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transitive verb1)2) (give up)dedicate one's life to something — sein Leben einer Sache (Dat.) weihen
3) (devote solemnly) weihen* * *['dedikeit]1) (to give up wholly to; to devote to: He dedicated his life to good works.) weihen2) (to set apart, especially for a holy or sacred purpose: He decided to dedicate a chapel to his wife's memory.) widmen3) ((of an author etc) to state that (a book etc) is in honour of someone: He dedicated the book to his father; She dedicated that song to her friend.) widmen•- academic.ru/19040/dedicated">dedicated- dedication* * *de·di·cate[ˈdedɪkeɪt]vt1. (devote)he has \dedicated his life to scientific research er hat sein Leben in den Dienst der Forschung gestellt2. PUBL3. RELto \dedicate a church [to sb] [jdm] eine Kirche weihen* * *['dedIkeɪt]vt1) church weihen2) book, music, song widmen (to sb jdm)to dedicate oneself or one's life to sb/sth — sich or sein Leben jdm/einer Sache widmen, sich einer Sache hingeben
dedicated to the memory of... — zum Gedenken an...
* * *dedicate [ˈdedıkeıt] v/t1. weihen, widmen ( beide:to dat):2. seine Zeit, sein Leben etc widmen (to dat):dedicate o.s. sich widmen oder hingeben;be dedicated to a cause sich einer Sache verschrieben habento sb jemandem)5. a) der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich machenb) dem öffentlichen Verkehr übergeben6. übergeben (to dat):dedicate a body to the grave einen Leichnam der Erde übergeben* * *transitive verb1)2) (give up)dedicate one's life to something — sein Leben einer Sache (Dat.) weihen
3) (devote solemnly) weihen* * *v.reservieren v.widmen v. -
122 drive
1. past tense - drove; verb1) (to control or guide (a car etc): Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?) kjøre (bil)2) (to take, bring etc in a car: My mother is driving me to the airport.) kjøre3) (to force or urge along: Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.) drive, jage4) (to hit hard: He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.) slå, drive ned, smelle til5) (to cause to work by providing the necessary power: This mill is driven by water.) drive(s)2. noun1) (a journey in a car, especially for pleasure: We decided to go for a drive.) kjøretur2) (a private road leading from a gate to a house etc: The drive is lined with trees.) inn-/oppkjørsel3) (energy and enthusiasm: I think he has the drive needed for this job.) handlekraft, pågangsmot, driv4) (a special effort: We're having a drive to save electricity.) kampanje, framstøt5) (in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).) drive, slag6) ((computers) a disk drive.) diskettstasjon; drev•- driver- driver's license
- drive-in
- drive-through
- driving licence
- be driving at
- drive off
- drive onkampanjeIsubst. \/draɪv\/1) kjøretur, biltur, reise, kjøring2) kjørevei, oppkjørsel, innkjørsel3) ( teknikk) drift, kraftoverføring, trekk, styring (bil)4) ( sport) drive, kraftig slag, utslag (golf)5) energi, drivkraft, initiativ, pågangsmot, handlekraft6) kampanje, fremstøt, satsing, kraftanstrengelse, kraftig offensiv7) ( i arbeid) hardt press, travelhet8) ( kortspill) parti, omgang9) (amer., fotball) angrepsserie10) retning, tendens, hensikt, formål11) (amer. også) spydighet14) (fe)drift15) (amer.) tømmerfløtinggo for\/take a drive ta seg en kjøreturwhist drive ( kortspill) whistturneringII1) drive(s), drive(s) fremmaskinen er\/blir drevet med damp2) jage, drive3) trenge, tvinge, presse4) piske, slåregnet pisket\/slo oss i ansiktet5) ( jakt) drive, gjennomsøke6) kjøre, bile, fare, reise7) gi skyss, skysse8) drive på, presse, (over)anstrenge seg9) ( sport) slå (en ball)11) slå (inn), drive ned, ramme ned12) bore, grave13) (be)drive, få i stand, gjennomføre14) utsette15) komme farende, komme styrtende16) gå, gå inn, trenge inndrive a good bargain få i stand en god handeldrive a hard bargain se ➢ bargain, 1drive at sikte til, sikte på, gjelde, mene• what are you driving at?hva mener du med det?\/hva sikter du til?( også let drive at) sikte mot, gå løs på, angripedrive away at ( hverdagslig) fortsette (med)drive four-in-hand kjøre med firspanndrive (in)to presse til, tvinge tildrive logs (spesielt amer.) fløte tømmerdrive on! kjør videre!, fortsett!drive one's own car ha egen bil, holde seg med egen bildrive somebody out of his\/her senses eller drive somebody mad\/crazy\/frantic gjøre noen gal, drive noen til vanvidddrive something home slå fast noe, overbeviseit's enough to drive one mad man kunne bli gal av mindre, det er til å bli gal av -
123 do
I.do1 [du:]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━4. noun5. plural noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► There is no equivalent in French to the use of do in questions, negative statements and negative commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• do you understand? (est-ce que) vous comprenez ?• didn't you like it? tu n'as pas aimé ça ?• don't worry! ne t'en fais pas !• you know him, don't you? vous le connaissez, n'est-ce pas ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The tag is sometimes not translated.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• he didn't go, did he? il n'y est pas allé(, n'est-ce pas) ?• (so) you know him, do you? alors comme ça vous le connaissez ?• she said that, did she? ah oui ? elle a dit ça ?c. (in tag responses) they speak French -- oh, do they? ils parlent français -- ah oui ?• he wanted £1,000 for it -- did he really? il en demandait 1 000 livres -- vraiment ?• who broke the mirror? -- I did qui a cassé la glace ? -- moi• may I come in? -- please do! puis-je entrer ? -- je t'en prie !• shall I ring her again? -- no, don't! est-ce que je la rappelle ? -- surtout pas !• I'll tell him -- don't! je vais le lui dire -- surtout pas !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• do you see them often? -- yes, I do vous les voyez souvent ? -- oui• did you see him? -- no I didn't est-ce que tu l'as vu ? -- nond. (substitute for another verb) he's always saying he'll stop smoking, but he never does il dit toujours qu'il va s'arrêter de fumer mais il ne le fait pas• I like this colour, don't you? j'aime bien cette couleur, pas toi ?e. (encouraging) DO come! venez donc !• DO tell him that... dites-lui bien que...• but I DO like pasta! mais si j'aime bien les pâtes !• I am sure he never said that -- he DID say it je suis sûr qu'il n'a jamais dit ça -- je t'assure que si !• so you DO know them! alors comme ça tu les connais !a. faire• what are you doing in the bathroom? qu'est-ce que tu fais dans la salle de bains ?• what do you do for a living? que faites-vous dans la vie ?• the car was doing 100mph la voiture faisait du 160 km/h• now you've done it! c'est malin !━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Some do + noun combinations require a more specific French verb.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━b. ( = finish) to get done with sth en finir avec qchc. ( = cook) faire ; ( = peel) éplucher• how do you like your steak done? comment voulez-vous votre bifteck ?e. ( = suffice) aller à• will a kilo do you? un kilo, ça ira ?► to do + preposition• what are we going to do for money? comment allons-nous faire pour trouver de l'argent ?• what can I do for you? qu'est-ce que je peux faire pour vous ?• could you do something for me? est-ce que tu peux me rendre un service ?• what are you doing to that poor cat? qu'est-ce que tu es en train de faire à ce pauvre chat ?• what have you done with my gloves? qu'as-tu fait de mes gants ?• what am I going to do with you? qu'est-ce que je vais bien pouvoir faire de toi ?a. ( = act) faire• could you lend me £50? -- nothing doing! (inf) tu pourrais me prêter 50 livres ? -- pas question !• how are you doing? comment ça va ?• how's he doing? comment va-t-il ?• how do you do? (on being introduced) enchanté (de faire votre connaissance)c. ( = finish) terminer• have you done? vous avez terminé ?• have you done with that book? vous n'avez plus besoin de ce livre ?d. ( = suit) aller• that will never do! il n'en est pas question !• it doesn't do to tell him what you think of him ce n'est pas une bonne idée de lui dire ce qu'on pense de luie. ( = be sufficient) suffire• can you lend me some money? -- will £10 do? peux-tu me prêter de l'argent ? -- dix livres, ça ira ?• that will do! ça ira !f. ► to have to do with ( = be connected with)what has that got to do with it? qu'est-ce que ça a à voir ?• they say crime has nothing to do with unemployment ils prétendent que la criminalité n'a rien à voir avec le chômage• that has nothing to do with it! cela n'a aucun rapport !• that's got a lot to do with it! ça y est pour beaucoup !• that has nothing to do with you! ça ne vous regarde pas !4. noun• they had a big do for their twenty-fifth anniversary ils ont fait une grande fête pour leur vingt-cinquième anniversaire de mariage5. plural nouna. ( = get rid of) [+ law, controls] abolir ; [+ nuclear weapons] démanteler ; [+ subsidies] supprimer ; [+ building] démolir• this will do away with the need for a UN presence cela rendra la présence des Nations unies superflue• she's always doing herself down il faut toujours qu'elle se rabaisse► do for (inf) inseparable transitive verba. ( = kill) buter (inf !)c. ( = exhaust) épuiser• the door was open: they had done the place over la porte était ouverte: ils avaient mis la maison sens dessus dessous[dress, jacket] se fermerb. ( = parcel together) emballerb. ( = tolerate) supporter• I can't be doing with whining children je ne supporte pas les enfants qui pleurnichent► do without• I could have done without that! je m'en serais bien passé !• I can do without your advice! je vous dispense de vos conseils !II.do2 [dəʊ]* * *I 1. [duː, də]1) ( be busy) faire [washing up, ironing etc]2) ( make smart)3) ( complete) faire [military service, period of time]4) ( finish)have you done (colloq) complaining? — tu as fini de te plaindre?
tell him now and have done with it — dis-le lui maintenant, ce sera fait
that's done it — ( task successfully completed) ça y est; ( expressing dismay) il ne manquait plus que ça
5) ( complete through study) faire [subject, degree, homework]6) ( write) faire [translation, critique]7) ( effect change) faire8) ( hurt) faire9) (colloq) ( deal with)10) ( cook) faire [sausages, spaghetti etc]well done — [meat] bien cuit
11) ( prepare) préparer [vegetables]12) ( produce) monter [play]; faire [film, programme] (on sur)13) ( imitate) imiter [celebrity, mannerism]14) ( travel at) faire15) ( cover distance of) faire [30 km etc]16) (colloq) ( satisfy needs of)17) (colloq) ( cheat)to do somebody out of £5 — refaire (colloq) quelqu'un de 5 livres sterling
18) (colloq) ( rob)to do a bank — faire un casse (colloq) dans une banque
19) (colloq) (arrest, convict)2.to get done for — se faire prendre pour [illegal parking etc]
1) ( behave) fairedo as you're told — ( by me) fais ce que je te dis; ( by others) fais ce qu'on te dit
2) ( serve purpose)3) ( be acceptable)this really won't do! — ( as reprimand) ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça!
4) ( be sufficient) [amount of money] suffire5) ( finish) finir6) ( get on) [person] s'en sortir; [business] marcher7) ( in health)3.1) (with questions, negatives)own up, did you or didn't you take my pen? — avoue, est-ce que c'est toi qui as pris mon stylo ou pas?
2) ( for emphasis)4) (in requests, imperatives)do sit down — asseyez-vous, je vous en prie
he lives in France, doesn't he? — il habite en France, n'est-ce pas?
‘who wrote it?’ - ‘I did’ — ‘qui l'a écrit?’ - ‘moi’
‘shall I tell him?’ - ‘no don't’ — ‘est-ce que je le lui dis?’ - ‘non surtout pas’
‘he knows the President’ - ‘does he?’ — ‘il connaît le Président’ - ‘vraiment?’
4.so/neither does he — lui aussi/non plus
(colloq) noun GB fête fhis leaving do — son pot (colloq) de départ
Phrasal Verbs:- do in- do out- do up- do with••it's a poor do (colloq) if — c'est vraiment grave si
it was all I could do not to... — je me suis retenu pour ne pas...
nothing doing! — ( no way) pas question!
II [dəʊ]all the dos and don'ts — tout ce qu'il faut/fallait faire et ne pas faire
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124 heavy
'hevi1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) pesado2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) pesado3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) fuerte, abundante4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) empedernido5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) cargado6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) pesado, denso; difícil7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) pesado8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) pesado•- heavily- heaviness
- heavy-duty
- heavy industry
- heavyweight
- heavy going
- a heavy heart
- make heavy weather of
heavy adj1. pesado2. fuerte / densotr['hevɪ]1 (gen) pesado,-a2 (rain, blow) fuerte, pesado,-a3 (traffic) denso,-a4 (sleep) profundo,-a5 (crop) abundante6 (atmosphere) cargado,-a7 (loss, expenditure) grande, considerable, cuantioso,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a heavy drinker/smoker beber/fumar muchoheavy industry industria pesadaheavy water agua pesada1) weighty: pesado2) dense, thick: denso, espeso, grueso3) burdensome: oneroso, gravoso4) profound: profundo5) sluggish: lento, tardo6) stout: corpulento7) severe: severo, duro, fuerteadj.• amazacotado, -a adj.• aplomado, -a adj.• difícil adj.• doble adj.• espeso, -a adj.• grave adj.• gravoso, -a adj.• lento, -a adj.• modorra adj.• morrocotudo, -a adj.• pesado, -a adj.• torpe adj.
I 'heviadjective -vier, -viest1)a) ( weighty) <load/suitcase/weight> pesado; <fabric/garment> grueso, pesado; < saucepan> de fondo grueso; < boots> fuerteit's very heavy — es muy pesado, pesa mucho
heavy goods vehicle — vehículo m (de carga) de gran tonelaje
heavy work — trabajo m pesado
b) ( large-scale) (before n) <artillery/machinery> pesado2)3)a) ( oppressive) <clouds/sky> pesadoa heavy silence — un silencio violento or embarazoso
with a heavy heart — apesadumbrado, acongojado
heavy breathing — ( with exertion) resoplidos mpl; ( with passion) jadeos mpl
4)a) ( bigger than usual) < expenditure> cuantioso; < crop> abundanteb) ( intense) < bookeatment> pesado, denso; < rain> fuerte; < traffic> denso; < schedule> apretadoto be a heavy drinker/smoker — beber/fumar mucho
he's a heavy sleeper — tiene el sueño pesado, duerme muy profundamente
I've got a heavy cold — tengo un resfriado muy fuerte, estoy muy resfriado
c) ( severe) <sentence/penalty> severo; < casualties> numeroso; < blow> duro, fuerteheavy losses — grandes or cuantiosas pérdidas fpl
d) ( violent) (sl) bruto
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to lie/hang/weigh heavy on somebody/something — (liter) pesar sobre alguien/algo (liter)
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['hevɪ]1. ADJ(compar heavier) (superl heaviest)1) (=weighty) pesadois it heavy? — ¿pesa mucho?
how heavy are you? — ¿cuánto pesas?
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his eyes were heavy (with sleep) — los párpados le pesaban de sueño•
my arms felt so heavy — me pesaban tanto los brazos•
the trees were heavy with fruit — los árboles estaban cargados de fruta2) (=considerable) [traffic] denso; [rain, shower] fuerte; [crop] abundante; [loss] considerable, cuantioso; [fine] fuerte; [defeat] aplastante; [irony, symbolism] enorme; [fighting, fire] intenso•
a heavy concentration of troops — una gran concentración de tropas•
heavy demand has depleted supplies — una intensa or enorme demanda ha reducido las existencias•
the school places heavy emphasis on languages — la escuela da mucha importancia a los idiomas•
to be heavy on sth: the car is heavy on petrol — el coche consume mucha gasolina•
he is under heavy pressure to resign — le están presionando enormemente para que dimitacasualty, price•
the heavy scent of honeysuckle — el intenso or fuerte olor a madreselva3) (=thick, solid) [cloth, coat, line] grueso; [features] tosco; [meal, food] fuerte, pesado; [soil] arcilloso; [fog, mist] espeso, densoheavy crude (oil) — crudo m denso or pesado
4) (=oppressive, gloomy) [atmosphere] cargado; [sky] encapotado; [burden, responsibility] pesadoI found this talk of marriage a bit heavy — esa conversación sobre el matrimonio me resultaba algo pesada
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with a heavy heart — apesadumbrado, acongojado•
the air was heavy with scent — el aire estaba cargado de perfume5) (=deep) [sigh, sleep, silence] profundohis heavy breathing kept me awake — respiraba tan fuerte que no me dejaba dormir, sus jadeos no me dejaban dormir
6) (=arduous) [task, work] pesado; [schedule] apretadoweatherI've had a heavy day — he tenido un día muy liado or ajetreado
7) (=boring, laboured) [book, film, humour] denso, pesado8) (=bad)9) (=rough) [sea] grueso2. N1) * (=thug) matón * m, gorila * m2) * (=eminent person) peso m pesado3) * (=newspaper) periódico m serio3.ADV•
his son's troubles weighed heavy on his mind — los problemas de su hijo le preocupaban mucho4.CPDheavy artillery N — artillería f pesada
heavy cream N — (US) nata f para montar (Sp), nata f enriquecida
heavy goods NPL — artículos mpl pesados
heavy goods vehicle N — vehículo m pesado
heavy guns NPL — = heavy artillery
heavy industry N — industria f pesada
heavy metal N — (Chem, Ind) metal m pesado; (Mus) heavy m (metal)
heavy type N — negrita f
heavy water N — (Phys) agua f pesada
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I ['hevi]adjective -vier, -viest1)a) ( weighty) <load/suitcase/weight> pesado; <fabric/garment> grueso, pesado; < saucepan> de fondo grueso; < boots> fuerteit's very heavy — es muy pesado, pesa mucho
heavy goods vehicle — vehículo m (de carga) de gran tonelaje
heavy work — trabajo m pesado
b) ( large-scale) (before n) <artillery/machinery> pesado2)3)a) ( oppressive) <clouds/sky> pesadoa heavy silence — un silencio violento or embarazoso
with a heavy heart — apesadumbrado, acongojado
heavy breathing — ( with exertion) resoplidos mpl; ( with passion) jadeos mpl
4)a) ( bigger than usual) < expenditure> cuantioso; < crop> abundanteb) ( intense) <book/treatment> pesado, denso; < rain> fuerte; < traffic> denso; < schedule> apretadoto be a heavy drinker/smoker — beber/fumar mucho
he's a heavy sleeper — tiene el sueño pesado, duerme muy profundamente
I've got a heavy cold — tengo un resfriado muy fuerte, estoy muy resfriado
c) ( severe) <sentence/penalty> severo; < casualties> numeroso; < blow> duro, fuerteheavy losses — grandes or cuantiosas pérdidas fpl
d) ( violent) (sl) bruto
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to lie/hang/weigh heavy on somebody/something — (liter) pesar sobre alguien/algo (liter)
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125 lie
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noun(a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) mentira
2. verb(to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) mentir- liar
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present participle - lying; verb1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.)2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) echarse, tumbarse3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) estar (situado), encontrarse4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) quedarse, permanecer•- lie back- lie down
- lie in
- lie in wait for
- lie in wait
- lie low
- lie with
- take lying down
lie1 n mentirathat's a lie! ¡eso es mentira!lie2 vb echarse / tumbarselie3 vb mentirtr[laɪ]1 mentir1 mentira\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a pack of lies / be a tissue of lies ser pura mentirato give the lie to desmentirto lie through one's teeth familiar mentir uno más que hablato tell lies mentirlie detector detector nombre masculino de mentiras————————tr[laɪ]1 (adopt a flat position) acostarse, tumbarse; (be in a flat position) estar acostado,-a, estar tumbado,-a■ we must determine where the responsibility lies hemos de determinar de quién es la responsabilidad3 (be situated) estar (situado,-a), encontrarse■ the problem lies mainly in his stubbornness el problema radica principalmente en su intransigencia■ what lies behind his offer of help? ¿qué esconde tras su oferta de ayuda?4 (be buried) yacer5 (remain) quedarse, permanecer1 (position) posición nombre femenino, situación nombre femenino; (direction) orientación nombre femenino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto lie down on the job columpiarse, dormirseto lie low estar escondido,-ato take something lying down aceptar algo sin chistarthe lie of the land la topografía (del terreno) 2 figurative use el estado de las cosas1) : acostarse, echarseI lay down: me acosté2) : estar, estar situado, encontrarsethe book lay on the table: el libro estaba en la mesathe city lies to the south: la ciudad se encuentra al sur3) consist: consistir4)to lie in : residir enthe power lies in the people: el poder reside en el pueblolie n1) untruth: mentira fto tell lies: decir mentiras2) position: posición fn.• disposición s.f.• embuste s.m.• filfa s.f.• gazapa s.f.• infundio s.m.• mentira s.f.• orientación s.f.• trola s.f.• trufa s.f.v.(§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•) = echarse v.• estar acostado v.• estar echado v.• estar situado v.• mentir v.• trufar v.• ubicarse v.• yacer v.
I laɪto tell lies — decir* mentiras, mentir*
to give the lie to something — desmentir* algo
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2) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past & past p lied) ( tell untruths) mentir*to lie one's way out of/into something — salir* de un problema/conseguir* algo a base de mentiras
a) ( lie down) echarse, acostarse*, tenderse*b) ( be in lying position) estar* tendido, yacer* (liter)c) ( be buried) yacer* (liter), estar* sepultado (frml)4) (be) \<\<object\>\> estar*the ship lay at anchor — el barco estaba fondeado or anclado
5)a) ( be located) \<\<building/city\>\> encontrarse*, estar* (situado or ubicado)a group of islands lying off the west coast — un conjunto de islas situadas cerca de la costa occidental
b) ( stretch) extenderse*6) \<\<problem/difference\>\> radicar*, estribar, estar*; \<\<answer\>\> estar*where do your sympathies lie? — ¿con quién simpatizas?
it's hard to see where the problem lies — es difícil ver en qué estriba or radica el problema
victory lay within his grasp — tenía la victoria al alcance de la mano
•Phrasal Verbs:- lie back- lie down- lie in
I [laɪ]1.N mentira fit's a lie! — ¡(es) mentira!
- give the lie topack 1., 3)2.VI mentir3.VT4.CPDlie detector N — detector m de mentiras
lie-detector test N — prueba f con el detector de mentiras
II [laɪ] (pt lay) (pp lain)1. VI1) [person, animal] (=act) echarse, acostarse, tenderse, tumbarse; (=state) estar echado or acostado or tendido or tumbado; (in grave) yacer, estar enterrado, reposar liter•
here lies... — aquí yace...•
to let things lie — dejar estar las cosas como están- lie low2) (=be situated) [object] estar; [town, house] estar situado, encontrarse, ubicarse (LAm); (=remain) quedarse; (=stretch) extenderse•
our road lay along the river — nuestro camino seguía a lo largo del río•
the plain lay before us — la llanura se extendía delante de nosotros•
where does the difficulty lie? — ¿en qué consiste or radica la dificultad?•
the town lies in a valley — el pueblo está situado or ubicado en un valleEngland lies in third place — Inglaterra está en tercer lugar or ocupa la tercera posición
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how does the land lie? — ¿cuál es el estado actual de las cosas?•
obstacles lie in the way — hay obstáculos por delante•
the problem lies in his refusal — el problema estriba en su negativa•
the snow lay half a metre deep — había medio metro de nieve•
the fault lies with you — la culpa es tuya, tú eres el culpable2.N [of ball] posición f•
the lie of the land — (Geog) la configuración del terreno; (fig) el estado de las cosas- lie back- lie down- lie in- lie over- lie to- lie up* * *
I [laɪ]to tell lies — decir* mentiras, mentir*
to give the lie to something — desmentir* algo
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2) (3rd pers sing pres lies; pres p lying; past & past p lied) ( tell untruths) mentir*to lie one's way out of/into something — salir* de un problema/conseguir* algo a base de mentiras
a) ( lie down) echarse, acostarse*, tenderse*b) ( be in lying position) estar* tendido, yacer* (liter)c) ( be buried) yacer* (liter), estar* sepultado (frml)4) (be) \<\<object\>\> estar*the ship lay at anchor — el barco estaba fondeado or anclado
5)a) ( be located) \<\<building/city\>\> encontrarse*, estar* (situado or ubicado)a group of islands lying off the west coast — un conjunto de islas situadas cerca de la costa occidental
b) ( stretch) extenderse*6) \<\<problem/difference\>\> radicar*, estribar, estar*; \<\<answer\>\> estar*where do your sympathies lie? — ¿con quién simpatizas?
it's hard to see where the problem lies — es difícil ver en qué estriba or radica el problema
victory lay within his grasp — tenía la victoria al alcance de la mano
•Phrasal Verbs:- lie back- lie down- lie in -
126 shallow
'ʃæləu1) (not deep: shallow water; a shallow pit.) poco profundo2) (not able to think seriously or feel deeply: a rather shallow personality.) superficial•- shallows
shallow adj poco profundo / que cubre pocotr['ʃæləʊ]1 (water, pond, etc) poco profundo,-a; (dish, bowl) llano,-a, plano,-a2 figurative use superficial1 bajío m singshallow ['ʃælo:] adj1) : poco profundo (dícese del agua, etc.)2) superficial: superficialadj.• poco profundo adj.• somero, -a adj.n.• bajío s.m.v.• hacer menos profundo v.'ʃæləʊadjective -er, -estshallow breathing — respiración f superficial
b) ( superficial) < person> superficial['ʃælǝʊ]1. ADJ(compar shallower) (superl shallowest)1) (gen) poco profundo, playo (S. Cone); [dish etc] llanothe shallow end — (of swimming pool) la parte poco profunda
2) [breathing] superficial3) [person, mind, character] superficial; [argument, novel, film] superficial, trivial2.shallowsNPL bajío msing, bajos mpl* * *['ʃæləʊ]adjective -er, -estshallow breathing — respiración f superficial
b) ( superficial) < person> superficial -
127 bury
transitive verb1) begraben; beisetzen (geh.) [Toten]2) (hide) vergraben; (fig.) begrabenbury the hatchet or (Amer.) tomahawk — (fig.) das Kriegsbeil begraben
bury one's face in one's hands — das Gesicht in den Händen vergraben
3) (bring underground) eingraben; abdecken [Wurzeln]the houses were buried by a landslide — die Häuser wurden durch einen Erdrutsch verschüttet
4) (plunge)bury one's teeth in something — seine Zähne in etwas (Akk.) graben od. schlagen
5)bury oneself in one's studies/books — sich in seine Studien vertiefen/in seinen Büchern vergraben
* * *['beri]1) (to place (a dead body) in a grave, the sea etc.) begraben•- academic.ru/9679/burial">burial- bury the hatchet* * *<- ie->[ˈberi]vt1. (put underground)▪ to \bury sb jdn begraben▪ to \bury sth etw vergrabento be buried alive lebendig begraben sein▪ to \bury sth etw verbergenshe buried her face in her hands sie vergrub ihr Gesicht in den Händento \bury one's pain seine Schmerzen nicht zeigen3. (engross)to \bury oneself in one's book/one's work sich akk in sein Buch/seine Arbeit versenkento be buried in one's book/thoughts/work ganz in sein Buch/seine Gedanken/seine Arbeit versunken [o vertieft] sein4.▶ to \bury the hatchet das Kriegsbeil begraben▶ to \bury one's head in the sand den Kopf in den Sand stecken* * *['berɪ]vt1) person, animal, possessions, differences begraben; (with ceremony also) beerdigen, bestatten (geh); (= hide in earth) treasure, bones vergraben; (= put in earth) end of post, roots eingrabenwhere is he buried? — wo liegt or ist er begraben?; (in cemetery also) wo liegt er?
to bury sb at sea — jdn auf See bestatten (geh), jdm ein Seemannsgrab geben
she has buried three husbands (fig) — sie hat schon drei Männer begraben (inf)
buried by an avalanche — von einer Lawine verschüttet or begraben
to be buried in work (fig) — bis zum Hals in Arbeit stecken
2) (= conceal) one's face verbergento bury one's face in one's hands —
to bury oneself under the blankets/(away) in the country — sich unter den Decken/auf dem Land vergraben
a village buried in the heart of the country — ein im Landesinnern versteckt gelegenes Dorf
3) (= put, plunge) hands, fingers vergraben (in in +dat); claws, teeth schlagen (in in +acc); dagger stoßen (in in +acc)4)(= engross)
to bury oneself in one's books — sich in seinen Büchern vergraben* * *bury [ˈberı] v/tbury one’s face in the pillows sein Gesicht in den oder die Kissen vergraben;2. begraben, beerdigen, bestatten:a) lebendig begraben werden,b) verschüttet werden;she has buried three husbands sie hat (schon) drei Männer überlebt3. verschütten, begraben:4. fig einen Streit etc begraben, vergessen:bury the past einen Schlussstrich unter die Vergangenheit ziehenbe buried in vertieft sein in (akk);be buried in thought(s) gedankenversunken oder in Gedanken versunken sein* * *transitive verb1) begraben; beisetzen (geh.) [Toten]where is Marx buried? — wo ist od. liegt Marx begraben?
2) (hide) vergraben; (fig.) begrabenbury the hatchet or (Amer.) tomahawk — (fig.) das Kriegsbeil begraben
3) (bring underground) eingraben; abdecken [Wurzeln]4) (plunge)bury one's teeth in something — seine Zähne in etwas (Akk.) graben od. schlagen
5)bury oneself in one's studies/books — sich in seine Studien vertiefen/in seinen Büchern vergraben
* * *v.beerdigen v.begraben v.verbergen v.vergraben v. -
128 cure
kjuə 1. verb1) (to make better: That medicine cured me; That will cure him of his bad habits.) helbrede, kurere2) (to get rid of (an illness etc): That pill cured my headache.) helbrede, avhjelpe3) (to preserve (bacon etc) by drying, salting etc.) konservere, grave (fisk), salte og røyke (kjøtt)2. noun(something which cures: They're trying to find a cure for cancer.) helbredelse; behandling, legemiddel- curable- curativekur--------kurere--------lege--------legemiddelIsubst. \/kjʊə\/1) helbredelse, tilfriskning2) legemiddel, (bote)middel (også overført), kur3) (ved salting, røyking e.l.) konservering4) herding, vulkanisering5) (kirkelig, også cure of souls) sjelesorg6) ( kirkelig) prestekall (med ansvar for sjelesorg)work its own cure lege seg selvIIverb \/kjʊə\/1) helbrede, lege, kurere2) avhjelpe, råde bot på, fjerne3) (ved salting, røyking, tørking e.l.) konservere, gjøre holdbar, preparere4) herde, vulkanisere
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