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21 face
face [fas]feminine nouna. ( = visage, aspect) face• sauver/perdre la face to save/lose faceb. ( = côté) [d'objet, organe] side ; [de médaille, pièce de monnaie] obverse ; [de cube, figure] side ; (Mountaineering) face• face ! heads!c. (locutions)• se faire face [maisons] to be opposite each other► en face ( = de l'autre côté de la rue) across the street• il faut regarder la réalité en face one must face facts► en face de ( = en vis-à-vis de) opposite ; ( = en présence de) in front of• en face l'un de l'autre opposite or facing each other► de face [portrait] fullface ; [attaque] frontal• face à ces problèmes faced with such problems► face à face [lieux, objets] opposite each other ; [personnes, animaux] face to face* * *fas
1.
1) ( visage) faceà la face de quelqu'un — [proclamer, jeter] in somebody's face
les muscles/os de la face — the facial muscles/bones
2) ( côté) side3) ( aspect) side4) ( front)faire face — ( résister) to face up to things
se faire face — ( être vis-à-vis) [personnes] to face each other; [objets, maisons] to be opposite one another; ( s'affronter) to confront each other
faire face à — [maison, chambre] to face [lieu]; [personne] to face [adversaire, défi, accusation]; to cope with [exigences, dépenses]; to meet [besoin, dette]; to measure up to [concurrence]
2.
de face locution [photo] fullface (épith); [éclairage] frontalprendre une loge de face — Théâtre to take a box facing the stage
3.
en face locution
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en face de locution prépositive1) ( devant)en face de l'église — opposite the church GB, across from the church
ils étaient assis l'un en face de l'autre or en face l'un de l'autre — they were sitting opposite ou facing each other; trou
2) ( en présence de)3) ( comparé à) compared with
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face à locution prépositive1) ( devant)2) ( confronté à)••* * *fas1. nf1) (= côté) face2) (= visage) faceface contre terre — face down, fig
3) [monnaie] headsPile ou face? - Face. — Heads or tails? - Heads.
Le bus s'arrête en face de chez moi. — The bus stops opposite my house.
Elle habite en face. — She lives opposite., She lives over the road.
le trottoir d'en face — the pavement opposite, the opposite pavement
face à qch — facing sth, figfaced with sth, in the face of sth
faire face à la demande COMMERCE — to meet demand
2. adj* * *A nf1 ( visage) face; face à face face to face; (étendu) face contre terre lying face downward(s); à la face de qn [proclamer, jeter] in sb's face; les muscles/os de la face the facial muscles/bones; le côté face d'une pièce the heads side of a coin; le côté face d'une médaille the face of a medal; ⇒ pile;2 ( côté) side; la face nord/antérieure/cachée the north/front/hidden side;3 ( aspect) side; examiner un problème sous toutes ses faces to examine a problem from all sides; la face changeante du monde the changing face of the world; une question à plusieurs faces a multifaceted question; la nouvelle gare change la face du quartier the new station changes the look of the district; la face cachée de la politique the underside of politics;4 ( front) faire face ( résister) to face up to things; se faire face ( être vis-à-vis) [personnes] to face each other; [objets, maisons] to be opposite one another; ( s'affronter) to confront each other; faire face à [maison, chambre] to face [lieu]; [personne] to face [adversaire, défi, accusation]; to cope with [exigences, dépenses]; to meet [demande, besoin, dette]; to measure up to [concurrence]; faire face à l'inflation/à la sécheresse to tackle inflation/the drought;5 Imprim ( de caractère) typeface;B de face loc [photo] fullface ( épith); [éclairage] frontal; il ne peint/photographie jamais de face he never paints people/takes pictures fullface; elle est plus jolie de face she's prettier from the front; je n'ai pas pu le voir de face I couldn't see him from the front; les cyclistes avaient le vent de face the cyclists were riding into the wind; les deux voitures se sont heurtées de face the two cars collided head-on; aborder un problème de face to tackle a problem head-on; prendre une loge de face Théât to take a box facing the stage; je préfère être assis de face au cinéma I prefer to sit in the centre seats at the cinema.C en face loc il habite en face he lives opposite; les gens d'en face the people opposite; en face, on peut voir une tapisserie opposite, you see a tapestry; en face, les joueurs étaient mieux entraînés the other team was better trained; avoir le soleil en face to have the sun in one's eyes; regarder la mort en face to look death in the face; voir les choses en face to see things as they are; je leur ai dit la vérité en face I told them the truth straight out; elle n'a pas osé te le dire en face she didn't dare tell you to your face; les partis/l'équipe d'en face the opposing parties/team; le camp d'en face gén the opposite side; Pol the opposite camp.D en face de loc prép1 ( devant) en face de l'église opposite the church GB, across from the church; le couple en face de moi the couple opposite me; ils étaient assis l'un en face de l'autre or en face l'un de l'autre they were sitting opposite ou facing each other;2 ( en présence de) ne dis pas ça en face des enfants don't say that in front of the children; en face de lui, elle ne rit jamais she never laughs in his presence; en face de difficultés imprévues faced with unexpected difficulties;3 ( comparé à) compared with; en face de ton frère, il paraît timide compared with your brother, he seems shy.E face à loc prép1 ( devant) parler face aux caméras to speak facing the cameras; mon lit est face à la fenêtre my bed faces the window;2 ( confronté à) face à cette situation/à l'insuffisance de crédits in view of this situation/of the shortage of funds.face de carême sourpuss○; face de rat○ rat face ○.perdre/sauver la face to lose/save face; se voiler or couvrir or cacher la face not to face facts.[fas] nom féminin1. [visage] facearborer ou avoir une face de carême to have a long faceperdre/sauver la face to lose/to save face2. [aspect]3. [côté - d'une médaille] obverse ; [ - d'une monnaie] head, headside ; [ - d'un disque] side ; [ - d'une montagne] facela face B d'un disque the B-side ou flipside of a record5. INFORMATIQUE6. COUTURE7. (locution)faire face to face up to things, to copea. (sens propre) to stand opposite to, to faceb. [danger] to face up toc. [obligations, dépense] to meetà la face de locution prépositionnelle1. [devant]2. [publiquement]à la face du monde ou de tous openly, publicly————————de face locution adjectivale————————d'en face locution adjectivalea. [adversaires] the oppositionb. [voisins] the people opposite————————en face locution adverbiale[de front]en face de locution prépositionnellesa maison est en face de l'église his house is opposite ou faces the churchen face l'un de l'autre, l'un en face de l'autre face to face————————face à locution prépositionnelle[dans l'espace] in front offace à l'ennemi/aux médias faced with the enemy/mediaface à face locution adverbiale -
22 right
1. adjective1) (just, morally good) richtigit is only right [and proper] to do something/that somebody should do something — es ist nur recht und billig, etwas zu tun/dass jemand etwas tut
you're [quite] right — du hast [völlig] recht
too right! — (coll.) allerdings!
be right in something — recht mit etwas haben
is that clock right? — geht die Uhr da richtig?
put or set right — richtig stellen [Irrtum]; wieder gutmachen [Unrecht]; berichtigen [Fehler]; bereinigen [Missverständnis]; wieder in Ordnung bringen [Situation, Angelegenheit, Gerät]
put or set somebody right — jemanden berichtigen od. korrigieren
right [you are]!, (Brit.) right oh! — (coll.) okay! (ugs.); alles klar! (ugs.)
that's right — ja[wohl]; so ist es
is that right? — stimmt das?; (indeed?) aha!
3) (preferable, most suitable) richtig; rechtsay/do the right thing — das Richtige sagen/tun
not be quite right in the head — nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein
as right as rain — (coll.) (in health) gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser; (satisfactory) in bester Ordnung
put somebody right — (restore to health) jemanden [wieder] auf die Beine bringen; see also mind 1. 7)
5)you're a right one! — (coll.) du bist mir der/die Richtige!
6) (opposite of left) recht...on the right side — auf der rechten Seite; rechts; see also turn 1. 3)
be somebody's right arm — (fig.) jemandes rechte Hand sein
7)2. transitive verbRight — (Polit.) recht... See also right side
1) (correct) berichtigen; richtig stellen2) (restore to upright position) [wieder] aufrichten; [Boot usw.:]3. nounright itself — sich [von selbst] [wieder] aufrichten; (fig.): (come to proper state) [Mangel:] sich [von selbst] geben
have a/no right to something — ein/kein Anrecht od. Recht auf etwas (Akk.) haben
have a or the/no right to do something — das/kein Recht haben, etwas zu tun
by right of — auf Grund (+ Gen.)
belong to somebody as of or by right — jemandes rechtmäßiges Eigentum sein
what right has he [got] to do that? — mit welchem Recht tut er das?
in one's own right — aus eigenem Recht
the right to work/life — das Recht auf Arbeit/Leben
right of way — (right to pass across) Wegerecht, das; (path) öffentlicher Weg; (precedence) Vorfahrtsrecht, das
who has the right of way? — wer hat Vorfahrt?
be within one's rights to do something — etwas mit [Fug und] Recht tun können
2) (what is just) Recht, dasby right[s] — von Rechts wegen
do right — sich richtig verhalten; richtig handeln
do right to do something — recht daran tun, etwas zu tun
in the right — im Recht
3) (right-hand side) rechte Seiteon or to the right [of somebody/something] — rechts [von jemandem/etwas]
on or to my right, to the right of me — rechts von mir; zu meiner Rechten
4) (Polit.)be on the Right of the party — dem rechten Flügel der Partei angehören
5) in pl. (proper state)set or put something to rights — etwas in Ordnung bringen
7) (Boxing) Rechte, die4. adverb2) (to the side opposite left) nach rechts3) (all the way) bis ganz; (completely) ganz; völligright through the summer — den ganzen Sommer hindurch
right round the house — ums ganze Haus [herum]
4) (exactly) genauright in the middle of something — mitten in etwas (Dat./Akk.)
right now — im Moment; jetzt sofort, gleich [handeln]
right at the beginning — gleich am Anfang
right on! — (coll.) (approving) recht so!; so ist's recht!; (agreeing) genau!; ganz recht!
5) (straight) direkt; genaugo right on [the way one is going] — [weiter] geradeaus gehen od. fahren
6) (coll.): (immediately)right [away/off] — sofort; gleich
* * *1. adjective1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) rechts2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) richtig3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) richtig4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) richtig2. noun1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) das Recht2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) das Recht, im Rechten3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.)4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) die Rechten3. adverb1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) direkt3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) direkt5) (to the right: Turn right.) rechts4. verb1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) (auf)richten2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) wiedergutmachen5. interjection(I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') gut- righteous- righteously
- righteousness
- rightful
- rightfully
- rightly
- rightness
- righto
- right-oh
- rights
- right angle
- right-angled
- right-hand
- right-handed
- right wing 6. adjective- right-winger- by rights
- by right
- get
- keep on the right side of
- get right
- go right
- not in one's right mind
- not quite right in the head
- not right in the head
- put right
- put/set to rights
- right away
- right-hand man
- right now
- right of way
- serve right* * *[raɪt]I. ADJECTIVEit was \right of you to tell me es war richtig von dir, es mir zu sagenyou're \right to be annoyed du bist zu Recht verärgertto do the \right thing das Richtige tun\right and proper recht und billigwere you given the \right change? hat man dir richtig herausgegeben?do you have the \right time? können Sie mir bitte sagen, wie spät es ist?is your watch \right? geht deine Uhr richtig?to get sth \right etw richtig machenyou got three answers \right du hast drei Antworten richtigdid you get that sum \right? hast du [da] richtig gerechnet?to put sth \right etw richtigstellento put a clock \right eine Uhr richtig einstellento put matters \right Tatsachen richtigstellento put sb \right jdn berichtigenam I \right in thinking that... gehe ich recht in der Annahme, dass...you were \right about him Sie haben was ihn angeht Recht gehabtyou're leaving tomorrow, \right? Sie haben doch vor, morgen abzureisen, oder [o richtig]?he's the \right person for the job er ist der Richtige für den Jobhe thought the time was \right to... er dachte, das sei der passende [o richtige] Zeitpunkt, um...to be on the \right lines auf dem richtigen Weg seinto be in the \right place at the \right time zur rechten Zeit am rechten Ort seinto put a machine \right eine Maschine reparieren [o in Ordnung bringento be/be not in one's \right mind [ganz]/nicht [ganz] bei Verstand seinI would give my \right hand to meet the President ( fam) ich würde alles dafür geben, [um] mal den Präsidenten zu treffen fam\right helix CHEM rechtsdrehende Helixa \right hook SPORT ein rechter Hakento make a \right turn rechts abbiegenhe's a \right idiot er ist ein Vollidiot [o totaler Idiot] fama \right one ein Dummkopf m famII. ADVERBthe car ran \right out of fuel der Tank war völlig leershe walked \right past me sie lief direkt an mir vorbei\right through durch und durchto be \right behind sb voll [und ganz] hinter jdm stehenI filled the bath \right up to the top ich habe die Badewanne [bis zum Rand] volllaufen lassenshe came up \right behind me plötzlich stand sie direkt hinter mirhe'll be \right back er ist gleich [wieder] zurückI'll be \right with you ich komme sofort\right now gleich jetzt, im Moment\right on! ( fam) ganz genau!\right enough ( fam) völlig richtigit's a hard job \right enough es ist ein echt harter Jobto guess \right richtig ratento do \right by sb sich akk jdm gegenüber anständig [o korrekt] verhaltento go \right gut laufen; (end) gut ausgehenthings have been going \right for me es läuft gut für michthe R\right Honourable Sarah Bast, MP die sehr Ehrenwerte Sarah Bast, Mitglied des Parlamentsthe R\right Reverend John Jones Bischof John Jones9.III. NOUNthe difference between \right and wrong der Unterschied zwischen Recht und Unrecht2. (morally correct thing) das Richtigeto discuss the \rights and wrongs of sth [über] das Für und Wider [o das Pro und Kontra] einer S. gen diskutierenthe \right to sth das Anrecht auf etw akk\right of abode Wohnrecht nt\right of asylum Asylrecht nt\right of determination Bestimmungsrecht nt\right of entry Eintrittsrecht nt\right of free speech Recht nt auf freie Meinungsäußerung\right of indemnity Ersatzanspruch m\right of inspection Einsichtsrecht nt\right of lien Pfandrecht nt\right of recourse Rückgriffsrecht nt\right to recourse Regressrecht nt\right of residence Wohnrecht ntwomen's \rights die Frauenrechte pl, die Rechte pl der Frau[en]established \right Gewohnheitsrecht ntit is sb's [legal] \right to do sth es ist jds gutes Recht, etw zu tunit's my \right as a doctor to... es ist mein Recht als Arzt, zu...to be within one's \rights to do sth das Recht haben, etw zu tun; (I am within my rights) das ist mein gutes Rechtto have the \right to do sth das Recht haben, etw zu tunwhat \right have you got to criticize me? was gibt dir das Recht, mich zu kritisieren?to know one's \rights seine Rechte kennento stand up for one's \rights für seine Rechte einstehenby \rights von Rechts wegen4. (authority, ownership)fishing \rights Fischereirechte plon [or to] the \right rechts, auf der rechten Seite, zur Rechten gehon my/her \right rechts [von mir/ihr], zu meiner/ihrer Rechten gehthe first/second \right die erste/zweite [Straße] rechtstake the second \right fahren Sie die zweite rechts [rein fam]▪ the R\right die Rechtethe far \right die Rechtsextremen plon the \right im rechten Lager10.▶ to be in the \right im Recht sein▶ in one's own \right selberIV. TRANSITIVE VERB1.the boat will \right itself if it capsizes das Boot balanciert sich von selbst wieder aus, wenn es kentert2. (rectify)to \right a mistake/wrong einen Fehler/ein Unrecht wiedergutmachenV. INTERJECTION( fam)\right you are! in Ordnung!too \right! wohl [o nur zu] wahr!3. (filler word) alsoso we were on our way to work, \right, when... also, wir waren auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, als...4. (as introduction)* * *[raɪt]1. adj1) (= just, fair, morally good) richtig, recht (S Ger)he thought it right to warn me — er hielt es für richtig, mich zu warnen
it seemed only right to give him the money — es schien richtig, ihm das Geld zu geben
it is only right to point out that... — es ist nur recht und billig, wenn man darauf hinweist, dass...
2) (= true, correct) answer, solution, time, train richtigto be right (person) — recht haben; (answer, solution) richtig sein, stimmen; (clock) richtig gehen
how right you are! (inf) — da haben Sie ganz recht
you were right to refuse or in refusing — Sie hatten recht, als Sie ablehnten
let's get it right this time! — mach es dieses Mal richtig; (in reporting facts etc) sag es dieses Mal richtig
to put or set right (error) — korrigieren; clock richtig stellen; situation wieder in Ordnung bringen
I tried to put things right after their quarrel — ich versuchte, nach ihrem Streit wieder einzulenken
3) (= proper) clothes, document richtigwhat's the right thing to do in this case? —
that is the right way of looking at it —
Mr/Miss Right (inf) — der/die Richtige (inf)
we will do what is right for the country —
4)(= well)
the medicine soon put or set him right — die Medizin hat ihn schnell wiederhergestellt or wieder auf die Beine gebrachtto be as right as rain (Brit) — kerngesund sein; (after accident) keine Schramme abbekommen haben (inf)
nobody in their right mind would... — kein vernünftiger Mensch würde...
who in their right mind would...? — welcher vernünftige Mensch würde...?
See:5)that's right, dear, put it on the table — schön, stell es bitte auf den Tisch
so they came in the end – is that right? — und so kamen sie schließlich – wirklich?
he's a right fool! ( Brit inf ) — er ist wirklich doof (inf)
you're a right one ( Brit inf ) — du bist mir der Richtige (inf)
6) (= opposite of left) rechte(r, s)right hand —
I'd give my right hand to know the answer — ich würde was drum geben, wenn ich die Antwort wüsste (inf)
on your right hand — rechter Hand, rechts
7)2. adv1) (= straight, directly) direkt; (= exactly) genauright in front/ahead of you — direkt or genau vor Ihnen
go right on — gehen/fahren Sie geradeaus weiter
right in the middle — genau or direkt in der/die Mitte
I'll be right with you — ich bin gleich da
2) (= completely, all the way) ganzright round the house — ganz um das Haus herum; (inside) durch das ganze Haus
right through (drive, go) —
rotten right through — durch und durch verfault or (fig) verdorben
3) (= correctly) richtignothing goes right for them — nichts klappt bei ihnen (inf), bei ihnen läuft alles schief (inf)
I'll see you right (inf) — ich werde aufpassen, dass Sie nicht zu kurz kommen (inf)
See:→ serve5) (= opposite of left) rechtsto be cheated right, left and centre or right and left (inf) — von vorne bis hinten betrogen werden (inf)
or center ( US inf ) — bei Gott und der Welt Schulden haben (inf)
3. nI want to know the rights and wrongs of it first — ich möchte erst beide Seiten kennenlernen
to have a or the right to do sth — ein or das Recht haben, etw zu tun
by rights — rechtmäßig, von Rechts wegen
in one's own right —
See:→ civil rightsto have the ( sole) rights to sth — die (alleinigen) Rechte an etw (dat) haben
4)5) (= not left) rechte Seiteto keep to the right — sich rechts halten, rechts bleiben
the Right (Pol) — die Rechte
those to the right of him (Pol) — diejenigen, die weiter rechts stehen als er
4. vt1) (= return to upright position) aufrichten2) (= make amends for) wrong wiedergutmachen3)* * *right [raıt]1. richtig, recht, angemessen:it is only right (and proper) es ist nur recht und billig ( that dass);he does not do it the right way er macht es nicht richtig;the right thing das Richtige;say the right thing das rechte Wort finden;think it right es für richtig oder angebracht halten;2. richtig:a) korrektb) den Tatsachen entsprechend, wahr (-heitsgemäß):the solution is right die Lösung stimmt oder ist richtig;is your watch right? geht Ihre Uhr richtig?;am I right for …? bin ich auf dem richtigen Weg nach …?;be right recht haben;right you are! richtig!, jawohl!;that’s right! ganz recht!, richtig!, stimmt!;prove sb right beweisen, dass jemand recht hat; jemandem recht geben (Ereignis);right? umg richtig?, nicht wahr?;3. richtig, geeignet:he is the right man er ist der Richtige;the right man in the right place der rechte Mann am rechten Platz;4. gesund:out of one’s right mind, not right in one’s ( oder the) head umg nicht richtig (im Kopf), nicht ganz oder recht bei Trost;5. richtig, in Ordnung:come right in Ordnung kommen;a) in Ordnung bringen,c) einen Irrtum richtigstellen,d) jemanden gesund machen;put o.s. right with sba) sich vor jemandem rechtfertigen,b) sich mit jemandem gut stellen6. recht(er, e, es), Rechts…:right hand rechte Hand (a. fig Vertrauensperson);a) rechte Seite, Oberseite f (auch von Stoffen, Münzen etc),on the right side of 50 noch nicht 50 (Jahre alt);7. obs rechtmäßig (Erbe etc)8. MATHb) rechtwink(e)lig (Dreieck)c) gerade (Linie)d) senkrecht (Figur)9. POL recht(er, e, es), rechtsgerichtet, Rechts…:be very right sehr weit rechts stehenB sas of right von Rechts wegen, kraft Gesetzes;by rights eigentlich;in the right im Recht;right or wrong Recht od Unrecht;know right from wrong Recht von Unrecht unterscheiden können;do sb right jemandem Gerechtigkeit widerfahren lassen;give sb their rights jemandem sein Recht geben oder lassen2. JURto auf akk)b) Berechtigung f:right of inheritance Erbschaftsanspruch;right of possession Eigentumsrecht;right of sale Verkaufs-, Vertriebsrecht;right to vote Wahl-, Stimmrecht;rights and duties Rechte und Pflichten;a) im Namen seiner Frau,b) vonseiten seiner Frau;have a right to (ein) Anrecht haben auf;know one’s rights seine Rechte kennen;stand on one’s right(s) auf seinem Recht bestehen;in one’s own righta) aus eigenem Recht,b) selbstständig, für sich (allein), selbst;be within one’s own rights das Recht auf seiner Seite haben;what right have they to do that? mit welchem Recht tun sie das?;equal rights pl for women die Gleichberechtigung der Frau; → assemble B, assembly 1, common B 2, exist 1, privacy 2, reserve A 5, right of way, self-determination3. WIRTSCHa) (Ankaufs-, Vorkaufs) Recht n, Berechtigung fb) oft pl Bezugsrecht n (auf Aktien oder Obligationen)c) Bezug(s)schein m5. pl (richtige) Ordnung:the world was set to rights again die Welt war wieder in Ordnung6. pl wahrer Sachverhalton ( oder at, to) the right (of) zur Rechten (gen), rechts (von), auf der rechten Seite (von oder gen), rechter Hand (von);on our right zu unserer Rechten, uns zur Rechten;a) sich rechts halten,b) AUTO rechts fahren;be to the right of POL rechts stehen von8. rechte Hand, Rechte f11. pl JAGD unterste Enden pl (des Hirschgeweihs)C adv1. gerade(wegs), direkt:2. völlig, ganz (u. gar):turn right round sich ganz herumdrehen;rotten right through durch und durch faul3. genau, direkt:right at the outset gleich am Anfang;I’ll be right back ich bin gleich wieder da;5. richtig, recht:you did right to inf es war richtig von dir, dass du …;guess right richtig (er)raten;6. obs recht, ganz:know right well sehr wohl oder recht gut wissen7. recht, richtig, gut:nothing goes right with me (bei) mit geht alles schief;turn out right gut ausgehenturn right (sich) nach rechts wenden;a) rechts und links,right about face! MIL (ganze Abteilung,) kehrt!9. dial oder umg richtig:D v/t1. (aus-, auf)richten, in die richtige Lage bringen:right the machine FLUG die Maschine abfangen;the boat rights herself das Schiff richtet sich wieder auf2. einen Fehler, Irrtum berichtigen:a) sich wieder ausgleichen,b) (wieder) in Ordnung kommen4. ein Unrecht, einen Schaden etc wiedergutmachen5. a) jemandem zu seinem Recht verhelfenb)(o.s. sich) rehabilitierenE v/ia) sich (wieder) aufrichtenb) in die richtige Lage kommen* * *1. adjective1) (just, morally good) richtigit is only right [and proper] to do something/that somebody should do something — es ist nur recht und billig, etwas zu tun/dass jemand etwas tut
2) (correct, true) richtigyou're [quite] right — du hast [völlig] recht
too right! — (coll.) allerdings!
put or set right — richtig stellen [Irrtum]; wieder gutmachen [Unrecht]; berichtigen [Fehler]; bereinigen [Missverständnis]; wieder in Ordnung bringen [Situation, Angelegenheit, Gerät]
put or set somebody right — jemanden berichtigen od. korrigieren
right [you are]!, (Brit.) right oh! — (coll.) okay! (ugs.); alles klar! (ugs.)
that's right — ja[wohl]; so ist es
is that right? — stimmt das?; (indeed?) aha!
[am I] right? — nicht [wahr]?; oder [nicht]? (ugs.); see also all 3.
3) (preferable, most suitable) richtig; rechtsay/do the right thing — das Richtige sagen/tun
4) (sound, sane) richtignot be quite right in the head — nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein
as right as rain — (coll.) (in health) gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser; (satisfactory) in bester Ordnung
put somebody right — (restore to health) jemanden [wieder] auf die Beine bringen; see also mind 1. 7)
5)you're a right one! — (coll.) du bist mir der/die Richtige!
6) (opposite of left) recht...on the right side — auf der rechten Seite; rechts; see also turn 1. 3)
be somebody's right arm — (fig.) jemandes rechte Hand sein
7)2. transitive verbRight — (Polit.) recht... See also right side
1) (correct) berichtigen; richtig stellen2) (restore to upright position) [wieder] aufrichten; [Boot usw.:]3. nounright itself — sich [von selbst] [wieder] aufrichten; (fig.): (come to proper state) [Mangel:] sich [von selbst] geben
1) (fair claim, authority) Recht, das; Anrecht, dashave a/no right to something — ein/kein Anrecht od. Recht auf etwas (Akk.) haben
have a or the/no right to do something — das/kein Recht haben, etwas zu tun
by right of — auf Grund (+ Gen.)
belong to somebody as of or by right — jemandes rechtmäßiges Eigentum sein
what right has he [got] to do that? — mit welchem Recht tut er das?
the right to work/life — das Recht auf Arbeit/Leben
right of way — (right to pass across) Wegerecht, das; (path) öffentlicher Weg; (precedence) Vorfahrtsrecht, das
be within one's rights to do something — etwas mit [Fug und] Recht tun können
2) (what is just) Recht, dasby right[s] — von Rechts wegen
do right — sich richtig verhalten; richtig handeln
do right to do something — recht daran tun, etwas zu tun
3) (right-hand side) rechte Seiteon or to the right [of somebody/something] — rechts [von jemandem/etwas]
on or to my right, to the right of me — rechts von mir; zu meiner Rechten
4) (Polit.)5) in pl. (proper state)set or put something to rights — etwas in Ordnung bringen
6) (in marching) see left II 3. 4)7) (Boxing) Rechte, die4. adverb1) (properly, correctly, justly) richtig [machen, raten, halten]2) (to the side opposite left) nach rechts3) (all the way) bis ganz; (completely) ganz; völligright round the house — ums ganze Haus [herum]
4) (exactly) genauright in the middle of something — mitten in etwas (Dat./Akk.)
right now — im Moment; jetzt sofort, gleich [handeln]
right on! — (coll.) (approving) recht so!; so ist's recht!; (agreeing) genau!; ganz recht!
5) (straight) direkt; genaugo right on [the way one is going] — [weiter] geradeaus gehen od. fahren
6) (coll.): (immediately)right [away/off] — sofort; gleich
7) (arch./dial.): (very) sehr* * *adj.genau adj.gerade adj.gleich adj.recht adj.rechts adj.richtig adj.sehr adj. adv.genau adv.recht adv.richtig adv. n.Berechtigung f.Recht -e n. -
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I Adj.1. (übereinstimmend) same, präd. the same; (identisch) identical; Bezahlung, Rechte etc.: equal; (einheitlich) uniform; fast gleich very similar; in gleicher Weise (in) the same way; zu gleichen Teilen equally; zu gleicher Zeit at the same time, simultaneously; gleiches Recht für alle equal rights for all; gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit equal pay for equal work; gleiche Rechte, gleiche Pflichten Sprichw. equal rights, equal responsibilities; das Gleiche oder Gleiches gilt für the same applies to (umg. goes for); es kommt oder läuft aufs Gleiche hinaus oder das bleibt sich gleich umg. it doesn’t make any difference, it comes ( oder boils) down to the same thing; alle Menschen sind gleich (, nur einige sind gleicher hum.) all people ( oder men) are equal (, but some are more equal [than others])2. (ähnlich, vergleichbar) similar, like, präd. alike; Gleiches mit Gleichem vergelten give s.o. tit for tat, pay s.o. back in kind, repay like with like; Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern Sprichw. birds of a feather (flock together)3. (unverändert) the same, unchanged; gleich bleiben stay the same; das wird immer gleich bleiben it’ll never change; mit stets gleicher Höflichkeit with unfailing courtesy; er ist nicht mehr der Gleiche he’s not the man I ( oder we) used to know, he’s really changed, you wouldn’t recognize him any more4. MATH., Winkel etc.: equal; Vorzeichen, Größe etc.: same, like; PHYS., Ladung, Pole: like; in gleichem Abstand voneinander equidistant from each other; x ist gleich y x equals y; 7 - 2 ist gleich 5 7 - 2 is ( oder leaves) 5; 5 + 2 ist gleich 7 5 + 2 equals 7; gleich null setzen equate to zero5. (egal): es ist mir gleich umg. it’s all the same to me; ganz gleich wann / wo etc. whenever / wherever etc. (it is), no matter when / where etc. (it is); es ist ganz gleich, wann / wo etc. it doesn’t matter ( oder make any difference) when / where etc.; das kann dir doch gleich sein umg. why should you care?II Adv.1. alike, equally; gleich alt / groß etc. the same age / size etc.; es geht uns diesmal allen gleich we’re all in the same boat this time; sie stehen gleich SPORT they’re drawing; in der Tabelle: they’re level on points; gleich bleibend always the same; (unveränderlich) constant, invariable; Kurs, Barometer etc.: steady; gleich denkend oder gesinnt like-minded; gleich geartet of the same kind; (ähnlich) similar; gleich gelagerte Fälle similar cases; gleich gerichtet Ziele, Interessen etc.: similar, parallel; TECH. synchronous; ETECH. unidirectional; gleich gesinnte Leute people with the same kind of interest ( oder outlook etc.); gleich gestellt on an equal footing (+ Dat with); gesellschaftlich: on the same social level; gleich gestimmt Instrumente: tuned to the same pitch; fig. in tune (with one another); gleich gestimmte Seelen kindred spirits; gleich lautend Text: identical, with the same wording; Inhalt: to the same effect; Wörter: homonymic; bei verschiedener Schreibung: homophonic; gleich lautendes Wort auch geschrieben: homonym; vom Klang: homophone; gleich lautende Abschrift true copy2. (unmittelbar) right, straight, just, directly; (sofort) straightaway, immediately; gleich zu Beginn right at the outset; (als Anfang) to start off with; gleich daneben right beside ( oder next to) it; gleich gegenüber right ( oder directly) opposite; gleich als as soon as; gleich nach( dem) right ( oder straight) after; ( jetzt) gleich right now, this minute; gleich! hinhaltend: just a minute, give us a chance umg.; ( ich komme) gleich! (I’m) coming!, I’m on my way!; ich ging gleich hin I went straight there; es muss nicht gleich sein there’s no hurry; Kollege kommt gleich im Restaurant: you’ll be served right away; ich bin gleich wieder da I won’t be long; (sofort) I won’t be a minute; komme gleich wieder Schild: will be right back, be back in a jiffy umg.; bis gleich! see you in a minute ( oder later); das haben wir gleich oder das ist gleich geschehen it won’t take a minute, we’ll have that done ( oder fixed) in no time; es ist gleich zehn ( Uhr) it’s nearly ten (o’clock)3. umg., nachfragend: wie heißt er ( noch) gleich? what’s ( oder what was) his name again?; was wollte ich gleich sagen? what was I going to say?; wo war es gleich? where was it now?4. umg. (auf einmal) at a time, at once; sie hat gleich drei Portionen gegessen she ate three helpings at once; er hat gleich zwei Freundinnen auf einmal he has two girlfriends (on the go) at the same time5. umg., Gefühle oder Absicht ausdrückend: das hört sich gleich ganz anders an! that’s better, that’s more like it; willst du wohl gleich den Mund halten! drohend: will you shut up!; gleich passiert was! drohend: there’s going to be trouble!; warum nicht gleich so? ungeduldig: what’s keeping you etc.?; es muss nicht gleich... heißen / sein beruhigend: it doesn’t mean to say (that) / it doesn’t (necessarily) have to be; dann kann ich es ja gleich bleiben lassen! verärgert: then I might as well forget it ( oder give up now)!; geh doch nicht gleich in die Luft! there’s no need to lose your temper; wein doch nicht gleich there’s no need to cry; das dachte ich mir doch gleich! I thought so ( oder as much); habe ich es nicht gleich gesagt? what did I say?* * ** * *[glaiç]1. ADJEKTIVdas gleiche, aber nicht dasselbe Auto — a similar car, but not the same one
der/die/das gleiche... wie — the same... as
in gleicher Weise — in the same way
die beiden Briefe kamen mit der gleichen Post — the two letters arrived in the same post (Brit) or mail
zur gleichen Zeit — at the same time
die beiden haben gleiches Gewicht — they are both the same weight, they both weigh the same
ich fahre den gleichen Wagen wie Sie — I drive the same car as you
das kommt or läuft aufs Gleiche hinaus — it amounts to the same thing
wir wollten alle das Gleiche — we all wanted the same thing
es waren die Gleichen, die... — it was the same ones who...
ihr Männer seid doch alle gleich! — you men are all the same!
es ist mir ( alles or ganz) gleich — it's all the same to me
Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern (Prov) — birds of a feather flock together (Prov)
Gleiches mit Gleichem vergelten — to pay someone back in the same coin (Brit), to pay sb back in kind
ganz gleich wer/was etc — no matter who/what etc
2) = gleichwertig, gleichberechtigt equalin gleichem Abstand — at an equal distance
zwei mal zwei (ist) gleich vier — two twos are four, two times two is four
vier plus/durch/minus zwei ist gleich... — four plus/divided by/minus two is...
gleich sein — to be sb's equal (in sth)
gleiche Rechte, gleiche Pflichten — equal rights, equal responsibilities
mit jdm in einem Ton von gleich zu gleich reden (geh) — to talk to sb as an equal
alle Menschen sind gleich, nur einige sind gleicher (hum) — all men are equal, but some are more equal than others
2. ADVERB1) = ohne Unterschied equally; (= auf gleiche Weise) alike, the samesie sind gleich groß/alt/schwer — they are the same size/age/weightdiams; gleich bleibend
2) räumlich right, justdas Wohnzimmer ist gleich neben der Küche — the living room is right or just next to the kitchen
3) zeitlich = sofort immediately; (= bald) in a minuteich komme gleich wieder — I'll be right back
das mache ich gleich heute — I'll do that today
gleich zu or am Anfang — right at the beginning, at the very beginning
ich werde ihn gleich morgen besuchen — I'll go and see him tomorrow
warum nicht gleich so? — why didn't you say/do that in the first place?
na komm schon! – gleich! — come along! – I'm just coming! or – I'll be right there
wann machst du das? – gleich! — when are you going to do it? – right away or in just a moment
gleich als or nachdem er... — as soon as he...
so wirkt das Bild gleich ganz anders — suddenly, the picture has changed completely
wenn das stimmt, kann ichs ja gleich aufgeben — if that's true I might as well give up right now
deswegen brauchst du nicht gleich zu weinen — there's no need to start crying because of that
er ging gleich in die Küche/vor Gericht — he went straight to the kitchen/to court
bis gleich! — see you later!
4) in Fragesätzen againwie war doch gleich die Nummer/Ihr Name? — what was the number/your name again?
3. PRÄPOSITION (+dat)(liter)likeeiner Epidemie gleich, gleich einer Epidemie — like an epidemic
4. BINDEWORT(old, liter)ob er gleich... — although he...
wenn er gleich... — even if he...
* * *1) (like one another; similar: Twins are often very alike.) alike2) (in the same way: He treated all his children alike.) alike3) (level; the same in height, amount etc: Are the table-legs even?; an even temperature.) even4) (equal (in number, amount etc): The teams have scored one goal each and so they are even now.) even5) evenly6) (the same in size, amount, value etc: four equal slices; coins of equal value; Are these pieces equal in size? Women want equal wages with men.) equal7) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) level8) (soon: He will be here presently.) presently9) (alike; very similar: The houses in this road are all the same; You have the same eyes as your brother (has).) same10) (not different: My friend and I are the same age; He went to the same school as me.) same11) (unchanged: My opinion is the same as it always was.) same12) ((usually with the) the same thing: He sat down and we all did the same.) same* * *[ˈglaiç]I. adjzwei mal zwei [ist] \gleich vier two times two is [or equals] fourPC ist nicht \gleich PC PCs are not all the samedie \gleichen Gesichter the same faces\gleicher Lohn für \gleiche Arbeit equal pay for equal workin \gleichem Maße to the same degree/extentalle Menschen sind \gleich[, nur einige sind \gleicher (iron)] all people are equal [but some are more equal than others iron]im \gleichen Moment at that very [or the same] moment\gleichen Namens of the same nameam \gleichen Ort at/in the same place\gleiches Recht für alle equal rights pl for all\gleiche Rechte/Pflichten equal rights/responsibilitiesam \gleichen Tag [on] the same day, that same dayin \gleicher [o auf die \gleiche] Weise in the same wayzur \gleichen Zeit at the same timeein G\gleiches tun (geh) to do the sameG\gleiches mit G \gleichem vergelten to pay like with like, to give tit for tat▪ der/die/das G\gleiche the same [one]das G\gleiche gilt für dich the same goes for [or applies to] youdas G\gleiche vorhaben/wollen to have the same intentions/objectivesder/die/das G\gleiche wie.. the same as...2. (einerlei)[ganz] \gleich, was/wer/wie [...] no matter what/who/how [...]▪ jdm ist jd/etw \gleich sb does not care about sb/sth, sb/sth is all the same to sbdas ist mir \gleich I don't care[sich dat] \gleich bleiben to stay [or remain] the same [or unchanged]; Messwert a. to stay [or remain] constant [or steady]du bist dir in deinem Wesen immer \gleich geblieben you've always had the same naturedas bleibt sich doch \gleich (fam) it's the same thing, it makes no difference\gleich bleibend constant/constantly, steady/steadily; konsequent consistent/consistentlyjedes Jahr waren es \gleich bleibend rund 1000 Anfragen each year saw a consistent number of about 1000 requestsin \gleich bleibendem Abstand at a steady distance▪ der/die/das G\gleiche [wie...] the same [as...]es ist immer das [ewig] G\gleiche it's always the same [old thing]sie ist immer die G\gleiche geblieben she's never changedaufs G\gleiche hinauslaufen [o hinauskommen] it comes [or boils] down [or amounts] to the same thing4.▶ von G\gleich zu G \gleich on an equal footingII. adv\gleich alt the same age pred\gleich groß/lang equally large/long, equal in [or the same] size/length pred\gleich schwer equally heavy, the same weight pred▪ etw \gleich tun to do sth the same\gleich aufgebaut/gekleidet sein to have the same structure/to be wearing identical clothesjdn \gleich behandeln to treat sb alike\gleich bezahlt werden to be paid the same, to receive the same pay\gleich gelagert comparable\gleich gestimmte Seelen kindred spirits [or souls]der Appell wurde \gleich lautend in vielen Zeitungen gedruckt the same appeal was printed in many newspapers\gleich nach dem Frühstück right [or straight] after breakfastes ist \gleich ein Uhr it's almost [or nearly] one o'clockes muss nicht \gleich sein you don't have to do it right [or straight] away, there's no hurrybis \gleich! see you then [or later]!; (sofort) see you in a minute [or moment]!ich komme \gleich! I'm just coming!, I'll be right there!habe ich es nicht \gleich gesagt! what did I tell you?, I told you so!warum nicht \gleich so? why didn't you say so/do that in the first place?\gleich danach [o darauf] soon afterwards [or AM also afterward]; (sofort) right away, straight [or right] afterwards [or AM also afterward]\gleich jetzt [right] now\gleich heute/morgen [first thing] today/tomorrow3. (daneben) immediately, right\gleich als [o nachdem] ... as soon as...\gleich dahinter just [or right] behind it\gleich danach just [or right] [or immediately] after it\gleich daneben right beside [or next to] itsie kaufte sich \gleich zwei Paar she bought two pairs!III. partwie war doch \gleich Ihr Name? what was your name again?was hast du \gleich gesagt? what was that you were saying?wir können \gleich zu Hause bleiben we can just [or might] as well stay at homedu brauchst nicht \gleich zu weinen there's no need to start crying3. (überhaupt)\gleich gar nicht/nichts not/nothing at all▪ \gleich jdm/etw [o jdm/etw \gleich] like sb/sth* * *1.1) (identisch, von derselben Art) same; (gleichberechtigt, gleichwertig, Math.) equaldreimal zwei [ist] gleich sechs — three times two equals or is six
gleich bleiben — remain or stay the same; (konstant) remain or stay constant or steady
sich (Dat.) gleich bleiben — remain the same
das bleibt sich [doch] gleich — (ugs.) it makes no difference
gleich bleibend — (konstant) constant; steady
das Gleiche wollen/beabsichtigen — have the same objective[s pl.]/intentions pl.
das kommt auf das Gleiche od. aufs Gleiche heraus — it amounts or comes to the same thing
Gleiches mit gleichem vergelten — pay somebody back in his/her own coin or in kind
Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern — (Spr.) birds of a feather flock together (prov.)
gleich lautend — identical; identically worded
2) (ugs.): (gleichgültig)2.ganz gleich, wer anruft,... — no matter who calls,...
gleich groß/alt usw. sein — be the same height/age etc.
gleich gut/schlecht — usw. equally good/bad etc.
gleich aufgebaut/gekleidet — having the same structure/wearing identical clothes
es ist gleich zehn Uhr — it is almost or nearly ten o'clock
das habe ich [euch] gleich gesagt — I told you so; what did I tell you?
4) (räumlich) right; immediately; just3.gleich rechts/links — just or immediately on the right/left
Präposition + Dat. (geh.) like4.1)nun wein' nicht gleich/sei nicht gleich böse — don't start crying/don't get cross
wie hieß er gleich? — what was his name [again]?
* * *A. adj1. (übereinstimmend) same, präd the same; (identisch) identical; Bezahlung, Rechte etc: equal; (einheitlich) uniform;fast gleich very similar;in gleicher Weise (in) the same way;zu gleichen Teilen equally;zu gleicher Zeit at the same time, simultaneously;gleiches Recht für alle equal rights for all;gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit equal pay for equal work;gleiche Rechte, gleiche Pflichten sprichw equal rights, equal responsibilities;Gleiches gilt für the same applies to (umg goes for);das bleibt sich gleich umg it doesn’t make any difference, it comes ( oder boils) down to the same thing;nur einige sind gleicher hum) all people ( oder men) are equal (, but some are more equal [than others])Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern sprichw birds of a feather (flock together)3. (unverändert) the same, unchanged;mit stets gleicher Höflichkeit with unfailing courtesy;er ist nicht mehr der Gleiche he’s not the man I ( oder we) used to know, he’s really changed, you wouldn’t recognize him any more4. MATH, Winkel etc: equal; Vorzeichen, Größe etc: same, like; PHYS, Ladung, Pole: like;in gleichem Abstand voneinander equidistant from each other;x ist gleich y x equals y;7 – 2 ist gleich 5 7 – 2 is ( oder leaves) 5;5 + 2 ist gleich 7 5 + 2 equals 7;gleich null setzen equate to zero5. (egal):es ist mir gleich umg it’s all the same to me;ganz gleich wann/wo etc whenever/wherever etc (it is), no matter when/where etc (it is);das kann dir doch gleich sein umg why should you care?B. adv1. alike, equally;gleich alt/groß etc the same age/size etc;es geht uns diesmal allen gleich we’re all in the same boat this time;gesinnt like-minded;gleich gelagerte Fälle similar cases;gleich gestimmte Seelen kindred spirits;gleich zu Beginn right at the outset; (als Anfang) to start off with;gleich daneben right beside ( oder next to) it;gleich gegenüber right ( oder directly) opposite;gleich als as soon as;gleich nach(dem) right ( oder straight) after;(jetzt) gleich right now, this minute;(ich komme) gleich! (I’m) coming!, I’m on my way!;ich ging gleich hin I went straight there;es muss nicht gleich sein there’s no hurry;Kollege kommt gleich im Restaurant: you’ll be served right away;ich bin gleich wieder da I won’t be long; (sofort) I won’t be a minute;bis gleich! see you in a minute ( oder later);es ist gleich zehn (Uhr) it’s nearly ten (o’clock)wie heißt er (noch) gleich? what’s ( oder what was) his name again?;was wollte ich gleich sagen? what was I going to say?;wo war es gleich? where was it now?4. umg (auf einmal) at a time, at once;sie hat gleich drei Portionen gegessen she ate three helpings at once;er hat gleich zwei Freundinnen auf einmal he has two girlfriends (on the go) at the same timedas hört sich gleich ganz anders an! that’s better, that’s more like it;willst du wohl gleich den Mund halten! drohend: will you shut up!;gleich passiert was! drohend: there’s going to be trouble!;es muss nicht gleich … heißen/sein beruhigend: it doesn’t mean to say (that)/it doesn’t (necessarily) have to be;dann kann ich es ja gleich bleiben lassen! verärgert: then I might as well forget it ( oder give up now)!;geh doch nicht gleich in die Luft! there’s no need to lose your temper;wein doch nicht gleich there’s no need to cry;das dachte ich mir doch gleich! I thought so ( oder as much);habe ich es nicht gleich gesagt? what did I say?C. präp geh:gleich einem König like a king;einem Wunder gleich as if by magic* * *1.1) (identisch, von derselben Art) same; (gleichberechtigt, gleichwertig, Math.) equaldreimal zwei [ist] gleich sechs — three times two equals or is six
gleich bleiben — remain or stay the same; (konstant) remain or stay constant or steady
sich (Dat.) gleich bleiben — remain the same
das bleibt sich [doch] gleich — (ugs.) it makes no difference
gleich bleibend — (konstant) constant; steady
das Gleiche wollen/beabsichtigen — have the same objective[s pl.]/intentions pl.
das kommt auf das Gleiche od. aufs Gleiche heraus — it amounts or comes to the same thing
Gleiches mit gleichem vergelten — pay somebody back in his/her own coin or in kind
Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern — (Spr.) birds of a feather flock together (prov.)
gleich lautend — identical; identically worded
2) (ugs.): (gleichgültig)2.ganz gleich, wer anruft,... — no matter who calls,...
gleich groß/alt usw. sein — be the same height/age etc.
gleich gut/schlecht — usw. equally good/bad etc.
gleich aufgebaut/gekleidet — having the same structure/wearing identical clothes
es ist gleich zehn Uhr — it is almost or nearly ten o'clock
das habe ich [euch] gleich gesagt — I told you so; what did I tell you?
4) (räumlich) right; immediately; just3.gleich rechts/links — just or immediately on the right/left
Präposition + Dat. (geh.) like4.1)nun wein' nicht gleich/sei nicht gleich böse — don't start crying/don't get cross
wie hieß er gleich? — what was his name [again]?
* * *(Mathematik) adj.equal adj. adj.alike adj.equal adj.like adj.right adj.same adj.similar adj. adv.equally adv.in a moment expr. -
24 delante
adv.1 in front.ve tú delante, yo me sentaré detrás you go in the front, I'll sit at the backel de delante the one in frontel asiento de delante the seat in frontdelante de mí/ti in front of me/youlo tienes delante de las narices it's in front of your nose2 opposite (enfrente).delante hay una fábrica there's a factory opposite* * *► adverbio1 (enfrente) in front; (adelantado) in front, ahead2 de delante in front3 delante de in front of, ahead of, before4 por delante in front, ahead\llevarse todo por delante figurado to destroy everything* * *adv.* * *ADV1) in fronten el coche me gusta sentarme delante — I like to sit in the front of the car, when I'm in a car I like to sit in the front
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de delante, la parte de delante — the front part•
hacia delante, hizo un movimiento hacia delante — he moved forward(s)•
por delante, yo iba por delante con la linterna — I went in front with the torchllevarse 2)resuelve todos los problemas que se le pongan por delante — he solves any problem you put in front of him
2)• delante de — in front of
3) esp Cono Surdelante mío/tuyo — in front of me/you
* * *1) (lugar, parte) [Latin American Spanish also uses adelante in many of these examples]yo voy delante — I'll go ahead o in front
llevarse algo/a alguien por delante: el coche se lo llevó por delante the car went o ran straight into it/him; se lleva a todo el mundo por delante — he rides roughshod over everybody
2)delante de — (loc prep)
a) ( en lugar anterior a) in front ofdelante de mí/ti/él — in front of me/you/him
b) ( en presencia de) in front of* * *= ahead, in front.Ex. He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.Ex. At first glance, one may only be conscious of the people stationed behind the desk and those waiting in front.----* caerse hacia delante = fall forward.* con una mano delante y otra detrás = penniless, skint, broke.* dar un paso hacia delante = step up.* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.* delante de = before, in front of.* delante del pelotón = ahead of the pack.* delante de + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.* delante y detrás = front and back.* en la parte de delante = at the front.* enumerar hacia delante = list + forwards.* estar muy por delante de = be way out ahead of.* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.* estar por delante de = be ahead of.* inclinarse hacia delante = tip forward.* ir delante = lead + the way.* ir hacia delante = page + forward.* mantenerse por delante = keep + ahead.* mantenerse por delante de la competencia = keep + one step ahead of the game, keep + one step ahead of the competition.* moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.* muy por delante de = far ahead of.* pasar por delante de = make + Posesivo + way past.* poner Algo por delante de = put + Nombre + ahead of.* poner delante de = lay before.* por delante = ahead.* por delante de = ahead of.* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.* por delante y por detrás = front and back.* seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.* tambalearse hacia delante y hacia atrás = wobble back and forth.* tener delante = have + before.* trabajar hacia delante = work forward.* un paso por delante de = one step ahead of.* * *1) (lugar, parte) [Latin American Spanish also uses adelante in many of these examples]yo voy delante — I'll go ahead o in front
llevarse algo/a alguien por delante: el coche se lo llevó por delante the car went o ran straight into it/him; se lleva a todo el mundo por delante — he rides roughshod over everybody
2)delante de — (loc prep)
a) ( en lugar anterior a) in front ofdelante de mí/ti/él — in front of me/you/him
b) ( en presencia de) in front of* * *= ahead, in front.Ex: He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
Ex: At first glance, one may only be conscious of the people stationed behind the desk and those waiting in front.* caerse hacia delante = fall forward.* con una mano delante y otra detrás = penniless, skint, broke.* dar un paso hacia delante = step up.* de delante hacia atrás = front to back, fore and aft.* delante de = before, in front of.* delante del pelotón = ahead of the pack.* delante de + Posesivo + propios ojos = before + Posesivo + (own two) eyes, before + Posesivo + very eyes.* delante y detrás = front and back.* en la parte de delante = at the front.* enumerar hacia delante = list + forwards.* estar muy por delante de = be way out ahead of.* estar muy por delante de su tiempo = be years ahead of + Posesivo + time.* estar por delante de = be ahead of.* inclinarse hacia delante = tip forward.* ir delante = lead + the way.* ir hacia delante = page + forward.* mantenerse por delante = keep + ahead.* mantenerse por delante de la competencia = keep + one step ahead of the game, keep + one step ahead of the competition.* moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.* muy por delante de = far ahead of.* pasar por delante de = make + Posesivo + way past.* poner Algo por delante de = put + Nombre + ahead of.* poner delante de = lay before.* por delante = ahead.* por delante de = ahead of.* por delante de la competencia = ahead of the game.* por delante y por detrás = front and back.* seguir por delante de = keep + one step ahead of.* tambalearse hacia delante y hacia atrás = wobble back and forth.* tener delante = have + before.* trabajar hacia delante = work forward.* un paso por delante de = one step ahead of.* * *A(lugar, parte) [ Latin American Spanish also uses adelante in many of these examples] voy yo delante, que sé el camino I'll go ahead o in front, I know the wayno te pongas delante, que no veo don't stand/sit in front of me, I can't seetengo tu carta delante I have your letter in front of meel asiento de delante the front seatla parte de delante the frontla falda cierra por delante the skirt buttons up at the fronttienes toda la vida por delante you have your whole life ahead of youcualquier obstáculo que se le pusiera por delante any obstacle that got in her wayllevarse algo/a algn por delante: el coche se lo llevó por delante the car went o ran straight into himse llevó a todo el mundo por delante (físicamente) he pushed everybody out of the way; (atropellando sus derechos) he rode roughshod over everybodyB1 (en lugar anterior a) in front ofdelante de la ventana in front of the windowdelante de mí/ti/él or ( crit) delante mío/tuyo/suyo in front of me/you/him2 (en presencia de) in front ofla insultó delante de todos he insulted her in front of everyone* * *
delante adverbio
1 (lugar, parte) Latin American Spanish also uses◊ adelante in many of these examples: yo voy delante I'll go ahead o in front;
no te pongas delante don't stand in front of me;
lo tengo aquí delante I have it right here;
el asiento de delante the front seat;
la parte de delante the front;
el pasajero de delante the passenger in the front
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delante adverbio
1 (lugar) in front: delante de nosotros había un hombre, there was a man in front of us
siéntate tú delante, sit in front
la puerta de delante, the front door
(movimiento) los niños iban caminando delante de mí, the children were walking ahead of me
pase usted delante, por favor, you go first, please
se inclinó hacia delante, he bent forward
2 (en presencia de) in front of: se puso a gritar delante de todos, she started to shout in front of everyone
♦ Locuciones: se lo lleva todo por delante, she destroys everything in her path
tienes toda la vida por delante, you have your whole life ahead of you
' delante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- actual
- algún
- apoltronarse
- atusarse
- bastante
- buen
- cacerolada
- clavada
- clavado
- delgada
- delgado
- el
- en seguida
- enferma
- enfermo
- enseguida
- extensa
- extenso
- frente
- justamente
- mal
- muerdo
- nutrido-a
- pasmada
- pasmado
- por
- primer
- revés
- sombra
- tan
- telonera
- telonero
- ti
- toda
- todo
- vuestra
- vuestro
- adelantar
- alguno
- alto
- ante
- antepenúltimo
- anteponer
- antiguo
- auténtico
- aventajar
- bueno
- cada
- ciento
English:
A
- actual
- ahead
- alive
- alone
- also
- always
- and
- appreciate
- asleep
- before
- busline
- by
- carry along
- draw up
- drive
- eye
- fast forward
- first
- forward
- front
- frozen
- go ahead
- humiliate
- lead
- little
- marmalade
- mat
- neither
- never
- nice
- often
- past
- quite
- still
- thrust forward
- tip forward
- tip forwards
- to
- undress
- very
- way
- wind forward
- dead
- follow
- great
- pull
- right
- rough
- slog
* * *delante adv1. [en primer lugar, en la parte delantera] in front;[enfrente] opposite;delante hay una fábrica there's a factory opposite;¿dónde has aparcado? – delante where have you parked? – opposite;ve tú delante, yo me sentaré detrás you go in the front, I'll sit in the back;nos sentamos delante para ver mejor we sat at the front so we could see better;el de delante the one in front;las luces/el asiento de delante [en automóvil] the front lights/seat;está sentado en el asiento de delante [en el inmediatamente anterior] he's sitting in the seat in front of me;delante de in front of;delante de mí/ti in front of me/you;lo tienes delante de las narices it's right in front of o under your nose;pasamos por delante de la catedral we passed in front of the cathedral;hay que acortar el vestido por delante the dress needs taking up at the front;visto por delante resulta impresionante it's very impressive (seen) from the front;la avalancha se llevó a los esquiadores por delante the avalanche engulfed the skiers;tenemos un mes entero por delante we have a whole month ahead of us2. [presente] present;cuando no está delante, todos hablan mal de él everyone speaks ill of him behind his back, whenever he's not there, everyone speaks ill of him;delante de [en presencia de] in front of;se desnudó delante de todo el mundo she undressed in front of everyone;comparecer delante de un tribunal to appear before a court* * *adv1 in front;lo tengo delante I have it in front of me;el asiento de delante the front seat;se abrocha por delante it does up at the front;tener algo por delante have sth ahead of o in front of onepor delante ahead;¡pase usted delante! you first!, after you!3 ( enfrente) opposite4:delante de in front of* * *delante adv1) enfrente: ahead, in front2)delante de : before, in front of* * *delante adv in front -
25 tout
c black tout, toute [tu, tut]━━━━━━━━━1. adjective3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque tout fait partie d'une locution comme en tout cas, tout le temps, reportez-vous aussi à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. <a. ( = entier)b. ( = unique) only• pour tout mobilier, il avait un lit et une table the only furniture he had was a bed and a tablec. (indéfini)2. <• tout ce que je sais, c'est qu'il est parti all I know is that he's gone• ne croyez pas tout ce qu'il raconte don't believe everything he tells you► tout ce qu'il y a de ( = extrêmement) most• c'était tout ce qu'il y a de chic it was the last word in chic► avoir tout de + nom• l'organisation a tout d'une secte the organization is nothing less than a sect► à tout va (inf) [licencier, investir, recruter] like mad (inf) ; [libéralisme, communication, consommation] unbridled• à l'époque, on construisait à tout va at that time there were buildings going up everywhere► en tout ( = au total) in all• ça coûte 1 000 € en tout it costs 1,000 euros in all• leurs programmes politiques s'opposent en tout their political programmes clash in every way► en tout et pour tout all in all• il lui reste 150 euros en tout et pour tout he only has a total of 150 euros left► et tout (inf) and everything• avec les vacances et tout, je n'ai pas eu le temps what with the holidays and all (inf), I didn't have time• j'avais préparé le dîner, fait le ménage et tout et tout I'd made the dinner, done the housework and everything► c'est + tout• ce sera tout ? will that be all?• et ce n'est pas tout ! and that's not all!• c'est pas tout ça, mais il est tard (inf) all this is very nice, but it's getting late► ce n'est pas tout de• ce n'est pas tout de faire son métier, il faut le faire bien it's not enough just to do your job, you have to do it well• cette idée avait surpris et pour tout dire n'avait pas convaincu this idea surprised everybody and, to be honest, wasn't convincing• écoutez bien tous ! listen, all of you!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ The final s of tous is pronounced only when it is a pronoun.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━3. <a. ► tout + adjectif ( = très) very ; ( = entièrement) quite• toute petite, elle aimait la campagne as a very small child she liked the country► tout (+ en) + nom• je suis tout ouïe ! I'm all ears!• le jardin est tout en fleurs the garden is a mass of flowers► tout + adverbeb. ( = déjà) tout prêtc. ► tout en + participe présent• je suis incapable de travailler tout en écoutant de la musique I can't work and listen to music at the same time• tout en prétendant le contraire il voulait être élu although he pretended otherwise he wanted to be electedd. (locutions)• vous êtes d'accord ? -- tout à fait ! do you agree? -- absolutely!► tout à l'heure ( = plus tard) later ; ( = peu avant) a short while ago• tout à l'heure tu as dit que... you said earlier that...• ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( = ce n'est pas près d'arriver) it won't happen overnight ; ( = c'est improbable) it's hardly likely to happen4. <a. ( = ensemble) whole• prendre le tout to take all of it (or them)b. ( = essentiel) le tout c'est de faire vite the main thing is to be quick about it• ce n'est pas le tout de s'amuser, il faut travailler there's more to life than enjoying yourself, people have got to workc. (locutions)► du tout• pas du tout ! not at all!* * *tu
1.
en tout — ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect
tout bien compté or pesé or considéré — all in all
tout est là — fig that's the whole point
et tout et tout — (colloq) and all that sort of thing
ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir — it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished
2) tous tus, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/youtoutes tant qu'elles sont — all of them, each and every one of them
est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? — will it suit everybody ou everyone?
2.
1) ( exprimant la totalité)bois tout ton lait — drink all your milk, drink up your milk
2) ( véritable)c'est tout un travail/événement — it's quite a job/an event
3) (devant ce qui/que/dont) ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything‘tu en es sûr?’ - ‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ — ‘are you sure?’ - ‘as sure as can be’
4) ( n'importe quel) anyà tout moment — ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly
5) ( total)en toute innocence/franchise — in all innocence/honesty
6) (unique, seul)il a souri pour toute réponse — his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply
on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages — all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables
en toutes choses — in all things, in everything
toutes les pages sont déchirées — all the pages are torn, every page is torn
nous irons tous les deux — both of us will go, we'll both go
8) ( chaque) tous/toutes les every
3.
adverbe (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)1) (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) alltout étonnées/toutes honteuses — very surprised/ashamed
tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner — as a small child she already liked to draw
être tout mouillé/sale — to be all wet/dirty
c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire — it's a different matter altogether
2) ( devant un nom)c'est tout le portrait de sa mère — she's the spitting ou very image of her mother
c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire — it's the very opposite
avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre — you see everything in black and white
3) ( tout à fait)tout à côté de/contre/en haut — right by/against/at the top
ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur — they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat
4) ( d'avance)5) ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although6) (marquant la concession: quoique)tout malin/roi qu'il est, il... — he may be clever/a king, but he...
7) ( rien d'autre que)je suis tout ouïe — hum I'm all ears
4.
du tout locution adverbiale(pas) du tout, (point) du tout — not at all
5.
1) ( ensemble)former un tout — to make up ou form a whole
2)le tout — ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing
le tout est de réussir — the main ou most important thing is to succeed
ce n'est pas le tout! — (colloq) this is no good!
6.
Tout- (in compounds)le Tout-Paris/-Londres — the Paris/London smart set
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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière généraleOn emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I knowOn emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/grouptout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole bookMais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stayAvec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my lifetout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier
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Quand tout fait partie d'une locution figée comme tous feux éteints, à tout hasard, de toute(s) part(s), tout compte fait, après tout etc, qu'il est fréquemment associé à un adjectif ou un adverbe donné comme tout nu, tout neuf, tout plein, tout simplement etc, la traduction sera donnée sous le terme principal1. Lorsque tout, adjectif singulier, exprime la totalité, plusieurs traductions sont possibles mais non toujours interchangeables. De manière généraleOn emploiera all lorsque le mot qualifié est non dénombrable: tout le vin/l'argent = all the wine/the money; tout ce bruit/leur talent = all that noise/their talent; c'est tout ce que je sais = that's all I knowOn emploiera the whole si tout peut être remplacé par entier: tout le gâteau/groupe = the whole cake/grouptout un dans le sens de entier se traduit toujours par a whole: tout un livre = a whole bookMais: connaître tout Zola/le Japon = to know the whole of Zola/Japan; lire tout ‘Les Misérables’ = to read the whole of ‘Les Misérables’; pendant tout mon séjour = for the whole of my stayAvec certains mots, en particulier les mots désignant la durée ( journée, mois, saison, vie, vacances etc), les collectifs tels que famille, on pourra employer all ou the whole, la seconde traduction étant légèrement plus emphatique: toute ma vie = all my life, the whole of my lifetout le pays/toute la ville = all the country/town ou = the whole country/town lorsque ces mots désignent la population; au sens géographique, seule la deuxième traduction convient2. throughout (ou all through) signifie du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre. On l'emploie souvent pour insister sur la durée ou l'étendue devant un terme singulier ou pluriel qui désigne l'espace de temps ou l'événement pendant lequel un fait a lieu, ou encore le territoire sur lequel il a lieu: pendant tout le match/tous ces mois = throughout the match/those months; la rumeur se répandit dans toute la province = the rumour [BrE] spread throughout the province; faire tout le trajet debout = to stand throughout the journey (ou for the whole journey); il neige sur toute la France = it's snowing throughout France (ou all over France)Au pluriel, tous, toutes se traduiront par all pour exprimer la totalité, par every pour insister sur les composants d'un ensemble, ou encore par any pour indiquer l'absence de discrimination. On notera que every and any sont suivis du singulier* * *tu, tut tout, -e tous mpl toutes fpl1. adj1) (avec article singulier) alltoute la nuit — all night, the whole night
tout le temps — all the time, the whole time
c'est toute une affaire; c'est toute une histoire — it's quite a business, it's a whole rigmarole
2) (avec article pluriel) (= chaque) every, (idée d'intégralité) alltoutes les deux semaines — every other week, every two weeks
toutes les trois semaines — every three weeks, every third week
tous les deux; Nous y sommes allés tous les deux. — We both went., Both of us went.
Nous y sommes allés tous les trois. — All three of us went.
Je les ai invités tous les trois. — I invited all three of them.
3) (sans article) (= n'importe quel)à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit — at any time of the day or night, (= seul)
pour toute nourriture, il avait... — his only food was..., (= chaque)
de tous côtés; de toutes parts (= de partout) — from everywhere, from every side, (= partout) all around
2. prontous; toutes — all
Il a tout fait. — He did everything.
Il a tout organisé. — He organized everything.
Je les vois tous. — I can see them all., I can see all of them.
Je les connais tous. — I know them all., I know all of them.
Nous y sommes tous allés. — We all went., All of us went.
Nous y sommes toutes allées. — We all went., All of us went.
tout de...; Elle a tout d'une mère. — She's a real mother., She's a true mother.
en tout — all together, altogether
tout ce que...; tout ce qu'il sait — all he knows
C'était tout ce qu'il y a de plus chic. — It was the last word in chic., It was the ultimate in chic.
3. nmCeci forme un tout. — It forms a whole.
Je prends le tout. — I'll take it all., I'll take the whole lot.
le tout est de... — the main thing is to...
4. adv1) (= très, complètement) verytout près; tout à côté — very near
Elle habite tout près. — She lives very near.
le tout premier; la toute première — the very first
tout seul; toute seule — all alone
Il est tout seul. — He's all alone.
Elle est toute seule. — She's all alone.
Il était tout rouge. — He was all red in the face.
Elle était toute rouge. — She was all red in the face.
tout de suite — immediately, straight away
2)tout en... — while...
Il a fait son travail tout en chantant. — He sang as he worked., He sang while he worked.
tout à coup; tout d'un coup — suddenly
tout court; Charles-Henri, pouvez-vous... — Je vous en prie, appelez-moi Charles tout court. — Charles-Henri, could you... — Please, just call me Charles.
communication par internet, mais aussi communication tout court — communication via the internet, but also simply communication
tout à l'heure (passé) — just now, a short while ago
Je l'ai vu tout à l'heure. — I saw him just now., (futur) shortly, in a moment
Je finirai ça tout à l'heure. — I'll finish it in a moment.
* * *A pron indéf1 tout ( chaque chose) everything; ( n'importe quoi) anything; ( l'ensemble) all; penser à tout to think of everything; tout est prêt everything is ready; le sucre, les graisses, le sel, tout me fait mal sugar, fat, salt, everything is bad for me; être tout pour qn to be everything to sb; tout peut arriver anything can happen; le chien mange (de) tout the dog will eat anything; tout est prétexte à querelle(s) any pretext will do to start a quarrel; tout n'est pas perdu all is not lost; tout ou rien all or nothing; tout ou partie de qch all or part of sth; tout va bien all's well, everything's fine; en tout ( au total) in all; ( entièrement) in every respect; en tout et pour tout all told; et tout ça parce que/pour and all because/for; tout bien compté or pesé or considéré all in all; tout est là fig that's the whole point; c'est tout dire I need say no more; et tout et tout○ and all that sort of thing; et ce n'est pas tout! and that's not all!; ce n'est pas tout (que) de commencer un travail, il faut le finir it's not enough ou it's all very well to start off a job, it's got to be finished; avoir tout d'un singe/assassin to look just like a monkey/murderer; ⇒ bien, monde, salaire, or;2 tous, toutes ( la totalité des êtres ou choses) all; (la totalité des éléments d'une catégorie, d'un groupe) all of them/us/you; nous sommes tous des pécheurs we are all sinners; le film n'est pas à la portée de tous the film is not accessible to all; merci à tous thank you all; tous ensemble all together; ce sont tous d'anciens soldats all of them are ou they are all former soldiers; il les a tous cassés he has broken all of them, he's broken them all; il l'a dit devant nous tous he said it in front of all of us; leurs enfants, tous musiciens de talent their children, all of them talented musicians; tous ne sont pas d'accord not all of them agree; toutes tant qu'elles sont all of them, each and every one of them; vous tous qui le connaissez all of you who know him; écoutez-moi tous listen to me, all of you; est-ce que ça conviendra à tous? will it suit everybody ou everyone?B adj1 ( exprimant la totalité) bois tout ton lait drink all your milk, drink up your milk; tout le reste est à jeter everything else is to be thrown away; manger tout un pain to eat a whole loaf; tout Pompéi a été enseveli the whole of Pompeii was buried; tout Nice se réjouit the whole of ou all Nice rejoiced; il a plu toute la journée it rained all day (long) ou the whole day; pendant toute une année for a whole year; la semaine se passa toute à attendre the whole ou entire week was spent waiting; j'ai passé tout mon dimanche à travailler I spent the whole of ou all Sunday working; je ne l'ai pas vu de tout l'été I haven't seen him all summer; cet enfant est toute ma vie this child is my whole life; c'est tout le plaisir que tu y trouves? is that all the pleasure ou the only pleasure it gives you?; tout le problème est là that's where the problem lies; tout cela ne compte pas none of that counts; le meilleur dentiste de toute la ville the best dentist in town; tout le monde everybody; ⇒ cœur, monde, temps;2 ( véritable) c'est tout un travail/événement it's quite a job/an event; il a fait toute une histoire he made a real ou big fuss, he made quite a fuss; c'est tout un art there's a whole art to it;3 tout ce qui/que/dont ( l'ensemble) all; ( toutes les choses) everything; ( sans discrimination) anything; tout ce qui compte all that matters; c'est tout ce que je fais that's all I do; tout ce dont j'ai besoin all I need; j'ai acheté tout ce qui était sur la liste I bought everything that was on the list; il dit tout ce qui lui passe par la tête he says anything that comes into his head; tout ce qu'il dit n'est pas vrai not all of what he says is true; tout ce que le village compte d'enfants, tout ce qu'il y a d'enfants dans le village all the children in the village; être tout ce qu'il y a de plus serviable to be most obliging; c'est tout ce qu'on fait de mieux it's the best there is; ‘tu en es sûr?’-‘tout ce qu'il y a de plus sûr’ ‘are you sure?’-‘as sure as can be’, ‘absolutely sure’;4 ( n'importe quel) any; à tout âge at any age; de toute nature of any kind; à toute heure du jour ou de la nuit at all times of the day or night; ‘service à toute heure’ ‘24 hour service’; à tout moment ( n'importe quand) at any time; ( sans cesse) constantly; tout prétexte leur est bon they'll jump at any excuse; toute personne qui anyone ou anybody who; toute autre solution serait rejetée any other solution would be rejected; tout autre que lui/toi aurait abandonné anybody else would have given up; toute publicité est interdite all advertising is prohibited; pour toute réclamation, s'adresser à… all complaints should be addressed to…; tout billet n'est pas valable not all tickets are valid; ⇒ vérité;5 (sans déterminant: total) en toute innocence/franchise in all innocence/honesty; en toute liberté with complete freedom; donner toute satisfaction to give complete satisfaction; c'est tout bénéfice it's all profit; il aurait tout intérêt à placer cet argent it would be in his best interests to invest this money; partir en toute hâte to leave in a great hurry; un jardin de toute beauté a most beautiful garden; être à toute extrémité to be close to death; ⇒ épreuve, hasard, prix, vitesse;6 (unique, seul) il a souri pour toute réponse his only reply was a smile, he smiled by way of a reply; on lui donne quelques légumes pour tous gages all that he gets in the way of wages is a few vegetables; elle a un chien pour toute compagnie the only company she has ou all she has for company is a dog;7 tous, toutes ( les uns et les autres sans distinction) all, every (+ v sg); ceci vaut pour tous les candidats this applies to all candidates ou to every candidate; en tous pays in all countries, in every country; en toutes choses in all things, in everything; toutes les pages sont déchirées all the pages are torn, every page is torn; les lettres ont toutes été signées the letters have all been signed; j'ai toutes les raisons de me plaindre I have every reason to complain; tous les hommes sont mortels all men are mortal; il a fait tous les métiers he's done all sorts of jobs; tous les prétextes leur sont bons they'll use any excuse (pour to); meubles tous budgets furniture to suit every pocket; tous deux se levèrent both of them got up, they both got up; nous irons tous les deux both of us will go, we'll both go; je les prends tous les trois/quatre etc I'm taking all three/four etc (of them);8 ( chaque) tous/toutes les every; à tous les coins de rue on every street corner; saisir toutes les occasions to seize every opportunity; tous les jours/mois/ans every day/month/year; tous les quarts d'heure/10 mètres every quarter of an hour/10 metres; un cachet toutes les quatre heures one tablet every four hours; tous les deux jours/mois every other day/month; tous les combien? how often?C adv (normally invariable, but agrees in gender and in number with feminine adjective beginning with consonant or h-aspirate)1 (très, extrêmement) very, quite; ( entièrement) all; tout doucement very gently; ils sont tout contents they are very happy; elles sont tout étonnées/toutes honteuses they are very surprised/ashamed; être tout excité to be very ou all excited; être tout jeune/petit to be very young/small; tout enfant, elle aimait déjà dessiner as a small child she already liked to draw; c'est tout naturel it's quite natural; des yeux tout ronds de surprise eyes wide with surprise; être tout mouillé/sale to be all wet/dirty; tout seul dans la vie all alone in life; faire qch tout seul to do sth all by oneself; c'est tout autre chose, c'est une tout autre histoire it's a different matter altogether;2 ( devant un nom) c'est tout le portrait de sa mère she's the spitting ou very image of her mother; c'est tout l'inverse or le contraire it's the very opposite; ça m'en a tout l'air it looks very much like it to me; tu as tout le temps d'y réfléchir you've got plenty of time to think it over; avec toi, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre you see everything in black and white;3 ( tout à fait) la toute dernière ligne the very last line; les tout premiers fruits de l'été the very first fruits of summer; j'habite tout près I live very close by ou very near; tout près de very close to, very near; tout à côté de/contre/en haut right by/against/at the top; il les a mangés tout crus he ate them raw; un gâteau tout entier a whole cake; j'en sais tout autant que lui I know just as much as he does; c'est tout aussi cher it's just as expensive; vêtue tout de noir, tout de noir vêtue dressed all in black; maison tout en longueur very long and narrow house; un jeu tout en finesse a very subtle game; une semaine toute de fatigue a very tiring week; une vie toute de soucis a life full of worry; ils étaient tout en sang/en sueur they were covered in blood/bathed in sweat; être tout en larmes to be in floods of tears; la colline est tout en fleurs the hill is a mass of flowers; elle est tout(e) à son travail she's totally absorbed in her work;4 ( d'avance) tout prêt ready-made; sauces/idées toutes faites ready-made sauces/ideas; des légumes tout épluchés ready-peeled vegetables; ⇒ cuit, vu;5 ( en même temps) while; ( bien que) although; il lisait tout en marchant he was reading as he walked; elle le défendait tout en le sachant coupable she defended him although she knew he was guilty; ⇒ en;6 (marquant la concession: quoique) tout aussi étrange que cela paraisse however strange it may seem; tout prudemment que l'on conduise however carefully one drives; tout malins qu'ils sont, ils… clever though they may be, they…, they may be clever, but they…; toute reine qu'elle est, elle ne peut pas faire ça she may be a queen, but she can't do that;7 ( rien d'autre que) être tout énergie/muscle to be all energy/muscle; être tout sourires to be all smiles; je suis tout ouïe hum I'm all ears; veste tout cuir/laine all leather/wool jacket; ⇒ feu, sucre.D du tout loc adv pas du tout, point du tout liter not at all; sans savoir du tout without knowing at all; je ne le vois plus du tout I don't see him at all now; il ne m'en reste plus du tout I have none left at all; crois-tu qu'il m'ait remercié? du tout! do you think he thanked me? not at all!1 ( ensemble) former un tout to make up ou form a whole; mon tout ( charade) my whole, my all; du tout au tout completely;2 le tout ( la totalité) the whole lot, the lot; ( l'essentiel) the main thing; vendre le tout pour 200 euros to sell the (whole) lot for 200 euros; le tout est de réussir/qu'il réussisse the main ou most important thing is to succeed/that he should succeed; le Grand Tout Relig the Great Whole; ce n'est pas le tout○! this is no good!tout à coup suddenly; tout d'un coup ( soudain) suddenly; ( à la fois) all at once; tout à fait ( entièrement) quite, absolutely; ce n'est pas tout à fait vrai/pareil it's not quite true/the same thing; c'est tout à fait vrai it's quite ou absolutely true; ‘tu es d'accord?’-‘tout à fait’ ‘do you agree?’-‘absolutely’; il est tout à fait charmant he's absolutely ou perfectly charming; être tout à fait pour/contre to be totally for/against; tout à l'heure ( bientôt) in a moment; ( peu avant) a little while ago, just now; à tout à l'heure! see you later!; tout de même ( quand même) all the same, even so; ( indigné) tout de même! really!, honestly!; ( vraiment) quite; tu aurais tout de même pu faire attention! all the same ou even so you might have been careful!; c'est tout de même un peu fort! really ou honestly, it's a bit much!; c'est tout de même bizarre que it's quite strange that; tout de suite at once, straight away; ce n'est pas pour tout de suite ( ce n'est pas pressé) there's no rush; ( ce sera long) it's going to take some time.tout est bien qui finit bien all's well that ends well; être tout yeux tout oreilles to be very attentive.[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) adjectif qualificatif (au singulier)il se plaint toute la journée he complains all the time ou the whole day longtout ceci/cela all (of) this/thatj'ai tout mon temps I've plenty of time ou all the time in the worldavec lui, c'est tout l'un ou tout l'autre with him, it's either (all) black or (all) white2. [devant un nom propre] allj'ai visité tout Paris en huit jours I saw all ou the whole of Paris in a week3. [devant un nom sans article]rouler à toute vitesse to drive at full ou top speeden toute franchise/simplicité in all sincerity/simplicity4. [avec une valeur emphatique]5. (comme adverbe) [entièrement] completely6. [unique, seul] onlyma fille est tout mon bonheur my daughter is my sole ou only source of happiness7. [suivi d'une relative]tout ce qui me gêne, c'est la différence d'âge the only thing ou all I'm worried about is the age differencetout ce qu'il y a de: ses enfants sont tout ce qu'il y a de bien élevés his children are very well-behaved ou are models of good behaviour————————[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) déterminant (adjectif indéfini)tout citoyen a des droits every citizen has rights, all citizens have rightspour tout renseignement, écrivez-nous for further information, write to usde tout temps since time immemorial, from the beginning of timeen tout temps throughout ou all through historytout autre que lui aurait refusé anyone other than him ou anybody else would have refusedB.[AU PLURIEL]1. [exprimant la totalité] alltous les hommes all men, the whole of mankindtous les gens everybody, everyoneje veux tous les détails I want all the details ou the full details2. [devant un nom sans article]ils étaient 150 000, toutes disciplines/races confondues there were 150,000 of them, taking all disciplines/races together3. [exprimant la périodicité] everytoutes les deux semaines every other week, every second week, every two weeksà prendre toutes les quatre heures to be taken every four hours ou at four-hourly intervals————————[tu, devant voyelle ou h muet tut ] ( féminin toute [tut], pluriel masculin tous [ adjectif tu, pronom tus], pluriel féminin toutes [tut]) pronom indéfini[n'importe quoi] anythingce sera tout? [dans un magasin] will be that all?, anything else?ce n'est pas tout de faire des enfants, il faut les élever ensuite having children is one thing, but then you've got to bring them upêtre tout pour quelqu'un to be everything for somebody, to mean everything to somebodyon aura tout vu! now I've ou we've seen everything!a. [objets] that's everythingb. [problème] that's the whole point ou the crux of the matteravec toi c'est tout ou rien with you, it's all or nothing ou one extreme or the othertout se passe comme si... it's as though...à tout faire [produit] all-purposetout bien considéré, tout bien réfléchi all things consideredB.[AU PLURIEL]1. [désignant ce dont on a parlé]il y a plusieurs points de vue, tous sont intéressants there are several points of view, they are all interestingj'adore les prunes — prends-les toutes I love plums — take them all ou all of them2. [avec une valeur récapitulative] allJean, Pierre, Jacques, tous voulaient la voir Jean, Pierre, Jacques, they all wanted to see her3. [tout le monde]à vous tous qui m'avez aidé, merci to all of you who helped me, thank youtous tant ou autant que nous sommes all of us, every (single) one of ustout ( féminin toute, pluriel féminin toutes) adverbe (s'accorde en genre et en nombre devant un adjectif féminin commençant par une consonne ou un h aspiré)ils étaient tout seuls they were quite ou completely alonesa chevelure était toute hérissée his/her hair was all messyses tout premiers mots his/her very first wordstout mouillé wet ou soaked through, drenchedtout simplement/autrement quite simply/differentlytéléphone-moi, tout simplement just phone me, that's the easiest (way)une toile tout coton a 100% cotton cloth, an all cotton materialil est toute bonté/générosité he is goodness/generosity itselfça, c'est tout lui! that's typical of him ou just like him!2. [en intensif]tout en haut/bas right at the top/bottom3. [déjà]tout prêt ou préparé ready-madetout bébé, elle dansait déjà even as a baby, she was already dancing4. (avec un gérondif) [indiquant la simultanéité][indiquant la concession]tout en avouant son ignorance dans ce domaine, il continuait à me contredire although he'd confessed his ignorance in that field, he kept on contradicting metout nom masculin1. [ensemble] wholemon tout est un instrument de musique [dans une charade] my whole ou all is a musical instrument2. [l'essentiel]ce n'est pas le tout de critiquer, il faut pouvoir proposer autre chose it's not enough to criticize, you've got to be able to suggest something elsejouer ou risquer le tout pour le tout to risk (one's) alltenter le tout pour le tout to make a (final) desperate attempt ou a last ditch effortc'est un tout it's all the same, it makes no difference————————du tout locution adverbialeje vous dérange? — du tout, du tout! am I disturbing you? — not at all ou not in the least!elle finissait son café sans du tout se soucier de notre présence she was finishing her coffee without paying any attention to us at all ou whatsoever————————en tout locution adverbialeen tout et pour tout locution adverbialeen tout et pour tout, nous avons dépensé 300 euros all in all, we've spent 300 eurostout à coup locution adverbialetout à fait locution adverbiale2. [exactement] exactlyc'est tout à fait ce que je cherche/le même it's exactly what I've been looking for/the same3. [oui] certainly————————tout de même locution adverbialej'irai tout de même all the same, I'll still go2. [en intensif]tout de même, tu exagères! steady on!, that's a bit much!————————tout de suite locution adverbiale2. [dans l'espace] immediately————————tout... que locution conjonctivetout directeur qu'il est ou qu'il soit,... he may well be the boss,... -
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Adv. crossways, crosswise; (diagonal) diagonally; (rechtwinklig) at right angles; quer gestreift horizontally striped; quer über (+ Akk) (straight) across; quer über die Straße gehen go straight across the road; (schräg) cross the road at an angle; quer zu etw. stehen be at right angles to s.th.; quer durch straight through; quer gegenüber diagonally opposite; quer durch die Stadt laufen Straße: run straight through the town; Fußgänger: walk all over town; er lag quer auf dem Bett he was lying across the bed; quer liegend Motor: transverse, mounted crosswise; quer übereinander legen put cross|ways ( oder -wise); quer durch die Parteien right across the parties, across party boundaries; jemandem quer gehen umg. (nicht passen) get under s.o.’s skin; (misslingen) go wrong for s.o.; jemandem quer kommen umg. (behindern etc.) get in s.o.’s way; sich quer legen umg. (Widerstand leisten) be awkward, make difficulties; quer schießen umg. (stören, behindern) put a spanner in the works, Am. throw a (monkey) wrench into the works; kreuz* * *athwart (Adv.); crosswise (Adv.); crossways (Adv.); cross (Adj.)* * *[kveːɐ]adv(= schräg) crossways, crosswise, diagonally; (= rechtwinklig) at right anglesquér gestreift — horizontally striped, cross-striped
sollen wir den Teppich lieber quér legen? — why don't we lay the carpet crosswise or crossways or diagonally?
er legte sich quér aufs Bett — he lay down across the bed
die Spur verläuft quér zum Hang — the path runs across the slope
die Straße/Linie verläuft quér — the road/the line runs at right angles
der Wagen stand quér zur Fahrbahn — the car was at right angles to the road
der Lastzug lag quér über der Straße — the truck was lying (diagonally/at right angles) across the road
wenn Sie sich quér stellen, habe ich mit meinem Wagen auch noch Platz — if you park diagonally/at right angles I'll have room to park my car too
quér durch etw gehen/laufen etc — to cross sth, to go through sth
gehen/laufen — to cross sth, to go across sth
der Hund ist quér über den Rasen gelaufen — the dog ran straight or right across the lawn
die Kamera quér nehmen — to hold the camera lengthways or crossways
den Stoff quér nehmen — to use the cross-grain of the material
See:→ kreuz* * *[ˈkve:ɐ̯]adv diagonallyder Kanal verläuft \quer zur Straße the canal runs diagonally [or at an angle] to the streetder Lkw geriet auf eisglatter Fahrbahn ins Schleudern und stellte sich \quer the truck slid on the icy carriageway and ended up sideways across it\quer geht der Schrank nicht durch die Tür, nur längs the cupboard won't go [or fit] through the door sideways, only lengthways\quer gestreift horizontally striped\quer gestreifte Hemden stehen dir nicht shirts with horizontal stripes [or horizontally striped shirts] don't suit youlauf doch bitte nicht \quer durch/über die Beete! please don't run through/across the flower-beds!* * *quer zu etwas — at an angle to something; (rechtwinklig) at right angles to something
sich quer legen — (fig. ugs.) make difficulties
quer durch/über — (+ Akk.) straight through/across
* * *quer gestreift horizontally striped;quer über (+akk) (straight) across;quer über die Straße gehen go straight across the road; (schräg) cross the road at an angle;quer zu etwas stehen be at right angles to sth;quer durch straight through;quer gegenüber diagonally opposite;er lag quer auf dem Bett he was lying across the bed;quer liegend Motor: transverse, mounted crosswise;quer übereinanderlegen put crossways ( oder -wise);* * *quer zu etwas — at an angle to something; (rechtwinklig) at right angles to something
sich quer legen — (fig. ugs.) make difficulties
quer durch/über — (+ Akk.) straight through/across
* * *adj.cross adj.oblique adj.transverse adj. adv.across adv.athwart adv. -
27 davanti
1. prep : davanti a in front of2. adv in front( dirimpetto) oppositese mi stai davanti if you stand in front of me3. adj invar front4. m front* * *davanti avv. in front: preferisco stare davanti, I prefer to sit in front; ci sono posti davanti?, are there any seats in front?; la persona che avevo davanti era nientemeno che il Presidente, the person in front of me was none other than the President; davanti c'era il sindaco, dietro di lui venivano le autorità, the mayor was in front, and behind him came the authorities; la giacca è macchiata davanti, the jacket is stained in front; camminavano uno davanti e l'altro dietro, one walked in front and the other behind // aveva tutta la vita davanti, she had her whole life in front of her◆ agg. front (attr.): i denti davanti, front teeth; i posti davanti, front seats // zampe davanti, forepaws◆ s.m. front: il davanti della casa, the front of the house; un abito ricamato sul davanti, a dress embroidered in front.* * *[da'vanti]1. avvin front, (all'inizio di: gruppo) at the front, (dirimpetto) oppositeposso andare davanti? — (in macchina) can I go o sit in front?
2.1)davanti a prep
camminava davanti a me — he was walking ahead of o in front of me
era seduto davanti a me — (più in là) he was sitting in front of me, (faccia a faccia) he was sitting opposite o facing me
la mia casa è davanti al municipio — my house is opposite o faces the town hall
3) (al cospetto di) before, in front of3. agg invfront attrle zampe davanti — the front o fore paws
4. sm inv* * *[da'vanti] 1.1) in front; (dall'altra parte) opposite; (più avanti) ahead"dov'è la posta?" - "ci sei proprio davanti" — "where's the post office?" - "you're right in front of it"
sedere davanti — (al cinema) to sit at the front; (in macchina) to sit in the front
3) davanti a (di fronte a) in front of, before; (fuori da) outsidesedeva davanti a me — (dando le spalle) he was sitting in front of me; (di fronte) he was sitting opposite me
2.proprio davanti ai nostri occhi — in front of o before our very eyes
aggettivo invariabile [denti, ruote] front3.zampe davanti — front paws, forepaws
sostantivo maschile invariabile front* * *davanti/da'vanti/I avverbio1 in front; (dall'altra parte) opposite; (più avanti) ahead; "dov'è la posta?" - "ci sei proprio davanti" "where's the post office?" - "you're right in front of it"; toglimelo da davanti get him out of my sight2 (nella parte anteriore) proprio davanti at the very front; sedere davanti (al cinema) to sit at the front; (in macchina) to sit in the front3 davanti a (di fronte a) in front of, before; (fuori da) outside; sedeva davanti a me (dando le spalle) he was sitting in front of me; (di fronte) he was sitting opposite me; ci sono passati davanti in macchina they passed us by in their car; guardare dritto davanti a sé to look straight ahead; troviamoci davanti al teatro let's meet outside the theatre; proprio davanti ai nostri occhi in front of o before our very eyes; giuro davanti a Dio I swear to God; davanti al notaio before a notary[denti, ruote] front; zampe davanti front paws, forepawsIII m. invfront; sul davanti at the front. -
28 direct
di'rekt
1. adjective1) (straight; following the quickest and shortest way: Is this the most direct route?) directo2) ((of manner etc) straightforward and honest: a direct answer.) franco, sincero, directo3) (occurring as an immediate result: His dismissal was a direct result of his rudeness to the manager.) directo4) (exact; complete: Her opinions are the direct opposite of his.) exacto5) (in an unbroken line of descent from father to son etc: He is a direct descendant of Napoleon.) directo
2. verb1) (to point, aim or turn in a particular direction: He directed my attention towards the notice.) dirigir2) (to show the way to: She directed him to the station.) indicar el camino3) (to order or instruct: We will do as you direct.) ordenar4) (to control or organize: A policeman was directing the traffic; to direct a film.) dirigir•- directional
- directive
- directly
- directness
- director
- directory
direct1 adj directodirect2 adv directodirect3 vb dirigir / indicartr[dɪ'rekt, daɪ'rekt]1 (gen) directo,-a■ there is a direct link between smoking and cancer hay una relación directa entre el tabaco y el cáncer2 (exact, complete) exacto,-a3 (straightforward - person, manner) franco,-a, sincero,-a; (- question) directo,-a; (- answer) claro,-a1 (go, write, phone) directamente; (broadcast) en directo■ does this train go direct to Bristol? ¿este tren va directo a Bristol?1 (show the way) indicar el camino a2 (letter, parcel) mandar, dirigir3 (attention, remark) dirigir4 (traffic, organization, inquiry) dirigir5 (play, actors) dirigir6 formal use (order, command) ordenar1 (play, actors) dirigir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a direct descendent of somebody ser descendiente directo,-a de alguien, descender de alguien por línea directato make/score a direct hit dar en el blancodirect current corriente nombre femenino continuadirect debit domiciliación nombre femenino de pagosdirect object complemento directodirect speech estilo directodirect [də'rɛkt, daɪ-] vt1) address: dirigir, mandar2) aim, point: dirigir3) guide: indicarle el camino (a alguien), orientar4) manage: dirigirto direct a film: dirigir una película5) command: ordenar, mandardirect adv: directamentedirect adj1) straight: directo2) frank: francoadj.• directo, -a adj.• exacto, -a adj.• seguido, -a adj.• sincero, -a adj.adv.• derecho adv.v.• conducir v.• dirigir v.• encaminar v.• encauzar v.• enderezar v.• enjergar v.• gobernar v.• guiar v.• mandar v.• menear v.• regentar v.də'rekt, daɪ-, daɪ'rekt, dɪ-
I
1)a) <route/flight> directo; < contact> directo; <cause/consequence> directodirect dialing o (BrE) dialling — ( Telec) servicio m automático, discado m directo or automático (AmL)
direct taxation — tributación f directa
b) ( in genealogy)c) ( exact) <equivalent/quotation> exactoto score a direct hit — dar* en el blanco
d) ( Ling) (before n) <question/command> en estilo directodirect discourse o (BrE) speech — estilo m directo
2) (frank, straightforward) <person/manner> franco, directo; < question> directo
II
1) <write/phone> directamente; < goavel> (BrE) directo, directamenteto dial direct — ( Telec) marcar* or (AmL tb) discar* directamente el número
2) ( straight) directamentedirect from Paris — (Rad, TV) en directo desde París
3) ( straightforwardly) (esp AmE colloq) directamente, sin rodeos
III
1.
1)a) ( give directions to) indicarle* el camino ab) ( address) \<\<letter/parcel\>\> mandar, dirigir*2) ( aim) dirigir*3) \<\<play/orchestraaffic\>\> dirigir*4) ( order) (frml) ordenarto direct somebody to + INF — ordenarle a alguien que (+ subj)
2.
vi (Cin, Theat) dirigir*[daɪ'rekt]1. ADJ1) (=without detour) [route, train, flight] directo2) (=immediate) [cause, result] directo; [contact, control, responsibility, descendant] directo"keep away from direct heat" — "no exponer directamente al calor"
3) (=straightforward, not evasive) [answer, refusal] claro, inequívoco; [manner, character] abierto, franco2. ADV1) (=straight) [go, fly, pay] directamentewe fly direct to Santiago — volamos directo or directamente a Santiago
2) (=frankly) con franqueza, sin rodeos3. VT1) (=aim) [+ remark, gaze, attention] dirigir (at, to a)2) (=give directions to)can you direct me to the station? — ¿me puede indicar cómo llegar a la estación?
3) (=control) [+ traffic, play, film] dirigir4) (=instruct)to direct that... — mandar que...
4.CPDdirect access N — (Comput) acceso m directo
direct action N — acción f directa
direct advertising N — publicidad f directa
direct cost N — costo m directo
direct current N — (Elec) corriente f continua
direct debit N — pago m a la orden
direct debiting N — domiciliación f (de pagos)
direct dialling N — servicio m (telefónico) automático, discado m directo (LAm)
direct discourse N — (esp US) (Gram) estilo m directo
direct free kick N — golpe m libre directo
direct grant school N — (Brit) † escuela f subvencionada
direct hit N — (Mil) impacto m directo
direct mail N — publicidad f por correo, correspondencia f directa
direct mail shot N — (Brit) campaña f publicitaria por correo, mailing m
direct marketing N — márketing m directo
direct object N — (Gram) complemento m directo
direct rule N — gobierno m directo
direct selling N — ventas fpl directas
direct speech N — (Ling) estilo m directo
direct tax N — impuesto m directo
direct taxation N — tributación f directa
* * *[də'rekt, daɪ-, daɪ'rekt, dɪ-]
I
1)a) <route/flight> directo; < contact> directo; <cause/consequence> directodirect dialing o (BrE) dialling — ( Telec) servicio m automático, discado m directo or automático (AmL)
direct taxation — tributación f directa
b) ( in genealogy)c) ( exact) <equivalent/quotation> exactoto score a direct hit — dar* en el blanco
d) ( Ling) (before n) <question/command> en estilo directodirect discourse o (BrE) speech — estilo m directo
2) (frank, straightforward) <person/manner> franco, directo; < question> directo
II
1) <write/phone> directamente; <go/travel> (BrE) directo, directamenteto dial direct — ( Telec) marcar* or (AmL tb) discar* directamente el número
2) ( straight) directamentedirect from Paris — (Rad, TV) en directo desde París
3) ( straightforwardly) (esp AmE colloq) directamente, sin rodeos
III
1.
1)a) ( give directions to) indicarle* el camino ab) ( address) \<\<letter/parcel\>\> mandar, dirigir*2) ( aim) dirigir*3) \<\<play/orchestra/traffic\>\> dirigir*4) ( order) (frml) ordenarto direct somebody to + INF — ordenarle a alguien que (+ subj)
2.
vi (Cin, Theat) dirigir* -
29 καταντικρύ
κατ-αντικρύ, Prep. c. gen.,2 in [dialect] Att., = Homeric ἀντικρύ, over against, right opposite,πρυτάνεων καταντῐκρύ Ar.Ec.87
; τὰ κ. Κυθήρων the parts opposite Cythera, Th.7.26, cf. X.HG4.8.5; κ. ᾗ.. ἐξέπεσεν exactly opposite to the point at which.., dub. l. in Pl. Phd. 112d: c. dat.,κ. τῇ θέσει Arist.Mete. 356a10
;τῷ ἡλίῳ D.C.60.26
.II Adv. of Place, right opposite, ἡ ἤπειρος ἡ κ. Th.1.136;ἐν τῷ κ. προσστῆναί τινι Pl.Euthd. 274c
, cf. Prt. 315c;τὸ κ. αὐτῶν τοῦ σπηλαίου Id.R. 515a
; ἐκ τοῦ κ. from the opposite side, ib.b; κ. ὁρᾶν look right in the face, Id.Chrm. 169c; ἐπὶ τὸ κ. in the opposite direction, Arist.HA 528b10 (but εἰς τὸ κ. towards the opposite end, Pl.Phd. 72b);πρὸς τὸ κ. κείμενος Plb.4.39.6
.3 outright, downright, Th.7.57 (nisi leg. καὶ ἄντικρυς) ; παραβάλλειν.. μὴ κ. Arist.Rh. 1419b36. [On the quantity v. ἀντικρύ: the form [full] καταντροκύ is found in [dialect] Att. Inscrr., IG22.1668.88.]Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > καταντικρύ
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30 diagonal
مائِل \ diagonal: (in the direction of) a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square; (of) any straight line which runs in a sloping direction: a cloth with a diagonal pattern. oblique: indirect; not straight up or down, but towards the side: The climber followed an oblique course up the cliff. \ مُنْحَرِف \ diagonal: (in the direction of) a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square; (of) any straight line which runs in a sloping direction: a cloth with a diagonal pattern. oblique: indirect; not straight up or down, but towards the side: The climber followed an oblique course up the cliff. \ See Also مائل (مائِل)، قُطْرِيّ، مَوْرُوب -
31 oblique
مائِل \ diagonal: (in the direction of) a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square; (of) any straight line which runs in a sloping direction: a cloth with a diagonal pattern. oblique: indirect; not straight up or down, but towards the side: The climber followed an oblique course up the cliff. \ مُنْحَرِف \ diagonal: (in the direction of) a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square; (of) any straight line which runs in a sloping direction: a cloth with a diagonal pattern. oblique: indirect; not straight up or down, but towards the side: The climber followed an oblique course up the cliff. \ See Also مائل (مائِل)، قُطْرِيّ، مَوْرُوب -
32 direct
dɪˈrekt
1. [dai'rekt] прил.
1) противоположный кривому а) прямой The streets are in a direct line, and of a convenient breadth. ≈ Улицы прямые и достаточной ширины. б) прямой, непосредственный;
непрерывный No direct evidence had as yet appeared against Bothwell. ≈ Никаких прямых свидетельств против Ботвелла пока не приводилось. There is no man in England who has a more direct interest in it than I have. ≈ В Англии нет человека, более непосредственно заинтересованного в этом, чем я. direct descendant direct influence direct drive direct laying fire direct hit direct pointing direct vision direct viewfinder в) грам. прямой A direct question is put in the indicative mood. ≈ Прямой вопрос должен стоять в индикативе. direct speech г) откровенный;
неприкрытый If he was bitter, he was still direct. ≈ Хотя его слова были и горьки, но зато, как и раньше, откровенны. Syn: upright, downright, outright ∙ direct action direct tax direct address Syn: straight, straightforward, uninterrupted, immediate
2) противоположный обратному а) абсолютный, полный Is not this the direct contrary of what was admitted before? ≈ Не прямо ли это противоречит сказанному ранее? б) прямой, открытый;
ясный;
правдивый в) астр. движущийся с запада на восток Ant: retrograde г) мат. прямой In the direct ratio of the arms of the lever. ≈ Прямое соотношение плеч рычага. Ant: inverse д) последовательный His conduct in the revolution has been direct and manly. ≈ Во время революции он вел себя последовательно и по-мужски.
3) электр. постоянный (главным образом в сочетании direct current) direct current DC direct coupling
2. нареч. непосредственно, прямо His orders have come down to him direct from on high. ≈ Приказ пришел непосредственно сверху. Syn: straight, immediately, absolutely, exactly
3. гл.
1) адресовать, писать куда-л. Direct to me at Mr. Hipkis's, ironmonger in Monmouth. ≈ Пишите мне на адрес мистера Хипкиса, кузнеца в Монмуте. Syn: address
2) об отношениях субординации а) руководить, управлять Wisdom is profitable to direct. ≈ Мудрость помогает управлять. Syn: control, guide, order б) приказывать, указывать;
предписывать Cast their anchors as chance or convenience directed. ≈ Вставали на якорь там, где указывала им судьба или соображения удобства. Syn: order, ordain, appoint, prescribe в) муз. дирижировать The music was composed and directed by Handel. ≈ Автор и дирижер этой вещи был Гендель. Syn: conduct г) театр. ставить пьесу, спектакль, сцену, мизансцену, фильм( о режиссере, постановщике) The remedy of course is for the author to direct his own play. ≈ Выход, конечно, если автор сам ставит свою пьесу. ∙ regulate, control, govern
3) о действиях а) прям. направлять Our efforts were directed towards the elimination of poverty. ≈ Наши усилия были направлены на искоренение бедности. To direct attention to an extremely curious fact. ≈ Обратить внимание на престранный факт. direct one's eyes direct one's steps б) направлять, побуждать, подсказывать In love it is heart that directs you. ≈ В любви тебе все подскажет сердце. Syn: guide, conduct, lead в) суж. указывать дорогу Can you direct me to the nearest railway station? ≈ Не подскажете дорогу к ближайшей железнодорожной станции? Syn: inform, instruct, guide г) прям. перен. целить(ся), нацеливать(ся), направлять (against, at) They directed the attacks against the enemy's seaports. ≈ Они направили свои удары на вражеские порты. ∙ Syn: point, address, aim, turn прямой - * road прямая дорога - in the * line по прямой линии - in a * line with smth. на одной линии с чем-л. - * motion( музыкальное) параллельное голосоведение прямой, открытый;
правдивый;
ясный, недвусмысленный - * person прямой человек - * statement ясное /недвусмысленное/ заявление - * charge открытое обвинение очевидный, явный - * lie явная ложь - * contradiction явное /очевидное/ противоречие прямой, непосредственный - * influence непосредственное влияние - * contact непосредственный контакт - * knowledge сведения из первоисточника - * communication непосредственная связь - * tax прямой налог - * method прямой метод( в педагогике) - * action прямые действия (забастовка, демонстрация и т. п.) - to take * action объявлять забастовку, бастовать - * evidence (юридическое) прямые доказательства - * reading( техническое) прямой отсчет - * drive( техническое) прямая передача - * process процесс непосредственного получения железа из руд, бездоменный процесс - * hit (военное) прямое попадание - * fire (военное) огонь прямой наводкой, огонь с открытых позиций - * laying( военное) прямая наводка - * position( военное) открытая( огневая) позиция - * pressure /pursuit/ (военное) фронтальное преследование - * access( компьютерное) прямой доступ - * stroke прямой удар молнии - to have a * interest in smth. быть непосредственно заинтересованным в чем-л. - he had * charge of the laboratory лаборатория находилась в его непосредственном подчинении происходящий по прямой линии - * ancestor прямой предок - he was a * descendant of duke Wellington он происходил по прямой линии от герцога Веллингтонского (усилительно) полный, абсолютный - * opposite /contrary/ полная /диаметральная/ противоположность вертикальный;
отвесный;
перпендикулярный к данной плоскости - * sun отвесно падающие лучи солнца прямой - * speech прямая речь (математика) прямой - * ratio прямая пропорциональность - in * ratio to distance прямо пропорциональный расстоянию (астрономия) движущийся с запада на восток (электротехника) постоянный - * current постоянный ток - * voltage постоянное напряжение прямо;
сразу, непосредственно - to go * to London поехать прямо в Лондон - I shall communicate with you * я сразу же свяжусь с вами - the concert will be transmitted * from Paris концерт будет транслироваться непосредственно из Парижа направлять, наводить - to * a telescope towards the Moon направить телескоп на Луну направлять, обращать, устремлять - to * one's steps to a house направляться к дому - to * attention to an interesting fact обратить внимание на интересный факт - to * one's efforts /energies/ to smth. отдавать силы /энергию/ чему-л. - to * measures against smth. принять меры против чего-л. - to * the fire on a target( военное) направлять огонь на цель руководить, управлять;
контролировать - to * a business руководить предприятием предписывать;
давать указание, распоряжение - to * smb. to come предписать /дать указание, предложить/ кому-л. явиться - as *ed в соответствии с указаниями /с предписанием/ - to * John to drive to New York распорядиться, чтобы Джон ехал в Нью-Йорк - he is *ed by his conscience он следует велениям своей совести решать - the judge *ed the verdict for the defendant судья решил дело в пользу ответчика наставлять;
давать советы, учить;
инструктировать - to * the jury проводить инструктаж судей - to * smb. in matters of diplomacy быть чьим-л. наставником в вопросах дипломатии показывать дорогу - can you * me to the railway station? не скажете ли вы (мне), как пройти на вокзал? обращать, предназначать - to * words to smb. обращаться к кому-л. со словами - he never heard the words the judge *ed to him он не слышал обращенных к нему слов судьи адресовать - to * a letter to smb. адресовать кому-л. письмо направлять, посылать - they were *ed to work at the archives они были направлены на работу в архив дирижировать - to * an orchestra дирижировать оркестром - who *ed at yesterday's concert? кто вчера дирижировал? режиссировать, ставить кинофильм ~ указывать дорогу;
can you direct me to the post-office? не скажете ли вы мне, как пройти на почту? direct адресовать;
to direct a parcel адресовать посылку ~ вертикальный ~ давать распоряжения ~ давать советы ~ давать указания ~ астр. движущийся с запада на восток ~ дирижировать (оркестром, хором) ~ инструктировать ~ контролировать ~ направлять, наводить ~ направлять;
to direct one's remarks( efforts, attention) (to) направлять свои замечания (усилия, внимание) (на) ;
to direct one's eyes обратить свой взор ~ направлять ~ направлять деятельность ~ наставлять, инструктировать ~ наставлять ~ нацеливать(ся) ~ недвусмысленный ~ непосредственный ~ обращать ~ открытый ~ подсказывать, побуждать, направлять;
duty directs my actions всеми моими поступками руководит чувство долга ~ полный, абсолютный;
direct opposite полная (диаметральная) противоположность ~ полный ~ эл. постоянный;
direct current постоянный ток ~ посылать ~ правдивый ~ предназначать ~ предписывать ~ приказывать;
do as you are directed делайте, как вам приказано ~ прямо, непосредственно ~ прямо, сразу, непосредственно ~ грам. прямой;
direct speech прямая речь ~ прямой, открытый;
ясный;
правдивый;
direct answer прямой, неуклончивый ответ ~ прямой, непосредственный, личный;
direct descendant потомок по прямой линии ~ прямой;
direct road прямая дорога ~ прямой ~ руководить;
управлять;
to direct a business руководить предприятием, фирмой ~ руководить ~ театр. ставить (о режиссере) ~ указывать дорогу;
can you direct me to the post-office? не скажете ли вы мне, как пройти на почту? ~ устремлять ~ учить ~ ясный ~ руководить;
управлять;
to direct a business руководить предприятием, фирмой direct адресовать;
to direct a parcel адресовать посылку ~ прямой, открытый;
ясный;
правдивый;
direct answer прямой, неуклончивый ответ ~ эл. постоянный;
direct current постоянный ток ~ drive прямая передача ~ (laying) fire воен. огонь, стрельба прямой наводкой ~ hit воен. прямое попадание ~ influence непосредственное влияние ~ inquiries to наводить справки ~ inquiries to направлять запросы ~ investment income доход от прямых капиталовложений ~ направлять;
to direct one's remarks (efforts, attention) (to) направлять свои замечания (усилия, внимание) (на) ;
to direct one's eyes обратить свой взор ~ направлять;
to direct one's remarks (efforts, attention) (to) направлять свои замечания (усилия, внимание) (на) ;
to direct one's eyes обратить свой взор to ~ one's steps направляться ~ полный, абсолютный;
direct opposite полная (диаметральная) противоположность opposite: ~ противоположность;
direct (или exact) opposite прямая противоположность ~ pointing амер. воен. прямая наводка ~ прямой;
direct road прямая дорога ~ грам. прямой;
direct speech прямая речь ~ приказывать;
do as you are directed делайте, как вам приказано ~ подсказывать, побуждать, направлять;
duty directs my actions всеми моими поступками руководит чувство долга -
33 directly
1) (in a direct manner: I went directly to the office.) directamente2) (almost at once: He will be here directly.) inmediatamentedirectly adv1. directamente2. enseguidatr[dɪ'rektlɪ, daɪ'rektlɪ]1 (go, fly, drive) directamente, directo2 (without intermediaries) directamente3 (exactly - opposite, above) justo4 (descend) directamente, por línea directa6 (very soon, shortly) en seguida, dentro de poco; (immediately, at once) inmediatamente1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (as soon as) en cuanto, tan pronto comodirectly [də'rɛktli, daɪ-] adv1) straight: directamentedirectly north: directamente al norte2) frankly: francamente3) exactly: exactamente, justodirectly opposite: justo enfrente4) immediately: en seguida, inmediatamenteadv.• derechamente adv.• derecho adv.• directamente adv.• precisamente adv.conj.• en cuanto conj.də'rektli, daɪ-, daɪ'rektli, dɪ-1)a) ( without stopping) <go/drive/fly> directamente, directob) ( without intermediaries) <report/deal> directamentec) ( exactly) <opposite/above> justod) ( in genealogy) <related/descended> por línea directa3) (now, at once) inmediatamente, ahora mismo[dɪ'rektlɪ]1. ADV1) (=exactly) justodirectly above/below sth/sb — justo encima de/debajo de algo/algn
directly opposite sth/sb — justo enfrente de algo/algn
2) (=straight) [go, fly, look, pay] directamentehe was looking directly at me when he said it — me estaba mirando directamente a la cara cuando lo dijo
3) (=personally) [affect] directamenteI hold you directly responsible for this! — ¡te considero el responsable directo de esto!
4) (=immediately) inmediatamentedirectly after/before sth — inmediatamente después de/antes de algo
the two murders are not directly related or linked — los dos asesinatos no están directamente relacionados
to be directly descended from sb — descender directamente de algn, descender de algn por línea directa
5) (=shortly) enseguida, de inmediatoshe will be here directly — vendrá enseguida or de inmediato
6) (=frankly) [speak, explain] con franqueza2.CONJ (esp Brit) (=as soon as) en cuantodirectly he heard the door close he picked up the telephone — en cuanto oyó cerrarse la puerta cogió el teléfono
directly you hear it,... — en cuanto lo oigas,...
* * *[də'rektli, daɪ-, daɪ'rektli, dɪ-]1)a) ( without stopping) <go/drive/fly> directamente, directob) ( without intermediaries) <report/deal> directamentec) ( exactly) <opposite/above> justod) ( in genealogy) <related/descended> por línea directa3) (now, at once) inmediatamente, ahora mismo -
34 right
1. adjective1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) derecho2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) correcto3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) bien4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) adecuado, apropiado
2. noun1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) derecho2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) cierto, razón3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.) derecha4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) derecha
3. adverb1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) exactamente2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) inmediatamente3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) justo4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) totalmente, completamente5) (to the right: Turn right.) a la derecha6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) bien, correctamente
4. verb1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) enderezar2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) corregir
5. interjection(I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') de acuerdo, bien- righteously
- righteousness
- rightful
- rightfully
- rightly
- rightness
- righto
- right-oh
- rights
- right angle
- right-angled
- right-hand
- right-handed
- right wing
6. adjective((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) de derecha- by rights
- by right
- get
- keep on the right side of
- get right
- go right
- not in one's right mind
- not quite right in the head
- not right in the head
- put right
- put/set to rights
- right away
- right-hand man
- right now
- right of way
- serve right
right1 adj1. correctocan you tell me the right time? ¿me puedes decir la hora exacta?is this the High Street? That's right ¿es la Calle Mayor? Así es2. derechoright2 adv1. bien2. a la derechaturn right at the traffic lights en el semáforo, gira a la derecha3. justo / exactamenteright3 n1. derecha2. bien3. derechotr[raɪt]1 (not left) derecho,-a2 (correct) correcto,-a3 (just) justo,-a4 (suitable) apropiado,-a, adecuado,-a■ I don't think he's the right person for the job no creo que sea la persona adecuada para el puesto■ this watch hasn't been right since it was repaired este reloj no ha ido bien desde que lo repararon1 a la derecha, hacia la derecha■ turn right at the traffic lights en el semáforo, gira a la derecha2 (correctly) bien, correctamente3 (exactly) justo4 (well) bueno, bien■ right, I'm going to bed bueno, yo me voy a la cama1 (not left) derecha2 (entitlement) derecho1 corregir2 SMALLMARITIME/SMALL enderezar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLall right! ¡bien!, ¡conforme!, ¡vale!it serves you «(him, etc)» right te (le, etc) está bien empleadoright away en seguidato be right tener razónto get it right acertarto put right arreglar, corregirright and wrong el bien y el malright angle ángulo rectoright wing SMALLPOLITICS/SMALL derecharight ['raɪt] vt1) fix, restore: repararto right the economy: reparar la economía2) straighten: enderezarright adv1) : biento live right: vivir bien2) precisely: precisamente, justoright in the middle: justo en medio3) directly, straight: derecho, directamentehe went right home: fue derecho a casa4) immediately: inmediatamenteright after lunch: inmediatamente después del almuerzo5) completely: completamentehe felt right at home: se sintió completamente cómodo6) : a la derechato look left and right: mirar a la izquierda y a la derecharight adj1) upright: bueno, honradoright conduct: conducta honrada2) correct: correctothe right answer: la respuesta correcta3) appropriate: apropiado, adecuado, debidothe right man for the job: el hombre perfecto para el trabajo4) straight: rectoa right line: una línea recta5) : derechothe right hand: la mano derecha6) sound: bienhe's not in his right mind: no está bien de la cabezaright n1) good: bien mto do right: hacer el bien2) : derecha fon the right: a la derecha4) entitlement: derecho mthe right to vote: el derecho a votarwomen's rights: los derechos de la mujer5)the Right : la derecha (en la política)adj.• acertado, -a adj.• ajustado, -a adj.• correcto, -a adj.• debido, -a adj.• derecho, -a adj.• diestro, -a adj.• enderezado, -a adj.• exacto, -a adj.• justo, -a adj.• lícito, -a adj.adv.• a la derecha adv.• bien adv.• justo adv.• mismo adv.interj.• cabal interj.n.• derechazo s.m.• derecho s.m.• justicia s.f.• privilegio s.m.• razón s.f.v.• adrizar v.• enderezar v.• endrezar v.
I raɪt1) ( correct) <answer/interpretation> correctoare we going in the right direction? — ¿vamos bien?
are you sure this is the right house? — ¿estás seguro de que ésta es la casa or de que es aquí?
did you press the right button? — ¿apretaste el botón que debías?
do you have the right change? — ¿tienes el cambio justo?
do you have the right time? — ¿tienes hora (buena)?
2) ( not mistaken)to be right — \<\<person\>\> tener* razón, estar* en lo cierto; \<\<clock\>\> estar* bien
how right she was! — cuánta razón tenía!, si habrá tenido razón!
to be right ABOUT something/somebody — tener* razón en cuanto a algo/alguien
to be right IN something: am I right in thinking this has happened before? si no me equivoco esto ya había pasado antes ¿no?; to get something right: you got two answers right acertaste dos respuestas; did I get your name right? ¿entendí bien tu nombre?; I guess you're Bobby - that's right! tú tienes que ser Bobby - el mismo! or así es!; two o'clock tomorrow, right? - right! — a las dos mañana ¿de acuerdo? - de acuerdo! or (esp Esp fam) vale!
3) (good, suitable) adecuado, apropiadowere the curtains the right length? — ¿estaban bien de largo las cortinas?
if the price is right — si el precio es razonable, si está bien de precio
4) (just, moral) (pred)to be right — ser* justo
to be right to + inf — hacer* bien en + inf
5) (pred)a) ( in order)it's too quiet: something's not right — hay demasiado silencio, algo pasa
b) (fit, healthy) (colloq) bien6) ( complete) (BrE colloq) (before n)he's a right idiot — es un idiota redomado or de marca mayor
7) ( Math)right angle — ángulo m recto
right triangle — (AmE) triángulo m rectángulo
8) (before n) <side/ear/shoe> derecho
II
1) (correctly, well) bien, correctamenteI had guessed right — había adivinado, no me había equivocado
nothing goes right for them — todo les sale mal, nada les sale bien
to do right by somebody — portarse bien con alguien; serve I 2)
2)a) (all the way, completely)they kept hoping right up until the last moment — no perdieron las esperanzas hasta el último momento
b) ( directly)it's right in front of you — lo tienes allí delante or (fam) delante de las narices
he was right here/there — estaba aquí mismo/allí mismo
c) ( immediately)3) <turn/look> a la derecha
III
1)a) c u ( entitlement) derecho mright to something/+ INF — derecho a algo/+ inf
in her/his/its own right: she is Queen in her own right es Reina a título propio or por derecho propio; she is also a composer in her own right ella también es compositora; the title is his by right el título le corresponde a él; by what right? — ¿con qué derecho?
b) rights pl derechos mplto be within one's rights — estar* en su (or mi etc) derecho
2) u c ( what is correct)to know right from wrong — saber* distinguir entre el bien y el mal
to be in the right — tener* razón, llevar la razón, estar* en lo cierto
to put o set something to rights — (esp BrE) arreglar algo
3)a) u ( opposite the left) derecha fthe one on the right — el/la de la derecha
to drive on the right — manejar or (Esp) conducir* por la derecha
on o to my/your right — a mi/tu derecha
b) ( right turn)take the next right — tome or (esp Esp) coja la próxima a la derecha
to make o (BrE) take a right — girar or torcer* or doblar a la derecha
4) u ( Pol)
IV
a) ( set upright) enderezar*b) ( redress) \<\<injustice\>\> reparar
V
interjection (colloq) bueno!, vale! (Esp fam)[raɪt]1. ADJ1) (=morally good, just) justoit is/seems only right that she should get the biggest share — es/me parece justo que ella reciba la mayor parte, está/me parece bien que ella reciba la mayor parte
it doesn't seem right that his contribution should not be acknowledged — parece injusto que no se reconozca su aportación
it's not right! — ¡no hay derecho!
I thought it right to ask permission first — me pareció conveniente preguntarle antes, pensé que debía preguntarle antes
would it be right for me to ask him? — ¿debería preguntárselo?
it is only right and proper that people should know what is going on — lo suyo es que la gente sepa lo que pasa
to do the right thing, do what is right — hacer lo correcto, actuar correctamente
doing the right thing by a pregnant girlfriend meant marrying her — hacer lo que Dios manda con una novia embarazada significaba casarse con ella
2) (=suitable) [tool, clothes] apropiado, adecuado; [time] oportunoto choose the right moment for sth/to do sth — elegir el momento oportuno para algo/para hacer algo
that's the right attitude! — ¡haces bien!
I haven't got the right clothes for a formal dinner — no tengo ropa apropiada or adecuada para una cena de etiqueta
you're not using the right tool for the job — no estás empleando la herramienta apropiada or adecuada para el trabajo
I don't think he's the right sort of person for you — me parece que no es la persona que te conviene
•
the balance of humour and tragedy is just right — el equilibrio entre humor y tragedia es perfecto"is there too much salt in it?" - "no, it's just right" — -¿tiene demasiada sal? -no, está en su punto justo
•
Mr Right — el novio soñado, el marido idealhe knows all the right people — tiene enchufes or (LAm) palanca en todas partes
•
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time — dio la casualidad de que estaba en el sitio adecuado en el momento adecuado•
if the price is right — si el precio es razonable•
he's on the right side of 40 — tiene menos de 40 años•
to say the right thing — decir lo que hay que decir, tener las palabras justas•
we'll do it when the time is right — lo haremos en el momento oportuno or a su debido tiempo3) (=correct) correcto, exactoright first time! — ¡exactamente!, ¡exacto!
"she's your sister?" - "that's right!" — -¿es tu hermana? -¡eso es! or ¡así es! or ¡exacto!
that's right! it has to go through that hole — ¡eso es! tiene que pasar por ese agujero
she said she'd done it, isn't that right, mother? — dijo que lo había hecho ¿no es así, madre? or ¿a que sí, madre?
you mean he offered to pay? is that right, Harry? — ¿dices que se ofreció a pagar? ¿es eso cierto, Harry?
and quite right too! — ¡y con razón!
am I right for the station? — ¿por aquí se va a la estación?, ¿voy bien (por aquí) para la estación?
•
right you are! * — ¡vale!, ¡muy bien!•
I was beginning to wonder whether I had the right day — empezaba a preguntarme si me habría equivocado de díayou didn't get it right, so you lose five points — no acertaste or te equivocaste, así que pierdes cinco puntos
let's get it right this time! — ¡a ver si esta vez nos sale bien!
we must get it right this time — esta vez tenemos que hacerlo bien or nos tiene que salir bien
•
is this the right house? — ¿es esta la casa?•
are you sure you've got the right number? — (Telec) ¿seguro que es ese el número?I'm confused, and I wanted you to put me right — tengo dudas y quisiera que tú me las aclararas
if you tell the story wrong the child will soon put you right — si te equivocas al contar la historia, el niño enseguida te corrige or te saca de tu error
to put a mistake right — corregir or rectificar un error
•
is this the right road for Segovia? — ¿es este el camino de Segovia?, ¿por aquí se va a Segovia?are we on the right road? — ¿vamos por buen camino?, ¿vamos bien por esta carretera?
•
it's not the right shade of green — no es el tono de verde que yo busco•
the right side of the fabric — el (lado) derecho de la tela•
is the skirt the right size? — ¿va bien la falda de talla?it's not the right size/length — no vale de talla/de largo
is that the right time? — ¿es esa la hora?
do you have the right time? — ¿tienes hora buena?, ¿sabes qué hora es exactamente?
- get on the right side of sb4) (=in the right)•
to be right — [person] tener razón, estar en lo ciertoyou're quite right, you're dead right * — tienes toda la razón
how right you are! — ¡qué razón tienes!
•
to be right about sth/sb, you were right about there being none left — tenías razón cuando decías que no quedaba ningunoyou were right about Peter, he's totally unreliable — tenías razón en lo de Peter or con respecto a Peter: no hay quien se fíe de él
•
am I right in thinking that we've met before? — si no me equivoco ya nos conocemos ¿no?you were right in calling the doctor, it was appendicitis — hiciste bien en llamar al médico, era apendicitis
5) (=in order)I knew something wasn't right when she didn't call as usual — supe que algo no iba bien cuando no llamaba como de costumbre
•
it will all come right in the end — todo se arreglará al final•
to put sth/sb right, I hope the garage can put the car right — espero que me sepan arreglar el coche en el talleryou've offended her but it's not too late to put things right — la has ofendido pero aún puedes arreglarlo
it's nothing a night's sleep won't put right — no es nada que no se arregle durmiendo toda la noche de un tirón
that's soon put right — eso se arregla fácilmente, eso tiene fácil arreglo
- be/feel as right as rain6) (=not left) derechoI'd give my right arm to know — daría cualquier cosa or todo el oro del mundo por saberlo
7) (Math) [angle] recto8) (Brit)* (as intensifier) (=complete)she made a right mess of it — lo hizo fatal *, le salió un buen churro (Sp) *
Charlieyou're a right one to talk — iro mira quién habla
2. ADV1) (=directly, exactly)•
right away — en seguida, ahora mismo, ahorita (mismo) (Mex, And)•
it happened right before our eyes — ocurrió delante de nuestros propios ojos•
he was standing right in the middle of the road — estaba justo en el centro or (CAm) en el mero centro de la calleshe's busy right now — ahora mismo or justo ahora está ocupada
•
he could tell right off that I was a foreigner — reconoció de inmediato que yo era extranjero•
to go right on — seguir todo derechoright on! * — † ¡eso es!, ¡de acuerdo!
•
she should come right out and say so — debería ser clara y decirlo•
it fell right on top of me — me cayó justo encima2) (=immediately) justo, inmediatamente•
I'll do it right after dinner — lo haré justo or inmediatamente después de cenar•
come right in! — ¡ven aquí dentro!3) (=completely)•
their house is right at the end of the street — su casa está justo al final de la calleshe was a very active old lady, right to the end — fue una anciana muy activa hasta el final
•
to push sth right in — meter algo hasta el fondo•
there is a fence right round the house — hay una valla que rodea la casa por completo•
he filled it right up — lo llenó del todo4) (=correctly) bien, correctamenteyou did right to/not to invite them — hiciste bien en invitarlos/en no invitarlos
if I remember right — si mal no recuerdo, si no me falla la memoria
it's him, right enough! — ¡seguro que es él!
5) (=fairly)•
to do right by sb — portarse como es debido con algn•
don't worry about the pay, John will see you right — no te preocupes por el sueldo, John se encargará de que te paguen lo que te correspondeserve•
to treat sb right — tratar bien a algn6) (=properly, satisfactorily) bien7) (=not left) a la derecha•
eyes right! — (Mil) ¡vista a la derecha!•
to turn right — torcer a la derechaleft II, 1., 1)right (about) turn! — ¡media vuelta a la derecha!
8) (as linker)right, who's next? — a ver, ¿quién va ahora?
right then, let's begin! — ¡empecemos, pues!
9) (in titles)3. N1) (=what is morally right, just)•
by rights the house should go to me — lo suyo or lo propio es que la casa me correspondiera a mí•
to be in the right — tener razón, estar en lo ciertowrong 3.to set or put the world to rights — arreglar el mundo
2) (=prerogative) derecho mthey have a right to privacy — tienen derecho a la or su intimidad
people have the right to read any kind of material they wish — la gente tiene derecho a leer lo que desee
what gives you the right or what right have you got to criticize me? — ¿qué derecho tienes tú a criticarme?
who gave you the right to come in here? — ¿quién te ha dado permiso para entrar aquí?
•
as of right — por derecho propio•
by right of — por or en razón deby what right do you make all the decisions? — ¿con qué derecho tomas tú todas las decisiones?
abode, assembly, exercise, reserve 2., 1)•
to own sth in one's own right — poseer algo por derecho propio•
insist on your legal rights — hazte valer tus derechos legales•
they don't have voting rights — no tienen derecho al voto or de voto•
to be (well) within one's rights — estar en su derechoyou'd be well within your rights to refuse to cooperate — estarías en tu derecho a negarte a cooperar
•
women's rights — derechos de la mujerall rights reserved — es propiedad, reservados todos los derechos
4) (=not left) derecha f•
reading from right to left — leyendo de derecha a izquierda•
to keep to the right — (Aut) circular por la derecha•
our house is the second on the right — nuestra casa es la segunda a or de la derecha•
on or to my right — a mi derecha5) (Pol)to be on or to the right of sth/sb — (Pol) estar a la derecha de algo/algn
he's further to the right than I am — es más de derecha or (Sp) de derechas que yo
6) (=right turn)to take or make a right — girar a la derecha
7) (Boxing) (=punch) derechazo m; (=right hand) derecha f4.VT (=put straight) [+ crooked picture] enderezar; (=correct) [+ mistake] corregir; [+ injustice] reparar; (=put right way up) [+ vehicle, person] enderezar•
he tried to right himself but the leg was broken — intentó ponerse de pie pero tenía la pierna rota•
to right a wrong — deshacer un agravio, reparar un daño5.CPDright angle N — ángulo m recto
to be at right angles (to sth) — estar en or formar ángulo recto (con algo)
right back N — (Sport) (=player) lateral mf derecho(-a); (=position) lateral m derecho
right half N — (Sport) medio m (volante) derecho
rights issue N — emisión f de acciones
right-to-liferight to life N — derecho m a la vida
right triangle (US) N — triángulo m rectángulo
right turn N —
to take or make a right turn — (Aut) girar a la derecha; (Pol) dar un giro a la derecha
right wing N — (Pol) derecha f; right-wing; (Sport) (=position) ala f derecha
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I [raɪt]1) ( correct) <answer/interpretation> correctoare we going in the right direction? — ¿vamos bien?
are you sure this is the right house? — ¿estás seguro de que ésta es la casa or de que es aquí?
did you press the right button? — ¿apretaste el botón que debías?
do you have the right change? — ¿tienes el cambio justo?
do you have the right time? — ¿tienes hora (buena)?
2) ( not mistaken)to be right — \<\<person\>\> tener* razón, estar* en lo cierto; \<\<clock\>\> estar* bien
how right she was! — cuánta razón tenía!, si habrá tenido razón!
to be right ABOUT something/somebody — tener* razón en cuanto a algo/alguien
to be right IN something: am I right in thinking this has happened before? si no me equivoco esto ya había pasado antes ¿no?; to get something right: you got two answers right acertaste dos respuestas; did I get your name right? ¿entendí bien tu nombre?; I guess you're Bobby - that's right! tú tienes que ser Bobby - el mismo! or así es!; two o'clock tomorrow, right? - right! — a las dos mañana ¿de acuerdo? - de acuerdo! or (esp Esp fam) vale!
3) (good, suitable) adecuado, apropiadowere the curtains the right length? — ¿estaban bien de largo las cortinas?
if the price is right — si el precio es razonable, si está bien de precio
4) (just, moral) (pred)to be right — ser* justo
to be right to + inf — hacer* bien en + inf
5) (pred)a) ( in order)it's too quiet: something's not right — hay demasiado silencio, algo pasa
b) (fit, healthy) (colloq) bien6) ( complete) (BrE colloq) (before n)he's a right idiot — es un idiota redomado or de marca mayor
7) ( Math)right angle — ángulo m recto
right triangle — (AmE) triángulo m rectángulo
8) (before n) <side/ear/shoe> derecho
II
1) (correctly, well) bien, correctamenteI had guessed right — había adivinado, no me había equivocado
nothing goes right for them — todo les sale mal, nada les sale bien
to do right by somebody — portarse bien con alguien; serve I 2)
2)a) (all the way, completely)they kept hoping right up until the last moment — no perdieron las esperanzas hasta el último momento
b) ( directly)it's right in front of you — lo tienes allí delante or (fam) delante de las narices
he was right here/there — estaba aquí mismo/allí mismo
c) ( immediately)3) <turn/look> a la derecha
III
1)a) c u ( entitlement) derecho mright to something/+ INF — derecho a algo/+ inf
in her/his/its own right: she is Queen in her own right es Reina a título propio or por derecho propio; she is also a composer in her own right ella también es compositora; the title is his by right el título le corresponde a él; by what right? — ¿con qué derecho?
b) rights pl derechos mplto be within one's rights — estar* en su (or mi etc) derecho
2) u c ( what is correct)to know right from wrong — saber* distinguir entre el bien y el mal
to be in the right — tener* razón, llevar la razón, estar* en lo cierto
to put o set something to rights — (esp BrE) arreglar algo
3)a) u ( opposite the left) derecha fthe one on the right — el/la de la derecha
to drive on the right — manejar or (Esp) conducir* por la derecha
on o to my/your right — a mi/tu derecha
b) ( right turn)take the next right — tome or (esp Esp) coja la próxima a la derecha
to make o (BrE) take a right — girar or torcer* or doblar a la derecha
4) u ( Pol)
IV
a) ( set upright) enderezar*b) ( redress) \<\<injustice\>\> reparar
V
interjection (colloq) bueno!, vale! (Esp fam) -
35 gegnt
1) adv. straight; compar., gegnra, gegnara, more straight; superl., gegnst, gegnast, the shortest way; most right, meetest;2) prep. with dat. over against, opposite to (g. konungi).* * *adv.:I. almost like a prep. with dat. opposite to, = gagnvart, q. v.; Laugabær stendr gegnt Tungu, Ld. 122; í öndvegi gegnt konungi, Eg. 304; yfir gegnt þeim á brekkunni, Ísl. ii. 200; gegnt rekkju þeirri er Kjartan var vanr at liggja í, Ld. 202; í öðru öndvegi g. honum, Ó. H. 43; gegnt Hofi, Sd. 142: vóru þá komnir mjök svá þar gegnt, Nj. 247.II. really as adv. straight; svá gegnt (so straight, with so good an aim) at í sitt auga kom hver örin, Fas. i. 271.2. compar. gegnra or gegnara, more straight; gegnra skauztu í sumar, Fms. viii. 140; hann mun miklu lengra skjóta ok gegnara, ii. 266.3. superl. gegnst, [Swed. genast = at once; Dan. gjennest], the ‘ganest,’ shortest way; hann stefnir þegar et gegnsta, the ‘ganest’ way, Ld. 240; ok it gegnsta reið hann til Þyrils, Ísl. ii. 109; ok skal gerða it gegnsta þar, Grág. ii. 264; for Öngull þar á land sem honum þótti gegnast (‘ganest,’ shortest), Grett. 155 A.β. metaph. meetest, most right or just; spyrja vitrir menn hvat gegnast muni í þessu máli, Ld. 80: cp. the adj. gegn. -
36 diagonal
خَطّ قُطْري \ diagonal: (in the direction of) a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square; (of) any straight line which runs in a sloping direction: a cloth with a diagonal pattern. \ قُطْرِيّ (خَطّ) \ diagonal: (in the direction of) a straight line joining two opposite corners of a square; (of) any straight line which runs in a sloping direction: a cloth with a diagonal pattern. -
37 lige
I sg - lígen, pl - lígeподо́бие сII 1. aúden líge — не име́ющий себе́ ра́вного, бесподо́бный
прямо́й; ра́вныйen líge línje — пряма́я ли́ния
líge réttigheder — ра́вные права́
2. advi líge mǻde — взаи́мно, и вам та́кже
пря́мо; одина́ково; как разdet er mig líge méget — мне э́то всё равно́
han er líge gǻet — он то́лько что ушёл
líge i begýndelsen — в са́мом нача́ле
* * *cleanly, directly, equal, even, evenly, exactly, flat, just, level, right, share and share alike, square, straight* * *I. (en -)( sidestykke) like, match;( ligemand) equal, peer;[ uden lige](neds) unheard-of,F unprecedented ( fx rudeness);( rosende) unequalled,F peerless.II. adj( ret) straight ( fx line);( ens; ligeberettiget) equal ( fx opportunities, pay, rights; all men are equal);( jævnbyrdig) even ( fx match);( jævn) even ( fx distribution);( om tal) even;( i tennis) deuce;[ alt andet lige] other things being equal;[ alle borgere er lige for loven] all citizens are equal before the law;[ give lige for lige] give as good as one gets;T it was tit for tat;(omtr =) fair is fair![ i lige linie] in a straight line, as the crow flies,( om nedstamning) in direct line of descent;[ holde ved lige], se vedligeholde;III. adv( direkte, ikke skævt) straight ( fx go straight home; walk straight);( ligeligt) equally ( fx divide it equally between them);( jævnt) evenly ( fx distribute it evenly);( præcis, netop) just ( fx just here (, there); it is just two o'clock; just what I said); exactly ( fx exactly 20 pounds; exactly the opposite; he is exactly the right man),T right ( fx right here (, there); right in the middle);T right ( fx right over our heads; right in front of us; right after lunch);( om tid: for lidt siden) just ( fx I've just seen him; he had just left);( helt, hele vejen) all the way ( fx to London),T right ( fx right to the end; right from childhood);( i høflig anmodning) would you mind,(+ -ing, fx would you mind waiting here?),(T ved bydemåde) just ( fx just wait here!);[ vil du ikke lige vente] won't you just wait;(ved adj: i lige grad) equally ( fx good, mad, strong, thick);[ lige gamle] the same age; of an equal age;[ lige høje] the same height, of equal height;[ lige lange] the same length ( fx they are the same length), of equal length; equal ( fx cut it into five equal pieces);[ lige store] the same size ( fx they are the same size), of equal size; equal ( fx divide it into five equal parts);[ forskellige forb:][ det var lige alt det vi kunne løfte den] it was all we could do to lift it, we were hardly able to lift it;[ lige da] just as;[ lige meget] the same quantity (of) ( fx they bought the same quantity(of wheat));( i lige grad) equally, alike;( alligevel) all the same, even so,( ligegyldigt) no matter ( fx no matter what you say I'll do it);[ det er lige meget] it doesn't matter; never mind![ det er mig lige meget] I don't mind (el. care), it is all the same to me;[ lige netop], se netop;[ stille lige med] place on an equal footing with;(mht løn) give parity with;[ stå lige](fig) be equal ( fx the votes are equal), be even (el. level) ( fxthe two teams (, parties) are even (el. level)),T be all square ( fx the two teams (, their scores) are allsquare);[ chancerne står lige] the chances are fifty-fifty;[ lige så] as;[ lige så rig som] (just) as rich as;[ ikke lige så rig som] not so rich as;[ lige så lidt som] no more than;[ vil du så lige komme her!] come here this minute![ med præp & adv:][ lige efter] immediately after;[ lige foran huset] just (el. immediately) in front of the house;T right in front of the house;[ lige fra]( sted) straight from,( tid) ever since,T right from;[ lige frem] straight on, straight ahead;(se også ligefrem);[ lige før] just now ( fx you said just now that...);[ lige før krigen] just (el. immediately) before the war;[ det var lige før hun slog mig] she very nearly hit me;[ lige i midten] right in the middle, in the very middle;[ lige ind i] straight into;[ lige ned] straight down;[ lige nu] just now; this very moment;( om kjole) straight up and down;[ lige på og hårdt] straight from the shoulder;[ lige på det rigtige sted] just on the right spot;[ lige siden] ever since;[ lige til]( om tid) up to,T right to;(dvs helt) all the way to London;[ gå lige til sagen] come straight to the point;[ skulle lige til at], se skulle h;(se også ligetil);[ jeg gik lige tilbage] I walked right back;[ lige ud] straight on,(fig) point-blank, outright,T straight out ( fx tell (, ask) him point-blank (etc));[ 50 kroner lige ud] exactly 50 kroner;[ han sagde det ikke lige ud men] he did not tell me in so many words but;[ lige ved]( i nærheden) near by, nearby;( nærmere) close by ( fx he lives near by (etc));( i nærheden af) near, close to ( fx live near (, close to) thestation);( om tal) close on;[ være lige ved at], se ved i;[ lige ved siden af ham] right beside him. -
38 directement
directement [diʀεktəmɑ̃]adverb* * *diʀɛktəmɑ̃1) ( sans détour) straight2) ( personnellement) [concerner, affecter] directly3) ( sans intermédiaire) directly* * *diʀɛktəmɑ̃ adv[aller quelque part] straight, [vendre au public] directlyIl est rentré directement chez lui. — He went straight home.
* * *directement adv1 ( sans détour) [aller, rentrer, venir] straight; je suis venu directement I came straight here; elle est rentrée directement chez elle she went straight home; je vous rejoindrai directement à la piscine I'll meet you at the swimming pool;2 ( personnellement) [concerner, affecter] directly; ça te concerne directement it concerns you directly ou personally; ça ne dépend pas directement de lui it's not entirely up to him;3 ( sans intermédiaire) [s'affronter, intervenir, financer] directly; nous achetons nos œufs directement au fermier we buy our eggs directly ou straight from the farmer; directement du producteur au consommateur straight from the producer to the consumer; adressez-vous directement au gérant go straight to the manager.[dirɛktəmɑ̃] adverbe1. [tout droit] straight2. [franchement]4. [sans intermédiaire] direct5. [personnellement]je me sens directement visé I feel singled out ou personally targeted -
39 прямо
нареч.
1) straight держаться прямо ≈ to hold oneself erect/upright
2) (непосредственно) straight прямо к делу
3) (откровенно) openly, frankly, bluntly
4) разг. (совершенно) real, really, truly он прямо идиот ≈ he is a real idiot
5) разг. (как раз) exactly;
downright попадать прямов цель ≈ to hit the mark, to hit the bull's eye прямо в глаз ≈ to square in the eye прямо в нос ≈ to full on the noseпрям|о - нареч.
1. straight;
держаться ~ hold* one self straight;
идти ~ go* straight;
2. (непосредственно) straight;
идти ~ к цели gо*/flу* straight to the mark/target;
приступить ~ к делу come* straight to the point;
спать ~ на полу sleep* on the bare floor;
3. (открокровенно) plainly, bluntly, frankly;
говорить ~ talk straight;
4. в знач. усил. частицы разг. (совершенно - при сущ.) real;
(при прил.) really;
это ~ наказание! it`s a downright ordeal/nuisance!;
это ~ удивительно it`s really amazing;
я ~ не знаю, что делать I reаllу don`t know what to do;
5. в знач. усил. частицы разг. (как раз) right, directly;
~ напротив directly/right/just opposite;
~ в лоб right in the forehead;
ударить кого-л. ~ в лицо hit* smb. full in the face;
попадать ~ в цель hit* the mark, strike* home;
~ой
6. straight;
~ая линия straight line;
~ые волосы straight hair sg. ;
7. (обеспечивающий непосредственную связь) through, direct;
~ое сообщение through traffic;
~ой поезд through train;
говорить по ~ому проводу speak* by direct line;
8. (непосредственный) direct;
~ой налог эк. direct tax;
~ая передача радио, тлв. live, live program;
~ая котировка бирж. direct quotation;
~ые расходы, не связанные с зарплатой эк. direct non-salary expenses;
~ые хозяйственные связи direct economic connections;
~ой коносамент direct bill of lading;
~ые убытки эк. proximate damages;
~ыe выборы direct elections;
~ые указания direct instructions;
9. (откровенный, правдивый) straightforward;
~ой человек straightforward person;
~ой ответ straightforward answer;
10. (явный, открытый) open, obvious;
~ой вызов open challenge;
~ой обман obvious trickery;
11. (безусловный, действительный) sheer;
~ая необходимость sheer necessity;
~ой смысл поступить так there is every reason to act like that;
~ой ворот upright collar;
~ая дорога, ~ой путь к чему-л. direct road to smth., highroad to smth. ;
~ая речь грам. direct speech;
~ой угол мат. right angle;
~ая кишка анат. rectum;
~ая наводка воен. direct laying;
~ой пробор parting in the middle;
в ~ом смысле слова in the ordinary sense of the word;
~ая линия родства direct line of descent;
~оe попадание direct hit. -
40 пълен
1. full(цял) complete(за текст) integral; complete and unabridged(за биография) full length; entireпълна луна a full moonпълен до върха/горе full to the brim, brimfulпълен комплект a complete setпълно издание на съчинения complete worksпълен пансион board and lodging, full boardпълни самопризнания a full confessionправя пълни самопризнания confess fullyпълен с пари flush with cash; rolling in moneyпълен с опасности/последствия fraught with dangers/consequencesв пълния смисъл на думата in the full sense of the wordв пълен ход прен. in full swingпълна чаша a cupfulпълна стая a roomful (c of)с пълен глас at the top of o.'s voiceс пълни подробности at full lengthтрамваят е пълен с хора the tram is full of/packed with peopleпълна мощност full/aggregate capacityв пълна парадна униформа in full regimentalsв пълен състав in full strength/forceне говори с пълна уста don't talk with your mouth fullлягам си с пълен стомах go to bed on a full stomachкъщата им е пълна прен. they live in plentyс пълни шепи generously2. (абсолютен) absolute, utter, sheer; total(съвършен) perfectпълен покой, пълна почивка absolute/complete restпълна тишина complete/blank silenceпълно невежество absolute/utter/total ignoranceпълно отчаяние blank despairпълно мнозинство an absolute majorityпълен неуспех a complete/dead failureпълен застой deadlockпълен кръг a perfect circleпълна противоположност an exact/a precise/a direct oppositeв пълно противоречие с in direct contradiction toв пълна изправност in perfect working orderв пълна безопасност perfectly safeпълно затъмнение астр. a total ellipseпълна глупост sheer/utter nonsenseпълно въздържание total abstinenceпълда неспособност/мизерия utter inability/povertyпълна подкрепа full/unqualified/all-out supportпълно подчинение implicit/unquestioning obedienceпълно съгласие complete agreementв пълно съгласие с in full accord/agreement withпълна тайна a dead secretпод пълна тайна as a dead secretпълна колективизация complete/all-round collectivisationпълно разорение utter ruin3. stout(за жена, дете и) plump4. (за огнестрелно оръжие) loadedпълен сирак вж. сиракдишам с пълня гърди breathe in deeplyпълен член грам. the nominative articleсрещаш ме с пълно-ще ми върви your shopping bags are full so I'll be lucky today* * *пъ̀лен,прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. full; ( цял) complete; (за текст) integral; complete and unabridged; в \пъленен състав in full strength/force; в \пъленен ход прен. in full steam (ahead) (и прен.); в \пъленна парадна униформа in full regimentals; къщата им е \пъленна прен. they live in plenty; лягам си с \пъленен стомах go to bed on a full stomach; не говори с \пъленна уста don’t talk with your mouth full; \пъленен до върха/горе full to the brim, brimful; \пъленен до пръсване cram-full; \пъленен комплект complete set; \пъленен с опасности/последствия fraught with dangers/consequences; \пъленен с пари flush with cash; rolling in money; \пъленен чувал sackful; \пъленна луна full moon, full-orbed moon; \пъленна мощност full/aggregate capacity; \пъленна стая a room full (c of); \пъленно издание на съчинения complete works; с \пъленна мощност full-power; full-sail; с \пъленни шепи generously; съд в \пъленен състав a plenary court;2. ( абсолютен) absolute, utter, sheer; total; разг. out-and-out; downright; fuul-on; презр. deep-dyed; ( съвършен) perfect; в \пъленна безопасност perfectly safe; в \пъленна изправност in perfect working order; в \пъленно противоречие с in direct contradiction to; в \пъленно съгласие с in full accord/agreement with; \пъленен застой deadlock; \пъленен кръг perfect circle; \пъленна глупост sheer/utter nonsense; \пъленна неспособност/мизерия utter inability/poverty; \пъленна подкрепа full/unqualified/all-out support; \пъленна противоположност exact/precise/direct opposite; \пъленно въздържание total abstinence; \пъленно затъмнение астр. total eclipse; \пъленно мнозинство absolute majority; \пъленно отчаяние blank despair; \пъленно подчинение implicit/unquestioning obedience; \пъленно разорение utter ruin;3. ( дебел) corpulent, portly, fleshy, fleshly; stout; plump;4. (за огнестрелно оръжие) loaded; • дишам с \пъленни гърди breathe in deeply; \пъленен отличник a straight A student; \пъленен сирак a complete orphan, a parentless child; \пъленен член език. the nominative article; \пъленна шестица, \пъленно отличие full marks, straight six; срещаш ме с \пъленно ще ми върви your shopping bags are full so I’ll be lucky today.* * *full: пълен of surprises - пълен с изненади, make пълен confession - правя пълни признания, a пълен stomach - пълен стомах; complete: a пълен set - пълен комплект; filled: This cup is пълен with coffee. - Чашата е пълна с кафе.; compendious: an пълен fool - пълен глупак; corpulent; fraught{frO;t}; implicit; out-and-out{aut End aut}; outright; perfect (и съвършен): a пълен circle - пълен кръг; plenary; rotund{`routXnd}; roundabout; thorough-paced{TXrx `peisd}; total: a пълен success - пълен успех; unreserved; vast{va;st}; very* * *1. (абсолютен)absolute, utter, sheer;total 2. (за биография) full length;entire 3. (за жена, дете и) plump 4. (за огнестрелно оръжие) loaded 5. (за текст) integral;complete and unabridged 6. (съвършен)perfect 7. (цял) complete 8. full 9. stout 10. ПЪЛЕН до върха/горе full to the brim, brimful 11. ПЪЛЕН застой deadlock 12. ПЪЛЕН комплект a complete set 13. ПЪЛЕН кръг a perfect circle 14. ПЪЛЕН неуспех a complete/dead failure 15. ПЪЛЕН пансион board and lodging, full board 16. ПЪЛЕН покой, пълна почивка absolute/ complete rest 17. ПЪЛЕН с опасности/ последствия fraught with dangers/consequences 18. ПЪЛЕН с пари flush with cash;rolling in money 19. ПЪЛЕН сирак вж. сирак 20. ПЪЛЕН член грам. the nominative article 21. в ПЪЛЕН състав in full strength/force 22. в ПЪЛЕН ход прен. in full swing 23. в пълна безопасност perfectly safe 24. в пълна изправност in perfect working order 25. в пълна парадна униформа in full regimentals 26. в пълния смисъл на думата in the full sense of the word 27. в пълно противоречие с in direct contradiction to 28. в пълно съгласие с in full accord/agreement with 29. дишам с пълня гърди breathe in deeply 30. къщата им е пълна прен. they live in plenty 31. лягам си с ПЪЛЕН стомах go to bed on a full stomach 32. не говори с пълна уста don't talk with your mouth full 33. под пълна тайна as a dead secret 34. правя пълни самопризнания confess fully 35. пълда неспособност/мизерия utter inability/poverty 36. пълна глупост sheer/ utter nonsense 37. пълна колективизация complete/all-round collectivisation 38. пълна луна a full moon 39. пълна мощност full/aggregate capacity 40. пълна подкрепа full/unqualified/all-out support 41. пълна противоположност an exact/a precise/a direct opposite 42. пълна стая a roomful (c of) 43. пълна тайна а dead secret 44. пълна тишина complete/blank silence 45. пълна чаша а cupful 46. пълни самопризнания a full confession 47. пълно въздържание total abstinence 48. пълно затъмнение астр. а total ellipse 49. пълно издание на съчинения complete works 50. пълно мнозинство an absolute majority 51. пълно невежество absolute/utter/ total ignorance 52. пълно отчаяние blank despair 53. пълно подчинение implicit/unquestioning obedience 54. пълно разорение utter ruin 55. пълно съгласие complete agreement 56. с ПЪЛЕН глас at the top of o.'s voice 57. с пълна пара full steam (ahead) (u прен.), ПЪЛЕН чувал a sackful 58. с пълни подробности at full length 59. с пълни шепи generously 60. срещаш ме с пълно-ще ми върви your shopping bags are full so I'll be lucky today 61. съд в ПЪЛЕН състав a plenary court 62. трамваят е ПЪЛЕН с хора the tram is full of/packed with people
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straight — 1 /streIt/ adverb 1 IN A STRAIGHT LINE moving in a straight line: straight ahead/at/down/in front of etc: The book is on the table straight in front of you. | She was looking straight at me. | We re stuck in the middle of the road with this truck … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
straight*/*/ — [streɪt] adj I 1) without bends or curves a straight line/road[/ex] She has long straight hair (= no curls or waves).[/ex] 2) in the correct position, not leaning to one side or the other The picture on that wall isn t straight.[/ex] Make sure… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
opposite — adj., n., adv., & prep. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) having a position on the other or further side, facing or back to back. 2 (often foll. by to, from) a of a contrary kind; diametrically different. b being the other of a contrasted pair. 3 (of… … Useful english dictionary
Straight-3 — A straight 3 or inline 3 is an internal combustion engine with three cylinders arranged in a straight line side by side.Most straight 3 engines employ a crank angle of 120° and are thus rotationally balanced; however, since the three cylinders… … Wikipedia
Straight leg raise — The Straight leg raise also, called Lasègue s sign or Lasègue test, is a test done during the physical examination to determine whether a patient with low back pain has an underlying herniated disk.TechniqueWith the patient lying down on his/her… … Wikipedia