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1 soaring
attributive adjective2) (fig.): (rising rapidly) sprunghaft ansteigend; galoppierend [Preise, Inflation, Kosten]* * *soar·ing[ˈsɔ:rɪŋ]adj attr, inv1. (increasing) rasch steigend, in die Höhe schnellend2. (gliding) [dahin]gleitend* * *['sɔːrɪŋ]adj1) bird, plane aufsteigend, in die Luft steigend; tower hoch aufragend; imagination, ideas, ambition hochfliegend; popularity, reputation schnell zunehmend; prices in die Höhe schnellend; inflation unaufhaltsam; unemployment hochschnellend; pride, hopes wachsendI watched the lark's soaring flight — ich sah, wie sich die Lerche in die Lüfte schwang
2) (liter) voice, music sich erhebend* * *attributive adjective1) (flying) segelnd; [hoch am Himmel] schwebend2) (fig.): (rising rapidly) sprunghaft ansteigend; galoppierend [Preise, Inflation, Kosten]* * *adj.aufsteigend adj.sich erhebend adj. -
2 flight
I noun1) (flying) Flug, der3)flight [of stairs or steps] — Treppe, die
4) (flock of birds) Schwarm, der5) (Air Force) ≈ Staffel, dieII nounin the first or top flight — (fig.) in der Spitzengruppe
(fleeing) Flucht, dietake [to] flight — die Flucht ergreifen
* * *I noun1) (act of flying: the flight of a bird.) der Flug2) (a journey in a plane: How long is the flight to New York?) der Flug3) (a number of steps or stairs: A flight of steps.) die Treppe4) (a number of birds etc flying or moving through the air: a flight of geese; a flight of arrows.) der Schwarm•- academic.ru/28048/flighty">flighty- flight deck
- in flight See also:- fly 2II noun(the act of fleeing or running away from an enemy, danger etc: The general regarded the flight of his army as a disgrace.) die Flucht* * *flight1[flaɪt]nto take \flight auffliegenin \flight im Fluga \flight of five hours ein fünfstündiger Flugwe were booked on the same \flight wir hatten denselben Flug gebuchtlong-distance \flight Langstreckenflug mspace \flight Weltraumflug mto call a \flight einen Flug aufrufen4. + sing/pl vb (group) of birds Schwarm m, Schar f geh; of migrating birds [Vogel]zug m; of aircraft [Flieger]staffel f; of insects Schwarm ma \flight of geese eine Gänseschara \flight of swallows ein Schwalbenschwarm mto be in the first [or top] \flight ( fig) zur ersten Garnitur [o Spitze] gehörenshe's in the top \flight of actresses sie gehört mit zu den Spitzenschauspielerinnen5. (series)a \flight [of stairs] eine [geradläufige] Treppewe live three \flights up wir wohnen drei Treppen hocha \flight of hurdles eine Hürdenreihea \flight of fancy ein geistiger Höhenflug; (imaginative idea) ein kühner Gedanke, eine tolle Idee fam; (crazy idea) eine Schnapsidee a. hum famflight2[flaɪt]n Flucht f\flight of investment Kapitalflucht f\flight of funds Kapitalflucht fto be in full \flight mitten auf der Flucht seinto put sb to \flight jdn in die Flucht schlagento take [to] \flight ( dated) die Flucht ergreifen* * *I [flaɪt]n1) Flug mto take flight (bird) — davonfliegen, auffliegen
the principles of flight —
I'm getting the next flight to Glasgow — ich nehme den nächsten Flug or das nächste Flugzeug nach Glasgow
3) (of imagination) Höhenflug m4)he lives six flights up — er wohnt sechs Treppen hoch
IIa flight of hurdles —
nFlucht fthe flight of capital abroad — die Kapitalflucht ins Ausland
to be in full flight — Hals über Kopf auf der Flucht sein; (fig) auf Hochtouren sein
* * *flight1 [flaıt] s1. Flug m, Fliegen n:in flight im Flug;the aircraft had to be refuel(l)ed in flight musste in der Luft aufgetankt werden2. FLUG Flug m, Luftreise f3. Flug(strecke) m(f)4. Schwarm m (Vögel oder Insekten), Flug m, Schar f (Vögel):in the first flight fig in vorderster Front5. FLUG, MILa) Schwarm m (4 Flugzeuge)b) Kette f (3 Flugzeuge)6. Flug m, Dahinsausen n (eines Geschosses etc)7. (Geschoss-, Pfeil- etc) Hagel m:8. (Gedanken- etc) Flug m, Schwung m:soaring flights of intellect geistige Höhenflügea) Treppenlauf n,b) geradläufige Treppenflucht,c) Treppe f:she lives two flights up sie wohnt zwei Treppen hoch11. fig Flug m, Verfliegen n:13. Steuerfeder f (eines [Wurf]Pfeils)flight2 [flaıt] s Flucht f:in his flight auf seiner Flucht;put to flight in die Flucht schlagen;take (to) flight die Flucht ergreifen;flight of capital WIRTSCH Kapitalflucht* * *I noun1) (flying) Flug, der3)flight [of stairs or steps] — Treppe, die
4) (flock of birds) Schwarm, der5) (Air Force) ≈ Staffel, dieII nounin the first or top flight — (fig.) in der Spitzengruppe
(fleeing) Flucht, dietake [to] flight — die Flucht ergreifen
* * *n.Flucht -en f.Flug ¨-e m.
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