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♦ nice /naɪs/a.1 bello ( anche iron.); grazioso; attraente; amichevole; affabile; gradevole; piacevole; simpatico; cortese; gentile; premuroso: nice clothes, bei vestiti; a nice day, una bella giornata; the nice weather of early summer, il bel tempo all'inizio dell'estate; DIALOGO → - Suggesting going for a drink- There's a nice quiet pub not far from here, c'è un pub grazioso e tranquillo non lontano da qui; You're in a nice mess, sei in un bel guaio; a nice little girl, una graziosa ragazzina; DIALOGO → - New flame- She's really nice, è molto carina; a nice remark, un'osservazione gentile; You've been very nice to me, sei stato molto gentile con me; a nice fellow, un tipo simpatico; un simpaticone2 ( di bevanda, cibo, pasto, ecc.) bello; buono; gustoso; squisito: a nice steak, una bella bistecca; Will you have a nice cup of tea?, vuoi una bella tazza di tè?; What a nice cake!, che buona torta!3 delicato; difficile; sottile; fine: a nice problem, un problema delicato; a nice experiment, un esperimento difficile; a nice distinction, una distinzione sottile; a nice ear, un orecchio fine6 di gusti difficili; incontentabile; esigente; minuzioso; scrupoloso: I'm nice about my food, sono di gusti difficili nel mangiare; a nice inquiry, un'indagine minuziosa; a nice observer, un osservatore scrupoloso● (fam.) nice and…, bello…; ben…, proprio…; piacevolmente…: nice and big, bello grande; nice and easy, comodo e facile; facilmente; ( di cibo) nice and hot, bello caldo; ( d'abito, di stanza, del tempo, ecc.) nice and warm, bello caldo; ( di una persona) ben caldo □ a nice instrument, uno strumento di precisione □ nice-looking, di bell'aspetto; grazioso; attraente □ (fam.) Nice one!, bene!; bello! □ (iron.) He's a nice one to talk about fairness, proprio lui parla di correttezza □ as nice as pie, (agg.) gentilissimo; (avv.) benissimo, alla perfezione: Everything was going as nice as pie, tutto stava andando alla perfezione □ How nice to see you!, che gioia rivederti!; ( a un ospite) benvenuto! □ ( USA) Have a nice day!, buongiorno, signore (o signora, ecc.)! ( detto da un cameriere o un commesso a un cliente che esce) □ Nice to have met you, è stato un piacere conoscerla □ DIALOGO → - Arriving for a meeting- Nice to meet you, Mrs Green, piacere di conoscerla, signora Green □ DIALOGO → - In a meeting- Nice to meet you everybody, piacere di conoscervi □ (fam.) Nice work if you can get it!, mica male come lavoro!; ( per estens.) mica male l'idea!, io ci starei eccome! □ Their car is going nice and fast, la loro automobile va a meraviglia □ This stick is a nice long one, questo bastone è bello lungo □ (prov.) Nice and easy does it, bene e con calma si risolve tutto NOTA D'USO: - bello e beautiful-. -
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nice [naɪs]1. adjectivea. ( = pleasant) [person] sympathique ; [view, weather, day, thing, smile, voice] beau ( belle f) ; [holiday] agréable ; [smell, taste, meal, idea] bon• it would be nice if... ce serait bien si...• it would be nice to know what they intend to do j'aimerais bien savoir ce qu'ils ont l'intention de faire• nice to meet you! (inf) enchanté !• have a nice day! bonne journée !• did you have a nice time at the party? vous vous êtes bien amusés à la soirée ?• to say nice things about sb/sth dire du bien de qn/sur qchc. ( = respectable) [person, behaviour, expression, book, film] convenable• that's not nice! ça ne se fait pas !► nice and...• here's a nice state of affairs! c'est du joli !• you're so stupid! -- oh that's nice! ce que tu peux être stupide ! -- merci pour le compliment !• nice friends you've got! ils sont bien, tes amis !2. compounds* * *[naɪs]1) ( enjoyable) agréablenice weather isn't it? — beau temps, n'est-ce pas?
nice work if you can get it! — hum il y en a qui ont de la veine! (colloq)
2) ( attractive) gen beau/belle; [place] agréable3) ( tasty) bon/bonne4) ( kind) sympathique5) [behaviour, neighbourhood, school] comme il faut inv6) ( used ironically)••nice one! — ( in admiration) bravo!; iron il ne manquait plus que ça!
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nice [naɪs]bien ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d) beau ⇒ 1 (a) bon ⇒ 1 (a) joli ⇒ 1 (a) agréable ⇒ 1 (b) sympathique ⇒ 1 (b) gentil ⇒ 1 (c) subtil ⇒ 1 (f)(a) (expressing approval → good) bien; (→ attractive) beau (belle); (→ pretty) joli; (→ car, picture) beau (belle); (→ food) bon; (→ idea) bon; (→ weather) beau (belle);∎ they have a nice house ils ont une belle maison;∎ to taste nice avoir bon goût;∎ to smell nice sentir bon;∎ she was wearing a very nice hat elle portait un très joli chapeau;∎ she always looks nice elle est toujours bien habillée ou mise;∎ we had a nice meal on a bien mangé;∎ it's turned out nice again (weather) il fait encore beau∎ she's very nice elle est très sympa;∎ have a nice time amusez-vous bien;∎ have a nice day! bonne journée!;∎ it's nice to be back again cela fait plaisir d'être de retour;∎ (it was) nice meeting you (j'ai été) ravi de faire votre connaissance;∎ it's not a nice thing to happen to anyone ce n'est pas agréable quand ça arrive;∎ nice work! beau travail!;∎ humorous nice work if you can get it c'est un travail agréable, encore faut-il le décrocher;∎ to be nice to sb être gentil avec qn;∎ that's nice of her c'est gentil ou aimable de sa part;∎ she said some nice things elle a dit des choses gentilles ou aimables;∎ it's nice of you to say so vous êtes bien aimable de le dire;∎ he was nice enough to carry my case il a eu la gentillesse ou l'obligeance de porter ma valise(d) (respectable) bien (élevé), convenable;∎ nice people don't blow their noses at table les gens bien élevés ne se mouchent pas à table∎ he made a nice mess of the job il a fait un travail de cochon;∎ we're in a nice mess nous sommes dans de beaux draps ou un beau pétrin;∎ you're a nice one to talk! toi, tu peux parler!;∎ that's a nice way to talk (to your father)! en voilà une façon de parler (à ton père)!∎ that's a very nice point voilà une question délicate2 adverb∎ nice long holidays des vacances longues et agréables;∎ a nice cold drink une boisson bien fraîche;∎ to have a nice long nap faire une bonne sieste;∎ take it nice and easy allez-y doucement;∎ nice and warm bien chaud;∎ it's nice and warm in here il fait bon ici;∎ it's nice and cool il fait bien frais∎ to make nice (to sb) être gentil (avec qn) -
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[naɪs] adjective1) (pleasing) nett; angenehm [Stimme]; schön [Wetter]; (iron.): (disgraceful, difficult) schön; sauber (iron.)she has a nice smile — sie lächelt so nett
you're a nice one, I must say — (iron.) du bist mir vielleicht einer
be in a nice mess — (iron.) in einem schönen Schlamassel sitzen (ugs.)
nice [and] warm/fast/high — schön warm/schnell/hoch
nice-looking — gut aussehend
2) (subtle) fein [Bedeutungsunterschied]* * *2) (used jokingly: We're in a nice mess now.) schön3) (exact; precise: a nice sense of timing.) genau•- academic.ru/49825/nicely">nicely- nicety
- to a nicety* * *[naɪs]I. adjdid you have a \nice holiday? war es schön im Urlaub?it's far \nicer here than anywhere else I've lived es ist viel schöner hier als irgendwo sonst, wo ich vorher gewohnt habe\nice talking to you, but I must be off now es war nett mit dir zu reden, aber jetzt muss ich wegit's \nice that you're staying here after all es ist schön, dass du trotz allem hierbleibst\nice to meet you! es freut mich, Sie/dich kennenzulernen!a \nice neighbourhood eine freundliche Gegend\nice weather schönes Wetter\nice work ( approv fam) gute [o saubere] Arbeit2. (amiable) nett, freundlichit was very \nice of you to drive her home es war sehr nett von dir, sie nach Hause zu fahrenI made a \nice mess of the job, and felt very embarrassed ich habe die Sache ganz schön vermasselt und es war mir äußerst peinlich3. (subtle) fein\nice distinction feine Unterscheidung4. (intensifier) schön\nice and big/long/warm schön groß/lang/warm5.▶ \nice guys finish last Nettigkeit zahlt sich nicht aus▶ \nice work if you can get it das würde ich mir auch gefallen lassenII. adv sorgfältigto talk \nice and clearly deutlich und langsam sprechen* * *[naɪs]adj (+er)1) nett; person, ways, voice nett, sympathisch; (= nice-looking) girl, dress, looks etc nett, hübsch; weather schön, gut; taste, smell, meal, whisky gut; warmth, feeling, car schön; food gut, lecker; (= skilful) workmanship, work gut, schön, feinbe a nice girl and... —
he always tries to be Mr Nice Guy — er will sich immer bei allen beliebt machen
have a nice day! (esp US) — schönen Tag noch!
it's ( so) nice to meet you at last/to see you again — es freut mich (sehr), Sie endlich (persönlich) kennenzulernen/Sie wieder zu treffen
it's been nice meeting you — ich habe mich gefreut, Sie kennenzulernen
I had a nice rest —
it's nice to be needed — es ist schön, gebraucht zu werden
how nice of you to... — wie nett or lieb von Ihnen, zu...
he has a nice taste in ties — er hat einen guten Geschmack, was Krawatten angeht
2) (intensifier) schöna nice long bath — ein schönes, langes Bad
nice and warm/near/quickly — schön warm/nahe/schnell
not a nice word/district/book — gar kein schönes Wort/Viertel/Buch
here's a nice state of affairs! — das sind ja schöne or nette Zustände!
you're in a nice mess — du sitzt schön im Schlamassel (inf)
that's a nice way to talk to your mother — das ist ja eine schöne Art, mit deiner Mutter zu sprechen, wie sprichst du denn mit deiner Mutter?
5) (= subtle) distinction, shade of meaning fein, genauoverly nice distinctions — überfeine or subtile Unterscheidungen
* * *1. fein, zart2. fein, lecker (Speise etc)3. nett, freundlich, lieb ( alle:to sb zu jemandem)4. nett, hübsch, schön (alle auch iron):nice weather schönes Wetter;a nice mess iron eine schöne Bescherung;nice and fat schön fett;nice and warm hübsch oder schön warm5. heikel, wählerisch ( beide:about in dat)6. fein, scharf, genau:a nice distinction ein feiner Unterschied;nice judg(e)ment feines Urteilsvermögen;have a nice ear ein scharfes Ohr haben7. (peinlich) genau, sorgfältig, gewissenhaft8. fig heikel, kitzlig, schwierig:a nice question eine heikle Fragenot a nice song ein unanständiges Lied* * *[naɪs] adjective1) (pleasing) nett; angenehm [Stimme]; schön [Wetter]; (iron.): (disgraceful, difficult) schön; sauber (iron.)you're a nice one, I must say — (iron.) du bist mir vielleicht einer
be in a nice mess — (iron.) in einem schönen Schlamassel sitzen (ugs.)
nice to meet you — freut mich, Sie kennen zu lernen
nice [and] warm/fast/high — schön warm/schnell/hoch
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[naɪs] adjective1) (pleasing) nett; angenehm [Stimme]; schön [Wetter]; (iron.): (disgraceful, difficult) schön; sauber (iron.)she has a nice smile — sie lächelt so nett
you're a nice one, I must say — (iron.) du bist mir vielleicht einer
be in a nice mess — (iron.) in einem schönen Schlamassel sitzen (ugs.)
nice [and] warm/fast/high — schön warm/schnell/hoch
nice-looking — gut aussehend
2) (subtle) fein [Bedeutungsunterschied]* * *2) (used jokingly: We're in a nice mess now.) schön3) (exact; precise: a nice sense of timing.) genau•- academic.ru/49825/nicely">nicely- nicety
- to a nicety* * *[naɪs]I. adjdid you have a \nice holiday? war es schön im Urlaub?it's far \nicer here than anywhere else I've lived es ist viel schöner hier als irgendwo sonst, wo ich vorher gewohnt habe\nice talking to you, but I must be off now es war nett mit dir zu reden, aber jetzt muss ich wegit's \nice that you're staying here after all es ist schön, dass du trotz allem hierbleibst\nice to meet you! es freut mich, Sie/dich kennenzulernen!a \nice neighbourhood eine freundliche Gegend\nice weather schönes Wetter\nice work ( approv fam) gute [o saubere] Arbeit2. (amiable) nett, freundlichit was very \nice of you to drive her home es war sehr nett von dir, sie nach Hause zu fahrenI made a \nice mess of the job, and felt very embarrassed ich habe die Sache ganz schön vermasselt und es war mir äußerst peinlich3. (subtle) fein\nice distinction feine Unterscheidung4. (intensifier) schön\nice and big/long/warm schön groß/lang/warm5.▶ \nice guys finish last Nettigkeit zahlt sich nicht aus▶ \nice work if you can get it das würde ich mir auch gefallen lassenII. adv sorgfältigto talk \nice and clearly deutlich und langsam sprechen* * *[naɪs]adj (+er)1) nett; person, ways, voice nett, sympathisch; (= nice-looking) girl, dress, looks etc nett, hübsch; weather schön, gut; taste, smell, meal, whisky gut; warmth, feeling, car schön; food gut, lecker; (= skilful) workmanship, work gut, schön, feinbe a nice girl and... —
he always tries to be Mr Nice Guy — er will sich immer bei allen beliebt machen
have a nice day! (esp US) — schönen Tag noch!
it's ( so) nice to meet you at last/to see you again — es freut mich (sehr), Sie endlich (persönlich) kennenzulernen/Sie wieder zu treffen
it's been nice meeting you — ich habe mich gefreut, Sie kennenzulernen
I had a nice rest —
it's nice to be needed — es ist schön, gebraucht zu werden
how nice of you to... — wie nett or lieb von Ihnen, zu...
he has a nice taste in ties — er hat einen guten Geschmack, was Krawatten angeht
2) (intensifier) schöna nice long bath — ein schönes, langes Bad
nice and warm/near/quickly — schön warm/nahe/schnell
not a nice word/district/book — gar kein schönes Wort/Viertel/Buch
here's a nice state of affairs! — das sind ja schöne or nette Zustände!
you're in a nice mess — du sitzt schön im Schlamassel (inf)
that's a nice way to talk to your mother — das ist ja eine schöne Art, mit deiner Mutter zu sprechen, wie sprichst du denn mit deiner Mutter?
5) (= subtle) distinction, shade of meaning fein, genauoverly nice distinctions — überfeine or subtile Unterscheidungen
* * ** * *[naɪs] adjective1) (pleasing) nett; angenehm [Stimme]; schön [Wetter]; (iron.): (disgraceful, difficult) schön; sauber (iron.)you're a nice one, I must say — (iron.) du bist mir vielleicht einer
be in a nice mess — (iron.) in einem schönen Schlamassel sitzen (ugs.)
nice to meet you — freut mich, Sie kennen zu lernen
nice [and] warm/fast/high — schön warm/schnell/hoch
2) (subtle) fein [Bedeutungsunterschied]* * *adj.fein adj.freundlich adj.hübsch adj.lieb adj.nett adj. -
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1) (pleasant; agreeable: nice weather; a nice person.) amable, simpático2) (used jokingly: We're in a nice mess now.) bonito3) (exact; precise: a nice sense of timing.) preciso•- nicely- nicety
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nice adj1. bonito / guapothat's a nice dress! ¡qué vestido más bonito!2. agradable / bueno3. simpático / amable / majowhat a nice man! ¡qué hombre más simpático!tr[niːs]1 Niza1) refined: pulido, refinado2) subtle: fino, sutil3) pleasing: agradable, bueno, lindonice weather: buen tiempo4) respectable: bueno, decente5)nice and : bien, muynice and hot: bien calientenice and slow: despacitoadj.• agraciado, -a adj.• agradable adj.• amable adj.• ameno, -a adj.• bonito, -a adj.• bueno, -a adj.• curro, -a adj.• fino, -a adj.• lindo, -a adj.• majo, -a adj.• mono, -a adj.• refinado, -a adj.• simpático, -a adj.naɪsadjective nicer, nicest1)a) (kind, amiable) amable; ( kind-hearted) bueno; ( friendly) simpáticohe's a very nice person — es muy buena persona, es muy majo (Esp fam)
to be nice ABOUT something: it was entirely our fault, but he was very nice about it fue todo por culpa nuestra, pero él estuvo muy comprensivo; to be nice TO somebody ser* amable con alguien, tratar bien a alguien; how nice of you to ask us — muchas gracias por invitarnos
b) (attractive, appealing) <place/dress/face> bonito, lindo (esp AmL); < food> bueno, ricoyou look very nice today! — ( to a woman) estás muy guapa or bonita hoy!, estás or te ves muy linda hoy! (AmL); ( to a man) estás muy guapo hoy!, estás or te ves muy buen mozo hoy! (AmL)
c) ( enjoyable) <walk/surprise> agradable, lindo (esp AmL)(it was) nice meeting you — me alegro de haberlo conocido, encantado
her apartment is nice and sunny — tiene un apartamento muy or de lo más soleado
3) (respectable, decent)4) ( skilful) <move/shot/job> buenonice work! — así me gusta!, bien hecho!
5) (fine, subtle) <distinction/point/detail> sutil, fino[naɪs]ADJ (compar nicer) (superl nicest)1) (=pleasant) [book, holiday, evening] bueno, agradable, lindo (LAm); [weather] bueno; [food, aroma] ricoit was nice to see you — me ha alegrado mucho verte, fue un placer verte frm
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it's not a very nice day, is it? — (weather-wise) no hace un día muy bueno, ¿verdad?did you have a nice day? — (at work) ¿qué tal te fue el día?; (on trip) ¿lo pasaste bien?
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it's a nice idea, but... — es buena idea, pero...•
it would be nice if you came too — me gustaría que tú también vinieses•
nice one! * — also iro ¡estupendo!, ¡genial! *•
it smells nice — huele bien•
it doesn't taste at all nice — no sabe nada bien•
did you have a nice time at the party? — ¿te lo pasaste bien en la fiesta?2) (=likeable) simpático, majo *, buena gente *he's a really nice guy — es muy simpático, es muy majo (Sp) *, es muy buena gente (LAm) *
3) (=kind) amable•
he was very nice about it — se mostró or (LAm) se portó muy amable al respecto•
it was nice of you to help us — fuiste muy amable ayudándonos•
to say nice things about sb — hablar bien de algn•
to be nice to sb — ser amable con algn, tratar bien a algn4) (=attractive) [person] guapo, lindo (LAm); [thing, place, house] bonito, lindo (LAm)nice car! — ¡vaya coche!, ¡qué auto más lindo! (LAm)
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you look nice! — ¡qué guapa estás!, ¡qué bien te ves! (LAm)5) (=polite) fino, educadothat's not nice — eso no está bien, eso no se hace
nice girls don't smoke — las chicas finas or bien educadas no fuman
6) (emphatic) bien•
it's nice and warm here — aquí hace un calorcito muy agradable7) iro (=not nice)that's a nice thing to say! — ¡hombre, muy amable!
nice friends you've got, they've just walked off with my radio — vaya amigos que tienes or menudos amigos tienes, acaban de llevarse mi radio
here's a nice state of affairs! — ¡dónde hemos ido a parar!
8) (=subtle) [distinction, point] sutil; [judgment] acertado9) frm (=fastidious) remilgado* * *[naɪs]adjective nicer, nicest1)a) (kind, amiable) amable; ( kind-hearted) bueno; ( friendly) simpáticohe's a very nice person — es muy buena persona, es muy majo (Esp fam)
to be nice ABOUT something: it was entirely our fault, but he was very nice about it fue todo por culpa nuestra, pero él estuvo muy comprensivo; to be nice TO somebody ser* amable con alguien, tratar bien a alguien; how nice of you to ask us — muchas gracias por invitarnos
b) (attractive, appealing) <place/dress/face> bonito, lindo (esp AmL); < food> bueno, ricoyou look very nice today! — ( to a woman) estás muy guapa or bonita hoy!, estás or te ves muy linda hoy! (AmL); ( to a man) estás muy guapo hoy!, estás or te ves muy buen mozo hoy! (AmL)
c) ( enjoyable) <walk/surprise> agradable, lindo (esp AmL)(it was) nice meeting you — me alegro de haberlo conocido, encantado
her apartment is nice and sunny — tiene un apartamento muy or de lo más soleado
3) (respectable, decent)4) ( skilful) <move/shot/job> buenonice work! — así me gusta!, bien hecho!
5) (fine, subtle) <distinction/point/detail> sutil, fino -
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(to have or keep (something) in case or until it is needed: If you go to America please keep some money in reserve for your fare home.) tener algo de reserva, guardar algohave vb1. tenerdo you have a video? ¿tienes vídeo?2. tomar3. haberhave you read Don Quixote? ¿has leído Don Quijote?have you had your hair cut? ¿te has cortado el pelo?Esta construcción se emplea cuando no eres tú quien hace algo, sino que pagas a alguien para que te lo hagato have lunch almorzar / comerto have a swim bañarse / nadartr[hæv]1 (posess) tener, poseer■ will you have a brandy? ¿quieres tomar un coñac?■ to have breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner desayunar/comer/merendar/cenar3 (cigarette) fumar■ how many cigarettes have you had today? ¿cuántos cigarros has fumado hoy?4 (shower, bath, etc) tomar■ when she got home she had a shower cuando llegó a casa se dio una ducha, cuando llegó a casa se duchó■ have you had a wash and a shave? ¿te has lavado y afeitado?5 (treatment) recibir6 (illness) tener7 (experience) tener■ I had a scare tuve un susto, me asusté■ have a good time! ¡divertíos!, ¡pasadlo bien!8 (receive, invite) recibir, invitar9 (borrow) pedir prestado, dejar■ can I have your book for a second, please? ¿me dejas tu libro un segundo, por favor?■ are you going to have a party for your birthday? ¿vas a hacer una fiesta para tu cumpleaños?11 (according to) según■ rumour has it that... corre el rumor de que...12 (baby) tener, dar a luz13 (cause to happen) hacer, mandar14 (allow) permitir, consentir■ if you paid £200 pounds for that you were had si has pagado doscientas libras por eso te han timado1 haber\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLhad better más vale quehave got SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL tenerto have done with acabar conto have had it (broken) estar hecho,-a polvo, estar fastidiado,-a 2 (in trouble) haberlo,-a cagado,-a 3 (finished) estar acabado,-a■ this radio's had it, I'll have to get a new one esta radio está en las últimas, tendré que comprar una nueva■ your dad's seen you, you've had it now! te ha visto tu padre, ¡la has cagado!■ if this scandal gets out he's had it as an MP si la gente se entera de este escándalo, se han acabado sus días de diputadoto have it away / have it off taboo echar un polvoto have it in for somebody tenerla tomada con alguiento have it out with somebody ajustar las cuentas con alguiento have it over and done with acabar algo de una vez y para siempreto have just acabar deto have somebody over to one's house / have somebody round to one's house invitar a alguien a casato have somebody up for something SMALLLAW/SMALL llevar a alguien ante los tribunales por algo, procesar a alguien por algoto have something on tener algo planeado, tener algo que hacerto have something on somebody tener información comprometedora sobre alguien, saber algo comprometedor acerca de alguiento have to tener que, haber deto have to do with tener que ver conhave ['hæv,] in sense 3 as an auxiliary verb usu ['hæf] v, had ['hæd] ; having ; has ['hæz,] in sense 3 as an auxiliary verb usu ['hæs] vt1) possess: tenerdo you have change?: ¿tienes cambio?2) experience, undergo: tener, experimentar, sufrirI have a toothache: tengo un dolor de muelas3) include: tener, incluirApril has 30 days: abril tiene 30 días4) consume: comer, tomar5) receive: tener, recibirhe had my permission: tenía mi permiso6) allow: permitir, dejarI won't have it!: ¡no lo permitiré!7) hold: hacerto have a party: dar una fiestato have a meeting: convocar una reunión8) hold: tenerhe had me in his power: me tenía en su poder9) bear: tener (niños)she had a dress made: mandó hacer un vestidoto have one's hair cut: cortarse el pelohave v aux1) : habershe has been very busy: ha estado muy ocupadaI've lived here three years: hace tres años que vivo aquíyou've finished, haven't you?: ha terminado, ¿no?3)to have to : deber, tener quewe have to leave: tenemos que salirexpr.• merecer v.expr.• tener algo en mente expr.v.(§ p.,p.p.: had) = contener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• poseer v.• tener v.(§pres: tengo, tienes...tenemos) pret: tuv-fut/c: tendr-•)v.• haber v.(§pres: he, has...) subj: hay-pret: hub-fut/c: habr-•)hæv, weak forms həv, əv
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2) ( possess) tener*I have o (esp BrE) I've got two cats — tengo dos gatos
I don't have o (esp BrE) haven't got any money — no tengo dinero
do you have a car? - no, I don't o (esp BrE) have you got a car? - no, I haven't — ¿tienes coche? - no (, no tengo)
3) (hold, have at one's disposal) tener*look out, he's got a gun! — cuidado! tiene una pistola or está armado!
how much money do you have o (esp BrE) have you got on you? — ¿cuánto dinero tienes or llevas encima?
can I have a sheet of paper? — ¿me das una hoja de papel?
may I have your name? — ¿me dice su nombre?
could I have your Sales Department, please? — ( on phone) ¿me comunica or (Esp tb) me pone or (CS tb) me da con el departamento de ventas, por favor?
I have it!, I've got it! — ya lo tengo!, ya está, ya está!
all right: have it your own way! — está bien! haz lo que quieras!
what have we here? — ¿y esto?
to have something to + inf — tener* algo que + inf
4)a) ( receive) \<\<letter/news\>\> tener*, recibircould we have some silence, please? — (hagan) silencio, por favor
we have it on the best authority that... — sabemos de buena fuente que...
rumoradition has it that... — corre el rumor de que.../según la tradición...
to have had it — (colloq)
I've had it — ( I'm in trouble) estoy frito (AmL), me la he cargado (Esp fam); ( I've lost my chance) la he fastidiado (fam)
I've had it up to here with your complaining — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de tus quejas (fam)
to have it in for somebody — (colloq) tenerle* manía or tirria a alguien (fam)
to let somebody have it — (sl) ( attack - physically) darle* su merecido a alguien; (- verbally) cantarle las cuarenta a alguien (fam), poner* a alguien verde (Esp fam)
b) ( obtain) conseguir*they were the best/only seats to be had — eran los mejores/únicos asientos que había
I'll have a kilo of tomatoes, please — ¿me da or (Esp) me pone un kilo de tomates, por favor?
5) ( consume) \<\<steak/spaghetti\>\> comer, tomar (Esp); \<\<champagne/beer\>\> tomarto have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo
to have breakfast/dinner — desayunar/cenar, comer (AmL)
to have lunch — almorzar* or (esp Esp, Méx) comer
what are we having for dinner? — ¿qué hay de cena?
we had too much to drink — bebimos or (AmL tb) tomamos demasiado
6)a) (experience, undergo) \<\<accident\>\> tener*did you have good weather? — ¿te (or les etc) hizo buen tiempo?
have a nice day! — adiós! que le (or te etc) vaya bien!
I had an injection — me pusieron or me dieron una inyección
he had a heart transplant/an X ray — le hicieron un trasplante de corazón/una radiografía
she had a heart attack — le dio un ataque al corazón or un infarto
b) ( organize) \<\<party\>\> hacer*, dar*c) ( suffer from) \<\<cancer/diabetes/flu\>\> tener*to have a cold — estar* resfriado
he's got a headache/sore throat — le duele la cabeza/la garganta, tiene dolor de cabeza/garganta
7) ( look after) tener*8) ( give birth to) \<\<baby\>\> tener*9) (colloq)a) (catch, get the better of)they almost had him, but he managed to escape — casi lo agarran or atrapan, pero logró escaparse
you've been had! — te han timado or engañado!
10) (causative use)we'll have it clean in no time — enseguida lo limpiamos or lo dejamos limpio
he had them all laughing/in tears — los hizo reír/llorar a todos
to have somebody + INF: I'll have her call you back as soon as she arrives le diré or pediré que lo llame en cuanto llegue; I'll have you know, young man, that I... para que sepa, jovencito, yo...; to have something + PAST P: we had it repaired lo hicimos arreglar, lo mandamos (a) arreglar (AmL); to have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo
to have something + INF/+ PAST P: I've had three lambs die this week se me han muerto tres corderos esta semana; he had his bicycle stolen — le robaron la bicicleta
12)a) ( allow) (with neg) tolerar, consentir*I won't have it! — no lo consentiré or toleraré!
b) (accept, believe) aceptar, creer*she wouldn't have it — no lo quiso aceptar or creer
13) (indicating state, position) tener*you have o (BrE) you've got your belt twisted — tienes el cinturón torcido
2.
1) v aux2) (used to form perfect tenses) haber*I have/had seen her — la he/había visto
I have/had just seen her — la acabo/acababa de ver, recién la vi/la había visto (AmL)
have you been waiting long? — ¿hace mucho que esperas?, ¿llevas mucho rato esperando?
had I known that o if I'd known that... — si hubiera sabido que..., de haber sabido que...
when he had finished, she... — cuando terminó or (liter) cuando hubo terminado, ella...
3)a) ( in tags)you've been told, haven't you? — te lo han dicho ¿no? or ¿no es cierto? or ¿no es verdad?
you haven't lost the key, have you? — no habrás perdido la llave...!
b) ( elliptical use)you may have forgiven him, but I haven't — puede que tú lo hayas perdonado, pero yo no
the clock has stopped - so it has! — el reloj se ha parado - es verdad! or es cierto!
you've forgotten something - have I? — te has olvidado de algo - ¿sí?
I've told her - you haven't! — se lo he dicho - no! ¿en serio?
4) ( expressing obligation)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
I have o I've got to admit that... — tengo que reconocer que...
you don't have to be an expert to realize that — no hay que or no se necesita ser un experto para darse cuenta de eso
5) ( expressing certainty)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
you have to o you've got to be kidding! — lo dices en broma or en chiste!
•Phrasal Verbs:- have in- have off- have on- have out- have up[hæv] ( 3rd pers sing present has) (pt, pp had) When have is part of a set combination, eg have a look, have a good time, have breakfast, had better, look up the other word. For have + adverb/preposition combinations, see also the phrasal verb section of this entry.1. TRANSITIVE VERB1) (=possess) tenerhe's got or he has blue eyes — tiene los ojos azules
have you got or do you have 10p? — ¿tienes diez peniques?
have you got or do you have any brothers or sisters? — ¿tienes hermanos?
he hasn't got or he doesn't have any friends — no tiene amigos
I've got or I have a friend staying next week — tengo a un amigo en casa la semana que viene
Don't translate the [a] in sentences like [has he got a girlfriend?], [I haven't got a washing-machine] if the number of such items is not significant since people normally only have one at a time:I've got or I have an idea — tengo una idea
Do translate the [a] if the person or thing is qualified:has he got a girlfriend? — ¿tiene novia?
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all or everything I have is yours — todo lo que tengo es tuyoyou must give it all or everything you have — tienes que emplearte a fondo
you must put all or everything you have into it — tienes que emplearte a fondo
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can I have a pencil please? — ¿me puedes dar un lápiz, por favor?•
the book has no name on it — el libro no lleva or tiene el nombre del dueñoI've got or I have no Spanish — no sé español
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to have something to do — tener algo que hacerI've got or I have nothing to do — no tengo nada que hacer
haven't you got anything to do? — ¿no tienes nada que hacer?
handy, ready 1., 1), a)•
hello, what have we here? — vaya, vaya, ¿qué tenemos aquí?2) (=eat, drink) tomar•
what are we having for lunch? — ¿que vamos a comer?•
to have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo, tomar algo•
what will you have? — ¿qué quieres tomar?, ¿qué vas a tomar?will you have some more? — ¿te sirvo más?
3) (=receive) recibir•
you can have my ticket — puedes quedarte con mi billete•
we had some help from the government — recibimos ayuda del gobierno•
I had a letter from John — tuve carta de Juan, recibí una carta de Juan•
I must have them by this afternoon — necesito tenerlos para esta tarde•
we had a lot of visitors — (at home) tuvimos muchas visitas; (at exhibition etc) tuvimos muchos visitantes4) (=obtain)they can be had for as little as £10 each — pueden conseguirse por tan solo 10 libras
there was no bread to be had — no quedaba pan en ningún sitio, no podía conseguirse pan en ningún sitio
5) (=take)I'll have a dozen eggs, please — ¿me pones una docena de huevos, por favor?
which one will you have? — ¿cuál quiere?
can I have your name please? — ¿me da su nombre, por favor?
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you can have it or I'll let you have it for £10 — te lo dejo en 10 libras, te lo puedes llevar por 10 libras, te lo vendo por 10 libras6) (=give birth to) [+ baby, kittens] tenerwhat did she have? — ¿qué ha tenido?
7) (=hold, catch) tener•
he had him by the throat — lo tenía agarrado por la garganta•
I have it on good authority that... — me consta que..., sé a ciencia cierta que..., sé de buena tinta que... *I've got it! — ¡ya!
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you have me there, there you have me — ahí sí que me has pillado *8) (=allow) consentir, tolerar•
we can't have that — eso no se puede consentir•
I won't have this nonsense — no voy a consentir or tolerar estas tonteríasI won't have it! — no lo voy a consentir or tolerar
she won't have it said that... — no consiente or tolera que digan que...
I won't have him risking his neck on that motorbike — no voy a consentir que se juegue el cuello en esa moto
9) (=spend) pasarto have a pleasant afternoon/evening — pasar una tarde agradable
have a nice day! — ¡que pases un buen día!
what sort of day have you had? — ¿qué tal día has tenido?
10) (on telephone)can I have Personnel please? — ¿me puede poner con Personal, por favor?
11) * (=have sex with) acostarse con12) (=make)to have sth done hacer que se haga algo, mandar hacer algo to have sb do sth mandar a algn hacer algohe had me do it again — me hizo hacerlo otra vez, me hizo que lo hiciese otra vez
what would you have me do? — † ¿qué quiere que haga?
to have sth happen to have sb doing sthI'll have you know that... — quiero que sepas que...
to have sth against sb/sth tener algo en contra de algn/algo to have had itshe soon had them all reading and writing — (=organized them) enseguida los puso a leer y a escribir; (=taught them) enseguida les habían enseñado a leer y a escribir
you've had it now! he knows all about it * — ¡ahora sí que te la has cargado! se ha enterado de todo
to have it thatI've had it up to here with his nonsense * — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta el moño de sus tonterías *
to be hadrumour has it that... — corre la voz de que...
to have to do with tener que ver conyou've been had! * — ¡te han engañado!
to let sb have sth (=give) dar algo a algn; (=lend) dejar algo a algn, prestar algo a algnthat's got or that has nothing to do with it! — ¡eso no tiene nada que ver!
what have youlet him have it! * — ¡dale!
would have it... and what have you —... y qué sé yo qué más
luckas ill-luck or fate would have it — desgraciadamente
2. AUXILIARY VERB1) haberhas he gone? — ¿se ha ido?
hasn't he told you? — ¿no te lo ha dicho?
had you phoned me frm or if you had phoned me I would have come round — si me hubieras llamado habría venido
never having seen it before, I... — como no lo había visto antes,...
just I, 1., 3)having finished or when he had finished, he left — cuando terminó or cuando hubo terminado, se fue
See:SINCE in sincea)"he's already eaten" - "so have I" — -él ya ha comido -yo también
"we haven't had any news yet" - "neither have we" — -no hemos tenido noticias todavía -nosotros tampoco
"you've made a mistake" - "no I haven't!" — -has cometido un error -no es verdad or cierto
"we haven't paid" - "yes we have!" — -no hemos pagado -¡qué sí!
"he's got a new job" - "oh has he?" — -tiene un trabajo nuevo -¿ah, sí?
"you've written it twice" - "so I have!" — -lo has escrito dos veces -es verdad or cierto
"have you read the book?" - "yes, I have" — -¿has leído el libro? -sí
"has he told you?" - "no, he hasn't" — -¿te lo ha dicho? -no
he hasn't done it, has he? — no lo ha hecho, ¿verdad?
you've done it, haven't you? — lo has hecho, ¿verdad? or ¿no?
you've all been there before, but I haven't — vosotros habéis estado allí antes, pero yo no
he has never met her, but I have — él no la ha llegado a conocer, pero yo sí
have you ever been there? if you have... — ¿has estado alguna vez allí? si es así...
so I, 1., norhave you tried it? if you haven't... — ¿lo has probado? (porque) si no...
3.MODAL VERB (=be obliged)I've got to or I have to finish this work — tengo que terminar este trabajo
have we got to or do we have to leave early? — ¿tenemos que salir temprano?
I haven't got to or I don't have to wear glasses — no necesito (usar) gafas
do you have to make such a noise? — ¿tienes que hacer tanto ruido?
you didn't have to tell her! — ¡no tenías por qué decírselo!
does it have to be ironed? — ¿hay que plancharlo?
- have in- have off- have on- have out- have up* * *[hæv], weak forms [həv, əv]
1.
2) ( possess) tener*I have o (esp BrE) I've got two cats — tengo dos gatos
I don't have o (esp BrE) haven't got any money — no tengo dinero
do you have a car? - no, I don't o (esp BrE) have you got a car? - no, I haven't — ¿tienes coche? - no (, no tengo)
3) (hold, have at one's disposal) tener*look out, he's got a gun! — cuidado! tiene una pistola or está armado!
how much money do you have o (esp BrE) have you got on you? — ¿cuánto dinero tienes or llevas encima?
can I have a sheet of paper? — ¿me das una hoja de papel?
may I have your name? — ¿me dice su nombre?
could I have your Sales Department, please? — ( on phone) ¿me comunica or (Esp tb) me pone or (CS tb) me da con el departamento de ventas, por favor?
I have it!, I've got it! — ya lo tengo!, ya está, ya está!
all right: have it your own way! — está bien! haz lo que quieras!
what have we here? — ¿y esto?
to have something to + inf — tener* algo que + inf
4)a) ( receive) \<\<letter/news\>\> tener*, recibircould we have some silence, please? — (hagan) silencio, por favor
we have it on the best authority that... — sabemos de buena fuente que...
rumor/tradition has it that... — corre el rumor de que.../según la tradición...
to have had it — (colloq)
I've had it — ( I'm in trouble) estoy frito (AmL), me la he cargado (Esp fam); ( I've lost my chance) la he fastidiado (fam)
I've had it up to here with your complaining — estoy hasta la coronilla or hasta las narices de tus quejas (fam)
to have it in for somebody — (colloq) tenerle* manía or tirria a alguien (fam)
to let somebody have it — (sl) ( attack - physically) darle* su merecido a alguien; (- verbally) cantarle las cuarenta a alguien (fam), poner* a alguien verde (Esp fam)
b) ( obtain) conseguir*they were the best/only seats to be had — eran los mejores/únicos asientos que había
I'll have a kilo of tomatoes, please — ¿me da or (Esp) me pone un kilo de tomates, por favor?
5) ( consume) \<\<steak/spaghetti\>\> comer, tomar (Esp); \<\<champagne/beer\>\> tomarto have something to eat/drink — comer/beber algo
to have breakfast/dinner — desayunar/cenar, comer (AmL)
to have lunch — almorzar* or (esp Esp, Méx) comer
what are we having for dinner? — ¿qué hay de cena?
we had too much to drink — bebimos or (AmL tb) tomamos demasiado
6)a) (experience, undergo) \<\<accident\>\> tener*did you have good weather? — ¿te (or les etc) hizo buen tiempo?
have a nice day! — adiós! que le (or te etc) vaya bien!
I had an injection — me pusieron or me dieron una inyección
he had a heart transplant/an X ray — le hicieron un trasplante de corazón/una radiografía
she had a heart attack — le dio un ataque al corazón or un infarto
b) ( organize) \<\<party\>\> hacer*, dar*c) ( suffer from) \<\<cancer/diabetes/flu\>\> tener*to have a cold — estar* resfriado
he's got a headache/sore throat — le duele la cabeza/la garganta, tiene dolor de cabeza/garganta
7) ( look after) tener*8) ( give birth to) \<\<baby\>\> tener*9) (colloq)a) (catch, get the better of)they almost had him, but he managed to escape — casi lo agarran or atrapan, pero logró escaparse
you've been had! — te han timado or engañado!
10) (causative use)we'll have it clean in no time — enseguida lo limpiamos or lo dejamos limpio
he had them all laughing/in tears — los hizo reír/llorar a todos
to have somebody + INF: I'll have her call you back as soon as she arrives le diré or pediré que lo llame en cuanto llegue; I'll have you know, young man, that I... para que sepa, jovencito, yo...; to have something + PAST P: we had it repaired lo hicimos arreglar, lo mandamos (a) arreglar (AmL); to have one's hair cut — cortarse el pelo
to have something + INF/+ PAST P: I've had three lambs die this week se me han muerto tres corderos esta semana; he had his bicycle stolen — le robaron la bicicleta
12)a) ( allow) (with neg) tolerar, consentir*I won't have it! — no lo consentiré or toleraré!
b) (accept, believe) aceptar, creer*she wouldn't have it — no lo quiso aceptar or creer
13) (indicating state, position) tener*you have o (BrE) you've got your belt twisted — tienes el cinturón torcido
2.
1) v aux2) (used to form perfect tenses) haber*I have/had seen her — la he/había visto
I have/had just seen her — la acabo/acababa de ver, recién la vi/la había visto (AmL)
have you been waiting long? — ¿hace mucho que esperas?, ¿llevas mucho rato esperando?
had I known that o if I'd known that... — si hubiera sabido que..., de haber sabido que...
when he had finished, she... — cuando terminó or (liter) cuando hubo terminado, ella...
3)a) ( in tags)you've been told, haven't you? — te lo han dicho ¿no? or ¿no es cierto? or ¿no es verdad?
you haven't lost the key, have you? — no habrás perdido la llave...!
b) ( elliptical use)you may have forgiven him, but I haven't — puede que tú lo hayas perdonado, pero yo no
the clock has stopped - so it has! — el reloj se ha parado - es verdad! or es cierto!
you've forgotten something - have I? — te has olvidado de algo - ¿sí?
I've told her - you haven't! — se lo he dicho - no! ¿en serio?
4) ( expressing obligation)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
I have o I've got to admit that... — tengo que reconocer que...
you don't have to be an expert to realize that — no hay que or no se necesita ser un experto para darse cuenta de eso
5) ( expressing certainty)to have to + inf — tener* que + inf
you have to o you've got to be kidding! — lo dices en broma or en chiste!
•Phrasal Verbs:- have in- have off- have on- have out- have up -
8 cosy
'kəuzi
1. adjective(warm and comfortable: a cosy chat; a cosy armchair.) cómodo, agradable, acogedor
2. noun(a covering for a teapot (tea-cosy) or for an egg (egg-cosy), to keep it warm.) cubierta- cosily- cosiness
cosy adj acogedortr['kəʊzɪ]1 (room, house, atmosphere) acogedor,-ra2 (chat) íntimo,-a y agradable3 pejorative (arrangement, deal) de lo más convenienteadj.• abrigada adj.
I 'kəʊzi
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(US) ['kǝʊzɪ]1. ADJ(compar cosier) (superl cosiest)1) (=warm) [room, atmosphere] acogedor; [clothes] de abrigo, caliente2) (=friendly) [chat] íntimo, personal3) pej (=convenient) [arrangement, relationship] de lo más cómodo; (=easy, comfortable) [life] holgado2.N (for teapot, egg) cubierta que se utiliza para mantener el té de una tetera, los huevos etc calientes- cosy up* * *
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1. tə,tu preposition1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) a, hacia2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) a, hasta3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) hasta4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) con, a5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) a, para6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) en7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) a8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) en; para9) (tə used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) para10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) (hacerlo)
2. tu: adverb1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) hasta cerrar2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) a•to prep1. a2. a / hastashe works from nine to five trabaja de nueve a cinco / trabaja desde las nueve hasta las cinco3. menos4. paratotr[tʊ, ʊnstressed tə]1 (with place) a■ did you go to the bank? ¿fuiste al banco?■ A is to the north/south/east/west of B A está al norte/sur/este/oeste de B2 (towards) hacia3 (as far as, until) a, hasta■ I like all music, from Abba to ZZTop me gusta toda la música, desde Abba hasta ZZTop4 (of time) menos6 (for) de■ what's the answer to question 4? ¿cuál es la respuesta a la pregunta número 4?7 (attitude, behaviour) con, para con8 (in honour of) a9 (touching) a, contra10 (accompanied by) acompañado,-a de11 (causing something) para■ to my surprise, it was empty para mi sorpresa, estaba vacío12 (as seen by) por lo que respecta■ to a foreigner, it must seem awful para un extranjero, debe parecer terrible■ to some people he was a hero, to others a traitor para algunos era un héroe, para otros era un traidor14 (ratio) a15 (per, equivalent) a, en■ how much does your car do to the gallon? ≈ ¿cuánto gasta tu coche a los cien kilómetros?16 (according to) según■ is it to your taste? ¿es de su agrado?17 (result) a18 (in order to) para, a fin de■ would you like to dance? --I'd love to ¿te gustaría bailar? --me encantaría■ she didn't want to go, but she had to no quería ir, pero no le quedaba más remedio1 (of door) ajustada\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto and fro vaivén, ir y venir Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL Cuando se usa con la raíz del verbo para formar el infinitivo no se traduce/Table 1 ■ I want to help you quiero ayudarteto ['tu:] adv1) : a un estado conscienteto come to: volver en sí2)to and fro : de aquí para allá, de un lado para otroto prepto go to the doctor: ir al médicoI'm going to John's: voy a la casa de John2) toward: a, haciatwo miles to the south: dos millas hacia el sur3) on: en, sobreapply salve to the wound: póngale ungüento a la herida4) up to: hasta, ato a degree: hasta cierto gradofrom head to toe: de pies a cabezait's quarter to seven: son las siete menos cuarto6) until: a, hastafrom May to December: de mayo a diciembrethe key to the lock: la llave del candadodancing to the rhythm: bailando al compásit's similar to mine: es parecido al míothey won 4 to 2: ganaron 4 a 2made to order: hecho a la ordento my knowledge: a mi sabertwenty to the box: veinte por cajato understand: entenderto go away: irse
I tuː, weak form tə1)a) ( indicating destination) awe went to John's — fuimos a casa de John, fuimos a lo de John (RPl), fuimos donde John (esp AmL)
you can wear it to a party/the wedding — puedes ponértelo para una fiesta/la boda
b) ( indicating direction) haciac) ( indicating position) ato the left/right of something — a la izquierda/derecha de algo
2) (against, onto)3)a) ( as far as) hastab) ( until) hastac) ( indicating range)there will be 30 to 35 guests — habrá entre 30 y 35 invitados; see also from 4)
4)a) ( showing indirect object)who did you send/give it to? — ¿a quién se lo mandaste/diste?
what did you say to him/them? — ¿qué le/les dijiste?
I'll hand you over to Jane — te paso or (Esp tb) te pongo con Jane
I was singing/talking to myself — estaba cantando/hablando solo
to me, he will always be a hero — para mí, siempre será un héroe
he was very kind/rude to me — fue muy amable/grosero conmigo
b) (in toasts, dedications)to Paul with love from Jane — para Paul, con cariño de Jane
5) (indicating proportion, relation)how many ounces are there to the pound? — ¿cuántas onzas hay en una libra?
it does 30 miles to the gallon — da or rinde 30 millas por galón, consume 6.75 litros a los or por cada cien kilómetros
there's a 10 to 1 chance of... — hay una probabilidad de uno en 10 de...
that's nothing to what followed — eso no es nada comparado or en comparación con lo que vino después
6) ( concerning)what do you say to that? — ¿qué dices a eso?, ¿qué te parece (eso)?
there's nothing to it — es muy simple or sencillo
7)a) ( in accordance with)b) ( producing)to my horror/delight... — para mi horror/alegría...
c) ( indicating purpose)8) ( indicating belonging) dethe solution to the problem — la solución al or del problema
it has a nice ring/sound to it — suena bien
9) ( telling time) (BrE)ten to three — las tres menos diez, diez para las tres (AmL exc RPl)
10) ( accompanied by)they sang it to the tune of `Clementine' — lo cantaron con la melodía de `Clementine'
II tə1)a)to sing/fear/leave — cantar/temer/partir
b) ( in order to) parac) ( indicating result)he awoke to find her gone — cuando despertó, ella ya se había ido
I walked 5 miles only to be told they weren't home — caminé 5 millas para que me dijeran que no estaban en casa
d) ( without vb)2) (after adj or n)it's easy/difficult to do — es fácil/difícil de hacer
III tuː [tʊ, tuː, tǝ]1. PREPOSITIONWhen to is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg set to, heave to, look up the phrasal verb. When to is part of a set combination, eg nice to, to my mind, to all appearances, appeal to, look up the other word.1) (destination) aNote: a + el = al
it's 90 kilometres to Lima — de aquí a Lima hay 90 kilómetros, hay 90 kilómetros a Lima
to go to Paris/Spain — ir a París/España
to go to school/university — ir al colegio/a la Universidad
I liked the exhibition, I went to it twice — me gustó la exposición, fui a verla dos veces
we're going to John's/my parents' for Christmas — vamos a casa de John/mis padres por Navidad
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have you ever been to India? — ¿has estado alguna vez en la India?•
flights to Heathrow — vuelos a or con destino a Heathrowchurch 1., 2)•
the road to Edinburgh — la carretera de Edimburgo2) (=towards) haciamove it to the left/right — muévelo hacia la izquierda/derecha
3) (=as far as) hastafrom here to London — de aquí a or hasta Londres
4) (=up to) hastato some extent — hasta cierto punto, en cierta medida
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to this day I still don't know what he meant — aún hoy no sé lo que quiso decir•
from Monday to Friday — de lunes a viernesfrom morning to night — de la mañana a la noche, desde la mañana hasta la noche
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funds to the value of... — fondos por valor de...5) (=located at) a6) (=against) contrait's a quarter to three — son las tres menos cuarto, es or (LAm) falta un cuarto para las tres
the man I sold it to or frm to whom I sold it — el hombre a quien se lo vendí
it belongs to me — me pertenece (a mí), es mío
what is that to me? — ¿y a mí qué me importa eso?
"that's strange," I said to myself — -es raro -me dije para mis adentros
9) (in dedications, greetings)greetings to all our friends! — ¡saludos a todos los amigos!
welcome to you all! — ¡bienvenidos todos!
"to P.R. Lilly" — (in book) "para P.R. Lilly"
here's to you! — ¡va por ti!, ¡por ti!
a monument to the fallen — un monumento a los caídos, un monumento en honor a los caídos
10) (in ratios, proportions) porthe odds against it happening are a million to one — las probabilidades de que eso ocurra son una entre un millón
three to the fourth, three to the power of four — (Math) tres a la cuarta potencia
11) (in comparisons) a12) (=about, concerning)what do you say to that? — ¿qué te parece (eso)?
what would you say to a beer? — ¿te parece que tomemos una cerveza?
"to repairing pipes:..." — (on bill) "reparación de las cañerías:..."
13) (=according to) segúnto my way of thinking — a mi modo de ver, según mi modo de pensar
14) (=to the accompaniment of)it is sung to the tune of "Tipperary" — se canta con la melodía de "Tipperary"
15) (=of, for) de16) (with gerund/noun)•
to look forward to doing sth — tener muchas ganas de hacer algo•
to prefer painting to drawing — preferir pintar a dibujar•
to be used to (doing) sth — estar acostumbrado a (hacer) algo•
to this end — a or con este fin•
to my enormous shame I did nothing — para gran vergüenza mía, no hice nada•
to my great surprise — con gran sorpresa por mi parte, para gran sorpresa mía2. INFINITIVE PARTICLE1) (infinitive)a)A preposition may be required with the Spanish infinitive, depending on what precedes it: look up the verb.•
she refused to listen — se negó a escuchar•
to start to cry — empezar or ponerse a llorar•
to try to do sth — tratar de hacer algo, intentar hacer algo•
to want to do sth — querer hacer algo•
I'd advise you to think this over — te aconsejaría que te pensaras bien esto•
he'd like me to give up work — le gustaría que dejase de trabajar•
we'd prefer him to go to university — preferiríamos que fuese a la universidad•
I want you to do it — quiero que lo hagasc)there was no one for me to ask, there wasn't anyone for me to ask — no había nadie a quien yo pudiese preguntar
he's not the sort or type to do that — no es de los que hacen eso
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that book is still to be written — ese libro está todavía por escribir•
now is the time to do it — ahora es el momento de hacerlo•
and who is he to criticize? — ¿y quién es él para criticar?3) (purpose, result) paraThe particle to is not translated when it stands for the infinitive:it disappeared, never to be seen again — desapareció para siempre
we didn't want to sell it but we had to — no queríamos venderlo pero tuvimos que hacerlo or no hubo más remedio
"would you like to come to dinner?" - "I'd love to!" — -¿te gustaría venir a cenar? -¡me encantaría!
For combinations like difficult/easy/foolish/ ready/ slow to etc, look up the adjective.you may not want to do it but you ought to for the sake of your education — tal vez no quieres hacerlo pero deberías en aras de tu educación
the first/last to go — el primero/último en irse
See:EASY, DIFFICULT, IMPOSSIBLE in easyand then to be let down like that! — ¡y para que luego te decepcionen así!
and to think he didn't mean a word of it! — ¡y pensar que nada de lo que dijo era de verdad!
7)to see him now one would never think that... — al verlo or viéndolo ahora nadie creería que...
3.ADVERBto pull the door to — tirar de la puerta para cerrarla, cerrar la puerta tirando
to push the door to — empujar la puerta para cerrarla, cerrar la puerta empujando
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I [tuː], weak form [tə]1)a) ( indicating destination) awe went to John's — fuimos a casa de John, fuimos a lo de John (RPl), fuimos donde John (esp AmL)
you can wear it to a party/the wedding — puedes ponértelo para una fiesta/la boda
b) ( indicating direction) haciac) ( indicating position) ato the left/right of something — a la izquierda/derecha de algo
2) (against, onto)3)a) ( as far as) hastab) ( until) hastac) ( indicating range)there will be 30 to 35 guests — habrá entre 30 y 35 invitados; see also from 4)
4)a) ( showing indirect object)who did you send/give it to? — ¿a quién se lo mandaste/diste?
what did you say to him/them? — ¿qué le/les dijiste?
I'll hand you over to Jane — te paso or (Esp tb) te pongo con Jane
I was singing/talking to myself — estaba cantando/hablando solo
to me, he will always be a hero — para mí, siempre será un héroe
he was very kind/rude to me — fue muy amable/grosero conmigo
b) (in toasts, dedications)to Paul with love from Jane — para Paul, con cariño de Jane
5) (indicating proportion, relation)how many ounces are there to the pound? — ¿cuántas onzas hay en una libra?
it does 30 miles to the gallon — da or rinde 30 millas por galón, consume 6.75 litros a los or por cada cien kilómetros
there's a 10 to 1 chance of... — hay una probabilidad de uno en 10 de...
that's nothing to what followed — eso no es nada comparado or en comparación con lo que vino después
6) ( concerning)what do you say to that? — ¿qué dices a eso?, ¿qué te parece (eso)?
there's nothing to it — es muy simple or sencillo
7)a) ( in accordance with)b) ( producing)to my horror/delight... — para mi horror/alegría...
c) ( indicating purpose)8) ( indicating belonging) dethe solution to the problem — la solución al or del problema
it has a nice ring/sound to it — suena bien
9) ( telling time) (BrE)ten to three — las tres menos diez, diez para las tres (AmL exc RPl)
10) ( accompanied by)they sang it to the tune of `Clementine' — lo cantaron con la melodía de `Clementine'
II [tə]1)a)to sing/fear/leave — cantar/temer/partir
b) ( in order to) parac) ( indicating result)he awoke to find her gone — cuando despertó, ella ya se había ido
I walked 5 miles only to be told they weren't home — caminé 5 millas para que me dijeran que no estaban en casa
d) ( without vb)2) (after adj or n)it's easy/difficult to do — es fácil/difícil de hacer
III [tuː] -
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1. preposition1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) para2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) para, hacia, en dirección a3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) durante4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) (pedir dinero); (salir) a (pasear)5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) por6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) para7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) por8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) por9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) por, a favor de10) (because of: for this reason.) por, a causa de11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) para12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) para13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) por, para14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) para15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) a pesar de
2. conjunction(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) ya que, puesto quefor prep1. parais this the train for London? ¿es éste el tren que va a Londres?2. porI bought it for £12 lo compré por 12 libraswhat can I do for you? ¿qué puedo hacer por ti?3. desde hace4. durante5. de"T" for Tony "T" de Tonywhat's the word for "cheese" in Spanish? ¿cómo se dice "cheese" en español?6. a favor deare you for the plan, or against it? ¿estás a favor del plan, o en contra?tr[fɔːSMALLr/SMALL]1 (intended) para■ there's a phone call for Mr. Smith hay una llamada para el Sr. Smith2 (purpose) para■ what's this for? ¿para qué sirve esto?■ shall we meet for lunch? ¿quedamos para comer?3 (destination) para■ where do I catch the train for Newcastle? ¿dónde se coge el tren para Newcastle?4 (in order to help, on behalf of) por5 (because of, on account of) por, a causa de■ a meeting has been called for 10.00 se ha convocado una reunión para las 10.00■ I've lived here for 5 years hace 5 años que vivo aquí, vivo aquí desde hace 5 años■ it's the first accident here for a long time es el primer accidente que ocurre aquí desde hace mucho tiempo8 (in exchange, as replacement of) por■ I got it for £500 lo conseguí por 500 libras■ the record went for $50 el disco se vendió por 50 dólares9 (in favour of, in support of) por, a favor de■ who did you vote for? ¿a quién votaste?■ are you for or against the new laws? ¿estás a favor o en contra de las nuevas leyes?10 (despite) a pesar de, para; (considering, contrast) para■ I still love him, for all his faults lo quiero, a pesar de todos sus defectos11 (as) de, como, por■ what do they use for fuel? ¿qué utilizan de combustible?12 (in order to obtain) para■ for further details... para más información....13 (representing) por; (meaning) de■ I can't go to the meeting - will you go for me? no puedo asistir a la reunión - ¿quieres ir en mi lugar?■ what's the Spanish for "pool"? ¿cómo se dice "pool" en castellano?14 (as regards, concerning) por, en cuanto a■ for my part, he can do as he likes por mí, que haga lo que quiera■ as for him, who cares? en cuanto a él, ¿a quién le importa?■ luckily for us, it didn't rain afortunadamente para nosotros, no llovió15 (as part of, as being) por, para■ do you know that for a fact? ¿lo sabes a ciencia cierta?■ what do you want for dinner? ¿qué quieres para comer?1 para16 formal use literal ya que, puesto que\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas for me por mi parte, en cuanto a mífor all I know que yo sepafor all that a pesar de todo, con todofor good para siemprefor the first time por primera vezfor the last time por última vezoh for...! ¡ojalá tuviera...!■ oh for a star to guide my way! ¡ojalá tuviera una estrella que me guiara los pasos!there's nothing for it but... no hay más remedio que...to be for it cargárselafor ['fɔr] conj: puesto que, porquefor prepclothes for children: ropa para niñosit's time for dinner: es la hora de comer2) because of: porfor fear of: por miedo dea gift for you: un regalo para tihe fought for his country: luchó por su patriaa cure for cancer: una cura para el cáncerfor your own good: por tu propio bienI bought it for $5: lo compré por $5a lot of trouble for nothing: mucha molestia para nada7) as for: para, con respecto ahe's going for two years: se va por dos añosI spoke for ten minutes: hablé (durante) diez minutosshe has known it for three months: lo sabe desde hace tres mesesconj.• para conj.• pues conj.• ya que conj.n.• por s.m.prep.• a causa de prep.• como prep.• de prep.• durante prep.• en honor de prep.• en lugar de prep.• para prep.• por prep.
I fɔːr, fɔː(r), weak form fər, fə(r)1) preposition2)a) ( intended for) parais there a letter for me? — ¿hay carta para mí?
clothes for men/women — ropa de hombre/mujer
is it for sale? — ¿está en venta?, ¿se vende?
b) ( on behalf of) porhe plays for England — forma parte de or juega en la selección inglesa
c) ( in favor of) a favor de3) ( indicating purpose)what's that for? — ¿para qué es eso?, ¿eso para qué sirve?
it's for trimming hedges — es or sirve para recortar setos
to go out for a meal — salir* a comer fuera
to be for it — (colloq)
here comes Dad, we're for it now! — ahí viene papá ahora sí que estamos listos or (Col tb) hechos or (CS tb) fritos! (fam)
4)a) (as)we're having chicken for dinner — vamos a cenar pollo or hay pollo para cenar
what's for dessert? — ¿qué hay de postre?
b) ( representing)what's (the) German for ``ice cream''? — ¿cómo se dice ``helado'' en alemán?
c) ( instead of) porcould you call him for me? — ¿podrías llamarlo tú?, ¿me harías el favor de llamarlo?
5) ( giving reason) porif it weren't for Joe... — si no fuera por Joe...
for one thing it's too costly and for another we don't need it — para empezar es muy caro y además no lo necesitamos
6)a) ( in exchange for) porI bought the book for $10 — compré el libro por 10 dólares
b) ( indicating proportion) porfor every one we find, there are 20 that get away — por cada uno que encontramos, se nos escapan 20
7)a) ( as concerns) para8)a) ( in spite of)for all her faults, she's been very kind to us — tendrá sus defectos, pero con nosotros ha sido muy buena
is there time for us to have a cup of coffee? — ¿tenemos tiempo de tomar un café?
9) ( in exclamations)oh, for some peace and quiet — qué (no) daría yo por un poco de paz y tranquilidad!
10) ( in the direction of) parathe plane/bus for New York — el avión/autobús para or de Nueva York
11)a) ( indicating duration)I've only been here for a day — sólo llevo un día aquí, hace sólo un día que estoy aquí
how long are you going for? — ¿por cuánto tiempo vas?, ¿cuánto tiempo te vas a quedar?
b) ( on the occasion of) parac) (by, before) para12) ( indicating distance)
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conjunction (liter) pues (liter), puesto que (frml), porque[fɔː(r)] When for is part of a phrasal verb, eg look for, make for, stand for, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg as for, a gift for, for sale, eager for, look up the other word.1. PREPOSITION1) (=going to) parathe train for London — el tren para or de Londres
2) (=intended for) parais this for me? — ¿es para mí esto?
3) (to express purpose) parawe went to Tossa for our holidays — fuimos a pasar las vacaciones a Tossa, fuimos a Tossa para las vacaciones
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what for? — ¿para qué?what's it for? — ¿para qué es or sirve?
what do you want it for? — ¿para qué lo quieres?
what did you do that for? — ¿por qué hiciste eso?
4) (employment) para5) (=on behalf of)"I can't iron this shirt" - "don't worry, I'll iron it for you" — -no puedo planchar esta camisa -no te preocupes, yo te la plancho
"I still haven't booked the ticket" - "I'll do it for you" — -no he reservado el billete todavía -ya lo haré yo
who is the representative for your group? — ¿quién es el representante de vuestro grupo?
6) (=as in) de7) (=in exchange for) porhe'll do it for £25 — lo hará por 25 libras
for every one who voted yes, 50 voted no — por cada persona que votó a favor, 50 votaron en contra
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to pay 50 pence for a ticket — pagar 50 peniques por una entradathe government will match each donation pound for pound — el gobierno igualará cada donativo, libra a libra
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I sold it for £5 — lo vendí por or en 5 libras8) (=to the value of)a cheque for £500 — un cheque or talón por valor de 500 libras
how much is the cheque for? — ¿por cuánto es el cheque?
a) (making comparisons) parahe's tall/mature for his age — es alto/maduro para su edad or para la edad que tiene
b) (specifying)it was too difficult for her — era demasiado difícil para ella, le era demasiado difícil
that's easy for you to say — para ti es fácil decirlo, a ti te es fácil decirlo
10) (=in favour of) a favor deanyone for a game of cards? — ¿alguien se apunta a una partida de cartas?
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are you for or against the idea? — ¿estás a favor o en contra de la idea?are you for or against us? — ¿estás con nosotros o en contra?
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I'm all for it — estoy completamente a favor•
the campaign for human rights — la campaña pro derechos humanos, la campaña en pro de los derechos humanos•
a collection for the poor — una colecta a beneficio de los pobres11) (=as, by way of)what's for dinner? — ¿qué hay para cenar?
12) (=because of) por•
for fear of being criticized — por miedo a la crítica, por temor a ser criticado13) (=in spite of) a pesar de•
for all his wealth — a pesar de su riquezafor all he promised to come, he didn't — a pesar de habérmelo prometido, no vino
a) (future/past duration)When translating for and a period of time, it is often unnecessary to translate for, as in the examples below where durante is optional:Alternatively, translate [for] using [durante], or, especially when talking about very short periods, [por]. Use [por] also with the verb [ir], although again it is often optional in this case:I'm going for three weeks — me voy tres semanas, estaré allí tres semanas
for a moment, he didn't know what to say — por un momento, no supo qué decir
Use hace... que and the present to describe actions and states that started in the past and are still going on. Alternatively use the present and desde hace. Another option is sometimes llevar and the gerund. Don't use the present perfect in Spanish to translate phrases like these, unless they are in the negative.he won't be back for a couple of hours/days — no regresará hasta dentro de un par de horas/días, tardará un par de horas/días en regresar
he has been learning French for two years — hace dos años que estudia francés, estudia francés desde hace dos años, lleva dos años estudiando francés
it has not rained for 3 weeks — hace 3 semanas que no llueve, no llueve or no ha llovido desde hace 3 semanas, lleva 3 semanas sin llover
I have known her for years — hace años que la conozco, la conozco desde hace años
Notice how the tenses change when talking about something that [had] happened or [had been] happening [for] a time:I haven't seen her for two years — hace dos años que no la veo, no la he visto desde hace dos años, no la veo desde hace dos años, llevo dos años sin verla
he had been learning French for two years — hacía dos años que estudiaba francés, estudiaba francés desde hacía dos años, llevaba dos años estudiando francés
I hadn't seen her for two years — hacía dos años que no la veía, no la había visto desde hacía dos años, no la veía desde hacía dos años, llevaba dos años sin verla
15) (=by, before) paracan you do it for tomorrow? — ¿lo puedes hacer para mañana?
when does he want it for? — ¿para cuándo lo quiere?
16) (=on the occasion of) parahe asked his daughter what she would like for her birthday — le preguntó a su hija qué le gustaría para su cumpleaños
17) (=for a distance of)you can see for miles from the top of the hill — desde lo alto de la colina se puede ver hasta muy lejos
for this to be possible... — para que esto sea posible...
it's not for me to tell him what to do — yo no soy quien para decirle or no me corresponde a mí decirle lo que tiene que hacer
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it's bad for you to smoke so much — te perjudica fumar tanto•
it's best for you to go — es mejor que te vayas•
there is still time for you to do it — todavía tienes tiempo para hacerlowhat's the German for "hill"? — ¿cómo se dice "colina" en alemán?
oh for a cup of tea! — ¡lo que daría por una taza de té!
exampleI'll be for it if he catches me here! * — ¡me la voy a cargar si me pilla aquí! *
2.CONJUNCTION liter pues, puesto queshe avoided him, for he was rude and uncouth — lo eludía puesto que or pues era grosero y ordinario
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I [fɔːr, fɔː(r)], weak form [fər, fə(r)]1) preposition2)a) ( intended for) parais there a letter for me? — ¿hay carta para mí?
clothes for men/women — ropa de hombre/mujer
is it for sale? — ¿está en venta?, ¿se vende?
b) ( on behalf of) porhe plays for England — forma parte de or juega en la selección inglesa
c) ( in favor of) a favor de3) ( indicating purpose)what's that for? — ¿para qué es eso?, ¿eso para qué sirve?
it's for trimming hedges — es or sirve para recortar setos
to go out for a meal — salir* a comer fuera
to be for it — (colloq)
here comes Dad, we're for it now! — ahí viene papá ahora sí que estamos listos or (Col tb) hechos or (CS tb) fritos! (fam)
4)a) (as)we're having chicken for dinner — vamos a cenar pollo or hay pollo para cenar
what's for dessert? — ¿qué hay de postre?
b) ( representing)what's (the) German for ``ice cream''? — ¿cómo se dice ``helado'' en alemán?
c) ( instead of) porcould you call him for me? — ¿podrías llamarlo tú?, ¿me harías el favor de llamarlo?
5) ( giving reason) porif it weren't for Joe... — si no fuera por Joe...
for one thing it's too costly and for another we don't need it — para empezar es muy caro y además no lo necesitamos
6)a) ( in exchange for) porI bought the book for $10 — compré el libro por 10 dólares
b) ( indicating proportion) porfor every one we find, there are 20 that get away — por cada uno que encontramos, se nos escapan 20
7)a) ( as concerns) para8)a) ( in spite of)for all her faults, she's been very kind to us — tendrá sus defectos, pero con nosotros ha sido muy buena
is there time for us to have a cup of coffee? — ¿tenemos tiempo de tomar un café?
9) ( in exclamations)oh, for some peace and quiet — qué (no) daría yo por un poco de paz y tranquilidad!
10) ( in the direction of) parathe plane/bus for New York — el avión/autobús para or de Nueva York
11)a) ( indicating duration)I've only been here for a day — sólo llevo un día aquí, hace sólo un día que estoy aquí
how long are you going for? — ¿por cuánto tiempo vas?, ¿cuánto tiempo te vas a quedar?
b) ( on the occasion of) parac) (by, before) para12) ( indicating distance)
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conjunction (liter) pues (liter), puesto que (frml), porque -
11 ever
{'evə}
1. обик. във въпр. и отр. изр. някога, когато и да е
have you EVER seen? виждал ли си някога? the best friend that EVER was най-добрият приятел
I seldom if EVER watch TV много рядко гледам телевизия, ако изобщо гледам
now if EVER сега или никога, сега му е времето
he is a liar if EVER there was one друг лъжец като него няма
hardly/scarcely EVER почти никога
EVER and anon/again ост. от време на време, you'll find me EVER at your service винаги съм на услугите ви
2. ост. сега главно в изрази винаги, всякога, постоянно, непрекъснато
yours EVER, EVER yours искрено ваш (накрая на писмо)
EVER since откато, откогато
EVER since/after оттогава (насам)
for EVER (and EVER), ост. for EVER and a day вечно, во веки веков
3. в изрази за сравнение с as... as
as soon as EVER you can колкото можеш по-скоро
4. при въпроси-за усилване
where EVER can I have put it? къде ли може да съм го сложил? къде ли пък съм го сложил? how EVER did you manage it? как успя (за бога)? why EVER not? защо пък не? EVER so разг. много, много, извънредно много
thank you EVER so much/вулг. EVER so много, много ти благодаря
it is EVER so easy толкова е лесно
he is EVER such a nice man много/ужасно е симпатичен, колкото и да
be it EVER so late колкото и да е късно
did you EVER? нима? хайде де? is he EVER conceited! ама че е надут!* * *{'evъ} adv 1. обик. вьв вьпр. и отр. изр. някога, когато и да е;* * *постоянно; винаги; някога; непрекъснато;* * *1. as soon as ever you can колкото можеш по-скоро 2. be it ever so late колкото и да е късно 3. did you ever? нима? хайде де? is he ever conceited! ама че е надут! 4. ever and anon/again ост. от време на време, you'll find me ever at your service винаги съм на услугите ви 5. ever since откато, откогато 6. ever since/after оттогава (насам) 7. for ever (and ever), ост. for ever and a day вечно, во веки веков 8. hardly/scarcely ever почти никога 9. have you ever seen? виждал ли си някога? the best friend that ever was най-добрият приятел 10. he is a liar if ever there was one друг лъжец като него няма 11. he is ever such a nice man много/ужасно е симпатичен, колкото и да 12. i seldom if ever watch tv много рядко гледам телевизия, ако изобщо гледам 13. it is ever so easy толкова е лесно 14. now if ever сега или никога, сега му е времето 15. thank you ever so much/вулг. ever so много, много ти благодаря 16. where ever can i have put it? къде ли може да съм го сложил? къде ли пък съм го сложил? how ever did you manage it? как успя (за бога)? why ever not? защо пък не? ever so разг. много, много, извънредно много 17. yours ever, ever yours искрено ваш (накрая на писмо) 18. в изрази за сравнение с as... as 19. обик. във въпр. и отр. изр. някога, когато и да е 20. ост. сега главно в изрази винаги, всякога, постоянно, непрекъснато 21. при въпроси-за усилване* * *ever[´evə] adv 1. винаги, постоянно; непрекъснато; she is \ever ready to help me тя винаги е готова да ми помогне; yours \ever, \ever yours искрено ваш (твой), завинаги ваш (твой) (в писма); \ever after, \ever since оттогава (насам); \ever since then they have hated each other оттогава те се мразят; for \ever (and \ever) вечно, завинаги, во веки веков; as \ever както винаги; the children, as \ever, were in their room децата както винаги бяха в стаята си; 2. някога, когато и да е; have you \ever been to London? бил ли си някога в Лондон?; the best friend that \ever was, as good a friend as \ever was най-добрият приятел, който е съществувал някога, най-добрият възможен приятел; I see him seldom if \ever виждам го много рядко, ако изобщо го виждам; аз никога не чета или много рядко; now if \ever сега му е времето, сега или никога; he is a lier if \ever there was one той е лъжец, какъвто няма втори; scarcely ( hardly) \ever почти никога; I hardly \ever drink почти никога не пия; it is less than \ever the time to do that сега по-малко от всеки друг път е удобно да се прави това; did you \ever? разг. нима? къде се е чуло и видяло такова нещо? \ever and anon, \ever and again ост. от време на време; 3. в сравнителни изречения: better than \ever по-добре е от всякога; \ever more complex все по-сложен; 4. при въпроси за усилване: why \ever didn' t you tell me? защо, за бога, не ми каза?; who \ever would have thought that? кой ли би могъл да си го помисли?; • \ever so, \ever such разг. 1) много, много; they are \ever such nice people те са много мили хора; I am \ever so glad you like it много, много се радвам, че ти харесва; he is \ever much better той е много по-добър; 2) колкото и да; be the weather \ever so bad I must go колкото и да е лошо времето, трябва да си ходя. -
12 лёгкий
лёгк|ий -
1. (по весу) light;
~ грузовик van;
борец ~ого веса light-weight;
2. (ловкий, изящный) light, light-footed, graceful;
(быстрый) fleet-footed;
~ие шаги light footsteps;
3. (нетрудный) easy;
(развлекательный) light;
~ урок easy lesson;
~ая музыка light music;
~ое чтение light literature/reading;
~ успех easy life;
4. (незначительный, слабый) light, slight;
~ мороз light frost;
~ое наказание light punishment;
~ая боль slight pain;
~ насморк slight cold;
~ое заболевание mild case;
~ табак mild tobacco;
~ая фигура шахм. minor piece;
5. (поверхностный, несерьёзный) light/light-minded, frivolous;
~ие нравы easy/loose morals;
женщина ~ого поведения woman* of easy virtuе;
6. (покладистый) nice, easy-going;
~ характер sweet/nice disposition;
~ая промышленность light industry;
у него ~ая рука he brings luck;
с вашей ~ой руки once you start(ed) the ball rolling;
с ~им сердцем, с ~ой душой with a light heart;
лёгок на помине! talk of the devil( and he is sure to appear). -
13 far
1. adverb,1) (in space) weitfar [away] from — weit entfernt von
see something from far away — etwas aus der Ferne sehen
I won't be far away — ich werde ganz in der Nähe sein
far above/below — hoch über/tief unter (+ Dat.); adverb hoch oben/tief unten
fly as far as Munich — bis [nach] München fliegen
from far and near or wide — von fern und nah
2) (in time) weitfar into the night — bis spät od. tief in die Nacht
3) (by much) weitfar longer/ better — weit[aus] länger/besser
4) (fig.)I haven't got as far as phoning her — ich bin noch nicht dazu gekommen, sie anzurufen
not as far as I know — nicht, dass ich wüsste
as far as I remember/know — soweit ich mich erinnere/weiß
go so far as to do something — so weit gehen und etwas tun
in so far as — insofern od. insoweit als
so far so good — so weit, so gut
far from easy/good — alles andere als leicht/gut
far from it! — ganz im Gegenteil!
2. adjective,carry or take something too far — etwas zu weit treiben
farther, further; farthest, furthest2) (more remote) weiter entferntthe far bank of the river/side of the road — das andere Flussufer/die andere Straßenseite
* * *1. adverb1) (indicating distance, progress etc: How far is it from here to his house?) weit2) (at or to a long way away: She went far away/off.) weit3) (very much: She was a far better swimmer than her friend (was).) weit2. adjective•- academic.ru/26511/farther">farther- farthest
- faraway
- far-fetched
- as far as
- by far
- far and away
- far from
- so far* * *<farther or further, farthest or furthest>[fɑ:ʳ, AM fɑ:r]I. adv1. (in place) weitit's too \far to walk es ist zu weit zu Fußhow much further is it? wie weit ist es denn noch?he can't walk that \far er kann nicht so weit laufenhave you come very \far? kommen Sie von weit her?do you have \far to travel to work? haben Sie es weit zu Ihrer Arbeitsstelle?she doesn't live \far from here sie wohnt nicht weit von hier [entfernt]his name is fairly \far down the list sein Name steht ziemlich weit unten auf der Listeyou can see how \far up the wall the water came during the flood man kann sehen, wie hoch das Wasser während der Flut an der Mauer stieg; ( liter)a traveller from some \far distant land ein Reisender aus einem fernen Land\far away in the distance in weiter Ferne\far from home fern der Heimat\far and wide weit und breitfrom \far and wide [or near] aus Nah und Fern2. (in time) weitsome time \far in the past/future irgendwann in ferner Vergangenheit/Zukunftone day, perhaps \far in the future, you'll regret what you've done irgendwann einmal wirst du bereuen, was du getan hastyour birthday's not \far away bis zu deinem Geburtstag ist es nicht mehr langhe's not \far off seventy er geht auf die siebzig zuwe're not \far off finishing now es dauert nicht mehr lange, und wir sind fertigto work \far into the night bis spät in die Nacht hinein arbeitento plan further ahead weiter voraus planenas \far back as:as \far back as I can remember... so weit ich zurückdenken kann...we warned you about this as \far back as 1977 wir haben Sie bereits 1977 davor gewarntit probably dates from as \far back as the end of the last century es geht wahrscheinlich sogar bis auf das Ende des letzten Jahrhunderts zurück3. (in progress) weithow \far have you got? — I'm on page 17 wie weit bist du? — ich bin jetzt auf Seite 17how \far have you got with your new play? wie weit bist du mit deinem neuen Stück gekommen?to not get very \far with [doing] sth mit etw dat nicht besonders weit kommento not get very \far with sb bei jdm nicht viel erreichenshe tried to talk him round, but she didn't get very \far with him sie versuchte ihn zu überreden, kam aber nicht sonderlich weitshe was not sure how \far he was committed sie war sich nicht sicher, wie sehr er engagiert warthis is a claim too \far diese Forderung geht zu weit\far better/nicer/warmer viel besser/netter/wärmer\far more difficult viel schwieriger\far too expensive viel zu teuerby \far bei Weitem, mit Abstandit would be better by \far to accept the offer es wäre sehr viel besser, das Angebot anzunehmen5.I can take you as \far as Bristol ich kann Sie bis Bristol mitnehmenas \far as I can, I avoid using my car soweit es mir möglich ist, benutze ich mein Auto nichtI use public transport as \far as possible ich benutze so oft wie möglich öffentliche Verkehrsmittelas \far as I can see... so wie ich es beurteilen kann,...he isn't coming today as \far as I know soweit ich weiß, kommt er heute nichtas \far as I'm concerned... wenn es nach mir geht...as \far as Bob is concerned, he's one hell of a nice fellow Bob? der ist ein wirklich netter Kerl!he's a good mechanic, but that's as \far as it goes er ist ein guter Mechaniker, aber das ist auch alles▶ \far and away mit Abstand, bei Weitemyour entry was \far and away the best dein Auftritt war einsame Spitze famI'd \far prefer to go with you ich würde viel lieber mit dir gehenI'd \far rather stay at home ich würde viel lieber zu Hause bleibenshe'd \far sooner go on her own sie würde viel lieber allein gehen▶ \far from sth:we're \far from happy with the situation wir sind alles andere als zufrieden mit der Situation\far from it! weit gefehltJim selfish? \far from it! Jim egoistisch? alles nur das nicht!\far be it from me to blame anyone, it was a total accident ich will unter keinen Umständen jemanden beschuldigen, es war ein Unfall▶ to go too \far zu weit gehenstop it now, the joke has gone \far enough hör jetzt auf damit, man kann den Spaß auch zu weit treiben▶ to go so \far as to do sth:surely they wouldn't go so \far as to break in? sie würden doch sicher nicht so weit gehen und einen Einbruch wagen?▶ sb will go \far jd wird es zu etwas bringen▶ sth won't go very \far etw wird nicht lange vorhaltena hundred pounds won't go very \far if you're going abroad for two weeks mit hundert Pfund kommt man nicht weit, wenn man zwei Wochen lang im Ausland istso \far everything's been going according to plan so weit ist alles nach Plan gelaufenany problems? — not so \far Probleme? — bis jetzt nicht; (to a limited extent)I trust her only so \far ich traue ihr nicht so ganzvitamins can protect you only so \far Vitamine bieten nur bedingt Schutz▶ to not trust sb as \far as one could throw him/her jdm nicht über den Weg trauenat the \far end of the room am anderen Ende des Raumesthe \far bank of the river das gegenüberliegende Ufer des Flusses2. (extreme)the \far left/right [of a party] die extreme Linke/Rechte [einer Partei]3. (distant)in the \far distance in weiter Ferne4.▶ to be a \far cry from sth/sb mit etw/jdm nicht zu vergleichen sein* * *[fAː(r)] comp further, farther, superl furthest, farthest1. adv1) (in distance) weitI'll go with you as far as the gate — ich begleite dich bis zum Tor
from far and near or wide — von nah und fern
far above — hoch or weit über (+dat)
I was or my thoughts were far away —
2)as far back as I can remember — so weit ich (zurück)denken or mich erinnern kann3) (in degree, extent) weitfar longer/better — weit länger/besser
4)far and away the best, by far the best, the best by far — bei Weitem or mit Abstand der/die/das Beste
far from liking him I find him quite unpleasant — ich mag ihn nicht, ich finde ihn (im Gegenteil) sogar ausgesprochen unsympathisch
far from it! — ganz und gar nicht, (ganz) im Gegenteil
far be it from me to... — es sei mir ferne, zu...
so far this week I've seen him once/three times —
so far so good — so weit, so gut
these measures won't go very far toward(s) stemming rising costs — diese Maßnahmen werden nicht viel dazu beitragen, die steigenden Kosten einzudämmen
I would go so far as to say... — ich würde so weit gehen zu sagen...
that's going too far —
that's carrying a joke too far — da hört der Spaß auf
not far out (in guess) — nicht schlecht
not far off (in space) — nicht weit; (in guess, aim) fast (getroffen)
far gone (inf) — schon ziemlich hinüber (inf)
2. adj1) (= more distant of two) weiter entfernt, hintere(r, s)the far window/door — das Fenster/die Tür am anderen Ende des Zimmers
the far wall — die Wand am anderen Ende
when he reached the far bank —
which of these cars is yours? – the far one — welches ist dein Auto? – das, das weiter weg ist
which bed will you have? – the far one — welches Bett möchtest du? – das da drüben
2) (= far-off) country, land weit entferntit's a far cry from... (fig) — das ist etwas ganz anderes als...
* * *far [fɑː(r)] komp. farther [ˈfɑː(r)ðə(r)], further [ˈfɜːðə; US ˈfɜrðər], sup farthest [ˈfɑː(r)ðıst], furthest [ˈfɜːðıst; US ˈfɜr-]A adj1. fern, (weit) entfernt, weit, entlegen2. (vom Sprecher aus) entfernter, abliegend:at the far end am anderen Ende;the far side die andere Seite3. weit vorgerückt, fortgeschritten ( beide:in in dat)B adv1. fern, weit:far away, far off weit weg oder entfernt;his thoughts were far away er war mit seinen Gedanken ganz woandersfar from rich alles andere als reich;far from completed noch lange oder längst nicht fertig;I am far from believing it ich bin weit davon entfernt, es zu glauben;far be it from me (to deny it) es liegt mir fern(, es zu leugnen), ich möchte (es) keineswegs (abstreiten);far from it! ganz und gar nicht!, keineswegs!3. weit(hin), fern(hin):far into the night bis spät oder tief in die Nacht (hinein);it went far to convince him das hat ihn beinahe überzeugta) weitaus oder mit Abstand der (die, das) beste,a) so weit oder so viel (wie), insofern als,far and wide weit und breit;as far back as 1800 schon (im Jahre) 1800;from far von Weitem;a) weit gehen oder reichen,b) fig weit kommen, es weit bringen ten pounds don’t go far mit 10 Pfund kommt man nicht weit;as far as that goes was das (an)betrifft;it is a very good book as far as it goes es ist insgesamt ein sehr gutes Buch;she is quite nice as far as she goes sie ist so weit ganz nett;I’ll go so far as to say that … ich möchte oder würde sogar behaupten, dass…;go too far zu weit gehen;in so far (as) insofern, -weit (als);so far bis hierher, bisher, bis jetzt;so far so good so weit, so gut;a) weit draußen,b) weit hinaus,* * *1. adverb,farther, further; farthest, furthest1) (in space) weitfar [away] from — weit entfernt von
far above/below — hoch über/tief unter (+ Dat.); adverb hoch oben/tief unten
fly as far as Munich — bis [nach] München fliegen
from far and near or wide — von fern und nah
2) (in time) weitfar into the night — bis spät od. tief in die Nacht
3) (by much) weitfar longer/ better — weit[aus] länger/besser
4) (fig.)as far as — (to whatever extent, to the extent of) so weit [wie]
I haven't got as far as phoning her — ich bin noch nicht dazu gekommen, sie anzurufen
not as far as I know — nicht, dass ich wüsste
as far as I remember/know — soweit ich mich erinnere/weiß
in so far as — insofern od. insoweit als
so far — (until now) bisher
so far so good — so weit, so gut
far from easy/good — alles andere als leicht/gut
2. adjective,carry or take something too far — etwas zu weit treiben
farther, further; farthest, furthest1) (remote) weit entfernt; (remote in time) fern2) (more remote) weiter entferntthe far bank of the river/side of the road — das andere Flussufer/die andere Straßenseite
* * *adj.fern adj.weit adj. -
14 SO
1.[səʊ]adverb1) (by that amount) soas winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es
as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus
so... as — so... wie
there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...
not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.
so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk
and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]
so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele
so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel
the villages are all so much alike — die Dörfer gleichen sich alle so sehr
so much the better — um so besser
not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]
not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal
2) (in that manner) sothis being so — da dem so ist (geh.)
it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da
3) (to such a degree) sothis answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...
so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...
4) (with the intent)so as to — um... zu
so [that] — damit
5) (emphatically) soI'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!
so kind of you! — wirklich nett von Ihnen!
so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!
6) (indeed)It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!
you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch
is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?
and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch
it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich
7) (likewise)so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch
8) (thus) soand so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...
not so! — nein, nein!
9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...
I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon
the teacher said so — der Lehrer hat es gesagt
I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus
I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt
he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt
it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern
there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da
2. conjunctionvery much so — in der Tat; allerdings
(therefore) daherso 'that's what he meant — das hat er also gemeint
so 'there you are! — da bist du also!
so that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)
so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)
so you see... — du siehst also...
* * *[səu] 1. adverb1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) so2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) so3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) das, so, so... daß4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) auch5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') tatsächlich2. conjunction((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) also- academic.ru/68560/so-called">so-called- so-so
- and so on/forth
- or so
- so as to
- so far
- so good
- so that
- so to say/speak* * *so[səʊ, AM soʊ]1. (to an indicated degree) soI'm \so tired [that] I could sleep in this chair ich bin so müde, dass ich hier im Sessel einschlafen könntehe's quite nice, more \so than I was led to believe er ist ganz nett, viel netter als ich angenommen hattehe's not \so stupid as he looks er ist gar nicht so dumm, wie er aussiehtlook, the gap was about \so wide schau mal, die Lücke war ungefähr so großthe table that I liked best was about \so wide der Tisch, der mir am besten gefallen hat, war ungefähr so breit2. (to a great degree)what are you looking \so pleased about? was freut dich denn so [sehr]?your hair is \so soft dein Haar ist so [unglaublich] weichshe's \so beautiful sie ist so [wunder]schönI am \so cold mir ist so kaltI am \so [very] hungry/thirsty ich bin [ja] so hungrig/durstig!, hab ich einen Durst/einen Riesenhunger! famshe's ever \so kind and nice sie ist ja so freundlich und nett!\so fair a face he could not recall ( liter or old) niemals zuvor hatte er ein so liebreizendes Gesicht gesehen literwhat's \so wrong with that? was ist denn daran so falsch?is that why you hate him \so? ist das der Grund, warum du ihn so sehr hasst?and I love you \so und ich liebe dich so sehryou worry \so [much] du machst dir so viele Sorgen3. (in such a way) sowe've \so planned our holiday that the kids will have a lot of fun wir haben unsere Ferien so geplant, dass die Kinder viel Spaß haben werdengently fold in the eggs like \so rühren Sie die Eier auf diese Weise vorsichtig unter4. (perfect)[to be] just \so genau richtig [sein]I want everything just \so ich will, dass alles perfekt istif you don't do things just \so, he comes along and yells at you wenn du nicht alles absolut richtig machst, kommt er und schreit dich an5. (also, likewise) auchI'm hungry as can be and \so are the kids ich habe einen Riesenhunger und die Kinder auch famI've got an enormous amount of work to do — \so have I ich habe jede Menge Arbeit — ich auchI'm allergic to nuts — \so is my brother ich bin gegen Nüsse allergisch — mein Bruder auchI hope they stay together — I hope \so, too ich hoffe, sie bleiben zusammen — das hoffe ich auchI [very much] hope \so! das hoffe ich doch sehr!6. (yes) jashould we get going now? — I should say \so sollen wir jetzt anfangen? — ja, ich finde schoncan I watch television? — I suppose \so darf ich fernsehen? — na gut, meinetwegen [o von mir aus]is this that the correct answer? — I suppose \so ist das die richtige Antwort? — ich glaube schon [o ja]I'm afraid \so ich fürchte jahaha, you don't have a bike — I do \so haha, du hast ja gar kein Fahrrad — hab' ich wohl!8. (that) das\so they say so sagt man\so I believe [das] glaube ich jedenfallsI'm sorry I'm late — \so you should be es tut mir leid, dass ich mich verspätet habe — das will ich auch schwer hoffen... or \so they say/I've heard... so heißt es jedenfalls/das habe ich zumindest gehörtCarla's coming over this summer or \so I've heard Carla kommt diesen Sommer, [das] habe ich jedenfalls gehörtwell then, \so be it also gutI told you \so ich habe es dir ja [o doch] gesagthe looks like James Dean — \so he does er sieht aus wie James Dean — stimmt!is that \so? ist das wahr?, stimmt das?\so it is das stimmtif \so... wenn das so ist...that being \so,... angesichts dieser Tatsache...to be quite \so wirklich stimmen10. (this way, like that) soI'm sure it's better \so ich bin sicher, so ist es besserand \so it was und so kam es dann auchand \so it was that... und so kam es, dass...it \so happened that I was in the area ich war zufällig [gerade] in der Näheand \so forth [or on] und so weiter\so to say [or speak] sozusagen11.▶ \so far \so good so weit, so gut▶ \so long bis dann [o später]▶ \so much for that so viel zum ThemaII. conj1. (therefore) deshalb, daherI couldn't find you \so I left ich konnte dich nicht finden, also bin ich gegangenmy landlord kicked me out and \so I was forced to seek yet another apartment mein Vermieter hat mich rausgeworfen, weshalb ich mir schon wieder eine neue Wohnung suchen musstehe said he wanted to come along, \so I told him that... er sagte, er wolle mitfahren, worauf ich ihm mitteilte, dass...3. (introducing a sentence) also\so we leave on the Thursday wir fahren also an diesem Donnerstag\so that's what he does when I'm not around das macht er also, wenn ich nicht da bin\so where have you been? wo warst du denn die ganze Zeit?\so what's the problem? wo liegt denn das Problem?\so that's that for now das wär's dann fürs Erste fam4. (in order to) damitbe quiet \so she can concentrate sei still, damit sie sich konzentrieren kann5.I'll join the army \so long as you do too ich gehe zum Militär, sofern du auch gehst\so long as he doesn't go too far,... solange er nicht zu weit geht,...that's \so 70's das ist typisch 70er fam* * *abbr S* * *SO abk Br Stationery Office (Amt, das Publikationen der Regierungsstellen herausgibt und für die Verteilung von Büroartikeln an Ministerien und Ämter zuständig ist)* * *1.[səʊ]adverb1) (by that amount) soas winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es
as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus
so... as — so... wie
there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...
not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.
so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk
so far — bis hierher; (until now) bisher; bis jetzt; (to such a distance) so weit
and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]
so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele
so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel
so much for him/his plans — (that is all) das wärs, was ihn/seine Pläne angeht
not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]
not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal
2) (in that manner) sothis being so — da dem so ist (geh.)
it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da
3) (to such a degree) sothis answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...
so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...
so as to — um... zu
so [that] — damit
5) (emphatically) soI'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!
so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!
6) (indeed)It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!
you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch
is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?
and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch
it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich
7) (likewise)so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch
8) (thus) soand so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...
not so! — nein, nein!
9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...
I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon
I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus
I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt
he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt
it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern
there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da
2. conjunctionvery much so — in der Tat; allerdings
(therefore) daherso that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)
so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)
so you see... — du siehst also...
* * *adv.also adv.daher adv.demnach adv.so adv. -
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1.[səʊ]adverb1) (by that amount) soas winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es
as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus
so... as — so... wie
there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...
not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.
so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk
and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]
so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele
so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel
the villages are all so much alike — die Dörfer gleichen sich alle so sehr
so much the better — um so besser
not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]
not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal
2) (in that manner) sothis being so — da dem so ist (geh.)
it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da
3) (to such a degree) sothis answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...
so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...
4) (with the intent)so as to — um... zu
so [that] — damit
5) (emphatically) soI'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!
so kind of you! — wirklich nett von Ihnen!
so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!
6) (indeed)It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!
you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch
is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?
and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch
it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich
7) (likewise)so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch
8) (thus) soand so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...
not so! — nein, nein!
9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...
I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon
the teacher said so — der Lehrer hat es gesagt
I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus
I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt
he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt
it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern
there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da
2. conjunctionvery much so — in der Tat; allerdings
(therefore) daherso 'that's what he meant — das hat er also gemeint
so 'there you are! — da bist du also!
so that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)
so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)
so you see... — du siehst also...
* * *[səu] 1. adverb1) ((used in several types of sentence to express degree) to this extent, or to such an extent: `The snake was about so long,' he said, holding his hands about a metre apart; Don't get so worried!; She was so pleased with his progress in school that she bought him a new bicycle; They couldn't all get into the room, there were so many of them; He departed without so much as (= without even) a goodbye; You've been so (= very) kind to me!; Thank you so much!) so2) ((used to express manner) in this/that way: As you hope to be treated by others, so you must treat them; He likes everything to be (arranged) just so (= in one particular and precise way); It so happens that I have to go to an important meeting tonight.) so3) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) das, so, so... daß4) (in the same way; also: `I hope we'll meet again.' `So do I.'; She has a lot of money and so has her husband.) auch5) ((used to express agreement or confirmation) indeed: `You said you were going shopping today.' `So I did, but I've changed my mind.'; `You'll need this book tomorrow, won't you?' `So I will.') tatsächlich2. conjunction((and) therefore: John had a bad cold, so I took him to the doctor; `So you think you'd like this job, then?' `Yes.'; And so they got married and lived happily ever after.) also- academic.ru/68560/so-called">so-called- so-so
- and so on/forth
- or so
- so as to
- so far
- so good
- so that
- so to say/speak* * *so[səʊ, AM soʊ]1. (to an indicated degree) soI'm \so tired [that] I could sleep in this chair ich bin so müde, dass ich hier im Sessel einschlafen könntehe's quite nice, more \so than I was led to believe er ist ganz nett, viel netter als ich angenommen hattehe's not \so stupid as he looks er ist gar nicht so dumm, wie er aussiehtlook, the gap was about \so wide schau mal, die Lücke war ungefähr so großthe table that I liked best was about \so wide der Tisch, der mir am besten gefallen hat, war ungefähr so breit2. (to a great degree)what are you looking \so pleased about? was freut dich denn so [sehr]?your hair is \so soft dein Haar ist so [unglaublich] weichshe's \so beautiful sie ist so [wunder]schönI am \so cold mir ist so kaltI am \so [very] hungry/thirsty ich bin [ja] so hungrig/durstig!, hab ich einen Durst/einen Riesenhunger! famshe's ever \so kind and nice sie ist ja so freundlich und nett!\so fair a face he could not recall ( liter or old) niemals zuvor hatte er ein so liebreizendes Gesicht gesehen literwhat's \so wrong with that? was ist denn daran so falsch?is that why you hate him \so? ist das der Grund, warum du ihn so sehr hasst?and I love you \so und ich liebe dich so sehryou worry \so [much] du machst dir so viele Sorgen3. (in such a way) sowe've \so planned our holiday that the kids will have a lot of fun wir haben unsere Ferien so geplant, dass die Kinder viel Spaß haben werdengently fold in the eggs like \so rühren Sie die Eier auf diese Weise vorsichtig unter4. (perfect)[to be] just \so genau richtig [sein]I want everything just \so ich will, dass alles perfekt istif you don't do things just \so, he comes along and yells at you wenn du nicht alles absolut richtig machst, kommt er und schreit dich an5. (also, likewise) auchI'm hungry as can be and \so are the kids ich habe einen Riesenhunger und die Kinder auch famI've got an enormous amount of work to do — \so have I ich habe jede Menge Arbeit — ich auchI'm allergic to nuts — \so is my brother ich bin gegen Nüsse allergisch — mein Bruder auchI hope they stay together — I hope \so, too ich hoffe, sie bleiben zusammen — das hoffe ich auchI [very much] hope \so! das hoffe ich doch sehr!6. (yes) jashould we get going now? — I should say \so sollen wir jetzt anfangen? — ja, ich finde schoncan I watch television? — I suppose \so darf ich fernsehen? — na gut, meinetwegen [o von mir aus]is this that the correct answer? — I suppose \so ist das die richtige Antwort? — ich glaube schon [o ja]I'm afraid \so ich fürchte jahaha, you don't have a bike — I do \so haha, du hast ja gar kein Fahrrad — hab' ich wohl!8. (that) das\so they say so sagt man\so I believe [das] glaube ich jedenfallsI'm sorry I'm late — \so you should be es tut mir leid, dass ich mich verspätet habe — das will ich auch schwer hoffen... or \so they say/I've heard... so heißt es jedenfalls/das habe ich zumindest gehörtCarla's coming over this summer or \so I've heard Carla kommt diesen Sommer, [das] habe ich jedenfalls gehörtwell then, \so be it also gutI told you \so ich habe es dir ja [o doch] gesagthe looks like James Dean — \so he does er sieht aus wie James Dean — stimmt!is that \so? ist das wahr?, stimmt das?\so it is das stimmtif \so... wenn das so ist...that being \so,... angesichts dieser Tatsache...to be quite \so wirklich stimmen10. (this way, like that) soI'm sure it's better \so ich bin sicher, so ist es besserand \so it was und so kam es dann auchand \so it was that... und so kam es, dass...it \so happened that I was in the area ich war zufällig [gerade] in der Näheand \so forth [or on] und so weiter\so to say [or speak] sozusagen11.▶ \so far \so good so weit, so gut▶ \so long bis dann [o später]▶ \so much for that so viel zum ThemaII. conj1. (therefore) deshalb, daherI couldn't find you \so I left ich konnte dich nicht finden, also bin ich gegangenmy landlord kicked me out and \so I was forced to seek yet another apartment mein Vermieter hat mich rausgeworfen, weshalb ich mir schon wieder eine neue Wohnung suchen musstehe said he wanted to come along, \so I told him that... er sagte, er wolle mitfahren, worauf ich ihm mitteilte, dass...3. (introducing a sentence) also\so we leave on the Thursday wir fahren also an diesem Donnerstag\so that's what he does when I'm not around das macht er also, wenn ich nicht da bin\so where have you been? wo warst du denn die ganze Zeit?\so what's the problem? wo liegt denn das Problem?\so that's that for now das wär's dann fürs Erste fam4. (in order to) damitbe quiet \so she can concentrate sei still, damit sie sich konzentrieren kann5.I'll join the army \so long as you do too ich gehe zum Militär, sofern du auch gehst\so long as he doesn't go too far,... solange er nicht zu weit geht,...that's \so 70's das ist typisch 70er fam* * *abbr S* * *so1 [səʊ]A adv1. (meist vor adj und adv) so, dermaßen:so great a man ein so großer Mann;I am so glad ich freue mich (ja) so;you are so right ganz richtig3. so (…, dass):4. so, in dieser Weise:so it is (genau) so ist es, stimmt;is that so? wirklich?;so as to sodass, um zu;so that sodass;or so etwa, oder so;in an hour or so so in einer Stunde;why so? warum?, wieso?;how so? wie (kommt) das?;a) es, das:I hope so ich hoffe es;I have never said so das habe ich nie behauptet;I think so ich glaube oder denke schon;I should think so ich denke doch!, das will ich meinen!;what makes you think so? wie kommst du denn da drauf?;I told you so ich habe es dir ja (gleich) gesagtb) auch:you are tired and so am I du bist müde und ich (bin es) auch;I am stupid - so you are allerdings(, das bist du)!6. also:so you came after all du bist also doch (noch) gekommen;so what? umg na und?, na wenn schon?B konj daher, folglich, deshalb, also, und so, so … denn:he was ill, so they were quiet er war krank, deshalb waren sie ruhig;it was necessary, so we did it es war nötig, und so taten wir es (denn)so2 [səʊ] → sol2* * *1.[səʊ]adverb1) (by that amount) soas winter draws near, so it gets darker — je näher der Winter rückt, desto dunkler wird es
as fast as the water poured in, so we bailed it out — in dem Maße, wie das Wasser eindrang, schöpften wir es heraus
so... as — so... wie
there is nothing so fine as... — es gibt nichts Schöneres als...
not so [very] difficult/easy — etc. nicht so schwer/leicht usw.
so beautiful a present — so ein schönes Geschenk; ein so schönes Geschenk
so far — bis hierher; (until now) bisher; bis jetzt; (to such a distance) so weit
and so on [and so forth] — und so weiter [und so fort]
so many — so viele; (unspecified number) soundso viele
so much — so viel; (unspecified amount) soundso viel
so much for him/his plans — (that is all) das wärs, was ihn/seine Pläne angeht
not so much... as — weniger... als [eher]
not so much as — (not even) [noch] nicht einmal
2) (in that manner) sothis being so — da dem so ist (geh.)
it so happened that he was not there — er war [zufällig] gerade nicht da
3) (to such a degree) sothis answer so provoked him that... — diese Antwort provozierte ihn so od. derart, dass...
so much so that... — so sehr, dass...; das geht/ging so weit, dass...
so as to — um... zu
so [that] — damit
5) (emphatically) soI'm so glad/tired! — ich bin ja so froh/müde!
so sorry! — (coll.) Entschuldigung!; Verzeihung!
6) (indeed)It's a rainbow! - So it is! — Es ist ein Regenbogen! - Ja, wirklich!
you said it was good, and so it was — du sagtest, es sei gut, und so war es auch
is that so? — so? (ugs.); wirklich?
and so he did — und das machte/tat er [dann] auch
it may be so, possibly so — [das ist] möglich
7) (likewise)so am/have/would/could/will/do I — ich auch
8) (thus) soand so it was that... — und so geschah es, dass...
not so! — nein, nein!
9) (replacing clause, phrase, word)he suggested that I should take the train, and if I had done so,... — er riet mir, den Zug zu nehmen, und wenn ich es getan hätte,...
I'm afraid so — leider ja; ich fürchte schon
I suppose so — ich nehme an (ugs.); expr. reluctant agreement wenn es sein muss; granting grudging permission von mir aus
I told you so — ich habe es dir [ja] gesagt
he is a man of the world, so to say or speak — er ist sozusagen ein Mann von Welt
it will take a week or so — es wird so ungefähr (ugs.) od. etwa eine Woche dauern
there were twenty or so people — es waren so (ugs.) um die zwanzig Leute da
2. conjunctionvery much so — in der Tat; allerdings
(therefore) daherso that's 'that — (coll.) (it's done) [al]so, das wars (ugs.); (it's over) das wars also (ugs.); (everything has been taken care of) das wärs dann (ugs.)
so 'there! — [und] fertig!; [und damit] basta! (ugs.)
so you see... — du siehst also...
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16 pie
[paɪ]1) (savoury) torta f. salata, pasticcio m.2) (sweet) torta f.••to be as sweet o nice as pie — essere uno zuccherino; spreg. essere tutto zucchero e miele
* * *(food baked in a covering of pastry: a steak/apple pie.) torta* * *pie (1) /paɪ/n.♦ pie (2) /paɪ/n. ( cucina)1 (GB) torta salata o dolce ( con copertura); pasticcio: kidney pie, pasticcio di rognoni; vegetable pie, torta di verdura; DIALOGO → - Ordering food 3- Can I have a steak and kidney pie and a chilli con carne please?, vorrei uno sformato di manzo e rognoni e un piatto di chilli con carne; lemon meringue pie, torta al limone ricoperta di meringa● pie chart (o pie graph), grafico a torta; areogramma □ (fam.) pie in the sky, speranza illusoria; promessa fallace □ as easy as pie, facile come bere un bicchiere d'acqua □ to eat humble pie, ingoiare un rospo; umiliarsi □ (fig.) to have a finger in every pie, avere le mani in pasta, avere lo zampino dappertutto □ (fig.) to have a finger in the pie, essere addentro alla faccenda.pie (3) /paɪ/n.(tipogr., = printers' pie) caratteri in disordine.* * *[paɪ]1) (savoury) torta f. salata, pasticcio m.2) (sweet) torta f.••to be as sweet o nice as pie — essere uno zuccherino; spreg. essere tutto zucchero e miele
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17 live
I 1. [lɪv]verbo transitivo (conduct) vivere2.to live a peaceful, healthier life — vivere una vita tranquilla, più sana
1) (dwell) [ animal] vivere; [ person] vivere, abitare; (in permanent dwelling) abitarethey live at number 7 — vivono o abitano al numero 7
to live together, alone — vivere o abitare insieme, da solo
to live in — vivere o abitare in [house, apartment]
2) (lead one's life) vivereto live in luxury, in the computer age vivere nel lusso, nell'era informatica; to live for vivere per [ family]; to live through sth. passare attraverso o vivere [ experience]; they lived happily ever after — (in story) vissero felici e contenti
3) (remain alive) vivere; (survive) sopravvivereas long as I live... — finché vivrò...
I'll live! — scherz. sopravviverò!
4) (subsist) vivereto live on o off nutrirsi solo di [ fruit]; vivere di [ charity]; vivere di o con [ wage]; to live off sb. vivere a spese o alle spalle di qcn.; to live on junk food — mangiare solo schifezze
to live with — accettare [situation, fact]; sopportare [ noise]
to live with oneself — vivere in pace con se stessi, non pensarci
come on! live a little! — su, lasciati andare!
you haven't lived until you've been to... — non puoi dire di aver vissuto finché non sei andato a
•- live in- live on- live out••II 1. [laɪv]to live it up — colloq. spassarsela, darsi alla bella vita
1) (not dead) [person, animal] vivoreal live — in carne e ossa, vivo e parlante
3) el. sotto tensione5) (capable of exploding) [ gun] carico; (unexploded) [ bomb] inesploso2.* * *I 1. [liv] verb1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.)2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.)3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.)4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.)5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.)•- - lived- living 2. noun(the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) il vivere- live-in
- live and let live
- live down
- live in
- out
- live on
- live up to
- within living memory
- in living memory II 1. adjective1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.)2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?)3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb)4) (burning: a live coal.)2. adverb((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.)- lively- liveliness
- livestock
- live wire* * *I 1. [lɪv]verbo transitivo (conduct) vivere2.to live a peaceful, healthier life — vivere una vita tranquilla, più sana
1) (dwell) [ animal] vivere; [ person] vivere, abitare; (in permanent dwelling) abitarethey live at number 7 — vivono o abitano al numero 7
to live together, alone — vivere o abitare insieme, da solo
to live in — vivere o abitare in [house, apartment]
2) (lead one's life) vivereto live in luxury, in the computer age vivere nel lusso, nell'era informatica; to live for vivere per [ family]; to live through sth. passare attraverso o vivere [ experience]; they lived happily ever after — (in story) vissero felici e contenti
3) (remain alive) vivere; (survive) sopravvivereas long as I live... — finché vivrò...
I'll live! — scherz. sopravviverò!
4) (subsist) vivereto live on o off nutrirsi solo di [ fruit]; vivere di [ charity]; vivere di o con [ wage]; to live off sb. vivere a spese o alle spalle di qcn.; to live on junk food — mangiare solo schifezze
to live with — accettare [situation, fact]; sopportare [ noise]
to live with oneself — vivere in pace con se stessi, non pensarci
come on! live a little! — su, lasciati andare!
you haven't lived until you've been to... — non puoi dire di aver vissuto finché non sei andato a
•- live in- live on- live out••II 1. [laɪv]to live it up — colloq. spassarsela, darsi alla bella vita
1) (not dead) [person, animal] vivoreal live — in carne e ossa, vivo e parlante
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I [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]1) (expressing purpose) perto do sth. to impress sb. — fare qcs. per impressionare qcn
he looked up to see... — guardò in su e vide
3) (after superlatives) a"did you go?" - "no I promised not to" — "sei andato?" - "no, ho promesso di no o di non farlo"
"are you staying?" - "I'd like to but..." — "resti?" - "vorrei ma..."
it is difficult to do sth. — è difficile fare qcs
II [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]oh to be able to stay in bed! — scherz. che bello se potessi restare a letto!
1) (in direction of) a [shops, school etc.]; (with purpose of visiting) da [doctor's, dentist's etc.]trains to and from — i treni per e da [ place]
2) (facing towards) versowith his back to them — con le spalle rivolte verso di loro, volgendo loro le spalle
3) (against) contro4) (up to) fino ato the end, this day — fino alla fine, fino a oggi
50 to 60 people — dalle 50 alle 60 persone, fra le 50 e le 60 persone
in five to ten minutes — fra cinque-dieci minuti, fra i cinque e i dieci minuti
5) (used as dative) [give, offer] abe nice to your brother — sii gentile o fai il bravo con tuo fratello
to me it's just a minor problem — per me, non è che un problema secondario
8) (in toasts, dedications) ato prosperity — alla prosperità; (on tombstone)
to dance to the music — ballare a ritmo o tempo di musica
10) (in relationships, comparisons)to time — tempestivamente, a tempo (debito)
12) (showing reason)to invite sb. to dinner — invitare qcn. a cena
to this end — con o per questo fine
13) (belonging to) di15) (showing reaction) con••that's all there is to it — (it's easy) è tutto qua; (not for further discussion) è tutto quello che c'è da dire
III [tuː]what's it to you? — colloq. che cosa te ne importa?
* * *1. [tə,tu] preposition1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) verso, in, a2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) a3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) fino a4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) a5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) a, per6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) in7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) a8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) in, con9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) di, per10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) usato in sostituzione di un verbo sottinteso all'infinito)2. [tu:] adverb1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) chiuso2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) rinvenire; cominciare•* * *I [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]1) (expressing purpose) perto do sth. to impress sb. — fare qcs. per impressionare qcn
he looked up to see... — guardò in su e vide
3) (after superlatives) a"did you go?" - "no I promised not to" — "sei andato?" - "no, ho promesso di no o di non farlo"
"are you staying?" - "I'd like to but..." — "resti?" - "vorrei ma..."
it is difficult to do sth. — è difficile fare qcs
II [ forma debole davanti a consonante tə] [ davanti a vocale tʊ] [, forma forte tuː]oh to be able to stay in bed! — scherz. che bello se potessi restare a letto!
1) (in direction of) a [shops, school etc.]; (with purpose of visiting) da [doctor's, dentist's etc.]trains to and from — i treni per e da [ place]
2) (facing towards) versowith his back to them — con le spalle rivolte verso di loro, volgendo loro le spalle
3) (against) contro4) (up to) fino ato the end, this day — fino alla fine, fino a oggi
50 to 60 people — dalle 50 alle 60 persone, fra le 50 e le 60 persone
in five to ten minutes — fra cinque-dieci minuti, fra i cinque e i dieci minuti
5) (used as dative) [give, offer] abe nice to your brother — sii gentile o fai il bravo con tuo fratello
to me it's just a minor problem — per me, non è che un problema secondario
8) (in toasts, dedications) ato prosperity — alla prosperità; (on tombstone)
to dance to the music — ballare a ritmo o tempo di musica
10) (in relationships, comparisons)to time — tempestivamente, a tempo (debito)
12) (showing reason)to invite sb. to dinner — invitare qcn. a cena
to this end — con o per questo fine
13) (belonging to) di15) (showing reaction) con••that's all there is to it — (it's easy) è tutto qua; (not for further discussion) è tutto quello che c'è da dire
III [tuː]what's it to you? — colloq. che cosa te ne importa?
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I.live1 [lɪv]• nothing could live in such a hostile environment rien ne pourrait survivre dans un environnement si hostile• you'll live! (inf) tu n'en mourras pas !• let's live a little! (inf) il faut profiter de la vie !• if you haven't been to Rio you haven't lived! (inf) si tu n'as pas vu Rio, tu n'as rien vu !b. ( = earn one's living) gagner sa viec. ( = reside) habiter• where do you live? où habitez-vous ?• where does the teapot live? (inf) où est-ce que vous rangez la théière ?3. compounds[+ disgrace] faire oublier (avec le temps)a. [+ person] vivre aux crochets deb. [+ fruit, rice] se nourrir de ; [+ money, benefit] vivre avec► live on[person] continuer à vivre ; [tradition] survivrea. ( = feed on) se nourrir deb. ( = subsist on) to live on $10,000 a year vivre avec 10 000 dollars par an• what does he live on? de quoi vit-il ?c. ( = depend financially on) vivre aux crochets de( = experience) connaître( = be equal to) être à la hauteur de ; ( = be worthy of) répondre àII.live2 [laɪv]1. adjectivea. ( = not dead) vivantb. ( = not recorded) en direct• "recorded live" « enregistré en public »c. [bullet] réel ; ( = unexploded) non exploséd. (with electric current) that's live! c'est branché !2. adverb3. compounds• he's a (real) live wire (inf) il a un dynamisme fou ► live yoghurt noun yaourt m aux ferments actifs* * *I 1. [lɪv]transitive verb ( conduct) vivre [life]2.to live a normal/peaceful life — vivre normalement/paisiblement
1) ( dwell) [animal] vivre; [person] gen vivre, habiter ( with avec); ( have one's address) habiterto live together — vivre ou habiter ensemble
to live in — vivre dans, habiter [house, apartment]
2) ( lead one's life) vivreto live for — ne vivre que pour [sport, work]
to live through something — vivre [experience]
3) ( remain alive) gen, fig vivre; ( survive) survivreas long as I live... — tant que je vivrai...
I'll live! — hum je n'en mourrai pas!
4) ( subsist) vivreto live on ou off — vivre de [fruit, charity]; vivre sur [wage, capital]
5) ( put up with)to live with — accepter [situation]; supporter [décor]
6) ( experience life) vivreyou haven't lived until you've been to... — tu n'as rien vu tant que tu n'es pas allé à...
•Phrasal Verbs:- live in- live on- live out••II 1. [laɪv]to live it up — (colloq) faire la fête (colloq)
1) ( not dead) [animal] vivant; [birth] d'un enfant viable2) Radio, Television [broadcast] en direct; [performance] sur scène; [theatre] vivant; [album] enregistré sur scène3) ( burning) [coal] ardent4) ( capable of exploding) [ammunition] réel/réelle; ( unexploded) [shell] nonexplosé5) Electricity sous tension2.adverb Radio, Television [appear, broadcast] en direct -
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to [tu:, tə]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. preposition2. adverb3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. preposition━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When to is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg apply to, set to, look up the verb. When to is part of a set combination, eg nice to, of help to, look up the adjective or noun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. (direction, movement) à━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► to it ( = there) y• I liked the exhibition, I went to it twice j'ai aimé l'exposition, j'y suis allé deux foisb. ( = towards) versc. (home, workplace) chez► to + feminine country/area en• to England/France en Angleterre/France• to Brittany/Provence en Bretagne/Provence• to Sicily/Crete en Sicile/Crète• to Louisiana/Virginia en Louisiane/Virginie━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► en is also used with masculine countries beginning with a vowel.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to Iran/Israel en Iran/Israël► to + masculine country/area au• to Japan/Kuwait au Japon/Koweït• to the Sahara/Kashmir au Sahara/Cachemire► to + plural country/group of islands aux• to the United States/the West Indies aux États-Unis/Antilles► to + town/island without article à• to London/Lyons à Londres/Lyon• to Cuba/Malta à Cuba/Malte• is this the road to Newcastle? est-ce que c'est la route de Newcastle ?• it is 90km to Paris ( = from here to) nous sommes à 90 km de Paris ; ( = from there to) c'est à 90 km de Paris• planes to Heathrow les vols mpl à destination de Heathrow► to + masculine state/region/county dans• to Texas/Ontario dans le Texas/l'Ontario• to Sussex/Yorkshire dans le Sussex/le Yorkshire━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► dans is also used with many départements.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to the Drôme/the Var dans la Drôme/le Vare. ( = up to) jusqu'àf. ► to + person (indirect object) à━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When a relative clause ends with to, a different word order is required in French.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► When translating to + pronoun, look up the pronoun. The translation depends on whether it is stressed or unstressed.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━h. (in ratios) he got a big majority (twenty votes to seven) il a été élu à une large majorité (vingt voix contre sept)i. ( = concerning) that's all there is to it ( = it's easy) ce n'est pas plus difficile que ça• you're not going, and that's all there is to it ( = that's definite) tu n'iras pas, un point c'est toutj. ( = of) de━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► A preposition may be required with the French infinitive, depending on what precedes it: look up the verb or adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The French verb may take a clause, rather than the infinitive.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• well, to sum up... alors, pour résumer...• we are writing to inform you... nous vous écrivons pour vous informer que...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► to is not translated when it stands for the infinitive.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he'd like me to come, but I don't want to il voudrait que je vienne mais je ne veux pas• yes, I'd love to oui, volontiers2. adverb( = shut) to push the door to pousser la porte3. compounds(plural to-dos)• he made a great to-do about lending me the car il a fait toute une histoire pour me prêter la voiture ► to-ing and fro-ing noun allées et venues fpl* * *1. [tə], devant une voyelle [tʊ, tuː], emphatique [tuː]1) ( expressing purpose) pour2) ( linking consecutive acts)he looked up to see... — en levant les yeux, il a vu...
3) ( after superlatives) àthe youngest to do — le or la plus jeune à faire
‘did you go?’ - ‘no I promised not to’ — ‘tu y es allé?’ - ‘non j'avais promis de ne pas le faire’
‘are you staying? ’ - ‘I want to but...’ — ‘tu restes?’ - ‘j'aimerais bien mais...’
it is difficult to do something — il est difficile de faire quelque chose; ( expressing wish)
2.oh to be able to stay in bed! — hum ô pouvoir rester au lit!
1) ( in direction of) à [shops, school]; ( with purpose of visiting) chez [doctor's, dentist's]; ( towards) vers2) ( up to) jusqu'àto the end/this day — jusqu'à la fin/ce jour
3) ( in telling time)4) ( introducing direct or indirect object) [give, offer] àto me/my daughter it's just a minor problem — pour moi/ma fille ce n'est qu'un problème mineur
5) (in toasts, dedications) àto prosperity — à la prospérité; ( on tombstone)
6) ( in accordance with)7) (in relationships, comparisons)8) ( showing accuracy)9) ( showing reason)10) ( belonging to) depersonal assistant to the director — assistant/-e m/f du directeur
11) ( on to) [tied] à; [pinned] à [noticeboard etc]; sur [lapel, dress]12) ( showing reaction) à3. [tuː]to his surprise/dismay — à sa grande surprise/consternation
••that's all there is to it — ( it's easy) c'est aussi simple que ça; ( not for further discussion) un point c'est tout
what a to-do! — (colloq) quelle histoire! (colloq)
what's it to you? — (colloq) qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?
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