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1 safe

I
1. seif adjective
1) ((negative unsafe) protected, or free (from danger etc): The children are safe from danger in the garden.) seguro

2) (providing good protection: You should keep your money in a safe place.) seguro

3) (unharmed: The missing child has been found safe and well.) salvo

4) (not likely to cause harm: These pills are safe for children.) seguro

5) ((of a person) reliable: a safe driver; He's a very fast driver but he's safe enough.) cauteloso, fiable

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- safeness
- safely
- safety
- safeguard
2. verb
(to protect: Put a good lock on your door to safeguard your property.) salvaguardar, proteger; defender

- safety-belt
- safety lamp
- safety measures
- safety-pin
- safety valve
- be on the safe side
- safe and sound
II seif noun
(a heavy metal chest or box in which money etc can be locked away safely: There is a small safe hidden behind that picture on the wall.) caja de caudales

safe¹ adj

1. seguro / no peligroso

you should keep your money in a safe place deberías guardar tu dinero en un sitio seguro

it isn't safe to play in the street es peligroso jugar en la calle

2. prudente

my father is a safe driver mi padre es un conductor prudente

3. a salvo

the missing mountaineer is safe el alpinista que se había perdido está a salvo

safe and sound sano y salvo

safe² n caja fuerte

they left their money in the hotel safe dejaron su dinero en la caja fuerte del hotel

safe

tr[seɪf]

adjective

1 (gen) seguro,-a; (out of danger) a salvo, fuera de peligro

■ be careful, the banisters aren't very safe ten cuidado, la barandilla no es muy segura

■ it's not safe to play in the road es peligroso jugar en la calle

■ she's a safe driver conduce con cuidado

■ your secret's safe with me guardaré tu secreto

■ don't worry, you'll be safe here no te preocupes, aquí estarás a salvo

2 (unharmed) ileso,-a, indemne

■ the missing boy has been found safe se ha encontrado sano y salvo al niño desaparecido

3 (not risky - method, investment, choice) seguro,-a; (subject) no polémico,-a

noun

1 caja fuerte, caja de caudales, caja de seguridad

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be a safe bet ser seguro,-a

as safe as houses completamente seguro,-a

better safe than sorry más vale prevenir que curar

in safe hands en buenas manos

it's safe to say that... se puede decir con seguridad que...

safe and sound sano,-a y salvo,-a

to be on the safe side para mayor seguridad, por si acaso

to play (it) safe ir sobre seguro, jugar sobre seguro

safe house piso franco

safe seat SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL escaño asegurado

safe sex sexo seguro

safe ['seɪf] adj, safer ; safest

1) unharmed: ileso

safe and sound: sano y salvo

2) secure: seguro

3)

to be on the safe side : para mayor seguridad

4)

to play it safe : ir a la segura

safe n

: caja f fuerte

safe

adj.

• cierto, -a adj.

• digno de confianza adj.

• ileso, -a adj.

• incólume adj.

• intacto, -a adj.

• salvo, -a adj.

• sano, -a adj.

• seguro, -a adj.

n.

• arca s.f.

• caja s.f.

• caja de caudales s.f.

• caja fuerte s.f.

I seɪf
adjective safer, safest

1)

a) ( secure from danger) (pred) seguro

his reputation is safe — su reputación está a salvo

you are not safe here — corres peligro aquí

keep these documents safe — guarda estos documentos en un lugar seguro

your secret is safe with me — puedes confiar en que guardaré tu secreto

to be safe FROM somebody/something: we'll be safe from prying eyes/from him here — aquí estaremos a salvo de curiosos/de él

b) ( unharmed) (pred)

they were found safe and well o safe and sound — los encontraron sanos y salvos

c) ( offering protection) <haven/refuge> seguro

2) ( not dangerous) seguro

that ladder isn't very safe — esa escalera no es muy segura

is the water safe to drink? — ¿se puede beber el agua sin peligro?

have a safe journey — (que tengas) buen viaje

3) ( not risky) < investment> seguro, sin riesgo; <method/contraceptive> seguro, fiable

he's a very safe driver — conduce con prudencia

it's safe to say that... — se puede decir sin temor a equivocarse que...

safe sex — sexo m seguro or sin riesgo

we'd better leave at four o'clock to be on the safe side — mejor salgamos a las cuatro por si acaso

better (to be) safe than sorry — más vale prevenir que curar; play II II 1) b)

II

noun ( for valuables) caja f fuerte, caja f de caudales; (before n)

safe cracker o (BrE) breaker — ladrón, -drona m,f de cajas fuertes

[seɪf]
1. ADJ
(compar safer) (superl safest)
1) (=not in danger) [person] a salvo, seguro; [object] seguro

you'll be safe here — aquí no correrás peligro, aquí estarás a salvo

your pearls will be quite safe in the bank — tus perlas estarán totalmente seguras en el banco

• to feel safe — sentirse seguro

• to be safe from — [+ attack, predator, sarcasm] estar a salvo de; [+ contamination] estar libre de

• to keep sth safe — guardar algo (en lugar seguro)

I'll keep it safe for you — yo te lo guardo

where can I put this to keep it safe? — ¿dónde puedo poner esto para que esté seguro?

• the secret is safe with me — guardaré el secreto

the documents are safe with him — cuidará bien de los documentos, con él los documentos están en buenas manos

- safe and sound

- as safe as houses

- better safe than sorry

2) (=not dangerous) [ladder, load, vehicle, option] seguro; [method, handling] seguro, fiable; [structure, bridge] sólido; [investment] seguro, sin riesgo; [level] que no entraña riesgo

the safe disposal of hazardous wastes — la eliminación sin riesgos de residuos peligrosos

is nuclear power safe? — ¿es segura la energía nuclear?

these stairs are not very safe — esta escalera no es muy segura

don't walk on the ice, it isn't safe — no andes por el hielo, es peligroso

keep your alcohol consumption within safe limits — mantén tu consumo de alcohol dentro de los límites de seguridad

it's not safe to go out after dark — es peligroso salir de noche

it's safe to eat — se puede comer sin peligro

it's safe to say that... — se puede decir sin miedo a equivocarse que...

it's safe to assume that... — cabe suponer con bastante seguridad que...

it might be safer to wait — puede que sea mejor esperar

• it is a safe assumption that she was very disappointed — a buen seguro que estaba muy decepcionada

• it's a safe bet! — ¡es cosa segura!

• to keep a safe distance from sth — mantenerse a una distancia prudencial de algo; (when driving) mantener la distancia de seguridad con algo

to follow sb at a safe distance — seguir a algn manteniendo cierta distancia

• to be a safe driver — conducir con prudencia or con cuidado

• a team of experts made the building safe — un equipo de expertos se ocupó de que el edificio no constituyese un peligro

• a safe margin — un margen de seguridad

• just to be on the safe side — para mayor seguridad, por si acaso

• the safest thing is to... — lo más seguro es + infin

• he's safe with children — [man] es de fiar con los niños; [dog] no es un peligro para los niños

3) (=secure) [environment, neighbourhood, harbour] seguro

• to be in safe hands — estar a salvo, estar en buenas manos

• to keep sth in a safe place — guardar algo en un lugar seguro

- a safe pair of hands

4) (=trouble-free) [arrival, delivery] sin problemas; [landing] sin riesgo, sin peligro

• safe journey! — ¡buen viaje!

have a safe journey home! — ¡que llegues bien (a casa)!

• safe passage — paso m franco, libre tránsito m

• the safe return of the hostages — la vuelta de los rehenes sanos y salvos

2.

N (for valuables) caja f fuerte; (for meat) fresquera f

3.

ADV

• to play (it) safe — ir a lo seguro, no arriesgarse

4.

CPD

safe area N — [of country] zona f de seguridad

safe breaker N — ladrón(-ona) m / f de cajas fuertes

safe deposit N — (=vault) cámara f acorazada; (=box) (also: safe deposit box) caja f fuerte, caja f de seguridad

safe haven N — refugio m seguro

safe house N — piso m franco

the safe period * N — (Med) el periodo de infertilidad

safe seat N (esp Brit) (Pol) —

it was a safe Conservative seat — era un escaño prácticamente seguro para los conservadores, el escaño estaba prácticamente asegurado para los conservadores

safe sex N — sexo m seguro or sin riesgo

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I [seɪf]
adjective safer, safest

1)

a) ( secure from danger) (pred) seguro

his reputation is safe — su reputación está a salvo

you are not safe here — corres peligro aquí

keep these documents safe — guarda estos documentos en un lugar seguro

your secret is safe with me — puedes confiar en que guardaré tu secreto

to be safe FROM somebody/something: we'll be safe from prying eyes/from him here — aquí estaremos a salvo de curiosos/de él

b) ( unharmed) (pred)

they were found safe and well o safe and sound — los encontraron sanos y salvos

c) ( offering protection) <haven/refuge> seguro

2) ( not dangerous) seguro

that ladder isn't very safe — esa escalera no es muy segura

is the water safe to drink? — ¿se puede beber el agua sin peligro?

have a safe journey — (que tengas) buen viaje

3) ( not risky) < investment> seguro, sin riesgo; <method/contraceptive> seguro, fiable

he's a very safe driver — conduce con prudencia

it's safe to say that... — se puede decir sin temor a equivocarse que...

safe sex — sexo m seguro or sin riesgo

we'd better leave at four o'clock to be on the safe side — mejor salgamos a las cuatro por si acaso

better (to be) safe than sorry — más vale prevenir que curar; play II II 1) b)

II

noun ( for valuables) caja f fuerte, caja f de caudales; (before n)

safe cracker o (BrE) breaker — ladrón, -drona m,f de cajas fuertes

English-spanish dictionary > safe
2 safe

safe [seɪf]

sûr ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (d)-(f) solide ⇒ 1 (a) pas dangereux ⇒ 1 (a) sans danger ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (e) en sécurité ⇒ 1 (b) hors de danger ⇒ 1 (b) sain et sauf ⇒ 1 (c) sans risques ⇒ 1 (e) coffre-fort ⇒ 2 (a)

1 adjective

(a) (not dangerous → car, machine, area) sûr; (→ structure, building, fastening) solide; (→ beach) pas dangereux; (→ chemical, water) sans danger;

∎ this part of town is/isn't safe at night ce quartier est/n'est pas sûr la nuit;

∎ the staircase doesn't look very safe l'escalier n'a pas l'air très sûr;

∎ they claim nuclear power is perfectly safe ils prétendent que l'énergie nucléaire n'est pas du tout dangereuse;

∎ this medicine is/isn't safe for young children ce médicament convient/ne convient pas aux enfants en bas âge;

∎ she assured me the water was perfectly safe to drink elle m'a assuré qu'on pouvait boire l'eau sans danger ou sans risque;

∎ is it safe to come out now? est-ce qu'on peut sortir (sans danger ou sans crainte) maintenant?;

∎ is it safe to swim here? est-ce qu'on peut nager ici?, est-ce dangereux de nager ici?;

∎ it isn't safe to play in the street il est dangereux de jouer dans la rue;

∎ the bomb has been made safe la bombe a été désamorcée;

∎ the police kept the crowd at a safe distance les policiers ont empêché la foule d'approcher de trop près;

∎ the safe period = période du cycle pendant laquelle la femme est censée ne pas être féconde

(b) (protected, not in danger) en sécurité; (no longer in danger) hors de danger;

∎ I don't feel safe alone at night je ne me sens pas en sécurité tout seul la nuit;

∎ the money's safe in the bank l'argent est en sécurité à la banque;

∎ American keep safe! prends bien soin de toi!;

∎ the secret will be safe with her elle ne risque pas d'ébruiter le secret;

∎ safe from attack/from suspicion à l'abri d'une attaque/des soupçons;

∎ you don't look very safe standing on that chair tu as l'air d'être en équilibre instable debout sur cette chaise;

∎ (have a) safe journey! bon voyage!;

∎ humorous no woman is safe with him c'est un coureur invétéré

(c) (unharmed, undamaged → person) sain et sauf;

∎ to come home safe rentrer sain et sauf;

∎ safe and sound sain et sauf;

∎ I'm glad to hear you're safe je suis content d'apprendre qu'il ne t'est rien arrivé;

∎ we shall pay upon safe delivery of the goods nous payerons après réception des marchandises

(d) (secure → place) sûr;

∎ keep it in a safe place gardez-le en lieu sûr;

∎ is there anywhere safe to leave my handbag? y a-t-il un lieu sûr où je puisse laisser mon sac à main?;

∎ in safe custody (child) sous bonne garde; (securities, assets etc) en dépôt;

∎ in safe hands en mains sûres;

∎ in safe keeping en lieu sûr, en sûreté;

∎ to give sth to sb for safe keeping confier qch à qn;

∎ it's in his safe keeping c'est sous sa garde

(e) (not risky, certain → course of action) sans risque ou risques, sans danger; (→ investment) sûr; (→ estimate) raisonnable;

∎ I played it safe and arrived an hour early pour ne pas prendre de risques, je suis arrivé une heure en avance;

∎ you're always safe ordering a steak on ne prend jamais de risques en commandant un steak;

∎ a safe winner un (une) gagnant(e) certain(e);

∎ the steak's a safe bet on ne prend jamais de risques en commandant le steak;

∎ it's a safe bet that he'll be late on peut être sûr qu'il arrivera en retard;

∎ it's a safe guess that… on ne prend pas beaucoup de risques en disant que…;

∎ the safest option l'option la moins risquée;

∎ I think it's safe to say that everybody enjoyed themselves je pense que l'on peut dire avec certitude que ça a plu à tout le monde;

∎ it is a safe assumption that… on peut présumer sans risque que…;

∎ take an umbrella (just) to be on the safe side prends un parapluie, c'est plus sûr ou au cas où;

∎ it's as safe as houses cela ne présente pas le moindre risque;

∎ proverb better safe than sorry deux précautions valent mieux qu'une

(f) (reliable → driver) sûr, prudent;

∎ is he safe with the money/the children? est-ce qu'on peut lui confier l'argent/les enfants (sans crainte)?;

∎ she's a very safe driver c'est une conductrice très sûre ou très prudente;

∎ he's a safe pair of hands (goalkeeper) il a les mains très sûres; (manager, minister etc) il est très fiable

2 noun

(a) (for money, valuables etc) coffre-fort m;

∎ night or deposit safe coffre m de nuit

(b) (for food) garde-manger m inv

►► safe area zone f de sécurité;

safe deposit dépôt m en coffre-fort;

safe haven (gen) refuge m; Military zone f de sécurité;

safe house (for spies, wanted man) refuge m;

safe load (for lorry) charge f admissible; (for lift) charge f maximum; Electricity charge f de sécurité;

British Politics safe seat = siège de député qui traditionnellement va toujours au même parti;

safe sex rapports mpl sexuels protégés

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3 safe

1. noun
Safe, der; Geldschrank, der
2. adjective
1) (out of danger) sicher ( from vor + Dat.)

he's safe — er ist in Sicherheit

make something safe from something — etwas gegen etwas sichern

safe and sound — sicher und wohlbehalten

2) (free from danger) ungefährlich; sicher [Ort, Hafen]

better safe than sorry — Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht (ugs.)

wish somebody a safe journey — jemandem eine gute Reise wünschen

is the car safe to drive? — ist der Wagen verkehrssicher?

to be on the safe side — zur Sicherheit

3) (unlikely to produce controversy) sicher; bewährt (iron.) [Klischee]

it is safe to say [that...] — man kann mit einiger Sicherheit sagen[, dass...]

4) (reliable) sicher [Methode, Investition, Stelle]; nahe liegend [Vermutung]

5) (secure)

your secrets will be safe with me — deine Geheimnisse sind bei mir gut aufgehoben. See also academic.ru/56066/play">play 2. 1), 3. 5)

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I 1. [seif] adjective
1) ((negative unsafe) protected, or free ( from danger etc): The children are safe from danger in the garden.) sicher

2) (providing good protection: You should keep your money in a safe place.) sicher

3) (unharmed: The missing child has been found safe and well.) unversehrt

4) (not likely to cause harm: These pills are safe for children.) ungefährlich

5) ((of a person) reliable: a safe driver; He's a very fast driver but he's safe enough.) sicher

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- safeness
- safely
- safety
- safeguard 2. verb
(to protect: Put a good lock on your door to safeguard your property.) sichern

- safety-belt
- safety lamp
- safety measures
- safety-pin
- safety valve
- be on the safe side
- safe and sound II [seif] noun
(a heavy metal chest or box in which money etc can be locked away safely: There is a small safe hidden behind that picture on the wall.) der Safe

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safe

[seɪf]

I. adj

1. (secure) sicher, ungefährlich; medicine unbedenklich

\safe journey! gute Reise!

it's \safe to enter the building now man kann das Gebäude jetzt gefahrlos betreten

do you think it will be \safe to leave her in the car by herself? meinst du, es kann nichts passieren, wenn wir sie allein im Auto lassen?

\safe distance Sicherheitsabstand m

to drive at a \safe speed mit angepasster Geschwindigkeit fahren

\safe vaccine gut verträglicher Impfstoff

2. (protected) sicher

your secret's \safe with me bei mir ist dein Geheimnis sicher aufgehoben

we're \safe from attack now wir sind jetzt vor einem Angriff sicher

to keep sth in a \safe place etw sicher aufbewahren

to feel \safe sich akk sicher fühlen

to put sth somewhere \safe etw an einen sicheren Ort tun

3. (certain) [relativ] sicher

it's a pretty \safe assumption that she's going to marry him es ist so gut wie sicher, dass sie ihn heiraten wird

it's a \safe bet that his condition will get worse man kann davon ausgehen, dass sich sein Zustand verschlechtern wird

black shoes are always a \safe bet mit schwarzen Schuhen kann man nie etwas falsch machen

\safe method/source sichere Methode/Quelle

4. (avoiding risk) vorsichtig

to make the \safe choice auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam

\safe driver vorsichtiger Fahrer/vorsichtige Fahrerin

ten years of \safe driving zehn Jahre unfallfreies Fahren

\safe estimate vorsichtige Schätzung

\safe play Spiel nt auf Sicherheit

\safe player auf Sicherheit bedachter Spieler/bedachte Spielerin

5. (dependable) sicher, verlässlich, zuverlässig

\safe adviser verlässlicher Berater/verlässliche Beraterin

\safe car verkehrssicheres Auto

\safe driver sicherer Fahrer/sichere Fahrerin

\safe investment risikolose Investition

\safe road gut ausgebaute Straße

6. POL

\safe constituency/seat sicherer Wahlkreis/Sitz

7. SPORT

to win by a \safe margin mit sicherem [o großem] Vorsprung gewinnen

8.

▶ it is better to be \safe than sorry ( prov) Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht prov

▶ to be in \safe hands in guten Händen sein

▶ to be as \safe as houses BRIT deal, job bombensicher sein fam

▶ to play it \safe Vorsicht walten lassen, auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam

▶ [just [or in order]] to be on the \safe side [nur] um sicherzugehen [o zur Sicherheit]

▶ \safe and sound gesund und wohlbehalten

II. n Geldschrank m, Tresor m, Safe m

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I [seɪf]
n
(for valuables) Safe m or nt, Panzerschrank m, Tresor m II
adj (+er)

1) (= not in danger) sicher; (= out of danger) in Sicherheit; (= not injured) unverletzt

to be safe from sb/sth — vor jdm/etw sicher sein

no girl is safe with him — bei ihm ist kein Mädchen sicher

to keep sth safe — etw sicher aufbewahren

all the passengers/climbers are safe — alle Passagiere/Bergsteiger sind in Sicherheit or (not injured) sind unverletzt

you're not safe without a seat belt — es ist gefährlich or nicht sicher, ohne Gurt zu fahren

safe journey! — gute Fahrt/Reise!

safe journey home! —

we've found him – is he safe? — wir haben ihn gefunden! – ist ihm etwas passiert?

thank God you're safe — Gott sei Dank ist dir nichts passiert

he was safe at home all the time — er saß die ganze Zeit wohlbehalten zu Hause

safe and sound — gesund und wohlbehalten

the patient is safe now — der Patient ist jetzt außer Gefahr

my life's not safe here — ich bin hier meines Lebens nicht sicher

your reputation is safe — Ihr Ruf ist nicht in Gefahr

the secret is safe with me — bei mir ist das Geheimnis gut aufgehoben

the thieves are now safe in prison — die Diebe sind jetzt in sicherem Gewahrsam

2) (= not likely to cause harm, not dangerous, not presenting risks) ungefährlich; (= stable, secure) building, roof etc sicher

not safe — gefährlich

this car is not safe to drive — das Auto ist nicht verkehrssicher

she is not safe on the roads — sie ist eine Gefahr im Straßenverkehr

is this beach safe for bathing? — kann man an diesem Strand gefahrlos or ohne Gefahr baden?

it is safe to leave it open/tell him — man kann es unbesorgt or ohne Weiteres auflassen/es ihm unbesorgt or ohne Weiteres erzählen

is it safe to touch that/drive so fast/light a fire? — ist es auch nicht gefährlich, das anzufassen/so schnell zu fahren/ein Feuer anzumachen?

it is safe to eat/drink —

the dog is safe with children — der Hund tut Kindern nichts

it's now safe to turn off your computer — Sie können den Computer jetzt ausschalten

3) (= secure) place, hiding place sicher

in a safe place — an einem sicheren Ort

4) (= reliable) job, contraceptive, driver sicher; mountain guide, method, player zuverlässig, verlässlich

safe period — sichere or ungefährliche Zeit

to be or have a safe pair of hands —

in safe hands — in sicheren Händen

5) (= not likely to be/go wrong) investment, theory, choice, option sicher; policy vorsichtig, risikolos; estimate realistisch

safe margin — Spielraum m; (Fin also) Reserve f

it is safe to assume or a safe assumption that... — man kann mit ziemlicher Sicherheit annehmen, dass...

it's a safe guess —

they appointed a safe man as headmaster he plays a safe game (of tennis) — sie bestimmten einen gemäßigten Mann als Rektor er spielt (Tennis) auf Sicherheit

I think it's safe to say... — ich glaube, man kann wohl or ruhig sagen...

is it safe to generalize? — kann man das ohne Weiteres verallgemeinern?

is it safe to draw that conclusion? — kann man diesen Schluss so ohne Weiteres ziehen?

to be safe in the knowledge that... —

do you feel safe just taking on three extra staff? — haben Sie keine Bedenken, wenn Sie nur drei extra Leute einstellen?

just to be safe or on the safe side — um ganz sicher zu sein, um sicherzugehen

the safest thing (to do) would be to wait here for her — das Sicherste wäre, hier auf sie zu warten

it is a safe bet that... — man kann darauf wetten, dass...

to follow sb at a safe distance — jdm in sicherem Abstand folgen

better safe than sorry — Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht (Prov)

6)

(= certain) he is safe to win/get the job — er wird sicher gewinnen/die Stelle sicher bekommen

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safe [seıf]

A adj (adv safely)

1. sicher ( from vor dat):

safe area MIL Schutzzone f;

a safe place ein sicherer Ort;

keep sth safe ( oder in a safe place) etwas sicher aufbewahren;

we are safe from disturbance here hier sind wir ungestört;

you are safe with him bei ihm bist du sicher aufgehoben;

better to be safe than sorry (Sprichwort) Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Weisheit oder der Porzellankiste;

make the game safe SPORT alles klarmachen

2. sicher, unversehrt, außer Gefahr (auch Patient):

he has safely arrived er ist gut angekommen;

he arrived safe and sound er kam heil und gesund an

3. sicher, ungefährlich, gefahrlos:

safe (to operate) TECH betriebssicher;

safe current maximal zulässiger Strom;

safe period PHYSIOL (die) unfruchtbaren Tage (der Frau);

safe sex Safer Sex m;

safe stress TECH zulässige Beanspruchung;

the rope is safe das Seil hält;

is it safe to go there? kann man da ungefährdet oder gefahrlos hingehen?;

in safe custody → A 7;

(as) safe as houses umg absolut sicher;

it is safe to say that …, one can safely say that … man kann ruhig sagen, dass …;

it is safe to assume that … man kann ohne Weiteres oder getrost annehmen, dass …;

be on the safe side (Redew) um ganz sicherzugehen, um auf der sicheren Seite zu sein; → load A 6 a, play B 1, C 1, safe house

4. vorsichtig (Schätzung etc)

5. sicher, zuverlässig (Führer, Methode etc)

6. sicher, voraussichtlich (Sieger etc):

safe seat PARL sicherer Wahlkreis;

he is safe to be there er wird sicher da sein

7. in sicherem Gewahrsam (auch Gangster etc)

B s

1. Safe m, Tresor m, Geldschrank m

2. → meat safe

3. US sl Gummi m (Kondom)

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1. noun
Safe, der; Geldschrank, der
2. adjective
1) (out of danger) sicher ( from vor + Dat.)

he's safe — er ist in Sicherheit

make something safe from something — etwas gegen etwas sichern

safe and sound — sicher und wohlbehalten

2) (free from danger) ungefährlich; sicher [Ort, Hafen]

better safe than sorry — Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht (ugs.)

wish somebody a safe journey — jemandem eine gute Reise wünschen

is the car safe to drive? — ist der Wagen verkehrssicher?

to be on the safe side — zur Sicherheit

3) (unlikely to produce controversy) sicher; bewährt (iron.) [Klischee]

it is safe to say [that...] — man kann mit einiger Sicherheit sagen[, dass...]

4) (reliable) sicher [Methode, Investition, Stelle]; nahe liegend [Vermutung]

5) (secure)

your secrets will be safe with me — deine Geheimnisse sind bei mir gut aufgehoben. See also play 2. 1), 3. 5)

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(vault) n.

Safe -s m. adj.

geschützt adj.

sicher adj. n.

Geldschrank m.

Tresor -e m.

English-german dictionary > safe
4 safe

I 1. seif adjective
1) ((negative unsafe) protected, or free (from danger etc): The children are safe from danger in the garden.) sikker, trygg, i god behold

2) (providing good protection: You should keep your money in a safe place.) sikker, trygg

3) (unharmed: The missing child has been found safe and well.) i god behold, i sikkerhet

4) (not likely to cause harm: These pills are safe for children.) ufarlig, uten risiko

5) ((of a person) reliable: a safe driver; He's a very fast driver but he's safe enough.) pålitelig, trygg, forsiktig

•

- safeness
- safely
- safety
- safeguard 2. verb
(to protect: Put a good lock on your door to safeguard your property.) sikre, beskytte, verne

- safety-belt
- safety lamp
- safety measures
- safety-pin
- safety valve
- be on the safe side
- safe and sound II seif noun
(a heavy metal chest or box in which money etc can be locked away safely: There is a small safe hidden behind that picture on the wall.) pengeskap, safe; bankboks

sikker
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trygg

I
subst. \/seɪf\/

1) pengeskap, safe, hvelv

2) matskap (med fluenetting)

3) ( slang) kondom, gummi
II
adj. \/seɪf\/

1) sikker, trygg

• in a safe place

på et trygt sted

• it's safe to say that he was surprised

man kan trygt si at han ble overrasket

2) utenfor fare, i sikkerhet, uskadd, i god behold

3) ufarlig, uten risiko, trygg

• is the dog safe?

er hunden ufarlig?

4) sikker, pålitelig, som man kan stole på

5) sikker

• she is a safe winner

hun er en sikker vinner

as safe as houses sikker som banken, helt sikkert

at a safe distance på trygg avstand

better (to be) safe than sorry (det er) bedre (å være) føre var enn etter snar

feel safe føle seg trygg

in safe hands i trygge hender

keep safe forvare, bevare

not safe ( også) ikke tilrådelig

play (it) safe være føre var gardere seg

safe (and sound) i god behold, velbeholden

• they arrived safe and sound

de kom tilbake i god behold

(a) safe bet noe som er helt sikkert, noe som er garantert

safe in the knowledge that i trygg visshet om at

to be on the safe side for å være på den sikre siden, for sikkerhets skyld

with a safe conscience med god samvittighet

English-Norwegian dictionary > safe
5 safe

[seɪf] adj

1) ( secure) sicher, ungefährlich; medicine unbedenklich;

\safe journey! gute Reise!;

it's \safe to enter the building now man kann das Gebäude jetzt gefahrlos betreten;

do you think it will be \safe to leave her in the car by herself? meinst du, es kann nichts passieren, wenn wir sie allein im Auto lassen?;

\safe distance Sicherheitsabstand m;

to drive at a \safe speed mit angepasster Geschwindigkeit fahren;

\safe vaccine gut verträglicher Impfstoff

2) ( protected) sicher;

your secret's \safe with me bei mir ist dein Geheimnis sicher aufgehoben;

we're \safe from attack now wir sind jetzt vor einem Angriff sicher;

to keep sth in a \safe place etw sicher aufbewahren;

to feel \safe sich akk sicher fühlen;

to put sth somewhere \safe etw an einen sicheren Ort tun

3) ( certain) [relativ] sicher;

it's a pretty \safe assumption that she's going to marry him es ist so gut wie sicher, dass sie ihn heiraten wird;

it's a \safe bet that his condition will get worse man kann davon ausgehen, dass sich sein Zustand verschlechtern wird;

black shoes are always a \safe bet mit schwarzen Schuhen kann man nie etwas falsch machen;

\safe method/ source sichere Methode/Quelle

4) ( avoiding risk) vorsichtig;

to make the \safe choice auf Nummer Sicher gehen ( fam)

\safe driver vorsichtiger Fahrer/vorsichtige Fahrerin;

ten years of \safe driving zehn Jahre unfallfreies Fahren;

\safe estimate vorsichtige Schätzung;

\safe play Spiel nt auf Sicherheit;

\safe player auf Sicherheit bedachter Spieler/bedachte Spielerin

5) ( dependable) sicher, verlässlich, zuverlässig;

\safe adviser verlässlicher Berater/verlässliche Beraterin;

\safe car verkehrssicheres Auto;

\safe driver sicherer Fahrer/sichere Fahrerin;

\safe road gut ausgebaute Straße

6) pol

\safe constituency/ seat sicherer Wahlkreis/Sitz

7) sports

to win by a \safe margin mit sicherem [o großem] Vorsprung gewinnen

PHRASES:

to be in \safe hands in guten Händen sein;

to be as \safe as houses ( Brit) deal, job bombensicher sein ( fam)

[just [or in order]] to be on the \safe side [nur] um sicherzugehen [o zur Sicherheit];

it is better to be \safe than sorry (to be \safe than sorry) Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht ( prov)

\safe and sound gesund und wohlbehalten;

to play it \safe Vorsicht walten lassen, auf Nummer Sicher gehen ( fam) n Geldschrank m, Tresor m, Safe m

English-German students dictionary > safe
6 safe

§ უვნებელი, საიმედო, უსაშიშრო; სეიფი

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1 უვნებელი

he returned safe from the war ომიდან უვნებელი დაბრუნდა

●●safe and sound საღ-სალამათი

2 უხიფათო, უსაფრთხო, უშიშარი

in a safe place უსაფრთხო ადგილას

a safe road / way უსაფრთხო გზა

is this toy safe for children? ეს სათამაშო საშიში ხომ არ არის ბავშვებისათვის?

here he is safe from danger აქ საფრთხე არ ემუქრება

it is not safe to walk in this wood ამ ტყეში სიარული უსაფრთხო არ არის

●●she is in safe hands საიმედო ხელშია

3 ფრთხილი

a safe driver / policy ფრთხილი მძღოლი / პოლიტიკა

to be safe ყოველი შემთხვევისათვის

I'll take my umbrella just to be safe ყოველი შემთხვევისათვის ქოლგას წავიღებ

to be on the safe side უფრო საიმედო რომ იყოს // მეტი უსაფრთხოებისათვის

4 სეიფი

5 პატარა საკუჭნაო

for safe keeping შესანახად

he keeps his money in a safe ფულს სეიფში ინახავს

they broke into a safe სეიფი გატეხეს

English-Georgian dictionary > safe
7 side

1. noun
1) ((the ground beside) an edge, border or boundary line: He walked round the side of the field; He lives on the same side of the street as me.) lado

2) (a surface of something: A cube has six sides.) cara

3) (one of the two of such surfaces which are not the top, bottom, front, or back: There is a label on the side of the box.) lado

4) (either surface of a piece of paper, cloth etc: Don't waste paper - write on both sides!) cara, lado, plana

5) (the right or left part of the body: I've got a pain in my side.) costado, lado

6) (a part or division of a town etc: He lives on the north side of the town.) parte, lado

7) (a slope (of a hill): a mountain-side.) ladera, falda

8) (a point of view; an aspect: We must look at all sides of the problem.) aspecto, punto de vista

9) (a party, team etc which is opposing another: Whose side are you on?; Which side is winning?) lado, parte, bando

2. adjective
(additional, but less important: a side issue.) secundario

- - side
- - sided
- sidelong
- sideways
- sideburns
- side effect
- sidelight
- sideline
- sidelines
- side road
- sidestep
- side-street
- sidetrack
- sidewalk
- from all sides
- on all sides
- side by side
- side with
- take sides

side n

1. lado

it's on the other side of the street está al otro lado de la calle

she sat down by my side se sentó a mi lado

2. cara

write on both sides of the paper escribe en las dos caras del papel

have you listened to the other side of the record? ¿has escuchado la otra cara del disco?

3. lado / costado

my right side hurts, doctor doctor, me duele el costado derecho

4. mano

it's on the right hand side está a mano derecha

5. equipo

which side do you want to win? ¿qué equipo quieres que gane?

6. parte / lado

I'm on your side estoy de tu parte

side by side uno al lado del otro

to take sides tomar partido

side

tr[saɪd]

noun

1 (gen) lado; (of coin, cube, record) cara; (of written page) carilla, cara, plana

■ there's a garage at the side of the house hay un garaje al lado de la casa

■ write on one side of the paper only sólo escribir en una cara del papel

■ the right/wrong side of the material el derecho/revés de la tela

■ he's from the other side of town es del otro lado de la ciudad

■ let's cross over to the other side crucemos al otro lado

■ they sat on either side of the table se sentaron a ambos lados de la mesa

■ they drive on the right-hand side of the road conducen por la derecha

■ it's on the left-hand side está a mano izquierda

2 (of hill, mountain) ladera, falda

3 (of body) lado, costado; (of animal) ijada, ijar nombre masculino

■ I've got a pain in my right side me duele el lado derecho

■ she was lying on her side estaba echada de lado

■ she never left his side no dejó nunca de estar con él

■ come and sit by my side ven y siéntate a mi lado

■ a side of beef media res

4 (edge - gen) borde nombre masculino; (- of lake, river, etc) orilla; (- of page) margen nombre masculino

■ flowers grow at the side of the path crecen flores a los lados del sendero

■ she made notes at the side of the page tomó notas en el margen de la página

5 (aspect) aspecto, faceta, lado; (position, opinion, point of view) lado, parte nombre femenino, punto de vista

■ a new side to his character una nueva faceta de su carácter

■ try and look on the bright side trata de ver el lado bueno de las cosas

■ look at it from my side míralo desde mi punto de vista

■ the practical side of things el aspecto práctico de las cosas

■ listen to both sides before you decide escucha los dos partes antes de decidir

■ I've kept my side of the bargain he cumplido con mi parte del trato

■ one side of the story una versión de la historia

6 (participant in war, argument, debate, etc) lado, parte nombre femenino, bando; (party) partido

■ whose side are you on? ¿de qué parte estás?, ¿de parte de quién estás?

■ I'm on your side estoy de tu parte, estoy de tu lado

■ both sides are as bad as each other los dos bandos son igual de malos

7 SMALLSPORT/SMALL equipo

8 (line of descent) parte nombre femenino, lado

■ on his mother's side por parte de su madre

9 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (TV channel) canal nombre masculino

adjective

1 lateral

■ use the side door utiliza la puerta lateral

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

by the side of junto a

on/from all sides por los cuatro costados

on/from every side por los cuatro costados

on the side (in addition to main job) como trabajo extra

■ he makes a bit of money on the side by giving private classes gana algún dinero extra dando clases particulares

side by side juntos,-as, uno,-a al lado del/de la otro,-a

this side of... (place) sólo en... 2 (time) antes de...

■ this side of the year 2000 antes del año 2000

to be on the right/wrong side of fifty tener menos/más de cincuenta años

to be on the big/small side ser más bien grande/pequeño,-a

to come down on somebody's side (gen) ponerse de parte de alguien 2 (in judgement) fallar a favor de alguien

to get on the wrong side of somebody ganarse la antipatía de alguien

to have something on one's side tener ventaja en algo

to keep on the right side of somebody tratar de llevarse bien con alguien

to let the side down fallar a alguien, hacer quedar mal a alguien

to put something on/to one side guardar algo, reservar algo, dejar algo a un lado

to take somebody on(to) one side llamar a alguien aparte

to take sides with somebody ponerse de parte de alguien

side dish guarnición nombre femenino, acompañamiento

side drum tambor nombre masculino

side effect efecto secundario

side issue tema secundario

side street calle nombre femenino lateral

side view vista de perfil

side ['saɪd] n

1) : lado m, costado m (de una persona), ijada f (de un animal)

2) : lado m, cara f (de una moneda, etc.)

3) : lado m, parte f

he's on my side: está de mi parte

to take sides: tomar partido

side

adj.

• indirecto, -a adj.

• ladero, -a adj.

• lateral adj.

• secundario, -a adj.

n.

• cara s.f.

• costado s.m.

• equipo s.m.

• falda s.f.

• flanco s.m.

• lado s.m.

• orilla s.f.

v.

• tomar partido v.

I saɪd
noun

1) (surface - of cube, record, coin, piece of paper) lado m, cara f; (- of building, cupboard) lado m, costado m; (- of mountain, hill) ladera f, falda f

we laid the wardrobe on its side — colocamos el armario de costado or de lado

this side up — este lado hacia arriba

they threw him over the side — lo arrojaron por la borda

1,000 words is about three sides — 1.000 palabras son más o menos tres carillas

the right/wrong side of the fabric — el derecho/revés de la tela; coin I

2) (boundary, edge)

he left it on the side of his plate — lo dejó en el plato, a un lado or (RPl) a un costado

they were playing by the side of the pool — estaban jugando junto a or al lado de la piscina

the house is by the side of a lake — la casa está a orillas de un lago

3) ( of person) costado m; ( of animal) ijada f, ijar m

a side of beef — media res f

Roy stood at her side — Roy estaba a su lado

he flew in from Washington to be at her side — voló desde Washington para estar con ella or para acompañarla

they sat side by side — estaban sentados uno junto al otro or uno al lado del otro

to work side by side with somebody — trabajar codo con codo con algn

to get on the wrong side of somebody — ganarse la antipatía de algn

to stay o keep on the right side of somebody — no predisponer* a algn en contra de uno

4) (contrasted area, part, half) lado m

the driver's/passenger's side — el lado del conductor/pasajero

they drive on the left-hand side of the road — conducen por la izquierda

the church is on the left-hand side — la iglesia está a mano izquierda

from side to side — de un lado al otro

on both sides/either side of something — a ambos lados/a cada lado de algo

to move to one side — hacerse* a un lado

to take somebody to one side — llamar a algn aparte

to put something on o to one side: I'll put it to one side until I have more time lo voy a dejar hasta que tenga más tiempo; he swam to the other side of the river nadó hasta la otra orilla or hasta el otro lado del río; she walked past on the other side of the street pasó por la acera de enfrente; he's the right/wrong side of 40 tiene menos/más de 40 años; she received support from all sides recibió apoyo de todos los sectores; on the side: he repairs cars on the side — arregla coches como trabajo extra; track I 6) a)

5)

a) ( faction)

to change sides — cambiarse de bando

to take sides — tomar partido

to take somebody's side — ponerse* de parte or del lado de algn

whose side are you on? — ¿tú de parte de quién estás?

she worked for the other side — trabajó para el enemigo

he came down on the side of the union — falló a favor del sindicato

b) ( Sport) equipo m

6) (area, aspect) lado m, aspecto m

you must listen to both sides of the story — hay que oír las dos versiones or las dos campanas

we've kept our side of the bargain — nosotros hemos cumplido con nuestra parte del trato

it's a little on the short/expensive side — es un poco corto/caro

7) ( line of descent)

on her father's side — por parte de su padre or por el lado paterno

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- side with

II

adjective (before n, no comp)

a) <door/entrance/wall> lateral

a side street — una calle lateral, una lateral

b) (incidental, secondary) < issue> secundario

c) ( Culin)

side dish — acompañamiento m, guarnición f

a side order of vegetables — una porción de verduras como acompañamiento or guarnición

a side salad — una ensalada ( como acompañamiento)

[saɪd]
1. N

1) [of person] lado m, costado m

• at or by sb's side — (lit) al lado de algn; (fig) en apoyo a algn

the assistant was at or by his side — el ayudante estaba a su lado

he had the telephone by his side — tenía el teléfono a su lado

by the side of — al lado de

to sit by sb's side — estar sentado al lado de algn

side by side — uno al lado del otro

we sat side by side — nos sentamos uno al lado del otro

to sit side by side with sb — estar sentado al lado de algn

• to sleep on one's side — dormir de costado

• to split one's sides — desternillarse de risa

2) [of animal] ijar m, ijada f

• side of bacon/ beef — (Culin) lonja f de tocino/vaca or (LAm) res

3) (=edge) [of box, square, building etc] lado m ; [of boat, vehicle] costado m ; [of hill] ladera f, falda f ; [of lake] orilla f ; [of road, pond] borde m

a house on the side of a mountain — una casa en la ladera de una montaña

by the side of the lake — a la orilla del lago

the car was abandoned at the side of the road — el coche estaba abandonado al borde de la carretera

• on the other side of the road — al otro lado de la calle

• he was driving on the wrong side of the road — iba por el lado contrario de la carretera

4) (=face, surface) [of box, solid figure, paper, record etc] cara f

please write on both sides of the paper — escribir en ambas caras del papel

play side A — pon la cara A

what's on the other side? — [of record] ¿qué hay a la vuelta?

• right side up — boca arriba

• wrong side up — boca abajo

to be wrong side out — estar al revés

- let's look at the other side of the coin

- these are two sides of the same coin

- the other side of the picture

5) (=aspect) lado m, aspecto m

to see only one side of the question — ver solo un lado or aspecto de la cuestión

to hear both sides of the question — escuchar los argumentos en pro y en contra

on one side..., on the other... — por una parte..., por otra...

6) (=part) lado m

• from all sides — de todas partes, de todos lados

on all sides — por todas partes, por todos lados

• on both sides — por ambos lados

• to look on the bright side — ser optimista

• from every side — de todas partes, de todos lados

• the left-hand side — el lado izquierdo

• on the mother's side — por parte de la madre

• to make a bit (of money) on the side * — ganar algún dinero extra, hacer chapuzas (Sp)

• to move to one side — apartarse, ponerse de lado

to take sb on or to one side — apartar a algn

to put sth to or on one side (for sb) — guardar algo (para algn)

leaving that to one side for the moment,... — dejando eso a un lado por ahora,...

• it's the other side of Illescas — está más allá de Illescas

• to be on the right side of 30 — no haber cumplido los 30 años

to be on the right side of sb — caerle bien a algn

to get on the right side of sb — procurar congraciarse con algn

to keep on the right side of sb — congraciarse or quedar bien con algn

• the right-hand side — el lado derecho

it's on the right-hand side — está a mano derecha

• to be on the safe side... — para estar seguro..., por si acaso...

let's be on the safe side — atengámonos a lo más seguro

• it's this side of Segovia — está más acá de Segovia

it won't happen this side of Christmas — no será antes de Navidades

• from side to side — de un lado a otro

• to be on the wrong side of 30 — haber cumplido los 30 años

- be on the wrong side of sb

to get on the wrong side of sb — ponerse a malas con algn

- get out of bed on the wrong side

7) (fig)

• the weather's on the cold side — el tiempo es algo frío

• it's a bit on the large side — es algo or (LAm) tantito grande

• the results are on the poor side — los resultados son más bien mediocres

8) (=team) (Sport) equipo m

• to change sides — pasar al otro bando; (opinion) cambiar de opinión

• to choose sides — seleccionar el equipo

• to let the side down — (Sport) dejar caer a los suyos; (fig) decepcionar

• he's on our side — (fig) es de los nuestros

whose side are you on? — ¿a quiénes apoyas?

I'm on your side — yo estoy de tu parte

with a few concessions on the government side — con algunas concesiones por parte del gobierno

to be on the side of sth/sb — ser partidario de algo/algn

to have age/justice on one's side — tener la juventud/la justicia de su lado

• our side won — ganaron los nuestros

• to pick sides — seleccionar el equipo

• to take sides (with sb) — tomar partido (con algn)

to take sb's side — ponerse de parte de algn

9) (Pol) (=party) partido m

10) (Brit) * (=conceit, superiority) tono m, postín * m

there's no side about or to him, he's got no side — no presume, no se da aires de superioridad

to put on side — darse tono

2.

VI (in argument)

• to side against sb — tomar el partido contrario a algn, alinearse con los que se oponen a algn

• to side with sb — ponerse de parte de algn

I'm siding with nobody — yo no tomo partido

3.

CPD

side arms NPL — armas fpl de cinto

side dish N — plato m adicional (servido con el principal)

side door N — puerta f de al lado

side drum N — tamboril m

side effect N — efecto m secundario

side entrance N — entrada f lateral

side glance N — mirada f de soslayo

side issue N — cuestión f secundaria

side order N — plato m de acompañamiento

• served with a side order of sth — servido con acompañamiento or guarnición de algo

served with a side order of potato salad — servido con acompañamiento or guarnición de ensaladilla de patatas

side plate N — platito m (para el pan, ensalada etc)

side road N — carretera f secundaria

side saddle N — silla f de amazona
side-saddle
side street N — calle f lateral

side table N — trinchero m

side view N — perfil m

side whiskers NPL — patillas fpl

* * *

I [saɪd]
noun

1) (surface - of cube, record, coin, piece of paper) lado m, cara f; (- of building, cupboard) lado m, costado m; (- of mountain, hill) ladera f, falda f

we laid the wardrobe on its side — colocamos el armario de costado or de lado

this side up — este lado hacia arriba

they threw him over the side — lo arrojaron por la borda

1,000 words is about three sides — 1.000 palabras son más o menos tres carillas

the right/wrong side of the fabric — el derecho/revés de la tela; coin I

2) (boundary, edge)

he left it on the side of his plate — lo dejó en el plato, a un lado or (RPl) a un costado

they were playing by the side of the pool — estaban jugando junto a or al lado de la piscina

the house is by the side of a lake — la casa está a orillas de un lago

3) ( of person) costado m; ( of animal) ijada f, ijar m

a side of beef — media res f

Roy stood at her side — Roy estaba a su lado

he flew in from Washington to be at her side — voló desde Washington para estar con ella or para acompañarla

they sat side by side — estaban sentados uno junto al otro or uno al lado del otro

to work side by side with somebody — trabajar codo con codo con algn

to get on the wrong side of somebody — ganarse la antipatía de algn

to stay o keep on the right side of somebody — no predisponer* a algn en contra de uno

4) (contrasted area, part, half) lado m

the driver's/passenger's side — el lado del conductor/pasajero

they drive on the left-hand side of the road — conducen por la izquierda

the church is on the left-hand side — la iglesia está a mano izquierda

from side to side — de un lado al otro

on both sides/either side of something — a ambos lados/a cada lado de algo

to move to one side — hacerse* a un lado

to take somebody to one side — llamar a algn aparte

to put something on o to one side: I'll put it to one side until I have more time lo voy a dejar hasta que tenga más tiempo; he swam to the other side of the river nadó hasta la otra orilla or hasta el otro lado del río; she walked past on the other side of the street pasó por la acera de enfrente; he's the right/wrong side of 40 tiene menos/más de 40 años; she received support from all sides recibió apoyo de todos los sectores; on the side: he repairs cars on the side — arregla coches como trabajo extra; track I 6) a)

5)

a) ( faction)

to change sides — cambiarse de bando

to take sides — tomar partido

to take somebody's side — ponerse* de parte or del lado de algn

whose side are you on? — ¿tú de parte de quién estás?

she worked for the other side — trabajó para el enemigo

he came down on the side of the union — falló a favor del sindicato

b) ( Sport) equipo m

6) (area, aspect) lado m, aspecto m

you must listen to both sides of the story — hay que oír las dos versiones or las dos campanas

we've kept our side of the bargain — nosotros hemos cumplido con nuestra parte del trato

it's a little on the short/expensive side — es un poco corto/caro

7) ( line of descent)

on her father's side — por parte de su padre or por el lado paterno

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Phrasal Verbs:

- side with

II

adjective (before n, no comp)

a) <door/entrance/wall> lateral

a side street — una calle lateral, una lateral

b) (incidental, secondary) < issue> secundario

c) ( Culin)

side dish — acompañamiento m, guarnición f

a side order of vegetables — una porción de verduras como acompañamiento or guarnición

a side salad — una ensalada ( como acompañamiento)

English-spanish dictionary > side
8 crack

kræk
1. verb
1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) rajarse, resquebrajarse

2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) abrir, romper, cascar

3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) crujir, chasquear

4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) contar chistes

5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) forzar

6) (to solve (a code).) resolver, descifrar

7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) rendirse, rajarse, sucumbir, caer

2. noun
1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) grieta, hendidura, raja

2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) rendija

3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) chasquido

4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) golpe

5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) chiste, chanza

6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol) crack,cocaína dura

3. adjective
(expert: a crack racing-driver.) as, de primera categoría, experto

- cracked
- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack

crack¹ n

1. grieta / raja / defecto

there's crack in the wall la pared tiene una grieta

2. estallido / chasquido

the crack of a whip el chasquido de un látigo

a crack of thunder un trueno

3. golpe

a crack on the head un golpe en la cabeza

crack² vb agrietar

this glass is cracked esta copa está agrietada

crack sustantivo masculino (pl
◊ cracks) ( droga) crack

crac o crack sustantivo masculino
1 Fin crash
2 (droga) crack ' crack' also found in these entries: Spanish: abertura - agrietar - agrietarse - boquera - cascar - cascarse - chascar - chasquear - chasquido - chorro - crac - despepitarse - grieta - hendidura - mondarse - raja - rajar - rajarse - rendija - resquebrajarse - roer - rotura - trallazo - traquetear - alba - cortar - crujir - introducir - latigazo - partir - paso - quebradura - quebrar - rayar - resquebrajar - resquicio - romper - trizarse English: crack - crack down - crack up - hairline - nut - crash - fill - poke - split - stop

crack

tr[kræk]

transitive verb

1 (break - cup, glass, etc) rajar; (- bone) fracturar, romper

■ she's cracked a bone in her foot se ha fracturado un hueso del pie

2 (break open - safe) forzar; (- egg) cascar, romper; (- nut) cascar, partir; (- bottle) destapar, abrir, descorchar

3 (hit) pegar, golpear

■ he cracked his head on the pavement se golpeó la cabeza contra el suelo

4 (whip) hacer restallar, hacer chasquear; (knuckles) hacer crujir

5 figurative use (solve - problem) solucionar, resolver, dar con la solución de; (- code) descifrar, dar con

6 (tell - joke) contar

intransitive verb

1 (break - cup, glass) rajarse, resquebrarse; (- rock, plaster, paint, skin) agrietarse; (- lips) partirse, agrietarse

2 (whip) restallar, chasquear; (bone) crujir

3 (voice) cascarse, quebrarse

4 (relationship, system) venirse abajo; (person) sufrir una crisis nerviosa; (witness, suspect, spy) no poder contenerse más, perder el control

noun

1 (in cup, glass) raja; (in ice, wall, ground, pavement, etc) grieta

2 (slit, narrow opening) rendija

3 (of whip) restallido, chasquido; (of shot) estallido; (of thunder) estruendo; (of bone) crujido

4 (blow) golpetazo

5 (wisecrack) réplica aguda, comentario socarrón

6 (attempt) intento

7 figurative use (defect) defecto

8 (drug) crack nombre masculino

adjective

1 (troops, regiment, shot) de primera

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

at the crack of dawn al amanecer

not to be all something is cracked up to be no ser tan bueno,-a como se dice

to crack a smile sonreír

to crack the whip figurative use apretar las clavijas, apretar las tuercas

to get cracking (start working) poner manos a la obra 2 (hurry) moverse

to give somebody a fair crack of the whip darle una oportunidad a alguien

to have a crack at something intentar algo

crack ['kræk] vi

1) : chasquear, restallar

the whip cracked: el látigo restalló

2) split: rajarse, resquebrajarse, agrietarse

3) : quebrarse (dícese de la voz)

crack vt

1) : restallar, chasquear (un látigo, etc.)

2) split: rajar, agrietar, resquebrajar

3) break: romper (un huevo), cascar (nueces), forzar (una caja fuerte)

4) solve: resolver, descifrar (un código)

crack adj

first-rate: buenísimo, de primera

crack n

1) : chasquido m, restallido m, estallido m (de un arma de fuego), crujido m (de huesos)

a crack of thunder: un trueno

2) wisecrack: chiste m, ocurrencia f, salida f

3) crevice: raja f, grieta f, fisura f

4) blow: golpe m

5) attempt: intento m

crack

adj.

• de primera adj.

n.

• abertura s.f.

• chasquido s.m.

• chiste s.m.

• cuchufleta s.f.

• estallido s.m.

• grieta s.f.

• hendidura s.f.

• latigazo s.m.

• quiebra s.f.

• raja s.f.

• rajadura s.f.

• rendija s.f.

• resquicio s.m.

• rompimiento s.m.

• traque s.m.

• traquido s.m.

• trique s.m.

• triquitraque s.m.

v.

• agrietar v.

• agrietarse v.

• cascar v.

• castañetear v.

• chascar v.

• chasquear v.

• desdoblar v.

• estallar v.

• grietarse v.

• partir v.

• quebrantar v.

• rajar v.

• resquebrajar v.

• restallar v.

kræk
I

noun

1) c

a) (in ice, wall, pavement) grieta f; (in glass, china) rajadura f

to paper o paste over the cracks — ponerle* parches al problema (or a la situación etc)

b) (chink, slit) rendija f

2) c (sound - of whip, twig) chasquido m; (- of rifle shot) estallido m; (- of thunder) estruendo m; (- of bones) crujido m

to give somebody a fair crack of the whip — (BrE) darle* todas las oportunidades a alguien

3) c ( blow) golpe m

4) ( instant)

at the crack of dawn — al amanecer, al despuntar el día (liter)

5) c ( attempt) (colloq) intento m

to have a crack at something — intentar algo

6) (colloq) ( wisecrack) comentario m socarrón

7) u ( drug) crack m

II

adjective (before n) < shotoops> de primera

III
1.

transitive verb

1) \<\<cup/glass\>\> rajar; \<\<ground/earth\>\> agrietar, resquebrajar; \<\<skin\>\> agrietar

he cracked a rib — se fracturó una costilla

2)

a) ( break open) \<\<egg\>\> cascar*, romper*; \<\<nut\>\> cascar*, partir; \<\<safe\>\> forzar*; \<\<drugs ring/spy ring\>\> desmantelar, desarticular

to crack a book — (AmE colloq) abrir* un libro

to crack open a bottle — (colloq) abrir* or descorchar una botella

to crack a smile — sonreír*

b) (decipher, solve) \<\<code\>\> descifrar, dar* con; \<\<problem\>\> resolver*

I've cracked it! — (colloq) ya lo tengo!

3) ( make cracking sound with) \<\<whip\>\> (hacer*) chasquear or restallar; \<\<finger/knuckle\>\> hacer* crujir; whip I

4) ( hit sharply) pegar*

5) \<\<joke\>\> (colloq) contar*

2.

vi

1)

a) \<\<cup/glass\>\> rajarse; \<\<rock/paint/skin\>\> agrietarse

b) ( make cracking sound) \<\<whip\>\> chasquear, restallar; \<\<bones/twigs\>\> crujir

c) \<\<voice\>\> quebrarse*

d) ( break down)

she cracked under the strain — sufrió una crisis nerviosa a causa de la tensión

2) (be active, busy)

to get cracking — (colloq) poner(se)* manos a la obra

come on, get cracking! — vamos, muévete! (fam)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- crack down

- crack up

[kræk]
1. N

1) (=fracture) (in plate, glass) raja f ; (in wall, ceiling, ice) grieta f ; (in skin) grieta f ; (fig) (in system, relationship) grieta f

- paper over the cracks

2) (=slight opening) rendija f

I opened the door a crack — abrí un poquito la puerta

3) (=noise) [of twigs] crujido m ; [of whip] chasquido m ; [of rifle] estampido m, estallido m ; [of thunder] estampido m, estruendo m

- get a fair crack of the whip

- give sb a fair crack of the whip

4) (=blow) golpe m

he got a nasty crack on the head — se llevó un buen golpe en la cabeza

5) * (=attempt) intento m

to have or take a crack at sth — intentar algo

he was anxious to have the first crack at it — estaba deseoso de ser el primero en intentarlo

6) * (=joke, insult) comentario m burlón

he made a silly crack about our new car — hizo un chiste tonto sobre nuestro coche nuevo

7) (=drug) crack m

8)

at the crack of dawn — al romper el alba

I'm not getting up at the crack of dawn! * — ¡no me voy a levantar con el canto del gallo! *

9) * (=fun)

it's good crack — es muy divertido

2.

ADJ [team, sportsperson, troops] de primera

he's a crack shot — es un tirador de primera

3. VT

1) (=break) [+ glass, pottery] rajar; [+ wood, ground, wall] agrietar, resquebrajar; [+ ice] resquebrajar; [+ skin] agrietar; (fig) * [+ person] derrotar

to crack sb's resolve — hacerle perder la determinación a algn

2) (=break open) [+ nut] cascar; [+ egg] cascar, romper; [+ safe] forzar; (fig) * [+ market] entrar en, introducirse en; [+ drugs/spy ring] desarticular

to crack (open) a bottle * — abrir una botella
nut 1., 2)
3) (=hit) golpear

he fell and cracked his head on the pavement — se cayó y se golpeó la cabeza con la acera

4) (=cause to sound) [+ whip] chasquear, restallar; [+ finger joints] hacer crujir

- crack the whip

5) * (=tell) [+ joke] contar

to crack jokes — bromear, contar chistes

6) (=solve) [+ problem, case] resolver; [+ code] descifrar

the police think they've cracked it — la policía cree haberlo resuelto

7)

to crack a smile — sonreír

4. VI

1) (=break) [glass, pottery] rajarse; [wall, wood, ground] agrietarse, resquebrajarse; [ice] resquebrajarse; [skin] agrietarse

2) [voice] (with emotion) quebrarse

3) (=yield, break down) [person] desmoronarse

I thought his nerve would crack — creía que iba a perder el valor

to crack under the strain — [person] desmoronarse bajo la presión, sufrir una crisis nerviosa a cause de la presión; [relationship] desmoronarse; [alliance] desmoronarse or quebrantarse bajo la presión

4) (=make noise) [thunder] retumbar; [whip] chasquear; [dry wood, joints] crujir

5)

to get cracking * — poner manos a la obra

you'd better get cracking — más te vale poner manos a la obra

I promised to get cracking on or with the decorating — le prometí que empezaría a pintar inmediatamente

5.

CPD

crack cocaine N — crack m

crack house N — (Drugs) lugar donde se vende crack or cocaína dura

- crack down

- crack on

- crack up

* * *
[kræk]
I

noun

1) c

a) (in ice, wall, pavement) grieta f; (in glass, china) rajadura f

to paper o paste over the cracks — ponerle* parches al problema (or a la situación etc)

b) (chink, slit) rendija f

2) c (sound - of whip, twig) chasquido m; (- of rifle shot) estallido m; (- of thunder) estruendo m; (- of bones) crujido m

to give somebody a fair crack of the whip — (BrE) darle* todas las oportunidades a alguien

3) c ( blow) golpe m

4) ( instant)

at the crack of dawn — al amanecer, al despuntar el día (liter)

5) c ( attempt) (colloq) intento m

to have a crack at something — intentar algo

6) (colloq) ( wisecrack) comentario m socarrón

7) u ( drug) crack m

II

adjective (before n) <shot/troops> de primera

III
1.

transitive verb

1) \<\<cup/glass\>\> rajar; \<\<ground/earth\>\> agrietar, resquebrajar; \<\<skin\>\> agrietar

he cracked a rib — se fracturó una costilla

2)

a) ( break open) \<\<egg\>\> cascar*, romper*; \<\<nut\>\> cascar*, partir; \<\<safe\>\> forzar*; \<\<drugs ring/spy ring\>\> desmantelar, desarticular

to crack a book — (AmE colloq) abrir* un libro

to crack open a bottle — (colloq) abrir* or descorchar una botella

to crack a smile — sonreír*

b) (decipher, solve) \<\<code\>\> descifrar, dar* con; \<\<problem\>\> resolver*

I've cracked it! — (colloq) ya lo tengo!

3) ( make cracking sound with) \<\<whip\>\> (hacer*) chasquear or restallar; \<\<finger/knuckle\>\> hacer* crujir; whip I

4) ( hit sharply) pegar*

5) \<\<joke\>\> (colloq) contar*

2.

vi

1)

a) \<\<cup/glass\>\> rajarse; \<\<rock/paint/skin\>\> agrietarse

b) ( make cracking sound) \<\<whip\>\> chasquear, restallar; \<\<bones/twigs\>\> crujir

c) \<\<voice\>\> quebrarse*

d) ( break down)

she cracked under the strain — sufrió una crisis nerviosa a causa de la tensión

2) (be active, busy)

to get cracking — (colloq) poner(se)* manos a la obra

come on, get cracking! — vamos, muévete! (fam)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- crack down

- crack up

English-spanish dictionary > crack
9 play

plei 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leke

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spille

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spille, opptre i/som

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) oppføres, gå

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spille

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spille (noen) et puss

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spille mot

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spille, blafre

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rette mot

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spille ut
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lek(ing), underholdning

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) skuespill, drama, teaterstykke

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) spill

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spillerom, klaring

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up

lek
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leke
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spill
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spille
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spøk

I
subst. \/pleɪ\/

1) lek, leking, spill

• full of play

full av lek

2) spøk, tull

3) ordspill

4) ( i spill) tur

• it's your play

det er din tur

5) hasardspill, gambling, spill

• high play

høyt spill

6) spill, fremførelse, forestilling

7) skuespill, teaterstykke, drama

• as good as a play

rene skuespillet

• let's go to a play!

vi går på teater!

8) spill

• the play of the muscles

musklenes spill

• play of colours

fargespill

• play of features

minespill

• the play of sunlight upon the water

solens spill på vannet

9) bevegelse, gang, virksomhet, aktivitet

10) spillerom, armslag

11) slark, klaring, rom, slakk

• give the rope more play

slakke på tauet, fire ut mer tau

12) arbeidsstans, arbeidsnedleggelse

13) (amerikansk fotball, også play offensive)

angrepsplan

allow\/give something full play la noe få fritt spillerom, la noe få utvikle seg fritt

• give one's powers full play

gi sine evner fritt utløp, la sine evner få utvikle seg uhindret

at play som deltar i lek

be at play delta i lek

be in full play være i full gang

bring into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang

call into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang, mobilisere, utvikle sette inn, spille inn, gjøre seg gjeldende

child's play se ➢ child

come into play eller be brought into play eller be called into play komme i gang, tre i kraft, gjøre seg gjeldende gjøre seg gjeldende, spille inn

dirty play skittent spill, stygt spill (i sport)

fair play fair play, ærlig spill

free play eller full play fritt spillerom, fritt utløp full handlefrihet

hold\/keep somebody in play holde noen sysselsatt

in play på spøk, på tull

• I only said it in play

jeg sa det bare på spøk

i lek, som lek ( om ball) i spill

make a play for ( slang) forsøke å sjekke opp

• make a play for a girl

forsøke å sjekke opp en jente

( slang) forsøke å vinne til seg, bearbeide

• make a play for new markets

bearbeide nye markeder

make play with gjøre et stort nummer av, kokettere med, bruke til å vise seg

out of play ( om ball) død, ute av spill, ute

place a play få satt opp et stykke

play fair with være renhårig mot

play on words ordspill

see fair play se til at det går riktig for seg

slow play ( sport) langsomt spill
II
verb \/pleɪ\/

1) leke

• play hide-and-seek

leke gjemsel

• play Indians

leke indianer

• what shall we play?

hva skal vi leke?

• play pirates

leke sjørøvere

2) (om sport og spill, også overført) spille

• let's play cards!

la oss spille kort!

• we played a board game

vi spilte et brettspill

• black to play

svart har spillet

3) ( sport) spille mot noen, spille mot et lag

4) spille, beherske (om musikkinstrument), fremføre, lyde (om selve instrumentet)

• do you play the piano?

spiller du piano?, kan du spille piano?

• she plays several instruments

hun behersker flere instrumenter

• she played a sonata

hun spilte en sonate, hun fremførte en sonate

• the organ is playing

orgelet spiller, orgelet lyder

• the organist played the congregation out

organisten spilte utgangssalmen

5) (om CD, CD-spiller e.l.) spille

• we sat at home playing CDs

vi satt hjemme og spilte CDer

6) spille (om rolle, drama, forestilling), fremføre (om drama), spille i\/på (om sted)

• play a farce

fremføre\/spille en farse

• play the gentleman

spille gentleman

• they played to a full house

de spilte for en fullsatt sal

• Hamlet is now playing at the Haymarket

Hamlet spilles nå på Haymarket

• they played all the major cities

de hadde forestillinger\/konserter i alle storbyene

7) spille, spille ut (om kort), flytte (om brikke)

8) ( i spill) vedde, by, gamble

9) ( om lys) leke, spille, skimre

• the lights played over their faces

lyset spilte over ansiktene deres

10) være i gang, være i funksjon

• the fountains play every Sunday

fontenene er på hver søndag

11) ( overført) leke

• his fancy played round the idea of moving abroad

han lekte med tanken på å flytte utenlands

• a smile played on his lips

det lekte et smil rundt munnen hans

• the wind played on the waves

vinden lekte i bølgene

12) (hverdagslig, spesielt ved streik) gå ledig

13) ( slang) samarbeide, være med, stille opp

14) (i sport, om ball eller slag) slå

15) rette, sikte, holde i gang

• play a hose on the fire

rette en brannslange mot flammene

play about løpe omkring og leke

• the children were playing about

barna løp omkring og lekte

opptre uansvarlig, tulle

• stop playing about!

slutt å tulle!

play about with leke med, klå på, fingre på, pille på

play along late som om en samarbeider

play a part spille en rolle ( overført) spille komedie

play around ha mange kjærlighetsforhold, flørte

• play around with somebody's affections

leke med noens følelser

være utro være promiskuøs

play at gjøre\/gjennomføre halvhjertet late som

• just what are you playing at?

hva er det egentlig du driver med?

play a trick on bedra, lure, narre

play away spille bort

• play away a fortune

spille bort en formue

play back ( om lydopptak) spille gjennom, høre gjennom

play down bagatellisere, avdramatisere, tone ned, dysse ned

• play down a piece of news

avdramatisere en nyhet

• he played down his own part in the affair

han bagatelliserte sin egen rolle i saken

play down to the crowd ( overført) spille for galleriet

played out utbrent, utslitt, tappet for energi gått av moten, ikke lenger nyttig

• this theory is played out

den teorien har spilt ut sin rolle, denne teorien har ikke lenger noe for seg

oppbrukt, ferdig

• the matter is played out

saken er ferdig

play false ( om spill) spille falskt

play fast and loose with leke med, behandle skjødesløst

play fetch leke kast pinnen (med hund)

• our dog loves to play fetch with the children

play first begynne

play for somebody akkompagnere noen, kompe noen

play hard to get gjøre seg kostbar, spille kostbar

play into somebody's hands gi noen overtaket uforvarende

play it by the ear ta det som det kommer, ta noe som det faller seg

play it cool ta det rolig, ha is i magen

play it down on utnytte grovt snyte

play it low\/down on somebody ( hverdagslig) utnytte noen grovt ( hverdagslig) lure noen, bedra noen

play low spille med lave innsatser ( musikk) spille lavt

play off spille ekstra kamp for å avgjøre en uavgjort kamp

• the match will be played off next week

det blir omkamp neste uke

play on\/upon spille på, utnytte

• she played on her father's fear of mice to get a cat

hun spilte på sin fars redsel for mus for å få en katt

play one person off against another sette to personer opp mot hverandre

play oneself out bli utmattet, bli utbrent

• the old actor had played himself out

den gamle skuespilleren var utbrent

slite seg ut

play out spille ut, spille til ende bruke opp

play over spille gjennom

• play over a tape

spille gjennom en kassett

play safe gardere seg, seife, ikke ta sjanser

play somebody spille mot noen

• England played Brazil

England spilte mot Brasil

• he played his sister at chess

han spilte sjakk mot søsteren sin

• on Saturday France plays Wales at rugby

på lørdag møter Frankrike Wales i rugby

( i kamp e.l.) la noen spille, sette inn noen, plassere noen, stille opp noen

• England played Smith as goalkeeper

England plasserte Smith i mål

play somebody along lure\/villede noen (over tid)

play the field (amer., hverdagslig) more seg, flørte være rundbrenner, feie over så mange som mulig, ta for seg

play the fool eller act the fool oppføre seg som en idiot, dumme seg ut

play the game ( også overført) følge spillereglene

play up ( britisk) være plagsom, lage trøbbel, gjøre ugagn (om person), lage vanskeligheter ( britisk) gjøre vondt, være til besvær

• my bad leg is playing up again

det dårlige benet mitt begynner å verke igjen erte, irritere

• these children are playing me up

disse ungene går meg på nervene

sette alle krefter til

• play up, the Reds!

kom igjen, det røde laget!

legge vekt på, fokusere på, slå stort opp, blåse opp, reklamere for

• play up a new line of goods

drive reklame for et nytt varesalg

play up to somebody innsmigre seg hos noen, snakke noen etter munnen

• play up to one's teachers

innsmigre seg hos lærerne sine

( teater eller overført) spille opp til noen støtte noen, bakke opp noen

play up with ( slang) kullkaste, forpurre, ødelegge

play well ( om bane e.l.) være god å spille på

• the field plays well

banen er god å spille på

play with oneself ( forskjønnende) onanere, masturbere

English-Norwegian dictionary > play
10 go

go ⇒ Usage note: go

A vi (3^e pers sg prés goes ; prét went ; pp gone)

1 (move, travel) aller (from de ; to à, en) ; to go to London/Paris aller à Londres/Paris ; to go to Wales/to Ireland/to California aller au Pays de Galles/en Irlande/en Californie ; to go to town/to the country aller en ville/à la campagne ; they went home ils sont rentrés chez eux ; she's gone to Paris elle est allée à Paris ; to go up/down/across monter/descendre/traverser ; I went into the room je suis entré dans la pièce ; to go by bus/train/plane voyager en bus/train/avion ; we went there by bus nous y sommes allés en bus ; to go by ou past [person, vehicle] passer ; that car's going very fast! cette voiture roule très vite! ; there he goes again! ( that's him again) le revoilà! ; fig ( he's starting again) le voilà qui recommence!, c'est reparti! ; who goes there? Mil qui va là? ; where do we go from here? fig et maintenant qu'est-ce qu'on fait? ;

2 (on specific errand, activity) aller ; to go shopping aller faire des courses ; to go swimming (in sea, river) aller se baigner ; ( in pool) aller à la piscine ; to go for a walk aller se promener ; to go on a journey/on holiday partir en voyage/en vacances ; to go for a drink aller prendre un verre ; he's gone to get some wine il est allé chercher du vin ; go and answer the phone va répondre au téléphone ; go and tell them that… va leur dire que… ; go after him! poursuivez-le! ;

3 ( attend) aller ; to go to school/ church aller à l'école/l'église ; to go to work aller or se rendre au travail ; to go to the doctor's/dentist's aller chez le médecin/dentiste ;

4 ( used as auxiliary with present participle) she went running up the stairs elle a monté l'escalier en courant ; she went complaining to the principal elle est allée se plaindre au directeur ;

5 ( depart) partir ; I must go, I must be going il faut que je parte or que je m'en aille ; the train goes at six o'clock le train part à six heures ; a train goes every hour il y a un train toutes les heures ; to go on holiday partir en vacances ; be gone! va-t'en!, allez-vous en! ;

6 euph ( die) mourir, disparaître ; when I am gone quand je ne serai plus là ; the doctors say she could go at any time d'après les médecins elle risque de mourir d'un instant à l'autre ;

7 ( disappear) partir ; half the money goes on school fees la moitié de l'argent part en frais de scolarité ; the money/cake has all gone il ne reste plus d'argent/de gâteau ; I left my bike outside and now it's gone j'ai laissé mon vélo dehors et il n'est plus là or il a disparu ; there goes my chance of winning! c'en est fait de mes chances de gagner! ;

8 (be sent, transmitted) it can't go by post on ne peut pas l'envoyer par la poste ; these proposals will go before parliament ces propositions seront soumises au parlement ;

9 ( become) to go red rougir ; to go white blanchir ; his hair ou he is going grey il commençe à avoir les cheveux blancs ; to go mad devenir fou/folle ; to go bankrupt faire faillite ;

10 ( change over to new system) to go Labour/Conservative Pol [country, constituency] voter travailliste/conservateur ; to go metric adopter le système métrique ; ⇒ private, public ;

11 (be, remain) the people went hungry les gens n'avaient rien à manger ; we went for two days without food nous avons passé deux jours sans rien manger ; to go unnoticed passer inaperçu ; to go unpunished rester impuni ; the question went unanswered la question est restée sans réponse ; to go naked se promener tout nu ; he was allowed to go free il a été libéré or remis en liberté ;

12 (weaken, become impaired) his memory/mind is going il perd la mémoire/l'esprit ; his hearing is going il devient sourd ; my voice is going je n'ai plus de voix ; the battery is going la batterie est presque à plat ; the engine is going le moteur a des ratés ;

13 ( of time) ( elapse) s'écouler ; three hours went by before… trois heures se sont écoulées avant que… (+ subj) ; there are only three days to go before Christmas il ne reste plus que trois jours avant Noël ; how's the time going? quelle heure est-il? ; it's just gone seven o'clock il est un peu plus de sept heures ;

14 ( be got rid of) he's totally inefficient, he'll have to go! il est complètement incapable, il va falloir qu'on se débarrasse de lui! ; that new lampshade is hideous, it'll have to go! ce nouvel abat-jour est affreux, il va falloir qu'on s'en débarrasse! ; the car will have to go il va falloir vendre la voiture ; either she goes or I do! c'est elle ou moi! ; six down and four to go! six de faits, et encore quatre à faire! ;

15 (operate, function) [vehicle, machine, clock] marcher, fonctionner ; to set [sth] going mettre [qch] en marche ; to get going [engine, machine] se mettre en marche ; fig [business] démarrer ; to get the fire going allumer le feu ; to keep going [person, business, machine] tenir le coup ○, se maintenir ; we have several projects going at the moment nous avons plusieurs projets en route en ce moment ; ⇒ keep ;

16 ( start) let's get going! allons-y!, allez, on commençe! ; we'll have to get going on that translation il va falloir qu'on se mette à faire cette traduction ; to get things going mettre les choses en train ; ready, steady, go! à vos marques, prêts, partez! ; here goes!, here we go! c'est parti! ; once he gets going, he never stops une fois lancé, il n'arrête pas ;

17 ( lead) aller, conduire, mener (to à) ; that corridor goes to the kitchen le couloir va or conduit à la cuisine ; the road goes down to the sea/goes up the mountain la route descend vers la mer/monte au sommet de la montagne ; this road goes past the cemetery ce chemin passe à côté du cimetière ;

18 ( extend in depth or scope) the roots of the plant go very deep les racines de la plante s'enfoncent très profondément ; the historical reasons for this conflict go very deep les raisons historiques de ce conflit remontent très loin ; these habits go very deep ces habitudes sont profondément ancrées or enracinées ; as far as that goes pour ce qui est de cela ; it's true as far as it goes c'est vrai dans un sens or dans une certaine mesure ; she'll go far! elle ira loin! ; this time he's gone too far! cette fois il est allé trop loin! ; a hundred pounds doesn't go far these days on ne va pas loin avec cent livres sterling de nos jours ; one leg of lamb doesn't go very far among twelve people un gigot d'agneau n'est pas suffisant pour douze personnes ; this goes a long way towards explaining his attitude ceci explique en grande partie son attitude ; you can make £5 go a long way on peut faire beaucoup de choses avec 5 livres sterling ;

19 (belong, be placed) aller ; where do these plates go? où vont ces assiettes? ; that table goes beside the bed cette table va à côté du lit ; the suitcases will have to go in the back il va falloir mettre les valises derrière ;

20 ( fit) gen rentrer ; it won't go into the box ça ne rentre pas dans la boîte ; five into four won't go quatre n'est pas divisible par cinq ; three into six goes twice six divisé par trois, ça fait deux ;

21 (be expressed, sung etc in particular way) I can't remember how the poem goes je n'arrive pas à me rappeler le poème ; how does the song go? quel est l'air de la chanson? ; the song goes something like this la chanson ressemble à peu près à ça ; as the saying goes comme dit le proverbe ; the story goes that le bruit court que, on dit que ; her theory goes something like this… sa théorie consiste à peu près à dire que… ;

22 ( be accepted) what he says goes c'est lui qui fait la loi ; it goes without saying that il va sans dire que ; that goes without saying cela va sans dire ; anything goes tout est permis ;

23 ( be about to) to be going to do aller faire ; it's going to snow il va neiger ; I was just going to phone you j'étais justement sur le point de t'appeler, j'allais justement t'appeler ; I'm going to phone him right now je vais l'appeler tout de suite ; I'm not going to be treated like that! je ne vais pas me laisser faire comme ça! ; we were going to go to Italy, but we changed our plans nous devions aller en Italie, mais nous avons changé d'idée ;

24 ( happen) the party went very well la soirée s'est très bien passée ; so far the campaign is going well jusqu'à maintenant la campagne a bien marché ; how did the evening go? comment s'est passée la soirée? ; the way things are going, I don't think we'll ever get finished vu la façon dont les choses se passent or si ça continue comme ça, je pense qu'on n'aura jamais fini ; how's it going ○ ?, how are things going? comment ça va ○ ? ; how goes it? hum comment ça va ○ ?, comment va ◑ ? ;

25 ( be on average) it's old, as Australian towns go c'est une ville assez vieille pour une ville australienne ; it wasn't a bad party, as parties go c'était une soirée plutôt réussie par rapport à la moyenne ;

26 ( be sold) the house went for over £100,000 la maison a été vendue à plus de 100 000 livres ; we won't let the house go for less than £100,000 nous ne voulons pas vendre la maison à moins de 100 000 livres ; those rugs are going cheap ces tapis ne sont pas chers ; the house will go to the highest bidder la maison sera vendue au plus offrant ; ‘going, going, gone!’ ( at auction) ‘une fois, deux fois, trois fois, adjugé!’ ;

27 ( be on offer) I'll have some coffee, if there's any going je prendrai bien un café, s'il y en a ; are there any drinks going? est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose à boire? ; I'll have whatever's going je prendrai ce qu'il y a ; it's the best machine going c'est la meilleure machine sur le marché ; there's a job going at their London office il y a un poste libre dans leur bureau de Londres ;

28 ( contribute) the money will go towards a new roof l'argent servira à payer un nouveau toit ; the elements that go to make a great film les éléments qui font un bon film ; everything that goes to make a good teacher toutes les qualités d'un bon enseignant ;

29 ( be given) [award, prize] aller (to à) ; [estate, inheritance, title] passer (to à) ; the money will go to charity les bénéfices iront aux bonnes œuvres ; most of the credit should go to the author la plus grande partie du mérite revient à l'auteur ; the job went to a local man le poste a été donné à un homme de la région ;

30 ( emphatic use) she's gone and told everybody! elle est allée le dire à tout le monde! ; why did he go and spoil it? pourquoi est-il allé tout gâcher ? ; you've gone and ruined everything! tu t'es débrouillé pour tout gâcher! ; he went and won the competition! il s'est débrouillé pour gagner le concours! ; you've really gone and done it now! tu peux être fier de toi! iron ; then he had to go and lose his wallet comme s'il ne manquait plus que ça, il a perdu son portefeuille ;

31 ( of money) (be spent, used up) all his money goes on drink tout son argent passe dans l'alcool ; most of his salary goes on rent la plus grande partie de son salaire passe dans le loyer ; I don't know where all my money goes (to)! je ne sais pas ce que je fais de mon argent! ;

32 (make sound, perform action or movement) gen faire ; [bell, alarm] sonner ; the cat went ‘miaow’ le chat a fait ‘miaou’ ; wait until the bell goes attends que la cloche sonne ( subj) ; she went like this with her fingers elle a fait comme ça avec ses doigts ; so he goes ‘what about my money ○ ?’ et puis il dit or il fait, ‘et mon argent?’ ;

33 (resort to, have recourse to) to go to war [country] entrer en guerre ; [soldier] partir à la guerre ; to go to law GB ou to the law US aller en justice ;

34 (break, collapse etc) [roof] s'effondrer ; [cable, rope] se rompre, céder ; ( fuse) [light bulb] griller ;

35 (bid, bet) aller ; I'll go as high as £100 j'irai jusqu'à 100 livres sterling ; I went up to £100 je suis allé jusqu'à 100 livres sterling ;

36 ( take one's turn) you go next c'est ton tour après, c'est à toi après ; you go first après vous ;

37 ( be in harmony) those two colours don't go together ces deux couleurs ne vont pas ensemble ; the curtains don't go with the carpet les rideaux ne vont pas avec le tapis ; white wine goes better with fish than red wine le vin blanc va mieux avec le poisson que le rouge ;

38 ○ euph ( relieve oneself) aller aux toilettes ;

39 US ( in takeaway) to go à emporter ; two hamburgers to go! deux hamburgers à emporter!

B vtr (3^e pers sg prés goes ; prét went ; pp gone) ( see usage note)

1 ( travel) we had gone ten miles before we realized that… nous avions déjà fait dix kilomètres quand nous nous sommes rendu compte que… ; are you going my way? tu vas dans la même direction que moi? ; to go one's own way fig suivre son chemin ;

2 ○ (bet, bid) I go two diamonds ( in cards) j'annonce deux carreaux ; he went £20 il a mis or parié 20 livres sterling.

C n (pl goes)

1 GB ( person's turn) tour m ; ( try) essai m ; it's your go ( in game) c'est ton tour, c'est à toi ; whose go is it? gen à qui le tour? ; ( in game) à qui de jouer? ; you've had two goes ( in game) tu as eu deux tours ; ( two attempts at mending sth) tu as déjà essayé deux fois ; to have a go at sth essayer de faire qch ; have another go! essaie encore une fois or un coup! ; she had several goes at the exam elle a repassé l'examen plusieurs fois ; I had to have several goes before passing j'ai dû m'y reprendre à plusieurs fois avant de réussir ;

2 ○ ( energy) dynamisme m ; to be full of go, to be all go être très dynamique, avoir beaucoup d'allant ; he has no go in him il manque de dynamisme ;

3 ○ GB ( bout) ( of illness) attaque f ;

4 ⇒ Games and sports ( board game) go m.

D adj all systems are go! Aerosp tout est paré pour le lancement!

Idioms

to have a go at sb s'en prendre à qn ; to make a go of sth réussir qch ; she's always on the go elle n'arrête jamais ; he's all go ○ ! il n'arrête pas! ; it's all the go ○ ! ça fait fureur! ; we have several different projects on the go at the moment nous avons plusieurs projets différents en chantier or en cours en ce moment ; (it's) no go! pas question! ; from the word go dès le départ ; that was a near go ○ ! on l'a échappé belle! ; in one go d'un seul coup ; to go one better than sb renchérir sur qn ; that's how it goes!, that's the way it goes! ainsi va le monde!, c'est la vie! ; there you go ○ ! voilà!

Phrasal verbs

■ go about:

▶ go about

1 = go around ;

2 Naut virer de bord ; prepare to go about! parer à virer! ;

▶ go about [sth]

1 ( undertake) s'attaquer à [task] ; how do you go about writing a novel? comment est-ce que vous vous y prenez pour écrire un roman? ; he knows how to go about it il sait s'y prendre ;

2 ( be busy with) to go about one's business vaquer à ses occupations ; she went about her work mechanically elle faisait son travail machinalement.

■ go across:

▶ go across traverser ; he's gone across to the shop/neighbour's il est allé au magasin en face/chez les voisins en face ;

▶ go across [sth] traverser [street, river, bridge etc].

■ go after:

▶ go after [sth/sb]

1 ( chase) poursuivre [person] ;

2 fig ( try hard to get) he really went after that job il a fait tout son possible pour avoir ce travail.

■ go against:

▶ go against [sb/sth]

1 ( prove unfavourable to) the vote/verdict/decision went against them le vote/le verdict/la décision leur a été défavorable or n'a pas été en leur faveur ; the war is going against them la guerre tourne à leur désavantage ;

2 ( conflict with) être contraire à [rules, principles] ; to go against the trend aller à l'encontre de or être contraire à la tendance ; to go against the party line Pol ne pas être dans la ligne du parti ;

3 (resist, oppose) s'opposer à, aller à l'inverse de [person, sb's wishes].

■ go ahead

1 ( go in front) go ahead, I'll follow you on partez devant, je vous suis ;

2 fig ( proceed) go! ( in conversation) continue! ; go ahead and shoot! vas-y, tire! ; they are going ahead with the project ils ont décidé de mettre le projet en route ; we can go ahead without them nous pouvons continuer sans eux ; next week's strike is to go ahead la grève de la semaine prochaine va avoir lieu.

■ go along

1 ( move along) [person, vehicle] aller, avancer ; to make sth up as one goes along fig inventer qch au fur et à mesure ;

2 ( attend) aller ; she went along as a witch elle y est allée déguisée en sorcière ; I went along as a witness j'y suis allé or je me suis présenté comme témoin.

■ go along with:

▶ go along with [sb/sth] être d'accord avec, accepter [plans, wishes] ; I can't go along with that je ne peux pas accepter ça ; I'll go along with you there je suis d'accord avec vous sur ce point.

■ go around:

▶ go around

1 (move, travel about) se promener, circuler ; to go around naked/barefoot se promener tout nu/pieds nus ; she goes around on a bicycle elle circule à bicyclette ; they go around everywhere together ils vont partout ensemble ;

2 ( circulate) [rumour] courir ; there's a rumour going around that le bruit court que ; there's a virus going around il y a un virus qui traîne ; there isn't enough money to go around il n'y a pas assez d'argent pour tout le monde ;

▶ go around [sth] faire le tour de [house, shops, area] ; to go around the world faire le tour du monde ; they went around the country looking for him ils l'ont cherché dans tout le pays.

■ go at:

▶ go at [sb] ( attack) attaquer, tomber sur ;

▶ go at [sth] s'attaquer à, s'atteler à [task, activity].

■ go away [person] partir ; to go away on holiday GB ou vacation US partir en vacances ; go away and leave me alone! va-t-en et laisse-moi tranquille! ; go away and think about it réfléchissez-y ; don't go away thinking that ne va pas croire que ; this cold/headache just won't go away! je n'arrive pas à me débarrasser de ce rhume/mal de tête! ; the problems aren't just going to go away! les problèmes ne vont pas disparaître tout seuls!

■ go back

1 ( return) retourner ; ( turn back) rebrousser chemin, faire demi-tour ; ( resume work) reprendre le travail ; (resume classes, studies) reprendre les cours ; as it was raining, they decided to go back comme il pleuvait, ils ont décidé de faire demi-tour or de rebrousser chemin ; they went back home ils sont rentrés chez eux ; let's go back to France rentrons en France ; to go back to the beginning recommencer ; to go back to sleep se rendormir ; to go back to work/writing se remettre au travail/à écrire ; go back! the path isn't safe reculez! le chemin est dangereux ; once you've committed yourself, there's no going back une fois que vous vous êtes engagé, vous ne pouvez plus reculer ;

2 ( in time) remonter ; to go back in time remonter dans le temps ; to understand the problem we need to go back 20 years pour comprendre le problème il faut remonter 20 ans en arrière ; this tradition goes back a century cette tradition est vieille d'un siècle ; we go back a long way ça fait longtemps qu'on se connaît ;

3 ( revert) revenir (to à) ; to go back to teaching revenir à l'enseignement ; to go back to being a student reprendre des études ; let's go back to what we were discussing yesterday revenons à ce que dont nous parlions hier.

■ go back on:

▶ go back on [sth] revenir sur [promise, decision].

■ go before:

▶ go before ( go in front) aller au devant ; fig ( in time) se passer avant ; all that had gone before tout ce qui s'était passé avant ;

▶ go before [sb/sth] [person] comparaître devant [court, judge] ; the bill went before parliament le projet de loi a été soumis au parlement.

■ go below gen, Naut descendre.

■ go by:

▶ go by [person] passer ; [time] passer, s'écouler ; as time goes by avec le temps ; don't let such opportunities go by il ne faut pas laisser passer de telles occasions ;

▶ go by [sth]

1 ( judge by) juger d'après ; to go by appearances juger d'après or sur les apparences ; going by her looks, I'd say she was about 30 à la voir, je lui donne 30 ans ; you mustn't go by what you read in the papers il ne faut pas croire tout ce que disent les journaux ; if the trailer is anything to go by, it should be a good film à en juger par la bande-annonce, ça doit être un bon film ; if the father is anything to go by, I wouldn't like to meet the son! quand on voit le père, on n'a pas envie de rencontrer le fils! ;

2 ( proceed by) to go by the rules suivre or observer le règlement ; promotion goes by seniority la promotion se fait à l'ancienneté or en fonction de l'ancienneté.

■ go down:

▶ go down

1 ( descend) gen descendre ; [diver] effectuer une plongée ; to go down to the cellar descendre à la cave ; to go down to the beach aller à la plage ; to go down to the pub aller au pub ; they've gone down to Brighton for a few days ils sont allés passer quelques jours à Brighton ; ‘going down!’ ( in elevator) ‘on descend!’ ; to go down on one's knees se mettre à genoux ;

2 ( fall) [person, aircraft] tomber ; ( sink) [ship] couler, sombrer ; [person] couler, disparaître sous les flots ; most of the passengers went down with the ship la plupart des passagers ont coulé avec le navire ; the plane went down in flames l'avion s'est écrasé en flammes ; the plane went down over Normandy/the Channel l'avion s'est écrasé en Normandie/est tombé dans la Manche ; to go down for the third time [drowning person] disparaître sous les flots et se noyer ;

3 [sun] se coucher ;

4 ( be received) to go down well/badly être bien/mal reçu ; this remark didn't go down at all well cette remarque n'a pas été appréciée du tout ; his jokes went down well/didn't go down well with the audience le public a apprécié/n'a pas beaucoup apprécié ses plaisanteries ; another cup of coffee would go down nicely! une autre tasse de café serait la bienvenue! ;

5 ( be swallowed) it went down the wrong way c'est passé de travers ;

6 ( become lower) [water level, temperature] baisser ; [tide] descendre ; [price, standard] baisser ; ( abate) [storm, wind] se calmer ; [fire] s'éteindre ; the river has/the floods have gone down le niveau de la rivière/des inondations a baissé ; foodstuffs are going down (in price) les produits alimentaires deviennent moins chers ;

7 ( become deflated) [swelling] désenfler ; [tyre, balloon] se dégonfler ;

8 GB Univ ( break up for holiday) terminer les cours ; ( leave university permanently) quitter l'université ; when do you go down? quand est-ce que vous êtes en vacances? ;

9 gen, Sport (fail, be defeated) perdre ; ( be downgraded) redescendre ; Corby went down 6-1 to Oxford Corby a perdu 6-1 contre Oxford ; the team has gone down to the second division l'équipe est redescendue en deuxième division ;

10 ( be remembered) he will go down as a great statesman on se souviendra de lui comme d'un grand homme d'État ;

11 ( be recorded) être noté ; it all goes down in her diary elle note tout dans son journal ;

12 ( continue) the book goes down to 1939 le livre va jusqu'en 1939 ; if you go down to the second last line you will see that si vous regardez à l'avant-dernière ligne, vous verrez que ;

13 ( be stricken) to go down with flu/malaria attraper la grippe/la malaria ;

14 ○ GB ( be sent to prison) être envoyé en prison ;

15 Comput [computer, system] tomber en panne ;

▶ go down [sth]

1 lit descendre [hill] ; descendre dans [mine] ;

2 ( be downgraded) to go down a class Sch redescendre d'une classe.

■ go down on:

▶ go down on [sth] ( set) [sun] se coucher sur ; when the sun went down on the Roman Empire fig quand l'empire romain commençait à décliner ;

▶ go down on [sb] ● ( have oral sex with) tailler une pipe à ● [man] ; faire minette à ● [woman].

■ go for:

▶ go for [sb/sth]

1 ○ (favour, have liking for) craquer ○ pour [person, physical type] ; aimer [style of music, literature etc] ; he really goes for blondes il craque ○ pour or il adore les blondes ; I don't go much for modern art je ne suis pas emballé ○ par l'art moderne, je n'aime pas tellement l'art moderne ;

2 ( apply to) être valable pour, s'appliquer à ; that goes for all of you! c'est valable pour tout le monde! ; the same goes for him c'est valable pour lui aussi!, ça s'applique à lui aussi! ;

▶ go for [sb]

1 ( attack) ( physically) attaquer, tomber sur ; ( verbally) attaquer, s'en prendre à [person] ; the two youths went for him les deux jeunes l'ont attaqué or lui ont sauté dessus ; to go for sb's throat [animal] attaquer qn à la gorge ; she really went for him! (in argument, row) elle l'a vraiment incendié!, elle s'en est prise violemment à lui! ;

2 he has a lot going for him il a beaucoup de choses pour lui ;

▶ go for [sth]

1 ( attempt to achieve) essayer d'obtenir [honour, victory] ; she's going for the gold medal/world record elle vise la médaille d'or/le record mondial ; go for it ○ ! vas-y, fonce ○ ! ; the company is going for a new image l'entreprise cherche à se donner une nouvelle image ; the team is going for a win against Italy l'équipe compte bien gagner contre l'Italie ;

2 ( choose) choisir, prendre ; I'll go for the blue one je prendrai le bleu.

■ go forth sout [person] ( go out) sortir ; ( go forward) aller, avancer ; go forth and multiply allez et multipliez-vous.

■ go forward(s) avancer.

■ go in

1 ( enter) entrer ; ( go back in) rentrer ;

2 Mil [army, troops] attaquer ; the troops went in at dawn les troupes ont attaqué à l'aube ;

3 ( disappear) [sun, moon] se cacher.

■ go in for:

▶ go in for [sth]

1 ( be keen on) aimer [sport, hobby etc] ; I don't go in for sports much je n'aime pas tellement le sport ; he goes in for opera in a big way il adore l'opéra, c'est un fou d'opéra ○ ; we don't go in for that sort of thing nous n'aimons pas ce genre de chose ; they don't go in much for foreign languages at Ben's school ils ne s'intéressent pas beaucoup aux langues étrangères dans l'école de Ben ;

2 ( take up) to go in for teaching entrer dans l'enseignement ; to go in for politics se lancer dans la politique ;

3 ( take part in) s'inscrire à [exam, competition].

■ go into:

▶ go into [sth]

1 ( enter) entrer dans ; fig ( take up) se lancer dans ; to go into hospital entrer à l'hôpital ; to go into parliament entrer au parlement ; to go into politics/business se lancer dans la politique/les affaires ;

2 (examine, investigate) étudier ; we need to go into the question of funding il faut que nous étudiions la question du financement ;

3 (explain, describe) I won't go into why I did it je n'expliquerai pas pourquoi je l'ai fait ; let's not go into that now laissons cela de côté pour l'instant ;

4 ( launch into) se lancer dans ; she went into a long explanation of what had happened elle s'est lancée dans une longue explication de ce qui s'était passé ;

5 ( be expended) a lot of work/money went into this project beaucoup de travail/d'argent a été investi dans ce projet ; a lot of effort went into organizing the party l'organisation de la soirée a demandé beaucoup de travail ;

6 ( hit) [car, driver] rentrer dans, heurter ; the car went into a lamp post la voiture est rentrée dans or a heurté un réverbère.

■ go in with:

▶ go in with [sb] se joindre à [person, ally, organization] ; he went in with us to buy the present il s'est mis avec nous pour acheter le cadeau.

■ go off:

▶ go off

1 (explode, fire) [bomb] exploser ; the gun didn't go off le coup n'est pas parti ;

2 [alarm clock] sonner ; [fire alarm] se déclencher ;

3 ( depart) partir, s'en aller ; he went off to work il est parti au travail ; she went off to find a spade elle est allée chercher une pelle ; they went off together ils sont partis ensemble ;

4 GB ( go bad) [milk, cream] tourner ; [meat] s'avarier ; [butter] rancir ; ( deteriorate) [performer, athlete etc] perdre sa forme ; [work] se dégrader ; ( lose one's attractiveness) [person] être moins beau/belle qu'avant ; he used to be very handsome, but he's gone off a bit il était très beau, mais il est moins bien maintenant ; the first part of the film was good, but after that it went off la première partie du film était bien, mais après ça s'est dégradé ;

5 ○ ( fall asleep) s'endormir ;

6 ( cease to operate) [lights, heating] s'éteindre ;

7 (happen, take place) [evening, organized event] se passer ; the concert went off very well le concert s'est très bien passé ;

8 Theat quitter la scène ;

▶ go off [sb/sth] GB I used to like him but I've gone off him je l'aimais bien avant, mais je ne l'aime plus tellement ; I've gone off opera/whisky je n'aime plus tellement l'opéra/le whisky ; I think she's gone off the idea je crois qu'elle a renoncé à l'idée.

■ go off with:

▶ go off with [sb/sth] partir avec [person, money] ; she went off with all his money elle est partie avec tout son argent ; who's gone off with my pen? qui a pris mon stylo?

■ go on:

▶ go on

1 (happen, take place) se passer ; what's going on? qu'est-ce qui se passe? ; there's a party going on upstairs il y a une fête en haut ; how long has this been going on? depuis combien de temps est-ce que ça dure? ; a lot of stealing goes on il y a beaucoup de vols ; a lot of drinking goes on at Christmas time les gens boivent beaucoup à Noël ;

2 ( continue on one's way) poursuivre son chemin ;

3 ( continue) continuer ; go on with your work continuez votre travail, continuez de travailler ; go on looking continuez à or de chercher ; she went on speaking elle a continué de parler ; go on, we're all listening! continue, nous t'écoutons tous! ; ‘and another thing,’ she went on, ‘you're always late’ ‘et autre chose,’ a-t-elle ajouté, ‘vous êtes toujours en retard’ ; if he goes on like this, he'll get into trouble! s'il continue comme ça, il va s'attirer des ennuis ; we can't go on like this! nous ne pouvons pas continuer comme ça! ; life must go on la vie continue ; the meeting went on into the afternoon la réunion s'est prolongée jusque dans l'après-midi ; you can't go on being a pen pusher all your life! tu ne peux pas rester gratte-papier toute ta vie! ; the list goes on and on la liste est infinie or interminable ; that's enough to be going on with ça suffit pour le moment ; have you got enough work to be going on with? est-ce que tu as assez de travail pour le moment? ; here's £20 to be going on with voici 20 livres pour te dépanner ; go on (with you) ○ ! allons donc! ;

4 ( of time) ( elapse) as time went on, they… avec le temps, ils… ; as the evening went on, he became more animated au fur et à mesure que la soirée avançait, il devenait plus animé ;

5 ( keep talking) to go on about sth ne pas arrêter de parler de qch, parler de qch à n'en plus finir ; he was going on about the war il parlait de la guerre à n'en plus finir ; don't go on about it! arrête de parler de ça!, change de disque! ; she went on and on about it elle en a fait toute une histoire ; he does tend to go on a bit! il a tendance à radoter ○ ! ; the way she goes on, you'd think she was an expert on the subject! à l'entendre, on croirait qu'elle est experte en la matière! ;

6 ( proceed) passer ; let's go on to the next item passons au point suivant ; he went on to say that/describe how puis il a dit que/décrit comment ;

7 ( go into operation) [heating, lights] s'allumer ;

8 Theat entrer en scène ; what time do you go on? à quelle heure est-ce que vous entrez en scène? ;

9 ( approach) it's going on three o'clock il est presque trois heures ; she's four going on five elle va sur ses cinq ans ; he's thirty going on three hum il a trente ans mais il pourrait bien en avoir trois ;

10 ( fit) these gloves won't go on ces gants ne m'iront pas ; the lid won't go on properly le couvercle ne ferme pas bien ;

▶ go on [sth] se fonder sur [piece of evidence, information] ; that's all we've got to go on tout ce que nous savons avec certitude ; we've got nothing else to go on nous n'avons pas d'autre point de départ ; the police haven't got much evidence to go on la police n'a pas beaucoup de preuves à l'appui.

■ go on at:

▶ go on at [sb] s'en prendre à [person] ; he's always going on at me for writing badly il s'en prend toujours à moi à cause de ma mauvaise écriture ; they're always going on at us about deadlines ils sont toujours sur notre dos pour des histoires de délais.

■ go out

1 (leave, depart) sortir ; she went out of the room elle a quitté la pièce, elle est sortie de la pièce ; to go out walking aller se promener ; to go out for a drink aller prendre un verre ; they go out a lot ils sortent beaucoup ; she likes going out elle aime sortir ; she had to go out to work at 14 il a fallu qu'elle aille travailler à 14 ans ;

2 ( travel long distance) partir (to à, pour) ; she's gone out to Australia/Africa elle est partie pour l'Australie/l'Afrique ;

3 ( have relationship) to go out with sb sortir avec qn ; they've been going out together for six weeks ils sortent ensemble depuis six semaines ;

4 [tide] descendre ; the tide is going out la marée descend, la mer se retire ;

5 Ind ( go on strike) se mettre en grève ;

6 ( become unfashionable) passer de mode ; ( no longer be used) ne plus être utilisé ; mini-skirts went out in the 1970s les mini-jupes ont passé de mode dans les années 70 ; gas went out and electricity came in l'électricité a remplacé le gaz ;

7 ( be extinguished) [fire, light] s'éteindre ;

8 ( be sent) [invitation, summons] être envoyé ; ( be published) [journal, magazine] être publié ; Radio, TV ( be broadcast) être diffusé ;

9 ( be announced) word went out that he was coming back le bruit a couru qu'il revenait ; the news went out from Washington that Washington a annoncé que ;

10 ( be eliminated) gen, Sport être éliminé ; she went out in the early stages of the competition elle a été éliminée au début de la compétition ;

11 (expressing compassion, sympathy) my heart goes out to them je les plains de tout mon cœur, je suis de tout cœur avec eux ; our thoughts go out to absent friends nos pensées vont vers nos amis absents ;

12 ( disappear) all the spirit seemed to have gone out of her elle semblait avoir perdu tout son entrain ; the romance seemed to have gone out of their relationship leur relation semblait avoir perdu tout son charme ;

13 ( end) [year, month] se terminer ;

14 ( in cards) terminer.

■ go over:

▶ go over

1 ( cross over) aller ; she went over to him/to the window elle est allée vers lui/vers la fenêtre, elle s'est approchée de lui/de la fenêtre ; to go over to Ireland/to America aller en Irlande/aux États-Unis ; we are now going over to Washington for more news Radio, TV nous passons maintenant l'antenne à Washington pour plus d'informations ;

2 ( be received) how did his speech go over? comment est-ce que son discours a été reçu? ; his speech went over well son discours a été bien reçu ; to go over big ○ avoir un grand succès ;

3 ( switch over) he went over to Labour from the Conservatives il est passé du parti des conservateurs au parti des travaillistes ; to go over to the other side fig passer dans l'autre camp ; we've gone over to gas (central heating) nous sommes passés au chauffage central au gaz ; to go over to Islam se convertir à l'Islam ;

▶ go over [sth]

1 ( review) passer [qch] en revue [details] ; she went over the events of the day in her mind elle a passé en revue les événements de la journée ; we've gone over the details again and again nous avons déjà passé les détails en revue mille fois ; to go over one's lines ( actor) répéter son texte ; there's no point in going over old ground il n'y a aucune raison de revenir là-dessus ;

2 (check, inspect) vérifier [accounts, figures] ; revoir [facts, piece of work] ; I want to go over this article once more before I hand it in je veux relire cet article une dernière fois avant de le remettre ; to go over a house faire le tour d'une maison ;

3 ( clean) he went over the room with a duster il a donné un coup de chiffon dans la pièce ; after cleaning, go over the surface with a dry cloth après l'avoir nettoyée, essuyez la surface avec un chiffon sec or passez un chiffon sec sur la surface ;

4 to go over a sketch in ink repasser un dessin à l'encre ;

5 ( exceed) dépasser ; don't go over £100 ne dépassez pas 100 livres sterling.

■ go round GB:

▶ go round

1 ( turn) [wheel, propeller etc] tourner ; the wheels went round and round les roues n'ont pas arrêté de tourner ; my head's going round j'ai la tête qui tourne ;

2 ( call round) to go round to see sb aller voir qn ; he's gone round to Anna's il est allé chez Anna ;

3 ( suffice) there isn't enough food/money to go round il n'y a pas assez de nourriture/d'argent pour tout le monde ; there was barely enough to go round il y en avait à peine assez pour tout le monde ;

4 ( circulate) there's a rumour going round that le bruit court que ;

5 ( make detour) faire un détour ; we had to go round the long way ou the long way round il a fallu qu'on prenne un chemin plus long ; I had to go round by the bridge il a fallu que je passe par or que je fasse un détour par le pont ;

▶ go round [sth] ( visit) faire le tour de [shops, house, museum].

■ go through:

▶ go through

1 ( come in) entrer ; if you'll just go (on) through, I'll tell them you're here si vous voulez bien entrer, je vais leur dire que vous êtes arrivé ;

2 ( be approved) [law, agreement] passer ; the law failed to go through la loi n'est pas passée ; the divorce hasn't gone through yet le divorce n'a pas encore été prononcé ;

3 ( be successfully completed) [business deal] être conclu ;

▶ go through [sth]

1 ( undergo) endurer, subir [experience, ordeal] ; ( pass through) passer par [stage, phase] ; in spite of all he's gone through malgré tout ce qu'il a enduré ; we've all gone through it nous sommes tous passés par là ; she's gone through a lot elle a beaucoup souffert ; he went through the day in a kind of daze toute la journée il a été dans un état second ; the country has gone through two civil wars le pays a connu deux guerres civiles ; to go through a crisis traverser une crise ; as you go through life au fur et à mesure que tu vieillis, en vieillissant ; you have to go through the switchboard/right authorities il faut passer par le standard/les autorités compétentes ; it went through my mind that l'idée m'a traversé l'esprit que ;

2 (check, inspect) examiner, étudier ; ( rapidly) parcourir [documents, files, list] ; to go through one's mail parcourir son courrier ; let's go through the points one by one étudions or examinons les problèmes un par un ;

3 ( search) fouiller [person's belongings, baggage] ; to go through sb's pockets/drawers fouiller dans les poches/tiroirs de qn ; at customs they went through all my things à la douane ils ont fouillé toutes mes affaires ;

4 (perform, rehearse) répéter [scene] ; expliquer [procedure] ; let's go through the whole scene once more répétons or reprenons toute la scène une dernière fois ; there are still a certain number of formalities to be gone through il y a encore un certain nombre de formalités à remplir ; I went through the whole procedure with him je lui ai expliqué comment il fallait procéder en détail ;

5 (consume, use up) dépenser [money] ; we went through three bottles of wine nous avons bu or descendu ○ trois bouteilles de vin ; I've gone through the elbows of my jacket j'ai usé ma veste aux coudes.

■ go through with:

▶ go through with [sth] réaliser, mettre [qch] à exécution [plan] ; in the end they decided to go through with the wedding finalement ils ont décidé de se marier ; I can't go through with it je ne peux pas le faire ; you'll have to go through with it now il va falloir que tu le fasses maintenant.

■ go together

1 ( harmonize) [colours, pieces of furniture etc] aller ensemble ; these colours don't go together ces couleurs ne vont pas ensemble ;

2 ( entail each other) aller de pair ; poverty and crime often go together la pauvreté et le crime vont souvent de pair ;

3 ○ †( have relationship) [couple] sortir ensemble.

■ go under

1 [boat, ship] couler, sombrer ; [drowning person] couler, disparaître sous les flots ;

2 fig ( succumb) [person] succomber ; ( go bankrupt) [business, company] faire faillite.

■ go up:

▶ go up

1 ( ascend) monter ; to go up to bed monter se coucher ; they've gone up to London ils sont allés or montés à Londres ; they've gone up to Scotland ils sont allés en Écosse ; ‘going up!’ ( in elevator) ‘on monte!’ ;

2 ( rise) [price, temperature] monter ; Theat [curtain] se lever (on sur) ; petrol has gone up (in price) (le prix de) l'essence a augmenté ; unemployment is going up le chômage augmente or est en hausse ; our membership has gone up le nombre de nos adhérents a augmenté ; a cry went up from the crowd un cri est monté or s'est élevé de la foule ;

3 ( be erected) [building] être construit ; [poster] être affiché ; new office blocks are going up all over the place on construit de nouveaux immeubles un peu partout ;

4 (be destroyed, blown up) [building] sauter, exploser ;

5 GB Univ ( start university) entrer à l'université ; ( start term) reprendre les cours ;

6 ( be upgraded) the team has gone up to the first division l'équipe est passée en première division ;

7 ( continue) the book/series goes up to 1990 le livre/la série va jusqu'en 1990 ;

▶ go up [sth]

1 ( mount) monter, gravir [hill, mountain] ;

2 to go up a class Sch passer dans une classe supérieure.

■ go with:

▶ go with [sth]

1 (match, suit) aller avec ; your shirt goes with your blue eyes ta chemise va bien avec tes yeux bleus ; white wine goes better with fish than red wine le vin blanc va mieux avec le poisson que le rouge ;

2 ( accompany) aller de pair avec ; the car goes with the job la voiture va de pair avec la situation ; the responsibilities that go with parenthood les responsabilités qui vont de pair avec le fait d'être parent ;

▶ go with [sb] ( date) sortir avec ; ( have sex with) coucher avec [person].

■ go without:

▶ go without s'en passer ; you'll just have to go without! il va falloir que tu t'en passes!, il va falloir que tu fasses sans! ;

▶ go without [sth] se passer de [food, luxuries].

Big English-French dictionary > go
11 crack

kræk 1. verb
1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) slå sprekker, (få til å) revne, knake

2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) knekke

3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) knalle, smelle

4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) slå vitser

5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) sprenge, bryte opp

6) (to solve (a code).) løse

7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) bryte sammen, bli brutt ned
2. noun
1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) sprekk, revne, brist, brudd

2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) gløtt, sprekk

3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) knall, smell, knekk

4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) slag

5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) vits

6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol)
3. adjective
(expert: a crack racing-driver.) topp-, førsteklasses, mester(lig)

- cracked
- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack

kløft
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spalte
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sprekk

I
subst. \/kræk\/

1) knak, brak, knall, smell, skrell

2) klask, (piske)snert

3) sprekk, revne, skavank

4) gløtt

• keep the door open a crack

holde døren på gløtt

5) ( hverdagslig) klask, (hardt) slag

• give him a crack on the head to shut him up!

gi ham et slag i hodet for å få ham til å holde kjeft!

6) ( hverdagslig) spydighet, ondskapsfullhet, giftighet, snert, spark

7) ( hverdagslig) forsøk

8) ( hverdagslig) toppmann, trumfess

9) ( slang) fitte, sprekk

10) ( slang) innbrudd, tyveri, brekk

11) (slang, narkotika) crack

12) ( dialekt) passiar, prat

at the crack of dawn ( hverdagslig) ved daggry, i grålysningen

give someone a fair crack of the whip ( hverdagslig) gi noen en (sportslig) sjanse til å vise hva man duger til

have a crack at something ( hverdagslig) forsøke (seg på) noe

make a crack at someone ( overført) gi noen et spark

make cracks about slå vitser om, komme med spydigheter om

paper over the cracks tapetsere over sprekkene, glatte over feil

till the crack of doom til dommedagsbasunene høres, til dommedag (overført)
II
verb \/kræk\/

1) ( om lyd) knake, brake, smelle, knalle, få til å knake

• I can't stand listening to people cracking the joints of their fingers!

jeg kan ikke utstå å høre på at folk knekker med fingerleddene!

2) sprekke, briste, revne, slå sprekker, bryte sammen, kollapse

3) knekkes, gå i stykker, springe, ryke, gå av

4) brekke, knekke, slå i stykker, knuse (overført)

• don't crack my heart!

ikke knus hjertet mitt!

5) klaske, snerte (med)

6) ( om stemme) sprekke, brytes

• his voice is cracking

han er i stemmeskiftet

7) ( hverdagslig) knekke, løse

• can you help me crack this problem?

kan du hjelpe meg å løse dette problemet?

• this code is impossible to crack

denne koden er det umulig å knekke\/løse

• we can crack this murder case now

vi kan oppklare denne mordsaken nå

8) slå til, klappe til

• she cracked her brother over the head

hun slo til broren sin i hodet

9) sprenge

• the burglars cracked the safe, but did not find anything inside it

innbruddstyvene sprengte safen, men fant ikke noe inne i den

10) avbryte, gjøre slutt på, rokke (ved)

11) ( om flaske) slå\/ta hull på, knekke, åpne

• let's crack a bottle of wine and celebrate this

la oss knekke en flaske vin og feire dette

12) ( kjemi) krakke, spalte

crack a book (amer., hverdagslig) åpne\/lese en bok

• he has never cracked a book

crack a crib (slang, om innbrudd) gjøre et brekk

crack a smile ( hverdagslig) bryte ut i et smil, smile

crack down on ( hverdagslig) slå ned på, slå til mot

crack jokes vitse, slå en vits, skjemte

crack off slites\/gå av, brytes av

crack onto ( hverdagslig) legge an på

crack open bryte opp, sprenge

crack up ( hverdagslig) kollapse, klappe sammen, ta knekken på seg selv ( hverdagslig) krasje, smadre

• Jim just cracked up his new car

Jim har akkurat krasjet den nye bilen sin

( hverdagslig) overvurdere, anslå for høyt

• he's not what he's cracked up to be

han er oppskrytt

( hverdagslig) begynne å le, briste i latter
III
adj. \/kræk\/

( hverdagslig) fin, førsteklasses, topp-, mester-, elite-

• the crack players

toppspillerne

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12 keep

keep

A n

1 ( maintenance) pension f ; to pay for one's keep payer une pension ; to work for one's keep travailler pour payer sa pension ; to earn one's keep [person] gagner de quoi vivre ; [factory, branch] fig être viable ;

2 Archit donjon m.

B vtr ( prét, pp kept)

1 ( cause to remain) to keep sb in hospital/indoors [person] garder qn à l'hôpital/à l'intérieur ; [illness] retenir qn à l'hôpital/à l'intérieur ; to keep sth/sb clean garder qch/qn propre ; to keep sth warm/cool garder qch au chaud/au frais ; to keep sb warm/cool protéger qn du froid/de la chaleur ; to be kept clean/warm/locked rester propre/au chaud/fermé (à clé) ; to keep sb talking/waiting retenir/faire attendre qn ; I won't keep you to your promise tu n'es pas obligé de tenir ta promesse ; to keep an engine/machine running laisser un moteur/une machine en marche ; bronchitis kept him in bed une bronchite l'a obligé à garder le lit ;

2 ( detain) retenir ; there's nothing to keep me here (plus) rien ne me retient ici ; don't let me keep you! je ne veux pas vous retenir! ; what kept you? qu'est-ce qui t'a retenu? ; I won't keep you a minute je n'en ai pas pour longtemps ; the police are keeping him for questioning la police le garde à vue pour l'interroger ;

3 ( retain) garder, conserver [book, letter, money, receipt] ; garder [job] ; garder [seat, place] (for pour) ; garder, mettre [qch] de côté [ticket, bread] (for pour) ; we keep these glasses for special occasions nous gardons ces verres pour les grandes occasions ; this pullover has kept its colour/shape ce pull-over a gardé sa couleur/forme ;

4 ( have and look after) tenir [shop, restaurant] ; avoir [dog, cat] ; élever [sheep, chickens] ;

5 ( sustain) to keep sth going entretenir qch [conversation, fire, tradition] ; I'll make you a sandwich to keep you going je te ferai un sandwich pour que tu tiennes le coup ; it was only his work that kept him going sans son travail il n'aurait pas tenu le coup ; have you got enough work to keep you going? avez-vous assez de travail pour vous occuper? ;

6 ( store) mettre, ranger ; I keep my money in a safe je mets mon argent dans un coffre-fort ; where do you keep your cups? où rangez-vous vos tasses? ; I keep a spare key in the cupboard j'ai un double de la clé dans le placard ;

7 ( have in stock) [shop, shopkeeper] vendre, avoir [brand, product] ;

8 ( support financially) faire vivre, entretenir [husband, wife, family] ; entretenir [lover] ; avoir [servant] ; fig it'll keep us in beer ça nous permettra de tenir le coup ;

9 ( maintain by writing in) tenir [accounts, list, diary, record] ;

10 ( conceal) to keep sth from sb taire or cacher qch à qn ;

11 ( prevent) to keep sb from doing empêcher qn de faire ;

12 ( observe) tenir [promise] ; garder [secret] ; se rendre à, venir à [appointment, date] ; célébrer [occasion, festival] ; observer [commandments, sabbath, Lent] ;

13 Mus to keep time ou the beat battre la mesure ;

14 †( protect) [God] garder†, protéger [person] (from de) ; [person] défendre [gate, bridge] ;

15 ( maintain) entretenir [car, house] ; well/badly kept bien/mal entretenu.

C vi ( prét, pp kept)

1 to keep doing ( continue) continuer à or de faire ; ( do repeatedly) ne pas arrêter de faire ; to keep going lit continuer ; I don't know how she keeps going! je ne sais pas comment elle tient le coup! ; keep at it! persévérez! ; keep west/straight on continuez vers l'ouest/tout droit ; ‘keep left/right’ ‘tenez votre gauche/droite’ ;

2 ( remain) to keep indoors rester à l'intérieur ; to keep out of the rain se protéger de la pluie ; to keep warm/cool se protéger du froid/de la chaleur ; to keep calm rester calme ; to keep silent ou quiet garder le silence ;

3 ( stay in good condition) [food] se conserver, se garder ;

4 ( wait) [news, business, work] attendre ; I've got something to tell you, it won't keep j'ai quelque chose à te dire, ça ne peut pas attendre ;

5 ( in health) ‘how are you keeping?’ ‘comment allez-vous?’ ; she's keeping well elle va bien.

D v refl to keep oneself subvenir à ses propres besoins ; to keep oneself warm/cool se protéger du froid/de la chaleur ; to keep oneself healthy rester en forme ; to keep oneself to oneself ne pas être sociable ; to keep oneself from doing s'empêcher de faire.

E for keeps adv phr pour de bon, pour toujours.

Idioms

to keep in with sb rester en bons termes avec qn ; to try to keep up with the Joneses rivaliser avec ses voisins ; you can't keep a good man down la compétence finit par être reconnue ; ⇒ clear.

Phrasal verbs

■ keep after:

▶ keep after [sb]

1 ( pursue) pourchasser ;

2 ( chivvy) harceler.

■ keep at:

▶ keep at [sb] US harceler, casser les pieds ○ à [person] ;

▶ keep at it persévérer.

■ keep away:

▶ keep away ne pas s'approcher (from de) ;

▶ keep [sth/sb] away empêcher [qch/qn] de s'approcher, tenir [qch/qn] à distance ; to keep sb away from ( prevent from getting close to) empêcher qn de s'approcher de, tenir qn à distance de [person, fire] ; ( cause to be absent from) tenir qn éloigné de [family] ; to keep sb away from his work empêcher qn de travailler.

■ keep back:

▶ keep back rester en arrière, ne pas s'approcher ; keep back! ne vous approchez pas!, n'avancez pas! ; to keep back from sth ne pas s'approcher de qch ;

▶ keep [sth/sb] back, keep back [sth/sb]

1 ( prevent from advancing) empêcher [qn] de s'approcher [person, crowd] (from de) ; faire redoubler [pupil, student] ; [barrier, dam] retenir [water] ; he kept his hair back with an elastic band il avait les cheveux retenus en arrière par un élastique ;

2 ( retain) garder [money] ; conserver [food, objects] ;

3 ( conceal) cacher [information, fact, detail] (from à) ;

4 ( prevent from doing) retenir [person].

■ keep down:

▶ keep down rester allongé ; keep down! ne bougez pas! ;

▶ keep [sth] down, keep down [sth]

1 ( cause to remain at a low level) limiter [number, speed, costs, expenditure, inflation] ; limiter l'augmentation de [prices, costs, wages, unemployment] ; maîtriser, juguler [inflation] ; to keep one's weight down surveiller son poids ; keep your voice down! baisse la voix! ; keep the noise down! faites moins de bruit! ;

2 ( retain in stomach) garder [food] ;

▶ keep [sb] down

1 GB Sch ( cause to repeat a year) faire redoubler [pupil] ;

2 ( repress) opprimer [people] ; réprimer [revolt].

■ keep in:

▶ keep in [car, cyclist, driver etc] GB tenir sa gauche ; ( elsewhere) tenir sa droite ;

▶ keep [sb/sth] in

1 ( cause to remain inside) empêcher [qn/qch] de sortir [person, animal] ; garder [dentures, contact lenses] ; they're keeping her in ( in hospital) ils la gardent ;

2 ( restrain) rentrer [stomach, elbows] ; réprimer [emotions, anger, impatience] ;

3 Sch ( cause to stay at school) garder [qn] en retenue, coller ○ [pupil].

■ keep off:

▶ keep off

1 ( stay at a distance) keep off! n'avancez pas! ;

2 ( not start) I hope the rain/storm keeps off j'espère qu'il ne pleuvra pas/que l'orage n'éclatera pas ;

▶ keep off [sth]

1 ( stay away from) ne pas marcher sur ; ‘Please keep off the grass’ ‘Défense de marcher sur la pelouse’ ;

2 ( refrain from) s'abstenir de consommer, éviter [fatty food, alcohol] ; s'abstenir de parler de [subject] ; to keep off cigarettes ne pas fumer ;

▶ keep [sth] off, keep off [sth]

1 ( prevent from touching) éloigner [animals, insects] ; this plastic sheet will keep the rain/ dust off cette housse en plastique protège contre la pluie/la poussière ;

2 ( continue not to wear) ne pas remettre [shoes, hat] ;

▶ keep sb off [sth] ( cause to refrain from) éviter de donner [qch] à qn [food, alcohol] ; empêcher qn de parler de [subject].

■ keep on:

▶ keep on doing ( not stop) continuer à faire ; ( do repeatedly) ne pas cesser de faire ; to keep on with sth poursuivre qch ; to keep on about sth ne pas arrêter de parler de qch ; to keep on at sb harceler qn, casser les pieds ○ à qn (to do pour qu'il fasse) ;

▶ keep [sb/sth] on garder [employee, flat, hat, shoes].

■ keep out:

▶ keep out of [sth]

1 ( not enter) ne pas entrer dans [area, house] ; ‘keep out!’ ( on notice) ‘défense d'entrer’ ;

2 ( avoid being exposed to) rester à l'abri de [sun, rain, danger] ;

3 ( avoid getting involved in) ne pas se mêler de [argument] ; keep out of this! ne t'en mêle pas! ; to keep out of sb's way, to keep out of the way of sb ( not hinder) ne pas encombrer qn ; ( avoid seeing) éviter qn ; try to keep out of trouble! essaie de bien te conduire! ;

▶ keep [sb/sth] out, keep out [sb/sth] ( not allow to enter) ne pas laisser entrer [person, animal] ; to keep the rain out empêcher la pluie d'entrer ; I wore an extra pullover to keep out the cold j'ai mis un pull-over de plus pour me protéger du froid ; to keep sb out of sth ( not allow to get involved in) ne pas vouloir mêler qn à qch ; ( not allow to enter) ne pas laisser entrer qn dans qch ; to keep sb out of trouble empêcher qn de faire des bêtises ; to keep sb/sth out of sb's way faire en sorte que qn/qch ne soit pas sur le chemin de qn.

■ keep to:

▶ keep to [sth] ( stick to) lit ne pas s'écarter de, rester sur [road, path] ; fig respecter, s'en tenir à [timetable, facts, plan] ; respecter [law, rules] ; ‘keep to the left/right’ ‘tenez votre gauche/droite’ ; to keep to one's bed garder le lit ; to keep to one's home rester chez soi ;

▶ keep sb to [sth] ( cause to remain on) empêcher qn de s'écarter de [route] ; forcer qn à tenir [promise] ;

▶ keep [sth] to ( restrict) limiter [qch] à [weight, number] ; to keep sth to oneself garder qch pour soi [secret, information, opinion] ; he can't keep his hands to himself ○ il a les mains baladeuses ○ ; keep your hands to yourself! bas les pattes ○ !

■ keep under:

▶ keep [sb] under

1 ( dominate) assujettir, soumettre [race, slaves, inhabitants] ;

2 ( cause to remain unconscious) maintenir [qn] inconscient.

■ keep up:

▶ keep up

1 ( progress at same speed) ( all contexts) [car, runner, person] suivre ; [business rivals, competitors] rester à la hauteur ;

2 ( continue) [price] se maintenir ; if the rain keeps up I'm not going s'il continue à pleuvoir je n'y vais pas ;

▶ keep [sth] up, keep up [sth]

1 ( cause to remain in position) tenir [trousers] ; ‘keep your hands up!’ ( by gunman) ‘gardez les mains en l'air!’ ;

2 ( continue) continuer [attack, bombardment, studies] ; entretenir [correspondence, friendship] ; maintenir [membership, tradition] ; garder [pace] ; to keep up the pressure continuer à faire pression (for pour obtenir ; on sur) ; he kept up his German by going to evening classes il a entretenu son allemand en suivant des cours du soir ; to keep up one's strength/spirits garder ses forces/le moral ; keep it up!, keep up the good work! continuez comme ça! ;

▶ keep [sb] up ( maintain awake) faire veiller [child, person] ; [noise, illness] empêcher [qn] de dormir ; I hope I'm not keeping you up ( politely) j'espère que je ne vous oblige pas à veiller ; ( ironically) j'espère que je ne vous empêche pas de dormir.

■ keep up with:

▶ keep up with [sb/sth]

1 ( progress at same speed as) ( physically) aller aussi vite que [person, group] ; ( mentally) suivre [class, work, lecture] ; [company, country] se maintenir à la hauteur de [competitors] ; Econ [wages, pensions] suivre [prices, inflation, cost of living] ; faire face à [demand] ;

2 ( be informed about) suivre [fashion, developments, news] ;

3 ( remain in contact with) garder le contact avec [schoolfriends, colleagues]. ⇒ end, pecker.

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13 seat

si:t
1. noun
1) (something for sitting on: Are there enough seats for everyone?) asiento

2) (the part of a chair etc on which the body sits: This chair-seat is broken.) asiento

3) ((the part of a garment covering) the buttocks: I've got a sore seat after all that horse riding; a hole in the seat of his trousers.) culo, trasero

4) (a place in which a person has a right to sit: two seats for the play; a seat in Parliament; a seat on the board of the company.) plaza

5) (a place that is the centre of some activity etc: Universities are seats of learning.) sede, centro

2. verb
1) (to cause to sit down: I seated him in the armchair.) sentar

2) (to have seats for: Our table seats eight.) tener sitio para

•

- - seater
- seating
- seat belt
- take a seat

seat n asiento

he gave his seat to an old lady cedió su asiento a una señora mayor

please take a seat siéntese, por favor

seat

tr[siːt]

noun

1 (chair - gen) asiento; (- in cinema, theatre) butaca

■ the back/front seat of the car el asiento de detrás/delante del coche

■ I'd like a window seat quisiera un asiento al lado de la ventanilla

■ give up your seat to an elderly person cede tu asiento a un anciano

2 (place) plaza; (at theatre, opera, stadium) localidad nombre femenino; (ticket) entrada, localidad nombre femenino

■ there are no seats left on that flight no quedan plazas en aquel vuelo

■ do you think we can get seats for "Cats"? ¿crees que podemos encontrar entradas para "Cats"?

3 (of cycle) sillín nombre masculino; (of toilet) asiento; (of trousers) fondillos nombre masculino plural; (of chair) fondo; (bottom, buttocks) trasero, pompis nombre masculino

4 (centre) sede nombre femenino, centro

■ seat of learning centro de estudios

5 SMALLPOLITICS/SMALL (in parliament) escaño; (constituency) distrito electoral

■ he has a seat on the council es miembro del consejo

transitive verb

1 (sit) sentar

2 (accomodate) tener sitio para; (theatre, hall, etc) tener cabida para

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

please be seated siéntese/siéntense por favor

to be in the driving/driver's seat dirigir, controlar

to remain seated quedarse sentado,-a

to seat oneself sentarse

to take a back seat pasar a segundo plano, mantenerse al margen

to take a seat sentarse, tomar asiento

seat belt cinturón nombre masculino de seguridad

seat ['si:t] vt

1) sit: sentar

please be seated: siéntense, por favor

2) hold: tener cabida para

the stadium seats 40,000: el estadio tiene 40,000 asientos

seat n

1) : asiento m, plaza f (en un vehículo)

take a seat: tome asiento

2) bottom: fondillos mpl (de la ropa), trasero m (del cuerpo)

3) : sede f (de un gobierno, etc.)

seat (Theater)

n.

• butaca (Teatro) (ESP) s.f.

n.

• asiento s.m.

• culo s.m.

• lecho s.m.

• localidad s.f.

• plaza s.f.

• residencia s.f.

• sede s.f.

• silla s.f.

v.

• asentar v.

• establecer v.

• fijar v.

• sentar v.

I siːt
noun

1) ( place to sit) asiento m; ( on bicycle) asiento m, sillín m; ( in theater) asiento m, butaca f

please have o take a seat — tome asiento, por favor (frml), siéntese, por favor

I took a seat at the back — me senté en el fondo

I've got two seats for tonight's performance — tengo dos entradas para la función de esta noche

there aren't any seats left — ( in cinema) no quedan localidades

can you keep my seat for me? — ¿me guardas el lugar or el asiento?

2)

a) ( of chair) asiento m

b) ( of garment) fondillos mpl, fundillos mpl (AmS)

3)

a) ( Govt) escaño m, banca f (RPl), curul m (Col, Méx)

to have a seat on a committee — ser* miembro de una comisión

b) ( constituency) (BrE) distrito m electoral

4)

a) ( center) sede f

the seat of government — la sede del gobierno

b) ( of family) residencia f, casa f solariega

II

transitive verb

a) \<\<child\>\> sentar*

please be seated — (frml) tomen asiento, por favor (frml)

to remain seated — permanecer* sentado

b) ( have room for) \<\<auditorium\>\> tener* cabida or capacidad para

how many does the bus seat? — ¿cuántas plazas or cuántos asientos tiene el autobús?

this table seats 6 — en esta mesa caben seis personas

[siːt]
1. N

1) (=place to sit) asiento m ; (in cinema, theatre) butaca f, asiento m ; (in car, plane, train, bus) asiento m ; (on cycle) sillín m, asiento m

is this seat free? — ¿está libre este asiento?

the back seat of the car — el asiento trasero del coche

save me a seat — guárdame un sitio or asiento

he used the log as a seat — usaba el tronco de silla

• do have or take a seat — siéntese por favor, tome asiento por favor frm

• to take one's seat — sentarse, tomar asiento

please take your seats for supper — la cena está servida

- take a back seat

his private life takes a back seat to the problems of the company — su vida privada ocupa un segundo lugar después de los problemas de la compañía
driving 3., hot 4.
2) [of chair, toilet] asiento m

3) (=ticket) (Theat, Cine, Sport) localidad f, entrada f ; (for plane, train, bus) plaza f

we need two seats on the first available flight — necesitamos dos plazas en el primer vuelo disponible

are there any seats left? — (Theat, Cine, Sport) ¿quedan localidades or entradas?; (on plane) ¿quedan plazas?

4) (Pol) (in parliament) escaño m, curul f (Col); (=constituency) circunscripción f electoral

she kept/lost her seat in the election — retuvo/perdió su escaño en las elecciones
safe 4.
5) (on board, committee) puesto m

to have a seat on the board — ser miembro de la junta directiva

6) [of trousers] fondillos mpl

- do sth by the seat of one's pants

7) (=centre) [of government] sede f ; [of family] residencia f, casa f solariega

family seat — casa f solariega

seat of learning — liter centro m de estudios, templo m del saber liter

8) (=source) [of infection, problem] foco m

9) (=buttocks) euph trasero * m, posaderas * fpl

10) [of rider]

to have a good seat — montar bien

to keep one's seat — mantenerse sobre el caballo

to lose one's seat — caer del caballo

2. VT

1) [+ person] [+ child, invalid] sentar

they seat guests at a different table every day — todos los días ponen a los invitados en mesas diferentes

please remain seated — por favor permanezcan sentados frm

please be seated — tome asiento por favor frm

to seat o.s. — sentarse, tomar asiento frm

2) (=hold) [hall, vehicle] tener cabida para

the bus seats 53 people — el autobús tiene cabida para 53 personas (sentadas), el autobús tiene 53 plazas or asientos

the car seats five — caben cinco personas en el coche, el coche tiene cabida para cinco personas

the theatre seats 900 — el teatro tiene un aforo de 900 localidades, el teatro tiene cabida para 900 personas

the table can seat 20 comfortably — en la mesa caben 20 personas cómodamente

3) (Mech) [+ valve, bearing] asentar, ajustar

4) (fig)

deeply seated attitudes — actitudes fpl muy arraigadas

3.

CPD

seat back N — respaldo m del asiento

seat belt N — cinturón m de seguridad

he wasn't wearing a seat belt — no llevaba puesto el cinturón de seguridad

fasten your seat belts — (Aer) abróchense el cinturón de seguridad

put your seat belt on — (Aut) póngase el cinturón de seguridad

seat cover N — funda f de asiento

* * *

I [siːt]
noun

1) ( place to sit) asiento m; ( on bicycle) asiento m, sillín m; ( in theater) asiento m, butaca f

please have o take a seat — tome asiento, por favor (frml), siéntese, por favor

I took a seat at the back — me senté en el fondo

I've got two seats for tonight's performance — tengo dos entradas para la función de esta noche

there aren't any seats left — ( in cinema) no quedan localidades

can you keep my seat for me? — ¿me guardas el lugar or el asiento?

2)

a) ( of chair) asiento m

b) ( of garment) fondillos mpl, fundillos mpl (AmS)

3)

a) ( Govt) escaño m, banca f (RPl), curul m (Col, Méx)

to have a seat on a committee — ser* miembro de una comisión

b) ( constituency) (BrE) distrito m electoral

4)

a) ( center) sede f

the seat of government — la sede del gobierno

b) ( of family) residencia f, casa f solariega

II

transitive verb

a) \<\<child\>\> sentar*

please be seated — (frml) tomen asiento, por favor (frml)

to remain seated — permanecer* sentado

b) ( have room for) \<\<auditorium\>\> tener* cabida or capacidad para

how many does the bus seat? — ¿cuántas plazas or cuántos asientos tiene el autobús?

this table seats 6 — en esta mesa caben seis personas

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