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  • 121 live

    I 1. adjective
    1) attrib. (alive) lebend
    2) (Radio, Telev.)

    live performance — Live-Aufführung, die

    live broadcast — Live-Sendung, die; Direktübertragung, die

    3) (topical) aktuell [Thema, Frage]
    4) (Electr.) Strom führend
    5) (unexploded) scharf [Munition usw.]
    6) (glowing) glühend [Kohle]
    7) (joc.): (actual)
    2. adverb
    (Radio, Telev.) live [übertragen usw.]
    II 1. intransitive verb

    you'll live(iron.) du wirst's [schon] überleben (iron.)

    as long as I live I shall never... — mein Leben lang werde ich nicht...

    live to see — [mit]erleben

    you live and learnman lernt nie aus

    live through somethingetwas durchmachen (ugs.); (survive) etwas überleben

    live to a ripe old age/to be a hundred — ein hohes Alter erreichen/hundert Jahre alt werden

    2) (make permanent home) wohnen; leben

    live with somebodymit jemandem zusammenleben

    live with something(lit. or fig.) mit etwas leben

    2. transitive verb

    live it updas Leben in vollen Zügen genießen; (have a good time) einen draufmachen (ugs.)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/43363/live_down">live down
    * * *
    I 1. [liv] verb
    1) (to have life; to be alive: This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.) leben
    2) (to survive: The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.) überleben
    3) (to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place): She lives next to the church; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.) wohnen
    4) (to pass (one's life): He lived a life of luxury; She lives in fear of being attacked.) leben
    5) ((with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself: He lives by fishing.) den Lebensunterhalt bestreiten mit
    - -lived
    - living 2. noun
    (the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive: He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.) der Lebensunterhalt
    - living-room
    - live-in
    - live and let live
    - live down
    - live in
    - out
    - live on
    - live up to
    - within living memory
    - in living memory
    II 1. adjective
    1) (having life; not dead: a live mouse.) lebendig
    2) ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded: I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television; Was the performance live or recorded?) live
    3) (full of energy, and capable of becoming active: a live bomb) scharf
    4) (burning: a live coal.) glühend
    2. adverb
    ((of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place: The competition will be broadcast live.) live
    - lively
    - liveliness
    - livestock
    - live wire
    * * *
    live1
    [laɪv]
    I. adj inv
    1. attr (living) lebend
    a real \live grizzly bear ein echter Grizzlybär
    \live animals echte Tiere
    2. MUS, RADIO, TV live
    \live audience Live-Publikum nt
    \live broadcast Liveübertragung f, Livesendung f
    \live coverage aktuelle Berichterstattung, Berichterstattung vor Ort
    \live entertainment Liveunterhaltung f, Liveshow f
    \live performance Liveauftritt m
    \live recording Liveaufzeichnung f
    3. ELEC geladen
    \live wire Hochspannungskabel nt
    4. (unexploded) scharf
    \live ammunition scharfe Munition
    5. (burning) glühend
    \live coals glühende Kohlen
    6. (not obsolete)
    \live issue aktuelle Frage
    II. adv inv MUS, RADIO, TV live, direkt
    to broadcast \live direkt [o live] übertragen
    to cover sth \live von etw dat live berichten
    to go \live COMPUT den Echtbetrieb aufnehmen
    to perform \live live auftreten
    as \live broadcast, transmit beinahe live (wenn eine Live-Übertragung um kurze Zeit verzögert wird, falls etwas nicht gesendet werden soll)
    live2
    [lɪv]
    I. vi
    1. (be alive) leben
    will she \live? wird sie überleben?
    “I've got a terrible cold!” — “oh, you'll live!” „ich bin total erkältet!“ — „ach, du wirst schon nicht sterben!“
    to \live to [be] a ripe [old] age ein hohes Alter erreichen
    she \lived to be 97 years old sie wurde 97 Jahre alt
    2. (spend life) leben
    ... and/where they \lived happily ever after... und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute
    to \live above [or beyond] /within one's means über seine Verhältnisse/entsprechend seinen Möglichkeiten leben
    to \live alone/dangerously alleine/gefährlich leben
    to \live by one's principles seinen Prinzipien treu bleiben
    to \live high gut leben
    to \live in fear/luxury in Angst/Luxus leben
    to \live in plenty ein Leben im Überfluss führen, im Überfluss leben
    to \live in squalor [or dire need] in ärmlichen Verhältnissen leben
    to make life worth living das Leben lebenswert machen
    3. (subsist) leben
    to \live by sth von etw dat leben
    the family \lives by hunting and farming die Familie lebt vom Jagen und von der Landwirtschaft
    he \lives by the pen er lebt vom Schreiben
    she \lives by crime sie lebt von Verbrechen
    4. (be remembered) weiterleben
    his music will \live for ever seine Musik ist unvergänglich
    to \live in sb's memory in jds Erinnerung weiterleben
    her spirit lives in her work ihr Geist lebt in ihren Werken weiter
    5. (have interesting life)
    you've never been bungee-jumping? you haven't lived! du warst noch nie Bungee-Jumping? du weißt nicht, was du versäumt hast!
    if you haven't seen Venice, you haven't \lived Venedig sehen und sterben
    to \live a little [or a bit] das Leben genießen
    6. (reside) wohnen
    where do you \live? wo wohnst du?
    to \live in the country/in town auf dem Land/in der Stadt wohnen
    to \live next door nebenan wohnen
    to \live next door to sb neben jdm wohnen
    7. ( fam: be kept) sein
    where does the sugar \live? wo hast du den Zucker?; (belong) gehören
    the pots \live in the cupboard next to the cooker die Töpfe gehören in den Schrank neben dem Herd
    8.
    as I \live and breathe!:
    good Lord! Sally Watson, as I \live and breathe! Mensch! wenn das nicht Sally Watson ist!
    to \live to fight another day es überstehen, überleben
    you [or we] \live and learn man lernt nie aus
    to \live and let \live ( saying) leben und leben lassen
    long \live the King/Queen! lang lebe der König/die Königin!
    to \live to regret sth etw noch bereuen werden
    we \lived to tell the tale wir haben's überlebt
    to \live by one's wits sich akk durchschlagen
    II. vt
    to \live [one's] life to the full das Leben in vollen Zügen genießen
    to \live a life of luxury ein luxuriöses [o extravagantes] Leben führen
    to \live one's own life sein eigenes Leben leben
    to \live and breathe sth mit Leib und Seele für etw akk sein
    to \live a lie mit einer Lebenslüge leben
    * * *
    I [lɪv]
    1. vt
    life führen
    2. vi
    1) (= be alive, survive) leben

    there is no man living who can equal him — es gibt niemanden, der es ihm gleichtun könnte

    will he live, doctor? — wird er (über)leben, Herr Doktor?

    don't worry, you'll live, it's only a broken ankle — reg dich nicht auf, du stirbst schon nicht, du hast nur einen gebrochenen Knöchel

    we live and learnman lernt nie aus

    his music will live for ever —

    his spirit still lives in his work if the spirit of the Renaissance should ever live again it was as though the father were living again in the son — sein Geist lebt in seinem Werk weiter wenn der Geist der Renaissance je wieder erwachen sollte es war, als lebte der Vater im Sohn weiter

    to live by one's witssich ( so) durchschlagen

    they lived in fear of losing their jobs — sie lebten in ständiger Angst, ihre Stelle zu verlieren

    he lived through two warser hat zwei Kriege miterlebt

    the patient was not expected to live through the night — man rechnete nicht damit, dass der Patient die Nacht überstehen or überleben würde

    you'll live to regret it —

    he lives for his work/children — er lebt für seine Arbeit/Kinder

    2)

    (= experience real living) I want to live — ich will leben or was erleben (inf)

    that's existing, not living — das ist doch kein Leben

    you've never skied? you haven't lived! —

    you've never lived until you've discovered Crete — wer Kreta nicht kennt, hat noch nicht gelebt

    before she met him she hadn't livedsie begann erst zu leben, als sie ihn kennenlernte

    3) (= reside) wohnen, leben; (animals) leben

    he lives at 19 Marktstraße — er wohnt in der Marktstraße Nr. 19

    he lives in Gardner St/on the High Street —

    who lives in that big house? — wer bewohnt das große Haus?, wer wohnt in dem großen Haus?

    a house not fit to live in — ein unbewohnbares Haus, ein Haus, in dem man nicht wohnen kann

    this house is not fit for a human being to live indies ist eine menschenunwürdige Behausung

    4) (inf

    = belong) where does this jug live? —

    5)

    the other athletes couldn't live with him/the pace — die anderen Läufer konnten mit ihm/mit dem Tempo nicht mithalten

    II [laɪv]
    1. adj
    1) (= alive) lebend; issue, question aktuell
    2) (= having power or energy) coal glühend; match ungebraucht; cartridge, shell scharf; (ELEC) geladen

    "danger, live wires!" — "Vorsicht Hochspannung!"

    3) (RAD, TV) live
    2. adv (RAD, TV)
    live, direkt
    * * *
    live1 [lıv]
    A v/i
    1. leben, am Leben sein:
    the characters in this novel seem to live die Gestalten in diesem Roman wirken lebendig;
    get sb where he lives fig jemanden an einer empfindlichen Stelle treffen
    2. leben, am Leben bleiben:
    live long lange leben;
    people live longer and longer die Menschen werden immer älter;
    the doctors don’t think he will live die Ärzte glauben nicht, dass er durchkommt;
    his doctor gave him one year to live sein Arzt gab ihm noch ein Jahr;
    live through sth etwas durchleben oder -machen oder -stehen;
    the patient did not live through the night der Patient hat die Nacht nicht überlebt;
    live to be old, live to an old age ein hohes Alter erreichen, alt werden;
    he wants to live to a hundred er will 100 werden;
    live to see erleben;
    he did not live to see it er hat es nicht mehr erlebt;
    he will live to regret it er wird es noch bereuen;
    you live and learn man lernt nie aus;
    live with sth fig mit etwas leben;
    I’ll have to live with it ich werde damit leben müssen
    3. oft live on bes fig weiter-, fortleben:
    4. aushalten, sich halten, bestehen
    5. leben (on, upon von), sich ernähren (on, upon von; by von, durch):
    earn enough to live genug zum Leben verdienen;
    live off one’s capital von seinem Kapital leben oder zehren;
    he lives on his wife er lebt auf Kosten oder von (den Einkünften) seiner Frau;
    live on the State auf Staatskosten leben;
    live by painting vom Malen leben, sich seinen Lebensunterhalt durch Malen verdienen; bread Bes Redew
    6. ehrlich etc leben, ein ehrliches etc Leben führen:
    live well üppig oder gut leben;
    live poorly ein kärgliches Leben fristen;
    live to o.s. ganz für sich leben;
    live within o.s. sich nur mit sich selbst beschäftigen;
    she lived there a widow sie lebte dort als Witwe; day Bes Redew, income, mean3 B 5
    7. leben, wohnen ( beide:
    with bei):
    live with sb mit jemandem zusammenleben
    8. leben, das Leben genießen:
    live and let live leben und leben lassen
    B v/t
    1. ein bestimmtes Leben führen oder leben:
    live a double life ein Doppelleben führen
    2. (vor)leben, im Leben verwirklichen:
    he lives his faith er lebt seinen Glauben;
    live a lie die liebende (Ehe)Frau oder den liebenden (Ehe-)Mann spielen
    3. live and breathe sth in etwas völlig aufgehen;
    he lives and breathes football sein Leben besteht nur aus Fußball
    live2 [laıv]
    A adj (meist attr)
    1. lebend, lebendig (Tiere etc):
    live birth Lebendgeburt f;
    live hair Haar n von lebenden Wesen;
    live oak Immergrüne Eiche;
    live rock lebender oder gewachsener Fels;
    live show Liveshow f (Vorführung eines Geschlechtsaktes vor Publikum) ( A 9);
    live weight Lebendgewicht n;
    a real live lord umg ein richtiger oder echter Lord
    2. energisch, tatkräftig (Vorgehen etc)
    3. aktuell (Frage etc)
    4. glühend (Kohle etc), (Zigarette etc auch) brennend
    5. scharf (Munition etc)
    6. ungebraucht (Streichholz)
    7. aktiv (Vulkan)
    8. ELEK Spannung oder Strom führend, unter Spannung oder Strom stehend; live wire 1
    9. RADIO, TV Direkt…, Original…, Live…:
    live broadcast Direktübertragung f;
    live show Liveshow f (live übertragene Show) ( A 1)
    10. lebhaft, lebendig (Farben)
    11. TECH
    a) Antriebs…
    b) angetrieben:
    live center (bes Br centre) mitlaufende Spitze;
    live wheel Antriebsrad n
    c) beweglich:
    live load Verkehrs-, Auflast f
    12. Akustik: Hall…:
    live room Hallraum m
    13. TYPO gebrauchs-, druckfertig:
    live matter druckfertiger Satz, Stehsatz m
    14. SPORT im Spiel (befindlich) (Ball)
    B adv RADIO, TV direkt, original, live:
    * * *
    I 1. adjective
    1) attrib. (alive) lebend
    2) (Radio, Telev.)

    live performance — Live-Aufführung, die

    live broadcast — Live-Sendung, die; Direktübertragung, die

    3) (topical) aktuell [Thema, Frage]
    4) (Electr.) Strom führend
    5) (unexploded) scharf [Munition usw.]
    6) (glowing) glühend [Kohle]
    7) (joc.): (actual)
    2. adverb
    (Radio, Telev.) live [übertragen usw.]
    II 1. intransitive verb

    you'll live(iron.) du wirst's [schon] überleben (iron.)

    as long as I live I shall never... — mein Leben lang werde ich nicht...

    live to see — [mit]erleben

    live through somethingetwas durchmachen (ugs.); (survive) etwas überleben

    live to a ripe old age/to be a hundred — ein hohes Alter erreichen/hundert Jahre alt werden

    2) (make permanent home) wohnen; leben

    live with something(lit. or fig.) mit etwas leben

    2. transitive verb

    live it up — das Leben in vollen Zügen genießen; (have a good time) einen draufmachen (ugs.)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    adj.
    aktiv adj.
    lebendig adj. (on) v.
    leben (von) v. v.
    leben v.
    wohnen v.

    English-german dictionary > live

  • 122 fall

    I [fɔːl] 1. гл.; прош. вр. fell, прич. прош. вр. fallen
    1)
    а) = fall down / over падать ( с высоты)

    The apple fell from the tree. — Яблоко упало с дерева.

    He fell down the stairs. — Он упал с лестницы.

    The child has fallen down and hurt his knee. — Ребёнок упал и ушиб колено.

    The little girl fell over and hit her head. — Маленькая девочка упала и ударилась головой.

    We fell on our knees before her. — Мы упали перед ней на колени.

    I fell back and hurt my head. — Я упал назад и ушиб голову.

    The boy fell through the ice. — Мальчик провалился под лёд.

    The water's deep here, mind you don't fall in. — Здесь глубоко, смотри не упади в воду.

    The roof of the mine fell in, trapping the miners. — Кровля шахты провалилась, и шахтёры оказались отрезанными.

    He fell over a rock in his path. — Он споткнулся о камень, который лежал на его пути, и упал.

    Syn:
    б) = fall off отпадать, отваливаться

    My top button has fallen off. — У меня оторвалась и упала верхняя пуговица.

    2)
    а) упасть, потерять положение в обществе; пасть морально

    By going to the club Patrick fell among a bad group of people and started stealing people's money. — Патрик стал ходить в клуб, связался с какими-то подонками и стал грабить людей.

    Syn:
    б) потерять невинность, утратить целомудрие ( обычно о женщине); забеременеть

    We had been married eight months before I fell. — Мы были женаты восемь месяцев, прежде чем я забеременела.

    3) падать, идти (об осадках, звёздах)
    4) приходить, наступать (о беде, болезни, сне); охватить ( о чувстве)

    A great stillness fell upon the place. — Наступила мёртвая тишина.

    Wonder fell on all. — Все изумились.

    5) спускаться, наступать (о темноте, ночи)

    Night fell. — Спустилась ночь.

    Dusk is falling. — Спускаются сумерки.

    6) = fall out опадать; выпадать прям. и перен.

    Her hair fell, and her face looked older. — Её волосы поредели и лицо выглядело более старым.

    Your hair is beginning to fall out. — Ваши волосы начинают выпадать.

    7) опускаться, падать

    to let fall — опускать, спускать (якорь, занавес, паруса)

    8) ниспадать, (свободно) падать (об одежде, волосах)

    Her dress falls in pleats from the waist. — Её платье спадает от талии свободными складками.

    Syn:
    10) ( fall from) срываться, слетать с ( уст)

    every word that fell from her lips — каждое слово, которое слетало с её губ

    11) опускаться, убывать

    There were signs of clearing in the west, and the waves began to fall. — На западе стало проясняться, и волны стали успокаиваться.

    My spirits fell. — Моё настроение упало.

    I'm disappointed in your work: it has fallen below your usual standard. — Я недоволен вашей работой, обычно вы работали лучше.

    Your work has fallen from the level we expected from you. — Уровень вашей работы ниже, чем мы от вас ожидали.

    Syn:
    13)
    а) = fall down спускаться вниз по (чему-л.)
    б) = fall off спускаться, иметь наклон ( о местности)

    The land falls off here towards the river. — Здесь резкий спуск к реке.

    Syn:
    14) впадать (о реке, потоке)
    15) стихать, ослабевать, успокаиваться (о ветре, погоде)

    Flames leaped up suddenly and fell again. — Языки пламени внезапно взметнулись вверх и снова погасли.

    The storm fell before seven o'clock. — Буря затихла к семи часам.

    Syn:
    abate, calm 3.
    16) терять живость; вытягиваться ( о выражении лица)

    The countenance of the old man fell. — Лицо старика вытянулось.

    Caleb's face fell a full inch. — Лицо Калеба вытянулось на целый дюйм.

    17) наклоняться; опускаться ( о глазах)
    18) падать, снижаться (о температуре, ценах)

    The temperature has fallen below zero. —Температура упала ниже нуля.

    The cost of meat finally fell. — Цены на мясо наконец снизились.

    The class has fallen below ten students this year. — В этом году в классе осталось меньше десяти человек.

    Syn:
    19) пасть, сдаваться, капитулировать (о городе, крепости, корабле)

    On the third day of the attack, the town fell. — На третий день штурма город пал.

    Syn:
    20) пасть; быть сброшенным ( о власти); гибнуть

    The Ministry was certain to fall in a short time. — Было очевидно, что правительство падёт очень быстро.

    Syn:
    be overthrown, perish
    22) карт. быть взятой, быть битой ( более крупной картой)
    23) крим. быть арестованным; быть осуждённым; быть посаженным в тюрьму
    24) обваливаться, оседать (о здании и т. п.)

    One of the towers had fallen with its own weight. — Одна из башен развалилась под собственной тяжестью.

    25) ( fall into)
    а) делиться, распадаться на (что-л.)
    б) = fall under / within принадлежать к (какому-л. классу)

    to fall into the category — относиться к категории, подпадать под категорию

    The population that falls under the category of poor is less than 7%. — Менее семи процентов населения подпадают под категорию бедных.

    Your suggestion falls within the general area of reorganization. — Ваше предложение - из серии идей по реорганизации.

    26) падать, выпадать, доставаться

    to fall to smb.'s lot — выпадать на чью-л. долю

    The lot fell upon him. — Жребий пал на него.

    The expense must fall upon the purchaser. — Затраты должны падать на покупателя.

    They alone fall to be considered here. — Здесь только на них и следует обращать внимание.

    The property will fall to the eldest son. — Имущество достанется старшему сыну.

    The stress falls on the second syllable. — Ударение падает на второй слог.

    28) ( fall in(to)) впадать в (какое-л. состояние); оказываться в (каком-л. положении)

    Henry fell into one of his fearful rages. — Генри впал в один из своих страшных приступов бешенства.

    to fall in love — ( with) влюбиться (в кого-л.)

    to fall out of love — ( with) разлюбить (кого-л.)

    29) ( fall for) влюбиться в (кого-л.); полюбить (что-л.)

    Jim fell for Mary in a big way when they first met. — Джим по уши влюбился в Мэри с того самого дня, когда они встретились.

    I think you're going to fall for this film. — Мне кажется, тебе понравится этот фильм.

    30) ( fall for) попадаться на (удочку, уловку и пр.)

    Don't fall for that old trick, he's trying to persuade you to buy his goods. — Не поддайся на эту старую как мир уловку, он же хочет впарить тебе свой товар.

    31) (fall + гл., прил.) становиться, перейти в состояние (чего-л.)

    to fall asternмор. отстать

    The memory of his faults had already fallen to be one of those old aches. — Память о его вине превратилась в застарелую боль.

    32) ( fall (up)on) приходиться, падать, происходить, иметь место

    My birthday falls on Sunday. — Мой день рождения попадает на воскресенье.

    New Year's Day falls on a Wednesday. — Новый Год приходится на среду.

    Syn:
    33) рубить, валить ( деревья); валиться ( о дереве)
    Syn:
    34) ( fall from) бросать, покидать (кого-л.), отказываться от верности (кому-л.)

    The followers of Louis were falling from him. — Сторонники Людовика покидали его.

    35) ( fall into) начинать (что-л.), приниматься за (что-л.); приобретать (привычку и т. п.)

    You have fallen into a bad habit of repeating yourself. — У вас появилась дурная привычка повторяться.

    I fell into conversation with an interesting man. — Я вступил в разговор с интересным собеседником.

    36) ( fall (up)on) нападать на (что-л.), налетать на (что-л.); набрасываться на (что-л.)

    The hungry children fell on the food. — Голодные дети набросились на еду.

    37) ( fall (up)on) выпадать на (чью-л. долю), доставаться (кому-л.)

    It falls on me to thank our chairman for his speech. — Мне выпала честь поблагодарить нашего председателя за его речь.

    The blame fell on me as usual. — Как обычно, всю вину возложили на меня.

    38) ( fall (up)on) работать над (чем-л.), разрабатывать (что-л.)

    He fell on the new idea and in the course of time wrote an important book about it. — Он принялся разрабатывать эту идею и через некоторое время написал большую книгу по этому вопросу.

    39) ( fall (up)on) достигать
    40) (fall under / within) попадать в (сферу действия чего-л.); подвергаться (чему-л.)

    to fall within one's jurisdiction — входить в чью-л. компетенцию

    to fall under smb.'s influence — попадать под чьё-л. влияние

    If the answer to your difficulty falls within my experience, I'll give you all the help I can. — Если ваш вопрос относится к сфере моего опыта, я окажу Вам всю возможную помощь.

    These states of matter will fall under our observation. — Данное положение дел будет контролироваться нами.

    41) ( fall to) приниматься за (что-л.), начинать делать (что-л.); набрасываться на (что-л.)

    They fell to work immediately. — Они сразу взялись за работу.

    I fell to thinking about the happy days of the past. — Я принялся думать о счастливых днях прошлого.

    Syn:
    - fall abreast of
    - fall across
    - fall apart
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall foul of
    - fall out
    - fall through
    ••

    to fall into line / step with smb. — подчиняться, соглашаться с кем-л.

    to fall over one another / each other — драться, бороться, соперничать друг с другом

    to fall over backwards to do smth. — разг. лезть из кожи вон, чтобы сделать что-л.

    to fall prey / sacrifice / victim to — прям. и перен. пасть жертвой (чего-л.)

    - fall over oneself
    - fall over backwards
    - fall to the ground
    - fall to pieces
    - fall into place
    2. сущ.

    bad / nasty fall — неудачное падение

    to have / take a fall — падать

    The net broke the tightrope walker's fall. — Сетка смягчила падение канатоходца.

    Syn:
    2) моральное падение; потеря чести; потеря невинности

    The play was about the fall of an honest man. — В пьесе говорилось о моральном падении честного человека.

    Syn:
    3) ( the Fall) рел. грехопадение (согласно Библии, утрата человеком изначальной чистоты и богоподобия в результате первого греха - непослушания Богу; соблазнённые сатаной в образе змея, Адам и Ева нарушили запрет и вкусили плод с древа познания добра и зла, за что были изгнаны из рая)

    the Fall of Man — грехопадение человека, грехопадение Адама

    4) падение, сбрасывание; выпадение (осадков, метеоритов); количество осадков, выпавших за один раз или за определённый период времени
    5) приближение, наступление (сумерек, ночи, зимы)
    6) выпадение (зубов и т. п.)
    7) амер. осень
    Syn:
    8) око́т, рождение (ягнят и т. п.)

    The principal fall of lambs takes place now. — Именно сейчас идёт основной окот овец.

    9) помёт, выводок
    Syn:
    11) упадок, закат
    Syn:
    12) заключительный период, завершающая часть (дня, года, жизни)
    14) ( falls) водопад

    We could see the spray from the falls. — Мы видели брызги от водопада.

    Syn:
    15)
    а) обрыв, склон, откос ( холма); скат, спуск

    The girls saw a little fall of the ground. — Девочки увидели небольшой откос.

    Syn:
    б) высота (обрыва, склона и т. п.)
    16) понижение, снижение, падение (температуры и т. п.)
    17) муз. каданс, каденция
    Syn:
    19) снижение, падение, понижение ( цен)

    Yesterday saw a sudden fall in stock prices. — Вчера произошло резкое падение биржевого курса.

    Syn:
    20) спорт.
    б) схватка, раунд
    21)
    б) лес, сваленный за один сезон
    22) = fall trap капкан, ловушка, западня
    Syn:
    23) падение, поражение, капитуляция ( о городе или крепости)

    The fall of the city followed heavy bombardment. — Сдаче города предшествовала сильная бомбардировка.

    Syn:

    And women rent their tresses for their great prince's fall. — И женщины рвали на себе волосы, горюя о смерти своего великого государя.

    Syn:
    25) крим.
    26)
    а) покрывало, вуаль
    28) тех.; = block and fall канат, цепь подъёмного блока
    29) мор. фал
    30) тех. напор; высота напора
    ••

    Pride will have a fall. посл. — Гордыня до добра не доводит.

    II [fɔːl] сущ.; диал.
    1) крик, издаваемый китобоями, когда кит оказывается в пределах видимости или в пределах загарпунивания

    Англо-русский современный словарь > fall

  • 123 reach

    [̈ɪri:tʃ]
    as far as the eye can reach насколькоможетохватитьвзор; the memory reaches back over many years в памяти сохраняется далекое прошлое reach предел досягаемости, досягаемость; beyond one's reach вне досягаемости, недоступный; within easy reach of the railway неподалеку от железной дороги reach достигать, доходить; he is so tall that he reaches the ceiling он так высок, что достает до потолка; to reach old age дожить до старости reach out (for) протягивать руку (за чем-л.), доставать (что-л.) (с полки, со шкафа); he reached out for the dictionary он потянулся за словарем reach застать, настигнуть; his letter reached me его письмо застало меня reach протягивание (руки и т. п.); to make a reach (for smth.) протянуть руку, потянуться (за чем-л.) media reach охват средством рекламы as far as the eye can reach насколькоможетохватитьвзор; the memory reaches back over many years в памяти сохраняется далекое прошлое within reach of one's hand под рукой; out of reach of the guns вне досягаемости огня орудий reach = retch reach бьеф reach мор. галс reach доезжать до; добираться до; the train reaches Oxford at six поезд приходит в Оксфорд в 6 часов reach доставать; дотягиваться; брать (часто reach for) reach достигать, доходить; he is so tall that he reaches the ceiling он так высок, что достает до потолка; to reach old age дожить до старости reach достигать, доходить reach достигать reach доступность reach досягаемость reach доходить reach застать, настигнуть; his letter reached me его письмо застало меня reach область влияния, охват; кругозор; сфера; such subtleties are beyond my reach такие тонкости выше моего понимания reach область воздействия reach оказывать влияние reach охват средствами рекламы reach охватывать reach передавать, подавать; reach me the mustard, please передайте мне, пожалуйста, горчицу reach плес; колено реки reach предел досягаемости, досягаемость, область влияния reach предел досягаемости, досягаемость; beyond one's reach вне досягаемости, недоступный; within easy reach of the railway неподалеку от железной дороги reach простираться reach протягивание (руки и т. п.); to make a reach (for smth.) протянуть руку, потянуться (за чем-л.) reach протягивать, вытягивать (часто out); to reach one's hand across the table протянуть руку через стол reach протяжение, пространство; a reach of woodland широкая полоса лесов reach радиус действия reach связаться (с кем-л., напр., по телефону); устанавливать контакт; сноситься, сообщаться (с кем-л.); reach after тянуться (за чем-л.); перен. стремиться (к чему-л.) reach составлять (сумму) reach трогать; оказывать влияние reach связаться (с кем-л., напр., по телефону); устанавливать контакт; сноситься, сообщаться (с кем-л.); reach after тянуться (за чем-л.); перен. стремиться (к чему-л.) reach передавать, подавать; reach me the mustard, please передайте мне, пожалуйста, горчицу reach протяжение, пространство; a reach of woodland широкая полоса лесов reach достигать, доходить; he is so tall that he reaches the ceiling он так высок, что достает до потолка; to reach old age дожить до старости reach протягивать, вытягивать (часто out); to reach one's hand across the table протянуть руку через стол reach out (for) протягивать руку (за чем-л.), доставать (что-л.) (с полки, со шкафа); he reached out for the dictionary он потянулся за словарем reach = retch retch: retch рвота, позывы на рвоту reach рыгать; тужиться (при рвоте) reach область влияния, охват; кругозор; сфера; such subtleties are beyond my reach такие тонкости выше моего понимания reach доезжать до; добираться до; the train reaches Oxford at six поезд приходит в Оксфорд в 6 часов reach предел досягаемости, досягаемость; beyond one's reach вне досягаемости, недоступный; within easy reach of the railway неподалеку от железной дороги within reach of one's hand под рукой; out of reach of the guns вне досягаемости огня орудий your letter reached me yesterday ваше письмо дошло (только) вчера

    English-Russian short dictionary > reach

  • 124 inch

    in 
    1. noun
    1) ((often abbreviated to in when written) a measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot (2.54 centimetres).) pulgada
    2) (a small amount: There is not an inch of room to spare.) pizca, poco, centímetro

    2. verb
    (to move slowly and carefully: He inched (his way) along the narrow ledge.) avanzar poco a poco/gradualmente
    inch n pulgada
    tr[ɪnʧ]
    1 (measurement) pulgada
    2 (small amount) poco, pelo, ápice nombre masculino
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    by inches / by an inch por poco
    every inch todo,-a
    every inch of (all of) todo,-a, cada rincón de, cada centímetro de
    inch by inch poco a poco
    give him «(her etc)» an inch and he'll «(she'll etc)» take a mile le das la mano y te coge el brazo
    not to budge an inch no ceder ni un ápice
    within an inch of something a dos dedos de algo
    she came within an inch of death estuvo a dos dedos de la muerte Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL Equivale a 2,54 cm/Table 1
    inch ['ɪnʧ] v
    : avanzar poco a poco
    inch n
    1) : pulgada f
    2)
    every inch : absoluto, seguro
    every inch a winner: un seguro ganador
    3)
    within an inch of : a punto de
    n.
    (§ pl.: inches) = pizca s.f.
    pulgada (2.54 centímetros) s.f.
    pulgarada s.f.
    v.
    avanzar poco a poco v.
    ɪntʃ
    I
    noun pulgada f (2,54 centímetros)

    two inches of raindos pulgadas or (fam) cuatro dedos de lluvia

    I was within an inch of getting that jobestuve a un paso or en un tris de que me dieran el trabajo

    she wouldn't budge o give an inch — no cedió ni un ápice

    give them an inch and they'll take a mileles das la mano y te toman or (esp Esp) te cogen el brazo


    II
    1.
    intransitive verb moverse* lentamente or paso a paso

    to inch forward — avanzar* lentamente or paso a paso


    2.
    vt

    to inch one's wayavanzar* lentamente

    [ɪntʃ]
    1.
    N pulgada f (= 2.54 cm)
    inches (=height) [of person] estatura f

    the car missed me by inches — faltó poco para que me atropellara el coche

    we searched every inch of the room — registramos todos los rincones del cuarto

    he didn't give an inch — no hizo la menor concesión

    to lose a few inches *adelgazar un poco

    to be within an inch of death/disaster — estar a dos dedos de la muerte/del desastre

    See:
    see cultural note IMPERIAL SYSTEM in imperial
    2.
    CPD

    inch tape Ncinta f en pulgadas (para medir)

    * * *
    [ɪntʃ]
    I
    noun pulgada f (2,54 centímetros)

    two inches of raindos pulgadas or (fam) cuatro dedos de lluvia

    I was within an inch of getting that jobestuve a un paso or en un tris de que me dieran el trabajo

    she wouldn't budge o give an inch — no cedió ni un ápice

    give them an inch and they'll take a mileles das la mano y te toman or (esp Esp) te cogen el brazo


    II
    1.
    intransitive verb moverse* lentamente or paso a paso

    to inch forward — avanzar* lentamente or paso a paso


    2.
    vt

    to inch one's wayavanzar* lentamente

    English-spanish dictionary > inch

  • 125 well

    I noun
    1) (water well, mineral spring) Brunnen, der
    2) (Archit.) Schacht, der; (of staircase) Treppenloch, das
    II 1. interjection
    1) (expr. astonishment) mein Gott; meine Güte; nanu

    well, well! — sieh mal einer an!

    2) (expr. relief) mein Gott
    3) (expr. concession) na ja

    well then, let's say no more about it — schon gut, reden wir nicht mehr davon

    4) (expr. resumption) nun

    well [then], who was it? — nun, wer war's?

    5) (expr. qualified recognition of point)

    well[, but]... — na ja, aber...; ja schon, aber...

    6) (expr. resignation)

    [oh] well — nun denn

    7) (expr. expectation)

    well [then]? — na?

    2. adverb,

    do well out of somethingmit etwas ein gutes Geschäft machen

    the patient is doing welldem Patienten geht es gut

    you did well to come — gut, dass du gekommen bist

    didn't he do well!hat er sich nicht gut geschlagen?

    you would do well to... — Sie täten gut daran, zu...

    you're well out of it — es ist gut, dass du damit nichts mehr zu tun hast

    2) (thoroughly) gründlich [trocknen, polieren, schütteln]; tüchtig [verprügeln]; genau [beobachten]; gewissenhaft [urteilen]

    be well able to do somethingdurchaus od. sehr wohl in der Lage sein, etwas zu tun

    I'm well aware of what has been going onmir ist sehr wohl klar od. bewusst, was sich abgespielt hat

    let or leave well alone — sich zufrieden geben

    well out of sight(very far off) völlig außer Sichtweite (of Gen.)

    I know only too well how/what etc.... — ich weiß nur zu gut, wie/was usw....

    3) (considerably) weit

    it was well on into the afternoones war schon spät am Nachmittag

    he is well past or over retiring age — er hat schon längst das Rentenalter erreicht

    he is well past or over forty — er ist weit über vierzig

    be well away(lit. or fig.) einen guten Vorsprung haben; (coll.): (be drunk) ziemlich benebelt sein (ugs.)

    4) (approvingly, kindly) gut, anständig [jemanden behandeln]

    think well of somebody/something — eine gute Meinung von jemandem/etwas haben

    speak well of somebody/something — sich positiv über jemanden/etwas äußern

    5) (in all likelihood) sehr wohl
    6) (easily) ohne weiteres
    7)

    as well(in addition) auch; ebenfalls; (as much, not less truly) genauso; ebenso; (with equal reason) genauso gut; ebenso gut; (advisable) ratsam; (equally well) genauso gut

    Coming for a drink? - I might as well — Kommst du mit, einen trinken? - Warum nicht?

    that is [just] as well — (not regrettable) um so besser

    it was just as well that I had... — zum Glück hatte ich...

    A as well as B — B und auch [noch] A

    as well as helping or (coll.) help me, she continued her own work — sie half mir und machte dabei noch mit ihrer eigenen Arbeit weiter

    3. adjective
    1) (in good health) gesund

    How are you feeling now? - Quite well, thank you — Wie fühlen Sie sich jetzt? - Ganz gut, danke

    look wellgut od. gesund aussehen

    2) pred. (satisfactory)

    I am very well where I amich bin hier sehr zufrieden

    all's well that ends well(prov.) Ende gut, alles gut

    all is not well with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas ist etwas nicht in Ordnung

    [that's all] well and good — [das ist alles] gut und schön

    3) pred. (advisable) ratsam
    * * *
    (to have a good, or bad, opinion of: She thought highly of him and his poetry.) viel,etwas,wenig halten von
    * * *
    well1
    [wel]
    I. adj
    < better, best>
    1. (healthy) gesund
    are you \well? geht es dir gut?
    thank you, [I'm] very \well danke, [es geht mir] sehr gut
    I'm fairly/perfectly \well mir geht es einigermaßen/bestens
    he hasn't been too \well lately ihm geht es in letzter Zeit nicht besonders gut
    you're looking very \well today! Sie sehen heute blendend aus!
    to be alive and \well gesund und munter sein
    to feel \well sich akk gut [o wohl] fühlen
    to get \well gesund werden
    I hope you get \well soon ich hoffe, dass es dir bald wieder besser geht
    get \well soon! gute Besserung!
    get \well card Genesungskarte f
    2. inv (okay)
    all \well at work? ist bei der Arbeit alles in Ordnung?
    all's \well here hier ist alles in Ordnung
    all is not \well at the office im Büro gibt es Probleme
    nobody believes all is \well in our health service keiner glaubt, dass mit unserem Gesundheitswesen alles in Ordnung ist
    all being \well, we should arrive on time wenn alles gutgeht, müssten wir pünktlich ankommen
    it's all very \well saying that [or for you to say that], but... du hast gut reden, aber...
    it's all very \well for you to laugh but... du hast gut lachen, aber...
    all's not \well with sb/sth mit jdm/etw steht es nicht zum Besten
    all \well and good, all very \well gut und schön
    that's all very \well but... das ist [ja] alles schön und gut, aber...
    electric heating is all very \well until there's a power cut elektrische Heizungen sind so weit ganz in Ordnung, es sei denn, es kommt zum Stromausfall
    it's just as \well that... es ist [nur] gut, dass...
    just as \well you're not here — you wouldn't like it [nur] gut, dass du nicht hier bist — es würde dir nicht gefallen
    3. inv (sensible)
    it would be as \well to do sth es wäre [o ist] ratsam, etw zu tun
    it would be as \well to check the small print es ist ratsam, auch das Kleingedruckte zu überprüfen
    4.
    all's \well that ends \well ( prov) Ende gut, alles gut prov
    II. adv
    <better, best>
    1. (in a good way) gut
    you speak English very \well du sprichst sehr gut Englisch
    they discussed the plans for two hours at considered it time \well spent sie diskutierten zwei Stunden lang die Pläne und waren der Meinung, diese Zeit sinnvoll genutzt zu haben
    \well spotted! gut aufgepasst!
    look at all those wine bottles! you certainly live \well! guck dir nur all die Weinflaschen an! du lässt es dir aber gutgehen!
    [that was] \well put gut ausgedrückt
    \well done! gut gemacht!, super! fam
    it's a job \well done! das wäre erledigt!
    to be money \well spent gut angelegtes Geld sein
    to do \well to do sth gut daran tun, etw zu tun
    as \well as sb/sth so gut wie jd/etw
    I can't do it as \well as Marie [can] ich kann es nicht so gut wie Marie
    she can sing as \well as her sister [does] sie kann genauso gut singen wie ihre Schwester
    \well enough (sufficiently) gut genug; (satisfactorily) ganz gut, einigermaßen
    the concert was \well enough advertised but ticket sales were poor obwohl das Konzert ausreichend angekündigt war, wurden kaum Tickets verkauft
    he plays the piano \well enough er spielt ganz gut Klavier
    pretty \well ganz gut
    to do \well for oneself erfolgreich sein
    to mean \well es gut meinen
    2. (favourably) gut
    his point was \well taken sein Beitrag wurde gut aufgenommen
    to speak \well of sb/sth nur Gutes über jdn/etw sagen
    to think \well of sb/sth viel von jdm/etw halten
    to know sb \well jdn gut kennen
    to cost \well over/under £ 100 weit über/unter 100 Pfund kosten
    the results are \well above [our] expectations die Ergebnisse liegen weit über unseren Erwartungen
    stand \well clear of the doors halten Sie deutlich Abstand von den Türen
    keep \well away from the edge of the cliff halten Sie sich weit vom Rand des Abhangs fern
    they kept the crowd \well behind the white line sie hielten die Menge weit hinter der weißen Linie zurück
    5. inv (used for emphasis) [sehr] wohl
    I can \well believe it das glaube ich gern
    I should damn \well hope so! ( fam) das will ich [aber auch] stark hoffen!
    he could \well imagine how... er konnte sich lebhaft vorstellen, wie...
    there are no buses after midnight, as you \well know du weißt doch, dass nach Mitternacht keine Busse mehr fahren
    I \well remember the last time they visited us ( form) ich kann mich gut an ihren letzten Besuch erinnern
    to be \well able to do sth durchaus [o sehr wohl] in der Lage sein, etw zu tun
    to be \well aware of sth sich dat einer S. gen durchaus [o sehr wohl] bewusst sein
    to be \well over forty weit über vierzig sein
    to be \well worth it/an attempt es/einen Versuch wert sein
    to be \well away in sth BRIT ( fig fam) ganz in etw akk versunken sein
    \well and truly ganz einfach
    the party was \well and truly over when he arrived als er kam, war die Party bereits gelaufen fam
    6. inv (justifiably) wohl
    you may \well ask! das kann man wohl fragen!
    where's Pete?you may \well ask! he should have been here hours ago! wo ist Pete? — das kannst du laut fragen! er hätte schon seit Stunden hier sein sollen!
    I couldn't very \well refuse the offer ich konnte das Angebot ja wohl schlecht ablehnen
    he may \well wonder why no one was there — he forgot to confirm the date er braucht sich [gar] nicht zu wundern, warum keiner da war — er hat vergessen, den Termin fest zu vereinbaren
    you may \well think it was his fault es mag gut sein, dass es seine Schuld war
    7. inv (probably) gut
    it may \well be that... es ist gut möglich [o es kann gut sein], dass...
    he might \well be sick after that drinking spree es ist gut möglich, dass er nach dem Trinkgelage krank ist
    it may \well be finished by tomorrow es kann gut sein, dass es morgen fertig ist
    she might \well be the best person to ask sie ist wahrscheinlich die Beste, die man fragen kann
    8. inv (very) völlig, total fam
    we were \well bored at the concert BRIT ( fam) wir haben uns in dem Konzert furchtbar gelangweilt
    to be \well pleased [or satisfied] with sth ( fam) mit etw dat vollauf zufrieden sein
    9. inv (also)
    as \well auch; (and)
    ... as \well as... und [auch]..., sowie geh
    invite Emlynand Simon as \well lade Emlyn ein — und Simon auch
    I'll have the ice cream as \well as the cake ich nehme das Eis und auch den Kuchen
    10. inv (equally)
    [just] as \well ebenso gut [auch], eigentlich [auch]
    you might [just] as \well wash the dishes eigentlich könntest du das Geschirr abwaschen
    if you publish this, you may just as \well hand in your notice wenn du das veröffentlichst, kannst du ebenso gut auch gleich kündigen
    11.
    to be \well away BRIT ( fam: asleep) weg sein fam; (drunk) angeheitert sein fam
    to be \well in with sb, AM to be in \well with sb ( fam) gut mit jdm können fam
    to leave \well [AM enough] alone es lieber seinlassen
    to be \well out of it BRIT, AUS davongekommen sein
    if a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing \well ( saying) wenn schon, denn schon fam
    to be \well up on [or in] sth in etw dat gut bewandert sein
    if you want a thing done \well, do it yourself ( saying) wenn du möchtest, dass etwas ordentlich erledigt wird, machst du es am besten selbst
    III. interj (introducing, continuing a statement) nun [ja], also; (introducing a question) und; (showing hesitation, resignation) tja fam, na ja fam; (showing doubt, disagreement, annoyance) na fam; (showing surprise)
    \well [, \well]! sieh mal einer an!, na, so was!
    \well, what shall we do now? tja, was machen wir jetzt? fam
    \well? what did you do next? und? was hast du dann gemacht?
    \well, are you happy now? na, bist du jetzt zufrieden? fam
    \well, \well... ja, ja...
    \well now [or then] ... also [dann]...
    oh \well, it doesn't matter ach [was], das macht doch nichts
    very \well... na gut...
    IV. n no pl
    to wish sb \well jdm alles Gute [o jdm viel Glück] wünschen
    well2
    [wel]
    I. n
    1. (for water) Brunnen m
    to drill a \well einen Brunnen bohren
    2. (for mineral) Schacht m
    gas \well Gasbrunnen m
    oil \well Ölquelle f
    to drill a \well einen Schacht bohren; (for oil) ein Bohrloch anlegen
    3. ARCHIT (for stairs) Treppenhaus nt; (for lift) Fahrstuhlschacht m; (for light) Lichtschacht m
    4. BRIT LAW Ort, wo die Anwälte und Protokollanten im Gerichtssaal sitzen
    5. (bountiful source) Quelle f
    6. (small depression) Kuhle f, Mulde f
    II. vi
    to \well up in sth in etw dat aufsteigen
    tears \welled up in her eyes Tränen stiegen ihr in die Augen; ( fig)
    conflicting emotions \welled up in his heart widerstreitende Gefühle stiegen in seinem Herzen auf geh
    pride \welled up in his chest Stolz schwellte seine Brust geh
    to \well [up] out of sth aus etw dat hervorquellen
    [wi:l, wil]
    = we will/we shall, will1, shall
    * * *
    I [wel]
    1. n
    1) (= water well) Brunnen m; (= oil well) Ölquelle f; (drilled) Bohrloch nt; (fig = source) Quelle f

    to sink a welleinen Brunnen bohren or anlegen or graben; (for oil) ein Bohrloch nt anlegen or vorantreiben

    2) (= shaft) (for lift) Schacht m; (for stairs) Treppenschacht m; (down centre of staircase) Treppenhaus nt
    3) (of theatre) Parkett nt; (of auditorium) ebenerdiger Teil des Zuschauer-/Konferenz-/Versammlungsraums (Brit of court) Teil des Gerichtssaals, in dem die Rechtsanwälte und Protokollschreiber sitzen
    4) (= ink well) Tintenfass nt
    2. vi
    quellen II comp better, superl best
    1. adv
    1) (= in a good or satisfactory manner) gut

    it is well painted (portrait) — es ist gut gemalt; (house, fence) es ist sauber or ordentlich angestrichen

    he did it as well as he could/as I could have done — er machte es so gut er konnte/ebenso gut, wie ich es hätte machen können

    he's doing well at school/in history — er ist gut or er kommt gut voran in der Schule/in Geschichte

    mother and child are/the patient is doing well — Mutter und Kind/dem Patienten geht es gut, Mutter und Kind sind/der Patient ist wohlauf

    if you do well you'll be promoted — wenn Sie sich bewähren, werden Sie befördert

    you did well to help — du tatest gut daran zu helfen, es war gut, dass du geholfen hast

    well done! — gut gemacht!, bravo!, sehr gut!

    to do oneself well (inf)es sich (dat) gut gehen lassen

    everything went well/quite well — es ging alles gut or glatt (inf)/recht or ganz gut

    2) (= favourably, fortunately) gut

    to speak/think well of sb — über jdn Gutes sagen/Positives denken, von jdm positiv sprechen/denken

    to be well spoken of in certain circles/by one's colleagues — einen guten Ruf in gewissen Kreisen/bei seinen Kollegen haben

    to do well out of sth — von etw ganz schön or ordentlich profitieren, bei etw gut wegkommen (inf)

    you would do well to arrive early — Sie täten gut daran, früh zu kommen

    are you coming? – I might as well — kommst du? – ach, könnte ich eigentlich (auch) (inf) or ach, warum nicht

    3) (= thoroughly, considerably, to a great degree) gut, gründlich

    he loved her too well to leave her (liter) — er liebte sie zu sehr, als dass er sie verlassen hätte

    well and truly — (ganz) gründlich; married, settled in ganz richtig; (iro also) fest; westernized, conditioned

    he was well away (inf) (= drunk)er war in Fahrt or Schwung (inf) er hatte einen sitzen (inf)

    well within... — durchaus in... (dat)

    it continued well into 1996/the night — es zog sich bis weit ins Jahr 1996/in die Nacht hin

    4) (= probably, reasonably) ohne Weiteres, gut, wohl

    I may well be late — es kann leicht or wohl or ohne Weiteres sein, dass ich spät komme

    it may well be that... — es ist gut or wohl or ohne Weiteres möglich, dass...

    she cried, as well she might — sie weinte, und das (auch) mit Grund or wozu sie auch allen Grund hatte

    I couldn't very well stay — ich konnte schlecht bleiben, ich konnte wohl nicht mehr gut bleiben

    5)

    (= in addition) as well — auch

    x as well as y — x sowohl als auch y, x und auch y

    6) (Brit inf

    = very) well happy — total glücklich (inf)

    2. adj
    1) (= in good health) gesund

    I'm very well, thanks — danke, es geht mir sehr gut

    he's not a well maner ist gar nicht gesund

    2) (= satisfactory, desirable, advantageous) gut

    all is not well with him/in the world — mit ihm/mit or in der Welt steht es nicht zum Besten

    that's all very well, but... — das ist ja alles schön und gut, aber...

    if that's the case, (all) well and good — wenn das der Fall ist, dann soll es mir recht sein

    it's all very well for you to suggest... — Sie können leicht vorschlagen...

    it's all very well for you, you don't have to... —

    it was well for him that no-one found out — es war sein Glück, dass es niemand entdeckt hat

    it's just as well he came — es ist (nur or schon) gut, dass er gekommen ist

    you're well out of that — seien Sie froh, dass Sie damit nichts mehr zu tun haben

    all's well that ends well — Ende gut, alles gut

    3. interj
    also; (expectantly also) na; (doubtfully) na ja

    well, well!, well I never (did)! — also, so was!, na so was!

    well now —

    well, it was like this well there you are, that proves it! well, as I was saying — also, es war so or folgendermaßen na bitte or also bitte, das beweist es doch also, wie (bereits) gesagt

    well then? — also (gut); (in question) na?, nun?, also?

    very well then! — na gut, also gut!; (indignantly) also bitte (sehr)!

    oh well, never mind — macht nichts

    well, that's a relief! — na (also), das ist ja eine Erleichterung!

    4. n
    Gute(s) nt

    to wish sb well (in general) — jdm alles Gute wünschen; ( in an attempt, also iro ) jdm Glück wünschen (in bei)

    I wish him well, but... — ich wünsche ihm nichts Böses, aber...

    * * *
    well1 [wel] komp better [-betə(r)], sup best [best]
    A adv
    1. gut, wohl:
    a) gut versehen sein ( for mit),
    b) wohlhabend oder gut situiert oder gut dran sein;
    he is well off ihm geht es gut;
    do well with mit etwas gut fahren umg;
    do o.s. well, live well gut leben, es sich gut gehen lassen
    2. gut, recht, geschickt:
    do well gut oder recht daran tun ( to do zu tun);
    well done! gut gemacht!, bravo!;
    well roared, lion! gut gebrüllt, Löwe!;
    sing well gut singen
    3. gut, günstig, vorteilhaft:
    a) gut abschneiden,
    b) Glück haben;
    if all goes well wenn alles gut geht, wenn nichts dazwischenkommt
    4. gut, freundschaftlich:
    think (speak) well of gut denken (sprechen) über (akk)
    5. gut, sehr, vollauf:
    love ( oder like) sb well jemanden sehr lieben;
    be well pleased hocherfreut sein;
    it speaks well for him es spricht sehr für ihn
    6. wohl, mit gutem Grund:
    not very well wohl kaum;
    you cannot very well do that das kannst du nicht gut tun;
    I couldn’t very well say no ich konnte schlecht Nein sagen;
    we might well try it wir können es ja versuchen; academic.ru/80106/very">very A 1
    7. recht, eigentlich, so richtig:
    he does not know well how er weiß nicht recht, wie
    8. gut, genau, gründlich:
    know sb well jemanden gut kennen;
    he knows only too well er weiß nur zu gut ( that dass);
    remember well sich gut erinnern an (akk)
    9. gut, ganz, völlig:
    he is well out of sight er ist völlig außer Sicht;
    be well out of sth etwas glücklich hinter sich gebracht haben
    10. gut, beträchtlich, ziemlich, weit:
    well away weit weg;
    he walked well ahead of them er ging ihnen ein gutes Stück voraus;
    he is well up in the list er steht weit oben auf der Liste;
    be well on in years nicht mehr der oder die Jüngste sein;
    well past fifty weit über 50;
    until well past midnight bis lange nach Mitternacht;
    well in advance schon lange vorher;
    he finished well back SPORT er endete weit abgeschlagen;
    be well above average weit über dem Durchschnitt liegen; up D 4
    11. gut, tüchtig, gründlich, kräftig:
    12. gut, mit Leichtigkeit, durchaus:
    you could well have done it du hättest es leicht tun können;
    it is very well possible es ist durchaus oder sehr wohl möglich;
    as well ebenso, außerdem;
    shall I bring the paper as well? soll ich auch die Zeitung bringen?;
    (just) as well ebenso (gut), genauso (gut);
    just as well Gott sei Dank! zum Glück!;
    just as well I had … zum Glück hatte ich …;
    as well … as sowohl … als auch; nicht nur …, sondern auch;
    as well as ebenso gut wie; may1 3
    B adj
    1. wohl, gesund:
    be ( oder feel) well sich wohlfühlen;
    “get well soon!” (auf Karten) „gute Besserung!“;
    look well gesund aussehen;
    he isn’t a well man bes US er ist nicht gesund
    2. in Ordnung, richtig, gut:
    all is not well with him etwas ist nicht in Ordnung mit ihm;
    all will be well es wird sich alles wieder einrenken;
    all being well wenn alles gut geht, wenn nichts dazwischenkommt;
    I am very well where I am ich fühle mich sehr wohl;
    that is all very well, but das ist ja alles gut und schön, aber;
    it’s all very well for you to laugh du hast gut lachen;
    all’s well that ends well (Sprichwort) Ende gut, alles gut
    3. vorteilhaft, günstig, gut:
    it will be as well for her to know it es schadet ihr gar nichts, es zu wissen;
    that is just as well das ist schon gut so;
    well and good schön und gut
    4. ratsam, richtig, gut:
    it would be well es wäre angebracht oder ratsam ( to do zu tun)
    C int nun, na, tja, schön (oft unübersetzt):
    well! (empört) na, hör mal!;
    well, who would have thought it? (erstaunt) wer hätte das gedacht?;
    well then nun (also);
    well then? (erwartend) na und?;
    well, it can’t be helped (resigniert) da kann man (eben oder halt) nichts machen;
    well, here we are at last (erleichtert) so, da wären wir endlich;
    well, what should I say? (überlegend, zögernd) tja oder hm, was soll ich (da) sagen?, well, well! so, so!, (beruhigend) schon gut!
    D s (das) Gute:
    a) lass gut sein!,
    b) lass die Finger davon!;
    wish sb well jemandem alles Gute wünschen
    well2 [wel]
    A s
    1. (gegrabener) Brunnen, Ziehbrunnen m:
    well water Brunnenwasser n; juvenescence 1
    2. (auch Gas-, Öl) Quelle f
    3. Heilquelle f, Mineralbrunnen m
    4. fig (Ur)Quell m, Quelle f, Ursprung m
    5. Ölgewinnung etc: Bohrloch n
    6. ARCH
    a) (Aufzugs- etc) Schacht m
    b) Treppenauge n
    7. SCHIFF
    a) TECH Pumpensod m
    b) Buhne f, Fischbehälter m (im Fischerboot)
    8. JUR Br Platz für Anwälte im Gerichtssaal
    B v/i quellen ( from aus):
    well out ( oder forth) hervorquellen;
    well up aufsteigen (Flüssigkeit etc);
    tears welled up in her eyes die Tränen stiegen ihr in die Augen;
    hatred welled up within him Hass stieg in ihm auf
    * * *
    I noun
    1) (water well, mineral spring) Brunnen, der
    2) (Archit.) Schacht, der; (of staircase) Treppenloch, das
    II 1. interjection
    1) (expr. astonishment) mein Gott; meine Güte; nanu

    well, well! — sieh mal einer an!

    2) (expr. relief) mein Gott
    3) (expr. concession) na ja

    well then, let's say no more about it — schon gut, reden wir nicht mehr davon

    4) (expr. resumption) nun

    well [then], who was it? — nun, wer war's?

    5) (expr. qualified recognition of point)

    well[, but]... — na ja, aber...; ja schon, aber...

    6) (expr. resignation)

    [oh] well — nun denn

    7) (expr. expectation)

    well [then]? — na?

    2. adverb,

    you did well to come — gut, dass du gekommen bist

    you would do well to... — Sie täten gut daran, zu...

    you're well out of it — es ist gut, dass du damit nichts mehr zu tun hast

    2) (thoroughly) gründlich [trocknen, polieren, schütteln]; tüchtig [verprügeln]; genau [beobachten]; gewissenhaft [urteilen]

    be well able to do somethingdurchaus od. sehr wohl in der Lage sein, etwas zu tun

    I'm well aware of what has been going onmir ist sehr wohl klar od. bewusst, was sich abgespielt hat

    let or leave well alone — sich zufrieden geben

    well out of sight (very far off) völlig außer Sichtweite (of Gen.)

    I know only too well how/what etc.... — ich weiß nur zu gut, wie/was usw....

    he is well past or over retiring age — er hat schon längst das Rentenalter erreicht

    he is well past or over forty — er ist weit über vierzig

    be well away(lit. or fig.) einen guten Vorsprung haben; (coll.): (be drunk) ziemlich benebelt sein (ugs.)

    4) (approvingly, kindly) gut, anständig [jemanden behandeln]

    think well of somebody/something — eine gute Meinung von jemandem/etwas haben

    speak well of somebody/something — sich positiv über jemanden/etwas äußern

    5) (in all likelihood) sehr wohl
    6) (easily) ohne weiteres
    7)

    as well (in addition) auch; ebenfalls; (as much, not less truly) genauso; ebenso; (with equal reason) genauso gut; ebenso gut; (advisable) ratsam; (equally well) genauso gut

    Coming for a drink? - I might as well — Kommst du mit, einen trinken? - Warum nicht?

    that is [just] as well — (not regrettable) um so besser

    it was just as well that I had... — zum Glück hatte ich...

    A as well as B — B und auch [noch] A

    as well as helping or (coll.) help me, she continued her own work — sie half mir und machte dabei noch mit ihrer eigenen Arbeit weiter

    3. adjective

    How are you feeling now? - Quite well, thank you — Wie fühlen Sie sich jetzt? - Ganz gut, danke

    look wellgut od. gesund aussehen

    2) pred. (satisfactory)

    all's well that ends well(prov.) Ende gut, alles gut

    all is not well with somebody/something — mit jemandem/etwas ist etwas nicht in Ordnung

    [that's all] well and good — [das ist alles] gut und schön

    3) pred. (advisable) ratsam
    * * *
    adj.
    gesund adj.
    gut adj.
    gänzlich adj.
    wohl adj. expr.
    Nun! ausdr.
    gänzlich ausdr.
    wohl ausdr. n.
    Brunnen - m.

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  • 126 Historical Portugal

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       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
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       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
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       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
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       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
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       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 127 of

    əv
    1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) de
    2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) de
    3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.) de
    4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) de
    5) (showing: a picture of my father.) de
    6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) de
    7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.) de
    8) (about: an account of his work.) de
    9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) de
    10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) de
    11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.) de
    12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.) de
    13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.) de
    14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) menos
    of prep
    1. de
    2.
    of
    tr[ɒv, ʊnstressed əv]
    4 (showing a part, a quantity) de
    6 (dates, distance) de
    8 (by) de
    9 (originating from, living in) de
    11 (cause) de
    13 (with, having) de
    of ['ʌv, 'ɑv] prep
    1) from: de
    a man of the city: un hombre de la ciudad
    a woman of great ability: una mujer de gran capacidad
    he died of the flu: murió de la gripe
    4) by: de
    the works of Shakespeare: las obras de Shakespeare
    5) (indicating contents, material, or quantity) : de
    a house of wood: una casa de madera
    a glass of water: un vaso de agua
    the front of the house: el frente de la casa
    7) about: sobre, de
    tales of the West: los cuentos del Oeste
    the city of Caracas: la ciudad de Caracas
    9) for: por, a
    love of country: amor por la patria
    five minutes of ten: las diez menos cinco
    the eighth of April: el ocho de abril
    of
    prep.
    de prep.
    menos prep.
    ɑːv, ɒv, weak form əv
    1) (indicating relationship, material, content) de

    it's made of wood — es de madera, está hecho de madera

    a colleague of mine/his — un colega mío/suyo

    3)
    b) ( with superl) de
    4)

    it's ten (minutes) of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos diez, son diez para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)

    it's a quarter of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos cuarto, son un cuarto para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)

    Jane, his wife of six months... — Jane, con la que lleva/llevaba casado seis meses...

    the senselessness of it all, that's what depresses me — es lo absurdo de todo el asunto lo que me deprime

    what did he die of? — ¿de qué murió?

    [ɒv, ǝv]
    PREP

    it's no business of yours — aquí no te metas, no tienes que ver con esto

    how much of this do you need? — ¿cuánto necesitas de eso?

    of the 12, two were bad — de los 12, dos estaban pasados

    most of all — sobre todo, más que nada

    made of steel/paper — hecho de acero/papel

    a tragedy of her own making — una tragedia que ella misma había labrado, una tragedia de su propia cosecha

    8) (=concerning) de

    what do you think of him? — ¿qué piensas de él?

    what of it? — ¿y a ti qué (te) importa?, ¿y qué?

    9) (indicating deprivation, riddance)

    it's a quarter of six(US) son las seis menos cuarto, falta un cuarto para las seis (LAm)

    he died of a Fridayfrm murió un viernes

    to judge of sth — juzgar algo, opinar sobre algo

    he was robbed of his watch — le robaron el reloj, se le robó el reloj

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    [ɑːv, ɒv], weak form [əv]
    1) (indicating relationship, material, content) de

    it's made of wood — es de madera, está hecho de madera

    a colleague of mine/his — un colega mío/suyo

    3)
    b) ( with superl) de
    4)

    it's ten (minutes) of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos diez, son diez para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)

    it's a quarter of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos cuarto, son un cuarto para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)

    Jane, his wife of six months... — Jane, con la que lleva/llevaba casado seis meses...

    the senselessness of it all, that's what depresses me — es lo absurdo de todo el asunto lo que me deprime

    what did he die of? — ¿de qué murió?

    English-spanish dictionary > of

  • 128 come

    {kAm}
    1. идвам, дохождам, появявам се, пристигам
    here he COMEs ето го! идва! to COME and go идвам и си отивам, правя краткотрайни посещения, краткотраен/преходен съм
    not to know whether one is coming or going съвсем съм се объркал/развълнувал
    his colour came and went той ту се изчервяваше, ту пребледняваше
    after many years have COME and gone след като изтекоха много години
    she is coming 15 тя кара/скоро ще навърши петнадесетата си година
    she will be 15 COME May/COME Friday тя ще навърши 15 години идния май/следващия петък
    do yon COME my way? и ти ли си насам/по моя път? who COMEs next? кой е на ред? чий ред е? кой следва? COME and see/hear, etc. ела да видиш/чуеш и пр
    2. случвам се, ставам, бивам
    COME what may каквото и да се случи, да става каквото ще
    how COME? разг. как се случи/случва? как стана/става? защо? how did it COME that... как стана така, че...
    how did you COME to break your leg? как се случи да си счупиш крака? how COMEs it that the door is open? защо вратата е отворена?
    now that COME to think of it сега, като се замислям, сега (изведнъж) си спомням
    3. образувам се, ставам, получавам се
    churn till the butter COMEs бий (млякото), докато се получи масло
    I don't know what will COME of all this не зная какво ще излезе/какъв ще бъде резултатът от всичко това
    he has COME to be a good rider той е станал добър ездач
    4. достигам (to до), възлизам, равнявам се (to на)
    her dress came to her ankles роклята достигаше до глезените и
    her bill came to 10 сметката и възлизаше на десет лири
    5. разг. представям се за, разигравам роля на
    you'd better not try and COME the schoolmaster with me не се опитвай да ми разиграваш ролята на учител
    she always tries to COME the fine lady тя винаги се старае да се представи за изискана дама
    to COME it (rather/too) strong прекалявам, не се спирам пред нищо, преувеличавам
    don't COME it недей да важничиш, за да правиш впечатление
    don't COME that game остави/не прави тия работи
    6. в imp, exclam означава подкана, насърчение или лек упрек, раздразнение
    COME, Ann, don't be cross! хайде, Ана, не се сърди! COME, now, don't be so foolish e, хайде не бъди толкова глупав
    COME it isn't as bad as that хайде, хайде (успокой се), не е чак толкова лошо
    7. излизам, оказвам се, ставам (в съчет. с прилагателно), it COMEs expensive/cheaper излизаскъпо/по-евтино
    COME easy ставам лесен
    COME right оказвам се прав/верен/точен, свършвам благополучно
    COME alive оживявам
    COME clear изяснявам се
    COME true осъществявам се, сбъдвам се
    COME loose разхлабвам се
    COME clean казвам си/признавам си всичко, изповядвам се
    8. вървя, напредвам, постигам
    to COME short of one's goal не достигам целта си
    she came to be a hundred тя доживя до стогодишна възраст
    the job is coming nicely работата върви добре
    he has COME a long way той много се издигна/напредна
    9. идвам като последица, причинен съм, произтичам (of от)
    no good will COME of it нищо хубаво няма да излезе от това, no luuin can COME of trying няма вреда да се опита
    that's what COMEs of being so much in a hurry виж/ето какво става от много бързане
    10. явявам се, намирам се, срещам се
    on what page/under what heading does that COME? на коя страница/под какво заглавие се намира това? it COMEs in (to) several sizes има го в няколко размера/ръста/номера (за модел и пр.)
    11. вулг. изпитвам оргазъм
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    {kAm} v (came {keim}; come) 1. идвам, дохождам; появявам се, п
    * * *
    хайде; Я; случвам; пристигам; възлизам; дохождам; достигам; ела; идвам; наставам;
    * * *
    1. 1 вулг. изпитвам оргазъм 2. after many years have come and gone след като изтекоха много години 3. churn till the butter comes бий (млякото), докато се получи масло 4. come alive оживявам 5. come clean казвам си/признавам си всичко, изповядвам се 6. come clear изяснявам се 7. come easy ставам лесен 8. come it isn't as bad as that хайде, хайде (успокой се), не е чак толкова лошо 9. come loose разхлабвам се 10. come right оказвам се прав/верен/точен, свършвам благополучно 11. come true осъществявам се, сбъдвам се 12. come what may каквото и да се случи, да става каквото ще 13. come, ann, don't be cross! хайде, Ана, не се сърди! come, now, don't be so foolish e, хайде не бъди толкова глупав 14. do yon come my way? и ти ли си насам/по моя път? who comes next? кой е на ред? чий ред е? кой следва? come and see/hear, etc. ела да видиш/чуеш и пр 15. don't come it недей да важничиш, за да правиш впечатление 16. don't come that game остави/не прави тия работи 17. he has come a long way той много се издигна/напредна 18. he has come to be a good rider той е станал добър ездач 19. her bill came to 10 сметката и възлизаше на десет лири 20. her dress came to her ankles роклята достигаше до глезените и 21. here he comes ето го! идва! to come and go идвам и си отивам, правя краткотрайни посещения, краткотраен/преходен съм 22. his colour came and went той ту се изчервяваше, ту пребледняваше 23. how come? разг. как се случи/случва? как стана/става? защо? how did it come that... как стана така, че.. 24. how did you come to break your leg? как се случи да си счупиш крака? how comes it that the door is open? защо вратата е отворена? 25. i don't know what will come of all this не зная какво ще излезе/какъв ще бъде резултатът от всичко това 26. no good will come of it нищо хубаво няма да излезе от това, no luuin can come of trying няма вреда да се опита 27. not to know whether one is coming or going съвсем съм се объркал/развълнувал 28. now that come to think of it сега, като се замислям, сега (изведнъж) си спомням 29. on what page/under what heading does that come? на коя страница/под какво заглавие се намира това? it comes in (to) several sizes има го в няколко размера/ръста/номера (за модел и пр.) 30. she always tries to come the fine lady тя винаги се старае да се представи за изискана дама 31. she came to be a hundred тя доживя до стогодишна възраст 32. she is coming 15 тя кара/скоро ще навърши петнадесетата си година 33. she will be 15 come may/come friday тя ще навърши 15 години идния май/следващия петък 34. that's what comes of being so much in a hurry виж/ето какво става от много бързане 35. the job is coming nicely работата върви добре 36. to come it (rather/too) strong прекалявам, не се спирам пред нищо, преувеличавам 37. to come short of one's goal не достигам целта си 38. you'd better not try and come the schoolmaster with me не се опитвай да ми разиграваш ролята на учител 39. в imp, exclam означава подкана, насърчение или лек упрек, раздразнение 40. вървя, напредвам, постигам 41. достигам (to до), възлизам, равнявам се (to на) 42. идвам като последица, причинен съм, произтичам (of от) 43. идвам, дохождам, появявам се, пристигам 44. излизам, оказвам се, ставам (в съчет. с прилагателно), it comes expensive/cheaper излизаскъпо/по-евтино 45. образувам се, ставам, получавам се 46. разг. представям се за, разигравам роля на 47. случвам се, ставам, бивам 48. явявам се, намирам се, срещам се
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    come (a) round 1) наминавам, отбивам се при, навестявам; 2) идвам на себе си, оправям се (след болест, умора); подобрявам се; 3) променям възгледите (становището) си; he has \come round той се съгласи, той склони; I have \come round to your way of thinking започнах да мисля като теб; 4) идвам отново (за годишно време, празник); 5) заобикалям; 6) мор. лавирам (за кораб); променям посоката си (за вятър);
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    come[kʌm] v ( came [keim], come) 1. идвам, дохождам; here he \comes! ето го! a storm is coming задава се буря; his colour came and went той ту се изчервяваше, ту пребледняваше; easy \come, easy go лесно идва и лесно си отива; бързо спечелено, бързо пропиляно; to \come to o.s. (to o.'s senses) 1) идвам на себе си, опомням се, свестявам се; възвръщам си разсъдъка; 2) поправям се; \come the spring на пролет; he will be twenty \come Christmas той ще бъде на двадесет години идната Коледа; no work came his way той не си намери никаква работа; не му попадна никаква работа; to \come next следвам; first \come, first served който изпревари, той ще натовари; 2. случвам се, ставам, бивам; явявам се; how did you \come to meet him? как стана така, че го срещна?; he had it \comeing to him той си го търсеше; \come what may каквото ще да става; how \come! как така? защо? how did it \come that... как! какво стана, че ...? he has \come to be a good cyclist той е станал добър колоездач; 3. образувам (се), ставам; достигам ( състояние); to \come to an end свършвам, спирам, приключвам; to \come into contact влизам в контакт; I've \come to believe повярвах, започнах (научих се) да вярвам; to \come to blows with сбивам се с; to \come to terms with споразумявам се с, намирам общ език с; приемам, примирявам се; to \come true сбъдвам се; things will \come right всичко ще се оправи; no good will \come of it от това няма да излезе нищо добро (хубаво); it \comes expensive това ще излезе скъпо; to \come apart, \come to pieces отделям се, откъсвам се; разпадам се; to \come unstitched ( unsewn) разшивам се; 4. достигам, възлизам, равнявам се; if it \comes to that... ако (се) стигне дотам ...; it doesn't \come within my duties това не влиза в задълженията ми; the road \comes within a mile of the farm пътят минава на миля от фермата; to \come short of не достигам; не оправдавам; he came short of my expectations той не оправда очакванията ми; 5. представям се за, правя се на, играя роля на, изкарвам се; 6. (в повелително наклонение: възклицание, означаващо подкана, насърчение или лек упрек); \come! \come! хайде! хайде! стига! стига! \come, tell me all you know about it хайде, разкажи ми всичко, което знаеш по този въпрос; 7. излизам, оказвам се; she came first in English излезе първа по английски; 8. достигам оргазъм; as they \come разг. страшно много, изключително; he is as good as they \come цена няма; as stupid as they \come от глупав, по глупав; to \come ( get, hit, strike) home попадам в целта; засягам силно, улучвам болното място; to \come home to s.o. трогвам някого до дън душа; намирам отклик в нечия душа; the curse will \come home to roost разг. проклятието ще се обърне срещу онзи, който проклина; to \come out fighting ( swinging) готов съм на всичко, за да спечеля (получа нещо); to \come a cropper претърпявам фиаско (крах), провалям се тотално; everything \comes to him who waits с търпение всичко се постига; to \come clean признавам си; the time to \come бъдещето; in days to \come в бъдеще; pleasure to \come предвкусвано удоволствие; the life to \come бъдният (бъдещият) живот; coming! идвам! ей сега! \come again! бихте ли повторили? моля?; to \come it sl 1) преструвам се, играя роля, правя се; 2) преувеличавам; 3) разкривам тайна; доноснича; информирам ( полицията);

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