd were shouting at the player to \pass the basketball die Zuschauermenge schrie dem Basketballspieler zu, er solle den Ball abgeben;to \pass the baton to sb den Stab an jdn abgeben;the timing of the athletes in a relay race must be perfect to \pass the baton smoothly das Timing beim Staffellauf muss absolut stimmen, damit der Stab sauber übergeben werden kannthe cook \passed the carrots through the mixer der Koch pürierte die Karotten im Mixer;to \pass the water through the filter das Wasser durch den Filter laufen lassento \pass an exam/ a test eine Prüfung/eine Arbeit bestehen;(fig: meet requirements) eine Prüfung bestehen, gut genug sein;she \passed the oral but failed the written exam die mündliche Prüfung hat sie bestanden, aber in der schriftlichen ist sie durchgefallen;why the questions? - am I supposed to \pass some silly imaginary test? warum fragst du mich das? soll das vielleicht so eine Art Prüfung für mich sein?;to \pass muster akzeptabel sein;new teams won't be admitted to the league if their stadiums don't \pass muster neue Mannschaften werden nur dann in die Liga aufgenommen, wenn ihre Stadien auf dem erforderlichen Stand sind8) ( of time)to \pass one's days/ holiday [or (Am) vacation] / time doing sth seine Tage/Ferien/Zeit mit etw dat verbringen;it was a long train journey, but they managed to \pass three hours playing cards es war eine lange Zugfahrt, aber sie haben drei Stunden davon mit Kartenspielen herumgebracht ( fam)to \pass the time sich dat die Zeit vertreiben;I'm not very good at drawing but it helps to \pass the time ich kann zwar nicht sehr gut zeichnen, aber es ist doch ein ganz schöner Zeitvertreib;I just wanted to \pass the time of day with her, but she completely ignored me ich wollte wirklich nur kurz guten Tag sagen und ein wenig mit ihr plaudern, aber sie hat mich völlig links liegen lassento \pass sth etw verabschieden;they are hoping to \pass legislation which will forbid drivers aged under 25 to drink alcohol man hofft darauf, ein Gesetz einzuführen, das Fahrern unter 25 den Genuss von Alkohol verbieten würde;to \pass a bill/ law ein Gesetz verabschieden;to \pass a motion einen Antrag genehmigen;to \pass a resolution eine Resolution verabschieden;the restaurant was serving meat that had not been \passed as fit for human consumption in dem Restaurant wurde Fleisch serviert, das nicht für den Verzehr freigegeben war;he was \passed fit for military service er wurde für wehrdiensttauglich erklärt;the censors \passed the film as suitable for children die Zensurstelle gab den Film für Kinder freito \pass a comment einen Kommentar abgeben, sich akk äußern;to \pass a comment on sb eine Bemerkung über jdn machen;to \pass judgement [on sb/sth] [über jdn/etw] urteilen [o ein Urteil fällen];the jury at the film festival \passed judgement on the films they had seen die Jury gab beim Filmfestival ihr Urteil über die Filme ab, die sie gesehen hatte;to \pass one's opinion seine Meinung sagen;to \pass a remark eine Bemerkung machen;I heard she'd been \passing remarks about me behind my back ich hörte, dass sie hinter meinem Rücken über mich hergezogen war;to \pass sentence [on sb] law das Urteil [über jdn] fällento \pass sth etw ausscheiden;to \pass blood Blut im Stuhl/Urin haben;to \pass faeces Kot ausscheiden;to \pass urine urinieren;to \pass water Wasser lassenPHRASES:to \pass the buck [to sb/sth] (sth]) ( fam) die Verantwortung abschieben, jdm/etw den Schwarzen Peter zuschieben;the government has simply \passed the buck to the local authorities without offering any support die Regierung hat die Verantwortung ganz einfach auf die Kommunen abgewälzt, ohne ihnen irgendeine Unterstützung anzubieten vi1) ( move by) vorbeigehen, vorbeikommen;I was just \passing so I thought I'd drop in for a chat ich bin gerade vorbeigekommen und dachte, ich schau mal kurz auf ein paar Worte rein;we often \passed on the stairs wir sind uns oft im Treppenhaus begegnet;the road will \pass near the village die Straße wird nahe am Dorf vorbeiführen;the marchers \passed by without stopping die Demonstranten zogen vorüber, ohne anzuhalten;not one car \passed while I was there während ich dort war, fuhr nicht ein einziges Auto vorbei;the Queen \passed among the crowd die Königin mischte sich unter die Menge;he \passed nearby our group without even knowing we were there er lief nicht weit von unserer Gruppe entfernt vorbei, völlig ohne mitzukriegen, dass wir da waren;you'll have to \pass not far from where we'll be standing du musst sowieso ganz in der Nähe von wo wir stehen vorbei;the planes \passed noisily overhead die Flugzeuge donnerten vorbei ( fam)the bullet \passed between her shoulder blades die Kugel ging genau zwischen ihren Schulterblättern durch; ( fig)a momentary look of anxiety \passed across his face für einen kurzen Moment überschattete ein Ausdruck der Besorgnis seine Miene;to \pass unnoticed unbemerkt bleiben, überhaupt nicht auffallen;the road \passes under the railway line die Straße führt unter einer Eisenbahnbrücke hindurch2) ( enter) eintreten, hereinkommen;may I \pass? kann ich hereinkommen?;that helps prevent fats \passing into the bloodstream das verhindert, dass Fette in die Blutbahn gelangen;they shall not \pass! sie werden nicht durchkommen! (Kampfruf der Antifaschisten)3) ( go away) vergehen, vorübergehen, vorbeigehen;it'll soon \pass das geht schnell vorbei;I felt a bit nauseous, but the mood \passed mir war ein bisschen schlecht, aber es war gleich wieder vorbei4) ( change)wax \passes from solid to liquid when you heat it beim Erhitzen wird festes Wachs flüssig;the water \passes from a liquid state to a solid state when frozen Wasser wird fest, wenn es gefriert5) ( move into)gradually all these English words have \passed into the German language mit der Zeit sind all diese englischen Wörter in die deutsche Sprache eingegangen6) ( exchange)no words have \passed between us since our divorce seit unserer Scheidung haben wir kein einziges Wort miteinander gewechselt;the looks \passing between them suggested they had a very close relationship die Blicke, die sie miteinander wechselten, ließen darauf schließen, dass sie sich sehr nahe standen;greetings were always \passed between them, despite their mutual animosity obwohl sie sich gegenseitig nicht ausstehen konnten, grüßten sie sich immerhe's a good player but he should \pass more er ist ein guter Spieler, aber er sollte den Ball auch öfter einmal den anderen zuspielenafter taking his driving test four times he \passed at the fifth attempt last week nachdem er viermal durch die Fahrprüfung gefallen war, bestand er sie letzte Woche beim fünften Anlaufthe resolution was \passed unanimously die Resolution wurde einstimmig angenommen;‘motion \passed by a clear majority,’ said the speaker of the house „Antrag mit deutlicher Mehrheit angenommen“, sagte der Parlamentspräsidentthe evening \passed without any great disasters der Abend verlief ohne größere Zwischenfälle;time seems to \pass so slowly when you're in school wenn man in der Schule ist, scheint die Zeit unheimlich langsam zu vergehen;I saw that I had let a golden opportunity \pass ich merkte, dass ich eine wirklich einmalige Gelegenheit ungenutzt hatte verstreichen lassen;for a moment she thought he was going to kiss her, but the moment \passed einen kurzen Augenblick lang dachte sie, er würde sie küssen - aber dieser Moment verstrich, und nichts geschah;what's happened here? - I'll have to \pass, I don't know either was ist denn hier passiert? - fragen Sie mich nicht, ich weiß es auch nicht;\pass - I don't know the answer ich passe - ich weiß es nicht;the second contestant \passed on four questions der zweite Wettbewerbsteilnehmer musste bei vier Fragen passen;to \pass on sth auf etw akk verzichten;thanks, but I think I'll \pass on the chocolates since I'm dieting danke, aber ich verzichte lieber auf die Pralinen, weil ich eine Diät macheI really want to go to the film, but I don't think I'd \pass as 18 ich will den Film unbedingt sehen, aber die glauben mir nie, dass ich 18 bin;do you think this non-matching jacket and trousers could \pass as a suit? meinst du, ich kann diese Jacke und die Hose als Anzug anziehen, obwohl sie nicht zusammengehören?;they recruited somebody they hoped would \pass as a German in the film für den Film haben sie jemanden engagiert, von dem sie hoffen, dass er als Deutscher durchgeht -
78 arouse
1. v будить, пробуждать2. v просыпаться, пробуждаться3. v вызывать, возбуждать; пробуждать4. v возбуждать, волновать5. v вызывать половое возбуждениеСинонимический ряд:1. fire (verb) fire; kindle; spark2. move (verb) egg on; excite; galvanise; goad; impel; incite; inflame; inspire; instigate; motivate; move; prod; prompt; provoke; spur; stimulate; stir up; titillate; urge; work up3. stir (verb) animate; arise; awaken; bestir; challenge; coax; get up; rally; rouse; stir; wake; waken; whetАнтонимический ряд:alleviate; assuage; bore; calm; compose; cool; lull; mitigate; moderate; pacify; quiet; still -
79 motion
1. n ходthe gentle rolling motion of the ship made me feel sleepy — мягкое покачивание корабля убаюкивало меня
2. n телодвижение; жестan exercise in three motions — упражнение, состоящее из трёх движений
to make a motion — сделать знак, поманить
3. n муз. движение, ведение, голосоведение4. n побуждение5. n предложениеto put the motion to vote, to vote on a motion — поставить предложение на голосование
6. n юр. ходатайствоmotion in court — ходатайство, заявленное в суде
7. n действие8. n отхождение кала, стул, испражнение9. n обыкн. кал10. n спец. механизм11. n марионетка12. n представление марионеток13. v показать жестом, знаком14. v уст. внести предложениеСинонимический ряд:1. action (noun) action; course; direction; gesticulation; gesture; indication; move; sign; signal; stir; stirring2. flux (noun) flux; mobility; motility; movement3. proposal (noun) proposal; recommendation; submission; suggestion4. gesture (verb) beckon; call; flag; gesticulate; gesture; move; prompt; sign; signal; signalize; wave5. suggestion (verb) consideration; plan; proposition; suggestionАнтонимический ряд:halt; lull; quiescence; quiet; rest; stasis; stillness; stoppage -
80 stir
1. n шевеление, движение2. n помешивание, размешивание3. n суматоха, суета, переполохto make a stir — наделать шуму, произвести сенсацию; привлечь всеобщее внимание, возбудить общий интерес
4. n толчок, подталкивание5. n редк. движение6. n движение души, смутное чувство7. v шевелить, двигать8. v шевелиться, двигаться9. v мешать, помешивать, размешивать; взбалтывать10. v волновать, возбуждатьa book that stirs the soul — книга, которая волнует
11. v волноваться, возбуждаться12. n сл. тюрьма, тюряга, каталажкаСинонимический ряд:1. excitement (noun) ado; agitation; bustle; commotion; disorder; disturbance; excitement; flurry; furore; fuss; pother; rumpus; sensation; tumult; turbulence; uproar; whirl; whirlpool; whirlwind2. motion (noun) motion; move; movement; rustling; stirring3. arouse (verb) arouse; awake; bestir; challenge; kindle; prompt; rally; wake; waken; whet4. budge (verb) budge; move; shift5. cause (verb) breed; cause; engender; generate; hatch; induce; spawn; touch off6. combine (verb) admix; amalgamate; blend; combine; compound; fuse; intermingle; intermix; merge; mingle7. excite (verb) animate; awake; awaken; excite; fire; foment; incite; inspire; kindle; provoke; rouse; stimulate; wake; waken8. mix (verb) agitate; beat; disturb; mix; shake; whip; whisk9. seethe (verb) boil; bubble; churn; ferment; seethe; simmer; smolderАнтонимический ряд:quiet; settle; stifle
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