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1 CONTENT
• Be content with what you have - Довольствуйся тем, что имеешь (Д)• Contented mind is a continual feast (A) - Довольствуйся тем, что имеешь (Д)• Content is all - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)• Content is better than riches - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)• Content is happiness - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)• Content is more than a kingdom - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)• Happy is he who is content - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)• He is not rich that possesses much, but he that is content with what he has - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)• He is rich enough who is contented with little - Довольствуйся тем, что имеешь (Д)• He who is content has enough - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)• They need much whom nothing will content - Ненасытному все мало (H)• То be content with little is true happiness - Довольствуйся тем, что имеешь (Д)• Where content is there is a feast - Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H) -
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3 conformar
v.1 to shape.2 to conform, to adapt, to equate, to make alike.* * *1 (dar forma) to shape2 (adaptar) to conform, adjust1 (concordar) to agree ( con, with)\ser de buen conformar to be easy-going* * *1. VT1) (=dar forma a) [+ proyecto, educación, escultura] to shape¿tiene conformado ya su equipo? — has he chosen his team yet?
2) (=constituir) to make upun universo conformado por millones de estrellas — a universe composed of o made up of millions of stars
una exposición conformada por 25 esculturas — an exhibition composed of o made up of 25 sculptures
3) (=adaptar)trataba de conformar su vida a ese ideal — he tried to make his life conform to that ideal, he tried to shape his life around that ideal
el pueblo no debe conformar su voluntad a la de sus gobernantes — the people's will should not be subject to that of their governors
4) (=contentar) [+ persona] to keep happy5) [+ cheque, talón] to authorize, endorse6) [+ enemigos] to reconcile2.VI•
conformar con algn — to agree with sb3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (frml)a) ( constituir) to form, make upb) < carácter> to shape3) < cheque> to authorize payment of2.conformarse v prona) ( contentarse)no se conformó con insultarlo, sino que también le pegó — not content with insulting him, he hit him as well
b) (esp AmL) ( resignarse)no tienes más remedio que conformarte — you'll just have to accept it o to resign yourself to it
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (frml)a) ( constituir) to form, make upb) < carácter> to shape3) < cheque> to authorize payment of2.conformarse v prona) ( contentarse)no se conformó con insultarlo, sino que también le pegó — not content with insulting him, he hit him as well
b) (esp AmL) ( resignarse)no tienes más remedio que conformarte — you'll just have to accept it o to resign yourself to it
* * *conformar11 = constitute, make up, inform, form.Ex: One of the most obvious of the limitations of this approach is that it is difficult to decide what constitutes a separate work.
Ex: Each volume is make up of several issues which appear in the next lower level.Ex: In so far as it embodies moral intelligence and psychic insight it may inform the moral will, be 'the soul of our moral being'.Ex: Formed in 1969, the first operational system was implemented in 1972-3.* conformar las bases = set + the framework.conformar22 = satisfy.Ex: This will satisfy the second objective of an author catalogue, in that it becomes easy to review the extent of a library's collection of works by a specific author.
* conformarse a = comply (with), comport with.* conformarse con = settle for, content + Reflexivo + with.* no conformarse con un no = not take + no for an answer.* * *conformar [A1 ]vtA ( frml)(formar, constituir): las capas que conforman la superficie de la Tierra the layers which constitute o make up the Earth's surfacenecesitaban conformar un ejército moderno they needed to form o shape a modern armyB (contentar) to satisfyno los vas a conformar con tan poco you won't satisfy them o keep them happy with so littleC ‹cheque› to authorize payment of1 (contentarse) conformarse CON algo to be satisfied WITH sthno se conforma con nada he's never satisfiedse conforma con poco he's happy with very little, he's easily satisfiedno se conformó con insultarlo, sino que también le pegó not content with insulting him, he hit him as wellse conforma con un aprobado she'll settle for o be happy with o be satisfied with a passtuvo que conformarse con lo que tenía he had to make do with what he had2( esp AmL) (resignarse): el niño es anormal y ellos no logran conformarse the child is handicapped and they cannot accept the factno tienes más remedio que conformarte you'll just have to accept it o to resign yourself to it* * *
conformar ( conjugate conformar) verbo transitivo
conformarse verbo pronominala) ( contentarse) conformarse con algo to be satisfied with sth;
tuvo que conformarse con lo que tenía he had to make do with what he hadb) (esp AmL) ( resignarse):◊ no tienes más remedio que conformarte you'll just have to accept it o to resign yourself to it;
no se puede conformar she can't get over it
conformar verbo transitivo to shape: está conformando la arcilla, she's molding the clay
' conformar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
configurar
* * *♦ vt1. [configurar] to shape;conformó una organización moderna y disciplinada he built up a modern and disciplined organization;los países que conforman la OPEP the countries which make up o form OPEC;los alimentos que conforman la dieta mediterránea the foods that make up the Mediterranean diet3. [cheque] to endorse, to authorize* * *I v/t1 ( constituir) make upII v/i agree ( con with)* * *conformar vt1) : to form, to create2) : to constitute, to make up -
4 avoir
avoir [avwaʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 34━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque avoir fait partie d'une locution comme avoir faim, avoir raison, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• j'ai trois frères I have or I've got three brothers• j'ai la réponse I have or I've got the answer• il n'avait pas d'argent he had no money or didn't have any money• en avoir (inf!) ( = être courageux) to have balls (vulg!)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque avoir est utilisé pour localiser un bâtiment, un objet etc, il peut se traduire par to have (got), mais l'anglais préférera souvent une tournure avec to be.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. ( = obtenir) to get• pouvez-vous nous avoir ce livre ? can you get this book for us?d. ( = porter) [+ vêtements] to wear• ici, le lac a 2 km de large the lake is 2km wide hereg. ( = souffrir de) [+ rhume, maladie] to have• qu'est-ce que tu as ? what's wrong with you?• il a qu'il est jaloux he's jealous, that's what's wrong with him• qu'est-ce qu'il a à pleurer ? what's he crying for?h. ( = faire) to makei. ( = recevoir chez soi) to havej. ( = avoir un cours de, avoir à faire) to have• le vendredi, j'ai trois heures d'anglais I have three hours of English on Fridaysk. ( = atteindre, attraper) to get• on les aura ! we'll get them! (inf)• je t'aurai ! I'll get you! (inf)• je t'ai bien eu ! got you there! (inf)• je me suis fait avoir de 300 € I was conned out of 300 euros (inf!)2. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Le passé composé français peut se traduire soit par le prétérit, soit par le parfait anglais, selon le contexte.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• hier, j'ai mangé trois bananes yesterday, I ate three bananas• as-tu faim ? -- non, j'ai mangé trois bananes are you hungry? -- no, I've eaten three bananas• j'étais pressé, alors j'ai couru I was in a hurry so I ran► avoir à + infinitif ( = devoir)• c'est simple, vous n'avez qu'à lui écrire it's simple, just write to him• s'il n'est pas content, il n'a qu'à partir if he doesn't like it, he can always leave3. <► il y a• il y a voiture et voiture ! there are cars and cars!• qu'y a-t-il ? what is it?• qu'est-ce qu'il y a ? what's the matter?• qu'est-ce qu'il y a eu ? what's happened?• il n'y a pas que toi ! you're not the only one!• il n'y a que lui pour faire cela ! trust him to do that!• j'achète du pain ? -- non, il y en a encore shall I buy some bread? -- no, there's some left• il y en a qui disent... there are those who say...• il y en a qui feraient mieux de se taire ! some people would do better to keep quiet!• il n'y en a que pour mon petit frère, à la maison my little brother gets all the attention at home• il n'y en a eu que pour lui pendant l'émission the whole programme revolved around him► y a pas (inf)il y a pas, faut que je parte it's no good, I've got to go• y a pas, il faut qu'il désobéisse he just won't do as he's told• il y a pas à dire, il est très there's no denying he's very intelligent► il n'y a qu'à (+ infinitif), y a qu'à (+ infinitif) (inf)b. (temps)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Pour exprimer une durée, le présent français devient un parfait en anglais, l'imparfait un pluperfect.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Dans le cas d'une action révolue, on emploie ago et le prétérit.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• il y a dix ans, j'ai obtenu mon diplôme I graduated ten years ago• combien y a-t-il d'ici à Lille ? how far is it from here to Lille?4. <a. ( = bien) assetsb. ( = actif) credit ; ( = billet) credit note5. <* * *
I avwaʀ1) ( obtenir) to get [objet, rendez-vous]; to catch [train, avion]2) ( au téléphone)j'ai réussi à l'avoir — I managed to get through to him/her
3) ( porter) to wear, to have [something] on4) (colloq) ( triompher) to beat, to get (colloq), to havecette fois-ci, on les aura — this time, we'll get ou have them
5) ( duper) to have (colloq); ( par malveillance) to con (colloq)elle s'est fait or laissée avoir — she's been had (colloq)
6) ( éprouver moralement) to feelavoir du chagrin/de la haine — to feel sorrow/hate
qu'est-ce que tu as? — what's wrong ou the matter with you?
7) (servant à exprimer l'âge, des sensations physiques)j'ai 20 ans/faim/froid — I am 20 years old/hungry/cold
la salle a 20 mètres de long — the room is 20 metres [BrE] long
II avwaʀnom masculin2) ( possessions) assets (pl), holdings (pl)•Phrasal Verbs:
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Dans la plupart des situations exprimant la possession, la disponibilité avoir sera traduit par to have ou to have got: j'ai des livres/enfants/employés = I have (got) books/children/employees; je n'ai pas assez de place/temps = I don't have (ou I haven't got) enough room/time; la maison a l'électricité/cinq pièces = the house has electricity/five rooms; j'aurai mon visa demain = I'll have my visa tomorrow; ils vont/elle va avoir un bébé en mai = they're/she's having a baby in MayLes autres sens de avoir, verbe transitif simple (obtenir, porter, triompher de etc), sont traités dans l'entrée plus basOn notera qu'en règle générale les expressions figées du type avoir raison, avoir beau, en avoir marre, il y a belle lurette, il y a de quoi etc seront traitées respectivement sous raison, beau, marre, lurette, quoi etcOn pourra également consulter les diverses notes d'usage répertoriées, notamment celles consacrées à l'expression de l'âge, aux maladies, à l'expression de l'heure etcOn trouvera ci-dessous les divers emplois de avoir pour lesquelles une explication est nécessaireavoir = verbe auxiliaireavoir verbe auxiliaire se traduit toujours par to have sauf dans le cas du passé composé: ils avaient révisé les épreuves quand je suis parti = they had revised the proofs when I left; quand ils eurent (ou ont eu) révisé les épreuves, ils sont partis = when they had revised the proofs, they left; ils auront fini demain = they will have finished tomorrow; il aurait (ou eût) aimé parler = he would have liked to speak. Lorsqu'on a un passé composé en français, il sera traduit soit par le prétérit: ils ont révisé les épreuves en juin = they revised the proofs in June; ils ont révisé les épreuves avant ma démission = they revised the proofs before I resigned; je suis sûr qu'il l'a laissé là en partant = I'm sure he left it here when he left; soit par le ‘present perfect’: ils ont révisé les épreuves plusieurs fois = they have revised the proofs several timesavoir = verbe semi-auxiliaireDe même, avoir semi-auxiliaire dans les tournures attributives du type avoir le coeur malade/les genoux cagneux, se traduit de façon variable ( to be ou to have) selon la structure adoptée par l'anglais pour rendre ces tournures; voir, en l'occurrence, les entrées coeur et cagneux; mais c'est en général sous l'adjectif que ce problème est traitéavoir à + infinitifExprimant l'obligation ou la convenance, cette locution verbale se rend généralement par to have to suivi de l'infinitif: j'aurais à ajouter que... = I would have to add that...; tu auras à rendre compte de tes actes = you'll have to account for your actions; je n'ai pas à vous raconter ma vie = I don't have to tell you my life-story; vous n'aviez pas à le critiquer = you didn't have to criticize him; il n'a pas à te parler sur ce ton = he shouldn't speak to you in that tone of voice; j'ai beaucoup à faire = I have (ou I've got) a lot to do; tu n'as rien à faire? = don't you have (ou haven't you got GB) anything to do?; j'ai à faire un rapport/un rapport à faire = I have to write a report/a report to writeQuand cette locution équivaut à suffir, plusieurs possibilités de traduction se présentent: tu n'avais qu'à = tu aurais dû, elle se rend par should have suivi du participe passé; tu n'as qu'à leur écrire = you only have to (ou you've only got to GB, ou all you have to do is) write to them; tu n'auras que cinq minutes à attendre = you'll only have to wait five minutes; tu n'avais qu'à faire attention/me le dire/partir plus tôt = you should have paid attention/told me/left earlierOn trouvera sous assez, marre, etc les expressions figées en avoir assez, en avoir marre etc. Voir aussi les emplois avec il y a plus basL'anglais distingue généralement entre une tâche précise ( to take) et une activité ou absence indéterminée ( to be): vous en avez (ou aurez) pour combien de temps? (à faire ce travail) = how long will it take you?, (à me faire attendre) = how long are you going to be?; j'en ai pour cinq minutes (= je reviens dans...) = I'll be five minutes; je n'en ai pas pour longtemps = I won't be long; j'en ai eu pour deux heures = it took me two hoursSe traduit par to cost suivi du pronom personnel complément correspondant au pronom sujet français (voir aussi argent): j'en ai eu pour 500 francs = it cost me 500 francs; nous en aurons pour combien? = how much will it cost us?(sl) en avoir = to have balls (sl); ne pas en avoir = to have no balls (sl)il y a du lait dans le réfrigérateur = there's some milk in the fridge; il y a des souris/des araignées au grenier = there are mice/spiders in the attic; il n'y a pas/plus de riz = there's no/no more rice ou there isn't any/any more rice; il doit y avoir (ou il y aura) des souris dans le grenier = there must be mice in the attic; il n'y a pas eu moins de 50 concurrents = there were no less than 50 competitors; il y a chapeau et chapeau = there are hats and hats; il y aura Paul, Marie,... = there will be Paul, Marie,...; et il y aura Paul et Marie! = and Paul and Marie will be there!; il n'y a pas de raison de faire/que tu fasses = there's no reason to do/for you to do; il a dû y avoir quelque chose de grave = something serious must have happened; qu'est-ce qu'il y a? (qui ne va pas) = what's wrong?, (qui se passe) = what's going on?; il y a qu'elle m'énerve = she's getting on my nerves, that's what's wrong; il y a que l'ordinateur est en panne = the computer has broken downAttention, un mot singulier en français peut être traduit par un mot fonctionnant comme un pluriel en anglais: il y a beaucoup de monde = there are a lot of people; y avait-il du monde? = were there many people?il est venu il y a longtemps/cinq ans = he came a long time/five years ago; il y a cinq ans que j'habite ici = I have been living here for five years; il y aura cinq ans demain que j'ai pris ma retraite = it will be five years tomorrow since I retired; il y aura deux mois mardi que je travaille ici = I will have been working here for two months on Tuesday; il n'y a que deux mois que je suis/travaille ici = I have only been/been working here for two months; il n'y a pas cinq minutes qu'il est parti = he left less than five minutes ago; il n'y a pas 200 ans que l'espèce est éteinte = the species has been extinct for no more than 200 years; il y a combien de temps/d'années que tu habites ici? = how long/many years have you lived here?; il y a combien de temps/d'années qu'on ne s'est vus? = how long is it/many years has it been since we last met?Elle se fait généralement à l'aide du verbe to be: combien y a-t-il jusqu'à la gare/d'ici à la gare? = how far is it to the station/to the station from here?; combien y a-t-il encore jusqu'à la gare? = how much further is it to the station?; il y a 15 kilomètres jusqu'à/d'ici à la gare = the station is 15 kilometres [BrE] away/away from here; il y a au moins 15 kilomètres = it's at least 15 kilometres [BrE] away; il y a encore 15 kilomètres = it's another 15 kilometres [BrE]; il n'y a pas/que 200 mètres d'ici à la gare = it's less than/only 200 metres [BrE] from here to the stationil y a à + infinitifil y a à manger pour quatre = there's enough food for four; il y a (beaucoup) à faire = there's a lot to be done (ceci traduit également il y a de quoi faire); souligner le danger/l'avantage qu'il y a à faire = to stress how dangerous/advantageous it is to do; les risques qu'il y avait/aurait à faire = how risky it was/would be to do; il n'y a pas à hésiter/s'inquiéter = there's no need to hesitate/worry; il n'y a pas à discuter! = no arguments!; il n'y a qu'à le repeindre! - y a qu'à (colloq), c'est facile à dire! = all you have to do is repaint it! - just repaint it! easier said than done!L'existence se rend par there is/are, le temps par to take, et le coût par to cost ou to come to: il y en a qui n'ont pas peur du ridicule! = there are some people who aren't afraid of being ridiculed!; il y en a toujours pour se plaindre (ou qui se plaignent) = there's always someone who complains; il y en a (ou aura) pour deux heures = it'll take two hours; il y en a eu/aurait eu pour deux heures = it took/would have taken two hours; il n'y en a plus que pour deux heures = it'll only take another two hours; il y en a encore pour combien de temps? = how much longer will it take?; il y en a (ou aura) pour 200 francs = it'll cost (ou come to) 200 francs; il y en a eu pour 200 francs = it cost (ou came to) 200 francsNoter aussi: il n'y en a que pour leur chien = they only think of their dog ou their dog comes firstRemarque: certaines formes personnelles du verbe avoir sont équivalentes au présentatif il y a. En corrélation avec le relatif qui, elles ne se traduisent pas; directement suivies de l'objet présenté, elles se traitent comme il y a: j'ai mon stylo qui fuit = my pen is leaking; elle avait les larmes aux yeux = there were tears in her eyes; j'ai ma cicatrice qui me fait souffrir = my scar is hurting; à droite, vous avez une tapisserie d'Aubusson = on your right, there's an Aubusson tapestry* * *avwaʀ1. nm1) (= biens) assets pl2) COMMERCE (= note de crédit) credit2. vt1) (= posséder) to have, to have gotElle a 2 enfants. — She has 2 children., she has got 2 children
Elle a une belle maison. — She has a lovely house., She has got a lovely house.
Il a les yeux bleus. — He has blue eyes., He has got blue eyes.
Tu as de beaux cheveux. — You have beautiful hair., You have got beautiful hair.
Il a beaucoup d'amis. — He has a lot of friends., He has got a lot of friends.
2) (= obtenir) to get3) (= trouver)ici, vous avez la cuisine — here we have the kitchen
4) (= éprouver) [sensation, sentiment] to haveJ'avais un pressentiment. — I had a feeling.
Il a des démangeaisons. — He is itching.
J'ai une petite douleur ici. — I've got a slight pain here.
J'ai un drôle de pressentiment. — I have a funny feeling.
qu'est-ce que tu as?; qu'as-tu? — what's wrong?, what's the matter?
See:faim, peur, mal5) (âge)avoir 3 ans — to be 3 years old, to be 3
J'avais 10 ans quand je l'ai rencontré. — I was 10 when I met him.
6) * (= duper) to do *on vous a eu! — you've been done!, you've been had!
Vous n'avez qu'à lui demander. — You only have to ask him.
Tu n'as pas à me poser des questions. — It's not for you to ask me questions.
en avoir pour...; J'en ai pour une demi-heure. — It'll take me half an hour.
On en a eu pour 100 euros. — It cost us 100 euros.
3. vb auxJ'ai déjà mangé. — I've already eaten.
Il a mangé des frites. — He had some chips.
Hier je n'ai pas mangé. — I didn't eat yesterday.
Je lui ai parlé hier. — I spoke to him yesterday.
Il a neigé pendant la nuit. — It snowed during the night.
4. vb impers1) (présence)il y a (+ singulier) — there is, (+ pluriel) there are
Il y a quelqu'un à la porte. — There's somebody at the door.
Il y a un bon film à la télé. — There's a good film on TV.
Il y a des chocolats sur la table. — There are some chocolates on the table.
Il y a beaucoup de monde. — There are lots of people.
il doit y avoir; Il doit y avoir une explication. — There must be an explanation.
qu'est-ce qu'il y a?; qu'y a-t-il? — what's the matter?, what is it?
Il n'y a qu'à... — We will just have to...
Il n'y a qu'à partir plus tôt. — We'll just have to leave earlier.
Il ne peut y en avoir qu'un. — There can only be one.
2) (temporel)Je l'ai rencontré il y a 2 ans. — I met him 2 years ago.
Il y a 10 ans qu'il est arrivé. — It's 10 years since he arrived.
* * *I.avoir ⇒ Note d'usage verb table: avoir vtr1 ( obtenir) to get [objet, rendez-vous]; to catch [train, avion]; j'ai pu vous avoir votre visa I managed to get your visa for you; j'ai eu ce vase pour cinq euros I got this vase for five euros; pouvez-vous m'avoir un des traducteurs? can you get me one of the translators?; je n'ai pas eu mon train I didn't catch my train; il l'a eue◑ le soir même he had○ her that very evening;2 ( au téléphone) j'ai réussi à l'avoir I managed to get through to him/her; essayer d'avoir le ministre to try to get through to the minister; pouvez-vous m'avoir son adjoint/Hongkong can you put me through to ou get me his assistant/Hong Kong;3 ( porter) to wear, to have [sth] on; elle avait une robe bleue à son mariage she wore a blue dress at her wedding; elle a toujours une écharpe autour du cou she's always got a scarf round her neck; il avait un béret (sur la tête) he had a beret on ou he was wearing a beret;4 ○( triompher) to beat, to get○, to have; l'équipe de Marseille nous a eus the Marseilles team beat us; ne nous laissons pas avoir par la concurrence let's not let the competition beat us; cette fois-ci, on les aura this time, we'll get ou have them;5 ( duper) to have○; ( par malveillance) to con○; j'ai été eu I've been had○; il t'a bien eu! ( l'escroc) he conned○ you!; ( le plaisantin) he was having you on○! GB, he put one over on you○!; elle s'est fait or laissé avoir she's been had○; j'ai failli me faire avoir I was nearly conned○; je ne me laisserai pas avoir par un abruti○ I won't be conned○ by a moron;6 ( éprouver moralement) to feel; avoir du chagrin/de la haine to feel sorrow/hate; qu'est-ce que tu as? what's wrong ou the matter with you?; j'ai qu'il m'énerve he's getting on my nerves, that's what's wrong; qu'est-ce que tu as à crier comme ça? what are you shouting like that for?; j'ai que mon ordinateur ne marche pas because my computer doesn't work; qu'est-ce qu'il a à conduire comme ça? why is he driving like that?; il a qu'il est soûl because he's drunk, that's why;7 (servant à exprimer l'âge, des sensations physiques) j'ai 20 ans/faim/froid I am 20 years old/hungry/cold; la salle a 20 mètres de long the room is 20 metresGB long.en avoir○ to have balls◑; ne pas en avoir○ to have no balls◑.II.avoir nm2 ( possessions) assets (pl), holdings (pl); avoirs à l'étranger foreign assets ou holdings; avoirs en caisse cash holdings; avoirs en dollars dollar-based assets;avoir fiscal tax credit.I[avwar] nom masculin[en comptabilité] credit side2. ÉCONOMIE & FINANCEavoirs assets, holdingsavoirs numéraires ou en caisse cash holdingsII[avwar] verbe auxiliaireA.1. [avec des verbes transitifs]as-tu lu sa lettre? did you read ou have you read his letter?non content de les avoir humiliés, il les a jetés dehors not content with humiliating them, he threw them out2. [avec des verbes intransitifs]3. [avec le verbe 'être']il aurait été enchanté he would've ou would have been delightedB.1. [exprime la possibilité]a. [conseil] all they have to do ou all they've got to do is write to the managerb. [menace] just let them (try and) write to the managers'il vous manque quelque chose, vous n'avez qu'à me le faire savoir if you're missing anything, just let me know2. [exprime l'obligation]et voilà, je n'ai plus qu'à recommencer! so now I've got to start all over again!3. [exprime le besoin]il a à te parler he's got something to ou there's something he wants to tell youtu n'as pas à t'inquiéter you shouldn't worry, you have nothing to worry about4. (locution)————————[avwar] verbe transitifA.1. [être propriétaire de - action, bien, domaine etc.] to have, to own, to possess ; [ - chien, hôtel, voiture] to have, to owntu n'aurais pas un stylo en plus? have you got ou do you happen to have a spare pen?2. [ami, collègue, famille etc.] to haveavoir un/une/des... qui: elle a un mari qui fait la cuisine she's got the sort ou kind of husband who does the cookingavoir son/sa/ses... qui (familier) : j'ai la chaîne de mon vélo qui est cassée the chain on my bike is broken3. [détenir - permis de conduire, titre] to have, to hold ; [ - droits, privilège] to have, to enjoy ; [ - emploi, expérience, devoirs, obligations] to have ; [ - documents, preuves] to have, to possessavoir le ballon to be in possession of ou to have the ball[au téléphone] to get through toj'ai essayé de t'avoir toute la journée I tried to get through to you ou to contact you all day5. [jouir de - beau temps, bonne santé, liberté, bonne réputation] to have, to enjoy ; [ - choix, temps, mauvaise réputation] to haveil a tout pour lui et il n'est pas heureux! he's got everything you could wish for and he's still not happy!6. [recevoir chez soi]avoir de la famille/des amis à dîner to have relatives/friends over for dinnerbientôt, nous aurons les chaînes européennes soon, we'll be able to get the European channels8. [attraper - otage, prisonnier] to have10. [monter à bord de - avion, bus, train] to catchB.1. [présenter - tel aspect] to have (got)elle a un joli sourire she's got ou she has a nice smileton père a le défaut de ne pas écouter ce qu'on lui dit your father's weakness is not listening to what people tell him[avec pour complément une partie du corps] to havefaites attention, il a une arme careful, he's got a weapon ou he's armed3. [faire preuve de]avoir du talent to have talent, to be talentedayez la gentillesse de... would you ou please be kind enough to...4. [exprime la mesure] to bele voilier a 4 m de large ou largeur the yacht is 4 m widetu en as pour 12 jours/deux heures it'll take you 12 days/two hours5. [exprime l'âge] to beC.1. [subir - symptôme] to have, to show, to display ; [ - maladie, hoquet, mal de tête etc.] to have ; [ - accident, souci, ennuis] to have ; [ - difficultés] to have, to experience ; [ - opération] to undergo, to have ; [ - crise] to have, to go through (inseparable)avoir de la fièvre to have ou to be running a temperatureje ne sais pas ce que j'ai aujourd'hui I don't know what's the matter ou what's wrong with me todayle car n'a rien eu du tout, mais la moto est fichue (familier) there wasn't a scratch on the bus but the motorbike's a write-offun enfant/chaton qui a des vers a child/kitten with wormselle eut cette phrase devenue célèbre she said ou uttered those now famous words3. [ressentir]avoir faim to be ou to feel hungryavoir peur to be ou to feel afraidavoir du chagrin to feel ou to be sadavoir de l'amitié pour quelqu'un to regard ou to consider somebody as a friendavoir du respect pour quelqu'un to have respect for ou to respect somebodyce chien/cette guêpe en a après toi! this dog/wasp has got it in for you!en avoir après ou contre quelque chose to be angry about something4. [élaborer par l'esprit - avis, idée, suggestion] to haveD.1 500 euros pour ce buffet? tu t'es fait avoir! 1,500 euros for that dresser? you were conned ou had ou done!tu t'es fait avoir! you've been had ou taken in ou taken for a ride!tu essaies de m'avoir! you're having ou putting me on!————————il y a verbe impersonnel1. [dans une description, une énumération - suivi d'un singulier] there is ; [ - suivi d'un pluriel] there areil n'y a qu'ici qu'on en trouve this is the only place (where) you can find it/themmerci — il n'y a pas de quoi! thank you — don't mention it ou you're welcome!il n'y a rien à faire, la voiture ne démarre pas it's no good, the car won't startil n'y a pas à dire, il sait ce qu'il veut there's no denying he knows what he wantsqu'est-ce qu'il y a? — il y a que j'en ai marre! (familier) what's the matter? — I'm fed up, that's what!2. [exprimant la possibilité, l'obligation etc.]il n'y a qu'à lui dire you/we etc. just have to tell him3. [indiquant la durée]4. [indiquant la distance]il doit y avoir une raison there must be a ou some reason -
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părum, subst. indecl. and adv. (for the comp. and sup. mĭnus and mĭnĭme are used; v. h. vv. sub parvus) [akin to parvus and pauros: cf. parco], too little, not enough (opp. satis and nimium).I.Lit.A.Subst.1.With gen.:2.in hac enim satis erat copiae, in illā autem leporis parum,
Cic. Brut. 68, 240:non parum humanitatis (= satis),
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum,
Sall. C. 5, 4:Latini sanguinis,
Hor. Epod. 7, 4:splendoris,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 111.—Absol.:B.magis offendit nimium quam parum,
Cic. Or. 22, 73; cf.:in hoc genere nimium quod est offendit vementius quam id, quod videtur parum,
id. ib. 53, 178:melius est parum cum timore Domini,
Vulg. Prov. 15, 16; 16, 8.—Adverb.1.With verbs:b.parum praedicas,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 218:consulitis parum,
Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 36:parum procedit quod ago,
id. And. 4, 1, 56:si parum intellexti,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 59:quaero ex te, quae parum accepi,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 4:cum parum memineris, quod concesseris,
id. Inv. 1, 47, 88:credere alicui,
Caes. B. C. 2, 31:affirmatur,
Tac. H. 4, 60.—Parum est, videtur, etc., it is, seems, not enough, not sufficient: parum habere, to deem it not enough, to be not content with any thing:2.immo duas dabo, una si parum est,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 44:rebus servandis centuplex murus parum'st,
id. Pers. 4, 4, 11:parumne est, quod nobis succenset senex, Ni instigemus etiam?
Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 13:parumne est, quod tantum homines fefellisti, ut neglegeres auctoritatem senatūs,
Cic. Sest. 14, 32; often followed by nisi:consules parum sībi videri praefati pro merito eorum suā voce conlaudari eos, nisi, etc.,
Liv. 27, 10, 5:parum fuisse non laudari Africanum... nisi, etc.,
id. 38, 54, 9; 6, 40, 8; 42, 4, 6;38, 54, 9: parum est, ut in curiam venias, nisi, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 60; rarely by si:parum est, si in partem ejus venis, etc.,
Liv. 6, 40, 18:ceu parum sit in tantam pervenire altitudinem,
Plin. 31, 1, 1: non nocuisse parum est;prodest quoque,
Ov. F. 2, 415:quid satis est, si Roma parum?
Luc. 5, 274:haec talia facinora impune suscepisse parum habuere,
Sall. J. 31, 9: templum violare parum habuisse, nisi, etc., Liv. 42, 3; Vell. 2, 76 fin. parum est, aegrum non esse, Tac. Or. 23.—With adjectives, not sufficiently, too little. sunt ea quidem parum firma, Cic. Att. 10, 11:3.si parum multi sunt, qui, etc.,
id. Planc. 7, 18:parum multae necessitudines,
id. ib. 30, 72; id. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:blanda es parum,
Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21: dum pudet te parum optimatem esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 2:parum claris lucem dare coget,
Hor. A. P. 448:castis,
id. C. 1, 12, 59.—With adverbs:II.nemo parum diu vixit, qui, etc.,
not enough, not sufficiently, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:diligenter,
id. Att. 10, 9:mature,
Liv. 21, 3:cui rei parum diligenter ab iis erat provisum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:si quando dictum est: est autem dictum non parum saepe,
often enough, Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12:cum non parum liberaliter domum suam homines invitaret,
Nep. Att. 13, 6; cf.:parum in tempore,
not in good season, too late, Tac. A. 1, 19.—Transf., in gen., not particularly, not very, little (perh. only postAug.), v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 781 sq.; Dietsch ad Sall. J. 85, 31.A.With adjectives:B.semper fuerunt non parum multi, qui, etc.,
not few, Quint. 6, 2, 3; so,scripsit non parum multa,
id. 10, 1, 124.—With verbs:non sunt composita mea verba: parum id facio,
I care little for it, Sall. J. 85, 31 Kritz (but the true read. is parvi, Dietsch ad loc.; Madv. ad Cic. Fin. p. 781):dolebimus, sed parum,
Sen. Ep. 116, 7:nihil aut certe parum, intererat,
Plin. Pan. 20, 3:(littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,
it is hardly sounded, Quint. 9, 4, 40; 8, 3, 5:possessa ipso transitu Vicetia: quod per se parum, etc.,
Tac. H. 3, 8:non principatus appetens, parum effugerat ne dignus crederetur (= vix),
id. ib. 3, 39 fin. (Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41, the better read. is: qui pauca metuit, Bait.). -
6 Довольствуйся тем, что имеешь
If you are satisfied with what you have and do not envy others, you will be happy. See Не тем богат, что есть, а тем богат, что рад (H)Cf: Be content with what you have (Am.). A contented mind is a continual feast (Am., Br.). Contentment is better than riches (Am.). Enough is great riches (Am., Br.). The greatest wealth is contentment with a little (Br.). Не is rich enough that wants nothing (who is contented with little) (Br.). Не is rich who does not desire more (Am.). Richest is he who wants least (Am.). Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get (Am.). То be content with little is true happiness (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Довольствуйся тем, что имеешь
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7 довольный
прил.Русское прилагательное довольный описывает состояние удовлетворения независимо от вызвавших его причин и сопутствующих обстоятельств и эмоций. Английские эквиваленты, в отличие от русского прилагательного довольный, подчеркивают причину, сопутствующие обстоятельства и эмоции.1. content — довольный, доволен, удовлетворенный (быть довольным, удовлетворенным тем, что у вас есть, и вы не стремитесь иметь что-либо еще или лучше): content with food — довольный питанием; to be content with smth — быть довольным чем-либо He is content with very little. — Он довольствуется малым. He is content with what he has. — Он доволен тем, что имеет ( ему больше не надо). Не is not content with a quiet life in a small town. — Его не удовлетворяет спокойная жизнь в небольшом городке. All he needs is a good book to read and he is quite content. — Все, что ему надо для счастья — это хорошая книга. She is content with her work as a lawyer — there is nothing else she wants. Она вполне довольна своей работой юриста, и ей больше ничего не надо. At the moment my mother seems content to take things slowly. — Сейчас мама кажется довольна тем, что жизнь течет потихоньку. We were perfectly content to go on walking until it got dark. — Мы были вполне удовлетворены, что могли гулять до темноты.2. satisfied — довольный, удовлетворенный (быть довольным, что дела идут так, как вы ожидали или рассчитывали): to be satisfied with smth — быть удовлетворенным чем-либо I have every reason to be satisfied with the result. — У меня есть все основания быть довольным полученным результатом. Не would be quite satisfied to be left at home. — Он с удовольствием останется дома./Он не возражает против того, что останется дома. Ellis won't be satisfied until she is earning more than her husband. — Элис не успокоится до тех пор, пока не будет зарабатывать больше мужа./ Элис не будет довольна до тех пор, пока не будет зарабатывать больше мужа. We don't go out much — as long as we can go out for a drink once a week we are satisfied. — Мы мало куда ходим и вполне довольны тем, что раз в неделю идем куда-нибудь выпить. 1 don't really want a bigger house — I'm quite satisfied with what 1 have got, — Мне не нужен больший дом, меня вполне устраивает тот, который у меня есть. She seems to be satisfied to spend her evenings watching TV with her family. — Ее вполне устраивает то, что она проводит вечера в семье за телевизором/глядя телевизор вместе с семьей.3. pleased —довольный, радостный (испытывающий радостные, приятные чувства или довольство): to be pleased with smth — быть довольным чем-либо; to be pleased to do smth — рад что-либо сделать I am pleased to see you again. — Рад вас видеть вновь/снова. I'm pleased with the work you have done. — Я доволен сделанной вами работой./Мне нравится сделанная вами работа. You have passed in all five exams — I'm very pleased with you. — Ты успешно сдал экзамены по всем пяти предметам, я очень за тебя рад./Ты успешно сдал экзамены по всем пяти предметам, я очень тобой доволен. We have been really pleased with the response to our appeal for blood donors. — Мы очень довольны, что получили такой отклик на наш призыв о донорской крови. I told him that he should be pleased about how hard his son had been working at school. — Я сказал ему, что он должен быть доволен тем, как усердно его сын учился в школе. -
8 contentare
please* * *contentare v.tr. to satisfy, to please, to content; to meet*; to gratify: cerco di contentarvi, I am trying to keep you satisfied; contentare i desideri di qlcu., to gratify (o to meet) s.o.'s wishes.◘ contentarsi v.intr.pron.1 to be content (with s.o., sthg.), to be pleased (with s.o., sthg.); to content oneself (with s.o., sthg.): io mi contento di poco, I am content with little; non si contenta di promesse, he's not satisfied with promises; contentare di fare qlco., to content oneself with doing sthg. // chi si contenta gode, (prov.) a contented mind is a perpetual feast* * *[konten'tare]1. vtto please, (soddisfare) to satisfy2. vip (contentarsi)contentarsi (di) — to content o.s. (with)
chi si contenta gode — (Proverbio) a contented mind is a perpetual feast
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9 SMÁR
(smá, smátt), a.1) small, little (mörg skip ok smá);2) neut., hann seldi smátt varninginn, he sold by retail; höggva smátt, to strike small blows; hann kvaðst eigi mundu smátt á sjá, he said he would deal liberally in the matter; smátt ok smátt, bit by bit, by degrees;3) smám, bit by bit, slowly (fara smám).* * *smá, smátt: gen. smás, acc. smán, dat. smám, smá: pl. smáir, smár, smá, dat. smám, acc. smá, smár, smá: mod. bisyllabic smáan, smáum, smáa: compar. smæri; superl. smæstr. The Icel. form ‘smá’ instead of ‘smal’ of the Germ. and Saxon is peculiar to all the Scandin. languages, and also prevails in Scotland and North. E., but the words are one; ‘smá’ is only a contracted form, as is seen by the fact that ‘smal’ remains in the words smali (q. v.), smalki, smælingr; and (although as απ. λεγ.) in smalvamm, smalmenni, q. v.: [Ulf. smals = Germ. schmal, Engl. small, etc.; but Dan.-Swed. smaa; Scot. and North. E. sma’.]A. Small, little, of size, stature; mörg skip ok smá, Vápn. 8; smæri skip, Fms. i. 93; vúru þau öll smæst, viii. 255; sumir smáir, sumir stórir, Sks. 442; keppask til smára hluta, Ó. H. 87; hann ræðr öllum hlutum, stórum ok smám, Edda 3; höfðingja ok smæri menn, Fms. x. 266; hin smæri sár, Grág. ii. 29; smá tíðendi, small tidings, Lv. 33, Fms. ix. 477; þau (mál) er smæst eru, Js. 5; skógr þykkr ok smár, a wood thick but dwarf, Fms. i. 136; smáir sandar, small sand, a beach of fine sand, Eg. 141; melja mergi smæra, Ls. 43; hann lamði hausinn í smán mola, Edda 58; ok var brotinn fótrinn svá smátt sem skelja-moli, Bs. i. 423; litlir menn ok smáir, Landn. 145; smás fylkis niðs, Sighvat; smaestir fuglar, id.; kaupa smám kaupum sem stórum, Fb. ii. 75; sás girði eðr smæri, Grág. ii. 338; opt hefir þú mér hallkvæmr verit, en eigi má nú smæstu ráða, thou hast often been good to me, and this is not the smallest instance, Lv. 42.2. neut., hann seldi smátt varninginn, he dealt in ‘small wares,’ sold by retail, Vápn. 7; höggva smátt, to strike small blows, Ísl. ii. 265: hann kvaðsk eigi mundu smátt á sjá, he said he would not look minutely into it, i. e. that he would deal liberally, Ld. 50; miklu vex hón hinnig smærum, much less, Sks. 71; þeir skulu skipta vikum eða smærum, divide by weeks or less, Grág. ii. 350; selja smærrum saman, in lesser quantities, N. G. L. iii. 123: smám, nema hón seli svá smám landit sem áðr var tínt, Grág. ii. 214; en er hann var á leiðinni ok fór smóm (slowly, bit by bit) þá er hann mátti svá, Bs. i. 344; smám ok smám, bit by bit, Fms. x. 366; reiddi hann silfrit smám ok smám, Hkr. ii. 244, Al. 23: smám þeim, by degrees; vaxa smám þeim, Stj. 200; eptir þat hrærðu þau sveininn sḿm þeim, Bs. i. 337 (smám, 318, l. c.): in mod. usage, smám-saman, sounded smá-saman, gradually; smátt og smátt, bit by bit.II. in mod. usage smá- is prefixed to verbs, denoting little by little, by degrees; honum smá-batnaði, he recovered little by little; það smá-liðkast, það smá-batnar, smá-líðr á daginn, það smá-styttist, smá-lengist, smá-breiðkar, smá-dýpkar, smá-hækkar, smá-víðkar, smá-kólnar, smá-hitnar, smá-fækkar, smá-fjölgar, etc.B. In COMPDS, smá- is often used simply as a diminutive, as there is no dimin. inflexion in the language; it is rarely prefixed to any but plur. or collective nouns. smá-atvik, n. pl. details. smá-bátar, m. pl. little boats, Fms. vii. 224, Sks. 174, Ó. H. 137. smá-bein, n. pl. small bones, N. G. L. i. 172. smá-bjöllur, f. pl. little bells, Vm. 47. smá-borinn, part. of low birth, Hkr. i. 106, Fms. vii. 8. smá-búendr, m. pl. = smábændr, Ó. H. 101. smá-búsgögn, n. small house-implements, Dipl. v. 18. smá-byrðingar, m. pl. little ships of burden, N. G. L. ii. 251. smá-bækr, f. pl. little books, Pm. 82, Vm. 23. smá-bændr, m. pl. small farmers, Grett. 127, Bs. ii. 143, Fb. iii. 458. smá-börn, n. pl. little bairns, Fms. i. 263, x. 117, Stj. 25, N. T. smá-djöflar, m. pl. petty devils, imps, Sturl. ii. 221. smá-dúkar, m. pl. little kerchiefs, Vm. 47. smá-dýr, n. pl. ‘small deer,’ small animals, Stj. 572, Barl. 41. smá-eyjar, f. pl. little islands, Fms. x. 5. smá-fénaðr, m. small cattle, Gþl. 393. smá-ferjur, f. pl. small ferries, Fms. x. 153. smá-fiskar, m. pl. small fishes, Fas. ii. 112. smá-fuglar, m. pl. small birds, Grág. ii. 346, Al. 132, Fms. vi. 153. smá-geislar, m. pl. faint beams, Fms. i. 140. smá-gjafar, f. pl. small gifts, Stj. smá-gjarn, adj., Valla L. 201 (false reading for sín-gjarn, q. v.) smá-greinir, f. pl. small matters, Bjarn. 3. smá-grjót, n. smal-grit, pebbles, Sturl. ii. 210, Sks. 422. smá-hlutir, m. pl. trifles, Ld. 286, Fas. i. 112, Bs. ii. 167. smá-hringar, m. pl. small circles, rings, Stj. 80, Fas. iii. 45. smá-hrís, n. a shrubbery, Fms. vi. 334. smá-hundar, m. pl. small dogs, Flóv. 34. smá-hús, n. pl. small houses, Pr. 119. smá-hvalir, m. pl. little whales, Vm. 91. smá-kertistikur, f. pl. small candlesticks, Vm. 171. smá-kirkjur, f. pl. small churches, N. G. L. ii. 241. smá-kjörr, n. pl. scrub, brushwood, Fms. vi. 334. smá-klukkur, f. pl. small bells, Vm. 64. smá-kofar, m. pl. small huts, Bs. i. 240. smá-konungar, m. pl. kinglets, Fms. iv. 26, x. 283, Sks. smá-koppar, m. pl. small cups, hollows, Fb. ii. 284. smá-kornóttr, adj. small-grained, Stj. 292. smá-kvistir, m. pl. small twigs, Barl. 81, Bs. ii. 183. smá-kvæmr, adj. of low descent, Fær. 236. smá-látr, adj. content with little, Vápn. 7, Al. 6. smá-leikar, adj. smallness, Finnb. 262, Fas. iii. 393 (sing., Fms. iii. 192). smá-leitr, adj. small-featured, Al. 52, Bs. ii. 11. smá-lérept, n. fine linen, Pm. 123. smá-ligr, adj. trifling, Sks. 30 B. smá-líkneski, n. pl. small images, Pm. 80, 120. smá-lyginn, adj. petty lying, Rb. 310. smá-lærisveinar, m. pl. little disciples, Bs. i. 219. smá-læti, n. stinginess (opp. to stórlæti), Vápn. 10. smá-lönd, n. pl. small lands (islands); öll s. í hafinu, Fas. i. 347; a local name of the Danish islands, Fms. vi. 56, 31: cp. the county Småland in Sweden, Fms. xii. sma-mannligr, adj. mannikin-like, Landn. 121. smá-menn, m. pl. = smámenni, Fms. vi. 14, Dropl. 18. smá-menni, n. small people, Nj. 94, Eg. 770, Fms. vii. 124, Barl. 169. smá-meyjar, f. pl. little girls, Nj. 2. Smámeyja-land, n. the land of the dwarf maidens, mythical, Sams. S. smá-munir, n. pl. trifles, Ld. 286. sma-mæli, n. pl. small cases, Anecd. 46. smá-mæltr, part. ‘small-spoken,’ lisping, Sturl. iii. 278 (where a nickname), freq. in mod. usage. smá-neyti, n. ‘small neats,’ calves, and the like: mart s., Lv. 91. smá-piltar, m. pl. small boys, Stj. 123, Fas. iii. 124. smá-rakkar, m. pl. small dog’s, Mar., Fms. viii. 207, Stj. 99. smá-ráðr, adj. aiming at small things, Ld. 172, Fms. ii. 32. smá-regn, n. small rain, drizzle, Stj. 14 (sing.) smá-rekar, m. pl. small jetsums or waifs, Vm. 60, Pm. 69. smá-ríki, n. pl. petty kingdoms, Fms. ii. 190. smá-róar, m. pl. small relief, Bs. i. 351. smá-sakar, f. pl. petty suits, Hrafn. 4. smá-sandar, m. pl. fine sand, plains of fine sand, Eg. 141. smá-sauðr, m. (sing.), a little sheep, Stj. 516. smá-skip, n. pl. small ships, Fms. ii. 302, vii. 266, N. G. L. ii. 252. smá-skitligr, adj. tiny; s. í andliti, tiny-faced, Fb. i. 540; lítill ok s., Fas. ii. 247. smá-skógar, m. pl. copsewood, Landn. 68. smá-skútur, f. pl. small craft, Fms. iii. 1, vi. 402, vii. 234, Eg. 341. smá-smíði, n. hardware, opp. to stór-smíði, N. G. L. iii. 15 (cp. Low Germ. klein-smied). smá-smugall, -smogall, adj. penetrating through every pore, Rb. 334: metaph. minute, subtle; vitr ok s., Mar., Barl., Str.; smásmugul ok hvöss ok skygn augu, Skálda 160: compar. smásmuglari, 159: mod., in a bad sense, hair-splitting, fault-finding, sma-smugliga, adv. subtlely, minutely, Stj. 155, Bs. ii. 52. sma-smugligr, adj. minute, Sks. 637: hair-splitting. smá-smygli, f. minuteness, Str. 2, Bs. ii. 42. smá-spengr, f. pl. small spangles, Nj. 142. smá-straumr, m. and smá-streymt, n. adj. a neap-tide. smá-sveinar, m. pl. small boys, Eg. 188, Fms. vii. 158, Stj. 121: sing., smásveini einum, Bs. i. 45. smá-sveinligr, adj. boyish; s. nám, Bs. i. 219. smá-svik, n. pl. petty tricks, Fms. vi. 383. smá-syndir, f. pl. petty sins, 677. 9. smá-tennr, f. pl. small tusks (of a walrus), Sks. 179. smá-tíundir, f. pl. small tithes, Vm. 89, H. E. ii. 167. smá-tölur, f. pl. (smá-talna), small numbers, Rb. 114. smá-varningr, m. small wares (sing.), Nj. 75. smá-váfur, f. pl. tiny ghosts, imps, Grett. 79 new Ed. smá-vegis, adv. trifling. smá-vendir, m. pl. small wands, Sks. 443. smá-verplar, m. pl. small casks, N. G. L. iii. 15. smá-viði, n. a shrubbery, Eg. 580. smá-vofrur, f. pl. = smáváfur, Grett. 112. smá-þarmar, m. pl. [A. S. smæl-þearmas], the small gut, also the lower abdomen, Nj. 262, Fas. ii. 255, Sturl. i. 196, Fb. i. 301, Mar., passim; smáþarma-mein, Bs. i. 825. smá-þing, n. a small object, Thom. 301. smá-öxar, f. pl. small axes, A.A. 270. -
10 Курочка по зернышку клюет, да сыта бывает
Be content with little, as many little things or amounts accumulate to form a big thing or a large amount. See Зернышко к зернышку - будет мешок (3), Копейка к копейке - проживет и семейка (K), По капельке - море, по зернышку - ворох (П), Полено к полену - костер (П), По соломинке - сноп (П), Пушинка к пушинке - выйдет перинка (П), Собирай по ягодке, наберешь кузовок (C)Var.: По крупице и птица собирает, а сыта бываетCf: Drop by drop and the pitcher is full (Am.). Grain by grain and the hen fills her belly (Br.). Little and often fills the purse (Am., Br.). Little and often makes a heap in time (Am.). A little makes a lot (Am.). Many a little (a pickle) makes a mickle (Br.). Many a mickle makes a muckle (Am.). One grain fills not the sack, but it helps his fellow (Br.). A pin a day is a groat a year (Am., Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Курочка по зернышку клюет, да сыта бывает
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11 STÓRR
(stœri or stœrri, stœrstr), a.1) big, great, of size (stórr fiskr, stórt dýr);stór veðr, rough weather, great gales;stór sær, high sea;gørði þá stórt á firðinum, the sea rose high;2) great, potent (at hann skyldi varast at gøra Ólaf eigi of stóran);3) great, important (tillagagóðr hinna stœrri mála);4) proud (fann hann þat brátt á Sigríði, at hón var heldr stór).* * *adj., compar. stæri or stærri, superl. stærstr, i. e. stœri, stœrstr; [a word peculiar to the Northern languages, from which it has entered into the Finnish; A. S. stôr; Engl. sturdy; North. E. stordy]:—the original sense seems to be ‘stirred,’ ‘disturbed’ (cp. III), but it is only used in the sense big, great, of size; ein stærst, Fms. iii. 123; bein miklu stærri, Eg. 769; stórir járnrekendr, Sks. 457; stórir askar, Eg. 204; stór héruð, 275; stór veðr, [cp. Shetl. stoor], rough weather, great gales, Ld. 50; stórr sær, a high sea, Sks.; stór, stæri sár, Nj. 153; stærst hof hér á landi, Landn. 335 (Mantissa); í stórum töskum, Hkr. iii. 244.II. metaph. great, potent; við alla ena stærri menn, Ld. 124; mæltu at hann skyldi göra Ólaf eigi of stóran, Fms. i. 99; at hann görisk eigi of stórr, Eg. 50; gör þik eigi stærra enn þú átt kyn til, Fms. xi. 236; hve marga (aura) ok hve stóra, Grág. i. 136.2. great, important; enna stærri mála, Nj. 2.3. proud; bændr vóru þar því stærri enn annarsstaðar, at engi vildi til koma, Fms. iv. 112: Sigríð kona hans var heldr stór, v. 30 (skap-stórr, Ó. H. l. c.)III. neut., görði þá stórt á firðinum, the sea rose high, Eg. 60; tíðendi þau er honum lægi svá stórt við, Fms. xi. 102; höggva stórt, to strike hard, Nj. 53.IV. adverbial phrases, stórum, very greatly, much; svá at ek finna stórum, Ísl. ii. 343; stórum stauplar nú yfir, Fs. 153; þat berr stórum, it amounts to much, Fms. ii. 37; ætla ek stærum bera hin laga-brotin, vii. 305; stórum ríkr, very mighty, Hkr. iii. 244; stórum vinsæll, Fms. vii. 102; stórum feginn, Eg. 567; stórum sköruligt, Ld. 106. 2. stærrum, more, in a greater degree; skjótara ok stærum, Sks. 71; gefit hefir þú mér stærum, Fms. vii. 56; eigi stærum né smærum, neither more nor less, Grág. i. 241. 3. stórs, adv.; ekki stórs of ökla upp, Bs. i. 349. 4. stóru-gi, adv. much, greatly, Ísl. ii. 384; see -gi.B. In COMPDS, and with nouns, stór-, like smár-, is chiefly prefixed to nouns in plur. or in a collective sense: stór-auðigr, adj. very wealthy, Landn. 68, Eg. 2, 23, Fms. xi. 293, Hdl. 39. stór-ár, f. pl. great waters, Stj. 87, Rb. 350. stór-beinóttr, adj. bony, coarse-faced, Eb. 30, Fas. i. 173. stór-blót, n. pl. great sacrifices, Fms. v. 164. stór-bokkar, m. pl. ‘big bucks,’ lordlings, mighty and overbearing men, Eb. 334, Fms. viii. 238 (spelt bukkar), xi. 260, Bs. i. 621. stór-borgir, f. pl. big towns, Róm. 264. stór-borinn, part. high-born, Hkr. i. 243, Bær. 14. stór-brögðóttr, adj. very sly, Hðm. 13. stór-burðigr, adj. = stórborinn, Fas. ii. 474, v. l. stór-bú, n. pl. great estates, Eg. 170, Fms. i. 13. stór-bygðir, f. pl. large counties, settlements, Ó. H. 174. stór-byssur, f. pl. big catapults, Fas. iii. 428, v. l.: big guns. stór-bæir, m. pl. great estates, Hkr. i. 20. stór-bændr, m. pl. great freeholders, Fms. ii. 40, Orkn. 136, Sturl. i. 37. stór-deildir, f. pl. great differences, quarrels, Sturl. i. 140, iii. 7. stór-deilur, f. pl. id., Sturl. i. 140 C. stór-draumar, m. pl. portentous dreams, Sturl. ii. 204 C. stór-efli, n., in stór-eflis-menn, m. pl. mighty men, Fms. xi. 7, 13, Gísl. 55, Háv. 50, Glúm. 37. stór-efni, n. pl. important cases, N. G. L. stór-eignir, f. pl. great landed estates, Hkr. iii. 19; stóreigna maðr, a great landowner, Ísl. ii. 202. stór-erviði, n. severe toil, hard work, Sturl. iii. 65. stór-eyjar, f. pl. great islands, Fms. vii. 85. stór-fé, n. great wealth, Nj. 178, Eg. 75, Fms. ix. 320; stórfjár ok dýrgripa, vii. 186. stór-feginn, adj. very fain or glad, Ver. 19, Bret. 46, Fms. xi. 29. stór-fengr, adj. gross, huge; hann var s. ok auðigr, Sturl. i. 8; föður átta ek heldr stórfengan, Brand. 62; stórfeng kýr, a good milch cow, Bs. i. 194. stór-fetaðr, part. long-striding, taking great steps, Fas. ii. 348; s. hestr, Edda 57. stór-fetr, adj. id., Greg. 17. stór-firðir, m. pl. big firths, Fb. iii. 446. stór-fiskar, m. pl. big fishes (whales). Fas. ii. 113. stór-fjaðrar, f. pl. big feathers, Sks. 114. stór-fjarri, adv. very far, Lex. Poët. stór-fjöllóttr, adj. with great fells, Eb. 8. stór-flokkar, m. pl. great ‘flocks,’ large detachments, Ó. H. 208. stór-frörar, m. pl. ice-fields, Grett. (in a verse). stór-fuglar, m. pl. big birds, El. 2. stór-fundir, m. pl. great meetings, great battles, Nj. 107. stór-föt, n. pl. big clothes, Glúm. 390. stór-geðr (- geðjaðr), adj. great-minded. Lex. Poët.: = stórgætr (?), Bs. i. 606. stór-gjafar, f. pl. great, lordly, rich gifts, Nj. 151, Fms. vii. 2. stór-gjöfull, adj. munificent, Hkr. i. 291, Fms. viii. 238, Bs. i. 81, Magn. 464. stór-gjöld, n. pl. heavy fines, Fms. i. 66. stór-glæpir, m. pl. great crimes, Fms. vii. 261, Stat. 260, Sks. 773. stórglæpa-maðr, m. a great criminal, Stj. 40. stór-glæpligr, adj. highly criminal, Sks. 773. stór-gnípur, f. pl. huge peaks, mountains, Fas. ii. 76. stór-góz, n. a great property, Bs. i. 853. stór-grýti, n. pl. big stones, rocks, Mag. stór-grýttr, adj. rocky, stony, Fms. xi. 239. stór-gættingar, m. pl. magnates, 623. 32, Al. 16. stór-görr, part. of great size, Lex. Poët. stór-hagr, adj. very skilled, handy, Fas. ii. 347. stór-heimsligr, adj. ‘big-foolish,’ grossly foolish, 625. 73. stór-heit, n. pl. great vows, Bs. i. 421, Fms. ix. 387. stór-héruð, n. pl. great districts, Stj. 83, MS. 655 xvi. A. 3, Ó. H. 125. stór-hlutir, m. pl. great things, Fms. vii. 136: in an evil sense, great sins, MS. 671. 16, N. G. L. i. 459. stór-hræddr, adj. much afraid, Fbr. 149. stór-huga, adj. aiming high, aspiring. stór-hugaðr, adj. high-minded, proud, Am. 72, Stj. stór-hvalir, m. pl. big whales, Sks. 122. stór-hveli, n. id., Fas. ii. 78. stór-höfðingjar, m. pl. great magnates, Fms. vii. 206, 209, Hkr. ii. 140, Barl. 127, Sks. 6. stór-höggr, adj. dealing heavy blows, Fms. xi. 131, Landn. 69, Fb. ii. 128. stór-ílla, adv. very badly, Grett. 120, Fms. i. 12, Fb. i. 411. stór-íllr, adj. very bad, Fms. ix. 393, Lv. 68. stór-jarteinir, f. pl. great wonders, Stj. 289. stór-kappar, m. pl. great champions, Fas. ii. 481. stór-katlar, m. pl. big kettles, Fms. x. 29. stór-kaup, n. pl. wholesale buying. stórkaup-maðr, m. a wholesale dealer, Fb. ii. 75. stór-keralda, að, in a pun, Krók. 63, 64. stór-kerti, n. pl. geat tapers, Flóv. 35. stór-keröld, n. pl. large vats, Dipl. v. 18. stór-klæki, n. pl. great wickedness, Band. 38 new Ed., Ó. H. 217. stór-kostliga, adv. in grand style, Bs. i. 645. stór-kostligr, adj. grand; bær s., Ó. H. 66; s. gjafir, Sturl. i. 48: colossal, Fb. i. 522. stór-kvikendi, n. pl. great beasts, Stj. 70. stór-kvæði, n. pl. great poems, Skálda 205. stór-langr, adj. very long, Eb. 24. stór-látr, adj. proud, haughty, Fms. i. 2: munificent, Fs. 51, Al. 70: not content with a little (opp. to smá-látr), Eg. 17, Fms. vi. 368. stór-leiði, n. a long way, Bs. i. 458. stór-leikr, m. presumption, pride, Fms. iv. 206, Ölk. 34, Stj. 537. stór-leitr, adj. big-faced, Sturl. ii. 99. stór-lendur, f. pl. great lands, Bs. i. 226. stór-liga, adv. greatly, very, Bret. 24, Eg. 57: proudly, Edda. 30; svara s., Fms. i. 3; mæla s., vi. 246, x. 194. stór-ligana, adv. = stórliga, Stj., MS. 227, passim. stór-ligr, adj. great, Eg. 46. stór-ljótr, adj. very ugly, Glúm. 387. stór-lokkar, m. pl. long locks, Fas. i. 173. stór-lyndi, f. magnanimity, Fms. vii. 198, Hkr. iii. 245; sína s., Fms. vii. 96. stór-lyndr, adj. magnanimous, Fms. vii. 98; high-spirited, Nj. 18, Fs. 129, Grett. 158. stór-læti, n. liberality, Ld. 30, Fms. x. 235: pride, v. 71, Ölk. 34. stór-lönd, n. pl. great counties, Fms. iv. 140. stór-mannliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), like a grand man, munificently, Fs. 15, Ísl. ii. 337, Eg. 62, Fms. xi. 244. stór-mannligr, adj. magnificent, Fs. 11, 30, Fms. ii. 133, vi. 13, xi. 321. stór-margr, adj. very many, Eg. 219. stór-mál, n. pl. great suits; standa í stórmálum, Nj. 227, Fs. 29, Vápn. 22. stór-mein, n. pl. great evils, Fs. 44. stór-meizl, n. pl. great injuries, Sturl. ii. 49. stór-menni, n. great men, men of rank, Eg. 30, Fs. 11, Fms. i. 31, vi. 19, Ó. H. 71: great folk, Bárð. 172; frá Birni bunu er komit nær allt s. á Íslandi, Landn. 39: a liberal man, Sturl. i. 4, 9, Eg. 38, 198: a big man, giant, Edda 33. stór-mennska, u, f. greatness, munificence, Fms. xi. 19, 293, Fs. 15, passim; meir af stór-mennsku enu forsjá, Bs. i. 83. stórmennsku-fullr, adj. munificent. stór-merki, n. pl. wonderful things, great wonders; Guðs s., Edda (pref.), Fms. i. 133, Magn. 534, Symb. 29; hvat er fleira stórmerkja frá askinum, Edda. stór-merkiliga, adv. wonderfully, Mar. stór-merkiligr, adj. wonderful, Mar. stór-mikill, adj. huge, immense, Lv. 68, Eg. 59, Fms. i. 63, vii. 79, 278. stór-mjök, adv. very much, immensely, Fms. vii. 110, Fb. 1. 411, Bret. 54. stór-mæli, n. pl. great affairs; standa í stórmælum, Nj. 224: grave affairs, þau s. er ek hefi mót yðrum vilja brotið, Orkn. 118; eccl. the greater excommunication, hafði biskup í stórmælum ( in ban) tvá höfðingja, Sturl. ii. 2; lýsa stórmælum yfir, to excommunicate, iii. 201; biskup vildi ekki með hann tala, þvíat hann var í stórmælum, Bs. i. 286, 490, Stat. 260, Anecd. 8, 26. stór-nauðsynjar, f. pl. hard necessity, Gþl. 27, 352. stór-nær, adv. very nigh, Bs. i. 21. stór-orðr, adj. using big words, Fms. i. 75, xi. 94; stórort kvæði ok úfagrt, a big-worded, high-sounding poem, Ísl. ii. 237. stór-ráð, n. pl. great undertakings, Fms. i. 83. stór-ráða-samr, adj. daring, venturesome, Grett. 158. stór-ráðr, adj. ambitious; stórráð ok ráðgjörn, Fms. x. 220; s. ok ágjarn, vii. 28, Orkn. 144; a nickname, Sigríðr stórráða, cp. Lat. superbus. stór-ref-singar, f. pl. severe punishment. Fms. vii. 36. stór-regn, n. pl. heavy rains. Fms. viii. 202. stór-reki, m. ‘big-wreck’ big pieces of jetsum; allan stórreka, opp. to smáreki, Vm. 129. stór-riðinn, part. with big meshes, of a net. stór-ritaðr, part. written in large letters, Pm. 125. stór-ríki, n. pl. great empires, Bs. ii. 43. stór-ríkr, adj. very powerful, Ísl. ii. 202, v. l. stór-ræði, n. pl. daring, dangerous, great undertakings, Gþl. (pref. vi), Nj. 66, Fms. i. 83, vi. 10, 37, viii. 120, Sks. 746. stórræða-maðr, m. a man of great aims. Fms. ix. 283. stór-rök, n. pl. mighty events, Hom. 55. stór-sakar, f. pl. great offences. Fms. ii. 4, 33, Ld. 172. stór-samligr, adj. severe, Sks. 49. stór-sár, n. pl. grievous wounds, Fms. iii. 118. stór-skaðar, m. pl. great damage, Bs. i. 144. stór-skip, n. pl. great ships. Fms. vii. 259. stór-skorinn, part. huge, gaunt, Fb. i. 566; mikill vexti ok s., Bárð. 175; s. í andliti, Fb. i. 258; s. sem Goliath, Stj. 464; stórskorit höfuð, Grett. 83 new Ed. stór-skriptir, f. pl. heavy penances, K. Á. 192, H. E. i. 509; stórskripta-maðr, ii. 78. stór-skuldir, f. pl. great debts, Grág. i. 500. stór-slög, n. pl. great visitations, plagues, Stj. 268. stór-smiðr, m. a notable workman, Eg. 4. stór-smíði, n. pl. a huge, bulky work, Edda 19. stór-staðir, m. pl. great towns, Stj. 68; in Icel. or Norway of great church-prebends, Fms. vi. 157. stór-stígr, adj. long-striding. stór-straumr, m. a spring tide. stór-streymt, n. adj. = stórstraumr. stór-sveitir, f. pl. a large detachment., Fms. ix. 429. stór-syndir, f. pl. great sins, H. E. i. 521. stór-sæmdir, f. pl. great honours, Nj. 134, Fms. xi. 331. stór-sæti, n. pl. large ricks, Eb. 150, 224, Brandkr. 30. stór-tákn, n. pl. great wonders. Fms. i. 29, Stj. 261; sing., Bs. i. 42. stór-tignir, f. pl. high dignity, 625. 98. stór-tíðindi, n. pl. great tidings, great events, Fms. iii. 15, vi. 230, Nj. 195, Rb. 394, Sturl. i. 107 C; wonders, Edda 14, Fms. xi. 38. stór-tré, n. pl. huge beams, Karl. 448, Fms. x. 358, Krók. stóru-gi, see stórr (A. IV. 4). stór-úðigr, adj. high-minded, Hbl. 15, Valla L. stór-vandi, a, m. a great difficulty, Sturl. ii. 79. stór-vandræði, n. pl. id., Fms. vii. 25. stór-vegir, m. pl. broad roads, highways, Barl. 190. stór-vegligr, adj. very honourable, Hkr. ii. 100. stór-veizlur, f. pl. great banquets, Fms. i. 291. stór-vel, adv. right well, Eg. 60, 423, Ísl. ii. 382. stór-verk, n. pl. great deeds, Fms. v. 345. stór-viðaðr, adj. large timbered, Fms. ii. 218. stór-viðir, m. pl. great timbers, big beams, Fms. ii. 328, x. 361. Nj. 201, Bs. i. 81. stór-viðri, n. a great tempest, Fms. vii. 310, Grett. 153. stór-virki, n. pl. great feats, Fms. i. 287, ii. 109, vi. 55, Nj. 193, Ld. 40, Eg. 686, Korm. 242, Al. 160. stór-virkr, adj. working mightily; sterkr ok s., working like a giant, Bárð. 163; stórvirkr, opp. to góðvirkr, Nj. 55: as the name of a giant, Edda (Gl.), Fas. i. (Hervar. S. begin.) stór-vitr, adj. very wise, Nj. 22, Fms. i. 31, vi. 10, xi. 13, 205. stór-víða, adv. very widely, Fbr. 41. stór-yrði, n. pl. big words, Eg. 258, Nj. 261, Fms. ix. 419, x. 71, xi. 256, Al. 18. stór-ýðigr, adj. = stórúðigr, Valla L. 208. stór-þing, n. a ‘storthing,’ great council (oecumenical), Karl. 548, Pr. 104, Rb. stór-þorp, n. pl. great villages, Fagrsk. ch. 193. stór-þungt, n. adj. very heavy, Eb. 284. stór-þurftir, f. pl. great need, Bs. i. 525. stór-ættaðr, adj. high-born, Eg. 16, Nj. 178, Fms. i. 186, vi. 246. stór-ættir, f. pl. great families. -
12 Ешь щи с мясом, а нет, так и хлеб с квасом
Take delight in it when you have much, but when in strained circumstances be content with little. See Ешь хлеб, коли пирогов нет (E), На безрыбье и рак рыба (H)Cf: If thou hast not a capon, feed n an onion (Br.). They that have no other meat, bread and butter are glad to eat (Br.). They that have no other meat gladly bread and butter eat (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Ешь щи с мясом, а нет, так и хлеб с квасом
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13 bescheiden
I Adj.1. (genügsam) modest; Person: auch unassuming; (anspruchslos) undemanding; ein Mann von bescheidenem Auftreten a man with a modest ( oder an unassuming) manner2. (einfach, schlicht) Zimmer: simple, modest; bescheidene Mittel modest means; mit bescheidenen Mitteln etw. aufbauen etc.: auch... on a shoestring; aus bescheidenen Anfängen from humble ( oder small) beginnings; aus bescheidenen Verhältnissen kommen come from a modest background; eine bescheidene Frage:... would it be unreasonable to ask...2. (gering) Lohn etc.: meag|re (Am. -er), very modest; sie ist ein bescheidener Esser she eats very little3. euph. (beschissen) awfulII Adv.: sehr bescheiden leben get by on very little, live modestly, lead a frugal existence; sehr bescheiden wohnen / essen live in very modest surroundings / eat very frugally; etwas bescheidener leben müssen have to get by on less ( oder tighten one’s belt)—(unreg.)I v/refl1. make do with what one has got; sich mit etw. bescheiden be content ( oder satisfied) with s.th., content o.s. with s.th., make do with s.th.II v/t1. geh.: es war ihm nicht beschieden zu (+ Inf.) it wasn’t given to him to (+ Inf.), he wasn’t destined ( oder meant) to (+ Inf.) es war ihm nicht beschieden it wasn’t (meant) to be; ihm / der Sache war kein Erfolg etc. beschieden he / it wasn’t destined to succeed etc.2. förm. (entscheiden) make a decision on; auch JUR. (informieren) (jemanden) notify, advise; ein Gesuch abschlägig oder negativ bescheiden reject a petition* * *unassuming; lowly; retiring; unpretending; modest; humble; unobtrusive; unboastful; small; unpretentious* * *be|schei|den I [bə'ʃaidn] pret beschied [bə'ʃiːt] ptp beschieden [bə'ʃiːdn]1. vt2) (form = entscheiden) Gesuch, Antrag to decide uponetw abschlägig beschéíden — to turn sth down
3) (form = informieren)jdn dahin gehend beschéíden, dass... — to inform or notify sb that...
4) (geh = zuteilwerden lassen)jdm etw beschéíden — to grant sb sth
es war ihr nicht beschieden, den Erfolg zu genießen — she was not granted the opportunity to enjoy the success, it was not given to her to enjoy the success (liter)
2. vr (geh)to be contentII [bə'ʃaidn]sich mit wenigem beschéíden — to be content or to content oneself with little
1. adj1) modest; Mensch, Verhalten modest, unassumingeine beschéídene Frage — one small question
aus beschéídenen Anfängen — from humble beginnings
2) (euph = beschissen) awful, terrible; (inf = mäßig) mediocre2. adv1) leben modestlydarf ich mal beschéíden fragen, ob... — may I venture to ask whether...
ich habe in der Englischarbeit beschéíden abgeschnitten — I got a terrible mark (Brit) or grade (esp US) in English
* * *1) modestly2) (not having, or showing, too high an opinion of one's abilities etc: He's very modest about his success.) modest3) (not having a high opinion of oneself etc: You have plenty of ability but you're too humble.) humble4) humbly* * *be·schei·den1[bəˈʃaidn̩]I. adj1. (genügsam) modest, self-effacing, unassumingein \bescheidenes Leben führen to lead a humble life, to live a modest existence2. (einfach) modest, unpretentious, plainaus \bescheidenen Verhältnissen kommen to have a humble background [or humble origins]in \bescheidenen Verhältnissen leben to live a simple life [or modestly]nur eine \bescheidene Frage just one small questionzu \bescheidenen Preisen at moderate pricesseine Leistung war eher \bescheiden his performance was rather lousyII. adv1. (selbstgenügsam) modestly, self-effacingly2. (einfach) modestly, unpretentiously, plainly▪ jdm geht es \bescheiden sth isn't going very well for sbmir geht's beruflich wirklich \bescheiden jobwise things aren't greatbe·schei·den *2[bəˈʃaidn̩]I. vt▪ etw \bescheiden to come to a decision about stheinen Antrag \bescheiden to decide upon an applicationeinen Antrag positiv/negativ \bescheiden to accept/reject a proposalein Gesuch positiv/negativ \bescheiden to grant [or approve]/reject [or turn down] a requestes war ihr nicht beschieden, den Erfolg zu genießen it was not her lot to enjoy successmöge dir zeitlebens Glück und Zufriedenheit beschieden sein! may you enjoy happiness and contentment all your life!▪ jdn zu jdm/etw \bescheiden to summon [or call] sb to sb/sth* * *I 1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) inform, notify < person>jemanden/etwas abschlägig bescheiden — turn somebody/something down; refuse somebody/something
2)2.es war ihm nicht beschieden,... zu... — (geh.) it was not granted to him to...
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb (geh.) be contentII 1.1) modest; modest, unassuming < person, behaviour>2.in bescheidenen Verhältnissen aufwachsen — grow up in humble circumstances
adverbial modestly* * *bescheiden1A. adjein Mann von bescheidenem Auftreten a man with a modest ( oder an unassuming) manner2. (einfach, schlicht) Zimmer: simple, modest;bescheidene Mittel modest means;aus bescheidenen Anfängen from humble ( oder small) beginnings;aus bescheidenen Verhältnissen kommen come from a modest background;eine bescheidene Frage: … would it be unreasonable to ask …sie ist ein bescheidener Esser she eats very little3. euph (beschissen) awfulB. adv:sehr bescheiden leben get by on very little, live modestly, lead a frugal existence;sehr bescheiden wohnen/essen live in very modest surroundings/eat very frugally;bescheiden2 (irr)A. v/r1. make do with what one has got;sich mit etwas bescheiden be content ( oder satisfied) with sth, content o.s. with sth, make do with sthB. v/t1. geh:es war ihm nicht beschieden zu (+inf) it wasn’t given to him to (+inf), he wasn’t destined ( oder meant) to (+inf)es war ihm nicht beschieden it wasn’t (meant) to be;ihm/der Sache war kein Erfolg etcbeschieden he/it wasn’t destined to succeed etcnegativ bescheiden reject a petition3. geh, form (beordern) summon (zu jemandem to appear before sb)* * *I 1.unregelmäßiges transitives Verb1) inform, notify < person>jemanden/etwas abschlägig bescheiden — turn somebody/something down; refuse somebody/something
2)2.es war ihm nicht beschieden,... zu... — (geh.) it was not granted to him to...
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb (geh.) be contentII 1.1) modest; modest, unassuming <person, behaviour>3) (dürftig) modest <salary, results, pension, etc.>2.adverbial modestly* * *adj.humble adj.modest adj.unassuming adj.unboastful adj.unobtrusive adj. adv.humbly adv.modestly adv.unassumingly adv.unobtrusively adv. v.to humble v. -
14 على
عَلَى \ against: touching (usually sth. upright): The rain beat against the window. He pressed his nose against the glass. on: showing where sb. or sth. is placed: He lay on his back on the bed. The picture hung on a nail on the wall. Your name is on the list. He hit me on the nose. The boat is on the river (in the water). The house is on the river (beside the water), as in the previous meaning, but with movement (often with to) He jumped on (to) his horse. The book fell on (to) the floor. onto: on to: He sprang onto the table. over: lying across; resting on; covering: A cloud was over the sun. She spread a cloth over the table, across the surface of Ships sail over the sea, above (in rank, etc.) He rules over a proud people, about; concerning They quarrelled over the resutl of the race. You need not hurry over your dinner. upon: on. \ عَلَى \ on shore, ashore: on dry land; not on the sea; on or to the shore: Sailors are unhappy ashore. We swam ashore from the boat. \ See Also نَحْوَ البَرّ، اليابسة (اليَابِسَة) \ عَلَى \ ashore: on or to the shore: Sailors are unhappy ashore. We swam ashore from the boat. on shore, ashore: on dry land; not on the sea. \ See Also نَحْوَ الشّاطِئ \ عَلَى اتِّصَال (عكس مُنْقَطع عن) \ in touch: (the opposite is out of touch) giving or receiving news: I’ve been in touch with my brother by telephone. The radio keeps us in touch with world events. \ عَلَى أتَمّ ما يكُون من التَّرتيب والهِنْدام \ spick and span: (as a predic. phrase) neat, clean and bright: Sailors usually keep their boats spick and span. \ عَلَى الأَثير \ on the air: being sent out on the radio or television. \ عَلَى أَحْسَن وَجْه \ best, well, better: in the best way: Peter played best last week. \ عَلَى أرْبَع \ on all fours: on hands and knees: She went down on all fours to look for the needle. \ عَلَى الأرض \ over: from an upright (or straight) position to a flat (or bent) position: I fell over. He knocked me over. She bent over to pick it up. \ عَلَى استعداد \ content: willing: I’m content to wait for my turn. \ عَلَى أشُدِّه \ in full swing: (of an activity) at its highest point; very busy: The party was in full swing when I arrived. \ عَلَى الإطلاق \ little: (coming just before the verb) not at all: I little knew (or Little did I know) that next day he would be dead. not in the least: not at all: It doesn’t matter in the least. whatever: at all: I have no money whatever. whatsoever: a strong form of whatever; at all: Tell him nothing whatsoever!. \ عَلَى الأَغْلَب \ for the most part: mostly: He is old and for the most part he stays at home. \ عَلَى أَقْصَى ما تستطيع رؤيتَه \ in the distance: far away (from the point where one is): In the distance he could see the mountains. \ عَلَى الأَقَلّ \ a good: (with numbers) at least: He lives a good 3 miles away. at least: (showing that sth. is true, necessary, etc., even if sth. else is not) in spite of what has just been said or is just going to be said: He may be lazy but at least he’s honest. You can at least be polite even if you don’t like him, not less than It cost at least $100. quite: at least; not less than: The journey took quite three hours. \ عَلَى الأَكثَر \ largely: mostly: The accident was largely his own fault. mainly: chiefly; mostly. \ عَلَى انفِراد \ private: (only in the phrase in private) privately; where nobody can hear except those concerned: May I speak to you in private. \ عَلَى أُهْبَة الاستعداد \ stand by: to be ready, in case one may be needed: The soldiers were told to stand by. \ عَلَى أَيّ حال \ anyhow: in any case: I don’t really need this; anyhow, it costs too much. anyway: in any case: I may be late; anyway, don’t wait for me, in any case I don’t really need this; anyhow, it costs too much. at all events, in any event: in any case; whatever may happen or has happened: He didn’t win but, at all events, he did try hard. at any rate: at least; in any case: He wasn’t there; at any rate, I don’t think he was. I may not succeed; but I’ll try, at any rate. in any case: no matter what else may be considered, anyhow: It costs too much. In any case, I don’t really need it. \ عَلَى أيَّة حال \ all the same, at the same time: (only at the start of a sentence; comparing points that are for and against) in spite of this: He’s not clever; all the same, he does try hard. however: all the same; in spite of what has just been said: I’m very tired; however, I’ll come and help you. \ عَلَى بُعد \ away: at a distance: Brighton is 60 miles away. Keep away from the wet paint. beyond: further; on or to the farther side: I looked across the river to the hills beyond. \ عَلَى التَّخْصِيص \ in particular: especially: I enjoyed his first song in particular. \ عَلَى التَّوَالي \ respectively: separately, in that order: Boys and girls will be examined on Monday and Tuesday respectively (the boys on Monday, the girls on Tuesday). \ عَلَى جَانِب \ up: along (up and down are both used like this, although the course may be quite level): He lives just up the road. \ عَلَى الجميع \ round: to everyone: He handed the coffee round. There were not enough cups to go round. \ عَلَى حَدٍّ \ as far as, so far as: (showing a limit): As far as I know, he’s not here. \ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَواء \ alike: in the same way: He treats us all alike. \ عَلَى حَدِّ عِلْمي \ to the best knowledge: as far as I know: To the best of my knowledge, he is honest (I have no reason to doubt his honesty). \ عَلَى حِدَة \ private: (only in the phrase in private) privately; where nobody can hear except those concerned: May I speak to you in private?. separate: not joined or shared; apart: Keep the new milk separate from the old. \ عَلَى حَقّ (مُحِقّ) \ be in the right: not be at fault: Although they said she’d made a mistake, they discovered she was in the right. \ عَلَى حِين غِرَّة \ all of a sudden: in a sudden manner. suddenly: in a sudden manner: The door opened suddenly. \ عَلَى خَطَأ \ in the wrong: mistaken (in one’s judgement, behaviour etc.). \ عَلَى الدَّوام \ always: at all times. \ عَلَى رؤوس الأصابِع \ on tiptoe: on the tips of one’s toes: I can reach that if I stand on tiptoe. \ عَلَى الرّاجح \ likely: (usu. with very, most, more or quite) probably: She’s very likely right. \ عَلَى الرُّغْم مِن \ despite: in spite of: Despite his age, the old man walks several miles every day. for all: in spite of: For all his strength, he could not lift it. much as: although: Much as I admire him, I could not work with him. spite, in spite of: (of sth. that fails) even with: In spite of his efforts, he could not save her life, without regard to; not caring about (a difficulty) In spite of his illness, he attended the ceremony. \ عَلَى الرُّغْم مِنْ أَنَّ \ although: in spite of the fact that; (without a verb) in spite of being: Although (he was) ill, he went to work. \ عَلَى الرُّغْم من ذلك \ even so: in spite of that: He may be foolish; even so, you should help him. just the same: (showing one thing that is not the natural result of another) in spite of this: He’s a thief, but I like him just the same. nevertheless: in spite of that: I told him it would be dangerous, but nevertheless he did it. still: in spite of that: We rarely win; but still, we enjoy playing. \ عَلَى سَبيل المِثال \ for instance: as an example: He’s often late. Yesterday, for instance, he came home after midnight. \ عَلَى السَّطح كلِّه \ over: (esp. with all) across a surface: The table was wet all over. He rubbed it over with a dry cloth. \ عَلَى سَوِيَّة \ level: equal in height or position: His eyes were level with my shoulder. I soon drew level with the leading runner. \ عَلَى سَوِيَّة \ flush: exactly on a level with; not sticking out from; meeting exactly at the edges: The door is flush with the wall when it is closed. \ See Also مستوى (مُسْتَوًى) \ عَلَى سَوِيَّة واحدة \ even: equal: The table legs were not of even length. He shared the money evenly among them. \ عَلَى شاكِلَة \ like: the same as: What is he like (in appearance and character)? He’s just like his father., What does it feel (or look or taste or smell or sound) like?. in the same way as:: He swims like a fish. \ عَلَى شَرْط \ provide (that), also providing (that): if; on condition that: I’ll go, provided (that) you’ll go too. \ عَلَى شَفَا \ on the brink of: close to (sth. dangerous or exciting): on the brink of war. on the point of doing sth.: starting to do sth.: I was on the point of telephoning you, when I got your letter. on one’s last legs: (of a person or thing) not expected to last much longer; worn out; almost in ruins: That company is on its last legs. on the verge of: close to: She was on the verge of tears. \ See Also شفير (الموت أو الإفلاس، إلخ)، عَلى وَشْك \ عَلَى صَهْوَةِ الجَوَاد \ on horseback: on a horse: He travelled on horseback. \ عَلَى ضِغْن \ grudgingly: unwillingly. \ See Also على غير رَغْبَة \ عَلَى طُولِ \ along: following the line of: He ran along the road. down: along (without regard to level): We raced down the street. My friend lives just down the road. \ عَلَى ظَهْر \ on deck: on an uncovered deck, in the open air. \ See Also سَطْح السفينة \ عَلَى ظَهْر الحِصان \ on horseback: on a horse: He travelled on horseback. \ عَلَى ظَهْر السَّفينة \ on board: on (or on to) a ship or aeroplane: There are 70 men on board. Can I go on board the aircraft?. \ عَلَى ظَهْر الصَّفْحَة \ overleaf: on the back of the page: Please fill in this paper, and sign your name overleaf. \ عَلَى عَرْض \ across: over; from one side to the other of: He ran across the street. There is a bridge across the stream. \ عَلَى العَكْس \ on the contrary: (expressing disagreement) the opposite is true: It’s not worn out - on the contrary, it’s quite new. \ عَلَى عِلْم بِـ \ familiar with: knowing; accustomed to: I’m not familiar with English law. \ عَلَى عُلُوّ \ high: (in compounds) to the height of: The grass was waist-high. \ عَلَى الغالِب \ probably: almost certainly; with little doubt: You’re probably right. \ عَلَى غَيْر انتظار \ surprisingly: unexpectedly: a surprisingly good result. \ عَلَى غَيْر رَغْبَة \ grudgingly: unwillingly. \ عَلَى غَيْر هُدًى \ adrift: (of boats) loose; floating about with no control: Our ship was wrecked and we were left adrift in a small boat on the ocean. \ عَلَى فَتَرات مُنْتَظِمة \ periodically: from time to time. \ عَلَى فَرض أنّ \ (conj.) supposing: if: Supposing he’s late, shall we wait for him? Even supposing the lorry comes, it will still be too late. \ عَلَى الفِطْرة \ na]ve: too simple to be sensible; lacking wisdom and experience: a na]ve question; a na]ve young girl. \ عَلَى فِكْرَة \ by the way: used to show that the speaker is about to change the subject: Thank you for your help. By the way, would you like to come to our party next week?. \ عَلَى الفَوْر \ directly: at once: He arrived directly after me. instantly: at once. off-hand: without thought or preparation: I can’t say off-hand what it cost, but it was over $1000. \ عَلَى قافية واحدة \ rhyme: (of word endings) to have the same sound: ‘Consideration’ rhymes with ‘nation’, ‘Port’ rhymes with ‘thought’. ‘Pleasure’ rhymes with ‘measure’ but not with ‘pressure’. \ عَلَى قَدْر \ according to: in the proper way for; depending on: Each man was paid according to his skill. \ عَلَى قَدَم وَسَاق \ in full swing: (of an activity) at its highest point; very busy: The party was in full swing when I arrived. \ عَلَى قَيْد الحَيَاة \ alive: living: He was buried alive when part of a cliff fell on him. \ عَلَى كُلّ حال \ at any rate: at least; in any case: He wasn’t there; at any rate, I don’t think he was. I may not succeed; but I’ll try, at any rate. \ عَلَى مَا يَبْدُو \ apparently: it seems (from what people say): I thought she was 15, but apparently is older. \ عَلَى ما يَصِل إليه عِلْمي \ to the best of my knowledge: as far as I know: To the best of my knowledge, my son has never met her. \ See Also على مَبْلَغ علمي \ عَلَى المَدَى الطَّويل \ in the long run: after a period of time; in the end: It’ll be cheaper in the long run to buy good quality shoes. \ عَلَى مسؤوليَّته الشخصيّة \ at one’s own risk: agreeing that any troube will be one’s own fault: The bridge is unsafe but you can cross it at your own risk. \ عَلَى مسافة قريبة مِن \ off: a short distance from: an island off the English coast. \ عَلَى مُسْتَوًى \ level: equal in height or position: His eyes were level with my shoulder. \ عَلَى مِصْرَاعَيْه (فَتَحَ الباب) \ wide: (with open) fully: open the door wide. Leave it wide open. \ عَلَى نَحْو مماثِل \ similarly: in the same way: They were similarly dressed. \ عَلَى نَسَق \ on the lines of: in the general form of: We’re planning some sports on the lines of the Olympic Games, but for schoolboys only. \ عَلَى نَفْس الوَتيرة \ even: (of movement) regular; steady: Her heart was not beating evenly. \ عَلَى نَوبات \ fits and starts: in short bursts; starting and stopping: The engine only goes in fits and starts. \ See Also فترات \ عَلَى هذا المُعَدَّل \ at that rate: if those conditions continue: He keeps stopping for a rest; at that rate, he won’t finish the job today. \ عَلَى هذا النَّحْو \ so: in this way; in that way: Don’t shout so!. thus: in this way. \ عَلَى الهَوَاء \ on the air: being sent out on the radio or television. \ عَلَى وَتِيرَة واحدة \ monotonous: (of a voice, a job, a way of life, etc.) dull, never changing and therefore uninteresting. \ عَلَى وَجْهٍ \ unusually: (with an adj.) very; strangely: It is unusually cold in here today. \ See Also بشكل غير عاديّ \ عَلَى وَجْهِ التَّقْريب \ roughly: (with numbers and amounts) not exactly; about: roughly 50 trees; roughly a mile away. \ عَلَى وَجْهِ الخُصُوص \ particularly: especially: a particularly nasty smell. \ عَلَى الوَجهِ الصحيح \ duly: properly; as expected: The bill was duly paid. The train duly arrived. \ عَلَى وَجْهِ العُمُوم \ in general: in most cases: Men in general are taller than women. \ عَلَى وَجْهٍ ما \ somehow: in some way or other, by some means or other: I’ll pay for it somehow, even if I have to ask someone to lend me the money. \ عَلَى وَجْهٍ مُسْتَهْجَن \ oddly: strangely: She behaved very oddly last night. \ عَلَى مِقْدار عِلْمي \ for all I know: as far as I know: For all I know, you may have stolen this. \ عَلَى مَقْرُبةٍ \ near: close to, in position: His house is near my own. \ عَلَى مَقرُبة مِن \ about: around; near There’s a lot of illness about. I went out early, when no one was about (when no one else was out). \ عَلَى مَهْل \ leisurely: without haste: He likes a leisurely walk in the evening. \ عَلَى نَحْو أسوأ \ worse: more bad; more badly: Murder is worse than stealing. It is a worse crime. You write even worse than I do. \ عَلَى نَحْوٍ أَفْضَل \ better, well, best: in a better way: He drives better than I do. \ عَلَى نَحْو تامّ \ strictly: exactly: Strictly speaking (If I tell you the exact truth) this ticket is out of date; but I’ll let you travel with it. \ See Also كامل (كامِل) \ عَلَى نَحْو خَطير \ badly: seriously: He was badly wounded. \ عَلَى نَحْو رَخْو \ loosely: in a loose way: a loosely tied knot. \ See Also غير مُحْكَم \ عَلَى نَحْو رَدِيء \ badly: in a bad manner: badly dressed; badly made. \ عَلَى نَحْو صارم \ strictly: very firmly: Smoking in this cinema is strictly forbidden. \ See Also دَقيق \ عَلَى نَحْو صَحيح \ right: correctly: You guessed right. \ عَلَى نَحْو صَحيح \ rightly: justly; correctly: You acted rightly. \ See Also ملائم (مُلائم) \ عَلَى نَحْوٍ كَامِل \ absolutely: without conditions: You must agree absolutely and not to try to change matters later. \ عَلَى نَحو مألوف \ ordinarily: usually. \ عَلَى نَحْو مُرْضٍ \ well: (the adv. form of the adj. good; see better, best) in a good and pleasing way: Well done! You played very well. \ عَلَى نَحْو مُلحّ \ badly: (with need, want) very much: They need money badly. \ عَلَى وَشْك \ on the point of doing sth.: starting to do sth.: I was on the point of telephoning you, when I got your letter. \ عَلَى وَشْك أَنْ \ be about to do sth.: to be ready to do it; be just going to do it: I was about to go when he arrived. on the verge of: close to: She was on the verge of tears. \ عَلَى يَد (مِن قِبَل) \ by: (showing who or what did sth.): He was bitten by a dog. \ عَلَى اليدين والرِّجلين \ on all fours: on hands and knees: She went down on all fours to look for the needle. -
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tenir [t(ə)niʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 22━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque tenir fait partie d'une locution comme tenir compagnie, tenir chaud, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <b. ( = maintenir dans un certain état) to keepc. ( = gérer) [+ hôtel, magasin, comptes, maison, ménage] to keepd. ( = détenir) to have• si je le tenais ! just let me get my hands on him!• parfait, je tiens mon article great, now I have my article• qu'est-ce qu'il tient ! (inf) ( = il est ivre) he's plastered (inf!) ; ( = il est idiot) he's such an idiot!e. ( = contrôler) [+ enfant, classe] to have under controlf. ( = organiser) [+ séance, réunion, conférence] to hold• il tenait sa droite [conducteur] he was keeping to the righth. ( = contenir) [récipient] to hold• avec tout ce travail, est-ce qu'il pourra tenir le coup ? with all that work will he be able to cope?j. ( = respecter) [+ promesse, pari, planning] to keep tok. (locutions)► tenir qn/qch pour ( = considérer comme) to regard sb/sth as• elle le tient pour responsable de l'accident she holds him responsible for the accident► tenir qch de qn to get sth from sb• tiens, voilà mon frère ! oh, there's my brother!• tiens, tiens ! well, well!2. <a. ( = rester en place) [objet fixe, nœud, clou] to hold ; [objets empilés, échafaudage] to stay up• la branche est cassée mais elle tient encore the branch is broken but it's still attached to the treeb. ( = durer) [accord, beau temps, coiffure] to hold ; [couleur] to be fast ; [mariage, fleurs] to last• ça tient toujours, notre pique-nique ? (inf) is our picnic still on?c. ( = résister) to hold out• il fait trop chaud, on ne tient plus ici it's too hot - we can't stand it here any longer• à cette table, on peut tenir à huit this table can seat eight3. <• tenir à ( = être attaché à) [+ réputation, opinion de qn] to care about ; [+ objet, personne] to be fond of ; ( = avoir pour cause) to be due to• tu veux aller au cinéma ? -- je n'y tiens pas do you want to go to the cinema? -- not particularly• il tient à ce que nous sachions... he is anxious that we should know...• tu viens avec nous ? -- si tu y tiens are you coming with us? -- if you really want me to• à quoi ça tient ? why is that?• tenir de ( = ressembler à) [+ parent] to take after4. <( = dépendre de) to depend► qu'à cela ne tienne ! no problem!5. <b. ( = être dans une position) se tenir debout to be standing up• redresse-toi, tu te tiens mal stand up straight, you're slouchingc. ( = se conduire) to behave• il n'a qu'à bien se tenir ! he'd better behave himself!d. ( = avoir lieu) [conférence, réunion] to be held ; [festival] to take placee. ( = être cohérent) [raisonnement] to hold togetherf. (locutions)► tiens-toi bien ! wait till you hear the next bit!• tu sais combien elle a gagné ? tiens-toi bien: 3 millions ! do you know how much she won? you won't believe it! - 3 million!► s'en tenir à ( = se limiter à) to confine o.s. to ; ( = se satisfaire de) to content o.s. with• je sais à quoi m'en tenir sur son compte I know the sort of man he is► se tenir pour ( = se considérer comme)• tenez-vous-le pour dit ! (avertissement) you've been warned!* * *təniʀ
1.
1) ( serrer) to holdtiens! — ( voici) here you are!; ( écoute-moi) look!
tiens! c'est pour toi — ( voici un cadeau) here, it's for you; ( voici une gifle) take that!
2) ( avoir sous son contrôle) to keep [somebody] under control3) Armée to hold4) ( avoir attrapé) to holdje te tiens! — I've caught ou got you!
pendant que je te tiens — fig whilst I've got you
tenir une grippe — (colloq) to have flu GB ou the flu US
5) ( posséder) to have [renseignements]6) ( avoir la charge de) to hold [emploi]; to run [boutique, maison, journal]; to be in charge of [standard, bureau d'accueil]7) ( garder) to keep‘tenir hors de portée des enfants’ — ‘keep out of reach of children’
tenir une note — Musique to hold a note
8) ( conserver une position)9) ( maintenir en place) to hold down [chargement]; to hold up [pantalon, chaussettes]10) ( ne pas s'écarter de) to keep to [trajectoire]11) ( résister)tenir la mer — [navire] to be seaworthy
tenir le coup — (physiquement, moralement) to hold out
tenir le choc — [matériel] to withstand the impact; [personne] to stand the strain
12) ( contenir) to hold [quantité, litres]13) ( occuper) [objet] to take up [espace, volume]; [personne] to hold [rôle, position]14) ( considérer)tenir quelqu'un/quelque chose pour responsable — to hold somebody/something responsible
2.
tenir à verbe transitif indirecttenir à — to be fond of, to like
tenir à sa réputation/à la vie — to value one's reputation/one's life
2) ( vouloir)3) ( être dû à)
3.
tenir de verbe transitif indirect1) ( ressembler à)il a de qui tenir — (colloq) you can (just) see who he takes after ou where he gets it from
2) ( s'apparenter à)
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verbe intransitif1) ( rester en place) [attache, corde, étagère, barrage, soufflé] to hold; [timbre, colle, sparadrap] to stick (à to); [assemblage, bandage] to stay in place; [coiffure] to stay tidy; [mise en plis] to stay in2) ( résister)tenir (bon) — ( surmonter les conditions) to hold out; ( refuser de capituler) gén to hang on; Armée to hold out; ( ne pas relâcher sa prise) [personne] to hang on
tenir sans cigarettes jusqu'à la fin de la réunion — to last without cigarettes till the end of the meeting
il n'y a pas de télévision qui tienne — (colloq) there's no question of watching television
3) ( durer)la couleur n'a pas tenu — the colour [BrE] has faded
4) ( rester valable) [théorie, argument] to hold good; [alibi] to stand up5) ( être contenu) [personnes, objets] to fit ( dans into)tenir en hauteur/largeur/longueur — to be short enough/narrow enough/short enough ( dans for)
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se tenir verbe pronominal1) ( soi-même) to hold2) ( l'un l'autre)3) ( s'accrocher) to hold ontiens-toi or tenez-vous bien — (colloq) fig prepare yourself for a shock
4) ( demeurer)se tenir accroupi/allongé — to be squatting/stretched out
se tenir tranquille — ( immobile) to keep still; ( silencieux) to keep quiet; ( dans la légalité) to behave oneself
se tenir immobile — ( debout) to stand still
5) ( se comporter) to behave6) ( avoir une posture)se tenir bien/mal — to have (a) good posture/(a) bad posture
tiens-toi droit! — ( debout) stand up straight!; ( assis) sit straight!
7) ( avoir lieu) [manifestation, exposition] to be held8) ( être liés) [événements] to fit together9) ( être cohérent) [raisonnement, œuvre] to hold together10) ( se considérer)tenez-vous le pour dit! — (colloq) I don't want to have to tell you again!
11) ( être fidèle)12) ( se limiter)
6.
verbe impersonnel
7.
tiens exclamation oh!tiens (donc), vous voilà! — oh, there you are!
tiens, vous croyez? — do you think so?
tiens donc! — iron fancy that!
tiens tiens (tiens)! — well, well!
* * *t(ə)niʀ1. vt1) (avec sa main) to holdTu peux tenir la lampe, s'il te plaît? — Can you hold the torch, please?
Il tenait un enfant par la main. — He was holding a child by the hand.
2) (= gérer) [magasin, hôtel] to run3) [promesse, engagement] to keep4) (= considérer)5) (= occuper)6) (= résister à)7) (= garder, maintenir)Tenez votre chien en laisse. — Keep your dog on the lead.
8) (= avoir reçu)tenir qch de qn [histoire] — to have heard sth from sb, [qualité, défaut] to have inherited sth from sb, to have got sth from sb
2. vi1) (= ne pas se défaire) [noeud, joint] to hold2) (= ne pas disparaître) [neige, gel] to last3) (= résister) (= survivre) to survivetiens, voilà le stylo! — there's the pen!
5) (exclamatif)Tiens, c'est Alain là-bas! — Look, that's Alain over there!
6)tenir à [ami, objet] — to be attached to, to care for
Il tient beaucoup à elle. — He's very attached to her., (= avoir pour cause) to be due to, to stem from, (= dépendre de)
tenir à faire — to really want to do, to be determined to do
Elle tient à y aller. — She's determined to go.
7)tenir de (= relever de) — to partake of, (= ressembler à) to take after
Il tient de son père. — He takes after his father.
* * *tenir verb table: venirA vtr1 ( serrer) to hold [objet, personne, animal]; tiens-moi ça hold this (for me); tiens-moi hold me; tiens-moi la main hold my hand; tenir qn par la main/le bras to hold sb's hand/arm; tenir un enfant contre sa poitrine to hold a child to one's breast; tenir qch à la main/dans ses mains to hold sth in one's hand/in one's hands; tenir un couteau par le manche to hold a knife by the handle; tenir la rampe to hold onto the banister; tenir son chien to hold one's dog; tenir fermement qch to hold sth firmly ou tightly; tenir qch serré sous le bras to hold sth firmly ou tightly under one's arm; tiens!, tenez! ( voici) here you are!; ( écoutez-moi) look!; tiens! c'est pour toi ( voici un cadeau) here, it's for you; ( voici une gifle) take that!; si je le tenais! if I could get or lay my hands on him!; bien tenir to hold on to [portefeuille, chien]; faire tenir une lettre/un message à qn† to dispatch a letter/a message to sb; ⇒ deux;2 ( avoir sous son contrôle) to keep [sb] under control [élèves, enfants]; tenir sa classe to control one's class well; tenir son cheval Équit to keep one's horse well in hand; il nous tient he's got a hold on us;3 Mil (occuper, contrôler) to hold [colline, pont, ville]; tenir la première place Sport to be in first place;4 ( avoir attrapé) to hold [animal, coupable, meurtrier]; je te tiens! I've caught ou got you!; pendant que je te tiens fig whilst I've got you; tenir une grippe○ to have flu GB ou the flu US;5 ( posséder) to have [preuves, renseignements]; il tient le sujet de son prochain roman he's got the subject of his next novel; tenir qch de qn to get sth from sb [trait physique, caractère, information]; il tient ses yeux bleus de son père he gets his blue eyes from his father; il tient ses informations d'un ami he got his information from a friend; je tiens cette nouvelle de Paul I got this news from Paul; d'où or de qui tenez-vous ce renseignement? where did you get that information?; d'où tenez-vous cette certitude? what makes you so certain?; elle tient ses bijoux de sa mère she inherited her jewels from her mother;6 ( avoir la charge de) to hold [emploi, poste, assemblée]; to run [café, boutique, maison, journal, municipalité]; to be in charge of, to be on duty on [standard, bureau d'accueil]; bien tenir sa maison to keep one's house spick and span; tenir la comptabilité to keep the books;7 ( garder) to keep; tenir qn occupé to keep sb busy; tenir sa chambre propre to keep one's room tidy; tenir les aliments au frais to keep food in a cool place; ‘tenir hors de portée des enfants’ ‘keep out of reach of children’; tenir un accord secret to keep an agreement secret; tenir la porte fermée to keep the door closed; tenir une note Mus to hold a note; tenir un article† to carry an item; tenir les cours† Fin to maintain prices;8 ( conserver une position) tenir sa tête droite/immobile to hold one's head upright/still; tenir les bras écartés to hold one's arms apart; tenir les mains/les bras en l'air to hold up one's hands/one's arms; tenir les yeux ouverts/baissés to keep one's eyes open/lowered; tenir les poings serrés to keep one's fists clenched;9 ( maintenir en place) to hold down [chargement]; to hold up [pantalon, chaussettes]; tenir la porte fermée avec son pied to hold the door shut with one's foot;10 ( ne pas s'écarter de) to keep to [trajectoire]; to keep [rythme] ; tenir sa droite/sa gauche to keep to the right/to the left; tenir le large to stay in open waters;11 ( résister) ne pas tenir la comparaison not to bear comparison; tenir l'eau to be waterproof; tenir la mer [navire] to be seaworthy; tenir le coup (physiquement, moralement) to hold out; tenir le choc lit [matériel, appareil, verre] to withstand the impact; [personne] to stand the strain;12 ( contenir) to hold [quantité]; tenir vingt litres to hold twenty litresGB; ma voiture ne tient que deux personnes there's room for only two people in my car;13 ( occuper) [objet] to take up [espace, place, volume]; [personne] to hold [rôle, position]; tenir peu de place not to take up much room; tenir la place de deux personnes to take up as much room as two people; le monument tient le centre de la place the monument stands in the centreGB of the square;14 ( considérer) tenir qch pour sacré to hold sth sacred; tenir qn pour responsable to hold sb responsible; je le tiens pour un lâche I consider him (to be) a coward; je tiens mes renseignements pour exacts I consider my information to be correct; tenir qn pour mort to give sb up for dead; tenir pour certain que to regard it as certain that.B tenir à vtr ind1 ( avoir de l'attachement pour) tenir à to be fond of, to like [personne, objet]; tenir à sa réputation/à la vie to value one's reputation/one's life; il tient à son argent he can't bear to be parted from his money; tenir à son indépendance to like one's independence; tenir au corps [aliment] to be nourishing;2 ( vouloir) j'y tiens I insist; si vous y tenez if you insist; tenir à faire to want to do; elle tient à vous parler she insists on speaking to you; je ne tiens pas à faire I'd rather not do; tenir à ce que qn fasse to insist that sb should do; je ne tiens pas à ce qu'elle fasse I'd rather she didn't do; je tiens beaucoup à la revoir I'd really like to see her again; il tient à rentrer avant la nuit he's anxious to get home before dark; nous tenons absolument à vous avoir à dîner bientôt you really must come to dinner soon; ne reste pas si tu n'y tiens pas don't stay if you don't want to;3 ( être dû à) tenir à to be due to; la mauvaise récolte tient au manque d'eau the poor harvest is due to a lack of water; tes erreurs tiennent à ton inexpérience your mistakes are due to your lack of experience.C tenir de vtr ind1 ( ressembler à) tenir de to take after; tenir de sa mère/son père to take after one's mother/one's father; il a de qui tenir○ you can (just) see who he takes after ou where he gets it from; de qui peut-elle tenir pour être si méchante? where does she get her nastiness from?;D vi1 ( rester en place) [clou, attache, corde, étagère, barrage, soufflé] to hold; [timbre, colle, sparadrap] to stick; [assemblage, bandage] to stay in place; [coiffure] to stay tidy; [mise en plis] to stay in; tenir au mur avec de la colle/des épingles ( adhérer) to stick to the wall with glue/pins; tenir sur une jambe/un pied to stand on one leg/one foot; ces chaussures ne me tiennent pas aux pieds these shoes won't stay on my feet;2 ( résister) tenir (bon) ( surmonter les conditions) [personne, matériel] to hold out; ( refuser de capituler) gén to hang on, to hold out; Mil to hold out; ( ne pas relâcher sa prise) [personne] to hang on; tenir sans cigarettes jusqu'à la fin de la réunion to last ou go without cigarettes till the end of the meeting; tenir jusqu'à la fin de la réunion to hold out until the end of the meeting; tenir économiquement to hold ou last out in economic terms; j'espère que ma voiture va tenir (bon) I hope my car will last out; on a voulu me renvoyer mais j'ai tenu (bon) they wanted to fire me but I hung on; je ne peux plus (y) tenir I can't stand it any longer; il n'y a pas de télévision qui tienne○ there's no question of watching television;3 ( durer) le plan tient-il toujours? is the plan still on?; leur mariage tient encore their marriage is still holding together; le soleil n'a pas tenu longtemps the sun didn't last long; la neige tient/ne tient pas the snow is settling/is not settling; les fleurs n'ont pas tenu the flowers didn't last long; la couleur n'a pas tenu the colourGB has faded; tenir au lavage [couleur] not to run in the wash GB ou laundry US;4 ( rester valable) [théorie, argument] to hold good; ton alibi ne tient plus your alibi no longer stands up; ‘ça tient toujours pour demain?’ ‘is it still all right for tomorrow?’;5 ( être contenu) [personnes, véhicule, meubles, objets] to fit (dans into); mes vêtements tiendront dans une valise my clothes will fit into one suitcase; tenir à six dans une voiture to fit six into a car; faire tenir six personnes dans une voiture to fit six people into a car; mon article tient en trois pages my article takes up only three pages; tenir en hauteur/largeur/longueur to be short enough/narrow enough/short enough (dans for); tenir en hauteur dans une pièce to fit into a room (heightwise); ne pas tenir en hauteur/largeur/longeur to be too tall/wide/long (dans for); ne pas tenir en largeur dans un espace to be too wide for a space.E se tenir vpr1 ( soi-même) [personne] to hold [tête, ventre, bras]; se tenir la tête de douleur to hold one's head in pain; se tenir la tête à deux mains to hold one's head in one's hands;2 ( l'un l'autre) se tenir par le bras [personnes] to be arm in arm; ils se tenaient par la taille they had their arms around each other's waists; se tenir par la main [personnes] to hold hands;3 ( s'accrocher) to hold on; se tenir par les pieds to hold on with one's feet; se tenir à une branche/à la rampe to hold onto a branch/onto the banisters; se tenir d'une main à qch to hold onto sth with one hand; tiens-toi or tenez-vous bien○ fig prepare yourself for a shock;4 ( demeurer) se tenir accroupi/allongé/penché/courbé/à genoux to be squatting/stretched out/leaning/bent over/kneeling; se tenir au milieu/à la porte ( debout) to be standing in the middle/at the door; se tenir caché/sans bouger/au chaud to stay hidden/still/in the warm; se tenir prêt to be ready; se tenir tranquille ( immobile) to keep still; ( silencieux) to keep quiet; ( dans la légalité) to behave oneself; se tenir immobile ( debout) to stand still;5 ( se comporter) to behave; se tenir bien/mal to behave well/badly; savoir se tenir to know how to behave; tiens-toi bien! behave yourself!;6 ( avoir une posture) se tenir droit or bien/mal to have (a) good posture/(a) bad posture; tiens-toi droit! ( debout) stand up straight!; ( assis) sit straight!;7 ( avoir lieu) [manifestation, exposition] to be held; la réunion se tiendra au Caire the meeting will be held in Cairo;8 ( être liés) [événements] to fit together;9 ( être cohérent) [exposé, raisonnement, œuvre] to hold together; il n'y a rien à dire, tout se tient there's nothing to be said, it all holds together; ça se tient it makes sense;10 ( se considérer) se tenir pour to consider oneself to be; je me tiens pour satisfait des résultats I consider myself to be satisfied with the results; tenez-vous le pour dit○! I don't want to have to tell you again!;11 ( être fidèle) s'en tenir à to stand by; je m'en tiendrai à ma promesse/notre accord/leur décision I will stand by my promise/our agreement/their decision;12 ( se limiter) s'en tenir à to keep to; s'en tenir au minimum/au sujet to keep to a minimum/to the point; s'en tenir aux ordres to stick to orders; s'en tenir là to leave it there; ne pas savoir à quoi s'en tenir avec qn/qch not to know what to make of sb/sth.F v impers il ne tient qu'à toi de partir it's up to you to decide whether to leave; qu'à cela ne tienne! never mind!G tiens excl oh!; tiens (donc), vous voilà! oh, there you are!; tiens, je parie que c'est ta mère! oh! I bet it's your mother; tiens, vous croyez? do you think so?; tiens, tu es invité aussi? oh! so you've been invited as well?; tiens, tu n'étais pas au courant? didn't you know?; tiens donc! iron fancy that!; tiens tiens (tiens)! well, well!en tenir pour qn to have a crush on sb.[tənir] verbe transitifA.[AVOIR DANS LES MAINS]1. [retenir] to hold (on to)je tenais mal la bouteille et elle m'a échappé I wasn't holding the bottle tightly enough and it slipped2. [manier] to holdtu tiens mal ta raquette/ton arc you're not holding your racket/your bow properlyB.[CONSERVER]tiens-lui la porte, il est chargé hold the door open for him, he's got his hands full2. [garder - note] to hold‘tenez votre droite’a. [sur la route] ‘keep (to the) right’b. [sur un Escalator] ‘keep to the right’4. (Belgique) [collectionner] to collectC.[POSSÉDER]1. [avoir reçu]tenir quelque chose de quelqu'un [par hérédité] to get something from somebody[avoir à sa merci] to have gotah, ah, petit coquin, je te tiens! got you, you little devil!si je tenais celui qui a défoncé ma portière! just let me get ou lay my hands on whoever smashed in my car door!elle m'a tenu une heure avec ses histoires de divorce I had to listen to her going on about her divorce for a whole hourpendant que je vous tiens (au téléphone), pourrais-je vous demander un service? since I'm speaking to you (on the phone), may I ask you a favour?3. [détenir - indice, information, preuve] to have ; [ - contrat] to have, to have won ; [ - réponse, solution] to have (found) ou gottenir quelque chose de [l'apprendre] to have (got) something fromil a eu des troubles psychologiques — de qui tenez-vous cela? he's had psychological problems — who told you that?nous tenons de source sûre/soviétique que... we have it on good authority/we hear from Soviet sources that...tenir quelque chose de [le tirer de]: je tiens mon autorité de l'État I derive my power from the stateelle en tient une couche! (familier) she's as thick as two short planks (UK), what a dumb bell! (US)il en tient une bonne ce soir (familier) he's had a skinful (UK) ou he's three sheets to the wind tonightb. [il est ivre] he's really plastered!4. [transmettre]nous vous ferons tenir une copie des documents (soutenu) we will make sure you receive a copy of the documentsD.[CONTRÔLER, AVOIR LA RESPONSABILITÉ DE]1. [avoir prise sur, dominer] to holdquand la colère le tient, il peut être dangereux he can be dangerous when he's angryla jalousie le tenait jealousy had him in its grip, he was gripped by jealousy[avoir de l'autorité sur - classe, élève] to (keep under) controltenir la caisse to be at the cash desk, to be the cashierelle tient la rubrique artistique à "Madame" she has a regular Arts column in "Madame"le soir, il tenait le bar at night he used to serve behind the barle tribunal tiendra audience dans le nouveau bâtiment the court hearings will be held in the new buildingtenir des propos désobligeants/élogieux to make offensive/appreciative remarks5. [astreint à]je me sens tenu de la prévenir I feel morally obliged ou duty-bound to warn her7. ÉQUITATION [cheval] to keep in handE.[EXPRIME UNE MESURE]tenir une place importante to have ou to hold an important place2. [contenir] to holdF.[ÊTRE CONSTANT DANS]1. [résister à] (to be able) to takea. (familier) [assemblage, vêtements] to hold outb. [digue] to hold (out)c. [personne] (to be able) to take itle soir, je ne tiens pas le coup I can't take late nightstenir une promesse to keep ou to fulfil a promise[s'engager dans - pari]je tiens la gageure ou le pari! I'll take up the challenge!tenir quelqu'un/quelque chose pour to consider somebody/something to be, to look upon somebody/something as————————[tənir] verbe intransitif1. [rester en position - attache] to hold ; [ - chignon] to stay up, to hold ; [ - bouton, trombone] to stay on ; [ - empilement, tas] to stay upmets du gel, tes cheveux tiendront mieux use gel, your hair'll hold its shape betterle porridge vous tient au corps ou à l'estomac porridge keeps you goingfaire tenir quelque chose avec de la colle/des clous to glue/to nail something into positiona. [être fixé à] to be fixed on ou tob. [être contigu à] to be next to[personne]il ne tient pas encore bien sur sa bicyclette/ses skis/ses jambes he's not very steady on his bike/his skis/his legs yetcet enfant ne tient pas sur sa chaise this child can't sit still ou is always fidgeting in his chair2. [résister - union] to last, to hold out ; [ - chaise, vêtements] to hold ou to last out ; [ - digue] to hold out ; [ - personne] to hold ou to last outje ne tiens plus au soleil, je rentre I can't stand the sun any more, I'm going intes arguments ne tiendront pas longtemps face à la réalité your arguments won't hold for very long when faced with realitytenir bon ou fermea. [s'agripper] to hold firm ou tightb. [ne pas céder] to hold outtenez bon, les secours arrivent hold ou hang on, help's on its wayil me refusait une augmentation, mais j'ai tenu bon he wouldn't give me a rise but I held out ou stood my groundne pas y tenir, ne (pas) pouvoir y tenir: n'y tenant plus, je l'appelai au téléphone unable to stand it any longer, I phoned himça sent si bon le chocolat, je ne vais pas pouvoir y tenir there's such a gorgeous smell of chocolate, I just won't be able to resist it3. [durer, ne pas s'altérer - fleurs] to keep, to last ; [ - tissu] to last (well) ; [ - beau temps] to last, to hold out ; [ - bronzage] to last ; [ - neige] to settle, to stayil n'y a pas de "mais ma tante" qui tienne, tu vas te coucher! there's no "but Auntie" about it, off to bed with you!5. [pouvoir être logé] to fittenir en hauteur/largeur (dans) to fit vertically/widthwise (in)6. (locution)a. (familier) [aimer] to be hooked on somethingb. [ne considérer que] to stick to somethingtiens, tenez [en donnant quelque chose] heretiens, tenez [pour attirer l'attention, pour insister]: tiens, le tonnerre gronde listen, it's thunderingtiens, rends-toi utile here, make yourself usefultenez, je ne vous ferai même pas payer l'électricité look, I won't even charge you for the electricitys'il est intéressé par le salaire? tiens, bien sûr que oui! is he interested in the salary? you bet he is!tiens, tenez [exprime la surprise, l'incrédulité]: tiens, Bruno! que fais-tu ici? (hello) Bruno, what are you doing here?tiens, je n'aurais jamais cru ça de lui well, well, I'd never have expected it of himun tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras (proverbe) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (proverbe)————————tenir à verbe plus préposition1. [être attaché à - personne] to care for, to be very fond of ; [ - objet] to be attached to ; [ - réputation] to care about ; [ - indépendance, liberté] to valuesi tu tiens à la vie... if you value your life...2. [vouloir]tenir à faire quelque chose to be eager to do ou to be keen on doing somethingje tiens à être présent à la signature du contrat I insist on being there when the contract is signedtu veux lui parler? — je n'y tiens pas vraiment would you like to talk to him? — not really ou not particularlytenir à ce que: je tiens à ce qu'ils aient une bonne éducation I'm most concerned that they should have a good educationvenez dîner, j'y tiens absolument! come and have dinner, I insist!le bonheur tient parfois à peu de chose sometimes it's the little things that give people the most happiness4. (tournure impersonnelle) [être du ressort de]s'il ne tenait qu'à moi if it was up to me ou my decision————————tenir de verbe plus préposition1. [ressembler à] to take afterce chien tient à la fois de l'épagneul et du setter this dog is a sort of cross between a spaniel and a setterelle est vraiment têtue/douée — elle a de qui tenir! she's so stubborn/gifted — it runs in the family!2. [relever de]————————se tenir verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)se tenir par le cou/la taille to have one's arms round each other's shoulders/waists————————se tenir verbe pronominal (emploi passif)————————se tenir verbe pronominal transitifse tenir la tête à deux mains to hold ou to clutch one's head in one's hands————————se tenir verbe pronominal intransitif1. [se retenir] to hold on (tight)b. [fortement] to cling to, to clutch, to grip2. [se trouver - en position debout] to stand, to be standing ; [ - en position assise] to sit, to be sitting ou seateda. [debout] to stand up straightb. [assis] to sit up straightse tenir aux aguets to be on the lookout, to watch out3. [se conduire] to behave4. [être cohérent]a. [argumentation, intrigue] to hold together, to stand upb. [raisonnement] to hold water, to hold together5. (locution)d'abord ingénieur puis directrice d'usine, elle ne s'en est pas tenue là she started out as an engineer, then became a factory manager, but she didn't stop therene pas se tenir de [joie, impatience] to be beside oneself withtiens-toi bien, tenez-vous bien: ils ont détourné, tiens-toi bien, deux millions d'euros! they embezzled, wait for it, 2 million euros!elle a battu le record, tenez-vous bien, de plus de deux secondes! she broke the previous record and by over two seconds, would you believe!————————se tenir pour verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [se considérer comme]je ne me tiens pas encore pour battu I don't reckon I'm ou I don't consider myself defeated yetje ne me tiens pas pour un génie I don't regard myself as ou think of myself as ou consider myself a genius2. (locution)je ne supporterai pas tes insolences, tiens-le-toi pour dit! I'll say this only once, I won't put up with your rudeness! -
16 parum
parum adv. (for comp. and sup., see minus, minime) [SPAR-], too little, not enough, insufficiently: consulitis parum, T.: quaero ex te, quae parum accepi: sibi credi, Cs.: sunt ea quidem parum firma: parum multae necessitudines: tuta probitas, S.: parum claris lucem dare, H.: nemo parum diu vixit, qui, etc.: mature, L.: est dictum non parum saepe, often enough: non parum liberaliter homines invitare, N.—With est, it is too little, is not enough, does not suffice: parumne est, quod nobis succenset senex, Ni instigemus etiam? is it not enough? T.: parumne est, quod tantum homines fefellisti, are you not content?: parum est, si in partem eius venis, etc., L.: vobis Supplicium meruisse parum est, i. e. you are not satisfied, O.—With habere, to regard as too little, be dissatisfied, be not content: haec talia facinora impune suscepisse parum habuere, were not satisfied, S.: templum violare parum habuisse, nisi, etc., L.— Substantively, an insufficiency, too little, not enough: magis offendit nimium quam parum: in hac satis erat copiae, in illā leporis parum: satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum, S.: splendoris, H.* * *minus, minime ADVtoo/very little, not enough/so good, insufficient; less; (SUPER) not at all -
17 genug
Adv. enough; das ist genug für mich that’s enough ( oder that’ll do) for me; ( nicht) gut etc. genug (not) good etc. enough; genug der Worte! geh. no more talk!; bei Auseinandersetzungen no more arguing!; genug ( davon)! oder jetzt ist es ( aber) genug! enough (of that)!, that’ll do!; ich hab genug davon (mir reicht’s) I’ve had enough, I’m fed up; ich hab genug (kann nicht mehr) I’ve had enough, I’ve had it umg.; hast du denn noch nicht genug? (sei nicht so gierig) haven’t you had enough already?; (gib doch auf) haven’t you had as much as you can take?; das ist wenig genug it’s precious little as it is; es ist auch so schon schwierig genug it’s difficult enough as it is; er kann nie genug bekommen oder kriegen he just can’t get enough ( von of); nicht genug ( damit), dass ich Überstunden mache, der Chef verlangt neuerdings Wochenendarbeit not only am I doing overtime ( oder it’s not enough that I’m doing overtime), the boss wants me to work at the weekends as well (Am. to work weekends too); sag, wenn es genug ist! beim Einschenken etc.: say when; sich (Dat) selbst genug sein be sufficient unto oneself; (gern allein sein) be content with one’s own company; Beste, betonen, Mann* * *enough (Adv.); sufficient (Adj.); sufficiently (Adv.)* * *ge|nug [gə'nuːk]advenoughgenúg Platz, Platz genúg — enough or sufficient room
groß/alt/reich genúg — big/old/rich enough
genúg davon — enough of that
genúg der vielen Worte! — enough of words!
danke, das ist genúg — that's enough, thank you
das ist wenig genúg — that's precious little
und damit noch nicht genúg — and that's not all
sie sind jetzt genúg, um... — there are enough of them now to...
jetzt ist(s) aber genúg! — that's enough, that does it!
(von etw) genúg haben — to have (got) enough (of sth)
er kann nicht genúg bekommen or kriegen — he can't get enough
nicht genúg, dass er sein ganzes Geld verspielt, außerdem... er... — not only does he gamble away all his money, he also...
er konnte sich nicht genúg darin tun, ihre Gastfreundschaft zu loben (geh) — he could not praise her hospitality enough or sufficiently
selbst genúg sein — to be sufficient unto oneself
Manns genúg sein, um zu... — to be man enough to...
* * *1) (in the number or quantity etc needed: Have you enough money to pay for the books?; food enough for everyone.) enough2) (the amount needed: He has had enough to eat; I've had enough of her rudeness.) enough4) (one must admit; you must agree: She's pretty enough, but not beautiful; Oddly enough, it isn't raining.) enough* * *ge·nug[gəˈnu:k]adv enough\genug jetzt/davon! enough of that!es ist noch \genug Zeit there's still enough [or sufficient] timegroß etc. \genug big etc. enough\genug haben to have [got] enoughjetzt ist['s] aber \genug! that's enough!, that does it!* * *Adverb enoughgenug Geld/Geld genug haben — have enough or sufficient money
das ist genug — that's enough or sufficient
ich habe jetzt genug [davon] — now I've had enough [of it]
nicht genug damit, dass er faul ist, er ist auch frech — not only is he lazy, he is cheeky as well
er kann nie genug kriegen — (ugs.) he is very greedy
davon kann er nicht genug kriegen — (ugs.) he can't get enough of it (fig. coll.)
* * *genug adv enough;(nicht) gut etcgenug (not) good etc enough;genug (davon)! oderjetzt ist es (aber) genug! enough (of that)!, that’ll do!;ich hab genug davon (mir reicht’s) I’ve had enough, I’m fed up;hast du denn noch nicht genug? (sei nicht so gierig) haven’t you had enough already?; (gib doch auf) haven’t you had as much as you can take?;das ist wenig genug it’s precious little as it is;es ist auch so schon schwierig genug it’s difficult enough as it is;kriegen he just can’t get enough (von of);nicht genug (damit), dass ich Überstunden mache, der Chef verlangt neuerdings Wochenendarbeit not only am I doing overtime ( oder it’s not enough that I’m doing overtime), the boss wants me to work at the weekends as well (US to work weekends too);sag, wenn es genug ist! beim Einschenken etc: say when;sich (dat)selbst genug sein be sufficient unto oneself; (gern allein sein) be content with one’s own company; → Beste, betonen, Mann* * *Adverb enoughgenug Geld/Geld genug haben — have enough or sufficient money
das ist genug — that's enough or sufficient
ich habe jetzt genug [davon] — now I've had enough [of it]
nicht genug damit, dass er faul ist, er ist auch frech — not only is he lazy, he is cheeky as well
sich (Dat.) selbst genug sein — be quite happy in one's own company
er kann nie genug kriegen — (ugs.) he is very greedy
davon kann er nicht genug kriegen — (ugs.) he can't get enough of it (fig. coll.)
* * *adj.enough adj. -
18 conformarse
* * *VPR1) (=estar satisfecho)•
conformarse con algo — to be happy with sthyo me conformo con lo que tengo — I'm happy o satisfied with what I have
no se conforma con nada — he's never happy o satisfied
tuvo que conformarse con la medalla de plata — she had to settle for the silver medal, she had to be satisfied with the silver medal
el hombre ya no se conforma con transformar la naturaleza — Man is no longer content o satisfied with transforming nature
no hay que conformarse con pensar, hay que actuar — thinking is not enough, we have to act
2) (=corresponderse)3) (=tomar la forma)la representación se conforma como un viaje existencial — the performance takes the form of an existential journey
* * *
■conformarse verbo reflexivo to resign oneself, be content: me conformo con poca cosa, I don't need much to be happy
' conformarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avenirse
- fastidiarse
- aguantar
- conformar
English:
conform
- line
- settle for
- term
- pot
- settle
* * *vprconformarse con [suerte, destino] to resign oneself to;[apañárselas con] to make do with; [contentarse con] to settle for;no se conforma con nada she's never satisfied;no se conforma con cualquier cosa he won't settle for just anything;me conformo con lo que tengo I'm quite happy with what I've got;me conformo con el tercer puesto I'll settle for third place* * *v/r make do ( con with)* * *vr1) resignarse: to resign oneself2) : to comply, to conform3)conformarse con : to content oneself with, to be satisfied with* * *conformarse vb to be happy / to make do -
19 resultar
v.1 to (turn out to) be.¿cómo resultó? how did it turn out?resultó un éxito it was a successresultar herido/muerto to be injured/killedresultó ileso he was uninjurednuestro equipo resultó vencedor our team came out on top2 to be.resulta sorprendente it's surprisingresultar útil to be usefulme resultó imposible terminar antes I was unable to finish earlierme resulta muy simpática I find her very niceeste tema me está resultando ya aburrido this topic is beginning to bore meresultó ser mentira it turned out to be a lie3 to work out, to come about, to come true, to turn out.El plan resultó The plan worked out.4 to turn out to be, to go off.Me resultó buena la computadora My computer turned out to be good.5 to prove to be, to prove.La obra resultó mala The play proved to be bad.6 to get.Ella resulta lastimada She gets injured.7 to happen to, to prove to, to come out to, to come to.Resultó ser un carro muy bueno It turned out to be a very good car.8 to give results, to work out well, to result, to work out fine.9 to work out for, to come out for, to come out to be for.Me resultó muy bien esta computadora This computer worked out well for me.* * *1 (gen) to result, be the result of■ esto resulta de las operaciones que se realizaron this is the result of the transactions which were carried out2 (ser) to be3 (acabar siendo) to turn out to be4 (salir) to come out, turn out, work out5 (ocurrir) to turn out6 (ser conveniente) to be advisable7 (tener éxito) to be a success, come off\resulta que it turns out thatviene a resultar lo mismo it amounts to the same thing* * *verb1) to result2) prove3) work* * *VI1) (=tener como resultado)a) + adj, sustantivo to bela operación resultó un fracaso — the operation was a failure, the operation resulted in failure frm
b) + infinresultó no saber nada de aquel asunto — he turned out to know nothing about that matter, it turned out that he knew nothing about that matter
si resulta ser verdadero — if it proves (to be) true, if it turns out to be true
el causante del incendio resultó ser un cable de la luz — the cause of the fire turned out o proved to be an electric cable
c)ahora resulta que no vamos — now it turns out o now it seems (that) we're not going after all
dijeron que lo había hecho él solo, cuando resulta que tenía varios cómplices — he was said to have done it on his own, when it turns out that he had several accomplices
al final resultó que era inocente — he proved o he turned out to be innocent in the end, in the end it turned out that he was innocent
me gustaría ir, pero resulta que no tengo dinero — I'd like to go, but the thing is o the fact is that I haven't got any money
2) (=salir) to turn out, work outtodo resultó bien — everything turned out o worked out well
aquello no resultó muy bien — that didn't turn out o work out very well
3) frm (=ser) + adja) [uso impersonal]resulta difícil decidir si... — it is hard to decide whether...
su versión resulta difícil de creer — his story is hard to believe, it's hard to believe his story
b) [con complemento de persona]4) frmresultar de — to be the result of, result from
la mayor parte de sus problemas resultan de su falta de diplomacia — most of his problems are the result of a lack of tact
¿quién sabe lo que resultará de todo esto? — who knows what will come of all this?, who knows what the outcome of all this will be?
5) frmresultar en — to result in, lead to
el latifundismo resulta en beneficios privados — large-scale landholding results in o leads to individual profits
6) Esp* (=agradar)tu prima no es una belleza, pero resulta — your cousin is no beauty, but she's got something (about her)
esa corbata no resulta con ese traje — that tie doesn't look right o go with that suit
* * *verbo intransitivo1) ( dar resultado) to worksu idea no resultó — his idea didn't work (out); (+ me/te/le etc)
2) (+ compl)a)resultar + ADJ: resulta más barato así it works out cheaper this way; resultó más cara it proved o turned out to be more expensive; resultaron muertas dos personas (period) two people were killed; resultó tal como lo planeamos it turned out o worked out just as we planned; (+ me/te/le etc) me resulta simpático I think he's very nice; la película me resultó aburrida — I found the movie boring
b)resultar + inf — to turn out + inf
resultó ser un malentendido — it turned out to be o proved to be a misunderstanding
3) (en 3a pers)4) ( derivar)resultar EN algo — to result in something, lead to something
¿qué va a resultar de todo esto? — what will come of all this?
* * *= ensue, transpire, come off as, turn out.Ex. Often this will be the type of search that ensues when a user has retrieved an interesting reference.Ex. The 2nd is the fact that most information seeking transpires with little help from librarians, who have consistently failed to establish themselves as primary information professionals.Ex. I love the content of this discussion, and hope that my comments don't come off as negative.Ex. It may be no use crying over spilt milk but had the original constitution been more people-driven, perhaps things could have turned out different.----* al final resultó que = in the event.* cambiar tanto que resulta irreconocible = change + beyond (all) recognition.* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.* no resultar fácil = not be easy.* que resulta irreconocible = out of all recognition.* resulta que = as it turns out.* resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.* resultar atractivo = prove + attractive.* resultar caro = prove + expensive, prove + costly.* resultar cómodo = be easy.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* resultar difícil = find + problems.* resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.* resultar divertido = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.* resultar (en) = lead to, result (in).* resultar en empate = result in + a draw.* resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.* resultar fácil = be easy.* resultar fallido = nothing + come of.* resultar falso = prove + false.* resultar ideal = prove + ideal.* resultar imposible = prove + impossible.* resultar inadecuado = prove + inadequate.* resultar inapreciable = prove + invaluable.* resultar indescriptible = beggar + description.* resultar intratable por = prove + inhospitable to.* resultar negativo = not stand the test of.* resultar peligroso = pose + danger.* resultar pertinente = prove + relevant.* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.* resultar que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, turn out that, chance to + Infinitivo.* resultar satisfactorio = prove + satisfactory.* resultar ser = prove + to be, turn out to be, happen + to be.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.* resultar ser necesario = prove + necessary.* resultar ser un éxito = prove + to be a success.* resultar útil = prove + fruitful, hold + Nombre + in good stead, stand + Nombre + in good stead.* resultar valioso = prove + valuable.* resulta (ser) que = it turns out that.* resultó que = as it turned out.* * *verbo intransitivo1) ( dar resultado) to worksu idea no resultó — his idea didn't work (out); (+ me/te/le etc)
2) (+ compl)a)resultar + ADJ: resulta más barato así it works out cheaper this way; resultó más cara it proved o turned out to be more expensive; resultaron muertas dos personas (period) two people were killed; resultó tal como lo planeamos it turned out o worked out just as we planned; (+ me/te/le etc) me resulta simpático I think he's very nice; la película me resultó aburrida — I found the movie boring
b)resultar + inf — to turn out + inf
resultó ser un malentendido — it turned out to be o proved to be a misunderstanding
3) (en 3a pers)4) ( derivar)resultar EN algo — to result in something, lead to something
¿qué va a resultar de todo esto? — what will come of all this?
* * *= ensue, transpire, come off as, turn out.Ex: Often this will be the type of search that ensues when a user has retrieved an interesting reference.
Ex: The 2nd is the fact that most information seeking transpires with little help from librarians, who have consistently failed to establish themselves as primary information professionals.Ex: I love the content of this discussion, and hope that my comments don't come off as negative.Ex: It may be no use crying over spilt milk but had the original constitution been more people-driven, perhaps things could have turned out different.* al final resultó que = in the event.* cambiar tanto que resulta irreconocible = change + beyond (all) recognition.* de forma que resulta más fácil de entender = in digestible form.* no resultar fácil = not be easy.* que resulta irreconocible = out of all recognition.* resulta que = as it turns out.* resultar adecuado = prove + suitable.* resultar atractivo = prove + attractive.* resultar caro = prove + expensive, prove + costly.* resultar cómodo = be easy.* resultar confuso = prove + confusing.* resultar difícil = find + problems.* resultar difícil de conseguir = prove + elusive.* resultar divertido = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.* resultar (en) = lead to, result (in).* resultar en empate = result in + a draw.* resultar extraño = be unfamiliar with.* resultar fácil = be easy.* resultar fallido = nothing + come of.* resultar falso = prove + false.* resultar ideal = prove + ideal.* resultar imposible = prove + impossible.* resultar inadecuado = prove + inadequate.* resultar inapreciable = prove + invaluable.* resultar indescriptible = beggar + description.* resultar intratable por = prove + inhospitable to.* resultar negativo = not stand the test of.* resultar peligroso = pose + danger.* resultar pertinente = prove + relevant.* resultar poco fructífero = prove + unfruitful.* resultar que + Indicativo = happen to + Infinitivo, turn out that, chance to + Infinitivo.* resultar satisfactorio = prove + satisfactory.* resultar ser = prove + to be, turn out to be, happen + to be.* resultar ser demoledor = prove + crushing.* resultar ser ficticio = prove + illusory.* resultar ser necesario = prove + necessary.* resultar ser un éxito = prove + to be a success.* resultar útil = prove + fruitful, hold + Nombre + in good stead, stand + Nombre + in good stead.* resultar valioso = prove + valuable.* resulta (ser) que = it turns out that.* resultó que = as it turned out.* * *resultar [A1 ]viA (dar resultado) to workinténtalo, tal vez resulte give it a go, it might worksu idea no resultó his idea didn't work (out)traté de convencerlo pero no resultó I tried to persuade him but it didn't work o but it was no good(+ me/te/le etc): no creo que te resulte I don't think it will work, I don't think you'll have any luck ( colloq)B (+ compl)1 resultar + ADJ:leérselo todo en un día resulta muy pesado it is very boring to have to read it all in one daycomprándolo al por mayor resulta más barato it works out cheaper if you buy it wholesalela casa resultó más cara de lo que pensábamos the house proved o turned out to be more expensive than we had thoughten el accidente resultaron muertas/heridas dos personas ( period); two people were killed/injured in the accidentresultó tal como lo habíamos planeado it turned out o worked out just as we had planned(+ me/te/le etc): ese chico me resulta simpático I think that boy's very nicela película me resultó aburridísima I found the movie extremely boringla casa nos resulta demasiado grande ahora que los niños no están the house is too big for us now the children have left home2 resultar + INF:todo el problema resultó ser un malentendido the whole thing turned out to be o proved to be a misunderstandingal final resultó ser cierto in the end it turned out to be trueresultó tener una hermana en la misma escuela he turned out to have a sister at the same schoolC ( en tercera persona):ahora resulta que tengo yo la culpa so now it's my fault, so now it seems it's all my faultfui a la tienda y resulta que estaba cerrada I went to the shop but it was closedy resulta que la llamo y se había olvidado and so I called her, and (it turned out) she'd forgotten all about itD (derivar) resultar EN algo to result IN sth, lead TO sthun incidente que resultó en una crisis internacional an incident which led to o resulted in an international crisisresultar DE algo to be the result OF sthno sé lo que va a resultar de todo esto I don't know what will come of all this, I don't know what the result o outcome of all this will be* * *
resultar ( conjugate resultar) verbo intransitivo
1 ( dar resultado) to work;
2 (+ compl):
me resulta simpático I think he's very nice;
resultó ser un malentendido it turned out to be o proved to be a misunderstanding;
resultó tal como lo planeamos it turned out o worked out just as we planned
3 (en 3a pers):
4 ( derivar) resultar EN algo to result in sth, lead to sth
resultar verbo intransitivo
1 (originarse, ser consecuencia) to result, come: de aquel encuentro resultó una larga amistad, that meeting resulted in a lasting friendship
2 (ser, mostrarse) to turn out, work out: no resulta demasiado halagüeño, it isn't very flattering
me resulta más cómodo, it's more convenient for me
resultó ser su mujer, she turned out to be his wife
3 (tener éxito, funcionar) to be successful: tu consejo no resultó, your advice didn't work
4 fam (suceder) resulta que..., the thing is...: y ahora resulta que no quieres hacerlo, and now it turns out that you don't want to do it
' resultar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
redundar
- salir
- costar
- dar
- hacer
- según
- sonar
English:
annoyance
- bother
- come out
- emerge
- ensue
- handy
- painful
- prove
- result
- transpire
- turn out
- work out
- agree
- get
- hold
- pay
- show
- unhurt
- work
* * *♦ vi1. [salir] to (turn out to) be;¿cómo resultó? how did it turn out?;resultó un éxito it was a success;el viaje resultó ser una maravilla the journey was wonderful;toda la confusión resultó ser un malentendido all the confusion turned out to be because of a misunderstanding;resultar en [dar como resultado] to result in;resultar herido/muerto to be injured/killed;resultó ileso he was uninjured;nuestro equipo resultó vencedor our team came out on top;su idea no resultó his idea didn't work;intentaré convencerle, pero no creo que resulte I'll try to talk him round, but I don't think it will workde aquella reunión no resultó nada nothing came of that meeting3. [ser] to be;esta oficina resulta demasiado pequeña para tanta gente this office is too small for so many people;resulta sorprendente it's surprising;me resultó imposible terminar antes I was unable to finish earlier;me resulta muy simpática I find her very nice;este tema me está resultando ya aburrido this topic is beginning to bore me;resulta mejor comprar a granel it's better to buy in bulk;resultar útil to be useful;resultó ser mentira it turned out to be a lie♦ v impersonal[suceder]resultó que era un impostor he turned out to be an impostor;ahora resulta que no quiere alquilarlo now it seems that she doesn't want to rent it;al final resultó que tenía razón in the end it turned out that she was right;ahora va a resultar que la culpa es mía so now it's suddenly all going to be my fault;resulta que su marido ha tenido un accidente it seems her husband has had an accident* * *v/i turn out;resultar caro prove expensive, turn out to be expensive;resultar muerto die, be killed;resulta que … it turns out that …* * *resultar vi1) : to work, to work outmi idea no resultó: my idea didn't work out2) : to prove, to turn out to beresultó bien simpático: he turned out to be very nice3)resultar en : to lead to, to result in4)resultar de : to be the result of* * *resultar vb1. (descubrirse) to turn out2. (ser, quedar) to be -
20 satisfaire
satisfaire [satisfεʀ]➭ TABLE 601. transitive verb• votre nouvel assistant vous satisfait-il ? are you satisfied with your new assistant?• satisfaire à [+ engagement, demandes, normes] to satisfy3. reflexive verb* * *satisfɛʀ
1.
verbe transitif ( contenter) to satisfy [personne, demande, curiosité]; to please [électorat, client]; to meet [besoin]; to fulfil [BrE] [aspiration, exigence]satisfaire un besoin naturel — euph to answer a call of nature
2.
satisfaire à verbe transitif indirect to fulfil [BrE] [obligation]; to meet [norme]
3.
se satisfaire verbe pronominal ( se contenter)se satisfaire de — [personne] to be satisfied with [explication, excuse]; to be content with [bas salaire]
* * *satisfɛʀ vtsatisfaire à [engagement] — to fulfil, [revendications, conditions] to satisfy, to meet
* * *satisfaire verb table: faireA vtr ( contenter) to satisfy [personne]; to please [électorat, client]; to satisfy [demande, curiosité]; to meet [besoin]; to fulfilGB [ambition, aspiration, exigence]; ton explication ne me satisfait pas I'm not satisfied with your explanation; cet employé vous satisfait-il? are you satisfied with this employee?; satisfaire les besoins d'un enfant to meet the needs of a child; satisfaire l'attente d'un client to come up to a customer's expectations; satisfaire les revendications des grévistes to meet strikers' demands; satisfaire un besoin naturel euph to answer a call of nature.C se satisfaire vpr ( se contenter) se satisfaire de [personne] to be satisfied with [explication, excuse]; to be content with [bas salaire]; se satisfaire de peu to be easily satisfied.[satisfɛr] verbe transitif1. [contenter - suj: résultat, travail] to satisfy, to give satisfaction to ; [ - suj: explication] to satisfyvotre rapport ne me satisfait pas du tout I'm not satisfied at all with your report, I don't find your report at all satisfactoryj'espère que cet arrangement vous satisfera I hope (that) you'll find this arrangement satisfactory ou to your satisfaction[sexuellement] to satisfy2. [répondre à - attente] to come ou to live up to ; [ - désir] to satisfy, to fulfil ; [ - besoin] to satisfy, to answer ; [ - curiosité] to satisfy ; [ - demande] to meet, to satisfy, to cope with (inseparable), to keep up with (inseparable) ; [ - faim] to satisfy, to appease ; [ - soif] to satisfy, to quench, to slake————————satisfaire à verbe plus préposition[attente] to live ou to come up to[goût] to satisfy————————se satisfaire verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)[sexuellement] to have one's pleasure————————se satisfaire verbe pronominal intransitifse satisfaire [uriner] to relieve oneself————————se satisfaire de verbe pronominal plus prépositionto be satisfied ou content withtu te satisfais de peu! you're content with very little!, it doesn't take much to make you happy!
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