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1 lover

noun

1) Liebhaber, der; Geliebte, der; (woman) Geliebte, die

be lovers — ein Liebespaar sein

2) (person devoted to something) Liebhaber, der/Liebhaberin, die; Freund, der/Freundin, die

lover of the arts — Kunstliebhaber, der/-liebhaberin, die; Kunstfreund, der/-freundin, die

dog-lover — Hundefreund, der/-freundin, die

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noun

1) (a person who enjoys or admires or has a special affection for something: an art-lover; He is a lover of sport; an animal-lover.) der Liebhaber

2) (a person who is having a love affair with another.) der/die Geliebte

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lov·er

[ˈlʌvəʳ, AM -ɚ]

n

1. (person in love) Liebende(r) f(m)

▪ the \lovers pl die Liebenden pl

2. (sexual partner) Liebhaber(in) m(f), Geliebte(r) f(m) meist pej

▪ \lovers pl Liebespaar nt

he was her live-in \lover for three years er hat drei Jahre lang mit ihr zusammengelebt

to be/become \lovers ein Liebespaar sein/werden

they were \lovers for three years sie waren drei Jahre lang zusammen

to take a \lover sich dat einen Liebhaber/eine Geliebte nehmen

3. (enthusiast) Liebhaber(in) m(f), Freund(in) m(f) (of von + dat)

book \lover Bücherfreund(in) m(f)

nature/opera \lover Natur-/Opernliebhaber(in) m(f)

sports \lover Sportfan m

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['lʌvə(r)]
n

1) Liebhaber m, Geliebte(r) m (old, liter), Geliebte f

the lovers — die Liebenden pl, das Liebespaar

we were lovers for two years — wir waren zwei Jahre lang zusammen

Romeo and Juliet were lovers —

so she took a lover — da nahm sie sich (dat) einen Liebhaber

2)

a lover of books — ein(e) Bücherfreund(in) m(f), ein(e) Liebhaber(in) m(f) von Büchern

a lover of good food — ein(e) Freund(in) or Liebhaber(in) m(f) von gutem Essen

music-lover — Musikliebhaber(in) m(f) or -freund(in)

music-lover — Musikliebhaber(in) m(f) or -freund(in) m(f)

soccer lovers — Fußballanhänger or -begeisterte pl

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lover [ˈlʌvə(r)] s

1. a) Liebhaber m, Geliebte(r) m

b) Geliebte f

2. pl Liebende pl, Liebespaar n:

they are lovers sie haben ein Verhältnis (miteinander);

lovers’ lane umg Seufzergässchen n

3. Liebhaber(in), (Musik- etc) Freund (-in):

a lover of music, a music lover

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noun

1) Liebhaber, der; Geliebte, der; (woman) Geliebte, die

be lovers — ein Liebespaar sein

2) (person devoted to something) Liebhaber, der/Liebhaberin, die; Freund, der/Freundin, die

lover of the arts — Kunstliebhaber, der/-liebhaberin, die; Kunstfreund, der/-freundin, die

dog-lover — Hundefreund, der/-freundin, die

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n.

Geliebte m.,f.

Liebhaber m.

English-german dictionary > lover
2 lover

noun

1) (a person who enjoys or admires or has a special affection for something: an art-lover; He is a lover of sport; an animal-lover.) aficionado, amante

2) (a person who is having a love affair with another.) amante, enamorado

lover n amante

lover

tr['lʌvə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 amante nombre masulino o femenino

■ for music lovers para los amantes de la (buena) música

lover ['lʌvər] n

: amante mf (de personas); aficionado m, -da f (a alguna actividad)

lover

n.

• aficionado s.m.

• amador, -ora s.m.,f.

• amante s.m.,f.

• amigo s.m.

• enamorado s.m.

• galán s.m.

• querido s.m.

'lʌvər, 'lʌvə(r)
noun

1) ( partner in love) amante mf

2) ( fan)

lover OF something — amante mf de algo

music-lovers — los aficionados a or los amantes de la música

['lʌvǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (sexually) amante mf ; (romantically) enamorado(-a) m / f

the lovers — los amantes

we were lovers for two years — durante dos años fuimos amantes

he became her lover — se hizo su amante

so she took a lover — así que se echó un amante

2) (=fan) aficionado(-a) m / f

music lover, lover of music — aficionado(-a) m / f a la música, amante mf de la música

cinema lovers — los aficionados al cine, los amantes del cine

he is a great lover of the violin — es un gran aficionado al or amante del violín

2.

CPD

lover boy N — hum, iro macho m

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['lʌvər, 'lʌvə(r)]
noun

1) ( partner in love) amante mf

2) ( fan)

lover OF something — amante mf de algo

music-lovers — los aficionados a or los amantes de la música

English-spanish dictionary > lover
3 take

(to take or keep (someone) as a hostage: The police were unable to attack the terrorists because they were holding three people hostage.) tomar/coger a alguien como rehén

take vb

1. coger

take your umbrella, it's raining coge el paraguas, que está lloviendo

we took a taxi cogimos un taxi

2. llevar

could you take this to the post office? ¿podrías llevar esto a la oficina de correos?

she took me to the airport me llevó al aeropuerto

3. llevarse

someone's taken my bicycle! ¡alguien se ha llevado mi bicicleta!

burglars took all their furniture los ladrones se llevaron todos los muebles

4. tomar

take two tablets three times a day toma dos pastillas tres veces al día

5. llevar / tardar / durar

the flight takes nine hours el vuelo dura nueve horas

it took me eight hours to paint the room tardé ocho horas en pintar la habitación

to take a seat sentarse

to take care of someone cuidar de alguien

to take something for granted dar algo por sentado

to take place tener lugar / ocurrir

El pasado de take es took y el participio pasado es taken; el gerundio se escribe taking

take

tr[teɪk]

noun

1 SMALLCINEMA/SMALL toma

transitive verb (pt took tr[tʊk], pp taken tr['teɪkən])

1 (carry, bring) llevar

■ take your umbrella, it might rain lleva el paraguas, puede que llueva

■ she took her grandson a cup of tea le llevó una taza de té a su nieto

2 (drive, escort) llevar

■ shall I take you to the station? ¿quieres que te lleve a la estación?

■ they took their children to the cinema llevaron a sus hijos al cine

3 (remove) llevarse, quitar, coger

■ who's taken my pencil? ¿quién ha cogido mi lápiz?

■ I think someone's taken my wallet creo que alguien me ha quitado la cartera

■ she took a chocolate cogió un bombón

4 (hold, grasp) tomar, coger

■ do you want me to take your suitcase? ¿quieres que te coja la maleta?

■ he took her by the hand la cogió de la mano

5 (accept - money etc) aceptar, coger; (- criticism, advice, responsibility) aceptar, asumir; (- patients, clients) aceptar

■ do you take cheques? ¿aceptáis cheques?

■ he decided not to take the job decidió no aceptar el trabajo

■ he'll take it better coming from you se lo tomará mejor si se lo dices tú

■ the machine only takes pound coins la máquina sólo admite monedas de una libra

6 (win prize, competition) ganar; (earn) ganar, hacer

■ how much have we taken today? ¿cuánto hemos hecho hoy de caja?

7 (medicine, drugs) tomar

■ have you ever taken drugs? ¿has tomado drogas alguna vez?

■ do you take sugar? ¿te pones azúcar?

8 (subject) estudiar; (course of study) seguir, cursar

■ I'm taking history this year estudio historia este curso

■ he took a degree in politics se licenció en ciencias políticas

9 (teach) dar clase a

■ she takes my son for French ella da clases de francés a mi hijo

10 (bus, train, etc) tomar, coger

■ she took a taxi because she was late cogió un taxi porque llegaba tarde

■ take the second on the left coja la segunda a la izquierda

■ my job takes me all over the world mi trabajo me lleva por todo el mundo

11 (capture) tomar, capturar; (in board games) comer

■ the soldiers have taken the city los soldados han tomado la ciudad

■ ten men were taken prisoners apresaron a diez hombres

12 (time) tardar, llevar

■ how long does it take to get to Madrid? ¿cuánto se tarda en llegar a Madrid?

■ it takes two hours to cook tarda dos horas en cocerse

■ it took her half an hour to make it hacerlo le llevó media hora

13 (hold, contain) tener cabida, acoger

■ this plane takes 500 passengers este avión tiene cabida para 500 pasajeros

■ how many people does your car take? ¿cuántas personas caben en tu coche?

14 (size of clothes) usar, gastar; (size of shoes) calzar

■ what size do you take? ¿qué talla usas?, ¿cuál es tu talla?

■ what size shoe does he take? ¿qué número calza?

15 (measurement, temperature, etc) tomar; (write down) anotar

16 (need, require) requerir, necesitar

■ it will take two people to carry the fridge se necesitarán dos personas para llevar la nevera

■ it doesn't take much to frighten her no hace falta mucho para que se asuste

■ that will take some explaining te costará trabajo explicar esto

17 (buy) quedarse con, llevar(se)

■ I'll take it me lo quedo

■ I'll take the red one me quedaré con el rojo

■ she takes The Guardian compra The Guardian

18 (bear) aguantar, soportar

■ I can't take any more no aguanto más

■ you can't take a joke no sabes aguantar una broma

19 (react) tomarse; (interpret) interpretar

■ she took it the wrong way lo interpretó mal, se lo tomó a mal

■ he took the news very badly se tomó la noticia muy mal

20 (perform, adopt) tomar, adoptar; (exercise) hacer

■ they had to take drastic measures tuvieron que tomar medidas drásticas

■ don't take any notice no hagas caso

■ she takes the view that... opina que...

21 (have) tomar(se)

■ let's take a break tomemos un descanso

22 (suppose) suponer

■ I take it that... supongo que...

23 (consider) considerar, mirar

24 SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL regir

■ transitive verbs take a direct object los verbos transitivos rigen objeto directo

25 (rent) alquilar

■ they have taken a flat in London han alquilado un piso en Londres

intransitive verb

1 (work - dye) coger; (- fire) prender; (- cutting) prender; (- seed) germinar

2 (fish) picar

3 (in draughts etc) comer

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

not to take no for an answer no aceptar una respuesta negativa

take it from me escucha lo que te digo

take it or leave it lo tomas o lo dejas

take my word for it créeme

to be hard to take ser difícil de aceptar

to be on the take dejarse sobornar

to have what it takes tener lo que hace falta

to take five descansar cinco minutos

to take it out of somebody dejar a uno sin ganas de nada

to take somebody out of himself hacer que alguien se olvide de sus propias penas

to take something as read dar algo por sentado,-a

take ['teɪk] v, took ['tʊk] ; taken ['teɪkə n] ; taking vt

1) capture: capturar, apresar

2) grasp: tomar, agarrar

to take the bull by the horns: tomar al toro por los cuernos

3) catch: tomar, agarrar

taken by surprise: tomado por sorpresa

4) captivate: encantar, fascinar

5) ingest: tomar, ingerir

take two pills: tome dos píldoras

6) remove: sacar, extraer

take an orange: saca una naranja

7) : tomar, coger (un tren, un autobús, etc.)

8) need, require: tomar, requirir

these things take time: estas cosas toman tiempo

9) bring, carry: llevar, sacar, cargar

take them with you: llévalos contigo

take the trash out: saca la basura

10) bear, endure: soportar, aguantar (dolores, etc.)

11) accept: aceptar (un cheque, etc.), seguir (consejos), asumir (la responsabilidad)

12) suppose: suponer

I take it that...: supongo que...

13) (indicating an action or an undertaking)

to take a walk: dar un paseo

to take a class: tomar una clase

14)

to take place happen: tener lugar, suceder, ocurrir

take vi

: agarrar (dícese de un tinte), prender (dícese de una vacuna)

take n

1) proceeds: recaudación f, ingresos mpl, ganancias fpl

2) : toma f (de un rodaje o una grabación)

take

n.

• taquilla s.f.

• toma (Film) s.f.

• toma s.f. (time)

expr.

• tardar expr.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: took, taken) = aceptar v.

• asir v.

• calzar v.

• cautivar v.

• coger v.

• ganar v.

• llevar v.

• quedarse con v.

• tener v.

(§pres: tengo, tienes...tenemos) pret: tuv-

fut/c: tendr-•)

• tomar v.

I
1. teɪk
1) (past took; past p taken) transitive verb

Sense I

2) (carry, lead, drive) llevar

take an umbrella — lleva un paraguas

shall I take the chairs inside/upstairs? — ¿llevo las sillas adentro/arriba?, ¿meto/subo las sillas?

to take the garbage out — sacar la basura

we took him home — lo llevamos a (su) casa

she took us into her office — nos hizo pasar a su oficina

I'll take you up/down to the third floor — subo/bajo contigo al tercer piso, te llevo al tercer piso

to take the dog (out) for a walk — sacar* el perro a pasear

this path takes you to the main road — este camino lleva or por este camino se llega a la carretera

her job often takes her to Paris — va con frecuencia a París por motivos de trabajo

if you decide to take the matter further — si decide proseguir con el asunto

Sense II

3)

a) \<\<train/plane/bus/taxi\>\> tomar, coger* (esp Esp)

are you taking the car? — ¿vas a ir en coche?

I had to take the bus back — tuve que volver en autobús

we took the elevator (AmE) o (BrE) lift to the restaurant — tomamos or (esp Esp) cogimos el ascensor para subir/bajar al restaurante

b) \<\<road/turning\>\> tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

I took the wrong road — me equivoqué de camino

c) \<\<bend\>\> tomar, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<fence\>\> saltar

4)

a) (grasp, seize) tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

he took her by the hand — la tomó or (esp AmL) la agarró or (esp Esp) la cogió de la mano

he took the opportunity — aprovechó la oportunidad

he took control of the situation — se hizo dueño de la situación

she took the knife from him — le quitó el cuchillo

b) ( take charge of)

may I take your coat? — ¿me permite el abrigo?

would you mind taking the baby for a moment? — ¿me tienes al niño un momento?

c) ( occupy)

take a seat — siéntese, tome asiento (frml)

this chair is taken — esta silla está ocupada

5) (remove, steal) llevarse

somebody's taken my purse! — alguien se me ha llevado el monedero!

6) ( catch)

it took us by surprise — nos sorprendió

he was taken completely unawares — lo agarró or (esp Esp) lo cogió completamente desprevenido

to be taken ill — caer* enfermo

7)

a) ( capture) \<\<town/fortress/position\>\> tomar; \<\<pawn/piece\>\> comer

b) ( win) \<\<prize/title\>\> llevarse, hacerse* con; \<\<game/set\>\> ganar

c) ( receive as profit) hacer*, sacar*

8) \<\<medicine/drugs\>\> tomar

have you taken your tablets? — ¿te has tomado las pastillas?

I don't take sugar in my coffee — no le pongo azúcar al café

9)

a) (buy, order) llevar(se)

I'll take this pair — (me) llevo este par

I'll take 12 ounces — déme or (Esp tb) póngame 12 onzas

b) ( buy regularly) comprar

we take The Globe — nosotros compramos or leemos The Globe

c) ( rent) \<\<cottage/apartment\>\> alquilar, coger* (Esp)

10)

a) ( acquire) \<\<lover\>\> buscarse*

to take a wife/husband — casarse

b) ( sexually) (liter) \<\<woman\>\> poseer*

Sense III

11) ( of time) \<\<job/task\>\> llevar; \<\<process\>\> tardar; \<\<person\>\> tardar, demorar(se) (AmL)

it took longer than expected — llevó or tomó más tiempo de lo que se creía

the flight takes two hours — el vuelo dura dos horas

it took weeks for him to recover — tardó semanas en recuperarse

the letter took a week to arrive — la carta tardó or (AmL tb) se demoró una semana en llegar

it took me a long time to do it — me llevó mucho tiempo hacerlo

12) ( need)

it takes courage to do a thing like that — hay que tener or hace falta or se necesita valor para hacer algo así

it took four men to lift it — se necesitaron cuatro hombres para levantarlo

to have (got) what it takes — (colloq) tener* lo que hay que tener or lo que hace falta

13)

a) ( wear)

what size shoes do you take? — ¿qué número calzas?

she takes a 14 — usa la talla or (RPl) el talle 14

b) ( Auto)

this car takes diesel — este coche consume diesel

c) ( Ling) construirse* con, regir*

Sense IV

14) ( accept) \<\<money/bribes/job\>\> aceptar

do you take checks? — ¿aceptan cheques?

take it or leave it — (set phrase) lo tomas o lo dejas

you'll have to take my word for it — vas a tener que fiarte de mi palabra

take it from me — hazme caso

I won't take no for an answer — no me voy a dar por vencido así como así

take that, you scoundrel! — (dated) toma, canalla!

15)

a) (hold, accommodate)

the tank takes/will take 42 liters — el tanque tiene una capacidad de 42 litros

we can take up to 50 passengers — tenemos cabida para un máximo de 50 pasajeros

b) (admit, receive) \<\<patients/pupils\>\> admitir, tomar, coger* (Esp)

they take lodgers — alquilan habitaciones

we don't take telephone reservations o (BrE) bookings — no aceptamos reservas por teléfono

16)

a) (withstand, suffer) \<\<strain/weight\>\> aguantar; \<\<beating/blow\>\> recibir

b) (tolerate, endure) aguantar

I can't take it any longer! — no puedo más!, ya no aguanto más!

he can't take a joke — no sabe aceptar or no se le puede hacer una broma

c) ( bear)

how is he taking it? — ¿qué tal lo lleva?

she's taken it very badly/well — lo lleva muy mal/bien; see also heart 2), 3)

17)

a) (understand, interpret) tomarse

she took it the wrong way — se lo tomó a mal, lo interpretó mal

don't take it personally — no te lo tomes como algo personal

to take something as read/understood — dar* algo por hecho/entendido

I take it that you didn't like him much — por lo que veo no te cayó muy bien; see also take for

b) ( consider) (in imperative) mirar

take Japan, for example — mira el caso del Japón, por ejemplo

Sense V

18)

a) \<\<steps/measures\>\> tomar; \<\<exercise\>\> hacer*

to take a walk/a step forward — dar* un paseo/un paso adelante

take a look at this! — mira esto!

b) (supervise, deal with)

would you take that call, please? — ¿puede atender esa llamada por favor?

19) ( Educ)

a) ( teach) (BrE) darle* clase a

she takes us for Chemistry — nos da clase de química

b) ( learn) \<\<subject\>\> estudiar, hacer*; \<\<course\>\> hacer*

to take an exam — hacer* or dar* or (CS) rendir* or (Méx) tomar un examen, examinarse (Esp)

20)

a) ( record) tomar

we took regular readings — tomamos nota de la temperatura (or presión etc) a intervalos regulares

b) ( write down) \<\<notes\>\> tomar

he took my name and address — me tomó el nombre y la dirección

21) ( adopt)

he takes the view that... — opina que..., es de la opinión de que...

she took an instant dislike to him — le tomó antipatía inmediatamente; see also liking a), offense 2) b), shape I 1) a)

2.

vi

1)

a) \<\<seed\>\> germinar; \<\<cutting\>\> prender

b) \<\<dye\>\> agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

2) ( receive) recibir

all you do is take, take, take — no piensas más que en ti

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- take aback

- take after

- take along

- take apart

- take around

- take aside

- take away

- take away from

- take back

- take down

- take for

- take from

- take home

- take in

- take off

- take on

- take out

- take out on

- take over

- take round

- take through

- take to

- take up

- take upon

- take up on

- take up with

II

noun

1) ( Cin) toma f

2)

a) ( earnings) ingresos mpl, recaudación f

b) ( share) parte f; ( commission) comisión f

[teɪk] (vb: pt took) (pp taken)
1. VT

1) (=remove) llevarse; (=steal) robar, llevarse

who took my beer? — ¿quién se ha llevado mi cerveza?

someone's taken my handbag — alguien se ha llevado mi bolso, alguien me ha robado el bolso

• I picked up the letter but he took it from me — cogí la carta pero él me la quitó

to take a book from a shelf — sacar un libro de un estante

to take a passage from an author — tomar un pasaje de un autor

take 37 from 121 — resta 37 de 121

2) (=take hold of, seize) tomar, coger, agarrar (LAm)

she took the spade and started digging — cogió la pala y empezó a excavar

I took him by the scruff of the neck — le cogí por el pescuezo

let me take your case/coat — permíteme tu maleta/abrigo

I'll take the blue one, please — me llevaré el azul

• to take sb's arm — tomar del brazo a algn

to take sb in one's arms — abrazar a algn

• the devil take it! — ¡maldición! †

• take five! * — ¡hagan una pausa!, ¡descansen un rato!

• take your partners for a waltz — saquen a su pareja a bailar un vals

• to take sb into partnership — tomar a algn como socio

• please take a seat — tome asiento, por favor

is this seat taken? — ¿está ocupado este asiento?

• it took me by surprise — me cogió desprevenido, me pilló or agarró desprevenido (LAm)

• take ten! — (US) * ¡hagan una pausa!, ¡descansen un rato!

• to take a wife — † casarse, contraer matrimonio

3) (=lead, transport) llevar

to take sth to sb — llevar algo a algn

I took her some flowers — le llevé unas flores

her work took her to Bonn — su trabajó la destinó or llevó a Bonn

• we took her to the doctor — la llevamos al médico

• he took me home in his car — me llevó a casa en su coche

• they took me over the factory — me mostraron la fábrica, me acompañaron en una visita a la fábrica

• he took his suitcase upstairs — subió su maleta

• to take sb for a walk — llevar a algn de paseo

• it took us out of our way — nos hizo desviarnos

4) [+ bus, taxi] (=travel by) ir en; (at specified time) coger, tomar (esp LAm); [+ road, short cut] ir por

I took a taxi because I was late — fui en taxi porque llegaba tarde

we decided to take the train — decidimos ir en tren

we took the five o'clock train — cogimos or tomamos el tren de las cinco

take the first on the right — vaya por or tome la primera calle a la derecha

we took the wrong road — nos equivocamos de camino

5) (=capture) [+ person] coger, agarrar (LAm); [+ town, city] tomar; (Chess) comer

• to take sb hostage — tomar or (LAm) agarrar a algn como rehén

• to take sb prisoner — tomar preso a algn

6) (=obtain, win) [+ prize] ganar, llevarse; [+ 1st place] conseguir, obtener; [+ trick] ganar, hacer

we took £500 today — (Brit) (Comm) hoy hemos ganado 500 libras

7) (=accept, receive) [+ money] aceptar; [+ advice] seguir; [+ news, blow] tomar, recibir; [+ responsibility] asumir; [+ bet] aceptar, hacer

take my advice, tell her the truth — sigue mi consejo or hazme caso y dile la verdad

he took the ball full in the chest — el balón le dio de lleno en el pecho

what will you take for it? — ¿cuál es tu mejor precio?

• he took it badly — le afectó mucho

• London took a battering in 1941 — Londres recibió una paliza en 1941, Londres sufrió terriblemente en 1941

• will you take a cheque? — ¿aceptaría un cheque?

• he can certainly take his drink — tiene buen aguante para la bebida

• you must take us as you find us — nos vas a tener que aceptar tal cual

• take it from me! — ¡escucha lo que te digo!

you can take it from me that... — puedes tener la seguridad de que...

• losing is hard to take — es difícil aceptar la derrota

• it's £50, take it or leave it! — son 50 libras, lo toma o lo deja

whisky? I can take it or leave it — ¿el whisky? ni me va ni me viene

• I won't take no for an answer — no hay pero que valga

• I take your point — entiendo lo que dices

• he took a lot of punishment — (fig) le dieron muy duro

• take that! — ¡toma!

8) (=rent) alquilar, tomar; (=buy regularly) [+ newspaper] comprar, leer

we shall take a house for the summer — alquilaremos una casa para el verano

9) (=have room or capacity for) tener cabida para; (=support weight of) aguantar

a car that takes five passengers — un coche con cabida para or donde caben cinco personas

can you take two more? — ¿puedes llevar dos más?, ¿caben otros dos?

it won't take any more — no cabe(n) más

it takes weights up to eight tons — soporta pesos hasta de ocho toneladas

10) (=wear) [+ clothes size] gastar, usar (LAm); [+ shoe size] calzar

what size do you take? — (clothes) ¿qué talla usas?; (shoes) ¿qué número calzas?

11) (=call for, require) necesitar, requerir

it took three policemen to hold him down — se necesitaron tres policías para sujetarlo

it takes a lot of courage — exige or requiere gran valor

it takes a brave man to do that — hace falta que un hombre tenga mucho valor para hacer eso

• that will take some explaining — a ver cómo explicas eso

• it takes two to make a quarrel — uno solo no puede reñir

• she's got what it takes — tiene lo que hace falta

12) (of time)

it takes an hour to get there — se tarda una hora en llegar

a letter takes four days to get there — una carta tarda cuatro días en llegar allá

it will only take me five minutes — solo tardo cinco minutos

the job will take a week — el trabajo llevará una semana

• I'll just iron this, it won't take long — voy a planchar esto, no tardaré or no me llevará mucho tiempo

however long it takes — el tiempo que sea

• it takes time — lleva tiempo

take your time! — ¡despacio!

13) (=conduct) [+ meeting, church service] presidir; (=teach) [+ course, class] enseñar; [+ pupils] tomar; (=study) [+ course] hacer; [+ subject] dar, estudiar; (=undergo) [+ exam, test] presentarse a, pasar

what are you taking next year? — ¿qué vas a hacer or estudiar el año que viene?

the teacher who took us for economics — el profesor que nos daba clase de económicas

he is not taking any more pupils at the moment — en este momento no está cogiendo a más estudiantes

• to take a degree in — licenciarse en

• to take (holy) orders — ordenarse de sacerdote

14) (=record) [+ sb's name, address] anotar, apuntar; [+ measurements] tomar

to take notes — tomar apuntes

15) (=understand, assume)

I take it that... — supongo que..., me imagino que...

am I to take it that you refused? — ¿he de suponer que te negaste?

I take her to be about 30 — supongo que tiene unos 30 años

how old do you take him to be? — ¿cuántos años le das?

• I took him for a doctor — lo tenía por médico, creí que era médico

what do you take me for? — ¿por quién me has tomado?

• I don't quite know how to take that — no sé muy bien cómo tomarme eso

16) (=consider) [+ case, example] tomar

now take Ireland, for example — tomemos, por ejemplo, el caso de Irlanda, pongamos como ejemplo Irlanda

let us take the example of a family with three children — tomemos el ejemplo de una familia con tres hijos

take John, he never complains — por ejemplo John, él nunca se queja

taking one thing with another... — considerándolo todo junto..., considerándolo en conjunto...

17) (=put up with, endure) [+ treatment, climate] aguantar, soportar

we can take it — lo aguantamos or soportamos todo

• I can't take any more! — ¡no aguanto más!, ¡no soporto más!

• I won't take any nonsense! — ¡no quiero oír más tonterías!

18) (=eat) comer; (=drink) tomar

will you take sth before you go? — ¿quieres tomar algo antes de irte?

to be taken three times a day — a tomar tres veces al día

not to be taken (internally) — para uso externo

• to take drugs — (narcotics) tomar drogas

• he took no food for four days — estuvo cuatro días sin comer

• don't forget to take your medicine — no te olvides de tomar la medicina

• he takes sugar in his tea — toma or pone azúcar en el té

• to take a tablet — tomar una pastilla

• to take tea (with sb) — † tomar té (con algn)

19) (=negotiate) [+ bend] tomar; [+ fence] saltar, saltar por encima de

20) (=acquire)

• to take against sb, take a dislike to sb — tomar antipatía a algn

• to take fright — asustarse (at de)

• to be taken ill — ponerse enfermo, enfermar

• he took great pleasure in teasing her — se regodeaba tomándole el pelo

• I do not take any satisfaction in knowing that... — no experimento satisfacción alguna sabiendo que...

21) (Ling) [+ case] regir

that verb takes the dative — ese verbo rige el dativo

22)

• to be taken with sth/sb (=attracted) —

he's very taken with her — le gusta mucho

I'm not at all taken with the idea — la idea no me gusta nada or no me hace gracia

23) † liter (=have sexual intercourse with) tener relaciones sexuales con

24) (as function verb) [+ decision, holiday] tomar; [+ step, walk] dar; [+ trip] hacer; [+ opportunity] aprovechar

• to take a bath — bañarse

• to take a photograph — sacar una fotografía

2. VI

1) (=be effective) [dye] coger, agarrar (LAm); [vaccination, fire] prender; [glue] pegar

2) (Bot) [cutting] arraigar

3) (=receive)

she's all take, take, take — ella mucho dame, dame, pero luego no da nada
give
3. N

1) (Cine) toma f

2) (=takings) ingresos mpl ; (=proceeds) recaudación f ; (US) (Comm) caja f, ventas fpl del día

3)

- be on the take

4) (=share) parte f ; (=commission) comisión f, tajada * f

5) * (=opinion) opinión f

what's your take on the new government? — ¿qué piensas de or qué opinión te merece el nuevo gobierno?

- take aback

- take after

- take along

- take apart

- take aside

- take away

- take back

- take down

- take from

- take in

- take off

- take on

- take out

- take over

- take to

- take up

- take upon
TAKE Both t ardar and llevar can be used to translate take with {time}. ► Use tar dar (en + ((infinitive))) to describe how long someone or something will take to do something. The subject of tardar is the person or thing that has to complete the activity or undergo the process:
How long do letters take to get to Spain? ¿Cuánto (tiempo) tardan las cartas en llegar a España?
How much longer will it take you to do it? ¿Cuánto más vas a tardar en hacerlo?
It'll take us three hours to get to Douglas if we walk Tardaremos tres horas en llegar a Douglas si vamos andando ► Use lle var to describe how long an activity, task or process takes to complete. The subject of llevar is the activity or task:
The tests will take at least a month Las pruebas llevarán por lo menos un mes
How long will it take? ¿Cuánto tiempo llevará? ► Compare the different focus in the alternative translations of the following example:
It'll take me two more days to finish this job Me llevará dos días más terminar este trabajo, Tardaré dos días más en terminar este trabajo For further uses and examples, see main entry
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I
1. [teɪk]
1) (past took; past p taken) transitive verb

Sense I

2) (carry, lead, drive) llevar

take an umbrella — lleva un paraguas

shall I take the chairs inside/upstairs? — ¿llevo las sillas adentro/arriba?, ¿meto/subo las sillas?

to take the garbage out — sacar la basura

we took him home — lo llevamos a (su) casa

she took us into her office — nos hizo pasar a su oficina

I'll take you up/down to the third floor — subo/bajo contigo al tercer piso, te llevo al tercer piso

to take the dog (out) for a walk — sacar* el perro a pasear

this path takes you to the main road — este camino lleva or por este camino se llega a la carretera

her job often takes her to Paris — va con frecuencia a París por motivos de trabajo

if you decide to take the matter further — si decide proseguir con el asunto

Sense II

3)

a) \<\<train/plane/bus/taxi\>\> tomar, coger* (esp Esp)

are you taking the car? — ¿vas a ir en coche?

I had to take the bus back — tuve que volver en autobús

we took the elevator (AmE) o (BrE) lift to the restaurant — tomamos or (esp Esp) cogimos el ascensor para subir/bajar al restaurante

b) \<\<road/turning\>\> tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

I took the wrong road — me equivoqué de camino

c) \<\<bend\>\> tomar, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<fence\>\> saltar

4)

a) (grasp, seize) tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

he took her by the hand — la tomó or (esp AmL) la agarró or (esp Esp) la cogió de la mano

he took the opportunity — aprovechó la oportunidad

he took control of the situation — se hizo dueño de la situación

she took the knife from him — le quitó el cuchillo

b) ( take charge of)

may I take your coat? — ¿me permite el abrigo?

would you mind taking the baby for a moment? — ¿me tienes al niño un momento?

c) ( occupy)

take a seat — siéntese, tome asiento (frml)

this chair is taken — esta silla está ocupada

5) (remove, steal) llevarse

somebody's taken my purse! — alguien se me ha llevado el monedero!

6) ( catch)

it took us by surprise — nos sorprendió

he was taken completely unawares — lo agarró or (esp Esp) lo cogió completamente desprevenido

to be taken ill — caer* enfermo

7)

a) ( capture) \<\<town/fortress/position\>\> tomar; \<\<pawn/piece\>\> comer

b) ( win) \<\<prize/title\>\> llevarse, hacerse* con; \<\<game/set\>\> ganar

c) ( receive as profit) hacer*, sacar*

8) \<\<medicine/drugs\>\> tomar

have you taken your tablets? — ¿te has tomado las pastillas?

I don't take sugar in my coffee — no le pongo azúcar al café

9)

a) (buy, order) llevar(se)

I'll take this pair — (me) llevo este par

I'll take 12 ounces — déme or (Esp tb) póngame 12 onzas

b) ( buy regularly) comprar

we take The Globe — nosotros compramos or leemos The Globe

c) ( rent) \<\<cottage/apartment\>\> alquilar, coger* (Esp)

10)

a) ( acquire) \<\<lover\>\> buscarse*

to take a wife/husband — casarse

b) ( sexually) (liter) \<\<woman\>\> poseer*

Sense III

11) ( of time) \<\<job/task\>\> llevar; \<\<process\>\> tardar; \<\<person\>\> tardar, demorar(se) (AmL)

it took longer than expected — llevó or tomó más tiempo de lo que se creía

the flight takes two hours — el vuelo dura dos horas

it took weeks for him to recover — tardó semanas en recuperarse

the letter took a week to arrive — la carta tardó or (AmL tb) se demoró una semana en llegar

it took me a long time to do it — me llevó mucho tiempo hacerlo

12) ( need)

it takes courage to do a thing like that — hay que tener or hace falta or se necesita valor para hacer algo así

it took four men to lift it — se necesitaron cuatro hombres para levantarlo

to have (got) what it takes — (colloq) tener* lo que hay que tener or lo que hace falta

13)

a) ( wear)

what size shoes do you take? — ¿qué número calzas?

she takes a 14 — usa la talla or (RPl) el talle 14

b) ( Auto)

this car takes diesel — este coche consume diesel

c) ( Ling) construirse* con, regir*

Sense IV

14) ( accept) \<\<money/bribes/job\>\> aceptar

do you take checks? — ¿aceptan cheques?

take it or leave it — (set phrase) lo tomas o lo dejas

you'll have to take my word for it — vas a tener que fiarte de mi palabra

take it from me — hazme caso

I won't take no for an answer — no me voy a dar por vencido así como así

take that, you scoundrel! — (dated) toma, canalla!

15)

a) (hold, accommodate)

the tank takes/will take 42 liters — el tanque tiene una capacidad de 42 litros

we can take up to 50 passengers — tenemos cabida para un máximo de 50 pasajeros

b) (admit, receive) \<\<patients/pupils\>\> admitir, tomar, coger* (Esp)

they take lodgers — alquilan habitaciones

we don't take telephone reservations o (BrE) bookings — no aceptamos reservas por teléfono

16)

a) (withstand, suffer) \<\<strain/weight\>\> aguantar; \<\<beating/blow\>\> recibir

b) (tolerate, endure) aguantar

I can't take it any longer! — no puedo más!, ya no aguanto más!

he can't take a joke — no sabe aceptar or no se le puede hacer una broma

c) ( bear)

how is he taking it? — ¿qué tal lo lleva?

she's taken it very badly/well — lo lleva muy mal/bien; see also heart 2), 3)

17)

a) (understand, interpret) tomarse

she took it the wrong way — se lo tomó a mal, lo interpretó mal

don't take it personally — no te lo tomes como algo personal

to take something as read/understood — dar* algo por hecho/entendido

I take it that you didn't like him much — por lo que veo no te cayó muy bien; see also take for

b) ( consider) (in imperative) mirar

take Japan, for example — mira el caso del Japón, por ejemplo

Sense V

18)

a) \<\<steps/measures\>\> tomar; \<\<exercise\>\> hacer*

to take a walk/a step forward — dar* un paseo/un paso adelante

take a look at this! — mira esto!

b) (supervise, deal with)

would you take that call, please? — ¿puede atender esa llamada por favor?

19) ( Educ)

a) ( teach) (BrE) darle* clase a

she takes us for Chemistry — nos da clase de química

b) ( learn) \<\<subject\>\> estudiar, hacer*; \<\<course\>\> hacer*

to take an exam — hacer* or dar* or (CS) rendir* or (Méx) tomar un examen, examinarse (Esp)

20)

a) ( record) tomar

we took regular readings — tomamos nota de la temperatura (or presión etc) a intervalos regulares

b) ( write down) \<\<notes\>\> tomar

he took my name and address — me tomó el nombre y la dirección

21) ( adopt)

he takes the view that... — opina que..., es de la opinión de que...

she took an instant dislike to him — le tomó antipatía inmediatamente; see also liking a), offense 2) b), shape I 1) a)

2.

vi

1)

a) \<\<seed\>\> germinar; \<\<cutting\>\> prender

b) \<\<dye\>\> agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)

2) ( receive) recibir

all you do is take, take, take — no piensas más que en ti

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Phrasal Verbs:

- take aback

- take after

- take along

- take apart

- take around

- take aside

- take away

- take away from

- take back

- take down

- take for

- take from

- take home

- take in

- take off

- take on

- take out

- take out on

- take over

- take round

- take through

- take to

- take up

- take upon

- take up on

- take up with

II

noun

1) ( Cin) toma f

2)

a) ( earnings) ingresos mpl, recaudación f

b) ( share) parte f; ( commission) comisión f

English-spanish dictionary > take
4 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.) side, kant

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

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.) side

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

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

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

7) (a slope (of a hill): a mountain-side.) skråning, li

8) (a point of view; an aspect: We must look at all sides of the problem.) side, aspekt

9) (a party, team etc which is opposing another: Whose side are you on?; Which side is winning?) side, parti
2. adjective
(additional, but less important: a side issue.) side-, ekstra

- - 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

bakke
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parti
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side
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skråning

I
subst. \/saɪd\/

1) side, part, parti, synspunkt, aspekt

• his uncle on the father's side came by

hans onkel på farssiden kom innom

• I'm on her side

jeg er på hennes side

• luck was on our side

lykken sto oss bi

• I live on the opposite side of the street

jeg bor på den andre siden av veien

2) hold, kant, side

• there are two sides to the matter

saken har to sider

3) ( sport) lag

• the school has a strong side

skolen har et godt lag

• first we choose sides

først velger vi lag

4) ( foranstilt) side-

• she came in through a side door

hun kom gjennom en sidedør

5) ( skolevesen) linje

6) ( golf) side

7) -skråning, -bredd

• he fell down the mountainside

han falt ned fjellskråningen

• I loved to be by the riverside

jeg likte godt å være ved elvebredden

8) ( hverdagslig) overlegenhet, innbilskhet

• he has no side

han er ikke overlegen

• she is without side

hun er ikke overlegen

at somebody's side ( også overført) ved noens side

at the side of ved siden av

blind side ( overført) svakt punkt, svak side

• I don't know his blind side

jeg vet ikke hva hans svake punkt er

born on the wrong side of the carpet født utenfor ekteskap

burst one's sides laughing eller burst one's sides with laughter holde på å le seg ihjel

by somebody's side ( også overført) ved noens side

by the side of ved siden av, nær ved sammenliknet med

choose sides velge side, velge lag

come down on the side of eller come down in favour of se ➢ favour, 1

from all sides eller from every side fra alle sider, fra alle synsvinkler

• consider the issue from all sides

vurder saken fra alle synsvinkler

from side to side fra den ene til den andre siden

get on the wrong side of somebody komme på kant med noen

get out of bed on the wrong side stå opp med det gale benet først

have one's sides shaking with laughter le så man rister

in one's side i siden

• I have a pain in my side

jeg har hold i siden

let the side down ( hverdagslig) svikte laget, svikte gjengen

look on the bright side of life se det fra den positive siden, se lyst på livet, være optimistisk

make up sides dele seg i lag

on both sides på begge sider, hos begge parter

• there has been misunderstandings on both sides

on each side på hver (eneste) side, på alle sider

on either side på begge sider, på hver side

on every side eller on all sides på alle sider, på alle hold

• it was agreed on all sides that the plan be implemented

alle var enige i at planen skulle gjennomføres

on one side på en side, på den ene siden til side

• my grandmother took me on one side

min bestemor tok meg til side

på snei, på skakke

• I put my head on one side

jeg la hodet på skakke

on the further side of på den andre siden av, på den bortre siden av

on the large side i største laget, litt (for) stor, i overkant

• isn't it on the large side?

er den ikke i største laget?

on the other side på den andre siden, på motsatt side

• she lives on the other side of the mountain

hun bor på den andre siden av fjellet

på motpartens side

on the side på si

• she earns money on the side

hun tjener penger på si

• she has a lover on the side

hun har en elsker på si

• do you have a job on the side?

har du en jobb på si?

som tilbehør

• one hamburger with onions on the side, please

en hamburger med løk, takk

on the... side ganske...

• he's a bit on the ugly side

han er ganske stygg

• my colleagues were on the young side

kollegene mine tilhørte den yngre generasjonen

• business is on the quiet side

det skjer ikke så mye i forretningslivet

be on the side of the angels ( hverdagslig) stå på riktig side, innta riktig standpunkt

be on the side of the devils ( hverdagslig) stå på gal side, innta galt standpunkt

on the small side i minste laget, litt (for) liten, i underkant

pick (up) sides velge lag, velge side

press somebody to one's side trykke noen inntil seg

put on one side legge til side, reservere utsette

• I put my duties on one side

jeg utsatte pliktene mine

put on side ( hverdagslig) gjøre seg viktig

show a new side to one's character vise seg fra en ny side

side by side ( også overført) ved siden av hverandre, side om side

split one's sides laughing eller split one's sides with laughter holde på å le seg ihjel

take sides ta parti, være partisk, holde med

• they took sides against me

de tok parti mot meg

take sides with somebody eller take somebody's side stille seg på noens side, holde med noen, ta parti med noen

• she took sides with me

hun tok mitt parti

this side of før

• he'll come this side of Christmas

han kommer før jul

a thorn in one's side se ➢ thorn

to one side til den ene siden

• lean to one side, please

len deg til den ene siden, er du grei

på snei, på skrå

• his hat was to one side

hatten hans satt på snei

til side, vekk, unna, fra seg

• put the book to one side

legg vekk boken

turn the wrong side out vende vrangen ut, vende den gale siden ut

the wrong is not all on one side se ➢ wrong, 1
II
verb \/saɪd\/

ta parti, velge side

side against somebody ta parti mot noen

side with somebody ta parti for noen, stille seg på noens side

English-Norwegian dictionary > side
5 nature

'nei ə
noun

1) (the physical world, eg trees, plants, animals, mountains, rivers etc, or the power which made them: the beauty of nature; the forces of nature; the study of nature.) naturaleza

2) (the qualities born in a person; personality: She has a generous nature.) carácter

3) (quality; what something is or consists of: What is the nature of your work?) naturaleza

4) (a kind, type etc: bankers and other people of that nature.) tipo

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- - natured
- in the nature of

nature n

1. naturaleza

we must protect nature debemos proteger la naturaleza

2. carácter

people like her because of her pleasant nature a la gente le gusta por su carácter alegre

nature

tr['neɪʧə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 (gen) naturaleza

2 (character) carácter nombre masculino, forma de ser

■ it's in her nature to be like that es así por naturaleza

3 (type) índole nombre femenino

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

by nature por naturaleza

to let nature take it's course dejar que la naturaleza siga su curso

nature conservation conservación nombre femenino de la naturaleza

nature lover amante nombre masulino o femenino de la naturaleza

nature reserve reserva natural

nature study ciencias nombre femenino plural naturales

nature trail itinerario señalizado que permite observar diferentes entornos naturales

second nature (habit) costumbre nombre femenino muy arraigada, hábito 2 (reflex action) acto reflejo

nature ['neɪʧər] n

1) : naturaleza f

the laws of nature: las leyes de la naturaleza

2) kind, sort: índole f, clase f

things of this nature: cosas de esta índole

3) disposition: carácter m, natural m, naturaleza f

it is his nature to be friendly: es de natural simpático

human nature: la naturaleza humana

nature

n.

• clase s.f.

• masa s.f.

• metal s.m.

• natural s.m.

• naturaleza s.f.

• temperamento s.m.

• tipo s.m.

'neɪtʃər, 'neɪtʃə(r)
noun

1) u (universe, way of things) naturaleza f

against nature — contranatural

2)

a) u c ( of people) carácter m, natural m

he has a kind nature — es de natural bondadoso

it's not (in) his nature to complain — no es de los que se quejan

by nature — por naturaleza

to be second nature (to somebody): it's second nature to me to put my seat belt on — ponerme el cinturón de seguridad es un acto reflejo or es algo que hago automáticamente

b) u (of things, concepts) naturaleza f

the nature of the material/problem — la naturaleza del material/problema

it's in the nature of things that... — es algo natural que...

something of that nature — algo de esa índole

['neɪtʃǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=essential quality) [of things] naturaleza f

the nature and extent of the damage is still not known — aún se desconoce la naturaleza y el alcance de los daños

• the project is experimental in nature — el proyecto es de carácter experimental

his comment was in the nature of a compliment — su comentario fue algo así como un cumplido

in the nature of things it's impossible — desde el punto de vista lógico es imposible

• we were unaware of the serious nature of his illness — ignorábamos que su enfermedad fuera tan grave

• the true nature of his intentions — sus verdaderas intenciones

• by its very nature — por su propia naturaleza
human 3.
2) (=character) [of person] carácter m

she trusted people, that was her nature — se fiaba de la gente, era así por naturaleza

• to appeal to sb's better nature — apelar al buen corazón de algn

• to be cautious by nature — ser cauteloso por naturaleza

• she took all their teasing with good nature — aceptó todas sus burlas de buen grado

to take advantage of sb's good nature — abusar de la amabilidad de algn

• it is not in his nature to lie — mentir no es propio de él
second I, 1., 1)
3) (=kind, type)

something of that nature — algo por el estilo

documents of a technical nature — documentos mpl de carácter técnico

nature of contents — (Comm) descripción f del contenido

4) (=natural life, environment) naturaleza f

• it's against nature — es antinatural, es contrario a la naturaleza

• the beauties of nature — las maravillas de la naturaleza

• to draw/paint from nature — dibujar/pintar del natural

• to get back to nature — [person] volver a la naturaleza

• the laws of nature — las leyes de la naturaleza

• to return to nature — [area] volver a su estado natural

• fever is nature's way of fighting infection — la fiebre es el mecanismo natural para combatir la infección
call 1., 4), freak, mother
2.

CPD

nature conservation N — protección f de la naturaleza

nature cure N — curación f natural

nature lover N — amante mf de la naturaleza

nature reserve N — reserva f natural

nature study N — estudio m de la historia natural, historia f natural

nature trail N — ruta f para el estudio de la naturaleza

* * *
['neɪtʃər, 'neɪtʃə(r)]
noun

1) u (universe, way of things) naturaleza f

against nature — contranatural

2)

a) u c ( of people) carácter m, natural m

he has a kind nature — es de natural bondadoso

it's not (in) his nature to complain — no es de los que se quejan

by nature — por naturaleza

to be second nature (to somebody): it's second nature to me to put my seat belt on — ponerme el cinturón de seguridad es un acto reflejo or es algo que hago automáticamente

b) u (of things, concepts) naturaleza f

the nature of the material/problem — la naturaleza del material/problema

it's in the nature of things that... — es algo natural que...

something of that nature — algo de esa índole

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6 Alcoforado, Sister Mariana

(1640-1723)

A Portuguese nun living in the Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Beja who was the supposed author of the Letters of a Portuguese Nun, written to her lover the French officer Noel Bouton, Marquis de Cha-milly and later marshal of France. Alcoforado was the daughter of a wealthy Alentejano family. She was sent to the Convento de Nossa Senhor da Conceição to be educated. At 16, she took vows and lived the life of a nun until she purportedly met and fell in love with Noel Bouton, a French nobleman serving under the Duke of Schomberg, one of the mercenary captains fighting on the Portuguese side during the War of Restoration (1641-68). Bouton became acquainted with Mariana through her brother, also a soldier, and, taking advantage of the custom that allowed nuns to receive visitors, started an affair with her. When their affair became known, it caused a scandal, and Bouton deserted Mariana to return to France. Some literary scholars consider the letters she wrote to Bouton after he returned to France a work of fiction that was actually written by Gabriel-Joseph de La Vergne, the Comte de Guilleragues (1628-85). Nonetheless, a nun named Mariana Alcoforado did in fact live in the Convento de Nossa Senhora de Conceição during the period when the affair was suppose to have taken place.

See also Literature.

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7 queer someone's pitch

expr infml

If she noticed that any woman had predatory intentions on her lover she took care to queer her pitch — Если она замечала, что какая-нибудь женщина положила глаз на ее любовника, она всячески старалась ей насолить

I don't want to queer his pitch — Я не хочу портить ему жизнь

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8 strain

strain [streɪn]

1 noun

(a) Technology (pressure) pression f; (tension) tension f; (pull) traction f; (weight) poids m;

∎ the rope snapped under the strain la corde a rompu sous la tension;

∎ the weight put too much strain on the rope le poids a exercé une trop forte tension sur la corde;

∎ to collapse under the strain (bridge, animal) s'effondrer sous le poids;

∎ I took most of the strain c'est moi qui ai fourni le plus gros effort;

∎ the buttress takes the strain off the wall le contrefort réduit la pression qui s'exerce sur le mur;

∎ the girder can't take the strain la poutre ne peut pas supporter cette pression;

∎ figurative the war is putting a great strain on the country's resources la guerre grève sérieusement les ressources du pays;

∎ the new taxes take the strain off the budget les nouveaux impôts renflouent le budget

(b) (mental or physical effort) (grand) effort m; (overwork) surmenage m; (tiredness) (grande) fatigue f; (stress) stress m, tension f ou fatigue f nerveuse;

∎ he's beginning to feel/show the strain il commence à sentir la fatigue/à donner des signes de fatigue;

∎ I've been under great physical strain je me suis surmené;

∎ it was quite a strain for me to have to stand j'ai trouvé très fatigant de devoir rester debout;

∎ the strain of making polite conversation l'effort que ça demande de faire la conversation à quelqu'un;

∎ the situation has put our family under a great deal of strain la situation a mis notre famille à rude épreuve;

∎ recent events have placed considerable strain on their relationship les événements récents ont mis leur relation à rude épreuve;

∎ he can't take the strain anymore il ne peut plus supporter cette situation stressante;

∎ it's a terrible strain on her nerves ses nerfs sont mis à rude épreuve;

∎ they've been under a lot of strain recently leurs nerfs ont été mis à rude épreuve ces derniers temps;

∎ the arrival of a new secretary took the immediate strain off me avec l'arrivée d'une nouvelle secrétaire, j'ai été immédiatement soulagée d'une partie de mon travail;

∎ I couldn't stand the strain of commuting je trouvais trop épuisant de prendre les transports en commun tous les matins

(c) Medicine (of muscle) froissement m; (sprain → of ankle, wrist) entorse f;

∎ to give one's back a strain se donner un tour de reins

(d) (breed, variety → of animal, insect) race f; (→ of virus, bacteria) souche f; (→ of plant, grain) variété f

(e) (style) genre m, style m;

∎ his other books are all very much in the same strain ses autres livres sont tout à fait dans le même genre ou dans le même style ou dans le même esprit

(f) (streak, tendency) fond m, tendance f;

∎ there is a strain of madness in the family il y a une prédisposition à la folie dans la famille;

∎ there's a strong strain of fantasy in his novels il y a une grande part de rêve dans ses romans

2 transitive verb

(a) (rope, cable, girder) tendre (fortement); figurative (resources, economy, budget) grever; (patience) mettre à l'épreuve, abuser de; (friendship, relationship) mettre à l'épreuve, mettre à rude épreuve;

∎ he strained the canvas over the frame il a tendu la toile sur le cadre;

∎ to be strained to breaking point être tendu au point de se rompre;

∎ this new expense is straining our income to the limit nos revenus nous permettent tout juste cette dépense supplémentaire

(b) (force → voice) forcer;

∎ he strained his ears to hear what they were saying il tendit l'oreille pour entendre ce qu'ils disaient;

∎ to strain one's eyes to see sth plisser les yeux pour mieux voir qch;

∎ to strain every nerve or sinew to do sth s'efforcer de faire qch

(c) (hurt, damage → eyes) fatiguer;

∎ reading small print strains your eyes ça fatigue les yeux de lire des petits caractères;

∎ you'll strain your eyes tu vas te fatiguer les yeux;

∎ to strain a muscle se froisser un muscle;

∎ I have to be careful not to strain my heart il faut que je veille à ménager mon cœur;

∎ to strain one's back se donner un tour de reins;

∎ I've strained my arm je me suis froissé un muscle du bras;

∎ to strain oneself (by gymnastics, lifting) se froisser un muscle; (by overwork) se surmener;

∎ mind you don't strain yourself lifting that typewriter attention de ne pas te faire mal en soulevant cette machine à écrire;

∎ ironic don't strain yourself! surtout ne te fatigue pas!;

∎ she lent a hand, but she didn't exactly strain herself elle a mis la main à la pâte, mais elle ne s'est pas vraiment fatiguée

(d) (distort → meaning) forcer; (→ word) forcer le sens de;

∎ it would be straining the truth to call the play a masterpiece dire que cette pièce est un chef-d'œuvre serait exagéré

(e) Cookery (soup, milk) passer; (vegetables) (faire) égoutter

(f) Technology (deform → part) déformer

(g) literary (press → child, lover) serrer;

∎ she strained the child to her breast elle serra l'enfant contre sa poitrine

3 intransitive verb

(a) (pull) tirer fort; (push) pousser fort;

∎ she was straining at the door (pulling) elle tirait sur la porte de toutes ses forces; (pushing) elle poussait (sur) la porte de toutes ses forces;

∎ to strain at a rope/at the oars tirer sur une corde/sur les rames;

∎ the dog strained at the leash le chien tirait sur sa laisse;

∎ figurative to be straining at the leash piaffer d'impatience;

∎ I had to strain against the wind j'ai dû lutter contre le vent;

∎ she strained under the weight elle ployait sous la charge

(b) (strive) s'efforcer, faire beaucoup d'efforts;

∎ to strain to do sth s'efforcer de faire qch;

∎ I strained to understand/hear what they were saying je me suis efforcé de comprendre/d'entendre ce qu'ils disaient;

∎ he tends to strain after effect il a tendance à vouloir se faire remarquer

(c) (be under tension → rope, cable) se tendre; (→ beam) fatiguer, travailler; (become deformed) gauchir, se fausser

(d) (liquid) filtrer ( through à travers)

(e) literary

∎ to strain at sth (be unwilling) se faire un scrupule de qch;

∎ to strain at doing sth avoir des scrupules à faire qch

4 strains plural noun

(of music) accents mpl, accords mpl;

∎ the crowd rose to the strains of the national anthem le public s'est levé aux accents de l'hymne national

➲ strain off separable transitive verb

(liquid) vider, égoutter

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9 walk

walk [wɔ:k]

marcher ⇒ 1 (a) se promener ⇒ 1 (a) aller à pied ⇒ 1 (b) faire à pied ⇒ 2 (a) accompagner ⇒ 2 (b) faire marcher ⇒ 2 (c) promener ⇒ 2 (c) promenade ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (d) randonnée ⇒ 3 (b) démarche ⇒ 3 (c)

1 intransitive verb

(a) (gen) marcher; (go for a walk) se promener;

∎ walk, don't run! ne cours pas!;

∎ American walk!/don't walk! (traffic sign) (piétons) passez!/attendez!;

∎ he walked along the beach il marchait ou se promenait le long de la plage;

∎ we walked down/up the street nous avons descendu/monté la rue à pied;

∎ to walk across or over the street to speak to sb traverser la rue pour parler à qn;

∎ they walked through the park ils ont traversé le parc à pied;

∎ he walked slowly towards the door il s'est dirigé lentement vers la porte;

∎ she walked back and forth elle marchait de long en large, elle faisait les cent pas;

∎ let's walk a little si nous marchions un peu?;

∎ walk with me to the shop accompagnez-moi au magasin;

∎ he walks in his sleep il est somnambule;

∎ he walked downstairs in his sleep il a descendu l'escalier en dormant;

∎ to walk on one's hands marcher sur les mains, faire l'arbre fourchu;

∎ figurative you have to walk before you can run il faut apprendre petit à petit;

∎ I'm walking on air! je suis aux anges!;

∎ to walk on water marcher sur l'eau;

∎ as far as the party faithful are concerned, he can walk on water aux yeux des fidèles du parti, il est capable de miracles;

∎ American he's walking tall il marche la tête haute

(b) (as opposed to drive, ride) aller à pied;

∎ to walk home rentrer à pied;

∎ I walk to work je vais au travail à pied;

∎ did you walk all the way? avez-vous fait tout le chemin à pied?;

∎ is it too far to walk? est-ce trop loin pour y aller à pied?

(c) (horse, rider) aller au pas

(d) (go free) être relâché

(e) familiar (disappear, be stolen → money, object) disparaître^□ ;

∎ the money seems to have walked l'argent semble s'être envolé

2 transitive verb

(a) (cover on foot) faire à pied;

∎ we walk 3 km a day nous faisons 3 km (de marche) à pied par jour;

∎ you can walk it in 10 minutes il faut 10 minutes (pour y aller) à pied;

∎ I can't walk another step je ne peux pas faire un pas de plus;

∎ she walks this road every day elle passe à pied par cette rue tous les jours;

∎ to walk the streets (wander) se promener dans les rues; (looking for something) arpenter les rues, battre le pavé; (as prostitute) faire le trottoir;

∎ to walk a beat (policeman) faire sa ronde

(b) (escort) accompagner, marcher avec;

∎ I'll walk you to the station je vais vous accompagner (à pied) à la gare;

∎ may I walk you home? puis-je vous raccompagner?

(c) (take for walk → person) faire marcher; (→ dog) promener; (→ horse) conduire à pied;

∎ his friend walked him up and down the room son ami l'a fait marcher en long et en large dans la pièce;

∎ she walked her mother round the garden elle a fait faire un tour de jardin à sa mère;

∎ they walked him forcibly to the door ils l'ont dirigé de force vers la porte;

∎ she walked the bike up the hill elle a poussé le vélo dans la côte;

∎ British familiar she has walked me off my feet elle m'a fait tellement marcher que je ne tiens plus debout^□

(d) familiar (idiom)

∎ to walk it (succeed easily) gagner les doigts dans le nez

3 noun

(a) (movement)

∎ she slowed to a walk elle a ralenti et s'est mise à marcher;

∎ they moved along at a brisk walk ils marchaient d'un pas rapide

(b) (stroll) promenade f; (long) randonnée f;

∎ to go for or to take a walk aller se promener, faire une promenade ou un tour;

∎ we had a long walk through the woods nous avons fait une grande promenade ou balade en forêt;

∎ it'll be a nice walk for you cela vous fera une belle promenade;

∎ I take a 5 km walk each day je fais chaque jour une promenade de 5 km;

∎ it's a long walk to the office ça fait loin pour aller à pied au bureau;

∎ the station is a five-minute walk from here la gare est à cinq minutes de marche ou à cinq minutes à pied d'ici;

∎ I took my mother for a walk j'ai emmené ma mère en promenade ou faire un tour;

∎ did you take the dog for a walk? as-tu promené ou sorti le chien?;

∎ familiar it was a walk in the park c'était un jeu d'enfant;

∎ American familiar take a walk! dégage!

(c) (gait) démarche f, façon f de marcher;

∎ you'll recognize her from her walk tu la reconnaîtras à sa démarche ou à sa façon de marcher ou à la façon dont elle marche;

∎ his walk reminds me of Groucho Marx quand il marche, il me fait penser à Groucho Marx

(d) (path) promenade f; (in garden) allée f; (in forest) sentier m, chemin m;

∎ a coastal walk un chemin côtier;

∎ American the front walk l'allée f (de devant la maison)

(e) (occupation)

∎ I meet people from all walks or from every walk of life je rencontre des gens de tous milieux

(f) American (sidewalk) trottoir m

➲ walk about intransitive verb

British se promener, se balader

➲ walk across

1 intransitive verb

traverser (à pied)

2 separable transitive verb

faire traverser (à pied)

➲ walk around = walk about

➲ walk away intransitive verb

partir, s'en aller;

∎ she walked away from the group elle s'est éloignée du groupe, elle a quitté le groupe;

∎ he walked away from the accident il est sorti de l'accident indemne;

∎ figurative to walk away from trouble/a problem éviter une situation difficile/un problème;

∎ you can't just walk away from the situation tu ne peux pas te désintéresser comme ça de la situation

➲ walk away with inseparable transitive verb

∎ to walk away with sth emporter qch; figurative (win easily) remporter ou gagner qch haut la main;

∎ I walked away with an antique dressing table for just thirty pounds j'ai réussi à avoir une coiffeuse ancienne pour seulement trente livres;

∎ he walked away with a small fine il s'en est tiré avec une petite amende;

∎ she walked away with all the credit c'est elle qui a reçu tous les honneurs

➲ walk back

1 intransitive verb

(return) revenir ou retourner (à pied)

2 separable transitive verb

raccompagner (à pied)

➲ walk in

1 intransitive verb

entrer;

∎ she walked in and started complaining elle est entrée et a commencé à se plaindre;

∎ we walked in on her as she was getting dressed nous sommes entrés sans prévenir alors qu'elle s'habillait

2 separable transitive verb

faire entrer

➲ walk into inseparable transitive verb

(a) (enter → house, room) entrer dans; (→ job) obtenir (sans problème); (→ situation) se retrouver dans; (→ trap) tomber dans;

∎ familiar you walked right into that one! tu t'es bien fait piéger!

(b) (bump into → chair, wall) se cogner à, rentrer dans; (→ person) rentrer dans;

∎ he walked right into me/it il m'est rentré en plein dedans/il est rentré en plein dedans

➲ walk off

1 intransitive verb

partir, s'en aller

2 separable transitive verb

(get rid of → headache) faire passer en marchant; (→ weight) perdre en faisant de la marche;

∎ to walk off one's lunch faire une promenade pour digérer

➲ walk off with inseparable transitive verb

∎ to walk off with sth (take) emporter qch; (steal) voler qch;

∎ he walked off with all the prizes il a remporté ou il a gagné tous les prix (haut la main)

➲ walk out intransitive verb

(a) (go out) sortir; (leave) partir, s'en aller;

∎ we walked out of the meeting nous avons quitté la réunion ou nous sommes partis de la réunion en signe de protestation

(b) (worker) se mettre en grève

(c) British old-fashioned (court)

∎ to walk out with sb faire la cour à qn, courtiser qn

➲ walk out on inseparable transitive verb

(family, lover) quitter

➲ walk over

1 inseparable transitive verb

(bridge) traverser;

∎ Sport to walk over the course inspecter le terrain (avant l'épreuve);

∎ figurative don't let them walk all over you ne vous laissez pas avoir, ne vous laissez pas marcher sur les pieds

2 intransitive verb

aller, faire un saut;

∎ I'll walk over to her place tomorrow je ferai un saut ou je passerai chez elle demain;

∎ the boss walked over to congratulate him le patron s'est approché de lui pour le féliciter

➲ walk round inseparable transitive verb

(museum, shops etc) faire le tour de

➲ walk through inseparable transitive verb

(one's exams etc) réussir sans effort

➲ walk up intransitive verb

(a) (go upstairs) monter

(b) (come close) s'approcher;

∎ a complete stranger walked up to her un inconnu s'est approché d'elle

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10 move

move

A n

1 ( movement) gen mouvement m ; ( gesture) geste m ; one move and you're dead! un geste et vous êtes mort! ; to watch sb's every move surveiller chacun des gestes de qn ; don't make any sudden moves ne fais pas de mouvement brusque ; there was a move towards the door il y a eu un mouvement vers la porte ; let's make a move ○ si on bougeait ○ ? ; it's time I made a move ○ il est temps de partir ;

2 ( transfer) ( of residence) déménagement m ; ( of company) transfert m ; the move took a day le déménagement a pris une journée ; the firm's move out of town le transfert de la société à l'extérieur de la ville ; our friends helped with the move nos amis nous ont aidés à déménager ; our move to Brighton notre installation à Brighton ; to make the move to London [family] s'installer à Londres ; [firm] être transféré à Londres ; [employee] être muté à Londres ; she made the move from sales to management elle est passée des ventes à la direction ; she's due for a move il est temps de la muter ;

3 Games coup m ; his last/next move son dernier/prochain coup ; white has the first move les blancs jouent en premier ; it's your move c'est ton tour, c'est à toi de jouer ;

4 (step, act) manœuvre f ; a good/bad move une bonne/mauvaise idée ; what's our next move? que faisons-nous ensuite? ; to make the first move faire le premier pas ; they have made no move(s) to allay public anxiety ils n'ont rien fait pour rassurer l'opinion publique ; there has been a move towards liberalization il y a eu une évolution dans le sens de la libéralisation ; in a move to counter opposition attacks… pour tenter de parer les attaques de l'opposition…

B on the move adj phr to be on the move [army] être en mouvement ; [train] être en marche ; to be always on the move [diplomat, family] être tout le temps en train de déménager ; [nomad, traveller] être toujours sur les routes or par monts et par vaux ; the circus is on the move again le cirque repart à nouveau ; a society on the move fig une société en pleine évolution.

C vtr

1 ( change position of) déplacer [game piece, cursor, bus stop, car, furniture] ; transporter [injured person, patient, army] ; ( to clear a space) enlever [object] ; move your things! enlève tes affaires! ; to move sb to another hospital transporter qn dans un autre hôpital ; he's too ill to be moved il est trop malade pour être transporté ; to move sth off enlever qch de [table, chair] ; to move sth out of enlever qch de [room, house] ; move the chair out of the way enlève la chaise de là ; move your head, I can't see! pousse ta tête, je ne vois rien! ; to move sth into transporter qch dans [room, garden] ; to move sth upstairs/downstairs monter/descendre qch ; to move sth further away/closer éloigner/rapprocher qch ; to move troops to the front envoyer des troupes au front ;

2 ( set in motion) [person] bouger, remuer [limb, finger, head] ; [wind, water, mechanism] faire bouger [leaf, branch, wheel, cog] ;

3 ( to new location or job) muter [employee, staff] ; transférer [office, headquarters] ; I've asked to be moved j'ai demandé à être muté ;

4 (to new house, site) déménager [furniture, belongings, equipment] ; to move house déménager ; a local firm moved us une entreprise locale a fait notre déménagement ;

5 ( affect) émouvoir [person] ; to be moved by sth être ému par qch ; moved to tears ému aux larmes ;

6 (prompt, motivate) to move sb to/to do [circumstance] amener qn à/à faire ; he was moved to act by the letter la lettre l'a incité à agir ; I felt moved to protest j'ai senti que je devais protester ;

7 ( propose) proposer [amendment, adjournment] ; to move that the matter (should) be put to the vote proposer que la question soit soumise au vote ;

8 (sell, shift) vendre [goods, stock].

D vi

1 (stir, not stay still) [person, branch, earth] bouger ; [lips] remuer ; don't move! ne bouge pas! ; it won't move cela ne bouge pas ; will you please move! veux-tu te pousser? ; I can't move for plants in here GB je ne peux pas bouger ici, tellement il y a de plantes ; you can't move for tourists in town GB on ne peut rien faire en ville, tellement il y a de touristes ;

2 (proceed, travel) [vehicle] rouler ; [person] avancer ; [procession, army] être en marche ; we were moving at about 65 kilometres an hour nous roulions à environ 65 kilomètres à l'heure ; we'd better keep moving nous ferions mieux de continuer ; we must get things moving fig nous devons faire avancer les choses ; things are starting to move on the job front les choses commencent à avancer côté travail ; go on, get moving! allez, avance! ; to move into entrer dans ; to move out of sortir de ; we are moving into a new era in science nous entrons dans une nouvelle ère de la science ; to move along/across avancer le long de/à travers ; his fingers moved rapidly over the keys ses doigts couraient sur les touches ; to move back reculer ; to move forward s'avancer ; to move away s'éloigner ; she has moved away from this view elle a changé d'avis ; to move away from the window s'écarter de la fenêtre ; to move up monter ; to move down descendre ; public opinion has moved to the right l'opinion publique a glissé vers la droite ;

3 ○ ( proceed quickly) that cat can really move! ce chat est très vif! ; that traffic cop's ○ really moving! t'as vu comme il bombe ce motard ○ ! ;

4 (change home, location) [person, family, firm, shop] déménager ; to move to s'installer à [countryside, Paris] ; s'installer en [Scotland, France] ; to move to a bigger/smaller house s'installer dans une maison plus grande/plus petite ; to move to Avenue Gambetta/Oxford Street s'installer avenue Gambetta/dans Oxford Street ; to move back to England se réinstaller en Angleterre ;

5 ( change job) être muté ; to move to être muté à [accounts, different department] ;

6 ( act) agir ; to move on intervenir sur [problem, question] ; to move to do intervenir pour faire ; he moved swiftly to deny the allegations il s'est empressé de démentir les allégations ;

7 Games [player] jouer ; [piece] se déplacer ;

8 Comm (sell, be sold) se vendre ; this line is moving fast ces articles se vendent bien.

E ○ v refl to move oneself se pousser ; move yourself! ( get out of way) pousse-toi! ; ( hurry up) avance!

Idioms

to get a move on ○ se magner ○, se dépêcher ; to make a move on sb ○ draguer ○ qn ; to move with the times vivre avec son temps ; to put the moves on sb ○ US faire des avances à qn.

Phrasal verbs

■ move about, move around:

▶ move about

1 ( to different position) [person] remuer ; [object] bouger ;

2 ( to different home) déménager ;

▶ move [sb/sth] about déplacer [object, furniture] ; they move him around a lot between branches/departments on le fait souvent changer de succursale/service.

■ move along:

▶ move along

1 ( stop loitering) circuler ; ( proceed) avancer ; ( squeeze up) se pousser ; move along please! ( on bus) avancez un peu dans le fond s'il vous plaît! ;

2 fig ( progress) things are moving along nicely les choses se mettent en place ;

▶ move [sb/sth] along faire circuler [loiterers, crowd] ; faire avancer [herd, group].

■ move away:

▶ move away ( by moving house) déménager ; ( by leaving scene of activity) partir ; to move away from quitter [area, accident scene] ;

▶ move [sb/sth] away, move away [sb/sth] faire reculer [crowd] ; déplacer [obstruction].

■ move down:

▶ move down (in list, hierarchy) descendre ;

▶ move [sb] down, move down [sb]

1 GB Sch faire repasser [qn] au niveau inférieur [pupil] ;

2 gen (in division, ranking) faire redescendre [team, player] ;

▶ move [sth] down, move down [sth] ( to lower shelf etc) mettre [qch] plus bas.

■ move in:

▶ move in

1 ( to house) emménager ; to move in with s'installer avec [friend, relative] ; aller vivre avec [lover] ;

2 (advance, attack) [troops, police, bulldozer] s'avancer ; to move in on [police, attackers, demolition men] s'avancer sur [person, site] ; [corporate raider, racketeer] lancer une opération sur [market, company] ;

3 ( intervene) [company, government] intervenir ;

▶ move [sb] in, move in [sb]

1 ( place in housing) [authorities, council] installer [family etc] ;

2 ( change residence) a friend helped to move me in un ami m'a aidé à emménager.

■ move off [procession, parade] partir ; [vehicle] se mettre en route ; [troops] se mettre en marche.

■ move on:

▶ move on

1 [person, traveller] se mettre en route ; [vehicle] repartir ; [time] passer ; to move on to aller à [Manchester, Lille etc] ; to move on to a new town aller dans une autre ville ; passer à [next item] ; to move on to consider sth passer à qch ; to move on to sth better faire quelque chose de mieux ; let's move on ( in discussion) passons au point suivant ;

2 ( keep moving) [crowd, traffic] circuler ;

3 ( develop) things have moved on since depuis, les choses ont changé ; I'm OK now, I've moved on ça va maintenant, c'est du passé ;

▶ move [sth] on, move on [sth] GB faire avancer [discussion] ; avancer [clock hands] ;

▶ move [sb] on, move on [sb] GB faire circuler [busker, street trader].

■ move out:

▶ move out ( of house) déménager ; ( of camp) [soldiers, tanks] quitter les lieux ; to move out of quitter [house, office, area] ;

▶ move [sb/sth] out, move out [sb/sth] évacuer [residents] ; enlever [object].

■ move over:

▶ move over

1 se pousser ; move over! pousse-toi ;

2 fig ( for younger generation etc) céder la place (for sb à qn) ;

▶ move [sb/sth] over déplacer [person, object] ; move it over to the left déplace-le vers la gauche.

■ move up:

▶ move up

1 ( make room) se pousser ;

2 ( be promoted) [employee] recevoir une promotion ; to move up to second place (in list, chart) passer à la seconde place ; to move up to the first division passer en première division ;

▶ move [sb] up, move up [sb]

1 GB Sch faire passer [qn] au niveau supérieur [pupil] ;

2 Sport (into higher league, division) faire monter [team, player] ;

▶ move [sth] up ( to higher shelf etc) mettre [qch] plus haut.

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11 drive

drive

A n

1 ( car journey) to go for a drive faire un tour (en voiture) ; to take sb for a drive emmener qn faire un tour ; to take the car for a drive faire un tour avec la voiture ; it's only five minutes' drive from here ce n'est qu'à cinq minutes d'ici en voiture ; it's a 40 km drive to the hospital il y a 40 km de route d'ici à l'hôpital ; it's an easy drive le trajet ne pose aucun problème ; it's a magnificent drive c'est un trajet magnifique ;

2 (campaign, effort) campagne f (against contre ; for, towards pour ; to do pour faire) ; ( military) offensive f ; sales drive campagne f de vente ;

3 (motivation, energy) dynamisme m, énergie f ; human drives instincts mpl humains ; the drive to win la volonté de vaincre ; her drive for perfection sa recherche acharnée de la perfection ;

4 Comput entraînement m de disques ;

5 Mech ( mechanism to transmit power) transmission f ;

6 ( path) ( of house) allée f ; the car is in ou on the drive la voiture est dans l'allée ;

7 Sport ( in golf) drive m ; ( in tennis) drive m, coup m droit.

B modif Mech [mechanism, system] de transmission.

C vtr ( prét drove, pp driven)

1 [driver] conduire [car, bus, van, train, passenger] ; piloter [racing car] ; transporter [cargo, load] ; parcourir [qch] (en voiture) [distance] ; what (car) do you drive? qu'est-ce que tu as comme voiture? to drive sb to school/to the station conduire qn à l'école/à la gare ; to drive tourists round town faire visiter la ville à des touristes ; she drove me home elle m'a reconduit chez moi ; he hates being driven il a horreur de se faire conduire ; I drive 15 km every day je fais 15 km en voiture chaque jour ; to drive sth into rentrer qch dans [garage, carpark, space] ; he drove his truck into a wall il a embouti un mur avec son camion ; he drove the car straight at me il a dirigé la voiture droit sur moi ; she drove her car over a cliff sa voiture s'est écrasée du haut d'une falaise ;

2 (force, compel) [poverty, greed, urge] pousser [person] (to do à faire) ; he was driven to suicide/to drink il a été poussé au suicide/à la boisson (by par) ; hunger drove him to it c'est la faim qui l'a poussé ; to be driven into debt être contraint à s'endetter ; to be driven out of business être conduit à la faillite ; to drive the rate up/down faire baisser/augmenter le taux ; to drive sb mad ou crazy ○ lit, fig rendre qn fou/folle or dingue ○ ;

3 ( chase or herd) conduire [herd, cattle] ; rabattre [game] ; flotter [logs] ; to drive sheep into a field conduire des moutons dans un champ ; to drive sb off one's land/out of her home chasser qn de son terrain/de chez elle ; he was driven from ou out of the country il a été chassé du pays ; to drive evil thoughts from one's mind écarter de mauvaises pensées de son esprit ;

4 (power, propel) actionner [engine, pump, fan] ; the generator is driven by steam le générateur fonctionne à la vapeur ; what drives the economy? quel est le moteur de l'économie? ; what drives you? qu'est-ce qui vous fait courir? ;

5 ( push) [tide, wind] pousser [boat, snow, rain, clouds, person] ; the wind drove the clouds along le vent chassait les nuages ; to drive a nail in(to) enfoncer un clou (dans) ; to drive a tunnel through sth percer un tunnel dans qch ; to drive a road through an area faire passer une route à travers une région ; to drive sth into sb's head fig faire rentrer qch dans la tête de qn ;

6 ( force to work hard) pousser [pupil, recruit] ; you're driving that child too hard tu pousses trop cet enfant ;

7 Sport ( in golf) envoyer [ball] ; ( in tennis) envoyer [qch] d'un coup droit [ball] ; to drive the ball into the rough ( in golf) envoyer son drive dans le rough.

D vi ( prét drove, pp driven)

1 Aut [driver] conduire ; can you drive? est-ce que tu sais conduire? ; will you drive? est-ce que tu peux conduire? ; he drives for Ferrari Sport il pilote pour Ferrari ; to drive along rouler ; I took pictures as we drove along j'ai pris des photos en route ; you can't drive along the High Street on n'a pas le droit de circuler dans la grand-rue ; to drive on the left/at 80 km per hour/on the main road rouler à gauche/à 80 km à l'heure/sur la grand-route ; to drive to work/to London aller au travail/à Londres en voiture ; to drive into entrer dans [garage, carpark, space] ; rentrer dans [tree, lamppost] ; I drove into a ditch je suis allé dans le fossé ; to drive up/down a hill monter/descendre une côte ; to drive past passer ; to drive at sb se diriger sur qn ; the taxi drove out of the station le taxi a quitté la gare ; you use a lot of petrol driving around town la conduite en ville consomme beaucoup d'essence ;

2 Sport ( in golf) driver ; ( in tennis) faire un drive.

E v refl to drive oneself

1 Aut conduire soi-même ; the Minister drives himself le Ministre conduit sa voiture lui-même ; to drive oneself to hospital se conduire soi-même à l'hôpital ;

2 ( push oneself) to drive oneself to do se forcer à faire ; to drive oneself too hard se surmener.

Phrasal verbs

■ drive away:

▶ drive away démarrer ;

▶ drive away [sth/sb], drive [sth/sb] away

1 Aut [driver] faire démarrer [vehicle] ;

2 ( get rid of) chasser, faire partir [wolves, insects] ; faire partir [tourists, visitors, thieves, clients] ; écarter [lover, friend] ; dissiper [doubt, suspicion] ; chasser [fear, cares].

■ drive at: what are you driving at? où veux-tu en venir?, que veux-tu dire?

■ drive back:

▶ drive back rentrer ; to drive there and back in one day faire l'aller-retour dans la même journée ;

▶ drive back [sth/sb], drive [sth/sb] back

1 ( repel) repousser [crowd, enemy, animals] ; we were driven back by bad weather le mauvais temps nous a fait rebrousser chemin ;

2 Aut ramener [car, passenger].

■ drive forward ( in football) attaquer.

■ drive off

1 Aut démarrer ;

2 Sport jouer le premier drive.

■ drive on:

▶ drive on ( continue) poursuivre sa route ; ( set off again) repartir ;

▶ drive [sb] on pousser ; to drive sb on to do pousser qn à faire.

■ drive out:

▶ drive out [sth/sb], drive [sth/sb] out chasser [people, invader, spirits, thought].

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12 man

man [mæn]

homme ⇒ 1 (a)-(i), 1 (o) valet ⇒ 1 (k) ouvrier ⇒ 1 (l) soldat ⇒ 1 (m) matelot ⇒ 1 (m) joueur ⇒ 1 (n) pièce ⇒ 1 (q) armer ⇒ 2 (a) s'occuper de ⇒ 2 (b) assurer le service de ⇒ 2 (b)

(pl men [men], pt & pp manned, cont manning)

1 noun

(a) (adult male) homme m;

∎ a young man un jeune homme;

∎ an old man un vieillard;

∎ a blind man un aveugle;

∎ he seems a nice man il a l'air gentil;

∎ he's lived here, man and boy, for forty years c'est ici qu'il a grandi et vécu pendant quarante ans;

∎ there's a new man in her life il y a un nouvel homme dans sa vie;

∎ I'm just a man je ne suis qu'un homme comme les autres;

∎ one move and you're a dead man! un (seul) geste et tu es un homme mort!;

∎ he's a man's man il aime bien être avec ses copains;

∎ he's a man of the world c'est un homme d'expérience;

∎ the man in the moon le visage de la lune;

∎ men's clothes/trousers vêtements mpl/pantalon m pour homme;

∎ men's department (in shop) rayon m hommes

(b) (type) homme m;

∎ he's not a betting/drinking man ce n'est pas un homme qui parie/boit;

∎ he was never a man for taking risks il n'a jamais été homme à ou ce n'est pas le genre d'homme à prendre des risques;

∎ he's not a man to make a mistake like that il ne ferait pas une telle erreur

(c) (appropriate person) homme m;

∎ he's the man for the job c'est l'homme qu'il faut pour faire ce travail;

∎ I'm your man je suis votre homme;

∎ he's not the man for that kind of work il n'est pas fait pour ce genre de travail

(d) (professional)

∎ a medical man un médecin;

∎ a man of God un homme d'église;

∎ a man of learning un savant;

∎ a man of letters un homme de lettres

(e) (with manly qualities) homme m;

∎ to act like a man se comporter en homme;

∎ he took the news like a man il a pris la nouvelle avec courage;

∎ he's not man enough to own up il n'aura pas le courage d'avouer;

∎ the army will make a man of him! l'armée en fera un homme!;

∎ a holiday will make a new man of me des vacances me feront le plus grand bien;

∎ figurative this will separate or sort the men from the boys c'est là qu'on verra les vrais hommes

(f) (person, individual) homme m, individu m;

∎ what more can a man do? qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire de plus?;

∎ any man would have reacted in the same way n'importe qui aurait réagi de la même façon;

∎ all men are born equal tous les hommes naissent égaux;

∎ the man must be mad! il doit être fou!;

∎ I've never met the man je n'ai jamais rencontré l'individu en question;

∎ to be one's own man être indépendant ou son propre maître;

∎ to the last man (without exception) sans exception; (until defeat) jusqu'au dernier;

∎ it's every man for himself c'est chacun pour soi;

∎ the man in the street l'homme m de la rue;

∎ proverb one man's meat is another man's poison le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des autres;

∎ British familiar every man jack of them chacun d'eux sans exception^□

(g) (as husband, father) homme m;

∎ man and wife mari m et femme f;

∎ to live as man and wife vivre maritalement ou en concubinage;

∎ he's a real family man c'est un vrai père de famille;

∎ the man of the house l'homme m de la maison; humorous le pater familias;

∎ familiar my old man (husband) mon homme; (father) mon vieux

(h) British familiar (boyfriend, lover) homme m, mec m;

∎ she's got a new man elle a un nouveau mec;

∎ have you met her young man? (boyfriend) avez-vous rencontré son petit ami?; (fiancé) avez-vous rencontré son fiancé?

(i) (inhabitant, native)

∎ I'm a Dublin man je suis de Dublin;

∎ he's a local man c'est un homme du pays

(j) (student)

∎ he's a Harvard man (at present) il fait ses études à Harvard; (in the past) il a fait ses études à Harvard

(k) (servant) valet m, domestique m

(l) (employee → in industry, on farm) ouvrier m; (→ in business, shop) employé m;

∎ the men have gone on strike les hommes se sont mis en grève;

∎ a TV repair man un réparateur télé;

∎ I'll need to get a man in to fix it il faut que je fasse venir un réparateur;

∎ we'll send a man round to look at it nous vous envoyons quelqu'un pour voir;

∎ our man in Paris (representative) notre représentant m à Paris; (journalist) notre correspondant m à Paris; (diplomat) notre envoyé m diplomatique à Paris; (spy) notre agent m à Paris

(m) (in armed forces → soldier) soldat m, homme m (de troupe); (→ sailor) matelot m, homme m (d'équipage);

∎ officers and men (in army) officiers mpl et hommes mpl de troupe; (in navy) officiers mpl et matelots mpl

(n) (player) joueur m, équipier m;

∎ a three-man team une équipe de trois joueurs;

∎ the man of the match le héros du match

(o) (mankind) homme m;

∎ primitive/modern man l'homme m primitif/moderne;

∎ one of the most deadly poisons known to man un des plus dangereux poisons connus de l'homme;

∎ proverb man cannot live by bread alone l'homme ne vit pas que de pain

(p) familiar (as term of address)

∎ come on, man! allez, viens!;

∎ hey, man! (as greeting) salut vieux!;

∎ what can I do for you, young man? que puis-je faire pour vous, jeune homme?;

∎ old-fashioned my good man mon cher monsieur m;

∎ good man! c'est bien!;

∎ old-fashioned how are you, old man? comment tu vas, mon vieux?

(q) (in chess) pièce f; (in draughts) pion m

(r) familiar black American slang (drug dealer) dealer m;

∎ the Man (whites) les Blancs mpl; (police) les flics mpl

2 transitive verb

(a) Military (ship) armer, équiper; (pumps) armer; (cannon) servir;

∎ to man the barricades défendre les barricades;

∎ the tanker was manned by Greek seamen le pétrolier avait un équipage grec;

∎ man the pumps! armez les pompes!;

∎ man the lifeboats! mettez les canots à la mer!;

∎ manned space flight vol m spatial habité;

∎ the sentries manned the battlements il y avait des sentinelles sur les remparts;

∎ the plane is manned by a pilot and a navigator l'équipage de l'avion consiste en un pilote et un navigateur;

∎ the fort was manned by twenty soldiers le fort était tenu par une garnison de vingt soldats

(b) (staff → machine) faire tourner, s'occuper de; (→ switchboard) assurer le service ou la permanence de;

∎ who's manning the telephone? qui assure la permanence téléphonique?;

∎ reception wasn't manned at the time personne n'assurait ou n'était à la réception à ce moment-là;

∎ someone has to be there to man the phone quelqu'un doit être là pour répondre au téléphone;

∎ the campaign office was manned by volunteers la permanence de la campagne était assurée par des volontaires;

∎ the office is manned by a skeleton staff le bureau tourne à effectif réduit;

∎ to man a nightshift composer une équipe de nuit

3 exclamation

familiar la vache!;

∎ man, was it big! bon sang, qu'est-ce que c'était grand!;

∎ you should have seen it, man! bon sang, tu aurais dû voir ça!

4 as one man adverb

comme un seul homme;

∎ they replied as one man ils répondirent d'une seule voix

5 to a man adverb

sans exception;

∎ they agreed to a man ils ont accepté à l'unanimité;

∎ they were patriots/communists to a man ils étaient tous patriotes/communistes

►► Literature Man Friday Vendredi;

man Friday (servant) fidèle serviteur m; (office worker) = employé de bureau affecté à des tâches diverses;

British man management gestion f des ressources humaines

✾ Play ✾ Film 'A Man for all Seasons' Bolt, Zinnemann 'Un Homme pour l'éternité'

✾ Film 'The Man who knew too much' Hitchcock 'L'Homme qui en savait trop'

✾ Book ✾ Film 'The Man who would be King' Kipling, Huston 'L'Homme qui voulut être roi'

✾ Film 'The Man in the White Suit' MacKendrick 'L'Homme au complet blanc'

✾ Play 'Man and Superman' Shaw 'L'Homme et le surhomme'

✾ Book 'A Man in Full' Wolfe 'Un homme, un vrai'

ⓘ A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do Il s'agit d'une phrase que l'on associe généralement aux vieux westerns dans lesquels les héros expriment leur détermination à agir en hommes, en dépit du danger. Cette formule ("un homme, un vrai, ne recule pas devant l'obstacle") s'utilise aujourd'hui de façon allusive et sur le mode ironique lorsque quelqu'un doit exécuter une tâche simple (l'équivalent français est "quand il faut y aller, il faut y aller").

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