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  • 101 maravilloso

    adj.
    marvelous, wonderful, divine, marvellous.
    intj.
    that's great, marvellous, marvelous, wonderful.
    * * *
    1 wonderful, marvellous
    * * *
    (f. - maravillosa)
    adj.
    marvelous, wonderful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=magnífico) wonderful, marvellous, marvelous (EEUU)
    2) (=mágico) magic
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo marvelous*, wonderful
    * * *
    = amazing, marvellous [marvelous, -USA], wonderful, exquisite, gee whiz [gee wizz], gorgeous, wondrous, many splendoured, light fantastic, delightful, heavenly, picture-perfect, divine, swell.
    Ex. However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.
    Ex. The National Library of Canada in its automation development has done a remarkable and marvelous thing in terms of its interpretation and use of the MARC format.
    Ex. A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.
    Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex. He should beware that the ' gee whiz' or 'Isn't science wonderful' syndrome is not uncommon among the recently converted = Debería tener cuidado de que el síndrome " recórcholis" o "la ciencia es maravillosa" es frecuente entre los nuevos conversos.
    Ex. The hotel features 428 newly renovated guest rooms with upscale southwestern décor and private balconies with gorgeous mountain views = El hotel ofrece 428 habitaciones renovadas recientemente con una decoración de lujo al estilo del suroeste del país y balcones con magníficas vistas a las montañas.
    Ex. It may be fun to discuss wondrous new products, but they won't make much difference in the world if they are too expensive.
    Ex. In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Networking the light fantastic. CD-ROMs on LANs'.
    Ex. Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.
    Ex. It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.
    Ex. The opening day of the pheasant hunting season was almost picture-perfect as warm temperatures and sunshine were the order of the day.
    Ex. Her slinky dress was incredibly sexy, the colour was divine on her, plus the gold accessories were the perfect complement.
    Ex. I was reading this book in anticipatian of the movie and it was swell, it was so good I read it two days straight.
    ----
    * de manera maravillosa = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * ser maravilloso = sound + great.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo marvelous*, wonderful
    * * *
    = amazing, marvellous [marvelous, -USA], wonderful, exquisite, gee whiz [gee wizz], gorgeous, wondrous, many splendoured, light fantastic, delightful, heavenly, picture-perfect, divine, swell.

    Ex: However, this is still a long way from the amazing power of a large mini or mainframe computer.

    Ex: The National Library of Canada in its automation development has done a remarkable and marvelous thing in terms of its interpretation and use of the MARC format.
    Ex: A wonderful grin spread over the manager's face.
    Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
    Ex: He should beware that the ' gee whiz' or 'Isn't science wonderful' syndrome is not uncommon among the recently converted = Debería tener cuidado de que el síndrome " recórcholis" o "la ciencia es maravillosa" es frecuente entre los nuevos conversos.
    Ex: The hotel features 428 newly renovated guest rooms with upscale southwestern décor and private balconies with gorgeous mountain views = El hotel ofrece 428 habitaciones renovadas recientemente con una decoración de lujo al estilo del suroeste del país y balcones con magníficas vistas a las montañas.
    Ex: It may be fun to discuss wondrous new products, but they won't make much difference in the world if they are too expensive.
    Ex: In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Networking the light fantastic. CD-ROMs on LANs'.
    Ex: Indeed, this is one of the most delightful aspects of reference work, providing every day a new intellectual challenge.
    Ex: It is a matter of basic safety for everyone on board, before casting off in the morning for that next heavenly anchorage, to see that everything be properly stowed and secured.
    Ex: The opening day of the pheasant hunting season was almost picture-perfect as warm temperatures and sunshine were the order of the day.
    Ex: Her slinky dress was incredibly sexy, the colour was divine on her, plus the gold accessories were the perfect complement.
    Ex: I was reading this book in anticipatian of the movie and it was swell, it was so good I read it two days straight.
    * de manera maravillosa = marvellously [marvelously, -USA].
    * experiencia maravillosa = experience of a lifetime.
    * ser maravilloso = sound + great.

    * * *
    marvelous*, wonderful
    se me ha ocurrido una idea maravillosa I've had a marvelous o wonderful idea
    nos hizo un tiempo maravilloso we had splendid o marvelous o wonderful weather
    * * *

     

    maravilloso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    marvelous( conjugate marvelous), wonderful
    maravilloso,-a adjetivo wonderful, marvellous, US marvelous

    ' maravilloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - bestial
    - maravillosa
    - fabuloso
    English:
    awesome
    - blissful
    - dreamy
    - forehand
    - marvellous
    - marvelous
    - out-of-sight
    - wonderful
    - wondrous
    - glorious
    - gorgeous
    - that
    * * *
    maravilloso, -a adj
    1. [extraordinario] marvellous, wonderful
    2. [milagroso] miraculous;
    la maravillosa intervención del portero evitó el gol the goalkeeper's miraculous save prevented a goal
    * * *
    adj marvelous, Br
    marvellous, wonderful
    * * *
    maravilloso, -sa adj
    estupendo: wonderful, marvelous
    * * *
    maravilloso adj wonderful

    Spanish-English dictionary > maravilloso

  • 102 parado

    adj.
    1 stationary, motionless, at a standstill, still.
    2 standing, upright, on one's feet.
    3 unemployed, out-of-work, workless.
    4 steep.
    5 stuck-up.
    6 foolishly sentimental, drippy.
    7 placed in a vertical position, standing, up-ended, upended.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: parar.
    * * *
    1→ link=parar parar
    1 (quieto) still, motionless
    2 figurado (lento) slow, awkward
    3 (sin trabajo) unemployed
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 unemployed person
    \
    estar parado,-a to be unemployed
    salir bien parado,-a to come off well
    salir mal parado,-a to come off badly
    * * *
    1. (f. - parada)
    noun
    2. (f. - parada)
    adj.
    * * *
    parado, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=detenido)

    ¿por qué no nos echas una mano en vez de estar ahí parado? — can't you give us a hand instead of just standing there o around?

    no le gusta estar parado, siempre encuentra algo que hacer — he doesn't like to be idle o doing nothing, he always finds himself something to do

    ¿qué hace ese coche ahí parado? — what's that car doing standing there?

    salida parada — (Dep) standing start

    2) Esp (=sin trabajo) unemployed

    llevo dos años parada — I've been out of work o unemployed for two years

    3) (=desconcertado)

    me dejó parado con lo que me dijo — what he said really took me aback, I was really taken aback by what he said

    4) LAm (=de pie) standing (up)
    - caer parado como los gatos
    5) Esp
    *

    ser parado — (=ser tímido) to be tongue-tied; (=tener poca iniciativa) to be a wimp *

    6) Caribe, Cono Sur (=engreído) vain
    7)

    bien/mal parado: en este libro la mujer queda muy bien parada — women are shown in a good light in this book, women come out well in this book

    salir bien/mal parado: salió mejor parado de lo que cabía esperar — he came out of it better than could be expected

    8) And, Caribe (=afortunado)
    9) Méx, Col
    10) LAm (=hacia arriba) [pelo] stiff; [poste] upright; [orejas] pricked-up
    11) Méx, Ven (=levantado) up, out of bed
    12) Chile (=en huelga) (out) on strike
    2.
    SM / F Esp unemployed person

    Miguel López, un parado de 27 años... — Miguel López, an unemployed, 27-year-old man...

    3. SM
    1) Ven
    2) Méx (=parecido) air, look, resemblance
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( detenido)

    no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme — don't just stand there, come and help me

    un coche parado en medio de la calle — a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street

    b) (esp Esp) ( desconcertado)

    se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir — he was taken aback and didn't know what to say

    2) (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed
    3)
    a) (AmL) ( de pie)

    estar parado — to stand, be standing

    b) (AmL) ( erguido)
    c) (Chi) <cuesta/subida> steep
    4)

    bien/mal parado: salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed; salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident; salió mal parado de su última inversión he lost a lot of money on his last investment; ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation; estar bien parado con alguien (AmL) to be (well) in with somebody (colloq); es el que mejor parado ha salido — he's the one who's done (the) best out

    5)
    a) (CS fam) ( engreído) stuck up
    b) (Esp fam) ( soso)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person

    los parados — the unemployed, the people out of work

    * * *
    = stuck, stagnating, unmoving, motionless, stationary.
    Ex. Learn what to do when there is a power outage and how to respond to alarms that signal stuck elevators or that activate security or sprinkler systems.
    Ex. Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.
    Ex. The dynamic path generation problem of robots in environments with other unmoving and moving objects is considered.
    Ex. In a control condition, participants recited memorized text to the research assistant who sat motionless.
    Ex. In one simple version, known in England as the Scandinavian single platen machine (1841), the press bed and type were stationary throughout.
    ----
    * no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that), be none the worse for wear.
    * parados, los = unemployed, the, jobless, the, unwaged, the.
    * permanecer parado = stand + still.
    * quedarse parado = stand + still, stand by.
    * tasa de parados = jobless rate.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( detenido)

    no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme — don't just stand there, come and help me

    un coche parado en medio de la calle — a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street

    b) (esp Esp) ( desconcertado)

    se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir — he was taken aback and didn't know what to say

    2) (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed
    3)
    a) (AmL) ( de pie)

    estar parado — to stand, be standing

    b) (AmL) ( erguido)
    c) (Chi) <cuesta/subida> steep
    4)

    bien/mal parado: salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed; salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident; salió mal parado de su última inversión he lost a lot of money on his last investment; ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation; estar bien parado con alguien (AmL) to be (well) in with somebody (colloq); es el que mejor parado ha salido — he's the one who's done (the) best out

    5)
    a) (CS fam) ( engreído) stuck up
    b) (Esp fam) ( soso)
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person

    los parados — the unemployed, the people out of work

    * * *
    = stuck, stagnating, unmoving, motionless, stationary.

    Ex: Learn what to do when there is a power outage and how to respond to alarms that signal stuck elevators or that activate security or sprinkler systems.

    Ex: Library budgets have stopped growing in the present climate of a stagnating economy.
    Ex: The dynamic path generation problem of robots in environments with other unmoving and moving objects is considered.
    Ex: In a control condition, participants recited memorized text to the research assistant who sat motionless.
    Ex: In one simple version, known in England as the Scandinavian single platen machine (1841), the press bed and type were stationary throughout.
    * no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that), be none the worse for wear.
    * parados, los = unemployed, the, jobless, the, unwaged, the.
    * permanecer parado = stand + still.
    * quedarse parado = stand + still, stand by.
    * tasa de parados = jobless rate.

    * * *
    parado1 -da
    A
    1
    (detenido, inmóvil): no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme don't just stand there, come and help me
    ¿qué hace ese coche parado en medio de la calle? what's that car doing sitting o stopped in the middle of the street?
    la producción está parada por falta de materia prima production has stopped o is at a standstill because of a lack of raw materials
    2
    (confuso, desconcertado): se quedó parado, sin saber qué decir he was taken aback and didn't know what to say
    B ( Esp) (desempleado) unemployed
    está parado he's unemployed o out of work
    C
    1
    ( AmL) (de pie): estar parado to stand, be standing
    tuve que viajar parado I had to stand for the whole journey
    no lo dejes ahí parado don't leave him standing there
    2
    ( AmL) (erguido): tengo el pelo todo parado my hair's standing on end
    escuchaba con las orejas paradas she was all ears, she listened carefully
    lo tenía parado or la tenía parada ( fam); he had an erection, he had a hard on ( colloq)
    3 ( Chi) ‹cuesta/subida› steep
    D
    (en una situación): bien/mal parado: salió muy mal parado del accidente he was in a bad way after the accident
    salió bastante bien parada del accidente she escaped from the accident pretty much unscathed o unhurt
    salió mal parado del último negocio en que se metió he lost a lot of money on his last business venture
    ha quedado muy mal parada ante la opinión pública she has been made to look bad in the eyes of the public
    con esas declaraciones ha dejado muy mal parados a sus colegas by saying those things he has left his colleagues in a very difficult situation
    él está muy bien parado con el director ( AmL); he's in o he's well in with the director ( colloq)
    es el que mejor parado ha salido del reparto he's the one who's done (the) best out of the share-out
    E ‹persona›
    1 (CS fam) (engreído) stuck up
    2 ( Esp fam) (soso) drippy ( colloq)
    no seas parada don't be such a drip o wimp
    parado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp) unemployed person
    el número de parados the number of (people) unemployed, the number of people out of work
    * * *

     

    Del verbo parar: ( conjugate parar)

    parado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    parado    
    parar
    parado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ( detenido):
    ◊ un coche parado en medio de la calle a car sitting o stopped in the middle of the street;

    no te quedes ahí parado, ven a ayudarme don't just stand there, come and help me
    2 (AmL)
    a) ( de pie):


    b) ( erguido):


    ver tb See Also→ parar verbo transitivo 2b
    3 (Esp) ( desempleado) unemployed
    4
    ◊ salir (de algo) bien/mal parado (de pelea, discusión) to come off well/badly (in sth);

    es el que mejor parado ha salido he's the one who's come off best
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (Esp) unemployed person;

    parar ( conjugate parar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( detenerse) to stop;

    ir/venir a parado to end up;
    fue a parado a la cárcel he ended up in prison;
    ¿a dónde habrá ido a parado aquella foto? what can have happened to that photo?;
    ¡a dónde iremos a parado! I don't know what the world's coming to
    2 ( cesar) to stop;

    ha estado lloviendo sin parado it hasn't stopped raining;
    no para quieto ni un momento he can't keep still for a minute;
    no para en casa she's never at home;
    parado DE + INF to stop -ing;
    paró de llover it stopped raining
    3 (AmL) [obreros/empleados] to go on strike
    verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹coche/tráfico/persona› to stop;

    ‹motor/máquina› to stop, switch off
    b) ‹ hemorragia› to stanch (AmE), to staunch (BrE)

    c) ‹balón/tiro› to save, stop;

    ‹ golpe› to block, ward off
    2 (AmL)

    b) ( poner vertical) ‹vaso/libro› to stand … up;


    pararse verbo pronominal
    1 ( detenerse)

    b) [reloj/máquina] to stop;

    [coche/motor] to stall;

    2


    se paró en una silla she stood on a chair;
    ¿te puedes parado de cabeza/de manos? can you do headstands/handstands?
    b) (AmL) [ pelo] ( hacia arriba) to stick up;

    ( en los lados) to stick out

    parado,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (máquina, vehículo, etc) stopped, stationary
    (persona) still: ¡no te quedes parada, haz algo!, don't just stand there, do something!
    2 (sin trabajo) unemployed, out of work
    3 fig (sin iniciativa) slow
    4 (desconcertado) stunned
    5 LAm (de pie) standing
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino unemployed person
    ♦ Locuciones: salir bien/mal parado, to come off well/ badly
    parar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to stop: para de saltar, stop jumping
    para un momento en la farmacia, stop a minute at the chemist's
    no pares de hablar, por favor, keep talking, please
    2 (alojarse) to stay
    3 (finalizar, terminar) el cuadro fue a parar al rastro, the painting ended up in the flea market
    II verbo transitivo
    1 to stop
    2 Dep to save
    3 LAm to stand up
    ♦ Locuciones: dónde va a parar, by far: mi hija es muchísmo más inteligente que la suya, dónde va a parar, my daughter is far more intelligent than theirs
    ' parado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    parada
    - seca
    - seco
    - caer
    - quedar
    English:
    dole
    - idle
    - jobless
    - stand about
    - stand around
    - stationary
    - unemployed
    - work
    - foot
    - go
    - have
    - relief
    - stand
    - standing
    - stick
    - stop
    - well
    * * *
    parado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [inmóvil] [vehículo] stationary;
    [persona] still, motionless; [fábrica, proyecto] at a standstill o halt;
    ¡no te quedes ahí parado! don't just stand there!
    2. Esp [pasivo] lacking in initiative;
    tu hermano es muy parado your brother lacks initiative
    3. Esp [sin empleo] unemployed, out of work;
    estar parado to be unemployed
    4. Am [en pie] standing;
    estar parado to be standing;
    caer parado to land on one's feet
    5. Am [en posición vertical] standing;
    tenía los pelos parados her hair was on end;
    muy Fam
    tenerlo parado, tenerla parada to have a stiffie;
    Méx Fam
    estar parado de pestañas to be in high dudgeon
    6. Chile, PRico [orgulloso] vain, conceited
    7. Comp
    Am
    está bien parado con el jefe he's well in with the boss;
    salir bien/mal parado de algo: el actual campeón salió muy bien parado en el sorteo the current holder of the title had a lucky draw;
    fue el que mejor parado salió del accidente he was the one who came off best in the accident;
    el conductor salió muy mal parado the driver was badly hurt o injured;
    la imagen de la empresa ha salido muy mal parada the company's image has suffered a serious blow
    ♦ nm,f
    Esp [desempleado] unemployed person;
    los parados the unemployed;
    los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed
    * * *
    I adj
    1 unemployed
    2 L.Am. (de pie) standing (up)
    3
    :
    quedarse parado stand still;
    salir bien/mal parado come off well/badly;
    II m, parada f unemployed person;
    los parados de larga duración the long-term unemployed
    * * *
    parado, -da adj
    1) : motionless, idle, stopped
    2) : standing (up)
    3) : confused, bewildered
    4)
    bien (mal) parado : in good (bad) shape
    salió bien parado: it turned out well for him
    * * *
    parado1 adj
    1. (desempleado) unemployed
    2. (que no se mueve) not moving
    3. (tímido) shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]
    parado2 n (desempleado) unemployed person

    Spanish-English dictionary > parado

  • 103 placa solar

    f.
    solar panel.
    * * *
    (n.) = solar unit, solar panel
    Ex. Each donkey drawn cart is provided with a solar unit installed on the roof; a battery charged by this solar energy supplies the electric power.
    Ex. This book provides information about how solar panels function to produce energy.
    * * *
    (n.) = solar unit, solar panel

    Ex: Each donkey drawn cart is provided with a solar unit installed on the roof; a battery charged by this solar energy supplies the electric power.

    Ex: This book provides information about how solar panels function to produce energy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > placa solar

  • 104 poner en práctica

    to carry out
    * * *
    (v.) = exercise, implement, put into + practice, put to + work, put into + effect, put into + practical effect, put in + place, put into + place, translate into + practical action, bring to + bear, deploy
    Ex. In reading crazes a child is exercising at the very least his ability to read; his reading muscles are limbered = En las períodos en los que a un niño se ensimisma por la lectura éste al menos pone en práctica su habilidad lectora, ejercitando los músculos físicos y mentales implicados en la lectura.
    Ex. Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex. The objective here is to illustrate how some of the techniques introduced in other parts of this book may be put into practice.
    Ex. Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.
    Ex. In other words, they should be encouraged to put their decisions into effect to demonstrate how they would actually proceed.
    Ex. Two other possibilities have been floated but not yet put into practical effect.
    Ex. Compromise organization schemes, making allowances for weaknesses of individuals, will naturally be put in place as necessary.
    Ex. Garvey suggests that the list of references is a key part of any scientific paper, since they help to put the research described into its proper place in the development of the scientific consensus.
    Ex. Many of the member states have taken the political and administrative initiative to translate these main recommendations into practical action.
    Ex. For such a task the librarian is particularly well fitted by his professional education: bringing to bear the great analytical power of classification should be second nature to him.
    Ex. The article presents the results of trials in which the model was deployed to classify aspects of the construction industry, such as construction norms and regulations.
    * * *
    (v.) = exercise, implement, put into + practice, put to + work, put into + effect, put into + practical effect, put in + place, put into + place, translate into + practical action, bring to + bear, deploy

    Ex: In reading crazes a child is exercising at the very least his ability to read; his reading muscles are limbered = En las períodos en los que a un niño se ensimisma por la lectura éste al menos pone en práctica su habilidad lectora, ejercitando los músculos físicos y mentales implicados en la lectura.

    Ex: Without AACR is doubtful whether computerised cataloguing would have been implemented so relatively painlessly and successfully = Sin las RCAA es dudoso que la catalogación automatizada se hubiera implementado tan fácilmente y con tanto éxito, relativamente hablando.
    Ex: The objective here is to illustrate how some of the techniques introduced in other parts of this book may be put into practice.
    Ex: Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.
    Ex: In other words, they should be encouraged to put their decisions into effect to demonstrate how they would actually proceed.
    Ex: Two other possibilities have been floated but not yet put into practical effect.
    Ex: Compromise organization schemes, making allowances for weaknesses of individuals, will naturally be put in place as necessary.
    Ex: Garvey suggests that the list of references is a key part of any scientific paper, since they help to put the research described into its proper place in the development of the scientific consensus.
    Ex: Many of the member states have taken the political and administrative initiative to translate these main recommendations into practical action.
    Ex: For such a task the librarian is particularly well fitted by his professional education: bringing to bear the great analytical power of classification should be second nature to him.
    Ex: The article presents the results of trials in which the model was deployed to classify aspects of the construction industry, such as construction norms and regulations.

    Spanish-English dictionary > poner en práctica

  • 105 póliza de seguros

    insurance policy
    * * *
    (n.) = insurance coverage, insurance policy, insurance cover
    Ex. As well as insurance coverage, library managers should consider fire prevention measures e.g. automatic detection and extinguishing systems, and staff training to recognise potential hazards.
    Ex. This article examines the potential power of hypertext technology for the domains of journal and book publishing, insurance policy management, and software engineering.
    Ex. To facilitate any salvage operation as a result of fire or flood, libraries should ensure that their insurance cover is appropriate and adequate and install smoke and water detectors.
    * * *
    (n.) = insurance coverage, insurance policy, insurance cover

    Ex: As well as insurance coverage, library managers should consider fire prevention measures e.g. automatic detection and extinguishing systems, and staff training to recognise potential hazards.

    Ex: This article examines the potential power of hypertext technology for the domains of journal and book publishing, insurance policy management, and software engineering.
    Ex: To facilitate any salvage operation as a result of fire or flood, libraries should ensure that their insurance cover is appropriate and adequate and install smoke and water detectors.

    * * *
    insurance policy

    Spanish-English dictionary > póliza de seguros

  • 106 rápidamente

    adv.
    rapidly, in a hurry, hurriedly, fast.
    * * *
    1 quickly
    * * *
    ADV fast, quickly
    * * *
    adverbio quickly
    * * *
    = promptly, quickly, rapidly, readily, speedily, swiftly, expeditiously, out of + Posesivo + head, as a matter of urgency.
    Ex. Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.
    Ex. A large number of documents can be indexed quickly and cheaply.
    Ex. The array of data bases available through one or other of the online hosts is rapidly expanding.
    Ex. However, this does not in itself make the actual resources readily available.
    Ex. Many people working on code revision and a lot of our catalogers are well aware of the desirability of getting catalog data distributed speedily.
    Ex. The retrieval power of an n-dimensional matrix catalog is so much greater that the user needs to have only a relatively small amount of information about a book to retrieve the entry swiftly and accurately.
    Ex. So it's to your advantage, at least from their standpoint, to order by ISBN so that they can more expeditiously fulfill your order.
    Ex. Their problems are never so simple that the librarian can produce the answers out of his head.
    Ex. Piracy should be tackled as a matter of urgency.
    ----
    * cambiar rápidamente = jump.
    * cambiarse rápidamente = slip into + Posesivo + clothes.
    * consumir rápidamente = devour.
    * decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.
    * dirigirse rápidamente hacia = make + haste towards.
    * entrar rápidamente en = whisk into.
    * estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.
    * hacer Algo rápidamente = put together.
    * hacer rápidamente = rustle up.
    * hojear rápidamente = flick.
    * leer rápidamente por encima = skim through.
    * mirar rápidamente = shoot + a look at.
    * muy rápidamente = like a house on fire, in short order.
    * pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.
    * pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.
    * pasar rápidamente = run through, sweep by, sweep, flash across.
    * pasar rápidamente a = snap to.
    * pasar rápidamente por encima de = sweep across, swing over.
    * ponerse la ropa rápidamente = slip into + Posesivo + clothes.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-moving, fast-developing.
    * que progresa rápidamente = fast-moving.
    * rápidamente + Indicativo = be quick to + Infinitivo.
    * responder rápidamente = shoot back.
    * sacar rápidamente = whip out.
    * * *
    adverbio quickly
    * * *
    = promptly, quickly, rapidly, readily, speedily, swiftly, expeditiously, out of + Posesivo + head, as a matter of urgency.

    Ex: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.

    Ex: A large number of documents can be indexed quickly and cheaply.
    Ex: The array of data bases available through one or other of the online hosts is rapidly expanding.
    Ex: However, this does not in itself make the actual resources readily available.
    Ex: Many people working on code revision and a lot of our catalogers are well aware of the desirability of getting catalog data distributed speedily.
    Ex: The retrieval power of an n-dimensional matrix catalog is so much greater that the user needs to have only a relatively small amount of information about a book to retrieve the entry swiftly and accurately.
    Ex: So it's to your advantage, at least from their standpoint, to order by ISBN so that they can more expeditiously fulfill your order.
    Ex: Their problems are never so simple that the librarian can produce the answers out of his head.
    Ex: Piracy should be tackled as a matter of urgency.
    * cambiar rápidamente = jump.
    * cambiarse rápidamente = slip into + Posesivo + clothes.
    * consumir rápidamente = devour.
    * decir rápidamente sin parar = rattle off.
    * dirigirse rápidamente hacia = make + haste towards.
    * entrar rápidamente en = whisk into.
    * estar convirtiéndose rápidamente = be fast becoming.
    * hacer Algo rápidamente = put together.
    * hacer rápidamente = rustle up.
    * hojear rápidamente = flick.
    * leer rápidamente por encima = skim through.
    * mirar rápidamente = shoot + a look at.
    * muy rápidamente = like a house on fire, in short order.
    * pasar de largo rápidamente = race + past.
    * pasar por alto rápidamente = race + past.
    * pasar rápidamente = run through, sweep by, sweep, flash across.
    * pasar rápidamente a = snap to.
    * pasar rápidamente por encima de = sweep across, swing over.
    * ponerse la ropa rápidamente = slip into + Posesivo + clothes.
    * preparar rápidamente = rustle up.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-moving, fast-developing.
    * que progresa rápidamente = fast-moving.
    * rápidamente + Indicativo = be quick to + Infinitivo.
    * responder rápidamente = shoot back.
    * sacar rápidamente = whip out.

    * * *
    quickly
    hay que hacerlo lo más rápidamente posible it has to be done as quickly o swiftly as possible
    se cambió rápidamente y salió he quickly changed his clothes and went out
    lo leyó rápidamente she read it quickly
    * * *

    rápidamente adverbio
    quickly
    ' rápidamente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ascender
    - proceder
    English:
    buck
    - burgeon
    - dart
    - depreciate
    - dive
    - down
    - downhill
    - escalate
    - fast
    - flash
    - flick
    - grow
    - mushroom
    - quickly
    - rapidly
    - recovery
    - run up
    - rush
    - shoot
    - shoot out
    - snowball
    - speed
    - speedily
    - sprout
    - sweep
    - swiftly
    - throw off
    - throw together
    - throw up
    - toss off
    - whip
    - whip back
    - whip off
    - whip through
    - whip up
    - zip
    - zoom in
    - dodge
    - duck
    - hurry
    - jot
    - move
    - quick
    - run
    - scribble
    - scuttle
    - sear
    - slap
    - throw
    - whirl
    * * *
    quickly
    * * *
    rápidamente adv fast / quickly / rapidly

    Spanish-English dictionary > rápidamente

  • 107 tranquilizar

    v.
    1 to calm (down).
    Los medicamentos calmaron al lunático The medicines calmed the lunatic.
    2 to reassure (dar confianza a).
    * * *
    1 (calmar) to calm down, tranquillize (US tranquilize)
    2 (dar confianza) to reassure, set one's mind at rest
    1 (calmarse) to calm down
    2 to set one's mind at rest, be reassured
    * * *
    verb
    to calm down, soothe
    * * *
    1.

    ¿por qué no llamas a tu madre para tranquilizarla? — why don't you call your mother to put her mind at rest?

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <persona/animal> to calm... down
    2.
    tranquilizarse v pron persona to calm down
    * * *
    = reassure, soothe, settle, ease, lull, settle down, put + Nombre + at ease, tranquillise [tranquilize, -USA], quieten.
    Ex. The student might be reassured to recognize that this type of fundamental analysis of a subject need be conducted only once for each subject entering the indexing system.
    Ex. When she tried to soothe herself with other images -- images of John, the baby, the house -- she found that they had lost their power.
    Ex. Very young children settle easily to storytelling before bed but are less well disposed just after getting up in the morning.
    Ex. Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.
    Ex. Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.
    Ex. Faced by this situation a teacher who launches into the presentation of a new book without first doing something to settle the children down should hardly expect to succeed.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex. In wildlife conservation and research it is often necessary to tranquilise an animal for various reasons.
    Ex. Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.
    ----
    * tranquilizarse = cool off, take it + easy, chill out, quieten down.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo <persona/animal> to calm... down
    2.
    tranquilizarse v pron persona to calm down
    * * *
    = reassure, soothe, settle, ease, lull, settle down, put + Nombre + at ease, tranquillise [tranquilize, -USA], quieten.

    Ex: The student might be reassured to recognize that this type of fundamental analysis of a subject need be conducted only once for each subject entering the indexing system.

    Ex: When she tried to soothe herself with other images -- images of John, the baby, the house -- she found that they had lost their power.
    Ex: Very young children settle easily to storytelling before bed but are less well disposed just after getting up in the morning.
    Ex: Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.
    Ex: Ulysses uses words to comfort and lull his mariners, to ease all minds about the hard decision he has made and to persuade all that his choice to leave is correct.
    Ex: Faced by this situation a teacher who launches into the presentation of a new book without first doing something to settle the children down should hardly expect to succeed.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    Ex: In wildlife conservation and research it is often necessary to tranquilise an animal for various reasons.
    Ex: Sadly, you can't quieten the console using methods other than turning up the volume on your TV or wearing headphones.
    * tranquilizarse = cool off, take it + easy, chill out, quieten down.

    * * *
    vt
    estaba histérico e intenté tranquilizarlo he was hysterical and I tried to calm him down
    sus palabras la tranquilizaron his words reassured her
    me tranquiliza ver que ahora se llevan mejor I'm relieved to see (that) they're getting along better now
    intentó tranquilizar los ánimos he tried to calm people o things down
    1 «persona» to calm down
    ¡tranquilízate! todo saldrá bien calm down! everything will be all right
    2 «situación» to calm down, to quiet down ( AmE), to quieten down ( BrE)
    * * *

    tranquilizar ( conjugate tranquilizar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( apaciguar) to calm … down;


    sus palabras la tranquilizaron his words reassured her


    tranquilizarse verbo pronominal ( calmarse) to calm down;
    ( dejar de preocuparse):

    tranquilizar verbo transitivo
    1 (calmar) to calm down
    2 (eliminar el desasosiego) to reassure

    ' tranquilizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    calmar
    - ir
    English:
    calm
    - pacify
    - quieten
    - reassure
    - rest
    - soothe
    - tranquillize
    - design
    - ease
    - quiet
    - settle
    - steady
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [calmar] to calm (down);
    una enfermera la tranquilizó a nurse calmed her down;
    me tranquiliza saber que está a salvo it's a relief to know she's safe, I feel much better now I know she's safe
    2. [dar confianza a] to reassure;
    su presencia la tranquiliza his presence reassures her o is reassuring to her
    * * *
    v/t
    :
    tranquilizar a alguien calm s.o. down
    * * *
    tranquilizar {21} vt
    calmar: to calm down, to soothe
    tranquilizar la conciencia: to ease the conscience
    * * *
    1. (en general) to calm down
    cuando está nervioso, la música lo tranquiliza when he's nervous, music calms him down
    2. (aliviar) to reassure / to set your mind at rest

    Spanish-English dictionary > tranquilizar

  • 108 usuario

    m.
    user, owner.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 user
    * * *
    (f. - usuaria)
    noun
    * * *
    usuario, -a
    SM / F user

    usuario final — (Inform) end user

    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino user
    * * *
    = client, customer, enquirer [inquirer, -USA], information seeker, inquirer [enquirer, -UK], patron, requester [requestor], searcher, user, library user.
    Ex. Regular monthly outputs can be supplied, or other arrangements can be made to suit the client.
    Ex. New data base items are sent to customers on magnetic tape.
    Ex. Different enquirers might ask for this subject in quite different ways -- eg, is there anything on 'TV advertising of aluminium pressure-cookers'?.
    Ex. Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.
    Ex. In such instances the attitude and disposition of the inquirer is important.
    Ex. The level of specificity that is desirable in any index is a function of the collection being indexed, its use and its patrons.
    Ex. The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.
    Ex. Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.
    Ex. Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex. Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    ----
    * adaptable a las necesidades del usuario = customisable [customizable, -USA].
    * a petición del usuario = on demand, on request.
    * basado en el usuario = use-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA].
    * bibliotecario encargado de la formación de usuarios = instruction librarian.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * centrado en el usuario = customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused, user-centred [user-centered, -USA].
    * círculo de usuarios = circle of users.
    * comunidad de usuarios = user community.
    * configurable por el usuario = user configurable.
    * contador de usuarios = patron counter.
    * creación de perfiles de usuario = user profiling.
    * Declaración de los Derechos del Usuario = Library Bill of Rights.
    * dedicado al usuario = user-related.
    * definido por el usuario = user-defined.
    * de servicio al usuario = client-serving.
    * destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract.
    * determinado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].
    * dirigido al usuario = user-orientated, client-directed, user-oriented, user-driven.
    * diseñado para el usuario = human-oriented.
    * dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.
    * estudio de usuario = reader survey, consumer survey, customer survey.
    * estudio de usuarios = user study, marketing audit, user survey.
    * estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.
    * etiquetado por el usuario = user tagging.
    * evaluación de usuario = user rating.
    * fácil de consultar por el usuario = browser-friendly.
    * fichero de usuarios del sistema = system user file.
    * formación de usuarios = information literacy, library instruction, information skills, library user education, bibliographic instruction (BI), user education, library user training, user instruction, user training, patron instruction, reader education.
    * formador de usuarios = bibliographic instructor.
    * garantía del usuario = user warrant.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * guía del usuario = user guide.
    * guiado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].
    * GUI (Interfaz Gráfico de Usuario) = GUI (Graphic User Interface).
    * identificador de usuario = user ID.
    * iniciado por el usuario = user-driven.
    * interfaz de usuario = front end [front-end], user interface, front end system.
    * interfaz de usuario final = end-user interface.
    * interfaz usuario-sistema = user/system interface.
    * manual de usuario = user manual.
    * mostrador de atención al usuario = service area.
    * motivado por el usuario = user-driven.
    * nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.
    * nombre de usuario = user ID, username, user's name.
    * no usuario = non-user.
    * orientado al usuario = user-related, human-oriented.
    * orientado al usuario final = end-user oriented.
    * orientado hacia el usuario = user-driven, user-centred [user-centered, -USA], client-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA], client-driven, client-directed, client-oriented, customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused.
    * pensado para el usuario = user-orientated, user-oriented, user-driven, human-oriented.
    * perfil de interés del usuario = subject profile, user interest profile.
    * petición de usuario = user request [users' request].
    * política de usuarios = user policy.
    * prestar un servicio a los usuarios = serve + patrons.
    * servicios orientados hacia el usuario final = end-user services.
    * servir a los usuarios = serve + patrons.
    * software de interfaz de usuario = front end software, front-end computer software.
    * sugerido por el usuario = user-driven.
    * tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive technology.
    * temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.
    * título buscado por el usuario = sought title.
    * usuario a distancia = remote user.
    * usuario al que va dirigido = target user, intended user.
    * usuario asiduo = frequenter.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.
    * usuario con discapacidades = disabled user.
    * usuario conectado en línea = online user.
    * usuario de Internet = Internet neighbour, netizen, clicker.
    * usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.
    * usuario de la información = information browser.
    * usuario del mundo de los negocios = business user.
    * usuario discapacitado = disabled user.
    * usuario en persona = walk-in user.
    * usuario final = end user [end-user/enduser], ultimate consumer, ultimate reader, target user.
    * usuario más antiguo = traditional.
    * usuario particular = home user, domestic user, residential user.
    * usuario problemático = problem patron.
    * usuario público = public user.
    * usuario que busca información = information searcher.
    * usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.
    * usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.
    * usuario que hace uso del préstamo = borrower.
    * usuario remoto = remote user.
    * usuarios = clientele, constituent group, user population, user base, customer base.
    * usuario satisfecho = satisfied user.
    * usuarios finales = target user group, targeted audience.
    * usuario tradicional = traditional.
    * * *
    - ria masculino, femenino user
    * * *
    = client, customer, enquirer [inquirer, -USA], information seeker, inquirer [enquirer, -UK], patron, requester [requestor], searcher, user, library user.

    Ex: Regular monthly outputs can be supplied, or other arrangements can be made to suit the client.

    Ex: New data base items are sent to customers on magnetic tape.
    Ex: Different enquirers might ask for this subject in quite different ways -- eg, is there anything on 'TV advertising of aluminium pressure-cookers'?.
    Ex: Their effective operation is not immediately obvious to the uninitiated and the cards in the index are liable to become disorganized if inexperienced information seekers tamper with the index.
    Ex: In such instances the attitude and disposition of the inquirer is important.
    Ex: The level of specificity that is desirable in any index is a function of the collection being indexed, its use and its patrons.
    Ex: The system permits the requester to specify up to five potential lending libraries, and the system transmits the requests to these libraries one at a time.
    Ex: Equally, various trade directories and other lists need to list and organise names in a form that will enable a searcher to find information about an organisation or person.
    Ex: Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex: Librarians also provide some assistance with that most familiar and awkward-to-handle enquiry from library users concerning the possible value of Grandpa's old Bible or other old book unearthed in the attic during a clear-out.
    * adaptable a las necesidades del usuario = customisable [customizable, -USA].
    * a petición del usuario = on demand, on request.
    * basado en el usuario = use-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA].
    * bibliotecario encargado de la formación de usuarios = instruction librarian.
    * búsqueda por el usuario final = end-user searching.
    * centrado en el usuario = customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused, user-centred [user-centered, -USA].
    * círculo de usuarios = circle of users.
    * comunidad de usuarios = user community.
    * configurable por el usuario = user configurable.
    * contador de usuarios = patron counter.
    * creación de perfiles de usuario = user profiling.
    * Declaración de los Derechos del Usuario = Library Bill of Rights.
    * dedicado al usuario = user-related.
    * definido por el usuario = user-defined.
    * de servicio al usuario = client-serving.
    * destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract.
    * determinado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].
    * dirigido al usuario = user-orientated, client-directed, user-oriented, user-driven.
    * diseñado para el usuario = human-oriented.
    * dispositivo de ayuda a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive device.
    * estudio de usuario = reader survey, consumer survey, customer survey.
    * estudio de usuarios = user study, marketing audit, user survey.
    * estudio de usuarios de la biblioteca = library user study.
    * etiquetado por el usuario = user tagging.
    * evaluación de usuario = user rating.
    * fácil de consultar por el usuario = browser-friendly.
    * fichero de usuarios del sistema = system user file.
    * formación de usuarios = information literacy, library instruction, information skills, library user education, bibliographic instruction (BI), user education, library user training, user instruction, user training, patron instruction, reader education.
    * formador de usuarios = bibliographic instructor.
    * garantía del usuario = user warrant.
    * grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.
    * grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.
    * guía del usuario = user guide.
    * guiado por el usuario = customer driven [customer-driven].
    * GUI (Interfaz Gráfico de Usuario) = GUI (Graphic User Interface).
    * identificador de usuario = user ID.
    * iniciado por el usuario = user-driven.
    * interfaz de usuario = front end [front-end], user interface, front end system.
    * interfaz de usuario final = end-user interface.
    * interfaz usuario-sistema = user/system interface.
    * manual de usuario = user manual.
    * mostrador de atención al usuario = service area.
    * motivado por el usuario = user-driven.
    * nivel de satisfacción del usuario = user satisfaction.
    * nombre de usuario = user ID, username, user's name.
    * no usuario = non-user.
    * orientado al usuario = user-related, human-oriented.
    * orientado al usuario final = end-user oriented.
    * orientado hacia el usuario = user-driven, user-centred [user-centered, -USA], client-based, client-centred [client-centered, -USA], client-driven, client-directed, client-oriented, customer focused [customer-focused], user-focused.
    * pensado para el usuario = user-orientated, user-oriented, user-driven, human-oriented.
    * perfil de interés del usuario = subject profile, user interest profile.
    * petición de usuario = user request [users' request].
    * política de usuarios = user policy.
    * prestar un servicio a los usuarios = serve + patrons.
    * servicios orientados hacia el usuario final = end-user services.
    * servir a los usuarios = serve + patrons.
    * software de interfaz de usuario = front end software, front-end computer software.
    * sugerido por el usuario = user-driven.
    * tecnología adaptada a usuarios con necesidades especiales = assistive technology.
    * temas de interés de los usuarios = user interests.
    * título buscado por el usuario = sought title.
    * usuario a distancia = remote user.
    * usuario al que va dirigido = target user, intended user.
    * usuario asiduo = frequenter.
    * usuario avanzado = advanced user, power user.
    * usuario con discapacidades = disabled user.
    * usuario conectado en línea = online user.
    * usuario de Internet = Internet neighbour, netizen, clicker.
    * usuario de la biblioteca = library user, library patron.
    * usuario de la información = information browser.
    * usuario del mundo de los negocios = business user.
    * usuario discapacitado = disabled user.
    * usuario en persona = walk-in user.
    * usuario final = end user [end-user/enduser], ultimate consumer, ultimate reader, target user.
    * usuario más antiguo = traditional.
    * usuario particular = home user, domestic user, residential user.
    * usuario problemático = problem patron.
    * usuario público = public user.
    * usuario que busca información = information searcher.
    * usuario que hace mucho uso del préstamo = heavy borrower.
    * usuario que hace poco uso del préstamo = light borrower.
    * usuario que hace uso del préstamo = borrower.
    * usuario remoto = remote user.
    * usuarios = clientele, constituent group, user population, user base, customer base.
    * usuario satisfecho = satisfied user.
    * usuarios finales = target user group, targeted audience.
    * usuario tradicional = traditional.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    user
    los usuarios de los transportes públicos public transport users, users of public transport
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    usuario
    ◊ - ria sustantivo masculino, femenino

    user
    usuario,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino user

    ' usuario' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrendar
    - usuaria
    - rentar
    English:
    lay
    - survey
    - user
    - user-friendly
    - borrower
    - flier
    - help
    * * *
    usuario, -a nm,f
    user
    Informát usuario final end user;
    usuario registrado registered user
    * * *
    m, usuaria f INFOR user
    * * *
    usuario, - ria n
    : user
    * * *
    usuario n user

    Spanish-English dictionary > usuario

  • 109 vencer

    v.
    consiguió vencer al cáncer he won his battle against cancer
    2 to overcome (superar) (miedo, obstáculo).
    venció al cansancio/sueño she overcame her exhaustion/sleepiness
    lo venció el cansancio he was overcome by tiredness
    3 to win (equipo, partido).
    dejarse vencer por el desánimo/la apatía to let oneself be discouraged/to give in o succumb to apathy
    4 to expire (caducar) (garantía, contrato).
    el plazo para entregar las solicitudes vence el 15 de mayo the closing date o the deadline for sending in applications is 15 May
    La garantía expira mañana The guarantee expires tomorrow.
    5 to prevail.
    6 to defeat, to conquer, to beat out, to beat.
    El equipo malo venció al campeón The lousy team defeated the champ.
    Ella vence sus miedos She conquers her fears.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ MECER], like link=mecer mecer
    1 DEPORTE to beat
    2 MILITAR to defeat, conquer, vanquish
    3 (exceder) to outdo, surpass
    4 (problema etc) to overcome, surmount
    5 (ser dominado) to overcome
    6 (romper) to break; (doblar) to bend
    1 (ganar) to win
    2 (deuda etc) to fall due, be payable
    3 (plazo) to expire
    4 (torcer) to go off to
    1 (romperse) to break; (doblarse) to bend, incline
    2 figurado (reprimir) to control oneself
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=derrotar) [+ enemigo, rival] to defeat, beat; [+ enfermedad, dolor] to beat, overcome

    vencieron al equipo visitante por 3 a 2 — they defeated o beat the visiting team 3-2

    a decir tonterías nadie le vence — when it comes to talking rubbish he's in a class of his own, no one beats him when it comes to talking rubbish

    vence a todos en elegancia — he outdoes them all in style, he beats them all for style

    2) (=controlar) [+ miedo, tentación] to overcome; [+ pasión] to control
    3) (=prevalecer) [miedo, sueño] to overcome

    me venció el pánico cuando tuve que hablarle — panic got the better of me o I was overcome with panic when I had to speak to him

    4) (Dep) [+ obstáculo] to overcome; [+ prueba] to complete; [+ distancia] to do, complete; [+ montaña] to conquer

    vencieron los 15km en dos horas — they did o completed the 15km in two hours

    5) (=hacer ceder) [+ soporte, rama] to break

    el peso de los libros ha vencido el estante — the shelf gave way under the weight of the books, the weight of the books broke the shelf

    2. VI
    1) (en batalla, partido, elecciones) to win

    ¡venceremos! — we shall win o overcome!

    por fin se dejó vencer por la curiosidad — he finally gave in to his curiosity, he finally let (his) curiosity get the better of him

    no te dejes vencer por las dificultades — don't give up in the face of difficulties, don't let difficulties get the better of you

    2) liter [amor, pasión] to triumph, be triumphant
    3) (Com) [documento, póliza, pasaporte] to expire; [inversión] to mature

    su contrato vence a final de año — his contract runs out o expires at the end of the year

    el plazo para pagar el alquiler vence mañana — the deadline for paying the rent is tomorrow, the rent is due tomorrow

    la semana que viene me vence el primer plazo del ordenador — I have to pay my first instalment on the computer next week, my first instalment on the computer is due next week

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < enemigo> to defeat, vanquish (liter); <rival/competidor> to defeat, beat
    b) <miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo> to overcome
    c) ( dominar)

    me venció el sueño/el cansancio — I was overcome by sleep/tiredness

    2.
    vencer vi
    1) ejército/equipo to win, be victorious
    2)
    a) pasaporte/garantía to expire
    b) letra to be due for payment
    3.
    vencerse v pron
    1) tabla/rama to give way, break
    2) (AmL) pasaporte/garantía to expire
    * * *
    = be due, become + overdue, become + due, conquer, win, vanquish, win out, prevail, defeat, best.
    Ex. The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.
    Ex. The full fine is charged from the time the document became overdue.
    Ex. A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.
    Ex. The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.
    Ex. Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.
    Ex. The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.
    Ex. It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.
    Ex. The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Dewey Decimal system defeats Truman! Library cartoons'.
    Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
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    * vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.
    * vencer completamente = beat + soundly.
    * vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < enemigo> to defeat, vanquish (liter); <rival/competidor> to defeat, beat
    b) <miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo> to overcome
    c) ( dominar)

    me venció el sueño/el cansancio — I was overcome by sleep/tiredness

    2.
    vencer vi
    1) ejército/equipo to win, be victorious
    2)
    a) pasaporte/garantía to expire
    b) letra to be due for payment
    3.
    vencerse v pron
    1) tabla/rama to give way, break
    2) (AmL) pasaporte/garantía to expire
    * * *
    = be due, become + overdue, become + due, conquer, win, vanquish, win out, prevail, defeat, best.

    Ex: The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.

    Ex: The full fine is charged from the time the document became overdue.
    Ex: A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.
    Ex: The tools and technologies provided by the Internet enable scholars to communicate or disseminate information in ways which conquer the barriers of time and space.
    Ex: Those who perform in this manner can be characterized as those who would 'rather fight than win'.
    Ex: The Condensed Books series holds a unique and ubiquitous book publishing franchise that has vanquished all competitors.
    Ex: It remains to be seen which approach will win out, in the current tug-of-war.
    Ex: The emphasis on title entry came from the specialized libraries, primarily the technical libraries, that were small but had the money and the power behind them to see that their view prevails.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Dewey Decimal system defeats Truman! Library cartoons'.
    Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    * vencer a Alguien en su propio terreno = beat + Nombre + at + Posesivo + own game.
    * vencer completamente = beat + soundly.
    * vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.
    * vencer un obstáculo = surmount + obstacle, conquer + barrier.

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    vencer [E2 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (derrotar) ‹enemigo› to defeat, vanquish ( liter); ‹rival/competidor› to defeat, beat
    no te dejes vencer don't give in
    2 ‹pasiones/miedo› to overcome, conquer; ‹pereza/pesimismo› to overcome; ‹dificultad/obstáculo› to overcome, surmount
    no consiguieron vencer la inflación they were unable to overcome o beat inflation
    3
    «cansancio/sueño»: me venció el sueño/el cansancio I was overcome by sleep/tiredness
    dejó que la pereza/la curiosidad lo venciera he allowed his laziness/his curiosity to get the better of him
    B
    (romper): el peso venció el estante the shelf collapsed o gave way under the weight
    han vencido los resortes de la cama they've ruined o broken the bed springs
    la presión del agua venció la compuerta the water pressure burst open the hatch o caused the hatch to burst open
    ■ vencer
    vi
    A «ejército/equipo» (ganar) to win, be victorious
    ¡venceremos! we shall overcome!, we shall be victorious!
    B
    1 «pasaporte» (terminar) to expire
    el lunes vence el plazo para la entrega de solicitudes Monday is the last day o the deadline o the closing date for the submission of applications
    me vence el carnet de identidad dentro de poco my identity card expires soon
    antes de que venza la garantía before the guarantee runs out o expires
    2 «pago» to be o fall due; «letra» to mature, be due for payment
    A «tabla/rama» to give way, break
    la pata de le silla se venció por el peso the leg of the chair gave way o broke under the weight
    no te apoyes, que la mesa se puede vencer don't lean on the table, it might collapse
    B «pasaporte» to expire
    se me venció el carnet my card expired o ran out
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    vencer ( conjugate vencer) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ enemigo› to defeat, vanquish (liter);

    ‹rival/competidor› to defeat, beat;

    b) ‹miedo/pesimismo/obstáculo› to overcome

    c) ( dominar):


    verbo intransitivo
    1 [ejército/equipo] to win, be victorious;
    ◊ ¡venceremos! we shall overcome!

    2
    a) [pasaporte/garantía] to expire;



    vencerse verbo pronominal (AmL) [pasaporte/garantía] to expire;
    ◊ se me venció el carnet my card expired o ran out

    vencer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 Mil to defeat
    Dep to beat
    1 (resistir, dominar) to restrain
    vencer la tentación, to overcome the temptation
    2 (superar) vencer un obstáculo/una dificultad, to surmount an obstacle/a difficulty
    3 (ser dominado por) les venció la desesperación, they were overcome by despair
    nos venció el sueño, we were overcome by sleep
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (una letra, factura) to fall due
    2 (un plazo, contrato) to expire
    3 Mil Dep to win
    ♦ Locuciones: dejarse vencer: no te dejes vencer, sigue adelante, don't lose heart, go ahead

    ' vencer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aplastar
    - batir
    - ganar
    - machacar
    - poder
    - apabullar
    - arrollar
    - imponer
    - superar
    English:
    beat
    - conquer
    - defeat
    - establishment
    - expire
    - get over
    - mature
    - overcome
    - run out
    - surmount
    - warranty
    - wear down
    - grim
    - lapse
    - over
    - rout
    - run
    - vanquish
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [derrotar] [rival] to beat;
    [enemigo] to defeat;
    consiguió vencer al cáncer he won his battle against cancer
    2. [superar] [miedo, obstáculos] to overcome;
    [tentación] to resist;
    venció al cansancio/sueño she overcame her exhaustion/sleepiness;
    lo venció el cansancio he was overcome by tiredness
    3. [aventajar]
    vencer a alguien a o [m5] en algo to outdo o beat sb at sth;
    nadie lo vence a contar anécdotas no one can beat him when it comes to telling stories
    4. [hacer ceder] to break, to snap;
    el peso de los libros venció la estantería the weight of the books caused the bookshelf to collapse
    ♦ vi
    1. [equipo, partido] to win;
    [ejército] to be victorious;
    dejarse vencer por el desánimo/la apatía to let oneself be discouraged/to give in o succumb to apathy
    2. [imponerse, prevalecer] to prevail;
    al final venció el sentido común common sense prevailed in the end
    3. [caducar] [garantía, contrato] to expire;
    [deuda, pago] to fall due, to mature; [bono] to mature; Am [medicamento] to reach o pass its expiry date;
    el plazo para entregar las solicitudes vence el 15 de mayo the closing date o the deadline for sending in applications is 15th May
    * * *
    I v/t defeat; fig ( superar) overcome
    II v/i
    1 win
    2 COM de plazo etc expire
    * * *
    vencer {86} vt
    1) derrotar: to vanquish, to defeat
    2) superar: to overcome, to surmount
    vencer vi
    1) ganar: to win, to triumph
    2) caducar: to expire
    el plazo vence el jueves: the deadline is Thursday
    3) : to fall due, to mature
    * * *
    vencer vb
    1. (derrotar) to beat [pt. beat; pp. beaten] / to defeat
    2. (resultar ganador) to win [pt. & pp. won]
    el español venció en la carrera de 1.500 metros the Spaniard won the 1,500 metres race
    3. (controlar, superar) to overcome [pt. overcame; pp. overcome]

    Spanish-English dictionary > vencer

  • 110 Á

    * * *
    a negative suffix to verbs, not;
    era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.
    * * *
    1.
    á, prep., often used elliptically, or even adverbially, [Goth. ana; Engl. on; Germ. an. In the Scandinavian idioms the liquid n is absorbed. In English the same has been supposed to happen in adverbial phrases, e. g. ‘along, away, abroad, afoot, again, agate, ahead, aloft, alone, askew, aside, astray, awry,’ etc. It is indeed true that the Ormulum in its northern dialect freq. uses o, even in common phrases, such as ‘o boke, o land, o life, o slæpe, o strande, o write, o naht, o loft,’ etc., v. the glossary; and we may compare on foot and afoot, on sleep (Engl. Vers. of Bible) and asleep; A. S. a-butan and on-butan (about); agen and ongean (again, against); on bæc, aback; on life, alive; on middan, amid. But it is more than likely that in the expressions quoted above, as well as in numberless others, as well in old as in modern English, the English a- as well as the o- of the Ormulum and the modern Scottish and north of England o- are in reality remains of this very á pronounced au or ow, which was brought by the Scandinavian settlers into the north of England. In the struggle for supremacy between the English dialects after the Conquest, the Scandinavian form á or a won the day in many cases to the exclusion of the Anglo-Saxon on. Some of these adverbs have representatives only in the Scandinavian tongues, not in Anglo-Saxon; see below, with dat. B. II, C. VII; with acc. C. I. and VI. The prep. á denotes the surface or outside; í and ór the inside; at, til, and frá, nearness measured to or from an object: á thus answers to the Gr. επί; the Lat. in includes á and i together.]
    With dat. and acc.: in the first case with the notion of remaining on a place, answering to Lat. in with abl.; in the last with the notion of motion to the place, = Lat. in with acc.
    WITH DAT.
    A. Loc.
    I. generally on, upon; á gólfi, on the floor, Nj. 2; á hendi, on the hand (of a ring), 48, 225; á palli, 50; á steini, 108; á vegg, 115; á sjá ok á landi, on sea and land. In some instances the distinction between d and i is loose and wavering, but in most cases common sense and usage decide; thus ‘á bók’ merely denotes the letters, the penmanship, ‘í’ the contents of a book; mod. usage, however, prefers ‘í,’ lesa í bók, but stafr á bók. Old writers on the other hand; á bókum Enskum, in English books, Landn. 24, but í Aldafars bók, 23 (in the book De Mensurâ Temporum, by Bede), cp. Grág. i. 76, where á is a false reading instead of at; á bréfi, the contents of a letter: of clothing or arms, mítr á höfði, sverð á hlið, mitre on head, sword on side, Fms. i. 266, viii. 404; hafa lykil á sér, on one’s person, 655 xxvii. 22; möttull á tyglum, a mantle hanging on (i. e. fastened by) laces, Fms. vii. 201: á þingi means to be present at a meeting; í þingi, to abide within a jurisdiction; á himni, á jörðu, on (Engl. in) heaven and earth, e. g. in the Lord’s Prayer, but í helviti, in hell; á Gimli, Edda (of a heavenly abode); á báti, á skipi denote crew and cargo, ‘í’ the timber or materials of which a ship is built, Eg. 385; vera í stafni á skipi, 177: á skógi, to be abroad in a wood (of a hunter, robber, deer); but to be situated (a house), at work (to fell timber), í skógi, 573, Fs. 5, Fms. iii. 122, viii. 31, xi. 1, Glúm. 330, Landn. 173; á mörkinni, Fms. i. 8, but í mörk, of a farm; á firðinum means lying in a firth, of ships or islands (on the surface of the water), þær eyjar liggja á Breiðafirði, Ld. 36; but í firði, living in a district named Firth; á landi, Nj. 98, Fms. xi. 386.
    II. á is commonly used in connection with the pr. names or countries terminating in ‘land,’ Engl. in, á Englandi, Írlandi, Skotlandi, Bretlandi, Saxlandi, Vindlandi, Vínlandi, Grænalandi, Íslandi, Hálogalandi, Rogalandi, Jótlandi, Frakklandi, Hjaltlandi, Jamtalandi, Hvítramannalandi, Norðrlöndum, etc., vide Landn. and the index to Fms. xii. In old writers í is here very rare, in modern authors more frequent; taste and the context in many instances decide. An Icelander would now say, speaking of the queen or king, ‘á Englandi,’ ruling over, but to live ‘í Englandi,’ or ‘á Englandi;’ the rule in the last case not being quite fixed.
    2. in connection with other names of countries: á Mæri, Vörs, Ögðum, Fjölum, all districts of Norway, v. Landn.; á Mýrum (in Icel.), á Finnmörk, Landn., á Fjóni (a Danish island); but í Danmörk, Svíþjóð (á Svíþjóðu is poët., Gs. 13).
    3. before Icel. farms denoting open and elevated slopes and spaces (not too high, because then ‘at’ must be used), such as ‘staðr, völlr, ból, hjalli, bakki, heimr, eyri,’ etc.; á Veggjum, Landn. 69; á Hólmlátri, id.: those ending in ‘-staðr,’ á Geirmundarstöðum, Þórisstöðum, Jarðlangsstöðum…, Landn.: ‘-völlr,’ á Möðruvöllum: á Fitjum (the farm) í Storð (the island), í Fenhring (the island) á Aski (the farm), Landn., Eg.: ‘-nes’ sometimes takes á, sometimes í (in mod. usage always ‘í’), á Nesi, Eb. 14, or í Krossnesi, 30; in the last case the notion of island, νησος, prevails: so also, ‘fjörðr,’ as, þeir börðust á Vigrafirði (of a fight o n the ice), Landn. 101, but orusta í Hafrsfirði, 122: with ‘-bær,’ á is used in the sense of a farm or estate, hón sa á e-m bæ mikit hús ok fagrt, Edda 22; ‘í bæ’ means within doors, of the buildings: with ‘Bær’ as pr. name Landn. uses ‘í,’ 71, 160, 257, 309, 332.
    4. denoting on or just above; of the sun, when the time is fixed by regarding the sun in connection with points in the horizon, a standing phrase in Icel.; sól á gjáhamri, when the sun is on the crag of the Rift, Grág. i. 26, cp. Glúm. 387; so, brú á á, a bridge on a river, Fms. viii. 179, Hrafn. 20; taka hús á e-m, to surprise one, to take the house over his head, Fms. i. 11.
    III. á is sometimes used in old writers where we should now expect an acc., esp. in the phrase, leggja sverði (or the like) á e-m, or á e-m miðjum, to stab, Eg. 216, Gísl. 106, Band. 14; þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi, then Starkad stabbed the king with the wand, Fas. iii. 34; bíta á kampi (vör), to bite the lips, as a token of pain or emotion, Nj. 209, 68; taka á e-u, to touch a thing, lay hold of it, v. taka; fá á e-u, id. (poët.); leggja hendr á (better at) síðum, in wrestling, Fms. x. 331; koma á úvart á e-m, to come on one unawares, ix. 407 (rare).
    B. TEMP. of a particular point or period of time, at, on, in:
    I. gener. denoting during, in the course of; á nótt, degi, nætrþeli …, Bs. i. 139; or spec. adding a pron. or an adject., á næsta sumri, the next summer; á því ári, þingi, misseri, hausti, vári, sumri …, during, in that year …, Bs. i. 679, etc.; á þrem sumrum, in the course of three summers, Grág. i. 218; á þrem várum, Fms. ii. 114; á hálfs mánaðar fresti, within half a month’s delay, Nj. 99; á tvítugs, sextugs … aldri, á barns, gamals aldri, etc., at the age of …, v. aldr: á dögum e-s, in the days of, in his reign or time, Landn. 24, Hrafn. 3, Fms. ix. 229.
    II. used of a fixed recurrent period or season; á várum, sumrum, haustum, vetrum, á kveldum, every spring, summer …, in the evenings, Eg. 711, Fms. i. 23, 25, vi. 394, Landn. 292: with the numeral adverbs, cp. Lat. ter in anno, um sinn á mánuði, ári, once a month, once a year, where the Engl. a is not the article but the preposition, Grág. i. 89.
    III. of duration; á degi, during a whole day, Fms. v. 48; á sjau nóttum, Bárð. 166; á því meli, during that time, in the meantime, Grág. i. 259.
    IV. connected with the seasons (á vetri, sumri, vári, hausti), ‘á’ denotes the next preceding season, the last winter, summer, autumn, Eb. 40, 238, Ld. 206: in such instances ‘á’ denotes the past, ‘at’ the future, ‘í’ the present; thus í vetri in old writers means this winter; á vetri, last winter; at vetri, next winter, Eb. 68 (in a verse), etc.
    C. In various other relations, more or less metaphorically, on, upon, in, to, with, towards, against:
    I. denoting object, in respect of, against, almost periphrastically; dvelja á náðum e-s, under one’s protection, Fms. i. 74; hafa metnað á e-u, to be proud of, to take pride in a thing, 127.
    2. denoting a personal relation, in; bæta e-t á e-m, to make amends, i. e. to one personally; misgöra e-t á e-m, to inflict wrong on one; hafa elsku (hatr) á e-m, to bear love ( hatred) to one, Fms. ix. 242; hefna sín á e-m, to take revenge on one’s person, on anyone; rjúfa sætt á e-m, to break truce on the person of any one, to offend against his person, Nj. 103; hafa sár á sér, 101; sjá á e-m, to read on or in one’s face; sér hann á hverjum manni hvárt til þín er vel eðr illa, 106; var þat brátt auðséð á hennar högum, at …, it could soon be seen in all her doings, that …, Ld. 22.
    3. also generally to shew signs of a thing; sýna fáleika á sér, to shew marks of displeasure, Nj. 14, Fs. 14; taka vel, illa, lítt, á e-u, to take a thing well, ill, or indifferently, id.; finna á sér, to feel in oneself; fann lítt á honum, hvárt …, it could hardly be seen in his face, whether …, Eb. 42; líkindi eru á, it is likely, Ld. 172; göra kost á e-u, to give a choice, chance of it, 178; eiga vald á e-u, to have power over …, Nj. 10.
    II. denoting encumbrance, duty, liability; er fimtardómsmál á þeim, to be subject to …, Nj. 231; the phrase, hafa e-t á hendi, or vera á hendi e-m, on one’s hands, of work or duty to be done; eindagi á fé, term, pay day, Grág. i. 140; ómagi (skylda, afvinna) á fé, of a burden or encumbrance, D. I. and Grág. in several passages.
    III. with a personal pronoun, sér, mér, honum …, denoting personal appearance, temper, character, look, or the like; vera þungr, léttr … á sér, to be heavy or light, either bodily or mentally; þungr á sér, corpulent, Sturl. i. 112; kátr ok léttr á sér, of a gay and light temper, Fms. x. 152; þat bragð hafði hann á sér, he looked as if, … the expression of his face was as though …, Ld., cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á sér svip, bragð, æði, sið, of one’s manner or personal appearance, to bear oneself as, or the like; skjótr (seinn) á fæti, speedy ( slow) of foot, Nj. 258.
    IV. as a periphrasis of the possessive pronoun connected with the limbs or parts of the body. In common Icel. such phrases as my hands, eyes, head … are hardly ever used, but höfuð, eyru, hár, nef, munnr, hendr, fætr … á mér; so ‘í’ is used of the internal parts, e. g. hjarta, bein … í mér; the eyes are regarded as inside the body, augun í honum: also without the possessive pronoun, or as a periphrasis for a genitive, brjóstið á e-m, one’s breast, Nj. 95, Edda 15; súrnar í augum, it smarts in my eyes, my eyes smart, Nj. 202; kviðinn á sér, its belly, 655 xxx. 5, Fms. vi. 350; hendr á henni, her hands, Gísl. (in a verse); í vörunum á honum, on his lips, Band. 14; ristin á honum, his step, Fms. viii. 141; harðr í tungu, sharp of tongue, Hallfred (Fs. 114); kalt (heitt) á fingrum, höndum, fótum …, cold ( warm) in the fingers, hands, feet …, i. e. with cold fingers, etc.; cp. also the phrase, verða vísa (orð) á munni, of extemporising verses or speeches, freq. in the Sagas; fastr á fótum, fast by the leg, of a bondsman, Nj. 27: of the whole body, díla fundu þeir á honum, 209. The pers. pron. is used only in solemn style (poetry, hymns, the Bible), and perhaps only when influenced by foreign languages, e. g. mitt hjarta hví svo hryggist þú, as a translation of ‘warumb betrübst du dich mein Herz?’ the famous hymn by Hans Sachs; instead of the popular hjartað í mér, Sl. 43, 44: hjartað mitt is only used as a term of endearment, as by a husband to his wife, parents to their child, or the like, in a metaphorical sense; the heart proper is ‘í mér,’ not ‘mitt.’
    2. of other things, and as a periphrasis of a genitive, of a part belonging to the whole, e. g. dyrr á husi = húsdyrr, at the house-doors; turn á kirkju = kirkju turn; stafn, skutr, segl, árar … á skipi, the stem, stern, sail … of a ship, Fms. ix. 135; blöð á lauk, á tré …, leaves of a leek, of a tree …, Fas. i. 469; egg á sverði = sverðs egg; stafr á bók; kjölr á bók, and in endless other instances.
    V. denoting instrumentality, by, on, or a-, by means of; afla fjár á hólmgöngum, to make money a-duelling, by means of duels, Eg. 498; á verkum sínum, to subsist on one’s own work, Njarð. 366: as a law term, sekjast á e-ju, to be convicted upon …, Grág. i. 123; sekst maðr þar á sínu eigini ( a man is guilty in re sua), ef hann tekr af þeim manni er heimild ( possessio) hefir til, ii. 191; falla á verkum sínum, to be killed flagranti delicto, v. above; fella e-n á bragði, by a sleight in wrestling; komast undan á flótta, to escape by flight, Eg. 11; á hlaupi, by one’s feet, by speed, Hkr. ii. 168; lifa á e-u, to feed on; bergja á e-u, to taste of a thing; svala sér á e-u, to quench the thirst on.
    VI. with subst. numerals; á þriðja tigi manna, up to thirty, i. e. from about twenty to thirty, Ld. 194; á öðru hundraði skipa, from one to two hundred sail strong, Fms. x. 126; á níunda tigi, between eighty and ninety years of age, Eg. 764, v. above: used as prep., á hendi, on one’s hand, i. e. bound to do it, v. hönd.
    VII. in more or less adverbial phrases it may often be translated in Engl. by a participle and a- prefixed; á lopti, aloft; á floti, afloat; á lífi, alive; á verðgangi, a-begging; á brautu, away; á baki, a-back, behind, past; á milli, a-tween; á laun, alone, secretly; á launungu, id.; á móti, against; á enda, at an end, gone; á huldu, hidden; fara á hæli, to go a-heel, i. e. backwards, Fms. vii. 70;—but in many cases these phrases are transl. by the Engl. partic. with a, which is then perh. a mere prefix, not a prep., á flugi, a-flying in the air, Nj. 79; vera á gangi, a-going; á ferli, to be about; á leiki, a-playing, Fms. i. 78; á sundi, a-swimming, ii. 27; á verði, a-watching, x. 201; á hrakningi, a-wandering; á reiki, a-wavering; á skjálfi, a-shivering; á-hleri, a-listening; á tali, a-talking, Ísl. ii. 200; á hlaupi, a-running, Hkr. ii. 268; á verki, a-working; á veiðum, a-hunting; á fiski, a-fishing; á beit, grazing: and as a law term it even means in flagranti, N. G. L. i. 348.
    VIII. used absolutely without a case in reference to the air or the weather, where ‘á’ is almost redundant; þoka var á mikil, a thick fog came on, Nj. 267; niðamyrkr var á, pitch darkness came on, Eg. 210; allhvast á norðan, a very strong breeze from the north, Fms. ix. 20; þá var á norðrænt, a north wind came on, 42, Ld. 56; hvaðan sem á er, from whatever point the wind is; var á hríð veðrs, a snow storm came on, Nj. 282; görði á regn, rain came on, Fms. vi. 394, xi. 35, Ld. 156.
    WITH ACC.
    A. Loc.
    I. denoting simple direction towards, esp. connected with verbs of motion, going, or the like; hann gékk á bergsnös, Eg. 389; á hamar, Fas. ii. 517.
    2. in phrases denoting direction; liggja á útborða, lying on the outside of the ship, Eg. 354; á annat borð skipinu, Fms. vii. 260; á bæði borð, on both sides of the ship, Nj. 124, Ld. 56; á tvær hliðar, on both sides, Fms. v. 73. Ísl. ii. 159; á hlið, sidewards; út á hlið, Nj. 262, Edda 44; á aðra hönd henni, Nj. 50, Ld. 46; höggva á tvær hendr, to hew or strike right and left, Ísl. ii. 368, Fas. i. 384, Fms. viii. 363, x. 383.
    3. upp á, upon; hann tók augu Þjaza ok kastaði upp á himin, Edda 47: with verbs denoting to look, see, horfa, sjá, líta, etc.; hann rak skygnur á land, he cast glances towards the land, Ld. 154.
    II. denoting direction with or without the idea of arriving:
    1. with verbs denoting to aim at; of a blow or thrust, stefna á fótinn, Nj. 84; spjótið stefnir á hann miðjan, 205: of the wind, gékk veðrit á vestr, the wind veered to west, Fms. ix. 28; sigla á haf, to stand out to sea, Hkr. i. 146, Fms. i. 39: with ‘út’ added, Eg. 390, Fms. x. 349.
    2. conveying the notion of arriving, or the intervening space being traversed; spjótið kom á miðjan skjöldinn, Eg. 379, Nj. 96, 97; langt upp á land, far up inland, Hkr. i. 146: to reach, taka ofan á belti, of the long locks of a woman, to reach down to the belt, Nj. 2; ofan á bringu, 48; á þa ofan, 91.
    III. without reference to the space traversed, connected with verbs denoting to go, turn, come, ride, sail, throw, or the like, motion of every kind; hann kastar honum á völlinn, he flings him down, Nj. 91; hlaupa á skip sitt, to leap on board his ship, 43; á hest, to mount quickly, Edda 75; á lend hestinum, Nj. 91; hann gengr á sáðland sitt, he walks on to his fields, 82: on, upon, komast á fætr, to get upon one’s legs, 92; ganga á land, to go a-shore, Fms. i. 40; ganga á þing, vii. 242, Grág. (often); á skóg, á merkr ok skóga, into a wood, Fb. i. 134, 257, Fms. xi. 118, Eg. 577, Nj. 130; fara á Finnmörk, to go travelling in Finmark, Fms. i. 8; koma, fara á bæ, to arrive at the farm-house; koma á veginn, Eg. 578; stíga á bát, skip, to go on board, 158; hann gékk upp á borg, he went up to the burg (castle), 717; en er þeir komu á loptriðið, 236; hrinda skipum á vatn, to float the ships down into the water, Fms. i. 58; reka austr á haf, to drift eastwards on the sea, x. 145; ríða ofan á, to ride down or over, Nj. 82.
    IV. in some cases the acc. is used where the dat. would be used, esp. with verbs denoting to see or hear, in such phrases as, þeir sá boða mikinn inn á fjörðinn, they saw great breakers away up in the bight of the firth, the acc. being due perhaps to a motion or direction of the eye or ear towards the object, Nj. 124; sá þeir fólkit á land, they saw the people in the direction of land, Fas. ii. 517: in phrases denoting to be placed, to sit, to be seated, the seat or bench is freq. in the acc. where the dat. would now be used; konungr var þar á land upp, the king was then up the country, the spectator or narrator is conceived as looking from the shore or sea-side, Nj. 46; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench, 50; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk … annat öndvegi var á hinn úæðra pall; hann setti konungs hásæti á miðjan þverpall, Fms. vi. 439, 440, cp. Fagrsk. l. c., Sturl. iii. 182; eru víða fjallbygðir upp á mörkina, in the mark or forest, Eg. 58; var þar mörk mikil á land upp, 229; mannsafnaðr er á land upp (viewed from the sea), Ld. 76; stóll var settr á mótið, Fas. i. 58; beiða fars á skip, to beg a passage, Grág. i. 90.
    V. denoting parts of the body; bíta e-n á barka, to bite one in the throat, Ísl. ii. 447; skera á háls, to cut the throat of any one, Nj. 156; brjóta e-n á háls, to break any one’s neck; brjóta e-n á bak, to break any one’s back, Fms. vii. 119; kalinn á kné, frozen to the knees with cold, Hm. 3.
    VI. denoting round; láta reipi á háls hesti, round his horse’s neck, 623. 33; leggja söðul á hest, Nj. 83; and ellipt., leggja á, to saddle; breiða feld á hofuð sér, to wrap a cloak over his head, 164; reyta á sik mosa, to gather moss to cover oneself with, 267; spenna hring á hönd, á fingr, Eg. 300.
    VII. denoting a burden; stela mat á tvá hesta, hey á fimtán hesta, i. e. a two, a fifteen horse load, Nj. 74: metaph., kjósa feigð á menn, to choose death upon them, i. e. doom them to death, Edda 22.
    B. TEMP.
    I. of a period of time, at, to; á morgun, to-morrow (í morgun now means the past morning, the morning of to-day), Ísl. ii. 333.
    II. if connected with the word day, ‘á’ is now used before a fixed or marked day, a day of the week, a feast day, or the like; á Laugardag, á Sunnudag …, on Saturday, Sunday, the Old Engl. a-Sunday, a-Monday, etc.; á Jóladaginn, Páskadaginn, on Yule and Easter-day; but in old writers more often used ellipt. Sunnudaginn, Jóladaginn …, by dropping the prep. ‘á,’ Fms. viii. 397, Grág. i. 18.
    III. connected with ‘dagr’ with the definite article suffixed, ‘á’ denotes a fixed, recurring period or season, in; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn, Grett. 91 A.
    IV. connected with ‘evening, morning, the seasons,’ with the article; á kveldit, every evening, Ld. 14; á sumarit, every summer, Vd. 128, where the new Ed. Fs. 51 reads sumrum; á haust, every autumn, Eg. 741 (perh. a misprint instead of á haustin or á haustum); á vetrinn, in the winter time, 710; á várit, every spring, Gþl. 347; the sing., however, is very rare in such cases, the old as well as mod. usage prefers the plur.; á nætrnar, by night, Nj. 210; á várin, Eg. 710; á sumrin, haustin, á morgnana, in the morning (á morgin, sing., means to-morrow); á kveldin, in the evening, only ‘dagr’ is used in sing., v. above (á daginn, not á dagana); but elliptically and by dropping the article, Icelanders say, kveld og morgna, nótt og dag, vetr sumar vor og haust, in the same sense as those above mentioned.
    V. denoting duration, the article is dropped in the negative phrase, aldri á sinn dag, never during one’s life; aldri á mína daga, never in my life, Bjarn. 8, where a possess. pron. is put between noun and prep., but this phrase is very rare. Such phrases as, á þann dag, that day, and á þenna dag, Stj. 12, 655 xxx. 2. 20, are unclassical.
    VI. á dag without article can only be used in a distributive sense, e. g. tvisvar á dag, twice a-day; this use is at present freq. in Icel., yet instances from old writers are not on record.
    VII. denoting a movement onward in time, such as, liðið á nótt, dag, kveld, morgun, sumar, vetr, vár, haust (or nóttina, daginn …), jól, páska, föstu, or the like, far on in the night, day …, Edda 33; er á leið vetrinn, when the winter was well on, as the winter wore on, Nj. 126; cp. áliðinn: also in the phrase, hniginn á inn efra aldr, well stricken in years, Ld. 68.
    C. Metaph. and in various relations:
    I. somewhat metaphorically, denoting an act only (not the place); fara á fund, á vit e-s, to call for one, Eg. 140; koma á ræðu við e-n, to come to a parley with, to speak, 173; ganga á tal, Nj. 103; skora á hólm, to challenge to a duel on an island; koma á grið, to enter into a service, to be domiciled, Grág. i. 151; fara á veiðar, to go a-hunting, Fms. i. 8.
    β. generally denoting on, upon, in, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money, Grág. i. 198; ganga á berhögg, to come to blows, v. berhögg; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon one, Nj. 79; ganga á vápn e-s, to throw oneself on an enemy’s weapon, meet him face to face, Rd. 310; ganga á lagið, to press on up the spear-shaft after it has passed through one so as to get near one’s foe, i. e. to avail oneself of the last chance; bera fé á e-n, to bribe, Nj. 62; bera öl á e-n, to make drunk, Fas. i. 13; snúinn á e-t, inclined to, Fms. x. 142; sammælast á e-t, to agree upon, Nj. 86; sættast, verða sáttr á e-t, in the same sense, to come to an agreement, settlement, or atonement, 78, Edda 15, Eb. 288, Ld. 50, Fms. i. 279; ganga á mála, to serve for pay as a soldier, Nj. 121; ganga á vald e-s, to put oneself in his power, 267; ganga á sætt, to break an agreement; vega á veittar trygðir, to break truce, Grág. ii. 169.
    II. denoting in regard to, in respect to:
    1. of colour, complexion, the hue of the hair, or the like; hvítr, jarpr, dökkr … á hár, having white, brown, or dark … hair, Ísl. ii. 190, Nj. 39; svartr á brún ok brá, dark of brow and eyebrow; dökkr á hörund, id., etc.
    2. denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, smíðar …, an expert worker in iron, metals …, Eg. 4; fimr á boga, good at the bow: also used of mastership in science or arts, meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in striking the harp, Fas. iii. 220; fræðimaðr á kvæði, knowing many poems by heart, Fms. vi. 391; fræðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna fræði, a learned scholar in histories and antiquities (of Are Frode), Ísl. ii. 189; mikill á íþrótt, skilful in an art, Edda (pref.) 148; but dat. in the phrase, kunna (vel) á skíðum, to be a cunning skater, Fms. i. 9, vii. 120.
    3. denoting dimensions; á hæð, lengd, breidd, dýpt …, in the heighth, length, breadth, depth …, Eg. 277; á hvern veg, on each side, Edda 41 (square miles); á annan veg, on the one side, Grág. i. 89.
    β. the phrase, á sik, in regard to oneself, vel (illa) á sik kominn, of a fine ( ugly) appearance, Ld. 100, Fas. iii. 74.
    III. denoting instrumentality; bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one’s own hands, (á sínar spýtur is a mod. phrase in the same sense); (vega) á skálir, pundara, to weigh in scales, Grág. ii. 370; at hann hefði tvá pundara, ok hefði á hinn meira keypt en á hinn minna selt, of a man using two scales, a big one for buying and a little one for selling, Sturl. i. 91; á sinn kostnað, at one’s own expense; nefna e-n á nafn, by name, Grág. i. 17, etc. The Icel. also say, spinna á rokk, snældu, to spin on or with a rock or distaff; mala á kvern, to grind in a ‘querne,’ where Edda 73 uses dat.; esp. of musical instruments, syngja, leika á hljóðfæri, hörpu, gígju …; in the old usage, leika hörpu …, Stj. 458.
    IV. denoting the manner or way of doing:
    1. á þessa lund, in this wise, Grág. ii. 22; á marga vega, á alla, ymsa vega, in many, all, respects, Fms. i. 114; á sitt hóf, in its turn, respectively, Ld. 136, where the context shews that the expression answers to the Lat. mutatis mutandis; á Þýðersku, after German fashion, Sks. 288.
    2. esp. of language; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Írsku, in Irish, Ld. 76; Norrænu, in Norse, Eb. 330, Vm. 35; a Danska tungu, in Danish, i. e. Scandinavian, Norse, or Icelandic, Grág. i. 18; á Vára tungu, i. e. in Icelandic, 181; rita á Norræna tungu, to write in Norse, Hkr. (pref.), Bs. i. 59:—at present, dat. is sometimes used.
    3. in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat.; hann sýndi á sik mikit gaman, Fms. x. 329; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he shewed no sign of motion, Nj. 111; skaltú önga fáleika á þik gera (Cod. Kalf.), 14.
    V. used in a distributive sense; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú, eðr oxa fim vetra gamlan, a mark for every cow, Grág. i. 147; alin á hvert hross, 442; á mann, per man (now freq.): cp. also á dag above, lit. B.
    VI. connected with nouns,
    1. prepositional; á hendr (with dat.), against; á hæla, at heel, close behind; á bak, at back, i. e. past, after; á vit (with gen.), towards.
    2. adverbially; á braut, away, abroad; á víxl, in turns; á mis, amiss; á víð ok dreif, a-wide and a-drift, i. e. dispersedly.
    3. used almost redundantly before the following prep.; á eptir, after, behind; á undan, in front of; á meðal, á milli, among; á mót, against; á við, about, alike; á frá (cp. Swed. ifrån), from (rare); á fyrir = fyrir, Haustl. 1; á hjá, beside (rare); á fram, a-head, forwards; á samt, together; ávalt = of allt, always: following a prep., upp á, upon; niðr á, down upon; ofan á, eptir á, post eventum, (temp.) á eptir is loc., id., etc.
    VII. connected with many transitive verbs, answering to the Lat. ad- or in-, in composition, in many cases periphrastically for an objective case. The prep. generally follows after the verb, instead of being prefixed to it as in Lat., and answers to the Engl. on, to; heita kalla, hrópa á, to call on; heyra, hlusta, hlyða á, to hearken to, listen to; hyggja, hugsa á, to think on; minna á, to remind; sjá, líta, horfa, stara, mæna, glápa, koma auga … á, to look on; girnast á, to wish for; trúa á, to believe on; skora á, to call on any one to come out, challenge; kæra á, to accuse; heilsa á, to greet; herja, ganga, ríða, hlaupa, ráða … á, to fall on, attack, cp. ágangr, áreið, áhlaup; ljúga á, to tell lies of, to slander; telja á, to carp at; ausa, tala, hella, kasta, verpa … á, to pour, throw on; ríða, bera, dreifa á, to sprinkle on; vanta, skorta á, to fall short of; ala á, to plead, beg; leggja á, to throw a spell on, lay a saddle on; hætta á, to venture on; gizka á, to guess at; kveða á, to fix on, etc.: in a reciprocal sense, haldast á, of mutual strife; sendast á, to exchange presents; skrifast á, to correspond (mod.); kallast á, to shout mutually; standast á, to coincide, so as to be just opposite one another, etc.
    2.
    f. [Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva; Hel. aha; A. S. eâ; O. H. G. aha, owa; cp. Germ. ach and aue; Fr. eau, eaux; Engl. Ax-, Ex-, etc., in names of places; Swed.-Dan. å; the Scandinavians absorb the hu, so that only a single vowel or diphthong remains of the whole word]:—a river. The old form in nom. dat. acc. sing. is , v. the introduction to A, page 1, Bs. i. 333 sq., where ́n, ́ (acc.), and ́na; so also Greg. 677; the old fragm. of Grág. ii. 222, 223, new Ed. In the Kb. of the Edda the old form occurs twice, viz. page 75, ́na (acc.), (but two lines below, ána), í ́nni (dat.) The old form also repeatedly occurs in the Kb. and Sb. of the Grág., e. g. ii. 266, 267: gen. sing. ár; nom. pl. ár, gen. á contracted, dat. ám, obsolete form ́m; Edda 43, Eg. 80, 99, 133, 185: proverbs, at ósi skal á stemma, answering to the Lat. principiis obsta, Edda 60; hér kemr á til sæfar, here the river runs into the sea, metaph. = this is the very end, seems to have been a favourite ending of old poems; it is recorded in the Húsdrápa and the Norðsetadrápa, v. Edda 96, Skálda 198; cp. the common saying, oil vötn renna til sævar, ‘all waters run into the sea.’ Rivers with glacier water are in Icel. called Hvítá, White river, or Jökulsá: Hitá, Hot river, from a hot spring, opp. to Kaldá, v. Landn.: others take a name from the fish in them, as Laxá, Lax or Salmon river (freq.); Örriða á, etc.: a tributary river is þverá, etc.: ár in the Njála often means the great rivers Ölfusá and Þjórsá in the south of Iceland. Áin helga, a river in Sweden, Hkr. ii: á is also suffixed to the names of foreign rivers, Tempsá = Thames; Dóná, Danube (Germ. Don-au), (mod.), etc. Vide Edda (Gl.) 116, 117, containing the names of over a hundred North-English and Scottish rivers.
    COMPDS: áráll, árbakki, árbrot, ardjúp, árfarvegr, árfors, árgljúfr, árhlutr, ármegin, árminni, ármót, áróss, árreki, árstraumr, árströnd, árvað, árvegr, árvöxtr.

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  • 111 perdita

    f loss
    di gas, di acqua leak
    essere in perdita be making a loss
    perdita di tempo waste of time
    si estendeva a perdita d'occhio it stretched as far as the eye could see
    * * *
    perdita s.f.
    1 loss (anche estens.): la perdita di un libro, the loss of a book; perdita di memoria, loss of memory; perdita d'importanza, loss of importance; perdita di tempo, loss of time; quel guasto procurò una certa perdita di tempo, that breakdown caused a certain loss of time; la botta in testa gli causò una momentanea perdita di conoscenza, the blow on his head caused a temporary loss of consciousness; la sua squalifica è stata una grave perdita per la squadra, his disqualification was a serious loss for the team; non si è più ripresa dalla perdita del figlio, she has never got over the loss of her son; dopo la perdita di quei territori si arresero, after the loss of those territories they surrendered; infliggere gravi perdite al nemico, to inflict heavy losses on the enemy; subire perdite, to suffer losses; perdita al gioco, gambling loss // a perdita d'occhio, as far as the eye can see
    2 ( sciupio) waste: perdita di tempo, waste of time; cercare di insegnargli il tedesco è una perdita di tempo, it is a waste of time trying to teach him German
    3 ( falla, fuga) leak; leakage; (elettr.) stray loss: la perdita di sangue da una ferita, the loss of blood from a wound; c'è una perdita nella conduttura del gas, there is a leak in the gas pipe; questa barca ha una perdita, this boat has a leak (o is leaking); eliminare le perdite, to stop leaks
    4 (econ.) loss; ( calo) reduction, wastage [U]; ( disavanzo) deficit; ( confisca) forfeiture: perdita di capitale, capital loss; perdita di gestione, di servizio, operating deficit (o loss); perdita di valore, depreciation; perdita netta di esercizio, loss (o net loss); perdita secca, dry loss; le perdite di un'azienda, the losses of a firm; perdite e profitti, loss and gain; perdite su crediti, losses on receivables; l'azienda è in perdita, the firm is in deficit; la società è in perdita di 1000 sterline, the company is Ј 1000 to the bad; lavorare in perdita, to work at a loss; chiudere in perdita, to close with a loss; vendere in perdita, to sell at a loss; (amm.) perdita contabile, book loss; (dir.) perdita di un diritto, forfeiture of a right; (banca) perdita di piazza, bank charges on bills discounted out of town // (fin.): perdita di cambio, exchange loss; perdita d'emissione, issue loss // (inform.): perdita di funzionalità, degradation; perdita di bit, di informazione, dropout.
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    ['pɛrdita]
    sostantivo femminile
    1) loss

    perdita di memoria — loss of memory, memory loss

    perdita di controllo, di conoscenza — loss of control, consciousness

    in perdita — [vendere, lavorare] at a loss

    gravi, lievi -e — mil. heavy, light casualties

    perdita di energia, di calore — power, heat loss

    5) (fuoriuscita) leak(age)

    perdita d'acqua, d'olio — water, oil leak

    6) med.
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    * * *
    perdita
    /'pεrdita/
    sostantivo f.
     1 loss; perdita di peso weight loss; perdita di memoria loss of memory, memory loss; perdita di controllo, di conoscenza loss of control, consciousness; perdita dei diritti civili deprivation of civil rights; in perdita [vendere, lavorare] at a loss; l'azienda è in perdita the company is losing money; conto profitti e -e profit and loss account
     2 (morte) la perdita di un caro the loss of a loved one; gravi, lievi -e mil. heavy, light casualties
     3 (spreco) è una perdita di tempo it's a waste of time
     4 (dispersione) loss; perdita di energia, di calore power, heat loss
     5 (fuoriuscita) leak(age); perdita d'acqua, d'olio water, oil leak
     6 med. - e bianche whites; avere -e di sangue to bleed
    a perdita d'occhio as far as the eye can see.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > perdita

  • 112 powr|ócić

    pf — powr|acać1 impf vi 1. (przybyć ponownie) to return, to get back
    - powrócić na łono rodziny to return to the family fold
    - ptaki powracają na wiosnę birds return in the spring
    - powrócili do punktu wyjścia they came full circle
    2. (zająć się ponownie) to return, to get back
    - powrócić do czytania książki to get a. go back to reading a book
    - stale powracała do swej ulubionej książki she constantly had recourse a. reverted a. returned to her favourite book
    - powrócić do władzy to return to power, to come back into power
    - powrócić na dawne stanowisko to return to one’s old post
    - powróćmy do tematu! let’s get back to the/our subject
    - powrócili do przerwanej rozmowy they resumed their interrupted conversation
    - powrócił do starego nawyku he reverted to his old habit
    - często powracał myślami do czasów, kiedy… he often thought back to the time when…
    3. (wystąpić ponownie) to return, to reappear
    - objawy choroby powróciły the symptoms (of the disease) reappeared
    - rumieńce powróciły na jej twarz the colour returned to her cheeks
    - powróciła moda na spódniczki mini the miniskirt is back (in fashion)
    - powracają stare wspomnienia old memories are coming back
    - powróciły wspomnienia the memories came flooding back
    4. (odzyskać) powrócić do sił to regain one’s strength
    - powracać do przytomności to regain consciousness
    - wyraźnie powracał do zdrowia he was definitely on the mend
    - powrócić do równowagi psychicznej to regain one’s mental stability
    - skradzione rzeczy powróciły do właściciela the stolen goods were returned to their owner

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > powr|ócić

  • 113 хотеть

    гл.
    1. to want; 2. to wish; 3. to feel like doing smth; 4. wouldn't mind; 5. would not say no; 6. would like; 7. to be willing; 8. to fancy; 9. to take smb's fancy; 10. to be interested; 11. to be keen on/to be keen on doing smth; 12. to be eager to do smth; 13. to be anxious to do smth; 14. would do anything/would give anything; 15. can't wait; 16. to be itching to do smth; 17. to be dying; 18. to set one's heart on; 19. to dream of; 20. to long; 21. to yearn; 22. to crave; 23. to hanker after; 24. to aspire; 25. to need
    Русский глагол хотеть используется для выражения желания любого типа, как того что реально происходит, так и того что может произойти с малой долей вероятности или вообще уже не может произойти. Английские соответствия подчеркивают реальность, нереальность, а также малую вероятность исполнения желания, степень желательности и относятся к разным стилям речи.
    1. to want — хотеть, желать, испытывать желание ( не употребляется в Passive и Continuous): to want smth — желать чего-либо/хотеть чего-либо; to want smb to do smth — хотеть, чтобы кто-либо сделал что-либо; to want to do smth — хотеть что-либо сделать I want to talk with you. — Я хочу поговорить с тобой. I want you to talk with her. — Я хочу, чтобы ты поговорил с ней. The dog wants out. — Собака хочет выйти погулять. Your mother wants you. — Мама тебя зовет. I want some carrots. — Я хочу немного моркови./Мне моркови, пожалуйста. She said she didn't want to get married. — Она сказала, что не хочет выходить замуж. Please, let me pay half, I really want to. — Разрешите и мне заплатить половину, я действительно хочу это сделать. You could go back to bed for a while, if you want to. — Ты можешь еще немного поспать, если хочешь. The doctor wants me to go for another check up in two weeks' time. — Врач хочет, чтобы я прошла контрольное обследование через две недели. We wanted her to go with us, but she could not get the time off work. — Мы хотели, чтобы она поехала с нами, но она не могла уйти с работы. I know you want the party to be a success. — Я знаю, что ты хочешь, чтобы вечер прошел удачно. She wants the room fixed before we go. — Она хочет, чтобы навели порядок в комнате до нашего отъезда. What do you want to be when you grow up? — Кем ты хочешь стать, когда вырастешь? Состояние хотения ассоциируется с желанием еды и питья, а исполнение желания с процессом поедания, что проявляется в явном виде в ряде следующих словосочетаний: They are power-hungry and will stop at nothing. — Они жаждут власти и ни перед чем не остановятся. They are greedy for power. — Они жаждут власти. My grandmother had huge appetite for life. — Моя бабушка очень любила жизнь./Моя бабушка имела вкус к жизни. We are salivating for interesting things to do. — Мы изголодались по интересной работе. I have developed a taste for foreign travel. — Я вошел во вкус путешествий по разным странам. Here's something to whet your appetite. — Вот кое-что, что может возбудить твой аппетит. She hungered to see him again. — Она истомилась желанием увидеть его снова./Оыа жаждала увидеть его снова. They have thirst for knowledge. — У них жажда к знаниям. I devoured every book on the subject thai I could find. — Я с жадностью проглатывал/поглощал все книги по этому вопросу, которые мог найти.
    2. to wish — хотеть, желать (не употребляется в Passive и Continuous; в условных и дополнительных придаточных предложениях имеет значение хотеть того, что может случиться с малой долей вероятности): to wish smb well (ill) — желать кому-либо добра (зла) The chief wishes to see you. — Начальник хочет вас видеть. I wish I could help you. — Если бы только я мог вам помочь. I wish to goodness that music would stop. — Господи, хоть бы эта музыка смолкла. I wished him all the best. — Я пожелал ему всего самого лучшего. I wished him a good trip. — Я пожелал ему доброго пути. They wished me a happy birthday. — Они поздравили меня с днем рождения. What more could one wish her? — Чего еще можно ей пожелать? The weather was everything we could wish. — Погода была как на заказ. Anyone wishes to order the book should send a cheque to the publisher. — Все, кто желают приобрести эту книгу, должны выслать чек на имя издателя. I wish you would shut up! — Если бы ты замолчал!/Хоть бы ты замолчал! Where is that postman? I wish he would hurry up. — Куда девался этот почтальон? Хотелось бы, чтобы он поторопился./Хоть бы он поторопился. I wish the rains would stop. — Когда-нибудь кончатся эти дожди? I wish I had a car like that. — Как бы мне хотелось иметь такую же машину. I've come to wish you a happy New Year. — Я пришел, чтобы пожелать вам счастливого Нового года./Я пришел, чтобы поздравить вас с Новым годом.
    3. to feel like doing smth — быть в настроении что-либо сделать, хотеть что-либо сделать (или иметь, особенно потому, что вам это может доставить удовольствие): to feel like doing smth — хотеть что-либо сделать/быть в состоянии что-либо сделать Do you feel like dancing? — Вам не хочется потанцевать? I feel like saying to him: «Paul, you are the world's biggest idiot». — Мне так и хотелось ему сказать: «Павел, ты самый большой идиот/дурак в мире». It is so hot today, I really feel like an ice-cream. — Сегодня так жарко, что мне очень хочется мороженого.
    4. wouldn't mind — хотеть, не прочь (используется в ситуациях, когда вам хочется иметь что-либо или сделать что-либо, даже в тех случаях, когда вероятность получить мала): I wouldn't mind looking like Elisabeth Taylor when 1 am her age. — Я бы была не против выглядеть как Элизабет Тейлор, когда буду в том же возрасте. I would not mind his job, he is always eating at expensive restaurants and stays at exclusive hotels. — Я бы не возражала иметь такую как у него работу, он питается в дорогих ресторанах и живет в шикарных гостиницах./Я хотела бы иметь такую как у него работу, он питается в дорогих ресторанах и живет в шикарных гостиницах. Would you like another beer? —Yes, I wouldn't mind. — Хотите еще пива? — Да, я бы не прочь.
    5. would not say no — не откажусь (используется в ситуациях, когда вам очень хочется иметь или сделать что-либо): I would not say no to a glass of whisky! — Я бы не отказался от рюмочки виски! How about a night out of town? — I certainly would not say no. — He провести ли нам ночь за городом? — Конечно, я бы не отказался.
    6. would like — хотеть, желать (чтобы кто-либо что-либо сделал, особенно в вежливых просьбах, инструкциях и указаниях): We would like you to record all your conversations. — Мы бы хотели, чтобы вы записали на пленку все эти беседы. I would like you to see her and visit my family in Kiev, when you are there. — Я бы хотел, чтобы вы, когда будете в Киеве, повидались с ней и зашли к моим родителям. Would you like another cup of tea? — Хотите еще чашечку чая?
    7. to be willing — хотеть что-либо сделать, охотно что-либо сделать (используется для выражения готовности сделать что-либо по своей воле, без принуждения): to be willing to do smth — охотно что-либо сделать He is willing to tell the police everything he knows. — Он готов рассказать полиции все, что знает. Have a word with the manager and see if he is willing to reduce the price. — Поговори с управляющим и выясни, хочет ли/готов ли он снизить цену. We needed a new secretary but no one was willing to take the job. — Нам был нужен новый секретарь, но никто не хотел взяться за эту работу.
    8. to fancy — хотеть, нравиться, приходить в голову ( используется в неофициальной речи): I don't fancy this car. — Мне не нравится эта машина./Я бы не хотел иметь такую машину. The patient can eat whatever he fancies. — Больной может есть все, что ему захочется/Больной может есть все, что ему вздумается./Больной может есть все, что ему заблагорассудится. Do you fancy a drink? — Хочешь выпить? I think he has always fancied a house like that. — Мне кажется, ему всегда хотелось иметь такой дом. I really fancy going for a swim. — Мне действительно хочется выкупаться. What do you fancy for dinner? — Что бы ты хотел на обед? I quite fancy the idea of lazing around. — Я совсем не прочь побездельничать. I don't fancy staying in tonight. — Мне не хочется сегодня вечером сидеть дома.
    9. to take smb's fancy — приглянуться, вызвать желание иметь что-либо, захотеть, привлечь чем-либо, захотеть иметь чтолибо, захотеть приобрести что-либо ( используется в обыденных ситуациях): We could go to the movie or go out for a meal — wherever takes your fancy. — Мы можем пойти в кино или куда-нибудь поесть — куда тебе хочется./ Мы можем пойти в кино или куда-нибудь поесть — куда тебе больше нравится. We wandered around the market stopping occasionally at the stalls to buy something that took her fancy. — Мы ходили между разными лотками, останавливаясь время от времени и покупая то, что привлекло ее./Мы ходили по рынку, останавливаясь время от времени у разных лотков, и покупая то, что ей хотелось./Мы ходили между разными лотками, останавливаясь время от времени и покупая то, что ей казалось привлекательным.
    10. to be interested — хотеть, иметь желание (хотеть что-то сделать и быть с кем-либо связанным или иметь к этому отношение, особенно, если вас об этом просили): I don't know if I can tell you much, but I would be very interested in coming to the meeting. — He знаю, смогу ли я много рассказать, но я бы хотел прийти на собрание. Would you be interested in going to the theatre with me on Friday? — Хотите пойти со мной в театр в пятницу? We are going for a walk, are you interested? — Мы идем гулять, а ты не хочешь пойти с нами?
    11. to be keen on/to be keen on doing smth — очень хотеть что-либо сделать (особенно потому, что вы думаете это будет интересно и доставит удовольствие или поможет другим людям): He's really keen to meet you. — Ему правда очень хочется познакомиться с вами. Diana is very keen to prove her worth to our group. — Диане очень хочется доказать, что она полезна нашей группе. The government is keen to avoid further conflicts with the Trade Union. — Правительство стремится к тому, чтобы избежать дальнейших конфликтов с профсоюзами./Правительство очень заинтересовано в том, чтобы избежать дальнейших конфликтов с профсоюзами. We are very keen to encourage more local employers to work with us. — Нам очень хочется, чтобы многие местные предприниматели работали с нами./Мы заинтересованы втом, чтобы больше местных предпринимателей сотрудничало с нами.
    12. to be eager to do smth — хотеть что-либо сделать, стремиться что-либо сделать: I was very eager to get my hand on those rare recordings. — Мне очень хотелось заполучить эти редкие записи/пластинки. Не is so eager to learn that he stayes late every evening. — Он так стремится к знаниям, что сидит (за занятиями) подолгу по вечерам. Some patients are only too eagerto tell you exactly how they feel. — Некоторые пациенты горят желанием подробно рассказать ( врачу) о своих ощущениях./Некоторые пациенты стремятся в подробностях рассказать ( врачу) 0 своих ощущениях.
    13. to be anxious to do smth — стремиться что-либо сделать, очень хотеть что-либо сделать (приложить большие усилия к тому, чтобы произвести хорошее впечатление или успешно справиться с новой работой): Не was anxious to gain approval. — Ему хотелось, чтобы его работа была одобрена./Он старался, чтобы его действия были одобрены./Он старался добиться похвалы. We are anxious to hear from anyone who can help. — Мы стремимся связаться со всеми, кто может оказать помощь. We are anxious that the food should be of the best quality. — Мы стремимся к тому, чтобы еда здесь была самого лучшего качества./Мы очень хотим, чтобы еда здесь была самого лучшего качества,/Мы очень стараемся, чтобы еда здесь была самого лучшего качества.
    14. would do anything/would give anything — хотеть сделать все возможное (используется в ситуациях, когда вам очень хочется сделать что-либо): When she began writing she would have done anything to get her articles printed. — Когда она начала писать, она была готова на все, чтобы ее статьи были напечатаны./Когда она начала писать, она очень стремилась к тому, чтобы ее статьи были напечатаны./Когда она начала писать, она очень хотела, чтобы ее статьи были напечатаны. She would do anything to marry Ben, but he just won't ask her. — Она отдала бы все, чтобы выйти замуж за Бена, но он не делает ей предложение. 1 would do anything for a cup of coffee. — Я бы все отдал за чашечку кофе.
    15. can't wait — не могу дождаться, мне не терпится (используется в ситуациях, когда вам чего-либо очень хочется, чтобы это произошло как можно скорее, особенно потому, что вы довольны, счастливы от предвкушения и возбуждены): After his trip to the Zoo, Philip could not wait to tell his club fellows about it. — После посещения зоопарка Филиппу не терпелось рассказать обо всем своим товарищам по клубу. She can't wait to get out onto the ski slopes this year. — Ей не терпится и в этом году вновь попасть в горы покататься на лыжах. I can't wait for Christmas it will be great to see the family again. — Я жду не дождусь Рождества, здорово будет повидать всю семью снова. Another two weeks and we will be together — I can't wait. — Еще две недели, и мы будем вместе — я жду не дождусь этого дня./Еще две недели, и мы будем вместе — я вся в нетерпении.
    16. to be itching to do smth — гореть желанием что-либо сделать, не терпится что-либо сделать, руки чешутся сделать что-либо (нетерпеливо ждать чего-либо, чего вы не имели возможности сделать или иметь до сих пор): The guard stood aggressively, gun in hand, they were itching to shoot someone. — Охранники стояли в агрессивной позе, с ружьями наготове, им не терпелось в кого-нибудь выстрелить. She is just itching to tell you about your husband's affair, she doesn't realize you know already! — Она изнывает от желания рассказать вам о любовных интрижках вашего мужа, она не знает, что вы уже об этом знаете./ Ей не терпится рассказать вам о любовных интрижках вашего мужа, она не подозревает, что вы уже об этом знаете.
    17. to be dying — горячо желать чего-либо, до смерти хотеть чего-либо (потому, что вам это действительно очень нужно или потому, что это доставит вам большое удовольствие): I'm dying for a drink. — Let's go to the bar. — Умираю, хочу пить. — Пошли в буфет. I'm dying to go to the toilet — can we walk a bit faster? — Нельзя ли нам идти побыстрее, мне очень надо в туалет. She is dying to find out what happened. — Ей очень хочется выяснить, что случилось. Paul was dying for someone to recognize him after his appearance on TV. — Павлу смерть как хотелось, чтобы его узнавали, после того как он выступил по телевидению.
    18. to set one's heart on — хотеть добиться чего-либо, быть готовым добиваться чего-либо (так сильно хотеть чего-либо, что вы все время об этом думаете и если вы этого не добьетесь, то будете очень огорчены): We have set our hearts on this house in the country. — Мы очень хотели приобрести этот домик за городом./Этот домик за городом запал нам в душу. I've set my heart on becoming a pilot. — Я твердо решил стать пилотом.
    19. to dream of — хотеть, мечтать ( о чем-либо) (хотеть чего-либо, что хотелось иметь давно; хотеть то, что вам хочется иметь, но вы вряд ли сумеете получить): Не dreams of becoming a famous novelist. — Он мечтает стать известным романистом. То think that what I have dreamt of all my life is coming true! — Подумать только, что сбывается то, о чем я мечтала всю жизнь! Не owns the biggest business anyone could dream of. — Он владеет самым большим предприятием, о каком любой могбы только помечтать./ Он владеет самым большим бизнесом, какой любой хотел бы иметь.
    20. to long — горячо желать, сильно хотеть, стремиться, с нетерпением ждать (сильно хотеть или сделать что-либо, особенно, если это уже случалось в прошлом или о том, что может произойти в будущем; предполагает тоску по несбыточному): Не longed for the good old days when teachers were shown respect. — Он мечтал о тех прежних временах, когда учителей уважали./Он мечтал о прежних временах, когда учителям оказывали уважение. Не was longing for everyone to live so that he might think in peace about what had happened that day. — Он очень хочет, чтобы наступило такое время, когда каждый сможет спокойно подумать о том, что произошло в тот день. More than anything I long to have someone who loves me for myself. — Я больше всего мечтаю о том, чтобы у меня был кто-то, кто любил бы меня ради меня самой./Я больше всего хочу, чтобы у меня был кто-то, кто любил бы меня ради меня самой. The day I have longed for eventually came. — Наконец наступил тот день, о котором я мечтал.
    21. to yearn — очень сильно хотеть, мечтать, стремиться, жаждать (так сильно хотеть чего-либо, что без этого вы не будете счастливы и довольны; часто желать того, на что мало вероятности рассчитывать): Above all the prisoners yearned for freedom. — Больше всего на свете узникам хотелось свободы. By this time some career women begin to yearn for motherhood. — В наше время некоторые женщины, сделавшие себе карьеру, начинают мечтать о том, чтобы иметь ребенка. I have always yearned to travel. — Я всегда очень хотел путешествовать./Я всегда стремился путешествовать. They were yearning to have a baby. — Им очень хотелось иметь ребенка.
    22. to crave — желать ( чего-либо) (счастья, любви так сильно, что ни чем другом вы не можете думать; часто хотеть так, что трудно себя контролировать): have always craved for love and acceptance. — Я всегда мечтал о том, чтобы меня любили и признавали. Не at last gained a recognition he craved for. — Наконец он получил признание, о котором мечтал. Не craved forthe attention ofthe older boys. — Ему очень хотелось, чтобы старшие ребята обращали на него внимание.
    23. to hanker after — хотеть, мечтать, страстно желать (постоянно думать о чем-либо, что вам хочется иметь и огорчаться по поводу того, что у вас этого нет; обычно используется в разговорном стиле речи): After two months abroad he began to hanker after/about home cooking. — После двухмесячного пребывания за границей, он начал мечтать о домашней еде. I still hanker after a career in politics. — Я все еще мечтаю о политической карьере. She always hankered after thick curly hair. — Ей всегда очень хотелось, чтобы у нее были густые курчавые волосы.
    24. to aspire — хотеть, стремиться, мечтать (стремиться достичь успеха, особенно в карьере): to aspire to fame — стремиться к славе/гнаться за славой Не was a young writer, aspiring to fame. — Он был молодым писателем, стремящимся к славе. Не aspired to artistic perfection in all his painting. — Во всех своих картинах он стремился к художественному совершенству. She aspired to nothing less than the head of the company. — Ей очень хотелось стать во главе компании и не меньше.
    25. to need — хотеть, нуждаться (используется в разговорных ситуациях для выражения желания получить что-либо обычное): I need a drink — I'm off to the bar. — Я хочу пить — я пошел в буфет. Не looks like he badly needs a holiday. — У него такой вид, как будто ему срочно нужен отпуск.

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  • 114 Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi

    [br]
    b. 1 June 1796 Paris, France
    d. 24 August 1831 Paris, France
    [br]
    French laid the foundations for modern thermodynamics through his book Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu when he stated that the efficiency of an engine depended on the working substance and the temperature drop between the incoming and outgoing steam.
    [br]
    Sadi was the eldest son of Lazare Carnot, who was prominent as one of Napoleon's military and civil advisers. Sadi was born in the Palais du Petit Luxembourg and grew up during the Napoleonic wars. He was tutored by his father until in 1812, at the minimum age of 16, he entered the Ecole Polytechnique to study stress analysis, mechanics, descriptive geometry and chemistry. He organized the students to fight against the allies at Vincennes in 1814. He left the Polytechnique that October and went to the Ecole du Génie at Metz as a student second lieutenant. While there, he wrote several scientific papers, but on the Restoration in 1815 he was regarded with suspicion because of the support his father had given Napoleon. In 1816, on completion of his studies, Sadi became a second lieutenant in the Metz engineering regiment and spent his time in garrison duty, drawing up plans of fortifications. He seized the chance to escape from this dull routine in 1819 through an appointment to the army general staff corps in Paris, where he took leave of absence on half pay and began further courses of study at the Sorbonne, Collège de France, Ecole des Mines and the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers. He was inter-ested in industrial development, political economy, tax reform and the fine arts.
    It was not until 1821 that he began to concentrate on the steam-engine, and he soon proposed his early form of the Carnot cycle. He sought to find a general solution to cover all types of steam-engine, and reduced their operation to three basic stages: an isothermal expansion as the steam entered the cylinder; an adiabatic expansion; and an isothermal compression in the condenser. In 1824 he published his Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu, which was well received at the time but quickly forgotten. In it he accepted the caloric theory of heat but pointed out the impossibility of perpetual motion. His main contribution to a correct understanding of a heat engine, however, lay in his suggestion that power can be produced only where there exists a temperature difference due "not to an actual consumption of caloric but to its transportation from a warm body to a cold body". He used the analogy of a water-wheel with the water falling around its circumference. He proposed the true Carnot cycle with the addition of a final adiabatic compression in which motive power was con sumed to heat the gas to its original incoming temperature and so closed the cycle. He realized the importance of beginning with the temperature of the fire and not the steam in the boiler. These ideas were not taken up in the study of thermodynartiics until after Sadi's death when B.P.E.Clapeyron discovered his book in 1834.
    In 1824 Sadi was recalled to military service as a staff captain, but he resigned in 1828 to devote his time to physics and economics. He continued his work on steam-engines and began to develop a kinetic theory of heat. In 1831 he was investigating the physical properties of gases and vapours, especially the relationship between temperature and pressure. In June 1832 he contracted scarlet fever, which was followed by "brain fever". He made a partial recovery, but that August he fell victim to a cholera epidemic to which he quickly succumbed.
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    Bibliography
    1824, Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu; pub. 1960, trans. R.H.Thurston, New York: Dover Publications; pub. 1978, trans. Robert Fox, Paris (full biographical accounts are provided in the introductions of the translated editions).
    Further Reading
    Dictionary of Scientific Biography, 1971, Vol. III, New York: C.Scribner's Sons. T.I.Williams (ed.), 1969, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, London: A. \& C.
    Black.
    Chambers Concise Dictionary of Scientists, 1989, Cambridge.
    D.S.L.Cardwell, 1971, from Watt to Clausius. The Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age, London: Heinemann (discusses Carnot's theories of heat).
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  • 115 Cousteau, Jacques-Yves

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 11 June 1910 Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France
    [br]
    French marine explorer who invented the aqualung.
    [br]
    He was the son of a country lawyer who became legal advisor and travelling companion to certain rich Americans. At an early age Cousteau acquired a love of travel, of the sea and of cinematography: he made his first film at the age of 13. After an interrupted education he nevertheless passed the difficult entrance examination to the Ecole Navale in Brest, but his naval career was cut short in 1936 by injuries received in a serious motor accident. For his long recuperation he was drafted to Toulon. There he met Philippe Tailliez, a fellow naval officer, and Frédéric Dumas, a champion spearfisher, with whom he formed a long association and began to develop his underwater swimming and photography. He apparently took little part in the Second World War, but under cover he applied his photographic skills to espionage, for which he was awarded the Légion d'honneur after the war.
    Cousteau sought greater freedom of movement underwater and, with Emile Gagnan, who worked in the laboratory of Air Liquide, he began experimenting to improve portable underwater breathing apparatus. As a result, in 1943 they invented the aqualung. Its simple design and robust construction provided a reliable and low-cost unit and revolutionized scientific and recreational diving. Gagnan shunned publicity, but Cousteau revelled in the new freedom to explore and photograph underwater and exploited the publicity potential to the full.
    The Undersea Research Group was set up by the French Navy in 1944 and, based in Toulon, it provided Cousteau with the Opportunity to develop underwater exploration and filming techniques and equipment. Its first aims were minesweeping and exploration, but in 1948 Cousteau pioneered an extension to marine archaeology. In 1950 he raised the funds to acquire a surplus US-built minesweeper, which he fitted out to further his quest for exploration and adventure and named Calypso. Cousteau also sought and achieved public acclaim with the publication in 1953 of The Silent World, an account of his submarine observations, illustrated by his own brilliant photography. The book was an immediate success and was translated into twenty-two languages. In 1955 Calypso sailed through the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean, and the outcome was a film bearing the same title as the book: it won an Oscar and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival. This was his favoured medium for the expression of his ideas and observations, and a stream of films on the same theme kept his name before the public.
    Cousteau's fame earned him appointment by Prince Rainier as Director of the Oceanographie Institute in Monaco in 1957, a post he held until 1988. With its museum and research centre, it offered Cousteau a useful base for his worldwide activities.
    In the 1980s Cousteau turned again to technological development. Like others before him, he was concerned to reduce ships' fuel consumption by harnessing wind power. True to form, he raised grants from various sources to fund research and enlisted technical help, namely Lucien Malavard, Professor of Aerodynamics at the Sorbonne. Malavard designed a 44 ft (13.4 m) high non-rotating cylinder, which was fitted onto a catamaran hull, christened Moulin à vent. It was intended that its maiden Atlantic crossing in 1983 should herald a new age in ship propulsion, with large royalties to Cousteau. Unfortunately the vessel was damaged in a storm and limped to the USA under diesel power. A more robust vessel, the Alcyone, was fitted with two "Turbosails" in 1985 and proved successful, with a 40 per cent reduction in fuel consumption. However, oil prices fell, removing the incentive to fit the new device; the lucrative sales did not materialize and Alcyone remained the only vessel with Turbosails, sharing with Calypso Cousteau's voyages of adventure and exploration. In September 1995, Cousteau was among the critics of the decision by the French President Jacques Chirac to resume testing of nuclear explosive devices under the Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Légion d'honneur. Croix de Guerre with Palm. Officier du Mérite Maritime and numerous scientific and artistic awards listed in such directories as Who's Who.
    Bibliography
    Further Reading
    R.Munson, 1991, Cousteau, the Captain and His World, London: Robert Hale (published in the USA 1989).
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  • 116 Savery, Thomas

    [br]
    b. c. 1650 probably Shilston, near Modbury, Devonshire, England
    d. c. 15 May 1715 London, England
    [br]
    English inventor of a partially successful steam-driven pump for raising water.
    [br]
    Little is known of the early years of Savery's life and no trace has been found that he served in the Army, so the title "Captain" is thought to refer to some mining appointment, probably in the West of England. He may have been involved in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, for later he was well known to William of Orange. From 1705 to 1714 he was Treasurer for Sick and Wounded Seamen, and in 1714 he was appointed Surveyor of the Water Works at Hampton Court, a post he held until his death the following year. He was interested in mechanical devices; amongst his early contrivances was a clock.
    He was the most prolific inventor of his day, applying for seven patents, including one in 1649, for polishing plate glass which may have been used. His idea for 1697 for propelling ships with paddle-wheels driven by a capstan was a failure, although regarded highly by the King, and was published in his first book, Navigation Improved (1698). He tried to patent a new type of floating mill in 1707, and an idea in 1710 for baking sea coal or other fuel in an oven to make it clean and pure.
    His most famous invention, however, was the one patented in 1698 "for raising water by the impellent force of fire" that Savery said would drain mines or low-lying land, raise water to supply towns or houses, and provide a source of water for turning mills through a water-wheel. Basically it consisted of a receiver which was first filled with steam and then cooled to create a vacuum by having water poured over the outside. The water to be pumped was drawn into the receiver from a lower sump, and then high-pressure steam was readmitted to force the water up a pipe to a higher level. It was demonstrated to the King and the Royal Society and achieved some success, for a few were installed in the London area and a manufactory set up at Salisbury Court in London. He published a book, The Miner's Friend, about his engine in 1702, but although he made considerable improvements, due to excessive fuel consumption and materials which could not withstand the steam pressures involved, no engines were installed in mines as Savery had hoped. His patent was extended in 1699 until 1733 so that it covered the atmospheric engine of Thomas Newcomen who was forced to join Savery and his other partners to construct this much more practical engine.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    FRS 1706.
    Bibliography
    1698, Navigation Improved.
    1702, The Miner's Friend.
    Further Reading
    The entry in the Dictionary of National Biography (1897, Vol. L, London: Smith Elder \& Co.) has been partially superseded by more recent research. The Transactions of the Newcomen Society contain various papers; for example, Rhys Jenkins, 1922–3, "Savery, Newcomen and the early history of the steam engine", Vol. 3; A.Stowers, 1961–2, "Thomas Newcomen's first steam engine 250 years ago and the initial development of steam power", Vol. 34; A.Smith, 1977–8, "Steam and the city: the committee of proprietors of the invention for raising water by fire", 1715–1735, Vol. 49; and J.S.P.Buckland, 1977–8, "Thomas Savery, his steam engine workshop of 1702", Vol. 49. Brief accounts may be found in H.W. Dickinson, 1938, A Short History of the Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press, and R.L. Hills, 1989, Power from Steam. A History of the Stationary Steam Engine, Cambridge University Press. There is another biography in T.I. Williams (ed.), 1969, A Biographical Dictionary of Scientists, London: A. \& C.Black.
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  • 117 حق

    حَقّ \ due: the fair treatment that one deserves in spite of one’s faults: He failed. But to give him his due, he did try hard. power: right; official permission: The police have powers to search cars. right: a just claim: She fought for the people’s rights. He had no right to do that, just; good; proper according to law or custom or religion Do what is right and you will not be ashamed. \ بِحَقّ \ justly: rightly; with good reason: He’s justly proud of his son’s success. rightly: justly; correctly: You acted rightly. \ بِحَقّ السَّماءِ! \ on earth: (used for giving force to a question or expression): What on earth are you doing? Why on earth did you say that?. for the sake of: used in strong expressions, begging sb. to do sth. or explain sth: For God’s sake, save my child! For Heaven’s sake, what shall I do now?. \ حَقّ \ admission: allowing or being allowed to enter: No admission except on business. \ See Also إِذْن الدُّخُول \ حَقّ \ choice: the right or chance to choose: It is your choice, whether you go or stay. \ See Also فُرْصَة الاخْتِيار \ حَقّ اسْتِعْمال... \ use: the right or the power of using sth.: We are allowed the use of our neighbour’s garden. He has lost the use of one arm. \ حَقّ خاص \ privilege: a special right or favour: We were given the privilege of fishing in his private stream. We had the privilege of meeting a famous artist. \ حَقّ الطَّبع \ copyright: the right of an author, musician, etc., to print, copy or use publicly a particular book, picture, piece of music, etc., which prevents other people from doing so without permission. \ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ \ ought: (showing what is one’s duty, or what is right or usual or probable) should: You ought to help your father. \ الحَقّ للمُطَالَبَة \ claim: the right to claim sth.; the act of claiming; the thing claimed: He makes wild claims without any proof. \ See Also مطالبة (مُطَالَبَة)‏ \ حَقّ المُؤَلِّف \ copyright: the right of an author, musician, etc., to print, copy or use publicly a particular book, picture, piece of music, etc., which prevents other people from doing so without permission. \ حَقّ الوُصُول \ access: the right to see or handle (sth. secret, etc.) or to enter: Access to the library is forbidden to small children. Direct access to political leaders is not often possible.

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  • 118 Д-23

    ДАР РЕЧИ (СЛОВА) NP sing only usu. subj or obj fixed WO
    1. обрести, потерять, утратить дар речи, лишиться дара речи и т. п. (to regain, lose etc) the ability to speak
    the power (the gift) of speech
    (the use of) one's voice (in refer, to losing the ability to speak only) (be (become)) speechless (be) dumbstruck (struck dumb, at a loss for words) lose one's tongue.
    «Ты что, a? - глухо сказал он (старик), прижимая к себе внука. - Ты что, а? Ты что?» - И кроме этих слов, он не мог произнести ничего, словно утратил дар речи (Айтматов 1). "What is it, eh?" he (the old man) said hoarsely, pressing the boy to himself. "What is it, eh? What is it?" He seemed unable to say any other word, as though he had lost the power of speech (1a).
    «Фроська я, слышите, люди, я - Фроська!» - выкрикивала она с таким остервенелым наслаждением, как будто после долгой немоты вновь обрела вдруг дар речи (Войнович 2). "I'm Froska, people, listen to me, I'm Froska!" she kept shouting with frenzied delight, as if she had just suddenly regained the gift of speech after years of being mute (2a).
    Владимир Ипатьич... этот негодяй вывел змей вместо кур...» - «Что такое? - ответил Персиков, и лицо его сделалось бурым... - Вы шутите, Петр Степанович... Откуда?» Иванов онемел на мгновение, потом получил дар слова и, тыча пальцем в открытый ящик... сказал: «Вот оттуда» (Булгаков 10). "Vladimir Ipatyich...that scoundrel has hatched snakes instead of chickens..." "What?" Persikov screamed, and his face became purple. "You're joking, Pyotr Stepanovich.... Where from?" Ivanov was speechless for a moment, then he regained his voice, and poking his finger at the open crate...he said, "That's where" (10a).
    «Есть мужчины, которые теряют дар речи от... вида округлившегося женского брюха» (Окуджава 2). "There are men who become speechless when faced with a rounded female belly" (2a).
    Это был «Мир фантазии» - детский книжный базар, разбитый на нашем бульваре... Кит обомлел. Он не мог сдвинуться с места, не зная, к кому бежать - к Коту ли, к Царевичу, к Лебедю... В первые минуты он словно лишился дара речи, лишь вращал своими большими глазами и что-то беззвучно шептал (Аксёнов 4). It was Fantasy World, a children's book fair set up on our boulevard....Whale was overwhelmed. He did not know where to run first-the Cat, the Prince, the Swan. For a moment or so he stood as if struck dumb: he just rolled his big eyes and whispered soundlessly (4a).
    2. the ability to speak beautifully, expressively: (have) the gift of eloquence (gab)
    (have) a way with words (have) the power of expression (in limited contexts) (have mastered) the art of conversation (be) silver-tongued (with нет) ( s.o. is) not much of a speaker.
    ...Собакевич вошёл, как говорится, в самую силу речи, откуда взялись рысь и дар слова... (Гоголь 3)....Sobakevich had got into the vein, as they say. Whence came this gift of gab and the pace of his speech? (3b)....Sobakevich had hit the peak of his eloquence, as they say, and his pace and power of expression were truly surprising (3c).
    (Львов:) He могу я вам высказать, нет у меня дара слова, но... новы мне глубоко несимпатичны! (Чехов 4). (L.:) I can't put it properly, I'm not much of a speaker, but-but I do most thoroughly dislike you (4b).

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  • 119 дар речи

    • ДАР РЕЧИ < СЛОВА>
    [NP; sing only; usu. subj or obj; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. обрести, потерять, утратить дар речи, лишиться дара речи и т.п. (to regain, lose etc) the ability to speak:
    - the power < the gift> of speech;
    - [in refer, to losing the ability to speak only](be < become>) speechless;
    - (be) dumbstruck (struck dumb, at a loss for words);
    - lose one's tongue.
         ♦ "Ты что, a? - глухо сказал он [старик], прижимая к себе внука. - Ты что, а? Ты что?" - И кроме этих слов, он не мог произнести ничего, словно утратил дар речи (Айтматов 1). "What is it, eh?" he I the old man] said hoarsely, pressing the boy to himself. "What is it, eh? What is it?" He seemed unable to say any other word, as though he had lost the power of speech (1a).
         ♦ "Фроська я, слышите, люди, я - Фроська!" - выкрикивала она с таким остервенелым наслаждением, как будто после долгой немоты вновь обрела вдруг дар речи (Войнович 2). "I'm Froska, people, listen to me, I'm Froska!" she kept shouting with frenzied delight, as if she had just suddenly regained the gift of speech after years of being mute (2a).
         ♦ "Владимир Ипатьич... этот негодяй вывел змей вместо кур..." - " Что такое? - ответил Персиков, и лицо его сделалось бурым... - Вы шутите, Петр Степанович... Откуда?" Иванов онемел на мгновение, потом получил дар слова и, тыча пальцем в открытый ящик... сказал: "Вот оттуда" (Булгаков 10). "Vladimir Ipatyich...that scoundrel has hatched snakes instead of chickens..." "What?" Persikov screamed, and his face became purple. "You're joking, Pyotr Stepanovich.... Where from?" Ivanov was speechless for a moment, then he regained his voice, and poking his finger at the open crate...he said, "That's where" (10a).
         ♦ "Есть мужчины, которые теряют дар речи от... вида округлившегося женского брюха" (Окуджава 2). "There are men who become speechless when faced with a rounded female belly" (2a).
         ♦ Это был "Мир фантазии" - детский книжный базар, разбитый на нашем бульваре... Кит обомлел. Он не мог сдвинуться с места, не зная, к кому бежать - к Коту ли, к Царевичу, к Лебедю... В первые минуты он словно лишился дара речи, лишь вращал своими большими глазами и что-то беззвучно шептал (Аксенов 4). It was Fantasy World, a children's book fair set up on our boulevard....Whale was overwhelmed. He did not know where to run first-the Cat, the Prince, the Swan. For a moment or so he stood as if struck dumb: he just rolled his big eyes and whispered soundlessly (4a).
    2. the ability to speak beautifully, expressively:
    - [with нет] (s.o. is) not much of a speaker.
         ♦...Собакевич вошёл, как говорится, в самую силу речи, откуда взялись рысь и дар слова... (Гоголь 3)....Sobakevich had got into the vein, as they say. Whence came this gift of gab and the pace of his speech? (3b)....Sobakevich had hit the peak of his eloquence, as they say, and his pace and power of expression were truly surprising (3c).
         ♦ [Львов:] Не могу я вам высказать, нет у меня дара слова, но... новы мне глубоко несимпатичны! (Чехов 4). [L.:] I can't put it properly, I'm not much of a speaker, but-but I do most thoroughly dislike you (4b).

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  • 120 дар слова

    • ДАР РЕЧИ < СЛОВА>
    [NP; sing only; usu. subj or obj; fixed WO]
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    1. обрести, потерять, утратить дар речи, лишиться дара речи и т.п. (to regain, lose etc) the ability to speak:
    - the power < the gift> of speech;
    - [in refer, to losing the ability to speak only](be < become>) speechless;
    - (be) dumbstruck (struck dumb, at a loss for words);
    - lose one's tongue.
         ♦ "Ты что, a? - глухо сказал он [старик], прижимая к себе внука. - Ты что, а? Ты что?" - И кроме этих слов, он не мог произнести ничего, словно утратил дар речи (Айтматов 1). "What is it, eh?" he I the old man] said hoarsely, pressing the boy to himself. "What is it, eh? What is it?" He seemed unable to say any other word, as though he had lost the power of speech (1a).
         ♦ "Фроська я, слышите, люди, я - Фроська!" - выкрикивала она с таким остервенелым наслаждением, как будто после долгой немоты вновь обрела вдруг дар речи (Войнович 2). "I'm Froska, people, listen to me, I'm Froska!" she kept shouting with frenzied delight, as if she had just suddenly regained the gift of speech after years of being mute (2a).
         ♦ "Владимир Ипатьич... этот негодяй вывел змей вместо кур..." - " Что такое? - ответил Персиков, и лицо его сделалось бурым... - Вы шутите, Петр Степанович... Откуда?" Иванов онемел на мгновение, потом получил дар слова и, тыча пальцем в открытый ящик... сказал: "Вот оттуда" (Булгаков 10). "Vladimir Ipatyich...that scoundrel has hatched snakes instead of chickens..." "What?" Persikov screamed, and his face became purple. "You're joking, Pyotr Stepanovich.... Where from?" Ivanov was speechless for a moment, then he regained his voice, and poking his finger at the open crate...he said, "That's where" (10a).
         ♦ "Есть мужчины, которые теряют дар речи от... вида округлившегося женского брюха" (Окуджава 2). "There are men who become speechless when faced with a rounded female belly" (2a).
         ♦ Это был "Мир фантазии" - детский книжный базар, разбитый на нашем бульваре... Кит обомлел. Он не мог сдвинуться с места, не зная, к кому бежать - к Коту ли, к Царевичу, к Лебедю... В первые минуты он словно лишился дара речи, лишь вращал своими большими глазами и что-то беззвучно шептал (Аксенов 4). It was Fantasy World, a children's book fair set up on our boulevard....Whale was overwhelmed. He did not know where to run first-the Cat, the Prince, the Swan. For a moment or so he stood as if struck dumb: he just rolled his big eyes and whispered soundlessly (4a).
    2. the ability to speak beautifully, expressively:
    - [with нет] (s.o. is) not much of a speaker.
         ♦...Собакевич вошёл, как говорится, в самую силу речи, откуда взялись рысь и дар слова... (Гоголь 3)....Sobakevich had got into the vein, as they say. Whence came this gift of gab and the pace of his speech? (3b)....Sobakevich had hit the peak of his eloquence, as they say, and his pace and power of expression were truly surprising (3c).
         ♦ [Львов:] Не могу я вам высказать, нет у меня дара слова, но... новы мне глубоко несимпатичны! (Чехов 4). [L.:] I can't put it properly, I'm not much of a speaker, but-but I do most thoroughly dislike you (4b).

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