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  • 1 popularity contest

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > popularity contest

  • 2 popularity

    noun, no pl.
    Popularität, die; Beliebtheit, die; (of decision, measure) Popularität, die
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    [-'læ-]
    noun (the state of being well liked.) die Popularität
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    popu·lar·ity
    [ˌpɒpjəˈlærəti, AM ˌpɑ:pjəˈlerət̬i]
    n no pl Beliebtheit f, Popularität f
    movie-going in America is enjoying an upsurge of \popularity das Interesse an Kinobesuchen hat in den USA rapide zugenommen
    how do you account for Tom's amazing \popularity with women? wie erklärst du dir, dass Tom bei den Frauen so gut ankommt?
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    ["pɒpjʊ'lrItɪ]
    n
    Beliebtheit f; (with the public also) Popularität f (with bei)

    he'd do anything to win popularity — er würde alles tun, um sich beliebt zu machen

    the sport is growing/declining in popularity — dieser Sport wird immer populärer/verliert immer mehr an Popularität

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    popularity [ˌpɒpjʊˈlærətı; US ˌpɑpjəˈl-] s Popularität f:
    a) Volkstümlichkeit f
    b) Beliebtheit f ( with bei):
    have little popularity wenig populär sein;
    his popularity rating has gone down (by) two per cent er ist auf der Beliebtheitsskala um zwei Prozent gesunken
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    noun, no pl.
    Popularität, die; Beliebtheit, die; (of decision, measure) Popularität, die
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    n.
    Beleibtheit f.
    Beliebtheit f.
    Popularität f.

    English-german dictionary > popularity

  • 3 popularidad

    f.
    popularity.
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    1 popularity
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    noun f.
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    femenino popularity
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    = popularity, mass appeal.
    Ex. The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.
    Ex. Few have achieved the success of the video cassette recorder (VCR) in terms of mass appeal.
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    * alcanzar popularidad = catch on.
    * concurso de popularidad = popularity contest.
    * ganar popularidad = gain in + popularity, gain + popularity, increase in + popularity.
    * impopularidad = unpopularity.
    * popularidad cada vez mayor = growing popularity.
    * volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.
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    femenino popularity
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    = popularity, mass appeal.

    Ex: The reason for its popularity was largely that it was based upon a principle of conformity in essentials, and freedom in details.

    Ex: Few have achieved the success of the video cassette recorder (VCR) in terms of mass appeal.
    * alcanzar popularidad = catch on.
    * concurso de popularidad = popularity contest.
    * ganar popularidad = gain in + popularity, gain + popularity, increase in + popularity.
    * impopularidad = unpopularity.
    * popularidad cada vez mayor = growing popularity.
    * volver a la popularidad = return to + favour.

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    popularity
    goza de una gran popularidad she enjoys great popularity, she is very popular
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    popularidad sustantivo femenino
    popularity
    popularidad sustantivo femenino popularity
    ' popularidad' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    empañarse
    - escalada
    - fama
    - bajar
    - decaer
    English:
    catch on
    - poll
    - popularity
    - popular
    - wax
    - zenith
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    popularity
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    f popularity
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    : popularity
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    popularidad n popularity

    Spanish-English dictionary > popularidad

  • 4 concurso

    m.
    1 competition (prueba) (literaria, deportiva).
    concurso de belleza beauty contest
    concurso televisivo o de televisión game show
    2 tender.
    salir a concurso público to be put out to tender
    3 co-operation (ayuda).
    4 contest, competition, tournament, game show.
    5 concurrence, coming together of a group of people, confluence, grouping.
    6 bankruptcy proceeding, insolvency proceedings.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: concursar.
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    1 (gen) competition; (de belleza, deportivo) contest; (en televisión) quiz
    2 (para puestos) public examination
    3 formal (concurrencia) gathering; (de factores, circunstancias) combination
    4 (ayuda) help, aid, collaboration
    5 (licitación) tender
    \
    estar fuera de concurso to be out of the running
    concurso hípico horse show
    concurso literario literary competition
    concurso radiofónico radio quiz, radio quiz programme (US program)
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    noun m.
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    1. SM
    1) (Com) tender

    presentar algo a concurso — to open sth up to tender, put sth out to tender

    2) (=competición) competition, contest; (TV, Radio) quiz, game show

    concurso de ideas — (Arquit) design competition

    concurso hípico — horse show, show-jumping contest o competition

    3) (=examen) examination, open competition
    4)

    concurso de acreedores — (Jur) meeting of creditors

    5) (=coincidencia) coincidence, concurrence
    6) (=ayuda) cooperation, help

    prestar su concurso — to help, collaborate

    2.
    ADJ
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    1)
    a) ( certamen) competition
    2) ( licitación) tender
    3) (frml) (de circunstancias, factores) combination, concurrence (frml)
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    = contest, competition, tournament, quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    Ex. The children love puppet shows, the movies, story hours, contests.
    Ex. There was a competition organised for the best motto for each event to be held during library week.
    Ex. The author traces the development of the tournament in Scotland from the 13th to 16th centuries and its relationship to European chivalric activity.
    Ex. A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.
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    * concurso cultural = talent contest, talent show.
    * concurso de baile = dance competition.
    * concurso de belleza = beauty pageant, beauty contest.
    * concurso de cante = singing competition.
    * concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * concurso de misses = beauty pageant.
    * concurso de música = music competition.
    * concurso de popularidad = popularity contest.
    * concurso de redacción = essay competition.
    * concurso de talentos = talent contest, talent show.
    * concurso ecuestre = equestrian competition, equestrian event.
    * concurso humorística = comedy competition.
    * concurso literario = literary contest.
    * concurso público = bid, bidding, tender, tender procedure, tendering, tendering procedure, tendering process.
    * concurso público de licitación = competitive tendering.
    * organizar un concurso = conduct + contest.
    * sacar a concurso = tender for, tender out.
    * sacar a concurso público = bid, bid + Posesivo + business, tender for, tender out.
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    1)
    a) ( certamen) competition
    2) ( licitación) tender
    3) (frml) (de circunstancias, factores) combination, concurrence (frml)
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    = contest, competition, tournament, quiz [quizzes, -pl.].

    Ex: The children love puppet shows, the movies, story hours, contests.

    Ex: There was a competition organised for the best motto for each event to be held during library week.
    Ex: The author traces the development of the tournament in Scotland from the 13th to 16th centuries and its relationship to European chivalric activity.
    Ex: A variety of extension activities, such as book clubs, competitions and quizzes also help to publicize the stock and the work of the library.
    * concurso cultural = talent contest, talent show.
    * concurso de baile = dance competition.
    * concurso de belleza = beauty pageant, beauty contest.
    * concurso de cante = singing competition.
    * concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * concurso de misses = beauty pageant.
    * concurso de música = music competition.
    * concurso de popularidad = popularity contest.
    * concurso de redacción = essay competition.
    * concurso de talentos = talent contest, talent show.
    * concurso ecuestre = equestrian competition, equestrian event.
    * concurso humorística = comedy competition.
    * concurso literario = literary contest.
    * concurso público = bid, bidding, tender, tender procedure, tendering, tendering procedure, tendering process.
    * concurso público de licitación = competitive tendering.
    * organizar un concurso = conduct + contest.
    * sacar a concurso = tender for, tender out.
    * sacar a concurso público = bid, bid + Posesivo + business, tender for, tender out.

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    A
    1 (certamen) competition
    se presentó a un concurso de cocina he took part in a cookery competition o contest
    un concurso de disfraces a fancy dress competition
    2 ( Rad, TV) (programa — de preguntas y respuestas) quiz show o program; (—de juegos y pruebas) game show
    se convoca concurso para cubrir 20 plazas de maestros applications are invited for 20 teaching posts
    Compuestos:
    beauty contest
    ● concurso (de or por) oposición
    horse show, show jumping competition
    B (licitación) tender
    las obras se sacarán a concurso the work will be put out to tender
    Compuesto:
    competitive tendering ( with pre-determined maximum price)
    C ( frml)
    1 (de circunstancias, factores) combination, concurrence ( frml)
    2 ( frml) (reunión) gathering
    Compuesto:
    creditors' meeting
    D (ayuda, cooperación) help, support
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    Del verbo concursar: ( conjugate concursar)

    concurso es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    concursó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    concursar    
    concurso
    concursar ( conjugate concursar) verbo intransitivo ( en concurso) to take part;
    ( para puesto) to compete ( through interviews and competitive examinations)
    concurso sustantivo masculino


    concurso de belleza beauty contest o (esp AmE) pageant;
    concurso hípico show jumping competition


    ( de juegos y pruebas) game show


    concursar verbo intransitivo to compete, take part
    concurso sustantivo masculino
    1 (competición) competition
    (de pintura, baile, etc) contest
    (de televisión) quiz show
    2 (para conseguir una obra pública, licitación) tender
    sacar (una obra) a concurso, to invite tenders (for a piece of work)
    3 frml (colaboración) help
    ' concurso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    antelación
    - base
    - concurrir
    - concursante
    - II
    - presentador
    - presentadora
    - programa
    - seudónima
    - seudónimo
    - subastar
    - tocar
    - tribunal
    - azafata
    - concursar
    - convocar
    - desempate
    - fallo
    - inscribir
    - inscripción
    - jurado
    - licitar
    - oposición
    - participante
    - presentar
    - triunfar
    English:
    amateurish
    - beauty contest
    - booby prize
    - competition
    - contest
    - drop out
    - entrant
    - entry
    - fix
    - form
    - go in for
    - outsider
    - point
    - quiz
    - show-jumping
    - tender
    - beauty
    - drop
    - enter
    - game
    - horse
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    1. [literaria, deportiva] competition;
    un concurso de disfraces/de piano a fancy dress/piano competition;
    presentarse a un concurso to enter a competition;
    presentar una película a concurso to enter a movie o Br film in competition
    concurso de belleza beauty contest;
    concurso hípico horse show;
    concurso de saltos show-jumping event
    2. [de televisión] game show;
    [de preguntas y respuestas] quiz show
    3. [oposición]
    concurso(-oposición) = public competitive examination
    concurso de méritos merit-based selection process
    4. [para una obra] tender;
    adjudicar un concurso to award a contract;
    convocar un concurso to call for tender, to invite tenders;
    salir a concurso público to be put out to tender
    concurso de adjudicación tendering process
    5. [colaboración] cooperation;
    con el concurso de todos, saldremos del apuro if everyone helps o cooperates, we can get ourselves out of this mess
    6. [concurrencia]
    el enorme concurso de visitantes desbordó a los organizadores the organizers couldn't cope with the huge number of visitors
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    m
    1 competition
    2 COM tender;
    sacar a concurso put out to tender
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    1) : contest, competition
    2) : concurrance, coincidence
    3) : crowd, gathering
    4) : cooperation, assistance
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    1. (en general) competition / contest
    2. (de televisión, radio) quiz show / game show
    3. (selección para un trabajo) open competition

    Spanish-English dictionary > concurso

  • 5 concurso de popularidad

    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
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    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

    Spanish-English dictionary > concurso de popularidad

  • 6 alfeñique

    m.
    1 barley sugar, stick of barley sugar, sugar paste, almond paste.
    2 skinny person, feeble person, thin and weak person, weed.
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    1 (pasta) sugar paste
    2 figurado (persona) weakling
    3 figurado (remilgo) primness, affectation
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    SM
    1) (=persona débil) weakling
    2) (=afectación) affectation
    3) (Culin) toffee-like paste, almond-flavoured o (EEUU) -flavored sugar paste
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    masculino (fam) ( persona) wimp (colloq)
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    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, softy [softie].
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. She has a tendency to be a softy, although she does carry the brunt of the authority in the household.
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    masculino (fam) ( persona) wimp (colloq)
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    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, softy [softie].

    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: She has a tendency to be a softy, although she does carry the brunt of the authority in the household.

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    1 ( fam) (persona) wimp ( colloq), weed ( BrE colloq)
    2 (golosina) caramel bar
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    Fam [persona] wimp
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    m fam
    wimp fam
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    alfeñique nm, fam : wimp, weakling

    Spanish-English dictionary > alfeñique

  • 7 cachas

    adj.
    he-man, strong man.
    m. s.&pl.
    handsome and well-developed man.
    pres.indicat.
    2nd person singular (tú) present indicative of spanish verb: cachar.
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    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) strong, muscly (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Esp fam) he-man (colloq), hunk (colloq)
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    = boofy [boofie], hunk, stud, hunk of a man, dishy [dishier -comp., dishiest -sup.].
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.
    Ex. 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.
    Ex. Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.
    Ex. By chance, Giselle meets dishy divorce lawyer Robert Philip and his young daughter who are captivated by her sweetness and innocence.
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    * tío cachas = stud, hunk, hunk of a man.
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    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp fam) strong, muscly (colloq)
    II
    masculino (Esp fam) he-man (colloq), hunk (colloq)
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    = boofy [boofie], hunk, stud, hunk of a man, dishy [dishier -comp., dishiest -sup.].

    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

    Ex: The gay bar we see at the beginning of the film looks like a dark harem of good-looking hunks.
    Ex: 'Slut'/'angel' and 'wuss'/' stud' dichotomies provide an oversimplified grid from which adolescents negotiate complex feelings towards their own sexuality.
    Ex: Our sense of beauty serves an evolutionary function: it helps us choose the best mates -- the wide-hipped woman best suited to bearing children, or the broad-shouldered hunk of a man who could protect and provide.
    Ex: By chance, Giselle meets dishy divorce lawyer Robert Philip and his young daughter who are captivated by her sweetness and innocence.
    * tío cachas = stud, hunk, hunk of a man.

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    ( Esp fam) strong, muscly ( colloq)
    un tío cachas a real muscleman ( colloq), a strong o muscly guy
    está cachas there's plenty of muscle on him ( colloq)
    ( Esp fam)
    he-man ( colloq), hunk ( colloq)
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    Del verbo cachar: ( conjugate cachar)

    cachas es:

    2ª persona singular (tú) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    cachar    
    cachas
    cachar ( conjugate cachar) verbo transitivo
    a) (AmL fam) ‹ pelota› to catch;

    ‹ persona›:
    ◊ la caché del brazo I caught o grabbed her by the arm

    b) (AmL fam) (sorprender, pillar) to catch

    c) (RPl fam) ( gastar una broma) to kid (colloq)

    d) (Andes fam) ( enterarse) to get (colloq)

    cachas
    I adj fam estar cachas, to be really muscular
    II mf fam hunk
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    ♦ adj
    [fuerte] well-built, beefy;
    estar cachas to be well-built;
    ponerse cachas to put on muscle
    ♦ nm inv
    [hombre fuerte] he-man, muscleman
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    adj
    :
    estar cachas fam be a real hunk fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cachas

  • 8 debilucho

    adj.
    weakling, feeblish, anemic, feeble.
    m.
    weak person, feeble person, weed.
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    1 peyorativo weak, frail, delicate
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 weakling
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    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
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    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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    debilucho, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    weak
    ♦ nm,f
    weakling
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    debilucho, - cha adj
    : weak, frail
    : weakling

    Spanish-English dictionary > debilucho

  • 9 débil

    adj.
    1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.
    Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.
    2 atonic.
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    1 (persona) weak, feeble
    2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble
    1 weak person
    1 the weak
    \
    débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person
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    adj.
    1) weak
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    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] [gen] weak; [extremadamente] feeble; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frail

    se encuentra un poco débil de salud — his health is rather frail, he is in rather poor health

    2) [carácter] weak; [esfuerzo] feeble, half-hearted
    3) (=poco intenso) [voz, ruido] faint; [luz] dim
    2.
    SMF
    económicamente
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    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
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    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.
    Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.
    Ex. Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex. The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex. As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
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    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
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    a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak
    b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint
    c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak
    * * *
    = powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.

    Ex: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

    Ex: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex: The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.
    Ex: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.
    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex: To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.
    Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.
    Ex: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.
    Ex: As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.
    Ex: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.
    Ex: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.
    Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.
    * alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].
    * débil de salud = poor health.
    * débiles, los = little guy, the.
    * en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * eslabón débil = weak link.
    * hacerse el débil = sandbagging.
    * luz débil = glimmer.
    * más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.
    * punto débil = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.
    * ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (físicamente) weak; (falto de — firmeza) soft; (— voluntad) weak; ‹economía/ejército/gobierno› weak
    es de complexión débil she has a very weak constitution
    aún está débil he's still weak
    es muy débil de carácter he has a very weak character
    2 ‹sonido/voz› faint; ‹moneda› weak; ‹corriente› weak; ‹argumento› weak; ‹excusa› feeble, lame
    da una luz muy débil it gives out a very dim o feeble o weak light
    3 ( Ling) ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    los débiles the weak
    es un débil mental ( fam); he's soft in the head ( colloq)
    eres un debilucho ( fam); you're a wimp ( colloq)
    los económicamente débiles ( frml); those on low incomes
    * * *

     

    débil adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/economía/gobierno› weak

    b) ‹sonido/voz› faint;

    ‹moneda/argumento› weak;
    ‹ excusa› feeble, lame;
    ‹ luz› dim, faint;
    ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    débil
    I adj (fuerza, salud) weak, feeble: el argumento era muy débil, his reasoning was flawed
    es muy débil de carácter, she is very weak
    es muy débil con sus alumnos, he is lenient with his students o he is over-indulgent with his students
    (intensidad de luz o sonido) faint
    punto débil, weak spot
    II mf
    1 weak person: el fuerte oprime al débil, the powerful opress the weak
    2 (blandengue) wimp: eres una débil, no aguantas nada el calor, don't be such a wimp, it's not even hot
    ' débil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - alicaída
    - alicaído
    - flaca
    - flaco
    - flojear
    - goteo
    - talón
    - tenue
    - blando
    - flojo
    - lánguido
    - pelele
    - sexo
    English:
    A
    - an
    - anaemic
    - and
    - as
    - be
    - chink
    - dim
    - do
    - failing
    - faint
    - feather
    - feeble
    - frail
    - from
    - infirm
    - limp
    - link
    - shaky
    - shall
    - should
    - tenuous
    - than
    - that
    - them
    - thin
    - to
    - weak
    - were
    - what
    - whatever
    - wimp
    - wimpish
    - would
    - you
    - your
    - yourself
    - fragile
    - glimmer
    - hole
    - low
    - muted
    - run
    - spindly
    - spineless
    - weakly
    - weakness
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [sin fuerzas] weak;
    [condescendiente] lax, lenient;
    de constitución débil prone to illness, sickly;
    débil de carácter of weak character
    2. [voz, sonido] faint;
    [luz] dim, faint;
    una débil mejoría a slight improvement;
    una débil brisa movía las cortinas a slight breeze moved the curtains
    3. [país, gobierno, moneda] weak;
    [argumento, teoría] weak, lame
    4. [sílaba] unstressed
    5. [vocal] weak [i, u]
    ♦ nmf
    weak person;
    ser un débil to be weak;
    una enfermedad que ataca a los más débiles a disease which attacks the weakest o most vulnerable
    * * *
    adj weak
    * * *
    débil adj
    : weak, feeble
    ♦ débilmente adv
    * * *
    débil adj
    1. (en general) weak
    2. (ruido) faint
    3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > débil

  • 10 enclenque

    adj.
    1 sickly, frail.
    2 feeble, feeblish, frail, puny.
    3 lank.
    f. & m.
    weakling, feeble person, weak person, weed.
    * * *
    1 (flaco) skinny
    2 (débil) weak, puny; (enfermizo) sickly
    1 (flaco) skinny person
    2 (débil) weak person, puny person; (enfermizo) sickly person
    * * *
    ADJ weak, sickly
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)
    b) < estructura> rickety
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.
    Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)
    b) < estructura> rickety
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

    Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (enfermizo) sickly; (delgado) weak, weedy ( colloq)
    2 ‹estructura› rickety
    * * *

    enclenque adjetivo
    a) ‹ persona› ( enfermizo) sickly;

    ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

    enclenque adj (debilucho) weak
    (de poca salud) sickly
    (delgaducho) puny: anda, come, que estás muy enclenque, come on, eat up, you're all skin and bone
    ' enclenque' also found in these entries:
    English:
    feeble
    - puny
    - weakling
    - weedy
    * * *
    sickly, frail
    * * *
    I adj sickly, weak
    II m/f weakling
    * * *
    : weak, sickly

    Spanish-English dictionary > enclenque

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    = boofy [boofie].
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    * * *
    = boofy [boofie].

    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

    Spanish-English dictionary > musculitos

  • 12 pusilánime

    adj.
    pusillanimous, poor-spirited, faint-hearted, fainthearted.
    f. & m.
    pusillanimous person, fainthearted person.
    * * *
    1 faint-hearted, pusillanimous
    * * *
    ADJ fainthearted, pusillanimous
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo fainthearted, pusillanimous (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = prude, prudish, pushover, whiner, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, nesh.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness.
    Ex. The author explores the myths about female leaders; they are either too soft due to their predisposition as nurturers and thus are pushovers; or they are too assertive when they assume an alpha role in the organization.
    Ex. That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    ----
    * pusilánimes, los = faint-hearted, the.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo fainthearted, pusillanimous (frml)
    II
    masculino y femenino
    * * *
    = prude, prudish, pushover, whiner, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, nesh.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness.
    Ex: The author explores the myths about female leaders; they are either too soft due to their predisposition as nurturers and thus are pushovers; or they are too assertive when they assume an alpha role in the organization.
    Ex: That being said, every normal person can think of places we've worked where we were more like whiners than winners.
    Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    * pusilánimes, los = faint-hearted, the.

    * * *
    pusillanimous ( frml), fainthearted
    inténtalo, no seas pusilánime try it, don't be such a coward ( colloq)
    para esta clase de negocios no se puede ser pusilánime this line of business is not for the fainthearted
    el mundo no es de los pusilánimes this world is no place for the fainthearted
    * * *

    pusilánime adjetivo
    fainthearted, pusillanimous (frml)
    pusilánime adjetivo fainthearted, timorous, weak
    ' pusilánime' also found in these entries:
    English:
    faint-hearted
    - pushover
    - weak-willed
    - pathetic
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    faint-hearted;
    tiene un carácter pusilánime he's a weak character
    ♦ nmf
    faint-hearted person;
    la carrera no fue para los pusilánimes the race was not for the faint-hearted
    * * *
    adj fainthearted
    * * *
    cobarde: pusillanimous, cowardly

    Spanish-English dictionary > pusilánime

  • 13 состязание в популярности

    Mass media: popularity contest

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > состязание в популярности

  • 14 Beliebtheitswettbewerb

    m
    popularity contest

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  • 15 FYRIR

    * * *
    prep.
    I. with dat.
    1) before, in front of (ok vóru fyrir honum borin merkin);
    fyrir dyrum, before the door;
    2) before one, in one’s presence;
    hón nefndist fyrir þeim Gunnhildr, she told them that her name was G.;
    3) for;
    hann lét ryðja fyrir þeim búðina, he had the booth cleared for them, for their reception;
    4) before one, in one’s way;
    fjörðr varð fyrir þeim, they came to a fjord;
    sitja fyrir e-m, to lie in wait for one;
    5) naut. term. before, off;
    liggja fyrir bryggjum, to lie off the piers;
    fyrir Humru-mynni, off the Humber;
    6) before, at the head of, over;
    vera fyrir liði, to be over the troops;
    vera fyrir máli, to lead the case;
    sitja fyrir svörum, to undertake the defence;
    7) of time, ago;
    fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago;
    fyrir stundu, a while ago;
    fyrir löngu, long ago;
    vera fyrir e-u, to forebode (of a dream);
    8) before, above, superior to;
    Hálfdan svarti var fyrir þeim brœðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers;
    9) denoting disadvantige, harm, suffering;
    þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest E. thwart all thy affairs;
    tók at eyðast fyrir herm lausa-fé, her money began to fail;
    10) denoting obstacle, hindrance;
    mikit gøri þer mér fyrir þessu máli, you make this case hard for me;
    varð honum lítit fyrir því, it was a small matter for him;
    Ásgrími þótti þungt fyrir, A. thought that things looked bad;
    11) because of, for;
    hon undi sér hvergri fyrir verkjum, she had no rest for pains;
    fyrir hræðslu, for fear;
    illa fœrt fyrir ísum, scarcely, passable for ice;
    gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing, they neglected to make hay;
    fyrir því at, because, since, as;
    12) against;
    gæt þín vel fyrir konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men;
    beiða griða Baldri fyrir alls konar háska, against all kinds of harm;
    13) fyrir sér, of oneself;
    mikill fyrir sér, strong, powerful;
    minnstr fyrir sér, smallest, weakest;
    14) denoting manner or quality, with;
    hvítr fyrir hærum, while with hoary hair;
    II. with acc.
    1) before, in front of;
    halda fyrir augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes;
    2) before, into the presence of;
    stefna e-m fyrir dómstól, before a court;
    3) over;
    hlaupa fyrir björg, to leap over a precipice;
    kasta fyrir borð, to throw overboard;
    4) in one’s way, crossing one’s way;
    ríða á leið fyrir þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them;
    5) round, off;
    sigla fyrir nes, to weather a point;
    6) along, all along;
    fyrir endilangan Noreg, all along Norway, from one end to the other;
    draga ör fyrir odd, to draw the arrow past the point;
    7) of time, fyrir dag, before day;
    fyrir e-s minni, before one’s memory;
    8) for, on behalf of;
    vil ek bjóða at fara fyrir þik, I will offer to go for thee, in thy stead;
    lögvörn fyrir mál, a lawful defence for a case;
    9) for, for the benefit of;
    þeir skáru fyrir þá melinn, they cut the lyme-grass for them (the horses);
    10) for, instead of, in place of, as;
    11) for, because of (vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit);
    fyrir þín orð, for thy words (intercession);
    fyrir sína vinsæld, by reason of his popularity;
    12) denoting value, price;
    fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks;
    fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost;
    13) in spite of, against (giptast fyrir ráð e-s);
    14) joined with adverbs ending in -an, governing acc. (fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan);
    fyrir austan, sunnan fjall, east, south of the fell;
    fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge;
    fyrir handan á, beyond the river;
    fyrir innan garð, inside the fence;
    III. as adverb or ellipt.
    1) ahead, before, opp. to eptir;
    þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, when this came first, preceded;
    2) first;
    mun ek þar eptir gera sem þér gerit fyrir, I shall do to you according as you do first;
    3) at hand, present, to the fore;
    föng þau, er fyrir vóru, stores that were at hand;
    þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already present (before the bride and bridegroom came);
    4) e-m verðr e-t fyrir, one takes a certain step, acts so and so;
    Kolbeini varð ekki fyrir, K. was at a loss what to do;
    e-t mælist vel (illa) fyrir, a thing is well (ill) spoken or reported of (kvæðit mæltist vel fyrir).
    * * *
    prep., in the Editions spelt differently; in MSS. this word is usually abbreviated either  (i. e. firir), or Ꝼ̆, fur͛, fvr͛ (i. e. fyrir); in some MSS. it is idiomatically spelt with i, fir͛, e. g. Arna-Magn. 382 (Bs. i. 263 sqq.); and even in the old Miracle-book Arna-Magn. 645 (Bs. i. 333 sqq.), just as ifir is written for yfir ( over); in a few MSS. it is written as a monosyllable fyr, e. g. D. I. i. 475, Mork. passim; in Kb. (Sæm.-Edda) occurs fyr telia, Vsp. I; fyr norðan, 36; fyr dyrum, Gm. 22; fyr vestan ver, Hkv. 2. 8; in other places as a dissyll. fyrir, e. g. Hm. 56, Gm. 54, Skm. 34, Ls. 15, Am. 64, Hkv. 2. 2, 19 (quoted from Bugge’s edition, see his preface, p. xvi); fyr and fyrir stand to one another in the same relation as ept to eptir, und to undir, of ( super) to yfir: this monosyllabic form is obsolete, save in the compds, where ‘for-’ is more common than ‘fyrir-;’ in some cases both forms are used, e. g. for-dæming and fyrir-dæming; in others only one, but without any fixed rule: again, the forms fyri, fyre, or fire, which are often used in Edd., are just as wrong, as if one were to say epti, undi, yfi; yet this spelling is found now and then in MSS., as, fyre, Ó. H. (facsimile); fire, Grág. Sb. ii. 288 (also facsimile): the particles í and á are sometimes added, í fur, Fms. iv. 137; í fyrir, passim; á fur, Haustl. 1. [Ulf. faur and faura; A. S. fore and for; Engl. for and fore-; Germ. für and vor; Dan. for; Swed. för; Gr. προ-; Lat. pro, prae.]
    WITH DAT., chiefly without the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrum, before the doors, at the doors, Nj. 14, Vsp. 53, Hm. 69, Edda 130; niðr f. smiðju-dyrum, Eg. 142:—ahead, úti fyrir búðinni, Nj. 181; kómusk sauðirnir upp á fjallit f. þeim, ahead of them, 27; vóru fyrir honum borin merkin, the banner was borne before him, 274; göra orð fyrir sér, to send word before one, Fms. vii. 207, Hkr. iii. 335 (Ó. H. 201, l. c., frá sér):—also denoting direction, niðri í eldinum f. sér, beneath in the fire before them, Nj. 204; þeir sá f. sér bæ mikinn, they saw before them a great building, i. e. they came to a great house, Eg. 546; öðrum f. sér ( in front) en öðrum á bak sér, Grág. i. 5.
    2. before one, before one’s face, in one’s presence; úhelgaða ek Otkel f. búum, before the neighbours, Nj. 87; lýsi ek f. búum fimm, 218; lýsa e-u ( to proclaim) f. e-m, Ld. 8; hann hermdi boð öll f. Gizuri, Nj. 78; hón nefndisk f. þeim Gunnhildr, told them that her name was G., Fms. i. 8; kæra e-t f. e-m, Ó. H. 60; slíkar fortölur hafði hann f. þeim, Nj. 200; the saying, því læra börnin málið að það er f. þeim haft, bairns learn to speak because it is done before them, i. e. because they hear it; hafa gott (íllt) f. e-m, to give a good (bad) example, e. g. in the presence of children; lifa vel f. Guði, to live well before God, 623. 29; stór ábyrgðar-hluti f. Guði, Nj. 199; sem þeir sjá réttast f. Guði, Grág. i. (pref.); fyrir öllum þeim, Hom. 89; á laun f. öðrum mönnum, hidden from other men, unknown to them, Grág. i. 337, Jb. 378; nú skaltú vera vin minn mikill f. húsfreyju minni, i. e. when you talk to my wife, Nj. 265; fyrir Drottni, before the Lord, Merl. 2. 78.
    3. denoting reception of guests, visitors; hann lét ryðja f. þeim búðina, he had the room cleared for them, for their reception, Nj. 228; Valhöll ryðja fyr vegnu fólki, i. e. to clear Valhalla for slain folk, Em. I; ryðja vígvöll f. vegundum, Nj. 212; ljúka upp f. e-m, to open the door for one, Fms. xi. 323, Stj. 5; rýma pallinn f. þeim, Eg. 304; hann lét göra eld f. þeim, he had a fire made for them, 204; þeir görðu eld. f. sér, Fms. xi. 63; … veizlur þar sem fyrir honum var búit, banquets that were ready for him, Eg. 45.
    II. before one, in one’s way; þar er díki varð f. þeim, Eg. 530; á (fjörðr) varð f. þeim, a river, fjord, was before them, i. e. they came to it, 133, 161; at verða eigi f. liði yðru, 51; maðr sá varð f. Vindum, that man was overtaken by the V., Hkr. iii. 363; þeirra manna er f. honum urðu, Eg. 92.
    2. sitja f. e-m, to lie in wait for one, Ld. 218, Nj. 107; lá f. henni í skóginum, Edda (pref.); sitja f. rekum, to sit watching for wrecks, Eg. 136 (fyrir-sát).
    3. ellipt., menn urðu at gæta sín er f. urðu, Nj. 100; Egill var þar f. í runninum, E. was before (them), lay in ambush, Eg. 378; hafði sá bana er f. varð, who was before (the arrow), i. e. he was hit, Nj. 8.
    4. verða f. e-u, to be hit, taken, suffer from a thing; ef hann verðr f. drepi, if he be struck, Grág. ii. 19; verða f. áverka, to be wounded, suffer injury, Ld. 140; verða f. reiði konungs, to fall into disgrace with the king, Eg. 226; verða f. ósköpum, to become the victim of a spell, spell-bound, Fas. i. 130; sitja f. hvers manns ámæli, to be the object of all men’s blame, Nj. 71; vera eigi f. sönnu hafðr, to be unjustly charged with a thing, to be innocent.
    III. a naut. term, before, off; liggja f. bryggjum, to lie off the pier, Ld. 166; skip fljóta f. strengjum, Sks. 116; þeir lágu f. bænum, they lay off the town, Bs. i. 18; liggja úti f. Jótlands-síðu, off Jutland, Eg. 261; hann druknaði f. Jaðri, off the J., Fms. i. II; þeir kómu at honum f. Sjólandi, off Zealand, x. 394; hafa úti leiðangr f. landi, Hkr. i. 301; f. Humru-minni, off the Humber, Orkn. 338, cp. Km. 3, 8, 9, 13, 19, 21; fyrir Nesjum, off the Ness, Vellekla; fyrir Tungum, Sighvat; fyrir Spáni, off Spain, Orkn. 356.
    IV. before, at the head of, denoting leadership; smalamaðr f. búi föður síns, Ver. 26 (of king David); vera f. liði, to be over the troops, Eg. 292, Nj. 7; vera f. máli, to lead the case, Band. 8; vera forstjóri f. búi, to be steward over the household, Eg. 52; ráða f. landi, ríki, etc., to rule, govern, Ó H. 33, Nj. 5; hverr f. eldinum réði, who was the ringleader of the fire, Eg. 239; ráða f. e-u, to rule, manage a thing, passim: the phrase, sitja f. svörum, to respond on one’s behalf, Ölk. 36, Band. 12; hafa svör f. e-m, to be the chief spokesman, Fms. x. 101, Dipl. v. 26.
    V. special usages; friða f. e-m, to make peace for one, Fms. vii. 16, Bs. i. 65; bæta f. e-m, to make things good for one, Hom. 109; túlka, vera túlkr, flytja (etc.) f. e-m, to plead for one, Fms. iii. 33, Nj. 128,—also spilla f. e-m, to disparage one, Eg. 255; haga, ætla f. e-u, to manage, arrange for one, Ld. 208, Sturl. i. 14, Boll. 356; rífka ráð f. e-m, to better one’s condition, Nj. 21; ráða heiman-fylgju ok tilgjöf f. frændkonu sinni, Js. 58; standa f. manni, to stand before, shield a man, stand between him and his enemy, Eg. 357, Grág. ii. 13; vera skjöldr f. e-m, 655 xxxii. 4; hafa kostnað f. e-u, to have the expences for a thing, Ld. 14; vinna f. e-m, to support one by one’s work, Sks. 251; starfa f. fé sínu, to manage one’s money, Ld. 166; hyggja f. e-u, to take heed for a thing, Nj. 109; hyggja f. sér, Fs. 5; hafa forsjá f. e-m, to provide for one, Ld. 186; sjá f. e-u, to see after, Eg. 118, Landn, 152; sjá þú nokkut ráð f. mér, Nj. 20: ironic. to put at rest, Háv. 40: ellipt., sjá vel f., to provide well for, Nj. 102.
    B. TEMP. ago; fyrir þrem nóttum, three nights ago; fyrir stundu, a while ago, Nj. 80; fyrir litlu, a little while ago, Fms. i. 76, Ld. 134; fyrir skömmu, a sbort while ago; fyrir löngu, a long while ago, Nj. 260, Fms. i. 50; fyrir öndverðu, from the beginning, Grág. i. 80, ii. 323, 394, Finnb. 342; fyrir þeim, before they were born, Fms. i. 57.
    2. the phrase, vera f. e-u, to forebode; vera f. stórfundum, Nj. 107, 277; þat hygg ek vera munu f. siða-skipti, Fms. xi. 12; þessi draumr mun vera f. kvámu nökkurs manns, vii. 163; dreyma draum f. e-u, 8; fyrir tiðendum, ii. 65:—spá f. e-m, to ‘spae’ before, prophecy to one, Nj. 171.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. before, above; þóttu þeir þar f. öllum ungum mönnum, Dropl. 7; þykkisk hann mjök f. öðrum mönnum, Ld. 38; ver f. hirðmönnum, be first among my herdsmen, Eg. 65; Hálfdan svarti var f. þeim bræðrum, H. was the foremost of the brothers, Fms. i. 4; þorgrímr var f. sonum Önundar, Grett. 87; var Haraldr mest f. þeim at virðingu, Fms. i. 47.
    II. denoting help, assistance; haun skal rétta vættið f. þeim, Grág. i. 45 (vide above A. IV and V).
    2. the following seem to be Latinisms, láta lífit f. heilagri Kristni, to give up one’s life for holy Christianity, = Lat. pro, Fms. vii. 172; ganga undir píslir fyrir Guðs nafni, Blas. 38; gjalda önd mína f. önd þinni, Johann. 17; gefa gjöf f. sál sinni ( pro animâ suâ), H. E. i. 466; fyrir mér ok minni sál, Dipl. iv. 8; færa Guði fórnir f. e-m, 656 A; heita f. e-m, biðja f. e-m, to make a vow, pray for one (orare pro), Fms. iii. 48, Bs. i. 70; biðja f. mönnum, to intercede for, 19, Fms. xi. 287: even with a double construction, biðja f. stað sinn (acc., which is vernacular) ok heilagri kirkju (dat., which is a Latinism), x. 127.
    III. denoting disadvantage, harm, suffering; þú lætr Egil vefja öll mál fyrir þér, thou lettest Egil thwart all thy affairs, Eg. 249; únýtir hann þá málit fyrir sér, then he ruins his own case, Grág. i. 36, Dropl. 14, 16; Manverjar rufu safnaðinn f. Þorkatli, the Manxmen broke up the assembly, i. e. forsook Thorkel, Fms. ix. 422; kom upp grátr f. henni, she burst into tears, 477; taka fé f. öðrum, to take another’s money, N. G. L. i. 20; knörr þann er konungr lét taka fyrir Þórólfi, Landn. 56; ef hross verðr tekit f. honum, if a horse of his be taken, Grág. i. 436; hann tók upp fé fyrir öllum, he seized property for them all, Ó. H. 60; e-t ferr ílla f. e-m, a thing turns out ill for one; svá fór f. Ólófu, so it came to pass for O., Vígl. 18; loka dyrr f. e-m, to lock the door in one’s face, Edda 21: þeir hafa eigi þessa menn f. yðr drepit, heldr f. yðrar sakir þessi víg vegit, i. e. they have not harmed you, but rather done you a service in slaying those men, Fbr. 33; tók at eyðask f. henni lausa-fé, her money began to fail, Nj. 29; rak á f. þeim storma ok stríðviðri, they were overtaken by gales and bad weather, Vígl. 27; Víglundr rak út knöttinn f. Jökli, V. drove the ball for J., i. e. so that he had to run after it, 24; sá er skar tygil f. Þóri, he who cut Thor’s line, Bragi; sverð brast f. mér, my sword broke, Korm. 98 (in a verse); brjóta e-t f. e-m, to break a thing for one, Bs. i. 15 (in a verse); Valgarðr braut krossa fyrir Merði ok öll heilög tákn, Nj. 167; árin brotnaði f. honum, his oar broke; allar kýrnar drápust fyrir honum, all his cows died.
    2. denoting difficulty, hindrance; sitja f. sæmd e-s, to sit between oneself and one’s honour, i. e. to hinder one’s doing well, Sturl. 87; mikit göri þér mér f. þessu máli, you make this case sore for me, Eb. 124; þér er mikit f. máli, thy case stands ill, Fms. v. 325; ekki er Guði f. því, it is easy for God to do, 656 B. 9; varð honum lítið f. því, it was a small matter for him, he did it easily, Grett. III; mér er minna f. því, it is easier for me, Am. 60; þykkja mikit f. e-u, to be much grieved for a thing, do it unwillingly, Nj. 77; Icel. also say, þykja fyrir (ellipt.), to feel hurt, be displeased:—ellipt., er þeim lítið fyrir at villa járnburð þenna, it is a small matter for them to spoil this ordeal, Ó. H. 140; sem sér muni lítið f. at veiða Gunnar, Nj. 113; fast mun f. vera, it will be fast-fixed before (one), hard to move, Ld. 154; Ásgrími þótti þungt f., A. thought that things looked sad (heavy), Nj. 185; hann var lengi f., he was long about it, Fms. x. 205; hann var lengi f. ok kvað eigi nei við, he was cross and said not downright no, Þorf. Karl. 388.
    IV. in a causal sense, for, because of, Lat. per, pro; sofa ek né mákat fugls jarmi fyrir, I cannot sleep for the shrill cry of birds, Edda 16 (in a verse); hon undi sér hvergi f. verkjum, she had no rest for pains, Bjarn. 69; fyrir gráti, tárum, = Lat. prae lacrymis; fyrir harmi, for sorrow; f. hlátri, for laughter, as in Engl.; þeir æddust f. einni konu, they went mad for the sake of one woman, Sól. 11; ílla fært f. ísum, scarce passable for ice, Fms. xi. 360; hætt var at sitja útar f. Miðgarðs-ormi, Edda 35; hann var lítt gengr f. sárinu, he could hardly walk for the wound, Fbr. 178; fyrir hræðslu, for fear, Hbl. 26; heptisk vegrinn f. þeim meinvættum sem …, Fs. 4; gáðu þeir eigi f. veiðum at fá heyjanna, because of fishing they took no care to make hay, Landn. 30; fyrir riki konungs, for the king’s power, Eg. 67, 117; fyrir ofríki manna, Grág. i. 68; fyrir hví, for why? Eluc. 4; fyrir hví þeir væri þar, Eg. 375; fyrir því, at …, for that, because, Edda 35, Fms. i. 22, vii. 330, Ld. 104; en fyrir því nú at, now since, Skálda 171; nú fyrir því at, id., 169: the phrase, fyrir sökum, for the sake of, because of, passim; vide sök.
    V. by, by the force of; öxlin gékk ór liði fyrir högginu, the shoulder was disjointed by the force of the stroke, Háv. 52.
    2. denoting contest; falla f. e-m, to fall before one, i. e. fighting against one, Fms. i. 7, iv. 9, x. 196; verða halloki f. e-m, to be overcome in fighting one, Ld. 146; látask f. e-m, to perish by one, Eb. 34; hafa bana f. e-m, to be slain by one, Nj. 43; þeir kváðu fá fúnað hafa f. honum, 263; mæddisk hann f. þeim, he lost his breath in fighting them, Eg. 192; láta ríki f. e-m, to lose the kingdom before another, i. e. so that the latter gains it, 264; láta lausar eignir mínar f. þér, 505; láta hlut sinn f. e-m, Fs. 47; standask f. e-m, to stand one’s ground before one, Edda (pref.); hugðisk hann falla mundu f. sjóninni einni saman, that he would sink before his glance, 28, Hým. 12; halda hlut f. e-m, Ld. 54; halda frið ok frelsi f. várum óvinum, Fms. viii. 219; fara mun ek sem ek hefi áðr ætlað f. þínum draum ( thy dream notwithstanding), Ld. 216; þér farit hvárt er þér vilit f. mér, you go wherever you like for me, so far as I am concerted, Fær. 37; halda vöku f. sér, to keep oneself awake, Fms. i. 216.
    β. with verbs, flýja, hlaupa, renna, stökkva f. e-m, to fly, leap, run before one, i. e. to be pursued, Bs. i. 774, Grág. ii. 359; at hann rynni f. þrælum hans, Ld. 64; fyrir þessum úfriði stökk Þangbrandr til Noregs, 180; skyldi hann ganga ór á f. Hofsmönnum, Landn. 178; ganga f. e-u, to give way before, yield to a thing, Fms. i. 305, x. 292; vægja f. e-m, to yield to one, give way, Eg. 21, 187, Nj. 57, Ld. 234.
    VI. against; verja land f. e-m, Eg. 32; verja landit f. Dönum ok öðrum víkingum, Fms. i. 23; til landvarnar f. víkingum, Eg. 260; landvarnar-maðr f. Norðmönnum, Fms. vi. 295; gæta brúarinnar f. bergrisum, Edda 17; gæt þín vel f. konungi ok hans mönnum, guard thee well against the king and his men, Eg. 113; góð aðstoð f. tröllum ok dvergum, Bárð. 163; beiða Baldri griða f. allskonar háska, Edda 36; auðskæðr f. höggum, Eg. 770.
    VII. in the sense of being driven before; fyrir straumi, veðri, vindi, before the stream, wind, weather (forstreymis, forvindis), Grág. ii. 384, Fms. vii. 262; halda f. veðri, to stand before the wind, Róm. 211.
    2. rýrt mun verða f. honum smá-mennit, he will have an easy game with the small people, Nj. 94: ellipt., hafði sá bana er f. varð, 8; sprakk f., 16, 91.
    VIII. fyrir sér, of oneself, esp. of physical power; mikill f. sér, strong, powerful; lítill f. sér, weak, feeble, Nj. 20, Ísl. ii. 368, Eg. 192; þér munuð kalla mik lítinn mann f. mér, Edda 33; minnstr f. sér, smallest, weakest, Eg. 123; gildr maðr f. sér, Ísl. ii. 322, Fms. ii. 145; herðimaðr mikiil f. sér, a hardy man, Nj. 270; hvat ert þú f. þér, what kind of fellow art thou? Clem. 33; vera einn f. sér, to be a strange fellow, Grett. 79 new Ed.; Icel. also say, göra mikið (lítið) f. sér, to make oneself big ( little).
    β. sjóða e-t f. sér, to hesitate, saunter, Nj. 154; mæla f. munni, to talk between one’s teeth, to mutter, Orkn. 248, Nj. 249.
    IX. denoting manner or quality; hvítr f. hærum, white with hoary hairs, Fms. vi. 95, Fas. ii. 540; gráir fyrir járnum, grey with steel, of a host in armour, Mag. 5; hjölt hvít f. silfri, a hilt white with silver = richly silvered, Eb. 226.
    X. as adverb or ellipt.,
    1. ahead, in front, = á undan, Lat. prae, opp. to eptir; þá var eigi hins verra eptir ván, er slíkt fór fyrir, as this came first, preceded, Nj. 34; at einhverr mundi fara heim fyrir, that some one would go home first (to spy), Eg. 580; Egill fór f., E. went in before, id.; at vér ríðim þegar f. í nótt, 283.
    β. first; hann stefndi f. málinu, en hann mælti eptir, one pronounced the words first, but the other repeated after him, Nj. 35; mun ek þar eptir göra sem þér gerit f., I shall do to you according as you do first, 90:—temp., sjau nóttum f., seven nights before, Grág. ii. 217.
    2. to the fore, at hand, present; þar var fyrir fjöldi boðsmanna, a host of guests was already to the fore, i. e. before the bride and bridegroom came, Nj. 11; úvíst er at vita hvar úvinir sitja á fleti fyrir, Hm. 1; skal þá lögmaðr þar f. vera, he shall be there present, Js. 3; heima í túni fyrir, Fær. 50; þar vóru fyrir Hildiríðar-synir, Eg. 98; var honum allt kunnigt fyrir, he knew all about the localities, 583; þeim ómögum, sem f. eru, who are there already, i. e. in his charge, Grág. i. 286: of things, föng þau er f. vóru, stores that were to the fore, at hand, Eg. 134.
    3. fore, opp. to ‘back,’ of clothes; slæður settar f. allt gullknöppum, Eg. 516; bak ok fyrir, back and front, = bak ok brjóst, Mar.
    XI. in the phrase, e-m verðr e-t fyrir, a thing is before one, i. e. one takes that and that step, acts so and so in an emergency; nú verðr öðrum þeirra þat f., at hann kveðr, now if the other part alleges, that …, Grág. i. 362; Kolbeini varð ekki f., K. had no resource, i. e. lost his head, Sturl. iii. 285:—the phrase, e-t mælisk vel (ílla) fyrir, a thing is well ( ill) reported of; víg Gunnars spurðisk ok mæltisk ílla fyrir um allar sveitir, Nj. 117, Sturl. ii. 151; mun þat vel f. mælask, people will like it well, Nj. 29, Þórð. 55 new Ed.; ílla mun þat f. mælask at ganga á sættir við frændr sína, Ld. 238; ok er lokit var, mæltisk kvæðit vel f., the people praised the poem, Fms. vii. 113.
    XII. in special senses, either as prep. or adv. (vide A. V. above); segja leið f. skipi, to pilot a ship, Eg. 359; segja f. skipi, to say a prayer for a new ship or for any ship going to sea, Bs. i. 774, Fms. x. 480; mæla f. e-u, to dictate, Grág. ii. 266; mæla f. minni, to bring out a toast, vide minni; mæla f. sætt, i. 90; skipa, koma e-u f., to arrange, put right; ætla f. e-u, to make allowance for; trúa e-m f. e-u, to entrust one with; það fer mikið f. e-u (impers.), it is of great compass, bulky; hafa f. e-u, to have trouble with a thing; leita f. sér, to enquire; biðjask f., to say one’s prayers, vide biðja; mæla fyrir, segja f., etc., to order, Nj. 103, Js. 3: of a spell or solemn speaking, hann mælti svá f., at …, Landn. 34; spyrjask f., to enquire, Hkr. ii. 333; búask f., to prepare, make arrangement, Landn. 35, Sks. 551; skipask f., to draw up, Nj. 197; leggjask f., to lie down in despair, Bs. i. 194; spá fyrir, to ‘spae’ before, foretell; þeir menn er spá f. úorðna hluti, Fms. i. 96; segja f., to foretell, 76, Bb. 332; Njáll hefir ok sagt f. um æfi hans, Nj. 102; vita e-t f., to ‘wit’ beforehand, know the future, 98; sjá e-t f., to foresee, 162; ef þat er ætlat f., fore-ordained, id.
    WITH ACC., mostly with the notion of movement.
    A. LOCAL:
    I. before, in front of; fyrir dyrrin, Nj. 198; láta síga brýnn f. brár, Hkv. Hjörv. 19; halda f. augu sér, to hold (one’s hands) before one’s eyes, Nj. 132; leggja sverði fyrir brjóst e-m, to thrust a sword into his breast, 162, Fs. 39.
    2. before one, before a court; stefna e-m f. dómstól, Fms. xi. 444; ganga, koma f. e-n, to go, come before one, Fms. i. 15, Eg. 426, Nj. 6, 129, passim; fyrir augu e-s, before one’s eyes, Stj. 611.
    3. before, so as to shield; hann kom skildinum f. sik, he put the shield before him, Nj. 97, 115; halda skildi f. e-n, a duelling term, since the seconder had to hold one’s shield, Ísl. ii. 257.
    4. joined to adverbs such as fram, aptr, út, inn, ofan, niðr, austr, vestr, suðr, norðr, all denoting direction; fram f., forward; aptr f., backward, etc.; hann reiddi öxina fram f. sik, a stroke forward with the axe, Fms. vii. 91; hann hljóp eigi skemra aptr en fram fyrir sik, Nj. 29; þótti honum hann skjóta brandinum austr til fjallanna f. sik, 195; komask út f. dyrr, to go outside the door, Eg. 206:—draga ofan f. brekku, to drag over the hill, Ld. 220; hrinda f. mel ofan, to thrust one over the gravel bank, Eg. 748; hlaupa f. björg, to leap over a precipice, Eb. 62, Landn. 36; elta e-n f. björg, Grág. ii. 34; hlaupa (kasta) f. borð, to leap ( throw) overboard, Fms. i. 178, Hkr. iii. 391, Ld. 226; síga ( to be hauled) niðr f. borgar-vegg, 656 C. 13, Fms. ix. 3; hlaupa niðr f. stafn, Eg. 142; niðr f. skaflinn, Dropl. 25; fyrir brekku, Orkn. 450, Glúm. 395 (in a verse).
    II. in one’s way, crossing one’s way; þeir stefndu f. þá, Fms. ix. 475; ríða á leið f. þá, to ride in their way, so as to meet them, Boll. 348; hlaupa ofan f. þá, Nj. 153; vóru allt komin f. hann bréf, letters were come before him, in his way, Fms. vii. 207; þeir felldu brota f. hann, viz. they felled trees before him, so as to stop him, viii. 60, ix. 357; leggja bann f. skip, to lay an embargo on a ship, Ld. 166.
    III. round, off a point; fyrir nesit, Nj. 44; út f. Holm, out past the Holm, Fms. vii. 356: esp. as a naut. term, off a point on the shore, sigla f. England, Norðyrnbraland, Þrasnes, Spán, to sail by the coast of, stand off England, Northumberland, … Spain, Orkn. 338, 340, 342, 354; fyrir Yrjar, Fms. vii. (in a verse); fyrir Siggju, Aumar, Lista, Edda 91 (in a verse); er hann kom f. Elfina, when be came off the Gotha, Eg. 80; leggja land f. skut, to lay the land clear of the stern, i. e. to pass it, Edda l. c.; göra frið f. land sitt, to pacify the land from one end to another, Ld. 28; fyrir uppsprettu árinnar, to come to ( round) the sources of the river, Fms. iii. 183; fyrir garðs-enda, Grág. ii. 263; girða f. nes, to make a wall across the ness, block it up, cp. Lat. praesepire, praemunire, etc., Grág. ii. 263; so also binda f. op, poka, Lat. praeligare, praestringere; hlaða f. gat, holu, to stop a hole, opening; greri f. stúfinn, the stump (of the arm or leg) was healed, closed, Nj. 275; skjóta slagbrandi f. dyrr, to shoot a bolt before the door, to bar it, Dropl. 29; láta loku (lás) f. hurð, to lock a door, Gísl. 28; setja innsigli f. bréf, to set a seal to a letter, Dipl. i. 3: ellipt., setr hón þar lás fyrir, Ld. 42, Bs. i. 512.
    2. along, all along; f. endilanga Danmörk, f. endilangan Noreg, all along Denmark, Norway, from one end to the other, Fms. iv. 319, xi. 91, Grett. 97:—öx álnar f. munn, an axe with an ell-long edge, Ld. 276; draga ör f. ödd, to draw the arrow past the point, an archer’s term, Fms. ii. 321.
    IV. with verbs, fyrir ván komit, one is come past hope, all hope is gone, Sturl. i. 44, Hrafn. 13, Fms. ii. 131; taka f. munn e-m, to stop one’s mouth; taka f. háls, kverkar, e-m, to seize one by the throat, etc.; taka mál f. munn e-m, ‘verba alicujus praeripere,’ to take the word out of one’s mouth, xi. 12; taka f. hendr e-m, to seize one’s hands, stop one in doing a thing, Eb. 124; mod., taka fram f. hendrnar á e-m.
    B. TEMP.: fyrir dag, before day, Eg. 80; f. miðjan dag, Ld. 14; f. sól, before sunrise, 268; f. sólar-lag, before sunset; f. miðjan aptan, Nj. 192; f. náttmál, 197; f. óttu, Sighvat; f. þinglausnir, Ölk. 37; f. Jól, Nj. 269; f. fardaga, Grág. ii. 341; viku f. sumar, 244; f. mitt sumar, Nj. 138; litlu f. vetr, Eg. 159; f. vetrnætr, Grág. ii. 217; f. e-s minni, before one’s memory, Íb. 16.
    C. METAPH.:
    I. above, before; hann hafdi mest fyrir aðra konunga hraustleikinn, Fms. x. 372.
    II. for, on behalf of; vil ek bjóða at fara f. þik, I will go for thee, in thy stead, Nj. 77; ganga í skuld f. e-n, Grág. i. 283; Egill drakk … ok svá f. Ölvi, Eg. 210; kaupa e-t f. e-n, Nj. 157; gjalda gjöld f. e-n, Grág. i. 173; verja, sækja, sakir f. e-n, Eg. 504; hvárr f. sik, each for oneself, Dipl. v. 26; sættisk á öll mál f. Björn, Nj. 266; tók sættir f. Björn, Eg. 168; svara f. e-t, Fms. xi. 444; hafa til varnir f. sik, láta lýrit, lög-vörn koma f.; færa vörn f. sik, etc.; verja, sækja sakir f. sik, and many similar law phrases, Grág. passim; biðja konu f. e-n, to woo a lady for another, Fms. x. 44; fyrir mik, on my behalf, for my part, Gs. 16; lögvörn f. mál, a lawful defence for a case, Nj. 111; hafa til varnar f. sök, to defend a case, Grág. i. 61; halda skiladómi f. e-t, Dipl. iv. 8; festa lög f. e-t, vide festa.
    III. in a distributive sense; penning f. mann, a penny per man, K. Þ. K. 88; fyrir nef hvert, per nose = per head, Lv. 89, Fms. i. 153, Ó. H. 141; hve f. marga menn, for how many men, Grág. i. 296; fyrir hverja stiku, for each yard, 497.
    IV. for, for the benefit of; brjóta brauð f. hungraða, Hom. 75; þeir skáru f. þá melinn, they cut the straw for them (the horses), Nj. 265; leggja kostnað f. e-n, to defray one’s costs, Grág. i. 341.
    V. for, instead of; hann setti sik f. Guð, Edda (pref.); hafa e-n f. Guð (Lat. pro Deo), Stj. 73, Barl. 131; geta, fá, kveðja mann f. sik, to get a man as one’s delegate or substitute, Grág. i. 48 passim; þeir höfðu vargstakka f. brynjur, Fs. 17; manna-höfuð vóru f. kljána, Nj. 275; gagl f. gás ok grís f. gamalt svín, Ó. H. 86; rif stór f. hlunna, Háv. 48; buðkr er f. húslker er hafðr, Vm. 171; auga f. auga, tönn f. tönn, Exod. xxi. 24; skell f. skillinga, Þkv. 32.
    VI. because of, for; vilja Gunnar dauðan fyrir höggit, Nj. 92, Fms. v. 162; eigi f. sakleysi, not without ground, i. 302; fyrir hvat (why, for what) stefndi Gunnarr þeim til úhelgi? Nj. 101; ok urðu f. þat sekir, Landn. 323; hafa ámæli f. e-t, Nj. 65, passim.
    2. in a good sense, for one’s sake, for one; fyrir þín orð, for thy words, intercession, Ísl. ii. 217; vil ek göra f. þín orð, Ld. 158, Nj. 88; fyrir sína vinsæld, by his popularity, Fms. i. 259: the phrase, fyrir e-s sök, for one’s sake, vide sök: in swearing, a Latinism, fyrir trú mína, by my faith! (so in Old Engl. ‘fore God), Karl. 241; fyrir þitt líf, Stj. 514; ek særi þik f. alla krapta Krists ok manndóm þinn, Nj. 176. VII. for, at, denoting value, price; fyrir þrjár merkr, for three marks, Eg. 714; er sik leysti út f. þrjú hundruð marka, Fms. ix. 421; ganga f. hundrað, to pass or go for a hundred, D. I. i. 316:—also of the thing bought, þú skalt reiða f. hana þrjár merkr, thou shall pay for her three marks, Ld. 30; fyrir þik skulu koma mannhefndir, Nj. 57; bætr f. víg, Ísl. ii. 274; bætr f. mann, Eg. 259, passim; fyrir áverka Þorgeirs kom legorðs-sökin, Nj. 101:—so in the phrase, fyrir hvern mun, by all means, at any cost; fyrir öngan mun, by no means, Fms. i. 9, 157, Gþl. 531:—hafði hverr þeirra mann f. sik, eða tvá …, each slew a man or more for himself, i. e. they sold their lives dearly, Ó. H. 217.
    2. ellipt., í staðinn f., instead of, Grág. i. 61; hér vil ek bjóða f. góð boð, Nj. 77; taka umbun f., Fms. vii. 161; svara slíku f. sem …, Boll. 350; þér skulut öngu f. týna nema lífinu, you shall lose nothing less than your head, Nj. 7.
    VIII. by means of, by, through; fyrir þat sama orð, Stj.; fyrir sína náttúru, Fms. v. 162; fyrir messu-serkinn, iii. 168; fyrir þinn krapt ok frelsis-hönd, Pass. 19. 12; svikin f. orminn, by the serpent, Al. 63,—this use of fyrir seems to be a Latinism, but is very freq. in eccl. writings, esp. after the Reformation, N. T., Pass., Vídal.; fyrir munn Davíðs, through the mouth of David, etc.:—in good old historical writings such instances are few; þeir hlutuðu f. kast ( by dice), Sturl. ii. 159.
    IX. in spite of, against; fyrir vilja sinn, N. G. L. i. 151; fyrir vitorð eðr vilja e-s, against one’s will or knowledge, Grág. ii. 348; kvángask (giptask) f. ráð e-s, i. 177, 178, Þiðr. 190; nú fara menn f. bann ( in spite of an embargo) landa á milli, Gþl. 517; hann gaf henni líf f. framkvæmd farar, i. e. although she had not fulfilled her journey ( her vow), Fms. v. 223; fyrir várt lof, vi. 220; fyrir allt þat, in spite of all that, Grett. 80 new Ed.; fyrir ráð fram, heedlessly; fyrir lög fram, vide fram.
    X. denoting capacity, in the same sense as ‘at,’ C. II, p. 27, col. 1; scarcely found in old writers (who use ‘at’), but freq. in mod. usage, thus, eigi e-n f. vin, to have one for a friend, in old writers ‘at vin;’ hafa e-n f. fífl, fól, to make sport of one.
    2. in old writers some phrases come near to this, e. g. vita f. vist, to know for certain, Dipl. i. 3; vita f. full sannindi, id., ii. 16; hafa f. satt, to take for sooth, believe, Nj. 135; koma f. eitt, to come ( turn) all to one, Lv. 11, Nj. 91, Fms. i. 208; koma f. ekki, to come to naught, be of no avail, Ísl. ii. 215; fyrir hitt mun ganga, it will turn the other way, Nj. 93; fyrir hann er einskis örvænt orðs né verks, from him everything may be expected, Ísl. ii. 326; hafa e-s víti f. varnað, to have another’s faults for warning, Sól. 19.
    XI. joined with adverbs ending in -an, fyrir austan, vestan, sunnan, norðan, útan, innan, framan, handan, ofan, neðan, either with a following acc. denoting. direction, thus, fyrir austan, sunnan … fjall, east, south of the fell, i. e. on the eastern, southern side; fyrir neðan brú, below the bridge; fyrir útan fjall = Lat. ultra; fyrir innan fjall = Lat. infra; fyrir handan á, beyond the river; fyrir innan garð, inside the yard; fyrir ofan garð, above, beyond the yard, etc.; vide these adverbs:—used adverb., fyrir sunnan, in the south; fyrir vestan, in the west; fyrir norðan, in the north; fyrir austan, in the east,—current phrases in Icel. to mark the quarters of the country, cp. the ditty in Esp. Árb. year 1530; but not freq. in old writers, who simply say, norðr, suðr …, cp. Kristni S. ch. 1: absol. and adverb., fyrir ofan, uppermost; fyrir handan, on the other side:—fyrir útan e-t, except, save, Anal. 98, Vkv. 8; fyrir fram, vide fram.
    ☞ For- and fyrir- as prefixes, vide pp. 163–167 and below:
    I. fore-, for-, meaning before, above, in the widest sense, local, temp., and metaph. furthering or the like, for-dyri, for-nes, for-ellri, for-beini, etc.
    β. before, down, for-brekkis, -bergis, -streymis, -vindis, -viðris, etc.
    2. in an intens. sense = before others, very, but not freq.; for-dyld, -góðr, -hagr, -hraustr, -kostuligr, -kuðr, -lítill, -ljótr, -prís, -ríkr, -snjallr.
    II. (cp. fyrir, acc., C. IX), in a neg. or priv. sense; a few words occur even in the earliest poems, laws, and writers, e. g. for-að, -átta, -dæða, -nám, -næmi, -sending, -sköp, -verk, -veðja, -viða, -vitni, -ynja, -yrtir; those words at least seem to be original and vernacular: at a later time more words of the same kind crept in:
    1. as early as writers of the 13th and 14th centuries, e. g. for-boð, -bænir, -djarfa, -dæma (fyrir-dæma), -taka (fyrir-taka), -þóttr; fyrir-bjóða, -fara, -göra, -koma, -kunna, -líta, -muna, -mæla, -vega, -verða.
    2. introduced in some words at the time of the Reformation through Luther’s Bible and German hymns, and still later in many more through Danish, e. g. for-brjóta, -drífa, -láta, -líkast, -merkja, -nema, -sorga, -sóma, -standa, -svara, -þénusta, and several others; many of these, however, are not truly naturalised, being chiefly used in eccl. writings:—it is curious that if the pronoun be placed after the verb (which is the vernacular use in Icel.) the sense is in many cases reversed; thus, fyrir-koma, to destroy, but koma e-u fyrir can only mean to arrange; so also fyrir-mæla, to curse, and mæla fyrir, to speak for; for-bænir, but biðja fyrir e-m, etc.; in the latter case the sense is good and positive, in the former bad and negative; this seems to prove clearly that these compds are due to foreign influence.

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  • 16 lose

    1. transitive verb,
    1) verlieren; kommen um, verlieren [Leben, Habe]

    somebody has nothing to lose [by doing something] — es kann jemandem nicht schaden[, wenn er etwas tut]

    lose one's way — sich verlaufen/verfahren

    2) (fail to maintain) verlieren; (become slow by) [Uhr:] nachgehen [zwei Minuten täglich usw.]
    3) (waste) vertun [Zeit]; (miss) versäumen, verpassen [Zeitpunkt, Gelegenheit, Ereignis]
    4) (fail to obtain) nicht bekommen [Preis, Vertrag usw.]; (fail to hear) nicht mitbekommen [Teil einer Rede usw.]; (fail to catch) verpassen, versäumen [Zug, Bus]
    5) (be defeated in) verlieren [Kampf, Spiel, Wette, Prozess usw.]
    6) (cause loss of)

    you['ve] lost me — (fig.) ich komme nicht mehr mit

    7) (get rid of) abschütteln [Verfolger]; loswerden [Erkältung]

    lose weight — abnehmen. See also academic.ru/43876/lost">lost

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) (suffer loss) einen Verlust erleiden; (in business) Verlust machen (on bei); (in match, contest) verlieren

    lose in freshness — an Frische verlieren

    you can't lose — (coll.) du kannst nur profitieren od. gewinnen

    2) (become slow) [Uhr:] nachgehen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [lu:z]
    past tense, past participle - lost; verb
    1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) verlieren
    2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) verlieren
    3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) verlieren
    4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) verlieren
    5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) verlieren
    •
    - loser
    - loss
    - lost
    - at a loss
    - a bad
    - good loser
    - lose oneself in
    - lose one's memory
    - lose out
    - lost in
    - lost on
    * * *
    <lost, lost>
    [lu:z]
    I. vt
    1. (forfeit)
    ▪ to \lose sth etw verlieren; (reduce) an etw dat verlieren
    ▪ to \lose sth to sb etw an jdn verlieren
    to \lose altitude/speed an Höhe/Geschwindigkeit verlieren
    to \lose one's appetite den Appetit verlieren
    to \lose blood Blut verlieren
    to \lose one's breath außer Atem kommen
    to \lose courage den Mut verlieren
    to \lose favour with sb jds Gunst verlieren
    to \lose the upper hand die Oberhand verlieren
    to \lose one's job seinen Arbeitsplatz verlieren
    to \lose the lead die Führung abgeben [müssen]
    to \lose money Geld verlieren
    to \lose popularity an Popularität einbüßen
    to \lose trade Geschäftseinbußen erleiden
    to \lose weight an Gewicht verlieren, abnehmen
    2. (through death)
    she lost her son in the fire ihr Sohn ist beim Brand umgekommen
    to \lose a friend/relative einen Freund/Verwandten verlieren
    to \lose one's life sein Leben verlieren
    to \lose a baby ein Kind [o Baby] verlieren
    ▪ to be lost things verschwunden sein; victims umgekommen sein; plane, ship verloren sein
    to \lose an opportunity eine Gelegenheit versäumen
    to \lose time Zeit verlieren
    to \lose no time in doing sth etw sofort [o unverzüglich] tun
    6. watch, clock
    to \lose time nachgehen
    7. (not find)
    ▪ to \lose sb jdn verlieren
    ▪ to \lose sth etw verlieren; (mislay) etw verlegen
    to \lose the path/route vom Weg/von der Route abkommen
    to \lose one's [or the] way sich akk verirren [o verlaufen
    8. AM ( fam: get rid of)
    ▪ to \lose sb/sth jdn/etw abschütteln; pursuer, car jdn/etw abhängen fam
    9. ( fam: confuse)
    ▪ to \lose sb jdn verwirren; (deliberately) jdn in die Irre führen [o irreführen]
    you've lost me there da kann ich dir nicht ganz folgen
    10. (not win)
    ▪ to \lose sth etw verlieren
    to \lose an argument in einer Diskussion unterliegen
    to \lose a battle/game eine Schlacht/ein Spiel verlieren
    11. (forget)
    to \lose a language/skill eine Sprache/Fähigkeit verlernen
    ▪ to \lose sb sth jdn etw kosten [o um etw akk bringen]
    it almost lost me my job es kostete mich fast den Job, es hat mich fast um meinen Job gebracht
    13.
    ▶ to \lose the day [for sb] jdn um den Sieg bringen
    ▶ to \lose face das Gesicht verlieren
    ▶ to \lose one's head den Kopf verlieren
    ▶ to \lose heart den Mut verlieren
    ▶ to \lose one's heart to sb sein Herz [an jdn] verlieren
    ▶ to \lose it ( fam) durchdrehen fam
    I almost lost it ich bin fast verrückt geworden [o fam fast durchgedreht]
    ▶ to \lose one's lunch AM (sl) kotzen sl
    ▶ to \lose one's marbles [or mind] ( fam) nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank haben fam
    ▶ to have nothing/something to \lose nichts/etwas zu verlieren haben
    ▶ to \lose one's rag [about [or over] sth] ( fam) [über etw akk] in Wut geraten
    ▶ to \lose one's shirt [on sth] ( fam) sein letztes Hemd [bei etw dat] verlieren fam
    ▶ to \lose sight of sth etw aus den Augen verlieren
    ▶ to \lose sleep over [or about] sth sich dat wegen einer S. gen Sorgen machen, wegen einer S. gen kein Auge zutun können
    ▶ to \lose touch [with sb] den Kontakt [zu jdm] verlieren
    ▶ to \lose touch [with sth] [über etw akk] nicht mehr auf dem Laufenden sein
    ▶ to \lose track [of sth] (not follow) [etw dat] [geistig] nicht folgen können; (not remember)
    I've lost track of the number of times he's asked me for money ich weiß schon gar nicht mehr, wie oft er mich um Geld gebeten hat
    ▶ to \lose oneself [or be lost] in sth sich akk in etw dat verlieren
    ▶ to \lose oneself in thought [völlig] gedankenverloren dastehen/dasitzen
    II. vi
    1. (be beaten)
    ▪ to \lose [to sb/sth] [gegen jdn/etw] verlieren
    the team lost 2-0/by 2 points das Team verlor [mit] 2:0/verpasste den Sieg um 2 Punkte
    2. (flop) ein Verlustgeschäft sein [o darstellen]
    the movie lost big at the box office der Film wurde ein Riesenflop fam
    3. (invest badly)
    ▪ to \lose on sth bei etw dat Verlust machen
    4.
    ▶ you can't \lose du kannst nur gewinnen
    * * *
    [luːz] pret, ptp lost
    1. vt
    1) (generally) verlieren; pursuer abschütteln; one's French vergessen, verlernen; prize nicht bekommen

    or (driver's) license (US) — die Stelle/den Führerschein verlieren

    the cat has lost a lot of hair —

    the shares have lost 15% in a month — die Aktien sind in einem Monat um 15% gefallen

    to lose one's way (lit) — sich verirren; (fig) die Richtung verlieren

    you will lose nothing by helping them —

    they have nothing/a lot to lose — sie haben nichts/viel zu verlieren

    that mistake lost him his job/her friendship/the game — dieser Fehler kostete ihn die Stellung/ihre Freundschaft/den Sieg

    he lost the use of his legs in the accident — seit dem Unfall kann er seine Beine nicht mehr bewegen

    2)
    3)
    4) (= not catch) opportunity verpassen; words nicht mitbekommen

    to lose no opportunity to do sth — keine Gelegenheit verpassen, etw zu tun

    5) (inf

    = go crazy) to lose it — durchdrehen (inf)

    6)

    (passive usages) to be lost (things) — verschwunden sein; (people) sich verlaufen haben; (fig) verloren sein; (words) untergehen

    I can't follow the reasoning, I'm lost — ich kann der Argumentation nicht folgen, ich verstehe nichts mehr

    to be lost at sea — auf See geblieben sein; (ship) auf See vermisst sein

    the ship was lost with all hands — das Schiff war mit der ganzen Besatzung untergegangen

    to get lost — sich verlaufen or verirren; (boxes etc) verloren gehen

    I got lost after the second chapter —

    to get lost in the post/move — in der Post/beim Umzug verloren gehen

    to look lost — (ganz) verloren aussehen; (fig) ratlos or hilflos aussehen

    you look ( as though you're) lost, can I help you? — haben Sie sich verlaufen or verirrt, kann ich Ihnen behilflich sein?

    to give sth up for lost —

    he was lost to science he is lost to all finer feelings — er war für die Wissenschaft verloren er hat keinen Sinn für höhere Gefühle

    the joke/remark was lost on her — der Witz/die Bemerkung kam bei ihr nicht an

    to be lost in thought —

    to be lost in one's reading/playing — in seine Lektüre/sein Spiel versunken sein

    2. vi
    verlieren; (watch) nachgehen

    the novel loses a lot in the film — der Roman verliert in der Verfilmung sehr

    you will not lose by helping him — es kann dir nicht schaden, wenn du ihm hilfst

    * * *
    lose [luːz] prät und pperf lost [lɒst; US besonders lɔːst]
    A v/t
    1. allg eine Sache, auch seinen Glauben, das Interesse, seine Stimme, den Verstand, Zeit etc verlieren:
    have lost one’s voice auch heiser sein;
    lose one’s cool umg an die Decke gehen;
    lose no time in doing sth sich beeilen, etwas zu tun; etwas sofort tun;
    2. sein Vermögen, seine Position etc verlieren, einbüßen, kommen um:
    lose credibility an Glaubwürdigkeit einbüßen oder verlieren;
    lose one’s health seine Gesundheit einbüßen;
    have nothing to lose nichts zu verlieren haben;
    he lost 10 pounds er nahm 10 Pfund ab; → weight A 3
    3. verlieren (durch Tod, Trennung etc):
    a) einen Patienten (an einen anderen Arzt) verlieren,
    b) einen Patienten nicht retten können;
    she has lost her husband to her best friend sie hat ihren Mann an ihre beste Freundin verloren
    4. ein Spiel, einen Prozess etc verlieren:
    point lost Minuspunkt m
    5. einen Preis etc nicht gewinnen oder erringen
    6. eine Gesetzesvorlage nicht durchbringen
    7. den Zug etc, auch fig eine Gelegenheit etc versäumen, -passen
    8. eine Rede etc nicht mitbekommen umg, etwas nicht hören oder sehen (können):
    I lost the end of his speech mir entging das Ende seiner Rede
    9. aus den Augen verlieren
    10. vergessen:
    11. einen Verfolger abschütteln
    12. eine Krankheit loswerden
    13. nachgehen um (Uhr):
    my watch loses two minutes a day meine Uhr geht am Tag zwei Minuten nach
    14. jemanden seine Stellung etc kosten, jemanden bringen um:
    15. lose o.s. in
    a) sich verirren in (dat):
    b) fig sich verlieren in (dat):
    lose o.s. in thought;
    c) fig sich vertiefen in (akk):
    B v/i
    1. auch lose out (to) verlieren (gegen), unterliegen (dat)
    2. auch lose out verlieren, draufzahlen ( beide:
    on bei einem Geschäft etc):
    you won’t lose by doing it es kann nicht(s) schaden, wenn du es tust
    3. a) Verluste erleiden:
    they lost heavily sie erlitten schwere Verluste
    b) verlieren (in bei, durch):
    the story has lost in translation die Geschichte hat durch die Übersetzung (sprachlich) verloren
    4. verlieren (in an dat):
    lose (in weight) (an Gewicht) abnehmen;
    the days were losing in warmth die Tage wurden kälter
    5. schlechter oder schwächer werden:
    he lost daily er wurde von Tag zu Tag schwächer
    6. nachgehen (Uhr)
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    1) verlieren; kommen um, verlieren [Leben, Habe]

    somebody has nothing to lose [by doing something] — es kann jemandem nicht schaden[, wenn er etwas tut]

    lose one's way — sich verlaufen/verfahren

    2) (fail to maintain) verlieren; (become slow by) [Uhr:] nachgehen [zwei Minuten täglich usw.]
    3) (waste) vertun [Zeit]; (miss) versäumen, verpassen [Zeitpunkt, Gelegenheit, Ereignis]
    4) (fail to obtain) nicht bekommen [Preis, Vertrag usw.]; (fail to hear) nicht mitbekommen [Teil einer Rede usw.]; (fail to catch) verpassen, versäumen [Zug, Bus]
    5) (be defeated in) verlieren [Kampf, Spiel, Wette, Prozess usw.]

    you['ve] lost me — (fig.) ich komme nicht mehr mit

    7) (get rid of) abschütteln [Verfolger]; loswerden [Erkältung]

    lose weight — abnehmen. See also lost

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) (suffer loss) einen Verlust erleiden; (in business) Verlust machen (on bei); (in match, contest) verlieren

    you can't lose — (coll.) du kannst nur profitieren od. gewinnen

    2) (become slow) [Uhr:] nachgehen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: lost)
    = verlieren v.
    (§ p.,pp.: verlor, verloren)

    English-german dictionary > lose

  • 17 win

    1. transitive verb,
    -nn-, won
    1) gewinnen; bekommen [Stipendium, Auftrag, Vertrag, Recht]; ernten [Beifall, Dank]

    win the long jump — im Weitsprung gewinnen

    win an argument/debate — aus einem Streit/einer Debatte als Sieger hervorgehen

    win a reputation [for oneself] — sich (Dat.) einen Ruf erwerben od. einen Namen machen

    win something from or off somebody — jemandem etwas abnehmen

    you win some, you lose some — (coll.) man kann nicht immer Glück haben

    2) (coll.): (steal) organisieren (ugs.)
    3)

    win one's way into somebody's heart/affections — jemandes Herz/Zuneigung gewinnen

    2. intransitive verb,
    -nn-, won gewinnen; (in battle) siegen

    you win — (have defeated me) du hast gewonnen (ugs.)

    win or lose — wie es auch ausgeht/ausgehen würde

    you can't win — (coll.) da hat man keine Chance (ugs.)

    3. noun
    Sieg, der
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/93784/win_back">win back
    * * *
    [win] 1. present participle - winning; verb
    1) (to obtain (a victory) in a contest; to succeed in coming first in (a contest), usually by one's own efforts: He won a fine victory in the election; Who won the war/match?; He won the bet; He won ( the race) in a fast time / by a clear five metres.) gewinnen
    2) (to obtain (a prize) in a competition etc, usually by luck: to win first prize; I won $5 in the crossword competition.) gewinnen
    3) (to obtain by one's own efforts: He won her respect over a number of years.) gewinnen
    2. noun
    (a victory or success: She's had two wins in four races.) der Sieg
    - winner
    - winning
    - winning-post
    - win over
    - win the day
    - win through
    * * *
    [wɪn]
    I. vt
    <won, won>
    1. (be victorious)
    ▪ to \win sth etw gewinnen
    to \win a battle/war eine Schlacht/einen Krieg gewinnen
    to \win a case/lawsuit einen Fall/eine Klage gewinnen
    to \win the day ( fig) einen Sieg davontragen
    to \win a debate aus einer Debatte als Sieger(in) m(f) hervorgehen
    to \win an election eine Wahl gewinnen
    to \win a seat ein Mandat gewinnen
    to \win a victory einen Sieg erringen
    ▪ to \win sth etw gewinnen [o bekommen]
    to \win sb's approval (appreciation) jds Anerkennung finden; (consent) jds Zustimmung finden
    to \win fame berühmt werden
    to \win sb's heart/love jds Herz/Liebe gewinnen
    to \win people's hearts die Menschen für sich akk gewinnen
    to \win popularity sich akk beliebt machen
    to \win promotion befördert werden
    to \win recognition Anerkennung finden
    to \win a reputation as sb sich dat einen Namen als jd machen
    to \win a scholarship to Oxford ein Stipendium für Oxford bekommen
    to \win sb's support jds Unterstützung gewinnen
    ▪ to \win sb/sth sth [or sth for sb] jdm/etw etw einbringen
    ▪ to \win sth off sb ( fam) jdm etw abnehmen [o fam abknöpfen]
    she won £10 off me at poker sie hat mir beim Poker 10 Pfund abgeknöpft fam
    3. (extract)
    ▪ to \win sth ore, coal etw abbauen
    to \win oil Öl gewinnen
    4.
    ▶ you can't \win them all ( saying) man kann nicht immer Glück haben
    ▶ [you] \win some, [you] lose some ( saying) mal gewinnt man, mal verliert man
    ▶ to \win one's spurs sich dat die Sporen verdienen
    II. vi
    <won, won>
    gewinnen
    they were \winning at half time sie lagen zur Halbzeit vorn
    you [just] can't \win! da hat man keine Chance!
    OK, you \win! okay, du hast gewonnen!
    to \win by three goals to two drei zu zwei gewinnen
    to \win by two lengths/a handsome majority mit zwei Längen [Vorsprung]/einer stattlichen Mehrheit gewinnen
    to \win easily [or ( fam) hands down] spielend gewinnen
    \win or lose,... ( also fig) [ob] gewonnen oder verloren,..., wie es auch ausgeht,...
    ▶ may the best man \win dem Besten der Sieg, der Beste möge gewinnen
    III. n Sieg m
    away/home \win Auswärts-/Heimsieg m
    to have a \win bet gewinnen; money einen Gewinn machen
    * * *
    [wɪn] vb: pret, ptp won
    1. n
    Sieg m

    to back a horse for a win — auf den Sieg eines Pferdes setzen

    to have a win (money) — einen Gewinn machen; (victory) einen Sieg erzielen

    2. vt
    1) race, prize, battle, election, money, bet, sympathy, support, friends, glory gewinnen; reputation erwerben; scholarship, contract bekommen; victory erringen

    to win sb's heart/love/hand — jds Herz/Liebe/Hand gewinnen

    he tried to win her — er versuchte, sie für sich zu gewinnen

    sb — jdm etw abgewinnen

    2) (= obtain, extract) gewinnen

    land won from the sea — dem Meer abgewonnenes Land

    3) (liter: reach with effort) shore, summit erreichen
    3. vi
    1) (in race, election, argument etc) gewinnen, siegen

    OK, you win, I was wrong — okay, du hast gewonnen, ich habe mich geirrt

    whatever I do, I just can't win — egal, was ich mache, ich machs immer falsch

    2) (liter)

    to win free — sich freikämpfen, sich befreien

    * * *
    win [wın]
    A v/i prät und pperf won [wʌn]
    1. gewinnen ( at chess beim oder im Schach), siegen:
    win by 40 yards from mit 40 Yards Vorsprung gewinnen vor (dat);
    which team is winning? welche Mannschaft führt?;
    they are winning by 2-1 sie führen 2:1;
    win out umg sich durchsetzen ( over gegen)
    2. gelangen:
    win in (out, back) hinein-(hinaus-, zurück)gelangen;
    a) durchkommen, sich durchkämpfen ( beide:
    to zu),
    b) ans Ziel gelangen (a. fig),
    c) fig sich durchsetzen;
    win loose ( oder free, clear) sich frei machen
    3. win on Einfluss gewinnen auf (akk) oder über (akk)
    B v/t
    1. ein Vermögen etc erwerben:
    win fame sich Ruhm erwerben;
    win hono(u)r zu Ehren gelangen;
    win praise Lob ernten; → fame 1
    2. jemandem Lob einbringen oder eintragen
    3. eine Schlacht etc gewinnen:
    he won the race from er gewann das Rennen vor (dat)
    4. einen Preis etc gewinnen, einen Sieg erringen:
    point won Pluspunkt m;
    win £3 from ( oder off) sb jemandem 3 Pfund abgewinnen, von jemandem 3 Pfund gewinnen;
    win one’s way seinen Weg machen; → day Bes Redew, field A 7, spur A 1, trick A 7
    5. sein Brot, seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen
    6. die Küste etc erreichen, gelangen zu
    7. einen Freund, jemandes Liebe etc gewinnen
    a) jemanden für sich gewinnen, auf seine Seite ziehen, engS. jemandes Herz erobern:
    win sb over to a project jemanden für ein Vorhaben gewinnen
    b) jemanden rumkriegen
    9. win sb to do sth jemanden dazu bringen, etwas zu tun
    10. Bergbau:
    a) Erz, Kohle etc gewinnen
    b) ein Abbaugebiet erschließen
    C s
    a) besonders SPORT Sieg m
    b) Gewinn m:
    have a win einen Sieg erzielen; einen Gewinn machen; → pool2 A 2
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    -nn-, won
    1) gewinnen; bekommen [Stipendium, Auftrag, Vertrag, Recht]; ernten [Beifall, Dank]

    win an argument/debate — aus einem Streit/einer Debatte als Sieger hervorgehen

    win a reputation [for oneself] — sich (Dat.) einen Ruf erwerben od. einen Namen machen

    win something from or off somebody — jemandem etwas abnehmen

    you win some, you lose some — (coll.) man kann nicht immer Glück haben

    2) (coll.): (steal) organisieren (ugs.)
    3)

    win one's way into somebody's heart/affections — jemandes Herz/Zuneigung gewinnen

    2. intransitive verb,
    -nn-, won gewinnen; (in battle) siegen

    you win — (have defeated me) du hast gewonnen (ugs.)

    win or lose — wie es auch ausgeht/ausgehen würde

    you can't win — (coll.) da hat man keine Chance (ugs.)

    3. noun
    Sieg, der
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: won)
    = erlangen v.
    siegen v. v
    gewinnen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: gewann, gewonnen)

    English-german dictionary > win

  • 18 win

    [wɪn] 1. n
    zwycięstwo nt, wygrana f
    2. vt
    game, competition, election wygrywać (wygrać perf), zwyciężać (zwyciężyć perf) w +loc; prize, support, popularity zdobywać (zdobyć perf)
    3. vi; pt, pp won
    wygrywać (wygrać perf), zwyciężać (zwyciężyć perf)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [win] 1. present participle - winning; verb
    1) (to obtain (a victory) in a contest; to succeed in coming first in (a contest), usually by one's own efforts: He won a fine victory in the election; Who won the war/match?; He won the bet; He won (the race) in a fast time / by a clear five metres.) zwyciężyć, wygrać
    2) (to obtain (a prize) in a competition etc, usually by luck: to win first prize; I won $5 in the crossword competition.) wygrać
    3) (to obtain by one's own efforts: He won her respect over a number of years.) zdobyć
    2. noun
    (a victory or success: She's had two wins in four races.) zwycięstwo
    - winning
    - winning-post
    - win over
    - win the day
    - win through

    English-Polish dictionary > win

  • 19 Chirac, Jacques

       born 1932.
       (adj. Chiraquien)
       Former conservative (Gaullist) President of France, from 1995 to 2007. Chirac's reelection in 2002 was an unexpected twist of fortune, caused by the elimination of the front-runner, socialist Lionel Jospin, pipped into third place in the first round of the election by a surge in the vote for the far right wing leader of the French National Front, Jean Marie Le Pen.Facing Le Pen in the second round, Chirac was reelected with a massive majority in what was in essence a contest between the the extreme right and everyone else. Had the second round of the election been a classic left-right contest, Chirac's re-election would not have been guaranteed.
       Jacques Chirac was a highly ambitious career politician, who worked his way rapidly up the ranks of the Gaullist movement; yet his first steps in politics were actually as a militant for the Communist party, and as a student he sold the communist newspaper l'Humanité on the streets of Paris. After graduating from "Sciences Po", he changed tack, married into Parisian high society, studied at the elite ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration), and then began a career in politics, working for the office of the prime minister, Georges Pompidou. In 1976, he was appointed junior minister for employment in the third Pompidou government, and from then after he remained one of the most omnipresent of conservative politicians in France. From Gaullist, he became a supporter of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing during Giscard's 1974 bid for the presidency - against the Gaullist Chaban-Delmas - and was appointed Prime Minister when Giscard won. Two years later, he resigned, complaining that Giscard was cramping his style.
       This was the start of his rise to the top. No longer prime minister, in 1977 he set about building his own power base, or rather his own two power bases, firstly as leader of a new political party, the RPR, created out of the old Gaullist UDR, and secondly by becoming elected Mayor of Paris. In 1981, he challenged Giscard for the presidency, but came third in the first round of the election, which was won by François Mitterrand. By 1986 he was clear leader of the conservative opposition. When the conservatives won the general election of that year, he was appointed prime minister, ushering in the first period of cohabitation (see below) between a president and a government of different political persuasions.
       In 1988, he was again a candidate in the presidential election, and again lost; but with his power base in Paris and in the RPR, he then had seven years in which to prepare his third, and first successful, challenge for the presidency.
       He served two terms as president, the first of seven years, the second of five - though as already stated, his reelection in 2002 was more due to the failure of the Socialist campaign and the surprise presence of Le Pen in the second round, than in his own popularity. It is still rather early to judge the Chirac presidency in a historic perspective, but early appraisals suggest that it will not be remembered as a great period in French history. It was a time during which France dramatically failed to adapt to the changes in the modern world - the end of the Cold War and the challenge of globalisation - and failed to push through the social and economic reforms that were allowing other developed nations such as France, Germany or Spain, to find their place in the new world order.

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Chirac, Jacques

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