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1 about
about [əˈbaʊt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adverba. ( = approximately) à peu près, environ• there were about 25 and now there are about 30 il y en avait environ or à peu près 25 et maintenant il y en a une trentaine• it's about 11 o'clock il est environ or à peu près 11 heures• it's about time! ce n'est pas trop tôt !• I've had about enough! (inf) je commence à en avoir assez !b. ( = here and there) çà et làc. ( = near, in circulation) par ici• is anyone about? il y a quelqu'un ?• you should be out and about! ne restez donc pas enfermé !d. ( = round) all about tout autoure. ( = opposite direction) to turn sth the other way about retourner qch• it's the other way about ( = the opposite) c'est le contraire• I was about to go out when... j'étais sur le point de sortir or j'allais sortir quand...2. prepositiona. ( = concerning) I heard nothing about it je n'en ai pas entendu parler• what is it about? de quoi s'agit-il ?• well, what about it? (inf) ( = does it matter?) et alors ? (inf) ; ( = what do you think?) alors, qu'est-ce que tu en penses ?• what about me? et moi alors ? (inf)• how about going to the cinema? (inf) et si on allait au cinéma ?• how about a coffee? (inf) et si on prenait un café ?b. ( = somewhere in) quelque part dansc. ( = round) autour ded. ( = with, on) I've got it about me somewhere je l'ai quelque part sur moif. ( = occupied with) while we're about it pendant que nous y sommes* * *Note: about is used after certain nouns, adjectives and verbs in English ( information about, a book about, curious about, worry about etc). For translations, consult the appropriate entries (information, book, curious, worry etc)about often appears in British English as the second element of certain verb structures ( move about, jump about, lie about etc). For translations, consult the relevant verb entries (move, jump, lie etc)[ə'baʊt] 1.2) ( awake)2.1) ( approximately) environ, à peu prèsat about 6 pm — vers 18 h, à environ 18 h
2) ( almost) presque3) ( in circulation)4) ( in the vicinity)3.1) ( concerning)what's it about? — (of book, film etc) ça parle de quoi?
it's about... — il s'agit de...
about your overdraft... — pour ce qui est de votre découvert...
2) ( in the nature of)3) ( bound up with)business is about profit — ce qui compte dans les affaires, ce sont les bénéfices
4) ( occupied with)while you're about it... — tant que tu y es..., par la même occasion...
5) ( around)6) (in invitations, suggestions)how ou what about some tea? — et si on prenait un thé?
7) ( when soliciting opinions)8) sout (on)hidden about one's person — [drugs, arms] caché sur soi
••it's about time (that) — il serait temps que (+ subj)
about time too! — ce n'est pas trop tôt! (colloq)
that's about it — ( that's all) c'est tout
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2 ♦ about
♦ about /əˈbaʊt/A prep.1 riguardo a; circa; su; di; intorno a; sul conto di: Tell me about your holidays, raccontami delle tue vacanze; I've found out about their movements, ho scoperto quali sono stati i loro movimenti; I don't know anything about him, non so nulla di lui (o sul suo conto); a book about Japan, un libro sul Giappone; what I like about him, quello che mi piace di lui; I'm ringing about my TV set, telefono per sapere del mio televisore; DIALOGO → - Damaged goods- What are you going to do about it?, cosa pensi di fare al riguardo?; Do something about it!, fa' qualcosa ( per risolvere il problema)!; There's nothing I can do about it, non posso farci niente; I feel guilty about the whole thing, mi sento in colpa per tutta la faccenda; to be about st., riguardare qc.; avere a che fare con qc.; (di libro, film, ecc.) parlare di qc., trattare di qc.: Teaching is about transferring knowledge and skills, l'insegnamento riguarda il trasferimento di conoscenze e abilità; This book is about organic food, questo libro parla di cibi biologici NOTA D'USO: - to speak o to be about?-2 (in giro) per; intorno a: Newspapers were strewn about the floor, c'erano giornali sparsi per pavimento3 addosso a; su; con: I haven't any money about me, non ho denaro con me; about one's person, su di sé; addosso4 in: There is something odd about that man, c'è qualcosa di strano in quell'uomo; quell'uomo ha un che di strano; something unpleasant about her voice, una nota sgradevole nella sua voceB avv.1 intorno; attorno; in giro; qua e là: to look about, guardarsi attorno; Don't leave your things lying about, non lasciare le tue cose in giro; There was nobody about, non c'era nessuno; il posto era deserto; There's a lot of flu about, c'è in giro (o circola) un sacco di influenza; to find one's way about, sapere dove andare; sapersi orizzontare4 (naut.) con le mure opposte: to put a ship about, virare di bordo; cambiare le mure; Ready about!, pronti a virare!5 quasi; circa; all'incirca; pressappoco: It's about two o'clock, sono le due circa; sono circa le due; DIALOGO → - Car problems 2- Give me a call about five, fammi uno squillo verso le cinque; about twenty, circa venti; una ventina; They're about the same age, hanno all'incirca la stessa età; That looks about right, direi che va bene; dovrebbe andar bene; ha l'aria di essere giustoC a.2 prossimo (a); sul punto (di): about to start, che sta per comunciare; He is about to leave, sta per partire● About ship!, pronti a virare! □ How about…? ► how □ just about ► just □ What about…? ► what □ while you are about it, già che ci sei □ to be about one's business, essere occupato dalla proprie faccende □ (fam. USA) not to be about to, non avere intenzione di; non intendere, non essere intenzionato a: He's not about to give up, non ha intenzione di (o non intende) rinunciare □ That's about it, è tutto; e questo è quanto. -
3 about
Ⅰabout [əˊbaυt]1. adv1) приблизи́тельно, о́коло, почти́;you are about right вы почти́ пра́вы
;it is about two o'clock сейча́с о́коло двух часо́в
2) неподалёку, недалеко́;he is somewhere about он где́-то здесь
3) круго́м, вокру́г; везде́, повсю́ду;to look about огляну́ться вокру́г
;don't leave the papers about не разбра́сывай бума́ги!
;rumours are about хо́дят слу́хи
4) в обра́тном направле́нии;to face about оберну́ться
;about face ( или turn)! воен. круго́м!
◊Mr. Jones is not about господи́н Джо́унз вы́шел
;а) пра́вильно;б) здо́рово, основа́тельно;to be about to go (to speak, etc.) собира́ться уходи́ть (говори́ть и т.п.)
;а) что вам ну́жно?;б) редк. что вы де́лаете?2. prep1) о, об; насчёт;I'll see about it я позабо́чусь об э́том
;he went about his business он пошёл по свои́м дела́м
about nightfall к ве́черу
1) расположение или движение вокруг чего-л. вокру́г, круго́м;2) нахождение вблизи чего-л. о́коло, близ; у;the forests about Tomsk леса́ под То́мском
;3) место совершения действия по;to walk about the room ходи́ть по ко́мнате
4):to have smth. about one име́ть что-л. при себе́, с собо́й
;I had all the documents about me все докуме́нты бы́ли у меня́ с собо́й ( или при мне, под руко́й)
Ⅱabout [əˊbaυt] vмор. меня́ть курс, повора́чивать на друго́й галс -
4 about-turn
I. nto do a quick \about-turn eine schnelle Kehrtwendung machen\about-turn! kehrt!* * *[ə"baʊt'feɪs] [ə"baʊt'tɜːn]1. n (MIL)Kehrtwendung f; (fig also) Wendung f um hundertachtzig Gradto do an about-face — kehrtmachen; (fig) sich um hundertachtzig Grad drehen
2. vi (MIL)eine Kehrtwendung ausführen or machen3. interj* * ** * *n.Kehrtwendung f. -
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I. nto do a quick \about-face eine schnelle Kehrtwendung machen\about-face! kehrt!* * *[ə"baʊt'feɪs] [ə"baʊt'tɜːn]1. n (MIL)Kehrtwendung f; (fig also) Wendung f um hundertachtzig Gradto do an about-face — kehrtmachen; (fig) sich um hundertachtzig Grad drehen
2. vi (MIL)eine Kehrtwendung ausführen or machen3. interj* * *about-face USA sa) MIL Kehrtwendung f (auch fig)b) fig Wendung f um 180 Grad:do an about-face → BB v/ia) MIL eine Kehrtwendung machen (auch fig)b) fig sich um 180 Grad drehen* * *n.Kehrtwendung f. -
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* * *about-turn /əˈbaʊtˈtɜ:n/n.1 (mil.) dietro front2 inversione di marcia; dietro front, dietrofront3 (fig.) dietro front; inversione di rotta; voltafaccia (spreg.)● to do an about-turn, fare dietro front; (fig.) fare dietro front, cambiare radicalmente posizione, invertire la rotta, fare un voltafaccia (spreg.).(to) about-turn /əˈbaʊtˈtɜ:n/v. i.3 (fig.) fare dietro front; invertire la rotta; fare un voltafaccia (spreg.).* * * -
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to do a quick \about-face eine schnelle Kehrtwendung machen\about-face! kehrt! -
8 about-'turn
to do a quick \about-'turn eine schnelle Kehrtwendung machen\about-'turn! kehrt! -
9 about-turn
about-turn, 〈 voornamelijk Amerikaans-Engels〉 about-face♦voorbeelden:〈 leger〉 about-turn! • rechtsom(keert)! -
10 about-face
tr[əbaʊt'feɪs]1→ link=about-turn about-turn{n.• cambio radical (de postura) s.m.n.• cambio de opinión s.m.• media vuelta s.f.1. N1) (Mil) media vuelta f2) (fig) cambio m radical de postura, giro m (brusco)2. VI1) (Mil) dar media vuelta2) (fig) cambiar radicalmente de postura -
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12 about-turn
tr[əbaʊt'tɜːn]1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL media vuelta2 figurative use cambio radical, cambio total (de idea, opinión, postura, política, etc)■ the government performed a complete about-turn in its monetary policy el gobierno efectuó un cambio total en su política monetaria1. N1) (Mil) media vuelta f2) (fig) cambio m radical de postura, giro m (brusco)2. VI1) (Mil) dar media vuelta2) (fig) cambiar radicalmente de postura -
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about-turn [əˈbaʊtˈtɜ:n] -
14 about-ship
about-ship v. менять курс, ложиться на другой галс; делать поворот оверштаг -
15 about-sledge
about-sledge noun кувалда, кузнечный молот -
16 about-towner
about-towner noun завсегдатай ночных клубов; гуляка -
17 about-turn
about-turn [əˏbaυtˊtɜ:n]1. n1) поворо́т круго́м (при тренировке, на учениях и т.п.)2) ре́зкое измене́ние (направления, политики, мнения и т.п.)2. v1) поверну́ться круго́м2) ре́зко измени́ть (направление, политику и т.п.)3. int воен. круго́м! ( команда) -
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19 about-sledge hammer
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20 about a thousand
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