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  • 1 ♦ people

    ♦ people /ˈpi:pl/
    n.
    1 popolo; nazione; razza; stirpe; gente: the English people, il popolo inglese; the English-speaking peoples, i popoli di lingua inglese; government of the people, governo del popolo
    2 (collett., col verbo al pl.) persone; abitanti; gente; folla: some people, alcuni; taluni; certuni; other people, altra gente; just a few people, solo qualche persona; clever [stupid] people, persone intelligenti [stupide]; city [country] people, gente di città [di campagna]; the common people, la gente comune; There were lots of people, c'era molta gente (o una gran folla); I don't care what people say, non m'importa di quel che dice la gente; DIALOGO → - Post- There was just a gas bill, and a letter for you from the car insurance people, c'era solo una bolletta del gas e una lettera per te da quelli dell'assicurazione per la macchina
    3 ( slang USA) tipo; tizio; individuo: He's bad people, è un brutto tipo
    4 ( slang USA) – the people, quelli della narcotici; la squadra antidroga
    ● (autom.) people carrier, veicolo multifunzionale (o multiuso); monovolume; one's people, i familiari; i parenti; gli antenati, i progenitori: His people have lived there for centuries, la sua famiglia vi abita da secoli □ (polit.) people's front, fronte popolare □ (TV, USA) people meter, audimetro □ people mover, mezzo di trasporto rapido a percorso fisso □ people pleaser, persona che si prodiga per essere amata □ (polit.) people's republic, repubblica popolare □ people smuggler, trafficante di esseri umani ( per prostituzione, immigrazione clandestina, ecc.) □ people of wealth, gente ricca □ (polit.) to go to the people, fare appello al Paese; indire le elezioni politiche □ the little people, le fate; i folletti; gli gnomi □ (fam.) my people, i miei; la mia famiglia □ Bill, of all people, was the first who came to my rescue, fu Bill, sorprendentemente, che venne in mio soccorso □ You of all people should know better, proprio tu dovresti avere un po' più di criterio NOTA D'USO: - persons o people?-.
    (to) people /ˈpi:pl/
    A v. t.
    popolare; abitare
    B v. i.
    2 (fam.) riempirsi di gente.

    English-Italian dictionary > ♦ people

  • 2 people of all degrees of wealth

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > people of all degrees of wealth

  • 3 true wealth

    Общая лексика: настоящее богатство (People are our Company's true wealth.)

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > true wealth

  • 4 redistributive effect

    Fin
    an effect of a progressive tax or benefit that tends to equalize people’s wealth

    The ultimate business dictionary > redistributive effect

  • 5 rush

    ̈ɪrʌʃ I сущ.
    1) бот. тростник, камыш
    2) пустяк, ерунда, мелочь not to care a rush not to give a rush not worth a rush II
    1. сущ.
    1) а) стремительное движение, бросок, напор, натиск, наплыв;
    воен. стремительная атака - rush-hour Syn: charge, onslaught б) напряжение, спешка, суета rush work амер. ≈ напряженная, спешная работа rush meeting амер. ≈ наспех созванное собрание in a rush Syn: haste, urgency в) прилив, приток крови и т. п.) г) название дизентерии у скота
    2) а) стремление, погоня, гонка( за чем-л.), бум - rush of armaments gold rush б) большой, ажиотажный спрос
    3) а) воен. перебежка б) амер. универ. стычки, драки между студентами первого и второго годов;
    соревнование, состязание (для вступление в какое-л. студенческое общество)
    4) горн. внезапная осадка кровли
    5) удовольствие, острые ощущения He couldn't get a connection. Only, you know, sensation. A dry rush. ≈ Да где ему там пальнуть. Так, знаете ли, одно ощущение. Пощекотать нервы, а толку чуть(Дж. Джойс, "Улисс", эп. 15, "Цирцея"). get a rush Syn: thrill
    6) кино первые отснятые эпизоды фильма для показа
    7) косяк перелетных птиц
    2. гл.
    1) а) прям. перен. бросаться, мчаться, нестись, устремляться;
    тараторить, говорить быстро So many people rushed for the bus that people could hardly get off. ≈ Так много людей устремились к автобусу, что люди едва смогли выйти из него. Why did you have to rush in when I was talking to my wife? ≈ Зачем тебе было встревать, когда я разговаривал со своей женой? Syn: quicken, hurry, hasten б) увлекать, стремительно тащить;
    подгонять, торопить в) воен. брать штурмом, стремительным натиском Syn: storm, overcome, take, capture, carry г) нахлынуть( о чувствах, воспоминаниях и т. п.) д) спорт бежать с мячом в руках (в регби, американском футболе и подобных играх)
    2) а) действовать, выполнять слишком поспешно rush to a conclusion rush into an undertaking rush into print rush a bill through the House б) дуть порывами( о ветре) в) быстро доставлять что-л. или кого-л. куда-л. She was rushed to Alton Hospital, where her condition is critical. ≈ Ее в срочном порядке доставили в Элтонскую больницу, ее состояние крайне тяжелое. Syn: drag, force, carry
    3) разг. обдирать, "грабить" How much did they rush you for that coat? ≈ Сколько с тебя содрали за это пальто? Syn: defraud, cheat
    4) амер. разг. приударять, ухаживать стремительное движение, натиск, напор - a * of wind сильный порыв ветра - a * of customers наплыв покупателей - the Christmas * предрождественская давка( в магазинах) - the * of the river стремнина;
    быстрое течение реки - to make a * at smb. наброситься на кого-л. - with one * they were up the hill стремительный бросок, и они очутились на вершине холма прилив (крови и т. п.) - a * of blood to the head прилив крови к голове - a * of indignation волна негодования погоня (за чем-л.), усиленное стремление (к чему-л.) - a * for wealth погоня за богатством - a * for gold, gold * золотая лихорадка - * of armaments гонка вооружений( for, on) большой спрос - there was a * for the papers газеты покупались нарасхват напряжение;
    спешка - * order срочное требование - * period /season/ страдная /горячая/ пора - * work /job/ срочная /спешная/ работа - in a * в спешке;
    впопыхах - the * of city life напряженный темп городской жизни - what is all this *? к чему вся эта спешка /все это волнение, вся эта суматоха/? (американизм) (университетское) соревнование, состязание (военное) (спортивное) стремительная атака - * tactics( военное) тактика внезапных ударов (военное) перебежка (военное) прорыв( горное) прорыв (воды или слабой породы в выработке) ;
    внезапная осадка( кровли) pl (кинематографический) (жаргон) "потоки", текущий съемочный материал( фильма) (американизм) возбуждение, подъем( американизм) кайф (после приема наркотика) ;
    экстаз;
    восторг, наслаждение > to give smb. the bum's * (американизм) вытолкать кого-л. откуда-л. (особ. из бара, ресторана и т. п.) бросаться, кидаться, устремляться;
    мчаться;
    нестись - the bull *ed at him бык бросился на него - they *ed into the room они ворвались в комнату - blood *ed to his face кровь бросилась ему в лицо - the river *es past река стремительно несется мимо - the days *ed by us and our holiday was soon ended дни быстро пролетели, и наш отпуск скоро кончился - he came *ing down the stairs он стремглав сбежал с лестницы мчаться во весь опор (конный спорт) тащить, протаскивать, проводить быстро - to * a bill through Parliament поспешно провести /протащить/ законопроект через парламент - they *ed him out of the room between them они быстро выволокли его из комнаты действовать слишком поспешно - to * to a conclusion делать поспешный вывод - to * into extremes впадать в крайности сделать, выполнить, осуществить быстро - to * an order срочно выполнить заказ;
    срочно отправить заказанный товар - to * through one's supper проглотить ужин торопить, заставлять быстро делать( что-л.) - to * smb. into an undertaking вовлечь кого-л. в какое-л. предприятие, не дав ему времени подумать - to * a people into war вовлечь народ в войну - she *ed him into marriage она его на себе женила - don't let anybody * you into joining the association не давайте никому втянуть вас в эту ассоциацию - I refuse to be *ed;
    I must think it over я отказываюсь действовать наспех, я должен обдумать это торопить, заставлять быстрее идти, двигаться быстро доставлять - to * an ambulance to the scene of an accident быстро доставить машину скорой помощи на место происшествия - two passengers were *ed to hospital suffering from head injuries двое пассажиров, получивших ранения головы, были срочно отправлены в больницу - fresh troops were *ed up to the front на фронт были срочно брошены свежие силы нахлынуть (о чувствах и т. п.) - old times *ed back upon me на меня нахлынули воспоминания о прошлом - all the horror *ed over her afresh ее снова охватил ужас взять с боем, захватить силой - to * smb. схватить кого-л.;
    наброситься на кого-л. - the audience *ed the platform публика прорвалась на эстраду - to * the gates of the football ground вломиться в ворота футбольного стадиона (военное) брать стремительным натиском - to * the enemy's trenches взять стремительным натиском вражеские траншеи (спортивное) стремительно атаковать ворота противника (военное) делать перебежки дуть порывами (о ветре) (разговорное) обдирать (покупателя) - how much did they * you for this? сколько они содрали с вас за это? (американизм) (сленг) усиленно ухаживать;
    бегать( за кем-л.) (американизм) (университетское) (жаргон) вовлекать в землячество > to * into print протолкнуть в печать незрелое, недоработанное произведение;
    поторопиться печататься > to * smb. off his feet заставить кого-л. совершить необдуманный поступок > fools * in where angels fear to tread дуракам закон не писан тростник;
    камыш (ботаника) ситник( Juncus) пустяк, мелочь - not to care a * совершенно не беспокоиться, не интересоваться, быть безразличным - not to give a * for smth. не придавать значения чему-л.;
    ни в грош не ставить что-л. - his friendship is not worth a * его дружба гроша медного не стоит покрывать, устилать тростником связывать тростником делать что-л. из тростника (редкое) собирать тростник ~ бросаться, мчаться, нестись, устремляться (тж. перен.) ;
    an idea rushed into my mind мне вдруг пришло на ум ~ воен. брать стремительным натиском;
    to be rushed подвергнуться внезапному нападению ~ of armaments гонка вооружений;
    gold rush золотая лихорадка ~ напряжение, спешка, суета;
    in a rush в спешке input ~ вчт. напор входящего потока not to give a ~ (for smth.) не придавать значения (чему-л.) ;
    it's not worth a rush = гроша ломаного не стоит ~ совершенный пустяк, мелочь;
    not to care a rush быть равнодушным not to give a ~ (for smth.) не придавать значения (чему-л.) ;
    it's not worth a rush = гроша ломаного не стоит ~ увлекать, стремительно тащить, торопить;
    to refuse to be rushed отказываться делать (что-л.) второпях rush sl. обдирать (покупателя) ~ большой спрос (for - на) ~ большой спрос ~ воен. брать стремительным натиском;
    to be rushed подвергнуться внезапному нападению ~ бросать ~ бросаться, мчаться, нестись, устремляться (тж. перен.) ;
    an idea rushed into my mind мне вдруг пришло на ум ~ быстро делать ~ быстро доставлять ~ горн. внезапная осадка кровли ~ действовать, выполнять слишком поспешно;
    to rush to a conclusion делать поспешный вывод ~ дуть порывами (о ветре) ~ напряжение, спешка, суета;
    in a rush в спешке ~ нахлынуть (о чувствах, воспоминаниях и т. п.) ~ воен. перебежка ~ прилив (крови и т. п.) ~ амер. разг. приударять, ухаживать (за кем-л.) ~ совершенный пустяк, мелочь;
    not to care a rush быть равнодушным ~ амер. унив. состязание, соревнование ~ срочно исполнять ~ воен. стремительная атака ~ стремительное движение, бросок;
    натиск, напор;
    a rush of customers наплыв покупателей ~ стремительное движение ~ стремление (к чему-л.) ;
    погоня (за чем-л.) ;
    rush for wealth погоня за богатством ~ бот. тростник;
    камыш;
    ситник ~ увлекать, стремительно тащить, торопить;
    to refuse to be rushed отказываться делать (что-л.) второпях to ~ a bill through the House провести в срочном, спешном порядке законопроект через парламент ~ attr. спешный, срочный, требующий быстрых действий;
    rush work амер. напряженная, спешная работа ~ стремление (к чему-л.) ;
    погоня (за чем-л.) ;
    rush for wealth погоня за богатством to ~ into an undertaking необдуманно бросаться в (какое-л.) предприятие;
    to rush into print слишком поспешно отдавать в печать to ~ into an undertaking необдуманно бросаться в (какое-л.) предприятие;
    to rush into print слишком поспешно отдавать в печать ~ meeting амер. наспех созванное собрание ~ of armaments гонка вооружений;
    gold rush золотая лихорадка ~ стремительное движение, бросок;
    натиск, напор;
    a rush of customers наплыв покупателей ~ действовать, выполнять слишком поспешно;
    to rush to a conclusion делать поспешный вывод ~ attr. спешный, срочный, требующий быстрых действий;
    rush work амер. напряженная, спешная работа words rushed to his lips слова так и посыпались из его уст

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > rush

  • 6 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 7 vast

    (of very great size or amount: He inherited a vast fortune.) vasto, inmenso
    vast adj enorme / inmenso / grande
    tr[vɑːst]
    1 (extensive) vasto,-a, inmenso,-a; (huge) inmenso,-a, enorme
    vast ['væst] adj
    : inmenso, enorme, vasto
    adj.
    • dilatado, -a adj.
    • extenso, -a adj.
    • inconmensurable adj.
    • vasto, -a adj.
    væst, vɑːst
    adjective <size/wealth> inmenso, enorme; < area> vasto, extenso; <range/repertoire> muy extenso, amplísimo; <experience/knowledge> vasto

    vast sums of money — sumas fpl astronómicas de dinero

    [vɑːst]
    ADJ (compar vaster) (superl vastest) [building, quantity, organization] enorme, inmenso; [area] vasto, extenso; [range, selection] enorme, amplísimo; [knowledge, experience] vasto
    * * *
    [væst, vɑːst]
    adjective <size/wealth> inmenso, enorme; < area> vasto, extenso; <range/repertoire> muy extenso, amplísimo; <experience/knowledge> vasto

    vast sums of money — sumas fpl astronómicas de dinero

    English-spanish dictionary > vast

  • 8 blind

    1. adjective
    1) (not able to see: a blind man.) ciego
    2) ((with to) unable to notice: She is blind to his faults.) ciego, que no se da cuenta de algo
    3) (hiding what is beyond: a blind corner.) sin visibilidad
    4) (of or for blind people: a blind school.) para invidentes/ciegos

    2. noun
    1) ((often in plural) a screen to prevent light coming through a window etc: The sunlight is too bright - pull down the blinds!) persiana
    2) (something intended to mislead or deceive: He did that as a blind.) pretexto, evasiva, subterfugio

    3. verb
    (to make blind: He was blinded in the war.) cegar, volver ciego
    - blindly
    - blindness
    - blind alley
    - blindfold
    4. verb
    (to put a blindfold on (some person or animal).) vendar los ojos (a)

    5. adjective, adverb
    (with the eyes covered by a cloth etc: She came blindfold into the room.) con los ojos vendados
    - the blind leading the blind
    blind1 adj ciego
    blind2 n persiana
    can you pull the blind down? ¿puedes bajar la persiana?
    tr[blaɪnd]
    1 ciego,-a
    1 (on window) persiana
    1 cegar, dejar ciego,-a
    2 (dazzle) deslumbrar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    blind in one eye tuerto,-a
    blind with jealousy ciego,-a con los celos
    blind with rage ciego,-a de ira
    in the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king en el reino de los ciegos el tuerto es rey
    to bake blind cocer sin el relleno
    to be as blind as a bat no ver ni torta
    to be blind drunk estar borracho,-a, como una cuba
    to be blind to something figurative use estar inconsciente de algo, no darse cuenta de algo
    to blind somebody with science deslumbrar a alguien con sus conocimientos
    to get blind drunk ponerse ciego,-a, coger una tajada
    to go blind quedarse ciego,-a
    to turn a blind eye figurative use hacer la vista gorda, hacerse el sueco
    blind alley callejón nombre masculino sin salida
    blind corner curva sin visibilidad
    blind date cita a ciegas
    blind man ciego
    blind man's buff el juego de la gallina ciega
    blind spot punto ciego
    blind ['blaɪnd] vt
    1) : cegar, dejar ciego
    2) dazzle: deslumbrar
    blind adj
    1) sightless: ciego
    2) insensitive: ciego, insensible, sin razón
    3) closed: sin salida
    blind alley: callejón sin salida
    1) : persiana f (para una ventana)
    2) cover: escondite m, escondrijo m
    adj.
    • ciego, -a adj.
    • ebrio, -a adj.
    • oculto, -a adj.
    • persiana adj.
    n.
    • blinda s.f.
    • celosía s.f.
    • escondite s.m.
    • pantalla s.f.
    • persiana s.f.
    • pretexto s.m.
    • venda s.f.
    expr.
    • dejar ciego, -a expr.
    v.
    • cegar v.
    • deslumbrar v.
    • obcecar v.

    I blaɪnd
    1)
    a) ( Med) ciego

    to be blind in one eye — ser* tuerto

    to be blind to something — no ver* algo

    how could I have been so blind? — ¿cómo pude haber sido tan ciego?

    b) ( Auto) < corner> de poca visibilidad
    2) (lacking reason, judgment) <faith/fury> ciego
    3) (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

    II
    a) ( permanently) dejar ciego
    b) \<\<ambition/passion\>\> cegar*, enceguecer* (AmL); \<\<light/wealth\>\> deslumbrar, encandilar

    III
    1) ( outside window) persiana f; ( roller blind) persiana f (de enrollar), estor m (Esp); ( venetian blind) persiana f veneciana or de lamas
    2) ( blind people) (+ pl vb)

    the blind — los ciegos, los invidentes (frml)

    it's a case of the blind leading the blind — tan poco sabe el uno como el otro


    IV
    adverb (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

    to swear blind that... — jurar y perjurar que...

    to be blind drunk — estar* más borracho que una cuba (fam)

    [blaɪnd]
    1. ADJ
    1) (lit) (=sightless) ciego

    a blind man — un ciego, un hombre ciego

    • to go blind — quedar(se) ciego

    • blind in one eye — tuerto

    • the accident left him blind — el accidente lo dejó ciego

    • to be blind with tears — estar cegado por las lágrimas

    - as blind as a bat
    - turn a blind eye to sth
    colour-blind
    2) (fig) (=unable to see) ciego

    • to be blind to sth — no poder ver algo

    3) (=irrational) [rage, panic, faith] ciego

    • to be blind with rage — estar cegado por la ira, estar ciego de ira

    4)

    • a blind bit of sth * —

    5) (Aer) [landing, flying] guiándose solo por los instrumentos
    6) (=without openings) [building, wall] ciego; [window] condenado
    2. N
    1)

    • the blind — los ciegos

    2) (=shade) persiana f

    • Venetian blind — persiana f veneciana

    3) (=pretence) pretexto m, subterfugio m
    3.
    ADV (=fly, land) guiándose solo por los instrumentos

    • to bake pastry blind — cocer una masa en blanco or sin relleno

    • to be blind drunk * — estar más borracho que una cuba *

    • he swore blind that... — juró y perjuró que...

    4. VT
    1) (=render sightless) dejar ciego, cegar

    • to be blinded in an accident — quedar ciego después de un accidente

    2) (=dazzle) [sun, light] deslumbrar, cegar

    • to blind sb with science — deslumbrar a algn con conocimientos

    3) (fig) cegar

    • to be blinded by anger/hate — estar cegado por la ira/el odio, estar ciego de ira/odio

    • her love blinded her to his faults — su amor no le dejaba ver sus faltas

    5.
    CPD

    blind alley N — callejón m sin salida

    blind corner N — curva f sin visibilidad

    blind date N — (=meeting) cita f a ciegas

    blind man's buff N — gallina f ciega

    blind spot N — (Aut) ángulo m muerto; (Med) punto m ciego

    I have a blind spot about computers, computers are a blind spot with me — los ordenadores no son mi punto fuerte

    blind test N — (Marketing) prueba f a ciegas

    blind trust N — (Comm) fideicomiso m ciego

    * * *

    I [blaɪnd]
    1)
    a) ( Med) ciego

    to be blind in one eye — ser* tuerto

    to be blind to something — no ver* algo

    how could I have been so blind? — ¿cómo pude haber sido tan ciego?

    b) ( Auto) < corner> de poca visibilidad
    2) (lacking reason, judgment) <faith/fury> ciego
    3) (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

    II
    a) ( permanently) dejar ciego
    b) \<\<ambition/passion\>\> cegar*, enceguecer* (AmL); \<\<light/wealth\>\> deslumbrar, encandilar

    III
    1) ( outside window) persiana f; ( roller blind) persiana f (de enrollar), estor m (Esp); ( venetian blind) persiana f veneciana or de lamas
    2) ( blind people) (+ pl vb)

    the blind — los ciegos, los invidentes (frml)

    it's a case of the blind leading the blind — tan poco sabe el uno como el otro


    IV
    adverb (BrE colloq) (as intensifier)

    to swear blind that... — jurar y perjurar que...

    to be blind drunk — estar* más borracho que una cuba (fam)

    English-spanish dictionary > blind

  • 9 parade

    pə'reid
    1. noun
    1) (a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order often as a celebration of some event: a circus parade.) desfile
    2) (an arrangement of soldiers in a particular order: The troops are on parade.) revista

    2. verb
    1) (to march in a line moving forward in order: They paraded through the town.) desfile
    2) (to arrange soldiers in order: The colonel paraded his soldiers.) formar, pasar revista
    3) (to show or display in an obvious way: She paraded her new clothes in front of her friends.) lucir, hacer alarde de
    parade1 n desfile
    parade2 vb desfilar
    tr[pə'reɪd]
    2 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL desfile nombre masculino
    1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL hacer desfilar
    2 (flaunt - knowledge, wealth) alardear, hacer alarde de
    1 (gen) desfilar
    2 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL pasar revista
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be on parade SMALLMILITARY/SMALL pasar revista
    to make a parade of something hacer alarde de algo
    parade ground plaza de armas
    shopping parade zona comercial
    parade [pə'reɪd] vi, - raded ; - rading
    1) march: desfilar
    2) show off: pavonearse, lucirse
    1) procession: desfile m
    2) display: alarde m
    n.
    • cabalgata s.f.
    • desfile s.m.
    • parada s.f.
    • paseo s.m.
    • procesión s.f.
    v.
    • desfilar v.
    • lucir v.
    • pasear v.
    pə'reɪd
    I
    a) ( procession) desfile m; ( Mil) desfile m, parada f
    b) ( assembly) ( Mil) formación f

    to be on parade — ( Mil) estar* formado or en formación; ( on display) estar* en exposición or a la vista de todos; (before n)

    parade ground — plaza f de armas

    c) ( of shops) (BrE) hilera f de tiendas

    II
    1.
    a) ( display) \<\<placards\>\> desfilar con; \<\<feelings/knowledge\>\> hacer* alarde or ostentación de, alardear de; \<\<wealth\>\> hacer* ostentación de, ostentar
    b) (march, walk) \<\<streets\>\> desfilar por
    c) ( assemble) \<\<troops\>\> hacer* formar

    2.
    vi
    a) (march, walk) desfilar

    to parade up and down — \<\<soldier/model/child\>\> desfilar; (swagger, strut) andar* de aquí para allá pavoneándose

    c) ( assemble) ( Mil) formar
    [pǝ'reɪd]
    1. N
    1) (=procession) desfile m ; (Mil) desfile m, parada f ; [of models] desfile m, pase m

    to be on parade — (Mil) estar en formación; (fig) estar a la vista de todos

    fashion 3.
    2) (fig)

    a parade of — (=exhibition) una exhibición de; (=series) una serie de

    to make a parade of — (=show off) hacer alarde de

    3) (esp Brit) (=road) paseo m
    2. VT
    1) [+ troops] hacer desfilar; [+ streets] recorrer, desfilar por; [+ placard etc] pasear ( through the streets por las calles)
    2) (=show off) [+ learning, wealth, new clothes] hacer alarde de, lucir
    3. VI
    1) (Mil etc) desfilar
    2) * pasearse

    she paraded up and down with the hat on — se paseaba de un lado a otro con el sombrero puesto, andaba de acá para allá luciendo el sombrero

    4.
    CPD

    parade ground N — (Mil) plaza f de armas

    * * *
    [pə'reɪd]
    I
    a) ( procession) desfile m; ( Mil) desfile m, parada f
    b) ( assembly) ( Mil) formación f

    to be on parade — ( Mil) estar* formado or en formación; ( on display) estar* en exposición or a la vista de todos; (before n)

    parade ground — plaza f de armas

    c) ( of shops) (BrE) hilera f de tiendas

    II
    1.
    a) ( display) \<\<placards\>\> desfilar con; \<\<feelings/knowledge\>\> hacer* alarde or ostentación de, alardear de; \<\<wealth\>\> hacer* ostentación de, ostentar
    b) (march, walk) \<\<streets\>\> desfilar por
    c) ( assemble) \<\<troops\>\> hacer* formar

    2.
    vi
    a) (march, walk) desfilar

    to parade up and down — \<\<soldier/model/child\>\> desfilar; (swagger, strut) andar* de aquí para allá pavoneándose

    c) ( assemble) ( Mil) formar

    English-spanish dictionary > parade

  • 10 abundance

    əˈbʌndəns сущ.
    1) изобилие, избыток (of) ;
    богатство to be in abundance ≈ изобиловать, иметься в изобилии Food was in abundance. ≈ Еды было в изобилии. horn of abundance ≈ рог изобилия This area of France has an abundance of safe beaches and a pleasing climate. ≈ В этой части Франции в изобилии имеются безопасные пляжи и приятный климат. Syn: wealth
    2) богатство, достаток to live in abundance ≈ жить в достатке Syn: wealth
    3) масса, множество, совокупность;
    экол. плотность abundance of people ≈ стечение народа abundance, the total number of individuals in an area ≈ плотность - общее число людей на некоторой площади Syn: multitude, great number
    4) хим. относительное содержание
    5) физ. распространенность abundance ratio ≈ относительная распространенность
    изобилие, избыток;
    - to be in * изобиловать, иметься в изобилии;
    - there was an * of rye last year в прошлом году был большой урожай ржи;
    - * of the heart избыток чувств достаток;
    богатство;
    - to live in * жить в довольстве множество;
    - * of people стечение народа (физическое) распространенность;
    - * ratio относительная распространенность
    abundance богатство ~ достаток ~ избыток ~ изобилие, избыток (of) ;
    богатство;
    abundance of the heart избыток чувств ~ изобилие ~ множество ~ хим. относительное содержание ~ физ. распространенность;
    isotope abundance распространенность изотопа
    ~ изобилие, избыток (of) ;
    богатство;
    abundance of the heart избыток чувств
    ~ физ. распространенность;
    isotope abundance распространенность изотопа

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > abundance

  • 11 that

    1. ðæt plural - those; adjective
    (used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) ese, esa, esos, esas; aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas

    2. pronoun
    (used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) ese, esa, esos, esas; aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas

    3. ðət, ðæt relative pronoun
    (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man (that) you were talking to?)

    4. ðət, ðæt conjunction
    1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised (that) he had gone.) que
    2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) y pensar que; ojalá

    5.
    adverb
    (so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) tan
    - that's that
    that1 adj ese / aquel
    who lives in that house? ¿quién vive en esa casa?
    did you bring that book? ¿has traído aquel libro?
    what are those boys doing? ¿qué están haciendo aquellos chicos?
    that2 adv tan
    that3 conj que
    that4 pron
    1. ése / aquél
    2. eso
    tr[ðæt ʊnstressed ðət]
    1 ese, esa (remote) aquel, aquella
    ■ how much is that dress? ¿cuánto vale ese vestido?
    ■ what was that noise? ¿qué ha sido ese ruido?
    ■ have you got that record I lent you? ¿tienes aquel disco que te dejé?
    1 ése nombre masculino, ésa (remote) aquél nombre masculino, aquélla
    ■ who's that? ¿quién es ése/ésa?
    ■ this is mine, that is yours éste es mío, aquél es tuyo
    2 (indefinite) eso; (remote) aquello
    ■ what's that? ¿qué es eso?
    ■ where did you get that? ¿dónde has comprado eso?
    4 (with preposition) que, el/la que, el/la cual
    1 que
    2 ¡ojalá!
    1 familiar tan, tanto,-a, tantos,-as
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    and all that y todo eso
    like that así, de aquella manera
    that is to say es decir
    that's it (that's all) eso es todo 2 (that's right) eso es 3 (that's enough) se acabó
    that's life así es la vida
    that's more like it ¡ahora!, ¡así me gusta!
    that's right así es
    that's that ya está, se acabó
    who's that? (on 'phone) ¿quién es?, ¿quién eres?
    that ['ðæt] adv, (in negative constructions) : tan
    it's not that expensive: no es tan caro
    not that much: no tanto
    that adj, pl those : ese, esa, aquel, aquella
    do you see those children?: ¿ves a aquellos niños?
    that conj & pron
    : que
    he said that he was afraid: dijo que tenía miedo
    the book that he wrote: el libro que escribió
    that pron, pl those ['ðo:z]
    1) : ése, ésa, eso
    that's my father: ése es mi padre
    those are the ones he likes: ésos son los que le gustan
    what's that?: ¿qué es eso?
    2) (referring to more distant objects or time) : aquél, aquélla, aquello
    those are maples and these are elms: aquéllos son arces y éstos son olmos
    that came to an end: aquello se acabó
    adj.
    • esa adj.
    • ese adj.
    adj.dem.
    • aquel adj.dem.
    adv.
    • como adv.
    • tan adv.
    conj.
    • ese conj.
    • para que conj.
    • que conj.
    pron.
    • aquello pron.
    • aquél pron.
    • el cual pron.
    • ese pron.
    • eso pron.
    • que pron.
    • quien pron.
    • tanto pron.
    pron.dem.neut.
    • aquello pron.dem.neut.

    I ðæt
    1) (pl those) ( demonstrative) ése, ésa; (neuter) eso

    those — ésos, ésas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquél, aquélla; (neuter) aquello

    those — aquéllos, aquéllas [According to the Real Academia Española the accent can be omitted when there is no ambiguity]

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    who's that over there? — quién es ése/ésa?

    those are $20 and those over there $21.50 — ésos cuestan 20 dólares y aquéllos de allá 21,50

    who's that, please? — ( on telephone) ¿con quién hablo, por favor?

    that's impossible/wonderful! — es imposible/maravilloso!

    is that so? — no me digas!, ¿ah, sí?

    don't talk like that! — no hables así!, no digas eso!

    eat it up now, that's a good girl! — vamos, cómetelo todo así me gusta!

    come on, it's not as bad as all that — vamos, que no es para tanto

    at that — ( moreover) además; ( thereupon)

    at that they all burst out laughing — al oír (or ver etc) eso, todos se echaron a reír

    he has enormous power and wealth, but is still unhappy for all that — tiene mucho poder y muchas riquezas, pero aún así es infeliz

    that is: we're all going, all the adults, that is vamos todos, es decir, todos los adultos; you're welcome to come along, that is, if you'd like to encantados de que vengas, siempre que quieras venir, claro; that's it!: that's it for today eso es todo por hoy; is that it? - no, there's another bag to come ¿ya está? - no, todavía falta otra bolsa; now lift your left arm: that's it! ahora levanta el brazo izquierdo eso es! or ahí está!; that's it: I've had enough! se acabó! ya no aguanto más!; that's that: you're not going and that's that! — no vas y no hay más que hablar or y se acabó

    3) ðət, strong form ðæt ( relative) que

    it wasn't Helen (that) you saw — no fue a Helen a quien viste, no fue a Helen que viste (AmL)


    II ðæt
    adjective (pl those) ese, esa

    those — esos, esas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquel, aquella

    those — aquellos, aquellas

    do you know that boy/girl? — ¿conoces a ese chico/esa chica?

    I prefer that one — prefiero ése/ésa


    III ðət, strong form ðæt

    she said (that)... — dijo que...

    it's not that I mind what he does but... — no es que me importe lo que hace, pero...

    they died that others might live — (liter) murieron para que otros pudieran vivir


    IV ðæt
    adverb tan

    ten thirty? that late already? — ¿las diez y media? ¿ya es tan tarde?

    I'm not that interested, really — la verdad es que no me interesa tanto

    (strong form) [ðæt] (weak form) [ˌdǝt] (pl those) Those is treated as a separate entry.
    1. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVE
    1) [+ objects/people]
    You can generally use ese etc when pointing to something near the person you are speaking to. Use aquel etc for something which is distant from both of you: (nearer) ese m, esa f ; (more remote) aquel m, aquella f

    that car is much better value than that sports model at the end — ese coche está mejor de precio que aquel modelo deportivo que hay al final

    that wretched dog! — ¡ese maldito perro!

    what about that cheque? — ¿y el cheque ese?

    • I only met her that once — la vi solamente aquella vez

    • that one — ese(-a), ése(-a); (more remote) aquel(la), aquél(la)

    In the past the standard spelling for [ese/esa] and [aquel/aquella] used as pronouns (as when they are used to translate [that one]) was with an accent ([ése/ésa] and [aquél/aquélla]). Nowadays the [Real Academia Española] advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjectives [este/esta] and [aquel/aquella].
    2) [+ event, year, month]

    Aquel is used to refer to a time in the distant past. Use if you mention a concrete date, month, year {etc">ese:

    do you remember that holiday we had in Holland? — ¿te acuerdas de aquellas vacaciones que pasamos en Holanda?

    1992? I can't remember where we holidayed that year — ¿1992? no recuerdo dónde pasamos las vacaciones ese año

    May? we can't come that month because we'll be moving house — ¿en mayo? no podemos venir ese mes porque nos estaremos mudando de casa

    2.
    DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN
    The pronoun that ( one) is translated by ese and aquel (masc), esa and aquella (fem) and eso and aquello (neuter). You can generally use ese etc when pointing to something near the person you are speaking to. Use aquel etc for something which is distant from both of you. Note that in the past the standard spelling for the masculine and feminine pronouns was with an accent (ése/ésa and aquél/aquélla). Nowadays the Real Academia Española advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjectives ese/esa and aquel/aquella. Neuter pronouns never carry an accent. (nearer) ese m, esa f, ése m, ésa f, eso (neuter) ; (more remote) aquel(la) m / f, aquél(la) m / f, aquello (neuter)

    who's that? — ¿quién es ese?

    what is that? — ¿qué es eso?, ¿eso qué es?

    is that you, Paul? — ¿eres tú, Paul?

    £5? it must have cost more than that — ¿5 libras? debe haber costado más (que eso)

    that's true — eso es verdad, es cierto (esp LAm)

    that's odd! — ¡qué raro!, ¡qué cosa más rara!

    1988? that was the year you graduated, wasn't it? — ¿1988? ese fue el año en que acabaste la carrera, ¿no es así?

    "will he come?" - "that he will!" — † -¿vendrá? -¡ya lo creo!

    • after that — después de eso

    • bees and wasps and all that — abejas, avispas y cosas así

    is that all? — ¿eso es todo?, ¿nada más?

    • and it was broken at that — y además estaba roto

    • what do you mean by that? — ¿qué quieres decir con eso?

    • if it comes to that — en tal caso, si llegamos a eso

    • it will cost 20 dollars, if that — costará 20 dólares, si es que llega

    • that is — (=ie) es decir...

    • that's it, we've finished — ya está, hemos terminado

    that's it! she can find her own gardener! — ¡se acabó! ¡que se busque un jardinero por su cuenta!

    • that of — el/la de

    • that is to say — es decir...

    • why worry about that which may never happen? — frm ¿por qué preocuparse por aquello que or por lo que puede que nunca vaya a pasar?

    • with that — con eso

    3. RELATIVE PRONOUN
    Unlike that, the Spanish relative cannot be omitted.
    1) que

    fool that I am! — ¡tonto que soy!

    If the that clause ends in a preposition, you can either translate that as que (usually preceded by the definite article) or as article + cual/cuales. Use the second option particularly in formal language or after long prepositions or prepositional phrases:

    the box that I put it in — la caja donde lo puse, la caja en la que or en la cual lo puse

    4. ADVERB
    1) (=so) tan

    it's about that big — (with gesture) es más o menos así de grande

    • cheer up! it isn't that bad — ¡ánimo! ¡no es para tanto!

    • that many frogs — tantas ranas

    • that much money — tanto dinero

    2) * (=so very) tan

    it was that cold! — ¡hacía tanto frío!

    5. CONJUNCTION
    Unlike that, que cannot be omitted.
    1) after verb que

    he said that... — dijo que...

    Translate as de que in phrases like the idea/belief/hope that:

    • any hope that they might have survived was fading — toda esperanza de que hubiesen sobrevivido se estaba desvaneciendo

    • the idea that we can profit from their labour — la idea de que podemos aprovecharnos de su trabajo

    •..., not that I want to, of course —..., no es que yo quiera, por supuesto

    • oh that we could! — ¡ojalá pudiéramos!, ¡ojalá!

    If the that clause is the subject of another verb it is usual to translate that as el que rather than que especially if it starts the sentence:

    that he did not know surprised me — (el) que no lo supiera me extrañó, me extrañó (el) que no lo supiera

    In these cases the verb which follows will be in the subjunctive:

    that he should behave like this is incredible — (el) que se comporte así es increíble, es increíble que se comporte así

    would
    4) (=in order that) para que + subjun
    5)

    • in that — en el sentido de que

    * * *

    I [ðæt]
    1) (pl those) ( demonstrative) ése, ésa; (neuter) eso

    those — ésos, ésas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquél, aquélla; (neuter) aquello

    those — aquéllos, aquéllas [According to the Real Academia Española the accent can be omitted when there is no ambiguity]

    what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

    who's that over there? — quién es ése/ésa?

    those are $20 and those over there $21.50 — ésos cuestan 20 dólares y aquéllos de allá 21,50

    who's that, please? — ( on telephone) ¿con quién hablo, por favor?

    that's impossible/wonderful! — es imposible/maravilloso!

    is that so? — no me digas!, ¿ah, sí?

    don't talk like that! — no hables así!, no digas eso!

    eat it up now, that's a good girl! — vamos, cómetelo todo así me gusta!

    come on, it's not as bad as all that — vamos, que no es para tanto

    at that — ( moreover) además; ( thereupon)

    at that they all burst out laughing — al oír (or ver etc) eso, todos se echaron a reír

    he has enormous power and wealth, but is still unhappy for all that — tiene mucho poder y muchas riquezas, pero aún así es infeliz

    that is: we're all going, all the adults, that is vamos todos, es decir, todos los adultos; you're welcome to come along, that is, if you'd like to encantados de que vengas, siempre que quieras venir, claro; that's it!: that's it for today eso es todo por hoy; is that it? - no, there's another bag to come ¿ya está? - no, todavía falta otra bolsa; now lift your left arm: that's it! ahora levanta el brazo izquierdo eso es! or ahí está!; that's it: I've had enough! se acabó! ya no aguanto más!; that's that: you're not going and that's that! — no vas y no hay más que hablar or y se acabó

    3) [ðət], strong form [ðæt] ( relative) que

    it wasn't Helen (that) you saw — no fue a Helen a quien viste, no fue a Helen que viste (AmL)


    II [ðæt]
    adjective (pl those) ese, esa

    those — esos, esas; (to refer to something more distant, to the remote past) aquel, aquella

    those — aquellos, aquellas

    do you know that boy/girl? — ¿conoces a ese chico/esa chica?

    I prefer that one — prefiero ése/ésa


    III [ðət], strong form [ðæt]

    she said (that)... — dijo que...

    it's not that I mind what he does but... — no es que me importe lo que hace, pero...

    they died that others might live — (liter) murieron para que otros pudieran vivir


    IV [ðæt]
    adverb tan

    ten thirty? that late already? — ¿las diez y media? ¿ya es tan tarde?

    I'm not that interested, really — la verdad es que no me interesa tanto

    English-spanish dictionary > that

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    1. attributive adjective
    1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

    all day — den ganzen Tag

    all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

    stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

    2) (entire number of) alle

    all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

    where are all the glasses? — wo sind all die Gläser?

    All Fools' Day — der 1. April

    3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches
    4) (greatest possible)

    in all innocence — in aller Unschuld

    with all speed — so schnell wie möglich

    2. noun

    one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

    the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

    most of all — am meisten

    he ran fastest of all — er lief am schnellsten

    2) (every bit)

    all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

    3)

    all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

    4) (all things) alles

    all is not lost — es ist nicht alles verloren

    most of all — am meisten

    it was all but impossible — es war fast unmöglich

    all in all — alles in allem

    it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

    you are not disturbing me at all — du störst mich nicht im geringsten

    nothing at all — gar nichts

    not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

    not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

    two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

    3. adverb

    all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

    I feel all the better for it — das hat mir wirklich gut getan

    all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

    be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

    be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

    go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

    be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

    something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

    work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

    that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

    yes, all right — ja, gut

    it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

    lie all round the room — überall im Zimmer herumliegen

    I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

    * * *
    [o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun
    1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) ganz
    2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) alle
    2. adverb
    1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) ganz
    2) ((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.) um so
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    - all-out
    - all-round
    - all-rounder
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    - all along
    - all at once
    - all in
    - all in all
    - all over
    - all right
    - in all
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    [ɒ:l, AM also ɑ:l]
    I. adj attr, inv
    1. + pl n (the whole number of, every one of) alle
    are those \all the documents you can find? sind das alle Papiere, die du finden kannst?
    \all my glasses are broken alle meine [o meine ganzen] Gläser sind kaputt, meine Gläser sind alle [o fam allesamt] kaputt
    \all children should have a right to education alle Kinder sollten ein Recht auf Bildung haben
    \all her children go to public school alle ihre Kinder besuchen eine Privatschule, ihre Kinder besuchen alle [o fam allesamt] ein Privatschule
    20% of \all items sold had been reduced 20 % aller verkauften Artikel waren reduziert
    \all six [of the] men are electricians alle sechs [Männer] sind Elektriker
    I had to use \all my powers of persuasion ich musste meine ganze Überzeugungskraft aufbieten
    I've locked myself out — of \all the stupid things to do! ich habe mich ausgeschlossen! — wie kann man nur so blöd sein!
    on \all fours auf allen vieren
    from \all directions aus allen Richtungen
    \all the people alle [Leute]
    why did the take him, of \all people? warum haben sie ausgerechnet ihn genommen?
    \all the others alle anderen
    2. + sing n (the whole of) der/die/das ganze...
    they lost \all their money sie haben ihr ganzes Geld verloren
    \all day [long] den ganzen Tag [lang]
    \all her life ihr ganzes Leben
    for \all the money trotz des ganzen Geldes
    \all the time die ganze Zeit
    he was unemployed for \all that time er war all die Zeit [o die ganze Zeit über] [o während der ganzen Zeit] arbeitslos
    \all the way den ganzen [weiten] Weg
    \all week/year die ganze Woche/das ganze Jahr
    3. + sing n (every type of) jede(r, s)
    \all wood should be treated jedes Holz sollte [o alle Holzarten sollten] behandelt werden
    with \all haste [or speed] [or dispatch] ( form) so schnell wie möglich
    in \all honesty [or sincerity] ganz ehrlich
    with \all due respect,... bei allem Respekt,..., mit Verlaub,... geh
    with \all speed so schnell wie möglich
    in \all probability aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach
    5. (any whatever) jegliche(r, s)
    she denied \all knowledge of the matter sie stritt ab, irgendetwas über die Sache zu wissen
    beyond \all doubt jenseits allen Zweifels
    6.
    ▶ for \all trotz + gen
    for \all her money she is not happy trotz ihres ganzen Geldes ist sie nicht glücklich
    ▶ \all good things must come to an end ( prov) alles hat ein Ende
    ▶ ... and \all that jazz [or (pej!) rubbish]... und das ganze Zeug pej fam
    ▶ not as... as \all that:
    he's not as rich as \all that so reich ist er nun auch wieder nicht
    II. pron
    1. (the total, everybody, every one) alle
    the best-looking of \all der Bestaussehende von allen
    we saw \all of them wir haben [sie] alle gesehen
    \all of them [or they \all] liked the film der Film hat ihnen allen [o allen von ihnen] gefallen
    the house has four bedrooms, \all with balconies das Haus hat vier Schlafzimmer, alle mit Balkon
    her last novel was [the] best of \all ihr letzter Roman war der beste von allen
    \all but one of the pupils came to the outing bis auf einen Schüler nahmen alle am Ausflug teil
    \all and sundry jedermann, Gott und die Welt
    one and \all alle
    let's sing now one and \all! lasst uns jetzt alle zusammen singen!
    \all but... alle außer..., bis auf...
    2. (everything) alles
    it was \all very strange es war alles sehr seltsam
    \all is not lost yet noch ist nicht alles verloren
    tell me \all about it erzähl mir alles darüber
    he's eaten \all of it [or eaten it \all] er hat alles aufgegessen
    have you drunk \all of the milk? hast du die ganze Milch getrunken?
    first of \all zuerst; (most importantly) vor allem
    most of \all am meisten
    there are many professions which interest him, but most of \all, he'd like to be a zookeeper viele Berufe interessieren ihn, aber am liebsten wäre er Zoowärter
    \all in one alles in einem
    a corkscrew and bottle-opener \all in one ein Korkenzieher und Flaschenöffner in einem
    to give [or put] one's \all alles [o sein Letztes] geben
    and \all ( fam) und all dem
    what with the fog and \all, I'd really not drive tonight ( fam) bei dem Nebel und so möchte ich heute Nacht wirklich nicht fahren fam
    3. + relative clause (the only thing) alles
    it was \all that he had es war alles, was er hatte
    it's \all [that] I can do for you mehr kann ich nicht für dich tun
    \all I want is to be left alone ich will nur in Ruhe gelassen werden
    the remark was so silly, it was \all she could do not to laugh die Bemerkung war so dumm, dass sie sich sehr zusammenreißen musste, um nicht zu lachen
    \all [that] it takes is a little bit of luck man braucht nur etwas Glück
    that's \all I need right now ( iron) das hat mir jetzt gerade noch gefehlt pej
    for \all...:
    for \all I care,.... von mir aus...
    for \all I know,... (as far as I know) soviel [o soweit] ich weiß...; (I don't know) was weiß ich,...
    are the married? — for \all I know they could be sind sie verheiratet? — was weiß ich, schon möglich!
    where is she? — for \all I know she could be on holidays wo ist sie? — was weiß ich, vielleicht [ist sie] im Urlaub!
    4. (for emphasis)
    at \all überhaupt
    do you ever travel to the States at \all? fährst du überhaupt je in die Staaten?
    if at \all wenn überhaupt
    nothing [or not anything] at \all überhaupt nichts
    not at \all überhaupt nicht
    thanks very much for your help — not at \all, it was a pleasure vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe — keine Ursache [o nichts zu danken], es war mir ein Vergnügen
    5.
    ▶ and \all ( fam: as well) auch
    I'm cold — yeah, me and \all mir ist kalt — ja, mir auch
    get one for me and \all bring mir auch einen
    ▶ \all for one, and one for \all ( saying) alle für einen, einer für alle
    ▶ in \all insgesamt
    that's £20 in \all das macht alles zusammen 20 Pfund
    ▶ \all in \all alles in allem
    ▶ \all of... (at least) mindestens...; (as much as) gut...; (as little as) ganze...
    it's going to cost \all of a million dollars das kostet mindestens eine Million Dollar
    the book has sold \all of 200/400,000 copies von dem Buch sind ganze 200/gut 400.000 Exemplare verkauft worden
    ▶ to be \all one to sb jdm egal [o gleich] sein
    ▶ \all told insgesamt
    they tried a dozen times \all told sie versuchten es insgesamt ein Dutzend Mal
    ▶ \all's well that ends well ( prov) Ende gut, alles gut prov
    III. adv inv
    1. (entirely) ganz, völlig
    it's \all about money these days heutzutage geht es nur ums Geld
    she's been \all round the world sie war schon überall auf der Welt
    to be \all in favour of sth ganz [o völlig] begeistert von etw dat sein
    \all in green ganz in Grün
    to be \all in one piece heil [o unbeschädigt] sein
    to be \all of a piece with sth mit etw dat völlig übereinstimmen
    to spill sth \all over the place/floor etw überall/über den gesamten Boden verschütten
    the baby got food \all over its bib das Baby hatte sich sein ganzes Lätzchen vollgekleckert
    to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam) überall sein
    to be not \all that happy nicht gerade glücklich sein
    \all alone ganz allein
    \all along die ganze Zeit
    she's been fooling us \all along sie hat uns die ganze Zeit getäuscht
    to be \all over aus und vorbei sein
    to be \all for doing sth ganz dafür sein, etw zu tun
    my son is \all for spending the summer on the beach mein Sohn will den Sommer unbedingt am Strand verbringen
    the newspaper was \all advertisements die Zeitung bestand fast nur aus Anzeigen
    I was \all the family she ever had ich war die einzige Familie, die sie je hatte
    he was \all smiles er strahlte über das ganze Gesicht
    he's \all talk [or ( fam) mouth] er ist nur ein Schwätzer pej, er schwingt nur große Worte
    to be \all charm seinen ganzen Charme spielenlassen
    to be \all ears ganz Ohr sein
    to be \all eyes gespannt zusehen
    to be \all a flutter ganz aus dem Häuschen sein fam
    to be \all silk/wool aus reiner Seide/Wolle sein
    3.
    ▪ \all the... (even) umso...; (much) viel...
    \all the better [for that]! umso besser!
    now that he's a star he'll be \all the more difficult to work with jetzt wo er ein Star ist, wird die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm umso schwieriger sein
    I feel \all the better for your visit seit du da bist, geht es mir schon viel besser
    4. (for emphasis) äußerst, ausgesprochen
    she was \all excited sie war ganz aufgeregt
    now don't get \all upset about it nun reg dich doch nicht so [furchtbar] darüber auf
    your proposal is \all very well in theory, but... in der Theorie ist dein Vorschlag ja schön und gut, aber...
    \all too... nur zu...
    I'm \all too aware of the problems die Probleme sind mir nur zu gegenwärtig
    the end of the holiday came \all too soon der Urlaub war nur viel zu schnell zu Ende
    5. SPORT (to both sides)
    the score is three \all es steht drei zu drei [unentschieden] [o drei beide
    6.
    to not do sth \all that well (not really) etw nicht gerade toll tun fam
    she doesn't sing \all that well sie kann nicht besonders toll singen fam
    to not be \all that... (not as much as thought) so... nun auch wieder nicht sein
    he's not \all that important so wichtig ist er nun auch wieder nicht
    7. (nearly)
    \all but fast
    the party was \all but over when we arrived die Party war schon fast vorbei, als wir ankamen
    it was \all but impossible to read his writing es war nahezu unmöglich, seine Handschrift zu entziffern
    8.
    ▶ to go \all out for sth alles für etw akk tun
    ▶ \all in (exhausted)
    he felt \all in er war völlig erledigt; BRIT (including everything) alles inklusive
    the holiday cost £600 \all in alles inklusive hat der Urlaub hat 600 Pfund gekostet
    ▶ to be \all over sb ( pej: excessively enthusiastic) sich akk [geradezu] auf jdn stürzen; ( fam: harass) jdn total anmachen fam, über jdn herfallen ÖSTERR fam
    ▶ that's sb \all over das sieht jdm ähnlich
    he invited me out for dinner and then discovered he didn't have any money — that's Bill \all over! er lud mich ein, mit ihm auswärts zu essen, und merkte dann, dass er kein Geld bei sich hatte — typisch Bill!
    ▶ to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam: badly organised) [völlig] chaotisch sein; (confused) völlig von der Rolle [o ÖSTERR daneben] sein fam
    ▶ \all round [or around] AM (in every way) rundum; (for each person) für alle
    that was a success/good performance \all round das war ein voller Erfolg/eine rundum gelungene Vorstellung
    he bought drinks \all round er gab eine Runde Getränke aus
    ▶ to be not \all there ( fam) nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein fam, nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fig fam
    ▶ to be \all up with sb ( fam)
    it looks as though it's \all up with us now es sieht so aus, als seien wir nun endgültig am Ende fam
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    [ɔːl]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    with nouns plural alle; (singular) ganze(r, s), alle(r, s)When alle is used to translate all the it is not followed by the German article.

    all the problems have been solved — alle or sämtliche Probleme wurden gelöst

    all the tobacco —

    all the milk all the fruit — die ganze Milch, alle Milch das ganze Obst, alles Obst

    all day ( long) — den ganzen Tag (lang)

    all my books/friends — alle meine Bücher/Freunde, meine ganzen Bücher/Freunde

    they all came —

    I invited them all — ich habe sie alle eingeladen Note that it all is usually translated by alles alone:

    he took/spent it all — er hat alles genommen/ausgegeben

    it all happened so quickly — alles geschah so schnell, es geschah alles so schnell

    he's seen/done it all — für ihn gibt es nichts Neues mehr, ihn kann nichts mehr erschüttern (inf)

    what's all this/that about? — was soll das Ganze?

    what's all this/that? — was ist denn das?; (annoyed) was soll denn das!

    2. PRONOUN
    1) = everything alles

    I'm just curious, that's all — ich bin nur neugierig, das ist alles

    that's all he said — das ist alles, was er gesagt hat, mehr hat er nicht gesagt

    that is all (that) I can tell you — mehr kann ich Ihnen nicht sagen

    it was all I could do not to laugh — ich musste an mich halten, um nicht zu lachen

    all of Paris/of the house — ganz Paris/das ganze Haus

    all of 5 kms/£5 —

    2) = everybody alle pl

    all who knew him — alle, die ihn kannten

    the score was two all — es stand zwei zu zwei

    3. ADVERB
    (= quite, entirely) ganz

    dressed all in white, all dressed in white — ganz in Weiß (gekleidet)

    all dirty/excited etc — ganz schmutzig/aufgeregt etc

    an all wool carpet — ein reinwollener Teppich, ein Teppich aus reiner Wolle

    he ordered whiskies/drinks all round —

    4. NOUN
    __diams; one's all alles

    he staked his all on this race/deal — er setzte alles auf dieses Rennen/Unternehmen

    5. SET STRUCTURES
    __diams; all along (= from the start) von Anfang an, die ganze Zeit (über)

    I feared that all along — das habe ich von Anfang an befürchtet, das habe ich schon die ganze Zeit (über) befürchtet

    he all but died —

    the party won all but six of the seats — die Partei hat alle außer sechs Sitzen or alle bis auf sechs Sitze gewonnen

    I'm all for it! — ich bin ganz dafür __diams; all found insgesamt, alles in allem __diams; all in ( inf

    to be or feel all in — total erledigt sein (inf) __diams; all in all alles in allem

    all the hotter/prettier/happier etc — noch heißer/hübscher/glücklicher etc

    all the funnier because... — umso lustiger, weil...

    or vacation (US) — jetzt, wo ich Urlaub gemacht habe, gehts mir viel besser

    all the more so since... —

    all the same, it's a pity — trotzdem ist es schade

    it's all the same to me —

    he's all there/not all there — er ist voll da/nicht ganz da (inf) __diams; all too + adjective/adverb

    all too soon/quickly — viel zu or allzu früh/schnell

    he ate the orange, peel and all — er hat die ganze Orange gegessen, samt der Schale

    the whole family came, children and all — die Familie kam mit Kind und Kegel

    did/didn't you say anything at all? — haben Sie überhaupt etwas gesagt/gar or überhaupt nichts gesagt?

    I'm not at all sure, I'm not sure at all — ich bin mir ganz und gar nicht sicher, ich bin gar nicht ganz sicher

    I'm not at all angry etc, I'm not angry etc at all — ich bin überhaupt nicht wütend etc, ich bin ganz und gar nicht wütend etc

    for all that — trotz allem, trotzdem

    for all I know she could be ill —

    is he in Paris? – for all I know he could be — ist er in Paris? – schon möglich, was weiß ich!

    ten people in all — insgesamt zehn Personen __diams; all that ( US inf ) einfach super (inf)

    it's not all that bad, it's not as bad as all that — so schlimm ist es nun auch wieder nicht

    happiest/earliest/clearest etc of all —

    I like him best of all — von allen mag ich ihn am liebsten

    most of all —

    most of all I'd like to be... — am liebsten wäre ich...

    the best car of all — das allerbeste Auto __diams; to be all things to all men (person) sich mit jedem gutstellen; (thing, invention, new software etc) das Ideale sein

    a party which claims to be all things to all men — eine Partei, die behauptet, allen etwas zu bieten __diams; you all ( US inf ) ihr (alle); (to two people) ihr (beide)

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    all [ɔːl]
    A adj
    1. all, sämtlich, gesamt, vollständig, ganz:
    all one’s courage seinen ganzen Mut;
    all mistakes alle oder sämtliche Fehler;
    all my friends alle meine Freunde;
    all night (long) die ganze Nacht (hindurch);
    all (the) day, all day long den ganzen Tag, den lieben langen Tag;
    all day and every day tagelang; tagaus, tagein;
    open all day ganztägig geöffnet;
    a) die ganze Zeit (über),
    b) ständig, immer;
    at all times zu jeder Zeit, jederzeit;
    all the town die ganze Stadt, jedermann; → day 6
    2. jeder, jede, jedes, alle pl:
    at all hours zu jeder Stunde;
    beyond all question ohne Frage, fraglos;
    in all respects in jeder Hinsicht;
    deny all responsibility jede Verantwortung ablehnen; → sundry
    3. vollkommen, völlig, total, ganz, rein:
    all nonsense reiner Unsinn;
    all wool US reine Wolle; → leg Bes Redew
    B adv
    1. ganz (u. gar), gänzlich, völlig:
    all alone ganz allein;
    all the um so …;
    all the better um so besser;
    she was all gratitude sie war voll(er) Dankbarkeit;
    she is all kindness sie ist die Güte selber;
    all one einerlei, gleichgültig;
    he is all for it er ist unbedingt dafür;
    all important äußerst wichtig, entscheidend;
    all mad völlig verrückt;
    all wrong ganz falsch; → same C
    2. für jede Seite, beide:
    the score was two all das Spiel stand zwei zu zwei
    3. poet gerade, eben
    C pron alles:
    all of it alles, das Ganze;
    all of us wir alle;
    good night, all gute Nacht allerseits!;
    all of a year ein ganzes Jahr;
    it took me all of two days ich brauchte zwei volle oder ganze zwei Tage ( to do zu tun);
    that’s all das ist oder wäre alles;
    that’s all there is to it das ist die ganze Geschichte;
    all or nothing alles oder nichts;
    it’s all or nothing for es geht um alles oder nichts für;
    it all began die ganze Sache begann;
    and all that und dergleichen;
    when all is said and done letzten Endes, schließlich; → end B 1
    D s
    1. alles:
    a) sein Hab und Gut,
    b) auch his all and all sein Ein und Alles
    2. oft All PHIL (Welt)All nBesondere Redewendungen: all along die ganze Zeit (über);
    a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,
    b) überall,
    c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg all in alles inklusive;
    be ( oder feel) all in umg total fertig oder erledigt sein;
    all in all alles in allem;
    his wife is all in all to him seine Frau bedeutet ihm alles;
    all out umg
    a) total fertig oder erledigt,
    b) auf dem Holzweg (im Irrtum),
    c) mit aller Macht ( for sth auf etwas aus), mit restlosem Einsatz,
    d) vollständig ( → all-out) go all out umg
    a) alles daransetzen, aufs Ganze gehen,
    b) besonders SPORT das Letzte aus sich herausholen all over
    a) umg ganz und gar,
    b) überall,
    c) überallhin, in ganz England etc herum, im ganzen Haus etc herum,
    d) auch all over one’s body am ganzen Körper, überall that is Doug all over das ist ganz oder typisch Doug, das sieht Doug ähnlich;
    news from all over Nachrichten von überall her;
    be all over sb umg an jemandem einen Narren gefressen haben;
    a) ganz recht oder richtig,
    b) schon gut,
    c) in Ordnung (auch Person), engS. unbeschädigt,
    d) na schön!,
    e) umg mit Sicherheit, ohne Zweifel,
    f) erlaubt I’m all right bei mir ist alles in Ornung;
    he’s all right ihm ist nichts passiert;
    I’m all right, Jack umg Hauptsache, mir geht’s gut;
    a) geeignet sein oder passen für,
    b) annehmbar sein für it’s all right for you to laugh du hast gut lachen;
    I’m all right for money umg bei mir stimmt die Kasse;
    are you all right in that chair? sitzt du gut in dem Sessel?;
    is it all right if I’ …? darf ich …?;
    it’s all right with ( oder by) me von mir aus, ich habe nichts dagegen;
    he arrived all right er ist gut angekommen;
    a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,
    b) überall,
    c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg taken all round umg alles in allem;
    all there gewitzt, gescheit, auf Draht umg;
    he is not all there er ist nicht ganz bei Trost;
    all up umg total fertig oder erledigt;
    it’s all up with him mit ihm ists aus;
    he of all people came ausgerechnet er kam;
    * * *
    1. attributive adjective

    all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

    stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

    all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

    All Fools' Day — der 1. April

    3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches
    2. noun

    one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

    the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

    all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

    3)

    all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

    4) (all things) alles

    it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

    not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

    not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

    two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

    3. adverb

    all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

    all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

    be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

    be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

    go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

    be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

    something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

    work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

    that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

    yes, all right — ja, gut

    it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

    I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

    * * *
    adj.
    all adj.
    ganz adj.
    jeder adj.
    sämtlich adj.

    English-german dictionary > all

  • 13 considerable

    adjective (great: considerable wealth; a considerable number of people.) betydelig; væsentlig
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    adjective (great: considerable wealth; a considerable number of people.) betydelig; væsentlig

    English-Danish dictionary > considerable

  • 14 honest

    ['onist] 1. adjective
    1) ((of people or their behaviour, statements etc) truthful; not cheating, stealing etc: My secretary is absolutely honest; Give me an honest opinion.) ærlig
    2) ((of a person's appearance) suggesting that he is honest: an honest face.) ærlig
    3) ((of wealth etc) not gained by cheating, stealing etc: to earn an honest living.) ærlig
    •
    2. interjection
    (used to express mild anger etc: Honestly! That was a stupid thing to do!) ærligt talt!
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    ['onist] 1. adjective
    1) ((of people or their behaviour, statements etc) truthful; not cheating, stealing etc: My secretary is absolutely honest; Give me an honest opinion.) ærlig
    2) ((of a person's appearance) suggesting that he is honest: an honest face.) ærlig
    3) ((of wealth etc) not gained by cheating, stealing etc: to earn an honest living.) ærlig
    •
    2. interjection
    (used to express mild anger etc: Honestly! That was a stupid thing to do!) ærligt talt!

    English-Danish dictionary > honest

  • 15 socialism

    noun (the belief or theory that a country's wealth (its land, mines, industries, railways etc) should belong to the people as a whole, not to private owners.) socialisme
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    noun (the belief or theory that a country's wealth (its land, mines, industries, railways etc) should belong to the people as a whole, not to private owners.) socialisme

    English-Danish dictionary > socialism

  • 16 all

    {ɔ:l}
    1. целият, всичкият
    ALL England цяла Англия
    ALL night цяла (та) нощ
    ALL the water всичката вода
    ALL (of) that year цялата тази година
    ALL the home 1 ever had единственият дом, който съм имал
    ALL hail! привет! наздраве
    2. всеки, всички, всякакъв
    ALL five of them и петте/петимата
    beyond ALL doubt без всякакво/каквото и да е съмнение
    why him/me of ALL people? защо пък него/мене? (а не някой друг)
    of ALL the idiots/nitwits ама че глупак/идиот
    3. най-голям
    with ALL speed с най-голяма скорост, много бързо
    with ALL respect с най-голямо уважение. allвсичко, което притежавам/имам
    to lose/stake one's ALL изгубвам/залагам всичко, което имам
    ALL being well ако всичко е наред. all pron 1. всичко
    ALL or nothing всичко или нищо
    2. всички
    one and ALL всички до един
    ALL and sundry всички, всякакви хора, кой ли не
    3. в изрази
    above ALL преди/над всичко
    after ALL все пак, въпреки това, в края на краищата
    at ALL изобщо, и най-малко
    not at ALL съвсем не, никак, ни най-малко, няма защо (в отговор на благодарност)
    for ALL his learning/wealth, etc. въпреки/при всичките му знания/богатство и пр.
    for ALL I know доколкото знам
    for ALL I care толкова ме интересува
    for ALL that въпреки това
    in ALL общо
    ALL in общо взето
    taking it ALL in ALL като се вземе всичко предвид
    he is ALL in ALL to me той e всичко/най-скъпото за мене
    and ALL включително
    the dog ate the whole rabbit, bones and ALL кучето изяде целия заек, заедно с костите
    once (and) for ALL веднъж завинаги
    it was ALL I could do not to едва се сдържах да не
    it is not so hard/easy, etc. as ALL that не e чак толкова мъчно/лесно и пр.
    it isn't ALL that expensive разг. не e чак толкова скъпо
    ALL of разг. цели
    he walked ALL of ten miles вървя цели десет мили
    he is ALL of seven feet tall висок e цели седем фута
    it is ALL but impossible почти невъзможно e
    he was ALL but drowned само дето не се удави, едва не се удави
    that's ALL there is to it разг. това e, в това се състои/до това се свежда цялата работа
    when ALL is said and done в края на краищата, в послeдна/крайна сметка
    that's ALL very well/fine but всичко това е чудесно, но
    what it's ALL about за какво се касае, каква е същността
    ALL told общо взето. all4 adv 1. съвсем, напълно, изцяло
    ALL alone съвсем сам, сам самичък
    ALL covered with dust цял покрит с прах, ALL along the road по (край) целия път
    ALL along от самото начало, през цялото време
    ALL too soon уви, твърде скоро
    ALL too often (за съжаление) твърде често
    ALL at once/of a sudden изведнъж, неочаквано
    to be ALL for решително/изцяло подкрепям, решително съм за
    ALL the same все пак, въпреки това
    it's ALL the same to me все ми е едно, безразлично ми e
    to be ALL in разг. капнал/изтощен съм
    ALL out с все сили
    he was going ALL out бореше се с все сили
    ALL over навсякъде, свършено
    it's ALL over with him свършено e с него
    to be ALL over someone отрупвам някого с любезности/грижи
    that's Тoт ALL over такъв си е/това си е Том, Том цял-целеничък
    ALL right благополучно, наред, задоволително, добре, съгласен съм, наистина
    that's him ALL right това е наистина той
    to be ALL there с всичкия си ум съм
    not to be ALL there не съм с всичкия си
    it's ALL up with him свършено e с него
    2. със сравн. степен толкова по-
    ALL the better толкова по-добре
    he'll be ALL the better for a holiday една почивка ще му подействува/дойде много добре
    3. сп. two ALL две на две, два на два
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    {ъ:l} a 1. целият, всичкият; all England цяла Англия; all night цяла(
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    цял; съвсем; всеки; всичко; всички; напълно;
    * * *
    1. above all преди/над всичко 2. after all все пак, въпреки това, в края на краищата 3. all (of) that year цялата тази година 4. all alone съвсем сам, сам самичък 5. all along от самото начало, през цялото време 6. all and sundry всички, всякакви хора, кой ли не 7. all at once/of a sudden изведнъж, неочаквано 8. all being well ако всичко е наред. all pron всичко 9. all covered with dust цял покрит с прах, all along the road по (край) целия път 10. all england цяла Англия 11. all five of them и петте/петимата 12. all hail! привет! наздраве 13. all in общо взето 14. all night цяла (та) нощ 15. all of разг. цели 16. all or nothing всичко или нищо 17. all out с все сили 18. all over навсякъде, свършено 19. all right благополучно, наред, задоволително, добре, съгласен съм, наистина 20. all the better толкова по-добре 21. all the home 1 ever had единственият дом, който съм имал 22. all the same все пак, въпреки това 23. all the water всичката вода 24. all told общо взето. all4 adv съвсем, напълно, изцяло 25. all too often (за съжаление) твърде често 26. all too soon уви, твърде скоро 27. and all включително 28. at all изобщо, и най-малко 29. beyond all doubt без всякакво/каквото и да е съмнение 30. for all his learning/wealth, etc. въпреки/при всичките му знания/богатство и пр 31. for all i care толкова ме интересува 32. for all i know доколкото знам 33. for all that въпреки това 34. he is all in all to me той e всичко/най-скъпото за мене 35. he is all of seven feet tall висок e цели седем фута 36. he walked all of ten miles вървя цели десет мили 37. he was all but drowned само дето не се удави, едва не се удави 38. he was going all out бореше се с все сили 39. he'll be all the better for a holiday една почивка ще му подействува/дойде много добре 40. in all общо 41. it is all but impossible почти невъзможно e 42. it is not so hard/easy, etc. as all that не e чак толкова мъчно/лесно и пр 43. it isn't all that expensive разг. не e чак толкова скъпо 44. it was all i could do not to едва се сдържах да не 45. it's all over with him свършено e с него 46. it's all the same to me все ми е едно, безразлично ми e 47. it's all up with him свършено e с него 48. not at all съвсем не, никак, ни най-малко, няма защо (в отговор на благодарност) 49. not to be all there не съм с всичкия си 50. of all the idiots/nitwits ама че глупак/идиот 51. once (and) for all веднъж завинаги 52. one and all всички до един 53. taking it all in all като се вземе всичко предвид 54. that's all there is to it разг. това e, в това се състои/до това се свежда цялата работа 55. that's all very well/fine but всичко това е чудесно, но 56. that's him all right това е наистина той 57. that's Тoт all over такъв си е/това си е Том, Том цял-целеничък 58. the dog ate the whole rabbit, bones and all кучето изяде целия заек, заедно с костите 59. to be all for решително/изцяло подкрепям, решително съм за 60. to be all in разг. капнал/изтощен съм 61. to be all over someone отрупвам някого с любезности/грижи 62. to be all there с всичкия си ум съм 63. to lose/stake one's all изгубвам/залагам всичко, което имам 64. what it's all about за какво се касае, каква е същността 65. when all is said and done в края на краищата, в послeдна/крайна сметка 66. why him/me of all people? защо пък него/мене? (а не някой друг) 67. with all respect с най-голямо уважение. allвсичко, което притежавам/имам 68. with all speed с най-голяма скорост, много бързо 69. в изрази 70. всеки, всички, всякакъв 71. всички 72. най-голям 73. сп. two all две на две, два на два 74. със сравн. степен толкова по- 75. целият, всичкият
    * * *
    all[ɔ:l] I. adj 1. целият, всичкият; \all night цяла нощ; 2. всеки, всички, вси; всякакъв; \all of us всички ние; on \all sides на (от) всички страни; beyond \all doubt без каквото и да е съмнение; 3. най-голям; with \all speed с най-голяма скорост; in \all sincerity ( seriousness) съвсем честно (сериозно); in \all haste с най-голяма бързина; II. pron 1. рядко всички; \all agreed to go всички се съгласиха да отидат; 2. всичко;FONT face=Times_Deutsch \all is silent всичко е потънало в тишина, навсякъде цари тишина; III. n 1. всичко, което притежавам; he gave his \all to them той им даде цялото си имущество; 2. вселената; IV. adv 1. напълно, съвсем; \all alone съвсем сам; you are \all wrong разг. ти си съвсем на погрешен път; \all too soon лит. уви, твърде скоро; \all along the road по целия път; \all over а) съвсем, от край до край; изцяло, напълно; that's Jim \all over цял целеничък Джим; б) навсякъде; \all over the city из целия град; 2. на всеки, на всички, всекиму; the score is four games \all резултатът е по четири игри за всеки; • \all along през цялото време, от край време, от самото начало; \all at once изведнъж; \all but почти, насмалко, едва; вече; всички освен; \all in изтощен; \all in \all общо взето; съвсем, напълно; \all in \all to me най-скъпото за мен; \all of най-малко, не по-малко от; \all of a sudden внезапно, изведнъж; it's \all one (\all's one) все едно, безразлично, еднакво; \all and sundry, one and \all всички без изключение, всички; \all the better ( the worse) толкова по-добре (по-зле); \all the go (\all the rage sl ам.) sl на мода; \all told всичко, общо; \all the same все тая; predic безразлично; \all set готов да започне; \all talk ( and no action) ам. разг. само приказвам за нещо без да го свърша; \all thumbs ам. разг. тромав, непохватен, пипкав, туткав; \all wet ам. sl на погрешен път; заблуден; above \all най-вече, над всичко, преди всичко; after \all все пак, въпреки това; в края на краищата; ( not) at \all ни най-малко, съвсем; въобще, изобщо; by \all means с всички позволени и непозволени средства; for \all I know доколкото зная; for \all I care така или иначе все ми е едно; for \all that въпреки това, без да се гледа на; for good and \all завинаги; free-for-\all ам. разг. масова бъркотия, меле, "кръчмарски бой"; in \all всички заедно; a dozen in \all всичко една дузина; it is \all up (\all over) with him свършено е с него, изпята му е песента; once ( and) for \all веднъж завинаги; he is not \all that older не чак толкова по-стар; that's \all there is to it разг. туй е то, да не говорим повече за това; when \all is said and done в края на краищата, в последна сметка; he ate it mustard and \all той го изяде с все горчица; of \all the cheek! какво нахалство! of \all the luck! какъв късмет!

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  • 17 challenge

    а) вызов, проблема

    The level of unemployment among young people is one of the greatest challenges facing the country today.

    For many, getting any job after high school is one of life's stiffest challenges. (Time)

    Challenge - a call to engage in a contest of skill, strength, etc.(The Random House Dictionary)

    The English Channel is only twenty miles across but it presents a challenge even to the strongest swimmers. — Ширина Ла-Манша — всего двадцать миль, но переплыть его — задача, требующая максимума усилий (огромного напряжения сил) даже для сильного пловца.

    The challenge facing the Nentsi — and the Russian government — is how to exploit the natural wealth of the Yamal Peninsula without destroying the cultural wealth of the Nentsi people. — От ненцев (и от российского правительства) потребуется немало усилий и изобретательности, чтобы освоить природные богатства Ямала, не разрушая культурного богатства народа. ( Time)

    в) стимул, раздражитель

    The English annotation is below. (English-Russian) > challenge

  • 18 challenge

    •• Challenge 1. a call to engage in a contest of skill, strength, etc.... 6. a difficulty in an undertaking that is stimulating (The Random House Dictionary).

    •• Не так уж редко это распространенное английское слово можно перевести менее распространенным русским вызов. Хотя некоторым оно кажется в этом значении довольно неуклюжим, все же можно считать его достаточно укоренившимся в русском языке, а потому вполне подходящим в таком, скажем, примере: The level of unemployment among young people is one of the greatest challenges facing the country today. Не нравится вызов – можно воспользоваться словом проблема, правда, очень уж затертым у нас. Аналогичный пример из журнала Time: For many, getting any job after high school is one of life’s stiffest challenges. Но вот пример, где надо постараться передать еще не стертую экспрессивность этого английского слова: The English Channel is only twenty miles across but it presents a challenge even to the strongest swimmers. - Ширина Ла-Манша – всего двадцать миль, но переплыть его – задача, требующая максимума усилий (огромного напряжения сил) даже для сильного пловца. К аналогичному приему можно прибегнуть и при переводе такого предложения (из Time): The challenge facing the Nentsi – and the Russian government – is how to exploit the natural wealth of the Yamal Peninsula without destroying the cultural wealth of the Nentsi people. - От ненцев (и от российского правительства) потребуется немало усилий и изобретательности, чтобы освоить природные богатства Ямала, не разрушая культурного богатства народа.
    •• Интересен вариант перевода этого слова, подсказанный приведенным в начале статьи определением: challenge – стимул и даже раздражитель.
    •• А теперь о получивших очень широкое распространение в последнее время выражениях типа adverb + challenged. Насколько мне известно, мода началась с выражения vertically challenged, ставшего «политкорректным» (см. об этом явлении в статье policy, politics, politician) синонимом слова short в значении низкорослый. В статье Life Is a Struggle for the Vertically Challenged автор Джозеф Блокер (Joseph Blocher) пишет: Being short is not just a physical attribute; it is a way of life. Далее идут примеры дискриминации, неудобств и проблем в общении, с которыми сталкиваются в США люди невысокого роста (этот перевод кажется мне в большинстве случаев вполне приемлемым). По этой модели образовано несколько выражений, относящихся к людям с физическими или иными недостатками, например, physically challenged (Physically Challenged Golf Association – Ассоциация для игроков в гольф с физическими недостатками или, если считать, что русское слово инвалид не является в нашей культуре обидным, Ассоциация гольфистов-инвалидов) и даже просто challenged (Challenged Athletes Foundation – Фонд поддержки спортсменов-инвалидов; challenged children – дети с затруднениями/проблемами в развитии). Постепенно, однако, как и все проявления политкорректности, эти выражения стали вызывать у некоторых американцев раздражение и переосмысливаться иронически. Отсюда, например, довольно забавное переложение сказки о Красной Шапочке: Vertically Challenged Red Riding Hood (я бы перевел это название еще более утрированно: «Вертикально озадаченная девочка в красном головном уборе»). Самое главное для переводчика – уловить, используется ли выражение этого типа всерьез или с иронией, а также меру иронии. Что же касается вариантов перевода, то их разброс может быть очень велик: приходится, в частности, учитывать, есть ли необходимость в соблюдении «политкорректности» в русском тексте. В большинстве примеров, приведенных выше, такая необходимость, пожалуй, есть. А вот в названии Интернет-сайта Assistance for the Technologically Challenged я ее не вижу. Возможный перевод – Для тех, кто не в ладах/в трудных отношениях с техникой (встречается примерно в том же значении electronically challenged). Photo Travel: Tour of Italy for the Financially Challenged – здесь for the financially challenged служит синонимом выражения on a budget: – Путешествие по Италии для людей с ограниченными финансами/средствами или По Италии с минимумом расходов. Очень интересный пример – использование выражения этого типа в намеренно политически некорректном, резко критическом смысле: Madeleine Albright: Ethically Challenged (название статьи известного публициста Уильяма Блюма). Я бы перевел «Этическая глухота Мадлен Олбрайт».

    English-Russian nonsystematic dictionary > challenge

  • 19 parade

    I [pə'reɪd]
    1) (procession) parata f., sfilata f.
    2) mil. (march) parata f.; (review) rassegna f., rivista f.; (in barracks) contrappello m.
    3) (display) (of designs) esposizione f., mostra f.; (of models) sfilata f.; (of ideas) sfoggio m. (anche spreg.)
    4)

    to make a parade of — spreg. fare sfoggio di, ostentare [grief, knowledge]

    5) BE (row)
    II 1. [pə'reɪd]
    1) (display) ostentare, fare sfoggio di [knowledge, wealth] (anche spreg.)

    to parade sth. as sth. — sfoggiare qcs. come qcs

    2.
    verbo intransitivo (march) sfilare (in corteo)

    to parade up and down — [soldier, model] sfilare su e giù

    * * *
    [pə'reid] 1. noun
    1) (a line of people, vehicles etc moving forward in order often as a celebration of some event: a circus parade.) sfilata, corteo
    2) (an arrangement of soldiers in a particular order: The troops are on parade.) parata
    2. verb
    1) (to march in a line moving forward in order: They paraded through the town.) sfilare
    2) (to arrange soldiers in order: The colonel paraded his soldiers.) far sfilare
    3) (to show or display in an obvious way: She paraded her new clothes in front of her friends.) esibire, (fare sfoggio di)
    * * *
    parade /pəˈreɪd/
    n.
    1 parata (spec. mil.); (mil.) rassegna, rivista: The soldiers were on parade, i soldati erano schierati per la rassegna
    2 sfilata; corteo; processione: beauty parade, sfilata delle partecipanti a un concorso di bellezza
    3 serie; sfilza; catena; sfilata; rassegna: a parade of songs, una rassegna di canzoni
    4 mostra; ostentazione; sfoggio: a parade of wealth, uno sfoggio di ricchezza
    5 (= parade ground) campo di Marte; piazza d'armi
    7 passeggiata pubblica; lungomare; piazza; spianata
    ● (mil.) parade ground, piazza d'armi □ to make a parade of one's grief, mettere in piazza il proprio dolore □ on parade, (mil.) in parata; (fig.) in bella mostra.
    (to) parade /pəˈreɪd/
    A v. t.
    1 sfilare a passo di parata per ( un luogo): The band paraded the streets of the little town, la banda ha sfilato per le strade della cittadina a passo di parata
    3 far sfilare: The prisoners were paraded through the city, i prigionieri furono fatti sfilare per la città
    4 esibire; fare sfoggio di; mettere in mostra; ostentare: You always parade your skill, fai sempre sfoggio della tua abilità
    5 sbandierare (fig.); spacciare: to parade old ideas as new theories, spacciare vecchie idee come teorie nuove
    B v. i.
    2 far mostra di sé; pavoneggiarsi.
    * * *
    I [pə'reɪd]
    1) (procession) parata f., sfilata f.
    2) mil. (march) parata f.; (review) rassegna f., rivista f.; (in barracks) contrappello m.
    3) (display) (of designs) esposizione f., mostra f.; (of models) sfilata f.; (of ideas) sfoggio m. (anche spreg.)
    4)

    to make a parade of — spreg. fare sfoggio di, ostentare [grief, knowledge]

    5) BE (row)
    II 1. [pə'reɪd]
    1) (display) ostentare, fare sfoggio di [knowledge, wealth] (anche spreg.)

    to parade sth. as sth. — sfoggiare qcs. come qcs

    2.
    verbo intransitivo (march) sfilare (in corteo)

    to parade up and down — [soldier, model] sfilare su e giù

    English-Italian dictionary > parade

  • 20 few

    ❢ When few is used as a quantifier to indicate the smallness or insufficiency of a given number or quantity ( few houses, few shops, few people) it is translated by peu de: peu de maisons, peu de magasins, peu de gens. Equally the few is translated by le peu de: the few people who knew her le peu de gens qui la connaissaient. For examples and particular usages see A 1 in the entry.
    When few is used as a quantifier in certain expressions to mean several, translations vary according to the expression: see A 2 in the entry. When a few is used as a quantifier ( a few books), it can often be translated by quelques: quelques livres ; however, for expressions such as quite a few books, a good few books, see B in the entry. For translations of few used as a pronoun ( few of us succeeded, I only need a few) see B, C in the entry. For translations of the few used as a noun ( the few who voted for him) see D in the entry.
    1 ( not many) peu de ; few visitors/letters peu de visiteurs/lettres ; few people came to the meeting peu de gens sont venus à la réunion ; very few houses/families très peu de maisons/familles ; there are very few opportunities for graduates il y a très peu de débouchés pour les diplômés ; one of my few pleasures un de mes rares plaisirs ; on the few occasions that she has visited this country les rares fois où elle a visité ce pays ; their needs are few ils ont peu de besoins ; their demands are few ils sont peu exigeants, ils revendiquent peu de chose ; to be few in number être peu nombreux ; there are too few women in this profession il y a trop peu de femmes dans ce métier ; with few exceptions à quelques exceptions près ; a man of few words gen un homme peu loquace ; ( approvingly) un homme qui ne se perd pas en paroles inutiles ;
    2 (some, several) every few days tous les deux ou trois jours ; over the next few days/weeks ( in past) dans les jours/semaines qui ont suivi ; ( in future) dans les jours/semaines à venir ; these past few days ces derniers jours ; the first few weeks les premières semaines ; the few books she possessed les quelques livres qu'elle possédait.
    B a few quantif quelques ; a few people/houses quelques personnes/maisons ; I would like a few more j'en voudrais quelques-uns (or quelques-unes) de plus ; quite a few people/houses pas mal ○ de gens/maisons, un bon nombre de gens/maisons ; we've lived here for a good few years nous vivons ici depuis un bon nombre d'années ; a few weeks earlier quelques semaines plus tôt ; in a few minutes dans quelques minutes ; in a few more months dans quelques mois ; a few more times quelques fois de plus.
    C pron
    1 ( not many) peu ; few of us succeeded peu d'entre nous ont réussi ; few of them could swim ils n'étaient pas nombreux à savoir nager ; few of them survived peu d'entre eux ont survécu, il y a eu peu de survivants ; there are so few of them that ( objects) il y en a tellement peu que ; ( people) ils sont tellement peu nombreux que ; there are four too few il en manque quatre ; as few as four people turned up quatre personnes seulement sont venues ; few can deny that il y a peu de gens qui nieraient que ;
    2 ( some) a few of the soldiers/countries quelques-uns or certains des soldats/pays ; I only need a few il ne m'en faut que quelques-uns/quelques-unes ; a few of us un certain nombre d'entre nous ; there were only a few of them ( objects) il n'y en avait que quelques-uns/quelques-unes ; ( people) ils étaient peu nombreux ; quite a few of the tourists come from Germany un bon nombre des touristes viennent d'Allemagne ; a good few of the houses were damaged un bon nombre des maisons ont été endommagées ; there are only a very few left ( objects) il n'en reste que très peu ; ( people) il ne reste que quelques personnes ; a few wanted to go on strike quelques-uns voulaient faire la grève.
    D n the few who voted for him les rares personnes qui ont voté pour lui ; great wealth in the hands of the few une grande richesse entre les mains d'une minorité ; music that appeals only to the few une musique qui ne s'adresse qu'à l'élite.
    to be few and far between être rarissimes ; such people/opportunities are few and far between de telles personnes/occasions sont rarissimes ; villages in this area are few and far between il y a très peu de villages dans cette région ; to have had a few (too many) ○ avoir bu quelques verres de trop, être bien parti ○.

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  • Wealth|y — «WEHL thee», adjective, wealth|i|er, wealth|i|est, noun. –adj. 1. having wealth; rich: »a very wealthy man, a wealthy country. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

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