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1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) impedir, evitar, detener2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.)3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) parar4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) tapar(se)5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) apretar, cubrir6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) quedarse, permanecer
2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) parada, alto, interrupción2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) parada3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) punto4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) registro, llave5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) tope•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up
stop1 n paradastop2 vb1. parar / detenerdoes the number 35 bus stop here? ¿para aquí el autobús número 35?2. dejar / parar3. interrumpir4. impedirstop it! ¡basta ya!
stop /(e)s'top/ sustantivo masculino ( disco) stop sign
stop m Auto stop sign ' stop' also found in these entries: Spanish: alto - aparte - atajar - bajar - calentarse - callar - callarse - calzo - cascar - cesar - chorrada - consistir - coto - cuestión - dejar - dejarse - despreocuparse - detener - detenerse - discrecional - encontrarse - enrollarse - erradicación - escala - escampar - extemporánea - extemporáneo - gallina - garantizar - hoy - impedir - instar - ladrón - ladrona - lamentarse - lengua - macarra - mamarrachada - mariposear - ombligo - paliza - pamplina - parar - parada - paralizar - pararse - pedigüeña - pedigüeño - próxima - próximo English: be - blurt out - bus stop - by - daydream - dead - do - door stop - door stopper - draw - earth - fast - fiddle about with - full stop - get at - gloat - halt - harp on - jerk - mooch - must - nervous - next - now - pick on - pit stop - play around - request stop - rot - short - stand about - stand around - stop - stop by - stop off - stop out - stop over - stop sign - stop up - stop-off - stop-press - take out - tamper - threaten - time-wasting - urge - waste - way - whine - abruptlytr[stɒp]1 (halt) parada, alto2 (stopping place) parada■ which stop do you want to get off at? ¿dónde quieres bajar?3 (on journey) parada; (break, rest) descanso, pausa5 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL (on organ) registro; (knob) botón nombre masculino de registro; (on wind instrument) llave nombre femenino6 (in camera) diafragma nombre masculino1 (halt - vehicle, person) parar, detener; (- machine, ball) parar■ stop that man! he's taken my bag! ¡detened a ese hombre! ¡me ha robado el bolso!2 (end, interrupt - production) parar, paralizar; (- inflation, advance) parar, contener; (- conversation, play) interrumpir; (- pain etc) poner fin a, poner término a, acabar con■ they stopped £10 from my wages me retuvieron £10 del sueldo4 (cease) dejar de, parar de■ has it stopped raining? ¿ha dejado de llover?■ stop crying! ¡para de llorar!■ do you ever stop talking? ¿no paras de hablar jamás?■ stop it! ¡basta ya!5 (prevent) impedir, evitar■ what's stopping you? ¿por qué no lo haces?, ¿qué te lo impide?1 (halt) parar, pararse, detener, detenerse■ does this bus stop at the station? ¿este autobús para en la estación?2 (cease) acabarse, terminar, cesar■ the rain has stopped ha dejado de llover, ya no llueve■ no, I'm not stopping long no, no me quedo mucho rato■ are you stopping for lunch? ¿te quedas a comer?\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLstop thief! ¡al ladrón!to come to a stop pararse, hacer un altoto pull out all the stops tocar todos los registrosto put a stop to something poner fin a algoto stop a bullet recibir un balazoto stop at nothing (to do something) no pararse en barras (para hacer algo), no tener miramientos (para hacer algo)to stop dead in one's tracks pararse en secoto stop oneself contenerseto stop short pararse en secoto stop short of something no llegar a■ he insulted him, but he stopped short of hitting him lo insultó, pero no llegó a pegarleto stop the rot cortar por lo sanoto stop the show causar sensaciónto stop to think detenerse a pensarwithout stopping sin parar, sin cesarstop press noticias nombre femenino plural de última hora1) plug: tapar2) prevent: impedir, evitarshe stopped me from leaving: me impidió que saliera3) halt: parar, detener4) cease: dejar dehe stopped talking: dejó de hablarstop vi1) halt: detenerse, parar2) cease: cesar, terminarthe rain won't stop: no deja de llover3) stay: quedarseshe stopped with friends: se quedó en casa de unos amigos4)to stop by : visitarstop n1) stopper: tapón m2) halt: parada f, alto mto come to a stop: pararse, detenerseto put a stop to: poner fin a3) : parada fbus stop: parada de autobúsexpr.• alto expr.n.• cesación s.f.• chazador s.m.• estación s.f.• estada s.f.• fiador s.m.• fin s.m.• parada s.f.• retén s.m.• tope s.m.v.• acabar v.• cesar v.• detener v.(§pres: -tengo, -tienes...-tenemos) pret: -tuv-fut/c: -tendr-•)• escampar v.• hospedar v.• impedir v.• parar v.• pararse v.• poner fin a v.• represar v.• suspender v.• terminar v.stɑːp, stɒp
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1) ( halt)to bring something to a stop — \<\<train/car\>\> detener* or parar algo; \<\<conversation/proceedings\>\> poner* fin a or interrumpir algo
to come to a stop — \<\<vehicle/aircraft\>\> detenerse*; \<\<production/conversation\>\> interrumpirse
to put a stop to something — \<\<to mischief/malpractice\>\> poner* fin a algo
2)a) ( break on journey) parada fafter an overnight stop in Madrid — después de hacer noche or de pasar la noche en Madrid
b) ( stopping place) parada f, paradero m (AmL exc RPl)3) ( punctuation mark) (esp BrE) punto m; ( in telegrams) stop m; see also full stopto pull out all the stops — tocar* todos los registros
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- pp- transitive verb1)a) ( halt) \<\<taxi/bus\>\> parar; \<\<person\>\> parar, detener*I stopped the car and got out — paré or detuve el coche y me bajé
b) ( switch off) \<\<machine/engine\>\> parar2)a) (bring to an end, interrupt) \<\<decline/inflation\>\> detener*, parar; \<\<discussion/abuse\>\> poner* fin a, acabar conb) ( cease)to stop -ING — dejar de + inf
3) ( prevent)what's stopping you? — ¿qué te lo impide?
I had to tell him, I couldn't stop myself — tuve que decírselo, no pude contenerme
to stop somebody (FROM) -ING — (esp BrE) impedirle* a alguien + inf, impedir* que alguien (+ subj)
to stop something -ING — impedir* que algo (+ subj)
to stop something happening — impedir* que ocurra algo
4)a) (cancel, withhold) \<\<subscription\>\> cancelar; \<\<payment\>\> suspenderto stop (payment of) a check — dar* orden de no pagar un cheque
b) ( deduct) (BrE) descontar*, retener*the boss stopped £30 out of my wages — el jefe me descontó or me retuvo 30 libras del sueldo
5) ( block) \<\<hole\>\> tapar; \<\<gap\>\> rellenar; \<\<tooth\>\> empastar6) ( parry) \<\<blow/punch\>\> parar, detener*
2.
vi1)a) ( halt) \<\<vehicle/driver\>\> parar, detenerse*stop, thief! — al ladrón!
to stop at nothing — estar* dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa, no pararse en barras
b) ( interrupt journey) \<\<train/bus\>\> pararlet's stop here and have a rest — hagamos un alto or paremos aquí para descansar
c) ( cease operating) \<\<watch/clock/machine\>\> pararse2)a) ( cease)the rain has stopped — ha dejado or parado de llover, ya no llueve
the pain/bleeding has stopped — ya no le (or me etc) duele/sale sangre
b) ( interrupt activity) parar3) (colloq) ( stay) quedarse•Phrasal Verbs:- stop by- stop in- stop off- stop out- stop up[stɒp]1. N1) (=halt) parada f, alto m•
to be at a stop — [+ vehicle] estar parado; [+ production, process] quedar paralizadoto come to a dead or sudden stop — pararse en seco, detenerse repentinamente
to come to a full stop — [negotiations, discussions] paralizarse, quedar detenido en un punto muerto
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to put a stop to sth — poner fin or término a algo, acabar con algo2) (=break, pause) descanso m, pausa f; (overnight) estancia f, estadía f (LAm), estada f (LAm); (for refuelling) escala f•
a stop for coffee — un descanso para tomar café•
to make a stop at Bordeaux — hacer escala en Burdeos•
a stop of a few days — una estancia de unos días•
without a stop — sin parar4) (Typ) (also: full stop) punto m5) (Mus) (on organ) registro m; [of guitar] traste m; [of other instrument] llave f- pull out all the stops6) (Mech) tope m, retén m7) (Phon) (also: stop consonant) (consonante f) oclusiva f2. VT1) (=block) [+ hole] tapar; [+ leak, flow of blood] restañar; [+ tooth] empastar•
to stop a gap — tapar un agujero; (fig) llenar un vacío2) (=arrest movement of) [+ runaway engine, car] detener, parar; [+ blow, punch] parar- stop a bullet3) (=put an end to) [+ rumour, abuse, activity, injustice] poner fin a, poner término a, acabar con; [+ conversation] interrumpir, suspender; [+ aggression] rechazar, contener; [+ production] (permanently) terminar; (temporarily) interrumpir4) (=prevent) evitar; (=forbid) prohibir, poner fin ato stop sb (from) doing sth — (=prevent) impedir a algn hacer algo, impedir que algn haga algo; (=forbid) prohibir a algn hacer algo, prohibir a algn que haga algo
can't you stop him? — ¿no le puedes impedir que lo haga?
to stop o.s. (from doing sth) — abstenerse (de hacer algo)
5) (=cease)•
stop it! — ¡basta ya!I just can't stop it — (=help it) ¡qué remedio!, ¡qué le vamos a hacer!
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stop that noise! — ¡basta ya de ruido!•
stop that nonsense! — ¡déjate de tonterías!•
it has stopped raining — ha dejado de llover, ya no llueve6) (=suspend) [+ payments, wages, subscription] suspender; [+ cheque] invalidar; [+ supply] cortar, interrumpir•
all leave is stopped — han sido cancelados todos los permisos•
to stop the milk for a fortnight — (Brit) pedir al lechero que no traiga leche durante quince días3. VI1) (=stop moving) [person, vehicle] pararse, detenerse; [clock, watch] pararsewhere does the bus stop? — ¿dónde para el autobús?
stop! — ¡pare!
stop, thief! — ¡al ladrón!
2) (=pause, take a break) parar, hacer alto•
without stopping — sin parar3) (=cease, come to an end) terminar, acabar(se); [supply etc] cortarse, interrumpirse; [process, rain etc] terminar, cesar•
payments have stopped — (temporarily) se han suspendido los pagos; (permanently) han terminado los pagos•
when the programme stops — cuando termine el programa•
the rain has stopped — ha dejado de llover•
he seems not to know when to stop — parece no saber cuándo conviene hacer alto- stop at nothing4) * (=stay)to stop (at/with) — hospedarse or alojarse (con)
did you stop till the end? — ¿te quedaste hasta el final?
4.CPDstop button N — botón m de parada
stop press N — noticias fpl de última hora
stop press — (as heading) al cierre de la edición
stop sign N — (Aut) stop m, señal f de stop
- stop by- stop in- stop off- stop out- stop up* * *[stɑːp, stɒp]
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1) ( halt)to bring something to a stop — \<\<train/car\>\> detener* or parar algo; \<\<conversation/proceedings\>\> poner* fin a or interrumpir algo
to come to a stop — \<\<vehicle/aircraft\>\> detenerse*; \<\<production/conversation\>\> interrumpirse
to put a stop to something — \<\<to mischief/malpractice\>\> poner* fin a algo
2)a) ( break on journey) parada fafter an overnight stop in Madrid — después de hacer noche or de pasar la noche en Madrid
b) ( stopping place) parada f, paradero m (AmL exc RPl)3) ( punctuation mark) (esp BrE) punto m; ( in telegrams) stop m; see also full stopto pull out all the stops — tocar* todos los registros
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1.
- pp- transitive verb1)a) ( halt) \<\<taxi/bus\>\> parar; \<\<person\>\> parar, detener*I stopped the car and got out — paré or detuve el coche y me bajé
b) ( switch off) \<\<machine/engine\>\> parar2)a) (bring to an end, interrupt) \<\<decline/inflation\>\> detener*, parar; \<\<discussion/abuse\>\> poner* fin a, acabar conb) ( cease)to stop -ING — dejar de + inf
3) ( prevent)what's stopping you? — ¿qué te lo impide?
I had to tell him, I couldn't stop myself — tuve que decírselo, no pude contenerme
to stop somebody (FROM) -ING — (esp BrE) impedirle* a alguien + inf, impedir* que alguien (+ subj)
to stop something -ING — impedir* que algo (+ subj)
to stop something happening — impedir* que ocurra algo
4)a) (cancel, withhold) \<\<subscription\>\> cancelar; \<\<payment\>\> suspenderto stop (payment of) a check — dar* orden de no pagar un cheque
b) ( deduct) (BrE) descontar*, retener*the boss stopped £30 out of my wages — el jefe me descontó or me retuvo 30 libras del sueldo
5) ( block) \<\<hole\>\> tapar; \<\<gap\>\> rellenar; \<\<tooth\>\> empastar6) ( parry) \<\<blow/punch\>\> parar, detener*
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vi1)a) ( halt) \<\<vehicle/driver\>\> parar, detenerse*stop, thief! — al ladrón!
to stop at nothing — estar* dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa, no pararse en barras
b) ( interrupt journey) \<\<train/bus\>\> pararlet's stop here and have a rest — hagamos un alto or paremos aquí para descansar
c) ( cease operating) \<\<watch/clock/machine\>\> pararse2)a) ( cease)the rain has stopped — ha dejado or parado de llover, ya no llueve
the pain/bleeding has stopped — ya no le (or me etc) duele/sale sangre
b) ( interrupt activity) parar3) (colloq) ( stay) quedarse•Phrasal Verbs:- stop by- stop in- stop off- stop out- stop up -
2 can
̈ɪkæn I (полная форма) ;
(редуцированные формы) гл.;
прош. вр. - could
1) мочь, быть в состоянии, иметь возможность;
уметь (говорится о физических или умственных способностях или возможностях, естественных или приобретенных) What weight can you carry? ≈ Какой вес ты можешь поднять? Who can run farthest? ≈ Кто может пробежать быстрее всех? He can speak English but he can't write it very well. ≈ Он по-английски хорошо говорит, но не очень хорошо пишет. I can play football well, but I'm unable to play now, I don't feel well. ≈ Я умею хорошо играть в футбол, но сейчас я не могу играть, так как плохо себя чувствую. I can not but say it. ≈ Я не могу не сказать этого.
2) мочь, иметь возможность, иметь право а) выражает возможность, обусловленную обстоятельствами Anybody can make mistakes. ≈ Любой может сделать ошибки. б) выражает предоставленную возможность или разрешение No one can play the organ during service time without the consent of the Vicar. ≈ Никто не может играть на органе во время службы без согласия викария. You can go now if you like. ≈ Если хотите, можете идти. в) в прошедшем времени выражает вежливую просьбу Could I have this book with me? ≈ Не мог бы я взять эту книгу с собой? Could you please tell me the way to Trafalgar Square? ≈ Не могли бы вы мне сказать, как пройти к Трафальгарской площади? ∙ Syn: may
3) может быть, возможно, неужели выражает предположение, сомнение, удивление в вопросительных предложениях;
не может быть( выражает невероятность в отрицательных предложениях) Can it be true? ≈ Неужели это правда? Do you think my mother can be living? ≈ Ты думаешь моя мать может быть жива? She can't feel hurt, we've explained everything to her. ≈ Не может быть, чтобы она обиделась, мы же ей все объяснили. She can't be telling lies. ≈ Не может быть, чтобы она лгала. II
1. сущ.
1) бидон milk can ≈ молочный бидон watering can ≈ лейка для полива Syn: churn
2) колпак дымовой трубы (напоминающий по форме бидон) chimney-pot
3) преим. амер. металлический контейнер или ящик garbage can ≈ ящик для мусора
4) преим. амер. банка консервов
5) амер.;
сл. отхожее место Syn: lavatory, water-closet
6) амер.;
сл. задница
7) амер.;
сл. тюрьма
8) коробка для кинопленки in the can ≈ законченный, завершенный( о фильме)
9) чехол, кожух ∙ to be in the can ≈ быть законченным и готовым к употреблению can of worms ≈ очень сложная проблема
2. гл.
1) консервировать (пищевые продукты) ;
тж. перен. Ten or twelve discourses on fundamental ideas which have to be embalmed or canned or potted or whatever you like to call it, upon gramophone records. ≈ Десять или двенадцать бесед по фундаментальным вопросам, которые должны быть записаны, законсервированы - назовите это как хотите - на граммофонных пластинках. Syn: tin
3.
2), pot
2.
2) амер.;
сл. исключить( из школы, института и т. п.) ;
уволить
3) амер.;
сл. прекратить, перестать Can all that stuff, Sergeant. ≈ Прекратите эти штучки, сержант. Syn: stop
2., leave off выражает: объективную возможность: мочь, быть в состоянии - I * do it я могу это сделать - it * be done at once это можно сделать сразу - * you see him? вы его видите? - he can't come to you tomorrow он не может прийти к вам завтра - it was so dark we could see nothing было так темно, что мы ничего не видели - you cannot go there by bus автобусом вы туда не доедете, автобусом вы доехать туда не сможете - I will help you all I * я помогу вам всем, чем смогу - she tried to lift the sack but she couldn't она пыталась понять мешок, но не смогла - he could do no more, he was quite exhausted больше он не мог, он совершенно выбился из сил - how * you tell? откуда вы знаете? - he reassured her as well as /at best/ he could он ее утешал, как только мог - he ran as quickly as he could он бежал изо всех сил - make all haste you *! не теряйте ни минуты! не задерживайтесь! умение, способность уметь, мочь - I * swim я умею плавать - she can't cook она не умеет готовить - * they translate such texts? они могут /умеют/ переводить такие тексты? - she * read and write она умеет читать и писать - she * make her own dress она может сама шить себе платья - he * learn anything with ease учение дается ему легко - could he read when he was five? умел ли он читать, когда ему было пять лет? - children * be very trying с детьми иногда бывает очень трудно - he could walk twenty miles он мог пройти пешком двадцать миль (моральное право) быть вправе, иметь право, мочь - I can't very well accept this offer я не чувствую себя в праве принять это предложение - I * hardly go away and leave you alone не могу же я уйти и оставить вас одного - the Lower House alone * initiate financial measuress только нижняя палата имеет право вносить на рассмотрение финансовые законопроекты (разговорное) (американизм) просьбу (в вопросительных предложениях) можно?, разрешите? - * he go to the picnic? можно ему поехать на пикник? - * I have some more bread, please? дайте мне еще хлеба, пожалуйста;
передайте мне, пожалуйста, хлеб разрешение (в утвердительных и отрицательных предложениях) - you * go now теперь можете идти - you * cross the street here вы можете перейти улицу здесь - you cannot play football in England on Sundays по воскресеньям в Англии в футбол не играют;
в воскресенье в Англии не разрешается /нельзя/ играть в футбол предположение (обыкн. с перфектным инфинитивом в утвердительных предложениях) может быть, возможно - he * have walked there, it is not far возможно, он пошел туда пешком, это недалеко сомнение (в вопросительных и отрицательных предложениях) может ли? возможно ли? неужели? - that cannot be этого не может быть - * it be true? неужели (это правда) ? - * he have meant it? неужели он говорил это серьезно? неужели он имел это в виду? - she can't have done it! она не могла этого сделать! - do you think he * still be living? ты думаешь, он еще жив? в сочетаниях: can but..., cannot but... - cannot help laughing быть не в состоянии удержаться от смеха - as * be (эмоционально-усилительно) очень, чрезвычайно - she is as pleased as * be она очень /страшно/ довольна - the neighbours were as generous as could be соседи проявили необычайную щедрость - it's as ugly as * be трудно представить себе что-нибудь уродливее /страшнее/ жестяная коробка или банка;
жестянка( американизм) консервная банка;
банка (из любого материала) (американизм) банка консервов - a * of beer банка пива - a * of peaches консервированные персики бидон - * company( военное) рота подвоза горючего (в бидонах) канистра кружка;
жбан;
манерка оболочка;
чехол;
кожух;
контейнер (кинематографический) коробка для кинопленки колпак дымовой трубы лейка (американизм) урна, мусорный ящик - garbage * мусорный ящик;
лачуга( шотландское) мера( американизм) (сленг) нужник, отхожее место ( американизм) (сленг) каталажка, тюрьма pl ( американизм) (сленг) телефонные наушники( сленг) унция марихуаны (авиация) (жаргон) самолет( морское) (жаргон) эскадренный миноносец, эсминец > * of worms( американизм) (сленг) (целая) куча неприятностей;
запутанное, безнадежное дело;
сам черт не разберет > to carry the * стать козлом отпущения;
отдуваться за других;
расхлебывать кашу > in the * (кинематографический) "уже в коробке", отснятый (о готовом фильме) ;
готовый для демонтсрации > in the * обыкн (радиотехника) (телевидение) готовый, законченный;
завершенный консервировать (пищевые продукты) разливать в бидоны, канистры и т. п. (американизм) (сленг) посадить в тюрьму( американизм) (сленг) исключить (учащегося) ;
уволить (служащего) (американизм) (сленг) прекратить, перестать - * it! хватит!, замолчи!, заткнись! - * the stuff! брось это! (разговорное) записывать( на пленку, пластинки) ~ амер. жарг. тюрьма;
to be in the can быть законченным и готовым к употреблению can банка консервов ~ бидон ~ модальный недостаточный глагол выражает сомнение, неуверенность, недоверие: it can't be true! не может быть!;
can it be true? неужели? ~ жестяная коробка или банка ~ консервировать (мясо, овощи, фрукты) ~ модальный недостаточный глагол мочь, иметь право;
you can go вы свободны, можете идти ~ (could) модальный недостаточный глагол мочь, быть в состоянии, иметь возможность;
уметь;
I will do all I can я сделаю все, что могу ~ амер. жарг. остановить(ся) ~ амер. жарг. отделаться( от кого-л.) ;
уволить ~ амер. жарг. посадить в тюрьму ~ амер. стульчак, сиденье в уборной ~ амер. жарг. тюрьма;
to be in the can быть законченным и готовым к употреблению cannot: cannot отриц. форма гл. can ~ модальный недостаточный глагол выражает сомнение, неуверенность, недоверие: it can't be true! не может быть!;
can it be true? неужели? garbage ~ жарг. лачуга в рабочем поселке garbage ~ помойное ведро;
ящик для мусора I ~ speak French я говорю (умею говорить) по-французски;
I cannot я не могу;
I cannot away with this терпеть этого не могу;
I cannot but я не могу не I ~ speak French я говорю (умею говорить) по-французски;
I cannot я не могу;
I cannot away with this терпеть этого не могу;
I cannot but я не могу не no: ~ нет;
no, I cannot нет, не могу I ~ speak French я говорю (умею говорить) по-французски;
I cannot я не могу;
I cannot away with this терпеть этого не могу;
I cannot but я не могу не ~ (could) модальный недостаточный глагол мочь, быть в состоянии, иметь возможность;
уметь;
I will do all I can я сделаю все, что могу ~ модальный недостаточный глагол выражает сомнение, неуверенность, недоверие: it can't be true! не может быть!;
can it be true? неужели? she ~'t have done it! не может быть, чтобы она это сделала!;
what cannot be cured must be endured что нельзя исправить, то следует терпеть she ~'t have done it! не может быть, чтобы она это сделала!;
what cannot be cured must be endured что нельзя исправить, то следует терпеть cure: ~ вулканизировать( резину) ;
what cannot be cured must be endured посл. = что нельзя исправить, то следует терпеть ~ модальный недостаточный глагол мочь, иметь право;
you can go вы свободны, можете идти -
3 frei
I Adj.1. free; freier Bürger HIST. freeborn citizen, freeman; ein freier Mensch (der tun kann, was er will) a free agent; sie ist frei zu gehen, wenn sie will she is free to go if she wishes; ich bin so frei altm. oder hum. sich bedienend etc.: if I may; ich war so frei, Ihr Auto zu nehmen oder und nahm Ihr Auto I took the liberty of using your car, I helped myself to your car2. Wahl, Wille etc.: free; Zugang: unrestricted, unlimited; (unbehindert) unrestrained; „frei ab 16“ Film: 16 (= no admission to persons under 16 years), Am. etwa R(-rated); jetzt haben wir freie Fahrt mit Zug: the signal’s green now, the train can go now; mit Auto: the road’s clear now; fig. there’s nothing to stop us now; auf freiem Fuß sein be free; Verbrecher: be at large; jemanden auf freien Fuß setzen set s.o. free, let s.o. go; das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung the right of free speech ( oder of self-expression); aus freien Stücken oder freiem Willen of one’s own free will; die freie Wahl haben zwischen... und... be free to choose between... and...3. (unabhängig, selbstständig) Stadt etc.: free; Beruf, Tankstelle etc.: independent; (nicht gebunden) unattached; Journalist, Künstler etc.: freelance; die freien Künste the liberal arts; freier Mitarbeiter freelance(r); Freie24. im Namen von Organisationen etc.: Freie Demokratische Partei (abgek. FDP) Free Democratic Party; Freie Deutsche Jugend (abgek. FDJ) HIST., ehem. DDR Free German Youth; Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (abgek. FDGB) HIST., ehem. DDR Free German Trade Union Organization; die Freie Hansestadt Bremen the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen; die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg5. WIRTS.: im freien Handel available in the shops (Am. in stores); freier Markt open market; Börse: unofficial market; freie Marktwirtschaft free market economy; freier Wechselkurs floating exchange rate; ( die) freie Wirtschaft free enterprise; die Rechte an diesem Buchtitel werden bald frei the rights in this title will soon be free ( oder available)6. (unbesetzt) Stuhl, Raum etc.: free, available; Leitung: vacant; Stelle: vacant, open; Straße etc.: clear, empty; (unbeschrieben) Seite etc.: blank; frei am WC: vacant; am Taxi: for hire; freie Stelle vacancy; ist hier oder der Platz noch frei? is this seat taken?, is anyone sitting here?; der Stuhl / die Zeile muss frei bleiben the chair must be kept free / the line must be left blank; Platz frei lassen / machen für leave / make space for; jemandem den Weg frei machen clear the way for s.o.; zwei Zeilen frei lassen leave two blank lines; Bahn, Ring, Zimmer7. (unbedeckt) bare; der Rock lässt die Knie frei the skirt is above the knee; den Oberkörper frei machen strip to the waist8. Feld, Himmel, Sicht: open; aufs freie Meer hinaus out into the open sea; auf freier Strecke on an open stretch (EISENB. of line, Straße: of road); in freier Wildbahn in the wild; unter freiem Himmel in the open (air), outside9. Tag, Zeit etc.: free; nachgestellt: off; Person: free, not busy; freie Zeit free ( oder leisure) time; nächsten Dienstag ist frei next Tuesday is a holiday; hast du morgen frei? do you have tomorrow off?; seitdem habe ich keine freie Minute mehr since then I haven’t had a free moment ( oder a moment to myself); sind Sie ( gerade) frei? Taxi: are you taken?; Verkäufer: are you serving someone?10. (kostenlos) free (of charge); freier Eintritt admission free ( für to); Kinder unter sechs sind frei umg. von Eintritt, Fahrgeld: children under six are free, no charge for children under six; 20 kg Gepäck sind frei there is a baggage (bes. Am. luggage) allowance of 20kg; frei Haus carriage paid; Lieferung frei Haus free delivery, no delivery charge; dazu bekommt sie auch noch einen Job frei Haus fig. what’s more she gets a job handed to her on a plate; du hast noch zwei Versuche frei fig. you have two tries left11. frei von (ohne) free from ( oder of), without; von Eis, Schneeschicht etc.: clear of; von Steuern etc. befreit: exempt from; frei von Schmerzen free from pain; frei von Schulden free from debt; frei von Zusätzen free of additives; niemand ist frei von Fehlern / Vorurteilen nobody is perfect / free from prejudice13. fig. (ungezwungen) free and easy; (offen) open; (moralisch großzügig) liberal; freie Liebe free love; sie ist schon viel freier geworden she has loosened up a great deal14. fig. Übersetzung: free; freie Hand haben have a free hand ( bei with); jemandem freie Hand lassen give s.o. a free hand ( bei with); aus oder mit der freien Hand zeichnen (ohne Hilfsmittel) draw s.th. freehand15. Sport (ungedeckt) unmarked; zum nächsten freien Mitspieler passen pass to the nearest unmarked player; der freie Mann ( vor der Abwehr) the sweeper16. POST. (frankiert) prepaid, post paid17. PHYS.; Elektron, Fall, Radikal etc.: free; CHEM. uncombined; im freien Fall in free fall; frei werden Energie etc.: be released; freie Valenzen CHEM. free valenciesII Adv.1. atmen, herumlaufen etc.: freely; frei geboren freeborn; frei laufende Hühner free-range hens; Eier von frei laufenden Hühnern free-range eggs; frei lebende Tiere wildlife Sg., animals living in the wild ( oder out of captivity); frei praktizierender Arzt doctor in private practice2. herumliegen etc.: openly; frei zugänglich von allen Seiten: freely accessible; für alle: open to all; frei stehen Baum, Haus etc.: stand by itself; SPORT, Spieler: be unmarked; frei stehend Baum: solitary; Haus, nicht angebaut: detached; einzeln: isolated; SPORT, Spieler: unmarked3. WIRTS.: frei erhältlich freely available; frei finanziert privately financed; frei konvertierbar freely convertible; frei verkäuflich on general sale, freely available (to buy)6. frei sprechen Redner: speak without notes; mit Handy im Auto: phone ( oder talk) hands-free, use the speaker phone; ich möchte den Vortrag frei halten I want to give the lecture without notes; einen Kreis frei zeichnen draw a circle freehand; das Kind kann schon frei laufen / stehen the child can walk / stand unaided7. frei erfunden (entirely) fictitious; das hat er frei erfunden he made that up; frei nach ( einem Stück von) X freely adapted from (a play by) X* * *at liberty (Adv.);(freimütig) frank (Adj.);(nicht versklavt) unenslaved (Adj.);(unbefahren) clear (Adj.);(unbesetzt) vacant (Adj.);(ungebunden) independent (Adj.); free (Adj.); unfettered (Adj.); unattached (Adj.); unengaged (Adj.)* * *[frai]1. ADJEKTIV1) = unbehindert freesich von etw frei halten — to avoid sth; von Vorurteilen etc to be free of sth; von Verpflichtungen to keep oneself free of sth
die Straße frei geben/machen — to open/clear the road
jdm den Weg frei geben — to let sb past or by
der Film ist frei ( für Jugendliche) ab 16 (Jahren) — this film is suitable for persons aged 16 years and over
ich bin so frei (form) — may I?diams; frei + SubstantivSiehe auch unter dem Eintrag für das jeweilige Substantiv.
von Kiel nach Hamburg hatten wir freie Fahrt — we had a clear run from Kiel to Hamburg
einem Zug freie Fahrt geben — to give a train the " go" signal
der Polizist gab uns freie Fahrt — the policeman signalled (Brit) or signaled (US) us on
jdm freie Hand lassen — to give sb free rein, to give sb a free hand
das Recht der freien Rede or auf freie Rede — the right of free speech, the right to freedom of speech
jdm zur freien Verfügung stehen — to be completely at sb's disposal
2) = unabhängig free; Schriftsteller, Journalist etc freelance; (= nicht staatlich) privatediams; frei + SubstantivSiehe auch unter dem Eintrag für das jeweilige Substantiv.Freie Deutsche Jugend (DDR) — youth wing of the former East German Socialist Unity Party
Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DDR) — Trades Union Congress of the former East Germany
Freie Hansestadt Bremen — Free Hansa Town of Bremen
freier Mitarbeiter — freelance, freelancer
freie Reichsstadt (Hist) — free city of the Empire
freie Tankstelle — independent petrol (Brit) or gas (US) station
3) = verfügbar Mittel, Geld available; Zeit freeich bin jetzt frei für ihn — I can see him now; (am Telefon) I can speak to him now
4)= arbeitsfrei
morgen/Mittwoch ist frei — tomorrow/Wednesday is a holidaySee:5)= ohne Hilfsmittel
etw aus freier Hand zeichnen — to draw sth freehandein Vortrag in freier Rede — an extemporary talk
6) = unbesetzt Zimmer, Toilette vacant; Taxi for hireist hier noch frei?, ist dieser Platz noch frei? — is anyone sitting here?, is this seat free?
im Kino/Flugzeug waren noch zehn freie Plätze — in the cinema/plane there were still ten seats free
"frei" (an Taxi) — "for hire"; (an Toilettentür) "vacant"
"Zimmer frei" — "vacancies"
haben Sie noch etwas frei? (in Hotel) — do you have any vacancies?
bei HarperCollins sind einige Stellen frei — there are some vacancies at HarperCollins
"Ausfahrt/Einfahrt frei halten" — "keep clear"
für etw Platz frei lassen/machen — to leave/make room for sth
7)= offen
unter freiem Himmel — in the open aireine Frage/Aussage im freien Raum stehen lassen — to leave a question/statement hanging in mid-air
See:→ Freie(s), Feld8) = kostenlos freefrei Schiff — free on board
9) = unkonventionell Sitten, Erziehung liberal10) = unbekleidet bare11) = ungeschützt Autor out of copyright2. ADVERB1) = ungehindert freely; sprechen openlyfrei beweglich —
er hat das frei erfunden — he made it up
das ist frei wählbar — you can choose as you please, it's completely optional
frei laufend (Hunde, Katzen) — feral; Huhn free-range
frei herumlaufen (inf) — to be free, to be running around free (inf)
der Verbrecher läuft immer noch frei herum — the criminal is still at largediams; frei lebend Wölfe, Mustangherden etc living in the wild; Katzen, Stadttauben feral; Mikroorganismen free-livingdiams; frei stehen (Haus) to stand by itself; (Sport) to be free or not marked
ein frei stehendes Gebäude — a free-standing building → auch cdiams; frei nach based on
frei nach Goethe (Zitat) — as Goethe didn't say
2)= ungezwungen
sich frei und ungezwungen verhalten, frei und locker auftreten — to have a relaxed manner, to be easy-goingsie benimmt sich etwas zu frei — she's rather free in her behaviour (Brit) or behavior (US)
3) = ohne Hilfsmittel unaided, without helpdas Kind kann frei stehen — the child can stand on its own or without any help
frei in der Luft schweben — to hang in mid-air
frei sprechen —
* * *1) (free from difficulty or obstacles: a clear road ahead.) clear2) ((often with of) without (risk of) being touched, caught etc: Is the ship clear of the rocks? clear of danger.) clear3) ((often with of) free: clear of debt; clear of all infection.) clear4) (allowed to move where one wants; not shut in, tied, fastened etc: The prison door opened, and he was a free man.) free5) (not forced or persuaded to act, think, speak etc in a particular way: free speech; You are free to think what you like.) free6) (frank, open and ready to speak: a free manner.) free7) (not working or having another appointment; not busy: I shall be free at five o'clock.) free8) (not occupied, not in use: Is this table free?) free9) free10) (not tied; free: The horses are loose in the field.) loose12) (empty or unoccupied: a vacant chair; Are there any rooms vacant in this hotel?) vacant13) (empty or vacant: The room/seat was unoccupied.) unoccupied14) (not busy: I paint in my unoccupied hours / when I'm otherwise unoccupied.) unoccupied* * *[frai]I. adj1. (nicht gefangen, unabhängig) free\freier Autor/Übersetzer freelance writer/translatordie \freie Hansestadt Hamburg the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg\freie Kirche free churchein \freier Mann/eine \freie Frau a free man/womanein \freier Gedanke free thought[Recht auf] \freie Meinungsäußerung [right to] freedom of speechein \freier Mensch a free person\freier Mitarbeiter/ \freie Mitarbeiterin freelance[r]eine \freie Übersetzung a free translationetw zur \freien Verfügung haben to have sth at free disposal\freie Wahl haben to be free to chooseaus \freiem Willen [o \freien Stücken] of one's own free willes war sein \freier Wille auszuwandern he emigrated of his own free will\frei und ungebunden footloose and fancy-free2. (freie Zeit) freedrei Tage/eine Woche \frei haben to have three days/a week offnächsten Donnerstag ist \frei, da ist Feiertag we've got next Thursday off - it's a holidayer hat sich \frei genommen, da seine Tochter krank ist he's taken [some] time off because his daughter is ill\freie Zeit haben to have spare time3. (verfügbar) availablees sind noch Mittel für kulturelle Veranstaltungen \frei there are still funds available for cultural eventsder Film ist ab 14 Jahren \frei the film is suitable for children from 14 years on▪ \frei [für jdn] sein to be free [to see/speak to sb]ist dieser Platz noch \frei? is this seat [already] taken?haben Sie noch ein Zimmer \frei? do you still have a room available?den Eingang \frei machen to clear the entranceeinen Platz \frei lassen to keep a seat freeeinen Platz \frei machen to vacate a seat formeine \freie Stelle a vacant positionein \freies Zimmer a vacant room„Zimmer frei“ “rooms to rent”der Eintritt ist \frei entrance is freeKinder unter 6 Jahren sind \frei children below the age of six are admitted free20 kg Gepäck sind \frei 20 kg of luggage are allowed„Eintritt \frei“ “admission free”„Lieferung \frei Haus“ free home delivery6. (ohne etw)die Straßen sind \frei von Eis the streets are clear of icekein Mensch ist \frei von Fehlern nobody is perfect\frei von Konservierungsstoffen free from preservatives\frei von Schmerzen sein not to suffer any pain, to be free of pain\frei von Schuld blameless7. (ohne Hilfsmittel) off-the-cuffetw mit \freier Hand zeichnen to draw sth freehand\freie Rede/ \freier Vortrag impromptu speech/lectureeine \freie Rede halten to speak off-the-cut8. (auslassen)eine Zeile \frei lassen to leave a line free9. (offen) opender Zug hält auf \freier Strecke the train stops in the open country\freie Aussicht [o \freier Blick] unhampered view\freies Gelände open countryunter \freiem Himmel open airdas \freie Meer the open sea10. (ungezwungen) free and easyihre Auffassungen sind mir doch etwas zu \frei her views are a little too liberal for meer ist viel \freier geworden he has loosened up a lot famhier herrscht ein \freier Ton the atmosphere is very liberal here\freie Liebe free loveich bin so \frei (geh) if I mayich bin so \frei und nehme mir noch ein Stück I'll have another piece if I may11. (unbehindert) unhampered, unrestrained\freie Entwicklung free development12. (unbekleidet) baremachen Sie bitte Ihren Arm \frei please roll up your sleevemachen Sie bitte ihren Bauch \frei please uncover your stomach13. (unbeschrieben) blankein \freies Blatt a blank sheet of paperPlatz \frei lassen to leave a blank14. (nicht gebunden) free, singleseit er sich von seiner Freundin getrennt hat, ist er wieder frei since he has split up with his girl-friend, he is single again15. ÖKON free\freier Kapital-/Warenverkehr free movement of capital/goods\freie Marktwirtschaft free market economy\freier Wechselkurs freely floating exchange rate16. CHEM, PHYS releasedKräfte werden \frei forces are set free [or released]\freier Kohlenstoff/ \freie Wärme uncombined carbon/heat\freie Radikale free radicals17. (ungefähr)\frei nach... roughly quoting...II. adv1. (unbeeinträchtigt) freelydas Haus steht ganz \frei the house stands completely on its owndie Mörderin läuft immer noch \frei herum! the murderess is still on the loose!\frei atmen to breathe easy\frei finanziert privately financed\frei stehen to stand alone [or by itself]\frei verkäuflich for sale without restrictions\frei zugänglich accessible from all sides2. (ungezwungen) freely, openly\frei erzogen liberally educated\frei heraus sprechen to speak frankly\frei improvisieren to improvise freely3. (uneingeschränkt) casually4. (nach eigenem Belieben)\frei erfunden to be completely made up5. (gratis) freeKinder unter 6 Jahren fahren \frei children below the age of six travel freeetw \frei bekommen to get sth freeein Kabel \frei verlegen to lay a cable uncovered\frei in der Luft schweben to hover unsupported in the air\frei sprechen to speak off-the-cuff7. (nicht gefangen) freely\frei laufend Tiere free-rangeEier von \frei laufenden Hühnern eggs from free-range chickens\frei lebend living in the wild* * *1.2) (nicht angestellt) freelance <writer, worker, etc.>4) (nicht eingesperrt, gefangen) free; at liberty pred.5) (offen) openunter freiem Himmel — in the open [air]; outdoors
auf freier Strecke — (Straße) on the open road; (Eisenbahn) between stations
frei herumlaufen — < person> run around scot-free
6) (unbesetzt) vacant; unoccupied; freeein freier Stuhl/Platz — a vacant or free chair/seat
Entschuldigung, ist hier noch frei? — excuse me, is this anyone's seat etc.?
ein Bett ist [noch] frei — one bed is [still] free or not taken
7) (kostenlos) free <food, admission>20 kg Gepäck frei haben — have or be allowed a 20 kilogram baggage allowance
8) (ungenau)eine freie Übersetzung — a free or loose translation
9) (ohne Vorlage) improvised10) (uneingeschränkt) freeder freie Fall — (Physik) free fall
11)von etwas frei/frei von etwas sein — be free of something
12) (verfügbar) spare; freeich habe heute frei/meinen freien Abend — I've got today off/this is my evening off
sich (Dat.) frei nehmen — (ugs.) take some time off
er ist noch/nicht mehr frei — he is still/no longer unattached
13) (ohne Hilfsmittel)eine freie Rede — an extempore speech
14) (unbekleidet) bare15) (bes. Fußball) unmarkedfrei werden — (bei einer Reaktion) be given off
freie Hand haben/jemandem freie Hand lassen — have/give somebody a free hand
aus freien Stücken — (ugs.) of one's own accord; voluntarily
2.auf freiem Fuß — (von Verbrechern etc.) at large
* * *A. adj1. free;freier Bürger HIST freeborn citizen, freeman;ein freier Mensch (der tun kann, was er will) a free agent;sie ist frei zu gehen, wenn sie will she is free to go if she wishes;ich bin so frei obs oder hum sich bedienend etc: if I may;ich war so frei, Ihr Auto zu nehmen oderund nahm Ihr Auto I took the liberty of using your car, I helped myself to your carjetzt haben wir freie Fahrt mit Zug: the signal’s green now, the train can go now; mit Auto: the road’s clear now; fig there’s nothing to stop us now;jemanden auf freien Fuß setzen set sb free, let sb go;das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung the right of free speech ( oder of self-expression);freiem Willen of one’s own free will;die freie Wahl haben zwischen … und … be free to choose between … and …3. (unabhängig, selbstständig) Stadt etc: free; Beruf, Tankstelle etc: independent; (nicht gebunden) unattached; Journalist, Künstler etc: freelance;die freien Künste the liberal arts;4. im Namen von Organisationen etc:die Freie Hansestadt Bremen the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen;die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg5. WIRTSCH:im freien Handel available in the shops (US in stores);freier Markt open market; BÖRSE unofficial market;freie Marktwirtschaft free market economy;freier Wechselkurs floating exchange rate;(die) freie Wirtschaft free enterprise;die Rechte an diesem Buchtitel werden bald frei the rights in this title will soon be free ( oder available)6. (unbesetzt) Stuhl, Raum etc: free, available; Leitung: vacant; Stelle: vacant, open; Straße etc: clear, empty; (unbeschrieben) Seite etc: blank;freie Stelle vacancy;der Platz noch frei? is this seat taken?, is anyone sitting here?;der Stuhl/die Zeile muss frei bleiben the chair must be kept free/the line must be left blank;Platz frei lassen/machen für leave/make space for;jemandem den Weg frei machen clear the way for sb;7. (unbedeckt) bare;der Rock lässt die Knie frei the skirt is above the knee;8. Feld, Himmel, Sicht: open;aufs freie Meer hinaus out into the open sea;in freier Wildbahn in the wild;unter freiem Himmel in the open (air), outsidefreie Zeit free ( oder leisure) time;nächsten Dienstag ist frei next Tuesday is a holiday;hast du morgen frei? do you have tomorrow off?;seitdem habe ich keine freie Minute mehr since then I haven’t had a free moment ( oder a moment to myself);freier Eintritt admission free (für to);Kinder unter sechs sind frei umg von Eintritt, Fahrgeld: children under six are free, no charge for children under six;20 kg Gepäck sind frei there is a baggage (besonders US luggage) allowance of 20kg;frei Haus carriage paid;Lieferung frei Haus free delivery, no delivery charge;dazu bekommt sie auch noch einen Job frei Haus fig what’s more she gets a job handed to her on a plate;du hast noch zwei Versuche frei fig you have two tries left11.frei von (ohne) free from ( oder of), without; von Eis, Schneeschicht etc: clear of; von Steuern etc befreit: exempt from;frei von Schmerzen free from pain;frei von Schulden free from debt;frei von Zusätzen free of additives;niemand ist frei von Fehlern/Vorurteilen nobody is perfect/free from prejudice12.freie Liebe free love;sie ist schon viel freier geworden she has loosened up a great deal14. fig Übersetzung: free;freie Hand haben have a free hand (bei with);jemandem freie Hand lassen give sb a free hand (bei with);15. Sport (ungedeckt) unmarked;zum nächsten freien Mitspieler passen pass to the nearest unmarked player;der freie Mann (vor der Abwehr) the sweeper16. Postwesen: (frankiert) prepaid, post paid17. PHYS; Elektron, Fall, Radikal etc: free; CHEM uncombined;im freien Fall in free fall;frei werden Energie etc: be released;freie Valenzen CHEM free valenciesB. adv1. atmen, herumlaufen etc: freely;frei geboren freeborn;frei laufende Hühner free-range hens;Eier von frei laufenden Hühnern free-range eggs;frei praktizierender Arzt doctor in private practice;frei halten (einen Platz) keep, save; (Straße, Einfahrt) keep clear; (Angebot, Stelle etc) keep open;„Eingang frei halten!“ keep clear;frei halten von keep free of; (Eingang, Straße etc) keep clear of;sich frei halten keep o.s. free (für for);sich frei halten von ward off, avoid2. herumliegen etc: openly;frei stehen Baum, Haus etc: stand by itself; (leer stehen) be unoccupied, be empty; SPORT, Spieler: be unmarked;frei stehend Baum: solitary; Haus, nicht angebaut: detached; einzeln: isolated; SPORT, Spieler: unmarked3. WIRTSCH:frei erhältlich freely available;frei finanziert privately financed;frei konvertierbar freely convertible;frei verkäuflich on general sale, freely available (to buy)4. TECH:frei beweglich freely moving, mobile;schwebend unsupported5.6.frei sprechen Redner: speak without notes; mit Handy im Auto: phone ( oder talk) hands-free, use the speaker phone;ich möchte den Vortrag frei halten I want to give the lecture without notes;einen Kreis frei zeichnen draw a circle freehand;das Kind kann schon frei laufen/stehen the child can walk/stand unaided7.frei erfunden (entirely) fictitious;das hat er frei erfunden he made that up;8. (liberal) liberally;…frei im adjstickstofffrei nitrogen-free, non-nitrogenous;tuberkulosefrei free from tuberculosis2. nicht geschehend: non-…;blendfrei Beleuchtung: non-dazzle;repressionsfrei Erziehung: non-repressive;schrumpffrei Wäsche: non-shrink, shrink-free3. nicht verlangt: exempt from …, …-exempt;visumfrei not requiring a visa, visa-exempt;zuschlagfrei on which no supplement is payable, exempt from supplementfesselfrei clear of the ankles;nabelfrei with a bare midriff;schulterfrei off-the-shoulder5. unabhängig: independent of …;bündnisfrei independent of any alliance, unallied;reichsfrei HIST under the direct rule of the Emperor;trustfrei non-trust* * *1.1) free <man, will, life, people, decision, etc.>2) (nicht angestellt) freelance <writer, worker, etc.>3) (ungezwungen) free and easy; lax (derog.)4) (nicht eingesperrt, gefangen) free; at liberty pred.5) (offen) openunter freiem Himmel — in the open [air]; outdoors
auf freier Strecke — (Straße) on the open road; (Eisenbahn) between stations
frei herumlaufen — < person> run around scot-free
6) (unbesetzt) vacant; unoccupied; freeein freier Stuhl/Platz — a vacant or free chair/seat
Entschuldigung, ist hier noch frei? — excuse me, is this anyone's seat etc.?
ein Bett ist [noch] frei — one bed is [still] free or not taken
7) (kostenlos) free <food, admission>20 kg Gepäck frei haben — have or be allowed a 20 kilogram baggage allowance
8) (ungenau)eine freie Übersetzung — a free or loose translation
9) (ohne Vorlage) improvised10) (uneingeschränkt) freeder freie Fall — (Physik) free fall
11)von etwas frei/frei von etwas sein — be free of something
12) (verfügbar) spare; freeich habe heute frei/meinen freien Abend — I've got today off/this is my evening off
sich (Dat.) frei nehmen — (ugs.) take some time off
er ist noch/nicht mehr frei — he is still/no longer unattached
13) (ohne Hilfsmittel)14) (unbekleidet) bare15) (bes. Fußball) unmarked16) (Chemie, Physik) freefrei werden — (bei einer Reaktion) be given off
freie Hand haben/jemandem freie Hand lassen — have/give somebody a free hand
aus freien Stücken — (ugs.) of one's own accord; voluntarily
2.auf freiem Fuß — (von Verbrechern etc.) at large
* * *adj.clear adj.detached adj.free adj.spare adj.uncommitted adj.unengaged adj.unenslaved adj.unfettered adj.unrestricted adj.untrapped adj. adv.freely adv. -
4 pouvoir
pouvoir [puvwaʀ]━━━━━━━━━6. compounds━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 331. <a. (permission)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque pouvoir sert à donner la permission de faire quelque chose, il peut se traduire par can ou may ; can est le plus courant et couvre la majorité des cas.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• maintenant, tu peux aller jouer now you can go and play━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► On emploie can lorsque la permission dépend d'une tierce personne ou d'une autorité ; can étant un verbe défectif, to be able to le remplace aux temps où il ne peut être conjugué.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• elle ne pourra lui rendre visite qu'une fois par semaine she'll only be able to visit him once a weekb. (demande)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'on demande à quelqu'un la permission de faire quelque chose, qu'on lui demande un service ou qu'on lui donne un ordre poli, on utilise can ou la forme plus polie could.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• est-ce que je peux fermer la fenêtre ? can I shut the window?• puis-je emprunter votre stylo ? could I borrow your pen?• pourrais-je vous parler ? could I have a word with you?• puis-je vous être utile ? can I be of assistance?• tu peux m'ouvrir la porte, s'il te plaît ? can you or could you open the door for me, please?• pourriez-vous nous apporter du thé ? could you bring us some tea?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque pouvoir exprime une possibilité ou une capacité, il se traduit généralement par can ou par to be able to ; can étant un verbe défectif, to be able to le remplace aux temps où il ne peut être conjugué.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• peut-il venir ? can he come?• ne peut-il pas venir ? can't he come?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• tu as pu lui téléphoner ? did you manage to phone him?• j'ai essayé de le joindre, mais je n'ai pas pu I tried to get in touch with him but I didn't manage tod. (probabilité, hypothèse)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque pouvoir exprime une probabilité, une éventualité ou une hypothèse, il se traduit par could ; might implique une plus grande incertitude.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• il pourrait être italien he could or might be Italian• ça aurait pu être un voleur ! it could or might have been a burglar!► bien + pouvoir• où ai-je bien pu mettre mon stylo ? where on earth can I have put my pen?• qu'est-ce qu'il peut bien faire ? what can he be doing?• il a très bien pu entrer sans qu'on le voie he could very well have come in without anyone seeing him• tu aurais pu me dire ça plus tôt ! you could have told me sooner!f. (souhaits) puisse-t-il guérir rapidement ! let's hope he makes a speedy recovery!• puissiez-vous dire vrai ! let's hope you're right!2. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► La probabilité, l'éventualité, l'hypothèse ou le risque sont rendus par may ; might implique une plus grande incertitude.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. <• est-ce qu'on peut quelque chose pour lui ? is there anything we can do for him?• que puis-je pour vous ? what can I do for you?• désolé, mais je n'y peux rien I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do about it• je n'en peux plus (fatigue) I'm worn out ; (énervement) I've had enough ; (désespoir) I can't take it any longer4. <• tu crois qu'il va pleuvoir ? -- ça se pourrait bien do you think it's going to rain? -- it might• il se peut qu'elle vienne she may come► il se pourrait que + subjonctif• il se pourrait bien qu'il pleuve it might or could well rain5. <• le quatrième pouvoir ( = presse) the press• avoir pouvoir de faire qch (autorisation) to have authority to do sth ; (droit) to have the right to do sth6. <* * *
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1. puvwaʀverbe auxiliaire1) ( être capable de) to be able toje n'en peux plus — (épuisement, exaspération) I've had it (colloq); ( satiété) I'm full (colloq)
2) ( être autorisé à) to be allowed to3) ( avoir le choix de)4) ( avoir l'obligeance de)pourriez-vous me tenir la porte s'il vous plaît? — can ou could you hold the door (open) for me please?
5) ( être susceptible de)puisse cette nouvelle année exaucer vos vœux les plus chers — wishing you everything you could want for the new year
qu'est-ce que cela peut (bien) te faire? — (colloq) what business is it of yours?
on peut toujours espérer — there's no harm in wishing ou hoping
s'il croit que je vais payer il peut toujours attendre — if he thinks I'm going to pay he's got another think coming
2.
je ne peux rien pour vous/contre eux — there's nothing I can do for you/about them
3.
verbe impersonnelc'est inimaginable ce qu'il a pu pleuvoir! — you can't imagine ou wouldn't believe how much it rained!
4.
il se peut verbe pronominal impersonnelil se peut que les prix augmentent en juin — prices may ou might rise in June
‘est-ce que tu viendras ce soir?’ - ‘cela se peut’ — ‘are you coming this evening?’ - ‘I may do’
ça ne se peut pas — (colloq) it's impossible
5.
on ne peut plus locution adverbiale
6.
on ne peut mieux locution adverbiale••
II puvwaʀnom masculin1) ( puissance) power2) ( faculté) ability4) ( autorité) power, authority5) Politique power6) Administration, Droit power•Phrasal Verbs:* * *puvwaʀ1. nm1) (= influence, autorité) powerLe Premier ministre a beaucoup de pouvoir. — The prime minister has a lot of power.
avoir pouvoir de faire (= autorisation) — to have the authority to do, to have authority to do, (= droit) to have the right to do
2) (= dirigeants)2. vb aux1) (= avoir la possibilité de) to be able toJe suis déçu de ne pas pouvoir le faire. — I am disappointed not to be able to do it.
Je ne pourrai pas venir samedi. — I won't be able to come on Saturday., I can't come on Saturday.
Je n'ai pas pu le réparer. — I couldn't repair it., I wasn't able to repair it.
Je peux lui téléphoner si tu veux. — I can phone her if you like.
2) (= avoir la permission de)Vous pouvez aller au cinéma. — You can go to the pictures.
3) (hypothèse)Il a pu avoir un accident. — He may have had an accident., He might have had an accident., He could have had an accident.
Il aurait pu le dire! — He might have said so!, He could have said so!
3. vb impers4. vtJ'ai fait tout ce que j'ai pu. — I did all I could.
Fais ce que tu peux. — Do what you can.
Je n'y peux rien. — I can't do anything about it.
on ne peut; Je me porte on ne peut mieux. — I'm absolutely fine., I couldn't be better.
Elle est on ne peut plus gentille. — She couldn't be nicer., She's as nice as can be.
je n'en peux plus (fatigue) — I'm exhausted, (patience) I can't take any more
* * *I.pouvoir verb table: pouvoirA v aux1 ( être capable de) to be able to; peux-tu soulever cette boîte? can you lift this box?; nous espérons pouvoir partir cette année we hope to be able to go away this year; dès que je pourrai as soon as I can; il ne pourra pas venir he won't be able to come; je suis content que vous ayez pu venir I'm glad you could come; il ne pouvait pas cacher son irritation he couldn't conceal his annoyance; il pourrait mieux faire he could do better; elle aurait pu le faire she could have done it; tu peux/pourrais bien me rendre ce service you can/could at least do this for me; tu ne pouvais pas me le dire tout de suite! why couldn't you have told me ou didn't you tell me that right away?; on ne pourrait mieux dire that's very well put; je n'en peux plus (épuisement, exaspération) I've had it○; ( satiété) I'm full○; ⇒ vieillesse;2 ( être autorisé à) to be allowed to; les élèves ne peuvent pas quitter l'établissement sans autorisation pupils can't ou may not ou are not allowed to leave the school without permission; est-ce que je peux me servir de ta voiture? can I use your car?; puis-je m'asseoir? may I sit down?; est-ce qu'on peut fumer ici? is smoking allowed here?; nous ne pouvons tout de même pas les laisser faire we can't just stand by and do nothing; tu peux toujours essayer you can ou could always try; on peut dire que it can be said that; après ce qui est arrivé on peut se poser des questions after what happened questions are bound to be asked;3 ( avoir le choix de) on peut écrire clef ou clé the word can be written clef or clé; on peut ne pas faire l'accord the agreement is optional; il ne peut pas ne pas accepter he has no option but to accept; il peut être malade après tout ce qu'il a mangé after the amount he ate it's no wonder that he is ill;4 ( avoir l'obligeance de) pourriez-vous me tenir la porte s'il vous plaît? can ou could you hold the door (open) for me please?; si tu pouvais garder la petite, je sortirais un peu if you could keep an eye on the baby, I could go out for a while; peux-tu me dire quelle heure il est s'il te plaît? could you tell me the time please?;5 ( être susceptible de) tout peut arriver anything could happen; cela pourrait arriver à n'importe qui it could happen to anybody; il ne peut pas ne pas gagner he's bound to win; où peut-il bien être? where can he be?; où pouvait-il bien être? where could he be?; que peut-il bien faire? what can he be doing?; tout le monde peut se tromper anyone can make a mistake; puisse cette nouvelle année exaucer vos vœux les plus chers wishing you everything you could want for the new year; puisse-t-il revenir sur sa décision we can only hope that he goes back on his decision; puissiez-vous dire vrai let us hope you are right; rien ne pourra l'arrêter nothing can stop him/her; qu'est-ce que cela peut (bien) te faire? what business is it of yours?; il peut toujours espérer there's no harm in wishing ou hoping; s'il croit que je vais payer ses dettes il peut toujours attendre if he thinks I'm going to pay his debts he's got another think coming; elle pouvait mentir, il l'aimait toujours no matter how much she lied, he still loved her; qu'est-ce qu'il peut y avoir comme monde! what a crowd there is!; qu'est-ce qu'il peut faire froid ici! it's so cold here!; ce qu'il peut être grand! how tall he is!; peux-tu être bête! how silly you can be!B vtr que puis-je pour vous? what can I do for you?; je ne peux rien pour vous/contre eux there's nothing I can do for you/about them; je n'y peux rien I can't do anything about it, there's nothing I can do about it; je fais ce que je peux I'm doing my best; ‘je sais que c'est difficile mais qu'y puis-je?’-‘vous pouvez beaucoup’ ‘I know it's hard, but what can I do?’-‘plenty’.C v impers il peut faire très froid en janvier it can get very cold in January; il pourrait arriver que je parte I could ou might leave; il pouvait être 10 heures it was probably about 10 o'clock; il peut neiger comme il peut faire beau it might snow or it might be fine; c'est inimaginable ce qu'il a pu pleuvoir! you can't imagine ou wouldn't believe how much it rained!; ce qu'il peut pleuvoir en ce moment! it's raining really hard at the moment.D il se peut vpr impers il se peut que les prix augmentent en juin prices may ou might rise in June; il se peut or pourrait que j'accepte leur offre I may ou might accept their offer; se peut-il qu'il m'ait oublié? can he really have forgotten me?; se peut-il que vous ayez fait cela? how could you do such a thing?; ‘est-ce que tu viendras ce soir?’-‘cela se peut’ ‘are you coming this evening?’-‘I may do’; cela se pourrait bien very possibly so; il or cela se pourrait (bien) qu'il soit fâché he might (well) be angry; ça ne se peut pas○ it's impossible.E on ne peut plus loc adv il est on ne peut plus timide he is as shy as can be; c'est on ne peut mieux it couldn't be better; il travaille on ne peut plus sérieusement you couldn't ask for a more conscientious worker; il est on ne peut plus désagréable he's thoroughly unpleasant.qui peut le plus peut le moins if you can do something complicated, you can do something simple; autant que faire se peut as far as possible.II.pouvoir nm1 ( puissance) power; pouvoirs surnaturels supernatural powers; pouvoir blanchissant d'un détergent whitening power of a detergent; pouvoir d'évocation d'un mot evocative power of a word;2 ( faculté) ability; avoir un remarquable pouvoir d'adaptation to be remarkably adaptable; avoir le pouvoir de faire to be able to do;3 ( ascendant) power (sur over); le pouvoir de qn sur qn sb's power over sb; il la tient en son pouvoir he's got her in his power;4 ( autorité) power, authority; n'avoir aucun pouvoir sur qn to have no power over sb; je n'ai pas le pouvoir de décider it's not up to me to decide; il n'est pas en mon pouvoir de prendre une telle décision I'm not the one who decides;5 Pol power; pouvoir absolu/royal absolute/royal power; après 15 ans de pouvoir after 15 years in power; avoir le pouvoir to be in power; exercer le pouvoir to exercise power; prendre le pouvoir to take power; arriver au pouvoir to come to power; se maintenir au pouvoir to stay in power; séparation des pouvoirs separation of powers; en vertu des pouvoirs qui nous sont conférés by reason of ou in exercise of the powers invested in us; avoir tous pouvoirs to have ou exercise all powers; donner tous pouvoir à qn to give sb full powers, to confer full powers on sb; les pleins pouvoirs full powers; le pouvoir en place the government in power;6 Admin, Jur power; déléguer ses pouvoirs à qn to delegate powers to sb; pouvoir par-devant notaire power of attorney; donner pouvoir à qn to give sb a proxy.pouvoir d'achat purchasing power; pouvoir calorifique calorific value; pouvoir exécutif executive power; le pouvoir judiciaire ( corps) the judiciary; pouvoir législatif legislative power; pouvoir séparateur Phys resolving power; pouvoir spirituel spiritual power; pouvoir temporel temporal power; les pouvoirs constitués the powers that be; pouvoirs exceptionnels emergency powers; pouvoirs publics authorities.I[puvwar] nom masculin1. [aptitude, possibilité] poweravoir un grand pouvoir de concentration/de persuasion to have great powers of concentration/persuasionil n'est plus en notre pouvoir de décider de la question we're no longer in a position to decide on this matterje ferai tout ce qui est en mon pouvoir pour t'aider I'll do everything ou all in my power to help you3. POLITIQUEa. [exercice] powerb. [gouvernants] governmenta. [parti élu] to be in power ou officeb. [junte] to be in powerles gens au pouvoir ne connaissent pas nos problèmes those in power ou the powers that be don't understand our difficultiesa. [élus] to take officeb. [dictateur] to seize powerexercer le pouvoir to exercise power, to govern, to rulele pouvoir exécutif executive power, the executivele pouvoir judiciaire judicial power, the judiciaryle pouvoir législatif legislative power, the legislaturele pouvoir local local government, the local authoritiesavoir du pouvoir sur quelqu'un to have power ou influence over somebodypouvoir calorifique (inférieur)/supérieur (net)/gross calorific value————————pouvoirs nom masculin plurieloutrepasser ses pouvoirs to overstep ou to exceed one's authoritya. [administrateur] to have full powers to do somethingb. [architecte, animateur] to have carte blanche to do somethingpouvoirs exceptionnels POLITIQUE special powers (available to the President of the French Republic in an emergency)2. [gouvernants]3. [surnaturels] powersII[puvwar] verbe auxiliaire1. [avoir la possibilité, la capacité de]je peux revenir en France I'm able to ou I can return to Franceje peux vous aider? [généralement, dans un magasin] can I help you?je ne peux pas dormir I'm unable to ou I can't sleeptout le monde ne peut pas le faire/en dire autant! not everybody can do it/say that!le projet ne pourra pas se faire sans sa collaboration the project can't be carried out without her collaborationtu ne peux pas ne pas l'aider you MUST help her, you can't refuse to help her2. [parvenir à] to manage ou to be able toavez-vous pu entrer en contact avec lui? did you succeed in contacting ou manage to contact him?c'est construit de telle manière que l'on ne puisse pas s'échapper it's built in such a way that it's impossible to escape ou as to make escape impossible3. [avoir la permission de]vous pouvez disposer you may ou can go nowsi on ne peut plus plaisanter, maintenant! it's a pretty sad thing if you can't have a laugh anymore![avoir des raisons de]je suis désolé — ça, tu peux (l'être)! (familier) I'm so sorry — so you should be ou and with good reason ou and I should think so too!4. [exprime une éventualité, un doute, un risque]la maladie peut revenir the disease can ou may recurattention, tu pourrais glisser careful, you might ou could slipj'aurais pu l'attendre longtemps, elle n'arrive que demain! I could have waited a long time, she's not coming until tomorrow!après tout, il pourrait bien ne pas avoir menti he may well have been telling the truth after allil pourrait s'agir d'un suicide it could ou may ou might be a suicideil peut arriver que... it may (so) ou can happen that...5. [exprime une approximation]6. [exprime une suggestion, une hypothèse]tu pourrais au moins t'excuser! you could at least apologize!, the least you could do is (to) apologize!il aurait pu me prévenir! he could've ou might've warned me!7. [en intensif]qu'a-t-elle (bien) pu leur dire pour les mettre dans cet état? what can she possibly have said for them to be in such a state!8. (littéraire) [exprime le souhait]————————[puvwar] verbe transitif[être capable de faire]on n'y peut rien it can't be helped, nothing can be done about itj'ai fait tout ce que j'ai pu I did my level best ou all I coulda. [physiquement] I'm exhaustedb. [moralement] I can't take anymore ou stand it any longerc. [je suis rassasié] I'm full (up)je n'en peux plus de l'entendre se plaindre sans cesse I just can't take his continual moaning any moreregarde-le danser avec elle, il n'en peut plus! (familier & humoristique) just look at him dancing with her, he's in seventh heaven!————————se pouvoir verbe impersonnelça se peut it may ou could beça se peut, mais... that's as may be, but...sois calme, et s'il se peut, diplomate keep calm and, if (at all) possible, be tactfulil se pourrait bien qu'il n'y ait plus de places it might ou could well be fully booked -
5 help
1. transitive verb1)help oneself — sich (Dat.) selbst helfen
can I help you? — was kann ich für Sie tun?; (in shop also) was möchten Sie bitte?
2) (serve)help oneself — sich (Dat.) nehmen; sich bedienen
help oneself to something — sich (Dat.) etwas nehmen; (coll.): (steal) etwas mitgehen lassen (ugs.)
3) (avoid)if I/you can help it — wenn es irgend zu vermeiden ist
not if I can help it — nicht wenn ich es verhindern kann
I can't help it — (remedy) ich kann nichts dafür (ugs.)
4) (refrain from)I can't help thinking or can't help but think that... — ich kann mir nicht helfen, ich glaube,...
2. nounI can't help laughing — ich muss einfach lachen
Hilfe, diebe of [some]/no/much help to somebody — jemandem eine gewisse/keine/eine große Hilfe sein
Phrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/34412/help_out">help out* * *[help] 1. verb1) (to do something with or for someone that he cannot do alone, or that he will find useful: Will you help me with this translation?; Will you please help me (to) translate this poem?; Can I help?; He fell down and I helped him up.) helfen2) (to play a part in something; to improve or advance: Bright posters will help to attract the public to the exhibition; Good exam results will help his chances of a job.) beitragen zu3) (to make less bad: An aspirin will help your headache.) lindern5) ((with can(not), could( not)) to be able not to do something or to prevent something: He looked so funny that I couldn't help laughing; Can I help it if it rains?) verhindern2. noun1) (the act of helping, or the result of this: Can you give me some help?; Your digging the garden was a big help; Can I be of help to you?) die Hilfe2) (someone or something that is useful: You're a great help to me.) die Hilfe3) (a servant, farmworker etc: She has hired a new help.) die (Aus-)Hilfe4) ((usually with no) a way of preventing something: Even if you don't want to do it, the decision has been made - there's no help for it now.) die Abhilfe•- helper- helpful
- helpfully
- helpfulness
- helping
- helpless
- helplessly
- helplessness
- help oneself
- help out* * *[help]I. ndo you need any \help with those boxes? soll ich dir mit diesen Kisten helfen?can I be of \help to you? kann ich Ihnen irgendwie helfen?the victims were beyond \help den Opfern war nicht mehr zu helfenthis guy is beyond \help! dem Typ ist nicht mehr zu helfen!there's no \help for it, I'll have to call the police ich werde wohl doch die Polizei rufen müssento give \help to sb jdm helfento run [or go running] for \help Hilfe suchen▪ to be of \help to sb für jdn eine Stütze [o Hilfe] sein▪ to be a \help helfento be a big \help with sth bei etw dat eine große Hilfe sein▪ the \help + sing/pl vb das Personalto be short of \help wenig Personal habenII. interj▪ \help! Hilfe!III. viis there any way that I can \help? kann ich irgendwie behilflich sein?IV. vt1. (assist)▪ to \help sb jdm helfen [o beistehen]\help me! Hilfe![how] can I \help you? was kann ich für Sie tun?; (in shop) kann ich Ihnen behilflich sein?nothing can \help her now ihr ist nicht mehr zu helfenI wonder if you could \help me vielleicht könnten Sie mir weiterhelfenso \help me God so wahr mir Gott helfeto \help sb down the stairs/into a taxi jdm die Treppe hinunterhelfen/in ein Taxi helfento \help sb through their depression/a difficult time jdm über eine Depression/eine schwierige Zeit hinweghelfen▪ to \help sb/sth [to] do sth jdm/etw dabei helfen, etw zu tuncould you \help me with my coat? würden Sie mir in den Mantel helfen?2. (improve)a little make-up would \help your appearance a lot mit ein bisschen Make-up würdest du viel besser aussehen3. (contribute)the drought has \helped to make this a disastrous year for Somalia die Dürre war auch ein Grund dafür, dass dies ein katastrophales Jahr für Somalia wurde4. (prevent)I can't \help it [or myself] ich kann nicht andersstop giggling! — I can't \help it! hör auf zu kichern! — ich kann nichts dagegen machen!he can't \help his looks er kann nichts für sein AussehenI can't \help thinking that... ich denke einfach, dass...she couldn't \help wondering whether... sie musste sich wirklich fragen, ob...I couldn't \help staring at the strange man ich musste den seltsamen Mann einfach anstarrennot if I can \help it nicht wenn ich es irgendwie verhindern kann5. (take)please \help yourself bitte bedienen Sie sichhe \helped himself from the sweets tray er nahm sich etwas aus der Bonbonschale7.* * *[help]1. n no plHilfe f; (= person with pl) Hilfe fhis help with the project —
we need all the help we can get — wir brauchen jede nur mögliche Hilfe
to ask sb for help — jdn um Hilfe bitten
to be of help to sb — jdm helfen; (person also) jdm behilflich sein; (thing also) jdm nützen
there's no help for it — da ist nichts zu machen
2. vt1) helfen (+dat)to help sb (to) do sth — jdm (dabei) helfen, etw zu tun
to help sb with the cooking/his bags — jdm beim Kochen/mit seinen Taschen helfen
help! — Hilfe!, zu Hilfe!
this will help the pain/your headache — das wird gegen die Schmerzen/gegen Ihr Kopfweh helfen
it will help the crops to grow — es wird das Wachstum des Getreides fördern
God helps those who help themselves (Prov) — hilf dir selbst, so hilft dir Gott
a man is helping the police with their inquiries (form euph) — ein Mann wird zurzeit von der Polizei vernommen
2)take some water to help the pill down — trinken Sie etwas Wasser, damit die Tablette besser rutscht
to help sb on/off with his/her etc coat —
he helped her out of the car — er half ihr aus dem Auto
to help sb through a difficult time (belief, hope, pills etc) — jdm in einer schwierigen Zeit durchhelfen; (person also) jdm in einer schwierigen Zeit beistehen
to help sb up (from floor, chair etc) — jdm aufhelfen or (up stairs etc) hinaufhelfen
I helped him in with his cases — ich half ihm mit seinem Gepäck
3)she helped him to potatoes/meat — sie gab ihm Kartoffeln/Fleisch
to help oneself to sth — sich (dat) etw nehmen; ( inf
help yourself! —
4)he can't help it, he's only a baby — er kann nichts dafür, er ist doch noch ein BabyI can't help being clever — (ich kann nichts dafür,) ich bin nun mal ein Genie or so schlau (inf)
don't say more than you can help — sagen Sie nicht mehr als unbedingt nötig
not if I can help it — nicht, wenn es nach mir geht
I couldn't help laughing — ich konnte mir nicht helfen, ich musste (einfach) lachen
I had to do it, I couldn't help it or myself — ich konnte mir nicht helfen, ich musste es einfach tun
I couldn't help thinking or but think... — ich konnte nicht umhin zu denken...
one cannot help wondering whether... — man muss sich wirklich fragen, ob...
it can't be helped — das lässt sich nicht ändern, das ist nun mal so
I can't help it if he's always late — ich kann nichts dafür, dass er immer zu spät kommt
3. vihelfenit helps (to) fight pollution — es trägt zur Bekämpfung der Umweltverschmutzung bei
* * *help [help]A s1. (Mit)Hilfe f, Beistand m, Unterstützung f:help! Hilfe!;he came to my help er kam mir zu Hilfe;it (she) is a great help es (sie) ist eine große Hilfe;not be (of) much help to sb jemandem keine große Hilfe sein;can I be of any help to you? kann ich Ihnen (irgendwie) helfen oder behilflich sein?2. Abhilfe f:there’s no help for it da kann man nichts machen, es lässt sich nicht ändernb) koll (Dienst)Personal n4. Hilfsmittel nB v/thelp sb (to) do sth jemandem helfen, etwas zu tun;help me think denk doch (mal) mit!;we help you look for accommodation wir sind Ihnen bei der Suche nach Unterkunft behilflich;help sb into their coat jemandem in den Mantel helfen;can I help you?a) werden Sie schon bedient?,b) kann ich Ihnen helfen oder behilflich sein?;help sb out of a difficulty jemandem aus einer Schwierigkeit (heraus)helfen;2. fördern, einer Sache nachhelfen, beitragen zu:help sb’s downfall;help solve a problem zur Lösung eines Problems beitragen3. lindern, helfen oder Abhilfe schaffen bei:a) jemandem zu etwas verhelfen,help o.s. sich bedienen (a. pej), zugreifen;help o.s. toa) sich bedienen mit, sich etwas nehmen,a) ich kann es nicht ändern,b) ich kann nichts dafür;it cannot be helped da kann man nichts machen, es ist nicht zu ändern;if I can help it wenn ich es vermeiden kann;don’t be late if you can help it komm möglichst nicht zu spät!;how could I help it?a) was konnte ich dagegen tun?,b) was konnte ich dafür?;she can’t help her freckles für ihre Sommersprossen kann sie nichts;I could not help laughing ich musste einfach lachen;I cannot help feeling ich werde das Gefühl nicht los, ich kann mich des Eindrucks nicht erwehren ( beide:that dass);one can’t help liking him man muss ihn einfach gernhaben;I can’t help thinking that … ich werde den Gedanken nicht los, dass …;I can’t help wondering where … ich frage mich ununterbrochen, wo …;a) ich kann nicht anders,b) ich kann es nicht lassenC v/i1. helfen, Hilfe leisten:every little helps jede Kleinigkeit hilft;nothing will help now jetzt hilft nichts mehr;2. don’t be longer than you can help bleib nicht länger als nötig!* * *1. transitive verb1)help somebody [to do something] — jemandem helfen [, etwas zu tun]
help oneself — sich (Dat.) selbst helfen
can I help you? — was kann ich für Sie tun?; (in shop also) was möchten Sie bitte?
2) (serve)help oneself — sich (Dat.) nehmen; sich bedienen
help oneself to something — sich (Dat.) etwas nehmen; (coll.): (steal) etwas mitgehen lassen (ugs.)
3) (avoid)if I/you can help it — wenn es irgend zu vermeiden ist
I can't help it — (remedy) ich kann nichts dafür (ugs.)
2. nounI can't help thinking or can't help but think that... — ich kann mir nicht helfen, ich glaube,...
Hilfe, diebe of [some]/no/much help to somebody — jemandem eine gewisse/keine/eine große Hilfe sein
Phrasal Verbs:- help out* * *n.Hilfe -n f.Mithilfe -n f. v.helfen v.(§ p.,pp.: half, geholfen) -
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m; -, kein Pl.; Abk. HIST., ehem. DDR ( Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund) Free German Federation of Trade Unions (East German Trade Union organization)* * *[ɛfdeːgeː'beː]m - (s) (DDR) abbrFree German Trades Union Congress* * *FDGB m; -, kein pl; abk hist DDR (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund) Free German Federation of Trade Unions (East German Trade Union organization)A. adj1. free;freier Bürger HIST freeborn citizen, freeman;ein freier Mensch (der tun kann, was er will) a free agent;sie ist frei zu gehen, wenn sie will she is free to go if she wishes;ich bin so frei obs oder hum sich bedienend etc: if I may;ich war so frei, Ihr Auto zu nehmen oderund nahm Ihr Auto I took the liberty of using your car, I helped myself to your carjetzt haben wir freie Fahrt mit Zug: the signal’s green now, the train can go now; mit Auto: the road’s clear now; fig there’s nothing to stop us now;jemanden auf freien Fuß setzen set sb free, let sb go;das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung the right of free speech ( oder of self-expression);freiem Willen of one’s own free will;die freie Wahl haben zwischen … und … be free to choose between … and …3. (unabhängig, selbstständig) Stadt etc: free; Beruf, Tankstelle etc: independent; (nicht gebunden) unattached; Journalist, Künstler etc: freelance;die freien Künste the liberal arts;4. im Namen von Organisationen etc:die Freie Hansestadt Bremen the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen;die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg5. WIRTSCH:im freien Handel available in the shops (US in stores);freier Markt open market; BÖRSE unofficial market;freie Marktwirtschaft free market economy;freier Wechselkurs floating exchange rate;(die) freie Wirtschaft free enterprise;die Rechte an diesem Buchtitel werden bald frei the rights in this title will soon be free ( oder available)6. (unbesetzt) Stuhl, Raum etc: free, available; Leitung: vacant; Stelle: vacant, open; Straße etc: clear, empty; (unbeschrieben) Seite etc: blank;freie Stelle vacancy;der Platz noch frei? is this seat taken?, is anyone sitting here?;der Stuhl/die Zeile muss frei bleiben the chair must be kept free/the line must be left blank;Platz frei lassen/machen für leave/make space for;jemandem den Weg frei machen clear the way for sb;7. (unbedeckt) bare;der Rock lässt die Knie frei the skirt is above the knee;8. Feld, Himmel, Sicht: open;aufs freie Meer hinaus out into the open sea;in freier Wildbahn in the wild;unter freiem Himmel in the open (air), outsidefreie Zeit free ( oder leisure) time;nächsten Dienstag ist frei next Tuesday is a holiday;hast du morgen frei? do you have tomorrow off?;seitdem habe ich keine freie Minute mehr since then I haven’t had a free moment ( oder a moment to myself);freier Eintritt admission free (für to);Kinder unter sechs sind frei umg von Eintritt, Fahrgeld: children under six are free, no charge for children under six;20 kg Gepäck sind frei there is a baggage (besonders US luggage) allowance of 20kg;frei Haus carriage paid;Lieferung frei Haus free delivery, no delivery charge;dazu bekommt sie auch noch einen Job frei Haus fig what’s more she gets a job handed to her on a plate;du hast noch zwei Versuche frei fig you have two tries left11.frei von (ohne) free from ( oder of), without; von Eis, Schneeschicht etc: clear of; von Steuern etc befreit: exempt from;frei von Schmerzen free from pain;frei von Schulden free from debt;frei von Zusätzen free of additives;niemand ist frei von Fehlern/Vorurteilen nobody is perfect/free from prejudice12.freie Liebe free love;sie ist schon viel freier geworden she has loosened up a great deal14. fig Übersetzung: free;freie Hand haben have a free hand (bei with);jemandem freie Hand lassen give sb a free hand (bei with);15. Sport (ungedeckt) unmarked;zum nächsten freien Mitspieler passen pass to the nearest unmarked player;der freie Mann (vor der Abwehr) the sweeper16. Postwesen: (frankiert) prepaid, post paid17. PHYS; Elektron, Fall, Radikal etc: free; CHEM uncombined;im freien Fall in free fall;frei werden Energie etc: be released;freie Valenzen CHEM free valenciesB. adv1. atmen, herumlaufen etc: freely;frei geboren freeborn;frei laufende Hühner free-range hens;Eier von frei laufenden Hühnern free-range eggs;frei praktizierender Arzt doctor in private practice;frei halten (einen Platz) keep, save; (Straße, Einfahrt) keep clear; (Angebot, Stelle etc) keep open;„Eingang frei halten!“ keep clear;frei halten von keep free of; (Eingang, Straße etc) keep clear of;sich frei halten keep o.s. free (für for);sich frei halten von ward off, avoid2. herumliegen etc: openly;frei stehen Baum, Haus etc: stand by itself; (leer stehen) be unoccupied, be empty; SPORT, Spieler: be unmarked;frei stehend Baum: solitary; Haus, nicht angebaut: detached; einzeln: isolated; SPORT, Spieler: unmarked3. WIRTSCH:frei erhältlich freely available;frei finanziert privately financed;frei konvertierbar freely convertible;frei verkäuflich on general sale, freely available (to buy)4. TECH:frei beweglich freely moving, mobile;schwebend unsupported5.6.frei sprechen Redner: speak without notes; mit Handy im Auto: phone ( oder talk) hands-free, use the speaker phone;ich möchte den Vortrag frei halten I want to give the lecture without notes;einen Kreis frei zeichnen draw a circle freehand;das Kind kann schon frei laufen/stehen the child can walk/stand unaided7.frei erfunden (entirely) fictitious;das hat er frei erfunden he made that up;8. (liberal) liberally; -
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f; -, kein Pl.; Abk. HIST., ehem. DDR ( Freie Deutsche Jugend) Free German Youth (East German youth organization)* * *[ɛfdeː'jɔt]f - (DDR) abbrFree German Youth* * ** * *FDJ f; -, kein pl; abk hist DDR (Freie Deutsche Jugend) Free German Youth (East German youth organization)A. adj1. free;freier Bürger HIST freeborn citizen, freeman;ein freier Mensch (der tun kann, was er will) a free agent;sie ist frei zu gehen, wenn sie will she is free to go if she wishes;ich bin so frei obs oder hum sich bedienend etc: if I may;ich war so frei, Ihr Auto zu nehmen oderund nahm Ihr Auto I took the liberty of using your car, I helped myself to your carjetzt haben wir freie Fahrt mit Zug: the signal’s green now, the train can go now; mit Auto: the road’s clear now; fig there’s nothing to stop us now;jemanden auf freien Fuß setzen set sb free, let sb go;das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung the right of free speech ( oder of self-expression);freiem Willen of one’s own free will;die freie Wahl haben zwischen … und … be free to choose between … and …3. (unabhängig, selbstständig) Stadt etc: free; Beruf, Tankstelle etc: independent; (nicht gebunden) unattached; Journalist, Künstler etc: freelance;die freien Künste the liberal arts;4. im Namen von Organisationen etc:die Freie Hansestadt Bremen the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen;die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg5. WIRTSCH:im freien Handel available in the shops (US in stores);freier Markt open market; BÖRSE unofficial market;freie Marktwirtschaft free market economy;freier Wechselkurs floating exchange rate;(die) freie Wirtschaft free enterprise;die Rechte an diesem Buchtitel werden bald frei the rights in this title will soon be free ( oder available)6. (unbesetzt) Stuhl, Raum etc: free, available; Leitung: vacant; Stelle: vacant, open; Straße etc: clear, empty; (unbeschrieben) Seite etc: blank;freie Stelle vacancy;der Platz noch frei? is this seat taken?, is anyone sitting here?;der Stuhl/die Zeile muss frei bleiben the chair must be kept free/the line must be left blank;Platz frei lassen/machen für leave/make space for;jemandem den Weg frei machen clear the way for sb;7. (unbedeckt) bare;der Rock lässt die Knie frei the skirt is above the knee;8. Feld, Himmel, Sicht: open;aufs freie Meer hinaus out into the open sea;in freier Wildbahn in the wild;unter freiem Himmel in the open (air), outsidefreie Zeit free ( oder leisure) time;nächsten Dienstag ist frei next Tuesday is a holiday;hast du morgen frei? do you have tomorrow off?;seitdem habe ich keine freie Minute mehr since then I haven’t had a free moment ( oder a moment to myself);freier Eintritt admission free (für to);Kinder unter sechs sind frei umg von Eintritt, Fahrgeld: children under six are free, no charge for children under six;20 kg Gepäck sind frei there is a baggage (besonders US luggage) allowance of 20kg;frei Haus carriage paid;Lieferung frei Haus free delivery, no delivery charge;dazu bekommt sie auch noch einen Job frei Haus fig what’s more she gets a job handed to her on a plate;du hast noch zwei Versuche frei fig you have two tries left11.frei von (ohne) free from ( oder of), without; von Eis, Schneeschicht etc: clear of; von Steuern etc befreit: exempt from;frei von Schmerzen free from pain;frei von Schulden free from debt;frei von Zusätzen free of additives;niemand ist frei von Fehlern/Vorurteilen nobody is perfect/free from prejudice12.freie Liebe free love;sie ist schon viel freier geworden she has loosened up a great deal14. fig Übersetzung: free;freie Hand haben have a free hand (bei with);jemandem freie Hand lassen give sb a free hand (bei with);15. Sport (ungedeckt) unmarked;zum nächsten freien Mitspieler passen pass to the nearest unmarked player;der freie Mann (vor der Abwehr) the sweeper16. Postwesen: (frankiert) prepaid, post paid17. PHYS; Elektron, Fall, Radikal etc: free; CHEM uncombined;im freien Fall in free fall;frei werden Energie etc: be released;freie Valenzen CHEM free valenciesB. adv1. atmen, herumlaufen etc: freely;frei geboren freeborn;frei laufende Hühner free-range hens;Eier von frei laufenden Hühnern free-range eggs;frei praktizierender Arzt doctor in private practice;frei halten (einen Platz) keep, save; (Straße, Einfahrt) keep clear; (Angebot, Stelle etc) keep open;„Eingang frei halten!“ keep clear;frei halten von keep free of; (Eingang, Straße etc) keep clear of;sich frei halten keep o.s. free (für for);sich frei halten von ward off, avoid2. herumliegen etc: openly;frei stehen Baum, Haus etc: stand by itself; (leer stehen) be unoccupied, be empty; SPORT, Spieler: be unmarked;frei stehend Baum: solitary; Haus, nicht angebaut: detached; einzeln: isolated; SPORT, Spieler: unmarked3. WIRTSCH:frei erhältlich freely available;frei finanziert privately financed;frei konvertierbar freely convertible;frei verkäuflich on general sale, freely available (to buy)4. TECH:frei beweglich freely moving, mobile;schwebend unsupported5.6.frei sprechen Redner: speak without notes; mit Handy im Auto: phone ( oder talk) hands-free, use the speaker phone;ich möchte den Vortrag frei halten I want to give the lecture without notes;einen Kreis frei zeichnen draw a circle freehand;das Kind kann schon frei laufen/stehen the child can walk/stand unaided7.frei erfunden (entirely) fictitious;das hat er frei erfunden he made that up;8. (liberal) liberally;* * *die; FDJ Abkürzung (ehem. DDR) = Freie Deutsche Jugend Free German Youth -
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[ɛfdeː'peː]f - abbrSee:von Freie Demokratische Partei* * *<->[ɛfde:ˈpe:]* * *die; FDP Abkürzung = Freie Demokratische Partei•• Cultural note:The German Liberal party, which was founded in 1948. This relatively small party tends to gain only 5 to 10% of the vote at general elections, but it has held the balance of power in various coalition governments both with the SPD and the CDU/CSU. It supports a free-market economy and the freedom of the individual* * *A. adj1. free;freier Bürger HIST freeborn citizen, freeman;ein freier Mensch (der tun kann, was er will) a free agent;sie ist frei zu gehen, wenn sie will she is free to go if she wishes;ich bin so frei obs oder hum sich bedienend etc: if I may;ich war so frei, Ihr Auto zu nehmen oderund nahm Ihr Auto I took the liberty of using your car, I helped myself to your carjetzt haben wir freie Fahrt mit Zug: the signal’s green now, the train can go now; mit Auto: the road’s clear now; fig there’s nothing to stop us now;jemanden auf freien Fuß setzen set sb free, let sb go;das Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung the right of free speech ( oder of self-expression);freiem Willen of one’s own free will;die freie Wahl haben zwischen … und … be free to choose between … and …3. (unabhängig, selbstständig) Stadt etc: free; Beruf, Tankstelle etc: independent; (nicht gebunden) unattached; Journalist, Künstler etc: freelance;die freien Künste the liberal arts;4. im Namen von Organisationen etc:die Freie Hansestadt Bremen the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen;die Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg5. WIRTSCH:im freien Handel available in the shops (US in stores);freier Markt open market; BÖRSE unofficial market;freie Marktwirtschaft free market economy;freier Wechselkurs floating exchange rate;(die) freie Wirtschaft free enterprise;die Rechte an diesem Buchtitel werden bald frei the rights in this title will soon be free ( oder available)6. (unbesetzt) Stuhl, Raum etc: free, available; Leitung: vacant; Stelle: vacant, open; Straße etc: clear, empty; (unbeschrieben) Seite etc: blank;freie Stelle vacancy;der Platz noch frei? is this seat taken?, is anyone sitting here?;der Stuhl/die Zeile muss frei bleiben the chair must be kept free/the line must be left blank;Platz frei lassen/machen für leave/make space for;jemandem den Weg frei machen clear the way for sb;7. (unbedeckt) bare;der Rock lässt die Knie frei the skirt is above the knee;8. Feld, Himmel, Sicht: open;aufs freie Meer hinaus out into the open sea;in freier Wildbahn in the wild;unter freiem Himmel in the open (air), outsidefreie Zeit free ( oder leisure) time;nächsten Dienstag ist frei next Tuesday is a holiday;hast du morgen frei? do you have tomorrow off?;seitdem habe ich keine freie Minute mehr since then I haven’t had a free moment ( oder a moment to myself);freier Eintritt admission free (für to);Kinder unter sechs sind frei umg von Eintritt, Fahrgeld: children under six are free, no charge for children under six;20 kg Gepäck sind frei there is a baggage (besonders US luggage) allowance of 20kg;frei Haus carriage paid;Lieferung frei Haus free delivery, no delivery charge;dazu bekommt sie auch noch einen Job frei Haus fig what’s more she gets a job handed to her on a plate;du hast noch zwei Versuche frei fig you have two tries left11.frei von (ohne) free from ( oder of), without; von Eis, Schneeschicht etc: clear of; von Steuern etc befreit: exempt from;frei von Schmerzen free from pain;frei von Schulden free from debt;frei von Zusätzen free of additives;niemand ist frei von Fehlern/Vorurteilen nobody is perfect/free from prejudice12.freie Liebe free love;sie ist schon viel freier geworden she has loosened up a great deal14. fig Übersetzung: free;freie Hand haben have a free hand (bei with);jemandem freie Hand lassen give sb a free hand (bei with);15. Sport (ungedeckt) unmarked;zum nächsten freien Mitspieler passen pass to the nearest unmarked player;der freie Mann (vor der Abwehr) the sweeper16. Postwesen: (frankiert) prepaid, post paid17. PHYS; Elektron, Fall, Radikal etc: free; CHEM uncombined;im freien Fall in free fall;frei werden Energie etc: be released;freie Valenzen CHEM free valenciesB. adv1. atmen, herumlaufen etc: freely;frei geboren freeborn;frei laufende Hühner free-range hens;Eier von frei laufenden Hühnern free-range eggs;frei praktizierender Arzt doctor in private practice;frei halten (einen Platz) keep, save; (Straße, Einfahrt) keep clear; (Angebot, Stelle etc) keep open;„Eingang frei halten!“ keep clear;frei halten von keep free of; (Eingang, Straße etc) keep clear of;sich frei halten keep o.s. free (für for);sich frei halten von ward off, avoid2. herumliegen etc: openly;frei stehen Baum, Haus etc: stand by itself; (leer stehen) be unoccupied, be empty; SPORT, Spieler: be unmarked;frei stehend Baum: solitary; Haus, nicht angebaut: detached; einzeln: isolated; SPORT, Spieler: unmarked3. WIRTSCH:frei erhältlich freely available;frei finanziert privately financed;frei konvertierbar freely convertible;frei verkäuflich on general sale, freely available (to buy)4. TECH:frei beweglich freely moving, mobile;schwebend unsupported5.6.frei sprechen Redner: speak without notes; mit Handy im Auto: phone ( oder talk) hands-free, use the speaker phone;ich möchte den Vortrag frei halten I want to give the lecture without notes;einen Kreis frei zeichnen draw a circle freehand;das Kind kann schon frei laufen/stehen the child can walk/stand unaided7.frei erfunden (entirely) fictitious;das hat er frei erfunden he made that up;8. (liberal) liberally;* * *die; FDP Abkürzung = Freie Demokratische Partei•• Cultural note:The German Liberal party, which was founded in 1948. This relatively small party tends to gain only 5 to 10% of the vote at general elections, but it has held the balance of power in various coalition governments both with the SPD and the CDU/CSU. 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9 help
[help] ndo you need any \help with those boxes? soll ich dir mit diesen Kisten helfen?;can I be of \help to you? kann ich Ihnen irgendwie helfen?;the victims were beyond \help den Opfern war nicht mehr zu helfen;this guy is beyond \help! dem Typ ist nicht mehr zu helfen!;if she is caught stealing again, there'll be no \help for it, I'll have to call the police wenn man sie noch einmal beim Stehlen erwischt, wird man wohl die Polizei rufen müssen;to be a big \help with sth bei etw dat eine große Hilfe sein;to give \help to sb jdm helfen;to be of \help to sth für etw akk hilfreich sein;to be of \help to sb für jdn eine Stütze [o Hilfe] seinto have [ (Am) hired] \help come in eine Haushaltshilfe haben;to be short of \help wenig Personal haben interj\help! Hilfe! vi1) ( assist) helfen;is there any way that I can \help? kann ich irgendwie behilflich sein?1) ( assist)to \help sb jdm helfen [o beistehen];\help me! Hilfe!;her knowledge of Swahili \helped her ihre Suahelikenntnisse haben ihr genützt;[how] can I \help you? was kann ich für Sie tun?;( in a shop) kann ich Ihnen behilflich sein?;nothing can \help her now ihr ist nicht mehr zu helfen;I wonder if you could \help me... vielleicht könnten Sie mir weiterhelfen...;so \help me God so wahr mir Gott helfe;could you \help me with my coat, please? würden Sie mir bitte in den Mantel helfen?;to \help sb down the stairs/ into a taxi jdm die Treppen hinunterhelfen/in ein Taxi helfen;to \help sb through their depression/ a difficult time jdm über eine Depression/eine schwierige Zeit hinweghelfen;to \help sb with their homework jdm bei den Hausaufgaben helfen;to \help sb/ sth to do sth jdm/etw dabei helfen, etw zu tun2) ( improve)to \help sth etw verbessern;a little make-up would \help your appearance a lot mit ein bisschen Make-up würdest du viel besser aussehen;these drops will \help your cough diese Tropfen werden deinen Husten lindern3) ( contribute)to \help sth zu etw dat beitragen;the drought has \helped to make this a disastrous year for Somalia die Dürre war auch ein Grund dafür, dass dies ein katastrophales Jahr für Somalia wurde4) ( prevent)stop giggling! - I can't \help it! hör auf zu kichern! - ich kann nichts dagegen machen!;he can't \help his looks er kann nichts für sein Aussehen;I can't \help thinking that she'd be better off without him ich denke einfach, dass es ihr ohne ihn besser gehen würde;she couldn't \help wondering whether the rumour was true sie konnte nicht umhin, sich zu fragen, ob an dem Gerücht etwas Wahres dran war;I couldn't \help staring at the strange man ich musste den seltsamen Mann einfach anstarren;will the companies merge? - not if I can \help it werden die Unternehmen fusionieren? - nicht wenn ich es verhindern kann;sth can't be \helped etw ist nicht zu ändern, etw ist halt so ( fam)5) ( take)to \help oneself sich akk bedienen;please \help yourself bitte bedienen Sie sich;he \helped himself from the sweets tray er nahm sich etwas aus der Bonbonschale;6) ( give)to \help sb to sth jdm etw reichen;shall I \help you to more wine? darf ich Ihnen noch etwas Wein nachschenken?PHRASES:God \helps those who \help themselves (\helps those who \help themselves) hilf dir selbst, dann hilft dir Gott -
10 Fahrt
Präs. fahren* * *die Fahrtride; tour; journey; drive; travel; voyage; cruise; seaway; run* * *[faːɐt]f -, -en1) (= das Fahren) journey"während der Fáhrt nicht hinauslehnen" — " do not lean out of the window while the train/bus etc is in motion"
nach zwei Stunden Fáhrt — after travelling (Brit) or traveling (US) for two hours; (mit dem Auto auch) after two hours' drive
See:→ frei2) (= Fahrgeschwindigkeit) speed30 Knoten Fáhrt machen — to do 30 knots
Fáhrt aufnehmen — to pick up speed
jdn in Fáhrt bringen — to get sb going
in Fáhrt kommen or geraten/sein — to get/have got going
3) (= Reise) journeywas kostet eine Fáhrt/eine einfache Fáhrt nach London? — how much is it/is a one-way ticket or a single (Brit) to London?
gute Fáhrt! —
eine Fáhrt machen — to go on a trip
für große/kleine Fáhrt zugelassen sein — to be licensed for long/short voyages
* * *die1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) drive2) (a usually short period of riding on or in something: Can I have a ride on your bike?) ride* * *<-, -en>[fa:ɐ̯t]f1. (das Fahren) journey„während der \Fahrt nicht hinauslehnen“ “do not lean out of the window while the train is in motion”halbe/volle/wenig \Fahrt machen to sail at half/full/reduced speedvolle/halbe \Fahrt voraus! full/half speed ahead!\Fahrt aufnehmen to pick up speed\Fahrt machen to make headwaymit voller \Fahrt AUTO, BAHN at full [or top] speed3. (Reise) journeygute \Fahrt! bon voyage!, [have a] safe journey!eine einfache \Fahrt a single [or one-way] [ticket [or fare]]was kostet eine \Fahrt/eine einfache \Fahrt nach Stuttgart? how much is it/a single [ticket] to Stuttgart?, what is the fare/the single fare to Stuttgart?eine \Fahrt/ \Fahrten machen to go on a trip/tripseine \Fahrt ins Blaue a mystery tour4. (Kamerafahrt) tracking shot5.▶ in \Fahrt kommen [o geraten] /sein (fam: wütend werden/sein) to get/be riled [up] fam; (in Schwung kommen) to get/have got going* * *die; Fahrt, Fahrten1) o. Pl. (das Fahren) journeyfreie Fahrt haben — have a clear run; (fig.) have been given the green light
2) (Reise) journey; (Schiffsreise) voyage3) (kurze Reise, Ausflug) trip; (Wanderung) hikeeine Fahrt [nach/zu X] machen — go on or take a trip [to X]
eine Fahrt ins Blaue machen — (mit dem Auto) go for a drive; (Veranstaltung) go on a mystery tour
auf Fahrt gehen — (veralt.) go hiking
4) o. Pl. (Bewegung)Fahrt machen — (Seemannsspr.) make way
die Fahrt beschleunigen — speed up; accelerate
Fahrt aufnehmen — gather speed; pick up speed
in Fahrt kommen od. geraten — (ugs.) get going; (böse werden) get worked up
* * *1. (Reise) journey, trip; (Ausflug) outing; im Wagen: drive, ride; auf Skiern: run; im Schiff, Boot: trip; im Karussell etc: ride;gute Fahrt! have a good trip;eine Fahrt nach Rom machen make ( oder go on) a trip to Rome;während der Fahrt nicht aus dem Fenster lehnen etc while the train ( oder bus etc) is in motion ( oder moving);auf der Fahrt nach X on the way to X;in Fahrt kommen get under way;die Fahrt verlangsamen/beschleunigen slow down/speed up, accelerate;Fahrt aufnehmen pick up ( oder gather) speed;in voller Fahrt (at) full speed;kleine Fahrt machen SCHIFF go slowly;20 Knoten Fahrt machen SCHIFF be doing 20 knots3. umg fig:in Fahrt kommen get going;jemanden/etwas4. obs (Wanderung) hike5. SCHIFF:große/kleine Fahrt long/short voyages pl, overseas/coastal trade* * *die; Fahrt, Fahrten1) o. Pl. (das Fahren) journeyfreie Fahrt haben — have a clear run; (fig.) have been given the green light
2) (Reise) journey; (Schiffsreise) voyage3) (kurze Reise, Ausflug) trip; (Wanderung) hikeeine Fahrt [nach/zu X] machen — go on or take a trip [to X]
eine Fahrt ins Blaue machen — (mit dem Auto) go for a drive; (Veranstaltung) go on a mystery tour
auf Fahrt gehen — (veralt.) go hiking
4) o. Pl. (Bewegung)Fahrt machen — (Seemannsspr.) make way
die Fahrt verlangsamen — slow down; decelerate
die Fahrt beschleunigen — speed up; accelerate
Fahrt aufnehmen — gather speed; pick up speed
in Fahrt kommen od. geraten — (ugs.) get going; (böse werden) get worked up
* * *-en f.drive n.journey n.ride n.run n. -
11 Ruhe
f; -, kein Pl.1. (Stille) silence, peace (and quiet); sich (Dat) Ruheverschaffen make everyone be quiet; Ruhe! (be) quiet!, silence!, order!; Ruhe, bitte! quiet, please; gib doch endlich Ruhe! can’t you be quiet?; (auch: hör auf damit) give over (Am. cut it out), will you; es herrschte absolute Ruhe there wasn’t a sound to be heard; unter Zuhörern etc.: there was dead silence; zur Ruhe bringen quiet(en) down, still, silence; (beruhigen) calm (down), hush; Ruhe vor dem Sturm lull ( oder calm) before the storm2. (Friede) peace; Ruhe und Ordnung law and order; Ruhe und ( inneren) Frieden ( wiederherstellen) (restore) peace and tranquility3. (Entspannung, Erholung) rest; zur Ruhe kommen Pendel etc.: come to rest; Person: settle down; sie braucht ( jetzt) Ruhe she needs rest ( Stille: peace and quiet); er gönnt mir keine Ruhe he doesn’t give me a minute’s rest, he keeps me going nonstop umg.; sich zur Ruhe setzen retire, go into retirement; jemanden zur letzten Ruhe betten geh., euph. lay s.o. to rest; ewige Ruhe geh., euph. eternal rest ( oder peace); der arme Mann hat jetzt Ruhe (ist tot) the poor man is now at rest; jetzt hat die liebe Seele Ruh’ umg. peace and quiet at last4. innere: auch peace of mind; (Gelassenheit) calm, composure, coolness; (Geduld) patience; (Gemächlichkeit) leisureliness; ( sie sagte mir) in aller Ruhe (she told me) (very) calmly; überleg es dir in aller Ruhe take your time over ( oder about) it; Ruhe bewahren (sich nicht aufregen) keep one’s composure ( oder cool); (still sein) keep quiet; Ruhe ausstrahlen radiate calm; sich nicht aus der Ruhe bringen lassen keep one’s composure, not get worked up; nichts bringt ihn aus der Ruhe nothing upsets him; er hat die Ruhe weg umg. he’s unflappable; (trödelt) he certainly takes his time; immer mit der Ruhe!, nur die Ruhe! umg. (take it) easy!; warnend: easy does it!, keep your shirt on!; er kann keine Ruhe finden he just won’t calm down; (kann nicht schlafen) he can’t (get to) sleep; sich zur Ruhe begeben förm. retire (to bed oder to rest); angenehme Ruhe! sleep well; er war die Ruhe selbst he was as calm as could be, he was as cool as a cucumber umg.; Ruhe haben vor (+ Dat) be unmolested by, be no longer bothered by5. lass mich in Ruhe! leave me alone; lass mich damit in Ruhe! I don’t want to hear about it, don’t bother me about that; er lässt mir keine Ruhe he does not give me any peace; er lässt sie nicht in Ruhe he keeps pestering her; Kind: auch he gives her no peace; lasst den Computer in Ruhe! umg. stop messing about with the computer; es ließ ihm keine Ruhe he couldn’t stop thinking about it, it haunted him, it preyed on his mind* * *die Ruheease; quiescence; stillness; tranquility; peace; quiet; calmness; calm; rest; silence; sereneness; quietness; reposefulness; restfulness; quietude; repose; serenity; tranquillity* * *Ru|he ['ruːə]f -,no plRúhe! — quiet!, silence!
Rúhe, bitte! — quiet, please
gebt Rúhe! — be quiet!
jdn zur Rúhe ermahnen — to tell sb to be quiet
Rúhe verschaffen — to get quiet or silence
Rúhe halten (lit, fig) — to keep quiet or silent
die Rúhe der Natur — the stillness of nature
himmlische Rúhe — heavenly peace
Rúhe und Frieden — peace and quiet
in Rúhe und Abgeschiedenheit — in peaceful seclusion
die Rúhe vor dem Sturm (fig) — the calm before the storm
2) (= Ungestörtheit, Frieden) peace, quiet; (= Ruhestätte) resting placeRúhe ausstrahlen — to radiate a sense of calm
in Rúhe und Frieden leben — to live a quiet life
Rúhe und Ordnung — law and order
nach tagelangen Krawallen ist wieder Rúhe eingekehrt — after days of rioting, order or calm has returned
die Rúhe wiederherstellen — to restore order
ich brauche meine Rúhe — I need a bit of peace
lass mich in Rúhe! — leave me in peace, stop bothering me
ich will meine Rúhe haben! — leave or let me alone or be
keine Rúhe geben — to keep on and on
zur Rúhe kommen — to get some peace
jdn zur Rúhe kommen lassen — to give sb a chance to rest
keine Rúhe finden (können) —
jdn zur letzten or ewigen Rúhe betten (liter) — to lay sb to rest (liter)
die letzte Rúhe finden (liter) — to be laid to rest (liter)
der Patient braucht viel Rúhe — the patient needs a great deal of rest
das Pendel befindet sich in Rúhe — the pendulum is stationary
jdm keine Rúhe gönnen — not to give sb a minute's rest
zur Rúhe gehen — to retire (to bed) (form)
angenehme Rúhe! — sleep well!
sich zur Rúhe setzen — to retire
4) (= Gelassenheit) calm(ness); (= Disziplin) quiet, orderdie Rúhe weghaben (inf) — to be unflappable (inf)
Rúhe bewahren — to keep calm
die Rúhe selbst sein — to be calmness itself
jdn aus der Rúhe bringen — to throw sb (inf)
sich nicht aus der Rúhe bringen lassen, nicht aus der Rúhe zu bringen sein — not to (let oneself) get worked up
in aller Rúhe — calmly
er trank noch in aller Rúhe seinen Kaffee — he drank his coffee as if he had all the time in the world
überlege es dir in (aller) Rúhe — take your time and think about it
etw in Rúhe ansehen — to look at sth in one's own time
immer mit der Rúhe (inf) — don't panic
* * *die1) ((a period of) absence of wind and large waves.) calm2) (peace and quiet: He enjoyed the calm of the library.) calm3) calmness4) placidness5) (a state, atmosphere, period of time etc which is quiet: In the quiet of the night; All I want is peace and quiet.) quiet6) (rest; calm; peacefulness.) repose7) (sleep: He needs a good night's rest.) rest8) tranquillity* * *Ru·he<->[ˈru:ə]\Ruhe [bitte]! quiet [or silence] [please]!es herrscht \Ruhe all is quietim Raum herrschte absolute \Ruhe there was dead silence [or a complete hush] in the roomfür diese Arbeit brauche ich absolute \Ruhe I need absolute quiet for this work[einen Moment] um \Ruhe bitten to ask for [a moment's] silencejdn um \Ruhe bitten to ask sb to be quietjdn zur \Ruhe ermahnen to tell sb to be quiet\Ruhe geben to be quietgebt \Ruhe! be quiet!ihr sollt endlich \Ruhe geben! once and for all, [will you] be quiet!meinst du, dass die Kleinen \Ruhe geben, wenn ich ihnen eine Geschichte vorlese? do you think the kids will settle down when I read them a story?\Ruhe halten to keep quiethimmlische \Ruhe heavenly peaceich möchte jetzt meine \Ruhe haben! I should like [to have] some peace [and quiet] now!ich brauche \Ruhe bei meiner Arbeit I need some peace and quiet while I'm workingin \Ruhe und Abgeschiedenheit in peaceful seclusionin \Ruhe und Frieden in peace and quiet[keine] \Ruhe geben to [not] stop pestering; (nicht nachgeben) to [not] give uphier hast du 10 Euro, aber nun gib auch \Ruhe! here's ten euros, but now stop bothering me!vor jdm \Ruhe haben to not be bothered by sbvor jdm \Ruhe haben wollen to want a rest from sb; (endgültig) to want to get rid of sblass mich in \Ruhe! leave me in peace!, stop bothering me!\Ruhe und Ordnung law and order + sing vbfür \Ruhe und Ordnung sorgen to uphold [or preserve] law and order\Ruhe und Ordnung wiederherstellen to restore law and order3. (Erholung) restder Patient braucht jetzt viel \Ruhe the patient needs a great deal of rest nowdie drei Stunden \Ruhe haben mir gutgetan the three hours' rest has done me goodangenehme \Ruhe! (geh) sleep well!keine \Ruhe finden können to not be able to find any peace of mindjdm keine \Ruhe gönnen [o lassen] to not give sb a minute's peacezur \Ruhe kommen to get to some peace; (solide werden) to settle downjdn zur \Ruhe kommen lassen to give sb a chance to restjdn nicht zur \Ruhe kommen lassen to give sb no peacejdm keine \Ruhe lassen to not give sb a moment's restdie nächtliche \Ruhe stören to disturb the nocturnal peace\Ruhe ausstrahlen to radiate calmness[die] \Ruhe bewahren to keep calm [or fam one's cool]er ist durch nichts aus der \Ruhe zu bringen nothing can wind him upsich akk [von jdm/etw] nicht aus der \Ruhe bringen lassen, [von jdm/etw] nicht aus der \Ruhe zu bringen sein to not let oneself get worked up [by sb/sth]in [aller] \Ruhe [really] calmlyüberlegen Sie es sich in aller \Ruhe think about it calmlylesen Sie sich den Vertrag in aller \Ruhe durch read through the contract calmly and in your own timeich muss mir das in [aller] \Ruhe überlegen I must have a quiet think about itsie trank noch in aller \Ruhe ihren Tee aus she drank her tea as if she had all the time in the worldjdm keine \Ruhe lassen to not give sb any peaceder Gedanke lässt mir keine \Ruhe I can't stop thinking about itdie \Ruhe selbst sein to be calmness itselfdie \Ruhe verlieren to lose one's composure5. (Stillstand) restdas Pendel ist in \Ruhe the pendulum is stationarydas Rad ist zur \Ruhe gekommen the wheel has stopped turning6.▶ \Ruhe ist die erste Bürgerpflicht (prov veraltet) orderly behaviour is the first duty of the citizen; (hum) the main thing is to keep calm* * *die; Ruhe1) (Stille) silenceRuhe [bitte]! — quiet or silence [please]!
2) (Ungestörtheit) peacein Ruhe [und Frieden] — in peace [and quiet]
die [öffentliche] Ruhe wiederherstellen — restore [law and] order
keine Ruhe geben — not stop pestering; (nicht nachgeben) not give up; (weiter protestieren) go on protesting
3) (Unbewegtheit) rest4) (Erholung, das Sichausruhen) rest no def. art.angenehme Ruhe — (geh.) sleep well
sich zur Ruhe begeben — (geh.) retire [to bed]
sich zur Ruhe setzen — (in den Ruhestand treten) take one's retirement; retire (in + Dat. to)
5) (Gelassenheit) calm[ness]; composureer ist die Ruhe selbst — (ugs.) he is calmness itself
[die] Ruhe bewahren/die Ruhe verlieren — keep calm/lose one's composure; keep/lose one's cool (coll.)
in [aller] Ruhe — [really] calmly
die Ruhe weghaben — (ugs.) be completely unflappable (coll.)
immer mit der Ruhe! — (nur keine Panik) don't panic!; (nichts überstürzen) no need to rush
* * *1. (Stille) silence, peace (and quiet);sich (dat)Ruheverschaffen make everyone be quiet;Ruhe! (be) quiet!, silence!, order!;Ruhe, bitte! quiet, please;gib doch endlich Ruhe! can’t you be quiet?; (auch: hör auf damit) give over (US cut it out), will you;es herrschte absolute Ruhe there wasn’t a sound to be heard; unter Zuhörern etc: there was dead silence;Ruhe vor dem Sturm lull ( oder calm) before the storm2. (Friede) peace;Ruhe und Ordnung law and order;Ruhe und (inneren) Frieden (wiederherstellen) (restore) peace and tranquility3. (Entspannung, Erholung) rest;sie braucht (jetzt) Ruhe she needs rest ( Stille: peace and quiet);sich zur Ruhe setzen retire, go into retirement;jemanden zur letzten Ruhe betten geh, euph lay sb to rest;der arme Mann hat jetzt Ruhe (ist tot) the poor man is now at rest;jetzt hat die liebe Seele Ruh’ umg peace and quiet at last4. innere: auch peace of mind; (Gelassenheit) calm, composure, coolness; (Geduld) patience; (Gemächlichkeit) leisureliness;(sie sagte mir) in aller Ruhe (she told me) (very) calmly;überleg es dir in aller Ruhe take your time over ( oder about) it;Ruhe ausstrahlen radiate calm;sich nicht aus der Ruhe bringen lassen keep one’s composure, not get worked up;nichts bringt ihn aus der Ruhe nothing upsets him;immer mit der Ruhe!, nur die Ruhe! umg (take it) easy!; warnend: easy does it!, keep your shirt on!;er kann keine Ruhe finden he just won’t calm down; (kann nicht schlafen) he can’t (get to) sleep;angenehme Ruhe! sleep well;er war die Ruhe selbst he was as calm as could be, he was as cool as a cucumber umg;Ruhe haben vor (+dat) be unmolested by, be no longer bothered by5.lass mich in Ruhe! leave me alone;lass mich damit in Ruhe! I don’t want to hear about it, don’t bother me about that;er lässt mir keine Ruhe he does not give me any peace;er lässt sie nicht in Ruhe he keeps pestering her; Kind: auch he gives her no peace;lasst den Computer in Ruhe! umg stop messing about with the computer;es ließ ihm keine Ruhe he couldn’t stop thinking about it, it haunted him, it preyed on his mind* * *die; Ruhe1) (Stille) silenceRuhe [bitte]! — quiet or silence [please]!
2) (Ungestörtheit) peacein Ruhe [und Frieden] — in peace [and quiet]
die [öffentliche] Ruhe wiederherstellen — restore [law and] order
keine Ruhe geben — not stop pestering; (nicht nachgeben) not give up; (weiter protestieren) go on protesting
3) (Unbewegtheit) rest4) (Erholung, das Sichausruhen) rest no def. art.angenehme Ruhe — (geh.) sleep well
sich zur Ruhe begeben — (geh.) retire [to bed]
sich zur Ruhe setzen — (in den Ruhestand treten) take one's retirement; retire (in + Dat. to)
5) (Gelassenheit) calm[ness]; composureer ist die Ruhe selbst — (ugs.) he is calmness itself
[die] Ruhe bewahren/die Ruhe verlieren — keep calm/lose one's composure; keep/lose one's cool (coll.)
in [aller] Ruhe — [really] calmly
die Ruhe weghaben — (ugs.) be completely unflappable (coll.)
immer mit der Ruhe! — (nur keine Panik) don't panic!; (nichts überstürzen) no need to rush
* * *nur sing. f.calm n.ease n.peace n.quiescence n.quietness n.quietude n.rest n.restfulness n.serenity n.silence n.tranquility n.tranquillity n.tranquilness n. -
12 all
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1. adjective, pronoun1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) todo2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) todos
2. adverb1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) completamente, totalmente2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) tanto, aún•- all-out
- all-round
- all-rounder
- all-terrain vehicle
- all along
- all at once
- all in
- all in all
- all over
- all right
- in all
all1 adj todoall2 adv1. completamente / totalmente2. empatados / igualesthe score was three all empataron a tres / el partido terminó con un empate a tresall3 pron1. todo2. lo único / sólo3. todos / todo el mundotr[ɔːl]1 (singular) todo,-a; (plural) todos,-as■ all day/month/year todo el día/mes/año■ all morning/afternoon/night/week toda la mañana/tarde/noche/semana1 (everything) todo, la totalidad nombre femenino2 (everybody) todos nombre masculino plural, todo el mundo■ all of them helped/they all helped ayudaron todos1 completamente, totalmente■ you're all dirty! ¡estás todo sucio!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLall along desde el principioall but casi■ it's £235 all in son £235 todo incluidoall in all en conjuntoall or nothing todo o nadaall over en todas partesto be all over acabarall right (acceptable) bien, bueno,-a, satisfactorio,-a■ the film's all right, but I've seen better ones la película no está mal, pero las he visto mejores 2 (well, safe) bien■ are you coming? --all right ¿te vienes? --vale 4 (calming, silencing) vale■ it was the thin one all right era el flaco, estoy seguroall that tanall the «+ comp» tanto + adj/adv, aún + adj/advall the same igualmente, a pesar de todoto be all the same to somebody dar lo mismo a alguienall the time todo el rato, siempreall told en totalall too «+ adj/adv» demasiado + adj/advat all en absolutoat all times siemprein all en totalnot at all no hay de quéAll Fools' Day el día 1 de abril (≈ día de los Santos Inocentes)All Saints' Day día nombre masculino de Todos los SantosAll Souls' Day día nombre masculino los Fieles Difuntosall ['ɔl] adv1) completely: todo, completamente2) : igualthe score is 14 all: es 14 iguales, están empatados a 143)all the better : tanto mejor4)all the more : aún más, todavía másall adj: todoall the children: todos los niñosin all likelihood: con toda probabilidad, con la mayor probabilidadall pron1) : todo, -dathey ate it all: lo comieron todothat's all: eso es todoenough for all: suficiente para todos2)all in all : en general3)adj.• todo, -a adj.• todos adj.adv.• completamente adv.• del todo adv.n.• todo s.m.pron.• todo (s) pron.
I ɔːl1) (before n) todo, -da; (pl) todos, -dasall kinds o sorts of people — todo tipo de gente
all morning — toda la mañana, la mañana entera
what's all this we hear about you leaving? — ¿qué es eso de que te vas?
I might as well not bother for all the notice he takes — para el caso que me hace, más vale que ni me moleste
we were dabbling in drink, drugs and all that — flirteábamos con la bebida, las drogas y todo eso or y todo lo demás; see also all III 3) d)
2)a) ( the greatest possible)b) ( any)
II
1) ( everything) (+ sing vb) todoall I can say is... — todo lo que puedo decir es..., lo único que puedo decir es...
will that be all, madam? — ¿algo más señora?, ¿eso es todo, señora?
all in good time — todo a su debido tiempo, cada cosa a su tiempo
2)a) ( everyone) (+ pl vb) todos, -dasshe is the cleverest of all — es la más inteligente de todos/todas
I don't intend to tell anyone, least of all her! — no pienso decírselo a nadie y a ella menos todavía
3)all of: now that all of the children go to school ahora que todos los niños van al colegio; all of the cheese todo el queso; it took all of 20 years to complete it — se tardó 20 años enteros en acabarlo
4) (after n, pron) todo, -da; (pl) todos, -dasthe unfairness of it all — la injusticia del caso or del asunto
5) (in phrases)a)b)c)he ate it, skin and all — se lo comió con la cáscara y todo
d)at all: they don't like him at all no les gusta nada; I'm not at all worried o worried at all no estoy preocupada en absoluto, no estoy para nada preocupada; thank you - not at all gracias - de nada or no hay de qué; she didn't feel at all well no se sentía nada bien; it's not bad at all, it's not at all bad no está nada mal; they'll come late, if they come at all vendrán tarde, si es que vienen; if (it's) at all possible — si fuera posible
e)
III
1) ( completely)you've gone all red — te has puesto todo colorado/toda colorada
I got all wet — me mojé todo/toda
I'm all ears — soy todo/toda oídos
it's all the same to me — a mí me da igual or lo mismo
2) (each, apiece) ( Sport)3) (in phrases)a)b)the game had all but finished — prácticamente or ya casi había terminado el partido
c)all for: to be all for something: I'm all for sex education — estoy totalmente a favor de la educación sexual
d)all that — ( particularly) (usu neg)
e)all the — (+ comp)
it is all the more remarkable if you consider... — resulta aún or todavía más extraordinario si se tiene en cuenta...
IV
[ɔːl] When all is part of a set combination, eg in all seriousness/probability, look up the noun. Note that all right has an entry to itself.to give one's all — ( make supreme effort) dar* todo de sí; ( sacrifice everything) darlo* todo, dar* todo lo que se tiene
1. ADJECTIVE1) todoit rained all day — llovió todo el día, llovió el día entero
40% of all marriages end in divorce — el 40% de los matrimonios terminan en divorcio
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it would have to rain today, of all days! — ¡tenía que llover hoy justamente!•
for all their efforts, they didn't manage to score — a pesar de todos sus esfuerzos, no lograron marcar un tanto•
they chose him, of all people! — lo eligieron a él, como si no hubiera otrosall that and all that y cosas así, y otras cosas por el estilo•
all those who disobey will be punished — todos aquellos que desobedezcan serán castigadosof all the...sorry and all that, but that's the way it is — disculpas y todo lo demás, pero así son las cosas
of all the luck! — ¡vaya suerte!
best, four 2., 2)of all the tactless things to say! — ¡qué falta de tacto!
2) (=any)•
the town had changed beyond all recognition — la ciudad había cambiado hasta hacerse irreconocible2. PRONOUN1) (singular)a) (=everything) todo•
we did all we could to stop him — hicimos todo lo posible para detenerlo•
all is not lost — liter or hum aún quedan esperanzas•
all of it — todoI didn't read all of it — no lo leí todo or entero
you can't see all of Madrid in a day — no puedes ver todo Madrid or Madrid entero en un día
it took him all of three hours — (=at least) le llevó tres horas enteras; iro (=only) le llevó ni más ni menos que tres horas
she must be all of 16 — iro debe de tener al menos 16 años
six o'clock? is that all? — ¿las seis? ¿nada más?
best, once 1., 1)that's all — eso es todo, nada más
b) (=the only thing)all I can tell you is... — todo lo que puedo decirte es..., lo único que puedo decirte es...
that was all that we managed to salvage from the fire — eso fue todo lo que conseguimos rescatar del incendio
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all that matters is that you're safe — lo único que importa es que estás a salvo•
this concerns all of you — esto os afecta a todos (vosotros)•
they all say that — todos dicen lo mismo•
all who knew him loved him — todos los que le conocieron le querían3) (in scores)the score is two all — van empatados a dos, el marcador es de empate a dos
above all sobre todo after all después de todo all butit's 30 all — (Tennis) treinta iguales
all for nothingall but seven/twenty — todos menos siete/veinte
all in all en generalI rushed to get there, all for nothing — fui a toda prisa, todo para nada, fui a toda prisa, y total para nada
all in all, things turned out quite well — en general, las cosas salieron bastante bien
all told en total and allwe thought, all in all, it wasn't a bad idea — pensamos que, mirándolo bien, no era una mala idea
for all I care for all I knowthe dog ate the sausage, mustard and all — el perro se comió la salchicha, mostaza incluida
for all I know he could be dead — puede que hasta esté muerto, no lo sé
if (...) at allfor all I know, he could be right — igual hasta tiene razón, no lo sé
I'll go tomorrow if I go at all — si es que voy, iré mañana
it rarely rains here, if at all — aquí rara vez llueve, si es que llueve
I'd like to see him today, if (it's) at all possible — me gustaría verlo hoy, si es del todo posible
in all it allthey won't attempt it, if they have any sense at all — si tienen el más mínimo sentido común, no lo intentarán
it's all or nothing es todo o nada most of all sobre todo, más que nada no... at all not... at allshe seemed to have it all: a good job, a happy marriage — parecía tenerlo todo: un buen trabajo, un matrimonio feliz
I'm not at all tired — no estoy cansado en lo más mínimo or en absoluto
you mean he didn't cry at all? — ¿quieres decir que no lloró nada?
not at all! (answer to thanks) ¡de nada!, ¡no hay de qué!did you mention me at all? — ¿mencionaste mi nombre por casualidad?
"are you disappointed?" - "not at all!" — -¿estás defraudado? -en absoluto
3. ADVERB1) (=entirely) todoMake todo agree with the person or thing described:•
there were insects all around us — había insectos por todas partes•
I did it all by myself — lo hice completamente soloall along•
she was dressed all in black — iba vestida completamente de negroall along the street — a lo largo de toda la calle, por toda la calle
all but (=nearly) casithis is what I feared all along — esto es lo que estaba temiendo desde el primer momento or el principio
all for sthhe all but died — casi se muere, por poco se muere
all in (=all inclusive) (Brit) todo incluido; (=exhausted) * hecho polvo *I'm all for giving children their independence — estoy completamente a favor de or apoyo completamente la idea de dar independencia a los niños
the trip cost £200 all in — el viaje costó 200 libras, todo incluido
after a day's skiing I was all in — después de un día esquiando, estaba hecho polvo * or rendido
all outyou look all in — se te ve rendido, ¡vaya cara de estar hecho polvo! *
all overto go all out — (=spare no expense) tirar la casa por la ventana; (Sport) emplearse a fondo
all over the world you'll find... — en or por todo el mundo encontrarás...
all the more...I looked all over for you — te busqué por or en todas partes
considering his age, it's all the more remarkable that he succeeded — teniendo en cuenta su edad, es aún más extraordinario que lo haya logrado
all too...she valued her freedom, all the more so because she had fought so hard for it — valoraba mucho su libertad, tanto más cuanto que había luchado tanto por conseguirla
all up with all very...all too soon, the holiday was over — cuando quisimos darnos cuenta las vacaciones habían terminado
not all there•
that's all very well but... — todo eso está muy bien, pero...not all that... all-out, better I, 2.he isn't all there * — no tiene todos los tornillos bien *, le falta algún tornillo *
4.NOUN (=utmost)•
he had given her his all — (=affection) se había entregado completamente a ella; (=possessions) le había dado todo lo que tenía•
he puts his all into every game — se da completamente en cada partido, siempre da todo lo que puede de sí en cada partido5.COMPOUNDSthe all clear N — (=signal) el cese de la alarma, el fin de la alarma; (fig) el visto bueno, luz verde
all clear! — ¡fin de la alerta!
to be given the all clear — (to do sth) recibir el visto bueno, recibir luz verde; (by doctor) recibir el alta médica or definitiva
All Fools' Day N — ≈ día m de los (Santos) Inocentes
All Hallows' (Day) N — día m de Todos los Santos
All Saints' Day N — día m de Todos los Santos
All Souls' Day N — día m de (los) Difuntos (Sp), día m de (los) Muertos (LAm)
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I [ɔːl]1) (before n) todo, -da; (pl) todos, -dasall kinds o sorts of people — todo tipo de gente
all morning — toda la mañana, la mañana entera
what's all this we hear about you leaving? — ¿qué es eso de que te vas?
I might as well not bother for all the notice he takes — para el caso que me hace, más vale que ni me moleste
we were dabbling in drink, drugs and all that — flirteábamos con la bebida, las drogas y todo eso or y todo lo demás; see also all III 3) d)
2)a) ( the greatest possible)b) ( any)
II
1) ( everything) (+ sing vb) todoall I can say is... — todo lo que puedo decir es..., lo único que puedo decir es...
will that be all, madam? — ¿algo más señora?, ¿eso es todo, señora?
all in good time — todo a su debido tiempo, cada cosa a su tiempo
2)a) ( everyone) (+ pl vb) todos, -dasshe is the cleverest of all — es la más inteligente de todos/todas
I don't intend to tell anyone, least of all her! — no pienso decírselo a nadie y a ella menos todavía
3)all of: now that all of the children go to school ahora que todos los niños van al colegio; all of the cheese todo el queso; it took all of 20 years to complete it — se tardó 20 años enteros en acabarlo
4) (after n, pron) todo, -da; (pl) todos, -dasthe unfairness of it all — la injusticia del caso or del asunto
5) (in phrases)a)b)c)he ate it, skin and all — se lo comió con la cáscara y todo
d)at all: they don't like him at all no les gusta nada; I'm not at all worried o worried at all no estoy preocupada en absoluto, no estoy para nada preocupada; thank you - not at all gracias - de nada or no hay de qué; she didn't feel at all well no se sentía nada bien; it's not bad at all, it's not at all bad no está nada mal; they'll come late, if they come at all vendrán tarde, si es que vienen; if (it's) at all possible — si fuera posible
e)
III
1) ( completely)you've gone all red — te has puesto todo colorado/toda colorada
I got all wet — me mojé todo/toda
I'm all ears — soy todo/toda oídos
it's all the same to me — a mí me da igual or lo mismo
2) (each, apiece) ( Sport)3) (in phrases)a)b)the game had all but finished — prácticamente or ya casi había terminado el partido
c)all for: to be all for something: I'm all for sex education — estoy totalmente a favor de la educación sexual
d)all that — ( particularly) (usu neg)
e)all the — (+ comp)
it is all the more remarkable if you consider... — resulta aún or todavía más extraordinario si se tiene en cuenta...
IV
to give one's all — ( make supreme effort) dar* todo de sí; ( sacrifice everything) darlo* todo, dar* todo lo que se tiene
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13 dagegen
Adv.1. drücken, halten, lehnen etc.: against it ( oder them); klopfen: on it; dagegen stoßen Auto etc.: crash into it ( oder them); Person: bump; sie stieß aus Versehen dagegen auch she knocked (into) it by mistake2. fig. Kampf, Protest, Widerstand etc.: against it ( oder them); ich bin allergisch dagegen I’m allergic to it; man kann nichts dagegen machen oder tun there’s nothing you can do about it; seine Gründe dagegen his objections to it; dagegen sein be against ( oder opposed to) it; bei Abstimmungen: be against; was hat sie dagegen? what does she have against it?; er sprach sich entschieden dagegen aus he opposed it strongly; was spricht dagegen, dass wir...? why shouldn’t we...?; es spricht nichts dagegen oder es ist nichts dagegen einzuwenden oder zu sagen there is no reason why not; es spricht nichts dagegen, dass wir jetzt anfangen there’s no reason for us not to start now, there’s nothing against us starting now; ich habe oder hätte nichts dagegen umg. that’s fine by me, I’m up ( oder on) for that; alles spricht dagegen(, dass es geschehen wird) the odds are (stacked) against it; alles spricht dagegen, dass er das Verbrechen begangen hat all the evidence points against his having committed the crime; etw. dagegen haben object to s.th., have s.th. against it; haben Sie etwas dagegen, wenn ich rauche? do you mind if I smoke?; wenn Sie nichts dagegen haben if you don’t mind, if it’s alright by you (auch iro.); ich habe Husten, können Sie mir was dagegen geben? could you give me something for it?4. (im Vergleich dazu) in comparison, by contrast; unsere Qualität ist nichts dagegen can’t compare; das ist doch nichts oder ein Dreck umg. dagegen there’s no comparison, that can’t hold a candle to it umg.5. (jedoch, hingegen) whereas, while, Brit. auch whilst; (andererseits) on the other hand, however; Kaffee mag ich nicht, Tee dagegen sehr oder Tee trinke ich dagegen ganz gern on the other hand I like tea a lot* * *whereas (Konj.); against it (Adv.); on the other hand (Konj.); however (Konj.)* * *da|ge|gen [da'geːgn] (emph) ['daːgeːgn]1. adv1) (örtlich) against it,,See:2) (als Einwand, Ablehnung) against that/itdagégen sein — to be against it, to be opposed (to it)
etwas dagégen haben — to object
nichts dagégen haben — not to object
ich habe etwas dagégen — I object to that
was hat er dagégen, dass wir früher anfangen? — what has he got against us starting earlier?, why does he object to us or our starting earlier?
haben Sie was dagégen, wenn ich rauche? — do you mind if I smoke?, would you mind or object if I smoked?
sollen wir ins Kino gehen? – ich hätte nichts dagégen (einzuwenden) — shall we go to the cinema? – that's okay by me (inf)
ich werde dagégen protestieren — I will protest against that/it
ich werde dagégen protestieren, dass das gemacht wird — I will protest against that being done
3) (als Gegenmaßnahme) tun, unternehmen about it; Medikamente einnehmen etc for itdagégen lässt sich nichts machen — nothing can be done about it
bei mir regnet es herein, aber ich kann nichts dagégen machen — the rain comes in, but I can't do anything to stop it or about it
4) (= verglichen damit) compared with that/it/them, in comparisondie Stürme letztes Jahr waren furchtbar, dagégen sind die jetzigen nicht so schlimm — the gales last year were terrible, compared with them or those, these aren't so bad or these aren't so bad in comparison
2. conj(= im Gegensatz dazu) on the other hand, howeverer sprach fließend Französisch, dagégen konnte er kein Deutsch — he spoke French fluently, but (on the other hand) he could not speak any German
* * *da·ge·gen[daˈge:gn̩]I. adv2. (ablehnend) against it\dagegen müsst ihr was tun you must do something about it\dagegen sein to be against it, to be opposed [to it]34 waren dafür und 12 \dagegen 34 were in favour and 12 againstich bin \dagegen, dass er Vorsitzender wird I am against [or opposed to] him [or form his] becoming chairmanda habe ich was gegen I object to thatdas ist gut/hilft \dagegen it's good for itich habe Halsschmerzen, haben Sie ein Mittel \dagegen? my throat hurts, do you have anything for it?\dagegen lässt sich nichts machen nothing can be done about ites regnet herein, aber ich kann nichts \dagegen machen the rain comes in, but I can't do anything about it [or anything to stop it5. (als Gegenwert) for itwas willst du \dagegen eintauschen? what do you want to exchange for it?sie nahm das alte Gerät und tauschte ein neues \dagegen she took her old appliance and exchanged it for a new one6. (im Vergleich dazu) in comparison, compared with [or to] it; (zu diesem Sachverhalt) compared with [or to] thatdie Stürme letztes Jahr waren furchtbar, \dagegen sind die jetzigen nicht so schlimm the gales last year were terrible. compared with them, these aren't so bad [or these aren't so bad in comparison]sie hat ihren Job und ihre Wohnung verloren. \dagegen erscheinen meine Sorgen lachhaft she's lost her job and her flat. compared with that my problems seem ridiculousbei euch ist es oft zu trocken, bei uns \dagegen regnet es viel zu viel your weather is often too dry, but we have far too much rainer spricht fünf Sprachen fließend, \dagegen ist er mathematisch völlig unbegabt he is fluent in five languages, but [on the other hand] he lacks any mathematical talenter ist mit der Arbeit schon fertig, sie \dagegen hat erst die Hälfte geschafft he's already finished the work, whereas she has only just finished half of it* * *1) against it/themer stieß aus Versehen dagegen — he knocked into it by mistake
ich protestiere energisch dagegen, dass Sie mich verleumden — I must protest strongly against this slander
ich habe nichts dagegen — I've no objection; I don't mind
was hat er dagegen, dass wir Freunde sind? — why does he object to our being friends?
dagegen sein — be opposed to it or against it
dagegen sein, etwas zu tun — be opposed to doing something
2) (im Vergleich dazu) by or in comparison; compared with that; (jedoch) on the other hand3) (als Gegenwert) in exchange* * *dagegen advich bin allergisch dagegen I’m allergic to it;tun there’s nothing you can do about it;seine Gründe dagegen his objections to it;was hat sie dagegen? what does she have against it?;er sprach sich entschieden dagegen aus he opposed it strongly;was spricht dagegen, dass wir …? why shouldn’t we …?;zu sagen there is no reason why not;es spricht nichts dagegen, dass wir jetzt anfangen there’s no reason for us not to start now, there’s nothing against us starting now;alles spricht dagegen(, dass es geschehen wird) the odds are (stacked) against it;alles spricht dagegen, dass er das Verbrechen begangen hat all the evidence points against his having committed the crime;etwas dagegen haben object to sth, have sth against it;haben Sie etwas dagegen, wenn ich rauche? do you mind if I smoke?;wenn Sie nichts dagegen haben if you don’t mind, if it’s alright by you (auch iron); ich habe Husten,können Sie mir was dagegen geben? could you give me something for it?4. (im Vergleich dazu) in comparison, by contrast;ist nichts dagegen can’t compare;ein Dreck umg5. (jedoch, hingegen) whereas, while, Br auch whilst; (andererseits) on the other hand, however; Kaffee mag ich nicht,Tee trinke ich dagegen ganz gern on the other hand I like tea a lot* * *1) against it/themich protestiere energisch dagegen, dass Sie mich verleumden — I must protest strongly against this slander
ich habe nichts dagegen — I've no objection; I don't mind
was hat er dagegen, dass wir Freunde sind? — why does he object to our being friends?
dagegen sein — be opposed to it or against it
dagegen sein, etwas zu tun — be opposed to doing something
2) (im Vergleich dazu) by or in comparison; compared with that; (jedoch) on the other hand3) (als Gegenwert) in exchange* * *adv.against adv. präp.against it expr. -
14 partir
partir [paʀtiʀ]➭ TABLE 16━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━intransitive verba. ( = aller, quitter un lieu) to go ; ( = s'éloigner) to go away• es-tu prêt à partir ? are you ready to go?• nos voisins sont partis il y a six mois our neighbours left or went six months ago• quand partez-vous pour Paris ? when are you leaving for Paris?• les voilà partis ! they're off!• partons de l'hypothèse que... let's assume that...• en partant de ce principe... on that basis...b. ( = démarrer) [moteur] to start ; [train] to leavec. ( = être lancé) [fusée] to go up ; [coup de feu] to go offd. ( = être engagé) partir sur une mauvaise piste to start off on the wrong track• quand ils sont partis à discuter, il y en a pour des heures (inf) once they've got going on one of their discussions, they're at it for hours (inf)e. ( = disparaître) [tache] to come out ; [bouton de vêtement] to come off ; [douleur, rougeurs, boutons, odeur] to gof. ► à partir de from• à partir du moment où... ( = dès que) as soon as... ; ( = pourvu que) as long as...• pantalons à partir de 100 € trousers from 100 euros* * *paʀtiʀ
1.
verbe intransitif1) ( quitter un lieu) [personne] to leave, to gopartez devant, je vous rejoins — go on ahead, I'll catch you up
partir en courant/boitant/hurlant — to run off/to limp off/to go off screaming
partir fâché — to go off in a huff (colloq)
partir sans laisser d'adresse — ( sans laisser de traces) to disappear without trace
2) ( pour une destination) to gopartir pour le Mexique/l'Australie — to leave for Mexico/Australia
ils sont partis en Écosse en stop — ( ils sont encore en voyage) they're hitchhiking to Scotland; ( dans le passé) they hitchhiked to Scotland
partir à la guerre/au front — to go off to war/to the front
partir en tournée — to set off on tour GB ou on a tour
3) ( se mettre en mouvement) [personne, voiture, car, train] to leave; [avion] to take off; [moteur] to startje pars — I'm off, I'm leaving
à vos marques, prêts, partez! — on your marks, get set, go!
4) ( être projeté) [flèche, balle] to be fired; [bouchon] to shoot out; [capsule] to shoot off; [réplique] to slip outelle était tellement énervée que la gifle est partie toute seule — she was so angry that she slapped him/her before she realized what she was doing ou before she could stop herself
5) ( commencer) [chemin, route] to startles avenues qui partent de la place de l'Étoile — the avenues which radiate outwards from the Place de l'Étoile
partir favori — [concurrent, candidat] to start favourite [BrE]
partir dernier — ( dans une course) to start last
c'est parti! — ( ordre) go!
et voilà, c'est parti (colloq), il pleut! — here we go, it's raining!
être bien parti — [coureur, cheval, projet, travail, personne] to have got GB ou gotten US off to a good start
c'est mal parti — (colloq) things don't look too good, it doesn't look too promising
il a l'air parti (colloq) pour réussir — he seems to be heading for success
le mauvais temps est parti (colloq) pour durer — it looks as if the bad weather is here to stay
6) ( se fonder)partir de — to start from [idée, observation]
7) ( s'enlever) [tache, saleté] to come out; [émail, peinture] to come off; [odeur] to go; [bouton, écusson, décoration] to come off8) ( être expédié) [colis, candidature] to be sent (off)9) ( se lancer)quand il est parti (colloq) on ne l'arrête plus — once he starts ou gets going there's no stopping him
10) ( mourir) euph to go, to pass away euph
2.
à partir de locution prépositive fromà partir du moment où — ( sens temporel) as soon as; ( sens conditionnel) as long as
à partir de là, tout a basculé — from then on everything changed radically
* * *paʀtiʀ vi1) (aller vers un lieu) to goJ'aimerais partir quelque part au soleil. — I'd like to go somewhere sunny.
Si vous partez pour un long voyage, n'oubliez pas de... — If you go off on a long trip, don't forget to..., If you go away on a long trip, don't forget to...
Ils sont partis hier pour le Japon. — They went off to Japan yesterday.
Il est parti à Londres pour apprendre l'anglais. — He's gone to London to learn English.
2) (quitter un lieu) to go, to leavePartez, vous allez être en retard. — You should go, or you'll be late., You should leave, or you'll be late.
Je peux partir? — Can I go now?, Can I leave now?
Il est parti à sept heures. — He left at 7 o'clock., He went at 7 o'clock.
Je lui ai téléphoné mais il était déjà parti. — I phoned him but he'd already gone., I phoned him but he'd already left.
Il est parti de Nice à sept heures. — He left Nice at 7 o'clock.
3) (s'éloigner d'un lieu) to go away, to go off, (en voiture) to drive away, to drive offIls sont partis à toute allure. — They drove off at high speed.
4) (= commencer)partir de [hypothèse, principe] — to start from, [élément d'une suite] to start from
la numérotation part de la première page de texte — the numbering starts from the first page of the text
5) [moteur] to start6) [pétard] to go off7) [bouchon, toute pièce insérée] to come out8) [bouton, toute pièce attachée ou fixée] to come off9) [tache, marque] to come offà partir de; à partir de ce moment — from then on
Je serai chez moi à partir de huit heures. — I'll be at home from eight o'clock onwards.
À partir de Verneuil, c'est plus boisé. — After Verneuil, it's more forested.
C'est fait à partir de graisse de marmotte. — It's made from marmot fat.
À partir de là, tout est possible. — If that's the case, anything's possible.
* * *partir verb table: partirA vi1 ( quitter un lieu) [personne] to leave, to go; partir sans manger to leave ou go without eating; partez devant, je vous rejoins go on ahead, I'll catch you up; tu pars déjà? are you leaving already?; partir à pied/en voiture/en avion to leave on foot/in a car/in a plane; est-ce qu'ils sont partis en avion ou en train? did they fly or did they take the train?; il est parti en ville à bicyclette he went to town on his bicycle; il est parti il y a cinq minutes he left five minutes ago; ils sont partis en Écosse en stop ( ils sont encore en voyage) they're hitchhiking to Scotland; ( dans le passé) they hitchhiked to Scotland; partir de to leave ou go from [ville, gare, aéroport]; de quelle gare pars-tu? which station are you leaving ou going from?; je suis partie de chez moi à 20 heures I left my house at 8 pm; faire partir qn to make sb leave; j'espère que je ne vous fais pas partir? I hope I'm not driving you away?; fais partir ce chien! get that dog out of here!; partir en courant/boitant/hurlant to run off/to limp off/to go off screaming; partir fâché to go off in a huff○; partir content to go away happy; partir avec qn to go off with sb; elle est partie avec un autre she went off with another man; partir sans laisser d'adresse lit to go away without leaving a forwarding address; ( sans laisser de traces) to disappear without trace;2 ( pour une destination) to go, to leave; partir loin/dans un pays lointain to go far away/to a far-off country; partir à Paris/à New York/au Mexique to go to Paris/to New York/to Mexico; je pars à Paris demain I'm going to Paris tomorrow, I'm off to Paris tomorrow; partir pour le Mexique/l'Australie to leave for Mexico/Australia; tu pars pour combien de temps? how long are you going for?; partir pour une semaine/six mois to go for a week/six months; est-ce que tu sais que je pars pour une semaine? did you know I was going away for a week?; partir en vacances to go on holiday GB ou vacation US (à to); nous partons en vacances dans les Vosges we're going on holiday GB ou vacation to the Vosges; partir en week-end to go away for the weekend; partir en week-end à Chamonix to go to Chamonix for the weekend; partir en voyage/expédition/croisière to go on a trip/an expedition/a cruise; partir à la guerre/au front to go off to war/to the front; partir au travail to go to work; partir à la pêche/chasse to go fishing/hunting; partir faire to go to do; elle est partie se reposer she's gone for a rest; partir en tournée to set off on tour GB ou on a tour US; partir en retraite to retire;3 ( se mettre en mouvement) [voiture, car, train] to leave; [avion] to take off; [moteur] to start; [personne] to be off, to leave; les coureurs sont partis the runners are off; le train à destination de Dijon va partir the train to Dijon is about to depart ou leave; à vos marques, prêts, partez! on your marks, get set, go!;4 ( être projeté) [flèche, balle] to be fired; [bouchon] to shoot out; [capsule] to shoot off; [réplique] to slip out; il jouait avec le fusil et le coup de feu est parti he was playing with the gun and it went off; la balle est partie, le blessant à l'épaule the shot was fired, wounding him in the shoulder; le bouchon est parti d'un seul coup the cork suddenly shot out; elle était tellement énervée que la gifle est partie toute seule she was so angry that she slapped him/her before she realized what she was doing ou before she could stop herself;5 ( commencer) [chemin, route] to start; le sentier part d'ici the path starts here; les branches qui partent du tronc the branches growing out from the trunk; les avenues qui partent de la Place de l'Étoile the avenues which radiate outwards from the Place de l'Étoile; partir favori [concurrent, candidat] to start favouriteGB (à une course for a race); partir gagnant/battu d'avance to be the winner/loser before one has even started; partir dernier ( dans une course) to start last; le troisième en partant de la gauche the third (starting) from the left; partir de rien to start from nothing; c'est parti! ( si l'on donne un ordre) go!; ( si l'on constate) here we go!; et voilà, c'est parti, il pleut! here we go, it's raining!; être bien parti○ lit [coureur, cheval] to have got GB ou gotten US off to a good start; fig [projet, travail, personne] to have got GB ou gotten US off to a good start; être bien parti pour gagner lit, fig to seem all set to win; l'entreprise a l'air bien partie the firm seems to have got off to a good start; être mal parti○ lit [coureur, cheval] to have got off to a bad start; fig [personne, pays, projet] to be in a bad way; avec la récession le pays est mal parti what with the recession the country is in a bad way; c'est mal parti○ things don't look too good; il faudrait qu'il fasse beau mais c'est mal parti it would be nice if the weather was fine but it doesn't look too promising; il a l'air parti pour réussir○ he seems to be heading for success; le mauvais temps est parti pour durer○ it looks as if the bad weather is here to stay;6 ( se fonder) partir de qch to start from sth; je suis parti d'une idée/observation très simple I started from a very simple idea/observation; l'auteur est parti d'un fait divers pour écrire son roman the author used a news snippet as a starting point for his novel; partir du principe que to work on the assumption that; partir d'une bonne intention or d'un bon sentiment [idée, geste] to be well-meant; (en) partant de là○… on that basis…;7 ( s'enlever) [tache, saleté] to come out; [émail, peinture] to come off; [odeur] to go; [bouton, écusson, décoration] to come off; j'ai beau frotter, ça ne part pas no matter how hard I rub, it won't come out; la saleté part bien/mal the dirt's coming off nicely/won't come out; l'étiquette est partie the label has come off; faire partir une tache/un graffiti to remove a stain/a piece of graffiti;8 ( être expédié) [colis, lettre, rapport, candidature] to be sent (off);9 ( se lancer) quand il est parti on ne l'arrête plus once he starts ou gets going there's no stopping him; partir dans des explications/un monologue to launch into explanations/a monologue; partir dans des digressions to start digressing;B à partir de loc prép1 ( dans l'espace) from; à partir d'ici/du feu rouge/du carrefour from here/the traffic lights/the crossroads;2 ( dans le temps) from; à partir de 16 heures/du 5 février from 4 o'clock/5 February (onwards); à partir de maintenant from now on; à partir du moment où ( sens temporel) as soon as; ( sens conditionnel) as long as; c'est possible à partir du moment où tu résides dans le pays it's possible as long as you are resident in the country; à partir de là, tout a basculé from then on everything changed radically;3 ( supérieur ou égal) from; à partir de 2 000 euros from 2,000 euros; les enfants ne sont admis qu'à partir de huit ans children under eight are not admitted;4 ( en utilisant) from; fabriqué à partir de pétrole/d'un alliage made from oil/an alloy;5 ( en se basant sur) from, on the basis of; faire une étude à partir de statistiques to base a study on statistics; à partir de cet exemple il a démontré que using ou from this example he proved that; à partir de ces chiffres/résultats il est possible de… on the basis of these figures/results it is possible to…; à partir d'un échantillon représentatif from ou on the basis of a representative sample; ⇒ courir, maille, mourir.[partir] verbe intransitifpars, tu vas rater ton train (off you) go, or you'll miss your trainempêche-la de partir stop her (going), don't let her goje ne vous fais pas partir, j'espère I hope I'm not chasing you awaya. [prisonnier, otage] to set free, to let go, to releaseb. [écolier] to let outc. [employé] to let goil est parti avec la caisse he ran away ou off with the tillje ne peux pas partir du bureau avant 17 h 30 I can't leave the office before 5:30(euphémisme) [mourir] to pass on ou awaypars devant, je te rattrape go ahead, I'll catch up with youregarde cette circulation, on n'est pas encore partis! (familier) by the look of that traffic, we're not off yet!a. [personne] to fly (off)b. [courrier] to go air mail ou by airpartir en bateau to go (off) by boat, to sailpartir en voiture to go (off) by car, to drive offje pars à ou pour Toulon demain I'm leaving for ou I'm off to Toulon tomorrowpartir à la campagne/montagne/mer to go (off) to the countryside/mountains/seaside4. [aller - pour se livrer à une activité] to goelle est partie au tennis/à la danse she's gone to play tennis/to her dance classpartir à la chasse/pêche to go shooting/fishingpartir à la recherche de to set off in search of, to go looking forpartir en week-end to go off ou away for the weekendnous partons en excursion/voyage demain we're setting off on an excursion/a journey tomorrowtu ne pars pas (en vacances) cet été? aren't you going on holiday (UK) ou vacation (US) this summer?partir skier/se promener to go skiing/for a walk5. [s'engager]quand elles sont parties sur leur boulot, c'est difficile de les arrêter (familier) once they start on about their job, there's no stopping themêtre parti à faire quelque chose (familier) : les voilà partis à refaire toute la maison there they go doing up the entire house6. [démarrer - machine, moteur, voiture] to start (up) ; [ - avion] to take off, to leave ; [ - train] to leave, to depart ; [ - fusée] to go up ; [ - pétard] to go off ; [ - plante] to takeexcuse-moi, le mot est parti (tout seul) I'm sorry, the word just came outa. [moteur] to start (up)b. [pétard] to set ou to let off (separable)c. [fusil] to let off (separable)d. [plante] to get started7. [se mettre en mouvement, débuter - coureur, match, concert] to start (off)le match est bien/mal parti pour notre équipe the match has started well/badly for our teamje le vois mal parti pour récupérer son titre the way he's going, I just can't see him winning back his title8. [se vendre] to sell9. [disparaître, s'effacer - inscription] to disappear, to be rubbed off ou out, to be worn off ; [ - tache] to disappear, to go, to come out ; [ - douleur] to go, to disappear ; [ - boutons] to come off ; [ - pellicules, odeur] to goa. [salissure] to get rid of, to removeb. [odeur] to get rid of, to clearc. [douleur] to ease10. [se défaire, se détacher - attache, bouton] to come off, to go ; [ - maille] to run ; [ - étiquette] to come off————————partir de verbe plus préposition1. [dans l'espace]le ferry/marathon part de Brest the ferry sails/the marathon starts from Brestla cicatrice part du poignet et va jusqu'au coude the scar goes ou stretches from the wrist to the elbowc'est le quatrième en partant de la droite/du haut it's the fourth (one) from the right/top2. [dans le temps]nous allons faire partir le contrat du 15 janvier we'll make the contract effective (as) from January the 15th3. [dans un raisonnement]partir du principe que to start from the principle that, to start by assuming thatsi l'on part de ce principe, il faudrait ne jamais contester on that basis, one should never protest4. [provenir de]sa remarque est partie du coeur his comment came ou was (straight) from the heart, it was a heartfelt remark————————à partir de locution prépositionnelle1. [dans le temps] (as) fromà partir de mardi starting from Tuesday, from Tuesday onwardsà partir de (ce moment-) là, il ne m'a plus adressé la parole from that moment on ou from then on, he never spoke to me again2. [dans l'espace] (starting) from3. [numériquement]imposé à partir de 5 000 euros taxable from 5,000 euros upwards4. [avec, à base de] fromc'est fait à partir d'huiles végétales it's made from ou with vegetable oils -
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f.1 thing (objeto, idea).tengo que decirte una cosa I've got something to tell you¿quieres alguna cosa? is there anything you want?cualquier cosa anythingno es gran cosa it's not important, it's no big dealpoca cosa nothing muchUna cosa propia de una joven, A girlish kind of thing2 funny remark (ocurrencia).¡qué cosas tienes! you do say some funny things!son cosas de mamá that's just the way Mum is, that's just one of Mum's little idiosyncrasiespres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: coser.* * *1 (gen) thing■ coge tus cosas take your things, take your stuff■ ¿alguna cosa más? anything else?2 (asunto) matter, business3 (nada) nothing, not anything\así están las cosas that's the way things are, that's how things standcomo cosa tuya as if it were your ideacomo están las cosas as things standcomo si tal cosa just like thatcosa de aboutcosa nunca vista something surprisingcosas de la vida that's lifedecir cuatro cosas to tell a few home truthslo que son las cosas much to my surpriseno sea cosa que... in case...no ser gran cosa not to be importantno valer gran cosa not to be worth muchser cosa hecha familiar to be no sooner said than doneser poquita cosa familiar not to be much, not to amount too muchcosas de negocios business matters* * *noun f.1) thing, object, stuff2) matter, affair* * *SF1) (=objeto) thing¿qué es esa cosa redonda? — what's that round thing?
no es otra cosa que una bolsa de plástico — it's nothing more than a plastic bag, it's just a plastic bag
- es cosa fina2) [uso indefinido]¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
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o cosa así, 20 kilos o cosa así — 20 kilos or thereabouts•
cualquier cosa — anything•
gran cosa, el coche no vale gran cosa — the car isn't worth muchcomo futbolista no es gran cosa — he's not a great footballer, he's not much of a footballer
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poca cosa, lo qué recibieron a cambio fue poca cosa — they didn't get much in return, they got very little in returnjugamos a las cartas, leemos y poca cosa más — we play cards, read and do little else o and that's about it
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una cosa — something¿me puedes decir una cosa? — can you tell me something?
una cosa, se me olvidaba preguntarte por el precio — by the way, I forgot to ask you about the price
en general está muy bien, solo una cosa... — on the whole, it's very good, there's just one thing...
3) (=asunto)¿has visto cosa igual? — did you ever see the like?
¡qué cosa más extraña! — how strange!
esa es cosa vieja — so what's new?, that's ancient history
¡vaya una cosa! — well!, there's a thing!
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la cosa es que... — the thing is (that)...la cosa está en considerar el problema desde otro ángulo — the thing to do o the trick is to consider the problem from another angle
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no es cosa de broma o risa — it's no laughing matter•
no sea cosa que — in casetrae el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva — bring your umbrella in case it rains
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otra cosa, no se hablaba de otra cosa — people talked about nothing else¿hay otra cosa que pueda hacer? — is there anything else I can do?
eso es otra cosa — that's another matter o thing (entirely)
otra cosa es que la ley imponga 40 horas semanales para todos — it's another matter entirely for the law to oblige everyone to work 40 hours a week
otra cosa sería si... — it would be quite another matter if...
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cosa rara, y, cosa rara, nadie lo vio — and, oddly o funnily enough, nobody saw itcomo quien no quiere la cosa —
se levantó y se fue como quien no quiere la cosa — she got up and left as inconspicuously as possible
como si tal cosa —
me devolvió el libro roto como si tal cosa — he gave me back the damaged book as if nothing had happened
le dije que había sido seleccionado para el trabajo y se quedó como si tal cosa — I told him he had got the job and he barely reacted
4) (=nada)jamás he visto cosa semejante — I've never seen anything like it, I've never seen the like of it
¡no hay tal cosa! — nothing of the sort!
nunca he dicho nada sobre ese tema ni cosa que se le parezca — I never said anything about that subject or anything like it
5) pl cosasa) (=acciones, asuntos)¡son cosas de Juan! — that's Juan all over!, that's just like Juan!
¡cosas de niños! — boys will be boys!
¡qué cosas dices! — you do say some silly things!
¡tienes unas cosas! — the things you say!
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meterse en cosas de otros — to stick one's nose in other people's businessb)• las cosas — (=situación) things
así las cosas, se marchó de la reunión — at this point, she left the meeting
¡lo que son las cosas! — just imagine!, fancy that!
6)• cosa de — [indicando tiempo] about
7) ** [droga] hash *8) LAm [como conj]•
cosa que, camina lento, cosa que no te canses — walk slowly so (that) you don't get tiredno le digas nada, cosa que no se ofenda — don't say anything to him, that way he won't get offended, don't say anything to him in case he gets offended
* * *1)a) ( objeto) thing¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
b) (acto, acción) thingno puedo hacer otra cosa — there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can do
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s)... — what with one thing and another...
c) ( al hablar)qué cosas dices! — really, what a thing to say!
dime una cosa... — tell me something...
oye, una cosa... — ( por cierto) by the way...
d) (detalle, punto)e) (asunto, tema) thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame — if you can't come for any reason, let me know
esto no es cosa de broma/risa — this is no joke/no laughing matter
la cosa es que... — the thing is that...
2) cosas femenino plural ( pertenencias) things (pl)3) (situación, suceso)así están las cosas — that's how things are o stand
la cosa se pone negra/fea — things are starting to get unpleasant
¿cómo te van las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo está la cosa? — ( cómo está la situación) how are things?; ( cómo estás) (Ven) how are you doing?
lo que son las cosas! — well, well! o fancy that! (colloq)
en mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual — I've never seen/heard anything like it
cosa rara en él, se equivocó — he made a mistake, which is unusual for him
qué cosa más extraña! — how strange o funny!
esto es cosa de magia or de brujería — this is witchcraft!
una cosa es ser bueno y otra ser el mejor — being good is one thing, but being the best is quite another
4)a) (fam) ( ocurrencia)tienes cada cosa! — the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!
b) ( comportamiento típico)5) ( incumbencia)no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía — don't worry, I'll handle it
6) ( en locs)cosa de — (AmS fam) so as to
cosa que — (AmS fam) so that
no sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case; átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away; o cosa así or so; cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time; como quien no quiere la cosa casually; como si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happened; le dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardless; cosa de... (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes; es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go; está a cosa de dos kilómetros it's about two kilometers; darle cosa a alguien (fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funny; me da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much money; decirle a alguien un par de or cuatro cosas (fam) to tell somebody a thing or two; no ser gran cosa (fam) to be nothing special (colloq); poca cosa: es muy poca cosa ( en apariencia) he's not much to look at; ( en personalidad) he's not up to much (colloq); queda algo pero poca cosa there's some left but not much; un trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for her; poner las cosas en su lugar or sitio to put o set the record straight; ser cosa hecha (CS) to be a foregone conclusion; ser/parecer otra cosa: esto es otra cosa!, ahora sí se oye this is more like it! you can hear it now; con ese peinado parece otra cosa she looks a new woman with that hairstyle; ¿invitas tú? eso es otra cosa! are you paying? oh well, that's different, then!; las cosas claras — I like to know where I stand
* * *= thing, item, business [businesses, -pl.].Ex. A collection of medical books for the general public in a public library may deal with the same range of topics, but the indexing can probably be more broad than in a specialist index, and the terms used for the same thing may be different.Ex. Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the ↑ (Up), ↓ (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.Ex. I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.----* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* acostumbrarse a las cosas = get (back) into + the swings of things, things + grow on + Pronombre.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* arreglar las cosas = put + things right.* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.* cambiar las cosas desde dentro = change + things from the inside.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* cosa esencial = essential.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* cosa indeseable = beast.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* cosa que se inserta = insert.* cosas = stuff, matters, bits and pieces.* cosas buenas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* cosas como = the likes of.* cosas de la casa = household chores.* cosa secundaria = accidentals.* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.* cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.* cosas este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.* cosas inútiles = deadwood [dead wood].* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* cosas ricas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + salir bien = things + work out.* cosas transitorias, las = transient, the.* cosa superficial = accidentals.* cosa viva = living thing.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier otra cosa = anything else, whatever else.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].* dar sentido a las cosas = meaning making.* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el estado de las cosas = the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK].* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* en otro orden de cosas = on another topic, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.* gran cosa = big deal.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* hacer cambiar las cosas = turn + the tide on.* hacer cosas = get + things done.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* haciendo cosas = up and about.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* la cosa es que = the thing is.* la cosa principal = the number one thing.* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.* las cosas + cambiar = pendulum + swing.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* las cosas son más complicadas de lo que parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas tal y como son = the birds and the bees.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas en movimiento = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.* mismísima cosa, la = very thing, the.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* ni una cosa ni la otra = in-between, betwixt and between.* no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.* no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.* no significar gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.* no + Verbo + otra cosa que = Verbo + nothing else but.* ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* otra cosa = something else.* otra cosa que no sea = anything other than.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en movimiento = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en su lugar = set + the record straight.* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.* qué es cada cosa = what is what.* qué otra cosa = what else.* que se toma las cosas con calma = laid-back.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.* sensación de no ser ni una cosa ni la otra = in-betweenness.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* sobre todas las cosas = above all things.* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.* tomarse las cosas a la ligera = make + light of things.* tomarse las cosas con calma = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.* una buena cosa = a good thing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* una misma cosa = one and the same.* u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.* ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas positivas = look on + the bright side.* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.* y otras cosas = and things.* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.* * *1)a) ( objeto) thing¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? — anything else?
b) (acto, acción) thingno puedo hacer otra cosa — there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can do
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s)... — what with one thing and another...
c) ( al hablar)qué cosas dices! — really, what a thing to say!
dime una cosa... — tell me something...
oye, una cosa... — ( por cierto) by the way...
d) (detalle, punto)e) (asunto, tema) thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame — if you can't come for any reason, let me know
esto no es cosa de broma/risa — this is no joke/no laughing matter
la cosa es que... — the thing is that...
2) cosas femenino plural ( pertenencias) things (pl)3) (situación, suceso)así están las cosas — that's how things are o stand
la cosa se pone negra/fea — things are starting to get unpleasant
¿cómo te van las cosas? — how are things?
¿cómo está la cosa? — ( cómo está la situación) how are things?; ( cómo estás) (Ven) how are you doing?
lo que son las cosas! — well, well! o fancy that! (colloq)
en mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual — I've never seen/heard anything like it
cosa rara en él, se equivocó — he made a mistake, which is unusual for him
qué cosa más extraña! — how strange o funny!
esto es cosa de magia or de brujería — this is witchcraft!
una cosa es ser bueno y otra ser el mejor — being good is one thing, but being the best is quite another
4)a) (fam) ( ocurrencia)tienes cada cosa! — the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!
b) ( comportamiento típico)5) ( incumbencia)no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía — don't worry, I'll handle it
6) ( en locs)cosa de — (AmS fam) so as to
cosa que — (AmS fam) so that
no sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case; átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away; o cosa así or so; cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time; como quien no quiere la cosa casually; como si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happened; le dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardless; cosa de... (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes; es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go; está a cosa de dos kilómetros it's about two kilometers; darle cosa a alguien (fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funny; me da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much money; decirle a alguien un par de or cuatro cosas (fam) to tell somebody a thing or two; no ser gran cosa (fam) to be nothing special (colloq); poca cosa: es muy poca cosa ( en apariencia) he's not much to look at; ( en personalidad) he's not up to much (colloq); queda algo pero poca cosa there's some left but not much; un trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for her; poner las cosas en su lugar or sitio to put o set the record straight; ser cosa hecha (CS) to be a foregone conclusion; ser/parecer otra cosa: esto es otra cosa!, ahora sí se oye this is more like it! you can hear it now; con ese peinado parece otra cosa she looks a new woman with that hairstyle; ¿invitas tú? eso es otra cosa! are you paying? oh well, that's different, then!; las cosas claras — I like to know where I stand
* * *= thing, item, business [businesses, -pl.].Ex: A collection of medical books for the general public in a public library may deal with the same range of topics, but the indexing can probably be more broad than in a specialist index, and the terms used for the same thing may be different.
Ex: Since only twenty or so items can be displayed on the screen at a time, the &\#8593; (Up), &\#8595; (Down), Page Up and Page Down keys are used to scroll through the listing.Ex: I think this whole business about whether punctuation is obtrusive or not is quite honestly not worth discussing.* aclarar las cosas = set + the record straight.* acostumbrarse a las cosas = get (back) into + the swings of things, things + grow on + Pronombre.* apostarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* arreglar las cosas = put + things right.* así son las cosas = that's they way things are.* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.* cambiar las cosas desde dentro = change + things from the inside.* capaz de hacer cualquier cosa = capable of anything.* casi cualquier cosa = just about anything.* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.* complicar las cosas = make + things complex, add + salt to the wound, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* conjunto de cosas afines, el = whole schmier, the.* correr un velo sobre las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* cosa esencial = essential.* cosa hecha = plain sailing, walkover.* cosa indeseable = beast.* cosa inútil = dead horse.* cosa que se inserta = insert.* cosas = stuff, matters, bits and pieces.* cosas buenas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + cambiar inesperadamente = things + take a turn for the unexpected.* cosas como = the likes of.* cosas de la casa = household chores.* cosa secundaria = accidentals.* cosas + empeorar = things + get worse, things + get rough.* cosas esenciales, las = basic essentials, the.* cosas este tipo de cosas = this sort of thing.* cosas inútiles = deadwood [dead wood].* cosas + ir bien = things + go well.* cosas + mejorar = things + get better.* cosas + ponerse feas = things + get rough.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* cosas ricas = goodies [goody, -sing.].* cosas + salir bien = things + work out.* cosas transitorias, las = transient, the.* cosa superficial = accidentals.* cosa viva = living thing.* cualquier cosa = anything.* cualquier cosa que no sea = anything but.* cualquier otra cosa = anything else, whatever else.* dar cualquier cosa por Algo = give + an eye-tooth for/to.* dar las cosas masticadas = spoon-feed [spoon feed/spoonfeed].* dar sentido a las cosas = meaning making.* dejar las cosas como están = let + the matter + rest, let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar las cosas tranquilas = let + sleeping dogs lie.* dejar que Alguien haga las cosas a su manera = let + Nombre + do things + Posesivo + (own) way.* economizar en cosas importantes y derrochar en nimiedades = penny wise, pound foolish.* el estado de las cosas = the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK].* empeorar las cosas = make + matters + worse, add + salt to the wound, make + things worse, add + salt to injury, add + insult to injury, rub + salt in the wound.* encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground.* en el curso normal de las cosas = in the normal run of things, in the normal run of events.* enmarañar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* en otro orden de cosas = on another topic, as for, as regards, meanwhile, on another matter, on another note, on other matters.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* entre otras cosas = amongst other things, for one thing, inter alia, among other things.* ese tipo de cosas = that sort of thing.* estar al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* estar equivocado en + Número + cosas = be wrong on + Número + count(s).* facilitar las cosas = make + things easier.* forma de ver las cosas = way of putting things together, bent of mind.* gran cosa = big deal.* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.* hacer cambiar las cosas = turn + the tide on.* hacer cosas = get + things done.* hacer cualquier cosa = do + anything, give + Posesivo + right arm.* haciendo cosas = up and about.* jugarse cualquier cosa = bet + Posesivo + life.* la cosa es que = the thing is.* la cosa principal = the number one thing.* la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.* la forma de ver las cosas = the way + to see things.* las cosas + cambiar = pendulum + swing.* las cosas + estar + claras = the (hand)writing + be + on the wall, see it + coming.* las cosas no pasan así como así = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no pasan (así) porque sí = everything happens for a reason (and a purpose).* las cosas no son tan simples como parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas siguen igual = business as usual.* las cosas sólo pasan una vez = lightning never strikes twice.* las cosas son más complicadas de lo que parecen = there's more to it than meets the eye.* las cosas tal y como son = the birds and the bees.* llamar las cosas por su nombre = call + a spade a spade.* lo que se pierda en una cosa se gana en la otra = what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.* manera de ver las cosas = line of thought.* mantener las cosas en marcha = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas en movimiento = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantener las cosas funcionando = keep + the ball rolling, keep + it rolling.* mantenerse al tanto de las cosas = stay on + top of things, keep on + top of things, be on top of things.* más que ninguna otra cosa = beyond all else.* mismísima cosa, la = very thing, the.* muchas otras cosas = much else.* muchas otras cosas más = much else besides.* ni una cosa ni la otra = in-between, betwixt and between.* no conseguir ni una cosa ni otra = fall (between/through) + the cracks.* no pensar en otra cosa que = be wrapped up in.* no ser gran cosa = not add up to much, add up to + nothing.* no ser ni una cosa ni otra = fall between + two stools.* no significar gran cosa = not add up to much.* no suponer gran cosa = not add up to much.* no valer gran cosa = be no great shakes.* no + Verbo + otra cosa que = Verbo + nothing else but.* ocultar las cosas = sweep + things under the rug.* otra cosa = something else.* otra cosa que no sea = anything other than.* para complicar aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* para empeorar las cosas = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury.* pasar a cosas más agradables = on a happier note.* poca cosa = small fry, the.* poner las cosas en marcha = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en movimiento = get + the ball rolling, set + the ball rolling, start + the ball rolling, get + things rolling, get + things going, set + the wheels in motion.* poner las cosas en su lugar = set + the record straight.* por no decir otra cosa peor = to say the least.* por + Número + cosas = on + Número + counts.* qué es cada cosa = what is what.* qué otra cosa = what else.* que se toma las cosas con calma = laid-back.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* recoger las cosas = clear away + the things.* recoger las cosas de Uno antes de irse = pack + Posesivo + things.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* sacar las cosas de quicio = blow + things (up) out of (all) proportion.* sensación de no ser ni una cosa ni la otra = in-betweenness.* ser capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por = go to + any lengths to, go to + great lengths to.* sobre todas las cosas = above all things.* tener cosas en común = share + common ground.* tomarse las cosas a la ligera = make + light of things.* tomarse las cosas con calma = keep + a cool head, play it + cool.* una buena cosa = a good thing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* una misma cosa = one and the same.* u otra cosa = or what not [whatnot].* ver las cosas de diferente manera = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de diferente modo = see + things differently.* ver las cosas desde una perspectiva = see + things from + perspective.* ver las cosas de una manera diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas de un modo diferente = see + things differently.* ver las cosas en su conjunto = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas en su totalidad = see + things as a whole.* ver las cosas positivas = look on + the bright side.* ver las cosas positivas de la vida = look on + the bright side of life.* y otras cosas = and things.* y todo este tipo de cosas = and all this sort of thing.* * *A1 objeto2 acto, acción3 al hablar4 detalle, punto5 asunto, temaCompuestos:B1 pertenencias2 utensilios, equipoC situación, sucesoD1 ocurrencia2 comportamiento típicoE incumbenciaF peneG marihuanaH en locucionesA1 (objeto) thingcualquier cosa anything¿alguna otra cosa? or ¿alguna cosa más? anything else?pon cada cosa en su sitio put everything in its placete he traído una cosita I've brought you a little something¡pero qué cosa más bonita! ( fam); what a pretty thing!queda poca cosa there's hardly anything leftlo tienen que operar de no sé qué cosa he has to have an operation for something or other, he has to have some sort of operationhay muchas cosas que ver there are lots of things to see, there's plenty to see2(acto, acción): no sé hacer otra cosa it's the only thing I know how to dolo siento pero no puedo hacer otra cosa I'm sorry but there's nothing else I can do o it's the only thing I can dome gusta hacer las cosas bien I like to do things properlyno me gusta dejar las cosas a medias I don't like doing things by halvesentre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s) se me pasó el tiempo volando with one thing and another the time just flew byme parece la cosa más natural del mundo I think that's absolutely normal o right3(al hablar): ¡qué cosas dices, hombre! really, what a thing to say! o you do say some strange ( o silly etc) things!dime una cosa ¿tú que piensas de todo esto? tell me, what do you make of all this?oye, una cosa … ¿qué vas a hacer esta noche? by the way … what are you doing tonight?tengo que contarte una cosa there's something I have to tell you4(detalle, punto): aquí habría que aclarar una cosa importante there's an important point here that I ought to clear upaquí hay una cosa que no entiendo there's something here I don't understand5 (asunto, tema) thingtenía cosas más importantes en que pensar I had more important things to think abouthay un par de cosas que me gustaría discutir contigo there are a couple of things o matters I'd like to discuss with youno creo que la cosa funcione I don't think it's o this is going to workestá muy preocupada, y la cosa no es para menos she's very worried, and so she should be¡pues sí que tiene gracia la cosa! ( iró fam); well, that's great, isn't it! ( iro colloq)no va a ser cosa fácil it's not going to be easyen mis tiempos casarse era cosa seria in my day getting married was a serious thing o matterse enfada por cualquier cosa he gets angry over the slightest thingsi por cualquier cosa no puedes venir, avísame if you can't come for any reason, let me knowpor una cosa o por otra, siempre llega tarde for one reason or other he always arrives lateesto no es otra cosa que nervios it's just nervesesto no es cosa de broma/risa this is no joke, this is no laughing matterla cosa es que no voy a tener tiempo the thing is that o it's just that I'm not going to have timela cosa es que si no llega en cinco minutos me voy look o well, if he's not here in five minutes, I'm goingCompuestos:( Der) res judicatares publica1 (pertenencias) things (pl)se ha llevado todas sus cosas she's taken all her things o belongingslas cosas de limpiar the cleaning thingsmis cosas de deporte my sports things o gear ( colloq)C(situación, suceso): así están las cosas that's how things are o standla cosa se pone negra/fea things are getting o the situation is getting unpleasant¿cómo te van las cosas? how are things?¿cómo está la cosa? ( Ven); how are things?las cosas no andan muy bien entre ellos things aren't too good between themesas cosas no pasaban antes things like that never used to happen beforeson cosas de la vida that's life!¡lo que son las cosas! well, well! o fancy that! ( colloq)son cosas que pasan that's the way things go, these things happenademás, las cosas como son, conmigo siempre se ha portado bien besides, I have to admit he's always treated me wellen mi vida he visto/oído cosa igual I've never seen/heard anything like itcosa rara en él, se equivocó he made a mistake, which is unusual for him¡qué cosa más extraña! how strange o funny!no hay tal cosa it's not true at allesto parece cosa de magia or de brujería or ( RPl) de Mandinga this is witchcraft!una cosa es que te lo preste y otra muy distinta que te lo regale lending it to you is one thing, but giving it to you is another matter altogetherD1 ( fam)(ocurrencia): ¡tienes cada cosa! the things you think of!, the ideas you come up with!díselo como si fuera cosa tuya tell him as if it were your ideaesto es cosa de tu padre this is your father's doing o idea¡qué va a ser peligroso! eso son cosas de ella of course it isn't dangerous! that's just one of her funny notions o ideas2(comportamiento típico): no te preocupes, son cosas de niños don't worry, children are like that o do things like thatE(incumbencia): no te metas, no es cosa tuya stay out of it, it's none of your businessno te preocupes, eso es cosa mía don't worry, I'll handle iteso es cosa de mujeres that's women's workdéjalo que se vista como quiera, eso es cosa suya let him wear what he wants, it's up to him o that's his businessHme fui a dormir cosa de olvidarme I went to bed (so as) to forget about itlo anotaré aquí, cosa que no se me olvide I'll jot it down here so (that) I don't forgetno sea or no vaya a ser cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case it rainsátalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get awaymejor vamos ahora, no sea cosa que nos quedemos sin entradas we'd better go now, we don't want to get there and find there are no tickets leftigual cosa ( Chi): tuvo un hijo varón, igual cosa su hermana she had a baby boy, and so did her sister o just like her sistero cosa así or sodos horas/diez toneladas o cosa así two hours/ten tons or socada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a timecomo quien no quiere la cosa: menciónaselo como quien no quiere la cosa mention it to him casually o in passing, just slip it into the conversationcomo si tal cosa: no puedes irte como si tal cosa you can't go just like that o as if nothing had happenedle dije que era peligroso y siguió como si tal cosa I told him it was dangerous but he just carried on o he carried on regardlesscosa de … ( fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minuteses cosa de esperar, nada más it's just a question o a matter of time, that's allhace cosa de cuatro años que murió it's about o it's some four years since he diedno está muy lejos, cosa de dos kilómetros it's not very far, about two kilometerscosa fina ( Esp fam): los trenes en este país son cosa fina the trains in this country are really something o are something else ( colloq)nos divertimos cosa fina we had a whale of a time ( colloq)darle cosa a algn ( fam): me da cosa comer caracoles/ver sangre eating snails/the sight of blood makes me feel funnyme da cosa pedirle tanto dinero I feel awkward asking him for so much moneydecirle a algn un par de or cuatro cosas ( fam); to tell sb a thing or twodecir una cosa por otra to say one thing but mean anothergran cosa ( fam): la comida no fue gran cosa the food was nothing to write home about o nothing special ( colloq)su novio/la película no es or vale gran cosa her boyfriend/the movie is no great shakes ( colloq)poca cosa: es un niño delgado y poquita cosa he's a thin child, not much to look atella tan brillante y él tan poca cosa she's so brilliant and he's so mediocre, she's so brilliant but he's not up to much o he's pretty run-of-the-mill ( colloq)le dejó algo de dinero, pero poca cosa she left him some money, but not a vast amount o not muchun trabajo así es muy poca cosa para ella a job like that isn't good enough for herponer las cosas en su sitio or lugar to put o set the record straightser cosa hecha (CS); to be a foregone conclusionser/parecer otra cosa: ¡esto es otra cosa!, ahora si que se oye bien this is much better! o this is more like it! you can hear it really well nowcon ese nuevo peinado ya parece otra cosa with her new hairstyle she looks a new woman¡eso es otra cosa! si tú invitas sí que voy ah, that's different! o ( colloq) that's another kettle of fish! if you're paying, I will golas cosas claras y el chocolate espeso I like to know where I standlas cosas de palacio van despacio these things take time ( gen referring to bureaucracy)* * *
Del verbo coser: ( conjugate coser)
cosa es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
cosa
coser
cosa sustantivo femenino
1 ( en general) thing;
¿alguna otra cosa? anything else?;
pon cada cosa en su lugar put everything in its place;
entre una(s) cosa(s) y otra(s) … what with one thing and another …;
¡qué cosas dices! really, what a thing to say!;
dime una cosa … tell me something …;
tengo que contarte una cosa there's something I have to tell you;
fue cosa fácil it was easy;
se enfada por cualquier cosa he gets angry over the slightest thing;
si por cualquier cosa no puedes venir if you can't come for any reason;
por una cosa o por otra for one reason or another;
esto no es cosa de risa/broma this is no laughing matter/no joke
2
mis cosas de deporte my sports things
3 (situación, suceso):◊ así están las cosas that's how things are o stand;
la cosa se pone fea things are starting to get unpleasant;
¿cómo (te) van las cosas? how are things?;
son cosas de la vida that's life!;
¡qué cosa más extraña! how strange o funny!
4a) (fam) ( ocurrencia):◊ ¡tienes cada cosa! the things you come up (AmE) o (BrE) out with!;
esto es cosa de tu padre this is your father's doing o ideab) ( comportamiento típico):
son cosas de Ana that's one of Ana's little ways
5 ( asunto):
no te preocupes, eso es cosa mía don't worry, I'll handle it
6 ( en locs)
cosa de terminarlo so as to finish it;
cosa que (AmS fam) so that;
cosa que no me olvide so that I don't forget;
no sea cosa que: llévate el paraguas, no sea cosa que llueva take your umbrella just in case;
átalo, no sea cosa que se escape tie it up so that it doesn't get away;
ser cosa de … (fam): es cosa de unos minutos it'll (only) take a couple of minutes;
es cosa de intentarlo you just have to give it a go
coser ( conjugate coser) verbo transitivo
‹ botón› to sew on;
‹ agujero› to sew (up);
verbo intransitivo
to sew
cosa sustantivo femenino
1 thing: no hay otra cosa que comer, there's nothing else to eat
2 (asunto) matter, business: es cosa mía, that's my business
eso es otra cosa, that's different
no hay cosa más importante que tu felicidad, there is nothing more important than your happiness
2 cosas, (asuntos) affairs
cosas de chiquillos, kids' stuff
cosas de mayores, grown-up stuff
¡cosas de la vida!, that's life!
3 (ocurrencias) ¡qué cosas tienes!, what a weird idea!
♦ Locuciones: el apartamento no es gran cosa, the apartment is not up to much
lo que son las cosas, would you believe it
no he visto cosa igual, I've never seen anything like it
decir cuatro cosas, to tell a few home truths
ser cosa de, to be a matter of: es cosa de tener paciencia, it's a matter of patience
(como) cosa de, about: hace (como) cosa de una hora, about an hour ago
coser verbo transitivo
1 to sew
2 Med to stitch up
♦ Locuciones: familiar es coser y cantar, it's a piece of cake
' cosa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absurda
- absurdo
- arder
- bicoca
- carroña
- chisme
- chollo
- como
- conformarse
- consigo
- cual
- cualquier
- cualquiera
- cuidada
- cuidado
- cuya
- cuyo
- debilidad
- dejar
- él
- ella
- esmerada
- esmerado
- exquisitez
- frivolidad
- indemne
- la
- le
- limitarse
- mamarrachada
- más
- menuda
- menudo
- mía
- mío
- muchachada
- nada
- niñería
- novedad
- pedir
- pegajosa
- pegajoso
- pegote
- pillar
- plantar
- preciosidad
- preguntar
- presidir
- prodigio
- propia
English:
absence
- annoyance
- anything
- arrival
- article
- attraction
- available
- awkward
- blissful
- bore
- brittle
- bulk
- certainty
- clip
- clumsy
- come across
- commonplace
- compromise
- confuse
- connection
- convenient
- dead wood
- deficiency
- defunct
- demise
- discreet
- disposable
- ditch
- drag
- dream
- else
- escape
- fall off
- film
- get back
- gullible
- helpful
- hulk
- invention
- joke
- laugh
- lemon
- liable
- lodge
- love
- lust
- misplaced
- more
- necessity
- need
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[objeto, idea] thing;comprar unas cosas en el mercado to buy a few things at the market;alguna cosa anything;¿quieres alguna cosa? is there anything you want?;cualquier cosa anything;venden recuerdos, postales y cosas así they sell souvenirs, postcards and so on o and the like;una cosa, ¿podrías venir mañana? by the way, could you come tomorrow?;escucha, una cosa, ¿por qué no te quedas esta noche? listen, I've an idea, why don't you stay here tonight?;tengo que decirte una cosa I've got something to tell you;dime una cosa, ¿qué opinas de ella? tell me (something), what do you think of her?;es la cosa más natural del mundo it's the most natural thing in the world, it's completely normal;¡esas cosas no se dicen! you mustn't say things like that!;¡esas cosas no se hacen! it just isn't done!;este vino es cosa fina this wine is good stuff;¡habráse visto cosa igual! have you ever seen the like of it!;fue una cosa nunca vista it was really out of the ordinary;no hay tal cosa on the contrary;¡qué cosa! how strange!;no te preocupes, no es gran cosa don't worry, it's not important o it's no big deal;este cuadro no vale gran cosa this painting isn't up to much;te han dejado poca cosa they haven't left you much, they've hardly left you anything;un bocadillo es poca cosa para un chico tan voraz como él a sandwich is very little for a hungry boy like him;nos hemos comprado un apartamento, muy poquita cosa we've bought Br a flat o US an apartment, but it's nothing fancy;es guapo, pero muy poquita cosa he's good-looking, but he hasn't got much of a body;decir cuatro cosas a alguien: cuando lo vea le voy a decir cuatro cosas when I next see him I'm going to give him a piece of my mind;llamar a las cosas por su nombre [hablar sin rodeos] to call a spade a spade;llamemos a las cosas por su nombre,… let's be honest about it,…entre unas cosas y otras what with one thing and another;por unas cosas o por otras, no nos quedó tiempo de escribirte for one reason or another we didn't have time to write to you;la cosa es que ahora no quiere firmar el contrato the thing is she doesn't want to sign the contract any more;está muy enfadada, y la cosa no es para menos, le han robado el coche she's very angry and with good reason, she's had her car stolen;cada cosa a su tiempo one thing at a time;no me preguntes por qué no queda comida, es cosa de los niños don't ask me why there's no food left, ask the children;esto es cosa de magia, estoy seguro de que ayer lo dejé aquí this is most strange, I could swear I left it here yesterday;no es cosa de risa it's no laughing matter;eso de cambiar de trabajo es cosa de pensárselo changing jobs is something you need to think about carefully;es cosa de tener paciencia it's a question of being patient;no era cosa de presentarse sin avisar you couldn't just turn up without warning;con el ambiente de seriedad que había, no era cosa de contar un chiste given the seriousness of the atmosphere, it was neither the time nor the place to tell a joke;eso es cosa mía that's my affair o business;no te metas en la discusión, que no es cosa tuya you keep out of the argument, it's none of your business;eso es cosa fácil that's easy;convencerle no será cosa fácil it won't be easy o it'll be no easy task to convince him;esto es cosa seria this is a serious matter;eso es otra cosa that's another matter;¡eso es otra cosa!, esa camisa te sienta mucho mejor that's more like it, that shirt suits you much better!…y así es como están las cosas …and that's how things are at the moment;¿cómo van las cosas? how are o how's things?;estas cosas no pasarían si fuéramos más cuidadosos these things wouldn't happen if we were more careful;Famla cosa se pone fea things are getting ugly, there's trouble brewing;Famla cosa está que arde things are reaching boiling pointFamlas cosas de palacio van despacio these things usually take some time;4. [ocurrencia] funny remark;se le ocurren cosas graciosísimas she comes out with some really funny stuff o remarks;¡qué cosas tienes! you do say some funny things!5. [comportamiento]son cosas de mamá that's just the way Mum is, that's just one of Mum's little idiosyncrasies;no les riñas, son cosas de niños don't tell them off, children are like that;tenemos que aceptar su muerte, son cosas de la vida we have to accept her death, it's one of those things (that happen)6. [en frases negativas] [nada]no hay cosa peor que la hipocresía there's nothing worse than hypocrisy;no hay cosa que me reviente más que su falta de interés there's nothing (that) annoys me more than her lack of interest, what annoys me most is her lack of interestel olor a hospital me da cosa the smell of hospitals makes me feel uneasy9. Compo cosa así: [m5] tendrá treinta años o cosa así he must be thirty or thereabouts;(como) cosa de [aproximadamente] about;tardará (como) cosa de tres semanas it'll take about three weeks;a cosa hecha: se presentó al examen a cosa hecha he took o Br sat the exam convinced he would pass;hacer algo como quien no quiere la cosa [disimuladamente] to do sth innocently;[sin querer] to do sth almost without realizing it;como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened;ser cosa de oír/ver: las declaraciones del ganador son cosa de oír the winner's remarks are worth hearing;esta exposición es cosa de ver this exhibition is really worth seeing;Esp Famcosa mala: me apetece ver esa película cosa mala I'm dying to see that movie o Br film, Br I want to see that film something chronic;está lloviendo cosa mala it's pouring down, Br it's chucking it down;me gusta cosa mala I fancy the pants off her, Br I fancy her something chronic;Fama otra cosa, mariposa that's enough about that, let's change the subject;es cosa rara que se equivoque it's very rare for her to make a mistake;no ha llegado todavía, cosa rara porque siempre es muy puntual he hasn't arrived yet, which is strange, as he's usually very punctual;ni cosa que se le parezca nor anything of the kind;no sea cosa que: ten cuidado, no sea cosa que te vayas a caer be careful or you'll fall;se lo diré yo, no sea cosa que se vaya a enterar por otra persona I'll tell him because I wouldn't want him to find out from somebody else;Famlas cosas claras y el chocolate espeso stop beating around the bush, tell me things as they are;las cosas como son, nunca vas a aprobar ese examen let's face it, you're never going to pass that exam;¡lo que son las cosas! it's a funny old world!;♦ cosas nfpl[pertenencias, utensilios] things;tras su muerte, metieron sus cosas en un baúl after his death, they put his things o belongings in a trunk;¿dónde guardas las cosas de pescar? where do you keep your fishing things o tackle?* * *f thing;¿sabes una cosa? do you know something?;alguna cosa something;ser cosa fina be really something fam, be something else fam ;son cosas que pasan these things happen;son cosas de la vida that’s life;entre otras cosas among other things;como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened;decir a alguien cuatro cosas give s.o. a piece of one’s mind;eso es otra cosa that’s another matter;¿qué pasa? – poca cosa what’s new? – nothing much;cosa de about;hace cosa de un año about a year ago;le dijo que había ganado la lotería como quien no quiere la cosa he told her that he had won the lottery as though it happened to him every day;este pintor no es gran cosa he’s not much of a painter;no hay tal cosa there’s no such thing;¡qué cosa! that’s odd o strange!;lo que son las cosas well, well!, imagine that!;cosa rara oddly enough, strangely enough;son cosas de Juan that’s typical of Juan, that’s Juan all over* * *cosa nf1) : thing, object2) : matter, affair3)otra cosa : anything else, something else* * *cosa n1. (en general) thing2. (algo) something¿quieres comer alguna cosa? do you want something to eat?3. (nada) nothing4. (asunto) affair / matter¡no te metas en mis cosas! don't interfere in my affairs!no ser gran cosa to be nothing much / not to be important -
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adv.1 at all.la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the film at allno es nada extraño it's not at all strangela obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring2 a little, a bit (poco).no hace nada que salió he left just a minute ago3 not at all, not a single thing, nothing, not a bit.4 anything.intj.nothing at all.pron.1 nothing.no pasó nada nothing happenedno he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorcanada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help youno hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good booknada más nothing else, nothing moreno quiero nada más I don't want anything elseno dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at allno es nada it's nothing seriousesto no es nada that's nothingte he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little somethingcuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! it costs five million, a real snip!casi nada almost nothingcomo si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happenedde nada don't mention it, you're welcome (respuesta a 'gracias')dentro de nada any second now¡nada de eso! absolutely not!No quiero nada I don't want any.2 love (en tenis). (peninsular Spanish)f.1 nothing, bugger all.2 little bit, trace, tiny bit, tiny little bit.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: nadar.* * *1 nothing■ (no hay) nada como... there's nothing like...■ ¿te has hecho daño? --no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? --no, I'm all right thank you► adverbio1 (not) at all1 nothingness\antes de nada first of allcomo si nada just like thatde nada (no hay de qué) don't mention it, think nothing of it, (US you're welcome) 2 (insignificante) insignificant■ gracias, --de nada thanks, --don't mention itdentro de nada in a momentnada de eso not at all, nothing of the kind■ ¿se casa Maribel? --¡nada de eso! is Maribel getting married? --absolutely not!, no way!nada más... as soon as..., no sooner...nada menos que no less thanpor nada for no reason at allpor nada del mundo (not) for anything in the world¡y nada de...! and don't...!■ ¡y nada de bañarse en el río! and don't go bathing in the river!* * *1. noun f.1) nothingness2) naught2. adv. - de nada 3. pron.nothing, anything* * *1. PRON1) (=ninguna cosa) [con el verbo inglés en forma afirmativa] nothing; [con el verbo inglés en forma negativa] anythingno dijo nada en toda la tarde — he said nothing all afternoon, he didn't say anything all afternoon
no hay nada como un café después de comer — there's nothing like a coffee after your meal, nothing beats a coffee after your meal
-¿qué has comprado? -nada — "what have you bought?" - "nothing"
no entiende nada — he doesn't understand a thing o anything
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nada de, no sabe nada de español — he knows no Spanish at all, he doesn't know any Spanish at all-¿qué te cuentas? -nada de particular — "what's new?" - "nothing much" o "not a lot"
¡nada de eso! — not a bit of it!
¡nada de marcharse! — forget about leaving!
ahínada de nada — absolutely nothing, nothing at all
2) [en locuciones]a) [con verbo]•
estuvo en nada que lo perdiesen — they very nearly lost it•
no me falta de nada — I've got everything I need•
hace nada — just a moment ago•
no se parecen en nada — they're not at all alike•
quedar(se) en nada — to come to nothing•
no reparar en nada — to stop at nothing•
no servir para nada — to be utterly useless•
no ha sido nada — it's nothing, it doesn't matterb) [con preposición, adverbio]•
antes de nada, antes de nada tengo que telefonear — before I do anything else I must make a phone call•
casi nada, no costó casi nada — it cost next to nothing¡había unas cien mil personas! ¡casi nada! — there were no fewer than a hundred thousand people there!
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como si nada, se lo advertí, pero como si nada — I warned him but it was as if I hadn't spokenle dijo que estaba despedido y se quedó como si nada — she told him he was fired and he didn't even bat an eyelid
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de nada, -¡gracias! -de nada — "thanks!" - "don't mention it" o "you're welcome"¡tanto revuelo por un premio de nada! — all that fuss over such a silly little prize!
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dentro de nada — very soon•
nada más, -¿desea algo más? -nada más, gracias — "can I get you anything else?" - "no, that's all thank you"no dijo nada más — he didn't say anything else, he said nothing else
estas flores aparecen nada más terminado el invierno — these flowers come out just after the winter o as soon as the winter is over
nada más que estoy muy cansado — And, Méx it's just that I'm very tired
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(nada más y) nada menos que... — (no more and) no less than...han ganado nada menos que un coche — they've won a car, no less
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ni nada — or anythingpues no es feo ni nada — iró he's not ugly... much!
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para nada — at all-¿te gusta? -para nada — "do you like it?" - "not at all"
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por nada, por nada se echa a llorar — she's always crying over nothing o for no reason at allno por nada le llaman "apestoso" — he's not called "smelly" for nothing
¡por nada! — Cono Sur not at all!, don't mention it!
3) [como coletilla]pues nada, me voy — well, I'm off then
-¿qué pasó? -pues nada, que estuve esperando y no llegó — "what happened?" - "well, I was there waiting and he didn't arrive"
y nada, al final nos fuimos — anyway, in the end we left
4) (Tenis) love2.ADV not at all, by no meansno es nada fácil — it's not at all easy, it's by no means easy
pues no eres tú nada ambicioso — iró well you're not very ambitious, are you?... much!
3.SF* * *I1)a) nothingantes que or de nada — first of all
no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...
no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...
b) (en locs)nada de nada — (fam) not a thing
nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it
2)a) ( ninguna cosa)b) ( muy poco)con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that
estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train
c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it
pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens
3) (Esp) ( en tenis) loveIIno está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried
IIIesto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
1) (Fil)se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void
2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)* * *= anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.Ex. As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.Ex. Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.Ex. While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex. In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.Ex. Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.Ex. The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.Ex. There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.----* a cambio de nada = for nothing.* a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.* antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.* antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.* a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.* caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.* casi nada = next to nothing.* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.* contar para nada = count + for nothing.* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.* de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.* del año de la nada = from the year dot.* en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.* en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.* esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.* estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.* hacer como si nada = play it + cool.* más que nada = more than anything else.* nada bonito = unlovely.* nada claro = unclear, uncleared.* nada convencido = unimpressed.* nada convencional = unorthodox.* ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.* nada de nada = zilch.* nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.* nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.* nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.* nada envidiable = unenviable.* nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.* nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.* nada es mejor que = nothing beats....* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada extraordinario = unremarkable.* nada impresionado = unimpressed.* nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].* nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].* nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].* nada más = anything else, nothing else.* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.* nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.* nada materialista = unworldly.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.* nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.* nada sorprendente = unsurprising.* nada supera a = nothing beats....* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.* no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.* no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.* no decir nada = keep + quiet.* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.* no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.* no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.* no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.* no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.* no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.* no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.* no hay nada como = nothing beats....* no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.* no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....* no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.* no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.* no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.* no perderse nada = be no great loss.* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.* no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.* no ser nada = add up to + nothing.* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.* no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.* no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.* no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.* no significar nada = add up to + nothing.* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.* no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.* no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.* no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.* o nada en absoluto = if at all.* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.* persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.* por nada = for nothing.* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.* por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.* primero que nada = first off.* que no conduce a nada = circuitous.* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.* servir para nada = count + for nothing.* sin decir nada = dumbly.* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.* sin nada que destacar = uneventful.* sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.* trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.* * *I1)a) nothingantes que or de nada — first of all
no hay nada como... — there's nothing like...
no es por nada pero... — don't take this the wrong way but...
b) (en locs)nada de nada — (fam) not a thing
nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else; ¿algo más? - nada más anything else? - no, that's it o that's all; nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went; salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch; sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less; nada más que: no se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told; para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all; como si nada (fam): me lo dijo como si nada! she told me as if it was nothing; se quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelid; no hay nada que hacerle — (fam) that's all there is to it
2)a) ( ninguna cosa)b) ( muy poco)con or de nada se rompe — it breaks just like that
estar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren — we very nearly missed the train
c) (fam) ( uso expletivo)y nada, que al final no lo compró — anyway, in the end she didn't buy it
pues nada, ya veremos qué pasa — well o anyway, we'll see what happens
3) (Esp) ( en tenis) loveIIno está nada preocupado — he isn't at all o the least bit worried
IIIesto no me gusta nada — I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
1) (Fil)se creó de la nada — it was created from nothing o from the void
2) (Méx, RPl fam) ( pequeña cantidad)* * *= anything, nothing, nil, zero + Nombre, naught, nothingness, nowt, zilch.Ex: As an inveterate user of the British Museum Library he was able to confirm that 'a library is not worth anything without a catalogue'.
Ex: Nothing happens until the ENTER key is pressed.Ex: While our vision of our readers is hazy and our interests in them nil, then criticism must be either trivial or irrelevant.Ex: In recent years special libraries have been faced with a number of important factors, including reduced purchase budgets, zero increases in staffing, and the opportunities offered by automation.Ex: Was everything she learned for naught? She felt extinguished.Ex: The emptiness and nothingness associated with writer's block is often described as a kind of death, a place where there is nothing to decide, nothing about which to express an opinion.Ex: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's ' nowt' as controversial as that.Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.* a cambio de nada = for nothing.* a nadie le importa nada = nobody + gives a damn.* antes de nada = before long, before + Pronombre + know what + happen, before + Pronombre + know it.* antes que nada = first of all, before anything else, first off, above all things.* a propósito de nada = for no specific reason, for no particular reason.* caer en la nada = fall into + the void, fall into + (empty) space.* casi nada = next to nothing.* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.* contar para nada = count + for nothing.* decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad = to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.* de la nada = from nowhere, out of nowhere.* del año de la nada = from the year dot.* en apenas nada = in no time at all, in next to no time, in no time.* en casi nada = in no time at all, in next to no time.* en nada de tiempo = at a moment's notice, in next to no time, in no time at all, in no time.* esperar sin nada que hacer = kick + Posesivo + heels.* estar con amigos en la calle pasando el rato sin hacer nada = hang out + on the street.* estar sin hacer nada = sit + idle, stand + idle.* hablar sin decir nada = waffle.* hacer como si nada = play it + cool.* más que nada = more than anything else.* nada bonito = unlovely.* nada claro = unclear, uncleared.* nada convencido = unimpressed.* nada convencional = unorthodox.* ¡nada de eso! = no dice!.* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.* nada de nada = zilch.* nada desdeñable = not inconsiderable.* nada despreciable = not inconsiderable.* nada en absoluto = not at all, nothing whatsoever.* nada en la vida es gratuito = you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.* nada envidiable = unenviable.* nada es gratis = nothing comes without a cost.* nada es gratis en la viña del Señor = there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is no such thing as a free ride.* nada es mejor que = nothing beats....* nada + estar + más apartado de la realidad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más apartado de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada + estar + más lejos de la verdad = nothing + can + be further from the truth, nothing + can + be further from the truth.* nada extraordinario = unremarkable.* nada impresionado = unimpressed.* nada instintivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].* nada intuitivo = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].* nada lógico = counter-intuitive [counterintuitive].* nada más = anything else, nothing else.* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.* nada más y nada menos que de/por + Cantidad = to the tune of + Cantidad.* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.* nada materialista = unworldly.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* nada puede estar más alejado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* nada puede estar más apartado de la realidad = nothing can be further from the truth.* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.* nada se acaba hasta que no se acaba = nothing is done until it's done.* nada sorprendente = unsurprising.* nada supera a = nothing beats....* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.* no conducir a nada = be exercises in + futility.* no conocer a Alguien de nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* no conocer a Alguien para nada = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.* no conseguir nada = achieve + nothing.* no deber nada = pay + Posesivo + dues.* no decir nada = keep + quiet.* no decir nada a nadie = lips + seal.* no encontrar nada + Adjetivo = find far from + Adjetivo.* no estar nada + Adjetivo = be anything but + Adjetivo.* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.* no haber nada de verdad en = there + be + any/no truth to.* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.* no hacer nada = vegetate, veg out.* no hacer nada al respecto = leave + unchecked.* no hacer nada de particular = do + nothing in particular.* no hay nada como = nothing beats....* no hay nada imposible = all bets are off.* no hay nada mejor que = nothing beats....* no hay nada oculto = what you see is what you get.* no importar nada = not give a shit, not give a fuck.* no parecerse en nada a = be nothing like.* no perderse nada = be no great loss.* no querer saber más nada de = drop + Nombre + like a hot potato, drop + Nombre + like a hot brick.* no querer saber nada de = want + nothing to do with.* no querer tener nada que ver con = want + nothing to do with.* no revelar nada a nadie = lips + seal.* no ser nada = add up to + nothing.* no ser nada fácil = be hard-pushed to.* no servir de nada = be of no avail, be to no avail.* no servir de nada que + Subjuntivo = no use + Ving.* no servir para nada = be good for nothing, pissing into the wind, be of no avail, be to no avail, all + be for + naught.* no significar nada = add up to + nothing.* no suponer nada = add up to + nothing.* no tener nada en contra de Algo = have + nothing against, have + no quarrel about + Nombre.* no tener nada que perder = have + nothing to lose.* no tener nada que ver con = be irrelevant to.* no tener tiempo de nada = have + not a moment to spare.* o nada en absoluto = if at all.* para nada = in vain, to no avail, without any avail, vainly, of no avail.* para que no falte de nada = for good measure.* persona que nunca se deshace de anda = hoarder, packrat, magpie.* por nada = for nothing.* por nada del mundo = for the life of me.* por nada o casi nada = at little or no extra cost.* por no decir nada de = to say nothing of.* por poco o nada = at little or no extra cost.* por probar nada se pierde = nothing ventured, nothing gained.* primero que nada = first off.* que no conduce a nada = circuitous.* quien nada arriesga nada gana = nothing ventured, nothing gained.* reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.* saber un poco de todo y mucho de nada = jack of all trades, master of none.* sentarse sin hacer nada = sit + idle.* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.* servir de poco o nada = be of little or no avail.* servir para nada = count + for nothing.* sin decir nada = dumbly.* sin dejar nada fuera = the works!.* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.* sin nada que destacar = uneventful.* sin poder hacer nada = helplessly.* trabajar a cambio de nada = work for + nothing.* una cosa no + tener + nada que ver con la otra = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* y antes de nada = the next thing + Pronombre + know.* * *nada1A1 nothinges mejor que nada it's better than nothingde nada sirve que le compres libros si no los lee there's no point in buying him books if he doesn't read themantes que or de nada first of allnada te faltará or no te faltará nada you won't want for anythingno hay nada como un buen baño caliente there's nothing like a nice hot bathhace dos días que no come nada he hasn't eaten a thing o anything for two days¡no sirves para nada! you're uselessno se hizo nada he wasn't hurtno sé por qué llora, yo no le hice nada I don't know why he's crying, I didn't touch him¿te has hecho daño? — no, no ha sido nada did you hurt yourself? — no, it's nothing¡perdón! — no fue nada sorry! — that's all rightno es por nada pero … don't take this the wrong way but …se fue sin decir nada she left without a wordnadie me dio nada nobody gave me anythingnada DE algo:no necesita nada de azúcar it doesn't need any sugar at alleso no tiene nada de gracia that's not in the least bit o not at all funny¡nada de juegos or jugar ahora! you're not playing o I don't want any games now!2 ( en locs):nada de nada ( fam); not a thingnada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all o that's the lotno se pudo hacer nada más or más nada por él nothing more could be done for himnada más fui yo ( Méx); I was the only one who wentno nada más yo lo critico ( Méx); I'm not the only one to criticize himsalí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunchsacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no lessnada más llegar subió a verla as soon as he arrived he went up to see hernada más que: la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truthno se lo dije nada más que a él he's the only one I told, I didn't tell anyone except him o but himnada que … ( Andes fam): ya son las diez y nada que vienen it's already ten o'clock and there's still no sign of thempara nada not … at allese tema no se tocó para nada that topic didn't come up at allno me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all o one little bitahí es nada ( fam iró): hicieron un par de millones, ahí es nada they made a couple of million … peanuts o chickenfeed! ( colloq iro)como si nada ( fam): ¡me lo dice como si nada! she tells me as casual as you like, and she tells me as if it was nothingse quedó como si nada she didn't even bat an eyelidse lo dije mil veces, pero como si nada I told her over and over again, but it didn't do the slightest bit of goodno estás/está en nada ( Ven arg); you're/he's so uncool ( colloq), you don't/he doesn't have a clue ( colloq)no hay nada que hacerle ( fam); that's all there is to it, there are no two ways about itB1(algo): ¿has visto alguna vez nada igual? have you ever seen the like of it o the likes of it o anything like it?antes de que digas nada before you say anything2(muy poco): con or de nada se rompe it breaks just like thatfue un golpe de nada it was only a little bumpen nada de tiempo in no time at allcompraron la casa por nada they bought the house for next to nothingdentro de nada very soon, in no time at allestar en nada: estuvo en nada que perdiéramos el tren we very nearly missed the trainno nos vieron, pero estuvo en nada they didn't see us, but it was a close call o shave3 ( fam)(uso expletivo): y nada, que al final no lo compró anyway, in the end she didn't buy itpues nada, ya veremos qué pasa well o anyway, we'll see what happensC ( Esp) (en tenis) lovequince-nada fifteen-lovenada2no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worriedanoche no dormí nada I didn't sleep a wink o at all last nightno me gusta nada lo que has hecho I don't like what you've done one bitnada3A ( Fil):la nada nothingel universo se creó de la nada the universe was created from nothing o from the voidsurgió de la nada it came out of nowhereB(Méx, RPl fam) (pequeña cantidad): ¿le diste vino al bebé? — sólo una nada did you give the baby wine? — only a tiny drople puse una nada de sal I added a tiny pinch of saltganó por una nada he won by a whisker* * *
Del verbo nadar: ( conjugate nadar)
nada es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
nada
nadar
nada pronombre
1a) nothing;
de nada sirve que le compres libros there's no point in buying him books;
antes que or de nada first of all;
no quiere nada he doesn't want anything;
¡no sirves para nada! you're useless;
sin decir nada without a wordb) ( en locs)
nada de nada (fam) not a thing;
nada más: no hay nada más there's nothing else;
¿algo más? — nada más anything else? — no, that's it o that's all;
nada más fui yo (Méx) I was the only one who went;
salí nada más comer I went out right o straight after lunch;
sacó (nada más ni) nada menos que el primer puesto she came first no less;
para nada: no me gustó para nada I didn't like it at all;
por nada: la compraron por nada they bought it for next to nothing;
discuten por nada they argue over nothing;
llora por nada she cries at the slightest little thing
2 (Esp) ( en tenis) love;
■ adverbio:◊ no está nada preocupado he isn't at all o the least bit worried;
esto no me gusta nada I don't like this at all o (colloq) one bit
nadar ( conjugate nadar) verbo intransitivo
◊ ¿sabes nada? can you swim?;
nada (estilo) mariposa/pecho to do (the) butterfly/breaststroke;
nada de espalda or (Méx) de dorso to do (the) back stroke
c)◊ nadar en ( tener mucho): nada en dinero to be rolling in money (colloq);
el pollo nadaba en grasa the chicken was swimming in grease
verbo transitivo
to swim
nada
I pron
1 (ninguna cosa) nothing: ¿qué te cuentas?, - nada nuevo, how it's going?, - nothing new
(con otro negativo) nothing, not... anything: no hay nada más importante, there is nothing more important
no tocamos nada, we didn't touch anything
no lo cambiaría por nada del mundo, I wouldn't change it for anything on earth
2 (en preguntas) anything: ¿no tienes nada que decir?, don't you have anything to say?
3 (muy poco) con la niebla no veíamos nada, we couldn't see a thing in the fog
no fue nada, (herida, golpe) I wasn't hurt
(respuesta a una disculpa) it's all right
4 (en ciertas construcciones) anything
más que nada, more than anything: me importa más que nada, it means more than anything else to me
sin decir nada, without saying anything/a word
II adverbio not at all: no nos aburrimos nada, we weren't bored at all
no escribe nada mal, he doesn't write at all badly
III sustantivo femenino nothingness
♦ Locuciones: casi nada, almost nothing
gracias, - de nada, thanks, - don't mention it
más que nada: te lo digo más que nada para que no vayas a meter la pata, more than anything else I'm telling you so you don't put your foot in it
nada más: nada más oírlo, as soon as she heard it
familiar para nada, not at all
nadar verbo intransitivo
1 Dep to swim: no sé nadar, I can't swim
2 (un objeto) to float
3 (tener en abundancia) nada en libros, she has a lot of books
' nada' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absolutamente
- adelantar
- adorno
- amilanarse
- amohinarse
- balde
- bastante
- bregar
- cabo
- callar
- calmarse
- cero
- ciega
- ciego
- clara
- claro
- comecome
- como
- comparecencia
- concreta
- concreto
- conducir
- contra
- dar
- débil
- decir
- derecha
- desocupada
- desocupado
- doblar
- doblarse
- doble
- ecuánime
- embalarse
- envidiar
- escaramuza
- escarceo
- faltar
- frescura
- ir
- gusto
- hablar
- incumbir
- interés
- interlunio
- jota
- jueves
- maldita
- maldito
- más
English:
all
- all right
- amusing
- antsy
- anything
- associate
- avail
- blank
- board
- breathe
- burn
- clash
- clear
- click
- come into
- contrary
- cop
- damn
- dark
- dark horse
- dead
- depth
- dim
- dishwater
- disorderly
- drone
- dwindle
- earth
- earthly
- easy
- enforce
- ever
- excuse
- first
- flair
- further
- go on
- go without
- going
- good
- hand
- hang about
- hang around
- hardly
- harm
- have
- head
- home
- hot
- ill-considered
* * *♦ pron1. [ninguna cosa o cantidad] nothing;[en negativas] anything;no he leído nada de Lorca I haven't read anything by Lorca;no pasó nada nothing happened;a él nada parece satisfacerle he never seems to be satisfied with anything;de nada vale insistir there's no point in insisting;nada me gustaría más que poder ayudarte there's nothing I'd like more than to be able to help you;no hay nada como un buen libro there's nothing (quite) like a good book;tranquilos, no es nada don't worry, it's nothing serious;casi nada almost nothing;esto no es nada that's nothing;no queda nada de café there's no coffee left;no tengo nada de ganas de ir I don't feel like going at all;no dijo nada de nada he didn't say anything at all;no me ha gustado nada de nada I didn't like it at all o one little bit;nada de quejas, ¿de acuerdo? no complaining, right?, I don't want any complaints, right?;nada más nothing else, nothing more;¿desean algo más? – nada más, gracias do you want anything else? – no, that's everything o all, thank you;no quiero nada más I don't want anything else;me dio de plazo dos días nada más she only gave me two days to do it;me ha costado nada más que 20 dólares it only cost me 20 dollars;¡tanto esfuerzo para nada! all that effort for nothing!es muy frágil y con nada se parte it's very fragile and is easily broken;dentro de nada any second now;lo he visto salir hace nada I saw him leave just a moment ago o just this minute;no hace nada que salió he left just a moment ago o just this minute;por nada se enfada she gets angry at the slightest thing, it doesn't take much for her to get angry;CAm, Col, Ven Fama cada nada every five minutes, constantly;Méxen nada estuvo que se casara he very nearly got marriedtreinta nada thirty love4. [expresando negación]¡nada de eso! absolutely not!;no pienso ir, ni llamar, ni nada I won't go, or call, or anything;no tenemos ni coche, ni moto, ni nada que se le parezca we don't have a car or a motorbike, or anything of that sort5. Comp¡ahí es nada!, ¡casi nada!: cuesta cinco millones, ¡ahí es nada! o [m5]¡casi nada! it costs a cool five million!;como si nada as if nothing was the matter, as if nothing had happened;(nada más y) nada menos que [cosa] no less than;[persona] none other than; Famni nada: ¡no es alta ni nada la chica! she's tall all right!, you could say she's tall!;no es por nada: no es por nada pero creo que estás equivocado don't take this the wrong way, but I think you're mistaken;no es por nada pero llevas la bragueta abierta by the way, your fly's undone♦ adv1. [en absoluto] at all;la película no me ha gustado nada I didn't like the movie at all;no he dormido nada I didn't get any sleep at all;no es nada extraño it's not at all strange;la obra no es nada aburrida the play isn't the slightest bit boring;no está nada mal it's not at all bad;no nos llevamos nada bien we don't get on at all well;Fam¿te importa que me quede? – ¡para nada! do you mind if I stay? – of course not! o not at all!♦ nf1.[el no ser]la nada nothingness, the void;2. Méx, RP Fam [muy poco]le pedí plata y me dio una nada I asked him for some money and he gave me next to nothing;comí una nada de helado I had a tiny bit of ice cream♦ de nada loc adjte he traído un regalito de nada I've brought you a little something;es sólo un rasguño de nada it's just a little scratch♦ nada más loc adv1. [al poco de]nada más salir de casa… no sooner had I left the house than…, as soon as I left the house…;nos iremos nada más cenar we'll go as soon as we've had dinner, we'll go straight after dinner* * *I pron nothing;no hay nada there isn’t anything;no es nada it’s nothing;nada más nothing else;nada menos que no less than;nada de nada nothing at all;para nada not at all;no lo entiendes para nada you don’t understand at all;lo dices como si nada you talk about it as if it was nothing;más que nada more than anything;no lo haría por nada del mundo I wouldn’t do it if you paid me;por menos de nada for no reason at all;nada más llegar as soon as I arrived;antes de nada first of all;¡nada de eso! fam you can put that idea out of your head;¡casi nada! peanuts!;¡de nada! you’re welcome, not at all;pues nada, … well, …II adv not at all;no ha llovido nada it hasn’t rained;no estoy nada contento I’m not at all happyIII f nothingness* * *nada adv: not at all, not in the leastno estamos nada cansados: we are not at all tirednada nf1) : nothingness2) : smidgen, bituna nada le disgusta: the slightest thing upsets himnada pron1) : nothingno estoy haciendo nada: I'm not doing anything2)casi nada : next to nothing3)de nada : you're welcome4)dentro de nada : very soon, in no time5)nada más : nothing else, nothing more* * *nada1 adv at allnada2 pron1. nothing / not... anythingno hay nada, está vacío there's nothing there, it's empty2. (en tenis) lovenada de no / anyno tengo nada de dinero I've got no money / I haven't got any moneyno habla nada de inglés he speaks no English / doesn't speak any Englishnada más... as soon as...nada más entrar, vi a Fernando I saw Fernando as soon as I went in -
17 se
1. conj ifse mai if need bese mai arrivasse... should he arrive...come se as ifse no if not2. pron = si in front of lo, la, li, le, ne* * *se1 cong.1 (con valore condiz.) if: se comincia, se comincerà a parlare, non la finirà più, if he starts talking, he'll never stop; se ci vediamo, ne parliamo, if we meet, we can talk about it; se verrai, ti divertirai, you'll enjoy yourself if you come; se tutto va bene, domani siamo a casa, if all goes well, we'll be home by tomorrow; se volete arrivare in tempo, dovete sbrigarvi, if you want to arrive in time, you'll have to hurry up; ti passiamo a prendere se vuoi, we'll call for you if you like; se non mi trovi in casa, chiamami in ufficio, if you don't find me at home, call me at the office; se non disturbo, ti vengo a trovare, I'll come and see you, if it's all right with you; se non ha contanti, può pagare con un assegno, if you haven't the cash you can pay by cheque; se non ti dispiace ci vediamo un'altra volta, we'll see each other some other time if you don't mind; se non troveremo posto in aereo, verremo in treno, if we can't find seats on the plane we'll come by train; se fossi in te, mi prenderei una vacanza, if I were you, I'd have a holiday; se avessi i soldi, mi comprerei un appartamento più grande, if I had the money, I'd buy myself a bigger flat; se potesse aiutarti lo farebbe, if he could help you, he would; se dovesse piovere, la gara sarà rinviata, should it (o if it should) rain, the competition will be postponed; se non abitassero così lontano, li vedremmo più spesso, if they didn't live so far away, we'd see them more often; se non fosse così tardi, vi direi di venire a casa mia, if it weren't so late, I'd tell you to come to my place; se avessi studiato di più, saresti stato promosso, if you had studied harder, you would have passed; sarebbe arrivato prima, se non avesse perso il treno, he would have arrived sooner, if he hadn't missed the train; promise che, se fosse passato da Milano, sarebbe venuto a salutarci, he promised that if he was passing through Milan, he would come and see us; disse che l'avrebbe comprato se non fosse stato così caro, he said he would have bought it, if it hadn't been so expensive // In alcune frasi incidentali: se non mi sbaglio, if I'm not mistaken (o wrong); se possibile, se si può, if possible; se (è) necessario, if (it's) necessary; se ho ben capito, if I've got it right; se è lecito, if I may: posso chiederti, se è lecito, dove te ne vai stasera?, I'd like to know where you're going this evening, if it isn't a rude question2 ( in frasi dubitative e interrogative indirette) whether, if: non so se dovrei dirglielo o no, I don't know whether I should tell him or not; chissà se sono già partiti, I wonder whether they have already left; mi domando se sia stata una buona idea, I wonder whether it was a good idea; è indeciso se accettare o rifiutare l'offerta, he's undecided whether to accept the offer or not; si chiedeva se lei l'avrebbe mai perdonato, he wondered whether she would ever forgive him; telefoniamogli per sentire se ha voglia di uscire, let's phone him to find out if he feels like going out // non so se mi spiego, I don't know if you get my meaning // Con uso rafforzativo o enfatico: Se è vero? Ma è verissimo!, it's as true as I'm standing here; lo so io se ce ne vuole di pazienza!, I know how much patience is needed!; immagina se ero contento!, you can imagine how happy I was!3 ( con valore desiderativo) if only: se lui fosse qui!, if only he were here!; se vincessi al totocalcio!, if only I could win the football pools!; se potessi essere a casa mia!, if only I could be back home!; se ( solo) l'avessi saputo!, if only I had known!; se fossero arrivati in tempo!, if only they had arrived in time! // se Dio vuole!, ( finalmente) thank God! // se tu sapessi!, if you only knew!; se lo prendo!, if I lay my hands on him! // e se provassimo?, suppose we try?; e se facessimo un bridge?, what about a game of bridge?4 ( con valore causale) if: se ti dico che è vero, devi credermi!, if I tell you it's true, you've got to believe me!; se eri in ritardo, potevi prendere un taxi, if you were late, you could have taken a taxi; se lo sapeva, perché non ci ha avvertito?, if he knew, why didn't he tell us?5 (con valore concessivo, spesso rafforzato da anche, pure, neppure) (even) if: se lui aveva ragione, noi non avevamo torto, even if he was right, we weren't wrong (either); se anche ha sbagliato, non per questo lo condanno, even if he made a mistake, I'm not going to condemn him for it; se pure volesse rimediare, ormai è troppo tardi, even if he wanted to make amends, it's too late now; anche se vinceranno la partita, non entreranno in finale, even if they win the match, they won't qualify for the final; non ci crederei neppure se lo vedessi con i miei occhi, I wouldn't believe it even if I saw it with my own eyes6 come se, as if, as though: come se fosse colpa mia, as if (o as though) it were my fault; come se non lo conoscessimo!, as if we didn't know him!; ti comporti come se non te ne importasse nulla, you behave as if (o as though) you didn't care.◆ FRASEOLOGIA: se mai → semmai // se no, if not (o otherwise): dammi retta, se no te ne pentirai, listen to me, if not (o otherwise) you'll be sorry // se non, if not; ( tranne) but: le vittime saranno un migliaio, se non di più, there must be about a thousand victims, if not more; questa è una delle sue opere migliori, se non la migliore di tutte, this is one of his best works, if not the best; in quelle condizioni non si poteva far altro se non aspettare, in that state of affairs there was nothing else to do but (o except) wait; non può essere stato se non lui, it can only have been he (o him) // se non altro, if nothing as if else (o more); if only; ( almeno) at least: se non altro è onesto, he's honest, if nothing else (o at least he's honest); telefonagli, se non altro per educazione, phone him, if only out of politeness; non ha vinto la gara ma, se non altro, ha partecipato, he didn't win the competition, but at least he took part; non si è divertito, ma se non altro si è riposato, he didn't enjoy himself, but at least he had a rest // se non che → sennonché // se non fosse ( stato) per..., but for...: se non fosse ( stato) per lui, non ci troveremmo in questa situazione, but for him we wouldn't have been in this situation // se non fosse che, but for the fact that, (form.) but that; se non fosse che le prove dimostrano la sua colpa, non ci crederei, but for the fact that (o form. but that) the evidence proves his guilt, I wouldn't believe it.se1 s.m.1 ( incertezza) if: con tutti i suoi ma e se non combina mai nulla, with all his ifs and buts, he never does anything2 ( obiezione) condition; (fam.) a big if: accetto, ma c'è un se, I accept, but there's one condition (o there's a big if).se2 pron.pers.m. e f. di 3a pers.sing. e pl. ( usato in luogo di si davanti ai pron.pers. lo, la, li, le e alla particella pron. ne; in inglese non si traduce): se ne andò, he, she went away; se ne discusse a lungo, they (o we) talked it over at length; se lo portarono via, they carried him away; non se l'è fatto dire due volte, he didn't need to be told twice.* * *abbr1) (= Sud-Est) SE2) (= Sua Eccellenza) HE* * *I 1. [se]1) (condizionale) ifse telefona, digli che non ci sono — if he phones, tell him I'm not in
se fossi in te o al tuo posto if I were you; sarei contento se piovesse — I would be happy if it rained
2) (causativo)se lo sapevi perché non me l'hai detto? — since you knew, why didn't you tell me?
se proprio insisti, vengo — if you insist, I'll come
3) (concessivo) ifse anche, anche se — even if, even though
è furbo, anche se non sembra — he's sly although he doesn't look it
4) (in frasi esclamative) ifse (solo o almeno) lo avessi saputo! if only I had known! had I known! se Dio vuole! God willing! se ho voglia di partire? ma certo! — do I want to leave? but of course I do!
6) (per introdurre una dubitativa o un'interrogativa indiretta) if, whether7) se non if not, unlessnon ha preso con sé nulla se non un libro — he didn't take anything with him apart from o other than a book
una delle città più belle, se non addirittura la più bella — one of the most beautiful cities, if not the most beautiful
se non fosse stato per me, sarebbe andato — he would have gone but for me
8) se no if not, otherwise, or elsesmettila, se no... — stop that now, or else...
non è per niente pericoloso, se no non lo farei — it's quite safe, otherwise I wouldn't do it
9) se maise mai vedessi — if you ever see o if ever you see
2.se mai andrò da qualche parte, sarà in Australia — I'm going to Australia, if anything o if I go anywhere
sostantivo maschile (incertezza) ifII [se]se l'è presa comoda — he took his time, he took it easy
••se ne sono andati — they left, they went away
Note:v. la nota della voce io* * *se1/se/Rinviando alla voce qui sotto per i diversi valori semantici espressi dalla congiunzione se, vanno specificati i seguenti punti. - Il se condizionale è seguito da should per marcare un'ipotesi remota: se telefonasse qualcuno... (= se qualcuno dovesse telefonare...) = if anybody should phone...; if nella frase condizionale può essere sostituito, usando uno stile elevato, dall'inversione tra soggetto e ausiliare: se avessi saputo che era a Roma... = had I known he was in Rome... - Quando, dopo verbi come to ask, to know, to wonder ecc., se introduce un'interrogativa indiretta o una dubitativa, la traduzione è if oppure whether, quest'ultimo usato specialmente se lo stile è più formale o se viene esplicitata l'alternativa se... o: non so se lo sa = I don't know if he knows; mi chiedo se l'abbia fatto o meno = I wonder whether he did it or not. - Quando se non è reso con unless, questa congiunzione concentra in sé il contenuto negativo della frase, che pertanto non richiede negazione e ausiliare: se non me lo dici subito... = unless you tell me at once...1 (condizionale) if; se telefona, digli che non ci sono if he phones, tell him I'm not in; se vuoi vengo con te I'll come with you if you like; se fossi in te o al tuo posto if I were you; sarei contento se piovesse I would be happy if it rained2 (causativo) se lo sapevi perché non me l'hai detto? since you knew, why didn't you tell me? se proprio insisti, vengo if you insist, I'll come3 (concessivo) if; se anche, anche se even if, even though; è furbo, anche se non sembra he's sly although he doesn't look it4 (in frasi esclamative) if; se (solo o almeno) lo avessi saputo! if only I had known! had I known! se Dio vuole! God willing! se ho voglia di partire? ma certo! do I want to leave? but of course I do!5 (per esprimere suggerimento) e se andassimo al cinema? what about going to the cinema? e se tu passassi il weekend con noi? why don't you come and spend the weekend with us? e se portassi il dolce? what if I bring the dessert?6 (per introdurre una dubitativa o un'interrogativa indiretta) if, whether; mi chiedo se verrà I wonder if he will come; mi chiedo se sia vero (o no) I wonder whether it's true (or not)7 se non if not, unless; non ha preso con sé nulla se non un libro he didn't take anything with him apart from o other than a book; una delle città più belle, se non addirittura la più bella one of the most beautiful cities, if not the most beautiful; se non fosse stato per me, sarebbe andato he would have gone but for me; se non smetti di fumare ti rovinerai la salute you'll ruin your health unless you give up smoking; se non altro if nothing else8 se no if not, otherwise, or else; smettila, se no... stop that now, or else...; non è per niente pericoloso, se no non lo farei it's quite safe, otherwise I wouldn't do it9 se mai se mai vedessi if you ever see o if ever you see; se mai andrò da qualche parte, sarà in Australia I'm going to Australia, if anything o if I go anywhere(incertezza) if; ci sono molti se e ma there are lots of ifs and buts.————————se2/se/v. la nota della voce io.pron.pers.se l'è presa comoda he took his time, he took it easy; se la sono vista brutta they had a narrow escape; se ne sono andati they left, they went away. -
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1. adverbsomebody has been there before — (fig. coll.) jemand weiß Bescheid
there or thereabouts — so ungefähr
be down/in/up there — da unten/drin/oben sein
there goes... — da geht/fährt usw....
are you there? — (on telephone) sind Sie noch da od. (ugs.) dran?
2) (calling attention)hello or hi there! — hallo!
there's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]
3) (in that respect) daso there — und damit basta (ugs.)
there you are wrong — da irrst du dich
there, it is a loose wire — da haben wir's - ein loser Draht
there it is — (nothing can be done about it) da kann man nichts machen
there you are — (giving something) [da,] bitte schön (see also 2. 2))
4) (to that place) dahin, dorthin [gehen, gelangen, fahren, rücken, stellen]we got there and back in two hours — wir brauchten für Hin- und Rückweg [nur] zwei Stunden
down/in/up there — dort hinunter/hinein/hinauf
get there first — jemandem/den anderen zuvorkommen
get there — (fig.) (achieve) es [schon] schaffen; (understand) es verstehen
was there anything in it? — war da irgendetwas drin? (ugs.)
there are many kinds of... — es gibt viele Arten von...
there was once an old woman who... — es war einmal eine alte Frau, die...
there was no beer left — es gab kein Bier mehr
there's no time for that now — dafür haben wir/habe ich jetzt keine Zeit
2. interjection... if ever there was one —... wie er/sie/es im Buche steht
2) (expr. triumph or dismay)there [you are]! — da, siehst du! (see also 1. 3))
3. nounthere, you've dropped it! — da, jetzt hast du es doch fallen lassen!
da, dortnear there — da od. dort in der Nähe
* * *[ðeəʳ, ðəʳ, AM ðer, ðɚ]1. (in, at that place) dort, dawhere are my glasses? — right \there beside you! wo ist meine Brille? — gleich dort neben dir!\there's that book you were looking for hier ist das Buch, das du gesucht hasthere and \there hier und da\there and then [or then and \there] auf der Stelle, sofortto be \there to do sth dazu da sein, etw zu tun▶ to be \there for sb für jdn da sein\there or thereabouts (at or near place) in der Gegend dort, dort irgendwo fam; (approximately) so ungefährforty years, \there or thereabouts, had elapsed so ungefähr vierzig Jahre waren vergangen2. (at the place indicated) dort, daI've left the boxes under \there ich habe die Schachteln dort unten hingestelltif anyone wants out, \there's the door! wenn jemand gehen möchte, dort ist die Tür!that girl \there has it das Mädchen dort hat esin \there da drin[nen]out \there da draußenover \there da [o dort] drübenup \there dort oben3. (to a place) dahin, dorthinput the chair \there stell den Stuhl dahinthe museum was closed today — we'll go \there tomorrow das Museum ist heute zu — wir gehen morgen hinwe'll never get \there in time wir kommen niemals rechtzeitig hintry again, you'll get \there in the end versuch es nochmal, du schaffst es schonyou'll get \there if you think about it hard enough du verstehst es schon, wenn du lange genug darüber nachdenkst\there and back hin und zurückin \there dort hineinread out the rest of the letter, don't stop \there! lies' den Brief fertig, hör' nicht hier aufI'd have to disagree with you \there in diesem Punkt [o da] muss ich Ihnen leider widersprechen5. (to introduce sentences)\there's Linda coming da kommt Linda\there's a good boy/girl/dog braver Junge/braves Mädchen/braver Hundtie your shoelaces, \there's a good girl binde dir die Schnürsenkel zu, sei ein liebes Mädchen\there appears [or seems] to be... anscheinend gibt es...\there appeared to be some difficulty in fixing a date for the meeting es scheint Schwierigkeiten zu geben, einen Termin für die Sitzung zu finden6. (to express existence)▪ \there is es gibt\there's someone on the phone for you [da ist jemand am] Telefon für dich\there's no doubt as to who is the best candidate es besteht kein Zweifel, wer der beste Kandidat/die beste Kandidatin ist\there are lives at stake es stehen Leben auf dem Spielis \there any food left? ist noch etwas zu essen da?\there being no other possibility,... da es keine andere Möglichkeit gab,...I don't want \there to be any problems ich will nicht, dass es irgendwelche Probleme gibt7. (said to attract attention)hello \there! hallo!\there goes the phone das ist das Telefon8.▶ to not be all \there ( fam: mentally lacking) nicht ganz da sein fam; (no longer mentally fit) nicht mehr ganz auf der Höhe sein fam▶ \there you are [or go] ( fam: what you wanted) hier bitte; (expressing confirmation, triumph or resignation) aber bitte\there you are — that'll be £3.80 please hier bitte — das macht 3,80 Pfundyou press the button and \there you are du drückst auf den Knopf, das ist alleswe didn't win the competition, but \there you go — we can always try again next year wir haben den Wettkampf zwar nicht gewonnen, aber bitte — wir können es nächstes Jahr noch einmal versuchen\there you are! I knew you'd forget if you didn't write it down da haben wir's! ich wusste, dass du es vergessen würdest, wenn du es dir nicht aufschreibstsometimes it is embarrassing, but \there you go manchmal ist es peinlich, aber so ist es nun malat the end of the day we are \there to make money schließlich sind wir dazu da, Geld zu verdienenbest friends are [always] \there for each other in times of trouble gute Freunde sind in schweren Zeiten [immer] füreinander an▶ \there you go again das übliche Spiel\there she goes again — she never knows when to stop es ist immer dasselbe — sie weiß nie, wann es genug ist\there goes my career das war's wohl mit meiner Karriere! fam▶ \there you have it na siehst dusimply turn the handle three times and \there you have it drehe einfach dreimal den Griff und schon geht's▶ to be neither here nor \there keine Rolle spielen▶ \there it is was soll'spretty ridiculous, I know, but \there it is ziemlich lächerlich, ich weiß, aber was soll's▶ to not be \there yet noch nicht bereit seinII. interj1. (expressing sympathy) da!, schau!\there, \there! [or \there now!] ganz ruhig!, schon gut!\there, \there, don't cry, it won't hurt for long schon gut, weine nicht, es wird nicht lang weh tun2. (expressing satisfaction) na bitte!, siehst du!\there, I've made it work at last na also, ich hab's wieder repariert\there, I told you she wouldn't mind! siehst du, ich habe dir gesagt, dass es ihr nichts ausmacht3. (annoyance) also bitte4. ( fam)so \there! und damit basta!you can't share, so \there! du kannst nicht teilen, und damit basta!* * *[ðɛə(r)]1. adv1) dort, da; (with movement) dorthin, dahinlook, there's Joe/there's Joe coming — guck mal, da ist/kommt Joe
it's under/over/in there — es liegt dort or da drunter/drüben/drin
put it under/over/in/on there — stellen Sie es dort or da drunter/rüber or hinüber/rein or hinein/drauf or hinauf
let's stop there — hören wir doch da auf; (travelling) halten wir doch da or dort an
2) (fig: on this point) dayou've got me there —
3)there is/are — es or da ist/sindthere was once a castle here — hier war or stand einmal eine Burg
there is dancing afterwards — danach ist Tanz, danach wird getanzt
there's a book I want to read — da ist ein Buch, das ich lesen möchte
is there any wine left? – well, there was — ist noch Wein da? – gerade war noch welcher da
there isn't any food/time/point, is there? – yes there is — es gibt wohl nichts zu essen/dazu haben wir wohl keine Zeit/das hat wohl keinen Sinn, oder? – doch!
there seems to be no-one at home —
there comes a time when... — es kommt eine Zeit, wo...
there being no alternative solution —
there will be an opportunity for shopping God said: let there be light, and there was light — es wird Gelegenheit zum Einkaufen geben und Gott sprach: es werde Licht! und es ward Licht
there you are (giving sb sth) — hier(, bitte)!; (on finding sb) da sind Sie ja!
there you or we are, you see, I knew he'd say that — na, sehen Sie, ich habe es ja gewusst, dass er das sagen würde
wait, I'll help you... there you are! — warten Sie, ich helfe Ihnen,... so(, das wärs)!
you press the switch and there you are! — Sie brauchen nur den Schalter zu drücken, das ist alles
I can't dance, but there again, I never could — ich kann nicht tanzen, aber das habe ich eigentlich noch nie gekonnt
2. interjthere! there! — na, na!
stop crying now, there's a good boy —
drop it, there's a good dog — lass das fallen, komm, sei brav
now there's a good boy, don't tease your sister — komm, sei ein braver Junge und ärgere deine Schwester nicht
hurry up there (inf) — Beeilung!, Tempo, Tempo!
make way there — Platz da!, machen Sie mal Platz!
there, take this to your mother —
but there, what's the good of talking about it? — was solls, es hat doch keinen Zweck, darüber zu reden
there! I knew it would break! — da! ich habs ja gewusst, dass es kaputtgehen würde!
* * *there [ðeə(r)]A adv1. da, dort:the authorities there die dortigen Behörden;are you still there? TEL hören Sie?;I have been there before umg das weiß ich alles schon, ich weiß (genau) Bescheid;a) hier und jetzt,b) auf der Stelle, sofort;a) da ist es,b) fig so steht es, so stehen die Dinge;a) (da,) bitte schön,b) siehst du, da hast du’s;there you go umg da kann man nichts machen;2. (da-, dort)hin:there and back hin und zurück;a) hingelangen, -kommen,b) fig umg es schaffen;go there hingehen3. darin, in dieser Sache oder Hinsicht:there I agree with you darin stimme ich mit dir überein4. fig da, hier, an dieser Stelle (in einer Rede etc)5. es:there was once a king es war einmal ein König;there was dancing es wurde getanzt;there is sth between these two die beiden haben etwas miteinander;there is sth in that da ist etwas dran;there arises the question es erhebt sich die Frage;there are friends and there are friends unter den Freunden gibt es solche und solche;there was considerable confusion es herrschte beträchtliche Verwirrung;I thought there would be tears ich dachte, es würde Tränen geben;there’s a good boy sei schön brav!B int1. da!, schau (her)!, na!:there, there! (tröstend) na, komm!;there now! na, bitte!2. (wenn etwas beendet ist) so!* * *1. adverb1) (in/at that place) da; dort; (fairly close) dasomebody has been there before — (fig. coll.) jemand weiß Bescheid
be down/in/up there — da unten/drin/oben sein
there goes... — da geht/fährt usw....
are you there? — (on telephone) sind Sie noch da od. (ugs.) dran?
hello or hi there! — hallo!
there's a good etc. boy/girl — das ist lieb [von dir, mein Junge/Mädchen]
3) (in that respect) daso there — und damit basta (ugs.)
there, it is a loose wire — da haben wir's - ein loser Draht
there it is — (nothing can be done about it) da kann man nichts machen
there you are — (giving something) [da,] bitte schön (see also 2. 2))
4) (to that place) dahin, dorthin [gehen, gelangen, fahren, rücken, stellen]we got there and back in two hours — wir brauchten für Hin- und Rückweg [nur] zwei Stunden
down/in/up there — dort hinunter/hinein/hinauf
get there first — jemandem/den anderen zuvorkommen
get there — (fig.) (achieve) es [schon] schaffen; (understand) es verstehen
there are many kinds of... — es gibt viele Arten von...
there was once an old woman who... — es war einmal eine alte Frau, die...
there's no time for that now — dafür haben wir/habe ich jetzt keine Zeit
2. interjection... if ever there was one —... wie er/sie/es im Buche steht
1) (to soothe child etc.)there, there — na, na (ugs.)
2) (expr. triumph or dismay)there [you are]! — da, siehst du! (see also 1. 3))
3. nounthere, you've dropped it! — da, jetzt hast du es doch fallen lassen!
da, dortnear there — da od. dort in der Nähe
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c black plus [ply]━━━━━━━━━4. conjunction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque plus fait partie d'une locution comme d'autant plus, non... plus, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <► ne... plus not any more• je ne reviendrai plus/plus jamais I won't/I'll never come back again• elle n'est plus très jeune she's not as young as she used to be► plus de + nom2. <a. (avec verbe) more━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son comparatif est formé avec ier.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur comparatif avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Attention aux comparatifs irréguliers.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son comparatif se forme généralement avec more plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison er.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. (locutions)• il y aura plus de 100 personnes there will be more than or over 100 people• il roulait à plus de 100 km/h he was driving at more than or over 100km per hour► à plus ! (inf) see you later!► plus que + adjectif ou adverbe• j'en ai plus qu'assez ! I've had more than enough of this!► de plus ( = en outre) (en tête de phrase) moreover• c'est dangereux, de plus c'est illégal it's dangerous, and what's more, it's illegal• vous n'avez pas une chaise en plus ? you wouldn't have a spare chair?• en plus de cela on top of that► en plus + adjectif• il ressemble à sa mère, mais en plus blond he's like his mother only fairer• je cherche le même genre de maison en plus grand I'm looking for the same kind of house only bigger► ... et plus• il est compétent, mais ni plus ni moins que sa sœur he's competent, but neither more nor less so than his sister► plus... moins the more... the less• plus on le connaît, moins on l'apprécie the more you get to know him, the less you like him► plus... plus the more... the more• plus il en a, plus il en veut the more he has, the more he wants► plus ou moins ( = à peu près, presque) more or less• ils utilisent cette méthode avec plus ou moins de succès they use this method with varying degrees of success► qui plus est moreover3. <a. ► le plus + verbe mostb. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe court━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est court (une ou deux syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif se termine par y, son superlatif se forme avec la terminaison iest.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif n'a qu'une syllabe brève et se termine par une seule consonne, cette consonne est doublée.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Les mots de deux syllabes se terminant en ing, ed, s, ly forment leur superlatif avec most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━c. ► le plus + adjectif ou adverbe long━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque l'adjectif ou l'adverbe est long (au moins trois syllabes), son superlatif se forme avec the most plutôt qu'en ajoutant la terminaison est.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque la comparaison se fait entre deux personnes ou deux choses, on utilise le comparatif au lieu du superlatif.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━d. ► le plus de + nom the moste. (locutions)► le plus... possible• ça vaut 100 € au plus it's worth 100 euros at the most• il a trente ans, tout au plus he's thirty at most• rappelle-moi au plus vite call me back as soon as possible► des plus + adjectif4. <• tous les voisins, plus leurs enfants all the neighbours, plus their children5. <c black b. ( = avantage) plus• ici, parler breton est un plus indéniable being able to speak Breton is definitely a plus here━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The s of plus is never pronounced when used in negatives, eg il ne la voit plus. When used in comparatives the s is generally pronounced s, eg il devrait lire plus, although there are exceptions, notably plus preceding an adjective or adverb, eg plus grand, plus vite. Before a vowel sound, the comparative plus is pronounced z, eg plus âgé.* * *
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1. ply, plys, plyz8 plus 3 égale 11 — 8 and ou plus 3 equals 11
plus 10° — plus 10°
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adverbe de comparaison1) ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif)je ne peux pas faire plus — I can do no more, I can't do any more
plus j'y pense, moins je comprends — the more I think about it, the less I understand
qui plus est — furthermore, what's more
2) ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mostc'est le même modèle en plus petit — it's the same model, only smaller
3) ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) mosttrois heures plus tôt/tard — three hours earlier/later
plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué — the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be
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adverbe de négationelle ne fume plus — she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes
plus besoin de se presser — (colloq) there's no need to hurry any more
il n'y a plus d'œufs — there are no more eggs, there aren't any eggs left
j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture! — I went into the garage, the car was gone!
plus que trois jours avant Noël! — only three days left ou to go until Christmas!
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plus de déterminant indéfini1) ( avec un nom dénombrable)plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries — the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have
il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place — quite a few people would like to be in his/her position
je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi — I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did
3) ( avec un numéral)il était déjà bien plus de onze heures — it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock
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au plus locution adverbiale at the most
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de plus locution adverbiale1) ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more2) ( en supplément)une fois de plus — once more, once again
9% de plus — 9% more
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en plus locutionle même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus — the same model, only with a sunroof
les taxes en plus — plus tax, tax not included
II plysnom masculin invariable1) Mathématique plus2) (colloq) ( avantage) plus (colloq)
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plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally usedplus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi]1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘-er’ à la fin de l'adjectif/adverbe: plus grand/petit/simple = taller/smaller/simpler; plus longtemps/vite = longer/faster- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big/bigger, sad/sadder, dim/dimmer, wet/wetter etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient sunnier, pretty/prettier, happy/happier etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute more devant le mot: plus beau/compétent/intéressant = more beautiful/competent/interesting; plus facilement/sérieusement = more easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple peut produire simpler ou more simple, handsome/handsomer ou more handsome etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec more: callous/more callous, cunning/more cunning- les adverbes se terminant par ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec more: quickly/more quickly, slowly/more slowly etc1 adjectifs et adverbes courtsEn règle générale on ajoute ‘(e)st’ à la fin du mot: le plus grand/petit/simple = the tallest/smallest/simplest; le plus longtemps/vite = the longest/fastest- pour certains mots dont l'unique voyelle est une voyelle brève, on double la consonne finale: big- the biggest, sad- the saddest, dim- the dimmest etc- attention aux adjectifs en ‘y’: sunny devient the sunniest, pretty/the prettiest, happy/the happiest etc2 adjectifs et adverbes longsOn ajoute the most devant le mot: le plus beau/compétent/intéressant = the most beautiful/competent/interesting; le plus facilement/sérieusement = the most easily/seriously- certains mots de deux syllabes admettent les deux formes: simple/the simplest ou the most simple, clever/the cleverest ou the most clever etc- certains mots de deux syllabes n'admettent que la forme avec the most: callous/the most callous, cunning/the most cunning etc- les adverbes en ‘-ly’ n'admettent que la forme avec the most: quickly/the most quickly, slowly/the most slowly etcAttention: lorsque la comparaison ne porte que sur deux éléments on utilise la forme du comparatif: le plus doué des deux = the more gifted of the two; la voiture la plus rapide des deux = the faster carL'expression le plus possible est traitée avec possibleOn trouvera ci-contre exemples et exceptions illustrant les différentes fonctions de plus. On trouvera également des exemples de plus dans les notes d'usage. Voir l'index* * *ply, plys1. adv1) (négation)ne... plus — no longer, not... any more
Il ne travaille plus ici. — He's no longer working here., He doesn't work here any more.
Je ne veux plus le voir. — I don't want to see him any more., I no longer want to see him.
ne plus avoir de qch; Je n'ai plus d'argent. — I've got no more money., I've got no money left
Je n'ai plus de pain. — I've got no bread left., I've got no more bread.
2) (comparatif: devant un adjectif) moreIl fait un peu plus froid qu'hier. — It's a bit colder than yesterday.
Elle est plus grande que moi. — She's bigger than me.
Il est plus intelligent que son frère. — He's more intelligent than his brother.
3) (comparaison: non suivi d'un adjectif)Il travaille plus. — He works more.
Il travaille plus que moi. — He works more than me.
4)plus de; Il nous faut plus de pain. — We need more bread.
plus de 3 heures — more than 3 hours, over 3 hours
Il y avait plus de dix personnes. — There were more than 10 people.
plus de minuit — after midnight, past midnight
5)de plus; Il a 3 ans de plus que moi. — He's 3 years older than me.
Le voyage a pris trois heures de plus que prévu. — The journey took 3 hours longer than planned.
Il nous faut un joueur de plus. — We need one more player.
6)en plus; 3 kilos en plus — 3 kilos more
J'ai apporté quelques gâteaux en plus. — I brought a few more cakes.
en plus de; Deux personnes sont arrivées en plus de celles qui étaient déjà là. — Two more people came, in addition to those already there.
7)plus... plus... — the more... the more...
Plus il gagne d'argent, plus il en veut. — The more money he earns, the more he wants.
8)Il y a de plus en plus de touristes par ici. — There are more and more tourists round here.
de plus en plus (suivi d'un adjectif) Il fait de plus en plus chaud. — It's getting hotter and hotter.
9)ni plus ni moins — no more, no less
10) (superlatif)le plus; la plus; les plus — the most
C'est le plus grand de la famille. — He's the tallest in his family., (sans adjectif, modifiant un verbe)
C'est ce qu'elle aime le plus. — That's what she likes most.
de plus — what's more, moreover
en plus de cela... — what is more...
2. conjQuatre plus deux égalent six. — 4 plus 2 is 6.
3. nm(= avantage) plus* * *I.plus ⇒ Note d'usageA prép1 ( dans une addition) 8 plus 3 égale 11 8 and 3 equals 11, 8 plus 3 equals 11; on nous a servi du fromage, un dessert plus du café we were served cheese, a dessert and coffee (as well);2 ( pour exprimer une valeur) un jour il faisait moins 5°, le lendemain plus 10° one day it was minus 5°, the next plus 10°.B adv de comparaison1 ( modifiant un verbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) le plus the most; il mange/travaille plus (que moi) he eats/works more (than I do ou than me); tu devrais demander plus you should ask for more; je ne peux pas faire plus I can do no more, I can't do any more, I can't do more than that; elle en sait plus que lui sur le sujet she knows more about the subject than he does; c'est plus que je ne peux supporter it's more than I can bear; elle l'aime plus que tout she loves him/her more than anything; il est plus à plaindre qu'autre chose he's more to be pitied than anything else; c'est plus que bien it's more than just good; elle est plus que jolie she's more than just pretty; il a fait plus que l'embaucher, il l'a aussi formé he did more than just hire him, he also trained him; j'en ai plus qu'assez I've had more than enough; elle mange deux fois/trois fois plus que lui she eats twice/three times as much as he does; plus je gagne, plus je dépense the more I earn, the more I spend; plus j'y pense, moins je comprends the more I think about it, the less I understand; plus ça va as time goes on; qui plus est furthermore, what's more; c'est lui qui m'a le plus appris he's the one who taught me the most; quel pays aimes-tu le plus? which country do you like best?; de plus en plus more and more; il fume de plus en plus he smokes more and more;2 ( modifiant un adjectif) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; deux fois plus vieux/cher twice as old/expensive (que as); trois/quatre fois plus cher three/four times as expensive (que as); il n'est pas plus riche que moi he's no richer than I am ou than me, he isn't any richer than I am ou than me; c'est le même modèle en plus petit it's the same model, only smaller; il est on ne peut plus gentil/désagréable he's as nice/unpleasant as can be; il est plus ou moins fou he's more or less insane; il est plus ou moins artiste he's an artist of sorts; la cuisine était plus ou moins propre the kitchen wasn't particularly clean, the kitchen was clean after a fashion; il a été plus ou moins poli he wasn't particularly polite; ils étaient plus ou moins ivres they were a bit drunk; le plus heureux des hommes the happiest of men; la plus belle de toutes the most beautiful of all; mon vœu le plus cher my dearest wish; l'arbre le plus gros que j'aie jamais vu the biggest tree I've ever seen; son livre le plus court his shortest book; c'est ce qu'il y a de plus beau/important au monde it's the most beautiful/important thing in the world; un livre des plus intéressants a most interesting book; un individu des plus méprisables a most despicable individual; de plus en plus difficile more and more difficult; de plus en plus chaud hotter and hotter;3 ( modifiant un adverbe) ( comparatif) more; ( superlatif) most; trois heures plus tôt/tard three hours earlier/later; deux fois plus longtemps twice as long (que as); trois/quatre fois plus longtemps three/four times as long (que as); ils ne sont pas restés plus longtemps que nous they didn't stay any longer than we did ou than us; il l'a fait plus ou moins bien he didn't do it very well; de plus en plus loin further and further; plus tu te coucheras tard, plus tu auras de mal à te lever the later you go to bed, the harder it'll be for you to get up; plus tu te coucheras tôt, moins tu seras fatigué the earlier you go to bed, the less tired you'll be; c'est moi qui y vais le plus souvent I go there the most often; ça s'est passé le plus simplement/naturellement du monde it happened quite simply/naturally.C adv de négation elle ne fume plus she doesn't smoke any more ou any longer, she no longer smokes, she's given up smoking; il n'habite plus ici he no longer lives here, he doesn't live here any more ou any longer; le grand homme n'est plus the great man is no more; elle ne veut plus le voir she doesn't want to see him any more ou any longer, she no longer wants to see him; il a décidé de ne plus y aller he decided to stop going there; je ne veux plus en entendre parler I don't want to hear any more about it; il n'y est plus (jamais) retourné he never went back there (again); plus jamais ça! never again!; nous ne faisons plus ce modèle we no longer do this model, we don't do this model any more ou any longer; il n'a plus vingt ans ( il n'est plus très jeune) he's not twenty any more, he's no longer twenty; nous n'avons plus d'espoir we've no more hope, we no longer have any hope, we've given up hoping; plus besoin de se presser○ there's no longer any need to hurry, there's no more need to hurry, there's no need to hurry any more; il n'y a plus de pain/d'œufs there is no more bread/there are no more eggs, there isn't any bread left/there aren't any eggs left; je ne veux plus de vin I don't want any more wine; il n'y a plus rien there's nothing left; plus rien ne m'intéresse nothing interests me any more; je ne voyais plus rien I could no longer see anything, I couldn't see a thing any more; il n'y a plus personne dans la pièce there's nobody left in the room, there's no longer anybody in the room; il n'y a plus aucun crayon there aren't any pencils left, there are no more pencils; il n'y a plus aucun problème there's no longer any problem; ce n'est plus du courage, c'est de la folie it's no longer bravery, it's foolhardiness; j'entre dans le garage, plus de voiture○! I went into the garage, the car was gone○!; ce n'est plus qu'une question de jours it's only a matter of days now; il n'y a plus qu'une solution there's only one solution left; il ne restait plus que quelques bouteilles there were only a few bottles left, there was nothing left but a few bottles; il n'y a plus que lui qui puisse nous aider only he can help us now; plus que trois jours avant les vacances! only three days left ou to go until the vacation!; nous n'avons plus qu'à rentrer à la maison all we can do now is go home; il ne me reste plus qu'à vous remercier it only remains for me to thank you.D plus de dét indéf1 ( avec un nom dénombrable) trois/deux fois plus de livres/verres que three times/twice as many books/glasses as; c'est là que j'ai vu le plus de serpents that's where I saw the most snakes; c'est lui qui a le plus de livres he's got the most books; le joueur qui a le plus de chances de gagner the player who is most likely to win; les jeunes qui posent le plus de problèmes the young people who pose the most problems; c'est le candidat qui a remporté le plus de voix he's the candidate who won the most votes; plus tu mangeras de bonbons, plus tu auras de caries the more sweets GB ou candy US you eat, the more cavities you'll have; il y en a plus d'un qui voudrait être à sa place quite a few people would like to be in his/her position;2 ( avec un nom non dénombrable) je n'ai pas pris plus de crème que toi I didn't take any more cream than you did, I took no more cream than you did; il n'a pas plus d'imagination que sa sœur he has no more imagination than his sister, he hasn't got any more imagination than his sister; trois/deux fois plus de vin/talent three times/twice as much wine/talent (que as); le joueur qui a gagné le plus d'argent the player who won the most money;3 ( avec un numéral) elle ne possède pas plus de 50 disques she has no more than 50 records; une foule de plus de 10 000 personnes a crowd of more than ou over 10,000 people; il a plus de 40 ans he's over 40, he's more than 40 years old; les gens de plus de 60 ans people over 60; les plus de 60 ans the over-sixties; il était déjà bien plus de onze heures/midi it was already well past ou after eleven o'clock/midday.F de plus loc adv1 ( en outre) furthermore, moreover, what's more;2 ( en supplément) j'ai mangé deux pommes de plus qu'elle I ate two apples more than she did; donnez-moi deux pommes de plus give me two more apples; ça nous a pris deux heures de plus que la dernière fois it took us two hours longer than last time; j'ai besoin de deux heures de plus I need two more hours; il a trois ans de plus que sa sœur he's three years older than his sister; une fois de plus once more, once again; l'augmentation représente 9% de plus que l'année précédente the rise is 9% more than last year.G en plus loc en plus (de cela) on top of that; il est arrivé en retard et en plus (de cela) il a commencé à se plaindre he arrived late and what' s more ou on top of that he started complaining; c 'est le même modèle avec le toit ouvrant en plus it's the same model, only with a sunroof; c'est tout le portrait de son père, la moustache en plus he's the image of his father, only with a moustache GB ou mustache US; il a reçu 100 euros en plus de son salaire habituel he got 100 euros on top of his usual salary; en plus de son métier d'ingénieur il élève des tatous besides his job as an engineer, he breeds armadillos; les taxes en plus plus tax, tax not included; il s'est passé quelque chose en plus something else happened as well. A note on pronunciation: plus/le plus used in comparison (meaning more/the most) is pronounced [ply] before a consonant and [plyz] before a vowel. It is pronounced [plys] when at the end of a clause. In the plus de and plus que structures both [ply] and [plys] are generally used. plus used in ne plus (meaning no longer/not any more) is always pronounced [ply] except before a vowel, in which case it is pronounced [plyz]: il n'habite plus ici [plyzisi].II.plus nm1 Math plus; le signe plus the plus sign;2 ○( avantage) plus○; son expérience d'enseignant constitue un plus pour lui his teaching experience is a point in his favourGB ou is a plus○.[ply(s)] adverbeA.[COMPARATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]c'est plus loin it's further ou fartherc'est plus rouge qu'orange it's red rather than ou it's more red than orangec'est plus que gênant it's embarrassing, to say the leastelle a eu le prix mais elle n'en est pas plus fière pour ça she got the award, but it didn't make her any prouder for all thatje veux la même, en plus large I want the same, only biggerencore plus beau more handsome still, even more handsomecinq fois plus cher five times dearer ou as dear ou more expensive2. [avec un verbe] moreje m'intéresse à la question plus que tu ne penses I'm more interested in the question than you thinkB.[SUPERLATIF DE SUPÉRIORITÉ]1. [suivi d'un adverbe, d'un adjectif]le plus loin the furthest ou farthestc'est ce qu'il y a de plus original dans sa collection d'été it's the most original feature of his summer collection2. [précédé d'un verbe] mostc'est moi qui travaille le plus I'm the one who works most ou the hardestC.[ADVERBE DE NÉGATION]1. [avec 'ne']2. [tour elliptique]plus de glace pour moi, merci no more ice cream for me, thanks————————[ply(s)] adjectif————————[ply(s)] conjonction3 plus 3 égale 6 3 plus 3 is ou makes 6il fait plus 5º it's 5º above freezing, it's plus 5º2. [en sus de] plusle transport, plus le logement, plus la nourriture, ça revient cher travel, plus ou and accommodation, plus ou then food, (all) work out quite expensiveplus le fait que... plus ou together with the fact that...————————[ply(s)] nom masculinau plus locution adverbiale[au maximum] at the most ou outsideça coûtera au plus 30 euros it'll cost a maximum of 30 euros ou 30 euros at mostde plus locution adverbialemets deux couverts de plus lay two extra ou more placesil est content, que te faut-il de plus? he's happy, what more do you want?un mot/une minute de plus et je m'en allais another word/minute and I would have left10 euros de plus ou de moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?2. [en trop] too manyen recomptant, je trouve trente points de plus on adding it up again, I get thirty points too manyde plus, il m'a menti what's more, he lied to mede plus en plus locution adverbiale[suivi d'un adverbe] more and morede plus en plus dangereux more and more ou increasingly dangerousça devient de plus en plus facile/compliqué it's getting easier and easier/more and more complicated2. [précédé d'un verbe]de plus en plus de locution déterminante[suivi d'un nom comptable] more and more, a growing number of[suivi d'un nom non comptable] more and morede plus en plus de gens more and more people, an increasing number of peopleil y a de plus en plus de demande pour ce produit demand for this product is increasing, there is more and more demand for this productdes plus locution adverbialeson attitude est des plus compréhensibles her attitude is most ou quite understandableen plus locution adverbiale1. [en supplément] extra (avant nom)les boissons sont en plus drinks are extra, you pay extra for the drinks10 euros en plus ou en moins, quelle différence? 10 euros either way, what difference does it make?[en trop] sparea. [à la fin du jeu] I've got one card left overb. [en distribuant] I've got one card too manyet vous emportez une bouteille de champagne en plus! and you get a bottle of Champagne as well ou on top of that ou into the bargain!elle a une excellente technique et en plus, elle a de la force her technique's first-class and she's got strength tooet elle m'avait menti, en plus! not only that but she'd lied to me (as well)!je ne tiens pas à le faire et, en plus, je n'ai pas le temps I'm not too keen on doing it, and besides ou what's more, I've no timeen plus de locution prépositionnelleen plus du squash, elle fait du tennis besides (playing) squash, she plays tenniset plus locution adverbiale45 kilos et plus over 45 kilos, 45 odd kilosni plus ni moins locution adverbialeje te donne une livre, ni plus ni moins I'll give you one pound, no more no lesstu t'es trompé, ni plus ni moins you were mistaken, that's allnon plus locution adverbialeje ne sais pas — moi non plus! I don't know — neither do I ou nor do I ou me neither!on ne peut plus locution adverbialeplus de locution déterminante1. [comparatif, suivi d'un nom] moreelle roulait à plus de 150 km/h she was driving at more than 150 km/h ou doing over 150 km/hil est plus de 5 h it's past 5 o'clock ou after 52. [superlatif, suivi d'un nom]les plus de 20 ans people over 20, the over-20splus... moins locution correlativethe more... the lessplus il vieillit, moins il a envie de sortir the older he gets, the less he feels like going outplus ça va, moins je la comprends I understand her less and less (as time goes on)plus... plus locution correlativethe more... the moreplus je réfléchis, plus je me dis que... the more I think (about it), the more I'm convinced that...plus ça va, plus il est agressif he's getting more and more aggressive (all the time)plus ça va, plus je me demande si... the longer it goes on, the more I wonder if...plus ou moins locution adverbialec'est plus ou moins cher, selon les endroits prices vary according to where you arequi plus est locution adverbialewhat's ou what is moresans plus locution adverbialec'était bien, sans plus it was nice, but nothing moretout au plus locution adverbialec'est une mauvaise grippe, tout au plus it's a bad case of flu, at the most -
20 da
I Adv.1. (dort) there; hier und da here and there; da, wo where; da vorn(e) / hinten there at the front / back; da oben / unten up / down there; da draußen oder hinaus out there; da drinnen oder hinein in there; da drüben oder hinüber over there, Am. yonder umg.; gleich sind wir da we’re nearly there, we’ll be there soon; wer da? who goes there?; ist da jemand? is there anybody there?; da und da umg., wenn einem etwas nicht einfällt: what’s-its-name, thingummy, thingamajig; he du da! umg. hey you (over there)!; den oder das da umg. that one; der / die da umg. that man / woman over there; der / die da war’s umg. it was him / her2. (hier) here; da und dort here and there; dieser oder diese oder dies(es) da this one; da bin ich here I am; da kommt sie here she comes; da, nimm schon! umg. here (you go), take it!; da (hast du’s)! umg. there you are (auch fig.); da haben wir’s umg. (ich hab’s gefunden) there it is, got it; (das ist geschafft) done it; (jetzt ist es passiert) that had to (go and) happen, didn’t it?; ich bin gleich wieder da I’ll be back in a minute; wenn Sie schon da sind while you’re here; ist noch Brot da? is there any bread left?; es ist keine Milch mehr da we’ve run ( oder we’re) out of milk; jetzt ist er wieder da fig. (bei Bewusstsein) he’s come (a)round again; ( wieder) voll da sein umg., fig. be (back) in top form3. da sein (existieren) be there; (noch leben) still be alive; da sein für oder zu Zweck: be there for; noch nie da gewesen unheard-of, unprecedented; so etwas ist noch nie da gewesen that’s never happened before; Geld ist dafür oder dazu da, dass man es ausgibt money is there to be spent; er ist nur für sie da he’s only got time for her; weitS. he lives for her; ich bin immer für dich da I’ll always be around when you need me4. umg.; in Ausrufen: sieh da! well just look at that!; iro. lo and behold!; ... und siehe da, auf einmal klappt es! surprise surprise, all of a sudden it works!; nichts da! forget it!; heda5. als Füllwort: als da sind oder wären for instance, such as; als er sie sah, da lachte er when he saw her he laughed; es gibt Leute, die da glauben there are people who believe; was da kommen mag whatever happens6. zeitlich: (dann, damals) then, at that time; da erst only then; von da an from then on, since then; hier und da now and then; da gab es noch keinen Strom there was no electricity in those days; da war sie plötzlich weg then suddenly ( oder all of a sudden) she was gone7. (in diesem Fall) there, in that case, under the circumstances; was lässt sich da machen? what can be done about it?; da irren Sie sich you’re mistaken there; da wäre ich ( doch) dumm I would be stupid to do so; da fragst du noch? do you really need to ask?; da fragt man sich wirklich(, warum) it really makes you wonder (why); da kann man nichts machen what can you do about it?, there’s not much you can do about it8. umg.; (aus diesem Grund) therefore, so; er ist sehr reich, da kann er sich das leisten he’s very ( oder really) rich, so he can afford it9. umg.; einleitend: da fällt mir etwas ein it’s just occurred to me, the thought strikes me; da soll es jetzt ein neues Mittel geben, das... supposedly there’s a new medicine which...; wie geht das? - da musst du erst einmal... first you have to...; wo ist das? - da gehst du erst geradeaus, dann... go straight ahead first ( oder to begin with), then...10. da... bei, für, nach etc. nordd. dabei, dafür, danach etc.II Konj.1. (weil) (seeing) as, since, because; da aber oder jedoch but since; since..., however da sie ja oder doch oder nun schon einmal hier ist,... seeing as she’s here,..., da dem so ist since that’s the case, in that case, da ich keine Nachricht erhalten hatte, ging ich weg not having received any news, I left2. zeitlicha) (nachdem, wo) after; jetzt, da es entschieden war now that it has been decided;b) geh. (als) as, when, while; jetzt oder nun, da es... now, when it...; in dem Augenblick, da er... the moment he...* * *for the reason that (Konj.); as (Konj.); since (Konj.); because (Konj.);(dann) then (Adv.);(dort) there (Adv.);(hier) here (Adv.)* * *[daː]1. adves liegt da draußen/drinnen/drüben/vorn —
das liegt etwa da herum — it's somewhere round about there, it's somewhere thereabouts
geh da herum — go round there
da und da — what's-its-name (inf)
hier und da, da und dort — here and there
he, Sie da! — hey, you there!
die Frau da — that woman ( over) there
da bin ich/sind wir — here I am/we are
da kommt er ja — here he comes
wir sind gleich da — we'll soon be there, we're almost there
da, wo... — where...
wo die Straße über den Fluss geht, da fängt Schottland an — Scotland begins where the road crosses the river, where the road crosses the river, that's where Scotland begins
ach, da war der Brief! — so that's where the letter was
da möchte ich auch einmal hinfahren (inf) — I'd like to go there one day
geben Sie mir ein halbes Pfund von dem da — give me half a pound of that one (there)
da hast du deinen Kram/dein Geld! — (there you are,) there's your stuff/money
da, nimm schon! — here, take it!
See:→ da sein2) (zeitlich = dann, damals) thenich ging gerade aus dem Haus, da schlug es zwei — I was just going out of the house when the clock struck two
vor vielen, vielen Jahren, da lebte ein König (liter) —
da werden wir uns den Schaden mal ansehen (inf) — let's have a look at the damage
da siehst du, was du angerichtet hast — now see what you've done
sie weinte, da ließ er sich erweichen — when she started to cry he softened, she started to cry, whereupon he softened (liter)
als er das Elend der Leute sah, da nahm er sich vor... — when he saw the people's suffering he decided...
4) (= folglich) so; (= dann) thenes war niemand im Zimmer, da habe ich... — there was nobody in the room, so I...
wenn ich schon gehen muss, da gehe ich lieber gleich — if I have to go, (then) I'd rather go straight away
5) (inf = in diesem Fall) thereda muss man vorsichtig sein — you've got to be careful there
da kann man or lässt sich nichts machen — nothing can be done about it
da könnte man aus der Haut fahren — it would drive you mad (esp Brit) or crazy (inf)
da kann man nur lachen/sich nur fragen, warum — you can't help laughing/asking yourself why
und da soll einer or ein Mensch wissen, warum! — and you're meant to know why!
da fragt man sich ( doch), ob der Mann noch normal ist — it makes you wonder if the man's normal
da hat doch jemand gelacht/alle Kirschen gegessen — somebody laughed/has eaten all the cherries
6)(zur Hervorhebung)
wir haben da eine neue Mitschülerin/Ausführung des Artikels — we've got this new girl in our school/this new modelda fällt mir gerade ein... — it's just occurred to me...
7)See:2. conj1) (= weil) as, since, seeing that2) (liter = als) whendie Stunde, da du... — the hour when you...
nun or jetzt, da — now that
* * *1) (because: Since you are going, I will go too.) since2) (used to introduce sentences in which a state, fact etc is being announced: There has been an accident at the factory; There seems to be something wrong; I don't want there to be any mistakes in this.) there3) (at that time; at that point in a speech, argument etc: There I cannot agree with you; Don't stop there - tell me what happened next!) there4) ((with the subject of the sentence following the verb except when it is a pronoun) used at the beginning of a sentence, usually with be or go, to draw attention to, or point out, someone or something: There she goes now! There it is!) there5) ((placed immediately after noun) used for emphasis or to point out someone or something: That book there is the one you need.) there* * *da[ˈda:]I. advAthen? \da möchte ich auch einmal hin! Athens? I'd like to go there too one day!die Straße \da ist es it's the street over there\da sein to be here/thereist denn kein Brot mehr \da? isn't there any more bread?das ist genau dazu \da it's there for just that purpose, that's what it's there fores ist dazu \da, um benutzt zu werden it's there to be usedist \da jemand? [is] anybody there?es ist niemand \da nobody's here/there/inich bin gleich wieder \da I'll be back in a minutevon seinen Freunden sind nicht mehr viele \da not many of his friends are leftdieser Fall war noch nie \da gewesen this hasn't happened before\da bist du ja! there you are!ach, \da lag/stand das! oh, that's where it was!für jdn \da sein to be there for sbich bin immer für dich \da I'll always be here/there for you [or if you need me]\da drüben/hinten/vorne over there\da draußen/drinnen out/in thereder/die/das... \da this/that... [over here/there]geben Sie mir bitte ein halbes Pfund von dem \da! I'd like half a pound of this/that [here/there] please!\da und dort here and there\da, wo... wheresie macht am liebsten \da Urlaub, wo es warm ist she prefers to go on holiday to warm placesendlich war der Moment \da, auf den sie gewartet hatte the moment which she had waited for had finally arrived [or come]vor vielen, vielen Jahren, \da lebte ein König (liter) many, many years ago there lived a king\da und dort now and then3. (daraufhin) and [then]von \da an herrschte endlich Ruhe after that it was finally quiet\da bin ich ganz deiner Meinung I completely agree with youdie Sache ist todernst, und \da lachst du noch? the matter is dead[ly] serious and you're still laughing?ich dachte, \da sei alles klar? I thought everything had been agreed upon?II. interj here![he,] Sie \da! [hey,] you there!III. konjjetzt, \da alles geklärt ist, kannst du nicht mehr absagen now that everything has been arranged you can't cry off anymore* * *1.1) (dort) thereda draußen/drüben/unten — out/over/down there
da hinten/vorn[e] — [there] at the back/front
he, Sie da! — hey, you there!
der Kerl da — that fellow [over there]
halt, wer da? — (Milit.) halt, who goes there?
da bist du ja! — there you are [at last]!
da, ein Reh! — look, [there's] a deer!
da, wo die Straße nach X abzweigt — where the road to X turns off; at the turning for X
da und dort — here and there; (manchmal) now and again or then
2) (hier) hereda, nimm schon! — here [you are], take it!; s. auch dahaben
3) (zeitlich) then; (in dem Augenblick) at that momentin meiner Jugend, da war alles besser — back in my young days, everything was better [then]
4) (deshalb)der Zug war schon weg, da habe ich den Bus genommen — the train had already gone, so I took the bus
5) (ugs.): (in diesem Fall)da kann man nichts machen — there's nothing one can do about it or that
da kann ich [ja] nur lachen! — that's plain ridiculous!
6) (altertümelnd): (nach Relativpronomen; wird nicht übersetzt)..., der da sagt —..., who says
7) (hervorhebend; wird meist nicht übersetzt)ich habe da einen Kollegen, der... — I have a colleague who...
da fällt mir noch was ein — [oh yes] another thought strikes me
8)da sein — (existieren) exist; (übrig sein) be left; (anwesend sein) be about or around; (im Haus, zu Hause sein) be in; (zu sprechen sein) be available; (angekommen, eingetroffen sein) have arrived; (fig.) < case> have occurred; < moment> have arrived; < situation> have arisen
ich bin gleich wieder da — I'll be right or straight back
2.dafür od. dazu ist es ja da! — (coll.) that's what it's [there] for!
Konjunktion (weil) as; since* * *daA. adv1. (dort) there;hier und da here and there;da, wo where;da vorn(e)/hinten there at the front/back;da oben/unten up/down there;hinaus out there;hinein in there;gleich sind wir da we’re nearly there, we’ll be there soon;wer da? who goes there?;ist da jemand? is there anybody there?;he du da! umg hey you (over there)!;das da umg that one;der/die da umg that man/woman over there;der/die da war’s umg it was him/her2. (hier) here;da und dort here and there;dies(es) da this one;da bin ich here I am;da kommt sie here she comes;da, nimm schon! umg here (you go), take it!;da (hast du’s)! umg there you are (auch fig);da haben wir’s umg (ich hab’s gefunden) there it is, got it; (das ist geschafft) done it; (jetzt ist es passiert) that had to (go and) happen, didn’t it?;ich bin gleich wieder da I’ll be back in a minute;wenn Sie schon da sind while you’re here;ist noch Brot da? is there any bread left?;jetzt ist er wieder da fig (bei Bewusstsein) he’s come (a)round again;3.zu Zweck: be there for;noch nie da gewesen unheard-of, unprecedented;so etwas ist noch nie da gewesen that’s never happened before;dazu da, dass man es ausgibt money is there to be spent;ich bin immer für dich da I’ll always be around when you need mesieh da! well just look at that!; iron lo and behold!;… und siehe da, auf einmal klappt es! surprise surprise, all of a sudden it works!;5. als Füllwort:wären for instance, such as;als er sie sah, da lachte er when he saw her he laughed;es gibt Leute, die da glauben there are people who believe;was da kommen mag whatever happens6. zeitlich: (dann, damals) then, at that time;da erst only then;von da an from then on, since then;hier und da now and then;da gab es noch keinen Strom there was no electricity in those days;da war sie plötzlich weg then suddenly ( oder all of a sudden) she was gone7. (in diesem Fall) there, in that case, under the circumstances;was lässt sich da machen? what can be done about it?;da irren Sie sich you’re mistaken there;da wäre ich (doch) dumm I would be stupid to do so;da fragst du noch? do you really need to ask?;da fragt man sich wirklich(, warum) it really makes you wonder (why);da kann man nichts machen what can you do about it?, there’s not much you can do about iter ist sehr reich, da kann er sich das leisten he’s very ( oder really) rich, so he can afford itda fällt mir etwas ein it’s just occurred to me, the thought strikes me;da soll es jetzt ein neues Mittel geben, das … supposedly there’s a new medicine which …;wie geht das? -da musst du erst einmal … first you have to …;wo ist das? -da gehst du erst geradeaus, dann … go straight ahead first ( oder to begin with), then …10.B. konj1. (weil) (seeing) as, since, because;jedoch but since;since …, howevernun schon einmal hier ist, … seeing as she’s here, …,da dem so ist since that’s the case, in that case,da ich keine Nachricht erhalten hatte, ging ich weg not having received any news, I left2. zeitlich (nachdem, wo) after;jetzt, da es entschieden war now that it has been decided; geh (als) as, when, while;nun, da es … now, when it …;in dem Augenblick, da er … the moment he …* * *1.1) (dort) thereda draußen/drüben/unten — out/over/down there
da hinten/vorn[e] — [there] at the back/front
he, Sie da! — hey, you there!
der Kerl da — that fellow [over there]
halt, wer da? — (Milit.) halt, who goes there?
da bist du ja! — there you are [at last]!
da, ein Reh! — look, [there's] a deer!
da, wo die Straße nach X abzweigt — where the road to X turns off; at the turning for X
da und dort — here and there; (manchmal) now and again or then
2) (hier) hereda, nimm schon! — here [you are], take it!; s. auch dahaben
3) (zeitlich) then; (in dem Augenblick) at that momentin meiner Jugend, da war alles besser — back in my young days, everything was better [then]
4) (deshalb)der Zug war schon weg, da habe ich den Bus genommen — the train had already gone, so I took the bus
5) (ugs.): (in diesem Fall)da kann ich [ja] nur lachen! — that's plain ridiculous!
6) (altertümelnd): (nach Relativpronomen; wird nicht übersetzt)..., der da sagt —..., who says
7) (hervorhebend; wird meist nicht übersetzt)ich habe da einen Kollegen, der... — I have a colleague who...
da fällt mir noch was ein — [oh yes] another thought strikes me
8)da sein — (existieren) exist; (übrig sein) be left; (anwesend sein) be about or around; (im Haus, zu Hause sein) be in; (zu sprechen sein) be available; (angekommen, eingetroffen sein) have arrived; (fig.) < case> have occurred; < moment> have arrived; < situation> have arisen
ich bin gleich wieder da — I'll be right or straight back
dafür od. dazu ist es ja da! — (coll.) that's what it's [there] for!
2.ganz od. voll da sein — (klar bei Bewusstsein sein) be completely with it
Konjunktion (weil) as; since* * *adv.as adv.here adv.there adv.yet adv.
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