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1 vouloir

vouloir [vulwaʀ]

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1. transitive verb

2. indirect transitive verb

3. reflexive verb

4. masculine noun

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   a. to want

• vouloir faire qch to want to do sth

• il ne veut pas y aller he doesn't want to go

• il veut absolument un VTT he's desperate to have a mountain bike

• il veut absolument venir he's determined to come

• qu'est-ce qu'ils veulent maintenant ? what do they want now?

• il sait ce qu'il veut he knows what he wants

• il joue bien quand il veut he plays well when he wants to

• tu l'as voulu you asked for it

• tu l'auras voulu it'll have been your own fault

• il en veut (inf) ( = veut réussir) he wants to win

• je ne veux pas qu'il se croie obligé de... I don't want him to feel he has to...

• que lui voulez-vous ? what do you want with him?

• qu'est-ce qu'il me veut, celui-là ? (inf) what does he want from me?

• s'il voulait, il pourrait être ministre if he wanted to, he could be a minister

• vouloir qch de qn to want sth from sb

• que voulez-vous de moi ? what do you want from me?

• vouloir un certain prix de qch to want a certain price for sth

• j'en veux 1 000 € I want 1,000 euros for it(PROV) vouloir, c'est pouvoir(PROV) quand on veut, on peut(PROV) where there's a will there's a way

► vouloir que

• vouloir que qn fasse qch/que qch se fasse to want sb to do sth/sth to be done

• je veux que tu viennes tout de suite I want you to come at once

• il veut absolument qu'elle parte he is determined that she should leave

• il ne veut pas qu'elle y aille he doesn't want her to go

   b. ( = désirer, souhaiter) voulez-vous à boire ? would you like something to drink?

• je voulais vous dire... I meant to tell you...

• elle fait de lui ce qu'elle veut she does what she likes with him

• il voulait partir hier mais... he intended to leave yesterday but...

• ça te dirait d'aller à la mer ? -- je veux ! (inf!) would you like to go to the seaside? -- that would be great! (inf)

• sans vouloir vous vexer no offence meant

• qu'il le veuille ou non whether he likes it or not

• ça va comme tu veux ? (inf) is everything all right?

• comme tu veux as you like

• comme vous voulez as you like

• bon, comme tu voudras all right, have it your own way

• si tu veux if you like

• si vous voulez if you like

• oui, si on veut ( = dans un sens, d'un côté) yes, if you like

• je n'en veux plus I don't want any more

• est-ce que tu en veux ? [+ gâteau] would you like some?

• sans le vouloir unintentionally

► que veux-tu ?

• que veux-tu, c'est comme ça, on n'y peut rien what can you do? that's the way it is and there's nothing we can do about it

• que veux-tu que je te dise ? j'ai perdu what do you want me to say? I lost

   c. (au conditionnel) je voudrais un stylo I would like a pen

• je voudrais écrire I would like to write

• je voudrais qu'il m'écrive I would like him to write to me

• il aurait voulu être médecin he would have liked to be a doctor

• je ne voudrais pas abuser I don't want to impose

• je voudrais bien voir ça ! I'd like to see that!

   d. ( = consentir à) ils ne voulurent pas nous recevoir they wouldn't see us

► bien vouloir

• je veux bien le faire (s'il le faut vraiment) I don't mind doing it ; (enthousiaste) I'm happy to do it

• je veux bien qu'il vienne (s'il le faut vraiment) I don't mind if he comes ; (il n'y a pas d'inconvénient) I'm quite happy for him to come

• je voudrais bien y aller I'd love to go

• tu veux bien leur dire que... would you please tell them that...

• je veux bien encore un peu de café I'd like some more coffee

• encore un peu de thé ? -- je veux bien more tea? -- yes, please

• nous en parlerons plus tard, si vous le voulez bien we'll talk about it later, if you don't mind

• moi je veux bien, mais... fair enough (inf), but...

   e. (formules de politesse) voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance or l'amabilité de... would you be so kind as to...

• voudriez-vous fermer la fenêtre ? would you mind closing the window?

• si vous voulez bien me suivre this way, please

   f. (ordre) veux-tu te taire ! will you be quiet!

• veuillez quitter la pièce immédiatement please leave the room at once

   g. ( = essayer de) to try

• elle voulut se lever mais elle retomba she tried to get up but she fell back

   h. ( = s'attendre à) to expect

• comment voulez-vous que je sache ? how should I know?

• avec 1 000 € par mois, comment veux-tu qu'elle s'en sorte ? how do you expect her to manage on 1,000 euros a month?

• que voulez-vous qu'on y fasse ? what do you expect us (or them etc) to do about it?

   i. ( = affirmer) to claim

• une philosophie qui veut que l'homme soit... a philosophy which claims that man is...

• la légende veut qu'il soit né ici according to legend he was born here

   j. ( = requérir) to require

• l'usage veut que... custom requires that...

• comme le veut la loi according to the law

• comme le veut la tradition according to tradition

   k. ( = faire) [destin, sort] le hasard voulut que... as luck would have it...

• le malheur a voulu qu'il prenne cette route he had the misfortune to take this road

   l. (locutions)

► en vouloir à qn to hold something against sb

• les deux frères s'en veulent à mort the two brothers absolutely hate each other

• en vouloir à qn de qch to hold sth against sb

• il m'en veut beaucoup d'avoir fait cela he holds a tremendous grudge against me for having done that

• je m'en veux d'avoir accepté I could kick myself (inf) for agreeing

• ne m'en veuillez pas don't hold it against me

• ne m'en voulez pas (inf) don't hold it against me

• tu ne m'en veux pas ? no hard feelings?

• je ne t'en veux pas I'm not angry with you► en vouloir à qch to be after sth

• il en veut à son argent he's after her money

• ils en voulaient à sa vie they wanted him dead

• ils en voulaient à sa réputation they wanted to ruin his reputation► vouloir dire to mean

• qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ? what does this mean?

• ça veut dire qu'il ne viendra pas it means he won't come

2. <

• vouloir de qn/qch to want sb/sth

• je ne veux pas de lui comme chauffeur I don't want him as a driver

• je l'accompagnerai si elle veut de moi I'll go with her if she'll have me

3. <

► se vouloir

• ce journal se veut objectif this newspaper claims to be unbiased

• son discours se veut rassurant what he says is meant to be reassuring

4. <

• bon vouloir goodwill

• attendre le bon vouloir de qn to wait on sb's pleasure

• cette décision dépend du bon vouloir du ministre this decision depends on the minister's goodwill

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I
1. vulwaʀ
verbe transitif

1) ( exiger) to want

qu'est-ce qu'ils nous veulent (colloq) encore? — what do they want now?

comme le veut la loi — as the law demands

le règlement voudrait que tu portes une cravate — you're normally required to wear a tie

2) (désirer, souhaiter)

que veux-tu boire? — what do you want to drink?; ( plus poli) what would you like to drink?

comme tu veux — as you wish

je voudrais un kilo de poires — I'd like a kilo of pears

je comprends très bien que tu ne veuilles pas répondre — I can quite understand that you may not wish to reply

il ne suffit pas de vouloir, il faut encore pouvoir — wishing is not enough

il suffisait de vouloir — all you needed was the will to do it

on dira ce qu'on voudra — they can say what they like

tu veux que je te dise, c'est un escroc — I hate to say it, but he is a crook

sans le vouloir — [bousculer, révéler] by accident; [se retrouver] accidentally

il m'a fait mal sans le vouloir — he hurt me without meaning to

‘qu'est-ce qu'on fait ce soir?’ - ‘comme tu veux or voudras’ — ‘what shall we do tonight?’ - ‘whatever you like, it's up to you’

que tu le veuilles ou non — whether you like it or not

elle fait ce qu'elle veut de son mari — she twists her husband around her little finger

elle fait ce qu'elle veut de ses mains — she can do anything with her hands

je ne vous veux aucun mal — I don't wish you any harm

tu ne veux/voudrais pas me faire croire que — you're not telling/trying to tell me that

après ce qu'il a fait, tu voudrais que je lui fasse confiance? — do you expect me to trust him after what he's done?

comment veux-tu que je le sache? — how should I know?

pourquoi voudrais-tu qu'il refuse? — why should he refuse?

que veux-tu, on n'y peut rien! — what can you do, it's hopeless!

j'aurais voulu t'y voir! — (colloq) I'd like to have seen you in the same position!

tu l'auras voulu! — it'll be all your own fault!

3) ( accepter)

voulez-vous fermer la fenêtre? — would you mind closing the window?

voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance de faire — fml would you be so kind as to do

on voudra bien se référer aux ouvrages suivants — please refer to the following works

voulez-vous répéter votre question, s'il vous plaît — would you repeat your question please

veuillez patienter — ( au téléphone) please hold the line

si vous voulez bien me suivre — if you'd like to follow me

veux-tu te taire! — will you be quiet!

ils ont bien voulu nous prêter leur voiture — they were kind enough to lend us their car

elle n'a pas voulu signer — she would not sign

le moteur ne veut pas partir — the engine won't start

elle veut bien prendre ce poste à condition d'être mieux payée — she's happy to take the job on condition that she's paid more

je veux bien te croire — I'm quite prepared to believe you

si l'on veut bien se rappeler que — if one remembers that

je veux bien qu'il soit malade mais — I know he's ill, but

‘ce n'est pas cher/difficile’ - ‘si on veut!’ — ‘it's not expensive/difficult’ - ‘or so you say!’

4) ( signifier)

vouloir dire — to mean

qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? — ( signification) what does that mean?; ( attitude) what's all this about?

tu ne veux pas dire qu'il est médecin? — you don't mean to tell me he's a doctor?

5) ( prétendre)

comme le veut la tradition — as tradition has it

leur théorie veut que — according to their theory

on a voulu voir en lui un pionnier de l'architecture — people tended to see him as a pioneering architect

2.

en vouloir verbe transitif indirect

1) (colloq) ( être déterminé)

il réussira, il en veut! — he wants to get on, and he'll succeed!

2) ( garder rancune)

en vouloir à quelqu'un — to bear a grudge against somebody

je leur en veux de m'avoir trompé — I hold it against them for not being honest with me

ne m'en veux pas — please forgive me

3) ( avoir des vues sur)

en vouloir à quelque chose — to be after something

3.

se vouloir verbe pronominal

1) ( prétendre être) [personne] to like to think of oneself as; [ouvrage, théorie, méthode] to be meant to be

2) ( chercher à être) to try to be

3) ( se reprocher)

s'en vouloir — to be cross with oneself

s'en vouloir de — to regret

je m'en veux d'avoir été si dur avec elle — I really regret being so hard on her

je m'en serais voulu de ne pas vous avoir prévenu — I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn't warned you

il ne faut pas vous en vouloir — you mustn't blame yourself

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vouloir c'est pouvoir — Proverbe where there's a will there's a way

II vulwaʀ
nom masculin Philosophie will

bon vouloir — goodwill

attendre le bon vouloir de quelqu'un — to wait on somebody's pleasure sout

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vulwaʀ
1. vt

1) (= exiger, désirer) to want

Elle veut un vélo pour Noël. — She wants a bike for Christmas.

Elle en veux trois. — She wants three of them.

Je ne veux pas de dessert. — I don't want any pudding.

Il ne veut pas venir. — He doesn't want to come.

Voulez-vous du thé? — Would you like some tea?, Do you want some tea?

Je voudrais ceci. — I would like this one.

Je voudrais faire... — I would like to do...

On va au cinéma? - Si tu veux. — Shall we go to the cinema? - If you like.

vouloir faire — to want to do

vouloir que qn fasse — to want sb to do

Que veux-tu que je te dise? — What do you want me to say?

sans le vouloir (= involontairement) — without meaning to, unintentionally

Je l'ai vexé sans le vouloir. — I upset him without meaning to.

2) [destin, circonstances]

le hasard a voulu que... — as fate would have it,...

la tradition veut que... — Tradition has it that...

3) (souhait vis-à-vis de qn)

vouloir qch à qn — to wish sth for sb

quelqu'un qui vous veut du bien — a well-wisher

que me veut-il? — what does he want with me?

4) (= consentir)

je veux bien (bonne volonté) — I'll be happy to, (concession) fair enough, that's fine, (en acceptant une proposition) I'd love to

Je veux bien le faire à ta place si ça t'arrange. — I don't mind doing it for you if you prefer.

Voulez-vous une tasse de thé? - Je veux bien. — Would you like a cup of tea? - Yes please.

5)

en vouloir à qn (rancune) — to be angry at sb, to bear sb a grudge

Il m'en veut de ne pas l'avoir invité à mon anniversaire. — He's angry at me for not inviting him to my birthday party.

je lui en veux d'avoir fait ça — I resent his having done that

6)

en vouloir à qch (convoitise) — to be after sth

Il en veut à mon argent. — He's after my money.

7) (formules de politesse)

veuillez patienter — please wait

8) (autres locutions)

oui, si on veut (= en quelque sorte) — yes, if you like

en vouloir (= être ambitieux) — to want to get on in life

vouloir de (= être prêt à accepter) — to want

La compagnie ne veut plus de lui. — The firm doesn't want him any more.

Elle ne veut pas de son aide. — She doesn't want his help.

vouloir dire — to mean

Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? — What does that mean?

Que veut dire ce mot? — What does this word mean?

mais enfin, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? — what's all this about then?

2. nm

le bon vouloir de qn — sb's goodwill, sb's pleasure

dépendre du bon vouloir de qn — to depend on sb's goodwill

selon son bon vouloir — at his pleasure

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vouloir verb table: vouloir

A nm Philos will; bon vouloir goodwill; dépendre du bon vouloir de qn to depend on sb's goodwill; attendre le bon vouloir de qn to wait at sb's pleasure sout.

B vtr

1 ( exiger) to want; je veux une voiture/une nouvelle secrétaire I want a car/a new secretary; elle veut partir/que tout soit fini avant 8 heures she wants to leave/everything finished by 8 o'clock; que voulez-vous d'elle? what do you want from her?; qu'est-ce qu'ils nous veulent○ encore? what more do they want of us?; il vend sa voiture, il en veut 3 000 euros he's selling his car, he wants 3,000 euros for it; comme le veut la loi/la coutume as the law/custom demands; le règlement voudrait que tu portes une cravate you're normally required to wear a tie; ⇒ fin;

2 (désirer, souhaiter) que veux-tu boire/pour Noël? what do you want to drink/for Christmas?; ( plus poli) what would you like to drink/for Christmas?; comme tu veux or voudras as you wish; je voudrais un kilo de poires/vous parler en privé I'd like a kilo of pears/to speak to you in private; je comprends très bien que tu ne veuilles pas répondre I can quite understand that you may not wish to reply; tu vois que tu y arrives quand tu (le) veux you see you can do it when you really want to; il ne suffit pas de vouloir, il faut encore pouvoir wishing is not enough; ce n'était pas si difficile que ça, il suffisait de vouloir it wasn't that difficult, all you needed was the will to do it; elle veut/voudrait être astronaute she wants/would like to be an astronaut; je ne veux pas d'elle comme secrétaire I don't want her as a secretary; je ne veux pas de ce tableau dans ma chambre I don't want that picture in my room; je n'en veux pas, de ton argent! I don't want your money!; elle veut ton bonheur or que tu sois heureux she wants you to be happy; je voudrais bien rester/vous aider, mais I would like to stay/to help you, but; ils auraient bien voulu participer à la réunion d'hier they would have liked to have taken part in yesterday's meeting; je voudrais bien qu'on finisse avant la nuit I would like us to finish before tonight; nous aurions également voulu ajouter que we would also have liked to add that; je voulais vous dire que I wanted to tell you that; on dira ce qu'on voudra, c'était moins pollué avant they can say what they like, it was less polluted before; tu veux que je te dise? ton guide, c'est un escroc I hate to say it, but the guide is a crook; je ne voudrais pas vous déranger I don't want to put you out; sans vouloir te vexer, ton chapeau est un peu voyant without wanting to sound rude, your hat is a bit garish; sans le vouloir [bousculer, révéler] by accident; [se retrouver] accidentally; il m'a fait mal sans le vouloir he hurt me unintentionally ou without meaning to; viens quand tu veux come whenever you want ou like; fais comme tu veux, mais ne me dérange pas tout le temps! do what you like ou want, but don't keep bothering me all the time!; ‘qu'est-ce qu'on fait ce soir?’-‘comme tu veux or voudras’ ‘what shall we do tonight?’-‘whatever you like, it's up to you’; que tu le veuilles ou non whether you like it or not; elle fait ce qu'elle veut de son mari she twists her husband around her little finger; elle fait ce qu'elle veut de ses mains she can do anything with her hands; je ne vous veux aucun mal I don't wish you any harm; tu ne veux/voudrais pas me faire croire que you're not telling/trying to tell me that; après ce qu'il a fait, tu voudrais que je lui fasse confiance? do you expect me to trust him after what he's done?; comment voulez-vous qu'on travaille dans ces conditions? how do you expect people to work in these conditions?; que veux-tu que j'y fasse? what do you want ou expect me to do about it?; que veux-tu que je te dise? c'est de ta faute! what do you expect me to say? it's your fault!; comment veux-tu qu'elle résiste? how could she resist?; comment veux-tu que je le sache? how should I know?; pourquoi voudrais-tu qu'il refuse? why should he refuse?; c'est la vie, que voulez-vous! what can you do, that's life!; que veux-tu, on n'y peut rien! what can you do, it's hopeless!; j'aurais voulu t'y voir○! I'd like to have seen you in the same position!; tu l'auras voulu! it'll be all your own fault!; ⇒ beurre, peau, voilà;

3 ( accepter) voulez-vous (bien) fermer la fenêtre/me prêter votre stylo? would you mind closing the window/lending me your pen?; vous voudrez bien renvoyer le formulaire please return the form; tu voudras bien leur transmettre ce message will you please give them this message; voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance de faire fml would you be so kind as to do; demander à or prier qn de bien vouloir faire fml to ask sb to be so kind as to do, to ask sb kindly to do sout; on voudra bien se référer aux ouvrages suivants please refer to the following works; voudrais-tu aller m'acheter le journal, s'il te plaît would you go and buy me the paper, please; voulez-vous or veuillez répéter votre question, s'il vous plaît would you repeat your question please; veuillez patienter ( au téléphone) please hold the line; si vous le voulez bien, nous commencerons sans lui if you don't mind, we'll start without him; si vous voulez bien me suivre if you'd like to follow me; si vous voulez bien de moi comme quatrième au bridge if you'll have me as a fourth at bridge; veux-tu (bien) te taire! will you (please) be quiet!; ils ont bien voulu nous prêter leur voiture they were kind enough to lend us their car; elle a bien voulu leur accorder une entrevue she was kind enough to grant them an interview; nous vous remercions d'avoir bien voulu faire thank you for doing; elle n'a pas voulu signer she would not sign; le bois ne veut pas brûler the wood won't burn; le moteur ne veut pas partir the engine won't start; ma blessure ne veut pas guérir my wound won't heal; tout le monde attendait qu'elle veuille (bien) se montrer everyone was waiting for her to put in an appearance; elle veut bien prendre ce poste à condition d'être mieux payée she's happy to take the job on condition that she's paid more; je veux bien te croire I'm quite prepared to believe you; ( plus réticent) I'd like to believe you; si l'on veut bien admettre/se rappeler que if one accepts/remembers that; il était mieux informé (des faits) qu'il ne veut bien le dire he knew more about it than he's prepared to admit; je veux bien croire que la vie est dure, mais I know life is hard, but; je veux bien qu'il soit malade/qu'ils fassent grève, mais I know he's ill/they're on strike, but; ‘ça s'est bien passé?’-‘si on veut’ ‘did it go well?’-‘so-so○’; ‘ce n'est pas cher/difficile’-‘si on veut!’ ‘it's not expensive/difficult’-‘or so you say!’; ‘c'était plus confortable avant!’-‘si tu veux, mais’ ‘it was more comfortable before!’-‘maybe, but’;

4 ( signifier) vouloir dire to mean; que veux-tu dire? what do you mean?; qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? ( signification) what does that mean?; ( attitude) what's all this about?; pour moi, ça ne veut rien dire it means nothing to me; et alors, ça veut dire quoi de bousculer les gens comme ça○? hey, what do you mean by pushing people like that?; ça veut tout simplement dire qu'on va payer plus d'impôts it simply means we're going to pay higher taxes; que voulez-vous dire par là? what (exactly) do you mean by that?; tu ne veux pas dire qu'il est médecin? you don't mean to tell me he's a doctor ?; ça voudrait dire tout refaire that would mean doing everything all over again;

5 ( prétendre) la légende veut que legend has it that; comme le veut la légende/tradition as legend/tradition has it; leur théorie veut que according to their theory; on a voulu voir en lui un pionnier de l'architecture people tended to see him as a pioneering architect.

C en vouloir vtr ind

1 ○( être déterminé) to want to get on; il réussira, il en veut! he wants to get on, and he'll succeed!; ce sont de bons élèves/soldats, et qui en veulent they are good students/soldiers who want to get on;

2 ( garder rancune) en vouloir à qn to bear a grudge against sb; je leur en veux de m'avoir trompé I hold it against them for not being honest with me; ne m 'en veux pas si je remets notre rendez-vous please forgive me if I put off our meeting;

3 ( avoir des vues sur) en vouloir à qch to be after sth; elle en veut à notre fortune she's after our money.

D se vouloir vpr

1 ( prétendre être) [personne] to like to think of oneself as; [ouvrage, théorie, méthode] to be meant to be; ils se veulent pacifistes/rassurants they like to think of themselves as pacifists/as being reassuring; mon livre se veut objectif/à la portée de tous my book is meant to be objective/accessible to all;

2 ( chercher à être) to try to be; les dirigeants se sont voulus conciliants the leaders tried to be conciliatory;

3 ( se reprocher) s'en vouloir to be cross with oneself; s'en vouloir de to regret; je m'en veux d'avoir été si dur avec elle/de ne pas l'avoir écoutée I really regret being so hard on her/not listening to her; je m'en serais voulu de ne pas vous avoir prévenu I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn't warned you; il ne faut pas vous en vouloir, ce n'était pas de votre faute! you mustn't blame yourself, it wasn't your fault!

Idiomes

vouloir c'est pouvoir Prov, quand on veut, on peut where there's a will there's a way; je veux○! you bet○!

I

[vulwar] nom masculin

(soutenu)

bon vouloir goodwill

mauvais vouloir ill will

II

[vulwar] verbe transitif

A.[AVOIR POUR BUT]

1. [être décidé à obtenir] to want

je le ferai, que tu le veuilles ou non I'll do it, whether you like it or not

vouloir absolument (obtenir) quelque chose to be set on (getting) something

quand elle veut quelque chose, elle le veut! when she's decided she wants something, she's determined (to get it)!

si tu veux mon avis if you ask me

lui, j'en fais (tout) ce que je veux I've got him eating out of my hand

vouloir que: je ne veux pas que tu lui dises I don't want you to tell him

je veux absolument que tu ranges ta chambre I insist (that) you tidy up your bedroom

vouloir faire quelque chose to want to do something

elle veut récupérer son enfant/être reçue par le ministre she's determined to get her child back/that the Minister should see her

arrangez-vous comme vous voulez, mais je veux être livré demain I don't mind how you do it but I insist the goods are delivered tomorrow

je ne veux pas entendre parler de ça! I won't hear of it ou such a thing!

je ne veux plus en parler I don't want to talk about it any more

à ton âge, pourquoi vouloir faire le jeune homme? at your age, why do you try to act like a young man?

vouloir quelque chose de: il veut 45 000 euros de son studio he wants 45,000 euros for his bedsit

vouloir quelque chose de quelqu'un to want something from somebody

que veux-tu de moi?, qu'est-ce que tu me veux? what do you want from me?

(en usage absolu)

quand tu veux, tu fais très bien la cuisine you can cook beautifully when you put your mind to it

il peut être vraiment désagréable quand il veut he can be a real nuisance when he wants to

vouloir, c'est pouvoir (proverbe) , quand on veut, on peut where there's a will, there's a way (proverbe)

2. [prétendre - suj: personne] to claim

3. [avoir l'intention de]

vouloir faire quelque chose to want ou to intend ou to mean to do something

sans vouloir me mêler de tes affaires/te contredire... I don't want to interfere/to contradict you but...

je l'ai vexé sans le vouloir I offended him unintentionally ou without meaning to

je ne voudrais surtout pas t'empêcher de voir ton match! I wouldn't dream of preventing you from watching the match!

vouloir dire: il ne s'est pas ennuyé ce soir-là — que veux-tu dire par là? he had some fun that night — what do you mean by that ou what are you getting at?

vous voulez dire qu'on l'a tuée? do you mean ou are you suggesting (that) she was killed?

4. [essayer de]

vouloir faire to want ou to try to do

en voulant la sauver, il s'est noyé he drowned in his attempt ou trying to rescue her

tu veux me faire peur? are you trying to frighten me?

5. [s'attendre à] to expect

tu voudrais peut-être aussi que je te remercie! you don't expect to be thanked into the bargain, do you?

pourquoi voudrais-tu qu'on se fasse cambrioler? why do you assume we might be burgled?

que veux-tu que j'y fasse? what do you want me to do about it?, what can I do about it?

que voulez-vous que je vous dise? what can I say?, what do you want me to say?

6. (familier) [sexuellement] to want

B.[PRÉFÉRER, SOUHAITER]

1. [dans un choix] to want, to wish

jus d'ananas ou d'orange? — ce que tu veux! pineapple or orange juice? — whatever ou I don't mind!

on prend ma voiture ou la tienne? — c'est comme tu veux shall we take my car or yours? — as you wish ou please ou like

je me débrouillerai seule — comme tu voudras! I'll manage on my own — suit yourself!

où va-t-on? — où tu veux where are we going? — wherever you want

je pourrai revenir? — bien sûr, quand vous voulez! may I come again? — of course, any time ou whenever you want!

tu peux dessiner une maison si tu veux you could draw a house, if you like

tu l'as ou l'auras voulu! you asked for it!

2. [dans une suggestion] to want

veux-tu de l'aide? do you want ou would you like some help?

tu veux une fessée? do you want your bottom smacked?

voudriez-vous vous joindre à nous? would you care ou like to join us?

3. [dans un souhait]

je ne veux que ton bonheur I only want you to be happy

j'aurais tellement voulu être avec vous I'd have so much liked ou loved to have been with you

quand tu me parles, je te voudrais un autre ton (soutenu) please don't use that tone when you're talking to me

comme je voudrais avoir des enfants! how I'd love to have children!

elle voudrait vous dire quelques mots en privé she'd like a word with you in private

je voudrais vous y voir! I'd like to see how YOU'd cope with it!

aller au match sans avoir rangé ta chambre, je voudrais bien voir ça! (ironique) whatever gave you the idea (that) you could go to the match without tidying up your room first?

4. [dans une demande polie]

veuillez m'excuser un instant (will you) please excuse me for a moment

veuillez avoir l'obligeance de... would you kindly ou please...

veuillez recevoir, Monsieur, mes salutations distinguées yours sincerely (UK) ou truly (US)

veuillez vous retirer, Marie you may go now, Marie

voudriez-vous avoir l'amabilité de me prêter votre crayon? would you be so kind as to lend me your pencil?

nous voudrions une chambre pour deux personnes we'd like a double room

je vous serais reconnaissant de bien vouloir m'envoyer votre brochure I should be glad to receive your brochure

voulez-vous me suivre please follow me

5. [dans un rappel à l'ordre]

veux-tu (bien) me répondre! will you (please) answer me?

voulez-vous ne pas toucher à ça! please don't touch that!

ne m'interromps pas, tu veux!, veuille bien ne pas m'interrompre! will you please not interrupt me?, would you mind not interrupting me?

un peu de respect, tu veux (bien) a bit less cheek, if you don't mind!

C.[SUJET: CHOSE]

1. [se prêter à, être en état de]

les haricots ne veulent pas cuire the beans won't cook

la télé ne marche que quand elle veut (humoristique) the TV only works when it feels like it

2. [exiger] to require

la tradition voulait que... it was a tradition that...

la dignité de notre profession veut que... the dignity of our profession demands that...

comme le veulent les usages as convention dictates

les lois le veulent ainsi that is what the law says

[prétendre]

comme le veut une vieille légende as an old legend has it

3. [déterminer - suj: destin, hasard, malheur]

la chance a voulu que... as luck would have it...

le malheur voulut qu'il fût seul ce soir-là unfortunately he was alone that night

le calendrier a voulu que cela tombe un lundi it fell on a Monday, as it so happened

4. [s'efforcer de]

le décor veut évoquer une ferme normande the decor strives ou tries to suggest a Normandy farmhouse

5.

vouloir dire

a. [avoir comme sens propre] to mean

b. [avoir comme implication] to mean, to suggest

je me demande ce que veut dire ce changement d'attitude I wonder what the meaning of this turn-around is ou what this turn-around means

cela ne veut rien dire it doesn't mean anything

ça veut tout dire! that says it all!

ça veut bien dire ce que ça veut dire! it's clear ou plain enough!

tu vas m'obéir, non mais, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? (familier) for goodness's sake will you do as I say!

6. GRAMMAIRE to take

D.[LOCUTIONS] [consenti, accepter]

bien vouloir: bien vouloir faire quelque chose to be willing ou to be prepared ou to be quite happy to do something

je veux bien être patient, mais il y a des limites! I can be patient, but there are limits!

un petit café? — oui, je veux bien fancy a coffee? — yes please

poussons jusqu'à la prochaine ville — moi je veux bien, mais il est tard! let's go on to the next town — I don't mind, but it is late!

bien vouloir [admettre]: je veux bien qu'il y ait des restrictions budgétaires mais... I understand (that) there are cuts in the budget but...

je veux bien avoir des défauts, mais pas celui-là granted, I have some shortcomings, but that isn't one of them

moi je veux bien! (it's) fine by me!

il a dit nous avoir soutenus, moi je veux bien, mais le résultat est là! he said he supported us, OK ou and that may be so, but look at the result!

il t'a cogné? — je veux! (familier) : je veux (familier) did he hit you? — and how ou he sure did!

que veux-tu, que voulez-vous: c'est ainsi, que voulez-vous! that's just the way it is!

j'accepte ses humeurs, que veux-tu! I (just) put up with his moods, what can I do?

si tu veux, si vous voulez more or less, if you like

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vouloir de verbe plus préposition

1. [être prêt à accepter]

vouloir de quelqu'un/quelque chose to want somebody/something

je ne veux pas d'une relation sérieuse I don't want a serious relationship

2. (locution)

en vouloir (familier) : elle en veut

a. [elle a de l'ambition] she wants to make it ou to win

b. [elle a de l'application] she's dead keen

il faut en vouloir pour réapprendre à marcher you need a lot of determination to learn to walk again

en vouloir à quelqu'un [éprouver de la rancune] to bear ou to have a grudge against somebody

je ne l'ai pas fait exprès, ne m'en veux pas I didn't do it on purpose, don't be cross with me

décidément, ton chien m'en veut your dog's definitely got something against me

tu ne m'en veux pas? no hard feelings?

elle m'en voulait de mon manque d'intérêt pour elle she resented my lack of interest in her

elle lui en veut d'avoir refusé she holds it against him that he said no

en vouloir à quelqu'un/quelque chose [le convoiter]: elle en veut à ma fortune she's after my money

en vouloir à quelque chose [vouloir le détruire] to seek to damage something

qui peut en vouloir à ma vie/réputation? who could wish me dead/would want to damage my reputation?

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se vouloir verbe pronominal intransitif

je me voudrais plus audacieux I'd like to be bolder

le livre se veut une satire de l'aristocratie allemande the book claims ou is supposed to be a satire on the German aristocracy

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s'en vouloir verbe pronominal

(emploi réfléchi) to be angry ou annoyed with oneself

je m'en veux de l'avoir laissé partir I feel bad at having let him go

je m'en voudrais! (familier) not likely!

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s'en vouloir verbe pronominal

(emploi réciproque)

elles s'en veulent à mort they really hate each other

en veux-tu en voilà locution adverbiale

(familier) [en abondance]

il y avait des glaces en veux-tu en voilà there were ice creams galore

il lui faisait des compliments en veux-tu en voilà he was showering her with compliments

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si l'on veut locution adverbiale

1. [approximativement] if you like

2. [pour exprimer une réserve]

il est fidèle... si l'on veut! he's faithful... after a fashion!

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > vouloir

2 claim

1. transitive verb
1) (demand as one's due property) Anspruch erheben auf (+ Akk.), beanspruchen [Thron, Gebiete]; fordern [Lohnerhöhung, Schadenersatz]; beantragen [Arbeitslosenunterstützung, Sozialhilfe usw.]; abholen [Fundsache]

claim one's luggage — sein Gepäck [ab]holen

2) (represent oneself as having) für sich beanspruchen, in Anspruch nehmen [Sieg]

3) (profess, contend) behaupten

the new system is claimed to have many advantages — das neue System soll viele Vorteile bieten

4) (result in loss of) fordern [Opfer, Menschenleben]
2. intransitive verb
1) (Insurance) Ansprüche geltend machen

2) (for costs)

claim for damages/expenses — Schadenersatz fordern/sich (Dat.) Auslagen rückerstatten lassen
3. noun
1) Anspruch, der (to auf + Akk.)

lay claim to something — auf etwas (Akk.) Anspruch erheben

make too many claims on something — etwas zu sehr in Anspruch nehmen

2) (assertion)

make claims about something — Behauptungen über etwas (Akk.) aufstellen

3) (pay claim) Forderung, die ( for nach)

4)

claim [for expenses] — Spesenabrechnung, die ( for über + Akk.)

claim for damages — Schadenersatzforderung, die

5)

stake a claim to something — (fig.) ein Anrecht auf etwas (Akk.) anmelden

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/85370/claim_back">claim back

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[kleim] 1. verb
1) (to say that something is a fact: He claims to be the best runner in the class.) behaupten

2) (to demand as a right: You must claim your money back if the goods are damaged.) fordern

3) (to state that one is the owner of: Does anyone claim this book?) beanspruchen
2. noun
1) (a statement (that something is a fact): Her claim that she was the millionaire's daughter was disproved.) die Behauptung

2) ((a demand for) a payment of compensation etc: a claim for damages against her employer.) die (Zahlungs-)Forderung

3) (a demand for something which (one says) one owns or has a right to: a rightful claim to the money.) der Anspruch

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- claimant

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claim

[kleɪm]

I. n

1. (assertion) Behauptung f

a \claim to fame ein Anspruch m auf Ruhm

to make \claims to be sth/[that]... behaupten, etw zu sein/[dass]...

to make wild \claims about sth über etw akk wilde Behauptungen aufstellen

to substantiate a \claim eine Behauptung untermauern

to support a \claim (in argument) eine Behauptung stützen; (in legal affairs) einen Anspruch begründen

2. (demand for money) Forderung f; (in insurance) Versicherungsfall m

to make a \claim on one's insurance bei der Versicherung einen Schadensanspruch geltend machen

to pay a \claim einen Schaden bezahlen

to put in a \claim [for sth] [für etw akk] Schadenersatz beantragen

to submit a \claim for sth für etw akk eine Auslagenerstattung einreichen

3. (right) Anspruch m, Anrecht nt (to auf + akk)

legal \claim Rechtsanspruch m

to have a/no \claim to sth auf etw akk Anspruch/keinen Anspruch haben

to have no \claims on sb jdm gegenüber keine Ansprüche haben

to lay \claim to sth auf etw akk Anspruch erheben

\claim to recourse Rückgriffsanspruch m

4. ECON (insurance event) Schadensfall m; (insurance right) Versicherungsanspruch m, Anspruch m auf Versicherungsleistung

to settle a \claim eine Forderung regulieren

5. LAW (law suit) Klage f; (assertion of right) Klagebegehren nt

particulars of \claim Klagebegründung f

\claim barred by procedural requirements die Klage ist unzulässig

\claim barred by res judicata die Rechtskraft steht der Klage entgegen

\claim barred by the statute of limitations der Anspruch ist verjährt

6. LAW (legal matter)

small \claim Bagatellsache f

small \claims court Gericht, das für Geldansprüche bis zu einer bestimmten Höhe zuständig ist

7. (patent)

[statement of] \claim [Patent]anspruch m

8. MIN

[mining] \claim Claim nt

to stake a \claim ein Claim abstecken

II. vt

1. (assert)

both contestants \claimed victory after the race nach dem Rennen erhoben beide Wettbewerbsteilnehmer Anspruch auf den ersten Platz

her new novel is \claimed to be her best yet ihr neuester Roman soll ihr bisher bester sein

the club \claims over 100 members der Verein führt über 100 Mitglieder

to \claim responsibility die Verantwortung übernehmen

▪ to \claim [that]... behaupten, dass...

2. (declare ownership)

▪ to \claim sth auf etw akk Anspruch erheben

to \claim diplomatic immunity sich akk auf diplomatische Immunität berufen

to \claim one's luggage sein Gepäck abholen

to \claim ownership of sth Besitzanspruch auf etw akk erheben

to \claim the throne den Thron beanspruchen

3. (require)

to \claim sb's attention/a lot of time jds Aufmerksamkeit/viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmen

4. (demand in writing)

▪ to \claim sth etw beantragen

to \claim damages/a refund Schadenersatz/eine Rückerstattung fordern

to \claim one's money back BRIT sein Geld zurückverlangen

5. (cause death)

to \claim thousands of lives Tausende von Leben fordern

6. LAW (state grievance)

▪ to \claim sth wegen einer S. gen klagen

7. (sl)

▪ to \claim sb (attack) jdn angreifen; (arrest) jdn verhaften

8.

▶ to \claim the moral high ground die Moral für sich akk beanspruchen

III. vi seine Ansprüche/seinen Anspruch geltend machen

▪ to \claim for sth etw fordern

to \claim on the insurance Schadenersatz bei der Versicherung beantragen

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[kleɪm]
1. vt

1) (= demand as one's own or due) Anspruch m erheben auf (+acc); social security, benefits, sum of money (= apply for) beantragen; (= draw) beanspruchen; lost property abholen

he claimed diplomatic immunity — er berief sich auf seine diplomatische Immunität

to claim sth as one's own — etw für sich beanspruchen, Anspruch auf etw (acc) erheben

both armies claimed the victory — beide Armeen nahmen den Sieg für sich in Anspruch

territories claimed by the Arabs — von den Arabern beanspruchte Gebiete

the fighting claimed many lives —

does anyone claim this wallet? — gehört diese Brieftasche jemandem?

2) (= profess, assert) behaupten

he claims to have seen you — er behauptet, Sie gesehen zu haben, er will Sie gesehen haben

the club can claim a membership of... — der Verein kann... Mitglieder vorweisen

the advantages claimed for this technique — die Vorzüge, die man dieser Methode zuschreibt

3) one's attention, interest in Anspruch nehmen

2. vi

1) (INSUR) Ansprüche geltend machen; (for damage done by people) Schadenersatz m verlangen

2)

(for expenses etc) to claim for sth — sich (dat) etw zurückgeben or -zahlen lassen

you can claim for your travelling expenses — Sie können sich (dat) Ihre Reisekosten zurückerstatten lassen

3. n

1) (= demand) Anspruch m; (= pay claim, IND) Forderung f

his claim to the throne/title/property etc — sein Anspruch auf den Thron/Titel/das Grundstück etc

my claim to fame is that... — mein Anspruch auf Ruhm begründet sich darauf, dass...

I have many claims on my time — meine Zeit ist or ich bin sehr in Anspruch genommen

you have no claim on me — du hast keine Ansprüche an mich (zu stellen)

children have first claim on their parents — die Kinder müssen an erster Stelle stehen, die Kinder müssen vorgehen

to lay claim to sth — Anspruch auf etw (acc) erheben

to put in a claim (for sth) — etw beantragen; (Insur) Ansprüche geltend machen

they put in a claim for extra pay — sie forderten einen Zuschlag

we want the claim back-dated — wir wollen das Geld rückwirkend

he put in an expenses claim for £100 — er reichte Spesen in Höhe von £ 100 ein

the claims were all paid (Insur) — der Schaden wurde voll ersetzt

2) (= assertion) Behauptung f

to make a claim —

have you heard his claim? — haben Sie gehört, was er behauptet?

the exaggerated claims made for the new washing powder — die übertriebenen Eigenschaften, die man diesem neuen Waschpulver zuschreibt

the book makes no claim to be original — das Buch erhebt keinen Anspruch auf Originalität

I make no claim to be a genius — ich erhebe nicht den Anspruch, ein Genie zu sein

3) (MIN) Claim m (Anteil an einem Goldfeld etc) → stake

See:

→ stake

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claim [kleım]

A v/t

1. fordern, beanspruchen, verlangen, geltend machen, Anspruch erheben auf (akk):

claim compensation Ersatz fordern;

claim back zurückfordern

2. fig Aufmerksamkeit etc in Anspruch nehmen, (er)fordern

3. fig (Todes)Opfer, Menschenleben fordern:

the epidemic claimed thousands of lives

4. a) behaupten ( sth etwas; that dass)

b) (von sich) behaupten ( to be zu sein), für sich in Anspruch nehmen, Anspruch erheben auf (akk)

c) aufweisen (können), haben

d) sich bekennen zu, die Verantwortung für einen Terroranschlag etc übernehmen

5. zurück-, einfordern, (als sein Eigentum) abholen

B v/i claim against Klage erheben gegen

C s

1. Anspruch m, Forderung f (on, against gegen):

lay claim to → A 1, A 4 b;

make a claim eine Forderung erheben oder geltend machen;

make (many) claims (up)on fig jemanden, jemandes Zeit (stark) in Anspruch nehmen

2. a) (Rechts) Anspruch m, Anrecht n ( beide:

to, [up]on auf akk, gegen):

claim for damages Schadensersatzanspruch;

claim to power Machtanspruch;

put in ( oder enter) a claim eine Forderung erheben, einen Anspruch geltend machen; → hegemony

b) (Zahlungs) Forderung f

c) (Patent) Anspruch m

3. Behauptung f, Anspruch m:

make no claim to be complete keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit erheben

4. US

a) Stück n Staatsland (das von Ansiedlern abgesteckt und beansprucht wird)

b) Claim m (Anteil an einem Goldgräberunternehmen)

5. Bergbau: Mutung f, Grubenanteil m

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1. transitive verb
1) (demand as one's due property) Anspruch erheben auf (+ Akk.), beanspruchen [Thron, Gebiete]; fordern [Lohnerhöhung, Schadenersatz]; beantragen [Arbeitslosenunterstützung, Sozialhilfe usw.]; abholen [Fundsache]

claim one's luggage — sein Gepäck [ab]holen

2) (represent oneself as having) für sich beanspruchen, in Anspruch nehmen [Sieg]

3) (profess, contend) behaupten

the new system is claimed to have many advantages — das neue System soll viele Vorteile bieten

4) (result in loss of) fordern [Opfer, Menschenleben]
2. intransitive verb
1) (Insurance) Ansprüche geltend machen

2) (for costs)

claim for damages/expenses — Schadenersatz fordern/sich (Dat.) Auslagen rückerstatten lassen
3. noun
1) Anspruch, der (to auf + Akk.)

lay claim to something — auf etwas (Akk.) Anspruch erheben

make too many claims on something — etwas zu sehr in Anspruch nehmen

2) (assertion)

make claims about something — Behauptungen über etwas (Akk.) aufstellen

3) (pay claim) Forderung, die ( for nach)

4)

claim [for expenses] — Spesenabrechnung, die ( for über + Akk.)

claim for damages — Schadenersatzforderung, die

5)

stake a claim to something — (fig.) ein Anrecht auf etwas (Akk.) anmelden

Phrasal Verbs:

- claim back

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n.

Anrecht -e n.

Forderung f.

Recht -e n. v.

anmaßen v.

beanspruchen v.

behaupten v.

fordern v.

English-german dictionary > claim

3 wollen

I Modalv.; will, wollte, hat (+ Inf.) wollen

1. (beabsichtigen, wünschen) want to; (im Begriff sein zu) be about to; (werden) will; etw. haben wollen want s.th.; ich will lieber... I’d rather...; ich will es mir überlegen I’ll think about it; ich will es tun I’ll do it; ich will es nicht tun I won’t do it; ich will wissen, was los ist I’d like to know what’s going on; was ich sagen wollte (damit meinte) what I meant to say; (im Begriff war zu sagen) what I was going to say; was wollen Sie damit sagen? what do you mean (by that)?; schärfer: what are you getting at?; komme, was da wolle come what may; ich will mal oder ja nicht so sein umg., hum. out of the goodness of my heart; wenn ich alles glauben wollte, was man mir erzählt,... if I believed everything people tell me...; wir wollen sehen, wer hier bestimmt! drohend: we’ll see who’s boss around here

2. drückt Zweifel aus: (behaupten) claim; (meinen) think; er will dich gesehen haben he says he saw you, he claims to have seen you, he thinks he saw you; keiner will es gewesen sein nobody’s admitting to (having done) it; er will alles besser wissen he thinks he knows it all; und du willst ein Tierfreund sein! and you call yourself an animal-lover!

3. in Aufforderung, Wunsch: wollen Sie bitte... oder wenn Sie bitte... wollen would you please...; wollen Sie bitte einen Augenblick warten would you mind waiting for a minute?; alle Kandidaten wollen sich bitte im Büro melden would all candidates please report to the office; ich wollte dich bitten / fragen... I wanted to ask you; wir wollen beten! Priester: let us pray; wollen wir uns ( nicht) wieder vertragen? should(n’t) we try to make it up?; willst du wohl damit aufhören! will you stop that please; das will ich nicht gehört haben! I didn’t hear that; wenn es doch nur regnen wollte! if only it would rain!

4. verstärkend: das will ich hoffen / meinen! I hope / I’ll say so; das will nichts / etwas heißen that means nothing / something; es will einfach oder will und will nicht schneien it absolutely refuses to snow; das will mir gar nicht gefallen I don’t like that one little bit

5. (müssen): so etwas will gelernt / genau überlegt sein a thing like that has to be learned / thought about very carefully

6. (bezwecken) be intended; diese Studie will zeigen, dass... this study is intended to show that...

II vt/i; will, wollte, hat gewollt

1. (wünschen) want; (verlangen) auch demand; (mögen) like; lieber wollen prefer; etw. unbedingt wollen insist on; ich will kein Geld dafür I don’t want any money for it; ich will nur meine Ruhe all I want is some peace and quiet; ich will nicht mehr I don’t want to any more; was wollen Sie von mir? what do you want (from me)?; was willst du noch? what more do you want?; er will, dass ich mitkomme he wants me to come with him; er weiß nicht, was er will he doesn’t know what he wants ( oder his own mind); er weiß, was er will he knows exactly what he wants; mach, was du willst! do what you like; wie du willst as you wish; ob er will oder nicht whether he likes it or not; so gern ich es auch will much as I’d like to; du kannst es, wenn du willst you can do it if you set your mind to it; du hast es ja so gewollt oder du willst es ja nicht anders! you asked for it; du hast hier gar nichts zu wollen! umg. you’ve got no say in the matter, what you want doesn’t count; ich wollte, es wäre so! I wish it were so; da ist nichts mehr zu wollen umg. there’s nothing anyone can do about it; nichts zu wollen! umg. nothing doing; was willst du ( denn), es ging doch alles gut what are you complaining about, it all went well; dann wollen wir mal umg. let’s get cracking then; dir will ich! umg. drohend: you’d better watch it; er will dir was umg. he’s got it in for you; was kann der mir schon wollen? what harm can he do me?; wer nicht will, der hat schon if you don’t like it, you can lump it; was du nicht willst, dass man dir tu, das füg auch keinem andern zu Sprichw. do as you would be done by, do unto others as you would have them do unto you

2. (bereit sein) want to, be willing ( oder prepared) to; so Gott will God willing

3. (beabsichtigen) mean, intend; ohne es zu wollen without meaning ( oder intending) to; Verzeihung, das wollte ich nicht! sorry, that was unintentional; was wollen Sie mit einem Regenschirm? what do you want an umbrella for?; gewollt etc.

4. umg., irgendwohin: want to go; wohin willst du? where are you off to?; ich will nach Hause (bin auf dem Heimweg) I’m on my way home; (wäre gern zu Hause) I want to go home; sie will zum Theater fig. she wants to go on the stage

5. fig.: das Schicksal / der Zufall wollte es, dass... fate / chance willed that...; diese Pflanzen wollen viel Wasser these plants need a lot of water; meine Beine wollen nicht mehr umg. my legs are giving up on me; der Motor will mal wieder nicht umg. the engine’s packed up again; die Uhr will nicht mehr umg. that clock has given up the ghost

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wollen2

Adj.; attr. wool(l)en

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to be willing to ( Verb); to desire ( Verb); to wish ( Verb); woolen (Adj.); to want ( Verb); woollen (Adj.)

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wọl|len I ['vɔlən]
adj attr
woollen (Brit), woolen (US) II ['vɔlən] pret wo\#llte ['vɔltə] ptp gewo\#llt [gə'vɔlt] wollen wird normalerweise mit to want übersetzt.
1. HILFSVERB ptp wo\#llen

1)

= Willen haben sie will nach Hause gehen — she wants to go home

sie will nicht nach Hause gehen — she doesn't want to go home

etw haben wollen — to want (to have) sth

ich will lieber ins Kino gehen — I'd prefer to go to the cinema

er wollte unbedingt nach Frankreich ziehen — he was desperate to move to France

ich will so einen Fehler nie wieder machen — I won't make that mistake again

er will immer alles besser wissen — he thinks he knows it all

wenn man darauf noch Rücksicht nehmen wollte — if you are going to take that into account as well

das wollen wir doch erst mal sehen! — we'll see about that!

er will und will sich nicht ändern — he just will not change

was will man da schon machen/sagen? — what can you do/say?

2)

= beabsichtigen etw gerade tun wollen — to be going to do sth

wolltest du gerade weggehen? — were you just leaving?

ich wollte schon gehen/gerade aufhören, als... — I was just going to leave/just about to stop when...

es sieht aus, als wollte es regnen — it looks as if it's going to rain

es will nicht besser/wärmer werden — it just won't get better/won't warm up

es will und will nicht aufhören — it just goes on and on

3)

= müssen das will alles genauestens überlegt sein or werden — it all has to be most carefully considered

die Pflanzen wollen oft gegossen werden — the plants need to be watered frequently

4)

= zugeben, behaupten keiner wollte etwas gehört/gesehen haben — nobody would admit to hearing/seeing anything

keiner will es gewesen sein — nobody will admit to it

der Zeuge will den Dieb beobachtet haben — the witness claims to have seen the thief

und so jemand will Lehrer sein! — and he calls himself a teacher

5)

Wunsch das wolle Gott verhüten — heaven forbid

wenn er mir das doch ersparen wollte! — if only he would spare me that!

6)

Aufforderung wollen wir uns nicht setzen? — why don't we sit down?

wenn Sie bitte Platz nehmen wollen — if you would please take a seat

man wolle bitte... — would you kindly...

na, wollen wir gehen? — well, shall we go?

darauf wollen wir mal anstoßen! — let's drink to that

wir wollen beten! — let us pray

wir wollen mal nicht übertreiben — let's not exaggerate

wir wollen mal in Ruhe überlegen — let's think about it calmly

7)

andere Wendungen komme, was da wolle — come what may

sei er, wer er wolle — whoever he may be◆ es will...

es will mir nicht einleuchten, warum — I really can't see why

es will mir scheinen, dass... — it seems to me that...

2. TRANSITIVES VERB

1) = wünschen to want

er will doch nur dein Bestes — he only wants the best for you

was wollen sie? — what do they want?

was wollten sie denn von dir? — what did they want then?

sie wollten nur mein Geld — all they wanted was my money

ohne es zu wollen — without wanting to

was willst du (noch) mehr! — what more do you want!

ich weiß nicht, was du willst, das ist doch ausgezeichnet — I don't know what you're on about, it's excellent

er hat gar nichts zu wollen — he has no say at all

2)

= bezwecken was willst du mit dem Messer? — what are you doing with that knife?

was willst du mit der Frage? — why are you asking that?

was wollen die Leute mit solchen Filmen? — what do people hope to achieve with films like that?

See:

→ auch gewollt

3) = brauchen to want, to need

diese Pflanzen wollen viel Sonne — these plants need a lot of sun

3. INTRANSITIVES VERB

1)

= Willen haben er kann schon, wenn er nur will — he can (do it) if he really wants (to)

man muss nur wollen — you just have to want to

man muss sich nur sagen: ich will — you only have to say: I will do it

da ist nichts zu wollen — there is nothing we/you can do (about it)

2)

= bereit sein wenn er will — if he wants to

er will nicht so recht — he seems rather unwilling

so Gott will — God willing

3) = mögen to want to

wollen, dass jd etw tut — to want sb to do sth

ich wollte, ich wäre... — I wish I were...

ob du willst oder nicht — whether you like it or not, whether you want to or notNach wenn, wer und wie wird wollen mit to like übersetzt.

wenn du willst — if you like

wenn man so will — as it were

ganz wie du willst — just as you like

wenn du willst, machen wir das so — if you want to or if you like, we'll do it that way

wer nicht will, der hat schon — if you don't/he doesn't like it, you/he can lump it (inf)

4) = gehen wollen to want to go

er will ins Kino — he wants to go to the cinema

ich will nach Hause/hier raus/weg — I want to go home/to get out of here/to get away

wo willst du hin? — where do you want to go?

zu wem wollen Sie? — whom do you want to see?

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1) (to be interested in having or doing, or to wish to have or do (something); to desire: Do you want a cigarette?; She wants to know where he is; She wants to go home.) want

2) (used in requests or commands: Will you come into my office for a moment, please?; Will you please stop talking!) will

3) (to require (to do or have something): Do you wish to sit down, sir?; We wish to book some seats for the theatre; I'll cancel the arrangement if you wish.) wish

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Wol·len

<-s>

[ˈvɔlən]

nt kein pl will, desire

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I
Adjektiv; nicht präd. woollen
II 1.
unregelmäßiges Modalverb; 2. Part. wollen

1)

etwas tun wollen — (den Wunsch haben, etwas zu tun) want to do something; (die Absicht haben, etwas zu tun) be going to do something

wir wollten gerade gehen — we were just about to go

was will man da machen? — (ugs.) what can you do?

ohne es zu wollen — without intending to

dann will ich nichts gesagt haben — (ugs.) I take it all back

das will ich meinen! — (ugs.) I absolutely agree

wir wollen sehen — we'll see

2) (in Aufforderungen)

wollt ihr wohl Ruhe geben/damit aufhören! — (ugs.) will you be quiet/stop that!

wollen Sie bitte so freundlich sein und das heute noch erledigen — would you be so kind as to do it today

3)

er will ein Dichter sein — he claims to be a poet

sie will es [nicht] gesehen haben — she claims [not] to have seen it

4)

die Wunde will [einfach] nicht heilen — the wound [just] won't heal

der Motor wollte nicht anspringen — the engine wouldn't start

es will [einfach] nicht gelingen — it just won't work

5)

etwas will getan sein — something needs or (coll.) has got to be done

das will gelernt sein — it has to be learned

6)

das Buch will unterhalten — the book is intended or meant to entertain

7)

das will nichts heißen/nicht viel sagen — that doesn't mean anything/much
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1)

du musst nur wollen, dann geht es auch — you only have to want to enough or have the will, then it's possible

ob du willst oder nicht — whether you want to or not

[ganz] wie du willst — just as you like

wenn du willst, könnten wir... — if you want [to], we could...

das ist, wenn man so will,... — that is, if you like,...

[na] dann wollen wir mal! — (ugs.) [right,] let's get started!

2) (ugs.): (irgendwohin zu gehen wünschen)

ich will nach Hause/ans Meer — I want to go home/to go to the seaside

ich will hier raus — I want to get out of here

zu wem wollen Sie? — whom do you want to see?

er wollte zum Theater — he wanted to become an actor

3) verneint (ugs.): (funktionieren)

der Motor will nicht — the engine won't go

seine Beine/Gelenke/Augen wollen nicht mehr — his legs/joints/eyes just aren't up to it any more
3.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) want

das wollte ich nicht — I didn't mean to do that

das habe ich nicht gewollt — I never meant that to happen

wollen, dass jemand etwas tut — want somebody to do something

da ist nichts [mehr] zu wollen — (ugs.) there's nothing we/you etc. can do about it

ich wollte, er wäre hier/es wäre vorbei — I wish he were here/it were over

2)

jemandem nichts wollen können — (ugs.) be unable to harm somebody

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wollen¹

A. v/mod; will, wollte, hat (+ inf) wollen

1. (beabsichtigen, wünschen) want to; (im Begriff sein zu) be about to; (werden) will;

etwas haben wollen want sth;

ich will lieber … I’d rather …;

ich will es mir überlegen I’ll think about it;

ich will es tun I’ll do it;

ich will es nicht tun I won’t do it;

ich will wissen, was los ist I’d like to know what’s going on;

was ich sagen wollte (damit meinte) what I meant to say; (im Begriff war zu sagen) what I was going to say;

was wollen Sie damit sagen? what do you mean (by that)?; schärfer: what are you getting at?;

komme, was da wolle come what may;

ich will mal oder

ja nicht so sein umg, hum out of the goodness of my heart;

wenn ich alles glauben wollte, was man mir erzählt, … if I believed everything people tell me …;

wir wollen sehen, wer hier bestimmt! drohend: we’ll see who’s boss around here

2. drückt Zweifel aus: (behaupten) claim; (meinen) think;

er will dich gesehen haben he says he saw you, he claims to have seen you, he thinks he saw you;

keiner will es gewesen sein nobody’s admitting to (having done) it;

er will alles besser wissen he thinks he knows it all;

und du willst ein Tierfreund sein! and you call yourself an animal-lover!

3. in Aufforderung, Wunsch:

wollen Sie bitte … oder

wenn Sie bitte … wollen would you please …;

wollen Sie bitte einen Augenblick warten would you mind waiting for a minute?;

alle Kandidaten wollen sich bitte im Büro melden would all candidates please report to the office;

ich wollte dich bitten/fragen … I wanted to ask you;

wir wollen beten! Priester: let us pray;

wollen wir uns (nicht) wieder vertragen? should(n’t) we try to make it up?;

willst du wohl damit aufhören! will you stop that please;

das will ich nicht gehört haben! I didn’t hear that;

wenn es doch nur regnen wollte! if only it would rain!

4. verstärkend:

das will ich hoffen/meinen! I hope/I’ll say so;

das will nichts/etwas heißen that means nothing/something;

es will einfach oder

will und will nicht schneien it absolutely refuses to snow;

das will mir gar nicht gefallen I don’t like that one little bit

5. (müssen):

so etwas will gelernt/genau überlegt sein a thing like that has to be learned/thought about very carefully

6. (bezwecken) be intended;

diese Studie will zeigen, dass … this study is intended to show that …

B. v/t & v/i; will, wollte, hat gewollt

1. (wünschen) want; (verlangen) auch demand; (mögen) like;

lieber wollen prefer;

etwas

unbedingt wollen insist on;

ich will kein Geld dafür I don’t want any money for it;

ich will nur meine Ruhe all I want is some peace and quiet;

ich will nicht mehr I don’t want to any more;

was wollen Sie von mir? what do you want (from me)?;

was willst du noch? what more do you want?;

er will, dass ich mitkomme he wants me to come with him;

er weiß nicht, was er will he doesn’t know what he wants ( oder his own mind);

er weiß, was er will he knows exactly what he wants;

mach, was du willst! do what you like;

wie du willst as you wish;

ob er will oder nicht whether he likes it or not;

so gern ich es auch will much as I’d like to;

du kannst es, wenn du willst you can do it if you set your mind to it;

du hast es ja so gewollt oder

du willst es ja nicht anders! you asked for it;

du hast hier gar nichts zu wollen! umg you’ve got no say in the matter, what you want doesn’t count;

ich wollte, es wäre so! I wish it were so;

da ist nichts mehr zu wollen umg there’s nothing anyone can do about it;

nichts zu wollen! umg nothing doing;

was willst du (denn), es ging doch alles gut what are you complaining about, it all went well;

dann wollen wir mal umg let’s get cracking then;

dir will ich! umg drohend: you’d better watch it;

er will dir was umg he’s got it in for you;

was kann der mir schon wollen? what harm can he do me?;

wer nicht will, der hat schon if you don’t like it, you can lump it;

was du nicht willst, dass man dir tu, das füg auch keinem andern zu sprichw do as you would be done by, do unto others as you would have them do unto you

2. (bereit sein) want to, be willing ( oder prepared) to;

so Gott will God willing

3. (beabsichtigen) mean, intend;

ohne es zu wollen without meaning ( oder intending) to;

Verzeihung, das wollte ich nicht! sorry, that was unintentional;

was wollen Sie mit einem Regenschirm? what do you want an umbrella for?; → gewollt etc

4. umg, irgendwohin: want to go;

wohin willst du? where are you off to?;

ich will nach Hause (bin auf dem Heimweg) I’m on my way home; (wäre gern zu Hause) I want to go home;

sie will zum Theater fig she wants to go on the stage

5. fig:

das Schicksal/der Zufall wollte es, dass … fate/chance willed that …;

diese Pflanzen wollen viel Wasser these plants need a lot of water;

meine Beine wollen nicht mehr umg my legs are giving up on me;

der Motor will mal wieder nicht umg the engine’s packed up again;

die Uhr will nicht mehr umg that clock has given up the ghost

wollen² adj; attr wool(l)en

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I
Adjektiv; nicht präd. woollen
II 1.
unregelmäßiges Modalverb; 2. Part. wollen

1)

etwas tun wollen — (den Wunsch haben, etwas zu tun) want to do something; (die Absicht haben, etwas zu tun) be going to do something

wir wollten gerade gehen — we were just about to go

was will man da machen? — (ugs.) what can you do?

ohne es zu wollen — without intending to

dann will ich nichts gesagt haben — (ugs.) I take it all back

das will ich meinen! — (ugs.) I absolutely agree

wir wollen sehen — we'll see

2) (in Aufforderungen)

wollt ihr wohl Ruhe geben/damit aufhören! — (ugs.) will you be quiet/stop that!

wollen Sie bitte so freundlich sein und das heute noch erledigen — would you be so kind as to do it today

3)

er will ein Dichter sein — he claims to be a poet

sie will es [nicht] gesehen haben — she claims [not] to have seen it

4)

die Wunde will [einfach] nicht heilen — the wound [just] won't heal

der Motor wollte nicht anspringen — the engine wouldn't start

es will [einfach] nicht gelingen — it just won't work

5)

etwas will getan sein — something needs or (coll.) has got to be done

das will gelernt sein — it has to be learned

6)

das Buch will unterhalten — the book is intended or meant to entertain

7)

das will nichts heißen/nicht viel sagen — that doesn't mean anything/much
2.
unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1)

du musst nur wollen, dann geht es auch — you only have to want to enough or have the will, then it's possible

ob du willst oder nicht — whether you want to or not

[ganz] wie du willst — just as you like

wenn du willst, könnten wir... — if you want [to], we could...

das ist, wenn man so will,... — that is, if you like,...

[na] dann wollen wir mal! — (ugs.) [right,] let's get started!

2) (ugs.): (irgendwohin zu gehen wünschen)

ich will nach Hause/ans Meer — I want to go home/to go to the seaside

ich will hier raus — I want to get out of here

zu wem wollen Sie? — whom do you want to see?

er wollte zum Theater — he wanted to become an actor

3) verneint (ugs.): (funktionieren)

der Motor will nicht — the engine won't go

seine Beine/Gelenke/Augen wollen nicht mehr — his legs/joints/eyes just aren't up to it any more
3.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) want

das wollte ich nicht — I didn't mean to do that

das habe ich nicht gewollt — I never meant that to happen

wollen, dass jemand etwas tut — want somebody to do something

da ist nichts [mehr] zu wollen — (ugs.) there's nothing we/you etc. can do about it

ich wollte, er wäre hier/es wäre vorbei — I wish he were here/it were over

2)

jemandem nichts wollen können — (ugs.) be unable to harm somebody

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: wollte, gewollt)

= to want v.

to will v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > wollen

4 suo

1. adj his

di cosa its

sua f her

di cosa its

il suo maestro his teacher

i suoi amici his friends

questo libro è suo this is his book

Suo your

2. pron: il suo his

di cosa its

la sua f hers

di cosa its

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suo agg.poss. di 3^a pers.sing.

1 ( riferito a persone) his ( di lui); her ( di lei); ( riferito a cose o animali di sesso non specificato) its; ( suo proprio) his own; her own; its own: Dante e il suo tempo, Dante and his times; la regina e i suoi sudditi, the Queen and her subjects; l'albero e i suoi frutti, the tree and its fruit; Napoli e i suoi dintorni, Naples and its surroundings; Roberto gioca nella squadra di calcio della sua scuola, Robert plays in his school football team; il cane dorme nella sua cuccia, the dog sleeps in its kennel; la ragazza viveva con suo padre e sua madre, the girl lived with her mother and father; l'attrice ha vinto il suo primo Oscar, the actress won her first Oscar; ciascuno è libero di esprimere il suo parere, everyone is free to express his own (o their own) opinion; ognuno vorrebbe avere una casa sua ( propria), everyone would like to have their own (o his own) house; ha comprato il terreno con i suoi ( propri) risparmi, he bought the land with his own savings; lei ha un suo modo di vedere le cose, she has her own way of looking at things; Venezia ha un suo fascino particolare, Venice has a (particular) charm of its own; gli dissi che quello era affar suo, I told him that that was his business // l'ho visto con un suo compagno di scuola, I saw him with a schoolfriend of his; mia moglie ha invitato alcune sue amiche, my wife has invited some friends of hers; lei mi guardò con quel suo sorriso ingenuo, she smiled at me in that innocent way of hers // Sua Eminenza, His Eminence; Sua Santità, His Holiness; Sua Altezza, His, Her Royal Highness; Sua Maestà, His, Her Majesty; Sua Signoria, His Lordship // in vece sua, instead of him, her (o in his, her stead) // per amor suo, for his, her sake (o for love of him, of her) // ogni cosa a suo tempo, everything in due course // non è più giovane, ha i suoi sessant'anni suonati, he isn't young any more; he's (well) over sixty // se non dorme le sue otto ore, si sente stanca, if she doesn't get her eight hours' sleep, she feels tired

2 ( formula di cortesia) your: vuole mostrarmi il suo passaporto, per favore?, will you show me your passport, please?; La ringraziamo per la Sua lettera del 21 c.m., thank you for your letter of the 21st inst. // Suo Franco Rossi, Yours sincerely, Franco Rossi // Sua Eminenza, Your Eminence; Sua Santità, Your Holiness; Sua Altezza, Your (Royal) Highness; Sua Maestà, Your Majesty; Sua Signoria, Your Lordship

3 ( con uso predicativo) his, hers; (rar.) its; ( formula di cortesia) yours: il libro che ti ho prestato è suo, the book I lent you is his, hers; egli sostiene che questa firma non è sua, he claims that this signature isn't his; è suo questo ombrello, signora?, is this umbrella yours, madam?

4 (riferito a sogg. impers.) one's: ( suo proprio) one's own: uno non può sempre fare a modo suo, one can't always have one's own way (o you can't always have your own way); in tal caso, uno prende i suoi provvedimenti, in that case one makes one's own arrangements

◆ pron.poss.

1 ( riferito a persone) his ( di lui); hers ( di lei): ( formula di cortesia) yours: egli sostiene che questo documento non è il suo, he claims that this document isn't his; ero senza auto, e lei mi ha prestato la sua, I hadn't got my car, so she lent me hers; questo posto è occupato, signore, il suo è due file più avanti, This seat is taken, sir. Yours is two rows further on

2 ( in espressioni ellittiche): con riferimento alla Sua pregiata del..., with reference to your letter of...; egli crede che io sia dalla sua, he thinks I'm on his side; è uno che sta molto sulle sue, he keeps himself to himself; lei deve sempre dire la sua, she must always have her say; ne ha combinata una delle sue, he's (gone and) done it again!; ognuno ha le sue, everyone has his (o their) own troubles

◆ s.m.

1 vive del suo, he lives on his income; ci ha rimesso del suo, he lost his own money // a ciascuno il suo, (prov.) each to his own

2 ( partitivo): qualcosa, niente di suo, something, nothing of his own, her own; c'è ben poco di suo in questo lavoro, there's little of his own in this work

3 pl. i suoi, his, her family (o his, her relatives, o fam. his, her folks); ( partigiani, seguaci) his, her supporters ∙ Come si nota dagli esempi, l'agg. e il pron. poss. di 3^a pers. sing. concordano in ingl. col genere del possessore e non della cosa posseduta.

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['suo] I suo (-a)suoi, sue pl
1. agg poss

il(la) suo(a) — (maschile) his, (femminile) her, (neutro) its

il cane dorme nella sua cuccia — the dog is sleeping in its kennel

il suo giardino — his (o her) garden

sua madre — his (o her) mother

suo padre — his (o her) father

un suo amico — a friend of his (o hers)

Luciana e le sue amiche — Luciana and her friends

è colpa sua — it's his (o her) fault

è casa sua; è la sua casa — it's his (o her) house

per amor suo — for love of him (o her)

Sua Altezza — His (o Her) Highness

2. pron poss

il(la) suo(a) — (maschile) his, his own, (femminile) hers, her own, (neutro) its, its own

la mia barca è più lunga della sua — my boat is longer than his (o hers)

è di Roberta questa macchina? - sì, è sua — is this Roberta's car? - yes, it's hers

il suo è stato solo un errore — it was simply an error on his (o her) part

3. sm

1)

ha speso del suo — he (o she) spent his (o her) own money

vive del suo — he (o she) lives on his (o her) own income

2)

i suoi smpl — (genitori) his (o her) parents, (famiglia) his (o her) family, (amici, alleati) his (o her) own people, his (o her) side

lui è dei suoi — he is on his (o her) side

4. sf

la sua — (opinione) his (o her) view

è dalla sua — (parte) he's on his (o her) side

anche lui ha avuto le sue — (disavventure) he's had his problems too

sta sulle sue — he keeps himself to himself
II suo (-a)suoi, sue pl (forma di cortesia)
Suo

1. agg poss

il(la) suo(a) — your

il suo ombrello, signore! — your umbrella, sir!

Sua Altezza — Your Highness

suo devotissimo — (in lettere) your devoted servant

2. pron poss

il(la) suo(a) — yours, your own

scusi signore, è suo questo? — excuse me sir, is this yours?

la sua è pura scortesia — that's sheer discourtesy on your part

3. pron poss m

ha speso del suo? — did you spend your own money?

4. pron poss f

la sua — (opinione) your view

è dalla sua — he's on your side

alla sua! — your very good health!

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f. sua, m.pl. suoi, f.pl. sue ['suo, 'sua, sw'ɔi, 'sue] aggettivo possessivo

1) (di lui) his; (di lei) her; (di cosa o animale) its

suo padre, sua madre — (di lui) his father, mother; (di lei) her father, mother

i suoi figli — (di lui) his children; (di lei) her children

la gatta e i suoi gattini — the cat and its kittens

il computer e i suoi accessori — the computer and its accessories

la ditta ha un suo avvocato — the company has its own lawyer

Sua Santità — His Holiness

Sua Maestà — (il re) His Majesty; (la regina) Her Majesty

un suo amico — (di lui) a friend of his; (di lei) a friend of hers

quel suo compagno di scuola — (di lui) that school friend of his; (di lei) that school friend of hers

questo libro è suo — (di lui) this book is his; (di lei) this book is hers

2) (forma di cortesia) your

3) il suo, f. la sua, m.pl. i suoi, f.pl. le sue pronome possessivo

4) (di lui) his; (di lei) hers; (di cosa o animale) its

è il suo, la sua — (di lui) it's his; (di lei) it's hers; (in espressioni ellittiche)

Anna vuole sempre dire la sua — Anna always wants to have her say

Gigi ne ha fatta un'altra delle sue! — Gigi has been up to one of his tricks again!

i suoi — (genitori) (di lui) his parents; (di lei) her parents; (parenti) (di lui) his relatives; (di lei) her relatives

ho ricevuto la Sua — I received your letter

5) (forma di cortesia) yours

6) (denaro, beni)

Luca non vuole spendere del suo — Luca doesn't want to spend his own money o to pay out of his own pocket

lei vive del suo — she lives on her own income
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Note:

v. la nota della voce mio

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suo

f. sua, m.pl. suoi, f.pl. sue /'suo, 'sua, sw'ɔi, 'sue/

v. la nota della voce mio.

I aggettivo possessivo

1 (di lui) his; (di lei) her; (di cosa o animale) its; suo padre, sua madre (di lui) his father, mother; (di lei) her father, mother; i suoi figli (di lui) his children; (di lei) her children; la gatta e i suoi gattini the cat and its kittens; il computer e i suoi accessori the computer and its accessories; la ditta ha un suo avvocato the company has its own lawyer; Sua Santità His Holiness; Sua Maestà (il re) His Majesty; (la regina) Her Majesty; un suo amico (di lui) a friend of his; (di lei) a friend of hers; quel suo compagno di scuola (di lui) that school friend of his; (di lei) that school friend of hers; questo libro è suo (di lui) this book is his; (di lei) this book is hers

2 (forma di cortesia) your

II il suo, f. la sua, m.pl. i suoi, f.pl. le sue

pronome possessivo

1 (di lui) his; (di lei) hers; (di cosa o animale) its; è il suo, la sua (di lui) it's his; (di lei) it's hers; (in espressioni ellittiche) Anna vuole sempre dire la sua Anna always wants to have her say; Gigi ne ha fatta un'altra delle sue! Gigi has been up to one of his tricks again! i suoi (genitori) (di lui) his parents; (di lei) her parents; (parenti) (di lui) his relatives; (di lei) her relatives; ho ricevuto la Sua I received your letter

2 (forma di cortesia) yours

3 (denaro, beni) Luca non vuole spendere del suo Luca doesn't want to spend his own money o to pay out of his own pocket; lei vive del suo she lives on her own income.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > suo

5 enfrentarse a

v.

to face, to breast, to brave, to confront with.

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(v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with

Ex. The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.

Ex. Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.

Ex. Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.

Ex. Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

Ex. Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.

Ex. There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.

Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.

Ex. The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.

Ex. The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.

Ex. Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.

Ex. Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.

Ex. The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex. We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.

Ex. British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.

Ex. We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.

Ex. Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.

Ex. The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.

Ex. The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.

Ex. He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.

Ex. In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.

Ex. The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.

Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

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(v.) = be faced with, come to + grips with, confront, face, face up to, meet, cope with, get to + grips with, clash with, grapple with, wrestle with, get + a grip on, go + head-to-head with, be up against, come up against, run up against, line up against, brave, breast, have + a go at, address, engage in + confrontation with

Ex: The indexer is faced with the choice of which off the themes of the document to provide access to via an index.

Ex: Right now the management team is beginning to come to grips with our annual budget process, as it does every year.

Ex: Resource sharing in libraries may be a way of confronting the impact of rising prices dictated by a few large publishing corporations.

Ex: Hungary faces far-reaching socio-economic transformation which will inevitably affect libraries as well.

Ex: Together we need to face up to the challenges of the Information Age.

Ex: There may be a threat of over-capacity; if so, this could be met by diversification, an enlargement of the SLIS role.

Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.

Ex: The Treasure has made good use of a number of methodologies in getting to grips with the principles and applications of information management.

Ex: The date of the book fair must be fitted into the school program so that it does not clash with any rival local or national event.

Ex: Researchers have long grappled with predicting the readability of reading materials for children.

Ex: Librarians believe they will have to wrestle with limited opportunities for career advancement = Los bibliotecarios piensan que tendrán que hacer frente a oportunidades limitadas para su promoción profesional.

Ex: The article ' Getting a grip on change' argues that only by confronting the challenges and inevitability of change can libraries retain their relevancy in the information age.

Ex: We went head-to-head with those that wanted a uniform look for the whole library Website! = Nos enfrentamos a aquellos que querían un aspecto uniforme en el diseño de todo el sitio web de la biblioteca.

Ex: British exporters have been up against tariff and non-tariff barriers all over the world for a very long time.

Ex: We have come up against the extreme expense which change brings to an existing catalog.

Ex: Some of the information from the EEC Government in Brussels is provided off the record, which sometimes runs up against the UK Government's wall of secrecy.

Ex: The author examines claims by Microsoft's Bill Gates that networked computers have no future, and looks at the opposition lining up against him.

Ex: The mammoth hunters braved sub-zero temperatures on desolate tundra at least 20000 years earlier than was thought.

Ex: He has breasted an extraordinary amount of obloquy on behalf of our country's cause.

Ex: In the 1980s that meant having a go at all the trendy lefties and pacifists, and so our main issues were class politics and violence.

Ex: The inclusion of vendors and publishers allows everyone to address sticky business relationships head-on.

Ex: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentarse a

6 dont

dont [dɔ̃]

relative pronoun

   a. (provenant d'un complément de nom: indique la possession, la qualité etc) whose

• la femme dont vous apercevez le chapeau the woman whose hat you can see

• les enfants dont la mère travaille sont plus indépendants children with working mothers are more independent

   b. (indiquant la partie d'un tout) il y a eu plusieurs blessés, dont son frère there were several casualties, including his brother

• ils ont trois filles dont deux sont mariées they have three daughters, of whom two are married

   c. (indique la manière, la provenance) la façon dont elle marche/s'habille the way she walks/dresses

• des mines dont on extrait la bauxite mines from which bauxite is extracted

• la classe sociale dont elle est issue the social class she came from

   d. (provenant d'un complément prépositionnel d'adjectif, de verbe: voir aussi les adjectifs et verbes en question) l'outil dont il se sert the tool he is using

• la maladie dont elle souffre the illness she suffers from

• le film/l'acteur dont elle parle tant the film/actor she talks about so much

• l'accident dont il a été responsable the accident he was responsible for or for which he was responsible

• le collier/l'enfant dont elle est si fière the necklace/child she is so proud of

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dɔ̃
Note: Lorsque la traduction de dont fait intervenir une préposition en anglais, deux tournures sont possibles: c'est un enfant dont je suis fier = he's a child I'm proud of; = he's a child of whom I am proud. La première traduction est utilisée dans la langue courante, parlée ou écrite; la seconde traduction relève de la langue soutenue, surtout écrite, et n'est pas toujours acceptable: le livre dont tu m'as parlé = the book you told me about

pronom relatif

1) ( en fonction d'objet indirect)

la jeune fille dont on nous disait qu'elle avait 20 ans — the girl who they said was 20 ou who was said to be 20

Sylvaine est quelqu'un dont on se souvient — Sylvaine is somebody (that) you remember

la maladie dont il souffre — the illness which he's suffering from

2) ( en fonction de complément d'un adjectif)

des élèves dont je suis satisfait — pupils I'm satisfied with, pupils with whom I am satisfied

des renseignements dont nous ne sommes pas certains — information which we are not sure about

3) ( en fonction de complément circonstanciel)

une voix dont elle sait admirablement se servir — a voice which she really knows how to use

la manière dont elle s'habille — the way (in which) she dresses

la façon dont il a été traité — the way he has been treated

la famille dont il descend — the family from which he is descended

4) ( en fonction de complément de nom)

un canapé dont les housses sont amovibles — a sofa whose covers are removable

un concours dont le lauréat gagnera... — a competition the winner of which will receive...

une personne dont il prétend être l'ami — a person whose friend he claims to be

5) ( parmi lesquels)

il y a eu plusieurs victimes dont mon père — there were several victims, one of whom was my father

l'organisation propose diverses activités dont l'équitation, la natation et le tricot — the organization offers various activities including horse riding, swimming and knitting

des boîtes dont la plupart sont vides — boxes, most of which are empty

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dɔ̃ pron relatif
1) (relation d'appartenance) (objets) whose, of which, (êtres animés) whose

la maison dont le toit est rouge — the house whose roof is red

l'homme dont je connais la sœur — the man whose sister I know

2) (= parmi lesquel(le)s)

deux livres, dont l'un est en anglais — two books, one of which is in English

Il y avait plusieurs personnes, dont Gabrielle. — There were several people, among them Gabrielle.

10 blessés, dont 2 grièvement — 10 injured, 2 of them seriously

3) (complément d'adjectif, de verbe)

le fils dont il est si fier — the son he's so proud of

ce dont je parle — what I'm talking about

la fille dont je t'ai parlé — the girl I told you about

la façon dont il l'a fait — the way he did it, the way in which he did it

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dont pron rel

❢ Lorsque la traduction de dont fait intervenir une préposition en anglais, deux tournures sont possibles: c'est un enfant dont je suis fier = he's a child I'm proud of; = he's a child of whom I am proud. La première traduction est utilisée dans la langue courante, parlée ou écrite; la seconde traduction relève de la langue soutenue, surtout écrite, et n'est pas toujours acceptable: le livre dont tu m'as parlé = the book you told me about.

1 ( en fonction d'objet indirect) la jeune fille dont on nous disait qu'elle avait 20 ans the girl who they said was 20 ou who was said to be 20; Sylvaine est quelqu'un dont on se souvient Sylvaine is somebody (that) you remember; l'époque dont je vous parle the time I'm talking about; l'argent dont je dispose the money (that) I have available, the money that is available to me; la maladie dont il souffre the illness which he's suffering from;

2 ( en fonction de complément d'un adjectif) des élèves dont je suis satisfait pupils I'm satisfied with, pupils with whom I am satisfied; des renseignements dont nous ne sommes pas certains information which we are not sure about ou about which we are not sure; dans le café dont il est voisin in the neighbouring^GB café; les vieux journaux dont leur salon est plein the old newspapers which their living room is full of ou of which their living room is full;

3 ( en fonction de complément circonstanciel) une voix dont elle sait admirablement se servir a voice which she uses to wonderful effect ou she really knows how to use; les méthodes dont ils ont usé the methods (that ou which) they used; la façon or manière dont elle s'habille the way (in which) she dresses; il s'est senti offensé par la façon dont il avait été traité he was offended by the way (that) he had been treated; elle fait des recherches sur la manière dont les affaires sont traitées she is doing research on the way in which business is conducted; j'avais oublié la façon dont il m'avait traité I had forgotten the way he ou how he had treated me; il rentra dans la chambre dont il était sorti cinq minutes auparavant he came back into the room (which) he had left five minutes before; l'arbre dont on extrait le caoutchouc the tree from which rubber is extracted; la famille dont il descend the family from which he is descended;

4 ( en fonction de complément de nom) un document dont l'importance n'échappe à personne a document the importance of which ou whose importance is clear to everyone; un canapé dont les housses sont amovibles a sofa the covers of which ou whose covers are removable; un concours dont le lauréat gagnera… a competition the winner of which will receive…; une ville dont la splendeur vous coupe le souffle a town whose splendour takes your breath away; une personne dont il prétend être l'ami a person whose friend he claims to be; une ville dont 50% des habitants ont plus de 55 ans a town 50% of whose inhabitants are over 55;

5 ( parmi lesquels) il y a eu plusieurs victimes dont mon père there were several victims, one of whom was my father; des jeunes gens dont plusieurs avaient les cheveux longs young men, several of whom had long hair; l'organisation propose diverses activités dont le cheval, la natation et le tricot the organization offers various activities including horse riding, swimming and knitting; il a sélectionné quelques bouteilles dont une pour toi he selected a few bottles including one for you; elle a écrit plusieurs pièces dont la meilleure est la dernière she has written several plays the best of which is ou the best being her latest one; des boîtes dont la plupart sont vides boxes, most of which are empty.

[dɔ̃] pronom relatif

1. [exprimant le complément du nom - personne] whose ; [ - chose] whose, of which (soutenu)

le club dont je suis membre the club to which I belong ou of which I'm a member (soutenu), the club I belong to

2. [exprimant la partie d'un tout - personnes] of whom ; [ - choses] of which

des livres dont la plupart ne valent rien books, most of which are worthless

deux personnes ont téléphoné, dont ton frère two people phoned, including your brother

3. [exprimant le complément de l'adjectif]

le service dont vous êtes responsable the service for which you are responsible

c'est la seule photo dont je sois fier it's the only photograph I'm proud of ou of which I'm proud

4. [exprimant l'objet indirect]

ce dont nous avons discuté what we talked about

une corvée dont je me passerais bien a chore (which) I could well do without

5. [exprimant le complément du verbe - indiquant la provenance, l'agent, la manière etc.]

une personne dont on ne sait rien a person nobody knows anything about

cette femme dont je sais qu'elle n'a pas d'enfants that woman who I know doesn't have any children

la famille dont je viens the family (which) I come from

les amis dont il est entouré the friends he is surrounded by

les cadeaux dont il a été comblé the many presents (which) he received

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > dont

7 das

I best. Art. the; das Gute the good; das Laufen running; das Fernsehen television; das eine ist falsch, das andere richtig one is wrong, the other (one) is right; das Tier (alle Tiere) the animal kingdom; das Vorkriegsdeutschland pre-war Germany; ich wusch mir das Gesicht I washed my face; zwei Euro das Kilo two euros a kilo

II Dem. Pron. that, this, those Pl.; das ist der neue Chef that’s the new boss; das sind meine Bücher those are my books; das da that one (there); das war ich that was me; das, was er sagt what he says; das ist es ja! that’s just it ( oder the point)!; sie wurde gelobt, auch das noch! that’s all I need, that tops the lot!; und das mit Recht and quite right too, Am. auch and how! umg.; nur das nicht! anything but that!

III Rel. Pron. bei Personen: who (Nom.) whom (Akk) bei Sachen: which; das Kind, das ich meine the child I’m referring to; das Erste, das ich tat the first thing I did; das Haus, das abgerissen wird the house which (Am. meist that) is being demolished; der

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the ( Artikel)

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dạs [das] [das] See: → der
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1) ((used in place of a word, phrase etc previously used, or something previously stated) as already indicated: `Are you really leaving your job?' `Yes, I've already told you / said so'; `Is she arriving tomorrow?' `Yes, I hope so'; If you haven't read the notice, please do so now; `Is that so (= true)?' `Yes, it's really so'; `Was your father angry?' `Yes, even more so than I was expecting - in fact, so much so that he refused to speak to me all day!) so

2) (used for a thing etc or a person nearby or close in time: Read this - you'll like it; This is my friend John Smith.) this

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das

[das]

I. art def, nom und akk sing nt

1. (allgemein) the

\das Buch/Haus/Schiff the book/house/ship

2. (bei Körperteilen)

er hob \das Bein he lifted his leg

sich dat \das Genick brechen to break one's neck

sich dat \das Gesicht waschen to wash one's face

3. (bei Abstrakta)

\das Glück/Leben/Schicksal happiness/life/fate

4. (bei allgemeinen Stoffen)

der wichtigste Export ist \das Gold/Öl the key export is gold/oil; (bei spezifischen Stoffen) the

\das Holz dieses Stuhls ist morsch the wood in this chair is rotten

5. (einmalig)

\das Foto/Model des Jahres the photo/model of the year

es ist \das Geschenk für Oma! it's just the present for grandma!

6. (bei Eigennamen)

\das Tessin Ticino

\das Deutschland der 60er Jahre Germany in the sixties

7. (verallgemeinernd)

\das tägliche Brot one's daily bread

der Traktor ersetzte \das Pferd the tractor replaced the horse

8. (nach Angaben)

10 Euro \das Stück €10 apiece [or each

9. (vor Substantiviertem)

\das Arbeiten in einer Fabrik working in a factory

\das Ärgerliche/Gute what is annoying/good

\das Schlimme ist,... the bad news is...

\das Schöne an ihr the nice thing about her

II. pron dem, nom und akk sing nt

1. attr, betont

\das Kind war es! it was that child!

\das Kleid trägt sie morgen she'll be wearing that dress [or that dress she'll be wearing] tomorrow

\das Buch/Haus/Schiff da that book/house/ship [there]

\das Buch/Haus/Schiff hier this book/house/ship [here]

\das Buch muss man gelesen haben! that's a book you have to read!

er behauptet, \das und \das Tier gezüchtet zu haben he claims to have bred such and such an animal

2. (hinweisend)

\das ist doch Unsinn! that's nonsense!

was ist denn \das? (fam) what on earth is that/this?

\das da that one [there]

\das da oben ist eine Haufenwolke that [thing] up there is a cumulus

\das hier this one [here]

\das und \das such and such

3. (unterscheidend)

\das mit den Streifen that/this one with the stripes

ach das! (pej) oh that!

4. (wiederholend)

das Baby, \das ist so süß! the baby is so sweet!

mein altes Auto? \das hab ich längst verkauft my old car? I sold it [or that] ages ago

das Biest, \das! the beast!

\das, was noch kommen wird that which is to come

sie ist enttäuscht, und \das mit Recht she's disappointed, and she has every right to be

auch \das noch! (fam) as if I didn't have enough problems!

5. (fam: ersetzt Pronomen)

mein Fahrrad quietscht, \das braucht bestimmt Öl my bike's squeaking, it must need oiling

das Mädchen kommt wieder, \das ist ein Prachtstück! the girl will be here again, she's a real beauty!

III. pron rel, nom und akk sing nt that; (Person a.) who/whom form; (Gegenstand, Tier a.) which

ich hörte/sah ein Auto, \das um die Ecke fuhr I heard/saw a car driving around the corner

das Mädchen, \das gut singen kann,... (einschränkend) the girl who [or that] can sing well...; (nicht einschränkend) the girl, who can sing well,...

das Buch, \das letztes Jahr erschienen ist,... (einschränkend) the book that [or which] was published last year...; (nicht einschränkend) the book, which was published last year,...

das Mädchen, \das der Lehrer anspricht,... (einschränkend) the girl [who [or that]] the teacher is talking to..., the girl to whom the teacher is talking... form; (nicht einschränkend) the girl, who the teacher is talking to,..., the girl, to whom the teacher is talking,... form

das Bild, \das alle betrachten,... (einschränkend) the picture [that [or which]] everyone is looking at..., the picture at which everyone is looking... form; (nicht einschränkend) the picture, which everyone is looking at,..., the picture, at which everyone is looking,... form; s.a. der, die

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1.
bestimmter Artikel Nom. u. Akk. the

das Leben im Dschungel — life in the jungle

das Weihnachtsfest — Christmas

das Laufen fällt ihm schwer — walking is difficult for him
2.
Demonstrativpronomen

1) attr

das Kind war es — it was 'that child

2) allein stehend

das [da] — that one

das [hier] — this one [here]

das mit dem blonden Haar — the one with the fair hair
3.
Relativpronomen (Mensch) who; that; (Sache, Tier) which; that

das Mädchen, das da drüben entlanggeht — the girl walking along over there

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das

A. best art the;

das Gute the good;

das Laufen running;

das Fernsehen television;

das eine ist falsch, das andere richtig one is wrong, the other (one) is right;

das Tier (alle Tiere) the animal kingdom;

das Vorkriegsdeutschland pre-war Germany;

ich wusch mir das Gesicht I washed my face;

zwei Euro das Kilo two euros a kilo

B. dem pr that, this, those pl;

das ist der neue Chef that’s the new boss;

das sind meine Bücher those are my books;

das da that one (there);

das war ich that was me;

das, was er sagt what he says;

das ist es ja! that’s just it ( oder the point)!; sie wurde gelobt,

auch das noch! that’s all I need, that tops the lot!;

und das mit Recht and quite right too, US auch and how! umg;

nur das nicht! anything but that!

C. rel pr bei Personen: who (nom); whom (akk); bei Sachen: which;

das Kind, das ich meine the child I’m referring to;

das Erste, das ich tat the first thing I did;

das Haus, das abgerissen wird the house which (US meist that) is being demolished; → der

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1.
bestimmter Artikel Nom. u. Akk. the

das Leben im Dschungel — life in the jungle

das Weihnachtsfest — Christmas

das Laufen fällt ihm schwer — walking is difficult for him
2.
Demonstrativpronomen

1) attr

das Kind war es — it was 'that child

2) allein stehend

das [da] — that one

das [hier] — this one [here]

das mit dem blonden Haar — the one with the fair hair
3.
Relativpronomen (Mensch) who; that; (Sache, Tier) which; that

das Mädchen, das da drüben entlanggeht — the girl walking along over there

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art.n.

the art. pron.

that pron.

what pron.

which pron.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > das

8 de plazo vencido

(adj.) = lapsed, overdue

Ex. Displays of information compared are: holdings, copy locations, routing, date received, cancellations and withdrawals, bindery, late issues, claims and lapsed subscriptions.

Ex. If the book was overdue when returned, a record is placed in a separate file, the fines file, and a notation is made in the borrower record.

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(adj.) = lapsed, overdue

Ex: Displays of information compared are: holdings, copy locations, routing, date received, cancellations and withdrawals, bindery, late issues, claims and lapsed subscriptions.

Ex: If the book was overdue when returned, a record is placed in a separate file, the fines file, and a notation is made in the borrower record.

Spanish-English dictionary > de plazo vencido

9 claim

N

1. दावा

Despite her claims of innocence,she was found guilty.

2. मुआवज़े\claimकी\claimमांग

The victim of the accident made claims for damages.

3. ज़ोर\claimदेकर\claimकहना

She made no claims that she was the best cook.
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V

1. दावा\claimकरना

She claimed that the book was hers.

2. ज़ोर\claimदेकर\claimकहना

She claimed that she is the best cook in the town.

3. मुआवज़ा\claimमाँगना

The victim in the accident claimed for damages.

4. का\claimपात्र\claimहोना

There are some unimportant matters in the newspaper that doesn't claim atten-

tion.

5. नुकसान\claimका\claimकारण\claimहोना

The supercyclone in Orissa claimed more than 20,000 lives.

English-Hindi dictionary > claim

10 set

set [set]

jeu ⇒ 1 (a) série ⇒ 1 (a) ensemble ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c) cercle ⇒ 1 (b) appareil ⇒ 1 (d) poste ⇒ 1 (d) set ⇒ 1 (e) fixe ⇒ 2 (a) arrêté ⇒ 2 (b) figé ⇒ 2 (b) résolu ⇒ 2 (c) prêt ⇒ 2 (d) mettre ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (c), 3 (d) poser ⇒ 3 (a), 3 (c), 3 (e), 3 (i) situer ⇒ 3 (b) régler ⇒ 3 (c) fixer ⇒ 3 (f), 3 (i) établir ⇒ 3 (f) faire prendre ⇒ 3 (h) se coucher ⇒ 4 (a) prendre ⇒ 4 (b)

(pt & pp set, cont setting)

1 noun

(a) (of tools, keys, golf clubs, sails) jeu m; (of numbers, names, instructions, stamps, weights) série f; (of books) collection f; (of furniture) ensemble m; (of cutlery, dishes, glasses) service m; (of lingerie) parure f; (of wheels) train m; (of facts, conditions, characteristics, data) ensemble m; (of events, decisions, questions) série f, suite f; Typography (of proofs, characters) jeu m; Computing (of characters, instructions) jeu m, ensemble m;

∎ a set of matching luggage un ensemble de valises assorties;

∎ a set of table/bed linen une parure de table/de lit;

∎ a set of sheets une parure de lit;

∎ badminton/chess set jeu m de badminton/d'échecs;

∎ they're playing with Damian's train set ils jouent avec le train électrique de Damian;

∎ the cups/the chairs are sold in sets of six les tasses/les chaises sont vendues par six;

∎ I can't break up the set je ne peux pas les dépareiller;

∎ they make a set ils vont ensemble;

∎ to collect the (whole) set rassembler toute la collection, faire la collection;

∎ he made me a duplicate set (of keys) il m'a fait un double des clés; (of contact lenses) il m'en a fait une autre paire;

∎ a full set of the encyclopedia une encyclopédie complète;

∎ a full set of Tolstoy's works les œuvres complètes de Tolstoï;

∎ they've detected two sets of fingerprints ils ont relevé deux séries d'empreintes digitales ou les empreintes digitales de deux personnes;

∎ given another set of circumstances, things might have turned out differently dans d'autres circonstances, les choses auraient pu se passer différemment;

∎ the first set of reforms la première série ou le premier train de réformes;

∎ they ran a whole set of tests on me ils m'ont fait subir toute une série d'examens

(b) (social group) cercle m, milieu m;

∎ he's not in our set il n'appartient pas à notre cercle;

∎ we don't go around in the same set nous ne fréquentons pas le même milieu ou monde;

∎ the riding/yachting set le monde ou milieu de l'équitation/du yachting;

∎ the literary set les milieux mpl littéraires;

∎ the Markham set Markham et ses amis

(c) Mathematics ensemble m

(d) (electrical device) appareil m; (radio, TV) poste m;

∎ a colour TV set un poste de télévision ou un téléviseur couleur

(e) Sport set m, manche f;

∎ first set to Miss Williams set Williams

(f) Cinema & Television plateau m; Theatre (stage) scène f; (scenery) décor m;

∎ on (the) set Cinema & Television sur le plateau; Theatre sur scène

(g) (part of performance → by singer, group)

∎ he'll be playing two sets tonight il va jouer à deux reprises ce soir;

∎ her second set was livelier la deuxième partie de son spectacle a été plus animée

(h) British School groupe m de niveau

(i) (for hair) mise f en plis;

∎ to have a set se faire faire une mise en plis

(j) (posture → of shoulders, body) position f, attitude f; (→ of head) port m;

∎ I could tell he was angry by the set of his jaw rien qu'à la façon dont il serrait les mâchoires, j'ai compris qu'il était en colère

(k) (direction → of wind, current) direction f;

∎ suddenly the set of the wind changed le vent a tourné soudainement

(l) Psychology (tendency) tendance f

(m) Horticulture (seedling) semis m; (cutting) bouture f;

∎ tomato/tulip sets tomates fpl/tulipes fpl à repiquer

(n) (clutch of eggs) couvée f

(o) Hunting (of hound) arrêt m

(p) Building industry (paving stone) pavé m

(q) (of badger) terrier m

2 adjective

(a) (specified, prescribed → rule, price, quantity, sum, wage) fixe;

∎ meals are at set times les repas sont servis à heures fixes;

∎ there are no set rules for raising children il n'y a pas de règles toutes faites pour l'éducation des enfants;

∎ the tasks must be done in the set order les tâches doivent être accomplies dans l'ordre prescrit;

∎ with no set purpose sans but précis

(b) (fixed, rigid → ideas, views) arrêté; (→ smile, frown) figé;

∎ her day followed a set routine sa journée se déroulait selon un rituel immuable;

∎ he has a set way of doing it il a sa méthode pour le faire;

∎ to be set in one's ways avoir ses (petites) habitudes;

∎ to become set in one's views devenir rigide dans ses opinions

(c) (intent, resolute) résolu, déterminé;

∎ to be set on or upon sth vouloir qch à tout prix;

∎ I'm (dead) set on finishing it tonight je suis (absolument) déterminé à le finir ce soir;

∎ he's dead set against it il s'y oppose formellement

(d) (ready, in position) prêt;

∎ are you (all) set to go? êtes-vous prêt à partir?

(e) (likely) probablement;

∎ he seems well set to win il semble être sur la bonne voie ou être bien parti pour gagner;

∎ house prices are set to rise steeply les prix de l'immobilier vont vraisemblablement monter en flèche

(f) British School (book, subject) au programme;

∎ one of our set books is 'Oliver Twist' un des ouvrages au programme est 'Oliver Twist'

3 transitive verb

(a) (put in specified place or position) mettre, poser;

∎ he set his cases down on the platform il posa ses valises sur le quai;

∎ to set sth before sb (dish, glass) placer qch devant qn; (proposal, plan) présenter qch à qn;

∎ she set the steaming bowl before him elle plaça le bol fumant devant lui;

∎ to set a proposal before the board présenter un projet au conseil d'administration;

∎ to set sb on his/her feet again remettre qn sur pied;

∎ to set a match to sth mettre le feu à qch;

∎ to set sb ashore débarquer qn

(b) (usu passive) (locate, situate → building, story) situer;

∎ the house is set in large grounds la maison est située dans un grand parc;

∎ his eyes are set too close together ses yeux sont trop rapprochés;

∎ the story is set in Tokyo l'histoire se passe ou se déroule à Tokyo;

∎ her novels are set in the 18th century ses romans se passent au XVIIIème siècle

(c) (adjust → clock, mechanism) régler; (→ alarm) mettre; Computing (→ tabs, format) poser;

∎ I set my watch to New York time j'ai réglé ma montre à l'heure de New York;

∎ set your watches an hour ahead avancez vos montres d'une heure;

∎ he's so punctual you can set your watch by him! il est si ponctuel qu'on peut régler sa montre sur lui!;

∎ I've set the alarm for six j'ai mis le réveil à (sonner pour) six heures;

∎ how do I set the margins? comment est-ce que je fais pour placer les marges?;

∎ set the timer for one hour mettez le minuteur sur une heure;

∎ first set the control knob to the desired temperature mettez tout d'abord le bouton de réglage sur la température voulue;

∎ the lever was set in the off position le levier était sur "arrêt"

(d) (fix into position) mettre, fixer; (jewel, diamond) sertir, monter;

∎ the handles are set into the drawers les poignées sont encastrées dans les tiroirs;

∎ there was a peephole set in the door il y avait un judas dans la porte;

∎ to set a stake in the ground enfoncer ou planter un pieu dans la terre;

∎ metal bars had been set in the concrete des barres en métal avaient été fixées dans le béton;

∎ the brooch was set with pearls la broche était sertie de perles;

∎ the ruby was set in a simple ring le rubis était monté sur un simple anneau;

∎ Medicine to set a bone réduire une fracture;

∎ figurative his face was set in a frown son visage était figé dans une grimace renfrognée;

∎ she set her jaw and refused to budge elle serra les dents et refusa de bouger;

∎ we had set ourselves to resist nous étions déterminés à résister

(e) (lay, prepare in advance → trap) poser, tendre;

∎ to set the table mettre le couvert ou la table;

∎ to set the table for two mettre deux couverts;

∎ set an extra place at table rajoutez un couvert

(f) (establish → date, price, schedule, terms) fixer, déterminer; (→ rule, guideline, objective, target) établir; (→ mood, precedent) créer;

∎ they still haven't set a date for the party ils n'ont toujours pas fixé de date pour la réception;

∎ you've set yourself a tough deadline or a tough deadline for yourself vous vous êtes fixé un délai très court;

∎ it's up to them to set their own production targets c'est à eux d'établir ou de fixer leurs propres objectifs de production;

∎ a deficit ceiling has been set un plafonnement du déficit a été imposé ou fixé ou décidé;

∎ to set a value on sth décider de la valeur de qch;

∎ figurative they set a high value on creativity ils accordent une grande valeur à la créativité;

∎ the price was set at £500 le prix a été fixé à 500 livres;

∎ the judge set bail at $1,000 le juge a fixé la caution à 1000 dollars;

∎ how are exchange rates set? comment les taux de change sont-ils déterminés?;

∎ to set an age limit at… fixer une limite d'âge à…;

∎ to set a new fashion or trend lancer une nouvelle mode;

∎ to set a new world record établir un nouveau record mondial;

∎ to set the tone for or of sth donner le ton de qch

(g) (indicating change of state or activity)

∎ to set sth alight or on fire mettre le feu à qch;

∎ it sets my nerves on edge ça me crispe;

∎ also figurative she set me in the right direction elle m'a mis sur la bonne voie;

∎ to set sb against sb monter qn contre qn;

∎ he/the incident set the taxman on my trail il/l'incident a mis le fisc sur ma piste;

∎ to set the dogs on sb lâcher les chiens sur qn;

∎ the incident set the family against him l'incident a monté la famille contre lui;

∎ it will set the country on the road to economic recovery cela va mettre le pays sur la voie de la reprise économique;

∎ his failure set him thinking son échec lui a donné à réfléchir;

∎ the scandal will set the whole town talking le scandale va faire jaser toute la ville;

∎ to set the dog barking faire aboyer le chien;

∎ the wind set the leaves dancing le vent a fait frissonner les feuilles;

∎ to set a machine going mettre une machine en marche

(h) (solidify → yoghurt, jelly, concrete) faire prendre;

∎ pectin will help to set the jam la pectine aidera à épaissir la confiture

(i) (pose → problem) poser; (assign → task) fixer;

∎ the strikers' demands set the management a difficult problem les exigences des grévistes posent un problème difficile à la direction;

∎ I set them to work tidying the garden je les ai mis au désherbage du jardin;

∎ I've set myself the task of writing to them regularly je me suis fixé la tâche de leur écrire régulièrement

(j) British School (exam) composer, choisir les questions de; (books, texts) mettre au programme;

∎ she set the class a maths exercise, she set a maths exercise for the class elle a donné un exercice de maths à la classe;

∎ who sets the test questions? qui choisit les questions de l'épreuve?

(k) (hair)

∎ to set sb's hair faire une mise en plis à qn;

∎ and I've just had my hair set! et je viens de me faire faire une mise en plis!;

∎ I set my own hair je me fais moi-même mes mises en plis

(l) Horticulture (plant) planter

(m) Typography (text, page) composer;

∎ to set type composer

(n) Music (poem, words)

∎ to set sth to music mettre qch en musique

4 intransitive verb

(a) (sun, moon, stars) se coucher;

∎ we saw the sun setting nous avons vu le coucher du soleil

(b) (become firm → glue, cement, plaster, jelly, yoghurt) prendre;

∎ her features had set in an expression of determination ses traits s'étaient durcis en une expression de très forte détermination

(c) (bone) se ressouder

(d) (start) se mettre;

∎ he set to work il s'est mis au travail

(e) (plant, tree) prendre racine

(f) (hen) couver

(g) (wind, tide)

∎ the wind looks set fair to the east on dirait un vent d'ouest

(h) Hunting (hound) tomber en arrêt

►► Theatre, Cinema & Television set designer décorateur(trice) m,f;

Grammar set expression expression f figée;

set figures (in skating) figures fpl imposées;

set meal, set menu meal menu m;

Grammar set phrase expression f figée;

set piece

(a) Art, Literature & Music morceau m de bravoure

(b) (fireworks) pièce f (de feu) d'artifice

(c) (of scenery) élément m de décor

(d) Sport combinaison f préparée ou calculée;

Sport set point (in tennis) balle f de set;

Technology set screw vis f de réglage;

Sport set scrum (in rugby) mêlée f fermée;

set square équerre f (à dessiner);

set task tâche f assignée;

∎ to give sb a set task to do assigner à qn une tâche bien précise;

Mathematics set theory théorie f des ensembles

➲ set about inseparable transitive verb

(a) (start → task) se mettre à;

∎ she set about changing the tyre elle s'est mise à changer le pneu;

∎ I didn't know how to set about it je ne savais pas comment m'y prendre;

∎ how does one set about getting a visa? comment fait-on pour obtenir un visa?

(b) (attack) attaquer, s'en prendre à;

∎ he set about the mugger with his umbrella il s'en est pris à son agresseur à coups de parapluie

➲ set against separable transitive verb

(a) (compare)

∎ to set sth against sth comparer qch à qch;

∎ to set the benefits against the costs évaluer les bénéfices par rapport aux coûts;

∎ we must set the government's promises against its achievements nous devons examiner les promesses du gouvernement à la lumière de ses actions

(b) Finance (offset)

∎ some of these expenses can be set against tax certaines de ces dépenses peuvent être déduites des impôts

(c) (friends, family) monter contre;

∎ religious differences have set family against family les différences religieuses ont monté les familles les unes contre les autres;

∎ to set oneself or one's face against sth s'opposer résolument à qch

➲ set ahead separable transitive verb

American

∎ to set the clock ahead avancer l'horloge;

∎ we're setting the clocks ahead tonight on change d'heure cette nuit

➲ set apart separable transitive verb

(a) (place separately → object) mettre à part ou de côté;

∎ there was one deck chair set slightly apart from the others il y avait une chaise longue un peu à l'écart des autres;

∎ they set themselves apart ils faisaient bande à part

(b) (distinguish) distinguer ( from de);

∎ her talent sets her apart from the other students son talent la distingue des autres étudiants

➲ set aside separable transitive verb

(a) (put down → knitting, book) poser;

∎ could you set aside what you're working on for a while? pouvez-vous laisser ce que vous êtes en train de faire un moment?

(b) (reserve, keep → time, place) réserver; (→ money) mettre de côté; (→ arable land) mettre en friche;

∎ I've set tomorrow aside for house hunting j'ai réservé la journée de demain pour chercher une maison;

∎ the room is set aside for meetings la pièce est réservée aux réunions;

∎ can you set the book aside for me? pourriez-vous me mettre ce livre de côté?;

∎ chop the onions and set them aside coupez les oignons et réservez-les

(c) (overlook, disregard) mettre de côté, oublier, passer sur;

∎ they set their differences aside in order to work together ils ont mis de côté leurs différences pour travailler ensemble

(d) (reject → dogma, proposal, offer) rejeter

(e) Law (annul → contract, will) annuler; (→ verdict, judgment) casser

➲ set back separable transitive verb

(a) (situate towards the rear)

∎ the building is set back slightly from the road l'immeuble est un peu en retrait par rapport à la route

(b) (delay → plans, progress) retarder;

∎ his illness set him back a month in his work sa maladie l'a retardé d'un mois dans son travail;

∎ the news may set him or his recovery back la nouvelle risque de retarder sa guérison;

∎ this decision will set the economy back ten years cette décision va faire revenir l'économie dix ans en arrière

(c) familiar (cost) coûter à^□ ;

∎ the trip will set her back a bit le voyage va lui coûter cher

➲ set down separable transitive verb

(a) (tray, bag etc) poser

(b) British (passenger) déposer;

∎ the bus sets you down in front of the station le bus vous dépose devant la gare

(c) (note, record) noter, inscrire;

∎ try and set your thoughts down on paper essayez de mettre vos pensées par écrit

(d) (establish → rule, condition) établir, fixer;

∎ the government has set down a margin for pay increases le gouvernement a fixé une fourchette pour les augmentations de salaire;

∎ permissible levels of pollution are set down in the regulations les taux de pollution tolérés sont fixés dans les réglementations;

∎ to set sth down in writing coucher qch par écrit;

∎ it is clearly set down that drivers must be insured il est clairement signalé ou indiqué que tout conducteur doit être assuré

➲ set forth

1 inseparable transitive verb

formal (expound → plan, objections) exposer, présenter;

∎ the recommendations are set forth in the last chapter les recommandations sont détaillées ou énumérées dans le dernier chapitre

2 intransitive verb

literary partir, se mettre en route

➲ set in

1 intransitive verb

(problems) survenir, surgir; (disease) se déclarer; (winter) commencer; (night) tomber;

∎ if infection sets in si la plaie s'infecte;

∎ the bad weather has set in for the winter le mauvais temps s'est installé pour tout l'hiver;

∎ panic set in (began) la panique éclata; (lasted) la panique s'installa

2 separable transitive verb

Sewing (sleeve) monter

➲ set off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (alarm) déclencher; (bomb) faire exploser; (fireworks) faire partir

(b) (reaction, process, war) déclencher, provoquer;

∎ their offer set off another round of talks leur proposition a déclenché une autre série de négociations;

∎ it set her off on a long tirade against bureaucracy cela eut pour effet de la lancer dans une longue tirade contre la bureaucratie;

∎ to set sb off laughing faire rire qn;

∎ this answer set them off (laughing) cette réponse a déclenché les rires;

∎ one look at his face set me off again en le voyant, mon fou rire a repris de plus belle;

∎ if you say anything it'll only set him off (crying) again si tu dis quoi que ce soit, il va se remettre à pleurer;

∎ the smallest amount of pollen will set her off la moindre dose de pollen lui déclenche une réaction allergique;

∎ don't mention Maradona or you'll set him off again surtout ne prononce pas le nom de Maradona sinon il va recommencer;

∎ someone mentioned the war and of course that set Uncle Arthur off quelqu'un prononça le mot guerre, et évidemment, oncle Arthur embraya aussitôt sur le sujet;

∎ figurative to set sb off on the wrong track mettre qn sur une fausse piste

(c) (enhance) mettre en valeur;

∎ the vase sets off the flowers beautifully le vase met vraiment les fleurs en valeur

(d) Finance (offset)

∎ some of these expenses can be set off against tax certaines de ces dépenses peuvent être déduites des impôts

2 intransitive verb

partir, se mettre en route;

∎ he set off at a run il est parti en courant;

∎ I set off to explore the town je suis parti explorer la ville;

∎ after lunch, we set off again après le déjeuner, nous avons repris la route

➲ set on

1 inseparable transitive verb

(attack) attaquer, s'en prendre à

2 separable transitive verb

(a) (cause to follow)

∎ to set the police on the tracks of a thief mettre la police aux trousses d'un voleur;

∎ to set sb on his/her way mettre qn sur les rails

(b) (cause to attack)

∎ to set a dog on sb lâcher un chien sur qn

➲ set out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (arrange → chairs, game pieces) disposer; (→ merchandise) étaler;

∎ the shopping centre is very well set out le centre commercial est très bien conçu

(b) (present → ideas) exposer, présenter;

∎ the information is set out in the table below ces données sont présentées dans le tableau ci-dessous

2 intransitive verb

(a) (leave) se mettre en route, partir;

∎ just as he was setting out au moment de son départ;

∎ to set out for school partir pour l'école;

∎ to set out again repartir;

∎ to set out in pursuit/in search of sb se mettre à la poursuite/à la recherche de qn

(b) (undertake course of action) entreprendre;

∎ he has trouble finishing what he sets out to do il a du mal à terminer ce qu'il entreprend;

∎ I can't remember now what I set out to do je ne me souviens plus de ce que je voulais faire à l'origine;

∎ they all set out with the intention of changing the world au début, ils veulent tous changer le monde;

∎ she didn't deliberately set out to annoy you il n'était pas dans ses intentions de vous froisser;

∎ his theory sets out to prove that… sa théorie a pour objet de prouver que…

➲ set to intransitive verb

(a) (begin work) commencer, s'y mettre;

∎ we set to with a will nous nous y sommes mis avec ardeur

(b) familiar (two people → start arguing) avoir une prise de bec; (→ start fighting) en venir aux mains

➲ set up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (install → equipment, computer) installer; (→ roadblock) installer, disposer; (→ experiment) préparer;

∎ everything's set up for the show tout est préparé ou prêt pour le spectacle;

∎ set the chairs up in a circle mettez ou disposez les chaises en cercle;

∎ he set the chessboard up il a disposé les pièces sur l'échiquier;

∎ the equation sets up a relation between the two variables l'équation établit un rapport entre les deux variables;

∎ the system wasn't set up to handle so many users le système n'était pas conçu pour gérer autant d'usagers;

∎ he set the situation up so she couldn't refuse il a arrangé la situation de telle manière qu'elle ne pouvait pas refuser

(b) (erect, build → tent, furniture kit, crane, flagpole) monter; (→ shed, shelter) construire; (→ monument, statue) ériger;

∎ to set up camp installer ou dresser le camp

(c) (start up, institute → business, scholarship) créer; (→ hospital, school) fonder; (→ committee, task force) constituer; (→ system of government, republic) instaurer; (→ programme, review process, system) mettre en place; (→ inquiry) ouvrir; (→ dinner, meeting, appointment) organiser;

∎ to set up house or home s'installer;

∎ they set up house together ils se sont mis en ménage;

∎ to set up a dialogue entamer le dialogue;

∎ you'll be in charge of setting up training programmes vous serez responsable de la mise en place des programmes de formation;

∎ the medical system set up after the war le système médical mis en place après la guerre

(d) (financially, in business → person) installer, établir;

∎ he set his son up in a dry-cleaning business il a acheté à son fils une entreprise de nettoyage à sec;

∎ she could finally set herself up as an accountant elle pourrait enfin s'installer comme comptable;

∎ the money would set him up for life l'argent le mettrait à l'abri du besoin pour le restant de ses jours;

∎ the army set him up as a dictator l'armée l'installa comme dictateur

(e) (provide)

∎ we're well set up with supplies nous sommes bien approvisionnés;

∎ she can set you up with a guide/the necessary papers elle peut vous procurer un guide/les papiers qu'il vous faut;

∎ I can set you up with a girlfriend of mine je peux te présenter à ou te faire rencontrer une de mes copines

(f) (restore energy to) remonter, remettre sur pied;

∎ have a brandy, that'll set you up prends un cognac, ça va te remonter

(g) familiar (frame) monter un coup contre;

∎ she claims she was set up elle prétend qu'elle est victime d'un coup monté;

∎ he was set up as the fall guy on a fait de lui le bouc émissaire^□, il a joué le rôle de bouc émissaire^□

(h) Typography (text) composer

2 intransitive verb

s'installer, s'établir;

∎ he's setting up in the fast-food business il se lance dans la restauration rapide;

∎ to set up on one's own (business) s'installer à son compte; (home) prendre son propre appartement

➲ set upon inseparable transitive verb

(physically or verbally) attaquer, s'en prendre à

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > set

11 Language

   1) The Book of Nature Is Written in the Language of Mathematics

   Philosophy is written in that great book, the universe, which is always open, right before our eyes. But one cannot understand this book without first learning to understand the language and to know the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and the characters are triangles, circles, and other figures. Without these, one cannot understand a single word of it, and just wanders in a dark labyrinth. (Galileo, 1990, p. 232)

   2) Arranging Speech so as to Reply Appropriately

   It never happens that it [a nonhuman animal] arranges its speech in various ways in order to reply appropriately to everything that may be said in its presence, as even the lowest type of man can do. (Descartes, 1970a, p. 116)

   3) No Other Animal Has the Language Capacity of the Human

   It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid, without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same. (Descartes, 1967, p. 116)

   4) Human Beings Do Not Live Only in the World of Objects

   Human beings do not live in the object world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society. It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reﬂection. The fact of the matter is that the "real world" is to a large extent unconsciously built on the language habits of the group.... We see and hear and otherwise experience very largely as we do because the language habits of our community predispose certain choices of interpretation. (Sapir, 1921, p. 75)

   5) Language Powerfully Conditions All Our Thinking

   It powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes.... No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. The worlds in which different societies live are distinct worlds, not merely the same worlds with different labels attached. (Sapir, 1985, p. 162)

   6) A List of Language Games

   [A list of language games, not meant to be exhaustive:]

   Giving orders, and obeying them- Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements- Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)Reporting an eventSpeculating about an eventForming and testing a hypothesisPresenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagramsMaking up a story; and reading itPlay actingSinging catchesGuessing riddlesMaking a joke; and telling it

   Solving a problem in practical arithmeticTranslating from one language into another

   LANGUAGE Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, and praying-. (Wittgenstein, 1953, Pt. I, No. 23, pp. 11 e-12 e)

   7) Language Constrains Certain Modes of Interpretation

   We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native languages.... The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic ﬂux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... No individual is free to describe nature with absolute impartiality but is constrained to certain modes of interpretation even while he thinks himself most free. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 153, 213-214)

   8) We Dissect Nature in Accordance with Our Native Languages

   We dissect nature along the lines laid down by our native languages.

   The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscopic ﬂux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds-and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds.... We are thus introduced to a new principle of relativity, which holds that all observers are not led by the same physical evidence to the same picture of the universe, unless their linguistic backgrounds are similar or can in some way be calibrated. (Whorf, 1956, pp. 213-214)

   9) The Forms of a Person's Thoughts Are Controlled by Unperceived Patterns of His Own Language

   The forms of a person's thoughts are controlled by inexorable laws of pattern of which he is unconscious. These patterns are the unperceived intricate systematizations of his own language-shown readily enough by a candid comparison and contrast with other languages, especially those of a different linguistic family. (Whorf, 1956, p. 252)

    10) The Analysis of Certain Types of Utterances

   It has come to be commonly held that many utterances which look like statements are either not intended at all, or only intended in part, to record or impart straightforward information about the facts.... Many traditional philosophical perplexities have arisen through a mistake-the mistake of taking as straightforward statements of fact utterances which are either (in interesting non-grammatical ways) nonsensical or else intended as something quite different. (Austin, 1962, pp. 2-3)

    11) The Dictionary of a Language Is a System of Concepts

   In general, one might define a complex of semantic components connected by logical constants as a concept. The dictionary of a language is then a system of concepts in which a phonological form and certain syntactic and morphological characteristics are assigned to each concept. This system of concepts is structured by several types of relations. It is supplemented, furthermore, by redundancy or implicational rules..., representing general properties of the whole system of concepts.... At least a relevant part of these general rules is not bound to particular languages, but represents presumably universal structures of natural languages. They are not learned, but are rather a part of the human ability to acquire an arbitrary natural language. (Bierwisch, 1970, pp. 171-172)

    12) Talk about the Evolution of the Language Capacity is Beside the Point

   In studying the evolution of mind, we cannot guess to what extent there are physically possible alternatives to, say, transformational generative grammar, for an organism meeting certain other physical conditions characteristic of humans. Conceivably, there are none-or very few-in which case talk about evolution of the language capacity is beside the point. (Chomsky, 1972, p. 98)

    13) The Development of Language

   [It is] truth value rather than syntactic well-formedness that chieﬂy governs explicit verbal reinforcement by parents-which renders mildly paradoxical the fact that the usual product of such a training schedule is an adult whose speech is highly grammatical but not notably truthful. (R. O. Brown, 1973, p. 330)

    14) Sentential and Conceptual Levels in Language

   he conceptual base is responsible for formally representing the concepts underlying an utterance.... A given word in a language may or may not have one or more concepts underlying it.... On the sentential level, the utterances of a given language are encoded within a syntactic structure of that language. The basic construction of the sentential level is the sentence.

   The next highest level... is the conceptual level. We call the basic construction of this level the conceptualization. A conceptualization consists of concepts and certain relations among those concepts. We can consider that both levels exist at the same point in time and that for any unit on one level, some corresponding realizate exists on the other level. This realizate may be null or extremely complex.... Conceptualizations may relate to other conceptualizations by nesting or other specified relationships. (Schank, 1973, pp. 191-192)

    15) Linguistic Realities Have Not Yet Been Captured by Theoretical Models

   The mathematics of multi-dimensional interactive spaces and lattices, the projection of "computer behavior" on to possible models of cerebral functions, the theoretical and mechanical investigation of artificial intelligence, are producing a stream of sophisticated, often suggestive ideas.

   But it is, I believe, fair to say that nothing put forward until now in either theoretic design or mechanical mimicry comes even remotely in reach of the most rudimentary linguistic realities. (Steiner, 1975, p. 284)

    16) The Final Steps to Human Language

   The step from the simple tool to the master tool, a tool to make tools (what we would now call a machine tool), seems to me indeed to parallel the final step to human language, which I call reconstitution. It expresses in a practical and social context the same understanding of hierarchy, and shows the same analysis by function as a basis for synthesis. (Bronowski, 1977, pp. 127-128)

    17) The Inadequacy of Formal Linguistic Models for Ordinary Language Usage

    t is the language donn eґ in which we conduct our lives.... We have no other. And the danger is that formal linguistic models, in their loosely argued analogy with the axiomatic structure of the mathematical sciences, may block perception.... It is quite conceivable that, in language, continuous induction from simple, elemental units to more complex, realistic forms is not justified. The extent and formal "undecidability" of context-and every linguistic particle above the level of the phoneme is context-bound-may make it impossible, except in the most abstract, meta-linguistic sense, to pass from "pro-verbs," "kernals," or "deep deep structures" to actual speech. (Steiner, 1975, pp. 111-113)

    18) When a Language Is an Abstract Machine

   A higher-level formal language is an abstract machine. (Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 113)

    19) Metaphor and Metonymy Underpin the Formation of Linguistic Signs

   Jakobson sees metaphor and metonymy as the characteristic modes of binarily opposed polarities which between them underpin the two-fold process of selection and combination by which linguistic signs are formed.... Thus messages are constructed, as Saussure said, by a combination of a "horizontal" movement, which combines words together, and a "vertical" movement, which selects the particular words from the available inventory or "inner storehouse" of the language. The combinative (or syntagmatic) process manifests itself in contiguity (one word being placed next to another) and its mode is metonymic. The selective (or associative) process manifests itself in similarity (one word or concept being "like" another) and its mode is metaphoric. The "opposition" of metaphor and metonymy therefore may be said to represent in effect the essence of the total opposition between the synchronic mode of language (its immediate, coexistent, "vertical" relationships) and its diachronic mode (its sequential, successive, lineal progressive relationships). (Hawkes, 1977, pp. 77-78)

    20) Language and the Analysis of Nature

   It is striking that the layered structure that man has given to language constantly reappears in his analyses of nature. (Bronowski, 1977, p. 121)

    21) Correspondence Rules for Mapping Old Theory into Subsets of New Theory

   First, [an ideal intertheoretic reduction] provides us with a set of rules"correspondence rules" or "bridge laws," as the standard vernacular has it-which effect a mapping of the terms of the old theory (T o) onto a subset of the expressions of the new or reducing theory (T n). These rules guide the application of those selected expressions of T n in the following way: we are free to make singular applications of their correspondencerule doppelgangers in T o....

   Second, and equally important, a successful reduction ideally has the outcome that, under the term mapping effected by the correspondence rules, the central principles of T o (those of semantic and systematic importance) are mapped onto general sentences of T n that are theorems of Tn. (P. Churchland, 1979, p. 81)

    22) The Inclusion of Non- linguistic Factors in a Theory of Grammar

   If non-linguistic factors must be included in grammar: beliefs, attitudes, etc. [this would] amount to a rejection of the initial idealization of language as an object of study. A priori such a move cannot be ruled out, but it must be empirically motivated. If it proves to be correct, I would conclude that language is a chaos that is not worth studying.... Note that the question is not whether beliefs or attitudes, and so on, play a role in linguistic behavior and linguistic judgments... [but rather] whether distinct cognitive structures can be identified, which interact in the real use of language and linguistic judgments, the grammatical system being one of these. (Chomsky, 1979, pp. 140, 152-153)

    23) Language Is Inevitably Inﬂuenced by Specific Contexts of Human Interaction

   Language cannot be studied in isolation from the investigation of "rationality." It cannot afford to neglect our everyday assumptions concerning the total behavior of a reasonable person.... An integrational linguistics must recognize that human beings inhabit a communicational space which is not neatly compartmentalized into language and nonlanguage.... It renounces in advance the possibility of setting up systems of forms and meanings which will "account for" a central core of linguistic behavior irrespective of the situation and communicational purposes involved. (Harris, 1981, p. 165)

    24) The Genetic Blueprints of Language

   By innate [linguistic knowledge], Chomsky simply means "genetically programmed." He does not literally think that children are born with language in their heads ready to be spoken. He merely claims that a "blueprint is there, which is brought into use when the child reaches a certain point in her general development. With the help of this blueprint, she analyzes the language she hears around her more readily than she would if she were totally unprepared for the strange gabbling sounds which emerge from human mouths. (Aitchison, 1987, p. 31)

    25) Languages Are Machines

   Looking at ourselves from the computer viewpoint, we cannot avoid seeing that natural language is our most important "programming language." This means that a vast portion of our knowledge and activity is, for us, best communicated and understood in our natural language.... One could say that natural language was our first great original artifact and, since, as we increasingly realize, languages are machines, so natural language, with our brains to run it, was our primal invention of the universal computer. One could say this except for the sneaking suspicion that language isn't something we invented but something we became, not something we constructed but something in which we created, and recreated, ourselves. (Leiber, 1991, p. 8)

Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Language

12 that

that [ðæt, ðət]

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1. demonstrative adjective

2. demonstrative pronoun

3. relative pronoun

4. conjunction

5. adverb

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(plural those)

1. demonstrative adjective

   a. (unstressed) ce ; (masculine before vowel and silent "h") cet, cette f ces mfpl

• that noise ce bruit

• that man cet homme

• that idea cette idée

• those books ces livres

• those houses ces maisons

• what about that £20 I lent you? et ces 20 livres que je t'ai prêtées ?

   b. (stressed, or as opposed to this, these) ce...-là, cet...-là cette...-là, ces...-là

• I mean THAT book c'est de ce livre-là que je parle

• I like that photo better than this one je préfère cette photo-là à celle-ci

• but that Saturday... mais ce samedi-là...

► that one, those ones celui-là m celle-là f ceux-là mpl celles-là fpl

• which video do you want? -- that one quelle vidéo veux-tu ? -- celle-là

• of all his records, I like that one best de tous ses disques, c'est celui-là que je préfère

• the only blankets we have are those ones there les seules couvertures que nous ayons sont celles-là

• there's little to choose between this model and that one il n'y a pas grande différence entre ce modèle-ci et l'autre► that much

• I can't carry that much je ne peux pas porter tout ça

2. demonstrative pronoun

   a. (singular) ( = that thing, event, statement, person) cela, ça ce

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► ça is commoner and less formal than cela; ce is used as a pronoun only as the subject of être.

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• what's that? qu'est-ce que c'est que ça ?

• do you like that? vous aimez cela ?

• that's enough! ça suffit !

• that's fine! c'est parfait !

• that's what they've been told c'est ce qu'on leur a dit

• that is (to say)... c'est-à-dire...

• who's that? qui est-ce ? ; (on phone) qui est à l'appareil ?

• is that you Paul? c'est toi Paul ?

• that's the boy I told you about c'est le garçon dont je t'ai parlé

► that which ( = what) (subject of clause) ce qui ; (object of clause) ce que

• this is the opposite of that which the government claims to have done c'est le contraire de ce que le gouvernement prétend avoir fait

   b. ( = that one, those ones) celui-là m, celle-là f ceux-là mpl, celles-là fpl

• a recession like that une récession comme celle-là

• a recession like that of 1973-74 une récession comme celle de 1973-74

• those over there ceux-là (or celles-là) là-bas

• are those our seats? est-ce que ce sont nos places ?

• those are nice sandals elles sont belles, ces sandales

► that which ( = the one which) celui qui m celle qui f

• the true cost often differs from that which is first projected le coût réel est souvent différent de celui qui était prévu à l'origine► those which ( = the ones which) ceux qui mpl celles qui fpl

• those which are here ceux qui sont ici► those who ( = the ones who) ceux qui mpl celles qui fpl

• those who came ceux qui sont venus

• there are those who say... certains disent...

   c. (set structures)

► at that!

• and there were six of them at that! et en plus ils étaient six !► by that

• what do you mean by that? qu'est-ce que vous voulez dire par là ?► that's it ( = the job's finished) ça y est ; ( = that's what I mean) c'est ça ; ( = that's all) c'est tout ; ( = I've had enough) ça suffit

► that's just it c'est bien le problème

• sorry, I wasn't listening -- that's just it, you never listen! désolé, je n'écoutais pas -- c'est bien le problème, tu n'écoutes jamais !► so that's that alors c'est ça

• so that's that then, you're leaving? alors c'est ça, tu t'en vas ?

• and so that was that et les choses en sont restées là► with that sur ce

• with that she burst into tears en disant cela elle a éclaté en sanglots

3. relative pronoun

   a. (subject of clause) qui ; (object of clause) que

• the man that came to see you l'homme qui est venu vous voir

• the letter that I sent yesterday la lettre que j'ai envoyée hier

   b. ► that... + preposition lequel m laquelle f lesquels mpl lesquelles fpl

• the pen that she was writing with le stylo avec lequel elle écrivait

• the box that you put it in la boîte dans laquelle vous l'avez mis

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► à + lequel, lesquels and lesquelles combine to give auquel, auxquels and auxquelles.

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• the problem that we are faced with le problème auquel nous sommes confrontés

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► When that + preposition refers to people, preposition + qui can also be used.

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• the man that she was dancing with l'homme avec lequel or avec qui elle dansait

• the children that I spoke to les enfants auxquels or à qui j'ai parlé

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► dont is used when the French verb takes de.

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• the girl/the book that I told you about la jeune fille/le livre dont je vous ai parlé

4. conjunction

que

• he said that he had seen her il a dit qu'il l'avait vue

• he was speaking so softly that I could hardly hear him il parlait si bas que je l'entendais à peine

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► que cannot be omitted in a second clause if it has a different subject.

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• he said that he was very busy and his secretary would deal with it il a dit qu'il était très occupé et que sa secrétaire s'en occuperait

► in that dans la mesure où

• it's an attractive investment in that it is tax-free c'est un investissement intéressant dans la mesure où il est exonéré d'impôts► not that non (pas) que

• not that I want to do it non que je veuille le faire

5. adverb

   a. ( = so) si

• it's not that important/bad ce n'est pas si important/mal (que ça)

• I couldn't go that far je ne pourrais pas aller si loin

   b. ( = so very) (inf) tellement

• when I found it I was that relieved! lorsque je l'ai trouvé, je me suis senti tellement soulagé !

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1. [ðæt, ðət]
determiner (pl those) ce/cet/cette/ces

that chair/that man over there — cette chaise/cet homme là-bas

I said that dress! — j'ai dit cette robe-là!

you can't do it that way — tu ne peux pas le faire comme ça

he went that way — il est allé par là

those patients (who are) able to walk — les patients qui sont capables de marcher

that train crash last year — la collision ferroviaire qui a eu lieu l'an dernier

that lazy son of yours — ton paresseux de fils
2. [ðæt]
demonstrative pronoun (pl those)

1) ( that one) celui-/celle-/ceux-/celles-là

we prefer this to that — nous préférons celui-ci à celui-là

2) ( the thing or person observed or mentioned) cela, ça, ce

what's that? — qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?

who's that? — gen qui est-ce?; ( on phone) qui est à l'appareil?

is that John? — c'est John?

who told you that? — qui t'a dit ça?

that's how he did it — c'est comme ça qu'il l'a fait

what did he mean by that? — qu'est-ce qu'il entendait par là?

that's bureaucrats for you! — c'est ça les bureaucrates!

before that, he had always lived in London — avant cela, il avait toujours vécu à Londres

3) ( before relative pronoun)

those who... — ceux qui...
3. [ðət]
relative pronoun ( subject) qui; ( object) que; ( with preposition) lequel/laquelle/lesquels/lesquelles

the woman that won — la femme qui a gagné

the book that I bought — le livre que j'ai acheté

the house that they live in — la maison dans laquelle ils vivent

the man that I received the letter from — l'homme dont j'ai reçu la lettre

the day that she arrived — le jour où elle est arrivée
4. [ðət]
conjunction

1) gen que

he said that he had finished — il a dit qu'il avait fini

it's likely that they are out — il est probable qu'ils sont sortis

2) ( expressing wish)

oh that he would come — s'il pouvait venir; ( expressing surprise)

that she should treat me so badly! — comment peut-elle me traiter comme ça!

that it should come to this! — comment peut-on en arriver là!
5. [ðæt]
adverb ( to the extent shown)

it's about that thick — c'est à peu près épais comme ça

she's that much smaller than me — elle est plus petite que moi de ça

I can't do that much work in one day — je ne peux pas faire autant de travail dans une journée

he can't swim that far — il ne peut pas nager aussi loin

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...and (all) that —...et tout ça

...and he's very nice at that! —...et en plus il est très gentil!

I might well go at that! — en fait, je pourrais bien y aller!

at that, he got up and left — en entendant cela, il s'est levé et est parti

with that he got up and left — sur ce il s'est levé et est parti

that is (to say)... — c'est-à-dire...

that's it! — ( that's right) c'est ça!; ( that's enough) ça suffit!

I don't want to see you again and that's that! — je ne veux pas te revoir point final!

well, that's it then! — il n'y a rien de plus à faire!

English-French dictionary > that

13 back

back ⇒ The human body

A n

1 Anat, Zool dos m ; to be (flat) on one's back lit être (à plat) sur le dos ; fig être au lit ; to sleep on one's back dormir sur le dos ; he was lying on his back il était allongé sur le dos ; to travel on the back of a donkey voyager à dos d'âne ; to have one's back to sb/sth tourner le dos à qn/qch ; with her back to the door le dos tourné vers la porte ; to turn one's back on sb/sth lit, fig tourner le dos à qn/qch ; as soon as my back is turned dès que j'ai le dos tourné ; to do sth behind sb's back lit, fig faire qch dans le dos de qn ; with one's back to the engine dans le sens contraire à la marche ; to put one's back into it ○ travailler dur ; put your back into it ○ ! allons, un peu de nerf ○ ! ; he's always on my back ○ il est toujours sur mon dos ; get off my back ○ ! fiche-moi la paix ○ ! ; I was glad to see the back of him j'étais content de le voir partir ; to be at the back of être à l'origine de [conspiracy, proposal] ; to put sb's back up offenser qn ; to live off sb's back vivre aux crochets de qn ;

2 ( reverse side) (of page, cheque, card, envelope) dos m, verso m ; ( of fabric) envers m ; (of medal, coin) revers m ; on the back of an envelope au dos d'une enveloppe ; to sign the back of a cheque endosser un chèque ; the back of the hand le dos de la main ;

3 ( flat side) (of knife, fork, spoon) dos m ;

4 ( rear-facing part) ( of vehicle) arrière m ; ( of electrical appliance) face f arrière ; (of shirt, coat) dos m ; to hang one's coat on the back of the door pendre son manteau derrière la porte ; the shelves are oak but the back is plywood les étagères sont en chêne mais le fond est en contreplaqué ; a blow to the back of the head un coup sur l'arrière de la tête ; a lump on the back of the head une bosse derrière la tête ; the knife fell down the back of the fridge le couteau est tombé derrière le réfrigérateur ; the keys were down the back of the sofa les clés avaient glissé derrière les coussins du canapé ;

5 ( area behind building) to be out back, to be in the back US ( in the garden) être dans le jardin ; ( in the yard) être dans la cour ; he's round ou in the back il est dans le jardin ; the view out back is lovely la vue que l'on a à l'arrière est très jolie ; there's a small garden out back ou round the back il y a un petit jardin derrière ; the bins are out back ou round the back les poubelles sont derrière la maison ; the steps at the back of the building l'escalier à l'arrière de l'immeuble ;

6 Aut arrière m ; to sit in the back s'asseoir à l'arrière ; there are three children in the back il y a trois enfants à l'arrière ; to sit at the back of the plane/at the back of the bus s'asseoir à l'arrière de l'avion/au fond du bus ;

7 ( furthest away area) (of cupboard, drawer, fridge) fond m ; ( of stage) fond m ; at ou in the back of the drawer au fond du tiroir ; right at the back of the cupboard tout au fond du placard ; at the back of the audience au fond de la salle ; those at the back couldn't see ceux qui étaient derrière ne pouvaient pas voir ; the back of the throat l'arrière-gorge f ; the back of the mouth la gorge f ;

8 (of chair, sofa) dossier m ;

9 Sport arrière m ; left back arrière gauche ;

10 ( end) fin f ; at the back of the book/file à la fin du livre/fichier ;

11 ( book spine) dos m.

B adj

1 ( at the rear) [axle, wheel, bumper] arrière ; [paw, leg] arrière ; [bedroom] du fond ; [edge] arrière ; [page] dernier/-ière (before n) ; [garden, gate] de derrière ; back tooth molaire f ;

2 ( isolated) [road] petit (before n) ; back alley ou lane ruelle f ; back country arrière-pays m.

C adv

1 ( indicating return after absence) to be back être de retour ; I'll be back in five minutes/six weeks je reviens dans cinq minutes/six semaines ; to arrive ou come back rentrer (from de) ; he's back at work il a repris le travail ; she's back in (the) hospital elle est retournée à l'hôpital ; it's good to be back home c'est agréable de rentrer chez soi or de se retrouver à la maison ; when is he due back? quand doit-il rentrer? ; to go back to reprendre [work] ; retourner en [France, China] ; retourner au [Canada, Japan] ; retourner à [Paris, museum, shop] ; the mini-skirt is back ( in fashion) les mini-jupes sont de nouveau à la mode ;

2 ( in return) to call ou phone back rappeler ; I'll write back (to him) je lui répondrai ; he hasn't written back yet il n'a pas encore répondu ; ‘OK,’ he shouted back ‘OK,’ a-t-il répondu en criant ; to punch sb back rendre son coup à qn ; to smile back at sb rendre son sourire à qn ; he was rude back il a été aussi impoli avec moi que je l'avais été avec lui ; ⇒ answer ;

3 (backwards, in a reverse direction) [glance, jump, step, lean] en arrière ;

4 ( away) we overtook him 20 km back nous l'avons doublé il y a 20 km ; there's a garage 10 km back nous avons passé un garage à 10 km en arrière ;

5 ( ago) 25 years back il y a 25 ans ; a week/five minutes back il y a une semaine/cinq minutes ;

6 ( a long time ago) back in 1964/April en 1964/avril ; back before Easter/the revolution avant Pâques/la révolution ; back in the days when du temps où ; it was obvious as far back as last year/1985 that déjà l'année dernière/en 1985 il était évident que ; to go ou date back to remonter à [Roman times, 1700] ;

7 ( once again) she's back in power/control elle a repris le pouvoir/les commandes ; Paul is back at the wheel Paul a repris le volant ; to get back to sleep se rendormir ; to go back home rentrer chez soi ; to go back to bed se recoucher ;

8 ( nearer the beginning) ten lines back dix lignes plus haut ; ten pages back dix pages plus tôt or avant ;

9 ( indicating return to sb's possession) to give/send sth back rendre/renvoyer qch (to à) ; to put sth back remettre qch ; I've got my books back on m'a rendu mes livres ; to get one's money back être remboursé ; he wants his dictionary back now il veut que tu lui rendes son dictionnaire tout de suite ;

10 ( expressing a return to a former location) to travel to London and back faire l'aller-retour à Londres ; the journey to Madrid and back l'aller-retour à Madrid ; we walked there and took the train back nous y sommes allés à pied et nous avons pris le train pour rentrer ; how long will it take to drive back? combien de temps est-ce que ça prendra pour rentrer en voiture? ;

11 ( in a different location) meanwhile, back in France, he… pendant ce temps, en France, il… ; back in the studio, recording had begun au studio, l'enregistrement avait commencé ; I'll see you back at the house/in the office je te verrai à la maison/au bureau.

D back and forth adv phr to go ou travel back and forth ( commute) [person, bus] faire la navette (between entre) ; to walk ou go back and forth faire des allées et venues (between entre) ; to swing back and forth [pendulum] osciller ; to sway back and forth se balancer ; the film cuts ou moves back and forth between New York and Paris le film se passe entre New York et Paris.

E vtr

1 ( support) soutenir [candidate, party, person, bid, bill, action] ; appuyer [application] ; apporter son soutien à [enterprise, project] ; the strike is backed by the union le syndicat soutient la grève ; the junta is backed by the militia la junte est soutenue par la milice ;

2 ( finance) financer [project, undertaking] ;

3 ( endorse) garantir [currency] ; to back a bill Comm, Fin endosser, avaliser une traite ;

4 ( substantiate) justifier [argument, claim] (with à l'aide de) ;

5 ( reverse) faire reculer [horse] ; to back the car into the garage rentrer la voiture au garage en marche arrière ; to back sb into/against sth faire reculer qn dans/contre qch ; to back oars ou water déramer ;

6 ( bet on) parier sur [horse, favourite, winner] ; to back a loser [race goer] miser sur un cheval perdant ; fig ( invest ill-advisedly) mal placer son argent ; ( support a lost cause) soutenir une cause perdue d'avance ; to back the wrong horse lit, fig miser sur le mauvais cheval ;

7 (stiffen, line) consolider, renforcer [structure] ; endosser [book] ; renforcer, entoiler [map] ; maroufler [painting] ; doubler [fabric] ;

8 Mus accompagner [singer, performer] ;

9 Naut masquer, coiffer [sail].

F vi

1 ( reverse) faire marche arrière ;

2 Naut [wind] changer de direction.

G - backed (dans composés)

1 ( of furniture) a high-/low-backed chair une chaise avec un dossier haut/bas ;

2 (lined, stiffened) canvas-/foam-backed doublé de toile/de mousse ;

3 ( supported) UN-backed soutenu par l'ONU ;

4 ( financed) government-backed financé par l'État.

Idiom

to break the back of a journey/task faire le plus gros du voyage/travail. ⇒ beyond, duck, hand, own, scratch, wall.

Phrasal verbs

■ back away reculer ; to back away from lit s'éloigner de [person, precipice] ; fig prendre ses distances par rapport à [issue, problem] ; chercher à éviter [confrontation].

■ back down:

▶ back down ( give way) céder ; you can't back down now tu ne peux pas céder maintenant ; to back down from chercher à éviter [confrontation] ; to back down on ou over reconsidérer [sanctions, proposal, allegations] ;

▶ back down [sth] [person] descendre [qch] à reculons [slope] ; [car] descendre [qch] en marche arrière [drive, hill].

■ back off

1 ( move away) reculer ;

2 fig ( climb down) se montrer plus coopérant ; to back off over céder sur [issue, matter].

■ back onto:

▶ back onto [sth] [house] donner sur [qch] à l'arrière [fields, railway].

■ back out:

▶ back out

1 ( come out backwards) [person] sortir à reculons ; [car, driver] sortir en marche arrière ; to back out of [person] sortir de [qch] en reculant [room] ; [car, driver] sortir de [qch] en marche arrière [garage, parking space] ;

2 ( renege on) se désister, reculer ; to back out of annuler [deal, contract] ; [competitor, team] se retirer de [event] ;

▶ back [sth] out faire sortir [qch] en marche arrière [vehicle] ; to back the car out of the garage faire sortir la voiture du garage en marche arrière.

■ back up:

▶ back up

1 ( reverse) [driver, vehicle] reculer, faire marche arrière ; back up a few metres recule de quelques mètres ;

2 US ( block) [drains] s'obstruer ;

3 US ( tail back) [traffic] se bloquer ;

▶ back [sth] up, back up [sth]

1 ( support) [facts, evidence] confirmer [claims, case, theory] ;

2 Comput sauvegarder [data, file] ;

▶ back [sb] up soutenir [person].

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14 Philosophy

   1) There Are Ideas That Have Their Own True and Immutable Nature

   And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)

   2) Examine What Is within Our Reach

   Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)

   3) Modern Philosophy Starts with the Cartesian Catastrophe

   As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)

   4) The Rightful Claims of Philosophy

   It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the inﬂuence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic inﬂuences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)

   5) The Philosophy of Philosophy

   Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)

   6) Philosophy Is a Field Which Has Certain Central Questions

   I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)

   7) The Central Task of Philosophy

   What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.

   This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).

   The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....

   Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)

   8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science

   In the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)

   9) The Enduring Value of Philosophy

   Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....

   Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)

    10) The Distinction between Dionysian Man and Apollonian Man, between Art and Creativity and Reason and Self- Control

   In his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)

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15 contenido

adj.

restrained, pent-up, temperate, moderate.

m.

1 contents.

2 content.

3 meaning, subject matter, purport.

4 quantity or volume contained, content, volume, contents.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: contener.

* * *

contenido

► nombre masculino

1 content, contents plural

————————

contenido

► participio pasado

1→ link=contener contener

► adjetivo

1 (moderado) moderate, reserved

► nombre masculino contenido

1 content, contents plural

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noun m.

content

* * *

1. ADJ

1) [persona] restrained, controlled

2) [risa, emoción] suppressed

2. SM

1) [de recipiente, paquete] contents pl

el contenido de la maleta — the contents of the suitcase

alimentos con un alto contenido de proteínas — foods with a high protein content

2) [de programa, proyecto] content

el contenido político de la campaña — the political content of the campaign

* * *
I
- da adjetivo self-controlled; ver tb contener
II
masculino (de recipiente, producto, mezcla) contents; (de libro, carta) content

contenido: 20 grageas — contents: 20 tablets

contenido vitamínico — vitamin content

* * *
I
- da adjetivo self-controlled; ver tb contener
II
masculino (de recipiente, producto, mezcla) contents; (de libro, carta) content

contenido: 20 grageas — contents: 20 tablets

contenido vitamínico — vitamin content

* * *

contenido¹

¹ = content, content(s), details, value, knowledge content, subject matter.

Ex: An abstract is a concise and accurate representation of the contents of a document, in a style similar to that of the original document.

Ex: Most of the memex contents are purchased on microfilm ready for insertion.

Ex: With minimum authorization, details of the circulation and order records are not displayed.

Ex: A good initial value for this field will start the system off with a good guess so that claims for missing issues are not unreasonable at the beginning.

Ex: Knowledge level description is a proposal that emphasizes the knowledge content and usage and abstracts away implementation details.

Ex: The librarian generally looks at the book's title, subtitle, preface, contents list, etc, in order to determine the subject matter.

* a contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* actualidad del contenido = currency.

* análisis de contenido = content analysis, conceptual analysis.

* análisis del contenido = document analysis, subject analysis, content analysis.

* basado en la adquisición de contenidos teóricos = content based.

* bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.

* con contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* con mucho contenido = information packed [information-packed].

* contenido de agua = moisture content.

* contenido de humedad = moisture content.

* contenido de la información = information content.

* contenido del campo = field content.

* contenido del documento = document content.

* contenido digital = digital content.

* contenido documental = document content.

* contenido electrónico = electronic content [e-content].

* contenido factual = factual content.

* contenido intelectual = intellectual content.

* contenido multimedia = multimedia content.

* contenido temático = subject content, subject scope, knowledge content.

* contenido web en formato RSS = RSS feed.

* creador de contenido = content creator.

* de bajo contenido en grasas = low fat.

* de contenido enriquecido = content-enriched.

* descripción del contenido = subject statement.

* descriptivo del contenido = subject-descriptive.

* descriptor del contenido = content descriptor.

* directorio accesible por su contenido (cafs) = content-addressable file store (cafs).

* distribución de contenido = content distribution, content delivery.

* error de contenido = factual error.

* filtrado de contenido = content filtering.

* gestión del contenido = content management.

* gestor de contenidos = content management software (CMS).

* indicador de contenido = content designator.

* indicativo del contenido = subject-descriptive.

* índice de contenido = contents list, table of contents [ToC], contents table.

* información sobre el contenido = subject information.

* notas de contenido = contents notes.

* obra de contenido general = general work.

* orientado hacia el contenido = content-oriented.

* palabra de contenido = content word.

* palabra llena de contenido = substantive word.

* recuperación de imágenes por el contenido = content-based image retrieval.

* relación de contenido = contents notes.

* representación del contenido = content representation.

* representación del contenido temático = subject representation.

* rico en contenido = content-rich.

* rico en contenido temático = subject-rich.

* ser de contenido + Adjetivo = be + Adjetivo + in content.

* ser rico en contenido = be rich in content.

* sin contenido = contentless, trivial.

* tabla de contenido = table of contents [ToC].

* tener un alto contenido de = be high in.

* validez del contenido = content validity.

contenido²

² = pent-up, bottled-up.

Ex: They both exploded into laughter, thereby releasing the pent-up tension.

Ex: The aim of therapy is the gentle release of bottled-up feelings.

* risa contenida = titter.

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contenido¹ -da

adjective

self-controlled ver tb contener

contenido²

masculine

A (de un recipiente, producto) contents (pl)

verter el contenido en una jarra empty the contents into a jug

revisaron el contenido de las cajas they checked the contents of the boxes

[ S ] contenido: 20 grageas contains 20 tablets

[ S ] contenido inflamable inflammable, contents inflammable

B (cantidad contenida) content

contenido vitamínico vitamin content

con bajo contenido de grasa low in fat

C (de una obra, un discurso) content

un libro de alto contenido político y social a book with important political and social content

el contenido ideológico de la obra the ideological content of the work

D contenidos mpl ( Educ, Inf) content

proveedor de contenidos content supplier

* * *

Del verbo contener: ( conjugate contener)

contenido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
contener
contenido
contener ( conjugate contener) verbo transitivo
a) [recipiente/producto/libro] to contain

b) (parar, controlar) ‹infección/epidemia› to contain;

‹ tendencia› to curb;
‹ respiración› to hold;
‹risa/lágrimas› to contain (frml), to hold back;
‹invasión/revuelta› to contain
contenerse verbo pronominal ( refl) to contain oneself;
◊ no se pudo contenido más he could contain himself no longer

contenido sustantivo masculino (de recipiente, producto, mezcla) contents;

(de libro, carta) content
contener verbo transitivo
1 to contain: ¿qué contiene esa caja?, what does that box contain?
2 (refrenar una pasión) to hold back, restrain: ¡contén tus ansias de vengarte!, restrain your desire for revenge!
contenido sustantivo masculino content, contents pl
' contenido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agitar
- con
- de
- decir
- desalentador
- desalentadora
- huera
- huero
- índice
- jarro
- plato
- taza
- tenor
- vacía
- vacío
- botella
- camión
- copa
- fondo
- medida
- miga
- saco
- vaciar
- vaso
English:
content
- cupful
- dump
- subject matter
- video nasty
- controlled
- low
- pent-up
- rich
- subject

* * *

contenido nm

1. [de recipiente, libro] contents;

una bebida con un alto contenido alcohólico a drink with a high alcohol content

2. [de discurso, redacción] content;

un programa con alto contenido de violencia a programme containing a lot of violence

3. Ling content

* * *

contenido

m content

* * *

contenido, -da adj

: restrained, reserved

contenido nm

: contents pl, content

* * *

contenido n contents

el contenido del bote the contents of a jar

abrió la caja para ver el contenido he opened the box to see what was in it

Spanish-English dictionary > contenido

16 pour

pour [puʀ]

━━━━━━━━━

1. preposition

2. masculine noun

━━━━━━━━━

1. <

   a. ( = en faveur de) for

• manifester pour la paix to march for peace

• je suis pour ! (inf) I'm all for it! (inf)

   b. (lieu) for

• partir pour l'Espagne to leave for Spain

   c. (temps) for

• il est absent pour deux jours he's away for two days

• pour le moment for the moment

• pour l'instant for the moment

• pour toujours for ever

• tu en as pour combien de temps ? how long are you going to be?

• ne m'attendez pas, j'en ai encore pour une heure don't wait for me, I'll be another hour

   d. ( = à la place de) for

• payer pour qn to pay for sb

• signez pour moi sign for me

   e. (rapport) for

• il est petit pour son âge he is small for his age

• c'est bien trop cher pour ce que c'est ! it's far too expensive for what it is!

• pour un Anglais, il parle bien le français he speaks French well for an Englishman

► pour cent per cent

► pour mille per thousand

   f. (intention, but) for

• faire qch pour qn to do sth for sb

• c'est fait pour ! (inf) that's what it's meant for!

• c'est bon pour la santé it's good for you

• son amour pour les bêtes his love of animals

• coiffeur pour dames ladies' hairdresser

• pastilles pour la gorge throat tablets

► pour + infinitif to

• creuser pour trouver de l'eau to dig to find water

• il sera d'accord pour nous aider he'll agree to help us

• je n'ai rien dit pour ne pas le blesser I didn't say anything so as not to hurt him

• ce n'est pas pour arranger les choses this isn't going to help matters► pour que + subjonctif so that

• écris vite ta lettre pour qu'elle parte ce soir write your letter quickly so that it will go this evening

• il est trop tard pour qu'on le prévienne it's too late to warn him

   g. (cause) pour quelle raison ? for what reason?

• être condamné pour vol to be convicted of theft

• il est connu pour sa générosité he is known for his generosity

• pourquoi se faire du souci pour ça ? why worry about that?

► pour + infinitif passé

• elle a été punie pour avoir menti she was punished for lying► pour peu que + subjonctif

• pour peu qu'il ait un peu bu, il va raconter n'importe quoi if he's had even the smallest drink he'll say anything

   h. ( = du point de vue de, concernant) pour moi, elle était déjà au courant if you ask me, she already knew

• sa fille est tout pour lui his daughter is everything to him

• ça ne change rien pour nous that makes no difference as far as we're concerned

• et pour les billets, c'est toi qui t'en charges ? so, you'll take care of the tickets, will you?

• le plombier est venu pour la chaudière the plumber came about the boiler

   i. ( = en échange de) donnez-moi pour 20 € de cerises give me 20 euros' worth of cherries, please

• il l'a eu pour 10 € he got it for 10 euros

• j'en ai eu pour 50 € de photocopies it cost me 50 euros to do the photocopies

   j. ( = comme) as

• prendre qn pour femme to take sb as one's wife

• il a pour adjoint son cousin he has his cousin as his deputy

• ça a eu pour effet de changer son comportement this had the effect of changing his behaviour

• pour un sale coup, c'est un sale coup ! (inf) of all the awful things to happen!

• pour une surprise, c'est une surprise ! this really is a surprise!

2. <

• le pour et le contre the arguments for and against

• il y a du pour et du contre there are arguments on both sides

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I puʀ
préposition

1) ( indiquant le but) to

pour cela, il faudra faire — to do that, you'll have to do

c'était pour rire or plaisanter — it was a joke

il est seul mais il a tout fait pour — (colloq) he's on his own, but it's entirely his own doing

pour que — so that

pour ainsi dire — so to speak

c'est fait or étudié pour! — (colloq) ( c'est sa fonction) that's what it's for

2) ( indiquant une destination) for

c'est le train pour où? — where does this train go?

il faut une heure pour Oloron — it's an hour to Oloron

3) ( en ce qui concerne)

c'est bien payé mais pour la sécurité de l'emploi... — the pay is good but as regards job security...

oui, c'est pour quoi? — yes, what is it?

pour moi, il a tort — as far as I am concerned, he's wrong

4) ( en faveur de) for

je suis pour — (colloq) I'm in favour [BrE]

être pour quelque chose/faire quelque chose — gén to be in favour [BrE] of something/doing something

5) ( avec une indication de temps) for

ce sera prêt pour vendredi? — will it be ready by Friday?

pour toujours — forever

le bébé c'est pour quand? — when is the baby due?

6) ( comme)

elle a pour ambition d'être pilote — her ambition is to be a pilot

ils ont pour habitude de déjeuner tard — they usually have a late lunch

7) ( à la place de) for

écrire quelque chose pour quelque chose — to write something instead of something

je l'ai pris pour plus bête qu'il n'est — I thought he was more stupid than he really is

8) ( à son avantage)

elle avait pour elle de savoir écouter — she had the merit of being a good listener

9) ( introduisant une concession)

pour intelligent qu'il soit — intelligent though he may be

‘il te parlera du Japon’ - ‘pour ce que ça m'intéresse!’ — ‘he'll talk to you about Japan’ - ‘I can't say I'm very interested’

pour autant que je sache — as far as I know

10) ( marquant l'emphase)

pour être intelligente, ça elle l'est! — she really is intelligent!, intelligent she certainly is!

11) ( indiquant une quantité)

j'ai mis pour 30 euros d'essence — I've put in 30 euros' worth of petrol GB ou gas US

je n'y suis pour rien — I had nothing to do with it

elle y est pour beaucoup s'il a réussi — if he has succeeded a lot of the credit should go to her

je n'en ai pas pour longtemps — it won't take long

il n'en a plus pour longtemps — ( mourant) he doesn't have long to live

j'en ai encore pour deux heures — it'll take another two hours

12) ( indiquant une cause) for

se battre pour une femme — to fight over a woman

13) ( introduisant une proportion)

dix pour cent — ten per cent

une cuillère de vinaigre pour quatre d'huile — one spoonful of vinegar to four of oil

pour une large part — to a large extent

II puʀ
nom masculin

le pour et le contre — pros and cons (pl)

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pour I

pour + verbe

Lorsque pour sert à indiquer un but il se traduit généralement par to devant un verbe à l'infinitif: sortir pour acheter un journal = to go out to buy a newspaper; pour faire des meringues, il faut des oeufs = to make meringues, you need eggs

Il peut également se traduire par in order to, qui est plus soutenu: pour mettre fin aux hostilités = in order to put an end to hostilities

Quand pour est suivi d'une forme négative, il se traduira par so as not to ou in order not to: pour ne pas oublier = so as not to forget; pour ne pas rater le train = so as not to miss the train, in order not to miss the train

Lorsque pour relie deux actions distinctes sans relation de cause à effet, il sera traduit par and et le verbe conjugué normalement: elle s'endormit pour se réveiller deux heures plus tard = she fell asleep and woke up two hours later. Quand la deuxième action n'est pas souhaitable ou qu'une notion de hasard malheureux est sous-entendue, on traduira par only to: she fell asleep only to wake up two hours later; il partit à la guerre pour se faire tuer trois jours plus tard = he went off to war only to be killed three days later

pour + nom ou pronom

Lorsque pour sert à indiquer la destination au sens large il se traduit généralement par for: le train pour Pau = the train for Pau; pour vendredi = for Friday; il travaille pour elle = he works for her

Lorsque pour signifie en ce qui concerne, il se traduira le plus souvent par about: tu te renseignes pour une assurance voiture/pour samedi? = will you find out about car insurance/about Saturday?

Attention: pour placé en début de phrase se traduira par as regards: pour l'argent, rien n'est décidé = as regards the money, nothing has been decided ou nothing has been decided about the money

Lorsque pour signifie comme il se traduit souvant par as: je l'ai eu pour professeur = I had him as a teacher

Attention à la présence de l'article en anglais

Lorsque pour relie un terme redoublé il se traduit parfois par for: mot pour mot = word for word; mais ce n'est pas toujours le cas: jour pour jour = to the day. On se reportera au nom dans le dictionnaire

On trouvera ci-dessous des exemples supplémentaires et exceptions

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puʀ
1. prép

1) (destination, finalité) for

C'est un cadeau pour toi. — It's a present for you.

Qu'est-ce que tu veux pour ton petit déjeuner? — What would you like for breakfast?

pour faire qch — to do sth, in order to do sth

Je lui ai téléphoné pour l'inviter. — I phoned him to invite him.

J'ai ajouté une cornière pour consolider l'ensemble. — I added a bracket to make it all a bit stronger.

pour aller à Strasbourg, s'il vous plaît? — which way is it to Strasbourg, please?

pour que — so that

Je lui ai prêté mon pull pour qu'elle n'ait pas froid. — I lent her my jumper so that she wouldn't be cold.

y être pour quelque chose — to have something to do with it

2) (point de vue)

pour moi (= à mon avis) — in my view, (= pour ma part) for my part, personally

Pour moi, il ne dit pas toute la vérité. — In my view he's not telling the whole truth.

Pour moi, je vais dorénavant être plus prudent. — For my part, I shall be more cautious from now on.

pour ce qui est de — as for

3) (cause) for

On l'a mis en prison pour un délit mineur. — He was jailed for a minor offence.

pour avoir fait — for having done

Il a été critiqué pour avoir posé sa candidature. — He was criticized for applying.

4) (concession)

pour riche que... — rich though...

pour riche qu'il soit — rich though he may be

5) (proportion)

pour cent — per cent

un taux de 2 pour mille — a rate of 2 per thousand

6) (contrepartie)

pour 100 euros de... — 100 euros' worth of...

Donnez-moi pour 20 euros d'essence. — Give me 20 euros' worth of petrol.

2. nm

(= avantage)

le pour et le contre — the pros and cons

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I.

pour ⇒ Note d'usage prép

1 ( indiquant le but) to; pour cela, il faudra faire to do that, you'll have to do; pour bien faire il faudrait partir tôt to be really sure we should leave early; c'était pour rire or plaisanter it was a joke; il est seul mais il a tout fait pour○ he's on his own, but it's entirely his own doing; pour que so that; que faire pour qu'elle comprenne? how can we get her to understand?; pour ainsi dire so to speak; quelque chose pour le mal de tête/le rhume something for headaches/colds; c'est fait or étudié pour○! ( c'est sa fonction) that's what it's for; bien sûr tu peux en manger, c'est fait pour! of course you can eat some, that's what it's there for!;

2 ( indiquant une destination) for; le train pour Paris ( prêt à partir) the train for Paris; ( plus général) the train to Paris; l'avion pour Paris the Paris plane, the plane to Paris; c'est le train pour où? where does this train go?; il faut une heure pour Oloron it's an hour to Oloron;

3 ( en ce qui concerne) j'ai choisi le sujet d'étude mais pour l'université je ne sais pas encore I've decided on my subject but as regards the university I'm not sure yet ou but I'm not sure about the university yet; c'est bien payé mais pour la sécurité de l'emploi… the pay is good but as regards job security ou as far as job security goes…; oui, c'est pour quoi? yes, what is it?; ( plus poli) yes, what can I do for you?; pour moi, il a tort as far as I am concerned, he's wrong; qu'est-il pour toi, un ami? how do you see him? as a friend?;

4 ( en faveur de) for; voter pour un candidat to vote for a candidate; 120 voix pour et 95 contre 120 votes for and 95 against; c'est pour la recherche contre le cancer it's for ou in aid of cancer research; je suis pour○ I'm in favour^GB; être pour qch/faire qch gén to be in favour^GB of sth/doing sth; je suis pour que Catherine reste I'm in favour^GB of Catherine staying; je suis pour les Verts I'm for the ecologists; je suis pour Paris Sport I support Paris;

5 ( avec une indication de temps) for; ce sera prêt pour vendredi? will it be ready for ou by Friday?; pour plus tard/aujourd'hui for later/today; pour toujours forever; pour le moment or l'instant for the moment, for the time being; le bébé/le baptême c'est pour quand? when is the baby due/the christening?;

6 ( comme) elle a pour ambition d'être pilote her ambition is to be a pilot; elle a pour principe de ne jamais emprunter de l'argent it's a rule with her ou it's one of her principles never to borrow money; ils ont pour habitude de déjeuner tard they usually have a late lunch; n'avoir pour toute arme qu'un bâton to be armed only with a stick; il n'avait qu'un pantalon pour tout vêtement he was wearing nothing but a pair of trousers GB ou pants US;

7 ( à la place de) for; écrire qch pour qch to write sth instead of sth; je l'ai pris pour plus bête qu'il n'est I thought he was more stupid than he really is; je suis ici pour ma collègue I'm here in place of my colleague;

8 ( à son avantage) elle avait pour elle de savoir écouter/la patience she had the merit of being a good listener/being patient;

9 ( introduisant une concession) pour intelligent qu'il soit intelligent though he may be; ‘il te parlera du Japon’-‘pour ce que ça m'intéresse!’ ‘he'll talk to you about Japan’-‘I can't say I'm very interested’; pour peu qu' il y ait du monde sur la route nous serons en retard there only has to be a bit of traffic and we'll be late; pour autant que je sache as far as I know;

10 ( marquant l'emphase) pour être intelligente, ça elle l'est! she really is intelligent!, intelligent she certainly is!;

11 ( indiquant une quantité) j'ai mis pour 50 euros d'essence I've put in 50 euros' worth of petrol GB ou gas US; merci pour tout thank you for everything; pleurer pour un rien to cry over nothing; s'inquiéter pour un rien to fret about nothing; je n'y suis pour rien I had nothing to do with it; ne t'inquiète pas pour si peu don't worry about a little thing like that; tu y es bien pour quelque chose si elle est malheureuse if she's miserable, it has certainly got something to do with you; il y est pour beaucoup si elle est malheureuse if she's miserable, he's largely to blame; elle y est pour beaucoup s'il a réussi if he has succeeded a lot of the credit should go to her; je n'en ai pas pour longtemps it won't take long; il n'en a plus pour longtemps ( mourant) he doesn't have long to live; j'en ai encore pour deux heures it'll take another two hours; j'en ai pour une minute it'll only take a minute;

12 ( indiquant une cause) for; se battre pour une femme to fight over a woman; être battu pour avoir menti to be beaten for lying; ⇒ oui;

13 ( introduisant une proportion) dix pour cent ten per cent; pour 250 employés, seulement 28 sont des femmes out of 250 employees only 28 are female; une cuillère de vinaigre pour quatre d'huile one spoonful of vinegar to four of oil; pour une large part to a large extent.

II.

pour nm le pour et le contre pros and cons (pl).

[pur] préposition

1. [indiquant le lieu où l'on va] for

partir pour l'Italie to leave for Italy

un billet pour Paris a ticket for ou to Paris

je m'envole pour Rome I'm flying to Rome

2. [dans le temps - indiquant le moment] for

pourriez-vous avoir fini pour lundi/demain? could you have it finished for Monday/tomorrow?

pour dans une semaine for a week's time

j'ai repeint la chambre pour quand tu viendras I've redecorated the room for when you visit

[indiquant la durée] for

partir pour 10 jours to go away for 10 days

il n'en a plus pour longtemps

a. he won't be long now

b. [à vivre] he hasn't got long to live

j'en ai bien pour cinq heures it'll take me at least five hours

3. [exprimant la cause]

je l'ai remercié pour son amabilité I thanked him for his kindness

ils se querellent pour des broutilles they quarrel over trifles

désolé pour dimanche sorry about Sunday

il est tombé malade pour avoir mangé trop d'huîtres he fell ill after eating ou because he ate too many oysters

condamné pour vol found guilty of theft

sa bonne constitution y est pour quelque chose his strong constitution had something to do with ou played a part in it

elle est pour beaucoup dans le succès de la pièce the success of the play is to a large extent due to her, she has had a great deal to do with the success of the play

ne me remerciez pas, je n'y suis pour rien don't thank me, I didn't have anything to do with it

4. [exprimant la conséquence] to

pour la plus grande joie des enfants to the children's great delight

il a erré trois heures en forêt pour se retrouver à son point de départ he wandered for three hours in the forest, only to find he was back where he'd started from

ses paroles n'étaient pas pour me rassurer his words were far from reassuring to me

ce n'est pas pour me déplaire I can't say I'm displeased with it

5. [capable de]

je me suis trompé et il ne s'est trouvé personne pour me le dire I made a mistake and nobody was capable of telling me

6. [par rapport à] for

il est en avance pour son âge he's advanced for his age

c'est cher pour ce que c'est it's expensive for what it is

7. [avec une valeur emphatique]

mot pour mot word for word

pour un champion, c'est un champion! that's what I call a (real) champion!

perdre pour perdre, autant que ce soit en beauté if we are going to lose, we might as well do it in style

pour être en colère, je l'étais! I was so angry!

8. [indiquant une proportion, un pourcentage] per

cinq pour cent five per cent

il faut 200 g de farine pour une demi-livre de beurre take 200 g of flour to ou for half a pound of butter

9. [moyennant]

pour la somme de for the sum of

il y en a bien pour 80 euros de réparation the repairs will cost at least 80 euros

10. [à la place de] for

prendre un mot pour un autre to mistake a word for another

11. [au nom de] for, on behalf of

pour le directeur [dans la correspondance] pp Director

12. [en guise de, en qualité de]

prendre quelqu'un pour époux/épouse to take somebody to be one's husband/wife

avoir quelqu'un pour ami/professeur to have somebody as a friend/teacher

j'ai son fils pour élève his son is one of my pupils

pour tout remerciement voilà ce que j'ai eu that's all the thanks I got

avoir pour conséquence to have as a consequence

j'ai pour principe que... I believe on principle that...

il se fait passer pour un antiquaire he claims to be an antique dealer

le livre a pour titre... the book's title is..., the book is entitled...

13. [indiquant l'attribution, la destination, le but] for

mes sentiments pour elle my feelings towards ou for her

tant pis pour lui! that's too bad (for him)!

c'est pour quoi faire, ce truc? what's that thing for?

sirop pour la toux cough mixture

voyager pour son plaisir to travel for pleasure

l'art pour l'art art for art's sake

pour 4 personnes

a. [recette] serves 4

b. [couchage] sleeps 4

c'est fait pour that's what it's (there) for

14. (suivi de l'infinitif) [afin de] (in order) to

je suis venu pour vous voir I'm here ou I've come to see you

(elliptiquement)

si tu veux réussir, il faut tout faire pour if you want to succeed you have to do everything possible

15. [en faveur de] for, in favour of

voter pour quelqu'un to vote for ou in favour of somebody

il a pour lui de nombreuses qualités he has a number of qualities in his favour

être pour to be in favour

je suis pour qu'on s'y mette tout de suite I'm in favour of getting down to it immediately

16. [du point de vue de]

ça compte peu pour toi, mais pour moi c'est tellement important it matters little to you but to ou for me it's so important

pour moi, il a dû se réconcilier avec elle if you ask me, he must have made it up with her

17. [en ce qui concerne]

et pour le salaire? and what about the salary?

ne t'en fais pas pour moi don't worry about me

pour certains de nos collègues, la situation est inchangée as far as some of our colleagues are concerned, the situation has not changed

pour ce qui est de l'avancement, voyez avec le responsable du personnel as far as promotion is concerned, see the personnel officer

18. (soutenu) [exprimant la concession]

pour être jeune, elle n'en est pas moins compétente young though she is she's very able

[en corrélation avec 'que']

pour patient qu'il soit, il ne supportera pas cette situation for all his patience, he won't put up with this situation

19. (suivi de l'infinitif) (littéraire) [sur le point de] about to, on the point of

il était pour partir he was about to leave ou on the point of leaving

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[pur] nom masculin invariable

peser le pour et le contre to weigh up the pros and cons

les pour l'emportent POLITIQUE (humoristique) the argument in favour is overwhelming, the ayes have it

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pour que locution conjonctive

1. [exprimant le but] so that, in order that (formal)

j'ai pris des places non-fumeurs pour que vous ne soyez pas incommodés par la fumée I've got non-smoking seats so that you won't be bothered by the smoke

2. [exprimant la conséquence]

il est assez malin pour qu'on ne l'arrête pas he is cunning enough to avoid being caught

mon appartement est trop petit pour qu'on puisse tous y dormir my flat is too small for us all to be able to sleep there

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > pour

17 fictitious

fik'tiʃəs

adjective

1) (not true: a fictitious account.) oppdiktet, fiktiv, falsk

2) (not real or based on fact: All the characters in the book are fictitious.) oppdiktet, fiktiv

oppdiktet

adj. \/fɪkˈtɪʃəs\/

1) oppdiktet, oppfunnet, konstruert, uvirkelig-

• the characters in the book are entirely fictitious

2) foregitt, falsk, fingert, antatt, simulert

• a fictitious agreement

• fictitious claims

• the criminal used a fictitious name

forbryteren brukte falskt navn

• fictitious tears

3) ( ofte jus) fiktiv

• fictitious value

fiktiv verdi

fictitious purchase fiktivt kjøp

English-Norwegian dictionary > fictitious

18 all

1. attributive adjective
1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

all day — den ganzen Tag

for all that — trotz allem

all his life — sein ganzes Leben

all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

thank you for all your hard work — danke für all deine Anstrengungen

get away from it all — einmal von allem abschalten

that says it all — das sagt alles

2) (entire number of) alle

all the books — alle Bücher

all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

where are all the glasses? — wo sind all die Gläser?

all ten men — alle zehn Männer

we all went to bed — wir gingen alle schlafen

all the others — alle anderen

all Goethe's works — sämtliche Werke Goethes

why he of all people? — warum ausgerechnet er?

people of all ages — Menschen jeden Alters

All Fools' Day — der 1. April

3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches

4) (greatest possible)

in all innocence — in aller Unschuld

with all speed — so schnell wie möglich
2. noun
1) (all persons) alle

all present — alle Anwesenden

one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

all and sundry — Krethi und Plethi

all of us — wir alle

the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

most of all — am meisten

he ran fastest of all — er lief am schnellsten

2) (every bit)

all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

3)

all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

4) (all things) alles

all I need is the money — ich brauche nur das Geld

all is not lost — es ist nicht alles verloren

it's all or nothing — es geht ums Ganze

most of all — am meisten

give one's all — sein Letztes geben

it was all but impossible — es war fast unmöglich

all in all — alles in allem

it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

that's all very well — das ist alles schön und gut

can I help you at all? — kann ich Ihnen irgendwie behilflich sein?

I do not care at all — es ist mir völlig gleich

you are not disturbing me at all — du störst mich nicht im geringsten

were you surprised at all? — warst du denn überrascht?

nothing at all — gar nichts

not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

if at all — wenn überhaupt

in all — insgesamt

5) (Sport)

two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

thirty all — dreißig beide
3. adverb
ganz

all but — fast

he all but fell down — er wäre fast heruntergefallen

all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

I feel all the better for it — das hat mir wirklich gut getan

all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

all too soon — allzu schnell

be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

did you get home all right? — sind Sie gut nach Hause gekommen?

I'm all right — mir geht es ganz gut

work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

yes, all right — ja, gut

is it all right if I go in? — kann ich reingehen?

it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

lie all round the room — überall im Zimmer herumliegen

I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

all the same — trotzdem

it's all the same to me — es ist mir einerlei

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[o:l] 1. adjective, pronoun
1) (the whole (of): He ate all the cake; He has spent all of his money.) ganz

2) (every one (of a group) when taken together: They were all present; All men are equal.) alle
2. adverb
1) (entirely: all alone; dressed all in white.) ganz

2) ((with the) much; even: Your low pay is all the more reason to find a new job; I feel all the better for a shower.) um so

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- academic.ru/94374/all-clear">all-clear
- all-out
- all-round
- all-rounder
- all-terrain vehicle
- all along
- all at once
- all in
- all in all
- all over
- all right
- in all
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all

[ɒ:l, AM also ɑ:l]

I. adj attr, inv

1. + pl n (the whole number of, every one of) alle

are those \all the documents you can find? sind das alle Papiere, die du finden kannst?

\all my glasses are broken alle meine [o meine ganzen] Gläser sind kaputt, meine Gläser sind alle [o fam allesamt] kaputt

\all children should have a right to education alle Kinder sollten ein Recht auf Bildung haben

\all her children go to public school alle ihre Kinder besuchen eine Privatschule, ihre Kinder besuchen alle [o fam allesamt] ein Privatschule

20% of \all items sold had been reduced 20 % aller verkauften Artikel waren reduziert

\all six [of the] men are electricians alle sechs [Männer] sind Elektriker

I had to use \all my powers of persuasion ich musste meine ganze Überzeugungskraft aufbieten

I've locked myself out — of \all the stupid things to do! ich habe mich ausgeschlossen! — wie kann man nur so blöd sein!

on \all fours auf allen vieren

from \all directions aus allen Richtungen

\all the people alle [Leute]

why did the take him, of \all people? warum haben sie ausgerechnet ihn genommen?

\all the others alle anderen

2. + sing n (the whole of) der/die/das ganze...

they lost \all their money sie haben ihr ganzes Geld verloren

\all day [long] den ganzen Tag [lang]

\all her life ihr ganzes Leben

for \all the money trotz des ganzen Geldes

\all the time die ganze Zeit

he was unemployed for \all that time er war all die Zeit [o die ganze Zeit über] [o während der ganzen Zeit] arbeitslos

\all the way den ganzen [weiten] Weg

\all week/year die ganze Woche/das ganze Jahr

3. + sing n (every type of) jede(r, s)

\all wood should be treated jedes Holz sollte [o alle Holzarten sollten] behandelt werden

4. (the greatest possible) all

with \all haste [or speed] [or dispatch] ( form) so schnell wie möglich

in \all honesty [or sincerity] ganz ehrlich

with \all due respect,... bei allem Respekt,..., mit Verlaub,... geh

with \all speed so schnell wie möglich

in \all probability aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach

5. (any whatever) jegliche(r, s)

she denied \all knowledge of the matter sie stritt ab, irgendetwas über die Sache zu wissen

beyond \all doubt jenseits allen Zweifels

6.

▶ for \all trotz + gen

for \all her money she is not happy trotz ihres ganzen Geldes ist sie nicht glücklich

▶ \all good things must come to an end ( prov) alles hat ein Ende

▶ ... and \all that jazz [or (pej!) rubbish]... und das ganze Zeug pej fam

▶ not as... as \all that:

he's not as rich as \all that so reich ist er nun auch wieder nicht

II. pron

1. (the total, everybody, every one) alle

the best-looking of \all der Bestaussehende von allen

we saw \all of them wir haben [sie] alle gesehen

\all of them [or they \all] liked the film der Film hat ihnen allen [o allen von ihnen] gefallen

the house has four bedrooms, \all with balconies das Haus hat vier Schlafzimmer, alle mit Balkon

her last novel was [the] best of \all ihr letzter Roman war der beste von allen

\all but one of the pupils came to the outing bis auf einen Schüler nahmen alle am Ausflug teil

\all and sundry jedermann, Gott und die Welt

one and \all alle

let's sing now one and \all! lasst uns jetzt alle zusammen singen!

\all but... alle außer..., bis auf...

2. (everything) alles

it was \all very strange es war alles sehr seltsam

\all is not lost yet noch ist nicht alles verloren

tell me \all about it erzähl mir alles darüber

he's eaten \all of it [or eaten it \all] er hat alles aufgegessen

have you drunk \all of the milk? hast du die ganze Milch getrunken?

first of \all zuerst; (most importantly) vor allem

most of \all am meisten

there are many professions which interest him, but most of \all, he'd like to be a zookeeper viele Berufe interessieren ihn, aber am liebsten wäre er Zoowärter

\all in one alles in einem

a corkscrew and bottle-opener \all in one ein Korkenzieher und Flaschenöffner in einem

to give [or put] one's \all alles [o sein Letztes] geben

and \all ( fam) und all dem

what with the fog and \all, I'd really not drive tonight ( fam) bei dem Nebel und so möchte ich heute Nacht wirklich nicht fahren fam

3. + relative clause (the only thing) alles

it was \all that he had es war alles, was er hatte

it's \all [that] I can do for you mehr kann ich nicht für dich tun

\all I want is to be left alone ich will nur in Ruhe gelassen werden

the remark was so silly, it was \all she could do not to laugh die Bemerkung war so dumm, dass sie sich sehr zusammenreißen musste, um nicht zu lachen

\all [that] it takes is a little bit of luck man braucht nur etwas Glück

that's \all I need right now ( iron) das hat mir jetzt gerade noch gefehlt pej

for \all...:

for \all I care,.... von mir aus...

for \all I know,... (as far as I know) soviel [o soweit] ich weiß...; (I don't know) was weiß ich,...

are the married? — for \all I know they could be sind sie verheiratet? — was weiß ich, schon möglich!

where is she? — for \all I know she could be on holidays wo ist sie? — was weiß ich, vielleicht [ist sie] im Urlaub!

4. (for emphasis)

at \all überhaupt

do you ever travel to the States at \all? fährst du überhaupt je in die Staaten?

if at \all wenn überhaupt

nothing [or not anything] at \all überhaupt nichts

not at \all überhaupt nicht

thanks very much for your help — not at \all, it was a pleasure vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe — keine Ursache [o nichts zu danken], es war mir ein Vergnügen

5.

▶ and \all ( fam: as well) auch

I'm cold — yeah, me and \all mir ist kalt — ja, mir auch

get one for me and \all bring mir auch einen

▶ \all for one, and one for \all ( saying) alle für einen, einer für alle

▶ in \all insgesamt

that's £20 in \all das macht alles zusammen 20 Pfund

▶ \all in \all alles in allem

▶ \all of... (at least) mindestens...; (as much as) gut...; (as little as) ganze...

it's going to cost \all of a million dollars das kostet mindestens eine Million Dollar

the book has sold \all of 200/400,000 copies von dem Buch sind ganze 200/gut 400.000 Exemplare verkauft worden

▶ to be \all one to sb jdm egal [o gleich] sein

▶ \all told insgesamt

they tried a dozen times \all told sie versuchten es insgesamt ein Dutzend Mal

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

III. adv inv

1. (entirely) ganz, völlig

it's \all about money these days heutzutage geht es nur ums Geld

she's been \all round the world sie war schon überall auf der Welt

to be \all in favour of sth ganz [o völlig] begeistert von etw dat sein

\all in green ganz in Grün

to be \all in one piece heil [o unbeschädigt] sein

to be \all of a piece with sth mit etw dat völlig übereinstimmen

to spill sth \all over the place/floor etw überall/über den gesamten Boden verschütten

the baby got food \all over its bib das Baby hatte sich sein ganzes Lätzchen vollgekleckert

to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam) überall sein

to be not \all that happy nicht gerade glücklich sein

\all alone ganz allein

\all along die ganze Zeit

she's been fooling us \all along sie hat uns die ganze Zeit getäuscht

to be \all over aus und vorbei sein

to be \all for doing sth ganz dafür sein, etw zu tun

my son is \all for spending the summer on the beach mein Sohn will den Sommer unbedingt am Strand verbringen

2. (totally, only)

the newspaper was \all advertisements die Zeitung bestand fast nur aus Anzeigen

I was \all the family she ever had ich war die einzige Familie, die sie je hatte

he was \all smiles er strahlte über das ganze Gesicht

he's \all talk [or ( fam) mouth] er ist nur ein Schwätzer pej, er schwingt nur große Worte

to be \all charm seinen ganzen Charme spielenlassen

to be \all ears ganz Ohr sein

to be \all eyes gespannt zusehen

to be \all a flutter ganz aus dem Häuschen sein fam

to be \all silk/wool aus reiner Seide/Wolle sein

3.

▪ \all the... (even) umso...; (much) viel...

\all the better [for that]! umso besser!

now that he's a star he'll be \all the more difficult to work with jetzt wo er ein Star ist, wird die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm umso schwieriger sein

I feel \all the better for your visit seit du da bist, geht es mir schon viel besser

4. (for emphasis) äußerst, ausgesprochen

she was \all excited sie war ganz aufgeregt

now don't get \all upset about it nun reg dich doch nicht so [furchtbar] darüber auf

your proposal is \all very well in theory, but... in der Theorie ist dein Vorschlag ja schön und gut, aber...

\all too... nur zu...

I'm \all too aware of the problems die Probleme sind mir nur zu gegenwärtig

the end of the holiday came \all too soon der Urlaub war nur viel zu schnell zu Ende

5. SPORT (to both sides)

the score is three \all es steht drei zu drei [unentschieden] [o drei beide

6.

to not do sth \all that well (not really) etw nicht gerade toll tun fam

she doesn't sing \all that well sie kann nicht besonders toll singen fam

to not be \all that... (not as much as thought) so... nun auch wieder nicht sein

he's not \all that important so wichtig ist er nun auch wieder nicht

7. (nearly)

\all but fast

the party was \all but over when we arrived die Party war schon fast vorbei, als wir ankamen

it was \all but impossible to read his writing es war nahezu unmöglich, seine Handschrift zu entziffern

8.

▶ to go \all out for sth alles für etw akk tun

▶ \all in (exhausted)

he felt \all in er war völlig erledigt; BRIT (including everything) alles inklusive

the holiday cost £600 \all in alles inklusive hat der Urlaub hat 600 Pfund gekostet

▶ to be \all over sb ( pej: excessively enthusiastic) sich akk [geradezu] auf jdn stürzen; ( fam: harass) jdn total anmachen fam, über jdn herfallen ÖSTERR fam

▶ that's sb \all over das sieht jdm ähnlich

he invited me out for dinner and then discovered he didn't have any money — that's Bill \all over! er lud mich ein, mit ihm auswärts zu essen, und merkte dann, dass er kein Geld bei sich hatte — typisch Bill!

▶ to be \all over the place [or BRIT shop] ( fam: badly organised) [völlig] chaotisch sein; (confused) völlig von der Rolle [o ÖSTERR daneben] sein fam

▶ \all round [or around] AM (in every way) rundum; (for each person) für alle

that was a success/good performance \all round das war ein voller Erfolg/eine rundum gelungene Vorstellung

he bought drinks \all round er gab eine Runde Getränke aus

▶ to be not \all there ( fam) nicht ganz richtig [im Kopf] sein fam, nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fig fam

▶ to be \all up with sb ( fam)

it looks as though it's \all up with us now es sieht so aus, als seien wir nun endgültig am Ende fam

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1. ADJECTIVE
with nouns plural alle; (singular) ganze(r, s), alle(r, s)When alle is used to translate all the it is not followed by the German article.
we have considered all the possibilities — wir haben alle Möglichkeiten in Betracht gezogen

she brought all the children — sie brachte alle Kinder mit

all the problems have been solved — alle or sämtliche Probleme wurden gelöst

all kinds or sorts of people — alle möglichen Leute

all the tobacco —

all the milk all the fruit — die ganze Milch, alle Milch das ganze Obst, alles Obst

all you boys can come with me — ihr Jungen könnt alle mit mir kommen

the money was all there — alles Geld or das ganze Geld war da

where's all that water coming from? — wo kommt das ganze or all das Wasser her?

all the time — die ganze Zeit

all day ( long) — den ganzen Tag (lang)

all Spain — ganz Spanien

to dislike all sport — jeglichen Sport ablehnen

in all respects — in jeder Hinsicht

all my strength — meine ganze Kraft

all my books/friends — alle meine Bücher/Freunde, meine ganzen Bücher/Freunde

all my life — mein ganzes Leben (lang)

they all came —

we all sat down — wir setzten uns alle

I invited them all — ich habe sie alle eingeladen Note that it all is usually translated by alles alone:

he took/spent it all — er hat alles genommen/ausgegeben

it all happened so quickly — alles geschah so schnell, es geschah alles so schnell

he's seen/done it all — für ihn gibt es nichts Neues mehr, ihn kann nichts mehr erschüttern (inf)

I don't understand all that — ich verstehe das alles nicht

what's all this/that about? — was soll das Ganze?

what's all this/that? — was ist denn das?; (annoyed) was soll denn das!

what's all this I hear about you leaving? — was höre ich da! Sie wollen gehen?

with all possible speed — so schnell wie möglich

with all due care — mit angemessener Sorgfalt

with all due speed — in angemessenem Tempo

they will take all possible precautions — sie werden alle möglichen Sicherheitsvorkehrungen treffen

2. PRONOUN

1) = everything alles

all is well — alles ist gut

I'm just curious, that's all — ich bin nur neugierig, das ist alles

that's all that matters — darauf allein kommt es an

that's all he said — das ist alles, was er gesagt hat, mehr hat er nicht gesagt

that is all (that) I can tell you — mehr kann ich Ihnen nicht sagen

it was all I could do not to laugh — ich musste an mich halten, um nicht zu lachen

all of Paris/of the house — ganz Paris/das ganze Haus

all of it — alles

I don't need all of it — ich brauche nicht alles

all of 5 kms/£5 —

it took him all of three hours — er brauchte ganze drei Stunden

2) = everybody alle pl

all who knew him — alle, die ihn kannten

all of them — (sie) alle

the score was two all — es stand zwei zu zwei

3. ADVERB
(= quite, entirely) ganz
dressed all in white, all dressed in white — ganz in Weiß (gekleidet)

all woman — ganz Frau

all dirty/excited etc — ganz schmutzig/aufgeregt etc

that's all very fine or well — das ist alles ganz schön und gut

all wool — reine Wolle

an all wool carpet — ein reinwollener Teppich, ein Teppich aus reiner Wolle

it was red all over — es war ganz rot

that's Dave all over — das ist typisch Dave

all down the front of her dress — überall vorn auf ihrem Kleid

all along the road — die ganze Straße entlang

there were chairs all around the room — rundum im Zimmer standen Stühle

he ordered whiskies/drinks all round —

what's the film all about? — wovon handelt der Film überhaupt?

I'll tell you all about it — ich erzähl dir alles

it was all about a little girl — es handelte von einem kleinen Mädchen

4. NOUN
__diams; one's all alles
he staked his all on this race/deal — er setzte alles auf dieses Rennen/Unternehmen

the horses were giving their all — die Pferde gaben ihr Letztes

5. SET STRUCTURES
__diams; all along (= from the start) von Anfang an, die ganze Zeit (über)
I feared that all along — das habe ich von Anfang an befürchtet, das habe ich schon die ganze Zeit (über) befürchtet

he all but died —

he all but lost it — er hätte es fast verloren

the party won all but six of the seats — die Partei hat alle außer sechs Sitzen or alle bis auf sechs Sitze gewonnen

I'm all for it! — ich bin ganz dafür __diams; all found insgesamt, alles in allem __diams; all in ( inf

to be or feel all in — total erledigt sein (inf) __diams; all in all alles in allem

it's all one to me — das ist mir (ganz) egal or einerlei

all the hotter/prettier/happier etc — noch heißer/hübscher/glücklicher etc

all the funnier because... — umso lustiger, weil...

or vacation (US) — jetzt, wo ich Urlaub gemacht habe, gehts mir viel besser

all the more so since... —

all the better to see you with — damit ich dich besser sehen kann

all the same, it's a pity — trotzdem ist es schade

it's all the same to me —

if it's all the same to you — wenn es Ihnen egal ist

he's all there/not all there — er ist voll da/nicht ganz da (inf) __diams; all too + adjective/adverb

all too soon/quickly — viel zu or allzu früh/schnell

he ate the orange, peel and all — er hat die ganze Orange gegessen, samt der Schale

the whole family came, children and all — die Familie kam mit Kind und Kegel

what with the snow and all (inf) — mit dem ganzen Schnee und so (inf)

nothing at all — überhaupt or gar nichts

did/didn't you say anything at all? — haben Sie überhaupt etwas gesagt/gar or überhaupt nichts gesagt?

I'm not at all sure, I'm not sure at all — ich bin mir ganz und gar nicht sicher, ich bin gar nicht ganz sicher

I'm not at all angry etc, I'm not angry etc at all — ich bin überhaupt nicht wütend etc, ich bin ganz und gar nicht wütend etc

it's not bad at all — das ist gar nicht schlecht

I don't know at all — ich weiß es überhaupt nicht

if at all possible — wenn irgend möglich

for all his wealth — trotz (all) seines Reichtums

for all that — trotz allem, trotzdem

for all I know she could be ill —

is he in Paris? – for all I know he could be — ist er in Paris? – schon möglich, was weiß ich!

ten people in all — insgesamt zehn Personen __diams; all that ( US inf ) einfach super (inf)

it's not all that bad, it's not as bad as all that — so schlimm ist es nun auch wieder nicht

it isn't all THAT expensive! — so teuer ist es nun wieder auch nicht

of all the idiots! — so ein Idiot!

of all the stupid things to do! — so was Dummes!

why me of all people? — warum ausgerechnet ich?

happiest/earliest/clearest etc of all —

that would be best of all — das wäre am besten

I like him best of all — von allen mag ich ihn am liebsten

most of all —

most of all I'd like to be... — am liebsten wäre ich...

the best car of all — das allerbeste Auto __diams; to be all things to all men (person) sich mit jedem gutstellen; (thing, invention, new software etc) das Ideale sein

a party which claims to be all things to all men — eine Partei, die behauptet, allen etwas zu bieten __diams; you all ( US inf ) ihr (alle); (to two people) ihr (beide)

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all [ɔːl]

A adj

1. all, sämtlich, gesamt, vollständig, ganz:

all one’s courage seinen ganzen Mut;

all mistakes alle oder sämtliche Fehler;

all my friends alle meine Freunde;

all night (long) die ganze Nacht (hindurch);

all (the) day, all day long den ganzen Tag, den lieben langen Tag;

all day and every day tagelang; tagaus, tagein;

open all day ganztägig geöffnet;

all the time

a) die ganze Zeit (über),

b) ständig, immer;

at all times zu jeder Zeit, jederzeit;

all the town die ganze Stadt, jedermann; → day 6

2. jeder, jede, jedes, alle pl:

at all hours zu jeder Stunde;

beyond all question ohne Frage, fraglos;

in all respects in jeder Hinsicht;

deny all responsibility jede Verantwortung ablehnen; → sundry

3. vollkommen, völlig, total, ganz, rein:

all nonsense reiner Unsinn;

all wool US reine Wolle; → leg Bes Redew

B adv

1. ganz (u. gar), gänzlich, völlig:

all alone ganz allein;

all the um so …;

all the better um so besser;

she was all gratitude sie war voll(er) Dankbarkeit;

she is all kindness sie ist die Güte selber;

all one einerlei, gleichgültig;

he is all for it er ist unbedingt dafür;

all important äußerst wichtig, entscheidend;

all mad völlig verrückt;

all wrong ganz falsch; → same C

2. für jede Seite, beide:

the score was two all das Spiel stand zwei zu zwei

3. poet gerade, eben

C pron alles:

all of it alles, das Ganze;

all of us wir alle;

good night, all gute Nacht allerseits!;

all of a year ein ganzes Jahr;

it took me all of two days ich brauchte zwei volle oder ganze zwei Tage ( to do zu tun);

that’s all das ist oder wäre alles;

that’s all there is to it das ist die ganze Geschichte;

all or nothing alles oder nichts;

it’s all or nothing for es geht um alles oder nichts für;

it all began die ganze Sache begann;

and all that und dergleichen;

when all is said and done letzten Endes, schließlich; → end B 1

D s

1. alles:

his all

a) sein Hab und Gut,

b) auch his all and all sein Ein und Alles

2. oft All PHIL (Welt)All nBesondere Redewendungen: all along die ganze Zeit (über);

all around

a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,

b) überall,

c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg all in alles inklusive;

be ( oder feel) all in umg total fertig oder erledigt sein;

all in all alles in allem;

his wife is all in all to him seine Frau bedeutet ihm alles;

all out umg

a) total fertig oder erledigt,

b) auf dem Holzweg (im Irrtum),

c) mit aller Macht ( for sth auf etwas aus), mit restlosem Einsatz,

d) vollständig ( → all-out) go all out umg

a) alles daransetzen, aufs Ganze gehen,

b) besonders SPORT das Letzte aus sich herausholen all over

a) umg ganz und gar,

b) überall,

c) überallhin, in ganz England etc herum, im ganzen Haus etc herum,

d) auch all over one’s body am ganzen Körper, überall that is Doug all over das ist ganz oder typisch Doug, das sieht Doug ähnlich;

news from all over Nachrichten von überall her;

be all over sb umg an jemandem einen Narren gefressen haben;

all right

a) ganz recht oder richtig,

b) schon gut,

c) in Ordnung (auch Person), engS. unbeschädigt,

d) na schön!,

e) umg mit Sicherheit, ohne Zweifel,

f) erlaubt I’m all right bei mir ist alles in Ornung;

he’s all right ihm ist nichts passiert;

I’m all right, Jack umg Hauptsache, mir geht’s gut;

be all right for

a) geeignet sein oder passen für,

b) annehmbar sein für it’s all right for you to laugh du hast gut lachen;

I’m all right for money umg bei mir stimmt die Kasse;

are you all right in that chair? sitzt du gut in dem Sessel?;

is it all right if I’ …? darf ich …?;

it’s all right with ( oder by) me von mir aus, ich habe nichts dagegen;

he arrived all right er ist gut angekommen;

all round

a) rund(her)um, ringsumher,

b) überall,

c) durch die Bank umg, durchweg taken all round umg alles in allem;

all there gewitzt, gescheit, auf Draht umg;

he is not all there er ist nicht ganz bei Trost;

all up umg total fertig oder erledigt;

it’s all up with him mit ihm ists aus;

he of all people came ausgerechnet er kam;

I thought you of all people would understand ich dachte, gerade du würdest das verstehen; (siehe weitere Verbindungen unter den entsprechenden Stichwörtern)

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1. attributive adjective
1) (entire extent or quantity of) ganz

all day — den ganzen Tag

for all that — trotz allem

all his life — sein ganzes Leben

all my money — all mein Geld; mein ganzes Geld

stop all this noise/shouting! — hör mit dem Krach/Geschrei auf!

thank you for all your hard work — danke für all deine Anstrengungen

get away from it all — einmal von allem abschalten

that says it all — das sagt alles

2) (entire number of) alle

all the books — alle Bücher

all my books — all[e] meine Bücher

where are all the glasses? — wo sind all die Gläser?

all ten men — alle zehn Männer

we all went to bed — wir gingen alle schlafen

all the others — alle anderen

all Goethe's works — sämtliche Werke Goethes

why he of all people? — warum ausgerechnet er?

people of all ages — Menschen jeden Alters

All Fools' Day — der 1. April

3) (any whatever) jeglicher/jegliche/jegliches

4) (greatest possible)

in all innocence — in aller Unschuld

with all speed — so schnell wie möglich
2. noun
1) (all persons) alle

all present — alle Anwesenden

one and all — [alle] ohne Ausnahme

all and sundry — Krethi und Plethi

all of us — wir alle

the happiest/most beautiful of all — der/die Glücklichste/die Schönste unter allen

most of all — am meisten

he ran fastest of all — er lief am schnellsten

2) (every bit)

all of it/the money — alles/das ganze od. alles Geld

3)

all of (coll.): (as much as) be all of seven feet tall — gut sieben Fuß groß sein

4) (all things) alles

all I need is the money — ich brauche nur das Geld

all is not lost — es ist nicht alles verloren

it's all or nothing — es geht ums Ganze

most of all — am meisten

give one's all — sein Letztes geben

it was all but impossible — es war fast unmöglich

all in all — alles in allem

it's all the same or all one to me — es ist mir ganz egal od. völlig gleichgültig

that's all very well — das ist alles schön und gut

can I help you at all? — kann ich Ihnen irgendwie behilflich sein?

I do not care at all — es ist mir völlig gleich

you are not disturbing me at all — du störst mich nicht im geringsten

were you surprised at all? — warst du denn überrascht?

nothing at all — gar nichts

not at all happy/well — überhaupt nicht glücklich/gesund

not at all! — überhaupt nicht!; (acknowledging thanks) gern geschehen!; nichts zu danken!

if at all — wenn überhaupt

in all — insgesamt

5) (Sport)

two [goals] all — zwei zu zwei; (Tennis)

thirty all — dreißig beide
3. adverb
ganz

all but — fast

he all but fell down — er wäre fast heruntergefallen

all the better/worse [for that] — um so besser/schlimmer

I feel all the better for it — das hat mir wirklich gut getan

all at once — (suddenly) plötzlich; (simultaneously) alle[s] zugleich

all too soon — allzu schnell

be all for something — (coll.) sehr für etwas sein

be all in — (exhausted) total od. völlig erledigt sein (ugs.)

go all out [to do something] — alles daransetzen[, etwas zu tun]

be all ready [to go] — (coll.) fertig [zum Weggehen] sein (ugs.)

something is all right — etwas ist in Ordnung; (tolerable) etwas ist ganz gut

did you get home all right? — sind Sie gut nach Hause gekommen?

I'm all right — mir geht es ganz gut

work out all right — gut gehen; klappen (ugs.)

that's her, all right — das ist sie, ganz recht

yes, all right — ja, gut

is it all right if I go in? — kann ich reingehen?

it's all right by or with me — das ist mir recht

lie all round the room — überall im Zimmer herumliegen

I don't think he's all there — (coll.) ich glaube, er ist nicht ganz da (ugs.)

all the same — trotzdem

it's all the same to me — es ist mir einerlei

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adj.

all adj.

ganz adj.

jeder adj.

sämtlich adj.

English-german dictionary > all

19 push

1. transitive verb
1) schieben; (make fall) stoßen; schubsen (ugs.)

don't push me like that! — schieb od. drängel [doch] nicht so!

push a car — (to start the engine) ein Auto anschieben

push the door to/open — die Tür zu-/aufstoßen

she pushed the door instead of pulling — sie drückte gegen die Tür, statt zu ziehen

the policemen pushed the crowd back — die Polizisten drängten die Menge zurück

push something up the hill — etwas den Berg hinaufschieben

push one's way through/into/on to etc. something — sich (Dat.) einen Weg durch/in/auf usw. etwas (Akk.) bahnen

2) (fig.): (impel) drängen

push somebody into doing something — jemanden dahin bringen, dass er etwas tut

3) (tax)

push somebody [hard] — jemanden [stark] fordern

push somebody too hard/too far — jemanden überfordern

he pushes himself very hard — er verlangt sich (Dat.) sehr viel ab

be pushed for something — (coll.): (find it difficult to provide something) mit etwas knapp sein

be pushed for money or cash — knapp bei Kasse sein (ugs.)

be pushed to do something — (coll.) Mühe haben, etwas zu tun

push one's luck — (coll.) übermütig werden

4) (press for sale of) die Werbetrommel rühren für; pushen (Werbejargon)

5) (sell illegally, esp. drugs) dealen; pushen (Drogenjargon)

6) (advance)

push something a step/stage further — etwas einen Schritt vorantreiben

not push the point — die Sache auf sich beruhen lassen

push something too far — mit etwas zu weit gehen

push things to extremes — die Dinge od. es zum Äußersten od. auf die Spitze treiben

7) (coll.)

be pushing sixty — etc. auf die Sechzig usw. zugehen
2. intransitive verb
1) schieben; (in queue) drängeln; (at door) drücken

‘Push’ — (on door etc.) "Drücken"

push and shove — schubsen und drängeln

push at something — gegen etwas drücken

2) (make demands)

push for something — etwas fordern

3) (make one's way)

he pushed between us — er drängte sich zwischen uns

push through the crowd — sich durch die Menge drängeln

push past or by somebody — sich an jemandem vorbeidrängeln od. -drücken

4) (assert oneself for one's advancement) sich in den Vordergrund spielen
3. noun
1) Stoß, der; Schubs, der (ugs.)

give something a push — etwas schieben od. stoßen

give somebody a push — jemandem einen Schubs geben (ugs.); jemandem einen Stoß versetzen

My car won't start; can you give me a push? — Mein Auto springt nicht an. Kannst du mich anschieben?

2) (effort) Anstrengungen Pl.; (Mil.): (attack) Vorstoß, der; Offensive, die

3) (determination) Tatkraft, die; Initiative, die

4) (crisis)

when it comes/came to the push, (Amer. coll.) when push comes/came to shove — wenn es ernst wird/als es ernst wurde

at a push — wenn es sein muss

5) (Brit. coll.): (dismissal)

get the push — rausfliegen (ugs.)

give somebody the push — jemanden rausschmeißen (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/59208/push_about">push about

- push ahead

- push around

- push aside

- push away

- push forward

- push in

- push off

- push on

- push out

- push out of

- push over

- push through

- push up

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[puʃ] 1. verb
1) (to press against something, in order to (try to) move it further away: He pushed the door open; She pushed him away; He pushed against the door with his shoulder; The queue can't move any faster, so stop pushing!; I had a good view of the race till someone pushed in front of me.) stoßen

2) (to try to make (someone) do something; to urge on, especially foolishly: She pushed him into applying for the job.) drängen

3) (to sell (drugs) illegally.) mit Drogen handeln
2. noun
1) (a movement of pressure against something; a thrust: She gave him a push.) der Stoß

2) (energy and determination: He has enough push to do well in his job.) der Schwung

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- push-bike
- push-chair
- pushover
- be pushed for
- push around
- push off
- push on
- push over
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push

[pʊʃ]

I. NOUN

<pl -es>

1. (shove) Stoß m; (slight push) Schubs m fam

my car won't start — can you give me a \push? mein Auto springt nicht an, kannst du mal anschieben?

to give sb/sth a \push jdm/etw einen Stoß versetzen

he gave the girl on the swing a \push er schubste das Mädchen auf der Schaukel an

2. (press) Druck m

at the \push of a button auf Knopfdruck a. fig

3. ( fig: motivation) Anstoß m

she needs a little \push to get motivated man muss sie ein bisschen anstoßen, um sie zu motivieren

4. (concerted effort) Anstrengung[en] f[pl], Kampagne f

the company plans to make a big \push into Europe das Unternehmen will eine große Kampagne zur Erschließung des europäischen Marktes starten

to make a \push for sth etw anstreben

to make a \push to do sth Anstrengungen unternehmen, etw zu tun

5. (publicity)

to get [or be given] a \push gepusht werden sl

the company is giving passion fruit a \push this month die Firma macht diesen Monat Werbung für Passionsfrüchte

6. (military attack) Vorstoß m

7.

▶ at a \push BRIT im Notfall

at a \push, I could make 7.30 wenn ich mich sehr beeile, könnte ich es bis 7.30 Uhr schaffen

▶ if/when it comes to the \push, if/when \push comes to shove ( fam) wenn es hart auf hart kommt

▶ to get [or be given] the \push ( fam: boy-/girlfriend) den Laufpass kriegen fam; (be fired) gefeuert werden fam

▶ to give sb the \push ( fam: break up) mit jdm Schluss machen fam; (fire) jdn rausschmeißen fam

II. TRANSITIVE VERB

1. (shove)

▪ to \push sb jdn schieben; (in a crowd) [jdn] drängeln; (violently) jdn stoßen [o schubsen]

▪ to \push sth etw schieben

he \pushed his plate away from him er schob seinen Teller weg

she \pushed her hair out of her eyes sie strich sich die Haare aus den Augen

he \pushed his way through the herd of cattle er kämpfte sich durch die Viehherde

he \pushed his bike up the hill er schob sein Fahrrad den Hügel hinauf

to \push sth to the back of one's mind ( fig) etw verdrängen

2. (move forcefully)

▪ to \push sth etw schieben; (give a push) etw stoßen

she \pushed the drawer hard sie drückte fest gegen die Schublade

he \pushed the ball over the bar er stieß den Ball über die Latte

to \push the door open/shut eine Tür auf-/zuschieben [o SCHWEIZ auf-/zustossen]; (violently) eine Tür auf-/zustoßen

to \push things to the limit ( fig) etw bis zum Äußersten [o auf die Spitze] treiben

to \push sth down sb's throat ( fig) jdm etw aufdrängen

3. (manoeuvre)

▪ to \push sb towards sth jdn in eine Richtung drängen

to \push the nation toward recovery die Nation auf den Weg des wirtschaftlichen Aufschwungs bringen

to \push sb out of the running ( also fig) jdn aus dem Rennen werfen

4. (impose)

▪ to \push sth [on sb] [jdm] etw aufdrängen [o aufzwingen

5. (pressure)

▪ to \push sb to do sth jdn [dazu] drängen, etw zu tun; (force) jdn zwingen, etw zu tun; (persuade) jdn überreden, etw zu tun

▪ to \push sb into doing sth jdn dazu drängen, etw zu tun

to \push a share STOCKEX jdn drängen, eine Aktie zu kaufen

6. (press)

▪ to \push sth auf etw akk drücken

he \pushed the money into my hand er drückte mir das Geld in die Hand

to \push a button auf einen Knopf drücken

to \push the doorbell klingeln, SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR a. läuten

to \push one's point home seinen Standpunkt verdeutlichen

7. (be persistent)

▪ to \push sb jdn drängen

when I \pushed him, he admitted that... als ich ihn in die Enge trieb, gab er zu, dass...

why do you keep \pushing me? I've said no warum nervst du mich ständig? ich habe Nein gesagt fam

8. (demand a lot)

▪ to \push oneself sich dat alles abverlangen

to not \push oneself sich akk nicht überanstrengen iron

to \push sb to his/her limit jdn bis zum Äußersten treiben

sometimes you \push me to the point of violence! manchmal treibst du mich echt zur Weißglut! fam

9. (find sth difficult)

▪ to be [hard] \pushed to do sth esp BRIT [große] Schwierigkeiten haben, etw zu tun

10. esp BRIT (be short of)

to be \pushed for money/time wenig Geld/Zeit haben

I'm rather \pushed for cash ich bin ziemlich knapp bei Kasse

she looks rather \pushed sie sieht ziemlich gehetzt aus

11. (sl: promote)

▪ to \push sth etw propagieren; ECON etw pushen sl

12. (sl: sell illegal drugs)

▪ to \push sth mit etw dat dealen, etw pushen sl

to \push drugs to sb Drogen an jdn verkaufen

13. (approach)

to be \pushing 30/40 (age) auf die 30/40 zugehen; (drive at) fast 30/40 fahren

14. ( fam: overdo)

to \push sth too far etw übertreiben

that's \pushing it a bit das ist etwas übertrieben

15.

▶ to \push one's luck den Bogen überspannen fig

▶ to \push one's nose into sth ( fig) seine Nase in etw akk stecken

III. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. (exert force) dränge[l]n; (press) drücken; (move) schieben

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to \push in front of you Entschuldigung, ich wollte mich nicht vordrängeln

“\push” (on a door) „Drücken“

to \push hard mit Kraft [o feste] drücken fam

to \push and pull [or shove] hin- und herschieben

2. (manoeuvre through) sich akk durchdrängen; MIL vorstoßen

▪ to \push into sth sich dat Zugang zu etw dat verschaffen

▪ to \push past sb sich akk an jdm vorbeidrängen

▪ to \push by [sth/sb] sich akk [an jdm/etw] vorbeidrängen

3. (bear down) pressen

4. (support)

▪ to \push for sb jdn unterstützen; (wish luck) jdm die Daumen drücken

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[pʊʃ]
1. n

1) Schubs m (inf); (short) Stoß m; (in childbirth) Drücken nt no pl

to give sb/sth a push — jdn/etw schieben, jdm/einer Sache einen Stoß versetzen

to give a car a push — einen Wagen anschieben

he needs a little push now and then (fig) — den muss man mal ab und zu in die Rippen stoßen (inf)

to get the push ( Brit inf ) (employee) — (raus)fliegen (inf) (from aus); (boyfriend) den Laufpass kriegen (inf)

to give sb the push ( Brit inf, employee ) — jdn rausschmeißen (inf); boyfriend jdm den Laufpass geben (inf)

2) (= effort) Anstrengung f; (= sales push) Kampagne f, Aktion f; (MIL = offensive) Offensive f

to make a push — sich ranhalten (inf), Dampf machen (inf); (Mil)

let's make a push to get it finished — halten wir uns ran, damit wir fertig werden (inf)

to have a push on sales — eine Verkaufskampagne führen

3) (= drive, aggression) Durchsetzungsvermögen nt

4) (inf)

at a push — notfalls, im Notfall

if/when it comes to the push — wenn es darauf ankommt

if/when push comes to shove — wenn der schlimmste Fall eintritt

2. vt

1) (= shove, move by pushing) schieben; (quickly, violently) stoßen, schubsen (inf); (= press) button, controls drücken

to push a door open/shut — eine Tür auf-/zuschieben; (quickly, violently) eine Tür auf-/zustoßen

he pushed the book into my hand — er drückte mir das Buch in die Hand

to push a car to get it started — einen Wagen anschieben

he pushed his way through the crowd — er drängte sich durch die Menge

he pushed the thought to the back of his mind —

he pushed the ball over the bar (Sport) — er hat den Ball über die Latte gestoßen

2) (fig) views, claims, interests durchzusetzen versuchen; candidate die Werbetrommel rühren für; export side intensiv fördern; product propagieren, massiv Werbung machen für, puschen (inf), puschen (inf); drugs schieben, pushen (inf)

to push home one's advantage — seinen Vorteil ausnützen

the speaker pushed home his points — der Sprecher machte nachdrücklich seinen Standpunkt klar

don't push your luck — treibs nicht zu weit!

he's pushing his luck trying to do that — er legt es wirklich darauf an, wenn er das versucht

he must be pushing 70 (inf) — er muss auf die 70 zugehen

3) (fig: put pressure on) drängen, drängeln (inf); athlete, pupil, employee antreiben

to push sb into doing sth — jdn dazu treiben, etw zu tun

to push sb to do sth — jdn dazu drängen, etw zu tun

to push sb for payment —

don't push him so hard to make a decision — drängen or drängeln (inf) Sie ihn nicht zu sehr zu einer Entscheidung

they pushed him to the limits — sie trieben ihn bis an seine Grenzen

that's pushing it a bit (inf) — das ist ein bisschen übertrieben

to be pushed (for time) (inf) — mit der Zeit knapp dran sein, unter Zeitdruck stehen

to be pushed (for money) (inf) — knapp bei Kasse sein (inf)

to push oneself hard — sich schinden

push it! ( US inf ) — leg dich ins Zeug! (inf)

3. vi

1) (= shove) schieben; (quickly, violently) stoßen; (= press, also in childbirth) drücken; (in a crowd) drängen, drängeln (inf); (= press onward) sich (vorwärts)kämpfen; (fig = be ambitious, assert oneself) kämpfen; (= apply pressure) drängen, drängeln (inf)

"push" (on door) — "drücken"; (on bell) "klingeln"

push harder! — fester schieben/stoßen/drücken!

he pushes too much (fig) — er ist zu aggressiv

2)

this door pushes (open) — bei dieser Tür muss man drücken

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push [pʊʃ]

A s

1. Stoß m, Schubs m:

at a push bes Br umg

a) notfalls, wenn es sein muss,

b) wenn nichts dazwischenkommt;

give sb a push

a) jemandem einen Stoß geben oder versetzen,

b) AUTO jemanden anschieben;

give sb the push Br umg jemanden rausschmeißen (entlassen);

get the push Br umg rausgeschmissen werden, fliegen (entlassen werden);

if it comes to the push, US if push comes to shove wenn es hart auf hart geht, wenn es ernst wird;

when it came to the push, US when push came to shove als es hart auf hart ging, als es ernst wurde

2. ARCH, GEOL, TECH (horizontaler) Druck, Schub m

3. Anstrengung f, Bemühung f:

make a push sich mächtig anstrengen;

at the first push auf Anhieb

4. Vorstoß m ( for auf akk) (auch fig):

make a push

5. MIL (Groß)Offensive f:

make a push eine Offensive starten

6. (Werbe)Kampagne f

7. fig Anstoß m, Antrieb m

8. Druck m, Drang m (der Verhältnisse)

9. umg Schwung m, Energie f, Tatkraft f

10. umg Protektion f: get a job by push durch Protektion

11. umg (Menschen)Menge f

12. Aus sl

a) Clique f

b) Verein m, Bande f

B v/t

1. stoßen, schieben, schubsen, drücken:

push away wegstoßen;

push open aufstoßen;

push over umstoßen, umwerfen

2. drängen:

push the enemy into the sea den Feind ins Meer treiben;

push one’s way through sich durchdrängen (durch)

3. (an)treiben, drängen ( beide:

to zu;

to do zu tun):

push sb for jemanden bedrängen wegen, jemandem zusetzen wegen;

push sb for payment bei jemandem auf Bezahlung drängen;

I am pushed for time ich bin in Zeitnot, ich komme ins Gedränge;

be pushed for money in Geldverlegenheit sein;

push sth on sb jemandem etwas aufdrängen

4. auch push ahead ( oder forward, on) eine Angelegenheit energisch betreiben oder verfolgen, vorantreiben:

push sth too far etwas zu weit treiben;

push one’s luck umg übermütig werden

5. auch push through ( oder home) etwas durchsetzen, -drücken, einen Vorteil ausnutzen

6. Reklame machen für, die Trommel rühren für

7. umg verkaufen, Drogen pushen:

push drugs auch dealen

8. umg sich einem Alter nähern:

he is pushing seventy er geht auf die Siebzig zu

C v/i

1. schieben, stoßen, schubsen

2. drücken, drängen:

push by ( oder past) sb sich an jemandem vorbeidrängen

3. sich tüchtig ins Zeug legen:

push for drängen auf (akk)

4. (rücksichtslos) vorwärtsstreben (nach höherer Stellung etc)

5. push ahead ( oder forward, on) with → B 6

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1. transitive verb
1) schieben; (make fall) stoßen; schubsen (ugs.)

don't push me like that! — schieb od. drängel [doch] nicht so!

push a car — (to start the engine) ein Auto anschieben

push the door to/open — die Tür zu-/aufstoßen

she pushed the door instead of pulling — sie drückte gegen die Tür, statt zu ziehen

the policemen pushed the crowd back — die Polizisten drängten die Menge zurück

push something up the hill — etwas den Berg hinaufschieben

push one's way through/into/on to etc. something — sich (Dat.) einen Weg durch/in/auf usw. etwas (Akk.) bahnen

2) (fig.): (impel) drängen

push somebody into doing something — jemanden dahin bringen, dass er etwas tut

3) (tax)

push somebody [hard] — jemanden [stark] fordern

push somebody too hard/too far — jemanden überfordern

he pushes himself very hard — er verlangt sich (Dat.) sehr viel ab

be pushed for something — (coll.): (find it difficult to provide something) mit etwas knapp sein

be pushed for money or cash — knapp bei Kasse sein (ugs.)

be pushed to do something — (coll.) Mühe haben, etwas zu tun

push one's luck — (coll.) übermütig werden

4) (press for sale of) die Werbetrommel rühren für; pushen (Werbejargon)

5) (sell illegally, esp. drugs) dealen; pushen (Drogenjargon)

6) (advance)

push something a step/stage further — etwas einen Schritt vorantreiben

not push the point — die Sache auf sich beruhen lassen

push something too far — mit etwas zu weit gehen

push things to extremes — die Dinge od. es zum Äußersten od. auf die Spitze treiben

7) (coll.)

be pushing sixty — etc. auf die Sechzig usw. zugehen
2. intransitive verb
1) schieben; (in queue) drängeln; (at door) drücken

‘Push’ — (on door etc.) "Drücken"

push and shove — schubsen und drängeln

push at something — gegen etwas drücken

2) (make demands)

push for something — etwas fordern

3) (make one's way)

he pushed between us — er drängte sich zwischen uns

push through the crowd — sich durch die Menge drängeln

push past or by somebody — sich an jemandem vorbeidrängeln od. -drücken

4) (assert oneself for one's advancement) sich in den Vordergrund spielen
3. noun
1) Stoß, der; Schubs, der (ugs.)

give something a push — etwas schieben od. stoßen

give somebody a push — jemandem einen Schubs geben (ugs.); jemandem einen Stoß versetzen

My car won't start; can you give me a push? — Mein Auto springt nicht an. Kannst du mich anschieben?

2) (effort) Anstrengungen Pl.; (Mil.): (attack) Vorstoß, der; Offensive, die

3) (determination) Tatkraft, die; Initiative, die

4) (crisis)

when it comes/came to the push, (Amer. coll.) when push comes/came to shove — wenn es ernst wird/als es ernst wurde

at a push — wenn es sein muss

5) (Brit. coll.): (dismissal)

get the push — rausfliegen (ugs.)

give somebody the push — jemanden rausschmeißen (ugs.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- push about

- push ahead

- push around

- push aside

- push away

- push forward

- push in

- push off

- push on

- push out

- push out of

- push over

- push through

- push up

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n.

Anstoß -¨e m. v.

abstoßen v.

drängen v.

drücken v.

schieben v.

(§ p.,pp.: schob, geschoben)

stoßen v.

(§ p.,pp.: stieß, gestossen)

English-german dictionary > push

20 push

1. I
abs

don't push! не толкайтесь!, не напирайте!; push! от себя! (надпись на дверях)
2. II
1) push in some manner push rudely (cautiously, violently, unintentionally, etc.) грубо и т.д. толкнуть; push somewhere push aside (back, forward, etc.) протискиваться в сторону и т.д.

2) push in some manner door that pushes easily дверь, которая легко открывается
3. III
1) push smth., smb. push a cart (a wheelbarrow, a pram, etc.) толкать перед собой тележку и т.д.; push the gate (the door, etc.) толкать /толчком открывать/ ворота и т.д.; push the window резко распахнуть окне; push the door, don't pull it толкните дверь, не дергайте ее; smb. pushed me кто-то толкнул /пихнул/ меня

2) push smth., smb. push the button нажимать кнопку; push one's demands (a proposal, an action, etc.) настойчиво выставлять /отстаивать/ свои требования и т.д.; unless you push your claims you'll get no satisfaction вы ничего не получите, если не проявите настойчивости; push one's advantage использовать свое преимущество; I don't want to push you я не хочу оказывать на вас давление; push one's wares рекламировать или навязывать свои товары id don't push your luck не искушай судьбу

3) push smb. push one's nephew продвигать своего племянника, протежировать своему племяннику; push oneself стараться продвинуться
4. IV
1) push smb. in some manner his parents push him too hard родители слишком на него давят

2) push smth., smb. somewhere push books (papers, dishes, etc.) aside отодвигать /сдвигать/ [в сторону] / книги и т.д.; push smb. aside отталкивать кого-л.; push back the enemy's cavalry теснить кавалерию противника; push back one's hair откидывать волосы со лба; they pushed him down and he fell to' the bottom они столкнули его, и он упал на дно; push down the lid and lock the box надави на крышку и запри ящик; he wasn't at all hungry, he had to push the food down ему совсем не хотелось есть, и он с трудом проглатывал пищу; they pushed the prisoner in заключенного втолкнули в камеру; he is always pushing himself forward вечно он вылезает; he never pushes himself forward /ahead/ он никогда не лезет вперед; push smb., smth. out выталкивать кого-л., что-л.; push smb., smth. over столкнуть /опрокинуть/ кого-л., что-л.; don't push me over! не столкни меня!; take care, you'll push the table over осторожнее, ты опрокинешь стол; push smb. up /upwards/ подсаживать кого-л., помочь кому-л. взобраться куда-л.; I can't reach the branch, you push me up, please я не достаю ветку, подсади меня, пожалуйста; push up a shade (a blind, a window, etc.) поднимать жалюзи и т.д.; she pushed up her veil она откинула вуаль; Alexander the Great pushed his conquests still further east в своих завоеваниях Александр Македонский продвигался все дальше на восток

3) push smth. somewhere push all obstacles (difficulties, etc.) aside устранять /сметать/ все препятствия и т.д.; push upwards the standard of living резко поднять уровень жизни; push a joke too far зайти в своей шутке слишком далеко; push smth. in some manner he pushed his plans cleverly он ловко устраивал свои дела /осуществлял свои планы/
5. VI
push smth. to some state push the door (the window, etc.) open распахнуть дверь и т.д.; push the drawer open резким движением выдвинуть ящик стола; push the door (the window, the drawer, etc.) shut /closed/ захлопнуть дверь и т.д.
6. VII
push smb. to do smth. push smb. (oneself) to complete the job (to continue doing this dull work, to sell the picture, etc.) заставлять кого-л. (себя) закончить работу и т.д.
7. XI
1) be pushed by smb., smth. our train was pushed uphill by an additional locomotive в гору наш поезд тянул еще один паровоз; the wheelchair was pushed by a servant слуга толкал инвалидную коляску

2) be pushed in some manner preparations are being pushed actively ведутся активные приготовления; be pushed for smth. be pushed for time (for money, etc.) иметь очень мало времени и т.д.; we are pushed for an answer нас торопят с ответом; be pushed into smth. I was pushed into medicine (into music, into business, etc.) меня заставили заняться медициной и т.д.; be pushed into smth. by smb. I was pushed into this affair by my brother мой брат втянул меня в это дело /толкнул меня на эту аферу/
8. XVI
1) push with smth. push with the elbow (with the shoulder, with the fists, etc.) пробивать себе дорогу /расталкивать кого-л./ локтями и т.д.; push with all one's might проталкиваться /напирать/ изо всех сил; push into (down, past, etc.) smth., smb. push into the room (into the elevator, into the car, etc.) втиснуться /с трудом войти/ в комнату и т.д.; push into the world's market пробиться на мировой рынок; push down the river (down the stream, etc.) спускаться /плыть вниз/ по реке и т.д.; the rude fellow pushed past me грубиян, толкнув меня, прошел мимо; who is pushing at the back there? кто там напирает сзади?; we pushed through a crowd мы проталкивались сквозь толпу

2) push at smth. push at the doorbell нажимать на кнопку звонка
9. XXI1
1) push smb., smth. into (off, out of, through, etc.) smth. push smb., smth. into the water (into the river, into the pit, etc.) столкнуть /спихнуть/ кого-л., что-л. в воду и т.д.; push smb. into the room втолкнуть /впихнуть/ кого-л. в комнату; push a cork into a bottle протолкнуть пробку в бутылку; push a finger into smb.'s eye ткнуть кого-л. пальцем в глаз; push money into smb.'s hands сунуть деньги кому-л. в руки; push one's way into the meeting силой /расталкивая всех/ прорваться на собрание; push the war into the enemy's country перенести военные действия на территорию противника; push smb., smth. off the pavement (off the train, off the platform, off the ladder, off the table, etc.) сбросить /столкнуть/ кого-л., что-л. с тротуара и т.д.: push smb. out of the room выталкивать кого-л. из комнаты; push smb. out of the way столкнуть кого-л. со своего пути; push a pin through a piece of cardboard проткнуть картон булавкой; push a string through a hole пропустить веревку через отверстие; push one's way through the crowd (through the bushes, through obstacles, etc.) прокладывать себе дорогу /пробиваться/ через толпу и т.д.; push one's head through the window высунуть голову в окно; push smb. against a door (against a wall, against a gate, etc.) прижимать кого-л. к двери и т.д.; push the table nearer to the Walt (the chair to the window, the book to me, a dish to the centre of the table, the box a little to the right, etc.) пододвигать стол ближе к стене и т.д.; push smb., smth. with smth. push smb., smth. with one's hand (with one's shoulder, etc.) толкать кого-л., что-л. рукой и т.д.

2) push smth. to (through, into, etc.) smth. push one's plan (one's project, the work, etc.) to completion настойчиво добиваться завершения плана и т.д.; push a bill through Congress (a measure through the committee, etc.) "проталкивать" законопроект через конгресс и т.д.; push one's way into a job добиться работы /места/; push smth. in smth. push one's way in life (in the world. etc.) прокладывать себе дорогу /пробиваться/ в жизни и т.д.; push smb. for smth. push smb. for an answer (for money, for payment, etc.) торопить кого-л. с ответом и т.д.; push smth. on smb. coll. push one's wares (inferior merchandise, etc.) on one's customers навязывать товар и т.д. покупателям

3) push smb. to smth. push smb. to the limits of his patience (to the last extremity, to the verge of exhaustion, to the point of self-torture, etc.) доводить кого-л. до крайности и т.д.

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