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story [ˈstɔ:rɪ]1. nouna. ( = account) histoire f• that's the story of my life! ça m'arrive tout le temps !b. ( = article in press) article m2. compounds* * *I ['stɔːrɪ]1) ( account) histoire f (of de)to stick to/change one's story — maintenir/changer sa version des faits
2) ( tale) gen histoire f (about, of de); Literature conte m (of de)3) ( in newspaper) article m (on, about sur)exclusive story — reportage m exclusif
4) ( lie) histoire fto make up a story — inventer une histoire ( about à propos de)
6) (also story line) histoire f7) US ( floor) étage m••that's the story of my life! — c'est toujours la même chose, avec moi!
it's always the same story —
a likely story! — elle est bien bonne, celle-là! (colloq)
the story goes/has it that — on raconte/dit que
IIwhat's the story? — (colloq) qu'est-ce qui se passe?
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I 'sto:ri plural - stories; noun1) (an account of an event, or series of events, real or imaginary: the story of the disaster; the story of his life; He went to the police with his story; What sort of stories do boys aged 10 like?; adventure/murder/love stories; a story-book; He's a good story-teller.) historia2) ((used especially to children) a lie: Don't tell stories!) historia, cuento•- a tall story
II see storeystory n historia / cuentotr['stɔːrɪ]4 (newspaper article) artículo; (newsworthy item) artículo de interés periodístico5 (story-line, narrative, plot) argumento, trama\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLbut that's another story pero eso es otro cantarit's a long story es largo de contarso the story goes según cuenta la historia, según dicenthat's the story of my life! ¡siempre me pasa lo mismo!to cut a long story short en resumidas cuentas, en pocas palabras————————tr['stɔːrɪ]1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL→ link=storey storey{1) narrative: cuento m, relato m2) account: historia f, relato m3) : piso m, planta f (de un edificio)first story: planta bajan.• anécdota s.f.• argumento s.m.• chiste s.m.• crónico s.m.• cuento s.m.• fábula s.f.• historia s.f.• historieta s.f.• novela s.f.• piso s.m.• planta s.f.• relato s.m.• trama s.f.'stɔːri2)it's the story of my life! — (set phrase) siempre me pasa lo mismo
according to his/your story — según él/tú
what's the story? — (AmE) bueno ¿qué pasa?
he gave me the story on the new models — (AmE) me dio información sobre los nuevos modelos
that's (quite) another o a different story — eso es otro cantar, eso es harina de otro costal
the story goes that... — cuenta la leyenda que...
3) ( plot) argumento m, trama f4) ( Journ) artículo m5) ( lie) (colloq) cuento m (fam), mentira fdon't tell stories — no me vengas con cuentos (fam), no digas mentiras
6) BrE storey ( of building) piso m, planta fon the first story — ( in US) en la planta baja; ( in UK) en el primer piso
I ['stɔːrɪ]1. N1) (=account) historia f ; (=tale) cuento m, relato m ; (=joke) chiste mhis story is that... — según él dice..., según lo que él cuenta...
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but that's another story — pero eso es otro cantar•
a children's story — un cuento infantil•
the story goes that... — se dice or se cuenta que...that's the story of my life! * — ¡siempre me pasa lo mismo!
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it's a long story — es/sería largo de contarto cut a long story short — en resumidas cuentas, en pocas palabras
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it's the same old story — es la historia de siempre•
to tell a story — (fictional) contar un cuento; (=recount what happened) contar or narrar una historiathe marks tell their own story — las señales hablan por sí solas, las señales no necesitan interpretación
what a story this house could tell! — ¡cuántas cosas nos diría esta casa!
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that's not the whole story — eso no es todo2) (=plot) argumento m, trama f3) (Press) artículo m, reportaje m•
a likely story! — ¡puro cuento!2.CPDstory writer N — narrador(a) m / f
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['stɔːrɪ]N (US) = storey* * *['stɔːri]2)it's the story of my life! — (set phrase) siempre me pasa lo mismo
according to his/your story — según él/tú
what's the story? — (AmE) bueno ¿qué pasa?
he gave me the story on the new models — (AmE) me dio información sobre los nuevos modelos
that's (quite) another o a different story — eso es otro cantar, eso es harina de otro costal
the story goes that... — cuenta la leyenda que...
3) ( plot) argumento m, trama f4) ( Journ) artículo m5) ( lie) (colloq) cuento m (fam), mentira fdon't tell stories — no me vengas con cuentos (fam), no digas mentiras
6) BrE storey ( of building) piso m, planta fon the first story — ( in US) en la planta baja; ( in UK) en el primer piso
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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story[English Plural] stories[Swahili Word] hadithi[Swahili Plural] hadithi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] If you tell him a <b>story</b>, the child will fall sleep.[Swahili Example] Ukimwambia <b>hadithi</b>, mtoto atasinzia.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story[English Plural] stories[Swahili Word] hekaya[Swahili Plural] hekaya[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Language] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story[English Plural] stories[Swahili Word] kisa[Swahili Plural] visa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Swahili Example] Subira alikumbuka kisa cha wahalifu wawili [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story[English Plural] stories[Swahili Word] ngano[Swahili Plural] ngano[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Terminology] literary------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story[English Plural] stories[Swahili Word] simulizi[Swahili Plural] masimulizi[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] simulia V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story (of a building)[English Plural] stories[Swahili Word] gorofa[Swahili Plural] gorofa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Definition] shehemu ya nyumba iliyojengwa juu ya nyingine[English Example] a four-story house.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story (of a building)[Swahili Word] orofa[Swahili Plural] orofa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Example] a four-story house.[Swahili Example] nyumba ya orofa nne------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story (or a building)[Swahili Word] ghorofa[Swahili Plural] ghorofa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Definition] shehemu ya nyumba iliyojengwa juu ya nyingine[English Example] a four-story house.------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] story (upper floor)[English Plural] stories[Swahili Word] ghorofa[Swahili Plural] ghorofa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Definition] Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] tell a story[Swahili Word] -simulia hadithi[Part of Speech] verb[Swahili Definition] eleza habari za mambo yaliyotukia; eleza kisa, ngano, masimulizi, riwaya------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] upper story[English Plural] upper stories[Swahili Word] gorofa[Swahili Plural] gorofa[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------ -
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1. n пол; настил; перекрытие; помост2. n дноdeep-sea floor — абиссаль; ложе океана
3. n почва; подошва4. n гумно, ток5. n мор. флот6. n проф. кино съёмочный павильон, киноателье7. n производственная площадь; цехshop floor — цех; производственное помещение
8. n торговый или выставочный зал9. n место в ресторане, отведённое под танцы; танцевальный зал в клубеplant floor computer — ЭВМ в цехе, цеховая ЭВМ
floor sample — товар, потерявший товарный вид
10. a минимальный, самый низкийfloor wage — минимальная зарплата; установленный минимум зарплаты
11. v настилать полI felt the floor trembling — я почувствовал, что пол дрожит
12. v повалить на пол; сбить с ног13. v разг. одолеть; справитьсяto floor a question — суметь правильно ответить на вопрос, справиться с вопросом
14. v разг. смутить, поставить в тупик; заставить замолчать15. v посадить на место16. v рассыпать по полу; поставить, положить на пол; расстилать по полу17. v разг. закончить18. v авт. разг. жать на педаль, гнать машинуСинонимический ряд:1. bottom surface of any room (noun) bottom surface of any room; carpet; deck; floorboards; ground; parterre; planking; rug; vinyl flooring2. story in a building (noun) basement; downstairs; ground floor; landing; loft; stage; story; story in a building; upper story3. fell (verb) bowl down; bring down; cut down; deck; down; drop; fell; flatten; ground; knock down; knock over; lay low; level; mow down; prostrate; throw; throw down; tumble4. stagger (verb) boggle; bowl over; dumbfound; flabbergast; stagger -
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1. n низ, нижняя часть здания; нижний этаж2. n прислуга3. a нижний, расположенный в нижнем этаже4. adv вниз5. adv внизу, в нижнем этаже6. adv разг. на улице7. adv ав. проф. на небольшой высотеСинонимический ряд:story in a building (noun) basement; floor; ground floor; landing; loft; stage; story; story in a building; upper story -
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Синонимический ряд:story in a building (noun) basement; downstairs; floor; landing; loft; stage; story; story in a building; upper story -
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------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] ghorofa[Swahili Plural] ghorofa[English Word] story (upper floor)[English Plural] stories[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[English Definition] Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] ghorofa[English Word] floor (or a building)[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Definition] shehemu ya nyumba iliyojengwa juu ya nyingine[Swahili Example] orofa ya pili[English Example] second floor------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] ghorofa[Swahili Plural] ghorofa[English Word] story (or a building)[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Definition] shehemu ya nyumba iliyojengwa juu ya nyingine[English Example] a four-story house.------------------------------------------------------------ -
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------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] gorofa[Swahili Plural] gorofa[English Word] upper story[English Plural] upper stories[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] gorofa[English Word] floor (or a building)[Part of Speech] noun[Swahili Definition] shehemu ya nyumba iliyojengwa juu ya nyingine[Swahili Example] orofa ya pili[English Example] second floor------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] gorofa[Swahili Plural] gorofa[English Word] story (of a building)[English Plural] stories[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Definition] shehemu ya nyumba iliyojengwa juu ya nyingine[English Example] a four-story house.------------------------------------------------------------ -
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make [meɪk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp made━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = produce) faire ; [+ machines] fabriquer• how much does that make (altogether)? combien ça fait (en tout) ?► made + preposition• this car wasn't made to carry eight people cette voiture n'est pas faite pour transporter huit personnes• he makes $400 a week il gagne 400 dollars par semaine• the company made $1.4 million last year la société a réalisé un bénéfice net de 1,4 millions de dollars l'année dernière• the deal made him £500 cette affaire lui a rapporté 500 livresc. [+ destination] arriver à ; [+ train, plane] avoir• will we make Paris before lunch? est-ce que nous arriverons à Paris avant le déjeuner ?d. ( = reckon) what time do you make it? quelle heure as-tu ?e. ( = ensure success of) the beautiful pictures make the book ce livre doit beaucoup à ses magnifiques imagesf. ( = be, constitute) faire• what made you believe that...? qu'est-ce qui vous a fait croire que... ?• I don't know what makes him do it je ne sais pas ce qui le pousse à faire ça► to make sb sth ( = choose as)• what did you make of the film? que penses-tu de ce film ?• what do you make of him? qu'est-ce que tu penses de lui ?► to make sb + adjective• to make o.s. useful se rendre utile• to make sb happy/unhappy rendre qn heureux/malheureux━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Look up other combinations, eg make sb thirsty, make o.s. ridiculous, at the adjective.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• let's make believe we're on a desert island imaginons que nous sommes sur une île déserte► to make do ( = manage) se débrouiller• you'll have to make do with me ( = be satisfied) tu vas devoir te contenter de moi► to make it ( = come) venir ; ( = arrive) arriver ; ( = succeed) réussir• can you make it by 3 o'clock? est-ce que tu peux y être pour 3 heures ?► to make it + time, date, amount• I'm coming tomorrow -- okay, can you make it the afternoon? je viendrai demain -- d'accord, mais est-ce que tu peux venir dans l'après-midi ?( = act)• she made as if to protest, then hesitated elle parut sur le point de protester, puis hésita3. nouna. ( = brand) marque f• what make of car do you drive? qu'est-ce que vous avez comme voiture ?b. ► to be on the make (inf) ( = trying to make money) chercher à se remplir les poches (inf) ; ( = trying to get power) avoir une ambition dévorante4. compounds• she lives in a world of make-believe elle vit dans un monde d'illusions adjective• his story is pure make-believe son histoire est pure fantaisie ► make-or-break (inf) adjective décisifa. ( = go to)b. ( = produce) produire ; ( = contribute to) contribuer à• happy parents make for a happy child des parents heureux font des enfants heureux► make off (inf) intransitive verb se tirer (inf)► make outa. ( = manage) (inf) se débrouillerb. (US = have sex) (inf!) s'envoyer en l'air (inf !)• how do you make that out? qu'est-ce qui vous fait penser cela ?b. ( = claim, pretend) prétendre ; ( = portray as) présenter commec. [+ cheque] libeller ; [+ will] fairea. ( = assign) [+ money, land] transférer (to à)a. ( = become friends again) se réconcilierb. ( = apply cosmetics) se maquillera. [+ story, excuse] inventer• you're making it up! tu l'inventes (de toutes pièces) !b. ( = put together) [+ parcel] faire ; [+ dish, medicine] préparer• have you made up the beds? as-tu fait les lits ?c. [+ deficit] compenser ; [+ sum of money, numbers] compléter• they made up the number with five amateurs ils ont complété l'effectif en faisant appel à cinq amateursd. ( = repay) to make sth up to sb revaloir qch à qne. [+ dispute] mettre fin à ; [+ differences] réglerf. ( = apply cosmetics to) maquiller• to make o.s. up se maquillerg. ( = compose) composer ; ( = represent) constituer• they make up 6% of the population ils constituent 6 % de la population► make up for inseparable transitive verb compenser• he tried to make up for all the trouble he'd caused il essaya de se faire pardonner les ennuis qu'il avait causés• he made up for all the mistakes he'd made il s'est rattrapé pour toutes les erreurs qu'il avait commises* * *[meɪk] 1. 2.transitive verb (prét, pp made)1) ( create) faire [cake, film, noise]to make something for somebody —
to make room/the time for something — trouver de la place/du temps pour quelque chose
made in France/by Macron — fabriqué en France/par Macron
2) (cause to be or become, render) se faire [friends, enemies]to make something bigger/better/worse — agrandir/améliorer/aggraver quelque chose
to make passing exams easier —
to make it possible to do — [person] faire en sorte qu'il soit possible de faire
3) ( cause to do)to make something work — [person] réussir à faire marcher quelque chose [machine]
to make something grow — [person] réussir à faire pousser quelque chose; [chemical, product] faire pousser quelque chose
4) (force, compel)to make somebody do — obliger or forcer quelqu'un à faire
to make somebody wait/talk — faire attendre/parler quelqu'un
5) ( turn into)to make somebody something —
to make something something —
to make a habit/an issue of something — faire de quelque chose une habitude/une affaire
it's been made into a film — on en a fait or tiré un film
6) (add up to, amount to) faire7) ( earn) gagner [salary, amount]8) (reach, achieve) arriver jusqu'à [place, position]; atteindre [ranking, level]; faire [speed, distance]to make the first team/the charts — entrer dans la première équipe/au hit-parade
to make six spades — ( in bridge) faire six piques
9) (estimate, say)10) ( cause success of) assurer la réussite de [holiday, meal, day]it really makes the room — [feature, colour] ça rend bien
11) Electricity fermer [circuit]to make a trick — ( win) faire une levée
•Phrasal Verbs:- make do- make for- make off- make out- make up••to be on the make — (colloq) ( for profit) avoir les dents longues; ( for sex) être en chasse (colloq)
to make it — (colloq) (in career, life) y arriver; (to party, meeting) réussir à venir; ( be on time for train etc) y être
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1. n заговор; интригаto defeat a plot — сорвать заговор; разрушить планы
2. n фабула, сюжетthreadbare plot — примитивный сюжет, простенькая фабула
3. n амер. план; схема; чертёж; диаграмма; график4. n топ. кроки5. n ав. мор. курс или положение на карте6. n воен. трасса7. n воен. засечка цели8. v организовывать, составлять заговор; плести интриги, интриговать; замышлять, задумывать9. v составлять план, делать схему10. v вычерчивать, строить кривую, график или диаграмму11. v откладывать величину на оси12. v считать, рассчитывать по графику13. v наносить на график или карту14. v ав. мор. прокладывать курс15. v воен. определять местоположение16. v намечать сюжетrevenge plot — сюжет, основанный на приключениях героя - мстителя
17. v планировать; устраивать18. n участок земли, делянка19. v делить на участкиСинонимический ряд:1. land (noun) land; lot; parcel; patch; plat; tract2. outline (noun) outline; story; storyline3. plan (noun) cabal; collusion; connivance; conspiracy; coven; covin; design; intrigue; machination; plan; practice; scheme; stratagem4. story line (noun) scenario; story line; theme; thread; unfolding5. chart (verb) chart; diagram; graph; map out6. map (verb) lay out; map7. outline (verb) consider; draft; outline; propose; sketch8. plan (verb) brew; cogitate; collogue; collude; concoct; connive; conspire; contrive; devise; intrigue; machinate; maneuver; manoeuvre; plan; scheme; scheme out -
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------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] orofa[Swahili Plural] orofa[English Word] floor (or a building)[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] orofa ya pili[English Example] second floor------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] orofa[Swahili Plural] orofa[English Word] story (of a building)[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] nyumba ya orofa nne[English Example] a four-story house.------------------------------------------------------------ -
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storey [ˈstɔ:rɪ]étage m* * *on the third storey — GB au troisième étage; US au quatrième étage
a three storied building — US un bâtiment de trois étages
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1. n одинаковый уровень2. n ступень, степень; уровеньto rise to higher levels — подниматься на более высокую ступень, достигать более высокого уровня
no-observed level — уровень, не вызывающий видимого эффекта
linguistic level — языковый уровень; лингвистический уровень
3. n плоскость, ровная горизонтальная поверхность; горизонтальная линия4. n равнина5. n горизонтальное положение6. n редк. поверхность Земли7. n уровень; ватерпас; нивелир8. n измерение уровня нивелиром9. n ряд10. n горн. этаж, горизонт11. n горн. горизонтальная выработка, штольня12. n горн. дренажная труба или канава13. n горн. ав. горизонтальный полёт14. n горн. радио уровень15. n горн. уст. прицеливаниеis it on the level? — это правда?;
16. a ровный; плоский; горизонтальныйlevel stretch — ровный участок, ровная местность
level route — маршрут, проходящий по ровной местности
17. a находящийся на одном уровнеin the spring the rivers are often level with their bank — весной реки часто поднимаются до самых берегов
18. a кул. без верха19. a равный, одинаковый; ровный, равномерныйlevel life — размеренная, спокойная жизнь
20. a уравновешенный; спокойный; ровный21. adv ровно; вровень; наравне22. v выравнивать, делать ровным, гладким23. v приводить в горизонтальное положение24. v наводить, нацеливать; направлять25. v направлять, бросать26. v сровнять с землёй; полностью уничтожитьlevel off — выровнять, сровнять
my level best — все; что в моих силах
27. v редк. сбить с ног; свалить на землю28. v нивелировать, уравнивать, сглаживать различияrun a level — нивелировал; нивелированный
29. v геод. определять разность высот, нивелировать30. v лингв. сводить два или несколько звуков к одному31. v сл. говорить правду; быть откровенным или честнымon the level — честно; правдиво
Синонимический ряд:1. aligned (adj.) aligned; balanced; horizontal; matched2. equal (adj.) equal; equivalent; on a par3. flat (adj.) commensurate; equable; even; flat; flush; plain; planate; plane; proportional; smooth; straight; uniform4. altitude (noun) altitude; elevation; height5. amount (noun) amount; degree; measure; quantity6. class (noun) class; stage; standing; status7. layer (noun) layer; plane; story; tier8. step (noun) grade; notch; peg; rung; step9. align (verb) align; smooth; surface10. destroy (verb) demolish; destroy; dismantle; flatten; knock down; pull down; pulverise; raze; tear down; topple; wreck11. direct (verb) address; aim; cast; direct; guide; head; incline; point; position; present; set; sight; train; turn; zero in12. even (verb) equal; equalise; equalize; equate; even; flatten; flush; grade; lay; plane; press; smoothen; square13. fell (verb) bowl down; bowl over; bring down; cut down; deck; down; drop; fell; floor; ground; knock over; lay low; mow down; prostrate; throw; throw down; tumble14. plane (verb) flatten; planeАнтонимический ряд:broken; build; declivity; dishonest; furrow; graduate; hilly; inconsistent; inequality; irregular; leaning; perpendicular; plumb; rough; rugged; uneven -
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15 storey
on the third storey — BE al terzo piano; AE al quarto piano II - storeyed BE, - storied AE aggettivo in composti
a three storied building — AE un edificio di tre piani
* * *['sto:ri](one of the floors or levels in a building: an apartment block of seventeen storeys.) piano- - storeyed- - storied* * *storey /ˈstɔ:rɪ/n.(edil.) piano ( di una casa vista in sezione): a house of four storeys, una casa di quattro piani; the upper storey, il piano di sopra; He fell from a third-storey window, cadde da una finestra del terzo piano● (edil.) storey post, pilastro; colonna di sostegno □ (scherz.) He is a little weak in the upper storey, è un po' tocco; gli manca un venerdìstoreyeda.(nei composti, per es.:) a forty-storeyed skyscraper, un grattacielo di quaranta piani.* * *on the third storey — BE al terzo piano; AE al quarto piano II - storeyed BE, - storied AE aggettivo in composti
a three storied building — AE un edificio di tre piani
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16 storey
nounStockwerk, das; Geschoss, dasthird-storey window — Fenster im zweiten Stock[werk]
* * *['sto:ri](one of the floors or levels in a building: an apartment block of seventeen storeys.) das Stockwerk- academic.ru/83878/-storeyed">-storeyed- -storied* * *sto·rey, AM sto·ry[ˈstɔ:ri]n Stockwerk nt, Stock m, Etage fa three-\storey house ein dreistöckiges Haushe's a bit weak in the upper \storey er hat sie nicht ganz alle pej fam* * *(esp US) ['stɔːrɪ] Stock(werknt) m, Etagefa nine-storey building — ein neunstöckiges Gebäude, ein Gebäude mit neun Stockwerken or Etagen
on the second storey — im zweiten Stock(werk), auf der zweiten Etage; (US) im ersten Stock(werk), auf der ersten Etage
he fell from the third-storey window — er fiel aus dem Fenster des dritten or (US) zweiten Stock(werk)s or der dritten or (US) zweiten Etage
* * *he is a bit weak in the upper storey umg er ist nicht ganz richtig im Oberstübchen* * *nounStockwerk, das; Geschoss, dasthird-storey window — Fenster im zweiten Stock[werk]
* * *Stock ¨-e m.Stockwerk m. n.Stock ¨-e m. -
17 making
noun (the process of producing or forming something: glassmaking; (also adjective) the road-making industry.) fabricacióntr['meɪkɪŋ]1 (manufacture) fabricación nombre femenino; (construction) construcción nombre femenino; (creation) creación nombre femenino; (preparation) preparación nombre femenino, elaboración nombre femenino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLin the making (person) potencial, en potencia, futuro,-athis is history in the making esto pasará a la historiato be of somebody's own making ser culpa de uno,-a mismo,-ato be the making of somebody significar el éxito de alguiento have the makings of something (person) tener madera de algo 2 (thing) tener todo lo necesario para ser algo, tener potencial para convertirse en algo■ he has the makings of a footballer tiene madera de futbolista, es un futbolista en ciernesn.• causa del éxito s.f.• confección s.f.• creación s.f.• fabricación s.f.• formación s.f.• hechura s.f.• material necesario s.m.'meɪkɪŋmass nouna) (production, creation)a book about the making of the TV series — un libro que trata de cómo se hizo la serie de televisión
to be the making of somebody/something: her years in New York were the making of her los años que pasó en Nueva York fueron decisivos (en su vida); the merger proved to be the making of Acmeco — el éxito de Acmeco se debió a la fusión
b) makings plthe makings OF something: you have the makings of a good story there allí tienes material or tienes todos los ingredientes para una buena historia; she has the makings of a great actress — es una gran actriz en ciernes
['meɪkɪŋ]N1) (=production) fabricación f ; (=preparation) preparación f ; (=cutting and assembling) [of clothes] confección f•
the building has been five years in the making — llevan cinco años construyendo el edificio•
the mistake was not of my making — no soy yo el responsable del errora chain of events that had all the makings of a Hollywood epic — una cadena de acontecimientos que tenía todos los elementos or ingredientes de una epopeya de Hollywood
* * *['meɪkɪŋ]mass nouna) (production, creation)a book about the making of the TV series — un libro que trata de cómo se hizo la serie de televisión
to be the making of somebody/something: her years in New York were the making of her los años que pasó en Nueva York fueron decisivos (en su vida); the merger proved to be the making of Acmeco — el éxito de Acmeco se debió a la fusión
b) makings plthe makings OF something: you have the makings of a good story there allí tienes material or tienes todos los ingredientes para una buena historia; she has the makings of a great actress — es una gran actriz en ciernes
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18 strength
noun1) Stärke, die; (power) Kraft, die; (of argument) [Überzeugungs]kraft, die; (of poison, medicine) Wirksamkeit, die; (of legal evidence) [Beweis]kraft, die; (resistance of material, building, etc.) Stabilität, dienot know one's own strength — nicht wissen, wie stark man ist
give somebody strength — jemanden stärken; jemandem Kraft geben
on the strength of something/that — aufgrund einer Sache (Gen.) /dessen
be below strength/up to strength — weniger als/etwa die volle Stärke haben
in [full] strength — in voller Stärke
* * *see academic.ru/71361/strong">strong* * *[streŋ(k)θ]nyou don't know your own \strength! du weißt nicht, wie stark du bist!save your \strength! schone deine Kräfte!brute \strength schiere Muskelkraftphysical \strength körperliche Kraft, Muskelkraft fto be back to full \strength wieder ganz zu Kräften gekommen seinto gain \strength wieder zu Kräften [o auf die Beine] kommento get one's \strength back [wieder] genesenwhen he's got his \strength back we'll have a holiday in America sobald er wieder ganz der Alte ist, machen wir Urlaub in Amerikato lose \strength geschwächt werdento summarize the \strength of a proposal die Vorteile eines Vorschlags auflistenmilitary \strength militärische Stärketo gather \strength an Stabilität gewinnento go from \strength to \strength sich akk immer stärker [o kräftiger] entwickelnfrom \strength aus einer starken Position herausshe has recently found \strength in religion sie hat neuerdings in der Religion eine Stütze gefundento show great \strength of character große Charakterstärke zeigen [o beweisen]\strength of will [or mind] Willensstärke fto draw on one's inner \strength seine ganze Kraft zusammennehmen5. (number of members) [Mitglieder]zahl f; (number of people) [Personen]zahl f; MIL [Personal]stärke fwe're below \strength for today's match wir treten beim heutigen Spiel nicht in voller Mannschaftsstärke anat full \strength mit voller Kraft; MIL in voller Stärketo turn out in \strength in Massen [o in Scharen] [o massenweise] anrücken6. (potency) of tea Stärke f; of alcoholic drink also Alkoholgehalt m; of a drug Konzentration f; of medicine Wirksamkeit fone's \strengths and weaknesses jds Stärken und Schwächen9. (intensity) Intensität f; of a colour Leuchtkraft f; of a feeling Intensität f, Stärke f; of belief Stärke f, Tiefe f10. (cogency)\strength of an argument Überzeugungskraft f eines Arguments\strength of a case Durchsetzbarkeit f eines Anliegensthe \strength of our case will be the fact that our client has a perfect alibi unser Verfahren ist aussichtsreich, weil unser Klient ein perfektes Alibi hat11. ECON\strength of a currency/an economy Stärke f einer Währung/einer Volkswirtschaft\strength of prices Preisstabilität f12.▶ give me \strength! BRIT (annoyance) jetzt mach aber mal 'nen Punkt! fam; (exasperation) das halte ich nicht aus! famI got into Oxford on the \strength of my excellent exam results ich wurde wegen meiner ausgezeichneten Prüfungsergebnisse in Oxford aufgenommen▶ to be a tower [or pillar] of \strength wie ein Fels in der Brandung stehen* * *[streŋɵ]n1) (lit, fig) Stärke f; (of person, feelings) Kraft f; (of table, bolt, nail, wall) Stabilität f; (of material, character) Stärke f, Festigkeit f; (of conviction, shoes) Festigkeit f; (of views) Überzeugtheit f; (of imagination) Lebhaftigkeit f; (of reason, argument, evidence) Überzeugungskraft f; (of plea, protest) Eindringlichkeit f; (of letter) geharnischte or starke Ausdrucksweise; (of measure) Drastik fstrength of character/will or mind — Charakter-/Willensstärke f
he decided to be a writer on the strength of selling one short story — er beschloss, Schriftsteller zu werden, nachdem er eine einzige Kurzgeschichte verkauft hatte
his strength failed him — seine Kräfte versagten, ihn verließen die Kräfte
to be beyond sb's strength — über jds Kräfte (acc) gehen
you don't know your own strength! — du weißt gar nicht, wie stark du bist!
to go from strength to strength — einen Erfolg nach dem anderen erzielen or haben
3) (of colour) Kräftigkeit f, Intensität f; (of acid, bleach) Stärke f; (of diluted solution) Konzentration fto be at full strength —
to be up to/below or under strength — (die) volle Stärke/nicht die volle Stärke haben
to turn out in strength — in großer Zahl kommen, zahlreich erscheinen
* * *strength [streŋθ; -ŋkθ] s1. Kraft f, Stärke f, Kräfte pl:strength of body Körperkraft, -kräfte;strength of character Charakterstärke, -festigkeit f;strength of mind Seelenstärke;strength of purpose Entschlusskraft, Zielstrebigkeit f;strength of will Willenskraft, -stärke;a) immer stärker oder besser werden,b) von Erfolg zu Erfolg eilen;he hasn’t got enough strength er ist nicht kräftig genug;strength training Krafttraining n2. fig Stärke f:3. Macht f, Gewalt f:4. (Beweis-, Überzeugungs)Kraft f:actual strength Ist-Stärke;required strength Soll-Stärke;a) in voller Stärke, vollzählig, (Eishockey) komplett,b) SPORT in stärkster Besetzung;they are back to full strength (Eishockey) sie sind wieder komplett;below strength SPORT nicht in stärkster Besetzung, ersatzgeschwächt;they are 200 men below strength ihnen fehlen 200 Mann;in (great) strength in großer Zahl, zahlreich;a) HIST Br auf der Stammrolle stehen,b) allg zur Belegschaft gehören6. MIL Stärke f, (Heeres)Macht f, Schlagkraft f8. CHEM, ELEK, PHYS (Strom-, Feld- etc) Stärke f, Wirkungsgrad m:9. Stärke f, Gehalt m (eines Getränks)10. Stärke f, Intensität f (von Farben, Sinneseindrücken etc)11. fig Stärke f, Kraft(quelle) f:* * *noun1) Stärke, die; (power) Kraft, die; (of argument) [Überzeugungs]kraft, die; (of poison, medicine) Wirksamkeit, die; (of legal evidence) [Beweis]kraft, die; (resistance of material, building, etc.) Stabilität, dienot know one's own strength — nicht wissen, wie stark man ist
give somebody strength — jemanden stärken; jemandem Kraft geben
on the strength of something/that — aufgrund einer Sache (Gen.) /dessen
be below strength/up to strength — weniger als/etwa die volle Stärke haben
in [full] strength — in voller Stärke
* * *n.Festigkeit f.Kraft ¨-e f.Stärke -n f. -
19 grimness
noun severidad; siniestridad, aspecto nefasto; inflexibilidad['ɡrɪmnɪs]N1) (=gloominess) [of situation, outlook] lo desalentador, lo funesto; [of building, place, town] lo sombrío, lo lúgubre2) (=sternness) [of expression, face] seriedad f, gravedad f3) (=sinister quality) [of humour, joke, story] lo macabro -
20 grimness
* * *grim·ness[ˈgrɪmnəs]the \grimness of his voice told me there was something wrong der grimmige Ton in seiner Stimme sagte mir, dass etwas nicht stimmte* * *['grImnɪs]n(= terribleness) Grauenhaftigkeit f; (of situation) Ernst m; (= depressing nature, of building, place, news, story) Trostlosigkeit f; (of prospects) Trübheit f; (= sternness, of person, face, expression, smile, humour, determination) Grimmigkeit f; (of voice) Ernst m; (of battle, struggle) Verbissenheit f, Unerbittlichkeit f* * *grimness s1. Grimmigkeit f2. Verbissenheit f3. Grausamkeit f, Härte f4. Unerbittlichkeit f5. Grausigkeit f* * *n.Grimmigkeit f.
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