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1 against
against [əˈgenst]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ prepositiona. contre• I've got nothing against him/it je n'ai rien contre lui/contre* * *[ə'geɪnst, ə'genst]Note: against is translated by contre when it means physically touching or in opposition to: against the wall = contre le mur; he's against independence = il est contre l'indépendance; the fight against inflation = la lutte contre l'inflationIf you have any doubts about how to translate a fixed phrase or expression beginning with against ( against the tide, against the clock, against the grain, against the odds etc) you should consult the appropriate noun entry (tide, grain, odds etc)against often appears in English with certain verbs ( turn against, compete against, discriminate against, stand out against etc). For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (turn, compete, discriminate, stand etc)against often appears in English after certain nouns and adjectives ( protection against, a law against, effective against etc). For translations consult the appropriate noun or adjective entry (protection, law, effective etc). For particular usages see below1) ( physically) contre2) ( objecting to)3) ( counter to)to go ou be against — aller à l'encontre de [tradition, policy]; [conditions, decision] ne pas être favorable à [person]
4) ( in opposition to) contre5) ( compared to)the graph shows age against earnings — le graphique représente la courbe des salaires en fonction de l'âge
6) ( in contrast to) sur7) ( in exchange for) contre, en échange de -
2 against
❢ Against is translated by contre when it means physically touching or in opposition to: against the wall = contre le mur ; he's against independence = il est contre l'indépendance ; the fight against inflation = la lutte contre l'inflation.If you have any doubts about how to translate a fixed phrase or expression beginning with against ( against the tide, against the clock, against the grain, against all odds etc) you should consult the appropriate noun entry (tide, clock, grain, odds etc). against often appears in English with certain verbs ( turn against, compete against, discriminate against, stand out against etc). For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (turn, compete, discriminate, stand etc). against often appears in English after certain nouns and adjectives ( protection against, a match against, a law against, effective against etc). For translations consult the appropriate noun or adjective entry (protection, match, law, effective etc). For particular usages see below.1 ( physically) contre ; against the wall contre le mur ;2 ( objecting to) I'm against it je suis contre ; I have nothing against it je n'ai rien contre ; 100 votes for and 20 votes against 100 votes pour et 20 votes contre ; to be against the idea s'opposer à l'idée, être contre l'idée ; to be against doing ne pas être d'accord pour faire, être contre l'idée de faire ;3 ( counter to) to go ou be against aller à l'encontre de [tradition, policy] ; the conditions are against us les conditions ne nous sont pas favorables ; the decision went against us la décision ne nous a pas été favorable ; to pedal against the wind pédaler contre le vent ; ⇒ up ;4 ( in opposition to) contre ; the war against sb la guerre contre qn ; the fight against inflation la lutte contre l'inflation ; Smith against Jones Smith contre Jones ;5 ( compared to) the pound fell against the dollar la livre a baissé par rapport au dollar ; the graph shows age against earnings le graphique représente la courbe des salaires en fonction de l'âge ; ⇒ as ;6 ( in contrast to) sur ; the blue looks pretty against the yellow le bleu est joli sur le jaune ; against a background of sur un fond de ; against the light à contre-jour ; to stand out against [houses, trees etc] se détacher sur [sky, sunset] ;7 ( in exchange for) contre, en échange de ; against a voucher from the airline contre un or en échange d'un bon distribué par la compagnie aérienne. -
3 against
[ə'geɪnst, ə'genst]1) (physically) controI'm against it — sono contro, contrario
3) (counter to, in opposition to) controto stand out against — [houses, trees etc.] stagliarsi, spiccare contro [sky, sunset]
6) (in exchange for) in cambio di, contro••Note:Against is translated by contro when it means physically touching or in opposition to: against the wall = contro il muro; is he for or against independence? = è pro o contro l'indipendenza? the fight against inflation = la lotta contro l'inflazione. - If you have any doubts about how to translate a fixed phrase or expression beginning with against ( against the tide, against the clock, against the grain, against all odds etc.), you should consult the appropriate noun entry ( tide, grain, odds etc.). - Against often appears in English with certain verbs ( turn against, compete against, discriminate against, stand out against etc.): for translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry ( turn, compete, discriminate, stand etc.). - Against often appears in English after certain nouns and adjectives ( protection against, a law against etc.): for translations consult the appropriate entry ( protection, law etc.). - For particular usages, see the entry below* * *[ə'ɡenst]1) (in opposition to: They fought against the enemy; Dropping litter is against the law (= illegal).) contro2) (in contrast to: The trees were black against the evening sky.) su3) (touching or in contact with: He stood with his back against the wall; The rain beat against the window.) contro4) (in order to protect against: vaccination against tuberculosis.) contro* * *[ə'geɪnst, ə'genst]1) (physically) controI'm against it — sono contro, contrario
3) (counter to, in opposition to) controto stand out against — [houses, trees etc.] stagliarsi, spiccare contro [sky, sunset]
6) (in exchange for) in cambio di, contro••Note:Against is translated by contro when it means physically touching or in opposition to: against the wall = contro il muro; is he for or against independence? = è pro o contro l'indipendenza? the fight against inflation = la lotta contro l'inflazione. - If you have any doubts about how to translate a fixed phrase or expression beginning with against ( against the tide, against the clock, against the grain, against all odds etc.), you should consult the appropriate noun entry ( tide, grain, odds etc.). - Against often appears in English with certain verbs ( turn against, compete against, discriminate against, stand out against etc.): for translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry ( turn, compete, discriminate, stand etc.). - Against often appears in English after certain nouns and adjectives ( protection against, a law against etc.): for translations consult the appropriate entry ( protection, law etc.). - For particular usages, see the entry below -
4 with
with [wɪð, wɪθ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. avec• come with me! viens avec moi !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The pronoun is not translated in the following, where it and them refer to things.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• these gloves, I can't drive with them on ces gants-là, je ne peux pas conduire avec━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note the verbal construction in the following example.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• I'm with you ( = understand) je vous suis• sorry, I'm not with you désolé, je ne vous suis pas• I'll be with you in a minute ( = attend to) je suis à vous dans une minute• I'm with you all the way ( = support) je suis à fond avec vous► to be with it (inf) ( = fashionable) être dans le vent (inf)get with it! ( = pay attention) réveille-toi !, secoue-toi ! ; ( = face facts) redescends sur terre !b. ( = on one's person) surc. ( = in the house of, working with) chez• I've been with this company for seven years cela fait sept ans que je travaille pour cette sociétéf. ( = in spite of) malgré• with all his intelligence, he still doesn't understand malgré toute son intelligence, il ne comprend toujours pas• with so much happening it was difficult to... il se passait tellement de choses qu'il était difficile de...• with that, he closed the door sur ce, il a fermé la porte* * *[wɪð, wɪθ]Note: If you have any doubts about how to translate a phrase or expression beginning with with ( with a vengeance, with all my heart, with a bit of luck, with my blessing etc) you should consult the appropriate noun entry (vengeance, heart, luck, blessing etc)with is often used after verbs in English ( dispense with, part with, get on with etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (dispense, part, get etc)This dictionary contains usage notes on such topics as the human body and illnesses, aches and pains which use the preposition with. For the index to these notesFor further uses of with, see the entry below1) ( in descriptions)2) (involving, concerning) aveca treaty/a discussion with somebody — un traité/une discussion avec quelqu'un
3) ( indicating an agent) avec4) (indicating manner, attitude)with difficulty/pleasure — avec difficulté/plaisir
‘OK,’ he said with a smile/sigh — ‘d'accord,’ a-t-il dit en souriant/soupirant
5) ( according to)6) (accompanied by, in the presence of) avecshe's got her brother with her — ( on one occasion) elle est avec or accompagnée de son frère; ( staying with her) son frère est chez elle
to live with somebody — ( in one's own house) vivre avec quelqu'un; ( in their house) vivre chez quelqu'un
7) (owning, bringing)8) (in relation to, as regards)what's up with Amy? —
what's with Amy? — US qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec Amy?
9) (showing consent, support)I'm with you 100% ou all the way — je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi
10) ( because of)sick with worry — malade or mort d'inquiétude
11) ( remaining)with only two days to go before the election — alors qu'il ne reste plus que deux jours avant les élections
12) ( suffering from)people with Aids/leukemia — les personnes atteintes du sida/de la leucémie
13) ( in the care or charge of)14) ( against) avec15) ( showing simultaneity)with that, he left — sur ce, il est parti
16) (employed by, customer of)17) ( in the same direction as)••to be with it — (colloq) ( on the ball) être dégourdi; ( trendy) être dans le vent
I'm not really with it today — (colloq) j'ai l'esprit ailleurs aujourd'hui
get with it! — (colloq) ( wake up) réveille-toi!; ( face the facts) redescends sur terre!
I'm not with you, can you repeat? — je ne te suis pas, tu peux répéter?
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5 with
with,❢ If you have any doubts about how to translate a phrase or expression beginning with with ( with a vengeance, with all my heart, with luck, with my blessing etc) you should consult the appropriate noun entry (vengeance, heart, luck, blessing etc). with is often used after verbs in English ( dispense with, part with, get on with etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (dispense, part, get etc).This dictionary contains usage notes on such topics as the human body and illnesses, aches and pains which use the preposition with. For further uses of with, see the entry below.1 ( in descriptions) a girl with black hair une fille aux cheveux noirs ; a child with blue eyes un enfant aux yeux bleus ; the boy with the broken leg le garçon à la jambe cassée ; a boy with a broken leg un garçon avec une jambe cassée ; a dress with a large collar une robe avec un large col ; a TV with remote control une télévision avec télécommande ; a room with a sea view une chambre avec vue sur la mer ; furnished with antiques décoré avec des meubles anciens ; covered with mud couvert de boue ; wet with dew mouillé par la rosée ; to lie with one's eyes closed être allongé les yeux fermés ; to stand with one's arms folded se tenir les bras croisés ; filled/loaded with sth rempli/chargé de qch ; covered/surrounded with couvert/entouré de ;2 (involving, concerning) avec ; a treaty/a discussion /a meeting with sb un traité/une discussion/un rendez-vous avec qn ;3 ( indicating an agent) avec ; to hit sb with sth frapper qn avec qch ; to walk with a stick marcher avec une canne ; to open/cut sth with a penknife ouvrir/couper qch avec un canif ;4 (indicating manner, attitude) with difficulty/pleasure/care avec difficulté/plaisir/soin ; to be patient with sb être patient avec qn ; ‘OK,’ he said with a smile/sigh ‘d'accord,’ a-t-il dit en souriant/soupirant ; delighted/satisfied with sth ravi/satisfait de qch ;5 ( according to) to increase with time augmenter avec le temps ; to improve with age [wine] se bonifier avec l'âge ; to expand with heat se dilater sous l'action de la chaleur ; to vary with the temperature varier selon la température ;6 (accompanied by, in the presence of) avec ; to travel/dance with sb voyager/danser avec qn ; go out with sb sortir avec qn ; bring a friend with you viens avec un ami ; she's got her brother with her ( on one occasion) elle est avec or accompagnée de son frère ; ( staying with her) son frère est chez elle ; to live with sb ( in one's own house) vivre avec qn ; ( in their house) vivre chez qn ; I'll be with you in a second je suis à vous dans un instant ; take your umbrella with you emporte ton parapluie ; bring the books back with you ramène les livres ;7 (owning, bringing) passengers with tickets les passagers munis de billets ; people with qualifications les gens qualifiés ; somebody with your experience quelqu'un qui a ton expérience ; have you got the report with you? est-ce que tu as (amené) le rapport? ; with a CV GB ou resumé US like yours you're sure to find a job avec un CV comme le tien, tu es sûr de trouver du travail ;8 (in relation to, as regards) the frontier with Belgium la frontière avec la Belgique ; problems with the computer des problèmes avec l'ordinateur ; remember what happened with Bob's kids rappelle-toi ce qui est arrivé aux enfants de Bob ; how are things with you? comment ça va? ; what's up with Amy?, what's with Amy? US qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec Amy? ; what do you want with another car? qu'est-ce que tu veux faire d'une deuxième voiture? ; it's a habit with her c'est une habitude chez elle ; ⇒ matter, trouble, what, wrong ;9 (showing consent, support) I'm with you on this matter je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi là-dessus ; I'm with you 100% ou all the way je suis avec toi ;10 ( because of) sick with worry malade or mort d'inquiétude ; white with fear blanc de peur ; to blush with embarrassment rougir d'embarras ; to scream with laughter hurler de rire ; to tremble with fear trembler de peur ; he can see better with his glasses on il voit mieux avec ses lunettes ; with six kids, it's impossible avec six enfants, c'est impossible ; I can't do it with you watching je ne peux pas le faire si tu me regardes ; with summer coming avec l'été qui approche ; I can't go out with all this work to do avec tout le travail que j'ai à faire, je ne peux pas sortir ; ⇒ what ;11 ( remaining) with only two days to go before the election alors qu'il ne reste plus que deux jours avant les élections ; he pulled out of the race with 100 metres to go il a abandonné la course 100 m avant l'arrivée ;12 ( suffering from) people with Aids/leukemia les personnes atteintes du sida/de la leucémie, les personnes qui ont le sida/la leucémie ; to be ill with flu avoir la grippe ; to be in bed with chickenpox être au lit avec la varicelle ;13 ( in the care or charge of) you're safe with us tu es en sécurité avec nous ; the blame lies with him c'est de sa faute ; is Paul withyou? est-ce que Paul est avec vous? ;14 ( against) avec ; to fight with sb se bagarrer avec qn ; the war with Germany la guerre avec l'Allemagne ; to have an argument with sb se disputer avec qn ; to be in competition with sb être en concurrence avec qn ;15 ( showing simultaneity) with the approach of spring à l'approche du printemps ; with the introduction of the reforms avec l'introduction des nouvelles réformes ; with that, he left sur ce, il est parti ;16 (employed by, customer of) a reporter with the Gazette un journaliste de la Gazette ; he's with the UN il travaille pour l'ONU ; I'm with Chemco je travaille chez Chemco ; we're with the National Bank nous sommes à la National Bank ;17 ( in the same direction as) to sail with the wind naviguer dans le sens du vent ; to drift with the tide dériver avec le courant ;18 (featuring, starring) Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart Casablanca avec Humphrey Bogart.to be with it ○ ( on the ball) être dégourdi or capable ; ( trendy) être dans le vent or le coup ; I'm not really with it today ○ j'ai l'esprit ailleurs aujourd'hui ; get with it ○ ! ( wake up) réveille-toi! ; ( face the facts) redescends sur terre! ; I'm not with you, can you repeat? je ne te suis pas, tu peux répéter? -
6 the pitcher goes often to the well
посл.≈ повадился кувшин по воду ходить (тут ему и голову сломить)‘he went after the poachers, did he not?’ said I. ‘Yes, as usual,’ replied my Tutor; ‘he has done it before scores of times.’ ‘The pitcher goes often to the well, but is broken at last,’ returned I. ‘I should not be surprised if the wretched man has been murdered by some of those against whom he waged such unceasing war.’ (J. Payn, ‘Lost Sir Massingberd’, ch XX) — - Сэр Массингберд охотится за браконьерами, не так ли? - спросил я. - Да, как обычно, - ответил мой учитель. - Не первый раз и не последний. - Повадился кувшин по воду ходить, тут ему и голову сломить, - заметил я. - Не удивлюсь, если этого несчастного укокошат те, с кем он непрестанно воюет.
‘...the thief, or the kleptomaniac, is always the same - convinced that she can get away with it.’ Battle nodded his head. ‘That's true enough. Incredibly stupid. The pitcher goes to the well time after time...’ (A. Christie, ‘Cards on the Table’, ch. XXIV) — -...воровки и клептоманки все на один манер: всегда уверены, что останутся безнаказанными. Бэттл кивнул головой. - Да, правда. И это ужасно глупо. Но повадился кувшин по воду ходить...
Large English-Russian phrasebook > the pitcher goes often to the well
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7 make common cause with smb.
объединиться с кем-л., встать под чьи-л. знамена; действовать сообщаThe Indians also often made common cause with the Negro slaves. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, book I, ch. V) — Индейцы тоже часто выступали заодно с неграми.
Our offense was in making common cause with the Batista outfit against the Cuban people. (‘The New Republic’) — Мы поддерживали Батисту против кубинского народа - и это было ошибкой.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > make common cause with smb.
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8 amulet (A charm - as an ornament - often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to protect the wearer against evil - as disease or witchcraft - or to aid him)
Религия: амулетУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > amulet (A charm - as an ornament - often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to protect the wearer against evil - as disease or witchcraft - or to aid him)
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9 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) gribe til våben* * *( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) gribe til våben -
10 hit out
( often with against or at) (to attempt to hit: The injured man hit out blindly at his attackers.) slå ud efter* * *( often with against or at) (to attempt to hit: The injured man hit out blindly at his attackers.) slå ud efter -
11 hit out
( often with against or at) (to attempt to hit: The injured man hit out blindly at his attackers.) lanzar un ataque, atacarv + adva) ( strike)to hit out (at something/somebody) — pegarle* (a algo/alguien)
b) ( attack verbally)to hit out at o against something/somebody — atacar* algo/a alguien, arremeter contra algo/alguien
VI + ADV asestar un golpe; (wildly) repartir golpes (at a)to hit out at sb — asestar un golpe a algn; (fig) atacar a algn
* * *v + adva) ( strike)to hit out (at something/somebody) — pegarle* (a algo/alguien)
b) ( attack verbally)to hit out at o against something/somebody — atacar* algo/a alguien, arremeter contra algo/alguien
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12 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) tomar las armas -
13 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) grípa til vopna -
14 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) fegyvert fog -
15 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) pegar em armas -
16 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) vstati (proti) -
17 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) gripe til våpen -
18 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) iniziare una disputa, prendere le armi -
19 take up arms
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20 take up arms
( often with against) (to begin fighting: The peasants took up arms against the dictator.) chwytać za broń
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