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that movie was quite something

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1 quite

quite [kwaɪt]

assez ⇒ 1 (a) tout à fait ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (c), 2 exactement ⇒ 1 (c)

1 adverb

(a) (moderately) assez;

∎ the movie is quite good le film est assez bon;

∎ it's quite cold today il fait assez froid aujourd'hui;

∎ quite frequently/recently assez fréquemment/récemment;

∎ I'd quite like to go ça me plairait assez d'y aller;

∎ quite a difficult job un travail assez difficile;

∎ quite a good job un assez bon emploi;

∎ quite a lot of people seem to believe it un bon nombre de gens semblent le croire;

∎ there were quite a few good paintings il y avait un assez grand nombre de bons tableaux;

∎ there was quite a crowd il y avait pas mal de monde;

∎ I've been here for quite some time je suis ici depuis un bon moment ou depuis assez longtemps;

∎ he was in France for quite some time il a passé pas mal de temps en France

(b) (completely, absolutely) tout à fait;

∎ she's quite right elle a tout à fait ou parfaitement raison;

∎ the story isn't quite true l'histoire n'est pas tout à fait ou entièrement vraie;

∎ I quite understand je comprends tout à fait ou parfaitement;

∎ she's quite brilliant elle est vraiment très brillante;

∎ we've always been quite happy together nous avons toujours été parfaitement heureux ensemble;

∎ he's quite happy to let others do the work ça ne le dérange absolument pas de laisser les autres faire le travail;

∎ he was quite obviously drunk il était manifestement ivre;

∎ if you've quite finished si vous avez terminé;

∎ that's quite another matter! ça, c'est autre chose!;

∎ quite the opposite bien au contraire;

∎ in quite another tone sur un tout autre ton;

∎ not quite a month ago il y a un peu moins d'un mois;

∎ not quite 300 pas tout à fait 300;

∎ it's not quite 2 o'clock il n'est pas tout à fait 2 heures;

∎ you've had quite enough vous en avez eu largement assez;

∎ that's quite enough (of that)! ça suffit comme ça!;

∎ I'm afraid I'll be a bit late - that's quite all right je crains d'être un peu en retard - ce n'est pas grave;

∎ quite apart from the fact that… en dehors du fait que…;

∎ quite the best story of its kind sans aucun doute la meilleure histoire de ce genre;

∎ he's quite the young gentleman c'est le parfait jeune homme

(c) (exactly) exactement, tout à fait;

∎ that wasn't quite what I had in mind ce n'est pas exactement ce que j'avais en tête;

∎ I don't quite know what he will do je ne sais pas trop ce qu'il fera;

∎ I'm not quite sure what you mean je ne vois pas très bien ce que vous voulez dire;

∎ I can't quite remember when it happened je ne me souviens pas bien ou tout à fait quand ça s'est passé

(d) (expressing approval, appreciation)

∎ that was quite a party! ça a été une sacrée soirée!;

∎ it's been quite a day quelle journée!;

∎ she's quite a girl elle est formidable;

∎ that movie was quite something ce film, c'était vraiment quelque chose;

∎ his speech was quite something son discours était tout à fait remarquable

2 exclamation

∎ quite (so)! tout à fait!, parfaitement!

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > quite
2 enough

1. adjective
genug; genügend

there's enough room or room enough — es ist Platz genug od. genügend Platz

more than enough — mehr als genug
2. noun, no pl., no art.
genug

be enough to do something — genügen, etwas zu tun

are there enough of us? — sind wir genug [Leute]?

four people are quite enough — vier Leute genügen völlig

that [amount] will be enough to go round — das reicht für alle

enough of... — genug von...

are there enough of these books to go round? — reichen diese Bücher für alle?

[that's] enough [of that]! — [jetzt ist es] genug!

enough of your nonsense! — Schluss mit dem Unsinn!

have had enough [of somebody/something] — genug [von jemandem/etwas] haben

I've had enough! — jetzt reicht's mir aber!; jetzt habe ich aber genug!

more than enough — mehr als genug

[that's] enough about... — genug über... (Akk.) geredet

enough said — mehr braucht man dazu nicht zu sagen

enough is enough — mal muss es auch genug sein (ugs.)

it's enough to make you weep — es ist zum Weinen

as if that were not enough — als ob das noch nicht genügte
3. adverb
genug

the meat is not cooked enough — das Fleisch ist nicht genügend durch

he is not trying hard enough — er gibt sich nicht genug od. genügend Mühe

they were friendly enough towards us — sie waren soweit recht nett zu uns

oddly/funnily enough — merkwürdiger-/(ugs.) komischerweise

sure enough — natürlich

be good/kind enough to do something — so gut sein, etwas zu tun

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1. adjective
(in the number or quantity etc needed: Have you enough money to pay for the books?; food enough for everyone.) genug
2. pronoun
(the amount needed: He has had enough to eat; I've had enough of her rudeness.) genug
3. adverb
1) (to the degree needed: Is it hot enough?; He swam well enough to pass the test.) genug

2) (one must admit; you must agree: She's pretty enough, but not beautiful; Oddly enough, it isn't raining.) genug

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enough

[ɪˈnʌf]

I. adj inv

1. attr (sufficient) genügend, ausreichend, genug

there are 25 textbooks per class — that should be \enough wir haben 25 Lehrbücher pro Klasse — das dürfte reichen

there's \enough room for everyone es ist genügend Platz für alle da

there was just \enough room for two cars es war gerade Platz genug für zwei Autos

Chris had cooked \enough food to feed an army Chris hat genug Essen gekocht, um eine ganze Armee zu verköstigen

too much work and not \enough people to do it zu viel Arbeit und nicht genug Leute, um sie zu erledigen; ( form)

there will be time \enough to tell you when we meet es ist genug Zeit, dir zu sagen, wann wir uns treffen

2. attr (more than is wanted) genug, genügend

don't you have \enough problems already? hast du nicht schon genug Probleme?

you've had quite \enough time! du hattest doch wohl Zeit genug!

we've got \enough problems without that wir haben auch so schon genug Probleme

I've got problems \enough of one's own ich habe selbst genug Probleme

3.

▶ to give sb \enough rope to hang themselves jdm zu viele Freiheiten lassen

II. adv inv

1. (adequately) genug, genügend, ausreichend

are you warm \enough? ist es dir warm genug?

is the water hot \enough yet? ist das Wasser schon heiß genug?; ( form)

would you be good \enough to take my bag upstairs for me? wären Sie so freundlich, mir meine Tasche nach oben zu tragen?

I can't run fast \enough to keep up with you ich laufe nicht schnell genug, um mit dir Schritt halten zu können

to be experienced \enough for a job ausreichend Erfahrung für einen Job haben

to be stupid \enough to believe sb dumm genug sein, jdm zu glauben

2. (quite) ziemlich

he seems nice \enough er scheint recht nett zu sein

he's bad \enough, but his brother is far worse er ist schon schlimm genug, aber sein Bruder ist noch viel schlimmer

curiously \enough, there is no mention of him seltsamerweise wird er überhaupt nicht erwähnt

funnily \enough komischerweise

to be pretty \enough recht hübsch sein

strangely [or oddly] \enough merkwürdigerweise

III. interj

\enough! jetzt reicht es aber! fam

IV. pron no pl

1. (sufficient quantity) genug, ausreichend

there's \enough for everybody es ist für alle genug da

we had almost \enough but one or two people didn't get any ice cream wir hatten fast genug, nur ein oder zwei Leute bekamen kein Eis

it had looked tight but in the end there was just \enough to go around es hatte eng ausgesehen, aber schlussendlich kamen wir gerade durch

sometimes there is not quite \enough for a second cup manchmal reicht es nicht ganz für eine zweite Tasse

you've had \enough [to eat] du hast genug gehabt!

watching five minutes of the movie was \enough to see that it was going to be bad nach fünf Minuten war klar, dass der Film schlecht war

I know \enough about art to... ich weiß genug über Kunst, um...

she has \enough to do at work to keep her occupied for the next two years sie hat genügend Arbeit, um für die nächsten zwei Jahre beschäftigt zu sein

more than \enough mehr als genug

to have \enough to eat and drink genügend zu essen und zu trinken haben

2. (too much)

half an hour in his company is quite \enough eine halbe Stunde in seiner Gesellschaft ist mehr als genug

you've had quite \enough to eat already du hast wirklich schon genug gegessen; ( fig)

I've had \enough of your excuses/lies! ich habe die Nase voll von deinen Entschuldigungen/Lügen! fam

I've had \enough — I'm going home mir reicht's — ich gehe nach Hause

\enough is \enough genug ist genug!

that's \enough! jetzt reicht es!

you've made \enough of a mess already du hast bereits genug Unheil angerichtet

\enough of this [AM already]! genug davon! fam

to have seen/heard \enough genug gesehen/gehört haben

more than \enough mehr als genug

to have \enough and to spare mehr als genug haben fam

3.

▶ \enough is as good as a feast ( prov) irgendwann muss man [auch mal] zufrieden sein

▶ it's \enough to make a saint swear es ist zum aus der Haut fahren fam

▶ \enough said (don't mention it further) es ist alles gesagt; (I understand) ich verstehe schon

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[ɪ'nʌf]
1. adj

1) (before noun) (= sufficient) genug

enough sugar/apples — genug or genügend Zucker/Äpfel

2)

(after noun form) proof enough — Beweis genug

2. pron
genug (of von)
I had not seen enough of his work — ich hatte noch nicht genug von seiner Arbeit gesehen

I hope it's enough — ich hoffe, es reicht or genügt

two years was enough —

have you enough to pay the bill? we have enough to live on — haben Sie genug, um die Rechnung zu bezahlen? wir haben genug zum Leben, es reicht uns zum Leben

this noise is enough to drive me mad — dieser Lärm macht mich noch ganz verrückt

one song was enough to show he couldn't sing — ein Lied genügte, um zu zeigen, dass er nicht singen konnte

it is enough for us to know that... — es genügt uns zu wissen, dass...

I've got enough to worry about — ich habe genug Sorgen

we've made enough of a mess here — wir haben hier genug angerichtet

enough is enough — was zu viel ist, ist zu viel

enough said — mehr braucht man nicht zu sagen

I've had enough — ich habe genug; (in exasperation) jetzt reichts mir aber

one can never have enough of this music — von dieser Musik kann man nie genug kriegen

that's enough! — jetzt reicht es aber!, jetzt ist es aber genug!

3. adv

1) (= sufficiently) genug

to be punished enough — genug bestraft sein

he is good enough to win — er ist gut genug, um zu gewinnen

he knows well enough what I said — er weiß ganz genau, was ich gesagt habe

2)

(= reasonably, fairly) it is common enough for children to overeat — es kommt durchaus häufig vor, dass Kinder zu viel essen

to be happy enough — einigermaßen zufrieden sein

to be happy enough to do sth — etw so weit ganz gern tun

she sounded sincere enough — sie schien so weit ganz ehrlich

easy enough — nicht allzu schwer

it is easy enough to make them yourself — man kann sie ohne Weiteres selbst machen

he drove off happily enough — er ist ganz fröhlich weggefahren

I like it well enough — es gefällt mir so weit ganz gut

easily enough — ohne größere Schwierigkeiten

See:

→ also academic.ru/26230/fair">fair

3)

oddly or funnily enough — komischerweise

interestingly enough — interessanterweise

See:

→ also sure

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enough [ıˈnʌf]

A adj ausreichend, hinlänglich, genug:

enough bread, bread enough genug Brot, Brot genug;

five are enough fünf reichen oder langen oder sind genug;

this is enough (for us) das genügt (uns);

it is enough for me to know es genügt mir zu wissen;

it is enough to weep (throw up) umg es ist zum Heulen (Kotzen);

as if ( oder though) this were not enough als ob das noch nicht genügte;

he was not man enough ( oder enough of a man) er war nicht Manns genug ( to do zu tun);

I was fool enough ( oder enough of a fool) to believe her ich war so dumm und glaubte ihr;

this is reason enough das ist Grund genug ( to do zu tun)

B s genügende Menge:

have (quite) enough (völlig) genug haben;

I have had enough, thank you danke, ich bin satt!;

I have had (more than) enough of it ich bin oder habe es (mehr als) satt, ich bin (restlos) bedient umg;

enough of that! genug davon!, Schluss damit!;

cry enough sich geschlagen geben, aufhören;

enough is enough! jetzt ist aber Schluss!, jetzt reicht es (mir) aber!;

enough and to spare mehr als genug, übergenug;

enough is as good as a feast allzu viel ist ungesund

C adv genug, genügend, hinlänglich:

it’s a good enough story die Geschichte ist nicht übel;

he does not sleep enough er schläft nicht genug;

be kind ( oder good) enough to do this for me sei so gut oder freundlich und erledige das für mich, erledige das doch bitte für mich;

he was kind enough to do it er hat es liebenswürdigerweise getan;

be good enough to hold your tongue halt gefälligst deinen Mund;

easy enough gar nicht schwer;

safe enough durchaus sicher;

true enough nur zu wahr;

he writes well enough

a) er schreibt recht gut,

b) er schreibt (zwar) ganz leidlich oder schön ( but aber);

you know well enough that this is untrue Sie wissen sehr wohl oder ganz gut, dass das unwahr ist;

you know well enough! du weißt es ganz genau!;

that’s not good enough das lasse ich nicht gelten, das genügt nicht; → curious 2 etc

D int genug!, aufhören!

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1. adjective
genug; genügend

there's enough room or room enough — es ist Platz genug od. genügend Platz

more than enough — mehr als genug
2. noun, no pl., no art.
genug

be enough to do something — genügen, etwas zu tun

are there enough of us? — sind wir genug [Leute]?

four people are quite enough — vier Leute genügen völlig

that [amount] will be enough to go round — das reicht für alle

enough of... — genug von...

are there enough of these books to go round? — reichen diese Bücher für alle?

[that's] enough [of that]! — [jetzt ist es] genug!

enough of your nonsense! — Schluss mit dem Unsinn!

have had enough [of somebody/something] — genug [von jemandem/etwas] haben

I've had enough! — jetzt reicht's mir aber!; jetzt habe ich aber genug!

more than enough — mehr als genug

[that's] enough about... — genug über... (Akk.) geredet

enough said — mehr braucht man dazu nicht zu sagen

enough is enough — mal muss es auch genug sein (ugs.)

it's enough to make you weep — es ist zum Weinen

as if that were not enough — als ob das noch nicht genügte
3. adverb
genug

the meat is not cooked enough — das Fleisch ist nicht genügend durch

he is not trying hard enough — er gibt sich nicht genug od. genügend Mühe

they were friendly enough towards us — sie waren soweit recht nett zu uns

oddly/funnily enough — merkwürdiger-/(ugs.) komischerweise

sure enough — natürlich

be good/kind enough to do something — so gut sein, etwas zu tun

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adj.

genug adj.

hinreichend adj.

English-german dictionary > enough
3 sure

1. adjective
1) (confident) sicher

be sure of something — sich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) sicher sein

sure of oneself — selbstsicher

don't be too sure — da wäre ich mir nicht so sicher

2) (safe) sicher

be on surer ground — (lit. or fig.) sich auf festerem Boden befinden

3) (certain) sicher

you're sure to be welcome — Sie werden ganz sicher od. bestimmt willkommen sein

it's sure to rain — es wird bestimmt regnen

don't worry, it's sure to turn out well — keine Sorge, es wird schon alles gut gehen

he is sure to ask questions about the incident — er wird auf jeden Fall Fragen zu dem Vorfall stellen

4) (undoubtedly true) sicher

to be sure — (expr. concession) natürlich; (expr. surprise) wirklich!; tatsächlich!

for sure — (coll.): (without doubt) auf jeden Fall

5)

make sure [of something] — sich [einer Sache] vergewissern; (check) [etwas] nachprüfen

you'd better make sure of a seat or that you have a seat — du solltest dir einen Platz sichern

make or be sure you do it, be sure to do it — (do not fail to do it) sieh zu, dass du es tust; (do not forget) vergiss nicht, es zu tun

be sure you finish the work by tomorrow — machen Sie die Arbeit auf jeden Fall bis morgen fertig

6) (reliable) sicher [Zeichen]; zuverlässig [Freund, Bote, Heilmittel]

a sure winner — ein todsicherer Tipp (ugs.)
2. adverb
1)

as sure as sure can be — (coll.) so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche

as sure as I'm standing here — so wahr ich hier stehe

sure enough — tatsächlich

2) (Amer. coll.): (certainly) wirklich; echt (ugs.)
3. interjection
sure!, sure thing! — (Amer.) na klar! (ugs.)

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[ʃuə] 1. adjective
1) ((negative unsure) having no doubt; certain: I'm sure that I gave him the book; I'm not sure where she lives / what her address is; `There's a bus at two o'clock.' `Are you quite sure?'; I thought the idea was good, but now I'm not so sure; I'll help you - you can be sure of that!) sicher

2) (unlikely to fail (to do or get something): He's sure to win; You're sure of a good dinner if you stay at that hotel.) gewiß

3) (reliable or trustworthy: a sure way to cure hiccups; a safe, sure method; a sure aim with a rifle.) sicher
2. adverb
((especially American) certainly; of course: Sure I'll help you!; `Would you like to come?' `Sure!') sicher(lich)

- academic.ru/72361/surely">surely
- sureness
- sure-footed
- as sure as
- be sure to
- be/feel sure of oneself
- for sure
- make sure
- sure enough
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sure

[ʃɔ:ʳ, ʃʊəʳ, AM ʃʊr]

I. adj

1. pred (confident) sicher

▪ to be \sure [that]... [sich dat] sicher sein, dass...

are you \sure? bist du sicher?

I'm not really \sure ich weiß nicht so genau

to feel \sure [that]... überzeugt [davon] sein, dass...

to seem \sure [that]... als sicher erscheinen, dass...

▪ to be \sure/not \sure how/what/when/where/whether/who/why... genau/nicht genau wissen, wie/was/wann/wo/ob/wer/warum...

▪ to be \sure/not \sure if... genau/nicht genau wissen, ob...

▪ to be \sure/not \sure about [or of] sth sich dat einer S. gen sicher/nicht sicher sein

are you \sure about this? sind Sie sich dessen sicher?

I'm not \sure about what to do for the best ich weiß nicht genau, was am besten zu tun ist

▪ to be \sure/not \sure about [or of] sb sich dat über jdn im Klaren/nicht im Klaren sein

you can always be \sure of Kay du kannst dich immer auf Kay verlassen

2. (expect to get)

▪ to be \sure of sth etw sicher bekommen

▪ sb is \sure of sth etw ist jdm sicher

we arrived early to be \sure of getting a good seat wir waren frühzeitig da, um auch ja gute Plätze zu bekommen

3. (certain) sicher, gewiss

▪ to be \sure to do sth überzeugt [davon] sein, etw zu tun

where are we \sure to have good weather? wo werden wir aller Voraussicht nach gutes Wetter haben?

we're \sure to see you again before we leave bestimmt sehen wir Sie noch einmal, bevor wir abreisen

4. (true) sicher

one \sure way [of doing sth] ein sicherer Weg [etw zu tun]

5. attr (reliable)

a \sure sign of sth ein sicheres Zeichen für etw akk

to have a \sure understanding of sth sich dat über etw akk im Klaren sein

6.

▶ to be \sure ( form: to concede truth) sicherlich, gewiss; (as emphasis) klar

that was a great movie, to be \sure! eines ist klar: das war ein großartiger Film!

▶ to be \sure of oneself selbstbewusst sein, sehr von sich dat überzeugt sein

▶ [as] \sure as eggs is eggs, as \sure as the day is long [or BRIT ( dated)\sure God made little apples] so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche [o ÖSTERR im Gebet] fam

▶ \sure enough ( fam) tatsächlich

▶ for \sure ( fam) bestimmt, ganz sicher

to know for \sure that... ganz sicher [o genau] wissen, dass...

and that's for \sure! das ist mal sicher! fam

one thing's for \sure eines ist [schon] mal sicher [o steht schon mal fest] fam

▶ [as] \sure as hell (sl) todsicher fam

▶ to make \sure sich akk versichern

▶ to make \sure [that]... darauf achten, dass...

make \sure you lock the door when you go out denk daran, die Tür abzuschließen, wenn du weggehst

▶ as \sure as I'm standing/sitting here so wahr ich hier stehe/sitze

▶ \sure thing ( fam: certainty) sicher!; esp AM (of course) [aber] natürlich!, [na] klar! fam

II. adv esp AM ( fam: certainly) echt fam

I \sure am hungry! hab ich vielleicht einen Hunger!

III. interj ( fam: certainly!)

oh [or yeah] \sure! [aber] natürlich! iron, na klar [doch]! iron

\sure I will! natürlich!, aber klar doch! fam

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[ʃʊə(r)]
1. adj (+er)

1) (= reliable, steady, safe) hand, touch, marksman, footing, knowledge sicher; criterion, proof, facts eindeutig; method, remedy, friend zuverlässig, verlässlich; understanding genau

his aim was sure — er traf sicher ins Ziel

in the sure knowledge that... — in der Gewissheit, dass...

2) (= definite) sicher

it is sure that he will come — es ist sicher, dass er kommt, er kommt ganz bestimmt

it's sure to rain —

he was sure to see her again — es war sicher, dass er sie wiedersehen würde

be sure to tell me — sag mir auf jeden Fall Bescheid

be sure to turn the gas off — vergiss nicht, das Gas abzudrehen

be sure to go and see her — du musst sie unbedingt besuchen

you're sure of a good meal/of success — ein gutes Essen/der Erfolg ist Ihnen sicher

I want to be sure of seeing him — ich möchte ihn auf jeden Fall sehen

to make sure to do sth — nicht vergessen, etw zu tun

make sure you get the leads the right way round — achten Sie darauf, dass die Kabel richtig herum sind

make sure you take your keys — denk daran, deine Schlüssel mitzunehmen

it's best to make sure — sicher ist sicher

to make sure of one's facts — sich der Fakten (gen) versichern

to make sure of a seat — sich (dat) einen Platz sichern

I've made sure that there's enough coffee for everyone — ich habe dafür gesorgt, dass genug Kaffee für alle da ist

sure thing! ( esp US inf ) — klare Sache! (inf)

he's a sure thing for president ( esp US inf ) — er ist ein todsicherer Tipp für die Präsidentschaft

he'll quit for sure — er kündigt ganz bestimmt

I'll find out for sure — ich werde das genau herausfinden

do you know for sure? — wissen Sie das ganz sicher?

to be sure! —

and there he was, to be sure (esp Ir) — und da war er doch tatsächlich!

3) (= positive, convinced) sicher

I'm sure she's right — ich bin sicher, sie hat recht

do you want to see that film? – I'm not sure —

I'm perfectly sure — ich bin (mir da) ganz sicher

to be sure about sth — sich (dat) einer Sache (gen) sicher sein

I'm not so sure about that — da bin ich nicht so sicher

to be sure of one's facts — seiner Fakten sicher sein

to be sure of oneself — sich (dat) seiner Sache sicher sein

I'm sure I don't know, I don't know, I'm sure —

I'm not sure how/why... — ich bin (mir) nicht sicher or ich weiß nicht genau, wie/warum...

2. adv

1) (inf)

will you do it? – sure! — machst du das? – klar! (inf)

that meat was sure tough or sure was tough —

know what I mean? – sure do — du weißt, was ich meine? – aber sicher or aber klar (inf)

that's sure pretty (US) — das ist doch schön, nicht?

2)

and sure enough he did come — und er ist tatsächlich gekommen

he'll come sure enough —

it's blood sure enough — es ist tatsächlich Blut

3)

as sure as I'm standing here (inf) — garantiert, todsicher (inf)

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sure [ʃʊə(r); Br auch ʃɔː]

A adj (adv → surely)

1. nur präd (of) sicher, gewiss (gen), überzeugt (von):

are you sure (about it)? bist du (dessen) sicher?;

I feel sure of getting my money back ich bin überzeugt (davon), dass ich mein Geld zurückerhalte;

if one could be sure of living to 80 wenn man sicher wüsste, dass man 80 Jahre alt wird;

sure of winning ( oder victory) siegessicher;

I am not quite sure that … ich bin nicht ganz sicher, dass …;

he is ( oder feels) sure of success er ist sich seines Erfolges sicher;

be sure of one’s facts sich seiner Sache sicher sein;

be sure of o.s. selbstsicher sein;

I’m sure I didn’t mean to hurt you ich wollte Sie ganz gewiss nicht verletzen;

she was not sure that she had heard it es war ihr so, als hätte sie es gehört;

are you sure you won’t come? wollen Sie wirklich nicht kommen?;

don’t be too sure sei mal nicht so sicher!

2. nur präd sicher, gewiss, (ganz) bestimmt, zweifellos (objektiver Sachverhalt):

he is sure to come er kommt sicher oder bestimmt;

man is sure of death dem Menschen ist der Tod gewiss oder sicher;

you must be sure to come and see us when … Sie müssen uns unbedingt besuchen, wenn …;

make sure that … sich (davon) überzeugen, dass …;

make sure of sth

a) sich von etwas überzeugen, sich Gewissheit über eine Sache verschaffen,

b) sich etwas sichern;

to make sure (Redew) um sicherzugehen;

be sure to ( oder and) shut the window vergiss nicht, das Fenster zu schließen!;

for sure sicher, bestimmt;

not now, that’s for sure jetzt jedenfalls nicht;

to be sure (Redew) sicher(lich), natürlich (auch einschränkend = freilich, allerdings)

3. sicher, untrüglich (Beweise etc)

4. sicher, unfehlbar (Behandlung, Schuss etc):

sure thing! umg (aber) klar oder sicher!

5. verlässlich, zuverlässig

6. sicher, fest (Halt etc):

sure faith fig fester Glaube

B adv

1. umg sicher(lich):

sure enough

a) ganz bestimmt,

b) tatsächlich;

sure! (aber) klar!, aber sicher!, und ob!; → egg¹ A 1

2. US umg wirklich:

it sure was cold es war vielleicht kalt!

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1. adjective
1) (confident) sicher

be sure of something — sich (Dat.) einer Sache (Gen.) sicher sein

sure of oneself — selbstsicher

don't be too sure — da wäre ich mir nicht so sicher

2) (safe) sicher

be on surer ground — (lit. or fig.) sich auf festerem Boden befinden

3) (certain) sicher

you're sure to be welcome — Sie werden ganz sicher od. bestimmt willkommen sein

it's sure to rain — es wird bestimmt regnen

don't worry, it's sure to turn out well — keine Sorge, es wird schon alles gut gehen

he is sure to ask questions about the incident — er wird auf jeden Fall Fragen zu dem Vorfall stellen

4) (undoubtedly true) sicher

to be sure — (expr. concession) natürlich; (expr. surprise) wirklich!; tatsächlich!

for sure — (coll.): (without doubt) auf jeden Fall

5)

make sure [of something] — sich [einer Sache] vergewissern; (check) [etwas] nachprüfen

you'd better make sure of a seat or that you have a seat — du solltest dir einen Platz sichern

make or be sure you do it, be sure to do it — (do not fail to do it) sieh zu, dass du es tust; (do not forget) vergiss nicht, es zu tun

be sure you finish the work by tomorrow — machen Sie die Arbeit auf jeden Fall bis morgen fertig

6) (reliable) sicher [Zeichen]; zuverlässig [Freund, Bote, Heilmittel]

a sure winner — ein todsicherer Tipp (ugs.)
2. adverb
1)

as sure as sure can be — (coll.) so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche

as sure as I'm standing here — so wahr ich hier stehe

sure enough — tatsächlich

2) (Amer. coll.): (certainly) wirklich; echt (ugs.)
3. interjection
sure!, sure thing! — (Amer.) na klar! (ugs.)

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adj.

gewiss adj.

sicher adj.

zuverlässig adj.

English-german dictionary > sure
4 move

mu:v
1. verb
1) (to (cause to) change position or go from one place to another: He moved his arm; Don't move!; Please move your car.) mover

2) (to change houses: We're moving on Saturday.) trasladar

3) (to affect the feelings or emotions of: I was deeply moved by the film.) conmover

2. noun
1) ((in board games) an act of moving a piece: You can win this game in three moves.) jugada, turno

2) (an act of changing homes: How did your move go?) mudanza, traslado

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- movable
- moveable
- movement
- movie
- moving
- movingly
- get a move on
- make a move
- move along
- move heaven and earth
- move house
- move in
- move off
- move out
- move up
- on the move

move¹ n

1. traslado / mudanza

we lost some books in the move perdimos algunos libros durante el traslado

2. jugada / turno

it's your move es tu turno / te toca jugar a ti

move² vb

1. mover / cambiar de sitio / apartar

the wind moves the leaves on the trees el viento mueve las hojas de los árboles

please move your car, it's in the way por favor, aparta tu coche, que está estorbando

2. trasladar

they are moving to a new flat se están trasladando a un piso nuevo

El gerundio de move se escribe moving

move

tr[mʊːv]

noun

1 (act of moving, movement) movimiento

■ he watched my every move observó todos mis movimientos

■ one move and you're dead! ¡cómo te muevas, te mato!

2 (to new home) mudanza; (to new job) traslado

3 (in game) jugada; (turn) turno

■ whose move is it? ¿a quién le toca jugar?

■ that was a bad move esa jugada fue mala

4 (action, step) paso, acción nombre femenino, medida; (decision) decisión nombre femenino; (attempt) intento

■ the latest moves to end the dispute have failed los últimos intentos de terminar con el conflicto han fracasado

■ buying those shares was a good move la decisión de comprar esas acciones fue muy acertada

transitive verb

1 (gen) mover; (furniture etc) cambiar de sitio, trasladar; (transfer) trasladar; (out of the way) apartar

■ I can't move my legs no puedo mover las piernas

■ you've moved the furniture! ¡habéis cambiado los muebles de sitio!

■ the prisoner has been moved to Brixton el preso ha sido trasladado a Brixton

■ can we move the date of the meeting? ¿podemos cambiar la fecha de la reunión?

■ the car's badly parked, so I have to move it el coche está mal aparcado, así que tengo que cambiarlo de sitio

■ move your trolley, I can't get past aparta tu carrito, que no paso

2 (affect emotionally) conmover

3 (in games) mover, jugar

4 (prompt) inducir, mover; (persuade) convencer, persuadir; (change mind) hacer cambiar de opinión

■ what moved you to leave your job? ¿qué te convenció para dejar el trabajo?

■ when the spirit moves him cuando se le antoje, cuando le dé la gana, cuando esté de humor

5 (resolution, motion, etc) proponer

6 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL (bowels) evacuar

intransitive verb

1 (gen) moverse; (change - position) trasladarse, desplazarse; (- house) mudarse; (- post, department) trasladarse

■ don't move no te muevas

■ she was so scared she couldn't move tenía tanto miedo que no podía moverse

■ I can't move in this dress no me puedo mover con este vestido

■ they move in very select circles se mueven en círculos muy selectos

■ voters are moving to the right los votantes se inclinan hacia la derecha

2 (travel, go) ir

■ that car was really moving ese coche iba muy rápido

3 (be moving) estar en marcha, estar en movimiento

■ don't distract the driver when the bus is moving no distraer al conductor cuando el autobús está en marcha

4 (leave) irse, marcharse

■ it's time we were moving es hora de que nos vayamos

5 (in game - player) jugar; (- pieces) moverse

■ have you moved? ¿has jugado?

6 (take action) tomar medidas, actuar

■ when is the government going to move? ¿cuándo piensa el gobierno tomar medidas?

■ we must move fast hemos de actuar deprisa

7 (advance) progresar, avanzar

■ work on the tunnel is moving very quickly las obras del túnel avanzan rápidamente

■ things are finally moving por fin las cosas empiezan a moverse

8 (change mind) cambiar de opinión; (yield) ceder

■ I've tried to persuade her, but she won't move he intentado persuadirla, pero no cede

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be on the move (travel - gen) viajar, desplazarse 2 (- army etc) estar en marcha 3 (be busy) no parar

to get a move on darse prisa, moverse

to get moving (leave) irse, marcharse

to get something moving poner algo en marcha

to make a move (leave) irse, marcharse 2 (act) dar un paso, actuar

to make the first move dar el primer paso

to move house mudarse de casa, trasladarse

to move heaven and earth remover cielo y tierra

to move with the times mantenerse al día

not to move a muscle no inmutarse

move ['mu:v] v, moved ; moving vi

1) go: ir

2) relocate: mudarse, trasladarse

3) stir: moverse

don't move!: ¡no te muevas!

4) act: actuar

move vt

1) : mover

move it over there: ponlo allí

he kept moving his feet: no dejaba de mover los pies

2) induce, persuade: inducir, persuadir, mover

3) touch: conmover

it moved him to tears: lo hizo llorar

4) propose: proponer

move n

1) movement: movimiento m

2) relocation: mudanza f (de casa), traslado m

3) step: paso m

a good move: un paso acertado

move

n.

• acción s.f.

• jugada s.f.

• lance s.m.

• maniobra s.f.

• movimiento s.m.

• mudanza s.f.

• paso s.m.

• transposición s.f.

v.

• conmover v.

• desalojar v.

• desplazar v.

• emocionar v.

• impresionar v.

• moverse v.

• mudar v.

• mudar de v.

• remover v.

• trasladar v.

• traspasar v.

muːv
I

noun

1) ( movement) movimiento m

she watched their every move — vigilaba todos sus movimientos

she made a move to get up/for the door — hizo ademán de levantarse/ir hacia la puerta

it's time we made a move — ya es hora de que nos vayamos

on the move: she's always on the move siempre está de un lado para otro; to get a move on — (colloq) darse* prisa, apurarse (AmL)

2) ( change - of residence) mudanza f, trasteo m (Col); (- of premises) traslado m, mudanza f

3)

a) (action, step) paso m; ( measure) medida f

what's the next move? — ¿cuál es el siguiente paso?, ¿ahora qué hay que hacer?

to make the first move — dar* el primer paso

b) (in profession, occupation)

it would be a good career move — sería un cambio muy provechoso para mi (or su etc) carrera profesional

4) ( Games) movimiento m, jugada f

whose move is it? — ¿a quién le toca mover or jugar?

II
1.

intransitive verb

1)

a) ( change place)

he moved nearer the fire — se acercó or se arrimó al fuego

we could move to another table — podríamos cambiarnos de mesa

government troops have moved into the area — tropas del gobierno se han desplazado or se han trasladado a la zona

to move to a new job/school — cambiar de trabajo/colegio

b) (change location, residence) mudarse, cambiarse; see also move in, move out

2) ( change position) moverse*

don't you move, I'll answer the door — tú tranquilo, que voy yo a abrir la puerta

3) (proceed, go)

the procession/vehicle began to move — la procesión/el vehículo se puso en marcha

get moving! — muévete! (fam)

the police kept the crowds moving — la policía hacía circular a la multitud

it's time we were moving — ya es hora de que nos vayamos

the earth moves around the sun — la Tierra gira alrededor del sol

we moved aside o to one side — nos apartamos, nos hicimos a un lado

4) (advance, develop)

things seem to be moving — parece que las cosas marchan

events moved rapidly — los acontecimientos se desarrollaron rápidamente

to move with the times — mantenerse* al día

the conflict has moved into a new phase — el conflicto ha entrado en una nueva fase

to move into the lead — pasar a ocupar el primer lugar

the company plans to move into the hotel business — la compañía tiene planes de introducirse en el ramo hotelero

5) ( carry oneself) moverse*

6) ( go fast) (colloq) correr

7) (take steps, act)

we must move now — tenemos que actuar ahora

she moved quickly to scotch rumors — inmediatamente tomó medidas para acallar los rumores

8) ( Games) mover*, jugar*

9) ( circulate socially) moverse*

he moves in fashionable circles — se mueve en círculos que están de moda

2.

vt

1) (transfer, shift position of)

let's move the sofa over there — pongamos el sofá allí

why have you moved the television? — ¿por qué has cambiado la televisión de sitio or de lugar?

move your chair a little — corre un poco la silla

ask him to move the boxes out of the way — dile que quite las cajas de en medio

we shall not be moved! — no nos moverán!

I can't move my leg/neck — no puedo mover la pierna/el cuello

2)

a) ( transport) transportar, trasladar

b) (relocate, transfer) trasladar

she was moved to head office — la trasladaron a la oficina central

I'll move this paragraph further down — pondré este párrafo más abajo

c) (change residence, location)

the firm that moved us — la compañía que nos hizo la mudanza

to move house — (BrE) mudarse de casa

3)

a) ( arouse emotionally) conmover*, emocionar

he's easily moved — es muy sensible

to move somebody to tears — hacer* llorar a alguien de la emoción

b) ( prompt)

to move somebody to + inf: this moved her to remonstrate — esto la indujo a protestar

4) ( propose) (Adm, Govt) proponer*

5) ( Games) mover*

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Phrasal Verbs:

- move about

- move along

- move around

- move away

- move back

- move down

- move forward

- move in

- move in on

- move off

- move on

- move out

- move over

- move up

[muːv]
1. N

1) (=movement) movimiento m

• to watch sb's every move — observar a algn sin perder detalle, acechar a algn cada movimiento

• to get a move on (with sth) * — (=hurry up) darse prisa or (LAm) apurarse (con algo)

get a move on! * — ¡date prisa!, ¡apúrate! (LAm)

• to make a move — (=start to leave, go) ponerse en marcha

it was midnight and no-one had made a move — era medianoche pero nadie daba señales de irse

it's time we made a move — es hora de irnos

• to be on the move — (=travelling) estar de viaje; [troops, army] estar avanzando

to be always on the move — [nomads, circus] andar siempre de aquí para allá; [animal, child] no saber estar quieto

Spain is a country on the move — España es país en marcha

2) (in game) (=turn) jugada f

whose move is it? — ¿a quién le toca jugar?

it's my move — es mi turno, me toca a mí

to have the first move — salir

3) (fig) (=step, action)

the government's first move — la primera gestión del gobierno

what's the next move? — ¿qué hacemos ahora?, y ahora ¿qué?

that was a bad move — fue una mala decisión

there was a move to defeat the proposal — se tomaron medidas para rechazar la propuesta

• to make a move/the first move — dar un/el primer paso

it's up to him to make the first move — le toca a él dar el primer paso

without making the least move to — + infin sin hacer la menor intención de + infin

4) (=house removal) mudanza f ; (to different job) traslado m

it's our third move in two years — esta es la tercera vez en dos años que nos mudamos

2. VT

1) (=change place of) cambiar de lugar, cambiar de sitio; [+ part of body] mover; [+ chess piece etc] jugar, mover; (=transport) transportar, trasladar

you've moved all my things! — ¡has cambiado de sitio todas mis cosas!

if we can move the table a few inches — si podemos mover la mesa unos centímetros

can you move your fingers? — ¿puedes mover los dedos?

• to move house — mudarse

• move your chair nearer the fire — acerca or arrima la silla al fuego

• move the cupboard out of the corner — saca el armario del rincón

he moved his family out of the war zone — trasladó a su familia fuera de la zona de guerra

• he asked to be moved to London/to a new department — pidió el traslado a Londres/a otro departamento

2) (=cause sth to move) mover

the breeze moved the leaves gently — la brisa movía or agitaba dulcemente las hojas

• to move one's bowels — hacer de vientre, evacuar

• move those children off the grass! — ¡quite esos niños del césped!
heaven
3) (=change timing of)

to move sth forward/back — [+ event, date] adelantar/aplazar algo

we'll have to move the meeting to later in the week — tendremos que aplazar la reunión para otro día de la semana

4) (fig) (=sway)

he will not be easily moved — no se dejará convencer

"we shall not be moved" — "no nos moverán"

5) (=motivate)

to move sb to do sth — mover or inducir a algn a hacer algo

I'll do it when the spirit moves me — hum lo haré cuando sienta la revelación divina hum

6) (emotionally) conmover, emocionar

to be moved — estar conmovido

to be easily moved — ser impresionable, ser sensible

to move sb to tears/anger — hacer llorar/enfadar a algn

to move sb to pity — provocar la compasión de algn

7) frm (=propose)

to move a resolution — proponer una resolución

to move that... — proponer que...

8) (Comm) [+ merchandise] colocar, vender

3. VI

1) (gen) moverse

she moves beautifully — se mueve con elegancia

move! — ¡muévete!, ¡menéate!

don't move! — ¡no te muevas!

I saw something moving in the bushes — vi moverse algo entre los arbustos

• you can't move for books in that room * — hay tantos libros en esa habitación que es casi imposible moverse

• to move freely — [piece of machinery] tener juego; [person, traffic] circular libremente

• I won't move from here — no me muevo de aquí

• to move in high society — frecuentar la buena sociedad

• let's move into the garden — vamos al jardín

he has moved into another class — se ha cambiado de clase

they hope to move into the British market — quieren introducirse en or penetrar el mercado británico

• keep moving! — ¡no te pares!; (order from traffic policeman) ¡circulen!

the policeman kept the traffic moving — el policía mantuvo la circulación fluida

• the procession moved slowly out of sight — la procesión avanzaba lentamente hasta que desapareció en la distancia

• it's time we were moving — es hora de irnos

• she moved to the next room — pasó a la habitación de al lado

• he moved slowly towards the door — avanzó or se acercó lentamente hacia la puerta

to move to or towards independence — avanzar or encaminarse hacia la independencia

2) (=move house) mudarse, trasladarse

• the family moved to a new house — la familia se mudó or se trasladó a una casa nueva

to move to the country — mudarse or trasladarse al campo

the company has moved to larger offices — la empresa se ha trasladado or mudado a oficinas mayores

3) (=travel) ir; (=be in motion) estar en movimiento

the bus was moving at 50kph — el autobús iba a 50kph

the car was not moving — el coche no estaba en movimiento

do not get out while the bus is moving — no se baje mientras el autobús esté en marcha

he was certainly moving! * — ¡iba como el demonio!

4) (Comm) [goods] venderse

5) (=progress)

things are moving at last — por fin se empiezan a mover las cosas

he certainly knows how to get things moving — ese sí que sabe poner las cosas en marcha

6) (in games) jugar, hacer una jugada

who moves next? — ¿a quién le toca jugar?

it's you to move — te toca a ti jugar

white moves — (Chess) blanco juega

the knight moves like this — el caballo se mueve así

7) (=take steps) dar un paso, tomar medidas

the government must move first — el gobierno ha de dar el primer paso

the council moved to stop the abuse — el consejo tomó medidas para corregir el abuso

we'll have to move quickly if we want to get that contract — tendremos que actuar inmediatamente si queremos hacernos con ese contrato

- move about

- move along

- move aside

- move away

- move back

- move down

- move forward

- move in

- move off

- move on

- move out

- move over

- move up

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[muːv]
I

noun

1) ( movement) movimiento m

she watched their every move — vigilaba todos sus movimientos

she made a move to get up/for the door — hizo ademán de levantarse/ir hacia la puerta

it's time we made a move — ya es hora de que nos vayamos

on the move: she's always on the move siempre está de un lado para otro; to get a move on — (colloq) darse* prisa, apurarse (AmL)

2) ( change - of residence) mudanza f, trasteo m (Col); (- of premises) traslado m, mudanza f

3)

a) (action, step) paso m; ( measure) medida f

what's the next move? — ¿cuál es el siguiente paso?, ¿ahora qué hay que hacer?

to make the first move — dar* el primer paso

b) (in profession, occupation)

it would be a good career move — sería un cambio muy provechoso para mi (or su etc) carrera profesional

4) ( Games) movimiento m, jugada f

whose move is it? — ¿a quién le toca mover or jugar?

II
1.

intransitive verb

1)

a) ( change place)

he moved nearer the fire — se acercó or se arrimó al fuego

we could move to another table — podríamos cambiarnos de mesa

government troops have moved into the area — tropas del gobierno se han desplazado or se han trasladado a la zona

to move to a new job/school — cambiar de trabajo/colegio

b) (change location, residence) mudarse, cambiarse; see also move in, move out

2) ( change position) moverse*

don't you move, I'll answer the door — tú tranquilo, que voy yo a abrir la puerta

3) (proceed, go)

the procession/vehicle began to move — la procesión/el vehículo se puso en marcha

get moving! — muévete! (fam)

the police kept the crowds moving — la policía hacía circular a la multitud

it's time we were moving — ya es hora de que nos vayamos

the earth moves around the sun — la Tierra gira alrededor del sol

we moved aside o to one side — nos apartamos, nos hicimos a un lado

4) (advance, develop)

things seem to be moving — parece que las cosas marchan

events moved rapidly — los acontecimientos se desarrollaron rápidamente

to move with the times — mantenerse* al día

the conflict has moved into a new phase — el conflicto ha entrado en una nueva fase

to move into the lead — pasar a ocupar el primer lugar

the company plans to move into the hotel business — la compañía tiene planes de introducirse en el ramo hotelero

5) ( carry oneself) moverse*

6) ( go fast) (colloq) correr

7) (take steps, act)

we must move now — tenemos que actuar ahora

she moved quickly to scotch rumors — inmediatamente tomó medidas para acallar los rumores

8) ( Games) mover*, jugar*

9) ( circulate socially) moverse*

he moves in fashionable circles — se mueve en círculos que están de moda

2.

vt

1) (transfer, shift position of)

let's move the sofa over there — pongamos el sofá allí

why have you moved the television? — ¿por qué has cambiado la televisión de sitio or de lugar?

move your chair a little — corre un poco la silla

ask him to move the boxes out of the way — dile que quite las cajas de en medio

we shall not be moved! — no nos moverán!

I can't move my leg/neck — no puedo mover la pierna/el cuello

2)

a) ( transport) transportar, trasladar

b) (relocate, transfer) trasladar

she was moved to head office — la trasladaron a la oficina central

I'll move this paragraph further down — pondré este párrafo más abajo

c) (change residence, location)

the firm that moved us — la compañía que nos hizo la mudanza

to move house — (BrE) mudarse de casa

3)

a) ( arouse emotionally) conmover*, emocionar

he's easily moved — es muy sensible

to move somebody to tears — hacer* llorar a alguien de la emoción

b) ( prompt)

to move somebody to + inf: this moved her to remonstrate — esto la indujo a protestar

4) ( propose) (Adm, Govt) proponer*

5) ( Games) mover*

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Phrasal Verbs:

- move about

- move along

- move around

- move away

- move back

- move down

- move forward

- move in

- move in on

- move off

- move on

- move out

- move over

- move up

English-spanish dictionary > move
5 character

'kærəktə
1. noun
1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) carácter

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) carácter

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) reputación

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) personaje

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) tipo, figura

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) carácter

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- characteristic

2. noun
(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) característica

- characteristically
- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation

character n

1. personalidad / manera de ser / carácter

she has a lot of character tiene mucha personalidad

2. encanto

an old town with a lot of character una ciudad antigua con mucho encanto

3. personaje

I don't like the central character of the play no me gusta el personaje central de la obra

character

tr['kærəktə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 (nature) carácter nombre masculino

■ the British character el carácter británico

2 (reputation) reputación nombre femenino; (integrity, moral strength) carácter nombre masculino, personalidad nombre femenino

■ a person of good character una persona de buena reputación

■ a person of great character una persona de gran carácter

3 (in film, book, play) personaje nombre masculino

4 familiar (person) tipo

■ an odd character un tipo raro

■ a real character todo un carácter

5 (letter) carácter nombre masculino

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be in/out of character ser/no ser típico,-a

character actor/actress actor/actriz especializado,-a en personajes raros

character reference referencias nombre femenino plural

character ['kærɪktər] n

1) letter, symbol: carácter m

Chinese characters: caracteres chinos

2) disposition: carácter m, personalidad f

of good character: de buena reputación

3) : tipo m, personaje m peculiar

he's quite a character!: ¡él es algo serio!

4) : personaje m (ficticio)

character

n.

• calidad s.f.

• carácter (Tipografía) s.m.

• carácter s.m.

• categoría s.f.

• cifra s.f.

• fuste s.m.

• genio s.m.

• letra s.f.

• papel s.m.

• personaje (Literatura) s.m.

• tenor s.m.

'kærəktər, 'kærəktə(r)
noun

1) ( of person)

a) (temperament, nature) carácter m

to be in/out of character — ser*/no ser* típico

she's a good judge of character — es buena psicóloga

b) ( good character) reputación f; (before n)

character assassination — ( public slander) difamación f

character reference — referencias fpl

c) ( strength of personality) carácter m

2) (of place, thing) carácter m

her face is full of character — tiene una cara con mucha personalidad

3) c

a) (in novel, play, movie) personaje m, carácter m (Col, Méx)

he doesn't react in character — su reacción no es la que cabría esperar de su personaje

b) ( person) tipo m (fam)

he's a nasty character — es un mal tipo (fam)

c) ( eccentric person) caso m

4) c ( symbol) carácter m

['kærɪktǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=nature) [of thing] carácter m, naturaleza f ; [of person] carácter m, personalidad f

a man of good character — un hombre de buena reputación

to bear a good character — tener buena reputación

that is more in character for him — eso es más típico de él

his sudden concern for me was completely out of character (for him) — su inesperado interés por mí no era nada típico de él

2) (in novel, play) (=person) personaje m ; (=role) papel m

chief character — protagonista mf

3) (=energy, determination) carácter m

a man of character — un hombre de carácter

he lacks character — le falta carácter

4) * (=person) tipo(-a) * m / f, individuo(-a) m / f

he's a very odd character — es un tipo muy raro *

he's quite a character — es todo un personaje

5) (Comput, Typ, Bio) carácter m

2.

CPD

character actor N — actor m de carácter

character actress N — actriz f de carácter

character assassination N — difamación f

character code N — (Comput) código m de caracteres

character development N — (in a novel, play, film) evolución f de los personajes

character part N — (Theat) papel m de carácter

character recognition N — (Comput) reconocimiento m de caracteres

character recognition software N — software m de reconocimiento de caracteres

character reference N — informe m, referencia f

character set N — (Typ) juego m de caracteres

character sketch N — esbozo m de carácter

character space N — (Typ) espacio m (de carácter)

character trait N — (=characteristic) rasgo m de carácter

character witness N — testigo de la defensa que atestigua el buen carácter del acusado

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['kærəktər, 'kærəktə(r)]
noun

1) ( of person)

a) (temperament, nature) carácter m

to be in/out of character — ser*/no ser* típico

she's a good judge of character — es buena psicóloga

b) ( good character) reputación f; (before n)

character assassination — ( public slander) difamación f

character reference — referencias fpl

c) ( strength of personality) carácter m

2) (of place, thing) carácter m

her face is full of character — tiene una cara con mucha personalidad

3) c

a) (in novel, play, movie) personaje m, carácter m (Col, Méx)

he doesn't react in character — su reacción no es la que cabría esperar de su personaje

b) ( person) tipo m (fam)

he's a nasty character — es un mal tipo (fam)

c) ( eccentric person) caso m

4) c ( symbol) carácter m

English-spanish dictionary > character
6 catch

kæ
1. past tense, past participle - caught; verb
1) (to stop and hold (something which is moving); to capture: He caught the cricket ball; The cat caught a mouse; Did you catch any fish?; I tried to catch his attention.) coger, atrapar

2) (to be in time for, or get on (a train, bus etc): I'll have to catch the 9.45 (train) to London.) coger, llegar a tiempo, alcanzar

3) (to surprise (someone) in the act of: I caught him stealing (my vegetables).) pillar, sorprender, coger, pescar

4) (to become infected with (a disease or illness): He caught flu.) contagiarse de, contraer

5) (to (cause to) become accidentally attached or held: The child caught her fingers in the car door.) engancharse

6) (to hit: The punch caught him on the chin.) dar con, darse con

7) (to manage to hear: Did you catch what she said?) oir, entender, captar

8) (to start burning: I dropped a match on the pile of wood and it caught (fire) immediately.) prender (fuego)

2. noun
1) (an act of catching: He took a fine catch behind the wicket.) parada

2) (a small device for holding (a door etc) in place: The catch on my suitcase is broken.) pestillo

3) (the total amount (of eg fish) caught: the largest catch of mackerel this year.) presa, captura

4) (a trick or problem: There's a catch in this question.) trampa

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- catching
- catchy
- catch-phrase
- catch-word
- catch someone's eye
- catch on
- catch out
- catch up

catch vb coger / atrapar

he caught the ball, but then he dropped it cogió la pelota, pero luego se le cayó

we ran after the thief and caught him perseguimos al ladrón y lo atrapamos

I catch the train every day cojo el tren cada día

he caught flu cogió la gripe

El pasado y participio pasado de catch es caught

catch

tr[kæʧ]

noun

1 (of ball) parada

2 (of fish) presa

3 familiar (difficulty) pega, trampa

4 (fastener on door) pestillo

transitive verb (pt & pp caught tr[kɔːt])

1 (grasp, take hold of) coger, agarrar; (capture, trap) coger, atrapar; (fish) pescar

■ the cat caught a mouse el gato atrapó un ratón

■ bet you can't catch me! ¡a que no me coges!

2 (surprise) pillar, sorprender, coger, pescar; (catch up with) alcanzar, pillar

■ they were caught trying to steal a car los pillaron intentando robar un coche

■ I got caught in a traffic jam me cogió un atasco

3 (train, plane - take) coger, tomar; (- be in time for) alcanzar

■ I just caught the last train cogí el último tren con el tiempo justo

4 familiar (manage to see, hear, attend) pescar

■ we caught the end of the news pescamos el final de las noticias

■ I'll catch you later te veré luego

5 (hear, understand) oír, entender, captar

■ sorry, I didn't quite catch that perdona, no lo he entendido bien

6 (entangle, get stuck - clothes, hair) engancharse; (- fingers) pillarse

7 (become infected with) contagiarse de, contraer

8 (hit) dar con, darse con

■ he caught his head on the ceiling se dio con la cabeza en el techo

9 (mood, likeness, etc) captar, reflejar

intransitive verb

1 (take hold of) coger

2 (sleeve etc) engancharse (on, en)

3 (burn) prender

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be a good catch (boyfriend, girlfriend) ser un buen partido

to be caught out by something ser sorprendido,-a por algo

to be caught up in something verse envuelto,-a en algo, estar envuelto,-a en algo

to catch a cold resfriarse, coger un resfriado

to catch hold of something agarrar algo, echar mano a algo

to catch it ganarse una bronca

to catch one's breath sostener la respiración

to catch one's death (of cold) coger una pulmonía doble

to catch somebody napping coger a alguien desprevenido,-a

to catch somebody red-handed coger a alguien con las manos en la masa, coger a alguien in fraganti

to catch somebody with their trousers down coger a alguien in fraganti

to catch somebody's attention/eye atraer la atención de alguien, captar la atención de alguien

to catch sight of something/somebody / catch a glimpse of something/somebody entrever algo/a alguien

to get caught up in something verse envuelto,-a en algo

catch ['kæʧ, 'kɛʧ] v, caught ['kɔt] ; catching vt

1) capture, trap: capturar, agarrar, atrapar, coger

2) : agarrar, pillar fam, tomar de sorpresa

they caught him red-handed: lo pillaron con las manos en la masa

3) grasp: agarrar, captar

4) entangle: enganchar, enredar

5) : tomar (un tren, etc.)

6) : contagiarse de

to catch a cold: contagiarse de un resfriado, resfriarse

catch vi

1) grasp: agarrar

2) hook: engancharse

3) ignite: prender, agarrar

catch n

1) catching: captura f, atrapada f, parada f (de una pelota)

2) : redada f (de pescado), presa f (de caza)

he's a good catch: es un buen partido

3) latch: pestillo m, pasador m

4) difficulty, trick: problema m, trampa f, truco m

catch (Fishing)

n.

• pesca s.f.

• redada s.f.

adj.

• engañoso, -a adj.

• llamativo, -a adj.

n.

• aldabilla s.f.

• botín s.m.

• cerradero s.m.

• garra s.f.

• lance s.m.

• pestillo s.m.

• pieza s.f.

• presa s.f.

• trampa s.f.

v.

(§ p.,p.p.: caught) = atrapar v.

• captar v.

• capturar v.

• coger v.

• comprender v.

• enganchar v.

• entrecoger v.

• pescar v.

• pillar v.

• prender v.

• tomar v.

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1. kætʃ
(past & past p caught) transitive verb

1) \<\<ball/object\>\> agarrar, coger* (esp Esp)

he caught her by the arm — la agarró or (esp Esp) cogió del brazo

2) ( capture) \<\<mouse/lion\>\> atrapar, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<fish\>\> pescar*, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<thief\>\> atrapar

3)

a) ( take by surprise) agarrar, pillar (fam), pescar* (fam)

to catch somebody in the act — agarrar (or pillar etc) a alguien infraganti or con las manos en la masa

she caught him reading her mail — lo pilló leyendo sus cartas (fam)

you won't catch me going there again! — (colloq) a mí no me vuelven a ver el pelo por ahí! (fam)

we got caught in the rain — nos sorprendió or (fam) nos pilló or pescó la lluvia

b) ( intercept) \<\<person\>\> alcanzar*

catch you later — (AmE colloq) nos vemos

4)

a) \<\<train/plane\>\> ( take) tomar, coger* (esp Esp); ( be in time for) alcanzar*

I only just caught it — lo alcancé con el tiempo justo, por poco lo pierdo

b) (manage to see, hear)

we'll just catch the end of the game — todavía podemos pescar el final del partido (fam)

we could catch a movie before dinner — (AmE) podríamos ir al cine antes de cenar

5) (entangle, trap)

I caught my skirt on a nail — se me enganchó or (Méx tb) se me atoró or (Chi) se me pescó la falda en un clavo

I caught my finger in the drawer — me pillé or (AmL tb) me agarré el dedo en el cajón

I got caught in a traffic jam — me agarró or (esp Esp) me cogió un atasco

6)

a) ( attract)

try to catch his attention — trata de atraer su atención

the dress caught her fancy — se encaprichó con el vestido

b) ( hear or understand clearly)

did you catch what she said? — ¿oíste or entendiste lo que dijo?

c) \<\<mood/likeness\>\> captar, reflejar

7) ( become infected with) \<\<disease\>\> contagiarse de

to catch a cold — resfriarse*, agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* or (fam) pescar* or pillar un resfriado

I caught (the) measles from him — me contagió or (fam) me pegó el sarampión

8) ( hit)

he caught his head on the beam — se dio en la cabeza con la viga

to catch it o (AmE also) catch hell (colloq): you'll really catch it if he sees you! — si te ve, te mata!

9)

a) ( hold back)

he caught his breath in surprise — se le cortó la respiración de sorpresa

b) ( restrain)

to catch oneself — contenerse*

2.

vi

1)

a) ( grasp) agarrar, coger* (esp Esp), cachar (Méx)

b) (bite, take hold) \<\<mechanism\>\> engranar

c) ( become hooked) engancharse

2) ( ignite) \<\<fire\>\> prender, agarrar (AmL)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

II

noun

1)

a) ( Sport) atrapada f, parada f, atajada f (CS)

b) ( potential partner)

he's/she's a good catch — (colloq) es un buen partido

c) ( of fish) pesca f

2) ( fastening device - on door) pestillo m, pasador m (AmL); (- on window, box, necklace) cierre m

safety catch — seguro m

3) ( hidden drawback) trampa f

I knew there'd be a catch in o to it somewhere — ya sabía yo que tenía que haber gato encerrado

it's a Catch-22 situation — es una situación sin salida

4) ( in voice) temblor m

with a catch in her voice — con la voz entrecortada or temblorosa

[kætʃ] (vb: pt, pp caught)
1. N

1) [of ball etc] cogida f, parada f ; [of trawler] pesca f ; [of single fish] presa f, pesca f, captura f

good catch! — (Sport) ¡la cogiste! ¡bien hecho!, ¡bien agarrada! (LAm)

he's a good catch * — (as husband etc) es un buen partido

2) (=fastener) cierre m ; (Brit) (on door) pestillo m ; (Brit) (on box, window) cerradura f ; (=small flange) fiador m

3) (=trick) trampa f ; (=snag) pega f

where's the catch? — ¿cuál es la trampa?

there must be a catch here somewhere — aquí debe de haber trampa

a question with a catch to it — una pregunta capciosa or de pega

the catch is that... — la dificultad es que...

4)

with a catch in one's voice — con la voz entrecortada

5) (=game) catch-can m, lucha f

2. VT

1) (=grasp) asir; [+ ball] coger, agarrar (LAm); [+ fish] pescar; [+ thief] coger, atrapar

catch! — ¡cógelo!, ¡toma!

to be caught between two alternatives — estar entre la espada y la pared, no saber a qué carta quedarse

a toaster with a tray to catch the breadcrumbs — un tostador con una bandeja para recoger las migas

to catch sb's attention or eye — llamar la atención de algn

- be caught like a rat in a trap

2) (=take by surprise) pillar or coger or (LAm) tomar de sorpresa

to catch sb doing sth — sorprender or pillar a algn haciendo algo

to catch o.s. doing sth — sorprenderse a sí mismo haciendo algo

you won't catch me doing that — yo sería incapaz de hacer eso, nunca me verás haciendo eso

they caught him in the act — le cogieron or pillaron con las manos en la masa

we never caught them at it — no los sorprendimos nunca in fraganti

we won't get caught like that again — no volveremos a caer en esta trampa

he got caught in the rain — la lluvia lo pilló desprevenido

you've caught me at a bad moment — me has pillado en un mal momento

- he was caught off stride or off balance

3) (=contact, get hold of)

I tried to catch you on the phone — traté de hablar contigo por teléfono

when can I catch you next? — ¿cuándo podemos quedar otra vez para esto?

(I'll) catch you later! * — ¡nos vemos!

4) [+ bus, train etc] coger, tomar (LAm)

we only just caught the train — por poco perdimos el tren

hurry if you want to catch it — date prisa si quieres llegar a tiempo

5) (=hear) oír; (=understand) comprender, entender

I didn't quite catch what you said — no oí bien lo que dijiste

6) (=see, hear, visit) [+ TV programme, film] ver; [+ radio programme] oír, escuchar; [+ exhibition, concert] ir a

to catch the post — (=be in time for) llegar antes de la recogida del correo

7) (Med) [+ disease] coger, pillar, contagiarse de

to catch (a) cold — resfriarse

you'll catch your death (of cold)! * — ¡(te) vas a agarrar un buen resfriado!

- catch a cold

8) (=capture) [+ atmosphere, likeness] saber captar, plasmar

the painter has caught her expression — el pintor ha sabido captar su expresión

to catch the mood of the times — definir el espíritu de la época

9) (=trap)

I caught my fingers in the door — me pillé los dedos en la puerta

I caught my coat on that nail — mi chaqueta se enganchó en ese clavo

10) (=hit)

to catch sb a blow — pegar un golpe a algn

the punch caught him on the arm — recibió el puñetazo en el brazo

I caught my head on that beam — me di con la cabeza en esa viga

she caught me one on the nose * — me pegó en la nariz

11) (=receive, come into contact with)

this room catches the morning sun — este cuarto recibe el sol de la mañana

her brooch caught the light — su broche reflejaba la luz

the light was catching her hair — la luz brillaba en su pelo

12)

to catch one's breath — contener la respiración

13)

to catch it * — merecerse una regañina ( from de)

you'll catch it! * — ¡las vas a pagar!, ¡te va a costar caro!

he caught it good and proper * — le cayó una buena

3. VI

1) (=hook) engancharse (on en); (=tangle) enredarse

her dress caught in the door — se pilló el vestido con la puerta

her dress caught on a nail — se le enganchó el vestido en un clavo

2) [fire, wood] prender, encenderse; (Culin) [rice, vegetables etc] quemarse

4.

CPD

catch cry N — slogan m, eslogan m

catch phrase N — muletilla f, frase f de moda

catch question N — pregunta f capciosa, pregunta f de pega

- catch at

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

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I
1. [kætʃ]
(past & past p caught) transitive verb

1) \<\<ball/object\>\> agarrar, coger* (esp Esp)

he caught her by the arm — la agarró or (esp Esp) cogió del brazo

2) ( capture) \<\<mouse/lion\>\> atrapar, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<fish\>\> pescar*, coger* (esp Esp); \<\<thief\>\> atrapar

3)

a) ( take by surprise) agarrar, pillar (fam), pescar* (fam)

to catch somebody in the act — agarrar (or pillar etc) a alguien infraganti or con las manos en la masa

she caught him reading her mail — lo pilló leyendo sus cartas (fam)

you won't catch me going there again! — (colloq) a mí no me vuelven a ver el pelo por ahí! (fam)

we got caught in the rain — nos sorprendió or (fam) nos pilló or pescó la lluvia

b) ( intercept) \<\<person\>\> alcanzar*

catch you later — (AmE colloq) nos vemos

4)

a) \<\<train/plane\>\> ( take) tomar, coger* (esp Esp); ( be in time for) alcanzar*

I only just caught it — lo alcancé con el tiempo justo, por poco lo pierdo

b) (manage to see, hear)

we'll just catch the end of the game — todavía podemos pescar el final del partido (fam)

we could catch a movie before dinner — (AmE) podríamos ir al cine antes de cenar

5) (entangle, trap)

I caught my skirt on a nail — se me enganchó or (Méx tb) se me atoró or (Chi) se me pescó la falda en un clavo

I caught my finger in the drawer — me pillé or (AmL tb) me agarré el dedo en el cajón

I got caught in a traffic jam — me agarró or (esp Esp) me cogió un atasco

6)

a) ( attract)

try to catch his attention — trata de atraer su atención

the dress caught her fancy — se encaprichó con el vestido

b) ( hear or understand clearly)

did you catch what she said? — ¿oíste or entendiste lo que dijo?

c) \<\<mood/likeness\>\> captar, reflejar

7) ( become infected with) \<\<disease\>\> contagiarse de

to catch a cold — resfriarse*, agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* or (fam) pescar* or pillar un resfriado

I caught (the) measles from him — me contagió or (fam) me pegó el sarampión

8) ( hit)

he caught his head on the beam — se dio en la cabeza con la viga

to catch it o (AmE also) catch hell (colloq): you'll really catch it if he sees you! — si te ve, te mata!

9)

a) ( hold back)

he caught his breath in surprise — se le cortó la respiración de sorpresa

b) ( restrain)

to catch oneself — contenerse*

2.

vi

1)

a) ( grasp) agarrar, coger* (esp Esp), cachar (Méx)

b) (bite, take hold) \<\<mechanism\>\> engranar

c) ( become hooked) engancharse

2) ( ignite) \<\<fire\>\> prender, agarrar (AmL)

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Phrasal Verbs:

- catch on

- catch out

- catch up

II

noun

1)

a) ( Sport) atrapada f, parada f, atajada f (CS)

b) ( potential partner)

he's/she's a good catch — (colloq) es un buen partido

c) ( of fish) pesca f

2) ( fastening device - on door) pestillo m, pasador m (AmL); (- on window, box, necklace) cierre m

safety catch — seguro m

3) ( hidden drawback) trampa f

I knew there'd be a catch in o to it somewhere — ya sabía yo que tenía que haber gato encerrado

it's a Catch-22 situation — es una situación sin salida

4) ( in voice) temblor m

with a catch in her voice — con la voz entrecortada or temblorosa

English-spanish dictionary > catch
7 fancy

'fænsi
1. plural - fancies; noun
1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.) capricho, antojo

2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.) fantasía, imaginación

3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) fantasía

2. adjective
(decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) decorado, de fantasía

3. verb
1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) apetecer, gustar

2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) imaginarse, figurarse

3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) gustar, sentirse atraído (por)

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- fanciful
- fancifully
- fancy dress
- take a fancy to
- take one's fancy

fancy¹ adj elegante

a fancy hotel un hotel elegante

El comparativo de fancy se escribe fancier; el superlativo se escribe fanciest

fancy² vb

1. apetecer

I fancy an ice cream me apetece un helado

what do you fancy doing? ¿qué te apetece hacer?

2. gustar

my friend fancies you le gustas a mi amigo

El pasado y participio pasado de fancy se escribe fancied; el gerundio se escribe fancying

fancy

tr['fænsɪ]

noun (pl fancies)

1 (imagination) fantasía, imaginación nombre femenino

2 (whim) capricho, antojo

adjective

1 (jewels, goods etc) de fantasía

2 (unusual) estrafalario,-a

3 (high-class, posh) elegante, de lujo

4 (prices) exagerado,-a, excesivo,-a, exorbitante

transitive verb (pt & pp fancied, ger fancying)

1 (want) apetecer, querer

■ do you fancy a drink? ¿te apetece una copa?

■ I don't fancy going there no me apetece ir allí

2 (find attractive) encontrar atractivo,-a

■ my friend fancies you a mi amigo le gustas mucho

3 (think) creer, suponer

■ I'm not sure, but I fancy she was wearing blue no estoy seguro, pero creo que iba vestida de azul

4 (think likely to do well) creer, parecer

■ who do you fancy for the 400 metres hurdles? ¿quién crees que ganará los 400 metros vallas?

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

fancy that! ¡fíjate!, ¡pues vaya!

fancy! ¿quién lo habría dicho?, ¡vaya!, ¡qué casualidad!

■ fancy Nigel losing his job! ¿quién habría dicho que Nigel perdiera su trabajo?

to take a fancy to somebody/something encapricharse con alguien/algo

to catch somebody's fancy / take somebody's fancy hacerle gracia a alguien, encantarle a alguien

to fancy oneself ser creído,-a, ser presumido,-a

to fancy oneself as something dárselas de algo, creerse algo

fancy cake pastelito fino

fancy dress disfraz nombre masculino

fancy dress ball baile nombre masculino de disfraces

fancy man amante nombre masculino

fancy woman amante nombre femenino

flights of fancy ilusiones nombre femenino plural

fancy ['fæntsi] vt, - cied ; - cying

1) imagine: imaginarse, figurarse

fancy that!: ¡figúrate!, ¡imagínate!

2) crave: apetecer, tener ganas de

fancy adj, - cier ; - est

1) elaborate: elaborado

2) luxurious: lujoso, elegante

♦ fancily ['fæntsəli] adv

fancy n, pl - cies

1) liking: gusto m, afición f

2) whim: antojo m, capricho m

3) imagination: fantasía f, imaginación f

fancy

adj.

• de fantasía adj.

• elegante adj.

• postinero, -a adj.

n.

• afición s.f.

• antojo s.m.

• capricho s.m.

• fantasía s.f.

• gusto s.m.

• imaginación s.f.

• magín s.m.

v.

• fantasear v.

• figurar v.

• imaginar v.

• suponer v.

I
1. 'fænsi
fancies, fancying, fancied transitive verb (esp BrE)

1) ( expressing surprise) (in interj)

(just) fancy that! — pues mira tú!, imagínate!

fancy saying a thing like that! — cómo se te (or le etc) ocurre decir una cosa así!

fancy meeting them here! — qué casualidad encontrarnos con ellos aquí!

2) (feel urge, desire for) (colloq)

to fancy something/-ING: I really fancy an ice-cream qué ganas de tomarme un helado!; do you fancy going to see a movie? — ¿tienes ganas de or te gustaría or (esp Esp) te apetece ir al cine?

3) ( be physically attracted to) (colloq)

to fancy somebody: I fancy her/him — me gusta mucho

4) ( rate highly)

I don't fancy his chances — no creo que tenga muchas posibilidades

5) ( imagine) (frml)

to fancy (THAT): she fancied she saw his face in the crowd — creyó ver su cara entre la multitud

2.

v refl

to fancy oneself — (colloq) ser* (un) creído

to fancy oneself AS something: he fancies himself as an actor — se las da de actor

II

adjective -cier, -ciest

a) ( elaborate) elaborado

b) ( superior) (pej) < hotel> de campanillas; < car> lujoso; < ideas> extravagante, estrambótico

they gave us some fancy foreign dish — nos sirvieron un plato extranjero de ésos raros

nothing fancy, just a sandwich will do — nada complicado, con un sandwich basta

c) ( of foodstuffs) (AmE)

US Grade Fancy — ≈extra, ≈de primera calidad

III

noun (pl - cies)

a) ( liking) (no pl)

to take a fancy to somebody/something: they took a real fancy to each other quedaron prendados el uno del otro; she seems to have taken a fancy to you parece que le has caído en gracia; he's taken a fancy to that book se ha encaprichado con ese libro; to take o catch somebody's fancy: the ring quite took o caught my fancy el anillo me encantó or me dejó fascinada; buy whatever takes your fancy compra lo que te apetezca; to tickle somebody's fancy: the idea rather tickled my fancy — la idea me resultó atractiva

b) c ( whim) capricho m, antojo m

c u

c) ( unfounded idea) (liter) fantasía f

d) ( imagination) imaginación f, fantasía f

['fænsɪ]
1. N

1) (=liking)

to catch or take sb's fancy — atraer a algn

they stole anything that took their fancy — robaban cualquier cosa que les gustaba or atraía

I eat whatever takes my fancy — como lo que me apetece

to take a fancy to — [+ person] (amorously) quedarse prendado de, prendarse de; [+ thing] encapricharse con

he had taken a fancy to one of the secretaries — se había quedado prendado or se había prendado de una de las secretarias

he seems to have taken a fancy to you — parece que le gustas

2) (=whim) capricho m, antojo m

a passing fancy — un capricho pasajero

when the fancy takes him — cuando se le antoja

as the fancy takes her — según su capricho
tickle
3) (=imagination) fantasía f, imaginación f

in the realm of fancy — en el mundo de la fantasía
flight I, 1., 1)
4) (=vague idea)

I have a fancy that he'll be late — tengo or me da la sensación de que llegará tarde

2. ADJ
(compar fancier) (superl fanciest)
1) (=elaborate) muy elaborado

I like good, plain food, nothing fancy — me gusta la buena comida, sencilla, nada muy elaborado or nada demasiado historiado

she uses all these fancy words I don't understand — usa todas esas palabrejas que yo no entiendo

fancy footwork — (in football, dancing) filigranas fpl, florituras fpl (con los pies) ; (fig) gran habilidad f

2) (=elegant) [restaurant] de lujo, muy chic; [house, car] lujoso; [clothes] elegante, chic

3) (=exaggerated) [price] desorbitado; [idea] estrambótico

3. VT

1) (=imagine) imaginarse, figurarse

fancy that! * — ¡fíjate!, ¡imagínate!

fancy meeting you here! — ¡qué casualidad encontrarte aquí!

fancy him winning! — ¡qué raro que ganara él!

fancy letting him get away with it! — ¡mira que dejarle salirse con la suya!, ¡mira que dejar que se saliese con la suya!

fancy throwing that away, there's nothing wrong with it — ¡a quién se le ocurre tirar eso! está en perfectas condiciones

he fancied he saw a glint of amusement in her face — le pareció ver una chispa de diversión en su rostro

I rather fancy he's gone out — me da la impresión or se me hace que ha salido, se me antoja que ha salido liter

he fancies he knows it all — se cree un pozo de sabiduría

2) (=like, want)

a) (at particular moment)

what do you fancy? — ¿qué quieres tomar?, ¿qué te apetece?

do you fancy an Indian meal? — ¿te apetece or (LAm) se te antoja un una comida india?

b) (in general)

I've always fancied living there — siempre me hubiese gustado vivir allí

I don't fancy the idea — no me gusta la idea

he fancies himself * — es un creído or un presumido

he fancies himself as a bit of an actor * — se piensa que es un actor

he fancies himself as a footballer * — se las da de futbolista

he fancies himself as the next prime minister * — se cree que va a ser el próximo primer ministro

3) (esp Brit)
* (=be attracted to)
I could tell he fancied me — notaba que le gustaba mucho, notaba que se sentía atraído por mí

4) (=rate)

I don't fancy his chances of winning — no creo que tenga muchas posibilidades de ganar

which horse do you fancy for the Grand National? — ¿qué caballo es tu favorito para el Grand National?

I fancy England to win — yo creo que ganará Inglaterra

4.

CPD

fancy dress N — disfraz m

are you going in fancy dress? — ¿vas a ir disfrazado or con disfraz?

they were wearing fancy dress — iban disfrazados

fancy dress ball N — baile m de disfraces

fancy dress party N — fiesta f de disfraces

fancy goods NPL — (Comm) artículos mpl de regalo

fancy man † * N pej —

her fancy man — su amante, su amiguito *

fancy woman † * N pej —

his fancy woman — su querida, su amiguita *

* * *

I
1. ['fænsi]
fancies, fancying, fancied transitive verb (esp BrE)

1) ( expressing surprise) (in interj)

(just) fancy that! — pues mira tú!, imagínate!

fancy saying a thing like that! — cómo se te (or le etc) ocurre decir una cosa así!

fancy meeting them here! — qué casualidad encontrarnos con ellos aquí!

2) (feel urge, desire for) (colloq)

to fancy something/-ING: I really fancy an ice-cream qué ganas de tomarme un helado!; do you fancy going to see a movie? — ¿tienes ganas de or te gustaría or (esp Esp) te apetece ir al cine?

3) ( be physically attracted to) (colloq)

to fancy somebody: I fancy her/him — me gusta mucho

4) ( rate highly)

I don't fancy his chances — no creo que tenga muchas posibilidades

5) ( imagine) (frml)

to fancy (THAT): she fancied she saw his face in the crowd — creyó ver su cara entre la multitud

2.

v refl

to fancy oneself — (colloq) ser* (un) creído

to fancy oneself AS something: he fancies himself as an actor — se las da de actor

II

adjective -cier, -ciest

a) ( elaborate) elaborado

b) ( superior) (pej) < hotel> de campanillas; < car> lujoso; < ideas> extravagante, estrambótico

they gave us some fancy foreign dish — nos sirvieron un plato extranjero de ésos raros

nothing fancy, just a sandwich will do — nada complicado, con un sandwich basta

c) ( of foodstuffs) (AmE)

US Grade Fancy — ≈extra, ≈de primera calidad

III

noun (pl - cies)

a) ( liking) (no pl)

to take a fancy to somebody/something: they took a real fancy to each other quedaron prendados el uno del otro; she seems to have taken a fancy to you parece que le has caído en gracia; he's taken a fancy to that book se ha encaprichado con ese libro; to take o catch somebody's fancy: the ring quite took o caught my fancy el anillo me encantó or me dejó fascinada; buy whatever takes your fancy compra lo que te apetezca; to tickle somebody's fancy: the idea rather tickled my fancy — la idea me resultó atractiva

b) c ( whim) capricho m, antojo m

c u

c) ( unfounded idea) (liter) fantasía f

d) ( imagination) imaginación f, fantasía f

English-spanish dictionary > fancy
8 go

ɡəu 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) gå, dra, reise

2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) bli sendt, skulle sendes

3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) gå (til); bli solgt

4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) gå, føre

5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) gå på

6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) bli fjernet

7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) gå, forløpe, utvikle seg

8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) dra, gå

9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) forsvinne

10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) skal gjøre (noe)

11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) ryke, gå

12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) virke

13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) bli (fordervet, osv.)

14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) være, gå

15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) høre hjemme, ha sin plass

16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) gå

17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) bli brukt på/til

18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) være lov

19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) lage en lyd, si

20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) lyde

21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) gå bra, være en suksess
2. noun
1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) forsøk

2) (energy: She's full of go.) futt, fart, pågangsmot

•

- going
3. adjective
1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) vellykket

2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) eksisterende, nåværende, vanlig

•

- go-ahead
4. noun
(permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) klarsignal, grønt lys

- go-getter
- going-over
- goings-on
- no-go
- all go
- be going on for
- be going on
- be going strong
- from the word go
- get going
- give the go-by
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go along
- go along with
- go around
- go around with
- go at
- go back
- go back on
- go by
- go down
- go far
- go for
- go in
- go in for
- go into
- go off
- go on
- go on at
- go out
- go over
- go round
- go slow
- go steady
- go through
- go through with
- go too far
- go towards
- go up
- go up in smoke/flames
- go with
- go without
- keep going
- make a go of something
- make a go
- on the go

gå
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kjøre
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reise

I
subst. \/ɡəʊ\/

1) ( hverdagslig) hendelse, sak, historie

2) omgang, runde, kule

• a go of influenza

• it was a tough go

3) futt, tæl, pågangsmot, krutt, smell, sving, klem

• there's no go in him

han eier ikke tæl

• music without go

musikk uten futt

4) ( hverdagslig) forsøk

5) ( hverdagslig) glass, runde

• two goes of rum

to glass rom, takk

6) ( hverdagslig) suksess

7) porsjon, dose

all the go eller quite the go eller the go siste skrik, trendy, på moten

• these hats are all the go now

disse hattene er på moten nå

at one go på første forsøk, på én gang, i strekk

• he blew out all the candles at one go

han blåste ut alle lysene på én gang

be on the go ( hverdagslig) være på farten, være i gang, være i bevegelse

• she has been on the go all day

hun har vært på farten hele dagen

be (all) the go være motebevisst, følge siste mote

from go to whoa fra begynnelse til slutt

from the word go se ➢ word, 1

full of go eller have plenty of go full av fart

• she is full of go

det er fart i henne

have a go at something forsøke seg på noe, gjøre et forsøk på noe

• let me have a go at opening the tin

la meg forsøke å åpne boksen

• have a go yourself

prøv selv

make a go of something lykkes med noe, ha fremgang med noe

• it is difficult to make a go of a new business

det er vanskelig å få et nytt firma til å lykkes

a near go nære på, på håret

no go ( sport) tjuvstart ( overført) ingen vits i, nytteløst, feilslått, mislykket

a rum go tøff behandling, hard medfart ( foreldet) en overraskende begivenhet, et merkelig utfall, en snodig affære

that's a go eller here's a go litt av en røre, litt av en suppe
II
verb ( went - gone) \/ɡəʊ\/

1) dra, reise, gå, kjøre, ferdes

• people were coming and going all the time

folk kom og gikk ustanselig

• let's go for a drink

la oss gå ut og ta et glass

2) gå på, delta i, være medlem av

• she goes to school

• I go to aerobics classes twice a week

jeg går på aerobics to ganger i uken

3) gå omkring (og være), forbli

• the boy went hungry

gutten gikk ofte uten mat

• he went in constant fear of his life

han gikk i konstant frykt for livet sitt

4) begi seg, dra av gårde, gå

• I'm going home

jeg skal hjem \/ jeg går hjem

• I must be going

jeg må gå

• he has gone and got married

han har gått hen og giftet seg

5) ( særlig om noe negativt) bli, endre tilstand

• I thought I was going insane

jeg trodde jeg skulle bli gal

• the food had gone bad

maten hadde blitt dårlig

6) strekke seg, lede, føre til, gå til

• is this the road that goes into town?

7) ( om tid) gå, passere, forløpe

• three years went much quicker than I had expected

8) ( om utfallet av noe) gå, lykkes

• how did your application go?

9) være på farten, jobbe, stå på

• I've been going hard all day

• she can really go some

skal si hun har fart på seg

10) gjøre

• when you draw a bow you go like this...

når du skal spenne buen gjør du slik...

11) sette i gang, begynne

• go when you hear the bell!

12) harmonere, passe til, passe sammen

• the necklace and the scarf don't really go

13) ( om maskiner e.l.) funksjonere, gå, være i gang

• the car won't go

14) ( om gjenstander) høre til, høre hjemme, ha sin plass, være, stå, ligge, henge

• I don't know what goes where in your kitchen

• where do you want your piano to go?

15) ( hverdagslig) gå på do

• please, Sir! I have to go!

16) bli solgt for

• the house went for a song

huset gikk for en slikk og ingenting

17) gå tom for, slippe opp for, ta slutt, gå unna, bruke opp

• we'll have to stop at the next service station, the petrol's nearly gone

vi må stoppe på neste bensinstasjon, det er nesten tomt for bensin

• all his savings went on computer games

han brukte alle sparepengene på dataspill

18) forsvinne, gå tapt, ryke, gå i vasken

• there went all my money

der forsvant alle pengene mine

• there goes my last chance

der røk min siste sjanse

19) avskaffes, oppheves, oppgis, ofres

• this law has got to go

det må bli slutt på denne loven

20) opphøre, ta slutt, gå over, gi seg

• I wish this pain would go

jeg skulle ønske denne smerten ville gi seg

21) avskjediges, slutte, måtte gå

• some of the staff will have to go

22) gå konkurs, gå over ende

• the bank may go any day

23) avta, svikte, gi etter

• the old teacher's eyesight is going

24) dø, gå bort

• the old man went peacefully at 3 a.m.

den gamle mannen døde fredelig klokken tre om natten

25) få plass, romme, gå ned, gå inn i

• these shoes will go in the bag

• the letter won't go into the envelope

26) ( matematikk) gå opp i

• 3 into 16 won't go

3 i 16 går ikke

27) ( om lyd) gå, lyde, kime, si, smelle

• the gun went bang!

28) (om tekster, dikt, sanger e.l.) lyde, sies, gå

• the story goes that...

det sies at...

• can you remember how that song goes?

kan du huske hvordan den sangen var?

29) ( om valuta) være gangbar, være gyldig, gå

• American dollars go almost everywhere

amerikanske dollar går\/er gyldige nesten overalt

30) være akseptabelt, være tillatt, være lov

• anything goes

alt er lov

31) ha det siste ordet

• what I say goes

når jeg sier det, blir det slik

32) gjøre, foreta, gjennomføre

• go a journey

33) (amer., hverdagslig) strekke seg til

• I'll go $500 for a suit but no more

jeg kan strekke meg til 500 dollar for en dress, men ikke mer

34) (amer., hverdagslig) vedde, sette, melde

• I'll go $5 on the queen of hearts

jeg setter 5 dollar på hjerterdame

• I'll go to two spades

jeg melder to spar

35) (amer., hverdagslig) holde ut

• I can't go his preaching

jeg holder ikke ut prekingen hans

36) (amer., hverdagslig) smake, ha lyst på

• I could go a glass of beer now

nå skulle det smake godt med et glass øl

37) (hverdagslig, ofte i indirekte tale) si

• so I go, what'd you do that for?

og så sier jeg bare, hvorfor gjorde du det, 'a?

as something goes hva angår

• she is not very old, as grandmothers go

as things go som vanlig

come and go se ➢ come, 2

go about ( om rykter e.l.) gå, være i omløp, sirkulere, ryktes

• a rumour is going about...

det ryktes at...

ta en omvei

• they went a long way about

de tok en lang omvei

( sjøfart) gå baut, stagvende gå i gang med, sette i gang, gripe noe an

• you go about it the wrong way

du begynner i feil ende

utføre, skjøtte, passe

• she generally went about her own business and bothered no one

hun passet som regel sine egne saker og plaget ingen

go about with gå sammen med, henge sammen med, være sammen med

• he's going about with that French girl now

go after gå etter, løpe etter

• she's going after that handsome bloke

forsøke å få tak i, forsøke å skaffe seg, være ute etter

• she always went after perks

hun var alltid ute etter frynsegoder

go against gå imot, motstå

• she didn't have the courage to go against the management

(om følelser, prinsipper) gå på tvers av ( om avgjørelser e.l.) gå imot, være i disfavør

• the jury's verdict went against the accused

go ahead fortsette, gå på sette i gang, starte

• go ahead!

sett i gang! \/ kjør i vei!

gå (fort) fremover, rykke frem, vinne frem, gjøre fremskritt

• he's going ahead fast

han gjør raskt fremskritt

gå i forveien, dra i forveien

• you go ahead and say we're on our way

ta ledelsen, gå forbi, passere

(også overført)

go along with være enig med, si seg enig i

• my father doesn't go along with my decision to live with Paul

go all out ( hverdagslig) ta seg helt ut

go all the way ( ungdomsspråk) ha samleie

go all the way with være helt enig med ( sport) være på høyde med

go around eller go round (spesielt amer., om fly) avbryte et landingsforsøk og prøve på nytt

go around with gå sammen med, henge sammen med

go at gyve løs på

• he went at the task with an admirable eagerness

go back ( om klokken) bli stilt tilbake ha kjent hverandre lenge

• your father and I go back more than twenty years

go back on svikte, gå tilbake på (hva en har sagt)

• you can't go back on your word

go bad bli dårlig, bli bedervet

go from bad to worse gå fra asken til ilden

go down (om skip, fly) gå ned, synke, krasje tape, bli slått

• the home team went down 2-1

bli husket, bli skrevet ned

• his name went down in history

( overført) bli mottatt (av publikum)

• her show went down quite well

bli slukt, bli svelget, gli ned

• a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down

(amer., hverdagslig) skje

• I really don't know what's going down

(britisk, hverdagslig) fullføre studier (særlig ved Oxford eller Cambridge) (britisk, hverdagslig) bli satt i fengsel

go down on somebody (vulgært, slang, om oralsex) sokke noen, suge noen, slikke noen

go down with ( britisk) begynne å bli syk (av en spesifisert sykdom)

• I went down with the flu

go for bestemme seg for, velge

• how I wish he had gone for the other candidate!

ha sansen for

• Agnes went for the silent type

gå inn for (å oppnå noe)

• he went for a position in the Civil Service

angripe, gå løs på

• the dog went for the postman's leg

bli solgt for, gå for

• the property went for a song

gjelde, angå everyone

• everyone listen - that goes for you too, young man!

go for it! ikke gi deg!

go forward ( om klokken) bli stilt frem

go in for delta, melde seg på

• he went in for the competition

han meldte seg på i konkurransen

like, gå på, delta i (regelmessig)

• I don't go in for football

go into kjøre inn i, kollidere gå inn på, undersøke

• there's no reason to go into details

det er ikke nødvendig å gå i detalj

( matematikk) gå (opp) i

• how many times does 3 go into 18?

go off (om våpen, bomber e.l.) eksplodere, antenne ( om alarm) gå

• everybody had to leave the building when the fire alarm went off

alle måtte forlate bygget da brannalarmen gikk

( hverdagslig) miste selvbeherskelsen, «gå i lufta» (spesielt britisk, om mat) bli dårlig, bli bedervet, bli sur (spesielt britisk, hverdagslig) miste lysten på, begynne å mislike

• I went off red meat when I was pregnant

sovne

( om følelse) avta gradvis, gå over

• I had a splitting headache but it's going off now

go on ( ofte med presens partisipp) fortsette

• she couldn't go on working there

hun kunne ikke fortsette å arbeide der snakke ustoppelig, mase

• he went on and on about how I had forgotten his birthday

han maste noe veldig om hvordan jeg hadde glemt fødselsdagen hans

( i gjengitt direkte tale) fortsette (å snakke) etter et kort opphold

• 'I don't think so', she went on

( hverdagslig) kom igjen

• go on, tell him!

hende, finne sted, skje, foregå

• I wonder what's going on

jeg lurer på hva som foregår

( ofte med infinitiv) gå videre, fortsette

• she went on to university

(hverdagslig, ofte negativt) like, ha noe til overs for, synes om

• I heard that song last night and didn't go much on it

jeg hørte den låta i går og syntes ikke noe særlig om den

go out ( om lys e.l.) slukne ( om tidevann) ebbe, avta, bli lavvann gå ut (av huset)

• I'm going out for lunch today

jeg skal spise lunsj ute i dag

være sammen med, ha følge med

• she had been going out with the same boy for ages

føle med

• my heart goes out to the victim's family

( golf) spille de første ni hullene i en omgang på atten ( i kortspill) kaste kortene, kvitte seg med kortene en har på hånden

go over gjennomgå

• can we go over the procedure once more, please

gå over til, endre standpunkt, konvertere

• he went over to the Conservatives

( spesielt om en handling eller opptreden) bli godt mottatt, gå hjem hos (publikum)

• his performance went over well with the audience

opptredenen hans gikk rett hjem hos publikum

go round eller go around ( om hjul e.l.) gå rundt, dreie rundt ( om mat) rekke rundt, være tilstrekkelig

• there was barely enough cake to go round

det var bare såvidt nok kake til alle

( overført) fungere, gå

• money makes the world go round

go through gjennomgå, lide

• we are going through a difficult period

gå igjennom, lete igjennom

• I had to go through the whole stock to find the book you were asking for

jeg måtte lete igjennom hele beholdningen for å finne boken du spurte etter

gjennomføre, fullføre, ferdigstille, avslutte

• the deal is just about to go through

( hverdagslig) bruke (opp)

• I went through my pay in a couple of weeks

( om bøker) bli utgitt (i flere opplag)

• his memoirs went through six editions in four years

(austr., hverdagslig) stikke av (fra en forpliktelse)

go to! ( gammeldags) gi deg!

go under ( om forretning e.l.) gå konkurs ( om person) gå dukken, dø, bryte sammen

go up ( om et byggverk) bli reist eksplodere, antenne (plutselig)

• the entire building went up in flames

(britisk, hverdagslig) begynne ved et universitet (spesielt Oxford eller Cambridge)

go with si seg enig med, gi tillatelse til ha et (seksuelt) forhold til

go without være foruten, klare seg uten, forsake

• he gave his children what they wanted, even if he had to go without
III
adj. \/ɡəʊ\/

(romteknologi, hverdagslig) (start)klar

• all systems (are) go

alt klart til start

English-Norwegian dictionary > go
9 sight

1. noun
1) (faculty) Sehvermögen, das

loss of sight — Verlust des Sehvermögens

second sight — das Zweite Gesicht

near sight — see academic.ru/66874/short_sight">short sight

by sight — mit dem Gesichtssinn od. den Augen

know somebody by sight — jemanden vom Sehen kennen; see also long sight; short sight

2) (act of seeing) Anblick, der

at [the] sight of somebody/blood — bei jemandes Anblick/beim Anblick von Blut

catch sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas erblicken

lose sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas aus dem Auge od. den Augen verlieren

play something at sight — etwas vom Blatt spielen

shoot somebody at or on sight — jemanden gleich [bei seinem Erscheinen] erschießen

at first sight — auf den ersten Blick

love at first sight — Liebe auf den ersten Blick

3) (spectacle) Anblick, der

be a sorry sight — einen traurigen Anblick od. ein trauriges Bild bieten

it is a sight to see or to behold or worth seeing — das muss man gesehen haben

a sight for sore eyes — eine Augenweide

be/look a [real] sight — (coll.) (amusing) [vollkommen] unmöglich aussehen (ugs.); (horrible) böse od. schlimm aussehen

4) in pl. (noteworthy features) Sehenswürdigkeiten Pl.

see the sights — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten ansehen

5) (range) Sichtweite, die

in sight — (lit. or fig.) in Sicht

come into sight — in Sicht kommen

keep somebody/something in sight — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas im Auge behalten

within or in sight of somebody/something — (able to see) in jemandes Sichtweite (Dat.) /in Sichtweite einer Sache

out of somebody's sight — außerhalb jemandes Sichtweite

be out of sight — außer Sicht sein; (coll.): (be excellent) wahnsinnig sein (ugs.)

keep or stay out of [somebody's] sight — sich [von jemandem] nicht sehen lassen

keep somebody/something out of sight — jemanden/etwas niemanden sehen lassen

keep something/somebody out of somebody's sight — jemanden etwas/jemanden nicht sehen lassen

not let somebody/something out of one's sight — jemanden/etwas nicht aus den Augen lassen

out of sight, out of mind — (prov.) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn

6) (device for aiming) Visier, das

sights — Visiervorrichtung, die

set/have [set] one's sights on something — (fig.) etwas anpeilen

set one's sights [too] high — (fig.) seine Ziele [zu] hoch stecken

lower/raise one's sights — (fig.) zurückstecken/sich (Dat.) ein höheres Ziel setzen
2. transitive verb
sichten [Land, Schiff, Flugzeug, Wrack]; sehen [Entflohenen, Vermissten]; antreffen [seltenes Tier, seltene Pflanze]

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1. noun
1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) das Sehvermögen

2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) die Sicht(-weite)

3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) die Sehenswürdigkeit

4) (a view or glimpse.) der Blick

5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) der Anblick

6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) das Visier
2. verb
1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) sichten

2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) anvisieren

•

- sight-seeing
- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of
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sight

[saɪt]

I. n

1. no pl (ability to see)

[sense of] \sight Sehvermögen nt; (strength of vision) Sehleistung f, Sehkraft f

he's got very good \sight er sieht sehr gut

his \sight is deteriorating seine Sehkraft lässt nach

to improve sb's \sight jds Sehleistung verbessern

to lose one's \sight das Sehvermögen verlieren

2. no pl (visual access) Sicht f; (visual range) Sichtweite f, Sicht f

don't let the baby out of your \sight behalte das Baby im Auge

land in \sight! Land in Sicht!

get out of my \sight! ( fam) geh mir aus den Augen!

to be in/come into \sight in Sichtweite sein/kommen

to disappear from \sight außer Sichtweite verschwinden

to keep \sight of sth etw im Auge behalten

to lose \sight of sth/sb ( also fig) etw aus den Augen verlieren a. fig

out of \sight außer [o nicht in] Sichtweite

to keep out of \sight sich akk nicht sehen lassen

to put sth out of \sight etw wegräumen [o verstecken

3. no pl ( fig) Sicht f

in the \sight of God/the law vor Gott/dem Gesetz

a house within \sight of the mountains ein Haus mit Blick auf die Berge

4. no pl (act of seeing) Anblick m

they can't stand the \sight of each other sie können einander nicht ertragen

she faints at the \sight of blood sie wird beim Anblick von Blut ohnmächtig

at first \sight auf den ersten Blick

love at first \sight Liebe f auf den ersten Blick

to catch \sight of sb/sth jdn/etw erblicken

if I ever catch \sight of you again... wenn du mir noch einmal unter die Augen kommst,...

to do sth on \sight etw sofort tun

to hate [or loathe] /be sick of the \sight of sb/sth den Anblick einer Person/einer S. gen hassen/nicht mehr ertragen

to know sb by \sight jdn vom Sehen her kennen

to play [music] at [or from] \sight [Musik] vom Blatt spielen

5. no pl (image, spectacle) Anblick m

to not be a pretty \sight kein angenehmer Anblick sein

to be [or look] a \sight ( fam: ridiculous) lächerlich aussehen; (terrible) furchtbar aussehen

to be a \sight to behold (beautiful) ein herrlicher Anblick sein; (funny) ein Bild [o Anblick] für die Götter sein a. hum fam

6. no pl ( form: inspection) of a document, contract Einsicht f (of in + akk)

to request \sight of the papers Einsicht in die Unterlagen verlangen

7. (attractions)

▪ \sights pl Sehenswürdigkeiten pl

the \sights and sounds of London alle Sehenswürdigkeiten von London

8. (on a gun) Visier nt, Visiereinrichtung f

to line up the \sights das Visier ausrichten

9. no pl ( fam: a lot)

▪ a \sight deutlich, um einiges

food is a darn \sight more expensive than it used to be Essen ist um einiges teurer, als es früher war

he's a \sight better than he was yesterday er ist heute deutlich besser als gestern

10.

▶ to lower one's \sights seine Ziele zurückschrauben

▶ out of \sight, out of mind ( prov) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn prov

▶ to be out of \sight (beyond what's possible) außerhalb des Möglichen sein [o liegen]; ( fam: excellent) spitze [o toll] sein fam

the price of the house is out of \sight der Preis für das Haus ist unbezahlbar

the group's new record is out of \sight! die neue Platte der Gruppe ist der Wahnsinn! fam

▶ to be a \sight for sore eyes ( fam: welcome sigh) ein willkommener Anblick sein; (attractive) eine [wahre] Augenweide sein

▶ second \sight das zweite Gesicht

she's got the \sight sie hat das zweite Gesicht

▶ to set one's \sights on sth sich dat etw zum Ziel machen

▶ \sight unseen ungesehen, unbesehen SCHWEIZ

I never buy anything \sight unseen ich kaufe niemals etwas ungesehen

▶ to be within [or in] \sight of sth kurz vor etw dat stehen

II. vt

1. (see)

to \sight land/a criminal Land/einen Kriminellen sichten

2.

to \sight a gun ein Gewehr mit einem Visier versehen

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[saɪt]
1. n

1) (= faculty) Sehvermögen nt

the gift of sight — die Gabe des Sehens

long/short sight — Weit-/Kurzsichtigkeit f

to have long/short sight — weit-/kurzsichtig sein

to lose/regain one's sight — sein Augenlicht verlieren/wiedergewinnen

he has very good sight — er sieht sehr gut

sight is the most valuable sense — das Auge ist das wertvollste Sinnesorgan

2)

(= glimpse, seeing) it was my first sight of Paris — das war das Erste, was ich von Paris gesehen habe

to hate sb at first sight or on sight — jdn vom ersten Augenblick an nicht leiden können

at first sight I hated him, but then... —

at first sight it seemed easy — auf den ersten Blick erschien es einfach

to shoot at or on sight — sofort schießen

he played the music by sight — er hat vom Blatt gespielt

love at first sight —

at the sight of the police they ran away — als sie die Polizei sahen, rannten sie weg

to know sb by sight — jdn vom Sehen kennen

to catch sight of sb/sth — jdn/etw entdecken or erblicken

if I catch sight of you round here again... — wenn du mir hier noch einmal unter die Augen kommst,...

don't let me catch sight of you with her again —

to get a sight of sb/sth we had a glorious sight of the mountains — jdn/etw zu sehen or zu Gesicht bekommen wir hatten einen herrlichen Blick auf die Berge

to lose sight of sb/sth (lit, fig) — jdn/etw aus den Augen verlieren

don't lose sight of the fact that... — Sie dürfen nicht außer Acht lassen, dass...

See:

→ second sight

3) (= sth seen) Anblick m

the sight of blood/her makes me sick — wenn ich Blut/sie sehe, wird mir übel

that is the most beautiful sight I've ever seen — das ist das Schönste, was ich je gesehen habe

I hate or can't bear the sight of him/his greasy hair — ich kann ihn/seine fettigen Haare (einfach) nicht ausstehen

to be a sight to see or behold — ein herrlicher Anblick sein; (funny) ein Bild or Anblick für die Götter sein (inf)

what a horrible sight! — das sieht ja furchtbar aus!

it was a sight for sore eyes — es war eine wahre Augenweide

you're a sight for sore eyes — es ist schön, dich zu sehen

4) (inf)

to be or look a sight (funny) — zum Schreien aussehen (inf); (horrible) fürchterlich aussehen

he looks a sight — der sieht vielleicht aus

what a sight you are! — wie siehst du denn aus!

5) (= range of vision) Sicht f

to be in or within sight —

land in sight! — Land in Sicht!

our goal is in sight — unser Ziel ist in greifbare Nähe gerückt

we are in sight of victory — unser Sieg liegt in greifbarer Nähe

we came in sight of the coast — die Küste kam in Sicht

at last we were in sight of land — endlich war Land in Sicht

to keep sb in sight — jdn im Auge behalten

to keep out of sight — sich verborgen halten

to keep sb/sth out of sight — jdn/etw nicht sehen lassen

keep out of my sight! — lass dich bloß bei mir nicht mehr sehen or blicken

to be out of or lost to sight — nicht mehr zu sehen sein, außer Sicht sein

the minute I was out of sight of the school — sobald ich von der Schule aus nicht mehr zu sehen war

when he's out of our sight —

somewhere out of sight a cat was mewing — irgendwo miaute eine (unsichtbare) Katze

don't let the children out of your sight — lass die Kinder nicht aus den Augen

darling, I'll never let you out of my sight again — Schatz, ich lasse dich nie mehr fort

she dropped out of sight after her first movie — nach ihrem ersten Film geriet sie in Vergessenheit

to be lost to sight — nicht mehr zu sehen sein

out of sight, out of mind (Prov) — aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn (Prov)

6) (COMM)

payable at sight — zahlbar bei Sicht

30 days' sight — 30 Tage nach Sicht

sight unseen — unbesehen, ohne Besicht (form)

we need to have sight of the document first — das Dokument muss uns (dat) zuerst vorliegen

7) (fig

= opinion) in sb's sight — in jds Augen (dat)

in the sight of God — vor Gott

8) usu pl (of city etc) Sehenswürdigkeit f

to see the sights of a town etc — eine Stadt etc besichtigen

9) (on telescope etc) Visiereinrichtung f; (on gun) Visier nt

to set one's sights too high (fig) — seine Ziele zu hoch stecken

to lower one's sights (fig) — seine Ansprüche herabsetzen or herunterschrauben

to set one's sights on sth (fig) — ein Auge auf etw (acc) werfen

to have sb/sth in or within one's sights (fig) — jdn/etw im Fadenkreuz haben

10)

(= aim, observation) to take a sight with a gun etc at sth — etw mit einem Gewehr etc anvisieren

11) (inf)

not by a long sight — bei Weitem nicht

a sight better/cheaper — einiges besser/billiger

he's a damn sight cleverer than you think — er ist ein ganzes Ende gescheiter als du meinst (inf)

12) (inf)

out of sight — sagenhaft (sl), der Wahnsinn (inf)

2. vt

1) (= see) sichten (ALSO MIL); person ausmachen

2) gun (= provide with sights) mit Visier versehen; (= adjust sights) richten

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sight [saıt]

A s

1. Sehvermögen n, -kraft f, Auge(nlicht) n:

good sight gute Augen;

long (near) sight Weit-(Kurz)sichtigkeit f;

have second sight das Zweite Gesicht haben;

lose one’s sight das Augenlicht verlieren

2. (An)Blick m, Sicht f:

at ( oder on) sight auf Anhieb, beim ersten Anblick, sofort;

shoot sb at sight jemanden sofort oder ohne Warnung niederschießen;

at the sight of beim Anblick (gen);

my heart sank at the sight of him als ich ihn sah;

at first sight auf den ersten Blick;

play (sing, translate) at sight vom Blatt spielen (singen, übersetzen);

catch sight of erblicken;

know by sight vom Sehen kennen;

lose sight of

a) aus den Augen verlieren (a. fig),

b) fig etwas übersehen;

she can’t bear ( oder stand) the sight of blood sie kann kein Blut sehen

3. fig Auge n:

in my sight in meinen Augen;

in the sight of God vor Gott;

find favo(u)r in sb’s sight Gnade vor jemandes Augen finden

4. Sicht(weite) f:

(with)in sight

a) in Sicht(weite),

b) fig in Sicht;

within sight of the victory den Sieg (dicht) vor Augen;

out of sight außer Sicht;

out of sight, out of mind (Sprichwort) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn;

there’s no end in sight ein Ende ist nicht abzusehen;

be nowhere in sight nirgends zu sehen sein;

come in sight in Sicht kommen;

(get) out of my sight! geh mir aus den Augen!;

put out of sight

a) wegtun,

b) umg Essen wegputzen;

remain out of sight nach wie vor nicht in Sicht sein

5. WIRTSCH Sicht f:

payable at sight bei Sicht fällig;

bill (payable) at sight Sichtwechsel m;

30 days (after) sight 30 Tage (nach) Sicht;

bill (payable) after sight Nachsichtwechsel m;

buy sth sight unseen etwas unbesehen kaufen

6. Anblick m:

a sorry sight;

you’re sight for sore eyes umg

a) schön, dich wieder mal zu sehen

b) dich gibt’s ja auch noch!;

be ( oder look) a sight umg verboten oder zum Abschießen aussehen;

I did look a sight umg ich sah vielleicht aus;

what a sight you are! umg wie siehst du denn aus!; → god 1

7. Sehenswürdigkeit f:

his roses were a sight to see seine Rosen waren eine Sehenswürdigkeit;

see the sights of a town die Sehenswürdigkeiten einer Stadt besichtigen

8. umg Menge f, Masse f, Haufen m (Geld etc):

a long sight better zehnmal besser;

not by a long sight bei Weitem nicht

9. ASTRON, JAGD, MIL, TECH Visier(einrichtung) n(f):

take (a careful) sight (genau) (an)visieren oder zielen;

have in one’s sights, have one’s sights set on im Visier haben (a. fig);

lower one’s sights fig Abstriche machen, zurückstecken;

raise one’s sights fig höhere Ziele anstreben;

set one’s sights on sth fig etwas ins Auge fassen;

set one’s sights a bit higher sich etwas höhere Ziele stecken; → full sight

10. ASTRON, SCHIFF (mit Winkelinstrument gemessene oder bestimmte) Höhe (eines Gestirns)

B v/t

1. sichten, erblicken

2. MIL

a) anvisieren ( auch ASTRON, SCHIFF)

b) das Geschütz richten

c) eine Waffe etc mit einem Visier versehen

3. WIRTSCH einen Wechsel präsentieren

C v/i zielen, visieren

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1. noun
1) (faculty) Sehvermögen, das

loss of sight — Verlust des Sehvermögens

second sight — das Zweite Gesicht

near sight — see short sight

by sight — mit dem Gesichtssinn od. den Augen

know somebody by sight — jemanden vom Sehen kennen; see also long sight; short sight

2) (act of seeing) Anblick, der

at [the] sight of somebody/blood — bei jemandes Anblick/beim Anblick von Blut

catch sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas erblicken

lose sight of somebody/something — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas aus dem Auge od. den Augen verlieren

play something at sight — etwas vom Blatt spielen

shoot somebody at or on sight — jemanden gleich [bei seinem Erscheinen] erschießen

at first sight — auf den ersten Blick

love at first sight — Liebe auf den ersten Blick

3) (spectacle) Anblick, der

be a sorry sight — einen traurigen Anblick od. ein trauriges Bild bieten

it is a sight to see or to behold or worth seeing — das muss man gesehen haben

a sight for sore eyes — eine Augenweide

be/look a [real] sight — (coll.) (amusing) [vollkommen] unmöglich aussehen (ugs.); (horrible) böse od. schlimm aussehen

4) in pl. (noteworthy features) Sehenswürdigkeiten Pl.

see the sights — sich (Dat.) die Sehenswürdigkeiten ansehen

5) (range) Sichtweite, die

in sight — (lit. or fig.) in Sicht

come into sight — in Sicht kommen

keep somebody/something in sight — (lit. or fig.) jemanden/etwas im Auge behalten

within or in sight of somebody/something — (able to see) in jemandes Sichtweite (Dat.) /in Sichtweite einer Sache

out of somebody's sight — außerhalb jemandes Sichtweite

be out of sight — außer Sicht sein; (coll.): (be excellent) wahnsinnig sein (ugs.)

keep or stay out of [somebody's] sight — sich [von jemandem] nicht sehen lassen

keep somebody/something out of sight — jemanden/etwas niemanden sehen lassen

keep something/somebody out of somebody's sight — jemanden etwas/jemanden nicht sehen lassen

not let somebody/something out of one's sight — jemanden/etwas nicht aus den Augen lassen

out of sight, out of mind — (prov.) aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn

6) (device for aiming) Visier, das

sights — Visiervorrichtung, die

set/have [set] one's sights on something — (fig.) etwas anpeilen

set one's sights [too] high — (fig.) seine Ziele [zu] hoch stecken

lower/raise one's sights — (fig.) zurückstecken/sich (Dat.) ein höheres Ziel setzen
2. transitive verb
sichten [Land, Schiff, Flugzeug, Wrack]; sehen [Entflohenen, Vermissten]; antreffen [seltenes Tier, seltene Pflanze]

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n.

Anblick -e m.

Sehkraft -¨e f.

Sehvermögen n. v.

sichten v.

English-german dictionary > sight
10 see

see [si:]

voir ⇒ 1 (a)-(h), 1 (j)-(o), 1 (q)-(s), 1 (u), 2 (a)-(e) consulter ⇒ 1 (d) rencontrer ⇒ 1 (e) recevoir ⇒ 1 (g) comprendre ⇒ 1 (j) s'imaginer ⇒ 1 (l) s'assurer ⇒ 1 (p) connaître ⇒ 1 (r) accompagner ⇒ 1 (t) comprendre ⇒ 2 (d)

(pt saw [sɔ:], pp seen [si:n])

1 transitive verb

(a) (perceive with eyes) voir;

∎ can you see me? est-ce que tu me vois?;

∎ I can't see a thing je ne vois rien;

∎ she could see a light in the distance elle voyait une lumière au loin;

∎ I could see she'd been crying je voyais qu'elle avait pleuré;

∎ he saw her talk or talking to the policeman il l'a vue parler ou qui parlait au policier;

∎ did anyone see you take it? est-ce que quelqu'un t'a vu le prendre?;

∎ did you see what happened? avez-vous vu ce qui s'est passé?;

∎ let me see your hands fais-moi voir ou montre-moi tes mains;

∎ now see what you've done! regarde ce que tu as fait!;

∎ can I see your newspaper a minute? puis-je voir votre journal ou jeter un coup d'œil sur votre journal un instant?;

∎ I see her around a lot je la croise assez souvent;

∎ I don't want to be seen with him je ne veux pas être vu ou qu'on me voie avec lui;

∎ there wasn't a car to be seen il n'y avait pas une seule voiture en vue;

∎ the cathedral can be seen from a long way off on voit la cathédrale de très loin;

∎ nothing more was ever seen of her on ne l'a plus jamais revue;

∎ it has to be seen to be believed il faut le voir pour le croire;

∎ she began to see spies everywhere elle s'est mise à voir des espions partout;

∎ there's nothing there, you're seeing things! il n'y a rien, tu as des hallucinations!;

∎ I could see what was going to happen (a mile off) je le voyais venir (gros comme une maison);

∎ familiar they saw you coming (a mile off) ils t'ont vu arriver de loin;

∎ could you see your way (clear) to lending me £20? est-ce que vous pourriez me prêter 20 livres?;

∎ to see the back or last of sth en avoir fini avec qch;

∎ I'll be glad to see the back or last of her je serai content d'être débarrassé d'elle

(b) (watch → movie, play, programme) voir;

∎ I saw it on the news je l'ai vu au journal télévisé;

∎ did you see the match last night? as-tu vu le match hier soir?

(c) (refer to → page, chapter) voir;

∎ see page 317 voir page 317;

∎ see above voir plus haut;

∎ see (on) the back voir au verso

(d) (consult → doctor, lawyer) consulter, voir;

∎ you should see a doctor tu devrais voir ou consulter un médecin;

∎ I'll be seeing my lawyer about this je vais consulter mon avocat à ce sujet;

∎ I'll be seeing the candidates next week je verrai les candidats la semaine prochaine;

∎ I want to see the manager je veux voir le directeur;

∎ can I see you for a minute in my office? je peux vous voir un instant dans mon bureau?;

∎ I'd like to see you on business je voudrais vous parler affaires

(e) (meet by chance) voir, rencontrer;

∎ guess who I saw at the supermarket! devine qui j'ai vu ou qui j'ai rencontré au supermarché!

(f) (visit → person, place) voir;

∎ come round and see me some time passe me voir un de ces jours;

∎ they came to see me in hospital ils sont venus me voir à l'hôpital;

∎ I've always wanted to see China j'ai toujours voulu voir la Chine

(g) (receive a visit from) recevoir, voir;

∎ he's too ill to see anyone il est trop malade pour voir qui que ce soit;

∎ she can't see you right now, she's busy elle ne peut pas vous recevoir ou voir maintenant, elle est trop occupée

(h) (spend time with socially) voir;

∎ do you still see the Browns? est-ce que vous voyez toujours les Brown?;

∎ we've seen quite a lot of them recently nous les avons beaucoup vus dernièrement;

∎ we see less of them these days nous les voyons moins en ce moment;

∎ is he seeing anyone at the moment? (going out with) est-ce qu'il a quelqu'un en ce moment?

(i) familiar (saying goodbye)

∎ see you!, (I'll) be seeing you! salut!;

∎ see you later! à tout à l'heure!;

∎ see you around! à un de ces jours!;

∎ see you tomorrow! à demain!;

∎ see you in London! on se verra à Londres!

(j) (understand) voir, comprendre;

∎ I see what you mean je vois ou comprends ce que vous voulez dire;

∎ I don't see what's so funny! je ne vois pas ce qu'il y a de si drôle!;

∎ he can't see the joke il ne comprend pas la plaisanterie;

∎ I could see his point je voyais ce qu'il voulait dire;

∎ I don't see any point in going back now je ne vois pas du tout l'intérêt qu'il y aurait à y retourner maintenant;

∎ I can see why you were worried je vois pourquoi vous étiez inquiet;

∎ I can't see that it matters je ne vois pas quelle importance ça a

(k) (consider, view) voir;

∎ try to see things from my point of view essayez de voir les choses de mon point de vue;

∎ we see things differently nous ne voyons pas les choses de la même façon;

∎ you'll see things differently in the morning demain tu verras les choses d'un autre œil;

∎ that's how I see it c'est comme ça que je vois les choses;

∎ he doesn't see his drinking as a problem il ne se considère pas comme un alcoolique;

∎ how do you see the current situation? que pensez-vous de la situation actuelle?;

∎ as I see it, it's the parents who are to blame à mon avis, ce sont les parents qui sont responsables

(l) (envisage, picture) voir, s'imaginer;

∎ I can't see him getting married je ne le vois pas ou je ne me l'imagine pas se mariant;

∎ I can't see them accepting this je ne peux pas croire qu'ils vont accepter cela;

∎ I can't see you as a boxer je ne te vois pas en boxeur;

∎ she just couldn't see herself as a wife and mother elle ne s'imaginait pas se mariant et ayant des enfants;

∎ I can't see it myself je n'y crois pas trop;

∎ they say this will be more efficient but I don't see it ils disent que cela sera plus efficace, mais je n'y crois pas;

∎ I don't see any chance of that à mon avis c'est peu probable;

∎ can I borrow the car? - I don't see why not est-ce que je peux prendre la voiture? - je n'y vois pas d'inconvénients;

∎ will you finish in time? - I don't see why not vous aurez fini à temps? - il n'y a pas de raison;

∎ what do you see happening next? d'après vous, qu'est-ce qui va se passer ensuite?;

∎ how do you see things developing? comment est-ce que vous envisagez l'avenir?

(m) (try to find out) voir;

∎ I'll see if I can fix it je vais voir si je peux le réparer;

∎ I'll see what I can do je vais voir ce que je peux faire;

∎ go and see if he's still asleep va voir s'il dort encore;

∎ she called by to see what had happened elle est venue pour savoir ce qui s'était passé

(n) (perceive) voir;

∎ I can't see any improvement je ne vois pas d'amélioration;

∎ to see oneself in one's children se reconnaître dans ses enfants;

∎ what can she possibly see in him? qu'est-qu'elle peut bien lui trouver?;

∎ they must have seen how worried I was ils ont dû voir combien j'étais inquiet

(o) (discover, learn) voir;

∎ I'm pleased to see you're enjoying life je suis heureux de voir que tu profites de la vie;

∎ I'll be interested to see how he gets on je serais curieux de voir comment il se débrouillera;

∎ I see (that) he's getting married j'ai appris qu'il allait se marier;

∎ I saw it in the paper this morning je l'ai vu ou lu ce matin dans le journal;

∎ as we shall see in a later chapter comme nous le verrons dans un chapitre ultérieur;

∎ I see she's in the new Scorsese movie je vois qu'elle est dans le nouveau film de Scorsese

(p) (make sure) s'assurer, veiller à;

∎ see that all the lights are out before you leave assurez-vous que ou veillez à ce que toutes les lumières soient éteintes avant de partir;

∎ see that everything's ready for when they arrive veillez à ce que tout soit prêt pour leur arrivée;

∎ I shall see that he comes je me charge de le faire venir;

∎ familiar she'll see you right elle veillera à ce que tu ne manques de rien^□, elle prendra bien soin de toi^□

(q) (inspect → file, passport, ticket) voir;

∎ can I see your ticket, sir? puis-je voir votre ticket, Monsieur?

(r) (experience) voir, connaître;

∎ he thinks he's seen it all il croit tout savoir;

∎ most recruits never see active service la plupart des recrues ne voient jamais la guerre de près;

∎ our car has seen better days notre voiture a connu des jours meilleurs;

∎ the city hasn't seen such crowds in decades la ville n'a pas connu une foule pareille depuis des dizaines d'années;

∎ the country saw many changes le pays a connu de grands changements

(s) (witness) voir;

∎ they have seen their purchasing power halved ils ont vu leur pouvoir d'achat diminuer de moitié;

∎ last year saw an increase in profits l'année dernière a vu une augmentation des bénéfices;

∎ the next decade will see enormous changes la prochaine décennie verra se produire des changements considérables;

∎ I never thought I'd see the day when he'd admit he was wrong je n'aurais jamais cru qu'un jour il admettrait avoir tort;

∎ you don't see athletes like her any more! il n'y a plus beaucoup d'athlètes comme elle!

(t) (accompany) accompagner;

∎ I'll see you to the bus stop je t'accompagne à ou jusqu'à l'arrêt du bus;

∎ I'll see you home je te raccompagne chez toi;

∎ see Mr Smith to the door, please veuillez raccompagner M. Smith jusqu'à la porte;

∎ he saw her into a taxi/onto the train il l'a mise dans un taxi/le train;

∎ to see sb across the road aider qn à traverser la rue

(u) (in poker) voir;

∎ I'll see you je vous vois;

∎ I'll see your $10 and raise you 20 je vous suis à 10 dollars et je relance de 20

2 intransitive verb

(a) (perceive with eyes) voir;

∎ I can't see without (my) glasses je ne vois rien sans mes lunettes;

∎ he may never see again il se peut qu'il ne voie plus jamais;

∎ on a clear day you can see as far as the coast par temps clair on voit jusqu'à la mer;

∎ you can see for miles around la vue s'étend sur des kilomètres;

∎ cats can see in the dark les chats voient dans l'obscurité;

∎ I haven't quite finished - so I see je n'ai pas tout à fait terminé - c'est ce que je vois;

∎ to see into the future voir ou lire dans l'avenir;

∎ she can't see any further than the end of her nose elle ne voit pas plus loin que le bout de son nez;

∎ for all to see au vu et au su de tous

(b) (look) voir;

∎ can I see? je peux voir?;

∎ let me see!, let's see! fais voir!;

∎ see for yourself voyez par vous-même;

∎ familiar see! I told you he wouldn't let us down tu vois! je t'avais dit qu'il ne nous laisserait pas tomber

(c) (find out) voir;

∎ is that the baby crying? - I'll go and see c'est le bébé qu'on entend pleurer? - je vais voir;

∎ you'll see! tu verras!;

∎ we shall see nous verrons (bien);

∎ we'll soon see on le saura vite;

∎ we'll soon see if… on saura vite si…

(d) (understand) voir, comprendre;

∎ it makes no difference as far as I can see autant que je puisse en juger, ça ne change rien;

∎ you see, there's something else you should know tu vois, il y a quelque chose d'autre que tu devrais savoir;

∎ I was tired, you see, and… j'étais fatigué, voyez-vous, et…;

∎ I see je vois;

∎ familiar I don't want any trouble, see? je ne veux pas d'histoires, OK?;

∎ familiar old-fashioned now see here, young man! écoutez-moi, jeune homme!

(e) (consider)

∎ let me or let's see voyons voir;

∎ it was, let me see, in 1938 c'était, voyons (voir), en 1938;

∎ Mum said you'd take us to the fair - we'll see Maman a dit que tu nous amènerais à la foire - on verra (ça)

3 noun

Religion (of bishop) siège m épiscopal, évêché m; (of archbishop) archevêché m

➲ see about inseparable transitive verb

(a) (deal with) s'occuper de;

∎ I'll see about making the reservations je m'occuperai des réservations;

∎ they're sending someone to see about the gas ils envoient quelqu'un pour vérifier le gaz

(b) (consider) voir;

∎ I'll see about it je verrai ça;

∎ we'll have to see about getting a new car il va falloir songer à acheter une nouvelle voiture;

∎ familiar they won't let us in - we'll (soon) see about that! ils ne veulent pas nous laisser entrer - c'est ce qu'on va voir!

➲ see around inseparable transitive verb

= see round

➲ see in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (escort) faire entrer

(b) (celebrate)

∎ to see in the New Year fêter le Nouvel An

2 intransitive verb

voir à l'intérieur;

∎ the curtains were drawn, so we couldn't see in les rideaux étaient tirés, nous ne pouvions pas voir à l'intérieur

➲ see off separable transitive verb

(a) (say goodbye to) dire au revoir à;

∎ she came to see me off at the station elle est venue à la gare me dire au revoir

(b) (chase away) chasser;

∎ see him off! (to dog) chasse-le!

(c) (repel → attack) repousser

➲ see out separable transitive verb

(a) (accompany to the door) reconduire ou raccompagner à la porte;

∎ can you see yourself out? pouvez-vous trouver la sortie tout seul?;

∎ goodbye, I'll see myself out au revoir, ce n'est pas la peine de me raccompagner

(b) (stay or last until end of)

∎ I'll see another year out here then go home je vais passer une autre année ici puis je rentrerai;

∎ we've got enough food to see the week out nous avons assez à manger pour tenir jusqu'à la fin de la semaine;

∎ I don't think these boots will see the winter out je ne crois pas que ces bottes feront l'hiver;

∎ he isn't expected to see out the week il y a peu de chances qu'il survive jusqu'à la fin de la semaine;

∎ he'll see us all out! (will survive us) il nous enterrera tous!

(c) (celebrate)

∎ to see out the Old Year fêter le Nouvel An

➲ see over inseparable transitive verb

= see round

➲ see round inseparable transitive verb

visiter;

∎ they came to see round the house ils sont venus pour visiter la maison

➲ see through

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (window, fabric) voir à travers

(b) (be wise to → person) percer à jour, voir dans le jeu de; (→ trick, scheme, behaviour) ne pas se laisser tromper par;

∎ I saw through him je l'ai percé à jour, j'ai vu dans son jeu;

∎ she saw through his apparent cheerfulness elle ne s'est pas laissée tromper par ou elle n'a pas été dupe de son apparente bonne humeur;

∎ I saw through their little game j'ai vite compris leur petit jeu

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (bring to a successful end) mener à bonne fin;

∎ we can count on her to see the job through on peut compter sur elle pour mener l'affaire à bien

(b) (stay until end of)

∎ to see a show/film through assister à un spectacle/regarder un film jusqu'au bout

(c) (support, sustain)

∎ I've got enough money to see me through the week j'ai assez d'argent pour tenir jusqu'à la fin de la semaine;

∎ £20 should see me through (to Monday) 20 livres devraient me suffire (jusqu'à lundi);

∎ their love has seen them through many a crisis leur amour les a aidés à surmonter de nombreuses crises;

∎ her good humour will always see her through any difficulties sa bonne humeur lui permettra toujours de traverser les moments difficiles

➲ see to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (look after) s'occuper de;

∎ I'll see to the dinner je m'occuperai du dîner;

∎ I'll see to it je vais m'en occuper, je m'en charge;

∎ see to it that everything's ready by 5 p.m. veillez à ce que tout soit prêt pour 17 heures;

∎ she saw to it that our picnic was ruined elle a fait en sorte de gâcher notre pique-nique

(b) (repair) réparer;

∎ you should get the brakes seen to tu devrais faire réparer les freins

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1. I
abs

1) I have something (some work, some business, etc.) to do мне надо сделать кое-что и т. д.; it gives me something to do благодаря этому у меня есть [какое-то] занятие; I have nothing to do мне нечего делать; what are you doing? что вы делаете?; what do you do? чем вы занимаетесь?, кем вы работаете?; try what kindness will do попробуй, чего можно добиться добром; look at what a little hard work can do смотри, что может дать небольшое усилие; they are up and doing coll. они уже заняты делами, они уже работают id nothing doing! coll. этот номер не пройдёт!, ни черта!

2) I don't know what to do я не знаю, что делать /как мне поступить/; what is there to do? что тут поделаешь /можно сделать/?; there is nothing to do ничего не поделаешь

3) half of that (half a dozen eggs, etc, will do хватит /довольно/ и половины этого и т.д., that hat (this coat, this colour, these boots, etc.) will do эта шляпа и т. д. подойдет; can you make L 5 do? вы обойдетесь пятью фунтами?; will I do? я вам подхожу?, я гожусь? || that will do а) это годится /сойдет/; б) довольно!, хватит!

4) only in the Continuous he came to see what was doing он пришел посмотреть, что происходит; there is nothing doing дела стоят, ничего не происходит

5) 0 only in the Perfect I've done я кончил; one more question and I have done еще один вопрос и все
2. II
1) do somewhere often in the Continuous there was not much doing there там особенно нечего было делать; there is nothing to do here a) здесь нечего делать; б) здесь скучно

2) do in some manner you have done wisely (unwisely) вы (не)умно поступили; you could do better ты бы мог сделать получше; I should have done so мне так и следовало поступить; you've helped me by so doing поступив так /сделав это/, вы мне помогли; what is worth doing is worth doing promptly стоящее дело надо делать сразу; you should not do so much не нужно так утруждать себя; he lives longest who does most кто больше работает, тот дольше живет

3) do in some manner that (it, this piece of string, etc.) will do excellently ( just as well, perfectly well, etc.) a) это и т. д. прекрасно и т. д. подойдет; б) этого и т. д. вполне и т. д. хватит /достаточно/; this will hardly do а) вряд ли этого хватит; б) вряд ли это уместно; do somewhere that won't do here здесь это не пройдет; do for some time she made her old dress do another season она проносила свое старое платье еще сезон || that'll do now а теперь довольно / хватит/; this will never do так совсем нельзя; так просто невозможно, так дело не пойдет

4) do in some manner do well преуспевать, процветать; all the boys except one have done well все мальчики, кроме одного, добились хороших результатов; he will do better next time в следующий раз у него получится лучше; I hope you will do better in future надеюсь, вам в дальнейшем больше повезет /у вас в дальнейшем дела пойдут лучше/; the firm is doing none too well дела фирмы идут далеко не блестяще; the garden is doing well все в саду цветет; the wheat is doing well пшеница хорошо уродилась; the patients ( the wounded soldiers, mother and child, etc.) are doing well (quite well, fine, admirably, nicely, etc.) больные и т. д. чувствуют себя хорошо и т. д.; is the baby doing well? хорошо ли развивается /растет/ малыш?; they asked how he was doing они справились о его состоянии, они спрашивали, как его здоровье или как у него дела; we are doing pretty well дела у нас идут совсем неплохо; she is doing poorly дела у нее идут неважно

5) 0 to have done at wine time will he (n)ever have done! неужели он никогда не кончит /не перестанет/]; move quicker or we shall never have done шевелись /пошевеливайся/, а то мы никогда не кончим
3. III
1) do smth. are you doing anything? вы заняты?; I'll do nothing of the sort ничего подобного я делать не стану; she did nothing but cry она только плакала; he makes her do anything he wants он заставляет ее делать все, что [он] захочет

2) do smb. (usually with will) that (this car, this coat, etc.) will do him это и т. д. ему подойдет; it is a small house but it will do us дом маленький, но нас он устроит; will these shoes do you? вам подойдут такие туфли?

3) do smth. do one's work (a job, one's task, one's duty, etc.) выполнять [свою] работу и т. д.; he has done a good day's work он изрядно поработал сегодня; do repairs производить ремонт; she did six copies of the letter она сняла с письма шесть копий; do one's military service проходить срочную службу в армии

4) do smth. do the house (one's things, one's books, etc.) приводить в порядок дом и т. д.; do the room убирать в комнате; do the housework делать домашнюю работу, выполнять работу по дому; do the dishes (the windows, the floors, etc.) мыть посуду и т. д., do the beds застилать кровати; do the bookshelves (the mantlepiece, the chairs, the knick-knacks, etc.) смахивать /стирать/ пыль с книжных полок и т. д.; do the flowers расставлять цветы (в вазах), do one's teeth чистить зубы; do one's hair причесываться, делать прическу

5) do smth. do the dinner (the supper, etc.) сварить /сделать/ обед и т. д.; do the salad (the dessert, the fish, etc.) приготавливать /делать/ салат и т. д.; do one's lessons (one's homework, one's exercises, etc.) готовить /делать/ уроки и т. д.; do sums (problems in algebra, a puzzle, etc.) решать арифметические задачи и т. д.

6) do smth. do [much] good приносить [большую] пользу; do a good deed сделать доброе дело; do harm /wrong/ причинять вред, делать зло; that won't do any good от этого толку не будет. это ничего не даст; do a good (bad) turn оказать хорошую (плохую) услугу; do a favour сделать одолжение; do one's best /one's utmost, one's damnedest, all one can/ сделать все возможное; do wonders /miracles/ творить чудеса; do mischief натворить дел, набедокурить; do smb.'s will исполнять чью-л. волю

7) do some distance the car was doing sixty машина делала шестьдесят километров или миль /ехала со скоростью шестьдесят километров или миль/

8) do smth., smb. do a book (magazine articles, her, an oil portrait, etc.) писать книгу и т. д.; do one's correspondence писать письма; Disney did a movie about the seven dwarfs Дисней сделал фильм о семи гномах

9) do smth., smb. do Hamlet (Lear, etc.) ставить или играть Гамлета и т. д., do a concerto (Bach, Brahms, etc.) исполнять концерт и т. д., do the host (the interpreter, etc.) выступать в качестве /исполнять обязанности, быть за/ хозяина и т. д.

10) do smth. do medicine (engineering, history, etc.) изучать медицину и т. д.; do science изучать точные науки

11) do some places do London (Switzerland, a museum, a picture-gallery, a town, the sights, etc.) осмотреть Лондон и т.д., ознакомиться с достопримечательностями Лондона и т. д.; we did a show мы сходили в театр

12) 0 have done smth. have you done supper (your lessons, the letter, etc.)? ты кончил ужинать и т. д.?

13) 0 do smth. do time отбывать тюремное заключение; do ten years (a five-year term, etc.) отсидеть десять лет и т. д.; if they get caught they would have to do five years если они попадутся, их засадят /посадят/ на /им придется отсидеть/ пять лет
4. IV
1) do smth. in some manner do smth. well (readily /willingly/, carefully, resolutely, on purpose, etc.) (с)делать что-л. хорошо и т. д.; do one's work thoroughly тщательно выполнить свою работу; do smth. differently делать что-л. не так [, как другие] /иначе/; do smth. at some time what are you doing now? что вы сейчас делаете?, чем вы сейчас заняты?; what shall I do next? a) что мне делать дальше?; б) как мне быть /поступить/ дальше?; I must do some work now теперь мне надо поработать; he does all his work at night он работает по ночам /ночью/; are you doing anything tomorrow? вы завтра [чем-л.] заняты?; do smth. somewhere these are things they do better at home [than abroad] подобные вещи делают лучше у нас [, чем за границей]

2) do smb. in some manner this room (a flat, in town, that, etc.) will do me quite well эта комната и т. д. меня вполне устроит

3) do some distance at some time do 30 miles today (this distance in time, etc.) проехать /проделать, покрыть, пройти/ 30 миль и т. д. за сегодняшний день; он such a bad road I could not do more than 30 kilometres an hour no такой плохой дороге я не мог делать больше тридцати километров в час

4) do smth. in some manner do the beef (the meat, etc.) well (thoroughly, etc.) хорошо прожарить говядину и т. д., do the vegetables a little longer потушите овощи еще немного

5) do smth. at some time he is doing history now он сейчас изучает историю; I have to do my math tonight мне сегодня надо подготовиться по математике

6) do smb., smth. in some manner tie does the host admirably он замечательно выполняет роль хозяина; do Hamlet (the part of Othello, etc.) well хорошо играть Гамлета и т. д.: do this concerto brilliantly блестяще исполнить / сыграть/ этот концерт

7) do some places in some manner do a picture-gallery (a museum, a town, etc.) well (properly, thoroughly, etc.) внимательно и т. д. осмотреть картинную галерею и т. д. ; do some places at some time you can't do Oxford in a day за один день нельзя как следует ознакомиться с Оксфордом /осмотреть Оксфорд/; have you done Moscow yet? вы уже осмотрели достопримечательности Москвы?

8) do smb. in some manner coll. do smb. well (handsomely, etc.) хорошо принимать / угощать или обслуживать / кого-л.; they do you, well here at this hotel в этом отеле хорошее обслуживание; do smb. at some time I will do you next я обслужу вас следующим, следующая очередь ваша || do smb. (oneself) well / proud / не отказывать кому-л. (себе) ни в чем
5. V
do smb., smth. smth. do smb., smth. an injury причинять кому-л., чему-л. вред; it won't do us any harm if we talk the matter over если мы обсудим этот вопрос, хуже [нам] не будет, нам не мешает обсудить этот вопрос; do smb., smth. good приносить кому-л., чему-л. пользу, быть кому-л., чему-л. полезным; drink this, it will do you good выпейте это, вам станет лучше; washing it won't do your blouse any good от стирки ваша блузка лучше не станет; do smb. credit делать кому-л. честь; he is doing you credit вы можете им гордиться; do smb. justice отдать кому л. должное, воздать кому-л. по заслугам; no one ever did him justice никто его не ценил по заслугам; to do him justice we must say... справедливости ради мы должны сказать, что он...; that picture doesn't do her justice в жизни она гораздо лучше [.чем на фото]; do smth. justice по-настоящему оценить что-л.; do smb. an injustice несправедливо относиться к кому-л., обижать кого-л.; do smb. the honour... оказывать кому-л. честь; I hope you will do me the honour of dining with me (of paying me a visit, etc.) надеюсь, вы окажете [мне] честь отобедать со мной и т. д., do smb. a favour / a kindness, a good turn / оказать кому-л. услугу, сделать кому-л. одолжение; do smb. a bad turn оказать кому-л. плохую услугу, сослужить кому-л. дурную службу
6. VII
do smth. to do smth. do one's best / one's utmost, one's damnedest / to do smth. сделать все возможное, чтобы добиться чего-л.; do one's best / all one can / to help us (to win the rare, to have it ready in time, etc.) сделать все возможное, чтобы помочь нам и т. д.; it won't do any good to complain жалобы не помогут, от жалоб толку не будет
7. XI
1) be done that sort of thing is not done так не поступают / не делают / ; what is to be done? что делать?, как быть?; there is nothing to be dam ничего не поделаешь / не сдёлаешь / ; be done in some manner it is easily (simply, etc.) dent это делается легко и т.д., the work is done well (perfectly, etc.) работа выполнена хорошо и т. д., it is badly done это плохо сделано; it was done deliberately это было сделано намеренно / умышленно; how is this work to be done? как выполняется эта работа?; can such a thing be possibly done? разве можно / возможно ли / это сделать?; it's easier said than done легче сказать, чем сделать; be done at some time everything cannot be done at once все сразу не делается; that must be done again это надо переделать; be done with / about / smb., smth. what is to be done with him (with all this stuff in the attic, about her, etc.)? что с ним и т. д. делать?; nothing can be done with the matter yet с этим вопросом пока ничего нельзя сделать; has anything been done about a speaker for the next meeting? позаботились ли о том, чтобы обеспечить / пригласить / докладчика на следующее заседание?

2) be done in some manner the landscape (the picture, this still life, etc.) is beautifully done пейзаж и т. д. прекрасно выполнен; be done into some language the book is done into English книга переведена на английский язык

3) be done in some manner the fish is done brown (to a turn) рыба поджарена до румяной корочки (как раз в меру); be done in some time the roast (the potatoes, the meat, etc.) will be done in an hour (in ten minutes, etc.) мясо и т. д. будет готово / сварится / через час и т. д.

4) be done all is done все кончено, все сделано; it is done готово, сделано; the day is done день кончился / прошел / ; be done at some time a woman's work is never done женская работа / работа по хозяйству / никогда не кончается; I can't leave before the job is done я не могу уйти, пока работа не будет закончена; be done with smth. are you done with these scissors (with this book, with the dictionary, etc.)? вам больше не нужны ножницы и т. д.?; that's all over and done with с этим все кончено || done! по рук

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > do
12 turn

turn [tɜ:n]

tourner ⇒ 1A (a), 1B (a), 1B (d), 1C (d), 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (f) faire tourner ⇒ 1A (a) retourner ⇒ 1B (a) changer ⇒ 1C (a) faire devenir ⇒ 1C (a) se tourner ⇒ 2 (a) se retourner ⇒ 2 (b) devenir ⇒ 2 (d) se changer ⇒ 2 (e) tour ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (d), 3 (f), 3 (g) tournant ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (c) virage ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (c) tournure ⇒ 3 (d)

1 transitive verb

A.

(a) (cause to rotate, move round) tourner; (shaft, axle) faire tourner, faire pivoter; (direct) diriger;

∎ she turned the key in the lock (to lock) elle a donné un tour de clé (à la porte), elle a fermé la porte à clé; (to unlock) elle a ouvert la porte avec la clé;

∎ turn the wheel all the way round faites faire un tour complet à la roue;

∎ Cars to turn the (steering) wheel tourner le volant;

∎ turn the knob to the right tournez le bouton vers la droite;

∎ turn the knob to "record" mettez le bouton en position "enregistrer";

∎ she turned the oven to its highest setting elle a allumé ou mis le four à la température maximum;

∎ she turned her chair towards the window elle a tourné sa chaise face à la fenêtre;

∎ he turned the car into the drive il a engagé la voiture dans l'allée;

∎ we turned our steps homeward nous avons dirigé nos pas vers la maison;

∎ turn your head this way tournez la tête de ce côté

(b) figurative (change orientation of)

∎ she turned the conversation to sport elle a orienté la conversation vers le sport;

∎ their votes could turn the election in his favour leurs voix pourraient faire basculer les élections en sa faveur;

∎ he would not be turned from his decision to resign il n'y a pas eu moyen de le faire revenir sur sa décision de démissionner;

∎ nothing would turn the rebels from their cause rien ne pourrait détourner les rebelles de leur cause;

∎ you've turned my whole family against me vous avez monté toute ma famille contre moi;

∎ we turned his joke against him nous avons retourné la plaisanterie contre lui;

∎ let's turn our attention to the matter in hand occupons-nous de l'affaire en question;

∎ she turned her attention to the problem elle s'est concentrée sur le problème;

∎ to turn one's thoughts to God tourner ses pensées vers Dieu;

∎ research workers have turned the theory to practical use les chercheurs ont mis la théorie en pratique;

∎ how can we turn this policy to our advantage or account? comment tirer parti de cette politique?, comment tourner cette politique à notre avantage?;

∎ to turn one's back on sb tourner le dos à qn;

∎ she looked at the letter the minute his back was turned dès qu'il a eu le dos tourné, elle a jeté un coup d'œil à la lettre;

∎ how can you turn your back on your own family? comment peux-tu abandonner ta famille?;

∎ she turned her back on her friends elle a tourné le dos à ses amis;

∎ to turn one's back on the past tourner la page, tourner le dos au passé;

∎ she was so pretty that she turned heads wherever she went elle était si jolie que tout le monde se retournait sur son passage;

∎ success had not turned his head la réussite ne lui avait pas tourné la tête, il ne s'était pas laissé griser par la réussite;

∎ all their compliments had turned her head tous leurs compliments lui étaient montés à la tête ou lui avaient tourné la tête;

∎ to turn the tables on sb reprendre l'avantage sur qn;

∎ figurative now the tables are turned maintenant les rôles sont renversés

B.

(a) (flip over → page) tourner; (→ collar, mattress, sausages, soil, hay) retourner;

∎ the very thought of food turns my stomach l'idée même de manger me soulève le cœur;

∎ to turn sth on its head bouleverser qch, mettre qch sens dessus dessous;

∎ recent events have turned the situation on its head les événements récents ont retourné la situation

(b) (send away)

∎ he turned the beggar from his door il a chassé le mendiant;

∎ they turned the poachers off their land ils ont chassé les braconniers de leurs terres

(c) (release, let loose)

∎ he turned the cattle into the field il a fait rentrer le bétail dans le champ

(d) (go round → corner) tourner

(e) (reach → in age, time) passer, franchir;

∎ I had just turned twenty je venais d'avoir vingt ans;

∎ she's turned thirty elle a trente ans passés, elle a dépassé le cap de la trentaine;

∎ it has only just turned four o'clock il est quatre heures passées de quelques secondes

(f) (do, perform) faire;

∎ the skater turned a circle on the ice la patineuse a décrit un cercle sur la glace;

∎ to turn a cartwheel faire la roue

(g) (ankle) tordre;

∎ I've turned my ankle je me suis tordu la cheville

C.

(a) (transform, change) changer, transformer; (make) faire devenir, rendre;

∎ to turn sth into sth transformer ou changer qch en qch;

∎ bitterness turned their love into hate l'amertume a transformé leur amour en haine;

∎ she turned the remark into a joke elle a tourné la remarque en plaisanterie;

∎ they're turning the book into a film ils adaptent le livre pour l'écran;

∎ the sight turned his heart to ice le spectacle lui a glacé le cœur ou l'a glacé;

∎ Stock Exchange you should turn your shares into cash vous devriez réaliser vos actions;

∎ time had turned the pages yellow le temps avait jauni les pages

(b) (make bad, affect)

∎ the lemon juice turned the milk (sour) le jus de citron a fait tourner le lait

(c) American Commerce (goods) promouvoir la vente de; (money) gagner;

∎ to turn a good profit faire de gros bénéfices;

∎ he turns an honest penny il gagne sa vie honnêtement;

∎ familiar he was out to turn a fast buck il cherchait à gagner ou faire du fric facilement

(d) Technology (shape) tourner, façonner au tour;

∎ a well-turned leg une jambe bien faite;

∎ figurative to turn a phrase faire des phrases

2 intransitive verb

(a) (move round → handle, key, wheel) tourner; (→ shaft) tourner, pivoter; (→ person) se tourner;

∎ to turn on an axis tourner autour d'un axe;

∎ the crane turned (through) 180° la grue a pivoté de 180°;

∎ the key won't turn la clé ne tourne pas;

∎ he turned right round il a fait volte-face;

∎ they turned towards me ils se sont tournés vers moi ou de mon côté;

∎ they turned from the gruesome sight ils se sont détournés de cet horrible spectacle;

∎ turn (round) and face the front tourne-toi et regarde devant toi

(b) (flip over → page) tourner; (→ car, person, ship) se retourner;

∎ figurative the smell made my stomach turn l'odeur m'a soulevé le cœur

(c) (change direction → person) tourner; (→ vehicle) tourner, virer; (→ luck, wind) tourner, changer; (→ river, road) faire un coude; (→ tide) changer de direction;

∎ turn (to the) right (walking) tournez à droite; (driving) tournez ou prenez à droite;

∎ Military right turn! à droite!;

∎ we turned towards town nous nous sommes dirigés vers la ville;

∎ he turned (round) and went back il a fait demi-tour et est revenu sur ses pas;

∎ the road turns south la route tourne vers le sud;

∎ the car turned into our street la voiture a tourné dans notre rue;

∎ we turned onto the main road nous nous sommes engagés dans ou nous avons pris la grand-route;

∎ we turned off the main road nous avons quitté la grand-route;

∎ Stock Exchange the market turned downwards/upwards le marché était à la baisse/à la hausse;

∎ figurative I don't know where or which way to turn je ne sais plus quoi faire

(d) (with adj or noun complement) (become) devenir;

∎ it's turning cold il commence à faire froid;

∎ the weather's turned bad le temps s'est gâté;

∎ the argument turned nasty la dispute s'est envenimée;

∎ she turned angry when he refused elle s'est mise en colère quand il a refusé;

∎ to turn red/blue virer au rouge/bleu;

∎ he turned red il a rougi;

∎ a lawyer turned politician un avocat devenu homme politique;

∎ to turn professional passer ou devenir professionnel;

∎ the whole family turned Muslim toute la famille s'est convertie à l'islam

(e) (transform) se changer, se transformer;

∎ the pumpkin turned into a carriage la citrouille s'est transformée en carrosse;

∎ the rain turned to snow la pluie s'est transformée en neige;

∎ the little girl had turned into a young woman la petite fille était devenue une jeune femme;

∎ their love turned to hate leur amour se changea en haine ou fit place à la haine

(f) (leaf) tourner, jaunir; (milk) tourner;

∎ the weather has turned le temps a changé

3 noun

(a) (revolution, rotation) tour m;

∎ he gave the handle a turn il a tourné la poignée;

∎ give the screw another turn donnez un autre tour de vis;

∎ with a turn of the wrist avec un tour de poignet

(b) (change of course, direction) tournant m; (in skiing) virage m;

∎ to make a right turn (walking) tourner à droite; (driving) tourner ou prendre à droite;

∎ take the second turn on the right prenez la deuxième à droite;

∎ no right turn (sign) défense de tourner à droite;

∎ figurative at every turn à tout instant, à tout bout de champ

(c) (bend, curve in road) virage m, tournant m;

∎ there is a sharp turn to the left la route fait un brusque virage ou tourne brusquement à gauche

(d) (change in state, nature) tour m, tournure f;

∎ the conversation took a new turn la conversation a pris une nouvelle tournure;

∎ it was an unexpected turn of events les événements ont pris une tournure imprévue;

∎ things took a turn for the worse/better les choses se sont aggravées/améliorées;

∎ the patient took a turn for the worse/better l'état du malade s'est aggravé/amélioré;

∎ the situation took a tragic turn la situation a tourné au tragique

(e) (time of change)

∎ at the turn of the year vers la fin de l'année;

∎ at the turn of the century au tournant du siècle

(f) (in game, order, queue) tour m;

∎ it's my turn c'est à moi, c'est mon tour;

∎ whose turn is it? (in queue) (c'est) à qui le tour?; (in game) c'est à qui de jouer?;

∎ it's his turn to do the dishes c'est à lui ou c'est son tour de faire la vaisselle;

∎ you'll have to wait your turn il faudra attendre ton tour;

∎ they laughed and cried by turns ils passaient tour à tour du rire aux larmes;

∎ to take it in turns to do sth faire qch à tour de rôle;

∎ let's take it in turns to drive relayons-nous au volant;

∎ we took turns sleeping on the floor nous avons dormi par terre à tour de rôle;

∎ turn and turn about à tour de rôle

(g) (action, deed)

∎ to do sb a good/bad turn rendre service/jouer un mauvais tour à qn;

∎ he did them a bad turn il leur a joué un mauvais tour;

∎ I've done my good turn for the day j'ai fait ma bonne action de la journée;

∎ proverb one good turn deserves another = un service en vaut un autre, un service rendu en appelle un autre

(h) familiar (attack of illness) crise f, attaque f;

∎ she had one of her (funny) turns this morning elle a eu une de ses crises ce matin

(i) familiar (shock)

∎ you gave me quite a turn! tu m'as fait une sacrée peur!, tu m'as fait une de ces peurs!;

∎ it gave me such a turn! j'ai eu une de ces peurs!

(j) old-fashioned (short trip, ride, walk) tour m;

∎ let's go for or take a turn in the garden allons faire un tour dans le jardin

(k) (tendency, style)

∎ to have an optimistic turn of mind être optimiste de nature ou d'un naturel optimiste;

∎ he has a strange turn of mind il a une drôle de mentalité;

∎ to have a good turn of speed rouler vite;

∎ turn of phrase tournure f ou tour m de phrase;

∎ she has a witty turn of phrase elle est très spirituelle ou pleine d'esprit

(l) (purpose, requirement) exigence f, besoin m;

∎ this book has served its turn ce livre a fait son temps

(m) Music doublé m

(n) Stock Exchange (transaction) transaction f (qui comprend l'achat et la vente); British (difference in price) écart m entre le prix d'achat et le prix de vente

(o) British Theatre numéro m;

∎ a comedy turn un numéro de comédie

(p) British Cookery

∎ done to a turn cuit à point; familiar humorous (tanned) tout bronzé

4 in turn adverb

∎ she interviewed each of us in turn elle a eu un entretien avec chacun de nous l'un après l'autre;

∎ I told Sarah and she in turn told Paul je l'ai dit à Sarah qui, à son tour, l'a dit à Paul;

∎ I worked in turn as a waiter, an actor and a teacher j'ai travaillé successivement ou tour à tour comme serveur, acteur et enseignant

5 on the turn adjective

∎ to be on the turn être sur le point de changer;

∎ the tide is on the turn c'est le changement de marée; figurative le vent tourne;

∎ the milk is on the turn le lait commence à tourner

6 out of turn adverb

∎ don't play out of turn attends ton tour pour jouer;

∎ figurative to speak out of turn faire des remarques déplacées, parler mal à propos

►► (shift) turn of duty (gen) tour m de service; Military tour m de garde;

American turn signal clignotant m, Belgian clignoteur m, Swiss signofil(e) m;

American turn signal lever (manette f de) clignotant m

➲ turn against inseparable transitive verb

se retourner contre, s'en prendre à

➲ turn around = turn round

➲ turn aside

1 intransitive verb

(move to one side) s'écarter; also figurative (move away) se détourner;

∎ she turned aside to blow her nose elle se détourna pour se moucher

2 separable transitive verb

also figurative écarter, détourner

➲ turn away

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (avert) détourner;

∎ she turned her head away from him elle s'est détournée de lui

(b) (reject → person) renvoyer; (stronger) chasser;

∎ the college turned away hundreds of applicants l'université a refusé des centaines de candidats;

∎ she turned the salesman away elle chassa le représentant;

∎ to turn people away (in theatre etc) refuser du monde;

∎ we've been turning business away nous avons refusé du travail

2 intransitive verb

se détourner;

∎ he turned away from them in anger en ou de colère, il leur a tourné le dos

➲ turn back

1 intransitive verb

(a) (return → person) revenir, rebrousser chemin; (→ vehicle) faire demi-tour;

∎ it was getting dark so we decided to turn back comme il commençait à faire nuit, nous avons décidé de faire demi-tour;

∎ my mind is made up, there is no turning back ma décision est prise, je ne reviendrai pas dessus

(b) (go back in book)

∎ turn back to chapter one revenez ou retournez au premier chapitre

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (force to return) faire faire demi-tour à; (refugee) refouler

(b) (fold → collar, sheet) rabattre; (→ sleeves) remonter, retrousser; (→ corner of page) corner

(c) (idiom)

∎ to turn the clock back remonter dans le temps, revenir en arrière

➲ turn down

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (heating, lighting, sound) baisser

(b) (fold → sheet) rabattre, retourner; (→ collar) rabattre;

∎ to turn down the corner of a page corner une page;

∎ to turn down the bed ouvrir le lit

(c) (reject → offer, request, suitor) rejeter, repousser; (→ candidate, job) refuser;

∎ they offered him a job but he turned them down ils lui ont proposé un emploi mais il a rejeté leur offre;

∎ familiar she turned me down flat elle m'a envoyé balader

2 intransitive verb

(move downwards) tourner vers le bas;

∎ the corners of his mouth turned down il a fait la moue ou une grimace désapprobatrice

➲ turn in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (return, give in → borrowed article, equipment, piece of work) rendre, rapporter; (→ criminal) livrer à la police;

∎ they turned the thief in (took him to the police) ils ont livré le voleur à la police; (informed on him) ils ont dénoncé le voleur à la police

(b) (fold in)

∎ turn in the edges rentrez les bords

(c) (produce)

∎ the actor turned in a good performance l'acteur a très bien joué;

∎ the company turned in record profits l'entreprise a fait des bénéfices record

2 intransitive verb

(a) (feet, toes)

∎ my toes turn in j'ai les pieds en dedans

(b) (go through entrance off road etc)

∎ he turned in at the gate arrivé à la porte, il est entré

(c) familiar (go to bed) se coucher^□

(d) (idiom)

∎ to turn in on oneself se replier sur soi-même

➲ turn off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (switch off → light) éteindre; (→ heater, radio, television) éteindre, fermer; (cut off at mains) couper; (tap) fermer;

∎ she turned the ignition/engine off elle a coupé le contact/arrêté le moteur

(b) familiar (fail to interest) rebuter^□ ; (sexually) couper l'envie à; (repulse) débecter;

∎ her superior attitude really turns me off son air suffisant me rebute

2 intransitive verb

(a) (leave road) tourner;

∎ we turned off at junction 5 nous avons pris la sortie d'autoroute 5

(b) (switch off) s'éteindre;

∎ the heater turns off automatically l'appareil de chauffage s'éteint ou s'arrête automatiquement

➲ turn on

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (switch on → electricity, heating, light, radio, television) allumer; (→ engine) mettre en marche; (→ water) faire couler; (→ tap) ouvrir; (open at mains) ouvrir;

∎ figurative she can turn on the charm/the tears whenever necessary elle sait faire du charme/pleurer quand il le faut

(b) familiar (person → interest) intéresser^□ ; (→ sexually) exciter; (→ introduce to drugs) initier à la drogue^□ ;

∎ to be turned on (sexually) être excité;

∎ the movie didn't turn me on at all le film ne m'a vraiment pas emballé;

∎ he turned us on to this new pianist il nous a fait découvrir ce nouveau pianiste

2 inseparable transitive verb

(attack) attaquer;

∎ the dogs turned on him les chiens l'ont attaqué ou se sont jetés sur lui;

∎ his colleagues turned on him and accused him of stealing ses collègues s'en sont pris à lui et l'ont accusé de vol

3 intransitive verb

(take drugs) se droguer

4 intransitive verb

(a) (switch on) s'allumer;

∎ the oven turns on automatically le four s'allume automatiquement

(b) (depend, hinge on) dépendre de, reposer sur;

∎ the whole case turned on or upon this detail toute l'affaire reposait sur ce détail;

∎ everything turns on whether he continues as president tout dépend s'il reste président ou non

➲ turn out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (switch off → light) éteindre; (→ gas) éteindre, couper

(b) (point outwards)

∎ she turns her toes out when she walks elle marche en canard

(c) (dismiss, expel) mettre à la porte; (tenant) expulser, déloger;

∎ he turned his daughter out of the house il a mis sa fille à la porte ou a chassé sa fille de la maison;

∎ he was turned out of his job il a été renvoyé

(d) (empty → container, pockets) retourner, vider; (→ contents) vider; (→ jelly) verser;

∎ turn the cake out onto a plate démoulez le gâteau sur une assiette

(e) British (clean) nettoyer à fond;

∎ to turn out a room faire une pièce à fond

(f) (produce) produire, fabriquer;

∎ he turns out a book a year il écrit un livre par an;

∎ few schools turn out the kind of people we need peu d'écoles forment le type de gens qu'il nous faut

(g) (police, troops) envoyer;

∎ turn out the guard! faites sortir la garde!

(h) (usu passive) (dress) habiller;

∎ nicely or smartly turned out élégant;

∎ he was turned out in a suit and a tie il portait un costume-cravate;

∎ she always turns her children out beautifully elle habille toujours bien ses enfants

2 intransitive verb

(a) (show up) venir, arriver; Military (guard) (aller) prendre la faction; (troops) aller au rassemblement;

∎ thousands turned out for the concert des milliers de gens sont venus ou ont assisté au concert;

∎ the doctor had to turn out in the middle of the night le docteur a dû se déplacer au milieu de la nuit

(b) (car, person) sortir, partir;

∎ the car turned out of the car park la voiture est sortie du parking

(c) (point outwards)

∎ my feet turn out j'ai les pieds en canard ou en dehors

(d) (prove) se révéler, s'avérer;

∎ his statement turned out to be false sa déclaration s'est révélée fausse;

∎ her story turned out to be true ce qu'elle a raconté était vrai;

∎ he turned out to be a scoundrel il s'est révélé être un vaurien, on s'est rendu compte que c'était un vaurien;

∎ it turns out that… il se trouve que… + indicative

(e) (end up)

∎ I don't know how it turned out je ne sais pas comment cela a fini;

∎ how did the cake turn out? le gâteau était-il réussi?;

∎ the story turned out happily l'histoire s'est bien terminée ou a bien fini;

∎ the evening turned out badly la soirée a mal tourné;

∎ everything will turn out fine tout va s'arranger ou ira bien;

∎ as it turns out, he needn't have worried en l'occurrence ou en fin de compte, ce n'était pas la peine de se faire du souci

(f) British familiar (get out of bed) se lever^□, sortir du lit^□

➲ turn over

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (playing card, mattress, person, stone) retourner; (page) tourner; (vehicle) retourner; (boat) faire chavirer;

∎ I was turning over the pages of the magazine je feuilletais la revue;

∎ figurative to turn over a new leaf s'acheter une conduite;

∎ Agriculture to turn over the soil retourner la terre

(b) (consider) réfléchir à ou sur;

∎ I was turning the idea over in my mind je tournais et retournais ou ruminais l'idée dans ma tête

(c) (hand over, transfer) rendre, remettre;

∎ he turned the responsibility over to his deputy il s'est déchargé de la responsabilité sur son adjoint;

∎ to turn sb over to the authorities livrer qn aux autorités

(d) (change) transformer, changer;

∎ he's turning the land over to cattle farming il reconvertit sa terre dans l'élevage du bétail

(e) Commerce

∎ the store turns over £1,000 a week la boutique fait un chiffre d'affaires de 1000 livres par semaine

(f) (search through) fouiller

(g) British familiar (rob → person) voler^□, dévaliser^□ ; (→ store) dévaliser^□ ; (→ house) cambrioler^□

2 intransitive verb

(a) (roll over → person) se retourner; (→ vehicle) se retourner, faire un tonneau; (→ boat) se retourner, chavirer

(b) (engine) commencer à tourner

(c) (when reading) tourner;

∎ please turn over (in letter) TSVP

(d) Television (change channel) changer de chaîne

(e) Commerce (merchandise) s'écouler, se vendre

➲ turn round

1 intransitive verb British

(a) (rotate → person) se retourner; (→ object) tourner;

∎ she turned round and waved goodbye elle se retourna et dit au revoir de la main;

∎ the dancers turned round and round les danseurs tournaient ou tournoyaient (sur eux-mêmes)

(b) (face opposite direction → person) faire volte-face, faire demi-tour; (→ vehicle) faire demi-tour;

∎ figurative she turned round and accused us of stealing elle s'est retournée contre nous et nous a accusés de vol

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (rotate → head) tourner; (→ object, person) tourner, retourner; (→ vehicle) faire faire demi-tour à;

∎ could you turn the car round please? tu peux faire demi-tour, s'il te plaît?

(b) (quantity of work) traiter

(c) (change nature of)

∎ to turn a situation round renverser une situation;

∎ Commerce to turn a company round sauver une entreprise de la faillite

(d) (sentence, idea) retourner

➲ turn to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (person) se tourner vers; (→ page) aller à;

∎ turn to chapter one allez au premier chapitre

(b) (seek help from) s'adresser à, se tourner vers;

∎ to turn to sb for advice consulter qn, demander conseil à qn;

∎ I don't know who to turn to je ne sais pas à qui m'adresser ou qui aller trouver;

∎ he turned to his mother for sympathy il s'est tourné vers sa mère pour qu'elle le console;

∎ she won't turn to me for help elle ne veut pas me demander de l'aide;

∎ he turned to the bottle il s'est mis à boire

(c) figurative (shift, move on to)

∎ her thoughts turned to her sister elle se mit à penser à sa sœur;

∎ the discussion turned to the war on se mit à discuter de la guerre

(d) (address → subject, issue etc) aborder, traiter;

∎ we shall now turn to the problem of housing nous allons maintenant aborder le problème du logement;

∎ let us turn to another topic passons à un autre sujet

➲ turn up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (heat, lighting, radio, TV) mettre plus fort;

∎ to turn the sound up augmenter ou monter le volume;

∎ she turned the oven up elle a mis ou réglé le four plus fort, elle a augmenté la température du four;

∎ British very familiar turn it up! la ferme!

(b) (find, unearth) découvrir, dénicher; (buried object) déterrer;

∎ her research turned up some interesting new facts sa recherche a révélé de nouveaux détails intéressants

(c) (point upwards) remonter, relever;

∎ she has a turned-up nose elle a le nez retroussé

(d) (collar) relever; (trousers) remonter; (sleeve) retrousser, remonter; (in order to shorten) raccourcir en faisant un ourlet

(e) (uncover → card) retourner

2 intransitive verb

(a) (appear) apparaître; (arrive) arriver;

∎ she turned up at my office this morning elle s'est présentée à mon bureau ce matin;

∎ he'll turn up again one of these days il reviendra bien un de ces jours;

∎ I'll take the first job that turns up je prendrai le premier poste qui se présentera

(b) (be found) être trouvé ou retrouvé;

∎ her bag turned up eventually elle a fini par retrouver son sac

(c) (happen) se passer, arriver;

∎ don't worry, something will turn up ne t'en fais pas, tu finiras par trouver quelque chose;

∎ until something better turns up en attendant mieux

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13 move

mu:v 1. verb
1) (to (cause to) change position or go from one place to another: He moved his arm; Don't move!; Please move your car.) bevege/flytte (seg)

2) (to change houses: We're moving on Saturday.) flytte

3) (to affect the feelings or emotions of: I was deeply moved by the film.) bevege, røre, gripe
2. noun
1) ((in board games) an act of moving a piece: You can win this game in three moves.) trekk, tur

2) (an act of changing homes: How did your move go?) flytting

•

- movable
- moveable
- movement
- movie
- moving
- movingly
- get a move on
- make a move
- move along
- move heaven and earth
- move house
- move in
- move off
- move out
- move up
- on the move

bevege
--------
bevegelse
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ferdes
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gå
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reise
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røre

I
subst. \/muːv\/

1) flytting

2) ( i sjakk e.l.) trekk

• it's you move

det er din tur til å trekke\/flytte

3) ( overført) utspill, skritt, tiltak, sjakktrekk, manøver

• a clever move

et smart utspill

• a new move to solve the crisis

• a masterly move

et meget klokt trekk

• a wrong move

et feiltrekk

• what's the next move

hva skal vi gjøre nå? \/ hva skjer nå?

get a move on ( hverdagslig) komme seg av sted, skynde seg

• I must get a move on

jeg må skynde meg

make a move gjøre et trekk (også i sjakk), handle, foreta seg noe, gjøre noe begynne å røre på seg, bryte opp

• make a move to the seaside

reise til kysten

make a move to go gjøre mine til å gå

be on the move være på farten være i bevegelse

be up to every move (on the table) eller be up to a move or two eller know a move or two kunne alle knepene, ikke la seg lure
II
verb \/muːv\/

1) flytte, flytte på, forflytte, transportere

• move your chair

• move troops

2) sette i bevegelse, bevege, svinge med, vifte med

• the wind moved the leaves

• move one's lips

• move the flag

3) sette i gang, holde i gang, drive

• the water moves the mill-wheel

• the police moved them on

politiet vinket dem videre

4) bevege, gripe, røre, gjøre inntrykk på, beta

• she was moved to tears

hun ble rørt til tårer

5) påvirke, gjøre inntrykk på, få (til å)

• he was not to be moved

han lot seg ikke påvirke

6) ( parlamentarisk e.l.) foreslå, sette frem forslag om, gjøre fremlegg om

• I move that the meeting be adjourned

jeg foreslår at møtet heves

7) tømme

• move the bowels

få avføring

8) ( om varer e.l.) finne avsetning, bli solgt

9) bevege seg, gjøre en bevegelse

• something moved among the bushes

10) forflytte seg, røre på seg, flytte (på) seg, være i bevegelse, gå, vandre, marsjere, defilere, bevege seg

• move one step

• move gracefully

bevege seg grasiøst

• the earth moves round the sun

jorden beveger seg rundt solen

• nothing could move him

han lot seg ikke bevege

• the train moved slowly into the station

toget kjørte sakte inn på stasjonen

11) utvikle seg, gå fremover, skride frem

• the work moves slowly

• things are not moving quite as I could wish

det går ikke akkurat som jeg skulle ønske

12) bryte opp, flytte

• he moved to Paris

han flyttet til Paris

13) ( i sjakk e.l.) trekke, flytte

• black is to move

svart skal trekke

14) foreta seg noe, ta affære, gjøre noe, gripe inn

• nobody seems willing to move in the matter

15) ferdes, vanke

• move in the best society

vanke i de beste kretser

feel moved to føle seg opplagt til å, ha lyst til å

I must be moving ( hverdagslig) jeg må komme meg av sted

move a motion fremsette et forslag

move away fjerne seg

be moved bli rørt, bli grepet

• he was deeply moved

han var dypt rørt

be moved to anger bli opphisset

be moved with bli rørt av, bli grepet av

move for sette frem forslag om begjære

• move for a new trial

move from one's seat reise seg (opp) fra plassen sin

move heaven and earth sette himmel og jord i bevegelse

move in to help gripe inn (for å hjelpe)

move into position ( militærvesen) gå i stilling

move in with flytte inn hos

move house flytte

move off gå sin vei, fjerne seg, dra bort, reise bort, fjerne

move on gå på, fortsette ( overført) gå over til noe annet, gjøre noe annet gå frem(over)

• as the months moved on

move out forlate flytte ut ( militærvesen) sette i gang, iverksette

move over flytte (på) seg

move somebody to indignation gjøre noen sint

move somebody to tears røre noen til tårer

move something about the room flytte omkring på noe i rommet

move up flytte opp rykke (tettere) sammen, slutte opp

move upon ( militærvesen) rykke frem mot

move with the times følge med i tiden

things are beginning to move det begynner å bli fart på sakene, det begynner å skje ting

when the spirit moves one når ånden kommer over en, når man får lyst

English-Norwegian dictionary > move
14 go

[ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) ir

2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) passar

3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) ir

4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) ir

5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) ir

6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) ser liquidado

7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) decorrer

8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) ir embora

9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) sumir

10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) ir (fazer)

11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) ir-se abaixo

12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) funcionar

13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) ficar

14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) estar

15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) guardar-se

16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) passar

17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) gastar-se

18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) valer

19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) fazer

20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) ser

21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) correr bem
2. noun
1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) tentativa

2) (energy: She's full of go.) genica

•

- going
3. adjective
1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) bem sucedido

2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) actual

•

- go-ahead
4. noun
(permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) licença

- go-getter
- going-over
- goings-on
- no-go
- all go
- be going on for
- be going on
- be going strong
- from the word go
- get going
- give the go-by
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go along
- go along with
- go around
- go around with
- go at
- go back
- go back on
- go by
- go down
- go far
- go for
- go in
- go in for
- go into
- go off
- go on
- go on at
- go out
- go over
- go round
- go slow
- go steady
- go through
- go through with
- go too far
- go towards
- go up
- go up in smoke/flames
- go with
- go without
- keep going
- make a go of something
- make a go
- on the go
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[gou] n 1 ação de andar, andar. 2 espírito, impulso, energia, animação. 3 estado das coisas, modo, estilo. 4 autorização para prosseguir. 5 vez (de jogar), tentativa. 6 remessa. 7 ocorrência. 8 sucesso. • vt+vi (ps went, pp gone) 1 ir, seguir, prosseguir, andar. 2 sair, partir, deixar, ir embora. 3 estar em movimento, andar, trabalhar (máquinas), soar. 4 ficar, tornar-se, vir a ser. 5 estar, ser. 6 começar, empreender. 7 proceder, avançar. 8 correr, vagar, estar em uso corrente. 9 meter-se, intrometer-se. 10 estender-se, alcançar. 11 passar. 12 ser vendido, ser entregue. 13 tender, levar, conduzir. 14 resultar, redundar. 15 pertencer, caber. 16 combinar, harmonizar. 17 explodir, estourar. 18 deixar de existir, perder, gastar. 19 morrer. 20 afrouxar. a fair go uma chance. all the go na moda. a near go um escape por um triz. anything goes Amer vale tudo. as men go como costuma acontecer com os homens. at one go de uma só vez, simultaneamente. be gone! afaste-se!, saia! dead and gone morto e passado. do you go with me? você me compreende?, você concorda comigo? from the word go desde o começo. go along with you! sem essa!, não acredito em você! going, going, gone! Auction primeiro, segundo, terceiro! go to it! coll vamos a isso! have a go at it! faça uma tentativa! he goes by the name of X ele é conhecido sob o nome X. here’s a go! agora avante! is it a go? combinado? it is all (quite) the go está bem em moda. it is no go coll não vai, não adianta. (it’s) no go nada feito. it was touch and go estava por um fio de cabelo, por um triz. let go! largue! let me go! solte-me! on the go em movimento, em atividade. pop went the bottle a garrafa estourou. that goes for you too isto também se aplica a você. that goes to show Amer isto demonstra. there is no go in the show coll o negócio não anda. there it goes again vai começar tudo de novo. to give it a go tentar. to go about 1 passar de um lugar para outro. 2 estar ocupado com. 3 procurar. 4 circular. to go about one’s business 1 prestar atenção com as suas coisas, seu negócio. 2 partir, deixar. to go abroad viajar para o exterior. to go against ir contra. to go ahead continuar, começar imediatamente. to go along with concordar com, apoiar. to go aside 1 errar. 2 retirar-se. to go astray perder-se, perder o caminho. to go at atacar. to go away partir. to go back voltar. to go back on trair, não cumprir uma promessa. to go bail fiar, afiançar. to go down 1 afundar. 2 deteriorar. 3 ser aceito, acreditado. 4 Comp quebrar. 5 sair da universidade. 6 sl acontecer. 7 ir para a cadeia. to go down on vulg fazer sexo oral com. to go down the drain 1 desperdiçar, não ser aproveitado. 2 perder o valor. to go down with pegar uma doença. to go Dutch repartir proporcionalmente uma conta ou despesa, Braz coll rachar uma conta. to go far ir longe, ter sucesso. to go for 1 atacar. 2 ir atrás. 3 tentar. 4 ser atraído por. 5 buscar, procurar. to go for broke arriscar tudo para vencer, dar o máximo de si. to go for nothing não ter valor. to go halves dividir igualmente uma conta, despesa. to go hang ser esquecido, negligenciado. to go hard with passar por dificuldades, custar caro a, ser difícil para. to go in entrar. to go in and out entrar e sair livremente. to go in for 1 praticar. 2 ter como profissão ou hobby. he goes in for sailing / ele gosta de velejar. he decided to go in for law / ele decidiu estudar (seguir a carreira de) direito. 3 participar de uma competição, prestar um exame. to go into 1 entrar. he went into convulsions / ele entrou em convulsões. he went into business / ele entrou nos negócios. 2 investigar. 3 ter, adotar como profissão. to go in unto Bib ter relações sexuais com. to go in with entrar em uma sociedade com, ajuntar-se com. to go it alone fazer algo sozinho, virar-se sozinho. to go live Radio, TV estar ao vivo. to go native adaptar-se a uma cultura estrangeira. to go off 1 deixar, partir. the train went off / o trem partiu. 2 disparar, explodir. the gun went off / a arma disparou. 3 piorar, deteriorar. the cinema has gone off / o cinema piorou. 4 estragar (comida). 5 chegar a uma conclusão esperada. 6 deixar de gostar de uma pessoa. 7 sl experimentar orgasmo. to go off with 1 largar um relacionamento para se relacionar com uma outra pessoa. 2 levar, pegar, carregar. to go on 1 continuar. you can’t go on the way you’ve been / você não pode continuar desta maneira. 2 comportar-se. 3 falar muito. he went on about it for half an hour / ele falou sobre isso durante meia hora. 4 existir, durar. 5 adequar-se. 6 começar. 7 aparecer no palco. 8 acontecer. to go on a journey sair em viagem. to go one better than exceder, sobrepujar. to go one’s own way agir, fazer independentemente. to go one’s way partir. to go on horseback andar a cavalo. to go on strike entrar em greve. to go on well with dar-se muito bem com. to go out 1 tornar-se extinto, extinguir. the fire went out / o fogo apagou-se. 2 partir, sair. 3 sair de moda. to go out of business deixar, desistir de um negócio, fechar as portas. to go out of fashion sair da moda. to go out of print estar esgotado (livros). to go over 1 revisar, rever, examinar. 2 relembrar. 3 ficar perto de. 4 visitar. 5 repetir. to go over to 1 mudar de opinião ou de partido. 2 TV mudar o lugar da transmissão. to go places 1 viajar muito. 2 prosperar, progredir, fazer sucesso. to go round ter suficiente. to go shares dividir. to go sick ficar doente. to go slow trabalhar, produzir menos (para obter algo dos empresários). to go stag sair desacompanhado. to go steady namorar firme. to go through 1 passar por. 2 gastar tudo. 3 Jur ir, ser aceito. 4 praticar, ensaiar. 5 olhar cuidadosamente. 6 ler do começo ao fim. to go through fire and water passar por todas as situações. to go together harmonizar, condizer. to go to pieces ficar em pedaços. the doll has gone to pieces / a boneca ficou em pedaços. to go under 1 falhar. 2 afundar, submergir. to go up 1 subir, ascender, aumentar. 2 ser destruído por fogo ou explosão. 3 aumentar preços. 4 entrar em uma universidade. to go with acompanhar, concordar, combinar. to go without passar sem. that goes without saying / é evidente, não precisa dizer. to go wrong dar errado, falhar, fracassar. to have a go tentar. to have a go at 1 criticar. 2 atacar fisicamente. 3 amolar, irritar alguém. what goes with it? o que é que acompanha isto? who goes? de quem é a vez? who goes there? quem está aí? years gone by anos passados.

English-Portuguese dictionary > go
15 go

[ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) iti

2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) iti skoz

3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) pripasti, biti prodan

4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) peljati

5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) iti

6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) izginiti, pasti

7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) potekati

8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) oditi

9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!) izginiti

10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) iti

11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) pokvariti se

12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) delovati

13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) postati

14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) biti

15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) spadati

16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) minevati

17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) biti porabljen

18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) biti sprejemljivo

19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) delati

20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) iti

21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) uspeti
2. noun
1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) poskus

2) (energy: She's full of go.) energija

•

- going
3. adjective
1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) uspešen

2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) tekoč

•

- go-ahead
4. noun
(permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) znak za začetek

- go-getter
- going-over
- goings-on
- no-go
- all go
- be going on for
- be going on
- be going strong
- from the word go
- get going
- give the go-by
- go about
- go after
- go against
- go along
- go along with
- go around
- go around with
- go at
- go back
- go back on
- go by
- go down
- go far
- go for
- go in
- go in for
- go into
- go off
- go on
- go on at
- go out
- go over
- go round
- go slow
- go steady
- go through
- go through with
- go too far
- go towards
- go up
- go up in smoke/flames
- go with
- go without
- keep going
- make a go of something
- make a go
- on the go
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I [gou]
intransitive verb

hoditi, teči, bežati, peljati se, voziti se; oditi, odhajati, izginiti, izginevati; biti ukinjen; delovati; krožiti, biti; poteči; potekati; veljati; prodajati se; spadati, soditi; poda(ja)ti se; nameravati; posta(ja)ti

to be going to — see going

colloquially to go all out — na vse kriplje se truditi

another day to go — še en dan

as far as that goes — kar se tega tiče

to let go — izpustiti

let it go at that — pustimo, kakor je

as the story goes — kakor pripovedujejo

as things go — v teh okoliščinah, potemtakem

how goes the time? — koliko je ura?

to go bail for — jamčiti za

to go halves with — razdeliti na polovici

to let go hang — pustiti nerešeno

colloquially to go the pace — hiteti; figuratively veselo, brezskrbno živeti

to go shares — (raz)deliti

to go a long way towards — veliko prispevati k

colloquially to go blind — oslepeti

to go bad — pokvariti se

slang to go broke ( —ali bust) — doživeti polom, bankrotirati

to go dry American vpeljati prohibicijo

to go easy — udobno si urediti

to go hungry — stradati

to go mad — znoreti

to go short of — pogrešati

to go sick — javiti se bolnega

to go steady — biti previden

to go it strong — odločno ravnati

to go unpunished — rešiti se brez kazni, izmazati se

slang to go west — iti rakom žvižgat

to go wrong — zgrešiti pot; pokvariti se

to go at large — biti oproščen, na svobodi

to go bat for — pomagati komu v sili

to go one better — prekositi, prekašati koga

go it! — le daj!

to let go — izpustiti

to make things go — zabavati

to go the pace — zapravljivo živeti

to go a great way with s.o. to(wards) s.th. — imeti velik vpliv pri kom na kaj

to go the wrong way — napačno začeti, biti na nepravi poti

a little of his company goes a long way — njegove družbe je človek kmalu sit

slang to go the whole hog — iti do skrajne meje, temeljito opraviti

to go the way of all flesh ( —ali all the earth) — umreti

his tongue goes nineteen to the dozen — govori kot dež

to go all lengths — na vse kriplje se (po)truditi
II [gou]
noun

hoja tek; odhod; požirek, grižljaj; vrstni red; moda; dejavnost, energija; napad bolezni; slang izpit

all the go — velika moda

on the go — v teku

a capital go — prijetna zadeva

at the first go-off — v samem začetku

it was a near go — malo je manjkalo, za las je šlo

is it a go? — smo se sporazumeli?, velja?

Great (Little) go — glavni (sprejemni) izpit (na univerzi)

to have a go at s.th. — lotiti se česa

it's no go — tako ne gre, nima smisla

a pretty go — presenetljiva zadeva

quite the go — čisto navadno

a rum ( —ali queer) go — čudna zadeva

that's the go — je že tako na svetu

English-Slovenian dictionary > go
16 home

home [həʊm]

1. noun

   a. ( = place to live) maison f

• to have a home of one's own avoir sa propre maison (or son propre appartement)

• he was glad to see his home again il était content de rentrer chez lui

• it is quite near my home c'est tout près de chez moi

• his home is in Paris il habite Paris

• for some years he made his home in France pendant quelques années il a habité en France

• refugees who made their home in Britain les réfugiés qui se sont installés en Grande-Bretagne

• Warwick is home to some 550 international students Warwick accueille quelque 550 étudiants étrangers

• he is far from home il est loin de chez lui

• he has no home il n'a pas de foyer

• to give sb/an animal a home recueillir qn/un animal chez soi

• it's a home from home or away from home (British, US) c'est mon second chez-moi (or son second chez-soi etc)

• she has a lovely home c'est très joli chez elle

• he comes from a broken home il vient d'un foyer désuni

• "good home wanted for kitten" « cherche foyer accueillant pour chaton »

• accidents in the home accidents mpl domestiques

• let's concentrate on problems closer to home occupons-nous de problèmes qui nous concernent plus directement

► at home chez soi (or lui or moi etc) à la maison

• I'll be at home this afternoon je serai chez moi cet après-midi

• is Paul at home? est-ce que Paul est à la maison ?

• Celtic are playing Rangers at home le Celtic joue à domicile contre les Rangers

• to feel at home with sb se sentir à l'aise avec qn

• he doesn't feel at home in English il n'est pas à l'aise en anglais

• to make o.s. at home se mettre à l'aise

• make yourself at home! faites comme chez vous !

• who's he when he's at home? (inf) qui c'est celui-là ? (inf)

• what's that when it's at home? (inf) qu'est-ce que c'est que ça ?

• at home and abroad ici et à l'étranger

• the Russians, at home and abroad les Russes, chez eux et à l'étranger

   b. ( = country of origin) pays m natal

• Scotland is the home of the haggis l'Écosse est le pays du haggis

   c. ( = institution) institution f ; (shorter-term) foyer m

• children's home maison f pour enfants

   d. (Baseball) base f de départ

2. adverb

   a. chez soi (or lui or moi etc), à la maison

• to go home rentrer à la maison

• to get home rentrer

• I got home at 5 o'clock je suis rentré à 5 heures

• I'll be home at 5 o'clock je serai à la maison à 5 heures

• I met him on the journey home je l'ai rencontré sur le chemin du retour

• I must write home il faut que j'écrive à ma famille

• it's nothing to write home about (inf) ça ne casse pas des briques (inf)

• to be home and dry or home free (US) être arrivé au bout de ses peines

   b. (from abroad) dans son pays, chez soi

• he came home from abroad il est rentré de l'étranger

• to go home rentrer dans son pays

   c. to drive a nail home enfoncer un clou à fond

• to bring sth home to sb faire comprendre qch à qn

• to hammer sth home ( = make a point) bien faire comprendre qch

3. adjective

[atmosphere] de famille ; ( = national) national ; [policy, market] intérieur (- eure f)

4. compounds

► home address noun (on forms) domicile m (permanent) ; (as opposed to business address) adresse f personnelle

► home-baked adjective fait maison

► home banking noun banque f à domicile

► home base noun [of person] port m d'attache ; [of guerrillas] base f ; [of company] siège m

► home birth noun accouchement m à domicile

► home brew noun ( = beer) bière f maison ; ( = wine) vin m maison

► home comforts plural noun confort m du foyer

► home computer noun ordinateur m personnel

► home cooking noun cuisine f familiale

► the Home Counties plural noun (British) les comtés qui entourent Londres

► home economics noun économie f domestique

► home ground noun

• to play at one's home ground jouer sur son terrain

• to be on home ground être sur son terrain ► home-grown adjective ( = not foreign) du pays ; ( = from own garden) du jardin

► home help noun (British) ( = person) aide f ménagère

► home improvements plural noun ( = DIY) bricolage m

► home leave noun (gen) congé m à domicile ; (for soldier) permission f

► home life noun vie f de famille

► home loan noun prêt m immobilier

► home-loving adjective casanier

► home-made adjective fait maison

► home-maker noun femme f d'intérieur

► home match noun match m à domicile

► home movie noun vidéo f amateur

► the Home Office noun (British) ≈ le ministère de l'Intérieur

► home owner noun propriétaire mf

► home page noun (on the internet) page f d'accueil

► home rule noun autonomie f

► home run noun (Baseball) coup m de circuit

• to hit a home run réussir un coup de circuit ; (US figurative) réussir un beau coup ► Home Secretary noun (British) ≈ ministre mf de l'Intérieur

► home shopping noun (by post, telephone) achat par correspondance ou par téléphone ; (by computer, television) téléachat m

► home side noun équipe f qui reçoit

► home straight, home stretch noun

• to be in the home straight être dans la dernière ligne droite ► home team noun équipe f qui reçoit

► home town noun

• my home town ( = place of birth) ma ville natale ; ( = where I grew up) la ville où j'ai grandi ► home truth noun

• I'll tell him a few home truths je vais lui dire ses quatre vérités ► home video noun vidéo f amateur

► home visit noun (by doctor) visite f à domicile

► home in on, home on to inseparable transitive verb

[missile] ( = move towards) se diriger sur ; ( = reach) atteindre

* * *
[həʊm] 1.
noun

1) ( dwelling) gen logement m; ( house) maison f

to be far from home — être loin de chez soi

a home of one's own — un chez-soi

to work from home — travailler à domicile

to set up home in Madrid — s'installer à Madrid

I've made my home in France — je suis installé or je vis en France

it's home to me now — je m'y sens chez moi

2) ( for residential care) maison f

to put somebody in a home — mettre quelqu'un dans un établissement spécialisé

3) ( family base) foyer m

broken home — foyer désuni

‘good home wanted’ — ‘cherche foyer accueillant’

to leave home — quitter la maison

4) ( country) pays m

to consider France (as) home — considérer la France comme son pays

5) ( source)

home of — [country, area] pays m de [speciality]
2.
noun modifier

1) ( family) [ life] de famille; [ background] familial; [ comforts] du foyer

2) ( national) [ market, affairs] intérieur; [ news] national

3) Sport [ match, win] à domicile; [ team] qui reçoit
3.
adverb

1) [come, go, arrive] ( to house) à la maison, chez soi; ( to country) dans son pays

on the way home — en rentrant chez moi/nous etc; (by boat, plane) pendant le voyage de retour

to take somebody home — raccompagner quelqu'un à la maison

to be home — ( around) être à la maison; ( from work) être rentré

2) ( to required effect)

to push one's point home — enfoncer le clou fig

to bring something home to — fig faire voir quelque chose à

to strike home — fig toucher juste
4.
at home adverbial phrase

1) ( in house) à la maison

to live at home — habiter chez ses parents

2) Sport ( on own ground) [play] à domicile

3) fig ( comfortable) à l'aise

make yourself at home — fais comme chez toi

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- home in on

••

it's nothing to write home about — ça n'a rien d'extraordinaire

it's home from home GB —

it's home away from home US — c'est un second chez-soi

to be a bit too close to home — être blessant

to be home and dry — être sauvé

English-French dictionary > home

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