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  • 1 battle

    battle ['bætəl]
    1 noun
    (a) (fight) bataille f; figurative lutte f;
    he was killed in battle il a été tué au combat;
    to do or to give or to join battle livrer bataille;
    to do battle with sb livrer bataille à qn;
    in battle order en bataille;
    a battle between the two companies une lutte entre les deux entreprises;
    a battle for control of the government un combat pour obtenir le contrôle du gouvernement;
    the battle between or of the sexes la lutte des sexes;
    a battle of wits une joute d'esprit
    (b) (struggle) lutte f;
    the battle for freedom la lutte pour la liberté;
    the battle against poverty la lutte contre la pauvreté;
    life is one long battle at the moment de nos jours la vie est un long combat;
    to do battle for lutter pour;
    to do battle against or with lutter contre;
    we're fighting the same battle nous nous battons pour la même cause;
    don't fight his battles for him ne te bats pas à sa place;
    it's half the battle la partie est presque gagnée
    Military (dress, zone) de combat
    se battre, lutter;
    she battled to save his life elle s'est battue pour lui sauver la vie;
    he's battling against the system il se bat contre le système;
    they battled between themselves ils se battirent entre eux
    American Military combattre
    ►► History the Battle of the Boyne la bataille de la Boyne (bataille qui mit fin au rôle politique des Stuart en Irlande);
    History the Battle of Britain la bataille d'Angleterre;
    Battle of Britain Day = jour commémoratif de la bataille d'Angleterre;
    History the Battle of the Bulge la bataille des Ardennes;
    humorous the battle of the bulge la lutte contre les kilos;
    Nautical & Military battle cruiser croiseur m cuirassé;
    Military battle cry cri m de guerre;
    battle fatigue psychose f traumatique;
    History the Battle of Hastings la bataille de Hastings;
    History the Battle of the Nile la bataille d'Aboukir;
    battle royal (fight) bagarre f; (argument) querelle f;
    Military battle zone zone f de bataille ou d'engagement
    THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN Lutte aérienne opposant, d'août à octobre 1940, la Luftwaffe à la RAF, l'objectif allemand étant de neutraliser l'espace aérien britannique en vue d'un débarquement. La résistance des forces aériennes britanniques contraignit Hitler à y renoncer.

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  • 2 fight

    1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb
    1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) pelear (se), luchar
    2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) luchar, combatir
    3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) pelear (se), discutir

    2. noun
    1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) pelea
    2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) lucha
    3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) combatividad
    4) (a boxing-match.) combate
    - fight back
    - fight it out
    - fight off
    - fight one's way
    - fight shy of
    - put up a good fight

    fight1 n lucha / pelea
    fight2 vb
    1. luchar
    2. pelearse
    tr[faɪt]
    1 (struggle) lucha
    2 (physical violence) pelea; (quarrel) riña; (argument) disputa
    4 (resistance) combatividad nombre femenino, ánimo
    intransitive verb (pt & pp fought tr[fɔːt])
    1 (quarrel) pelear(se) (about/over, por), discutir (about/over, por)
    2 (in boxing) pelear ( against, contra)
    3 (with physical violence) pelearse ( with, con) ( against, contra), luchar ( with, con) ( against, contra)
    4 figurative use luchar ( for, por) ( against, contra), combatir
    1 (bull) lidiar
    2 (engage in - battle) librar; (- war) hacer; (- election) presentarse a
    3 (with physical violence) pelearse, luchar
    4 figurative use (strive to overcome, prevent) luchar, combatir
    5 SMALLLAW/SMALL recurrir contra
    6 (fire) apagar, combatir
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    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to fight a case SMALLLAW/SMALL defenderse contra un cargo
    to fight it out decidirlo, resolverlo
    to fight one's way through lograr abrirse paso
    to fight for one's life luchar por la vida
    to fight like a tiger luchar como un jabato
    to fight a losing battle luchar por una causa perdida
    to fight shy of something/somebody evitar algo/a alguien
    to fight to the finish luchar hasta el final
    to pick a fight with somebody meterse con alguien
    to put up a fight oponer resistencia
    fight ['faɪt] v, fought ['fɔt] ; fighting vi
    : luchar, combatir, pelear
    fight vt
    : luchar contra, combatir contra
    1) combat: lucha f, pelea f, combate m
    2) match: pelea f, combate m (en boxeo)
    3) quarrel: disputa f, pelea f, pleito m
    n.
    batalla s.f.
    combate s.m.
    cuchillada s.f.
    guerra s.f.
    lid s.f.
    lidia s.f.
    lucha s.f.
    marimorena s.f.
    pelea s.f.
    pendencia s.f.
    pugna s.f.
    rija s.f.
    riña s.f.
    ruptura s.f.
    sarracina s.f.
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: fought) = batallar v.
    batir v.
    bregar v.
    combatir v.
    disputar v.
    guerrear v.
    lidiar v.
    luchar v.
    militar v.
    pelear v.
    pugnar v.
    reñir v.

    I
    1. faɪt
    (past & past p fought) intransitive verb
    a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar, combatir; \<\<person\>\> pelear, luchar; \<\<animal\>\> luchar

    to fight AGAINST somebody/something — luchar contra alguien/algo

    to fight FOR somebody/something — \<\<for country/cause\>\> luchar por alguien/algo; \<\<for aim/policy\>\> luchar por conseguir or lograr algo

    to fight shy of something: he tends to fight shy of emotional commitments — tiende a eludir or evitar los compromisos afectivos

    b) ( quarrel)

    to fight OVER/ABOUT something — pelearse por algo

    c) fighting pres p <troops/units> de combate

    2.
    vt
    1)
    a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar or combatir contra

    if you want it, you'll have to fight me for it — si lo quieres vas a tener que vértelas conmigo

    Frazier fought Ali for the world titleFrazier peleó contra Ali or se enfrentó a Ali por el título mundial

    I had to fight my way into the halltuve que abrirme camino or paso a la fuerza para entrar en la sala

    b) ( oppose) \<\<fire/disease\>\> combatir; \<\<measure/proposal\>\> combatir, oponerse* a

    we'll fight them all the wayno les vamos a dar cuartel

    2)
    a) ( conduct)
    b) ( contest) \<\<election\>\> presentarse a

    we intend to fight the case — ( Law) pensamos llevar el caso a los tribunales (or defendernos etc)

    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    1) c
    a) ( between persons) pelea f; (between armies, companies) lucha f, contienda f

    to put up a good fight — ofrecer* or oponer* resistencia

    b) ( boxing match) pelea f, combate m
    2) c
    a) ( struggle) lucha f
    b) ( quarrel) pelea f
    [faɪt] (vb: pt, pp fought)
    1. N
    a) (physical, verbal) pelea f ( over por)

    to have a fight with sb — pelearse con algn, tener una pelea con algn

    to look for a fight — (physical) buscar pelea; (verbal) querer pelearse

    pick 2., 1)
    b) (Boxing) combate m, pelea f
    2) (Mil) (between armies) lucha f, contienda f
    3) (=struggle, campaign) lucha f ( for por) ( against contra)

    the fight for justice/against inflation — la lucha por la justicia/contra la inflación

    if he tries to sack me he'll have a fight on his handssi intenta despedirme le va a costar lo suyo

    4) (=fighting spirit) ánimo m de lucha

    there was no fight left in him — ya no le quedaba ánimo de lucha, ya no tenía ánimo para luchar

    to show (some) fight — mostrarse dispuesto a pelear

    5) (=resistance)

    police believe the victim put up a fight — la policía cree que la víctima opuso resistencia

    2. VT
    1) (Mil) [+ enemy] luchar contra, combatir contra; (Boxing) [+ opponent] pelear contra, luchar contra

    to fight a battle — (Mil) librar una batalla; (fig) luchar

    to fight a duelbatirse en duelo

    to fight sb for sth, he fought the council for the right to build on his land — se enfrentó al ayuntamiento por el derecho a edificar en sus tierras

    I'd like to fight him for the titleme gustaría luchar or pelear contra él por el título

    to fight one's way through a crowd — abrirse paso a la fuerza entre una multitud

    2) (=combat) [+ fire] combatir; [+ poverty, inflation, crime] combatir, luchar contra; [+ proposal] oponerse a

    I've made up my mind so don't try and fight me on it — lo he decidido, así que no intentes oponerte

    I had to fight the urge to giggle — tuve que esforzarme para no reír, tuve que contener las ganas de reír

    3) (=try to win) [+ campaign] tomar parte en; [+ election] presentarse a

    he says he'll fight the case all the way to the Supreme Court — dice que si es necesario llevará el caso hasta el Tribunal Supremo

    he's decided to fight the seat for a third time — (Pol) ha decidido presentarse por tercera vez como candidato para el escaño

    3. VI
    1) (=do battle) [troops, countries] luchar, combatir ( against contra); [person, animal] pelear; (Boxing) luchar, pelear

    did you fight in the war? — ¿luchó usted en la guerra?, ¿tomó usted parte en la guerra?

    they'll fight to the deathlucharán a muerte

    I fought for my country — luché por mi país

    the dogs were fighting over a bone — los perros estaban peleando por un hueso

    2) (=quarrel) discutir, pelear(se) ( with con)

    they usually fight about or over who pays the bills — suelen discutir or pelear(se) por quién paga las facturas

    3) (=struggle) luchar ( for por) ( against contra)

    to fight against disease/crime — luchar contra la enfermedad/el crimen

    to fight for sth/sb — luchar por algo/algn

    he was fighting for breath — le faltaba la respiración, respiraba con enorme dificultad

    - go down fighting
    - fight shy of
    * * *

    I
    1. [faɪt]
    (past & past p fought) intransitive verb
    a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar, combatir; \<\<person\>\> pelear, luchar; \<\<animal\>\> luchar

    to fight AGAINST somebody/something — luchar contra alguien/algo

    to fight FOR somebody/something — \<\<for country/cause\>\> luchar por alguien/algo; \<\<for aim/policy\>\> luchar por conseguir or lograr algo

    to fight shy of something: he tends to fight shy of emotional commitments — tiende a eludir or evitar los compromisos afectivos

    b) ( quarrel)

    to fight OVER/ABOUT something — pelearse por algo

    c) fighting pres p <troops/units> de combate

    2.
    vt
    1)
    a) \<\<army/country\>\> luchar or combatir contra

    if you want it, you'll have to fight me for it — si lo quieres vas a tener que vértelas conmigo

    Frazier fought Ali for the world titleFrazier peleó contra Ali or se enfrentó a Ali por el título mundial

    I had to fight my way into the halltuve que abrirme camino or paso a la fuerza para entrar en la sala

    b) ( oppose) \<\<fire/disease\>\> combatir; \<\<measure/proposal\>\> combatir, oponerse* a

    we'll fight them all the wayno les vamos a dar cuartel

    2)
    a) ( conduct)
    b) ( contest) \<\<election\>\> presentarse a

    we intend to fight the case — ( Law) pensamos llevar el caso a los tribunales (or defendernos etc)

    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    1) c
    a) ( between persons) pelea f; (between armies, companies) lucha f, contienda f

    to put up a good fight — ofrecer* or oponer* resistencia

    b) ( boxing match) pelea f, combate m
    2) c
    a) ( struggle) lucha f
    b) ( quarrel) pelea f

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  • 3 fight

    I [faɪt] n
    битва, боевые действия, борьба, бой, драка

    The government created new jobs in its fight against unemployment. — В борьбе против безработицы правительство создало новые рабочие места.

    He had still some fight in him. — Он еще не совсем пал духом.

    - hand-to-hand fight
    - hard fight
    - violent fight
    - street fight
    - fist fight
    - sham fight
    - unequal fight
    - stubborn fight
    - good fight
    - free fight
    - fight with smb
    - fight between smb
    - fight between two armies
    - fight against smb
    - fight against smth
    - fight for social justice
    - fight between local politicians
    - fight against crime
    - fight for human rights
    - put up wage a fight
    - put up a good fight
    - put some fight into smb
    - have a fight
    - have plenty of fight in one
    - have a hard fight to make the two ends meet
    - begin a fight
    - pick a fight
    - get into a fight
    - make a poor fight of it
    - show fight
    USAGE:
    (1.) Существительное fight употребляется в предложных конструкциях a fight with smb, a fight between smb, a fight against smb; глагол to fight используется в предложных и беспредложных конструкциях типа to fight smb/against smb/with smb (2.) Русским "борьба, бороться, драка, драться" в английском языке соответствуют a fight, to fight, a struggle, to struggle, a battle, которые обозначают действия: (а.) направленные на одушевленные и неодушевленные объекты; (б) связанные с применением силы, энергии, усилий. (3.) Действия, обозначаемые этими словами, различаются формой проявления усилий: объект обозначаемого действия может быть человеком или животным, а само действие направлено на физическое подавление противника и нанесение ему физического ущерба; существительное и глагол to fight соответствуют русским "драться, бороться, драка" и предполагают использование физической силы, ловкости, различных орудий борьбы (камней, палок, оружия): I don't remember how many fights I was (got) in не помню, в скольких я перебывал драках; the argument ended in a fight спор окончился дракой; the dogs were fighting over a bone собаки дрались из-за кости. To fight в этом значении обычно предполагает небольшое число участников. В отличие от fight, существительное battle предполагает столкновение двух больших групп людей с применением оружия: a battle between the police and the students столкновение между полицией и студентами. Английские a sruggle, to struggle, в отличие от a fight и a battle, не предполагают обоюдных активных действий. Подчеркивается решимость использовать все интеллектуальные и физические ресурсы, чтобы добиться результата, цели: the boy struggled to free himself from the policeman who was holding him мальчик сопротивлялся, пытаясь вырваться из рук державшего его полицейского; she obviously struggled against her attacker она, несомненно, боролась с нападавшим на нее человеком; she struggled for the right words to express her feeling она старалась найти нужные слова, чтобы выразить свои чувства; he struggled to reach the shore он прилагал все свои силы и волю, пытаясь достичь берега. В тех случаях, когда действие направлено на неодушевленный объект, соответствующие слова предполагают активную деятельность по защите убеждений, социальных и экономических явлений: to fight/to struggle for social justice борьба за социальную справедливость. (4.) Выражение (to) fight for/against smth (to fight smth) подразумевает активную деятельность с использованием различных средств борьбы: to fight for freedom (for human rights, for freedom of speech, for better working conditions) бороться за свободу (за права человека, за свободу слова, за лучшие условия труда); (to) fight against racism (against crime, against unemployment) бороться (борьба) с расизмом (с преступностью, с безработицей). Использование слова (to) struggle подчеркивает длительность этой деятельности, трудность достижения успеха, необходимость собрать все силы и волю, чтобы добиться цели: life for small farmers is a constant struggle against poverty жизнь для мелких фермеров - это постоянная борьба с бедностью (с нищетой); he led his people in their long struggle for independence он руководил своим народом в его долгой борьбе за независимость. Battle, как и struggle, подчеркивает длительность и трудность борьбы, которая чаще направлена на достижение целей в социальной, экономической и политической сферах: the battle against inflation борьба с инфляцией; the battle against drug business борьба с наркобизнесом; to win the battle against malaria выиграть борьбу с малярией. (5.) Русскому сочетанию борьба (бороться) за мир в английском языке соответствуют to stand for peace, to work for peace, to safeguard peace
    II [faɪt] v
    1) бороться, сражаться, воевать, драться

    The two dogs were fighting over a bone. — Две собаки дрались из-за кости.

    Freedom of speech is worth fighting for. — За свободу слова стоит бороться.

    Women have to fight for their rights and for equality with men. — Женщинам приходится бороться за свои права/за равноправие с мужчинами.

    - fight bravely
    - fight clean
    - fight hard
    - fight dirty
    - fight a fire
    - fight smb over smth
    - fight to the finish
    - fight with one's fists
    - fight against the enemy
    - fight against an army
    - fight a duel
    2) бороться, подавлять
    USAGE:
    See fight, n

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > fight

  • 4 fight

    I n борьба, бой, драка (1). Существительное fight употребляется в предложных конструкциях a fight with smb, a fight between smb, a fight against smb; глагол to fight используется в предложных и беспредложных конструкциях типа to fight smb/against smb/with smb. (2). Русским борьба, бороться, драка, драться в английском языке соответствуют a fight, to fight, a struggle, to struggle, a battle, которые обозначают действия: а) направленные на одушевленные и неодушевленные объекты; б) связанные с применением силы, энергии, усилий. Действия, обозначаемые этими словами, различаются формой проявления усилий: объект обозначаемого действия может быть человеком или животным, а само действие направлено на физическое подавление противника и нанесение ему физического ущерба; существительное и глагол to fight соответствует русским драться, бороться, драка и предполагают использование физической силы, ловкости, различных орудий борьбы (камней, палок, оружия):

    I don't remember how many fights I was (got) in — Не помню, в скольких я перебывал драках.

    The argument ended in a fight — Спор окончился дракой.

    The dogs were fighting over a bone — Собаки дрались из-за кости.

    То fight в этом значении обычно предполагает небольшое число участников. В отличие от fight, существительное battle предполагает столкновение двух больших групп людей с применением оружия:

    a battle between the police and the students — столкновение между полицией и студентами.

    Английские a struggle, to struggle, в отличие от a fight и a battle, не предполагают обоюдных активных действий. Подчеркивается решимость использовать все интеллектуальные и физические ресурсы, чтобы добиться результата, цели: The boy struggled to free himself from the policeman who was holding him — Мальчик сопротивлялся, пытаясь вырваться из рук державшего его полицейского.

    She obviously struggled against her attacker — Она, несомненно, боролась с нападавшим на нее человеком.

    She struggled for the right words to express her feeling — Она старалась найти нужные слова, чтобы выразить свои чувства.

    He struggled to reach the shore — Он прилагал все свои силы и волю, пытаясь достичь берега.

    He took any job in his struggle to keep his family on his low income — Он брался за любую работу, стараясь содержать семью на свой маленький заработок.

    В тех случаях, когда действие направлено на неодушевленный объект, соответствующие слова предполагают активную деятельность по защите убеждений, социальных и экономических явлений. Выражение (to) fight for/against smth (to fight smth) подразумевает активную деятельность с использованием различных средств борьбы:

    to fight for freedom (for human rights, for freedom of speech, for better working conditions) — бороться за свободу (за права человека, за свободу слова, за лучшие условия труда);

    (to) fight against racism (against crime, against unemployment) — бороться (борьба) с расизмом (с преступностью, с безработицей).

    Использование слова (to) struggle подчеркивает длительность этой деятельности, трудность достижения успеха, необходимость собрать все силы и волю, чтобы добиться цели:

    Life for small farmers is a constant struggle against poverty — Жизнь для мелких фермеров — это постоянная борьба с бедностью (с нищетой).

    He led his people in their long struggle for independence — Он руководил своим народом в его долгой борьбе за независимость.

    Battle, как и struggle, подчеркивает длительность и трудность борьбы, которая чаще направлена на достижение целей в социальной, экономической и политической сферах:

    the battle against inflation — борьба с инфляцией;

    the battle against drug business — борьба с наркобизнесом;

    to win the battle against malaria — выиграть борьбу с малярией.

    Русскому сочетанию борьба (бороться) за мир в английском соответствуют to stand for peace, to work for peace, to safeguard peace. II v бороться, сражаться, воевать, драться: to fight smth — бороться с чем-либо; to fight hard — упорно сражаться; to fight (with) smb over smth — драться с кем-либо из-за чего-либо; to fight against smb — сражаться с кем-либо, оказывать сопротивление кому-либо, to fight for smthбороться за что-либо See fight, n.

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  • 5 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       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
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       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.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       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.

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  • 6 fight

    fight [faɪt]
    (pt & pp fought [fɔ:t])
    1 noun
    (a) (physical) bagarre f; (verbal) dispute f; (of army, boxer) combat m, affrontement m; (against disease, poverty etc) lutte f, combat m;
    the fight for life la lutte pour la vie;
    her fight against cancer sa lutte contre le cancer;
    the fight for the leadership of the party la lutte pour la tête du parti;
    do you want a fight? tu veux te battre?;
    he enjoys a good fight (physical) il aime la bagarre ou les bagarres; (verbal) il aime les disputes; (boxing match) il aime les bons combats de boxe;
    to have or to get into a fight with sb (physical) se battre avec qn; (verbal) se disputer avec qn;
    they are always having fights ils sont toujours en train de se bagarrer ou se disputer;
    you've been in a fight again tu t'es encore battu ou bagarré;
    to pick a fight (with sb) chercher la bagarre (avec qn);
    are you trying to pick a fight (with me)? tu me provoques?, tu cherches la bagarre?;
    a fight to the death une lutte à mort;
    are you going to the fight? (boxing match) est-ce que tu vas voir le combat?;
    to put up a (good) fight (bien) se défendre;
    the boxer put up a great fight le boxeur s'est défendu avec acharnement;
    to make a fight of it se défendre avec acharnement;
    to give in without (putting up) a fight capituler sans (opposer de) résistance;
    he realized he would have a fight on his hands il s'est rendu compte qu'il allait devoir lutter
    (b) (fighting spirit) combativité f;
    there's not much fight left in him il a perdu beaucoup de sa combativité;
    he still has a lot of fight left in him il n'a pas dit son dernier mot;
    the news of the defeat took all the fight out of us la nouvelle de la défaite nous a fait perdre tout cœur à nous battre ou nous a enlevé le courage de nous battre;
    to show fight montrer de la combativité, ne pas se laisser faire
    (person, animal) se battre contre; (boxer) combattre (contre), se battre contre; (match) disputer; (disease, terrorism, fire etc) lutter contre, combattre; (new measure, decision) combattre; (illness, temptation) lutter contre;
    to fight a duel se battre en duel;
    to fight a battle livrer (une) bataille;
    figurative I'm not going to fight your battles for you c'est à toi de te débrouiller;
    to fight a court case (lawyer) défendre une cause; (plaintiff, defendant) être en procès;
    to fight an election (politician) se présenter à une élection;
    British to fight an election campaign mener une campagne électorale;
    British John Brown is fighting Smithtown for the Tories John Brown se présente à Smithtown pour les conservateurs;
    I'll fight you for it on réglera ça par une bagarre;
    I'll fight you for custody je me battrai contre toi pour obtenir la garde des enfants;
    to fight a losing battle (against sth) livrer une bataille perdue d'avance (contre qch);
    Religion to fight the good fight combattre pour la bonne cause;
    she fought the urge to laugh elle essayait de réprimer une forte envie de rire;
    don't fight it (pain, emotion) n'essaie pas de lutter;
    you've got to fight it il faut que tu te battes;
    to fight sb/a newspaper in court emmener qn/un journal devant les tribunaux, faire un procès à qn/à un journal;
    to fight one's way through the crowd/the undergrowth se frayer un passage à travers la foule/les broussailles;
    to fight one's way to the top of one's profession se battre pour atteindre le sommet de sa profession;
    he fought his way back to power c'est en luttant qu'il est revenu au pouvoir
    (physically → person, soldier) se battre; (→ boxer) combattre; (→ two boxers) s'affronter; (verbally) se disputer; (against disease, injustice, sleep etc) lutter;
    to fight against the enemy combattre l'ennemi;
    to fight to the death/the last se battre à mort/jusqu'à la fin;
    he fought in the war il a fait la guerre;
    Military he fought in Russia il s'est battu en Russie;
    they were fighting with each other (physically) ils étaient en train de se battre; (verbally) ils étaient en train de se disputer;
    they were fighting over some islands/who would sleep where ils se battaient pour des îles/pour décider qui allait dormir où;
    they were always fighting over or about money ils se disputaient toujours pour des problèmes d'argent;
    the children were fighting over the last biscuit les enfants se disputaient (pour avoir) le dernier biscuit;
    to fight for one's country se battre pour sa patrie;
    to fight for one's rights/to clear one's name lutter pour ses droits/pour prouver son innocence;
    they fought for the leadership of the party ils se sont disputé la direction du parti;
    he fought for breath il se débattait ou il luttait pour respirer;
    to fight for one's life (ill person) lutter contre la mort; figurative (in race, competition) se battre avec la dernière énergie, se démener;
    to go down fighting se battre jusqu'au bout;
    to fight shy of doing sth tout faire pour éviter de faire qch;
    to fight shy of sb éviter qn
    ►► the fight game la boxe
    (in physical or verbal dispute) se défendre, riposter; (in boxing, football match) se reprendre; (in race) revenir
    (tears) refouler; (despair, fear, laughter) réprimer
    (passion, resistance) vaincre; (impulse, urge) réprimer
    (attack, enemy, advances) repousser; (sleep) combattre; (disease) résister à;
    she has to fight men off (has a lot of admirers) elle a des admirateurs à la pelle ou à ne plus savoir qu'en faire
    continuer le combat
    just leave them to fight it out laisse-les se bagarrer et régler cela entre eux

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  • 7 ♦ fight

    ♦ fight /faɪt/
    n.
    1 combattimento; lotta; scontro; battaglia: a fight between two armies, un combattimento fra due eserciti; to give fight, dare battaglia; to put up a fight, opporre resistenza; resistere; combattere; to make a fight of it, battersi bene; combattere bene; to put up a good [poor] fight, battersi bene [male]
    2 lite; rissa; zuffa: cat fight, zuffa fra due gatti; A fight broke out, è scoppiata una rissa
    3 ( boxe) incontro; combattimento
    4 (fig.) battaglia; lotta: the fight against AIDS [against crime], la lotta contro l'AIDS [contro la criminalità]; a fight for higher wages, una battaglia per ottenere salari più alti
    5 competizione; gara; lotta
    6 [u] spirito combattivo; combattività; volontà di combattere: He still had some fight in him, aveva ancora dello spirito combattivo; to show fight, mostrarsi combattivo; mostrare i denti; fight or flight response, reazione fisiologica davanti a un pericolo ( che prepara alla fuga o all'attacco)
    ♦ (to) fight /faɪt/
    (pass. e p. p. fought)
    A v. i.
    1 combattere; battersi: Italy fought against Germany in World War I, l'Italia combatté contro la Germania nella prima guerra mondiale; to fight with sb., combattere fianco a fianco di qc.; to fight hard, battersi accanitamente; He fought bravely, combatté (o si batté) con coraggio; I had to fight through a lot of hard opposition, dovetti superare un'accanita opposizione
    2 azzuffarsi; picchiarsi; venire alle mani; fare a pugni: The cats are fighting, i gatti si stanno azzuffando
    3 litigare: Stop fighting!, smettetela di litigare!; to fight over st., litigare per qc.
    4 (fig.) combattere; lottare: to fight against poverty, lottare contro la povertà; to fight for one's rights, lottare per i propri diritti; I fought to regain my self-control, ho lottato per ritrovare il mio autocontrollo
    5 gareggiare; battersi: to fight for first place, gareggiare per il primo posto
    6 ( sport) boxare; combattere
    B v. t.
    1 combattere: to fight a battle [a war], combattere una battaglia [una guerra]
    2 (fig.) combattere; lottare contro; battersi contro: to fight crime, combattere la criminalità; to fight a fire, lottare contro un incendio; He fought Jones for the party leadership, contese a Jones la guida del partito
    3 resistere a; lottare contro; opporsi a: to fight a smile, lottare per non sorridere, (mil., antiq.) manovrare in battaglia
    4 far combattere ( animali): to fight dogs, far combattere i cani
    5 ( sport) combattere contro (q.); incontrare ( un avversario); disputare ( un incontro)
    to fight a cause (o a suit at law) against sb., portare avanti una causa contro q. □ (fam.) to fight one's corner, lottare per difendere i propri interessi □ to fight a duel, fare un duello; battersi (in duello) □ to fight an election, essere candidato in un'elezione: He fought a hard election campaign, si è impegnato in una difficile campagna elettorale □ to fight fire with fire, combattere il fuoco col fuoco □ to fight for breath, respirare a fatica □ to fight for one's (o for dear) life, lottare per la vita; lottare contro la morte □ to fight the good fight, cercare di vivere bene; comportarsi bene □ to fight like a tiger, lottare come una tigre; battersi come un leone □ to fight a losing battle, combattere una battaglia già perduta; lottare per una causa persa □ to fight shy of, evitare; evitare di (fare qc.); tenersi lontano da □ to fight to the bitter end, lottare fino all'ultimo □ to fight to a finish, battersi a oltranza; □ to fight one's way through st., farsi largo (o farsi strada, aprirsi un varco) a fatica tra qc. □ (fig.) to fight one's way to the top, arrivare in alto, lottando tenacemente.

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  • 8 witness

    ˈwɪtnɪs
    1. сущ.
    1) а) свидетель( особ. в суде), очевидец to bear false witnessдавать ложные показания to cross-examine a witness ≈ осуществить перекрестный допрос свидетеля to examine, interrogate, question a witness ≈ допросить свидетеля to hear witnessesвыслушать очевидцев to interview witnesss ≈ опросить очевидцев to swear in a witness ≈ давать клятву о подлинности свидетельств false witness ≈ лжесвидетель witness protection program ≈ амер.;
    юр. защита свидетелей б) понятой Syn: spectator
    2) доказательство, свидетельство (to, of) to bear witness to/of ≈ свидетельствовать, удостоверять competent witness ≈ компетентное свидетельство credible witness ≈ доказательство, заслуживающе доверия defense witness ≈ свидетельство в защиту expert witnessмнение специалиста reliable witness ≈ надежное доказательство a witness against ≈ свидетельство против кого-л. a witness against one's former accomplices ≈ показания против бывших сообщников
    2. гл.
    1) видеть, быть свидетелем( чего-л.) Who witnessed his signing the documents? ≈ Кто видел, как он подписывал эти документы? Syn: see
    2) свидетельствовать, давать показания( against, for)
    3) заверять( документ)
    4) служить доказательством His actions witness to his trustworthiness. ≈ Его действия свидетельствуют о том, что ему можно доверять. Syn: bear witness свидетель, очевидец - the *es of the accident очевидцы аварии свидетель (особ. в суде) - to call as a * вызывать в качестве свидетеля - to call to * призывать в свидетели - god is my * that видит Бог, что... - swearing of a * приведение свидетеля к присяге - * for the defence свидетель защиты - * for the crown /for the prosecution, against the accused/ свидетель обвинения - hostile * свидетель противной стороны - false * лжесвидетель - to hear /to examine/ a * допрашивать свидетеля - to challenge a * отводить свидетеля (юридическое) лицо, присутствующее при оформлении сделки, завещания, подписания брачного контракта и т. п. - attesting /subscribing/ *,* to a signature лицо, заверяющее чью-л. подпись;
    свидетель подписи( на завещании, обязательстве) свидетельское показание;
    свидетельство - to give * давать свидетельские показания;
    свидетельствовать - to bear * (of, to) свидетельствовать;
    давать свидетельские показания - he bore * in the murder case он давал показания по делу об убийстве - to bear smb. * подтвердить чьи-л. слова;
    засвидетельствовать чей-л. поступок - in * of /whereof/... (юридическое) в удостоверение чего... признак, подтверждение, свидетельство, доказательство - my clothes are a * to my poverty моя одежда говорит /свидетельствует/ о бедности пример быть свидетелем, очевидцем (чего-л.) ;
    видеть (что-л.) - to * an accident быть очевидцем аварии свидетельствовать;
    служить признаком, доказательством - her pale face *ed the agitation she felt ее бледность говорила о сильном волнении, которое она испытывала быть местом или временем совершения чего-л. - the area has *ed many a battle эта местность видела много сражений (юридическое) быть свидетелем при оформлении документа, заверять (подпись и т. п.) в качестве свидетеля - to * a will засвидетельствовать завещание;
    заверить подпись на завещании - "*ed" "заверено", "удостоверено" давать свидетельские показания, выступать свидетелем (в суде и т. п.) - to * against smb. давать показания против кого-л. - he *ed to having seen the man enter the building он показал, что видел, как этот человек вошел в дом adverse ~ свидетель, предубежденный против выставившей его стороны attesting ~ свидетель ~ доказательство, свидетельство (to, of) ;
    to bear witness to (или of) свидетельствовать, удостоверять;
    in witness (of smth.) в доказательство( чего-л.) bring forward a ~ выставлять свидетеля call a ~ вызывать свидетеля ~ свидетель (особ. в суде) ;
    to call to witness ссылаться на;
    призывать в свидетели challenge a ~ давать отвод свидетелю competence as a ~ правомочность выступать свидетелем competency to ~ правомочность давать свидетельские показания competent ~ правомочный свидетель compromise ~ компрометировать свидетеля defence ~ свидетель защиты detrimental ~ вредный свидетель eligibility as a ~ право быть свидетелем ~ быть свидетелем (чего-л.) ;
    видеть;
    Europe witnessed many wars Европа не раз была ареной войн examine a ~ допрашивать свидетеля expert ~ квалифицированный свидетель expert ~ экспертный свидетель false ~ лжесвидетель hostile ~ юр. свидетель, предубежденный против выставившей ее стороны hostile ~ юр. свидетель противоположной стороны identifying ~ свидетель для опознания impartial ~ беспристрастный свидетель impartial ~ объективный свидетель impeach a ~ усомниться в показаниях свидетеля ~ доказательство, свидетельство (to, of) ;
    to bear witness to (или of) свидетельствовать, удостоверять;
    in witness (of smth.) в доказательство (чего-л.) in ~ в подтверждение notarial ~ нотариальное засвидетельствование prime ~ основное свидетельское показание prime ~ основной свидетель principal ~ главный свидетель skilled ~ свидетель-эксперт state's ~ государственный свидетель suborn a ~ подстрекать свидетеля к даче ложных показаний subscribing ~ свидетель, давший подписку witness быть очевидцем ~ быть свидетелем (чего-л.) ;
    видеть;
    Europe witnessed many wars Европа не раз была ареной войн ~ быть свидетелем ~ выступать свидетелем ~ давать показания (against, for) ~ давать свидетельские показания ~ доказательство, свидетельство (to, of) ;
    to bear witness to (или of) свидетельствовать, удостоверять;
    in witness (of smth.) в доказательство (чего-л.) ~ доказательство ~ заверять (подпись и т. п.) ;
    to witness a document заверить документ ~ заверять подпись ~ очевидец ~ понятой ~ свидетель (особ. в суде) ;
    to call to witness ссылаться на;
    призывать в свидетели ~ свидетель ~ свидетельское показание ~ свидетельство ~ свидетельствовать;
    служить уликой, доказательством ~ свидетельствовать ~ служить доказательством ~ for defence свидетель защиты ~ for plaintiff свидетель со стороны истца ~ for prosecution свидетель обвинения ~ in legal proceedings свидетель при рассмотрении дела в суде ~ in sheriff's proceedings свидетель в суде шерифа ~ to a will заверять подпись на завещании ~ to signature лицо, заверяющее подлинность подписи на документе

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > witness

  • 9 witness

    1. n
    1) очевидець (тж eye—)
    2) свідок (особл. в суді)

    subscribing witnessюр. свідок при складанні документа (заповіту)

    to call (to take) to witness — викликати як свідка; брати за свідка

    3) свідчення, показання

    to give witness — свідчити, давати показання

    to bear witness of (to) — засвідчувати, свідчити; бути свідком, доводити (щось)

    4) доказ
    5) приклад
    6) заст. хрещений батько; хрещена мати
    2. v
    1) бути свідком (очевидцем) (чогось)
    2) свідчити; бути доказом
    3) засвідчувати, завіряти (підпис тощо)
    4) юр. давати свідчення (показання); виступати свідком (в суді тощо)
    * * *
    I [witnis] n
    1) свідок, очевидець

    the witnesses of the accident — очевидці аварії; свідок ( в суді)

    witness for the crown /for the prosecution, against the accused/ — свідок звинувачення

    to hear /to examine/ a witness — допитувати свідка

    to challenge a witness — відводити свідка; юp. особа, що присутня при оформленні угоди, заповіту, підписання брачного контракту

    attesting /subscribing/ witness, witness to a signature — особа, що завірює чий-н. підпис; свідок підпису (на заповіті, зобов'язання)

    to give witness — давати свідчення; свідчити

    to bear witness (of, to) — свідчити; давати свідчення

    to bear smb witness — підтвердити чиї-н. слова; засвідчити чий-н. вчинок

    in witness of /whereof/... — юp. в засвідчення чого...

    3) ознака, підтвердження, свідчення, доказ
    II [witnis] v
    1) бути свідком, очевидцем (чого-н.); бачити (що-н.); to witness an accident бути свідком аварії
    2) свідчити; бути підтвердженням

    her pale face witnessed the agitation she felt — її блідість свідчила про сильне хвилювання, яке вона переживала

    3) бути місцем або часом здійснення чого-н.; the area has witnessed many a battle ця місцевість бачила багато боїв
    4) юp. бути свідком при оформленні документа, завіряти ( підпис) в якості свідка

    to witness a will — засвідчити заповіт; завірити підпис на заповіті

    "witnessed" — "завірено"

    5) давати свідчення, виступати свідком ( в суді)

    to witness against [for]smb — давати свідчення проти [на захист]кого-н.;

    English-Ukrainian dictionary > witness

  • 10 witness

    1. [ʹwıtnıs] n
    1. 1) свидетель, очевидец
    2) свидетель (особ. в суде)

    God is my witness that - видит бог, что...

    witness for the crown /for the prosecution, against the accused/ - свидетель обвинения

    to hear /to examine/ a witness - допрашивать свидетеля

    3) юр. лицо, присутствующее при оформлении сделки, завещания, подписании брачного контракта и т. п.

    attesting /subscribing/ witness, witness to a signature - лицо, заверяющее чью-л. подпись; свидетель подписи (на завещании, обязательстве)

    2. свидетельское показание; свидетельство

    to give witness - давать свидетельские показания; свидетельствовать

    to bear witness (of, to) - свидетельствовать; давать свидетельские показания

    he bore witness in the murder case - он давал показания по делу об убийстве

    to bear smb. witness - а) подтвердить чьи-л. слова; б) засвидетельствовать чей-л. поступок

    in witness of /whereof/... - юр. в удостоверение чего...

    3. признак, подтверждение, свидетельство, доказательство

    my clothes are a witness to my poverty - моя одежда говорит /свидетельствует/ о бедности

    4. пример
    2. [ʹwıtnıs] v
    1. быть свидетелем, очевидцем (чего-л.); видеть (что-л.)
    2. свидетельствовать; служить признаком, доказательством

    her pale face witnessed the agitation she felt - её бледность говорила о сильном волнении, которое она испытывала

    3. быть местом или временем совершения чего-л.

    the area has witnessed many a battle - эта местность видела много сражений

    4. юр. быть свидетелем при оформлении документа, заверять (подпись и т. п.) в качестве свидетеля

    to witness a will - засвидетельствовать завещание; заверить подпись на завещании

    ❝witnessed❞ - «заверено», «удостоверено»
    5. давать свидетельские показания, выступать свидетелем (в суде и т. п.)

    to witness against [for] smb. - давать показания против [в защиту] кого-л.

    he witnessed to having seen the man enter the building - он показал, что видел, как этот человек вошёл в дом

    НБАРС > witness

  • 11 witness

    I [witnis] n
    1) свідок, очевидець

    the witnesses of the accident — очевидці аварії; свідок ( в суді)

    witness for the crown /for the prosecution, against the accused/ — свідок звинувачення

    to hear /to examine/ a witness — допитувати свідка

    to challenge a witness — відводити свідка; юp. особа, що присутня при оформленні угоди, заповіту, підписання брачного контракту

    attesting /subscribing/ witness, witness to a signature — особа, що завірює чий-н. підпис; свідок підпису (на заповіті, зобов'язання)

    to give witness — давати свідчення; свідчити

    to bear witness (of, to) — свідчити; давати свідчення

    to bear smb witness — підтвердити чиї-н. слова; засвідчити чий-н. вчинок

    in witness of /whereof/... — юp. в засвідчення чого...

    3) ознака, підтвердження, свідчення, доказ
    II [witnis] v
    1) бути свідком, очевидцем (чого-н.); бачити (що-н.); to witness an accident бути свідком аварії
    2) свідчити; бути підтвердженням

    her pale face witnessed the agitation she felt — її блідість свідчила про сильне хвилювання, яке вона переживала

    3) бути місцем або часом здійснення чого-н.; the area has witnessed many a battle ця місцевість бачила багато боїв
    4) юp. бути свідком при оформленні документа, завіряти ( підпис) в якості свідка

    to witness a will — засвідчити заповіт; завірити підпис на заповіті

    "witnessed" — "завірено"

    5) давати свідчення, виступати свідком ( в суді)

    to witness against [for]smb — давати свідчення проти [на захист]кого-н.;

    English-Ukrainian dictionary > witness

  • 12 fight

    fight [faɪt]
    (verb: preterite, past participle fought)
    1. noun
       a. ( = punch-up) bagarre (inf) f ; ( = battle) combat m, bataille f ; (Boxing) combat m ; (against disease, poverty) lutte f ; ( = quarrel) dispute f
    to have a fight with sb se battre avec qn ; ( = argue) se disputer avec qn
    [person, animal] se battre ; (for rights, against disease) lutter ; ( = quarrel) se disputer
    combattre ; [+ person] se battre avec
    [+ tears] refouler
    [+ attack] repousser
    * * *
    [faɪt] 1.
    1) fig ( struggle) lutte f ( against contre; for pour; to do pour faire)
    2) ( outbreak of fighting) ( between civilians) bagarre f ( between entre; over pour); Military bataille f ( between entre; for pour); (between animals, in boxing) combat m ( between entre)

    to get into ou have a fight with somebody — se bagarrer contre or avec quelqu'un

    3) ( argument) dispute f ( over au sujet de; with avec)
    4) ( combative spirit) ( physical) envie f de se battre; ( psychological) envie f de lutter
    2.
    transitive verb (prét, pp fought)
    1) lit se battre contre [person]; fig lutter contre [disease, evil, opponent, emotion, proposal]; combattre [fire]; mener [campaign, war] ( against contre)
    2) Politics [candidate] disputer [seat, election]
    3) Law défendre [case, cause]
    3.
    1) fig ( campaign) lutter
    2) lit, Military se battre
    3) ( squabble) se quereller ( over à propos de)
    Phrasal Verbs:
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    English-French dictionary > fight

  • 13 die

    ̈ɪdaɪ I
    1. сущ.
    1) а) (мн. dice) игральная кость loaded dice the die is cast/thrown ≈ жребий брошен б) шанс, удача in the dice no dice Syn: hazard, chance, luck to be upon the die ≈ быть поставленным на карту
    2) что-л. маленькое кубической формы Potatoes cut in dice. ≈ Картофель, нарезанный кубиками.
    3) мн. dies предмет для получения стандартных оттисков а) штамп, пуансон, клише The workman brought me the medal in gold, twenty-three in copper, and the die. ≈ Рабочий принес мне золотую медаль, двадцать три медных медали и клише. б) штемпель в) матрица, трафарет, шаблон ∙ Syn: stamp
    4) архит. цоколь( колонны)
    5) технические термины а) тех. клупп (устройство, инструмент для нарезания резьбы) б) тех. волочильная доска, фильера в) обувной нож для вырезания из кожи кусков нужной формы
    6) игрушка, безделушка Syn: gewgaw
    2. гл. выдавливать, прессовать, чеканить, штамповать Syn: mould, shape II
    1. гл.
    1) а) умереть, скончаться In a severe winter, wild animals can die from lack of food. ≈ В суровые зимы дикие звери могут умирать с голоду. She must weep or she will die. ≈ Ей нужно выплакаться, иначе она умрет. die in one's bed die by violence die a sudden death die on smb. die a death Syn: depart, expire, perish, bite the dust, kick the bucket, pass away, pass on Ant: exist, persist, survive May I die! ≈ Чтоб я сдох! б) кончаться, исчезать;
    быть забытым;
    прям. перен. испаряться The smile died from his lips. ≈ Он перестал улыбаться. в) страдать, испытывать постоянные трудности
    2) переносно а) становиться безучастным, безразличным б) затихать( о ветре, звуке) в) замиратьсердце) г) авто глохнуть( о машине, двигателе) д) терять в силе, стареть, дряхлеть е) разг. очень хотеть, не мочь жить без чего-л. The secret was dying to escape him. ≈ Он так и хотел рассказать кому-нибудь секрет. Syn: long
    3) испытывать оргазм( исконно поэтическая метафора) You're nice, though. You make me die every time. ≈ Но ты все же милый. С тобой я каждый раз на седьмом небе. ∙ die away die back die down die off die out - die in one's boots die game die hard die heroically die laughing to die in the last ditchстоять насмерть to die in harness ≈ умереть за работой;
    умереть на своем посту a man can die but once посл. ≈ двум смертям не бывать, a одной не миновать never say die посл. ≈ держись до конца, никогда не сдавайся to die by one's own hand ≈ покончить с собой
    2. сущ. смерть (только в выражении to make a die of it "умереть, отбросить коньки") Thought he was going to make a die of it! Why, he's as old as the hills. ≈ А я-то думал, он сыграет в ящик. Нет, правда, он же стар как черт. игральная кость (чаще one of the dice) pl = dice (pl dice) (редкое) риск, удача( pl dice) кубик - to cut smth. into dice нарезать что-л. кубиками (pl dies) (техническое) штамп (пуансон или матрица;
    тж. stamping *, embossing *) ;
    штемпель, мундштук (пресса) (pl dies) (техническое) клупп;
    винторезная головка, плашка( pl dies) (техническое) волочильная доска, фильера (тж. * plate) ;
    пресс-форма( pl dies) (архитектура) кубическая часть пьедестала (pl dies) (техническое) деталь, имеющая форму кубика (pl dies) (специальное) сапожный нож (для вырезания заготовок) (pl dies) (шотландское) игрушка (pl dies) полупроводниковая пластина (заготовка под интегральную схему) > as smooth as a * гладкий как мрамор > as straight as a * прямой, честный;
    такой не подведет;
    прямой как стрела > to risk everything on an uncertain * совершить прыжок в неизвестность > to set smth. upon the * поставить что-л. на карту > the * is cast /thrown/ жребий брошен (техническое) штамповать умирать - to * well хорошо держаться перед смертью - to * of hunger умереть голодной смертью - to * by violence умереть насильственной смертью - to * by an enemy's hand пасть от руки врага - to * by one's own hand кончить жизнь самоубийством - to * from /of/ wounds умереть от ран - to * on the scaffold умереть на эшафоте - to * in battle погибнуть в бою - to * in poverty умереть в нищете - to * on smb. внезапно умереть в чьем-л. присутствии (может быть, навлекая подозрение на свидетеля смертИ) ;
    потерять интерес для кого-л.;
    он для меня умер - to * a beggar умереть нищим - to * a man умереть, как подобает мужчине - to * rich умереть богатым - to * a hero's death /like a hero/ пасть смертью храбрых, умереть смертью героя - to * a natural death умереть естественной смертью - to * an early * /before one's time/ умереть рано, безвременно скончаться - to * the death быть казненным умирать, пропадать - to * of /with/ laughter /laughing/ умирать со смеху - to * of curiosity умирать /сгорать/ от любопытства - to * of boredom помирать с тоски /со скуки/ - to * of cold умирать от холода исчезать, пропадать - the smile *d on her lips улыбка сошла с ее губ - the secret *d wirh him тайна умерла вместе с ним, он унес свою тайну в могилу - great deeds cannot * великие дела бессмертны, великие дела не забываются - day is dying день гаснет, вечереет отмирать, омертвевать засыхать( о растениях и т. п.) - to * from /through/ lack of care погибнуть из-за плохого ухода терять интерес, становиться равнодушным - to * to the world утратить интерес к жизни (разговорное) очень хотеть, жаждать, сгорать от нетерпения - she is dying to learn the secret ей до смерти хочется узнать тайну - he is dying for a drink ему до смерти хочется выпить;
    он погибает от жажды - he is dying to see you ему не терпится увидеть вас - I am dying for you to tell me я умру, если вы мне не расскажете (этого) - she's dying to go on the stage она хочет любой ценой стать актрисой (into) переходить( во что-л.), становиться другим - twilight *d into dark сумерки сгущались (in) кончаться (чем-л.) (against) упираться( во что-л.) останавливаться;
    глохнуть;
    затихать - the motor *d мотор заглох - the engine *d on me (в самый ответственный для меня момент) мотор заглох - the wine *d вино выдохлось - her heart *d within her сердце замерло /остановилось, сжалось/ у нее в груди (американизм) (спортивное) (разговорное) выходить из игры (бейсбол) > to * game умереть мужественно, умереть в борьбе > to * dunghill погибнуть как трус > to * hard бороться со смертью, сопротивляться смерти до конца;
    упорно сопротивляться > to * in one's bed умереть естественной смертью > to * in one's shoes /boots/, to * with one's shoes /boots/ on умереть насильственной смертью;
    умереть на своем посту > to * in harness умереть на своем посту > to * on the vine (американизм) погибнуть на корню > the plan *d on the vine из этого плана ничего не вышло /не получилось/ > live or * чего бы это ни стоило, даже ценой жизни > I shall carry on to the end, live or * я не отступлю, чего бы мне это ни стоило > never say *! не отчаивайся!, не падай духом!, держись! > a man can * but once (пословица) двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать > cowards * many times( before their deaths) трус умирает не раз ~ тех. волочильная доска;
    фильера;
    the die is cast (или thrown) жребий брошен, выбор сделан;
    to be upon the die быть поставленным на карту ~ away замирать (о звуке) ;
    die down = die away ~ away замирать (о звуке) ;
    die down = die away ~ away падать в обморок ~ away увядать ~ away замирать (о звуке) ;
    die down = die away ~ game умереть мужественно, пасть смертью храбрых to ~ hard быть живучим;
    to die in the last ditch стоять насмерть to ~ hard сопротивляться до конца to ~ in harness умереть за работой;
    умереть на своем посту to ~ hard быть живучим;
    to die in the last ditch стоять насмерть ditch: ~ траншея;
    выемка, котлован;
    to die in the last ditch, to fight up to the last ditch биться до конца, до последней капли крови;
    стоять насмерть ~ тех. волочильная доска;
    фильера;
    the die is cast (или thrown) жребий брошен, выбор сделан;
    to be upon the die быть поставленным на карту ~ off отмирать ~ off умирать один за другим ~ out вымирать ~ out заглохнуть( о моторе) ~ out воен. захлебнуться( об атаке) ;
    to ~ разг. томиться желанием (for) ;
    I am dying for a glass of water мне до смерти хочется пить;
    I am dying to see him я ужасно хочу его видеть ~ разг. томиться желанием (for) ;
    I am dying for a glass of water мне до смерти хочется пить;
    I am dying to see him я ужасно хочу его видеть a man can ~ but once посл. = двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать never say ~ посл. = никогда не следует отчаиваться never: ~ so как бы ни;
    never say die не отчаивайтесь ~ (pl dice) игральная кость;
    to play with loaded dice жульничать sine ~ без назначения новой даты sine ~ на новый срок sine: sine лат. без;
    sine die на неопределенный срок;
    sine qua non обязательное условие

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > die

  • 14 die

    I
    1. [daı] n
    1. (pl dice) игральная кость ( чаще one of the dice)
    2. pl = dice1 I 2
    3. (pl dice) редк. риск, удача
    4. (pl dice) кубик

    to cut smth. into dice - нарезать что-л. кубиками

    5. (pl dies) тех.
    1) штамп ( пуансон или матрица; тж. stamping die, embossing die)
    2) штемпель, мундштук ( пресса)
    6. (pl dies) тех.
    1) клупп
    2) винторезная головка, плашка
    7. (pl dies)
    1) тех. волочильная доска, фильера (тж. die plate)
    2) метал. пресс-форма
    8. (pl dies) архит. кубическая часть пьедестала
    9. (pl dies) тех. деталь, имеющая форму кубика
    10. (pl dies) спец. сапожный нож ( для вырезания заготовок)
    11. (pl dies) шотл. игрушка
    12. (pl dies) полупроводниковая пластина ( заготовка под интегральную схему)

    as smooth as a die - ≅ гладкий как мрамор

    as straight as a die - а) прямой, честный; ≅ такой не подведёт; б) прямой как стрела

    to risk everything on an uncertain die - ≅ совершить прыжок в неизвестность

    to set smth. upon the die - ≅ поставить что-л. на карту

    the die is cast /thrown/ - жребий брошен

    2. [daı] v тех.
    II [daı] v
    1. 1) умирать

    to die of hunger [of old age, of cancer] - умереть голодной смертью [от старости, от рака]

    to die from /of/ wounds - умереть от ран

    to die on the scaffold [at the stake] - умереть на эшафоте [на костре]

    to die on smb. - а) внезапно умереть в чьём-л. присутствии (может. быть, навлекая подозрение на свидетеля смерти); б) потерять интерес для кого-л.; ≅ он для меня умер

    to die a man - умереть, как подобает мужчине

    to die rich [poor] - умереть богатым [бедным]

    to die a hero's death /like a hero/ - пасть смертью храбрых, умереть смертью героя

    to die a natural [violent] death - умереть естественной [насильственной] смертью

    to die an early death /before one's time/ - умереть рано, безвременно скончаться

    2) умирать, пропадать

    to die of /with/ laughter /laughing/ - умирать со смеху

    to die of curiosity - умирать /сгорать/ от любопытства

    to die of boredom - помирать с тоски /со скуки/

    3) исчезать, пропадать

    the secret died with him - тайна умерла вместе с ним, он унёс свою тайну в могилу

    great deeds cannot die - великие дела бессмертны, великие дела не забываются

    day is dying - день гаснет, вечереет

    2. 1) отмирать, омертвевать
    2) засыхать (о растениях и т. п.)

    to die from /through/ lack of care - погибнуть из-за плохого ухода

    3. терять интерес, становиться равнодушным
    4. разг. очень хотеть, жаждать, сгорать от нетерпения

    he is dying for a drink - а) ему до смерти хочется выпить; б) он погибает от жажды

    he is dying to see [to meet] you - ему не терпится увидеть вас [познакомиться с вами]

    I am dying for you to tell me - я умру, если вы мне не расскажете (этого)

    5. 1) (into) переходить (во что-л.), становиться другим
    2) (in) кончаться (чем-л.)
    3) (against) упираться (во что-л.)
    6. останавливаться; глохнуть; затихать

    the engine died on me - (в самый ответственный для меня момент) мотор заглох

    her heart died within her - сердце замерло /остановилось, сжалось/ у неё в груди

    7. амер. спорт. разг. выходить из игры ( бейсбол)

    to die game - умереть мужественно, умереть в борьбе

    to die hard - а) бороться со смертью, сопротивляться смерти до конца; б) упорно сопротивляться

    to die in one's shoes /boots/, to die with one's shoes /boots/ on - а) умереть насильственной смертью; б) умереть на своём посту

    to die in the last ditch см. ditch I

    to die on the vine - амер. погибнуть на корню

    the plan died on the vine - из этого плана ничего не вышло /не получилось/

    live or die - чего бы это ни стоило, даже ценой жизни

    I shall carry on to the end, live or die - я не отступлю, чего бы это мне ни стоило

    never say die! - ≅ не отчаивайся!, не падай духом!, держись!

    a man can die but once - посл. ≅ двум смертям не бывать, а одной не миновать

    cowards die many times (before their deaths) - ≅ трус умирает не раз

    НБАРС > die

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