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2 beginning

beginning [bɪ'gɪnɪŋ]

1 noun

(a) (start → of book, career, project) commencement m, début m;

∎ in or at the beginning au début, au commencement;

∎ from the beginning dès le commencement ou le début;

∎ this is just the beginning of our troubles nos ennuis ne font que commencer;

∎ let's start again from the beginning reprenons depuis le début;

∎ at the beginning of the academic year au début de l'année universitaire;

∎ from beginning to end du début à la fin, d'un bout à l'autre;

∎ it's the beginning of the end c'est le début de la fin

(b) (early part, stage → of book, career, war) commencement m, début m; (→ of negotiations) début m, ouverture f;

∎ the day had a good beginning la journée avait bien commencé;

∎ the beginning of the world l'origine ou le commencement du monde;

∎ since the beginning of time depuis la nuit des temps;

∎ I have the beginnings of a cold je couve un rhume, j'ai un début de rhume

(c) (origin → of event) origine f, commencement m;

∎ Protestantism had its beginnings in Germany le protestantisme a pris naissance en Allemagne;

∎ his assassination signalled the beginning of the war son assassinat a marqué le déclenchement de la guerre

2 adjective

∎ beginning student débutant(e) m,f

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3 beginning

noun

Anfang, der; Beginn, der

at or in the beginning — am Anfang

at the beginning of February/the month — Anfang Februar/des Monats

at the beginning of the day — zu Beginn des Tages

from beginning to end — von Anfang bis Ende; von vorn bis hinten

from the [very] beginning — [ganz] von Anfang an

have its beginnings in something — seine Anfänge od. seinen Ursprung in etwas (Dat.) haben

[this is] the beginning of the end — [das ist] der Anfang vom Ende

go back to the beginning — wieder von vorne anfangen

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noun der Anfang

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be·gin·ning

[bɪˈgɪnɪŋ]

I. n

1. (starting point) Anfang m; (in time) Beginn m

at [or in] the \beginning am Anfang, zu Beginn

the \beginning of the end der Anfang vom Ende

from \beginning to end (place) von vorn bis hinten; (temporal) von Anfang bis Ende, von der ersten bis zur letzten Minute

at the \beginning of the month am Monatsanfang

we will meet at the \beginning of the month wir treffen uns Anfang des Monats

promising [or ( form) auspicious] \beginning viel versprechender Anfang

2. (origin)

▪ \beginnings pl Anfänge pl, Ursprung m

the \beginnings of civilization die Anfänge [o der Ursprung] der Zivilisation

to rise from humble \beginnings sich akk aus kleinen Verhältnissen hocharbeiten

3. (start)

▪ \beginnings pl erste Anzeichen

I've got the \beginnings of a headache ich glaube, ich bekomme Kopfschmerzen

4.

▶ in the \beginning was the Word REL ( prov) am Anfang war das Wort

II. adj attr, inv Anfangs-

\beginning course Anfängerkurs m

\beginning stage Anfangsstadium nt

\beginning student Studienanfänger(in) m(f)

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[bI'gInɪŋ]
n

1) (= act of starting) Anfang m

to make a beginning — einen Anfang machen

2) (= place, of book etc) Anfang m; (temporal also) Beginn m; (of river) Ursprung m

at the beginning — anfänglich, zuerst

at the beginning of sth — am Anfang or (temporal also) zu Beginn einer Sache (gen)

the wedding will be at the beginning of July — die Hochzeit findet Anfang Juli statt

the beginning of time/the world —

in the beginning (Bibl) — am Anfang

from the beginning — von Anfang an

from the beginning of the week/poem — seit Anfang or Beginn der Woche/vom Anfang des Gedichtes an

read the paragraph from the beginning — lesen Sie den Paragrafen von (ganz) vorne

from beginning to end — von vorn bis hinten; (temporal) von Anfang bis Ende

to start again at or from the beginning — noch einmal von vorn anfangen

to begin at the beginning —

the beginning of negotiations — der Beginn der Verhandlungen, der Verhandlungsbeginn

3) (= origin) Anfang m; (of custom, movement) Entstehen nt no pl

the shooting was the beginning of the rebellion — die Schießerei bedeutete den Beginn or Anfang der Rebellion

it was the beginning of the end for him — das war der Anfang vom Ende für ihn

his humble beginnings — seine einfachen Anfänge

from humble beginnings — aus einfachen Verhältnissen

Nazism had its beginnings in Germany —

the beginnings of science — die Anfangsgründe der Naturwissenschaft

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beginning s

1. Anfang m, Beginn m:

at ( oder in) the beginning am oder im oder zu Anfang, anfangs;

at the beginning of anfangs (gen);

at the beginning of the week am Wochenanfang;

from the (very) beginning (ganz) von Anfang an;

from beginning to end von Anfang bis Ende;

it’s the beginning of the end das ist der Anfang vom Ende; → academic.ru/5835/battle">battle Bes Redew

2. Ursprung m

3. pl Anfänge pl (einer Wissenschaft etc)

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noun

Anfang, der; Beginn, der

at or in the beginning — am Anfang

at the beginning of February/the month — Anfang Februar/des Monats

at the beginning of the day — zu Beginn des Tages

from beginning to end — von Anfang bis Ende; von vorn bis hinten

from the [very] beginning — [ganz] von Anfang an

have its beginnings in something — seine Anfänge od. seinen Ursprung in etwas (Dat.) haben

[this is] the beginning of the end — [das ist] der Anfang vom Ende

go back to the beginning — wieder von vorne anfangen

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n.

Anbruch -¨e m.

Anfang -ë m.

Antritt -e m.

Beginn -e m.

Entstehung f.

English-german dictionary > beginning
4 world

[wə:ld]
noun

1) (the planet Earth: every country of the world.) svet

2) (the people who live on the planet Earth: The whole world is waiting for a cure for cancer.) svet

3) (any planet etc: people from other worlds.) svet

4) (a state of existence: Many people believe that after death the soul enters the next world; Do concentrate! You seem to be living in another world.) svet

5) (an area of life or activity: the insect world; the world of the international businessman.) svet

6) (a great deal: The holiday did him a/the world of good.) obilo

7) (the lives and ways of ordinary people: He's been a monk for so long that he knows nothing of the (outside) world.) svet

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- worldly
- worldliness
- worldwide
- World Wide Web
- the best of both worlds
- for all the world
- out of this world
- what in the world? - what in the world
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[wɜ:ld]
noun

svet, Zemlja; vsemirje, vesolje, univerzum; vse, kar je na Zemlji; življenje (na Zemlji), obstanek, eksistenca; ljudje, človeška družba; skupnost ljudi; javno življenje, javnost; miljé, okolje; posvetno življenje; velika množina, masa, množica, veliko število; prostranstvo

all over the world — po vsem svetu

in the world — na svetu

for all the world — za vse na svetu, v vsakem pogledu, popolnoma, natanko

not for all the world — za nobeno ceno

for all the world like — natanko, kot

not for worlds, not for anything in the world — za nič na svetu ne

out of the world — odmaknjen od sveta

out of this world colloquially fantastičen, osupljiv, izreden

worlds away from — zelo oddaljen od

to the world slang popolnoma

tired to the world slang na smrt utrujen

on top of the world — na vrhuncu sreče, v sedmih nebesih

a world of — zelo mnogo, množica ( of difficulties — težav)

a world too big — mnogo prevelik

the world of letters — učeni svet

world without end — od veka do veka

to the world's end — do konca sveta

the beginning of the world — začetek sveta

animal (vegetable) world — živalski (rastlinski) svet

citizen of the world — svetovljanski človek, kozmopolit

man of the world — izkušen človek

the lower world — podzemlje; pekel

the New World — Novi svet, Amerika

the wise old world — dobri stari običaji, dobre stare izkušnje

Prince of this world figuratively vrag

all the world and his wife were there — vse, kar leze in gre, je bilo tam

to begin the world — (v)stopiti v (začeti) življenje, začeti kariero; od kraja začeti, biti (stati) na začetku

she is all the world to me — ona mi je (pomeni) vse na svetu

who in the world is that man? — kdo vendar je oni človek?

to be brought into the world — zagledati luč sveta

to carry the world before one — imeti hiter in popoln uspeh; imeti srečo, uspeh v življenju

to come into the world — priti na svet, roditi se

what in the world am I to do? — kaj na svetu (vendar, za vraga) naj naredim?

it did me a world of good — zelo dobro mi je délo (storilo)

to be drunk to the world — pošteno pijan (nadelan) biti

I would not do it for all the world — za vse na svetu ne bi tega naredil (hotel narediti)

to forsake the world — odreči se svetu, opustiti posvetno rabo, posvetno življenje

as the world goes — v našem, sedanjem času

to go out of the world — umreti

I would give the world to learn it — vse na svetu (ne vem kaj) bi dal, da bi to zvedel

how goes the world with you? — kako je kaj z vami?

to have the world before one figuratively imeti življenje pred seboj

to let the world slide figuratively pustiti vse teči (potekati, iti), kot pride

to live out of the world — živeti sam zase, odmaknjen od sveta, samotariti

to make a noise in the world figuratively postati slaven

what will the world say? — kaj bodo rekli ljudje?

English-Slovenian dictionary > world
5 beginning *** be·gin·ning n

[bɪ'ɡɪnɪŋ]
inizio, principio

in the beginning — all'inizio

at the beginning of the century — all'inizio or al principio del secolo

right from the beginning — fin dal primo momento, fin dall'inizio

start at the beginning and tell me all about it — raccontami tutto (cominciando or a partire) dall'inizio

the beginning of the end — il principio della fine

to make a beginning — cominciare

the beginning of the world — le origini del mondo

Buddhism had its beginnings... — il buddismo nacque or ebbe origine...

English-Italian dictionary > beginning *** be·gin·ning n
6 world

/wə:ld/ * danh từ - thế giới, hoàn cầu, địa cầu =to go round the world+ đi vòng quanh thế giới =all over the world+ khắp thế giới - vũ trụ, vạn vật =since the beginning of the world+ từ buổi sơ khai của vũ trụ, từ khi khai thiên lập địa - thế gian, trần tục, cõi trần gian, thế giới =to be brought into the world+ sinh ra đời =in this world+ ở cõi trần gian này - thiên hạ, nhân loại, mọi người =all the world has heard of it+ thiên hạ ai người ta cũng biết cái đó - cuộc đời, việc đời; xã hội, cuộc sống xã hội =a man of the world+ một người lịch duyệt từng trải =to know nothing of the world+ không biết tí gì việc đời =as the world goes+ thời buổi này, cứ thời thế này; thói đời này - giới =in the world of letters; in the literary world+ trong giới văn học =the sporting world+ giới thể thao =the vegetable world+ giới thực vật - nhiều, một số lớn ((thường) a world of) =a world of meaning+ nhiều ý nghĩa =a world of letters+ một đống thư =a world of trouble+ nhiều điều phiền phức !to be all the world to - là tất cả =he was all the world to his mother+ đối với mẹ nó thì nó là tất cả !to carry the world before one - thành công hoàn toàn và nhanh chóng !for all the world - (xem) for !for the world - không vì bất cứ lý do gì, không đời nào =I would not do it for the world+ không đời nào tôi làm cái đó !to the world - (từ lóng) hết sức, rất mực =drunk to the world+ say bí tỉ =tired to the world+ mệt nhoài =dead to the world+ chết giấc; say bí tỉ !to take the world as it is - đời thế nào thì phải theo thế !top of the world - (từ lóng) không chê vào đâu được, tuyệt diệu !world without end - vĩnh viễn !the world, the flesh and the devil - mọi cái cám dỗ con người !would give the world for something - (xem) give

English-Vietnamese dictionary > world
7 the

ðə, ði
adjective

(The form ðə is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union ðə'ju:njən; the form ði is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour ði 'onə) el, la, los, las

1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)

2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.) el, la

3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).) el, la

4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.) el, la, los, las

5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.) el, la, los, las

6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.) mucho

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- the...
- the...

the det el / la

the boy el chico

the Mediterranean Sea el mar Mediterráneo the se usa también para decir la fecha

Tuesday the fifth of May martes, cinco de mayo

the

tr[ðə] (Delante de una vocal se pronuncia tr[ðɪ]; con enfasis tr[ðiː])

definite article

1 el, la (plural) los, las

■ the sun is shining el sol brilla

■ the moon is full la luna está llena

■ we went to the cinema fuimos al cine

■ he's from the next village es del pueblo al lado

■ the Queen of England la Reina de Inglaterra

■ the river Thames el río Támesis

■ he's the richest man in the world es el hombre más rico del mundo

■ the English are not famous for their cooking los ingleses no tienen fama por su cocina

■ the Browns are very friendly los Brown son muy amables

■ Elizabeth the Second Isabel segunda

2 (per) por

■ we are paid by the hour nos pagan por horas

3 (emphasis) el, la, los, las

■ you're not the Paul Newman, are you? no serás el auténtico Paul Newman, ¿verdad?

adverb

1 (with comparatives)

■ the more you have, the more you want cuanto más se tiene, más se quiere

■ the sooner the better cuanto antes mejor

■ the less said, the better cuanto menos digas, mejor

■ the more the merrier cuantos más seamos, más nos divertiremos

the [ðə,] before vowel sounds usu [ði:] adv

1) (used to indicate comparison)

the sooner the better: cuanto más pronto, mejor

she likes this one the best: éste es el que más le gusta

2) (used as a conjunction) : cuanto

the more I learn, the less I understand: cuanto más aprendo, menos entiendo

the art

: el, la, los, las

the gloves: los guantes

the suitcase: la maleta

forty cookies to the box: cuarenta galletas por caja

the (Catholic) church

n.

• Roma s.f.

adv.

• cuánto adv.

art.

• el art.

• la art.

• las art.

• lo art.

• los art.

art.def.

• la art.def.

I before vowel ði, ðɪ; before consonant ðə, strong form ðiː
definite article

1) (sing) el, la; (pl) los, las

2) (emphatic use)

do you mean the Dr Black? — ¿te refieres al famoso Dr Black?

it's the novel to read just now — en este momento, es la novela que hay que leer

3)

a) ( with names)

Henry the First — Enrique primero

the Smiths — los Smith

b) (in abstractions, generalizations) (+ sing vb)

the possible/sublime — lo posible/sublime

the young/old — los jóvenes/viejos

4) ( per) por

three dollars the yard — tres dólares la yarda

they sell it by the square foot — lo venden por pie cuadrado

I get paid by the hour — me pagan por hora

5) ( used instead of possessive pron) (colloq) (sing) el, la; (pl) los, las

how's the family? — ¿qué tal la familia? (fam)

II before vowel ði; before consonant ðə
adverb (+ comp)

a) (as conj) cuanto

the more you have, the more you want — cuanto más tienes, más quieres

the sooner, the better — cuanto antes, mejor

b) (in comparisons)

I'm the richer for this experience — me he enriquecido con esta experiencia

that's all the more reason not to give in — mayor razón para no ceder

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Cultural note:

the American Dream

En Estados Unidos, el sueño americano es la creencia que cualquier persona que trabaje duro puede alcanzar el éxito económico o social. Para los inmigrantes y las minorías, este sueño también incluye libertad e igualdad de derechos

(strong form) [ðiː] (weak form) [ˌðǝ]
1. DEF ART

1) (singular) el/la; (plural) los/las

the boy — el niño

the woman — la mujer

the cars — los coches

the chairs — las sillas

do you know the Smiths? — ¿conoce a los Smith?

how's the leg? — ¿cómo va la pierna?

• all the... — todo el.../toda la..., todos los.../todas las...

• I'll meet you at the bank/station — quedamos en el banco/la estación

• the cheek of it! — ¡qué frescura!

• he's the man for the job — es el más indicado para el puesto

• from the — del/de la, de los/las

it's ten miles from the house/village — está a diez millas de la casa/del pueblo

• I haven't the money — no tengo dinero

• of the — del/de la, de los/las

the soup of the day — la sopa del día

it was the year of the student riots — fue el año de los disturbios estudiantiles

• oh, the pain! — ¡ay qué dolor!

• he hasn't the sense to understand — no tiene bastante inteligencia para comprender

• I haven't the time — no tengo tiempo

• to the — al/a la, a los/las

we went to the theatre — fuimos al teatro

2) (+ adjective)

a) (denoting plural) los(-las)

the rich and the poor — los ricos y los pobres

b) (denoting sing) lo

within the realms of the possible — dentro de lo posible

the good and the beautiful — lo bueno y lo bello

3) (+ noun) (denoting whole class) el(-la)

to play the piano/flute — tocar el piano/la flauta

in this age of the computer... — en esta época del ordenador...

4) (+ comparative) el(-la)

she was the elder — era la mayor

5) (distributive)

50 pence the pound — 50 peniques la libra

• eggs are usually sold by the dozen — los huevos se venden normalmente por docena

paid by the hour — pagado por hora

• 25 miles to the gallon — 25 millas por galón

700 lire to the dollar — 700 liras por dólar

6) (emphatic)

you don't mean the professor Bloggs? — ¿quieres decir el profesor Bloggs del que tanto se habla?

it was the colour of 1995 — fue el color que estaba tan de moda en 1995

7) (in titles)

Richard the Second — Ricardo Segundo

Ivan the Terrible — Iván el Terrible

2.

ADV

• she looks all the better for it — se la ve mucho mejor por eso

it will be all the better — será tanto mejor

• the more he works the more he earns — cuanto más trabaja más gana

(all) the more so because... — tanto más cuanto que...

the more... the less — mientras más... menos...

• the sooner the better — cuanto antes mejor

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I before vowel [ði, ðɪ]; before consonant [ðə], strong form [ðiː]
definite article

1) (sing) el, la; (pl) los, las

2) (emphatic use)

do you mean the Dr Black? — ¿te refieres al famoso Dr Black?

it's the novel to read just now — en este momento, es la novela que hay que leer

3)

a) ( with names)

Henry the First — Enrique primero

the Smiths — los Smith

b) (in abstractions, generalizations) (+ sing vb)

the possible/sublime — lo posible/sublime

the young/old — los jóvenes/viejos

4) ( per) por

three dollars the yard — tres dólares la yarda

they sell it by the square foot — lo venden por pie cuadrado

I get paid by the hour — me pagan por hora

5) ( used instead of possessive pron) (colloq) (sing) el, la; (pl) los, las

how's the family? — ¿qué tal la familia? (fam)

II before vowel [ði]; before consonant [ðə]
adverb (+ comp)

a) (as conj) cuanto

the more you have, the more you want — cuanto más tienes, más quieres

the sooner, the better — cuanto antes, mejor

b) (in comparisons)

I'm the richer for this experience — me he enriquecido con esta experiencia

that's all the more reason not to give in — mayor razón para no ceder

••
Cultural note:

the American Dream

En Estados Unidos, el sueño americano es la creencia que cualquier persona que trabaje duro puede alcanzar el éxito económico o social. Para los inmigrantes y las minorías, este sueño también incluye libertad e igualdad de derechos

English-spanish dictionary > the
8 the

[ðə, ði]
adjective

(The form [ðə] is used before words beginning with a consonant eg the house or consonant sound eg the union [ðə'ju:njən]; the form [ði] is used before words beginning with a vowel eg the apple or vowel sound eg the honour [ði 'onə]) ta, tisti

1) (used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned previously, described in a following phrase, or already known: Where is the book I put on the table?; Who was the man you were talking to?; My mug is the tall blue one; Switch the light off!)

2) (used with a singular noun or an adjective to refer to all members of a group etc or to a general type of object, group of objects etc: The horse is running fast.; I spoke to him on the telephone; He plays the piano/violin very well.)

3) (used to refer to unique objects etc, especially in titles and names: the Duke of Edinburgh; the Atlantic (Ocean).)

4) (used after a preposition with words referring to a unit of quantity, time etc: In this job we are paid by the hour.)

5) (used with superlative adjectives and adverbs to denote a person, thing etc which is or shows more of something than any other: He is the kindest man I know; We like him (the) best of all.)

6) ((often with all) used with comparative adjectives to show that a person, thing etc is better, worse etc: He has had a week's holiday and looks (all) the better for it.)

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I [mə pred soglasnikom, ði pred samoglasnikom, ði: poudarjeno]
določni člen (včasih preveden s ta, to)

the Browns — Brownovi, družina Brown

the poor — reveži

the Danube — Donava

the Balkans — Balkan

the French — Francozi

the King — kralj (angleški idr.)

the saddle figuratively jezdenje, jahanje

the stage — gledališka (igralska) dejavnost

the World — svet, Svet

the United States of — America ZDA

the Yugoslavia of to-day — današnja Jugoslavija

the dog is a useful animal — pes (kot vrsta) je koristna žival

he loves the girl — on ima rad to dekle

two shillings the pound — dva šilinga (za) funt

by the day — na dan

by the dozen — po ducatu

it is only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous — le en korak je od vzvišenega do smešnega
II [mi:, mi, me]
adverb

čim, tem

the... the — čim... tem

the sooner the better — čim prej tem bolje

all the better — toliko bolje

so much the better — toliko (tem) bolje

so much the worse for him — toliko (tem) slabše zanj

so much the more (less) — toliko (tem) več (manj)

the more you get the more you want — čim več dobiš, tem več hočeš

the more so as... — toliko več (bolj), ker...

not any the better — nič bolje

English-Slovenian dictionary > the
9 WORLD

[N]

ORBIS TERRARUM (M)

UNIVERSITAS (-ATIS) (F)

ORBIS TERRAE (M)

ORBIS (-IS) (M)

MUNDUS (-I) (M)

UNIVERSUM (-I) (N)

NATURA (-AE) (F)

LUX (LUCIS) (F)

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10 The Lusiads

Portugal's national epic poem of the Age of Discoveries, written by the nation's most celebrated poet, Luís de Camões. Published in 1572, toward the end of the adventurous life of Camões, Os Lusíadas is the most famous and most often-quoted piece of literature in Portugal. Modeled in part on the style and format of Virgil's Aeneid, Os Lusíadas is the story of Portugal's long history, and features an evocation of the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama's epic discovery of the sea route from Portugal to Asia. Part of the epic poem was composed when Camões was in royal service in Portugal's Asian empire, including in Goa and Macau. While the dramatic framework is dominated by various deities from classical literature, much of what is described in Portugal, Africa, and Asia is real and accurately rendered by the classically educated (at Coimbra University) Camões, who witnessed both the apogee and the beginning of decline of Portugal's seaborne empire and world power.

While the poet praises imperial power and greatness, Camões features a prescient naysayer: "The Old Man of Restelo," on the beach where Vasco da Gama is about to embark for Indian adventures, criticizes Portuguese expansion beyond Africa to Asia. Camões was questioning the high price of an Asian empire, and gave voice to those anti-imperialists and "Doubting Thomases" in the country who opposed more overseas expansion beyond Africa. It is interesting to note that in the Portuguese language usage and tradition since the establishment of The Lusiads as a national poem, "The Old Man of Restelo" ("O Velho do Restelo") came to symbolize not a wise Cassandra with timely warnings that Portugal would be fatally weakened by empire and might fall prey to neighboring Spain, but merely a Doubting Thomas in popular sentiment. The Lusiads soon became universally celebrated and accepted, and it has been translated into many languages. In the history of criticism in Portugal, more has been written about Camões and The Lusiads than about any other author or work in Portuguese literature, now more than a thousand years in the making.

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11 the White House

   aмep.

   1) Бeлый дoм, пocт пpeзидeнтa CШA

    From the very beginning of his unofficial campaign for the White House Ross Perot derided the political professionals who said presidential politics was no place for amateurs (U. S. News and World Report)

   2) Бeлый дoм, пpeзидeнт CШA; пpaвитeльcтвo CШA

    Both the FBI [ФБP] and the White House were determined to learn how the Post [гaзeтa] was getting its information and to put a stop to it (C. Bernstein and B. Woodward)

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12 at the bottom of the ladder

с самых низов, с самой простой, чёрной работы

‘Why shouldn't I take a job like anybody else, and see how it feels to put in an eight-hour day?’ ‘Beginning at the bottom of the ladder?’ smiled the father (U. Sinclair, ‘World's End’, ch. 23) — - Почему бы мне, как и всякому другому, не стать к станку и не посмотреть, что это за штука - восьмичасовой рабочий день? - Хочешь начать с самой черной работы? - усмехнулся отец.

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13 Anglo-Portuguese Alliance

   The world's oldest diplomatic connection and alliance, an enduring arrangement between two very different nations and peoples, with important practical consequences in the domestic and foreign affairs of both Great Britain (England before 1707) and Portugal. The history of this remarkable alliance, which has had commercial and trade, political, foreign policy, cultural, and imperial aspects, can be outlined in part with a list of the main alliance treaties after the first treaty of commerce and friendship signed between the monarchs of England and Portugal in 1373. This was followed in 1386 by the Treaty of Windsor; then in 1654, 1661, 1703, the Methuen Treaty; and in 1810 and 1899 another treaty also signed at Windsor.

   Common interests in the defense of the nation and its overseas empire (in the case of Portugal, after 1415; in the case of England, after 1650) were partly based on characteristics and common enemies both countries shared. Even in the late Middle Ages, England and Portugal faced common enemies: large continental countries that threatened the interests and sovereignty of both, especially France and Spain. In this sense, the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance has always been a defensive alliance in which each ally would assist the other when necessary against its enemies. In the case of Portugal, that enemy invariably was Spain (or component states thereof, such as Castile and Leon) and sometimes France (i.e., when Napoleon's armies invaded and conquered Portugal as of late 1807). In the case of England, that foe was often France and sometimes Spain as well.

   Beginning in the late 14th century, England and Portugal forged this unusual relationship, formalized with several treaties that came into direct use during a series of dynastic, imperial, naval, and commercial conflicts between 1373 and 1961, the historic period when the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance had its most practical political significance. The relative world power and importance of each ally has varied over the centuries. During the period 1373-1580, the allies were similar in respective ranking in European affairs, and during the period 1480-1550, if anything, Portugal was a greater world power with a more important navy than England. During 1580-1810, Portugal fell to the status of a third-rank European power and, during 1810-1914, England was perhaps the premier world power. During 1914-61, England's world position slipped while Portugal made a slow recovery but remained a third- or fourth-rank power.

   The commercial elements of the alliance have always involved an exchange of goods between two seafaring, maritime peoples with different religions and political systems but complementary economies. The 1703 Methuen Treaty establ ished a trade link that endured for centuries and bore greater advantages for England than for Portugal, although Portugal derived benefits: English woolens for Portuguese wines, especially port, other agricultural produce, and fish. Since the signing of the Methuen Treaty, there has been a vigorous debate both in politics and in historical scholarship as to how much each nation benefited economically from the arrangement in which Portugal eventually became dependent upon England and the extent to which Portugal became a kind of economic colony of Britain during the period from 1703 to 1910.

   There is a vast literature on the Alliance, much of it in Portuguese and by Portuguese writers, which is one expression of the development of modern Portuguese nationalism. During the most active phase of the alliance, from 1650 to 1945, there is no doubt but that the core of the mutual interests of the allies amounted to the proposition that Portugal's independence as a nation in Iberia and the integrity of its overseas empire, the third largest among the colonial powers as of 1914, were defended by England, who in turn benefited from the use by the Royal Navy of Portugal's home and colonial ports in times of war and peace. A curious impact on Portuguese and popular usage had also come about and endured through the impact of dealings with the English allies. The idiom in Portuguese, "é para inglês ver," means literally "it is for the Englishman to see," but figuratively it really means, "it is merely for show."

   The practical defense side of the alliance was effectively dead by the end of World War II, but perhaps the most definitive indication of the end of the political significance of an alliance that still continues in other spheres occurred in December 1961, when the army of the Indian Union invaded Portugal's colonial enclaves in western India, Goa, Damão, and Diu. While both nations were now North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, their interests clashed when it came to imperial and Commonwealth conflicts and policies. Portugal asked Britain for military assistance in the use of British bases against the army of Britain's largest former colony, India. But Portugal was, in effect, refused assistance by her oldest ally. If the alliance continues into the 21st century, its essence is historical, nostalgic, commercial, and cultural.

    See also Catherine of Braganza.

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14 Wine

   The Portuguese winemaking tradition goes back to Roman times, when Lusitania began exporting wine to the city of Rome. The modern wine-exporting industry began with the Methuen Treaty (1703), which stipulated that henceforth Portuguese wines would be favored as exports to Great Britain in the same way that British woolens imported to Portugal would have advantages. Portugal has the oldest appellation system in the world, which was established by the first minister of King José I, the Marquis of Pombal in 1758. In that year, Pombal ordered the demarcation of the wine producing region along the Douro River valley, the Região Demarcada do Douro, in order to assure the production of high quality port wines. During the reign of King Carlos I (1889-1908), the Vinho Verde, Dão, Colares, Carcavelos, Setúbal, and Madeira regions were demarcated, each of which has its own Comissão Vitivinicola to supervise the preparation and cultivation of the vineyards and to assure the quality of the wines produced.

   Portuguese wines are labeled Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC), which indicates that the wine is of superior quality from a specific vineyard; Indicação de Pronveniência Regulamentada (IPR), which indicates that wines so labeled were produced under some regulations in a certain demarcated region but are not DOC wines; Vinho Regional, which indicates that such wine was produced without regulation within a specific demarcated region; and Vinho de Mesa, which indicates only that the wine was made in Portugal by a certain producer.

   Portugal produces some of the world's top wines, the best of which are port, madeira, dão, moscatel, and vinho verde. Portugal's most widely known wines are its lightly sparkling rosés, which were successfully mass-marketed in the United States and Europe by Mateus and Lancers beginning in the 1960s. These wines accounted for 40 percent of Portugal's total table wine exports in the 1980s. Increasingly, Portuguese wines are winning international recognition, which has increased their popularity among wine lovers the world over.

    See also Agriculture.

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15 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.

    Contemporary Portugal

   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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1. transitive verb,
-nn-, began, begun

begin something — [mit] etwas beginnen

begin a new bottle — eine neue Flasche anbrechen

she began life here — sie verbrachte ihre ersten Lebensjahre hier

begin school — in die Schule kommen

begin doing or to do something — anfangen od. beginnen, etwas zu tun

I began to slip — ich kam ins Rutschen

I am beginning to get annoyed — so langsam werde ich ärgerlich

the film does not begin to compare with the book — der Film lässt sich nicht annähernd mit dem Buch vergleichen
2. intransitive verb
-nn-, began, begun anfangen; beginnen (oft geh.)

beginning next month — vom nächsten Monat an

begin at the beginning — von vorne anfangen

begin with something/somebody — bei od. mit etwas/jemandem anfangen od. beginnen

to begin with — zunächst od. zuerst einmal

it is the wrong book, to begin with — das ist schon einmal das falsche Buch

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present participle - beginning; verb

(to come or bring, into being, to start: He began to talk; The meeting began early.) anfangen

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<-nn-, began, begun>

[bɪˈgɪn]

I. vt

1. (commence)

▪ to \begin sth etw anfangen [o beginnen]

he began his career as a humble office worker er hat als kleiner Büroangestellter angefangen

I began this book two months ago ich habe mit diesem Buch vor zwei Monaten angefangen

to \begin a conversation ein Gespräch beginnen

to \begin school in die Schule kommen

to \begin work mit der Arbeit beginnen

▪ to \begin doing [or to do] sth beginnen [o anfangen], etw zu tun

she began acting at fifteen sie fing mit fünfzehn mit der Schauspielerei an

I began to think he'd never come ich dachte schon, er würde nie kommen

he didn't even \begin to answer my questions er hat keinerlei Anstalten gemacht, meine Fragen zu beantworten

he does not even \begin to try er versucht es nicht einmal

it doesn't \begin to do him justice es wird ihm nicht [einmal] annähernd gerecht

I can't \begin to explain how this could happen es ist mir selbst unerklärlich, wie das passieren konnte

she was \beginning to get angry sie wurde allmählich [o langsam] wütend

it's \beginning to rain/snow impers es fängt an zu regnen/schneien

to \begin to roll/stutter ins Rollen/Stottern kommen

2. (start using)

▪ to \begin sth mit etw dat beginnen [o anfangen]

to \begin a bottle eine Flasche anbrechen

to \begin a new loaf of bread ein neues Brot anschneiden

to \begin a new page eine neue Seite anfangen

3. (originate)

▪ to \begin sth mit etw dat beginnen [o anfangen]

to \begin a fashion/trend eine Mode/einen Trend ins Leben rufen

4. (start by saying)

▪ to \begin sth:

“let me introduce myself,” she began „darf ich mich vorstellen?“ begann sie

II. vi

1. (commence) anfangen, beginnen

let's \begin fangen wir an!

I'll \begin by welcoming our guests zuerst werde ich unsere Gäste begrüßen

she began on the piano at five sie hat mit fünf angefangen Klavier zu spielen

it all began when she left us alles fing damit an, dass sie uns verließ

I don't know where to \begin ich weiß nicht, wo ich anfangen soll!

before school \begins vor Schulanfang

the play \begins with the sisters in the kitchen together am Anfang des Stücks sitzen die Schwestern zusammen in der Küche

\beginning from September 1 ab dem ersten September

to \begin again neu anfangen

▪ to \begin with (before anything)

to \begin with, I want to thank you for everything zunächst einmal möchte ich mich für alles bedanken; (initially)

there were six of us to \begin with anfangs waren wir noch zu sechst; (for one)

to \begin with, the room is too small, then it faces a busy road erstens ist das Zimmer zu klein, [und] dann liegt es auch noch an einer verkehrsreichen Straße

▪ to \begin on sth mit etw dat beginnen [o anfangen

2. (open speech act) beginnen, anfangen

he began by saying... zunächst einmal sagte er...

3. (originate) beginnen, anfangen; river entspringen

where does this road \begin? wo fängt diese Straße an?

4.

▶ life \begins at forty ( saying) mit vierzig fängt das Leben erst [richtig] an

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[bI'gɪn] pret began, ptp begun
1. vt

1) (= start) beginnen, anfangen; conversation also anknüpfen; song also anstimmen; bottle anbrechen, anfangen; book, letter, new cheque book, new page anfangen; rehearsals, work anfangen mit; task in Angriff nehmen, sich machen an (+acc)

to begin to do sth or doing sth — anfangen or beginnen, etw zu tun

to begin working or to work on sth — mit der Arbeit an etw (dat)

to begin an attack — zum Angriff schreiten

when did you begin ( learning or to learn) English? — wann haben Sie angefangen, Englisch zu lernen?

she begins the job next week — sie fängt nächste Woche (bei der Stelle) an

he began his speech by saying that... — er leitete seine Rede damit or mit den Worten ein, dass...

to begin school — eingeschult werden, in die Schule kommen

to begin life as a... — als... anfangen or beginnen

she began to feel tired — sie wurde allmählich or langsam müde

she's beginning to understand — sie fängt langsam an zu verstehen, sie versteht so langsam

his mother began to fear the worst — seine Mutter befürchtete schon das Schlimmste

I'd begun to think you weren't coming — ich habe schon gedacht, du kommst nicht mehr

that doesn't even begin to compare with... —

they didn't even begin to solve the problem — sie haben das Problem nicht mal annähernd gelöst

I couldn't even begin to count the mistakes — ich konnte die Fehler überhaupt nicht zählen

I can't begin to thank you for what you've done — ich kann Ihnen gar nicht genug dafür danken, was Sie getan haben

2) (= initiate, originate) anfangen; fashion, custom, policy einführen; society, firm, movement gründen; (= cause) war auslösen

or rumor (US) — er hat das Gerücht in die Welt gesetzt

3) (= start to speak) beginnen, anfangen

it's late, he began — es ist spät, begann er or fing or hub (old) er an

2. vi

1) (= start) anfangen, beginnen; (new play etc) anlaufen

to begin by doing sth — etw zuerst (einmal) tun

he began by saying that... —

where the hair begins — am Haaransatz

before school begins — vor Schulanfang

to begin in business — ins Geschäftsleben eintreten; (as self-employed) ein Geschäft aufmachen

beginning from Monday — ab Montag, von Montag an

beginning from page 10 — von Seite 10 an

say your names beginning from the back — nennen Sie Ihre Namen von hinten nach vorn

it all/the trouble began when... — es fing alles/der Ärger fing damit an, dass...

to begin with sb/sth —

begin with me — fangen Sie bei or mit mir an

he began with the intention of writing a thesis — anfänglich wollte er eine Doktorarbeit schreiben

to begin with there were only three — anfänglich waren es nur drei

this is wrong to begin with — das ist schon einmal falsch

to begin with, this is wrong, and... — erstens einmal ist das falsch, dann...

to begin on sth — mit etw anfangen or beginnen

to begin on a new venture/project — ein neues Unternehmen/Projekt in Angriff nehmen

2) (= come into being) beginnen, anfangen; (custom) entstehen; (river) entspringen

since the world began — seit (An)beginn or Anfang der Welt

when did this movement begin? — seit wann gibt es diese Bewegung?

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begin [bıˈɡın] prät began [-ˈɡæn], pperf begun [-ˈɡʌn]

A v/t

1. beginnen, anfangen:

when did you begin ( to learn oder learning) English? wann hast du mit Englisch angefangen (angefangen, Englisch zu lernen)?;

he began his lecture by saying that … er leitete seinen Vortrag mit den Worten ein, dass …;

begin the world ins Leben treten

2. eine Dynastie etc (be)gründen

B v/i

1. beginnen, anfangen:

he began by saying that … er sagte einleitend, dass …;

begin with sth (sb) mit etwas (bei jemandem) anfangen;

to begin with (Redew)

a) zunächst (einmal), fürs Erste,

b) erstens (einmal), um es gleich zu sagen;

begin on sth etwas in Angriff nehmen;

begin on a new bottle eine neue Flasche anbrechen;

not begin to do sth nicht entfernt oder im Entferntesten daran denken, etwas zu tun;

he does not even begin to try er versucht es nicht einmal;

it began to be put into practice es wurde langsam aber sicher in die Praxis umgesetzt;

well begun is half done (Sprichwort) gut begonnen ist halb gewonnen

2. entstehen, ins Leben gerufen werden

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1. transitive verb,
-nn-, began, begun

begin something — [mit] etwas beginnen

begin a new bottle — eine neue Flasche anbrechen

she began life here — sie verbrachte ihre ersten Lebensjahre hier

begin school — in die Schule kommen

begin doing or to do something — anfangen od. beginnen, etwas zu tun

I began to slip — ich kam ins Rutschen

I am beginning to get annoyed — so langsam werde ich ärgerlich

the film does not begin to compare with the book — der Film lässt sich nicht annähernd mit dem Buch vergleichen
2. intransitive verb
-nn-, began, begun anfangen; beginnen (oft geh.)

beginning next month — vom nächsten Monat an

begin at the beginning — von vorne anfangen

begin with something/somebody — bei od. mit etwas/jemandem anfangen od. beginnen

to begin with — zunächst od. zuerst einmal

it is the wrong book, to begin with — das ist schon einmal das falsche Buch

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v.

(§ p.,p.p.: began, begun)

= anfangen v.

beginnen v.

(§ p.,pp.: begann, begonnen)

English-german dictionary > begin
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1.
['əʊvə(r)]adverb

1) (outward and downward) hinüber

2) (so as to cover surface)

draw/board/cover over — zuziehen/-nageln/-decken

3) (with motion above something)

climb/look/jump over — hinüber- od. (ugs.) rüberklettern/-sehen/-springen

4) (so as to reverse position etc.) herum

switch over — umschalten [Programm, Sender]

it rolled over and over — es rollte und rollte

5) (across a space) hinüber; (towards speaker) herüber

he swam over to us/the other side — er schwamm zu uns herüber/hinüber zur anderen Seite

fly over — vorüberfliegen

over here/there — (direction) hier herüber/dort hinüber; (location) hier/dort

they are over [here] for the day — sie sind einen Tag hier

ask somebody over [for dinner] — jemanden [zum Essen] einladen

6) (Radio)

[come in, please,] over — übernehmen Sie bitte

over and out — Ende

7) (in excess etc.)

children of 12 and over — Kinder im Alter von zwölf Jahren und darüber

be [left] over — übrig [geblieben] sein

have over — übrig haben [Geld]

9 into 28 goes 3 and 1 over — 28 geteilt durch neun ist gleich 3, Rest 1

it's a bit over — (in weight) es ist ein bisschen mehr

8) (from beginning to end) von Anfang bis Ende

say something twice over — etwas wiederholen od. zweimal sagen

over and over [again] — immer wieder

several times over — mehrmals

9) (at an end) vorbei; vorüber

be over — vorbei sein; [Aufführung:] zu Ende sein

get something over with — etwas hinter sich (Akk.) bringen

be over and done with — erledigt sein

10)

all over — (completely finished) aus [und vorbei]; (in or on one's whole body etc.) überall; (in characteristic attitude) typisch

I ache all over — mir tut alles weh

be shaking all over — am ganzen Körper zittern

embroidered all over with flowers — ganz mit Blumen bestickt

that is him/something all over — das ist typisch für ihn/etwas

11) (overleaf) umseitig

see over — siehe Rückseite
2. preposition
1) (above) (indicating position) über (+ Dat.); (indicating motion) über (+ Akk.)

2) (on) (indicating position) über (+ Dat.); (indicating motion) über (+ Akk.)

hit somebody over the head — jemandem auf den Kopf schlagen

carry a coat over one's arm — einen Mantel über dem Arm tragen

over the page — auf der nächsten Seite

3) (in or across every part of) [überall] in (+ Dat.); (to and fro upon) über (+ Akk.); (all through) durch

all over — (in or on all parts of) überall in (+ Dat.)

travel all over the country — das ganze Land bereisen

all over Spain — überall in Spanien

she spilt wine all over her skirt — sie hat sich (Dat.) Wein über den ganzen Rock geschüttet

all over the world — in der ganzen Welt

4) (round about) (indicating position) über (+ Dat.); (indicating motion) über (+ Akk.)

a sense of gloom hung over him — ihn umgab eine gedrückte Stimmung

5) (on account of) wegen

laugh over something — über etwas (Akk.) lachen

6) (engaged with) bei

take trouble over something — sich (Dat.) mit etwas Mühe geben

be a long time over something — lange für etwas brauchen

over work/dinner/a cup of tea — bei der Arbeit/beim Essen/bei einer Tasse Tee

7) (superior to, in charge of) über (+ Akk.)

have command/authority over somebody — Befehlsgewalt über jemanden/Weisungsbefugnis gegenüber jemandem haben

be over somebody — (in rank) über jemandem stehen

8) (beyond, more than) über (+ Akk.)

an increase over last year's total — eine Zunahme gegenüber der letztjährigen Gesamtmenge

it's been over a month since... — es ist über einen Monat her, dass...

over and above — zusätzlich zu

9) (in comparison with)

a decrease over last year — eine Abnahme gegenüber dem letzten Jahr

10) (out and down from etc.) über (+ Akk.)

look over a wall — über eine Mauer sehen

the window looks over the street — das Fenster geht zur Straße hinaus

fall over a cliff — von einem Felsen stürzen

11) (across) über (+ Akk.)

the pub over the road — die Wirtschaft auf der anderen Straßenseite od. gegenüber

climb over the wall — über die Mauer steigen od. klettern

be over the worst — das Schlimmste hinter sich (Dat.) od. überstanden haben

be over an illness — eine Krankheit überstanden haben

12) (throughout, during) über (+ Akk.)

stay over Christmas/the weekend/Wednesday — über Weihnachten/das Wochenende/bis Donnerstag bleiben

over the summer — den Sommer über

over the past years — in den letzten Jahren

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['əuvə] 1. preposition
1) (higher than; above in position, number, authority etc: Hang that picture over the fireplace; He's over 90 years old.) über

2) (from one side to another, on or above the top of; on the other side of: He jumped over the gate; She fell over the cat; My friend lives over the street.) über

3) (covering: He put his handkerchief over his face.) über

4) (across: You find people like him all over the world.) über

5) (about: a quarrel over money.) wegen

6) (by means of: He spoke to her over the telephone.) durch

7) (during: Over the years, she grew to hate her husband.) während

8) (while having etc: He fell asleep over his dinner.) über
2. adverb
1) (higher, moving etc above: The plane flew over about an hour ago.)

2) (used to show movement, change of position: He rolled over on his back; He turned over the page.)

3) (across: He went over and spoke to them.)

4) (downwards: He fell over.)

5) (higher in number etc: for people aged twenty and over.)

6) (remaining: There are two cakes for each of us, and two over.)

7) (through from beginning to end, carefully: Read it over; Talk it over between you.)
3. adjective
(finished: The affair is over now.) über
4. noun
((in cricket) a certain number of balls bowled from one end of the wicket: He bowled thirty overs in the match.) das Over
5. as part of a word
1) (too (much), as in overdo.) über...

2) (in a higher position, as in overhead.) ober...

3) (covering, as in overcoat.) über...

4) (down from an upright position, as in overturn.) um...

5) (completely, as in overcome.) über...

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- academic.ru/117784/over_again">over again
- over all
- over and done with
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over

[ˈəʊvəʳ, AM ˈoʊvɚ]

I. adv inv, pred

1. (across) hinüber; (towards speaker) herüber

come \over here komm hierher

why don't you come \over for dinner on Thursday? kommt doch am Donnerstag zum Abendessen zu uns

he is flying \over from the States tomorrow er kommt morgen aus den Staaten 'rüber fam

I've got a friend \over from Canada this week ich habe diese Woche einen Freund aus Kanada zu Besuch

to move [sth] \over [etw] [beiseite] rücken

2. (on the other side) drüben; (on speaker's side) herüben

I've got a friend \over in Munich ein Freund von mir lebt in München

\over the sea in Übersee

\over there dort [drüben]

3. (another way up) auf die andere Seite

the dog rolled \over onto its back der Hund rollte sich auf den Rücken

to turn sth \over etw umdrehen

to turn a page \over [eine Seite] umblättern

\over and \over [immer wieder] um sich akk selbst

the children rolled \over and \over down the gentle slope die Kinder kugelten den leichten Abhang hinunter

4. (downwards)

to fall \over hinfallen

to knock sth \over etw umstoßen

5. (finished)

▪ to be \over vorbei [o aus] sein

the game was \over by 5 o'clock das Spiel war um 5 Uhr zu Ende

it's all \over between us zwischen uns ist es aus

that's all \over now damit ist es jetzt vorbei

to be all \over bar the shouting so gut wie gelaufen sein fam

to get sth \over with etw abschließen

to get sth \over and done with etw hinter sich akk bringen

6. AVIAT, TELEC over, Ende

\over and out Ende [der Durchsage] fam

7. (remaining)

[left] \over übrig

there were a few sandwiches left \over ein paar Sandwiches waren noch übrig

8. (thoroughly, in detail)

to read sth \over etw durchlesen

to talk sth \over etw durchsprechen

to think sth \over etw überdenken

9. (throughout)

the world \over überall auf der Welt

all \over ganz und gar

that's him all \over typisch er

I was wet all \over ich war völlig durchnässt

10. AM (again) noch einmal

all \over alles noch einmal

I'll make you write it all \over ich lasse dich alles noch einmal schreiben

to say everything twice \over alles zweimal sagen; five times \over fünfmal hintereinander

\over and \over immer [o wieder und] wieder

11. (sb's turn)

I've done all I can. it's now over to you ich habe alles getan, was ich konnte. jetzt bist du dran

12. RADIO, TV

and now it's \over to John Regis for his report wir geben jetzt weiter an John Regis und seinen Bericht

now we're going \over to Wembley for commentary zum Kommentar schalten wir jetzt hinüber nach Wembley

13. (more) mehr

people who are 65 and \over Menschen, die 65 Jahre oder älter sind

14.

▶ to give \over die Klappe halten sl

▶ to have one \over the eight BRIT einen sitzen haben fam

▶ to hold sth \over etw verschieben

II. prep

1. (across) über + akk

he spilled wine \over his shirt er goss sich Wein über sein Hemd

he looked \over his newspaper er schaute über seine Zeitung hinweg

2. (on the other side of) über + dat

the village is just \over the next hill das Dorf liegt hinter dem nächsten Hügel

the diagram is \over the page das Diagramm ist auf der nächsten Seite

\over the way [or road] BRIT auf der anderen Straßenseite, gegenüber

they live just \over the road from us sie wohnen uns gegenüber auf der anderen Straßenseite

3. (above) über + dat

he sat there, bent \over his books er saß da, über seine Bücher gebeugt

to have a roof \over one's head ein Dach über dem Kopf haben

4. (everywhere) [überall] in + dat; (moving everywhere) durch + akk

all \over überall in + dat

she had blood all \over her hands sie hatte die Hände voll Blut

you've got mustard all \over your face du hast Senf überall im Gesicht

all \over the country im ganzen Land

we travelled all \over the country wir haben das ganze Land bereist

all \over the world auf der ganzen Welt

to be all \over sb (sl) von jdm hingerissen sein

to show sb \over the house jdm das Haus zeigen

5. (during) in + dat

, während + gen

shall we talk about it \over a cup of coffee? sollen wir das bei einer Tasse Kaffee besprechen?

gentlemen are asked not to smoke \over dinner die Herren werden gebeten, während des Essens nicht zu rauchen

she fell asleep \over her homework sie nickte über ihren Hausaufgaben ein

\over the last few months in den letzten Monaten

\over the summer den Sommer über

\over the years mit den Jahren

6. (more than, longer than) über + akk

this shirt cost me \over £50! dieses Hemd hat mich über 50 Pfund gekostet!

they are already 25 million dollars \over budget sie haben das Budget bereits um 25 Millionen Dollar überzogen

he will not survive \over the winter er wird den Winter nicht überstehen

\over and above über + akk... hinaus

she receives an extra allowance \over and above the usual welfare payments sie bekommt über die üblichen Sozialhilfeleistungen hinaus eine zusätzliche Beihilfe

\over and above that darüber hinaus

7. (through)

he told me \over the phone er sagte es mir am Telefon

we heard the news \over the radio wir hörten die Nachricht im Radio

8. (in superiority to) über + akk

he has authority \over thirty employees er hat dreißig Mitarbeiter unter sich

she has a regional sales director \over her sie untersteht einem Gebietsvertriebsleiter

a colonel is \over a sergeant in the army ein Colonel steht über einem Sergeant in der Armee

her husband always did have a lot of influence \over her ihr Mann hat schon immer einen großen Einfluss auf sie gehabt

9. (about) über + akk

there's no point in arguing \over it es hat keinen Sinn, darüber zu streiten

don't fret \over him — he'll be alright mach dir keine Sorgen um ihn — es wird ihm schon gutgehen

we've been \over this before — no TV until you've done your homework das hatten wir doch alles schon — kein Fernsehen bis du deine Hausaufgaben gemacht hast

10. (past) über + akk... hinweg

he's not fully recovered but he's certainly \over the worst er ist zwar noch nicht wieder ganz gesund, aber er hat das Schlimmste überstanden

to be/get \over sb über die Trennung von jdm hinweg sein/kommen

to be \over an obstacle ein Hindernis überwunden haben

11. MATH (in fraction) durch + akk

48 \over 7 is roughly 7 48 durch 7 ist ungefähr 7

2 \over 5 zwei Fünftel

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['əʊvə(r)]
1. prep

1) (indicating motion) über (+acc)

he spread the blanket over the bed — er breitete die Decke über das Bett

he spilled coffee over it — er goss Kaffee darüber, er vergoss Kaffee darauf

to hit sb over the head — jdm auf den Kopf schlagen

2) (indicating position = above, on top of) über (+dat)

if you hang the picture over the desk — wenn du das Bild über dem Schreibtisch aufhängst or über den Schreibtisch hängst

bent over one's books — über die Bücher gebeugt

3) (= on the other side of) über (+dat); (= to the other side of) über (+acc)

to look over the wall — über die Mauer schauen

the noise came from over the wall — der Lärm kam von der anderen Seite der Mauer

it's over the page — es ist auf der nächsten Seite

I looked over my shoulder — ich sah mir über meine Schulter

he looked over my shoulder — er sah über die Schulter

she has to keep looking over her shoulder (fig) — sie ist verängstigt

the house over the road —

the family from over the road — die Familie von gegenüber

it's just over the road from us — das ist von uns (aus) nur über die Straße

the bridge over the river — die Brücke über den Fluss

we're over the main obstacles now — wir haben jetzt die größten Hindernisse hinter uns (dat)

when they were over the river — als sie über den Fluss hinüber waren

they're all safely over the first fence — sie sind alle sicher über die erste Hürde gekommen

4) (= in or across every part of) in (+dat)

it was raining over London — es regnete in (ganz) London

they came from all over England —

I'll show you over the house — ich zeige Ihnen das Haus

you've got ink all over you/your hands — Sie/Ihre Hände sind ganz voller Tinte

a smile spread over her face — ein Lächeln breitete sich auf ihrem Gesicht aus

to be all over sb (inf) — ein Mordstheater um jdn machen (inf)

5) (= superior to) über (+dat)

to have authority over sb — Autorität über jdn haben

he has no control over his urges/his staff — er hat seine Triebe/seine Angestellten nicht unter Kontrolle

he was promoted over me — er wurde über mich befördert

we were all over them (inf) — wir waren ihnen haushoch überlegen

6) (= more than, longer than) über (+acc)

over and above that — darüber hinaus

over and above the expenses — über die Ausgaben hinaus

that was well over a year ago — das ist gut ein Jahr her, das war vor gut einem Jahr

she will not live over the winter — sie wird den Winter nicht überleben

7) (in expressions of time) über (+acc); (= during) während (+gen), in (+dat)

can we stay over the weekend? — können wir übers Wochenende bleiben?

over Christmas — über Weihnachten

over the summer — den Sommer über

over the summer we have been trying... — während des Sommers haben wir versucht...

over the (past) years I've come to realize... — im Laufe der (letzten) Jahre ist mir klar geworden...

he has mellowed over the years — er ist mit den Jahren milder geworden

the visits were spread over several months — die Besuche verteilten sich über mehrere Monate

8)

they talked over a cup of coffee —

the speeches were made over coffee — die Reden wurden beim Kaffee gehalten

let's discuss that over dinner/a beer — besprechen wir das beim Essen/bei einem Bier

they'll be a long time over it — sie werden dazu lange brauchen

he nodded off over his work — er nickte über seiner Arbeit ein

to get stuck over a difficulty — bei einer Schwierigkeit stecken bleiben

9)

he told me over the phone — er hat es mir am Telefon gesagt

I heard it over the radio — ich habe es im Radio gehört

a voice came over the intercom — eine Stimme kam über die Sprechanlage

10) (= about) über (+acc)

it's not worth arguing over —

that's nothing for you to get upset over — darüber brauchst du dich nicht aufzuregen

11)

what is 7 over 3? — wie viel ist 7 durch 3?

blood pressure of 150 over 120 — Blutdruck m von 150 zu 120

2. adv

1) (= across) (away from speaker) hinüber; (towards speaker) herüber; (= on the other side) drüben

they swam over to us —

he took the fruit over to his mother when the first man is over the second starts to climb/swim — er brachte das Obst zu seiner Mutter hinüber wenn der Erste drüben angekommen ist, klettert/schwimmt der Zweite los

come over tonight — kommen Sie heute Abend vorbei

I just thought I'd come over — ich dachte, ich komme mal rüber (inf)

he is over here/there — er ist hier/dort drüben

over to you! — Sie sind daran

and now over to our reporter in Belfast — und nun schalten wir zu unserem Reporter in Belfast um

and now over to Paris where... — und nun (schalten wir um) nach Paris, wo...

he has gone over to America — er ist nach Amerika gefahren

over in America — drüben in Amerika

he drove us over to the other side of town — er fuhr uns ans andere Ende der Stadt

he went over to the enemy — er lief zum Feind über

2)

famous the world over — in der ganzen Welt berühmt

I've been looking for it all over — ich habe überall danach gesucht

I am aching all over — mir tut alles weh

you've got dirt all over — Sie sind voller Schmutz, Sie sind ganz schmutzig

he was shaking all over — er zitterte am ganzen Leib

I'm wet all over — ich bin völlig nass

he was black all over — er war von oben bis unten schwarz

the dog licked him all over — der Hund leckte ihn von oben bis unten ab

that's Fred all over — das ist typisch (für) Fred

it happens all over — das gibt es überall

3)

(indicating movement from one side to another, from upright position) to turn an object over (and over) — einen Gegenstand (immer wieder) herumdrehen

he hit her and over she went — er schlug sie, und sie fiel um

4) (= ended) film, first act, operation, fight etc zu Ende; romance, summer vorbei, zu Ende

the rain is over — der Regen hat aufgehört

the pain will soon be over — der Schmerz wird bald vorbei sein

the danger was over — die Gefahr war vorüber, es bestand keine Gefahr mehr

when all this is over — wenn das alles vorbei ist

it's all over with him — es ist Schluss or aus mit ihm

it's all over between us — es ist aus zwischen uns

5)

(indicating repetition) or over (US) — er zählte sie noch einmal

or over (US) — noch einmal (ganz) von vorn anfangen

over and over (again) — immer (und immer) wieder, wieder und wieder

he did it five times over — er hat es fünfmal wiederholt

must I say everything twice over! — muss ich denn immer alles zweimal sagen!

6) (= excessively) übermäßig, allzu

he has not done it over well — er hat es nicht gerade übermäßig gut gemacht

he is not over healthy — er ist nicht allzu gesund

there's not over much left — es ist nicht allzu viel übrig

7) (= remaining) übrig

there was no/a lot of meat (left) over — es war kein Fleisch mehr übrig/viel Fleisch übrig

7 into 22 goes 3 and 1 over — 22 durch 7 ist 3, Rest 1

6 feet and a little over — 6 Fuß und ein bisschen

8)

(= more) children of 8 and over —

all results of 5.3 and over — alle Ergebnisse ab 5,3 or von 5,3 und darüber

if it takes three hours or over — wenn es drei oder mehr Stunden dauert

9) (TELEC)

come in, please, over — bitte kommen, over

over and out — Ende der Durchsage; (Aviat) over and out

3. n (CRICKET)
6 aufeinanderfolgende Würfe
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over [ˈəʊvə(r)]

A präp

1. (Grundbedeutung) über (dat oder akk)

2. (Lage) über (dat):

the lamp over his head

3. (Richtung, Bewegung) über (akk), über (akk) … hin, über (akk) … (hin)weg:

jump over the fence;

the bridge over the Danube die Brücke über die Donau;

he escaped over the border er entkam über die Grenze;

he will get over it fig er wird darüber hinwegkommen

4. durch:

over the air

5. Br über (dat), jenseits (gen), auf der anderen Seite von (oder gen):

over the sea in Übersee, jenseits des Meeres;

over the street ( oder road) auf der anderen Straßenseite;

over the way gegenüber

6. über (dat), bei:

he fell asleep over his work er schlief über seiner Arbeit ein;

over a cup of tea bei einer Tasse Tee

7. über (akk), wegen:

worry over sth

8. (Herrschaft, Autorität, Rang) über (dat oder akk):

be over sb über jemandem stehen;

reign over a kingdom über ein Königreich herrschen;

he set him over the others er setzte ihn über die anderen

9. vor (dat):

preference over the others Vorzug vor den andern

10. über (akk), mehr als:

over a mile;

over 10 dollars;

over a week über eine Woche, länger als eine Woche;

over and above zusätzlich zu, außer ( → B 13)

11. über (akk), während:

over the weekend;

over the years im Laufe der Jahre;

over many years viele Jahre hindurch

12. durch:

he went over his notes er ging seine Notizen durch

B adv

1. hinüber…, darüber…:

he jumped over

2. hinüber… (to zu):

he ran over to his mother

3. fig über…, zur anderen Seite oder Partei:

they went over to the enemy sie liefen zum Feind über

4. herüber…:

come over!

5. drüben:

over by the tree drüben beim Baum;

over in Canada (drüben) in Kanada;

over there

a) da drüben,

b) US umg (drüben) in Europa;

over against gegenüber (dat) (a. fig im Gegensatz od im Vergleich zu)

6. (genau) darüber:

the bird is directly over

7. darüber(…), über…(-decken etc):

paint sth over etwas übermalen

8. (meist in Verbindung mit Verben)

a) über…(-geben etc)

b) über…(-kochen etc)

9. (oft in Verbindung mit Verben)

a) um…(-fallen, -werfen etc)

b) herum…(-drehen etc)

10. durch(weg), von Anfang bis (zum) Ende:

one foot over ein Fuß im Durchmesser;

covered (all) over with red spots ganz oder über und über mit roten Flecken bedeckt;

the world over

a) in der ganzen Welt,

b) durch die ganze Welt

11. (gründlich) über…(-legen, -denken etc)

12. nochmals, wieder:

(all) over again nochmal, (ganz) von vorn;

over and over again immer (u. immer) wieder;

do sth over etwas nochmals tun;

ten times over zehnmal hintereinander

13. darüber, mehr:

children of ten years and over Kinder ab 10 Jahren;

10 ounces and over 10 Unzen und mehr;

over and above außerdem, obendrein, überdies ( → A 10)

14. übrig:

have sth over

15. (zeitlich, im Deutschen oft unübersetzt)

a) ständig

b) länger:

we stayed over till Monday wir blieben bis Montag

16. zu Ende, vorüber, vorbei:

the lesson is over;

over! (Funksprechverkehr) over!, kommen!;

over and out! (Funksprechverkehr) over and out! (Ende des Gesamtgesprächs);

all over ganz vorbei;

all over with erledigt, vorüber;

it’s all over with him es ist aus und vorbei mit ihm, er ist endgültig erledigt umg;

all over and done with total erledigt

C adj

1. ober(er, e, es), Ober…

2. äußer(er, e, es), Außen…

3. überzählig, überschüssig, übrig

D s Überschuss m:

over of exports Exportüberschuss

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1.
['əʊvə(r)]adverb

1) (outward and downward) hinüber

2) (so as to cover surface)

draw/board/cover over — zuziehen/-nageln/-decken

3) (with motion above something)

climb/look/jump over — hinüber- od. (ugs.) rüberklettern/-sehen/-springen

4) (so as to reverse position etc.) herum

switch over — umschalten [Programm, Sender]

it rolled over and over — es rollte und rollte

5) (across a space) hinüber; (towards speaker) herüber

he swam over to us/the other side — er schwamm zu uns herüber/hinüber zur anderen Seite

fly over — vorüberfliegen

over here/there — (direction) hier herüber/dort hinüber; (location) hier/dort

they are over [here] for the day — sie sind einen Tag hier

ask somebody over [for dinner] — jemanden [zum Essen] einladen

6) (Radio)

[come in, please,] over — übernehmen Sie bitte

over and out — Ende

7) (in excess etc.)

children of 12 and over — Kinder im Alter von zwölf Jahren und darüber

be [left] over — übrig [geblieben] sein

have over — übrig haben [Geld]

9 into 28 goes 3 and 1 over — 28 geteilt durch neun ist gleich 3, Rest 1

it's a bit over — (in weight) es ist ein bisschen mehr

8) (from beginning to end) von Anfang bis Ende

say something twice over — etwas wiederholen od. zweimal sagen

over and over [again] — immer wieder

several times over — mehrmals

9) (at an end) vorbei; vorüber

be over — vorbei sein; [Aufführung:] zu Ende sein

get something over with — etwas hinter sich (Akk.) bringen

be over and done with — erledigt sein

10)

all over — (completely finished) aus [und vorbei]; (in or on one's whole body etc.) überall; (in characteristic attitude) typisch

I ache all over — mir tut alles weh

be shaking all over — am ganzen Körper zittern

embroidered all over with flowers — ganz mit Blumen bestickt

that is him/something all over — das ist typisch für ihn/etwas

11) (overleaf) umseitig

see over — siehe Rückseite
2. preposition
1) (above) (indicating position) über (+ Dat.); (indicating motion) über (+ Akk.)

2) (on) (indicating position) über (+ Dat.); (indicating motion) über (+ Akk.)

hit somebody over the head — jemandem auf den Kopf schlagen

carry a coat over one's arm — einen Mantel über dem Arm tragen

over the page — auf der nächsten Seite

3) (in or across every part of) [überall] in (+ Dat.); (to and fro upon) über (+ Akk.); (all through) durch

all over — (in or on all parts of) überall in (+ Dat.)

travel all over the country — das ganze Land bereisen

all over Spain — überall in Spanien

she spilt wine all over her skirt — sie hat sich (Dat.) Wein über den ganzen Rock geschüttet

all over the world — in der ganzen Welt

4) (round about) (indicating position) über (+ Dat.); (indicating motion) über (+ Akk.)

a sense of gloom hung over him — ihn umgab eine gedrückte Stimmung

5) (on account of) wegen

laugh over something — über etwas (Akk.) lachen

6) (engaged with) bei

take trouble over something — sich (Dat.) mit etwas Mühe geben

be a long time over something — lange für etwas brauchen

over work/dinner/a cup of tea — bei der Arbeit/beim Essen/bei einer Tasse Tee

7) (superior to, in charge of) über (+ Akk.)

have command/authority over somebody — Befehlsgewalt über jemanden/Weisungsbefugnis gegenüber jemandem haben

be over somebody — (in rank) über jemandem stehen

8) (beyond, more than) über (+ Akk.)

an increase over last year's total — eine Zunahme gegenüber der letztjährigen Gesamtmenge

it's been over a month since... — es ist über einen Monat her, dass...

over and above — zusätzlich zu

9) (in comparison with)

a decrease over last year — eine Abnahme gegenüber dem letzten Jahr

10) (out and down from etc.) über (+ Akk.)

look over a wall — über eine Mauer sehen

the window looks over the street — das Fenster geht zur Straße hinaus

fall over a cliff — von einem Felsen stürzen

11) (across) über (+ Akk.)

the pub over the road — die Wirtschaft auf der anderen Straßenseite od. gegenüber

climb over the wall — über die Mauer steigen od. klettern

be over the worst — das Schlimmste hinter sich (Dat.) od. überstanden haben

be over an illness — eine Krankheit überstanden haben

12) (throughout, during) über (+ Akk.)

stay over Christmas/the weekend/Wednesday — über Weihnachten/das Wochenende/bis Donnerstag bleiben

over the summer — den Sommer über

over the past years — in den letzten Jahren

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adj.

aus adj.

vorbei adj.

übermäßig adj. prep.

hinüber präp.

über präp.

English-german dictionary > over
18 Mathematics

   1) The World of Mathematics Is Really a Beautiful World

   The world of mathematics, which you contemn, is really a beautiful world; it has nothing to do with life and death and human sordidness, but is eternal, cold and passionless. To me pure mathematics is one of the highest forms of art; it has a sublimity quite special to itself, and an immense dignity derived from the fact that its world is exempt from change and time. I am quite serious in this....
athematics is the only thing we know of that is capable of perfection; in thinking about it we become Gods. (Russell [to Helen Thomas, 30 December 1901], 1992, Letter No. 98, p. 224)

   2) Why Mathematics Works

   One of the deepest problems of nature is the success of mathematics as a language for describing and discovering features of physical reality. In short, why does mathematics work?...

   We humans have stripped back the clouds that cloak our understanding of our cosmic beginning and our current persistence to the stage that exposes the mathematical structure of the world more clearly than it has ever been observed before.... Furthermore, the attention of seriously equipped thinkers, those thinkers we call scientists, is at last beginning to turn to that other great conundrum of being: consciousness.... If we can understand why that supreme construct of the human intellect, that archdisembodiment of intellect, mathematics, works as a description of the world, then maybe we shall have an insight into cognition....

   The name deep structuralism is intended to convey the idea that the physical world has the same logical structure as mathematics. By implication, the reason why mathematics works as a description of physical reality is that they share the same logical structure.

... By weak deep structuralism I shall mean that mathematics and physical reality merely share the same logical structure and mathematics is a mirror that can be held up to nature. By strong deep structuralism I shall mean that mathematics and physical reality do not merely share the same logical structure but are actually the same. In other words, according to the hypothesis of strong deep structuralism, physical reality is mathematics and mathematics is physical reality.... The reason why we may be conscious of the world, including the inner, introspective world of emotion and intellect, may be that our brains are material portrayals of the same deep structure. That may also be the reason why brains can generate the mathematics that we need to comprehend the world. (Atkins, 1992, pp. 99-101, 109-111)

Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Mathematics
19 right

1. adjective
1) (just, morally good) richtig

it is only right [and proper] to do something/that somebody should do something — es ist nur recht und billig, etwas zu tun/dass jemand etwas tut

2) (correct, true) richtig

right enough — völlig richtig

you're [quite] right — du hast [völlig] recht

too right! — (coll.) allerdings!

how right you are! — wie recht du hast!

be right in something — recht mit etwas haben

let's get it right this time! — machen wir es diesmal besser!

is that clock right? — geht die Uhr da richtig?

have you got the right fare? — haben Sie das Fahrgeld passend?

put or set right — richtig stellen [Irrtum]; wieder gutmachen [Unrecht]; berichtigen [Fehler]; bereinigen [Missverständnis]; wieder in Ordnung bringen [Situation, Angelegenheit, Gerät]

put or set somebody right — jemanden berichtigen od. korrigieren

right [you are]!, (Brit.) right oh! — (coll.) okay! (ugs.); alles klar! (ugs.)

that's right — ja[wohl]; so ist es

is that right? — stimmt das?; (indeed?) aha!

[am I] right? — nicht [wahr]?; oder [nicht]? (ugs.); see also academic.ru/1723/all">all 3.

3) (preferable, most suitable) richtig; recht

do something the right way — etwas richtig machen

say/do the right thing — das Richtige sagen/tun

4) (sound, sane) richtig

not be quite right in the head — nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein

as right as rain — (coll.) (in health) gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser; (satisfactory) in bester Ordnung

put somebody right — (restore to health) jemanden [wieder] auf die Beine bringen; see also mind 1. 7)

5)

you're a right one! — (coll.) du bist mir der/die Richtige!

6) (opposite of left) recht...

on the right side — auf der rechten Seite; rechts; see also turn 1. 3)

be somebody's right arm — (fig.) jemandes rechte Hand sein

7)

Right — (Polit.) recht... See also right side
2. transitive verb
1) (correct) berichtigen; richtig stellen

2) (restore to upright position) [wieder] aufrichten; [Boot usw.:]

right itself — sich [von selbst] [wieder] aufrichten; (fig.): (come to proper state) [Mangel:] sich [von selbst] geben
3. noun
1) (fair claim, authority) Recht, das; Anrecht, das

have a/no right to something — ein/kein Anrecht od. Recht auf etwas (Akk.) haben

have a or the/no right to do something — das/kein Recht haben, etwas zu tun

by right of — auf Grund (+ Gen.)

belong to somebody as of or by right — jemandes rechtmäßiges Eigentum sein

what right has he [got] to do that? — mit welchem Recht tut er das?

in one's own right — aus eigenem Recht

the right to work/life — das Recht auf Arbeit/Leben

right of way — (right to pass across) Wegerecht, das; (path) öffentlicher Weg; (precedence) Vorfahrtsrecht, das

who has the right of way? — wer hat Vorfahrt?

be within one's rights to do something — etwas mit [Fug und] Recht tun können

2) (what is just) Recht, das

right is on our side — das Recht ist auf unserer Seite

by right[s] — von Rechts wegen

do right — sich richtig verhalten; richtig handeln

do right to do something — recht daran tun, etwas zu tun

in the right — im Recht

3) (right-hand side) rechte Seite

move to the right — nach rechts rücken

on or to the right [of somebody/something] — rechts [von jemandem/etwas]

on or to my right, to the right of me — rechts von mir; zu meiner Rechten

drive on the right — rechts fahren

4) (Polit.)

the Right — die Rechte

be on the Right of the party — dem rechten Flügel der Partei angehören

5) in pl. (proper state)

set or put something to rights — etwas in Ordnung bringen

6) (in marching) see left II 3. 4)

7) (Boxing) Rechte, die
4. adverb
1) (properly, correctly, justly) richtig [machen, raten, halten]

go right — (succeed) klappen (ugs.)

nothing is going right for me today — bei mir klappt heute nichts (ugs.)

2) (to the side opposite left) nach rechts

right of the road — rechts von der Straße

3) (all the way) bis ganz; (completely) ganz; völlig

right through the summer — den ganzen Sommer hindurch

right round the house — ums ganze Haus [herum]

rotten right through — durch und durch verfault

4) (exactly) genau

right in the middle of something — mitten in etwas (Dat./Akk.)

right now — im Moment; jetzt sofort, gleich [handeln]

right at the beginning — gleich am Anfang

right on! — (coll.) (approving) recht so!; so ist's recht!; (agreeing) genau!; ganz recht!

5) (straight) direkt; genau

go right on [the way one is going] — [weiter] geradeaus gehen od. fahren

6) (coll.): (immediately)

right [away/off] — sofort; gleich

7) (arch./dial.): (very) sehr

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1. adjective
1) (on or related to the side of the body which in most people has the more skilful hand, or to the side of a person or thing which is toward the east when that person or thing is facing north (opposite to left): When I'm writing, I hold my pen in my right hand.) rechts

2) (correct: Put that book back in the right place; Is that the right answer to the question?) richtig

3) (morally correct; good: It's not right to let thieves keep what they have stolen.) richtig

4) (suitable; appropriate: He's not the right man for this job; When would be the right time to ask him?) richtig
2. noun
1) (something a person is, or ought to be, allowed to have, do etc: Everyone has the right to a fair trial; You must fight for your rights; You have no right to say that.) das Recht

2) (that which is correct or good: Who's in the right in this argument?) das Recht, im Rechten

3) (the right side, part or direction: Turn to the right; Take the second road on the right.)

4) (in politics, the people, group, party or parties holding the more traditional beliefs etc.) die Rechten
3. adverb
1) (exactly: He was standing right here.) direkt

2) (immediately: I'll go right after lunch; I'll come right down.) sofort

3) (close: He was standing right beside me.) direkt

4) (completely; all the way: The bullet went right through his arm.) ganz

5) (to the right: Turn right.) rechts

6) (correctly: Have I done that right?; I don't think this sum is going to turn out right.) richtig
4. verb
1) (to bring back to the correct, usually upright, position: The boat tipped over, but righted itself again.) (auf)richten

2) (to put an end to and make up for something wrong that has been done: He's like a medieval knight, going about the country looking for wrongs to right.) wiedergutmachen
5. interjection
(I understand; I'll do what you say etc: `I want you to type some letters for me.' `Right, I'll do them now.') gut

- righteous
- righteously
- righteousness
- rightful
- rightfully
- rightly
- rightness
- righto
- right-oh
- rights
- right angle
- right-angled
- right-hand
- right-handed
- right wing 6. adjective
((right-wing) (having opinions which are) of this sort.) richtig

- right-winger
- by rights
- by right
- get
- keep on the right side of
- get right
- go right
- not in one's right mind
- not quite right in the head
- not right in the head
- put right
- put/set to rights
- right away
- right-hand man
- right now
- right of way
- serve right
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right

[raɪt]

I. ADJECTIVE

1. inv (morally good) richtig; (fair) gerecht

it was \right of you to tell me es war richtig von dir, es mir zu sagen

you're \right to be annoyed du bist zu Recht verärgert

to do the \right thing das Richtige tun

\right and proper recht und billig

2. inv (correct) answer, direction, order, position richtig; time genau

were you given the \right change? hat man dir richtig herausgegeben?

do you have the \right time? können Sie mir bitte sagen, wie spät es ist?

is your watch \right? geht deine Uhr richtig?

the \right way round [or AM around] richtig herum

to get sth \right etw richtig machen

you got three answers \right du hast drei Antworten richtig

did you get that sum \right? hast du [da] richtig gerechnet?

to put sth \right etw richtigstellen

to put a clock \right eine Uhr richtig einstellen

to put matters \right Tatsachen richtigstellen

to put sb \right jdn berichtigen

3. pred, inv (correct in opinion)

am I \right in thinking that... gehe ich recht in der Annahme, dass...

you were \right about him Sie haben was ihn angeht Recht gehabt

to put [or set] sb \right ( fam) jdn eines Besseren belehren

4. inv (interrogative) oder, richtig

you're leaving tomorrow, \right? Sie haben doch vor, morgen abzureisen, oder [o richtig]?

5. inv (best) richtig

he's the \right person for the job er ist der Richtige für den Job

he thought the time was \right to... er dachte, das sei der passende [o richtige] Zeitpunkt, um...

to be on the \right lines auf dem richtigen Weg sein

to be in the \right place at the \right time zur rechten Zeit am rechten Ort sein

6. inv (important) people, places richtig

7. pred, inv (working correctly) in Ordnung

something isn't quite \right with the brakes irgendetwas stimmt mit den Bremsen nicht [ganz] fam

to put a machine \right eine Maschine reparieren [o in Ordnung bringen

8. inv (healthy)

to put [or set] sb \right jdn gesund machen

to be not [quite] \right in the head ( fam) nicht [ganz] richtig im Kopf sein fam

to be/be not in one's \right mind [ganz]/nicht [ganz] bei Verstand sein

to be as \right as rain ( fam) sich akk gut [o kerngesund] fühlen

9. inv (not left) rechte(r, s)

I would give my \right hand to meet the President ( fam) ich würde alles dafür geben, [um] mal den Präsidenten zu treffen fam

\right helix CHEM rechtsdrehende Helix

a \right hook SPORT ein rechter Haken

to make a \right turn rechts abbiegen

10. inv (conservative) rechte(r, s)

11. attr, inv esp BRIT ( fam: complete) völlige(r, s), totale(r, s) fam

he's a \right idiot er ist ein Vollidiot [o totaler Idiot] fam

12. inv BRIT ( fam: foolish)

a \right one ein Dummkopf m fam

we've got a \right one here! hier haben wir ja einen richtigen Knallkopf! fam

II. ADVERB

inv

1. inv (completely) völlig, ganz

the car ran \right out of fuel der Tank war völlig leer

she walked \right past me sie lief direkt an mir vorbei

\right through durch und durch

to be \right behind sb voll [und ganz] hinter jdm stehen

2. inv (all the way) ganz; (directly) genau, direkt

I filled the bath \right up to the top ich habe die Badewanne [bis zum Rand] volllaufen lassen

she came up \right behind me plötzlich stand sie direkt hinter mir

3. inv ( fam: immediately) gleich

he'll be \right back er ist gleich [wieder] zurück

I'll be \right with you ich komme sofort

\right now gleich jetzt, im Moment

4. inv (correctly) richtig

\right on! ( fam) ganz genau!

\right enough ( fam) völlig richtig

it's a hard job \right enough es ist ein echt harter Job

to guess \right richtig raten

5. inv (morally good)

to do \right by sb sich akk jdm gegenüber anständig [o korrekt] verhalten

6. inv (properly) gut

to go \right gut laufen; (end) gut ausgehen

things have been going \right for me es läuft gut für mich

7. inv (not left) rechts

to go [or turn] \right [nach] rechts abbiegen

8. inv BRIT ( form: in titles)

the R\right Honourable Sarah Bast, MP die sehr Ehrenwerte Sarah Bast, Mitglied des Parlaments

the R\right Reverend John Jones Bischof John Jones

9.

▶ \right away [or BRIT also ( fam) off] sofort, [jetzt] gerade fam

III. NOUN

1. no pl (goodness) Recht nt

the difference between \right and wrong der Unterschied zwischen Recht und Unrecht

2. (morally correct thing) das Richtige

to discuss the \rights and wrongs of sth [über] das Für und Wider [o das Pro und Kontra] einer S. gen diskutieren

3. (claim, entitlement) Recht nt

the \right to sth das Anrecht auf etw akk

\right of abode Wohnrecht nt

\right of asylum Asylrecht nt

\right of determination Bestimmungsrecht nt

\right of entry Eintrittsrecht nt

\right of free speech Recht nt auf freie Meinungsäußerung

\right of indemnity Ersatzanspruch m

\right of inspection Einsichtsrecht nt

\right of lien Pfandrecht nt

\right of recourse Rückgriffsrecht nt

\right to recourse Regressrecht nt

\right of residence Wohnrecht nt

women's \rights die Frauenrechte pl, die Rechte pl der Frau[en]

pre-emptive \right ECON Bezugsrecht nt fachspr

established \right Gewohnheitsrecht nt

it is sb's [legal] \right to do sth es ist jds gutes Recht, etw zu tun

it's my \right as a doctor to... es ist mein Recht als Arzt, zu...

to be within one's \rights to do sth das Recht haben, etw zu tun; (I am within my rights) das ist mein gutes Recht

to have the \right to do sth das Recht haben, etw zu tun

what \right have you got to criticize me? was gibt dir das Recht, mich zu kritisieren?

to know one's \rights seine Rechte kennen

to stand up for one's \rights für seine Rechte einstehen

by \rights von Rechts wegen

4. (authority, ownership)

▪ \rights pl Rechte pl (to an + dat)

fishing \rights Fischereirechte pl

5. no pl (right side) rechte Seite

on [or to] the \right rechts, auf der rechten Seite, zur Rechten geh

on my/her \right rechts [von mir/ihr], zu meiner/ihrer Rechten geh

6. no pl (turn)

to make [or take] [or AM ( fam) hang] a \right [nach] rechts abbiegen

7. no pl (road)

the first/second \right die erste/zweite [Straße] rechts

take the second \right fahren Sie die zweite rechts [rein fam]

8. (fist) Rechte f; (blow) rechter Haken

9. + sing/pl vb POL

▪ the R\right die Rechte

the far \right die Rechtsextremen pl

on the \right im rechten Lager

10.

▶ by \right of sth aufgrund einer S. gen

▶ to be in the \right im Recht sein

▶ in one's own \right selber

▶ to put [or set] sth to \rights etw in Ordnung bringen

to put [or set] the world to \rights die Welt verbessern

IV. TRANSITIVE VERB

1.

▪ to \right sth (correct position) etw aufrichten; (correct condition) etw in Ordnung bringen

the boat will \right itself if it capsizes das Boot balanciert sich von selbst wieder aus, wenn es kentert

2. (rectify)

to \right a mistake/wrong einen Fehler/ein Unrecht wiedergutmachen

V. INTERJECTION

( fam)

1. (okay) in Ordnung, okay fam

\right you are! in Ordnung!

2. BRIT ( fam: agreed)

too \right! wohl [o nur zu] wahr!

3. (filler word) also

so we were on our way to work, \right, when... also, wir waren auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, als...

4. (as introduction)

\right, let's go also, nichts wie los fam

5. AUS (reassuring) nur keine Sorge

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[raɪt]
1. adj

1) (= just, fair, morally good) richtig, recht (S Ger)

it isn't right to lie — es ist nicht richtig or recht zu lügen

he thought it right to warn me — er hielt es für richtig, mich zu warnen

it seemed only right to give him the money — es schien richtig, ihm das Geld zu geben

it's only right (and proper) — es ist nur recht und billig

it is only right to point out that... — es ist nur recht und billig, wenn man darauf hinweist, dass...

to do the right thing by sb — sich jdm gegenüber anständig benehmen

2) (= true, correct) answer, solution, time, train richtig

to be right (person) — recht haben; (answer, solution) richtig sein, stimmen; (clock) richtig gehen

what's the right time? — wie viel Uhr ist es genau?

you're quite right — Sie haben ganz recht

how right you are! (inf) — da haben Sie ganz recht

you were right to refuse or in refusing — Sie hatten recht, als Sie ablehnten

my guess was right — ich habe richtig geraten

let's get it right this time! — mach es dieses Mal richtig; (in reporting facts etc) sag es dieses Mal richtig

to put or set right (error) — korrigieren; clock richtig stellen; situation wieder in Ordnung bringen

I tried to put things right after their quarrel — ich versuchte, nach ihrem Streit wieder einzulenken

3) (= proper) clothes, document richtig

what's the right thing to do in this case? —

to come at the right time — zur rechten Zeit kommen

to do sth the right way — etw richtig machen

that is the right way of looking at it —

the right man for the job — der rechte or richtige Mann für die Stelle

Mr/Miss Right (inf) — der/die Richtige (inf)

we will do what is right for the country —

to know the right people — die richtigen Leute kennen

4)

(= well) the medicine soon put or set him right — die Medizin hat ihn schnell wiederhergestellt or wieder auf die Beine gebracht

I don't feel quite right today — ich fühle mich heute nicht ganz wohl

to be as right as rain (Brit) — kerngesund sein; (after accident) keine Schramme abbekommen haben (inf)

to put the engine right — den Motor reparieren

the plumber put things right — der Klempner brachte alles wieder in Ordnung

to be in one's right mind — klar bei Verstand sein

nobody in their right mind would... — kein vernünftiger Mensch würde...

who in their right mind would...? — welcher vernünftige Mensch würde...?

he's not right in the head (inf) — bei ihm stimmts nicht im Oberstübchen (inf)

See:

→ all right

5)

(phrases) right you are! ( Brit inf ) — gut, schön, okay (inf)

right on! ( esp US inf ) — super! (sl)

that's right, dear, put it on the table — schön, stell es bitte auf den Tisch

so they came in the end – is that right? — und so kamen sie schließlich – wirklich?

right enough! — (das) stimmt!

it's a right mess in there ( Brit inf ) — das ist vielleicht ein Durcheinander hier (inf)

he's a right fool! ( Brit inf ) — er ist wirklich doof (inf)

you're a right one ( Brit inf ) — du bist mir der Richtige (inf)

6) (= opposite of left) rechte(r, s)

right hand —

I'd give my right hand to know the answer — ich würde was drum geben, wenn ich die Antwort wüsste (inf)

on your right hand — rechter Hand, rechts

7)

the right side of the material — die rechte Seite (des Stoffes)

2. adv

1) (= straight, directly) direkt; (= exactly) genau

right in front/ahead of you — direkt or genau vor Ihnen

go right on — gehen/fahren Sie geradeaus weiter

right here — genau hier

right in the middle — genau or direkt in der/die Mitte

right at the beginning — gleich am Anfang

I'll be right with you — ich bin gleich da

it hit me right in the face — der Schlag traf mich genau or voll ins Gesicht

2) (= completely, all the way) ganz

right round the house — ganz um das Haus herum; (inside) durch das ganze Haus

right through (drive, go) —

rotten right through — durch und durch verfault or (fig) verdorben

3) (= correctly) richtig

to guess right — richtig raten

you did right to refuse — es war richtig (von Ihnen) abzulehnen

if everything goes right — wenn alles klappt (inf)

nothing goes right for them — nichts klappt bei ihnen (inf), bei ihnen läuft alles schief (inf)

if I get you right (inf) — wenn ich Sie (da) richtig verstehe

I'll see you right (inf) — ich werde aufpassen, dass Sie nicht zu kurz kommen (inf)

See:

→ serve

4) (old, dial: very) sehr; (Brit)

the Right Honourable John Smith MP — der Abgeordnete John Smith

5) (= opposite of left) rechts

it is right of the bridge — es ist rechts von der Brücke

turn right — biegen Sie rechts ab

to be cheated right, left and centre or right and left (inf) — von vorne bis hinten betrogen werden (inf)

or center ( US inf ) — bei Gott und der Welt Schulden haben (inf)

3. n

1) no pl (moral, legal) Recht nt

he doesn't know right from wrong — er kann Recht und Unrecht nicht auseinanderhalten

I want to know the rights and wrongs of it first — ich möchte erst beide Seiten kennenlernen

to be in the right — im Recht sein

2) (= entitlement) Recht nt; (to sth) (An)recht nt, Anspruch m

(to have) a right to sth — ein (An)recht or einen Anspruch auf etw (acc)

to have a or the right to do sth — ein or das Recht haben, etw zu tun

what right have you to say that? — mit welchem Recht sagen Sie das?

by what right? — mit welchem Recht?

he is within his rights — das ist sein gutes Recht

by rights — rechtmäßig, von Rechts wegen

in one's own right —

the divine right (of kings) — das Gottesgnadentum

See:

→ civil rights

3) pl (COMM) Rechte pl

to have the ( sole) rights to sth — die (alleinigen) Rechte an etw (dat) haben

4)

to put or set sth to rights — etw (wieder) in Ordnung bringen

to put things or the world to rights — die Welt verbessern

5) (= not left) rechte Seite

to drive on the right — rechts fahren

to keep to the right — sich rechts halten, rechts bleiben

on my right — rechts (von mir)

on or to the right of the church — rechts von der Kirche

the Right (Pol) — die Rechte

those to the right of him (Pol) — diejenigen, die weiter rechts stehen als er

4. vt

1) (= return to upright position) aufrichten

2) (= make amends for) wrong wiedergutmachen

3)

the problem should right itself (fig) — das Problem müsste sich von selbst lösen

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right [raıt]

A adj (adv → C und rightly)

1. richtig, recht, angemessen:

it is only right (and proper) es ist nur recht und billig ( that dass);

he is right to do ( oder in doing) so er hat recht oder er tut recht daran(, so zu handeln);

he does not do it the right way er macht es nicht richtig;

the right thing das Richtige;

say the right thing das rechte Wort finden;

think it right es für richtig oder angebracht halten;

know the right people die richtigen Leute kennen, Beziehungen haben; → all Bes Redew

2. richtig:

a) korrekt

b) den Tatsachen entsprechend, wahr (-heitsgemäß):

the solution is right die Lösung stimmt oder ist richtig;

is your watch right? geht Ihre Uhr richtig?;

am I right for …? bin ich auf dem richtigen Weg nach …?;

be right recht haben;

right you are! richtig!, jawohl!;

that’s right! ganz recht!, richtig!, stimmt!;

prove sb right beweisen, dass jemand recht hat; jemandem recht geben (Ereignis);

right? umg richtig?, nicht wahr?;

right oh → righto

3. richtig, geeignet:

he is the right man er ist der Richtige;

the right man in the right place der rechte Mann am rechten Platz;

Mr (Miss) Right umg der (die) Richtige (als Ehepartner)

4. gesund:

out of one’s right mind, not right in one’s ( oder the) head umg nicht richtig (im Kopf), nicht ganz oder recht bei Trost;

in one’s right mind, quite right in one’s ( oder the) mind bei klarem Verstand; → rain A 1

5. richtig, in Ordnung:

come right in Ordnung kommen;

put ( oder set) right

a) in Ordnung bringen,

b) jemanden aufklären (on über akk),

c) einen Irrtum richtigstellen,

d) jemanden gesund machen;

put o.s. right with sb

a) sich vor jemandem rechtfertigen,

b) sich mit jemandem gut stellen

6. recht(er, e, es), Rechts…:

right hand rechte Hand (a. fig Vertrauensperson);

right side

a) rechte Seite, Oberseite f (auch von Stoffen, Münzen etc),

b) fig schöne(re) Seite;

on ( oder to) the right side rechts, rechter Hand;

on the right side of 50 noch nicht 50 (Jahre alt);

stay on the right side of sb es sich mit jemandem nicht verderben; → arm¹ Bes Redew

7. obs rechtmäßig (Erbe etc)

8. MATH

a) rechter (Winkel): → angle¹ A 1

b) rechtwink(e)lig (Dreieck)

c) gerade (Linie)

d) senkrecht (Figur)

9. POL recht(er, e, es), rechtsgerichtet, Rechts…:

be very right sehr weit rechts stehen

B s

1. besonders JUR Recht n:

as of right von Rechts wegen, kraft Gesetzes;

by rights eigentlich;

in the right im Recht;

right or wrong Recht od Unrecht;

know right from wrong Recht von Unrecht unterscheiden können;

do sb right jemandem Gerechtigkeit widerfahren lassen;

give sb their rights jemandem sein Recht geben oder lassen

2. JUR

a) (subjektives) Recht, Anrecht n, (Rechts)Anspruch m ( alle:

to auf akk)

b) Berechtigung f:

right of inheritance Erbschaftsanspruch;

right of possession Eigentumsrecht;

right of sale Verkaufs-, Vertriebsrecht;

right to vote Wahl-, Stimmrecht;

rights and duties Rechte und Pflichten;

by right of kraft (gen), aufgrund von (od gen);

in right of his wife

a) im Namen seiner Frau,

b) vonseiten seiner Frau;

have a right to (ein) Anrecht haben auf;

know one’s rights seine Rechte kennen;

stand on one’s right(s) auf seinem Recht bestehen;

in one’s own right

a) aus eigenem Recht,

b) selbstständig, für sich (allein), selbst;

countess in her own right Gräfin f aus eigenem Recht (durch Erbrecht, nicht durch Ehe);

be within one’s own rights das Recht auf seiner Seite haben;

what right have they to do that? mit welchem Recht tun sie das?;

equal rights pl for women die Gleichberechtigung der Frau; → assemble B, assembly 1, common B 2, exist 1, privacy 2, reserve A 5, right of way, self-determination

3. WIRTSCH

a) (Ankaufs-, Vorkaufs) Recht n, Berechtigung f

b) oft pl Bezugsrecht n (auf Aktien oder Obligationen)

c) Bezug(s)schein m

4. (das) Rechte oder Richtige:

do the right

5. pl (richtige) Ordnung:

bring ( oder put, set) sth to rights etwas (wieder) in Ordnung bringen;

the world was set to rights again die Welt war wieder in Ordnung

6. pl wahrer Sachverhalt

7. (die) Rechte, rechte Seite (auch von Stoff):

on ( oder at, to) the right (of) zur Rechten (gen), rechts (von), auf der rechten Seite (von oder gen), rechter Hand (von);

on our right zu unserer Rechten, uns zur Rechten;

the second turning to ( oder on) the right die zweite Querstraße rechts;

keep to the right

a) sich rechts halten,

b) AUTO rechts fahren;

be to the right of POL rechts stehen von

8. rechte Hand, Rechte f

9. Boxen: Rechte f (Hand oder Schlag)

10. the right, auch the Right POL die Rechte

11. pl JAGD unterste Enden pl (des Hirschgeweihs)

C adv

1. gerade(wegs), direkt:

right ahead ( oder on) geradeaus

2. völlig, ganz (u. gar):

turn right round sich ganz herumdrehen;

rotten right through durch und durch faul

3. genau, direkt:

right in the middle

4. auch right away ( oder off) sofort, (so)gleich:

right at the outset gleich am Anfang;

I’ll be right back ich bin gleich wieder da;

right now (gerade) jetzt, augenblicklich, im Moment; → start A 4

5. richtig, recht:

act ( oder do) right richtig handeln;

you did right to inf es war richtig von dir, dass du …;

guess right richtig (er)raten;

if I get you right wenn ich Sie richtig verstehe; → serve B 11

6. obs recht, ganz:

know right well sehr wohl oder recht gut wissen

7. recht, richtig, gut:

nothing goes right with me (bei) mit geht alles schief;

turn out right gut ausgehen

8. rechts ( from von; to nach), auf der rechten Seite, rechter Hand:

turn right (sich) nach rechts wenden;

right and left

a) rechts und links,

b) fig a. right, left and center (bes Br centre) überall;

right about face! MIL (ganze Abteilung,) kehrt!

9. dial oder umg richtig:

I was right glad

10. hoch, sehr (in Titeln): → honorable 5, reverend A 2

D v/t

1. (aus-, auf)richten, in die richtige Lage bringen:

right the machine FLUG die Maschine abfangen;

the boat rights herself das Schiff richtet sich wieder auf

2. einen Fehler, Irrtum berichtigen:

right itself

a) sich wieder ausgleichen,

b) (wieder) in Ordnung kommen

3. ein Zimmer etc (her)richten, in Ordnung bringen

4. ein Unrecht, einen Schaden etc wiedergutmachen

5. a) jemandem zu seinem Recht verhelfen

b)(o.s. sich) rehabilitieren

E v/i

a) sich (wieder) aufrichten

b) in die richtige Lage kommen

rt abk right

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1. adjective
1) (just, morally good) richtig

it is only right [and proper] to do something/that somebody should do something — es ist nur recht und billig, etwas zu tun/dass jemand etwas tut

2) (correct, true) richtig

right enough — völlig richtig

you're [quite] right — du hast [völlig] recht

too right! — (coll.) allerdings!

how right you are! — wie recht du hast!

be right in something — recht mit etwas haben

let's get it right this time! — machen wir es diesmal besser!

is that clock right? — geht die Uhr da richtig?

have you got the right fare? — haben Sie das Fahrgeld passend?

put or set right — richtig stellen [Irrtum]; wieder gutmachen [Unrecht]; berichtigen [Fehler]; bereinigen [Missverständnis]; wieder in Ordnung bringen [Situation, Angelegenheit, Gerät]

put or set somebody right — jemanden berichtigen od. korrigieren

right [you are]!, (Brit.) right oh! — (coll.) okay! (ugs.); alles klar! (ugs.)

that's right — ja[wohl]; so ist es

is that right? — stimmt das?; (indeed?) aha!

[am I] right? — nicht [wahr]?; oder [nicht]? (ugs.); see also all 3.

3) (preferable, most suitable) richtig; recht

do something the right way — etwas richtig machen

say/do the right thing — das Richtige sagen/tun

4) (sound, sane) richtig

not be quite right in the head — nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein

as right as rain — (coll.) (in health) gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser; (satisfactory) in bester Ordnung

put somebody right — (restore to health) jemanden [wieder] auf die Beine bringen; see also mind 1. 7)

5)

you're a right one! — (coll.) du bist mir der/die Richtige!

6) (opposite of left) recht...

on the right side — auf der rechten Seite; rechts; see also turn 1. 3)

be somebody's right arm — (fig.) jemandes rechte Hand sein

7)

Right — (Polit.) recht... See also right side
2. transitive verb
1) (correct) berichtigen; richtig stellen

2) (restore to upright position) [wieder] aufrichten; [Boot usw.:]

right itself — sich [von selbst] [wieder] aufrichten; (fig.): (come to proper state) [Mangel:] sich [von selbst] geben
3. noun
1) (fair claim, authority) Recht, das; Anrecht, das

have a/no right to something — ein/kein Anrecht od. Recht auf etwas (Akk.) haben

have a or the/no right to do something — das/kein Recht haben, etwas zu tun

by right of — auf Grund (+ Gen.)

belong to somebody as of or by right — jemandes rechtmäßiges Eigentum sein

what right has he [got] to do that? — mit welchem Recht tut er das?

in one's own right — aus eigenem Recht

the right to work/life — das Recht auf Arbeit/Leben

right of way — (right to pass across) Wegerecht, das; (path) öffentlicher Weg; (precedence) Vorfahrtsrecht, das

who has the right of way? — wer hat Vorfahrt?

be within one's rights to do something — etwas mit [Fug und] Recht tun können

2) (what is just) Recht, das

right is on our side — das Recht ist auf unserer Seite

by right[s] — von Rechts wegen

do right — sich richtig verhalten; richtig handeln

do right to do something — recht daran tun, etwas zu tun

in the right — im Recht

3) (right-hand side) rechte Seite

move to the right — nach rechts rücken

on or to the right [of somebody/something] — rechts [von jemandem/etwas]

on or to my right, to the right of me — rechts von mir; zu meiner Rechten

drive on the right — rechts fahren

4) (Polit.)

the Right — die Rechte

be on the Right of the party — dem rechten Flügel der Partei angehören

5) in pl. (proper state)

set or put something to rights — etwas in Ordnung bringen

6) (in marching) see left II 3. 4)

7) (Boxing) Rechte, die
4. adverb
1) (properly, correctly, justly) richtig [machen, raten, halten]

go right — (succeed) klappen (ugs.)

nothing is going right for me today — bei mir klappt heute nichts (ugs.)

2) (to the side opposite left) nach rechts

right of the road — rechts von der Straße

3) (all the way) bis ganz; (completely) ganz; völlig

right through the summer — den ganzen Sommer hindurch

right round the house — ums ganze Haus [herum]

rotten right through — durch und durch verfault

4) (exactly) genau

right in the middle of something — mitten in etwas (Dat./Akk.)

right now — im Moment; jetzt sofort, gleich [handeln]

right at the beginning — gleich am Anfang

right on! — (coll.) (approving) recht so!; so ist's recht!; (agreeing) genau!; ganz recht!

5) (straight) direkt; genau

go right on [the way one is going] — [weiter] geradeaus gehen od. fahren

6) (coll.): (immediately)

right [away/off] — sofort; gleich

7) (arch./dial.): (very) sehr

* * *

adj.

genau adj.

gerade adj.

gleich adj.

recht adj.

rechts adj.

richtig adj.

sehr adj. adv.

genau adv.

recht adv.

richtig adv. n.

Berechtigung f.

Recht -e n.

English-german dictionary > right
20 Emigration

   Traditionally, Portugal has been a country with a history of emigration to foreign lands, as well as to the overseas empire. During the early centuries of empire, only relatively small numbers of Portuguese emigrated to reside permanently in its colonies. After the establishment of the second, largely Brazilian empire in the 17th century, however, greater numbers of Portuguese left to seek their fortunes outside Europe. It was only toward the end of the 19th century, however, that Portuguese emigration became a mass movement, at first, largely to Brazil. While Portuguese-speaking Brazil was by far the most popular destination for the majority of Portuguese emigrants in early modern and modern times, after 1830, the United States and later Venezuela also became common destinations.

   Portuguese emigration patterns have changed in the 20th century and, as the Portuguese historian and economist Oliveira Martins wrote before the turn of the century, Portuguese emigration rates are a kind of national barometer. Crises and related social, political, and economic conditions within Portugal, as well as the presence of established emigrant communities in various countries, emigration laws, and the world economy have combined to shape emigration rates and destinations.

   After World War II, Brazil no longer remained the favorite destination of the majority of Portuguese emigrants who left Portugal to improve their lives and standards of living. Beginning in the 1950s, and swelling into a massive stream in the 1960s and into the 1970s, most Portuguese emigrated to find work in France and, after the change in U.S. immigration laws in the mid-1960s, a steady stream went to North America, including Canada. The emigration figures here indicate that the most intensive emigration years coincided with excessive political turmoil and severe draft (army conscription) laws during the First Republic (1912 was the high point), that emigration dropped during World Wars I and II and during economic downturns such as the Depression, and that the largest flow of Portuguese emigration in history occurred after the onset of the African colonial wars (1961) and into the 1970s, as Portuguese sought emigration as a way to avoid conscription or assignment to Africa.

   1887 17,000

   1900ca. 17,000 (mainly to Brazil)

   1910 39,000

   1912 88,000 (75,000 of these to Brazil)

   1930ca. 30,000 (Great Depression)

   1940ca. 8,800

   1950 41,000

   1955 57,000

   1960 67,000

   1965 131,000

   1970 209,000

    Portuguese Emigration Overseas ( figures rounded off; does not include illegal emigration)

   Despite considerable efforts by Lisbon to divert the stream of emigrants from Brazil or France to the African territories of Angola and Mozambique, this colonization effort failed, and most Portuguese who left Portugal preferred the better pay and security of jobs in France and West Germany or in the United States, Venezuela, and Brazil, where there were more deeply rooted Portuguese emigrant communities. At the time of the Revolution of 25 April 1974, when the military coup in Lisbon signaled the beginning of pressures for the Portuguese settlers to leave Africa, the total number of Portuguese resident in the two larger African territories amounted to about 600,000. In modern times, nonimperial Portuguese emigration has prevailed over imperial emigration and has had a significant impact on Portugal's annual budget (due to emigrants' remittances), the political system (since emigrants have a degree of absentee voting rights), investment and economy, and culture.

   A total of 4 million Portuguese reside and work outside Portugal as of 2009, over one-third of the country's continental and island population. It has also been said that more Portuguese of Azorean descent reside outside the Azores than in the Azores. The following statistics reflect the pattern of Portuguese emigrant communities in the world outside the mother country.

   Overseas Portuguese Communities Population Figures by Country of Residence ( estimates for 2002)

   Brazil 1,000,000

   France 650,000

   S. Africa 600,000

   USA 500,000

   Canada 400,000

   Venezuela 400,000

   W. Europe 175,000 (besides France and Germany)

   Germany 125,000

   Britain (UK) 60,000 (including Channel Islands)

   Lusophone Africa 50,000

   Australia 50,000

   Total: 4,010,000 (estimate)

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Перевод: с английского на все языки

the beginning of the world

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