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1 thanks from the bottom of my heart

תודה מעומק לבי

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◙ יבל קמועמ הדות◄

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2 thanks from the bottom of my heart

vanuit diepte van mijn hart bedankt

English-Dutch dictionary > thanks from the bottom of my heart
3 thanks from the bottom of my heart

tack från hela hjärtat

English-Swedish dictionary > thanks from the bottom of my heart
4 thanks (or thank you) for nothing

   paзг. иpoн.

   блaгoдapю, xoтя блaгoдapить и нe зa чтo, и нa тoм cпacибo; пoкopнo блaгoдapю

    'I'll say one thing for you, Bob. You cook a mean steak,' she said after her first mouthful. 'Thanks for nothing,' I said (D. Francis), 'I must tell you,' he added severely, 'that in medicine the basis of any treatment is rest and freedom from anxiety.' 'Thank ye for nothing,' cried Brodie roughly (Л. J. Cronin)

Concise English-Russian phrasebook > thanks (or thank you) for nothing
5 the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table

(the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table (сокр. crumbs from the rich man's table или crumbs from the table))

крохи с барского стола [полная форма этим. библ. Luke XVI, 21]

‘Rhett, you are nice.’ ‘Thanks for the crumbs from your table...’ (M. Mitchell, ‘Gone with the Wind’, ch. XLVIII) — - Ретт, ты очень мил. - Благодарю и за эти крохи твоего внимания...

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6 the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table

(coкp. crumbs from the rich man's table или from the table)

кpoxи c бapcкoгo cтoлa [пoлнaя фopмa этим. библ.]

'Rhett, you are nice.' 'Thanks for the crumbs from your table' (M. Mitchelt)

Concise English-Russian phrasebook > the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table
7 taing

thanks; from the English thank.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language > taing
8 χάρις

χάρις [pron. full] [ᾰ], ἡ, gen. χάρῐτος: acc. χάριν [ῑ in arsi, Il.5.874], etc.; also

A χάριτα Hdt.6.41
, 9.107, E.El.61, Hel. 1378, X.HG3.5.16, Phylarch. 24 J., PGen.47.17 (iv A.D.), etc. (un-Attic, acc. to Moer.p.414P.): χάριταν Gloss.: pl. χάριτες; dat. χάρισι, χαρίτεσσι, Od.6.237, Il. 17.51, Pi.O.7.93: ([etym.] χαίρω):— grace:

I in objective sense, outward grace or fauour, beauty, prop. of persons or their portraits, θεσπεσίην δ' ἄρα τῷ γε χάριν κατεχεύατ' Ἀθήνη Od.2.12
, etc.; χάριν ἀμφιχέαι κεφαλῇ Hes.Op.65
; εὐμόρφων δὲ κολοσσῶν ἔχθεται χ. ἀνδρί A.Ag. 417
(lyr.): pl., graces, κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων Od.6.237
; ὄσσοις χάριτας Ἀφροδίτης ἔχων E.Ba. 236
;
μετὰ χαρίτων
gracefully, Th.2.41
: less freq. of things, χ. δ' ἀπελάμπετο πολλή, of ear-rings, Il.14.183; of works, ἔργοισι χάριν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει Od.15.320
; of words, οὔ οἱ χ. ἀμφιπεριστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν 8.175
; πλείστη δὲ χ. κατὰ μέτρον ἰούσης [γλώσσης] Hes.Op. 720; ταὶ Διωνύσου σὺν βοηλάτα χάριτες διθυράμβῳ Pi.O.13.19
; ἡ τῶν λόγων χ. D.4.38
, cf. D.H. Comp.23; μῦθοι πληθόμενοι χαρίτων AP9.186
(Antip.Thess.).

2 glory, Φερενίκου χ. Pi.O.1.18
, cf. 8.57,80.

II in subjective sense, grace or favour felt, whether on the part of the doer or the receiver (both senses appear in such phrases as ὅτ'.. ἡ χάρις χάριν φέροι S.OC 779
; χάρις χάριν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τίκτουσ' ἀεί Id.Aj. 522
, cf. E.Hel. 1234, Arist.Rh. 1385a16):

1 on the part of the doer, grace, kindness, goodwill, τινος for or towards one, Hes.Op. 190; τῶν Μεσσηνίων χάριτι πεισθείς Th.3.95
; οὐ χάριτι τῇ ἐμῇ not for any kind feeling towards me, Antipho 5.41: abs., εἰ δέ τις μείζων χ. A. Supp. 960
; τῆς παλαιᾶς χ. ἐκβεβλημένη S.Aj. 808
; ἦ μεγάλα χ. δώρῳ σύν ὀλίγῳ Theoc.28.24
; χ. εὑρεῖν ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ LXX Ge.6.8
, al.; χάριν ἔχειν πρὸς τὸν δῆμον Plu.Dem.7
; partiality, favour, μήτε ἔλεον μήτε συγγνώμην μήτε χ. μηδεμίαν περὶ πλείονος ποιήσασθαι τῶν νόμων Lys.14.40
; οὐ συμφωνοῦσιν ὀργαὶ καὶ χάριτες μακαριότητι Epicur. Ep.
ip.28 U., cf. Pl.Lg. 740c.

2 more freq. on the part of the receiver, sense of favour received, thankfulness, gratitude, χάριν καὶ κῦδος ἄροιο Il.4.95
; ἀρέομαι πὰρ Σαλαμῖνος Ἀθαναίων χ. Pi.P.1.76
; τινος for a thing, οὐδέ τίς ἐστι χάρις μετόπισθ' εὐεργέων Od.4.695
, cf. 22.319; ἀντὶ πόνων χ. Th.4.86
: less freq. c. inf., οὐκ ἄρα τις χάρις ἦεν μάρνασθαι one has, it seems, no thanks for fighting, Il.9.316, 17.147; οἵ οἱ ἀπεμνήσαντο χ. εὐεργεσιάων Hes.Th. 503
, cf. Th.1.137; χάριν φέρειν τινί Pi.O.10(11).17
; χ. τροφεῦσιν ἀμείβων A.Ag. 728
(lyr.); φιλότητος ἀμειβόμεναι χ. S.El. 134
(lyr.); χάριν εἰδέναι τινί to acknowledge a sense of favour, feel grateful, once in Hom., ἐγὼ δέ κέ τοι ἰδέω χ. ἤματα πάντα Il.14.235
; freq. in Prose, Hdt.3.21, Lys.2.23, Isoc.4.175, etc.; τούτων for a thing, X.Cyr.1.6.11, etc.; τοῖς διαπεπραγμένοις Plu.Alex.62
; μοι χ. οἶδεν ἐπὶ τούτοις Luc.
Bis Acc.17; χ. προσειδέναι Pl.Ap. 20a
; ἀποδιδόναι Id.R. 338a
; τινὰ ἀποστερῆσαι χάριτος Id.Hp.Mi. 372c
; later χ. γνῶναι Philostr.VA2.17
; πολλὴν γνοῦσα χ. X.Eph.3.5
; χ. ἐπίσταμαι πᾶσι Charito 3.4
, cf. 8.5, Poll.5.142, Jul.Or.8.246c; also τῶν παροιχομένων ἔχειν σφι μεγάλην χ. Hdt.7.120
, cf. 1.71, E.Heracl. 767 (lyr.), IT 847 (lyr.), Lys.16.1, Hyp.Ath.5: c. part., χ. ἔχειν σωθέντες X.An.2.5.14
; also χάριτας ἔχων πατρός owing him a debt of gratitude, E.Or. 244: but ἀσπασμάτων χάριν τίν' ἕξει; what thanks will she have for.. ? Id.Hec. 830; χ. ἂν ἐν τούτῳ μείζω ἔτι ἔσχεν Th.8.87
; χ. ὀφείλειν to owe gratitude, be beholden, τοῖς θεοῖς S.Ant. 331
, cf. X.Cyr.3.2.30; προσοφείλειν D.3.31
; χ. οὐδεμία ἐφαίνετο πρὸς Ἀθηναίων Hdt.5.90
; χάριν ἀθάνατον καταθέσθαι to lay up a store of undying gratitude, Id.7.178, cf. 6.41; τῇ πόλει χ. καταθέσθαι Antipho 5.61
, cf. Th.1.33; χάριν λαβεῖν τινος receive thanks from one, S.OT 1004, etc.; ἀπολαβεῖν παρά τινων Lys.20.31
; τινος for a thing, X.Mem.2.2.5, Aeschin.2.4; διπλῆν ἐξ ἐμοῦ κτήσει χάριν S.Ph. 1370
; κἀπ' ἐμοῦ κτήσει χ. Id.Tr. 471
; κομίσασθαι χ. Th.3.58
; χάριτος τυχεῖν Lycurg. 135
; ἀπέχειν χάριτας Call.Epigr.51.4
, etc.; τοῖς θεοῖς χάρις (sc. ἐστί) ὅτι .., thank the gods that.., X.An.3.3.14, Cyr.7.5.72; χ. τινί τινος Luc.Tim.36
; τινὶ ὑπέρ τινος Plu.2.1122a
.

3 favour, influence, opp. force, χάριτι τὸ πλέον ἢ φόβῳ Th.1.9
; χ. καὶ δεήσει, opp. ἀπειλῇ, Plu.Sull.38.

4 love-charm, philtre, Luc. Alex.5, Merc.Cond.40.

III in concrete sense, a favour done or returned, boon, χάριν φέρειν τινί confer a favour on one, do a thing to oblige him, Il.5.211, 874, 9.613, Od.5.307, E.IT14, Or. 239, And.2.24 (so in [voice] Med., of the recipient, ib.9); ἄλλοις χ. φέροντες Th.3.54
; χάριν θέσθαι or τίθεσθαί τινι, Hdt.9.60, 107, A. Pr. 782, E.Hec. 1211, etc.; προσθέσθαι S.OC 767
; χ. ὑπουργῆσαί τινι A.Pr. 635
; παρασχεῖν S.OC 1183
; πράσσειν E. Ion36
, 896 (lyr.); δράσας Th.2.40
; ἀνύσαι prob. in S.Tr. 995 (anap.); νέμειν Id.Aj. 1371
; χ. δοῦναί τινι A.Pr. 821
, S.OC 1489 (but χ. δοῦναι, = χαρίζεσθαι (1.2), indulge, humour, ὀργῇ ib. 855; γαστρί Cratin.317
); χ. χαρίζεσθαι, v. χαρίζομαι 1.1: χ. ἀνθυπουργεῖν return a favour, S.Fr. 339; τίνειν A.Pr. 985
, Ag. 821; χάριτας πατρῴας ἐκτίνων E.Or. 453
, cf. Pl. Mx. 242c, etc.; χ. ἀποδιδόναι τινί Lys.12.60
, 28.17; ἀντί τινος X.Ages.2.29
; ὑπέρ τινος Isoc.4.56
; τῶν ἔργων τὰς χάριτας ἀποδ. τινί Lys.31.24
; χάριτας ἀντιδιδόναι Th.3.63
; opp. χάριν ἀπαιτεῖν to ask the repayment of a boon, E.Hec. 276, cf. Lys.18.23, D.20.156; χάριτας ἀπ. Lycurg.139
; χάριν ἐξαιτεῖσθαι S.OC 586
; χ. ἀποστερεῖν withhold a return for what one has received, Pl.Grg. 520c; τὰς αὑτοῦ εἰς τοὺς φίλους χ. the favours one has done them, Id.Lg. 729d; χ. ἄχαρις α thankless favour, one which receives, or deserves, no thanks, A.Pr. 545 (lyr.); χ. ἀχάριτος Id.Ch.42
(lyr.), E.Ph. 1757 (lyr.).

b grant made in legal form, POxy.273.14 (i A.D.), PGrenf.2.70.5 (iii A.D.), etc.; αἱ τῶν Σεβαστῶν χ. imperial grants, OGI669.44 (Egypt, i A.D.).

2 esp. in erotic sense, of favours granted (v. χαρίζομαι 1.3
), ἀλόχου χάριν ἰδεῖν Il.11.243
, cf. A.Ag. 1206: more freq. in pl., X.Hier.1.34, 7.6, etc.; βίᾳ δ' ἔπραξας χάριτας ἢ πείσας κόρην; Trag.Adesp.402; in full, χάριτες ἀφροδισίων ἐρώτων Pi.Fr. 128
, cf. Pl.Phdr. 254a, al.

IV gratification, delight, τινος in or from a thing, συμποσίου Pi. O.7.5
; νίκας Id.O.10(11).78
; ὕπνου χ. E.Or. 159
(lyr.); even χ. γόων Id.Supp.79
(lyr.); also concrete, of things, a delight, Pi.I.2.19 (pl.); τὰν βοτρυώδη Διονύσου χ. οἴνας E.Ba. 535
(lyr.), cf. Ar.Nu. 311 (lyr.), Jul.Or.3.125b; ἔνοπτρα, παρθένων χάριτας E.Tr. 1108
(lyr.): abs., Ἔρως.. εἰσάγων γλυκεῖαν χ. Id.Hipp. 527
(lyr.); opp. λύπη, S.El. 821, E.Hel. 655 (lyr.); opp. πόνος, S.OC 232 (lyr.); θανεῖν πολλὴ χάρις A.Ag. 550
, cf. 1304; βίου χ. μεθεῖσα E.Med. 227
; οὐδεμίαν ἔχω τῷ βίῳ χάριν Ar.Lys. 865
; τοῖς δὲ σιτίοις χ. οὐδεμίαν οἶδ' ἐσθίων ib. 869; less freq. in Prose, χ. καὶ ἡδονή Pl.Grg. 462c
, cf. D.20.26; τοσαύτην ἔχει χ. Isoc.9.10
.

V δαιμόνων χάρις homage due to them, their worship, majesty, A.Ag. 182 (lyr.); ἀθίκτων χ. ib. 371 (lyr.); ὅρκων E.Med. 439
(lyr.).

2 thank-offering, εὐκταία χ. τινός, opp. a common gift, A.Ag. 1387, cf. X.Hier.8.4; ἔπεμψε χαίτην κουρίμην χ. πατρός A.Ch. 180
, cf. 517; τιμὴ καὶ γέρα καὶ χ. Pl.Euthphr. 15a
, cf. La. 187a.

VI Special usages:

1 acc. sg. as Adv., χ. τινός in any one's favour, for his pleasure, for his sake, χ. Ἕκτορος Il.15.744
; ψεύδεσθαι γλώσσης χ. for one's tongue's pleasure, i.e. for talking's sake, Hes.Op. 709, cf. A.Ch. 266; rarely with Art., τὴν Ἀθηναίων χάριν ἐστρατεύοντο Hdt.5.99
.

b as Prep., sts. before its case (once in Pi., P.2.70; χάριν πλησμονῆς Pl.Phdr. 241c
; χ. φιλίας Epicur.Sent.Vat.28
; χ. τίνος; LXX 2 Ch.7.21, cf. POxy.743.29 (i B. C.), etc.), but mostly after, for the sake of, on behalf of, on account of, κακά νιν ἕλοιτο μοῖρα δυσπότμου χάριν χλιδᾶς S.OT 888
(lyr.); τοῦ χάριν; for what reason? Ar.Pl.53; συγχωρῶ τοῦ λόγου χ. Pl.R. 475a
; so ἐμὴν χάριν, χάριν σήν, for my, thy pleasure or sake, A.Pers. 1046 (lyr.), E.HF 1238, etc.; κείνου τε καὶ σὴν ἐξ ἴσου κοινὴν χ. S.Tr. 485
: less freq. with the Art., τὴν σὴν δ' ἥκω χ. Id.Ph. 1413
(anap.); σοῦ τε τήν τ' ἐμὴν χ. E.Ph. 762
:—pleon., τίνος χάριν ἕνεκα; Pl.Lg. 701d
; also χάριν τινός as far as regards.., as to.., ἔπους σμικροῦ χ. S.OC 443
; δακρύων χάριν if tears would serve, Id.Fr.557.6; χ. θανάτου πόλιν ἀτείχιστον οἰκοῦμεν Epicur.Sent.Vat.31
; also, about, ἔπεμφεν ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν σου χ. τοῦ κτήματος about the farm, PFay.126.5 (ii/iii A. D.).—Orig. an acc. in apposition with the sentence, as in Il.15.744, etc., being a favour, since it is (was) a favour, as is evident in κακῆς γυναικὸς χάριν ἄχαριν ἀπώλετο E.IT 566
; τινὸς νίκας ἀκάρπωτον χ. S.Aj. 176
(lyr.).

2 with Preps.:

a εἰς χάριν to do a pleasure, οὐδὲν ἐς χ. πράσσων Id.OT 1353
(lyr.); ἐς χ. τίθεσθαί τι Plu.Mar.46
; μηδὲ κρίσιν εἰς χ. ἕλκε Ps.-Phoc.9
(but ἐς τὴν τῶν ξυμμάχων χ. in such a way as to earn thanks.. Th.3.37); also κατὰ χάριν Pl.Lg. 740c
; χάριτος ἕνεκα ib. 771d.

b πράσσειν τί τινι πρὸς χάριν S.OC 1776
(anap.); δρᾶσαι E.Hel. 1281
; τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγειν τι Id.Hec. 257
, cf. X.Mem.4.4.4, HG6.3.7, Isoc.2.18, D.8.1 (but πρὸς χ. βορᾶς for the sake of it, S.Ant.30); πρὸς χ., opp. κλαίων, Id.OT 1152:—but πρὸς χ. εὐσεβίας, just like χάριν, Pi.O.8.8; τίνος νόμου ταῦτα πρὸς χ. λέγω; S.Ant. 908
; πρὸς ἰσχύος χ. E.Med. 538
; πρὸς χ. alone, as a favour, freely, πρὸς χ. τε κοὐ βίᾳ S.Fr.28
; but κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χ. to their heart's content, Id.Ph. 1156 (lyr.).

c ἐν χάριτι κρίνειν τινά to decide from partiality to one, Theoc.5.69; but also, for one's gratification, pleasure, ἐν χάριτι διδόναι or ποιεῖν τινί τι, X.Oec.8.10, Pl.Phd. 115b:
παραλαμβάνειν ἐν χάρισιν
gratefully, Id.Lg. 796b
.

d διὰ χαρίτων εἶναι or γίγνεσθαί [τινι] to be pleasing to one, X.Hier.9.1,2.

e ἐθελοντὶ καὶ μετὰ χάριτος
of pure good will, Plb.2.22.5
, etc.; ἐθελούσιοι καὶ χάριτος ἕνεκα ἐξιόντες X.Cyr.4.2.11
.

VII metaph. of the cypress, Gp.11.4.1; of some kind of myrtle, Sch.Il.17.51; of salt, ὅτι τὸ ἀναγκαῖον ἡδὺ ποιοῦσιν (sc. ἅλες) Plu.2.685a.

B [full] Χάρις, ἡ, as a mythological pr. n. declined like χάρις, save that the acc. is generally Χάριτα (exc. AP5.148 (Mel.), Luc.DDeor. 15.1, Paus.9.35.4): poet. dat. pl. Χαρίτεσσι Il.17.51
, Pi.N.9.54; Χάρισσιν ib.5.54:—Charis, wife of Hephaestus, Il.18.382; mostly in pl. Χάριτες, αἱ, the Graces, 14.267, 275, Od.6.18, Pi.O.2.50, etc.; three in number, Hes.Th. 907, etc. ( τέσσαρες αἱ X.
, as a compliment, Call.Epigr.52.1); attendants of Aphrodite, Il.5.338, Hes. Op.73, h.Ven.61, Paus.6.24.7; coupled with Μοῦσαι, Hes.Th.64; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι, i.e. like that of the Graces, Il.17.51; worshipped at Orchomenus in Boeotia, Ἐτεόκλειοι Χάριτες θεαί Theoc. 16.104
, cf. Sch. ad loc., Str.9.2.40, Paus.9.35.3, 9.38.1: but at Lacedaemon and Athens only two were orig. worshipped, Id.3.18.6, 9.35.2; Χαρίτων ἱερὸν ἐμποδὼν ποιοῦνται Arist.EN 1133a3
; θύειν ταῖς X.
Plu.2.141f; in adjurations, πρὸς τῶν Χαρίτων Pl.Tht. 152c
; νὴ τὰς X.
Luc.Hist.Conscr.26; ὦ φίλαι X.
Plu.2.710d.— Rarely in sg., X. ζωθάλμιος Pi.O.7.11
; Χάριτος ἡδίστης θεῶν Antiph. 228.4
.

Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > χάρις
9 tirer

tirer [tiʀe]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = amener vers soi) [+ pièce mobile, poignée, corde] to pull ; (vers le bas) to pull down ; (vers le haut) to pull up ; [+ rideaux] to draw ; [+ tiroir] to pull open ; [+ verrou] ( = fermer) to slide to ; ( = ouvrir) to draw

• tire la porte pull the door to

• as-tu tiré le verrou ? have you bolted the door?

• tirer les cheveux à qn to pull sb's hair

• tirer qn par le bras to pull sb by the arm

• tirer qn par la manche to tug sb's sleeve

• tirer qn à l'écart to draw sb aside

► tirer sur [+ corde, poignée, rênes] to pull on ; [+ pipe, cigarette, cigare] to puff at

• tirer sur la ficelle or la corde (inf: inf) (figurative) to push one's luck (inf)

• un vert qui tire sur le bleu a bluish green

• il tire sur la soixantaine he's going on sixty

   b. ( = remorquer) [+ véhicule, charge] to pull ; [+ navire, remorque] to tow

   c. ( = sortir) [+ épée, couteau, vin, cidre] to draw

• tirer un son d'un instrument to get a sound out of an instrument

• tirer qn du sommeil to arouse sb from sleep

• tirer qn du lit to get sb out of bed

• tirer qn de son travail to take sb away from his work

• ce bruit le tira de sa rêverie the noise brought him out of his daydream

• tirer des larmes à qn to make sb cry

   d. ( = obtenir) [+ conclusion, idée, plaisir, satisfaction] to draw (de from)

• tirer de l'argent d'une activité to make money from an activity

• il a tiré 4 000 € de sa vieille voiture he managed to get 4,000 euros for his old car

• tirer de l'argent de qn to get money out of sb

• on ne peut rien en tirer (enfant têtu) you can't do anything with him ; (personne qui refuse de parler) you can't get anything out of him

   e. ( = délivrer) tirer qn de prison/d'une situation dangereuse to get sb out of prison/of a dangerous situation

• tirer qn du doute to dispel sb's doubts

• tirer qn de la misère to rescue sb from poverty

• il faut le tirer de là we'll have to help him out

   f. (indiquant l'origine) mots tirés du latin words taken from Latin

• tirer son nom de to take one's name from

• pièce tirée d'un roman play taken from a novel

• l'opium est tiré du pavot opium is obtained from poppies

• tirer une substance d'une matière première to extract a substance from a raw material

   g. (Games) [+ billet, numéro, loterie] to draw ; [+ carte] to pick

• tirer les cartes to give a reading

• tirer qch au sort to draw lots for sth

• tirer les rois (à l'Épiphanie) to cut the Twelfth Night cake

• tirer la fève to win the charm

   h. (Photography, typography) to print

• ce journal est tiré à 100 000 exemplaires this paper has a circulation of 100,000

• tirer un roman à 8 000 exemplaires to print 8,000 copies of a novel

   i. ( = tracer) [+ ligne, trait] to draw ; [+ plan] to draw up

   j. [+ coup de feu, balle] to fire ; [+ flèche, gibier] to shoot ; [+ feu d'artifice] to set off

• il a tiré plusieurs coups de revolver sur l'agent he fired several shots at the policeman

• tirer un coup (vulg!) to have it off (vulg!)

   k. (Football) to shoot

• tirer un corner/un penalty to take a corner/a penalty

   l. [+ chèque, lettre de change] to draw

• tirer de l'argent sur son compte to draw money out of one's account

• prête-moi ta carte bleue pour que j'aille tirer de l'argent lend me your credit card so that I can go and get some money out

   m. (Nautical) tirer 6 mètres to draw 6 metres of water

   n. ( = passer) (inf) to get through

• encore une heure/un mois à tirer another hour/month to get through

• tirer deux ans de prison to do two years in prison

• voilà une semaine de tirée that's one week over with

   o. ( = voler) (inf!) to pinch (inf)

• il s'est fait tirer son blouson he got his jacket pinched (inf)

2. intransitive verb

   a. to pull

• tirez ici pull here

   b. ( = faire feu) to fire ; ( = se servir d'une arme à feu, viser) to shoot

• il leur a donné l'ordre de tirer he gave the order for them to fire

• apprendre à tirer to learn to shoot

• tirer sur qn/qch to shoot at sb/sth

• il m'a tiré dessus he shot at me

• tirer à la carabine to shoot with a rifle

• tirer en l'air to fire into the air

• tirer à vue to shoot on sight

• il lui a tiré dans le dos he shot him in the back ; (figurative) he stabbed him in the back

• tirer dans les pattes de qn (inf) to make life difficult for sb

   c. (Sport, football) to shoot

• tirer au but to take a shot at goal

   d. (Press) tirer à 10 000 exemplaires to have a circulation of 10,000

   e. [cheminée, poêle] to draw

• la cheminée tire bien the chimney draws well

   f. [moteur, voiture] to pull

• le moteur tire bien en côte the engine pulls well on hills

   g. [points de suture, sparadrap] to pull

• le matin, j'ai la peau qui tire my skin feels tight in the morning

   h. (locutions)

► tirer à sa fin [journée] to be drawing to a close ; [épreuve] to be nearly over ; [provisions] to be nearly finished

► tirer au flanc (inf) to skive (inf) (Brit) to shirk

3. reflexive verb

► se tirer

   a.

se tirer de [+ danger, situation] to get o.s. out of

• il s'est tiré sans dommage de l'accident he came out of the accident unharmed

• sa voiture était en mille morceaux mais lui s'en est tiré his car was smashed to pieces but he escaped unharmed

• il est très malade mais je crois qu'il va s'en tirer he's very ill but I think he'll pull through

• cette fois il ne va pas s'en tirer si facilement he won't get off so lightly this time

• il s'en est tiré avec une amende he got off with a fine

• il s'en est tiré avec une jambe cassée he got out of it with a broken leg

   b. bien/mal se tirer de qch [+ tâche] to handle sth well/badly

• comment va-t-il se tirer de ce sujet/travail ? how will he cope with this subject/job?

• les questions étaient difficiles mais il s'en est bien tiré the questions were difficult but he handled them well

• on s'en tire tout juste we just scrape by

   c. ( = déguerpir) (inf!) to clear off (inf)

• allez, on se tire come on, let's be off

• il s'est tiré he's gone

• il s'est tiré avec la caisse he ran off with the money

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tiʀe
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( déplacer) to pull [véhicule]; to pull up [chaise]; to pull away [tapis]

tirer la tête en arrière — to toss one's head back

2) ( exercer une traction) ( avec une force régulière) to pull [cheveux]; to pull on [corde]; ( par à-coups) to tug at

tirer quelqu'un par le bras — to pull somebody's arm

3) ( tendre)

tirer ses bas — to pull up one's stockings

tirer sa chemise — to straighten one's shirt

avoir les traits tirés — to look drawn

4) ( fermer) to draw [verrou, rideau]; to pull down [store]; to close [porte, volet]

5) ( avec une arme) to fire off [balle, obus, grenade]; to fire [missile]; to shoot [flèche]

6) Sport ( de ballon)

tirer un corner/penalty — to take a corner/penalty

7) ( choisir au hasard)

tirer (au sort) — to draw [carte, loterie, nom]; to draw for [partenaire]

tirer les cartes à quelqu'un — to tell the cards for somebody

se faire tirer les cartes — to have one's fortune told with cards

8) ( prendre) to draw [vin, électricité, argent] (de, sur from)

9) ( sortir)

tirer un stylo de son sac — to take a pen out of one's bag

tirer un enfant de l'eau — to pull a child out of the water

tirer quelque chose de sa poche — to pull something out of one's pocket

10) ( faire sortir)

tirer le pays de la récession — to get the country out of recession

tire-moi de là! — get me out of this!

tirer quelqu'un d'une maladie — to pull somebody through an illness

tu l'as tirée de son silence — you drew her out of her silence

11) ( obtenir)

tirer de quelqu'un — to get [something] from somebody [renseignement, aveu]

tirer de quelque chose — to draw [something] from something [force, ressources]; to derive [something] from something [orgueil, satisfaction]; to make [something] out of something [argent]

tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de cette voiture — ( comme argent) you won't get much for this car; ( comme service) you won't get much out of this car

tirer le maximum de la situation — to make the most of the situation

tirer un son d'un instrument — to get a note out of an instrument

12) ( dériver)

le film est tiré du roman — the film is based on the novel

la guillotine tire son nom de son inventeur — the guillotine gets its name from its inventor

le mot est tiré de l'anglais — the word comes from the English

13) ( extraire)

texte tiré de Zola — text taken from Zola

le médicament est tiré d'une plante — the drug comes from a plant

14) ( faire un tirage) to print [livre, négatif]; to run off [épreuve, exemplaire]

journal tiré à dix mille exemplaires — newspaper with a circulation of ten thousand

tiré à part — [texte] off-printed

15) ( tracer) to draw [ligne, trait]

tirer un chèque — to draw a cheque GB ou check US

tirer des plans — fig to draw up plans

16) (colloq) ( passer)

plus qu'une heure/semaine à tirer — only one more hour/week to go

tirer quelques années en prison — to spend a few years in prison

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( exercer une traction) to pull

tirer sur quelque chose — to pull on something; ( d'un coup ou par à-coups) to tug at something

tire fort! — pull hard!

2) ( utiliser une arme) gén to shoot ( sur at); ( à feu) to fire ( sur at)

tirer à la carabine — to shoot with a rifle

tirer au fusil — to fire a gun

elle lui a tiré dans la jambe — she shot him/her in the leg

3) ( au football) to shoot; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a shot

4) ( choisir au hasard)

tirer (au sort) — to draw lots

5) ( prendre)

tirer sur — to draw on

tirer sur son compte — to draw on one's account

6) ( aspirer)

la cheminée tire bien — the chimney draws well

7) ( être imprimé)

tirer à mille exemplaires — [périodique] to have a circulation of one thousand

8) ( aller vers)

tirer sur le jaune/l'orangé — [couleur] to be yellowish/orangy

tirer sur la cinquantaine — [personne] to be pushing fifty

tirer à gauche/droite — [voiture] to pull to the left/right

3.

se tirer verbe pronominal

1) ( sortir)

se tirer de — to come through [situation, difficultés]

2) (sl) ( partir) to push off (colloq)

3) ( avec une arme)

se tirer une balle — to shoot oneself ( dans in)

se tirer dessus — ( l'un l'autre) lit to shoot at one another

4) (colloq) ( se débrouiller)

s'en tirer — to cope, to manage

5) (colloq) ( échapper)

s'en tirer — ( à un accident) to escape; ( à une maladie) to pull through; ( à une punition) to get away with it (colloq)

s'en tirer à bon prix — to get off lightly

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tiʀe
1. vt

1) (pour arracher, amener à soi) to pull

Il m'a tiré les cheveux. — He pulled my hair.

tiré par les cheveux fig (histoire, intrigue, explications) — far-fetched

2) (= fermer) [volet, porte, trappe] to pull to, to close, [rideau] to draw

tirer les rideaux — to draw the curtains

3) (= extraire)

tirer qch de qch — to take sth from sth, to pull sth out of sth, [fruit, sol] to extract sth from sth

Elle a tiré un mouchoir de son sac. — She took a handkerchief from her bag., She pulled a handkerchief out of her bag.

tirer son nom de — to take one's name from, to get one's name from

tirer qch de qn — to get sth out of sb

tirer qn de qch [embarras] — to help sb out of sth, to get sb out of sth

tirer qn d'embarras — to get sb out of an awkward situation

tirer qn d'un mauvais pas — to get sb out of a fix

4) (= sortir)

tirer la langue — to stick out one's tongue

5) (avec une arme) [balle, coup de feu] to fire, [animal] to shoot

Il a tiré plusieurs coups de feu. — He fired several shots.

6) [chèque] to draw

7) (= tracer) to draw, to trace

tirer un trait — to draw a line

tirer un trait sur qch fig — to draw a line under sth

tirer un trait sur son passé — to draw a line under one's past

8) (= imprimer) [journal, livre, photo] to print

9) (= choisir) [carte] to draw

tirer les cartes — to read the cards, to tell the cards

tirer au sort — to draw lots

tirer des conclusions — to draw conclusions

10) FOOTBALL, [corner] to take

11) NAVIGATION

tirer 6 mètres — to draw 6 metres of water

2. vi

1)

"Tirer" — "Pull"

tirer sur qch [corde, poignée] — to pull on sth, to pull at sth, [pipe] to draw on sth

2) (avec arme) to shoot, (= faire feu) to shoot, to fire

tirer à l'arc — to shoot with a bow and arrow

tirer à la carabine — to shoot with a rifle, to fire with a rifle

tirer sur qn (= faire feu sur) — to shoot at sb, to fire on sb

Il a tiré sur les policiers. — He shot at police officers., He fired on police officers.

3) FOOTBALL to shoot

4) [cheminée] to draw

5)

tirer à sa fin — to be drawing to an end

tirer en longueur — to drag on

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tirer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( déplacer) [personne, animal, véhicule] to pull [véhicule]; [personne] to pull up [fauteuil, chaise]; [personne] to pull away [tapis]; tirer la tête en arrière to toss one's head back; ⇒ chapeau, couverture;

2 ( exercer une traction) ( avec une force régulière) to pull [cheveux]; to pull on [corde]; ( par à-coups) to tug at [cordelette, manette, sonnette]; tirer qn par le bras to pull sb's arm; tirer les cheveux à qn to pull sb's hair; tirer qn par la manche to tug at sb's sleeve;

3 ( tendre) tirer ses cheveux en arrière to pull back one's hair; tirer ses bas to pull up one's stockings; tirer sa chemise/jupe to straighten one's shirt/skirt; ⇒ épingle; se faire tirer la peau○ Cosmét to have a face-lift; la peau/ça me tire○ my skin/it feels tight;

4 ( fermer) to draw [verrou, rideau]; to pull down [store]; to close [porte, volet];

5 Mil to fire off [balle, obus, grenade]; to fire [missile]; tirer un coup de feu to fire a shot; tirer le canon ( pour honorer) to fire a salute; tirer vingt et un coups de canon to fire a twenty-one gun salute;

6 ( propulser) to shoot [balle, flèche] (sur at); elle lui a tiré (une balle) dans le dos she shot him in the back;

7 ( viser) tirer le canard/faisan/gibier to shoot duck/pheasant/game;

8 Sport ( de ballon) tirer un corner/penalty to take a corner/penalty; tirer un coup franc ( au football) to take a free kick; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a free throw;

9 ( choisir au hasard) tirer (au sort) to draw [carte, loterie, nom, gagnant, adversaire]; to draw for [partenaire]; tirer les blancs to draw white; tirer une bonne carte to draw a strong card;

10 Jeux ( aux cartes) tirer ses atouts to draw trumps;

11 Astrol tirer les cartes à qn to tell the cards for sb; se faire tirer les cartes to have one's fortune told with cards;

12 ( prendre) to draw [vin, bière, eau, électricité, argent] (de, sur from); tirer de l'eau du puits to draw water from the well; tirer de l'argent sur un compte to draw money from an account; ⇒ vin;

13 ( sortir) tirer de qch to take [sth] out of sth [objet]; to pull [sb] out of sth [personne]; tirer un stylo de son sac/d'un tiroir to take a pen out of one's bag/out of a drawer; tirer un enfant de l'eau/des flammes to pull a child out of the water/out of the flames; tirer qch de sa poche to pull sth out of one's pocket; tirer une bouffée de sa cigarette/pipe to take a puff at ou on one's cigarette/pipe; ⇒ épingle, marron, ver;

14 ( faire sortir) tirer de qch to get [sb/sth] out of sth [personne, pays, entreprise]; tirer le pays de la récession to get the country out of recession; tire-moi de là! get me out of this!; tirer qn d'une maladie to pull sb through an illness; tu l'as tirée de son silence/sa mélancolie you drew her out of her silence/her melancholy;

15 ( obtenir) tirer de qn to get [sth] from sb [renseignement, aveu]; tirer de qch to draw [sth] from sth [force, ressources]; to derive [sth] from sth [orgueil, satisfaction]; to make [sth] out of sth [argent]; tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de cette voiture ( comme argent) you won't get much for this car; ( comme service) you won't get much out of this car; tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de lui (comme argent, renseignements, preuve d'intelligence) you won't get much out of him; tirer le maximum de la situation to make the most of the situation; tirer un son d'un instrument to get a note out of an instrument;

16 ( dériver) tirer de qch to base [sth] on sth [récit, film]; to get [sth] from sth [nom]; le film est tiré du roman the film is based on the novel; la guillotine tire son nom de son inventeur the guillotine gets its name from its inventor; le mot est tiré de l'anglais the word comes from the English;

17 ( extraire) tirer de qn/qch to take [sth] from sb/sth [texte]; to derive [sth] from sth [substance]; texte tiré de Zola/la Bible text taken from Zola/the Bible; le médicament est tiré d'une plante the drug comes from a plant;

18 ( faire un tirage) to print [livre, tract, texte, négatif]; to run off [épreuve, exemplaire]; journal tiré à dix mille exemplaires newspaper with a circulation of ten thousand;

19 ( tracer) to draw [ligne, trait]; tirer un chèque Fin to draw a cheque GB ou check US (sur on); tirer des plans fig to draw up plans; ⇒ comète;

20 ○( passer) plus qu'une heure/semaine à tirer only one more hour/week to go; tirer quelques années en prison to spend a few years in prison.

B vi

1 ( exercer une traction) to pull; tirer sur qch ( avec une force régulière) to pull on sth; ( d'un coup ou par à-coups) to tug at sth; tire fort! pull hard!; tirer sur les rames to pull on the oars; tirer de toutes ses forces to heave with all one's might; le moteur tire bien/tire mal○ the engine is pulling well/isn't pulling properly; ⇒ corde;

2 ( utiliser une arme) to shoot (sur at); ( à feu) to fire (sur at); tirer à l'arc to shoot with a bow and arrow; tirer à la carabine/à l'arbalète to shoot with a rifle/with a crossbow; tirer pour tuer to shoot to kill; tirer au fusil/en l'air/à balles réelles to fire a gun/into the air/with live ammunition; tirer le premier to fire first, to shoot first; se faire tirer dessus to come under fire, to be shot at; ⇒ boulet; elle lui a tiré dans la jambe she shot him in the leg;

3 Sport ( au football) to shoot; (au handball, basket-ball) to take a shot; tirer au but ( au football) to take a shot at goal;

4 ( choisir au hasard) tirer (au sort) to draw lots; on n'a qu'à tirer let's just draw lots; ⇒ paille;

5 ( prendre) tirer sur to draw on; tirer sur son compte/ses réserves to draw on one's account/one's reserves;

6 ( aspirer) la cheminée tire bien/tire mal the chimney draws well/doesn't draw well; tirer sur sa cigarette/pipe to draw on one's cigarette/pipe;

7 Imprim, Presse tirer à mille exemplaires [périodique] to have a circulation of a thousand; à combien tire la revue? what's the circulation of the magazine?;

8 ( avoir une nuance) tirer sur le jaune/le bleu/le vert/le violet/l'orangé to be yellowish/bluish/greenish/purplish/orangy; être d'un bleu tirant sur le vert to be greenish-blue;

9 ( se rapprocher) tirer sur la cinquantaine ( âge) to be pushing fifty;

10 ( dévier) [voiture]tirer à gauche/droite to pull to the left/right; Équit tirer à la main [cheval] to pull.

C se tirer vpr

1 ( sortir) se tirer de to come through [situation, difficultés]; se tirer de ses ennuis to come through one's troubles; ⇒ pas;

2 ◑( partir) je me tire I'm off○ GB, I'm splitting○; tire-toi get lost○; je me suis tiré de chez lui I cleared from his place; je me suis tiré de chez mes parents I left home; je vais me tirer à Montréal I'm going off to Montreal;

3 ( se servir d'une arme) se tirer une balle to shoot oneself (dans in); se tirer une balle dans la tête to blow one's brains out; se tirer dessus ( l'un l'autre) lit to shoot at one another;

4 ( exercer une traction) se tirer la moustache to pull at one's moustache;

5 ○( se débrouiller) s'en tirer to cope; il s'en tire mal ( forte contrainte) he's finding it hard to cope; ( travail délicat) he doesn't do very well; comment est-ce que vous vous en tirez? how do you cope?; elle s'en tire mieux que lui ( épreuve de résistance) she is coping better than he is; ( épreuve d'habileté) she is doing better than him; elle s'en tire tout juste she just gets by;

6 ○( échapper) s'en tirer ( à un accident) to escape; ( à une maladie) to pull through; ( à une punition) to get away with it○; je m'en suis tiré avec quelques égratignures I escaped with a few scratches; son médecin pense qu'elle s'en tirera her doctor thinks (that) she will pull through; sans diplôme, il ne s'en tirera jamais without a degree, he'll never get by; il ne s'en tirera pas comme ça he's not going to get away with it; s'en tirer à bon prix to get off lightly; ⇒ compte.

[tire] verbe transitif

A.[DÉPLACER]

1. [traîner - avec ou sans effort] to pull, to drag ; [ - en remorquant] to draw, to tow

tire la table au milieu de la pièce pull the table out into the centre of the room

tiré par un cheval horse-drawn

tirer quelqu'un par le bras/les cheveux/les pieds to drag somebody by the arm/hair/feet

2. [amener à soi] to pull

[étirer - vers le haut] to pull (up) ; [ - vers le bas] to pull (down)

je sentis que quelqu'un tirait ma veste I felt a tug at my jacket

elle me tira doucement par la manche she tugged ou pulled at my sleeve

tirer les cheveux à quelqu'un to pull somebody's hair

tirer ses cheveux en arrière to draw ou to pull one's hair back

tire bien le drap stretch the sheet (taut)

tirer un fil

a. [accidentellement] to pull a thread

b. [pour faire un jour] to draw a thread

tirer la couverture à soi

a. [s'attribuer le mérite] to take all the credit

b. [s'attribuer le profit] to take the lion's share

3. [pour actionner - cordon d'appel, élastique] to pull ; [ - tiroir] to pull (open ou out)

tirer les rideaux to pull ou to draw the curtains

tire le portail derrière toi close the gates behind you, pull the gates to

tirer un verrou

a. [pour ouvrir] to slide a bolt open

b. [pour fermer] to slide a bolt to, to shoot a bolt

tirer la chasse d'eau to flush the toilet

4. NAUTIQUE to draw

B.[EXTRAIRE, OBTENIR]

1. [faire sortir]

tirer quelque chose de to pull ou to draw something out of

tirer le vin/cidre (du tonneau) to draw wine/cider (off from the barrel)

tirer quelqu'un de [le faire sortir de] to get somebody out of

tirer quelqu'un d'un cauchemar (figuré) to rouse somebody from a nightmare

tirer quelqu'un du sommeil to wake somebody up

tirer quelqu'un du coma to pull somebody out of a coma

tirer quelqu'un de son silence to draw somebody out (of his/her silence)

tirer une œuvre de l'oubli to rescue a work from oblivion

tire-moi de là help me out

2. [fabriquer]

tirer quelque chose de to derive ou to get ou to make something from

les produits que l'on tire du pétrole oil-based products

tirer des sons d'un instrument to get ou to draw sounds from an instrument

tirer un film d'une pièce de théâtre to adapt a play for the screen

photos tirées d'un film movie stills

3. [percevoir - argent]

elle tire sa fortune de ses terres she makes her money from her land

tu ne tireras pas grand-chose de ta vieille montre you won't get much (money) for your old watch

[retirer - chèque, argent liquide] to draw

tirer de l'argent d'un compte to draw money out of ou to withdraw money from an account

4. [extraire, dégager]

tirer la morale/un enseignement de quelque chose to learn a lesson from something

ce vers est tiré d'un poème de Villon this line is (taken) from a poem by Villon

ce que j'ai tiré de ce livre/cet article what I got out of this book/article

ce roman tire son titre d'une chanson populaire the title of this novel is taken from a popular song

tirer satisfaction de to derive satisfaction from

tirer vanité de to be proud of

tirer vengeance de quelque chose to avenge something

5. [obtenir, soutirer]

tirer quelque chose de: tirer de l'argent de quelqu'un to extract money from somebody, to get money out of somebody

la police n'a rien pu tirer de lui the police couldn't get anything out of him

tu auras du mal à lui tirer des remerciements you'll get no thanks from her

tirer des larmes à quelqu'un to make somebody cry

on n'en tirera jamais rien, de ce gosse

a. (familier) [il n'est bon à rien] we'll never make anything out of this kid

b. [il ne parlera pas] we'll never get this kid to talk, we'll never get anything out of this kid

je n'ai pas pu en tirer davantage I couldn't get any more out of her

6. (familier) [voler]

je me suis fait tirer mon portefeuille au cinéma! somebody nicked (UK) ou swiped (US) my wallet at the cinema!

7. JEUX [billet, numéro] to draw, to pick

[loterie] to draw, to carry out the draw for

[carte] to draw, to take

tirez une carte postale au hasard pick any postcard

qui va tirer le nom du gagnant? who will draw (out) the name of the winner?

le gagnant sera tiré au sort there will be a draw to decide the winner

C.[PROJETER]

1. ARMEMENT [coup de fusil, missile] to fire

[balle, flèche] to shoot

tirer un coup de feu to fire a shot

2. [feu d'artifice] to set off

ce soir, on tirera un feu d'artifice there will be a fireworks display tonight

3. CHASSE [lapin, faisan] to shoot

4. [à la pétanque, boule en main] to throw

[boule placée] to knock out (separable)

FOOTBALL to take

tirer un corner to take a corner

le penalty va être tiré par le capitaine the penalty will be taken by the captain

TENNIS [passing-shot, volée] to hit

[en haltérophilie] to lift

ESCRIME

tirer des armes to fence

5. (locution)

tirer un coup avec quelqu'un (vulgaire) to have it off with somebody (très familier)

D. (familier) [PASSER] (familier) to spend, to do, to get through (inseparable)

j'ai encore trois semaines à tirer avant mon congé I've another three weeks to go before my leave

E.[TRACER, IMPRIMER]

1. [dessiner - ligne] to draw ; [ - plan] to draw up (separable)

tirez deux traits sous les verbes underline the verbs twice

2. PHOTOGRAPHIE to print

je voudrais que cette photo soit tirée sur du papier mat I'd like a matt print of this picture

3. IMPRIMERIE [livre] to print

[estampe, lithographie] to print, to draw

[tract] to print, to run

[gravure] to strike, to pull, to print

ce magazine est tiré à plus de 200 000 exemplaires this magazine has a print run ou a circulation of 200,000

bon à tirer ‘passed for press’

un bon à tirer [épreuve] a press proof

4. (Belgique & locution)

tu es assez grand, tu tires ton plan you're old enough to look after yourself

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[tire] verbe intransitif

1. MILITAIRE [faire feu] to fire, to shoot

ne tirez pas, je me rends! don't shoot, I surrender!

tirez dans les jambes shoot at ou aim at the legs

il tire mal he's a bad shot

tirer à balles/à blanc to fire bullets/blanks

tirer sur quelqu'un to take a shot ou to shoot ou to fire at somebody

ils ont l'ordre de tirer sur tout ce qui bouge they've been ordered to shoot ou to fire at anything that moves

on m'a tiré dessus I was fired ou shot at

2. ARMEMENT & SPORT

tirer à l'arc/l'arbalète

a. [activité sportive] to do archery/crossbow archery

b. [action ponctuelle] to shoot a bow/crossbow

tirer à la carabine/au pistolet

a. [activité sportive] to do rifle/pistol shooting

b. [action ponctuelle] to shoot with a rifle/pistol

3. FOOTBALL [au golf] to shoot

il a tiré dans le mur/petit filet he sent the ball against the wall/into the side netting

ESCRIME to fence

4. [exercer une traction] to pull

tire! pull!, heave!

ça tire dans les genoux à la montée (familier) going up is tough on the knees

elle tire bien, ta voiture! (familier) it goes well, your car!

la moto tire à droite the motorbike pulls to the right

ne tire pas sur ton gilet don't pull your cardigan out of shape

il tira violemment sur le fil du téléphone he gave the phone wire a sharp pull

tirer sur (figuré) [délais, budget] to stretch

tirer sur la ficelle to go a bit far

5. [aspirer - fumeur]

tirer sur une pipe to draw on ou to pull at a pipe

tirer sur une cigarette to puff at ou to draw on a cigarette

6. [avoir un bon tirage - cheminée, poêle]

tirer (bien) to draw (well)

la cheminée/pipe tire mal the fireplace/pipe doesn't draw properly

7. [peau] to feel tight

[points de suture] to pull

ma peau me tire (familier) my skin feels tight

aïe, ça tire! ouch, it's pulling!

8. JEUX

tirer au sort to draw ou to cast lots

9. IMPRIMERIE

tirer à 50 000 exemplaires to have a circulation of ou to have a (print) run of 50,000 (copies)

à combien le journal tire-t-il? what are the paper's circulation figures?

10. (locution, Belgique & Suisse)

ça tire there's a draught

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tirer à verbe plus préposition

1. PRESSE

tirer à la ligne to pad out an article (because it is being paid by the line)

2. NAUTIQUE

tirer au large to make for the open sea

3. (locution)

tirer à sa fin to come to an end

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tirer sur verbe plus préposition

[couleur] to verge ou to border on

ses cheveux tirent sur le roux his hair is reddish ou almost red

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se tirer verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

le store se tire avec un cordon the blind pulls down with a cord

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se tirer verbe pronominal intransitif

(familier)

1. [partir, quitter un endroit] to clear off, to make tracks

[s'enfuir] to beat it, to clear off

s'il n'est pas là dans 5 minutes, je me tire if he's not here in 5 minutes I'm going

tire-toi! [ton menaçant] beat it!, clear ou push off!

il s'est tiré de chez lui he's left home

dès que je peux, je me tire de cette boîte as soon as I can, I'll get out of this dump

2. [toucher à sa fin - emprisonnement, service militaire] to draw to a close

plus qu'une semaine, ça se tire quand même! only a week to go, it's nearly over after all!

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se tirer de verbe pronominal plus préposition

[se sortir de] to get out of

il s'est bien/mal tiré de l'entrevue he did well/badly at the interview

s'en tirer (familier) [s'en sortir]: avec son culot, elle s'en tirera toujours with her cheek, she'll always come out on top

si tu ne m'avais pas aidé à finir la maquette, je ne m'en serais jamais tiré if you hadn't given me a hand with the model, I'd never have managed

rien à faire, je ne m'en tire pas! [financièrement] it's impossible, I just can't make ends meet!

il y a peu de chances qu'il s'en tire [qu'il survive] the odds are against him pulling through

tu ne t'en tireras pas avec de simples excuses [être quitte] you won't get away ou off with just a few words of apology

je m'en suis tiré avec une suspension de permis I got away with my licence being suspended

s'en tirer à ou avec ou pour [devoir payer] to have to pay

à quatre, on ne s'en tirera pas à moins de 150 euros le repas the meal will cost at least 150 euros for the four of us

il ne s'en tirera pas comme ça he won't get off so lightly, he won't get away with it

on n'a encaissé qu'un seul but, on ne s'en est pas trop mal tirés they scored only one goal against us, we didn't do too badly

je n'aime pas faire de discours — tu t'en es très bien tiré I don't like to make speeches — you did very well

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > tirer
10 doczekać

(-am, -asz); vi perf

doczekać (+gen) — ( dotrwać czekając) to wait till lub until; ( dożyć) to live to

doczekać późnej starości — to live to an old age

nie doczekał rana — he died before the morning

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doczekać

pf.

(= dotrwać) wait ( czegoś until l. till sth); (= dożyć) ( momentu) live ( czegoś until l. till sth); ( wydarzenia) live to see; (= nie spać) stay up ( czegoś until l. till sth); doczekać późnego wieku live to an old age; nie doczekał wiosny he didn't live to see the spring, he died before spring came.

doczekać się

pf.

wait ( czegoś until l. till sth); nie doczekać się czegoś (listu, wdzięczności) never get l. receive sth; doczekać się wnuków live to have grandchildren, become a grandparent; nie doczekała się wdzięczności/podziękowania (od kogoś) she never received any gratitude/thanks (from sb); nie móc się czegoś doczekać can't wait for sth l. to do sth; nie móc się kogoś doczekać can't wait to see sb; nie doczekał się pociechy z dzieci his children are not much comfort to him.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > doczekać
11 féliciter

féliciter [felisite]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

to congratulate (qn de or sur qch sb on sth)

• je vous félicite ! congratulations!

2. reflexive verb

► se féliciter to be very glad (de about)

• se féliciter d'une décision to welcome a decision

• je n'y suis pas allé et je m'en félicite I didn't go and I'm glad I didn't

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felisite
1.

verbe transitif to congratulate ( pour on)

je te félicite! — congratulations!

je ne te félicite pas! — it's nothing to be proud of!

2.

se féliciter verbe pronominal

se féliciter de quelque chose — to be very pleased about something

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felisite vt
to congratulate

féliciter qn de — to congratulate sb on

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féliciter verb table: aimer

A vtr to congratulate [personne] (pour qch on sth; à l'occasion de qch on sth); féliciter qn d'avoir fait qch to congratulate sb on doing sth; je te félicite! congratulations!; je ne te félicite pas! iron it's nothing to be proud of!

B se féliciter vpr ( se réjouir) se féliciter de qch to be very pleased about sth; je me félicite d'avoir été présent I'm very pleased I was there; je me félicite de vous l'entendre dire I'm very pleased to hear you say it; il se félicite que l'accord soit conclu he is very pleased that the agreement has been made; il a accepté et je m'en félicite he has agreed, and I am very pleased.

[felisite] verbe transitif

to congratulate

féliciter quelqu'un de quelque chose to congratulate somebody on something

permettez-moi de vous féliciter! congratulations!

je ne vous félicite pas! you'll get no thanks from me!

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se féliciter de verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [se réjouir de]

se féliciter de quelque chose to be glad ou pleased about something

2. [se louer de]

je me félicite d'être resté calme I'm pleased to say I remained calm

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > féliciter
12 nothing

nothing ['nʌθɪŋ]

1 pronoun

ne… rien;

∎ she forgets nothing elle n'oublie rien;

∎ nothing has been decided rien n'a été décidé;

∎ nothing can beat French cooking il n'y a rien de mieux que la cuisine française;

∎ I have nothing to drink je n'ai rien à boire;

∎ what are you doing? - nothing que faites-vous? - rien;

∎ it's better than nothing c'est mieux que rien;

∎ to have nothing to do with sb/sth n'avoir rien à voir avec qn/qch;

∎ it's got nothing to do with you ça ne te concerne absolument pas;

∎ I told them nothing at all je ne leur ai rien dit du tout;

∎ I have nothing else to say je n'ai rien d'autre à dire;

∎ it looks like nothing on earth c'est ridicule;

∎ nothing serious rien de grave;

∎ that's nothing new ce n'est pas nouveau;

∎ that's nothing unusual cela n'a rien d'anormal;

∎ there's nothing exceptional about him arriving late il n'y a rien d'exceptionnel à ce qu'il arrive en retard;

∎ nothing much pas grand-chose;

∎ there is nothing more to be said il n'y a plus rien à dire;

∎ nothing could be simpler rien de plus simple, c'est tout ce qu'il y a de plus simple;

∎ they're always fighting over nothing ils passent leur temps à se disputer pour des broutilles ou des riens;

∎ she gets angry about nothing elle se fâche pour un rien;

∎ reduced to nothing réduit à néant;

∎ you can't live on nothing on ne peut pas vivre de rien;

∎ there's nothing to cry/worry about il n'y a pas de quoi pleurer/s'inquiéter;

∎ there's nothing for it but to start again il n'y a plus qu'à recommencer;

∎ there's nothing in it (no difference) il n'y a aucune différence; (in choosing between two candidates) ils se valent, il n'y a aucune différence entre eux; (in race) ils sont à égalité;

∎ there's nothing in or to these rumours ces rumeurs sont dénuées de tout fondement;

∎ there's nothing to it! (it's easy) c'est simple (comme bonjour)!;

∎ there's nothing like a nice hot bath rien de tel qu'un bon bain chaud;

∎ she says he's nothing or he means nothing to her elle dit qu'il n'est rien pour elle;

∎ the name means nothing to me le nom ne me dit rien;

∎ a thousand pounds is nothing to her mille livres, ce n'est rien pour elle;

∎ it's nothing to me either way cela m'est égal;

∎ that's nothing to what mum will say ce n'est rien par rapport à ce que maman va dire;

∎ in those days it was nothing to see… en ce temps-là on voyait facilement…;

∎ to think nothing of doing sth (not hesitate to do) ne pas hésiter à faire qch;

∎ she thinks nothing of walking 10 kilometres pour elle 10 kilomètres à pied, ce n'est rien;

∎ I can make nothing of it je n'y comprends rien du tout;

∎ I'll take what's due to me, nothing more, nothing less je prendrai mon dû, ni plus ni moins;

∎ to have nothing on (no engagement) être libre; (no clothes) être tout nu;

∎ familiar what a physique! Charles Atlas has got nothing on you! quel physique! tu n'as rien à envier à Charles Atlas ou Charles Atlas peut aller se rhabiller!;

∎ literary our sacrifices were as nothing compared to his nos sacrifices ne furent rien auprès des siens;

∎ familiar nothing doing! pas question!

2 noun

(a) (trifle) rien m, vétille f;

∎ $500 may be a mere nothing to you 500 dollars ne représentent peut-être pas grand-chose pour vous

(b) familiar (person) nullité f, zéro m

(c) Mathematics zéro m

3 adjective

familiar (worthless) nul;

∎ it's a nothing play! c'est une pièce nulle!

4 for nothing adverb

(a) (gratis) pour rien;

∎ I got it for nothing at the flea market je l'ai eu pour (trois fois) rien aux puces

(b) (for no purpose) pour rien;

∎ all that work for nothing! tout ce travail pour rien ou en pure perte!;

∎ are you telling me I gave up my day off for nothing? est-ce que tu veux dire que j'ai sacrifié ma journée de vacances pour rien?;

∎ to count for nothing ne compter pour rien

(c) (for no good reason) pour rien;

∎ the police say they don't arrest people for nothing la police dit qu'elle n'arrête personne sans raison;

∎ it's not for nothing that… ce n'est pas pour rien que…;

∎ they don't call him Einstein for nothing ce n'est pas pour rien qu'on le surnomme Einstein

5 nothing but adverb

∎ that car's been nothing but trouble cette voiture ne m'a attiré que des ennuis;

∎ nothing but a miracle can save us seul un miracle pourrait nous sauver;

∎ she wants nothing but the best elle ne veut que ce qu'il y a de meilleur;

∎ they do nothing but sleep ils ne font que dormir

6 nothing if not adverb

rien de moins que;

∎ she's nothing if not honest elle n'est rien de moins qu'honnête

7 nothing less than adverb

(a) (undoubtedly) rien de moins que, tout bonnement;

∎ it was nothing less than miraculous/a miracle c'était tout simplement miraculeux/un miracle;

∎ he was nothing less than overjoyed at the news il fut absolument ravi de la nouvelle

(b) (only) seul;

∎ nothing less than outright victory would satisfy him seule une victoire écrasante le satisferait

8 nothing like

1 preposition

(a) (completely unlike)

∎ she's nothing like her mother elle ne ressemble en rien à sa mère

(b) (nothing as good as)

∎ there's nothing like a nice cup of tea! rien de tel qu'une bonne tasse de thé!;

∎ there's nothing like a cold shower for freshening or to freshen you up rien de tel qu'une douche froide pour se rafraîchir

2 adverb

familiar (nowhere near)

∎ this box is nothing like big enough cette boîte est beaucoup trop ou bien trop petite^□ ;

∎ nothing like as big loin d'être aussi grand^□ ;

∎ London is nothing like as near as that Londres est bien plus loin que ça^□

9 nothing more than adverb

∎ I want nothing more than a word of thanks from time to time tout ce que je demande, c'est un petit mot de remerciement de temps à autre;

∎ he's nothing more than a petty crook il n'est rien d'autre qu'un vulgaire escroc

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > nothing
13 mersi

[from *mérci from Fre merci]: thanks. Mersi pu finn envit mwa pu partaz = Thanks for having invited me to take part.

Morisyen-English dictionary > mersi
14 shukran

thanks, gratitude [shakara] Per shokran, Swa shukrani, Tur sükran borrowed from Ar

Arabic etymological dictionary > shukran
15 tashakkur

thanks [shakara] Aze tesekkür, Per tashakkor, Taj tashakkur, Tur tesekkür borrowed from Ar

Arabic etymological dictionary > tashakkur
16 þakkar

from þökk, thanks.

Íslensk-ensk orðabók > þakkar
17 partaze

[from Fre partager]: to partake. Mersi pu finn envit mwa pu partaz = Thanks for having invited me to take part.

Morisyen-English dictionary > partaze
18 agradecimiento

m.

gratitude.

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agradecimiento

► nombre masculino

1 gratefulness, gratitude, thankfulness

* * *

noun m.

gratitude

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SM (=gratitud) gratitude; (=aprecio) appreciation

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masculino gratitude

con nuestro más sincero agradecimiento — with our most sincere thanks

en agradecimiento por todo lo que ha hecho — in appreciation of all you have done

* * *

= appreciation, gratitude, compliment, compliment, note of thanks, thankfulness, thankyou.

Ex. An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex. Gratifyingly often, their reaction is delight and gratitude.

Ex. Nine percent of the questions analyzed were placed in the 'other' category, which included notes of thanks and compliments on good service, suggestions for improving the library's services, and messages sent from listservs = El nueve por ciento de las cuestiones analizadas se colocaron en la categoría "otros", que incluía notas de agradecimiento y felicitaciones por el buen servicio, sugerencias para mejorar los servicios de la biblioteca y mensajes enviados de servidores de listas de correo.

Ex. Nine percent of the questions analyzed were placed in the 'other' category, which included notes of thanks and compliments on good service, suggestions for improving the library's services, and messages sent from listservs = El nueve por ciento de las cuestiones analizadas se colocaron en la categoría "otros", que incluía notas de agradecimiento y felicitaciones por el buen servicio, sugerencias para mejorar los servicios de la biblioteca y mensajes enviados de servidores de listas de correo.

Ex. Nine percent of the questions analyzed were placed in the 'other' category, which included notes of thanks and compliments on good service, suggestions for improving the library's services, and messages sent from listservs = El nueve por ciento de las cuestiones analizadas se colocaron en la categoría "otros", que incluía notas de agradecimiento y felicitaciones por el buen servicio, sugerencias para mejorar los servicios de la biblioteca y mensajes enviados de servidores de listas de correo.

Ex. Of course I will post a summary of answers and please accept my thankfulness and grateful in advance.

Ex. I would therefore like to give a blanket thankyou to everyone who has talked or written to me in my research and they must now number thousands rather than hundreds.

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* agradecimientos = acknowledgements [acknowledgments].

* carta de agradecimiento = note of thanks, thank-you letter.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* con agradecimiento = gratefully.

* en agradecimiento por = appreciative of.

* en señal de agradecimiento = appreciatively.

* expresar agradecimiento = express + thanks, express + appreciation.

* hacer extensivo + Posesivo + agradecimiento = extend + Posesivo + thanks.

* mensaje de agradecimiento = thank-you message.

* mostrar + Posesivo + agradecimiento = pay + Posesivo + respects.

* mostrar + Posesivo + sincero agradecimiento = pay + Posesivo + deep respects.

* nota de agradecimiento = note of thanks, thank-you note.

* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.

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masculino gratitude

con nuestro más sincero agradecimiento — with our most sincere thanks

en agradecimiento por todo lo que ha hecho — in appreciation of all you have done

* * *

= appreciation, gratitude, compliment, compliment, note of thanks, thankfulness, thankyou.

Ex: An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.

Ex: Gratifyingly often, their reaction is delight and gratitude.

Ex: Nine percent of the questions analyzed were placed in the 'other' category, which included notes of thanks and compliments on good service, suggestions for improving the library's services, and messages sent from listservs = El nueve por ciento de las cuestiones analizadas se colocaron en la categoría "otros", que incluía notas de agradecimiento y felicitaciones por el buen servicio, sugerencias para mejorar los servicios de la biblioteca y mensajes enviados de servidores de listas de correo.

Ex: Nine percent of the questions analyzed were placed in the 'other' category, which included notes of thanks and compliments on good service, suggestions for improving the library's services, and messages sent from listservs = El nueve por ciento de las cuestiones analizadas se colocaron en la categoría "otros", que incluía notas de agradecimiento y felicitaciones por el buen servicio, sugerencias para mejorar los servicios de la biblioteca y mensajes enviados de servidores de listas de correo.

Ex: Nine percent of the questions analyzed were placed in the 'other' category, which included notes of thanks and compliments on good service, suggestions for improving the library's services, and messages sent from listservs = El nueve por ciento de las cuestiones analizadas se colocaron en la categoría "otros", que incluía notas de agradecimiento y felicitaciones por el buen servicio, sugerencias para mejorar los servicios de la biblioteca y mensajes enviados de servidores de listas de correo.

Ex: Of course I will post a summary of answers and please accept my thankfulness and grateful in advance.

Ex: I would therefore like to give a blanket thankyou to everyone who has talked or written to me in my research and they must now number thousands rather than hundreds.

* agradecimientos = acknowledgements [acknowledgments].

* carta de agradecimiento = note of thanks, thank-you letter.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* con agradecimiento = gratefully.

* en agradecimiento por = appreciative of.

* en señal de agradecimiento = appreciatively.

* expresar agradecimiento = express + thanks, express + appreciation.

* hacer extensivo + Posesivo + agradecimiento = extend + Posesivo + thanks.

* mensaje de agradecimiento = thank-you message.

* mostrar + Posesivo + agradecimiento = pay + Posesivo + respects.

* mostrar + Posesivo + sincero agradecimiento = pay + Posesivo + deep respects.

* nota de agradecimiento = note of thanks, thank-you note.

* palabras de agradecimiento = vote of thanks, word of thanks, words of gratitude, congratulatory speech, congratulatory remarks.

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agradecimiento

masculine

gratitude

con nuestro más sincero agradecimiento with our most sincere thanks

en agradecimiento por todo lo que ha hecho in appreciation of all you have done

* * *

agradecimiento sustantivo masculino
gratitude;
◊ demostrar agradecimiento to show gratitude;

en agradecimiento por todo lo que ha hecho in appreciation of all you have done
agradecimiento sustantivo masculino gratitude

' agradecimiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gracias
- faltar
- gracia
- manifestar
- prueba
English:
appreciation
- gratitude
- thankfully
- thanks
- appreciative
- thankful
- token

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agradecimiento nm

gratitude;

le regalaron una placa como o [m5] en agradecimiento por su ayuda she was presented with a plaque in recognition of o to thank her for her help;

en su discurso de agradecimiento dijo que… in his thankyou speech he said that…

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agradecimiento

m gratitude, appreciation

* * *

agradecimiento nm

: gratitude, thankfulness

* * *

agradecimiento n gratitude / thanks

Spanish-English dictionary > agradecimiento
19 gracia

f.

1 humor.

¡qué gracia! how funny!

su voz me hace mucha gracia I think he's got a really funny voice, his voice makes me laugh (me divierte)

mi sombrero le hizo gracia a María María liked my hat (le gustó)

no me hizo gracia I didn't find it funny

tener gracia to be funny (ser divertido, curioso)

2 skill, natural ability.

todavía no le he pillado o cogido la gracia a esta cámara I still haven't got the hang of using this camera (peninsular Spanish)

3 grace, elegance (encanto).

no consigo verle la gracia a este cuadro I just don't know what people see in this painting

la gracia del plato está en la salsa the secret of the dish is (in) the sauce

4 nuisance (incordio).

vaya gracia tener que salir a mitad de la noche it's a real nuisance having to go out in the middle of the night

¡maldita la gracia que me hace tener que volverlo a hacer! (informal) it's a real pain having to do it all over again!

5 favor.

caer en gracia to be liked

6 wit, wittiness, funniness.

7 Gracia.

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gracia

► nombre femenino

1 RELIGIÓN grace

2 (favor) favour (US favor)

3 (clemencia) pardon

■ el condenado esperó la gracia del rey the prisoner awaited the king's pardon

4 (buen trato) graciousness

5 (atractivo) grace, charm

6 (garbo) grace

7 (chiste) joke

8 irónico (algo molesto) nuisance, pain

■ ¡vaya gracia tener que esperar tanto! what a nuisance to have to wait so long!

9 formal (nombre) name

■ dígame su gracia tell me your name

► nombre femenino plural gracias

1 thank you, thanks

2 las gracias (mitología) the Graces

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

caer en gracia a alguien to make a hit with somebody

■ le has caído en gracia he's taken a liking to you

dar gracias a alguien to thank somebody

estar en gracia to be in a state of grace

gracias a thanks to

gracias a Dios thank God, thank goodness

hacer gracia, tener gracia (diversión) to be funny 2 (desprecio) to be ridiculous

■ me hace gracia, se cree que lo invitaré isn't it funny, he thinks I'm inviting him!

por la gracia de Dios by the grace of God

¡qué gracia! how funny!

reírle las gracias a alguien to laugh at somebody's jokes

¡vaya gracia! / ¡vaya una gracia! well, that's great that is!, that's just great!

y gracias irónico you should be so lucky

■ nada de comida fina, te darán un bocadillo y gracias there'll be no posh food, with a bit of luck you'll get a sandwich

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noun f.

1) grace

2) humor, wit

3) favor

•

- gracias

* * *

SF

1) (=diversión)

a) [de chiste, persona]

yo no le veo la gracia — I don't see what's so funny

si no lo cuentas bien se le va la gracia — if you don't tell it well the joke is lost

nos lo contó con mucha gracia — he told it to us in a very funny o amusing way

ahí está la gracia — that's the whole point

• coger o pescar la gracia — to see the point ( of a joke)

b)

• hacer gracia a algn, a mí no me hace gracia ese humorista — I don't find that comedian funny

me hace gracia ver a mi padre en la televisión — it's funny seeing my father on television

me hace gracia que me llamen conservador precisamente ellos — it's funny that they of all people should call me conservative

no me hacía gracia su aire de superioridad — I didn't like his air of superiority

al jefe no le va a hacer ninguna gracia que nos vayamos a casa — our boss is not going to be at all happy about us going home

no me hace mucha gracia la idea de tener que trabajar este domingo — I'm not wild about the idea of having to work this Sunday *

c)

• tener gracia — [broma, chiste] to be funny; [persona] (=ser ingenioso) to be witty; (=ser divertido) to be funny, be amusing

la broma no tuvo gracia — the joke wasn't funny

¡tiene gracia la cosa! — iró isn't that (just) great! iró

tendría gracia que se estropeara el despertador justamente hoy — iró wouldn't it be just great if the alarm didn't go off today of all days? iró

tiene mucha gracia hablando — he's very witty, he's very funny o amusing

tiene mucha gracia contando chistes — his jokes are really funny

d)

• ¡ qué gracia! — [gen] how funny!; iró it's great, isn't it?

¿así que tu hermano y mi hermano se conocen? ¡qué gracia! — so your brother and mine know each other - how funny!

y, ¡qué gracia!, me dice el profesor: -señorita, compórtese — and the teacher said to me, it was so funny, "behave yourself, young lady"

¡qué gracia! ¿no? tú de vacaciones y yo aquí estudiando — iró it's great, isn't it? you are on holiday while I am here studying iró

e)

• dar en la gracia de hacer algo — to take to doing sth

2) (=encanto)

a) [al moverse] gracefulness, grace

se mueve con gracia — she moves gracefully

sin gracia — ungraceful, lacking in gracefulness o grace

tener gracia — to be graceful

b) [en la personalidad] charm

tener gracia — [persona] to have charm; [objeto] to be nice

no es guapo, pero tiene cierta gracia — he's not good-looking but he has a certain charm

no tiene ninguna gracia vistiendo — she has no dress sense

3) (=chiste) joke

• hacer una gracia a algn — to play a prank on sb

hizo una de sus gracias — he showed himself up once again

• reírle las gracias a algn — to laugh along with sb

4) pl gracias

a) [para expresar agradecimiento] thanks

¡gracias! — thank you!

¡muchas gracias! — thank you very much!, thanks a lot!, many thanks! más frm

• dar las gracias a algn — to thank sb ( por for)

no nos dio ni las gracias — he didn't even say thank you, he didn't even thank us

llamaba para darte las gracias por todo — I am phoning to thank you for everything

• toma eso, ¡y gracias! — take that and be thankful!

y gracias que no llegó a más — and we etc were lucky to get off so lightly

b)

• gracias a — thanks to

hemos conseguido esta casa gracias a ellos — it's thanks to them that we got this house

han sobrevivido gracias a la ayuda internacional — they have survived with the help of o thanks to international aid

la familia se mantiene gracias a que el padre y la madre trabajan — the family manages to support itself thanks to the fact that both parents work

• gracias a Dios — thank heaven(s)

5) (Rel) grace

estar en gracia (de Dios) — to be in a state of grace

por la gracia de Dios — by the grace of God
obra 1)
6) (Jur) mercy, pardon

medida de gracia — pardon
tiro 1)
7) (=favor) favour, favor (EEUU)

te concederé la gracia que me pidas — I will grant you whatever favour you request

caer de la gracia de algn — † fall out of favour with sb

• de gracia — † free, gratis

- caer en gracia a algn

me cayó en gracia enseguida — I warmed to him immediately, I took an immediate liking to him

nunca me cayó en gracia tu suegra — I never really liked your mother-in-law

- hacer a algn gracia de algo

te hago gracia de los detalles — I'll spare you the details

8) (=benevolencia) graciousness

9) (Mit)

las tres Gracias — the Three Graces

10)

en gracia a — † on account of

en gracia a la brevedad — for the sake of brevity

11) † (=nombre) name

¿cuál es su gracia? — what is your name?

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femenino

Sentido I

1) ( comicidad)

yo no le veo la gracia — I don't think it's funny

cuenta las cosas con mucha gracia — he has a very amusing way of telling things

pues sí que tiene gracia (la cosa)! — (iró & fam) well, that's great, isn't it! (iro & colloq)

hacer gracia — (+ me/te/le etc)

me hizo una gracia...! — it was so funny...!

me hace gracia que digas eso — it's funny you should say that

no me hace ninguna gracia tener que ir — I don't relish the idea of having to go

2)

a) ( chiste) joke; ( broma) joke, trick

reírle las gracias a alguien — to humor* somebody

b) ( de niño) party piece

3)

a) (encanto, donaire)

baila con mucha gracia — she's a very graceful dancer

un vestido sin gracia — a very plain dress

b) ( habilidad especial)

tiene mucha gracia para arreglar flores — she has a real gift o flair for flower arranging

4) (ant) ( nombre) name

5)

a) (favor, merced) grace

por la gracia de Dios — by the grace of God

le concedieron tres meses de gracia — they gave him three months' grace

b) ( disposición benévola) favor*

caer en gracia: le has caído en gracia — he has taken a liking o (colloq) a shine to you

c) ( clemencia) clemency

6) (Relig) grace

estar en estado de gracia — to be in a state of grace

perder la gracia — to fall from grace

7) (Mit)

las tres gracias — the (three) Graces

Sentido II

8) gracias femenino plural

a) ( expresión de agradecimiento)

sólo quería darle las gracias — I just wanted to thank you

demos gracias a Dios — let us give thanks to God

b) (como interj) thank you, thanks (colloq)

muchas gracias — thank you very much, thanks a lot (colloq)

un millón de gracias por tu ayuda — I can't thank you enough for your help

c)

gracias a — thanks to

gracias a Dios — thank God

llegamos bien, pero gracias a que... — we arrived on time, but only because...

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= amnesty, grace, wit.

Ex. Security at the library has been improved and recommendations for the future include: amnesty weeks for the return of books and severe penalties for offenders, e.g. expulsion for a student, dismissal for a member of staff.

Ex. God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.

Ex. The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.

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* asestar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace.

* caer en gracia = take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.

* con gracia = wittily, funnily.

* dar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace.

* golpe de gracia = coup de grace, kiss of death, killer blow, death blow.

* hacer gracia = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

* lleno de gracia = graceful.

* no hacer ninguna gracia = not take + kindly to.

* periodo de gracia = grace period, time of grace.

* sin gracia = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.

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femenino

Sentido I

1) ( comicidad)

yo no le veo la gracia — I don't think it's funny

cuenta las cosas con mucha gracia — he has a very amusing way of telling things

pues sí que tiene gracia (la cosa)! — (iró & fam) well, that's great, isn't it! (iro & colloq)

hacer gracia — (+ me/te/le etc)

me hizo una gracia...! — it was so funny...!

me hace gracia que digas eso — it's funny you should say that

no me hace ninguna gracia tener que ir — I don't relish the idea of having to go

2)

a) ( chiste) joke; ( broma) joke, trick

reírle las gracias a alguien — to humor* somebody

b) ( de niño) party piece

3)

a) (encanto, donaire)

baila con mucha gracia — she's a very graceful dancer

un vestido sin gracia — a very plain dress

b) ( habilidad especial)

tiene mucha gracia para arreglar flores — she has a real gift o flair for flower arranging

4) (ant) ( nombre) name

5)

a) (favor, merced) grace

por la gracia de Dios — by the grace of God

le concedieron tres meses de gracia — they gave him three months' grace

b) ( disposición benévola) favor*

caer en gracia: le has caído en gracia — he has taken a liking o (colloq) a shine to you

c) ( clemencia) clemency

6) (Relig) grace

estar en estado de gracia — to be in a state of grace

perder la gracia — to fall from grace

7) (Mit)

las tres gracias — the (three) Graces

Sentido II

8) gracias femenino plural

a) ( expresión de agradecimiento)

sólo quería darle las gracias — I just wanted to thank you

demos gracias a Dios — let us give thanks to God

b) (como interj) thank you, thanks (colloq)

muchas gracias — thank you very much, thanks a lot (colloq)

un millón de gracias por tu ayuda — I can't thank you enough for your help

c)

gracias a — thanks to

gracias a Dios — thank God

llegamos bien, pero gracias a que... — we arrived on time, but only because...

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= amnesty, grace, wit.

Ex: Security at the library has been improved and recommendations for the future include: amnesty weeks for the return of books and severe penalties for offenders, e.g. expulsion for a student, dismissal for a member of staff.

Ex: God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.

Ex: The tone of voice should suggest that the inquirer's interest demonstrates something positive about the person -- if not charm, wit, or intelligence, then perhaps earnestness.

* asestar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace.

* caer en gracia = take + a fancy to, take + a shine to, take + a liking to.

* con gracia = wittily, funnily.

* dar el golpe de gracia = administer + the coup de grace, deliver + the coup de grace.

* golpe de gracia = coup de grace, kiss of death, killer blow, death blow.

* hacer gracia = tickle + Posesivo + fancy.

* lleno de gracia = graceful.

* no hacer ninguna gracia = not take + kindly to.

* periodo de gracia = grace period, time of grace.

* sin gracia = dowdy [dowdier -comp., dowdiest -sup.].

* sin nada de gracia = unfunny.

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gracia

feminine

Sentido I

A

(comicidad): yo no le veo la gracia I don't think it's funny, I don't see what's so funny about it

sus chistes no tienen gracia ninguna her jokes aren't at all funny

cuenta las cosas con mucha gracia he's very funny the way he tells things

tiene gracia, mi hermano vive en la misma calle isn't that funny, my brother lives in the same street

¡mira qué gracia! ¡encima tengo que pagar yo! ( iró); well that's just great isn't it! on top of everything else, it's me who ends up paying!

hacer gracia (+ me/te/le etc): ¡me hizo una gracia cuando lo vi sin barba! it was so funny seeing him without his beard!

me hace gracia que digas eso, estaba pensando lo mismo it's funny you should say that, I was just thinking the same thing

parece que le ha hecho gracia el chiste he seems to have found the joke funny

no me hace ninguna gracia tener que ir a verlo I don't relish the idea of having to go and see him

maldita la gracia que me hace tener que asistir a estas reuniones it's no fun having to go to these meetings, it's a real drag having to go to these meetings ( colloq)

B

1 (chiste) joke; (broma) joke, trick, prank

reírle las gracias a algn to humor* sb

2 (de un niño) party piece

C

1

(encanto, donaire): baila con mucha gracia she's a very graceful dancer

un vestido muy sin gracia a very plain dress

2

(habilidad especial): tiene mucha gracia para arreglar flores she has a real gift o flair for flower arranging

la comida es buena, pero la presentan sin ninguna gracia the food is good but they don't go to any trouble over the presentation

D ( ant) (nombre) name

E

1 (favor, merced) grace

por la gracia de Dios by the grace of God

le concedieron tres meses de gracia they gave him three months' grace

… gracia que espera merecer de su Ilustrísima ( frml) ( Corresp) … in the hope that you will grant this request ( frml)

2 (disposición benévola) favor*

caer en gracia: parece que le has caído en gracia he seems to have taken a liking o ( colloq) a shine to you

3 (clemencia) clemency

F ( Relig) grace

estar en estado de gracia to be in a state of grace

perder la gracia to fall from grace

G ( Mit):

las tres gracias the (three) Graces

Sentido II gracias fpl

A

(expresión de agradecimiento): sólo quería darle las gracias I just wanted to thank you

no le dieron ni las gracias they didn't even thank her o say thank you

demos gracias a Dios let us give thanks to God

B ( como interj) thank you, thanks ( colloq)

muchas gracias thank you very much, many thanks, thanks a lot ( colloq)

un millón de/mil gracias por tu ayuda I can't thank you enough for your help, thank you very much for your help

… y gracias: ¿pagarte? ¡estás loca! te dan la comida y gracias pay you? you're joking! they give you your food and that's it o ( BrE colloq) that's your lot

C

gracias a thanks to

se salvaron gracias a él thanks to him they escaped

gracias a Dios, no fue nada serio it was nothing serious, thank heavens o God

llegamos bien, pero gracias a que salimos a las nueve we arrived on time, but only because we left at nine

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gracia sustantivo femenino
1 ( comicidad):
◊ yo no le veo la gracia I don't think it's funny;

tener gracia [chiste/broma] to be funny;
me hace gracia que digas eso it's funny you should say that;
no me hace ninguna gracia tener que ir I don't relish the idea of having to go
2
a) ( chiste) joke;

( broma) joke, trick
b) ( de niño) party piece

3 (encanto, elegancia) grace;
◊ con gracia ‹moverse/bailar› gracefully;

un vestido sin gracia a very plain dress;
tiene mucha gracia para arreglar flores she has a real flair for flower arranging
◊ gracias sustantivo femenino plural

a) ( expresión de agradecimiento):

◊ darle las gracias a algn to thank sb;

no dieron ni las gracias they didn't even say thank you
b) ( como interj) thank you, thanks (colloq);

◊ muchas gracias thank you very much, thanks a lot (colloq);

un millón de gracias por ayudarme/tu ayuda thank you very much for helping me/your help
c)

◊ gracias a thanks to;

gracias a Dios thank God
gracia sustantivo femenino
1 (encanto) grace
2 (ocurrencia, chispa) joke: no tiene ninguna gracia, it isn't at all funny
¡qué gracia!, how funny!: ¡qué gracia!, y yo que pensaba que era español, how funny! and I thought that he was Spanish
3 (suceso fastidioso) pain: ¡vaya una gracia tener que salir con esta lluvia!, what a pain to have to go out in this rain!
4 (indulto) pardon
5 Mit grace
las tres Gracias, the Three Graces
' gracia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ápice
- caer
- chispa
- duende
- gancho
- garbosa
- garboso
- ñoña
- ñoñería
- ñoñez
- ñoño
- novatada
- pizca
- roma
- romo
- soltura
- sosa
- soso
- Tiro
- chiste
- consistir
- garbo
- hacer
- humor
- lisura
- reír
- salero
- ver
English:
funny
- grace
- gracefully
- joke
- misfire
- punch line
- quip
- amused
- dowdy
- drab
- fancy
- flat
- graceful
- kindly
- none
- relish
- wear

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gracia

♦ nf

1. [humor, comicidad]
¡qué gracia! how funny!;

su voz me hace mucha gracia [me divierte] I think he's got a really funny voice, his voice makes me laugh;

me hizo gracia verlo con traje y corbata it was funny seeing him in a suit and tie;

mi sombrero le hizo gracia a Ana [le gustó] Ana liked my hat;

no me hizo gracia I didn't find it funny;

yo no le veo la gracia I don't see what's so funny about it;

tener gracia [ser divertido, curioso] to be funny

2. [arte, habilidad] skill, natural ability;

tiene una gracia especial she has a special talent;
Esp
todavía no le he pillado o [m5] cogido la gracia a esta cámara I still haven't got the hang of using this camera

3. [encanto] grace, elegance;

baila con mucha gracia she's a very graceful dancer;

no consigo verle la gracia a este cuadro I just don't know what people see in this painting;

la gracia del plato está en la salsa the secret of the dish is (in) the sauce;

tiene mucha gracia contando chistes she's really good at telling jokes

4. [ocurrencia]
estuvo toda la tarde soltando gracias he spent all afternoon making funny remarks;

no le rías las gracias al niño don't laugh when the child does/says something silly

5. [incordio] nuisance;

vaya gracia tener que salir a mitad de la noche it's a real nuisance having to go out in the middle of the night;
Fam
¡maldita la gracia que me hace tener que volverlo a hacer! it's a real pain having to do it all over again!

6. [favor] favour;

procura caer en gracia al director para que te dé el puesto try and get in the manager's good books so he gives you the job;

por la gracia de Dios by the grace of God

7. [indulto] pardon;

esperan una medida de gracia del gobierno they are hoping to be pardoned by the government

8. Rel grace;

en estado de gracia in a state of grace

9. Mitol
las tres gracias the three Graces

♦ gracias nfpl

dar las gracias a alguien (por) to thank sb (for);

se marchó sin ni siquiera dar las gracias she left without even saying thank you;
Fam
a ese amigo tuyo yo no le doy ni las gracias I've no time at all for that friend of yours;

lo he conseguido gracias a ti I managed it thanks to you;

pudimos ir gracias a que no llovió we were able to go thanks to the fact that it didn't rain;

salvó la vida gracias a que llevaba casco the fact that he was wearing a crash helmet saved his life;

gracias a Dios ya estamos en casa thank God we're home

♦ interj

gracias thank you, thanks;

muchas gracias thank you very much, thanks very much;

mil gracias por tu ayuda thank you so much for your help, esp Br thanks ever so much for your help;

te pagarán el viaje, y gracias you should be thankful o you're lucky they're paying your travel expenses

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gracia

f

1 ( humor)

:

tener gracia be funny;

me hace gracia I think it’s funny, it makes me laugh;

no le veo la gracia I don’t think it’s funny, I don’t see the joke;

tiene gracia que … it’s funny that …;

eso no tiene la menor gracia that isn’t the least o slightest bit funny;

¡qué gracia! irón well that’s just great!

2

:

dar las gracias a alguien thank s.o., say thank you to s.o.;

gracias thank you;

¡muchas gracias! thank you very much, thanks very much;

gracias a thanks to;

¡gracias a Dios! thank God, thank goodness;

con la entrada tienes derecho a una bebida, y gracias fam the ticket entitles you to one drink, and that’s it

3 ( simpatía)

:

le has caído en gracia he’s taken a liking to you

4

:

en estado de gracia REL in a state of grace

5 de movimientos gracefulness;

tener gracia be graceful

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gracia nf

1) : grace

2) : favor, kindness

3) : humor, wit

su comentario no me hizo gracia: I wasn't amused by his remark

4) gracias nfpl

: thanks

¡gracias!: thank you!

dar gracias: to give thanks

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gracia n

1. (encanto) charm

tiene una gracia especial she has a special charm

2. (dicho divertido) witty remark / joke

está todo el día haciendo gracias he makes witty remarks all day long

caer en gracia a alguien to make a hit with somebody

hacer gracia to make... laugh / to find... funny

sus chistes me hacen gracia his jokes make me laugh

tus comentarios no le hicieron ninguna gracia she didn't find your comments at all funny

tener gracia to be funny

sus chistes tienen gracia his jokes are funny

Spanish-English dictionary > gracia
20 como

adv.

1 as.

lo he hecho como es debido I did it as o the way it should be done

me encanta como bailas I love the way you dance

lo hagamos como lo hagamos habrá problemas whichever way we do it there'll be problems

2 as.

como te decía ayer… as I was telling you yesterday…

3 as.

trabaja como bombero he works as a fireman

dieron el dinero como anticipo they gave the money as an advance

4 about (aproximadamente).

me quedan como mil pesos I've got about a thousand pesos left

estamos como a mitad de camino we're about half-way there

tiene un sabor como a naranja it tastes a bit like an orange

5 like, as, such as, qua.

6 how, in which way.

7 some.

Pesa como cien libras It weighs some hundred pounds.

conj.

1 as, since (ya que).

como no llegabas, nos fuimos as o since you didn't arrive, we left

2 if (si). (peninsular Spanish)

como no me hagas caso, lo pasarás mal if you don't listen to me, there will be trouble

3 that (que).

después de tantas veces como te lo he explicado after all the times (that) I've explained it to you

prep.

1 like, as, just like, such as.

Te di esto en condición de préstamo I gave this to you as a loan.

2 as to.

3 how to.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: comer.

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como

► adverbio

1 (modo) how

■ así fue como nos encontramos this is how we met

■ lo hizo como quiso he did it the way he wanted to

2 (comparación) as, like

■ negro como la noche as dark as night

■ camina como su madre he walks like his mother

■ hablas como un político you talk like a politician

3 (en calidad de) as

■ como director as director

■ como invitado as a guest

4 (según) as

■ como dice tu amigo as your friend says

5 familiar (aproximadamente) about

■ había como unos cien there were about a hundred

► conjunción

1 (así que) as

■ como llegaban se presentaban they introduced themselves as they arrived

2 (si) if

■ como lo vuelvas a hacer... if you do it again...

3 (porque) as, since

■ como llegamos tarde no pudimos entrar since we arrived late we couldn't get in

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FRASEOLOGÍA

como quiera que (no importa cómo) however 2 (ya que) since, as, inasmuch as

como no sea que unless

como sea whatever happens, no matter what

como si lo viera familiar I can imagine perfectly well

como si nada / como si tal cosa as if nothing had happened

hacer como quien to pretend to +inf

■ hizo como quien estaba enfermo he pretended to be ill

hacer como si to pretend to +inf

■ hace como si no viese nada he's pretending not to see anything

tanto como eso no familiar not as much as that

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1. conj.
1) as

2) like

3) if

4) since, given that
2. prep.
as, like

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1. ADV

1) [indicando semejanza] like

tienen un perro como el nuestro — they've got a dog like ours

se portó como un imbécil — he behaved like an idiot

es como un pez — it's like a fish

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

sabe como a queso — it tastes a bit like cheese

blanco como la nieve — as white as snow

tuvo resultados como no se habían conocido antes — it had results such as had never been known before

2) [introduciendo ejemplo] such as

hay peces, como truchas y salmones — there are fish, such as trout and salmon

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

3) [indicando modo]

a) + indic

lo hice como me habían enseñado — I did it as I had been taught

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

prefiero como lo haces tú — I prefer it the way you do it

la manera como sucedió — the way (in which) it happened

fue así como comenzó — that was how it began

lo levanté como pude — I lifted it as best I could

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

b) + subjun

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

hazlo como puedas — do your best, do the best you can

• como sea — at all costs

tratan de mantenerse en el poder como sea — they will do whatever it takes to stay in power

está decidido a salvar como sea la vida del niño — he's determined to do whatever it takes to save the child's life

sea como sea — in any case

hay que evitar que nos eliminen sea como sea — we must avoid getting knocked out at all costs

4) (=en calidad de) as

lo usé como cuchara — I used it as a spoon

asistió como espectador — he attended as a spectator

lo dice como juez — he says it speaking as a judge

vale más como poeta — he is better as a poet

5) (=más o menos) about, around

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

6) [con valor causal]

libre como estaba — free as he was

2. CONJ

1) + indic (=ya que) as, since

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

2) + indic (=según) as

como dice mi profesor — as my teacher says

como se ve en el gráfico — as you can see from the diagram

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

tal como están los precios de las motos... — with motorbike prices as they are at the moment...

3) + indic (=cuando) as soon as

así como nos vio lanzó un grito — as soon as he saw us he shouted

4) + indic
(=que)
verás como les ganamos — we'll beat them, you'll see

ya verás como no vienen — I bet they won't come

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

de tanto como odio a los dos, no sé a quien odio más — I hate them both so much, I don't know which I hate the most

5) + subjun (=si) if

como vengas tarde, no comes — if you're late you'll get nothing to eat

como sea cierto, ¡estamos perdidos! — if it's true, we're done for!

¡como lo pierdas! — you'd better not lose it!, don't you lose it!

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

no salimos, como no sea para ir al cine — we only go out if it's to go to the cinema, we don't go out unless it's to go to the cinema

6)

• como que — as if

¡como que yo soy tonto y me creo esas mentiras! — as if I was stupid enough to believe lies like that!

¡como que te van a pagar! — don't tell me they're going to pay you!

hizo como que no nos veía — he pretended not to see us

al tragar nota como que le molesta — he shows discomfort when swallowing

7)

• como si — as if, as though

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

8)

• como para, ¡es como para denunciarlos! — it's enough to make you want to report them to the police!

tampoco es como para enfadarse tanto — there's no need to get so angry about it

9) CAm, Méx

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost
así 1., 5), pronto 1., 4), querer 2., 1)
* * *
I
preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried
II
conjunción

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
III
adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

* * *

= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex. This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex. An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex. Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex. Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex. Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex. Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex. More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex. In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex. 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex. The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex. Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex. Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex. It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

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* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* * *
I
preposición

1)

a) ( en calidad de) as

quiero hablarte como amigo — I want to speak to you as a friend

el director tendrá como funciones... — the director's duties will be...

está considerado como lo mejor — he's considered (to be) the best

b) ( con el nombre de) as

se la conoce como `flor de luz' — it's known as `flor de luz'

c) ( por ejemplo) like

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

2) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

uno como el tuyo — one like yours

pienso como tú — I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz — it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil — he treats me like an idiot

no hay nada como un buen coñac! — there's nothing like a good brandy!

como para + inf: es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry; fue como para pegarle — I could have hit him

3) (en locs)

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried
II
conjunción

1) ( de la manera que) as

tal como había prometido — just as he had promised

como era de esperar — as was to be expected

como dice el refrán — as the saying goes

no me gustó como lo dijo — I didn't like the way she said it

(tal y) como están las cosas — as things stand; (+ subj)

hazlo como quieras/como puedas — do it any way you like/as best as you can

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como quiera que sea — no matter what

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame — bougainvillea or whatever it's called

2) ( puesto que) as, since

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

3) (si) (+ subj) if

como te pille... — if I catch you...

4) ( en oraciones concesivas)

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

5) ( que)

vimos como se los llevaban — we saw them being taken away

vas a ver como llega tarde — he'll be late, you'll see
III
adverbio

1) ( expresando aproximación) about

está como a cincuenta kilómetros — it's about fifty kilometers away

un sabor como a almendras — a kind of almondy taste

2) ( uso expletivo) kind of (colloq)

me da como vergüenza... — I find it kind of embarrassing...

* * *

= as, by way of, for the purpose of + Nombre, how, in the guise of, just as, like, qua, much as, as a kind of, as serving as, along the lines of, in + Posesivo + capacity as, such as, kind of like.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: An annotation is a note added to the title and/or other bibliographic information concerning a document, by way of comment or explanation.

Ex: Taking the second situation for the purpose of illustration, there are four options for choice of title.

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships.

Ex: Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.

Ex: Thus, the computer-held term record files are most suitable for applications like Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) systems.

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.

Ex: More studies are needed to identify the full temporal effects of the personal computer, much as they did for television.

Ex: In a way, it is acting as a kind of bridge between the two, permitting traffic both ways where once there was a divide.

Ex: 45 libraries have been unofficially recognised by librarians as serving as model children's libraries.

Ex: The author considers the possibility of a shift from libraries to personal information service along the lines of the shift that has occured from public to private transport.

Ex: Strange that so helpful and charming a person in his capacity as a librarian could behave so monstrously; but behave thus he did.

Ex: Indicative abstracts abound in phrases such as 'is discussed' or 'has been surveyed', but do not record the outcome of the discussion or survey.

Ex: It's kind of like trumping in public -- You simply do not do it!.

* ¡cómo se nota que no está el jefe! = while the cat's away, the mice will play.

* aducir como evidencia = adduce as + evidence.

* algo así como = something like.

* añádase cómo = expand like.

* así como = as, as well as.

* así como así = just like that.

* así como... de igual modo... = just as... so....

* así es como = this is how.

* así es como es = that's how it is.

* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* como aclaración = in parenthesis.

* como algo natural = as a matter of course.

* como algo normal = as a matter of course.

* como algo opuesto a = as against.

* como algo residual = residually.

* como alternativa = as an alternative.

* como anillo al dedo = just the ticket, the right twigs for an eagle's nest, perfect fit, perfect match, that's the ticket!.

* como antes = as before.

* como apoyo a = in support of.

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la noche) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como barcos que se cruzan (en la oscuridad) = like passing ships (in the night).

* como base para = as a basis for.

* como cabe esperar = unsurprisingly, as one might expect, as expected.

* como cabía esperar = as expected.

* como cabría esperar = as might be expected, as one might expect.

* como cabría suponer = as might be expected.

* como consecuencia = on this basis, on that basis, in doing so, in consequence, in accordance.

* como consecuencia (de) = as a result (of), in the wake of, as a consequence (of).

* cómo conseguir = obtainability.

* como con todo en la vida = as with everything in life.

* como contrapartida = in return.

* como cooperativa = collegially.

* como corresponde = fittingly.

* como corresponde a = as befits.

* como cuando + Indicativo = as in + Gerundio.

* como de costumbre = as usual, as always, according to normal practice.

* cómo demonios = how on earth.

* como dice el dicho = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como dice el refrán = as the saying goes, so the saying goes.

* como diferente a = as distinct from.

* cómo disponer de (algo) = disposition.

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como ejemplo = as an example, by way of illustration.

* como el cuero = leathery.

* como el desierto = desert-like.

* como el día y la noche = worlds apart, like oil and water, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como el fuego = like wildfire.

* como el perro del hortelano que ni come ni deja comer = a dog in the manger.

* como en casa = like home (away) from home.

* como en casa no se está en ningún sitio = there's no place like home.

* como en el caso de = as with, just as for, as in the case of.

* como era de esperar = as expected.

* como es debido = fittingly.

* como es de esperar = predictably, not surprisingly, as expected.

* como es el caso de = as it is with, as with.

* como es habitual = as always.

* como es natural = not unnaturally.

* como es normal = as always.

* como esto = like this.

* como fecha final = at the very latest.

* como forma de vida = as a way of life.

* como grogui = drowsily, groggily.

* como grupo = collectively.

* como guía = for guidance.

* como la noche y el día = like oil and water, worlds apart, like chalk and cheese, like apples and oranges.

* como la pólvora = like wildfire.

* como las ardillas = squirrel-like.

* como las empresas = business-like.

* como loca = like a madwoman.

* como loco = like hell, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman.

* como medida de seguridad = as a backup.

* como medida provisional = as an interim measure.

* como medida temporal = as an interim measure.

* como medida transitoria = as an interim measure.

* como mejor + poder = as best + Pronombre + can.

* como mínimo = at least, conservatively, at a minimum.

* como mínimo hasta que = minimally until.

* como mucho = at best, at most, if at all, at the most, at the very latest.

* como muestra de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como muestra de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como muy tarde = at the latest.

* como norma = as a rule, as a matter of policy.

* como norma general = as a rule of thumb, as a general rule, as a general rule of thumb, as a rough guide.

* cómo nos las ingeniamos para... = how in the world....

* como nota al margen = on a sidenote.

* como nuevo = in mint condition, in tip-top condition, in tip-top form.

* como ocurre en estos casos = as is the way with these things.

* como + ocurrir + en el caso de = as + be + the case for.

* como opuesto a = as distinct from, as opposed to.

* como otra posibilidad = as an alternative.

* ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words.

* como parásito = parasitically.

* como persona que = as one who.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* como polo opuesto = by polar contrast.

* como por arte de magia = magically, into thin air.

* como por ejemplo = such as, to the effect of.

* como por encanto = magically.

* como poseído = as one possessed.

* como preámbulo de = as a preamble to.

* como primera elección = as a first preference.

* como prueba de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como prueba de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como prueba de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* como pruebas = in evidence, in evidence.

* como quiera que + Verbo = however + Verbo.

* como quieras llamarlo = whatever you call it.

* como reconocimiento a = in recognition of.

* como respuesta a = in reply to, in response to.

* como resultado = in consequence, on this basis, on that basis, in doing so.

* como resultado (de) = as a consequence (of).

* como salido de fábrica = in mint condition.

* como segunda alternativa = as a backup.

* como se indicó en = as was pointed out in.

* como señal de agradecimiento = as a token of thanks.

* como señal de + Posesivo + agradecimiento = as a token of + Posesivo + appreciation.

* como señal de + Posesivo + gratitud = as a token of + Posesivo + gratitude.

* cómo + ser = what + be like.

* como si = as though.

* como si dijéramos = as it were.

* como siempre = as always.

* como si fuese = as it were.

* como siga así = at this rate.

* como sigue = as follows.

* como símbolo de = as a token of, as a sign of.

* como si nada = be right as rain, unfazed.

* como si no hubiera mañana = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si + Pronombre + fuese la vida en ello = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se acabara el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se fuese a acabar el mundo = like there's no tomorrow.

* como si se + Pronombre + hubiera tragado la tierra = into thin air.

* como si (se tratase de) = as if.

* como si tal cosa = be right as rain, unfazed, just like that.

* como sustituto de = in place of.

* como tal = as such, in this capacity, qua.

* como término medio = on average.

* como todo un caballero = sportingly.

* como último recurso = as a last resort, in the last resort.

* como una aguja en un pajar = like a needle in a haystack.

* como una balsa de aceite = like a millpond, calm like a millpond.

* como una cabra = stark raving mad, raving mad.

* como una cebolla = onion-like.

* como una condenada = like a madwoman.

* como una descosida = like a madwoman.

* como una forma de = as a means of.

* como una metralladora = quick-fire.

* como un basilisco = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un bobo = stupidly.

* como un bólido = like the clappers.

* como un campo de batalla = like a war zone.

* como un cencerro = barking mad, raving mad, stark raving mad.

* como un condenado = like the clappers, like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un descosido = like a lunatic, like a madman, as one possessed.

* como un detective = detectivelike, sleuthlike.

* como un elefante en una cacharrería = like an elephant in a china shop.

* como un energúmeno = like a bear with a sore head.

* como un estúpido = stupidly.

* como un experto = expertly.

* como un glaciar = glacially.

* como unidad global = as a whole.

* como un idiota = stupidly.

* como un loca = like a madwoman.

* como un loco = like crazy, like mad, like a lunatic, madly, like a madman.

* como un método para = as a means of.

* como un modo de = as a way of.

* como un necio = stupidly.

* como un observador que pasa desapercibido = fly-on-the-wall, fly-on-the-wall.

* cómo uno se identifica a sí mismo = self-identification.

* como un platillo = saucer-like.

* como un poseído = as one possessed.

* como un rayo = in a flash.

* como un reguero de pólvora = like wildfire.

* como un relámpago = like greased lightning, like the clappers.

* como un reloj = as regular as clockwork, like clockwork.

* como un televisor = television-type.

* como un todo = as a whole.

* como un tonto = stupidly, foolishly.

* como un torpe = foolishly.

* como un zombi = zombielike.

* como vivir en un escaparate = like being in a (gold)fish bowl.

* como + Voz Pasiva = as + Participio Pasado.

* como y cuando = as and when.

* como y cuando sea + Adjetivo = as + Adjetivo.

* comportarse como se espera = be a sport.

* con el mismo + Nombre + como el que... = as + Adverbio + as....

* conocerse como = be known as.

* dar como resultado = result (in).

* de cómo = as to how.

* durante tanto tiempo como sea posible = for as long as possible.

* el modo como = the way in which.

* el problema no es el qué, sino el cómo = the devil (is/lives) in the details.

* frase como encabezamiento = phrase heading.

* llegar a ser conocido como = become + known as.

* mantenerse como válido = hold up.

* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.

* no + haber + nada como = there + be + nothing like.

* ofrecerse como voluntario = volunteer.

* para colmo = on top of everything else.

* plan de cómo disponer de Algo = disposition instruction.

* proponer como principio = posit.

* sea como sea = be that as it may, at all costs, at any cost.

* seleccionar como relevante = hit.

* ser como hablar con la pared = be like talking to a brick wall.

* ser tan buen momento como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* ser un momento tan bueno como cualquier otro = be as good a time as any.

* tal como = such as, such + Nombre + as, just as.

* tal y como aparece = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como es/son = as it/they stand(s).

* tal y como + ser = in + Posesivo + true colours.

* tan + Adjetivo + como = as + Adjetivo + as, every bit as + Adjetivo + as.

* tan + Adjetivo + como de costumbre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan + Adjetivo + como siempre = as + Adjetivo + as ever.

* tan pronto como = as soon as, just as soon as, no sooner... than.

* tan pronto como sea posible = as soon as possible (asap).

* tanto como = as many... as..., as much as + Adjetivo, both... and..., no less than, equally, if not, so much as.

* tanto como siempre = as much as ever.

* tener como equivalente = have + counterpart.

* tener como motivo central = plan around + Nombre.

* tener como objetivo = have + as + Posesivo + objective.

* tomar como ejemplo = take.

* un poco como = kind of like.

* * *

como¹

prep

A

1 (en calidad de) as

usando el paraguas como bastón using his umbrella as a walking stick

quiero hablarte como amigo y no como abogado I want to speak to you as a friend and not as a lawyer

el director tendrá como funciones … the director's duties will be …

está considerado como lo mejor he's considered (to be) the best

lo presentó como su ex-marido she introduced him as her ex-husband

2 (con el nombre de) as

la flor conocida allí como `Santa Rita' the flower known there as `Santa Rita'

3 (por ejemplo) like

en algunas capitales como Londres in some capital cities such as London o like London

necesitamos a alguien como tú we need someone like you

tengo ganas de comer algo dulce — ¿como qué? I fancy something sweet — like what?

B (en comparaciones, contrastes) like

quiero un vestido como el tuyo I want a dress like yours

pienso como tú I agree with you

fue ella, como que me llamo Beatriz it was her, as sure as my name's Beatriz

se portó como un caballero he behaved like a gentleman

la quiero como a una hija I love her like a daughter o as if she were my own daughter

bailó como nunca she danced as o like she'd never danced before

me trata como a un imbécil he treats me like an idiot o as if I were an idiot

se llama algo así como Genaro o Gerardo he's called something like Genaro or Gerardo

¡no hay nada como un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!

era verde, un verde como el de la alfombra de la oficina it was green, the color of the office carpet

como PARA + INF:

es como para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry, it makes you want to cry

C ( en locs):

así como ( frml); as well as

por esto, así como por muchas otras razones because of this, and for many other reasons as well o as well as for many other reasons

sus abundantes recursos naturales, así como su importancia estratégica its abundant natural resources, together with o as well as its strategic importance

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!

como mucho at (the) most, at the outside

como poco at least

como nadie: hace la paella como nadie she makes wonderful paella, nobody makes paella like her

como que …: conduce muy bien — como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well — well, he is a racing driver, after all

le voy a decir cuatro cosas — sí, sí, como que te vas a atrever … I'm going to give him a piece of my mind — oh, yes? I'll believe that when I see it

y no me lo dijiste — ¡como que no sabía nada! and you didn't tell me about it — that's because I didn't know anything about it myself!

como ser (CS); such as, for example, like

como si (+ subj) as if, as though

actuó como si no le importara she acted as if o as though she didn't care

ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all worried o he behaves as if it's nothing (to worry about)

él como si nada or como si tal cosa, ni se inmutó he just stood there without batting an eyelid

como²

conjunction

A (de la manera que) as

no me gustó el modo or la manera como lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it

llegó temprano, tal como había prometido he arrived early, just as he had promised

ganó Raúl, como era de esperar Raúl won, as was to be expected

así en la tierra como en el cielo on Earth as it is in Heaven

como dice el refrán as the saying goes

(tal y) como están las cosas as things stand, the way things are

(+ subj): hazlo como quieras do it any way you like o how you like

no voy — como quieras I'm not going — please yourself o as you like

me dijo que me las arreglara como pudiera he told me to sort things as best I could

la buganvilla, o como quiera que se llame bougainvillea or whatever it's called

como quiera que sea, ellos se llevaron la copa anyway, the point is they won the cup

B (puesto que) as, since

como todavía era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta since o as it was still early, we went for a walk, it was still early so we went for a walk

C (+ subj) (si) if

como te vuelva a encontrar por aquí if I catch you around here again

D

(en oraciones concesivas): cansado como estaba, se ofreció a ayudarme tired though o tired as he was, he offered to help me

joven como es, tiene más sentido común que tú he may be young but he has more common sense than you

E

(que): vimos como se los llevaban en una furgoneta we saw them being taken away in a van, we saw how they were taken away in a van

vas a ver como llega tarde he'll be late, you'll see

como³

adverb

A (expresando aproximación) about

como a la mitad del camino about half way there

está como a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away

vino como a las seis she came at around o about six

tiene un sabor como a almendras it has a kind of almondy taste, it tastes something like o a bit like almonds

un ruido como de un motor a noise like that of an engine

B (uso expletivo) kind of ( colloq)

es que me da como vergüenza … I find it kind of embarrassing …

* * *

Del verbo comer: ( conjugate comer)

como es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

Multiple Entries:
algo como
comer
como
cómo
comer ( conjugate comer) verbo intransitivo
a) ( en general) to eat;

◊ no tengo ganas de cómo I'm not hungry;

este niño no me come nada (fam) this child won't eat anything (colloq);
dar(le) de cómo a algn (en la boca) to spoonfeed sb;
darle de cómo al gato/al niño to feed the cat/the kid;
salir a cómo (fuera) to go out for a meal, to eat out;
¿qué hay de cómo? ( a mediodía) what's for lunch?;

( por la noche) what's for dinner o supper?
b) (esp Esp, Méx) ( almorzar) to have lunch;

◊ nos invitaron a cómo they asked us to lunch

c) (esp AmL) ( cenar) to have dinner

verbo transitivo
a) ‹fruta/verdura/carne› to eat;

◊ ¿puedo cómo otro? can I have another one?;

no tienen qué cómo they don't have anything to eat
b) (fam) ( hacer desaparecer) See Also→ comerse 3

c) (en ajedrez, damas) to take

comerse verbo pronominal
1
a) ( al escribir) ‹acento/palabra› to leave off;

‹línea/párrafo› to miss out
b) ( al hablar) ‹ letra› to leave off;

‹ palabra› to swallow
2 ( enf) ‹ comida› to eat;
◊ cómetelo todo eat it all up;

cómose las uñas to bite one's nails
3 (fam) ( hacer desaparecer)
a) [acido/óxido] to eat away (at);

[polilla/ratón] to eat away (at)
b) [inflación/alquiler] ‹sueldo/ahorros› to eat away at

como preposición
a) ( en calidad de) as;

◊ quiero hablarte cómo amigo I want to speak to you as a friend

b) ( con el nombre de) as;

◊ se la conoce cómo `flor de luz' it's known as `flor de luz'

c) (en comparaciones, contrastes) like;

◊ uno cómo el tuyo one like yours;

¡no hay nada cómo un buen coñac! there's nothing like a good brandy!;
es cómo para echarse a llorar it's enough to make you want to cry
d) ( en locs)

◊ así como (frml) as well as;

como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least;
como ser (CS) such as, for example;
como si (+ subj) as if, as though
■ conjunción
a) ( de la manera que) as;

◊ tal cómo había prometido just as he had promised;

cómo era de esperar as was to be expected;
no me gustó cómo lo dijo I didn't like the way she said it;
(tal y) cómo están las cosas as things stand;
hazlo cómo quieras/cómo mejor puedas do it any way you like/as best as you can;
no voy — cómo quieras I'm not going — please yourself
b) ( puesto que) as, since;

◊ cómo era temprano, fui a dar una vuelta as it was early, I went for a walk

c) (si) (+ subj) if;

◊ cómo te pille … if I catch you …

■ adverbio ( expresando aproximación) about;
◊ está cómo a cincuenta kilómetros it's about fifty kilometers away;

un sabor cómo a almendras a kind of almondy taste
cómo adverbio
a) ( de qué manera) how;

◊ ¿cómo estás? how are you?;

¿cómo es tu novia? what's your girlfriend like?;
¿cómo es de grande? how big is it?;
¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?
b) ( por qué) why, how come (colloq);

◊ ¿cómo no me lo dijiste antes? why didn't you tell me before?

c) ( al solicitar que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon?;

◊ ¿cómo dijo? sorry, what did you say?

d) ( en exclamaciones):

◊ ¡cómo llueve! it's really raining!;

¡cómo comes! the amount you eat!;
¡cómo! ¿no te lo han dicho? what! haven't they told you?
e) ( en locs)

◊ ¿a cómo …?: ¿a cómo están los tomates? (fam) how much are the tomatoes?;

¿a cómo estamos hoy? (AmL) what's the date today?;
¡cómo no! of course!;
¿cómo que …?: ¿cómo que no fuiste tú? what do you mean it wasn't you?;
aquí no está — ¿cómo que no? it isn't here — what do you mean it isn't there?
comer
I verbo transitivo
1 to eat
2 (en el parchís, etc) to take
3 (estrechar) ese corte de pelo te come la cara, that haircut makes your face look thinner
ese mueble te come mucho salón, that piece of furniture makes your living room look smaller
II verbo intransitivo to eat: hay que darle de comer al perro, we have to feed the dog
♦ Locuciones: familiar comer como una lima, to eat like a horse
familiar comer el coco/tarro a alguien, to brainwash somebody
sin comerlo ni beberlo, le pusieron una sanción, although he has nothing to do with it, he was disciplined
como
I adverbio
1 (manera) how: hazlo como quieras, do it however you like
me gusta como habla, I like the way he speaks
2 (semejanza, equivalencia) as: es como tú, he's just like you
terco como una mula, as stubborn as a mule
3 (conformidad) as: como estaba diciendo..., as I was saying...
como indica el prospecto, as the instructions say
4 (aproximadamente) about
como a la mitad de camino, more or less halfway
como unos treinta, about thirty
II conj
1 como [+ subj], (si) if: como no comas, no vas al cine, if you don't eat, you won't go to the cinema
2 (porque) as, since
como llamó tan tarde, ya no me encontró, as he phoned so late, he didn't find me in
3 como si, as if
como si nada o tal cosa, as if nothing had happened
familiar como si lo viera, I can just imagine it
III prep (en calidad de) as: lo aconsejé como amigo, I advised him as a friend
visitó el museo como experto, she visited the museum as an expert
¿As, like o how?
As se usa para hablar de la función, uso, papel o trabajo de una persona o cosa (trabajó como camarera durante las vacaciones, she worked as a waitress during the holidays) o para comparar dos acciones o situaciones y expresar su similitud. En este caso es necesario disponer de un verbo: Entró de botones, como lo había hecho su padre veinte años antes. He entered as an office-boy, as his father had twenty years before.
Cuando como va seguido de un sustantivo o pronombre también puedes usar like para comparar dos acciones o situaciones: Es como su padre. He's just like his father. Sin embargo, si va seguido de una preposición, hay que usar as: En marzo, como en abril, llovió. In March, as in April, it rained.
Nunca debes usar how en comparaciones, porque sólo expresa la manera de hacer las cosas: ¿Cómo lo hiciste?, How did you do it?
cómo adverbio
1 (interrogativo) how: ¿cómo es de alto?, how high is it?
¿cómo estás?, how are you?
¿cómo se hace?, how is it made?
2 (cuánto) ¿a cómo están los plátanos?, how much are the bananas?
3 (por qué) ¿cómo es que no nos avisaste?, why didn't you warn us?
familiar ¿cómo es eso?, how come?
4 (cuando no se ha oído bien) ¿cómo?, what?
5 (exclamativo) how
¡cómo ha cambiado!, how she's changed!
♦ Locuciones: cómo no, of course
' cómo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrirse
- acabada
- acabado
- acondicionar
- acreditar
- actuar
- adiós
- alma
- alquilar
- alta
- alto
- amable
- andar
- apear
- apenas
- aprendizaje
- arreglarse
- arte
- así
- atizar
- atonía
- baja
- bajo
- bala
- balsa
- bañera
- bastante
- beber
- bestia
- borrega
- borrego
- botija
- buenamente
- cabra
- cada
- caracterización
- casa
- cencerro
- cerrarse
- cesar
- chinche
- cielo
- coco
- coletilla
- colorada
- colorado
- comer
- como
- como quiera
- comoquiera
English:
ablaze
- above
- abroad
- acclaim
- accordingly
- act
- address
- alternatively
- always
- arouse
- as
- ashen
- attractive
- awaken
- away
- back
- barrage
- bash out
- be
- beaver away
- best
- bicker
- big
- black
- blind
- bolt
- bombshell
- bone
- border
- bored
- both
- break
- breed
- brownout
- by-product
- cake
- calculate
- care
- chalk
- champagne
- change
- charm
- cheer
- churn out
- class
- climax
- clown around
- coin
- colour
- come about

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Como nm

el lago Como Lake Como

* * *

como

I adv

1 as;

como amigo as a friend

2 ( aproximadamente)

:

había como cincuenta there were about fifty;

hace como una hora about an hour ago

3

:

así como as well as

II conj

1 if;

como si as if;

como si fuera tonto as if he were o was an idiot;

como no bebas vas a enfermar if you don’t drink you’ll get sick

2 expresando causa as, since;

como no llegó, me fui solo as o since she didn’t arrive, I went by myself

3

:

me gusta como habla I like the way he talks;

como quiera any way you want

* * *

cómo adv

: how

¿cómo estás?: how are you?

¿a cómo están las manzanas?: how much are the apples?

¿cómo?: excuse me?, what was that?

¿se puede? ¡cómo no!: may I? please do!

como adv

1) : around, about

cuesta como 500 pesos: it costs around 500 pesos

2) : kind of, like

tengo como mareos: I'm kind of dizzy

como conj

1) : how, as

hazlo como dijiste que lo harías: do it the way you said you would

2) : since, given that

como estaba lloviendo, no salí: since it was raining, I didn't go out

3) : if

como lo vuelva a hacer lo arrestarán: if he does that again he'll be arrested

4)

como quiera : in any way

como prep

1) : like, as

ligero como una pluma: light as a feather

2)

así como : as well as

* * *

como¹ adv

1. (manera) how

te puedes vestir como quieras you can dress how you like

hazlo como te he enseñado do it the way I showed you

2. (comparaciones) as / like

ya estás tan alta como tu hermano you're as tall as your brother now

tengo una camiseta como ésa I've got a T shirt like that one

3. (según) as

como se puede ver as can be seen

4. (ejemplo) like

algunas aves, como el pingüino, no vuelan some birds, like penguins, can't fly

5. (aproximadamente) about

creo que tengo como cien novelas de aventuras I think I've got about a hundred adventure novels

6. (en calidad de) as

utiliza la caja como una mesilla use the box as a beside table

como sea at all costs / no matter what

como si as if / as though

sigue como si no estuviera aquí carry on as if I weren't here

como² conj

1. (causa) as

como hacía sol, nos fuimos a la playa as it was sunny, we went to the beach

2. (condición) if

como llegues tarde, te quedarás sin pastel if you're late, you won't get any cake

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Thanks-Giving Square — is an open area in the City Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) that is dedicated to promoting the concept of giving thanks as a universal, human value. The area was designed by architect Philip Johnson and was completed in 1976.The… … Wikipedia
thanks — [thaŋks] pl.n. 〚pl. of ME thank < OE thanc, thanks: see THANK〛 an expression of gratitude; grateful acknowledgment of something received by or done for one interj. thank you thanks to 1. thanks be given to … Universalium
Thanks and Giving — is the national fund raising program of St. Jude Children s Research Hospital, a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children s catastrophic diseases that was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas. The program, created in… … Wikipedia
thanks to — • Thanks to the rank stupidity of Steve Gillery s bride to be, he had to hold his stag night on Saturday morning and rush off to the ceremony during half time in the afternoon M. Gist, 1993. This ironic use, in which thanks to is an equivalent of … Modern English usage
thanks to someone — thanks to (someone/something) because of someone or something. Thanks to Sandy, I found this great apartment. Thanks to his fitness, Roberto recovered from the injury fairly quickly … New idioms dictionary
thanks to something — thanks to (someone/something) because of someone or something. Thanks to Sandy, I found this great apartment. Thanks to his fitness, Roberto recovered from the injury fairly quickly … New idioms dictionary
thanks to — (someone/something) because of someone or something. Thanks to Sandy, I found this great apartment. Thanks to his fitness, Roberto recovered from the injury fairly quickly … New idioms dictionary
Thanks for the Memory (1938 film) — Thanks for the Memory is a 1938 film starring Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, and directed by George Archainbaud. The title is from the song that later became Hope s theme, which first appeared in The Big Broadcast of 1938 earlier the same… … Wikipedia

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