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the doctors gave him two years (to live)

  • 1 the doctors gave him two years (to live)

    Общая лексика: врачи считали, что ему осталось жить два года

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the doctors gave him two years (to live)

  • 2 the doctors gave him two years to live

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the doctors gave him two years to live

  • 3 the doctors gave him two years

    Общая лексика: (to live) врачи считали, что ему осталось жить два года

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the doctors gave him two years

  • 4 live

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

    live performance — Live-Aufführung, die

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

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

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

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

    live to see — [mit]erleben

    you live and learnman lernt nie aus

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

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

    2) (make permanent home) wohnen; leben

    live with somebodymit jemandem zusammenleben

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

    2. transitive verb

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

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

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

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

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

    we live and learnman lernt nie aus

    his music will live for ever —

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

    to live by one's witssich ( so) durchschlagen

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

    he lived through two warser hat zwei Kriege miterlebt

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

    you'll live to regret it —

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

    2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    he lives in Gardner St/on the High Street —

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

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

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

    4) (inf

    = belong) where does this jug live? —

    5)

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

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

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

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

    live performance — Live-Aufführung, die

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

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

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

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

    live to see — [mit]erleben

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

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

    2) (make permanent home) wohnen; leben

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

    2. transitive verb

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

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

    English-german dictionary > live

  • 5 give

    (to dismiss (someone) or to be dismissed (usually from a job): He got the boot for always being late.) despedir, ser puesto de patitas en la calle
    give vb
    1. dar
    can you give him a message? ¿le puedes dar un recado?
    2. regalar
    what did you give him? ¿qué le regalaste?
    tr[gɪv]
    1 (flexibility) elasticidad nombre femenino, flexibilidad nombre femenino
    transitive verb (pt gave tr[geɪv], pp given tr['gɪvən], ger giving)
    1 (gen) dar
    you've given me a great idea! ¡me has dado una idea estupenda!
    2 (deliver, convey) dar, entregar
    could you give him a message? ¿le podrías dar un mensaje?
    3 (as a gift) dar, regalar
    4 (provide) dar, suministrar
    5 (pay) pagar, dar
    how much did you give for it? ¿cuánto pagó por ello?
    7 (dedicate) dedicar, consagrar
    8 (cause) causar, ocasionar
    9 (yield) ceder, conceder
    I'll give you that it isn't easy le concedo que no es fácil, te doy la razón en que no es fácil
    1 (yield) ceder; (cloth, elastic) dar de sí
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    not to give a damn importarle a uno un bledo
    to give evidence prestar declaración
    to give it all one's got dar lo mejor de sí
    to give the game away descubrir el pastel
    'Give way' (road sign) "Ceda el paso"
    to give way (gen) ceder, conceder 2 (ground) hundirse 3 (ladder) romperse 3 (legs) doblarse
    don't give me that! familiar ¡no me vengas con esas!
    give me... every time! familiar ¡para mí no hay nada como...!
    to give somebody one's support prestarle apoyo a alguien
    to give somebody up for dead dar por muerto,-a a alguien
    what gives? familiar ¿qué pasa?
    give ['gɪv] v, gave ['geɪv] ; given ['gɪvə n] ; giving vt
    1) hand, present: dar, regalar, obsequiar
    give it to me: dámelo
    they gave him a gold watch: le regalaron un reloj de oro
    2) pay: dar, pagar
    I'll give you $10 for this one: te daré $10 por éste
    3) utter: dar, pronunciar
    to give a shout: dar un grito
    to give a speech: pronunciar un discurso
    to give a verdict: dictar sentencia
    4) provide: dar
    to give one's word: dar uno su palabra
    to give a party: dar una fiesta
    5) cause: dar, causar, ocasionar
    to give trouble: causar problemas
    to give someone to understand: darle a entender a alguien
    6) grant: dar, otorgar
    to give permission: dar permiso
    give vi
    1) : hacer regalos
    2) yield: ceder, romperse
    it gave under the weight of the crowd: cedió bajo el peso de la muchedumbre
    3)
    to give in or to give up surrender: rendirse, entregarse
    4)
    to give out : agotarse, acabarse
    the supplies gave out: las provisiones se agotaron
    give n
    flexibility: flexibilidad f, elasticidad f
    n.
    elasticidad s.f.
    expr.
    criticar (a alguien) v.
    hacer (a alguien) pasar mal expr.
    expr.
    cantarle las cuarenta verdades* (a alguien) expr.
    decir cuántas son cinco* expr.
    give (s.o.) the slip
    expr.
    dar esquinazo* v.
    lograr escaparse (de alguien) expr.
    lograr zafarse (de alguien) expr.
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: gave, given) = dar v.
    (§pres: doy, das...) subj: dé-
    pret: di-•)
    donar v.
    entregar v.
    obsequiar v.
    ofrecer v.
    ofrendar v.
    otorgar v.
    presentar v.
    prestar v.
    regalar v.
    rendir v.

    I
    1. gɪv
    1) (past gave; past p given) transitive verb
    2)
    a) (hand, pass) dar*

    give her/me/them a glass of water — dale/dame/dales un vaso de agua

    b) ( as gift) regalar, obsequiar (frml)

    to give somebody a present — hacerle* un regalo a alguien, regalarle algo a alguien

    c) ( donate) dar*, donar

    they have given $100,000 for/toward a new music room — han dado or donado $100.000/han contribuido con $100.000 para una nueva sala de música

    d) (dedicate, devote) \<\<love/affection\>\> dar*; \<\<attention\>\> prestar

    to give it all one's got — dar* lo mejor de sí

    e) ( sacrifice) \<\<life\>\> dar*, entregar*
    f) \<\<injection/sedative\>\> dar*, administrar (frml)
    3)
    a) (supply, grant) \<\<protection\>\> dar*; \<\<help\>\> dar*, brindar; \<\<idea\>\> dar*
    b) (allow, concede) \<\<opportunity/permission\>\> dar*, conceder (frml)

    given the choice, I'd... — si me dieran a elegir, yo...

    he's a good worker, I'll give him that, but... — es muy trabajador, hay que reconocerlo, pero...

    it would take us 15 months, give or take a week or two — nos llevaría unos 15 meses, semana más, semana menos

    4)
    a) ( cause) \<\<pleasure/shock\>\> dar*; \<\<cough\>\> dar*

    don't give us your germs/cold! — no nos pegues tus microbios/tu resfriado! (fam)

    b) ( yield) \<\<results/fruit\>\> dar*
    5)
    a) (award, allot) \<\<title/degree\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conferir* (frml); \<\<authority/right\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conceder (frml); \<\<contract\>\> dar*, adjudicar*; \<\<mark\>\> dar*, poner*
    b) ( entrust) \<\<task/responsibility\>\> dar*, confiar*
    6) (pay, exchange) dar*
    7) ( care) (colloq)

    I don't give a damnme importa un bledo or un comino or un pepino (fam)

    8)
    a) ( convey) \<\<apologies/news\>\> dar*

    please give my regards to your motherdale recuerdos or (AmL tb) cariños a tu madre

    she gave me to understand that... — me dio a entender que...

    b) (state, reveal) \<\<information\>\> dar*
    9) (make sound, movement) \<\<cry/jump\>\> dar*, pegar* (fam); \<\<laugh\>\> soltar*

    to give somebody a kiss/a wink — darle* un beso a alguien/hacerle* un guiño a alguien

    10) ( indicate) \<\<speed/temperature\>\> señalar, marcar*
    11)
    a) ( hold) \<\<party/dinner\>\> dar*, ofrecer* (frml)
    b) \<\<concert\>\> dar*; \<\<speech\>\> decir*, pronunciar

    2.
    vi
    1)
    a) ( yield under pressure) ceder, dar* de sí
    b) (break, give way) \<\<planks/branch\>\> romperse*
    2) ( make gift) dar*

    to give to charity — dar* dinero a organizaciones de caridad

    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    mass noun elasticidad f
    [ɡɪv] (pt gave) (pp given)
    1. TRANSITIVE VERB
    When give is part of a set combination, eg give evidence, give a lecture, give a party, give a yawn, look up the other word.
    1) [+ possession, object] dar; (for special occasion) regalar, obsequiar frm; [+ title, honour, award, prize] dar, otorgar frm; [+ organ, blood] dar, donar; (Scol) [+ mark] poner

    he was given a gold watch when he retiredle regalaron or frm obsequiaron un reloj de oro cuando se jubiló

    he gave her a dictionary for her birthday — le regaló un diccionario por su cumpleaños

    he was given an award for braveryle dieron or otorgaron un galardón por su valentía

    to give sb a penalty — (Sport) conceder un penalti or penalty a algn

    to give o.s to sb — entregarse a algn

    2) (=pass on) [+ message] dar; [+ goods, document] dar, entregar more frm ; [+ illness] contagiar, pegar *

    give them my regards or best wishes — dales saludos de mi parte

    can you give Mary the keys when you see her? — ¿puedes darle las llaves a Mary cuando la veas?

    to give sb a cold — contagiar el resfriado a algn, pegar el resfriado a algn *

    to give sth into sb's handsliter entregar or confiar algo a algn

    3) (=offer) [+ party, dinner] dar

    to give a party for sbdar or ofrecer una fiesta en honor de algn

    why don't you give them melon to start with? — ¿por qué no les das melón para empezar?

    what can I give him to eat/for dinner? — ¿qué puedo hacerle para comer/cenar?

    4) (=provide) [+ money, information, idea] dar; [+ task] dar, confiar

    can you give him something to do? — ¿puedes darle algo para hacer?

    I'll never be able to give you a childnunca podré darte un hijo

    they gave us a lot of helpnos ayudaron mucho

    it gave us a good laugh *nos hizo reír mucho

    give or take... —

    12 o'clock, give or take a few minutes — más o menos las doce

    in A.D. 500 give or take a few years — aproximadamente en el año 500 después de J.C.

    5) (=cause) [+ shock, surprise] dar, causar; [+ pain] causar, provocar

    it gives me great pleasure to welcome you all — es un gran placer para mí darles la bienvenida a todos

    to give sb a kick/push — dar una patada/un empujón a algn

    to give sb to believe that... — hacer creer a algn que...

    I was given to believe that... — me hicieron creer que...

    to give sb to understand that... — dar a entender a algn que...

    6) (=grant, allow)
    a) [+ permission] dar, conceder; [+ chance, time] dar

    can't you give me another week? — ¿no me puedes dar otra semana?

    he's honest, I give you that — es honrado, lo reconozco

    how long would you give that marriage? — ¿cuánto tiempo crees que durará ese matrimonio?

    7) (=dedicate) [+ life, time] dedicar
    8) (=sacrifice) [+ life] dar
    9) (=pay) dar

    what will you give me for it? — ¿qué me das por ello?

    how much did you give for it? — ¿cuánto diste or pagaste por él?

    10) (=put through to) poner con

    could you give me Mr Smith/extension 3443? — ¿me podría poner con el Sr. Smith/con la extensión 3443?

    11) (=punish with)

    to give it to sb *(=beat) dar una paliza a algn; (verbally) poner a algn como un trapo *

    12) (=present) presentar a

    ladies and gentlemen, I give you our guest speaker this evening,... — damas y caballeros, les presento a nuestro conferenciante de esta noche,...

    14) (=produce, supply) [+ milk, fruit] dar, producir; [+ light, heat] dar; [+ result] arrojar; [+ help, advice] dar, proporcionar

    it gives 6% a year — rinde un 6% al año

    15) (=state) [+ name, age, address] dar; (on form) poner

    to give the right/wrong answer — dar la respuesta correcta/equivocada

    16) (=care)
    17) (=make) [+ speech] dar, pronunciar frm; [+ lecture, concert] dar
    18)

    to give way

    a) (=collapse) [bridge, beam, floor, ceiling] ceder, hundirse; [cable, rope] romperse; [legs] flaquear

    the chair gave way under his weight — la silla no soportó su peso, la silla cedió bajo su peso

    b) (=break) [rope] romperse
    c)

    to give way (to sth)(=be replaced) ser reemplazado (por algo); (to demands) ceder (a algo); (to traffic) ceder el paso (a algo)

    give way(Brit) (Aut) ceda el paso

    don't give me that! * — ¡no me vengas con esas! *

    I'll give you something to cry about! * — ¡ya te daré yo razones para llorar!

    holidays? I'll give you holidays! * — ¿vacaciones? ya te voy a dar yo a ti vacaciones *, ¿vacaciones? ¡ni vacaciones ni narices! *

    he wants £100? I'll give him £100! * — ¿que quiere 100 libras? ¡ni cien libras ni nada!

    I'll give him what for! * — ¡se va a enterar! *

    give me the old songs! — ¡para mí las canciones viejas!

    give me a gas cooker every time! * — ¡prefiero mil veces una cocina de gas!

    children? give me dogs any time! — ¿niños? ¡prefiero mucho antes un perro!

    2. INTRANSITIVE VERB
    1) dar

    please give generously — por favor, sean generosos

    to give to charity — hacer donativos a organizaciones benéficas, dar dinero a organizaciones benéficas

    to give and takehacer concesiones mutuas

    - give as good as one gets
    2) (=give way)
    a) (=collapse) [bridge, beam, floor, ceiling] ceder, hundirse; [knees] flaquear

    the chair gave under his weight — la silla cedió bajo su peso, la silla no soportó su peso

    b) (=break) [rope] romperse
    c) (=yield) [door] ceder
    3) (US)
    *

    what gives? — ¿qué pasa?, ¿qué se cuece por ahí? *

    3.
    NOUN (=flexibility) [of material] elasticidad f

    there's a lot of give in this chair/bed — esta silla/cama es muy mullida

    how much give has there been on their side? — ¿cuánto han cedido ellos?

    give and take, you won't achieve an agreement without a bit of give and take — no vais a conseguir un acuerdo sin hacer concesiones mutuas

    * * *

    I
    1. [gɪv]
    1) (past gave; past p given) transitive verb
    2)
    a) (hand, pass) dar*

    give her/me/them a glass of water — dale/dame/dales un vaso de agua

    b) ( as gift) regalar, obsequiar (frml)

    to give somebody a present — hacerle* un regalo a alguien, regalarle algo a alguien

    c) ( donate) dar*, donar

    they have given $100,000 for/toward a new music room — han dado or donado $100.000/han contribuido con $100.000 para una nueva sala de música

    d) (dedicate, devote) \<\<love/affection\>\> dar*; \<\<attention\>\> prestar

    to give it all one's got — dar* lo mejor de sí

    e) ( sacrifice) \<\<life\>\> dar*, entregar*
    f) \<\<injection/sedative\>\> dar*, administrar (frml)
    3)
    a) (supply, grant) \<\<protection\>\> dar*; \<\<help\>\> dar*, brindar; \<\<idea\>\> dar*
    b) (allow, concede) \<\<opportunity/permission\>\> dar*, conceder (frml)

    given the choice, I'd... — si me dieran a elegir, yo...

    he's a good worker, I'll give him that, but... — es muy trabajador, hay que reconocerlo, pero...

    it would take us 15 months, give or take a week or two — nos llevaría unos 15 meses, semana más, semana menos

    4)
    a) ( cause) \<\<pleasure/shock\>\> dar*; \<\<cough\>\> dar*

    don't give us your germs/cold! — no nos pegues tus microbios/tu resfriado! (fam)

    b) ( yield) \<\<results/fruit\>\> dar*
    5)
    a) (award, allot) \<\<title/degree\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conferir* (frml); \<\<authority/right\>\> dar*, otorgar* (frml), conceder (frml); \<\<contract\>\> dar*, adjudicar*; \<\<mark\>\> dar*, poner*
    b) ( entrust) \<\<task/responsibility\>\> dar*, confiar*
    6) (pay, exchange) dar*
    7) ( care) (colloq)

    I don't give a damnme importa un bledo or un comino or un pepino (fam)

    8)
    a) ( convey) \<\<apologies/news\>\> dar*

    please give my regards to your motherdale recuerdos or (AmL tb) cariños a tu madre

    she gave me to understand that... — me dio a entender que...

    b) (state, reveal) \<\<information\>\> dar*
    9) (make sound, movement) \<\<cry/jump\>\> dar*, pegar* (fam); \<\<laugh\>\> soltar*

    to give somebody a kiss/a wink — darle* un beso a alguien/hacerle* un guiño a alguien

    10) ( indicate) \<\<speed/temperature\>\> señalar, marcar*
    11)
    a) ( hold) \<\<party/dinner\>\> dar*, ofrecer* (frml)
    b) \<\<concert\>\> dar*; \<\<speech\>\> decir*, pronunciar

    2.
    vi
    1)
    a) ( yield under pressure) ceder, dar* de sí
    b) (break, give way) \<\<planks/branch\>\> romperse*
    2) ( make gift) dar*

    to give to charity — dar* dinero a organizaciones de caridad

    Phrasal Verbs:

    II
    mass noun elasticidad f

    English-spanish dictionary > give

  • 6 give

    give [gɪv]
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    ► vb: pret gave, ptp given
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    ► When give is part of a set combination, eg give evidence, give blood, look up the other word.
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       a. donner (to à ) ; [+ gift] offrir (to à)
    what are you going to give her? (as present) qu'est-ce que tu vas lui offrir ?
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    give + noun may be translated by a verb alone.
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    can you give me a bed for the night? pouvez-vous me loger pour la nuit ?
    to be given ( = receive)
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    ► In French the recipient is not made the subject of a passive construction.
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    a hundred people, give or take a few à peu près cent personnes
       b. ( = cause, cause to feel) faire
    I was given to understand that... on m'avait laissé entendre que...
    it gives me great pleasure to introduce... c'est avec grand plaisir que je vous présente...
       c. ( = pass on) OK, I'll give him the message d'accord, je lui ferai la commission
       d. ( = put through to) passer
    could you give me Mr Smith/extension 231? pouvez-vous me passer M. Smith/le poste 231 ?
    give me time! attends un peu !
    I can't give you any longer, you must pay me now je ne peux plus vous accorder de délai, il faut que vous payiez maintenant
       f. ( = utter) [+ sigh, cry] pousser
       g. ( = pay) payer ; ( = offer) donner
    what did you give for it? combien l'avez-vous payé ?
    I'd give a lot/anything to know je donnerais gros/n'importe quoi pour savoir
    what will you give me for it? combien m'en donnez-vous ?
    give it all you've got! (inf) mets-y le paquet ! (inf)
    I'll give him something to cry about! (inf) je lui apprendrai à pleurer !
    he wants $100? I'll give him $100! (inf) il veut 100 dollars ? il peut toujours courir ! (inf)
       i. ► to give way ( = yield) [person] céder ( to sth à qch ) ; ( = stand back) s'écarter ; ( = agree) finir par donner son accord ; [car, traffic] céder le passage ; ( = collapse) [bridge, ceiling, floor] s'effondrer ; [ground] se dérober ; [cable, rope] céder ; [legs] fléchir
    "give way" « cédez le passage »
    "give way to traffic from the right" « priorité à droite »
       a. ( = collapse) céder
       b. ( = yield) [cloth, elastic] se détendre
       c. (US) what gives? (inf) alors, qu'est-ce qui se passe ?
    3. noun
    ( = flexibility) (inf) mou m
       a. [+ prizes] distribuer ; [+ bride] conduire à l'autel ; [+ money, goods] donner
       b. [+ names, details] donner ; [+ secrets] révéler
    to give sb away [+ person, accomplice] dénoncer qn ; [reaction, expression] trahir qn
    to give o.s. away se trahir
    [+ object, freedom] rendre
    ( = surrender) capituler ; ( = yield) céder (to à)
    [+ essay, exam paper, key] rendre ; [+ manuscript, report] remettre give off separable transitive verb
    [+ heat, gas, smell] dégager
    [supplies] s'épuiser ; [patience] être à bout ; [heart] lâcher
       a. [+ books, food] distribuer
       b. [+ information, details] donner
       c. [+ radio signal] émettre give up
    don't give up! tenez bon !
       a. ( = renounce) [+ interests] abandonner ; [+ seat, territory] céder ; [+ habit, idea, hope, claim] renoncer à ; [+ job] quitter ; [+ business] se retirer de
       b. ( = stop) arrêter
       c. ( = deliver, hand over) to give o.s. up se rendre
       a. ( = renounce) [+ idea] renoncer à
       b. ( = stop expecting) [+ visitor] ne plus attendre ; ( = lose faith in) perdre espoir en
    * * *
    [gɪv] 1.
    noun élasticité f
    2.
    transitive verb (prét gave; pp given)
    1) ( hand over) gen donner (to à); offrir [present, drink, sandwich] (to à)

    to give somebody somethinggen donner quelque chose à quelqu'un; (politely, as gift) offrir quelque chose à quelqu'un

    give it me! —

    what wouldn't I give for...! — je donnerais cher pour...!

    to give somebody something —

    to give something to somebodydonner quelque chose à quelqu'un [headache, nightmares, advice, information]; transmettre or passer quelque chose à quelqu'un [disease]

    3) (provide, produce) donner [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum]; apporter [heat, light, nutrient]; faire [total]
    4) (allow, accord) accorder [custody, grant]; laisser [quelque chose] à quelqu'un [seat]

    to give somebody somethingdonner or accorder quelque chose à quelqu'un [time, time period]

    she can sing, I'll give her that — elle sait chanter, je lui reconnais au moins ça

    it's original, I'll give you that — c'est original, je te l'accorde

    to give somebody something —

    to give something to somebodydonner quelque chose à quelqu'un [treatment, medicine]; greffer quelque chose à quelqu'un [organ]; poser quelque chose à quelqu'un [device]; faire quelque chose à quelqu'un [injection, massage]

    give me the sales manager, please — passez-moi le directeur commercial, s'il vous plaît

    3.
    1) ( contribute) donner, faire un don

    ‘please give generously’ — ‘merci (de vos dons)’

    2) ( bend) [mattress, sofa] s'affaisser; [shelf, floorboard] fléchir; [branch] ployer; [leather, fabric] s'assouplir
    3) (yield, break) = give way
    4) ( yield) [person, side] céder
    Phrasal Verbs:
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    don't give me that! — (colloq) ne (me) raconte pas d'histoires!

    if this is the big city, give me a village every time — (colloq) si c'est ça la ville, alors vive les petits villages

    ‘I give you the bride and groom!’ — ‘je bois à la santé des mariés!’

    I'll give you something to complain about! — (colloq) je vais t'apprendre à te plaindre!

    to give it all one's got — (colloq) (y) mettre le paquet

    to give somebody what for — (colloq) passer un savon à quelqu'un (colloq)

    what gives? — (colloq) qu'est-ce qui se passe?

    English-French dictionary > give

  • 7 give

    I
    1. [gıv] n
    1. 1) податливость, уступчивость
    2) смягчение
    2. упругость, эластичность; пружинистость

    there was too much give in the rope and it slipped off the box - верёвка легко растягивалась, и поэтому она соскочила с коробки

    there is not much give in this cloth - этот материал /эта ткань/ почти совсем не тянется

    3. тех. зазор, игра
    4. спец. упругая деформация
    2. [gıv] v (gave; given)
    I
    1. давать

    to give smb. a pencil [a cup of tea] - дать кому-л. карандаш [чашку чаю]

    give me a day to think the problem over - дайте мне день, чтобы продумать этот вопрос /подумать над этим вопросом/

    to give smb. to eat [to drink] - дать кому-л. поесть [попить]; накормить [напоить] кого-л.

    can you give me a bed for the night? - не могли бы вы устроить меня переночевать?

    give us liberty or give us death! - возвыш. свободу или смерть!

    2. 1) дарить, одаривать

    to give smb. a present - сделать кому-л. подарок

    to give smb. a bunch of flowers - преподнести кому-л. букет цветов

    to give smth. as a keepsake - подарить что-л. на память

    I don't know what to give her for her birthday - я не знаю, что подарить ей в день рождения

    he gave all his books to the college - он передал все свои книги /свою библиотеку/ колледжу

    2) давать, даровать, жаловать

    to give a grant - а) (по)жаловать какую-л. сумму; б) дать стипендию или пособие

    the new law gives women equal pay with men - по новому закону оплата труда женщин приравнивается к оплате труда мужчин

    it was not given to him to achieve happiness - ему было не дано добиться счастья

    3) жертвовать

    he gave generously to charities - он щедро жертвовал на благотворительные цели

    4) завещать, отказать

    to give smb. smth. in one's will - завещать что-л. кому-л.

    3. 1) предоставлять, отдавать

    to give smb. the place of honour - предоставить кому-л. почётное место; усадить кого-л. на почётное место

    2) поручать, давать поручение

    to give the command of a regiment to a major - поручить майору командование полком

    to give a porter one's bag to carry - попросить носильщика отнести чемодан

    I gave him a letter to mail - я велел ему отправить /опустить/ письмо

    4. передавать, вручать

    to give the note - отдать /передать/ записку

    5. платить, отдавать

    how much /what/ did you give for the thing? - сколько вы заплатили /отдали/ за эту вещь?

    I gave it to him for nothing - я отдал это ему бесплатно /даром/

    to give a fair day's wage for a fair day's work - хорошо заплатить за честно отработанный день

    6. придавать

    to give smb. assurance /confidence/ - придавать кому-л. уверенность

    to give smb. strength - придавать кому-л. силу

    to give smth. form - придавать чему-л. форму

    to give smth. brilliance - придавать чему-л. блеск

    its deep seclusion gives it a peculiar charm - полное уединение придаёт этому месту (дому и т. п.) особое очарование

    to give spring to the take-off - спорт. сообщить толчку прыгучесть; усилить толчок

    7. давать, быть источником, производить

    this farm gives good crops - эта ферма /это хозяйство/ даёт хорошие урожаи

    the lamp gave an uncertain light - лампа давала тусклый свет /тускло светила/

    that book has given me several ideas - эта книга заставила меня кое о чём подумать /пробудила во мне кое-какие мысли/

    8. сообщать

    to give details - рассказывать /передавать/ подробности

    this newspaper gives a full story of the game - эта газета напечатала полный отчёт о матче

    to give an account of smth. - отчитаться в чём-л.

    this dictionary gives many new words - в этом словаре (содержится) много новых слов

    to give to the public /to the world/ - опубликовать, обнародовать

    9. описывать, изображать

    to give a portrait /a character/ - дать /нарисовать/ образ

    he gives the scenery of the country with much fidelity - он описывает пейзаж страны очень точно

    the text is enhanced by a number of plates, all of which are given detailed descriptions - интерес к тексту возрастает благодаря репродукциям, которые сопровождаются подробными описаниями

    10. (to) подставлять; протягивать

    she gave her face to the bright sunrays - она подставила лицо ярким лучам солнца

    he gave his hand to the visitor - он протянул руку посетителю [ср. тж. ]

    11. 1) отступить, отпрянуть
    2) уступать, соглашаться

    to give smb. the point - согласиться с кем-л. /уступить кому-л./ в данном вопросе

    I'll give you that! - а) ладно! в этом я с вами согласен!; б) это я за вами признаю!

    12. 1) подаваться, ослабевать

    she stopped, her knees giving - она остановилась, колени её подкосились

    2) быть эластичным, сгибаться, гнуться

    the rod gave but did not break - стержень согнулся, но не сломался

    the passengers gave to the motion of the ship - пассажиры приспособились к качке

    3) оседать, подаваться

    the floor of the summer-house gave and some of its boards broke - пол в беседке осел, и половицы кое-где проломились

    4) портиться, изнашиваться
    5) спец. коробиться, перекашиваться
    II А
    1. 1) давать ( имя)

    to give a child a name - называть ребёнка, давать ребёнку имя

    what name will you give him? - как вы его назовёте?

    the river gives its name to the province - своё название провинция получила от реки

    2) присваивать (звание, титул)
    2. 1) налагать ( наказание); выносить ( приговор)

    to give punishment - наказывать; налагать взыскание

    to give smb. six months' hard labour - приговорить кого-л. к шести месяцам каторжных работ

    the doctors gave him two years (to live) - врачи считали, что ему осталось жить два года

    2) отдавать, воздавать ( должное)

    to give smb. his due - отдавать кому-л. должное, воздавать кому-л. по заслугам

    he was given a standing ovation at the end - в конце все встали и устроили ему овацию

    3) давать (о возрасте, о времени)

    I can give him 15 - я могу дать ему пятнадцать (лет), он выглядит на пятнадцать

    how long do you give that marriage? - сколько, по-вашему, продлится этот брак?

    3. 1) отдавать, посвящать (время, жизнь)

    to give one's mind wholly to scientific research - полностью посвятить себя научным изысканиям

    he gave all his free time to golf - всё своё свободное время он посвящал игре в гольф /тратил на гольф, проводил за игрой в гольф/

    2) уделять ( внимание)

    to give one's attention to smth., smb. - уделять внимание чему-л., кому-л.

    she seemed to give most of her attention to the occupants of the adjoining box - казалось, (что) всё её внимание направлено на сидящих в соседней ложе

    3) предоставлять ( выбор)
    4. 1) устраивать (обед, вечер)

    he gave a very good party - он устроил у себя хорошую /весёлую/ вечеринку

    2) дать (концерт, спектакль); исполнять ( перед аудиторией)

    to give a concert [a performance] - дать концерт [спектакль]

    who will give us a song? - кто споёт нам?

    5. давать ( уроки); проводить ( занятия); прочитать ( лекцию)

    to give a lesson [a lecture] - дать урок [прочитать лекцию] [ср. тж. ]

    to give instruction in Latin - преподавать латынь [ср. тж. 6]

    6. отдавать (распоряжение и т. п.)

    to give orders - отдавать приказы, распоряжаться

    to give instructions - давать указания [ср. тж. 5]

    7. 1) причинять (беспокойство, неприятность)

    to give sorrow - печалить, огорчать

    I'm afraid he gave you a lot of trouble - боюсь, что он доставил вам массу хлопот

    it gave us much pain to listen to his words - больно было слушать его слова

    2) наносить (обиду, оскорбление)

    to give offence - нанести обиду; оскорбить

    3) доставлять ( удовольствие); давать ( удовлетворение)

    to give smb. a treat - а) угостить кого-л.; б) доставить удовольствие кому-л.

    8. 1) показывать, давать показания ( о приборах)

    the thermometer gives 25u00B0 in the shade - термометр показывает 25u00B0 в тени

    2) давать какие-л. результаты (об исследовании и т. п.)

    seventy-five divided by five gives fifteen - семьдесят пять, делённое на пять, - пятнадцать

    3) подавать ( пример)
    9. уступать (место, позиции)

    to give place to - а) уступать место; spring gave place to summer - на смену весне пришло лето; б) уступать первенство

    10. 1) провозглашать ( тост)

    I give you the King! - (я поднимаю свой бокал) за здоровье короля!

    I give you joy - возвыш. желаю вам счастья

    2) передавать ( в устной форме)

    to give regards /love/ to smb. - передавать привет кому-л.

    11. соединять ( с абонентом)

    he asked central to give him the long distance operator - он попросил станцию соединить его с телефонисткой междугородной линии

    give me Newtown 231 - соедините меня с номером двести тридцать один в Ньютауне, дайте мне Ньютаун двести тридцать один

    12. выходить (об окне, коридоре, доме и т. п.)
    13. высказывать ( свои соображения); аргументировать
    14. приписывать ( авторство)

    a sound argument for giving the painting to Rembrandt - убедительное доказательство того, что картина принадлежит Рембрандту

    15. заражать, передавать ( болезнь)

    one child can give measles to a whole class - один ребёнок может заразить корью весь класс

    16. передавать, вручать

    to give smb. into custody [into the hands /in charge/ of the police] - отдавать кого-л. под стражу [передавать кого-л. в руки /под надзор/ полиции]

    to give smth. in charge - отдать что-л. на сохранение

    to give smth. into smb.'s hands - передать что-л. в чьи-л. руки

    17. выдавать, отдавать замуж (уст. тж. give in marriage)
    II Б

    to be given to smth. предаваться чему-л.; отдаваться, посвящать себя чему-л.

    music was her only consolation and she was given to it wholly - музыка была её единственным утешением, и она целиком отдавалась ей

    to be given to luxury - любить роскошь; окружить себя роскошью

    III А

    to give rise to smth. - а) давать начало чему-л.; б) вызывать что-л., приводить к каким-л. результатам; в) давать повод к чему-л.

    to give birth - а) родить, породить; б) дать начало

    to give currency to smth. - пускать что-л. в обращение

    2) действие, соответствующее значению существительного:

    to give an answer /a reply/ - отвечать

    to give smb. effectual help - оказать кому-л. существенную помощь

    to give an oath - клясться, давать присягу

    to give notice - а) уведомлять; предупреждать; б) предупреждать о предстоящем увольнении

    to give thought to smth. - задуматься над чем-л.

    to give battle /fight/ - книжн. дать сражение /бой/

    to give a rebuff - книжн. давать отпор

    to give smb. a good scolding - дать кому-л. нагоняй

    to give smb. a thrashing /a dusting, a flopping, a flogging, a licking/ - избить /поколотить/ кого-л.

    3) единичный акт или кратковременное действие, соответствующее значению существительного:

    to give a cry /a shout/ - вскрикнуть

    to give a look /a glance/ - взглянуть

    to give a push [a pull] - толкнуть [потянуть]

    to give smb.'s hand a squeeze - пожать кому-л. руку

    to give one's hand - жениться; выйти замуж [ср. тж. I 10]

    to give smb. a leg up - а) подсадить кого-л., помочь кому-л. взобраться; б) помочь кому-л. преодолеть трудности /препятствия/

    to give lip service - поддерживать, одобрять и т. п. на словах

    to give smb. good words - напутствовать кого-л. добрым словом

    to give smb. to understand - дать кому-л. понять

    to give points to - а) спорт. давать несколько очков вперёд; б) заткнуть за пояс; в) подсказать, намекнуть

    to give the case for [against] smth. - высказаться за что-л. [против чего-л.]

    to give fits - ругать; задать головомойку [см. тж. fit2 ]

    to give a lesson /a lecture/ to smb. - прочесть кому-л. нотацию; отчитать кого-л. [ср. тж. II А 5]

    to give it smb. hot /strong/ - задать кому-л. жару, взгреть кого-л.

    to give smb. hell - а) взгреть кого-л., задать перцу /жару/ кому-л., ругать кого-л. на чём свет стоит; б) наступать; атаковать

    to give smb. a piece of one's mind - высказаться напрямик; отчитать кого-л.

    to give smb. what for - всыпать кому-л. по первое число, задать кому-л. перцу

    to give ground - а) отступать; б) уступать; ослаблять ( усилие); в) обосновывать; давать основание

    to give tongue - а) подавать голос (о гончих, напавших на след); б) говорить громко, орать; высказываться

    to give a year or so either way - с возможным отклонением в год в ту или другую сторону

    to give a horse his head - опустить поводья, дать лошади самой выбирать дорогу

    to give line /head, rein/ - предоставлять свободу действий; не вмешиваться

    to give smb. a blank cheque - предоставить кому-л. свободу действий, дать кому-л. карт-бланш

    to give a good account of oneself - а) хорошо себя зарекомендовать; б) добиться хороших результатов

    to give smb. the mitten /the push/ - отказать жениху; оставить кого-л. с носом

    to give smb. the creeps /the jim-jams/ - нагнать страху на кого-л.; привести кого-л. в содрогание

    to give smb. rope - предоставить кому-л. свободу действий (для того, чтобы погубить и т. п.)

    to give (smb.) as good as one gets - платить (кому-л.) той же монетой, не оставаться (у кого-л.) в долгу

    what gives? - что нового?; что происходит?

    give or take - приблизительно, примерно; ≅ плюс-минус

    he will be here at nine give or take five minutes - он будет здесь в девять (часов) плюс-минус пять минут

    in this way I earn a hundred, give or take a tenner - таким путём я зарабатываю сотню плюс-минус десятку

    give me Mozart [Rembrandt, etc] every time! - по-моему, никто не может сравниться с Моцартом [с Рембрандтом и т. д.]

    II [gıv] уст. = gyve I

    НБАРС > give

  • 8 go

    I [gəu] 1. гл.; прош. вр. went, прич. прош. вр. gone
    1)
    а) идти, ехать, двигаться

    We are going too fast. — Мы идём слишком быстро.

    Who goes? Stand, or I fire. — Стой, кто идёт? Стрелять буду.

    The baby went behind his mother to play a hiding game. — Малыш решил поиграть в прятки и спрятался за маму.

    Go ahead, what are you waiting for? — Идите вперёд, чего вы ждёте?

    I'll go ahead and warn the others to expect you later. — Я пойду вперёд и предупрежу остальных, что вы подойдёте позже.

    My brother quickly passing him, went ahead, and won the match easily. — Мой брат быстро обогнал его, вышел вперёд и легко выиграл матч.

    As the roads were so icy, the cars were going along very slowly and carefully. — Так как дороги были покрыты льдом, машины продвигались очень медленно и осторожно.

    The deer has gone beyond the trees; I can't shoot at it from this distance. — Олень зашёл за деревья; я не могу попасть в него с этого расстояния.

    You've missed the bus, it just went by. — Ты опоздал на автобус, он только что проехал.

    Let's go forward to the front of the hall. — Давай продвинемся к началу зала.

    I have to go in now, my mother's calling me for tea. — Мне надо идти, мама зовёт меня пить чай.

    The car went into a tree and was severely damaged. — Машина влетела в дерево и была сильно повреждена.

    The police examined the cars and then allowed them to go on. — Полицейские осмотрели машины, а потом пропустили их.

    I don't think you should go out with that bad cold. — Я думаю, с такой простудой тебе лучше сидеть дома.

    It's dangerous here, with bullets going over our heads all the time. — Здесь опасно, пули так и свистят над головами.

    I fear that you cannot go over to the cottage. — Боюсь, что ты не сможешь сходить в этот коттедж.

    I spent a day or two on going round and seeing the other colleges. — Я провёл день или два, обходя другие колледжи.

    This material is so stiff that even my thickest needle won't go through. — Этот материал настолько плотный, что даже моя самая большая игла не может проткнуть его.

    Don't leave me alone, let me go with you! — Не бросай меня, позволь мне пойти с тобой!

    The piano won't go through this narrow entrance. — Фортепиано не пройдёт сквозь этот узкий вход.

    There is no such thing as a level street in the city: those which do not go up, go down. — В городе нет такого понятия как ровная улица: те, которые не идут вверх, спускаются вниз.

    to go on travels, to go on a journey, to go on a voyage — отправиться в путешествие

    He wants me to go on a cruise with him. — Он хочет, чтобы я отправился с ним в круиз.

    в) уходить, уезжать

    Please go now, I'm getting tired. — Теперь, пожалуйста, уходи, я устал.

    I have to go at 5.30. — Я должен уйти в 5.30.

    There was no answer to my knock, so I went away. — На мой стук никто не ответил, так что я ушёл.

    Why did the painter leave his family and go off to live on a tropical island? — Почему художник бросил свою семью и уехал жить на остров в тропиках?

    At the end of this scene, the murderer goes off, hearing the police arrive. — В конце сцены убийца уходит, заслышав приближение полиции.

    Syn:
    г) пойти (куда-л.), уехать (куда-л.) с определённой целью

    to go to bed — идти, отправляться, ложиться спать

    to go to press — идти в печать, печататься

    You'd better go for the police. — Ты лучше сбегай за полицией.

    д) заниматься (чем-л.); двигаться определённым образом (что-л. делая)

    The bus goes right to the centre of town. — Автобус ходит прямо до центра города.

    The ship goes between the two islands. — Корабль курсирует между двумя островами.

    ж) разг. двигаться определённым образом, идти определённым шагом

    to go above one's ground — идти, высоко поднимая ноги

    2)
    а) следовать определённым курсом, идти (каким-л. путем) прям. и перен.

    the man who goes straight in spite of temptation — человек, который идёт не сбиваясь с пути, несмотря на соблазны

    She will never go my way, nor, I fear, shall I ever go hers. — Она никогда не будет действовать так, как я, и, боюсь, я никогда не буду действовать так, как она.

    б) прибегать (к чему-л.), обращаться (к кому-л.)
    3) ходить (куда-л.) регулярно, с какой-л. целью

    When I was young, we went to church every Sunday. — Когда я был маленьким, мы каждое воскресенье ходили в церковь.

    4)
    а) идти (от чего-л.), вести (куда-л.)

    The boundary here goes parallel with the river. — Граница идёт здесь вдоль реки.

    б) выходить (куда-л.)

    This door goes outside. — Эта дверь выходит наружу.

    5) происходить, случаться, развиваться, проистекать

    The annual dinner never goes better than when he is in the chair. — Ежегодный обед проходит лучше всего, когда он председательствует.

    The game went so strangely that I couldn't possibly tell. — Игра шла так странно, что и не рассказать.

    The election went against him. — Выборы кончились для него неудачно.

    What has gone of...? — Что стало, что произошло с...?

    Nobody in Porlock ever knew what has gone with him. — Никто в Порлоке так и не узнал, что с ним стало.

    6)

    The battery in this watch is going. — Батарейка в часах садится.

    Sometimes the eyesight goes forever. — Иногда зрение теряют навсегда.

    I could feel my brain going. — Я чувствовал, что мой ум перестаёт работать.

    You see that your father is going very fast. — Вы видите, что ваш отец очень быстро сдаёт.

    б) ломаться; изнашиваться ( до дыр)

    The platform went. — Трибуна обрушилась.

    About half past three the foremast went in three places. — Около половины четвёртого фок-мачта треснула в трёх местах.

    The dike might go any minute. — Дамбу может прорвать в любую минуту.

    My old sweater had started to go at the elbows. — Мой старый свитер начал протираться на локтях.

    Syn:
    в) быть поражённым болезнью, гнить (о растениях, урожае)

    The crop is good, but the potato is going everywhere. — Урожай зерновых хорош, а картофель начинает повсюду гнить.

    7) разг. умирать, уходить из жизни

    to go to one's own place — умереть, скончаться

    to go aloft / off the hooks / off the stocks / to (the) pot разг. — отправиться на небеса, протянуть ноги, сыграть в ящик

    Your brother's gone - died half-an-hour ago. — Ваш брат покинул этот мир - скончался полчаса назад.

    Hope he hasn't gone down; he deserved to live. — Надеюсь, что он не умер; он заслужил того, чтобы жить.

    The doctors told me that he might go off any day. — Доктора сказали мне, что он может скончаться со дня на день.

    I hope that when I go out I shall leave a better world behind me. — Надеюсь, что мир станет лучше, когда меня не будет.

    8)
    а) вмещаться, подходить (по форме, размеру)

    The space is too small, the bookcase won't go in. — Здесь слишком мало места, книжный шкаф сюда не войдёт.

    Elzevirs go readily into the pocket. — Средневековые книги-эльзевиры легко входят в карман.

    The thread is too thick to go into the needle. — Эта нитка слишком толста, чтобы пролезть в игольное ушко.

    Three goes into fifteen five times. — Три содержится в пятнадцати пять раз.

    All the good we can find about him will go into a very few words. — Всё хорошее, что мы в нём можем найти, можно выразить в нескольких словах.

    б) соответствовать, подходить (по стилю, цвету, вкусу)

    This furniture would go well in any room. — Эта мебель подойдёт для любой комнаты.

    I don't think these colours really go, do you? — Я не думаю, что эти цвета подходят, а ты как думаешь?

    Oranges go surprisingly well with duck. — Апельсины отлично подходят к утке.

    That green hat doesn't go with the blue dress. — Эта зелёная шляпа не идёт к синему платью.

    в) помещаться (где-л.), постоянно храниться (где-л.)

    This box goes on the third shelf from the top. — Эта коробка стоит на третьей полке сверху.

    This book goes here. — Эта книга стоит здесь (здесь её место).

    He's short, as jockeys go. — Он довольно низкого роста, даже для жокея.

    "How goes it, Joe?" - "Pretty well, as times go." — "Как дела, Джо?" - "По нынешним временам вполне сносно".

    10) быть посланным, отправленным (о письме, записке)

    I'd like this letter to go first class. — Я хотел бы отправить это письмо первым классом.

    11) проходить, пролетать ( о времени)

    This week's gone so fast - I can't believe it's Friday already. — Эта неделя прошла так быстро, не могу поверить, что уже пятница.

    Time goes so fast when you're having fun. — Когда нам весело, время бежит.

    Summer is going. — Лето проходит.

    One week and half of another is already gone. — Уже прошло полторы недели.

    12)
    а) пойти (на что-л.), быть потраченным (на что-л.; о деньгах)

    Whatever money he got it all went on paying his debt. — Сколько бы денег он ни получил, всё уходило на выплату долга.

    Your money went towards a new computer for the school. — Ваши деньги пошли на новый компьютер для школы.

    Not more than a quarter of your income should go in rent. — На арендную плату должно уходить не более четверти дохода.

    б) уменьшаться, кончаться (о запасах, провизии)

    We were worried because the food was completely gone and the water was going fast. — Мы беспокоились, так как еда уже кончилась, а вода подходила к концу.

    The cake went fast. — Пирог был тут же съеден.

    All its independence was gone. — Вся его независимость исчезла.

    One of the results of using those drugs is that the will entirely goes. — Одно из последствий приёма этих лекарств - полная потеря воли.

    This feeling gradually goes off. — Это чувство постепенно исчезает.

    They can fire me, but I won't go quietly. — Они могут меня уволить, но я не уйду тихо.

    14)
    а) издавать (какой-л.) звук

    to go bang — бахнуть, хлопнуть

    to go crash / smash — грохнуть, треснуть

    Clatter, clatter, went the horses' hoofs. — Цок, цок, цокали лошадиные копыта.

    Something seemed to go snap within me. — Что-то внутри меня щёлкнуло.

    Crack went the mast. — Раздался треск мачты.

    Patter, patter, goes the rain. — Кап, кап, стучит дождь.

    The clock on the mantelpiece went eight. — Часы на камине пробили восемь.

    15)
    а) иметь хождение, быть в обращении ( о деньгах)
    б) циркулировать, передаваться, переходить из уст в уста

    Now the story goes that the young Smith is in London. — Говорят, что юный Смит сейчас в Лондоне.

    16)

    My only order was, "Clear the road - and be damn quick about it." What I said went. — Я отдал приказ: "Очистить дорогу - и, чёрт возьми, немедленно!" Это тут же было выполнено.

    He makes so much money that whatever he says, goes. — У него столько денег, что всё, что он ни скажет, тут же выполняется.

    - from the word Go

    anything goes, everything goes разг. — всё дозволено, всё сойдёт

    Around here, anything goes. — Здесь всё разрешено.

    Anything goes if it's done by someone you're fond of. — Всё сойдёт, если это всё сделано тем, кого ты любишь.

    в) ( go about) начинать (что-л.; делать что-л.), приступать к (чему-л.)

    She went about her work in a cold, impassive way. — Холодно, бесстрастно она приступила к своей работе.

    The church clock has not gone for twenty years. — Часы на церкви не ходили двадцать лет.

    All systems go. — Всё работает нормально.

    She felt her heart go in a most unusual manner. — Она почувствовала, что сердце у неё очень странно бьётся.

    Syn:
    18) продаваться, расходиться (по какой-л. цене)

    to go for a song — идти за бесценок, ничего не стоить

    There were perfectly good coats going at $23! —Там продавали вполне приличные куртки всего за 23 доллара.

    Going at four pounds fifteen, if there is no advance. — Если больше нет предложений, то продаётся за четыре фунта пятнадцать шиллингов.

    This goes for 1 shilling. — Это стоит 1 шиллинг.

    The house went for very little. — Дом был продан за бесценок.

    19) позволить себе, согласиться (на какую-л. сумму)

    Lewis consented to go as high as twenty-five thousand crowns. — Льюис согласился на такую большую сумму как двадцать пять тысяч крон.

    I'll go fifty dollars for a ticket. — Я позволю себе купить билет за пятьдесят долларов.

    20) разг. говорить
    21) эвф. сходить, сбегать ( в туалет)

    He's in the men's room. He's been wanting to go all evening, but as long as you were playing he didn't want to miss a note. (J. Wain) — Он в туалете. Ему туда нужно было весь вечер, но пока вы играли, он не хотел пропустить ни одной нотки.

    22) ( go after)
    а) следовать за (кем-л.); преследовать

    Half the guards went after the escaped prisoners, but they got away free. — На поиски беглецов отправилась половина гарнизона, но они всё равно сумели скрыться.

    б) преследовать цель; стремиться, стараться (сделать что-л.)

    Jim intends to go after the big prize. — Джим намерен выиграть большой приз.

    I think we should go after increased production this year. — Думаю, в этом году нам надо стремиться увеличить производство.

    в) посещать в качестве поклонника, ученика или последователя
    23) ( go against)
    а) противоречить, быть против (убеждений, желаний); идти вразрез с (чем-л.)

    to go against the grain, go against the hair — вызывать внутренний протест, быть не по нутру

    I wouldn't advise you to go against the director. — Не советую тебе перечить директору.

    It goes against my nature to get up early in the morning. — Рано вставать по утрам противно моей натуре.

    The run of luck went against Mr. Nickleby. (Ch. Dickens) — Удача отвернулась от мистера Никльби.

    Syn:
    б) быть не в пользу (кого-л.), закончиться неблагоприятно для (кого-л.; о соревнованиях, выборах)

    One of his many law-suits seemed likely to go against him. — Он, судя по всему, проигрывал один из своих многочисленных судебных процессов.

    If the election goes against the government, who will lead the country? — Если на выборах проголосуют против правительства, кто же возглавит страну?

    24) ( go at) разг.
    а) бросаться на (кого-л.)

    Our dog went at the postman again this morning. — Наша собака опять сегодня набросилась на почтальона.

    Selina went at her again for further information. — Селина снова набросилась на неё, требуя дополнительной информации.

    The students are really going at their studies now that the examinations are near. — Экзамены близко, так что студенты в самом деле взялись за учёбу.

    25) ( go before)
    а) представать перед (чем-л.), явиться лицом к лицу с (чем-л.)

    When you go before the judge, you must speak the exact truth. — Когда ты выступаешь в суде, ты должен говорить чистую правду.

    б) предлагать (что-л.) на рассмотрение

    Your suggestion goes before the board of directors next week. — Совет директоров рассмотрит ваше предложение на следующей неделе.

    Syn:
    26) ( go behind) не ограничиваться (чем-л.)
    27) ( go between) быть посредником между (кем-л.)

    The little girl was given a bar of chocolate as her payment for going between her sister and her sister's boyfriend. — Младшая сестра получила шоколадку за то, что была посыльной между своей старшей сестрой и её парнем.

    28) ( go beyond)
    а) превышать, превосходить (что-л.)

    The money that I won went beyond my fondest hopes. — Сумма, которую я выиграл, превосходила все мои ожидания.

    Be careful not to go beyond your rights. — Будь осторожен, не превышай своих прав.

    б) оказаться трудным, непостижимым (для кого-л.)

    I was interested to hear the speaker, but his speech went beyond me. — Мне было интересно послушать докладчика, но его речь была выше моего понимания.

    I don't think this class will be able to go beyond lesson six. — Не думаю, что этот класс сможет продвинуться дальше шестого урока.

    - go beyond caring
    - go beyond endurance
    - go beyond a joke
    29) (go by / under) называться

    to go by / under the name of — быть известным под именем

    Our friend William often goes by Billy. — Нашего друга Вильяма часто называют Билли.

    He went under the name of Baker, to avoid discovery by the police. — Скрываясь от полиции, он жил под именем Бейкера.

    30) ( go by) судить по (чему-л.); руководствоваться (чем-л.), действовать в соответствии с (чем-л.)

    to go by the book разг. — действовать в соответствии с правилами, педантично выполнять правила

    You can't go by what he says, he's very untrustworthy. — Не стоит судить о ситуации по его словам, ему нельзя верить.

    You make a mistake if you go by appearances. — Ты ошибаешься, если судишь о людях по внешнему виду.

    I go by the barometer. — Я пользуюсь барометром.

    Our chairman always goes by the rules. — Наш председатель всегда действует по правилам.

    31) ( go for)
    а) стремиться к (чему-л.)

    I think we should go for increased production this year. — Думаю, в этом году нам надо стремиться увеличить производительность.

    б) выбирать; любить, нравиться

    The people will never go for that guff. — Людям не понравится эта пустая болтовня.

    She doesn't go for whiskers. — Ей не нравятся бакенбарды.

    в) разг. наброситься, обрушиться на (кого-л.)

    The black cow immediately went for him. — Чёрная корова немедленно кинулась на него.

    The speaker went for the profiteers. — Оратор обрушился на спекулянтов.

    г) становиться (кем-л.), действовать в качестве (кого-л.)

    I'm well made all right. I could go for a model if I wanted. — У меня отличная фигура. Я могла бы стать манекенщицей, если бы захотела.

    д) быть принятым за (кого-л.), считаться (кем-л.), сходить за (кого-л.)

    He goes for a lawyer, but I don't think he ever studied or practised law. — Говорят, он адвокат, но мне кажется, что он никогда не изучал юриспруденцию и не работал в этой области.

    е) быть действительным по отношению к (кому-л. / чему-л.), относиться к (кому-л. / чему-л.)

    that goes for me — это относится ко мне; это мое дело

    I don't care if Pittsburgh chokes. And that goes for Cincinnati, too. (P. G. Wodehouse) — Мне всё равно, если Питсбург задохнётся. То же самое касается Цинциннати.

    - go for broke
    - go for a burton
    32) ( go into)
    а) входить, вступать; принимать участие

    He wanted to go into Parliament. — Он хотел стать членом парламента.

    He went eagerly into the compact. — Он охотно принял участие в сделке.

    The Times has gone into open opposition to the Government on all points except foreign policy. — “Таймс” встал в открытую оппозицию к правительству по всем вопросам, кроме внешней политики.

    Syn:
    take part, undertake
    б) впадать ( в истерику); приходить ( в ярость)

    the man who went into ecstasies at discovering that Cape Breton was an island — человек, который впал в экстаз, обнаружив, что мыс Бретон является островом

    I nearly went into hysterics. — Я был на грани истерики.

    в) начинать заниматься (чем-л. в качестве профессии, должности, занятия)

    He went keenly into dairying. — Он активно занялся производством молочных продуктов.

    He went into practice for himself. — Он самостоятельно занялся практикой.

    Hicks naturally went into law. — Хикс, естественно, занялся правом.

    г) носить (о стиле в одежде; особенно носить траур)

    to go into long dresses, trousers, etc. — носить длинные платья, брюки

    She shocked Mrs. Spark by refusing to go into full mourning. — Она шокировала миссис Спарк, отказываясь носить полный траур.

    д) расследовать, тщательно рассматривать, изучать

    We cannot of course go into the history of these wars. — Естественно, мы не можем во всех подробностях рассмотреть историю этих войн.

    - go into details
    - go into detail
    - go into abeyance
    - go into action
    33) ( go off) разлюбить (что-л.), потерять интерес к (чему-л.)

    I simply don't feel anything for him any more. In fact, I've gone off him. — Я просто не испытываю больше к нему никаких чувств. По существу, я его разлюбила.

    34) ( go over)
    а) перечитывать; повторять

    The schoolboy goes over his lesson, before going up before the master. — Ученик повторяет свой урок, прежде чем отвечать учителю.

    He went over the explanation two or three times. — Он повторил объяснение два или три раза.

    Syn:
    б) внимательно изучать, тщательно рассматривать; проводить осмотр

    We went over the house thoroughly before buying it. — Мы тщательно осмотрели дом, прежде чем купить его.

    I've asked the garage people to go over my car thoroughly. — Я попросил людей в сервисе тщательно осмотреть машину.

    Harry and I have been going over old letters. — Гарри и я просматривали старые письма.

    We must go over the account books together. — Нам надо вместе проглядеть бухгалтерские книги.

    35) ( go through)

    It would take far too long to go through all the propositions. — Изучение всех предложений займёт слишком много времени.

    б) пережить, перенести (что-л.)

    All that men go through may be absolutely the best for them. — Все испытания, которым подвергается человек, могут оказаться для него благом.

    Syn:
    в) проходить (какие-л. этапы)

    The disease went through the whole city. — Болезнь распространилась по всему городу.

    д) осматривать, обыскивать

    The girls were "going through" a drunken sailor. — Девицы обшаривали пьяного моряка.

    е) износить до дыр (об одежде, обуви)
    ж) поглощать, расходовать (что-л.)
    36) ( go to)
    а) обращаться к (кому-л. / чему-л.)

    She need not go to others for her bons mots. — Ей нет нужды искать у других остроумные словечки.

    б) переходить к (кому-л.) в собственность, доставаться (кому-л.)

    The house went to the elder son. — Дом достался старшему сыну.

    The money I had saved went to the doctors. — Деньги, которые я скопил, пошли на докторов.

    The dukedom went to his brother. — Титул герцога перешёл к его брату.

    And the Oscar goes to… — Итак, «Оскар» достаётся…

    в) быть составной частью (чего-л.); вести к (какому-л. результату)

    These are the bones which go to form the head and trunk. — Это кости, которые формируют череп и скелет.

    Whole gardens of roses go to one drop of the attar. — Для того, чтобы получить одну каплю розового масла, нужны целые сады роз.

    This only goes to prove the point. — Это только доказывает утверждение.

    г) составлять, равняться (чему-л.)

    Sixteen ounces go to the pound. — Шестнадцать унций составляют один фунт.

    How many go to a crew with you, captain? — Из скольких человек состоит ваша команда, капитан?

    д) брать на себя (расходы, труд)

    Don't go to any trouble. — Не беспокойтесь.

    Few publishers go to the trouble of giving the number of copies for an edition. — Немногие издатели берут на себя труд указать количество экземпляров издания.

    The tenant went to very needless expense. — Арендатор пошёл на абсолютно ненужные расходы.

    37) ( go under) относиться (к какой-л. группе, классу)

    This word goes under G. — Это слово помещено под G.

    38) ( go with)
    а) быть заодно с (кем-л.), быть на чьей-л. стороне

    My sympathies went strongly with the lady. — Все мои симпатии были полностью на стороне леди.

    б) сопутствовать (чему-л.), идти, происходить вместе с (чем-л.)

    Criminality habitually went with dirtiness. — Преступность и грязь обычно шли бок о бок.

    Syn:
    в) понимать, следить с пониманием за (речью, мыслью)

    The Court declared the deed a nullity on the ground that the mind of the mortgagee did not go with the deed she signed. — Суд признал документ недействительным на том основании, что кредитор по закладной не понимала содержания документа, который она подписала.

    г) разг. встречаться с (кем-л.), проводить время с (кем-л. - в качестве друга, подружки)

    The "young ladies" he had "gone with" and "had feelin's about" were now staid matrons. — "Молодые леди", с которыми он "дружил" и к которым он "питал чувства", стали солидными матронами.

    39) ( go upon)
    а) разг. использовать (что-л.) в качестве свидетельства или отправного пункта

    You see, this gave me something to go upon. — Видишь ли, это дало мне хоть что-то, с чего я могу начать.

    б) брать в свои руки; брать на себя ответственность

    I cannot bear to see things botched or gone upon with ignorance. — Я не могу видеть, как берутся за дела либо халтурно, либо ничего в них не понимая.

    40) (go + прил.)

    He went dead about three months ago. — Он умер около трех месяцев назад.

    She went pale. — Она побледнела.

    He went bankrupt. — Он обанкротился.

    Syn:
    б) продолжать (какое-л.) действие, продолжать пребывать в (каком-л.) состоянии

    We both love going barefoot on the beach. — Мы оба любим ходить босиком по пляжу.

    Most of their work seems to have gone unnoticed. — Кажется, большая часть их работы осталась незамеченной.

    The powers could not allow such an act of terrorism to go unpunished. — Власти не могут допустить, чтобы террористический акт прошёл безнаказанно.

    It seems as if it were going to rain. — Такое впечатление, что сейчас пойдёт дождь.

    Lambs are to be sold to those who are going to keep them. — Ягнята должны быть проданы тем, кто собирается их выращивать.

    42) (go and do smth.) разг. пойти и сделать что-л.

    The fool has gone and got married. — Этот дурак взял и женился.

    He might go and hang himself for all they cared. — Он может повеситься, им на это абсолютно наплевать.

    Oh, go and pick up pizza, for heaven's sake! — Ради бога, пойди купи, наконец, пиццу.

    - go across
    - go ahead
    - go along
    - go away
    - go back
    - go before
    - go by
    - go down
    - go forth
    - go forward
    - go together
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    to go back a long way — давно знать друг друга, быть давними знакомыми

    to go short — испытывать недостаток в чём-л.; находиться в стеснённых обстоятельствах

    to go the way of nature / all the earth / all flesh / all living — скончаться, разделить участь всех смертных

    to let oneself go — дать волю себе, своим чувствам

    Go to Jericho / Bath / Hong Kong / Putney / Halifax! — Иди к чёрту! Убирайся!

    - go far
    - go bush
    - go ape
    - go amiss
    - go dry
    - go astray
    - go on instruments
    - go a long way
    - go postal
    - Go to!
    - Go to it!
    - let it go at that
    - go like blazes
    - go with the tide
    - go with the times
    - go along with you!
    - go easy
    - go up King Street
    - go figure
    - go it
    - go the extra mile
    - go to the wall
    2. сущ.; разг.
    1) движение, хождение, ходьба; уст. походка

    He has been on the go since morning. — Он с утра на ногах.

    2)
    а) ретивость, горячность ( первоначально о лошадях); напористость, энергичность; бодрость, живость; рвение

    The job requires a man with a lot of go. — Для этой работы требуется очень энергичный человек.

    Physically, he is a wonderful man - very wiry, and full of energy and go. — Физически он превосходен - крепкий, полный энергии и напористости.

    Syn:
    б) энергичная деятельность; тяжелая, требующая напряжения работа

    Believe me, it's all go with these tycoons, mate. — Поверь мне, приятель, это все деятельность этих заправил.

    3) разг. происшествие; неожиданный поворот событий (то, которое вызывает затруднения)

    queer go, rum go — странное дело, странный поворот событий

    4)

    Let me have a go at fixing it. — Дай я попробую починить это.

    - have a go
    Syn:
    б) соревнование, борьба; состязание на приз ( в боксе)

    Cost me five dollars the other day to see the tamest kind of a go. There wasn't a knockdown in ten rounds. — На днях я потратил пять долларов, чтобы увидеть самое мирное состязание. За десять раундов не было ни одного нокдауна.

    в) приступ, припадок ( о болезни)
    5)
    а) количество чего-л., предоставляемое за один раз
    б) разг. бокал ( вина); порция ( еды)

    "The score!" he burst out. "Three goes o' rum!" (R. L. Stevenson, Treasure Island) — А деньги? - крикнул он. - За три кружки! (пер. Н. Чуковского)

    б) карт. "Мимо" (возглас игрока, объявляющего проход в криббидже)
    7) разг.
    а) успех, успешное дело
    б) соглашение, сделка
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    all the go, quite the go — последний крик моды

    first go — первым делом, сразу же

    II [gɔ] сущ.; япон.
    го (настольная игра, в ходе которой двое участников по очереди выставляют на доску фишки-"камни", стремясь окружить "камни" противника своими и захватить как можно большую территорию)

    Англо-русский современный словарь > go

  • 9 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    preposition

    a friend of mine/the vicar's — ein Freund von mir/des Pfarrers

    it's no business of theirses geht sie nichts an

    where's that pencil of mine?wo ist mein Bleistift?

    within a mile of the centrenicht weiter als eine Meile vom Zentrum entfernt

    it was clever of you to do thates war klug von dir, das zu tun

    be made of... — aus... [hergestellt] sein

    5) (indicating closer definition, identity, or contents)

    the city of Chicagodie Stadt Chicago

    increase of 10 % — Zuwachs/Erhöhung von zehn Prozent

    battle of HastingsSchlacht von od. bei Hastings

    your letter of 2 January — Ihr Brief vom 2. Januar

    be of value/interest to — von Nutzen/von Interesse od. interessant sein für

    the whole of... — der/die/das ganze...

    well, what of it? — (asked as reply) na und?

    7) (indicating objective relation)

    his love of his fatherseine Liebe zu seinem Vater

    he of all men(most unsuitably) ausgerechnet er; (especially) gerade er

    of an evening(coll.) abends

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    [əv]
    1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) von
    2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) von
    3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.) von
    4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) von
    5) (showing: a picture of my father.) von
    6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) aus
    7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.) mit
    8) (about: an account of his work.) von
    9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) mit
    10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) an
    11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.) Genitiv
    12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.) Genitiv
    13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.) mit
    14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) vor
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    of
    [ɒv, əv, AM ɑ:v, əv]
    1. after n (belonging to) von + dat
    people \of this island Menschen von dieser Insel
    the language \of this country die Sprache dieses Landes
    the cause \of the disease die Krankheitsursache
    the colour \of her hair ihre Haarfarbe
    the government \of India die indische Regierung
    a friend \of mine ein Freund von mir
    smoking is the worst habit \of mine Rauchen ist meine schlimmste Angewohnheit
    this revolting dog \of hers ihr widerlicher Hund
    the smell \of roses Rosenduft m
    2. after n (expressing relationship) von + dat
    an admirer \of Picasso ein Bewunderer Picassos
    3. after n (expressing a whole's part) von + dat
    five \of her seven kids are boys fünf ihrer sieben Kinder sind Jungen
    there were ten \of us on the trip wir waren auf der Reise zu zehnt
    nine \of the children came to the show neun Kinder kamen zur Vorstellung
    can you please give me more \of the beans? könntest du mir noch etwas von den Bohnen geben?
    I don't want to hear any more \of that! ich will nichts mehr davon hören!
    he's the best-looking \of the three brothers er sieht von den drei Brüdern am besten aus
    a third \of the people ein Drittel der Leute
    the whole \of the garden der ganze Garten
    the best \of friends die besten Freunde
    the days \of the week die Wochentage
    all \of us wir alle
    all \of us were tired wir waren alle müde
    \of all von allen
    best \of all, I liked the green one am besten gefiel mir der grüne
    that \of all his films is my favourite er gefällt mir von allen seinen Filmen am besten
    both \of us wir beide
    most \of them die meisten von ihnen
    one \of the cleverest eine(r) der Schlauesten
    he's one \of the smartest \of the smart er ist einer der Klügsten unter den Klugen
    a bunch \of parsley ein Bund Petersilie nt
    a clove \of garlic eine Knoblauchzehe
    a cup \of tea eine Tasse Tee
    a drop \of rain ein Regentropfen
    hundreds \of people Hunderte von Menschen
    a kilo \of apples ein Kilo Äpfel nt
    a litre \of water ein Liter Wasser m
    a lot \of money eine Menge Geld
    a piece \of cake ein Stück Kuchen
    a pride \of lions ein Rudel Löwen [o Löwenrudel] nt
    5. after vb (consisting of) aus + dat
    the sweater is made \of the finest lambswool der Pullover ist aus feinster Schafwolle
    a land \of ice and snow ein Land aus Eis und Schnee
    dresses \of lace and silk Kleider aus Spitze und Seide
    a house \of stone ein Steinhaus, ein Haus aus Stein
    6. after n (containing) mit + dat
    a book \of short stories ein Buch mit Kurzgeschichten
    7. after adj (done by) von + dat
    that was stupid \of me das war dumm von mir
    8. after n (done to)
    the massacre \of hundreds \of innocent people das Massaker an Hunderten von Menschen
    the destruction \of the rain forest die Zerstörung des Regenwalds
    9. after n (suffered by) von + dat
    the anguish \of the murdered child's parents die Qualen der Eltern des ermordeten Kindes
    the suffering \of millions das Leiden von Millionen
    to die \of sth an etw dat sterben
    he died \of cancer er starb an Krebs
    \of one's own free will aus freien Stücken, freiwillig
    \of oneself von selbst
    she would never do such a thing \of herself so etwas würde sie nie von alleine tun
    the works \of Shakespeare die Werke Shakespeares
    she is \of noble birth sie ist adliger Abstammung
    12. after vb (concerning)
    we will notify you \of any further changes wir werden Sie über alle Änderungen informieren
    he was accused \of fraud er wurde wegen Betrugs angeklagt
    I know \of a guy who could fix that for you ich kenne jemanden, der das für dich reparieren kann
    \of her childhood, we know very little wir wissen nur sehr wenig über ihre Kindheit
    let's not speak \of this matter lass uns nicht über die Sache reden
    speaking \of sb/sth,... wo [o da] wir gerade von jdm/etw sprechen,...
    speaking \of time, do you have a watch on? da wir gerade von der Zeit reden, hast du eine Uhr?
    she's often unsure \of herself sie ist sich ihrer selbst oft nicht sicher
    I'm really appreciative \of all your help ich bin dir für all deine Hilfe wirklich dankbar
    he was worthy \of the medal er hatte die Medaille verdient
    I am certain \of that ich bin mir dessen sicher
    this is not uncharacteristic \of them das ist für sie nichts Ungewöhnliches
    to be afraid \of sb/sth vor jdm/etw Angst haben
    to be fond \of swimming gerne schwimmen
    to be jealous \of sb auf jdn eifersüchtig sein
    to be sick \of sth etw satthaben, von etw dat genug haben
    there was no warning \of the danger es gab keine Warnung vor der Gefahr
    he has a love \of music er liebt die Musik
    he's a doctor \of medicine er ist Doktor der Medizin
    the idea \of a just society die Idee einer gerechten Gesellschaft
    the memories \of her school years die Erinnerungen an ihre Schuljahre
    the pain \of separation der Trennungsschmerz
    it's a problem \of space das ist ein Raumproblem
    his promises \of loyalty seine Treueversprechen
    to be in search \of sb/sth auf der Suche nach jdm/etw sein
    she's in search \of a man sie sucht einen Mann
    thoughts \of revenge Rachegedanken pl
    what \of sb? was ist mit jdm?
    and what \of Adrian? was macht eigentlich Adrian?
    what \of it? was ist schon dabei?, na und?
    on the point [or verge] \of doing sth kurz davor [o im Begriff] sein, etw zu tun
    I'm on the point \of telling him off ich werde ihn jetzt gleich rausschmeißen
    14. after n (expressing position) von + dat
    in the back \of the car hinten im Auto
    the zipper was on the back \of the dress der Reißverschluss war hinten am Kleid
    on the corner \of the street an der Straßenecke
    on the left \of the picture links auf dem Bild
    a lake north/south \of the city ein See im Norden/Süden der Stadt
    I've never been north \of Edinburgh ich war noch nie nördlich von Edinburgh
    on the top \of his head [oben] auf seinem Kopf
    15. after n (with respect to scale) von + dat
    a rise \of 2% in inflation ein Inflationsanstieg von 2 Prozent
    the stocks experienced an average rise \of 5% die Aktien sind im Durchschnitt um 5 % gestiegen
    16. (expressing age) von + dat
    at the age \of six im Alter von sechs Jahren
    he's a man \of about 50 er ist um die 50 Jahre alt
    17. after n (denoting example of category)
    I hate this kind \of party ich hasse diese Art von Party
    the city \of Prague die Stadt Prag
    18. after n (typical of)
    she has the face \of an angel sie hat ein Gesicht wie ein Engel
    the grace \of a dancer die Anmut einer Tänzerin
    the love \of a good woman die Liebe einer guten Frau
    she gave a scream \of terror sie stieß einen Schrei des Entsetzens aus
    a man \of honour ein Mann von Ehre
    a moment \of silence ein Moment m der Stille
    I want a few minutes \of quiet! ich will ein paar Minuten Ruhe!
    a subject \of very little interest ein sehr wenig beachtetes Thema
    a woman \of great charm and beauty eine Frau von großer Wärme und Schönheit
    20. after n (away from) von + dat
    we live within a mile \of the city centre wir wohnen eine Meile vom Stadtzentrum entfernt
    she came within two seconds \of beating the world record sie hat den Weltrekord nur um zwei Sekunden verfehlt
    21. after n (in time phrases)
    I got married back in June \of 1957 ich habe im Juni 1957 geheiratet
    the eleventh \of March der elfte März
    the first \of the month der erste [Tag] des Monats
    the most memorable events \of the past decade die wichtigsten Ereignisse des letzten Jahrzehnts
    22. after vb (expressing removal)
    they were robbed \of all their savings ihnen wurden alle Ersparnisse geraubt
    I've him \of that nasty little habit ich habe ihm diese dumme Angewohnheit abgewöhnt
    his mother had deprived him \of love seine Mutter hat ihm ihre Liebe vorenthalten
    to get rid \of sb jdn loswerden
    the room was devoid \of all furnishings der Raum war ganz ohne Möbel
    free \of charge kostenlos, SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR meist gratis
    23. after n (apposition) von + dat
    this complete idiot \of a man dieser Vollidiot
    the month \of June der Monat Juni
    the name \of Brown der Name Brown
    24. ( dated: during) an + dat
    she died \of a Sunday morning sie starb an einem Sonntagmorgen
    I like to relax with my favourite book \of an evening ich entspanne mich abends gerne mit meinem Lieblingsbuch
    \of late in letzter Zeit
    25. AM (to) vor
    it's quarter \of five es ist viertel vor fünf [o BRD drei viertel fünf
    26.
    \of all gerade
    Jane, \of all people, is the last one I'd expect to see at the club gerade Jane ist die letzte, die ich in dem Klub erwartet hätte
    I can't understand why you live in Ireland, \of all places ich kann nicht verstehen, warum du ausgerechnet in Irland lebst
    today \of all days ausgerechnet heute
    \of all the cheek [or nerve] das ist doch die Höhe!
    to be \of sth:
    she is \of the opinion that doctors are only out to experiment sie glaubt, Ärzte möchten nur herumexperimentieren
    this work is \of great interest and value diese Arbeit ist sehr wichtig und wertvoll
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    [ɒv, əv]
    prep
    1) (indicating possession or relation) von (+dat), use of gen

    the wife of the doctor — die Frau des Arztes, die Frau vom Arzt

    a friend of ours — ein Freund/eine Freundin von uns

    a painting of the Queenein Gemälde nt der or von der Königin

    the first of the month — der Erste (des Monats), der Monatserste

    it is very kind of you —

    it was nasty of him to say that — es war gemein von ihm, das zu sagen

    2)

    (indicating separation in space or time) south of Paris — südlich von Paris

    3)

    (indicating cause) he died of poison/cancer — er starb an Gift/Krebs

    he died of hunger — er verhungerte, er starb hungers

    4)

    (indicating deprivation, riddance) he was cured of the illness — er wurde von der Krankheit geheilt

    dress made of woolWollkleid nt, Kleid nt aus Wolle

    6)

    (indicating quality, identity etc) house of ten rooms — Haus nt mit zehn Zimmern

    man of courage — mutiger Mensch, Mensch m mit Mut

    girl of ten — zehnjähriges Mädchen, Mädchen nt von zehn Jahren

    7)

    (objective genitive) fear of God — Gottesfurcht f

    he is a leader of men —

    8)

    (subjective genitive) love of God for man — Liebe Gottes zu den Menschen

    9)

    (partitive genitive) the whole of the house — das ganze Haus

    there were six of us — wir waren zu sechst, wir waren sechs

    he asked the six of us to luncher lud uns sechs zum Mittagessen ein

    the bravest of the brave —

    he drank of the wine (liter)er trank von dem Weine (liter)

    10)

    (= concerning) what do you think of him? — was halten Sie von ihm?

    11) (obs, liter

    = by) forsaken of men — von allen verlassen

    12)

    (in temporal phrases) he's become very quiet of late — er ist letztlich or seit Neuestem so ruhig geworden

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    of [ɒv; əv; US əv; ɑv] präp
    1. allg von
    the tail of the dog der Schwanz des Hundes;
    the tail of a dog der oder ein Hundeschwanz;
    the folly of his action die Dummheit seiner Handlung
    3. Ort: bei:
    4. Entfernung, Trennung, Befreiung:
    a) von:
    south of London südlich von London;
    within ten miles of London im Umkreis von 10 Meilen um London;
    cure (rid) of sth von etwas heilen (befreien)
    b) (gen) he was robbed of his wallet er wurde seiner Brieftasche beraubt, ihm wurde die Brieftasche geraubt
    c) um:
    5. Herkunft: von, aus:
    of good family aus einer guten Familie;
    Mr X of London Mr. X aus London
    6. Teil: von oder gen:
    a friend of mine ein Freund von mir, einer meiner Freunde;
    that red nose of his seine rote Nase
    7. Eigenschaft: von, mit:
    a man of courage ein mutiger Mann, ein Mann mit Mut;
    a man of no importance ein unbedeutender Mensch;
    a fool of a man ein (ausgemachter) Narr
    8. Stoff: aus, von:
    a dress of silk ein Kleid aus oder von Seide, ein Seidenkleid;
    (made) of steel aus Stahl (hergestellt), stählern, Stahl…
    9. Urheberschaft, Art und Weise: von:
    of o.s. von selbst, von sich aus;
    he has a son of his first marriage er hat einen Sohn aus erster Ehe
    10. Ursache, Grund:
    a) von, an (dat):
    die of cancer an Krebs sterben
    b) aus:
    c) vor (dat): academic.ru/1052/afraid">afraid
    d) auf (akk):
    e) über (akk):
    f) nach:
    11. Beziehung: hinsichtlich (gen):
    it is true of every case das trifft in jedem Fall zu
    12. Thema:
    a) von, über (akk):
    b) an (akk):
    13. Apposition, im Deutschen nicht ausgedrückt:
    a) the city of London die Stadt London;
    the month of April der Monat April
    b) Maß:
    a piece of meat ein Stück Fleisch
    a) zu:
    b) vor (dat): fear A 3
    c) bei:
    an audience of the king eine Audienz beim König
    15. Zeit:
    a) umg an (dat), in (dat):
    of an evening eines Abends;
    of late years in den letzten Jahren
    b) von:
    your letter of March 3rd Ihr Schreiben vom 3. März
    * * *
    preposition
    1) (indicating belonging, connection, possession)

    a friend of mine/the vicar's — ein Freund von mir/des Pfarrers

    3) (indicating origin, cause)

    it was clever of you to do that — es war klug von dir, das zu tun

    be made of... — aus... [hergestellt] sein

    5) (indicating closer definition, identity, or contents)

    increase of 10 % — Zuwachs/Erhöhung von zehn Prozent

    battle of HastingsSchlacht von od. bei Hastings

    your letter of 2 January — Ihr Brief vom 2. Januar

    be of value/interest to — von Nutzen/von Interesse od. interessant sein für

    the whole of... — der/die/das ganze...

    6) (indicating concern, reference)

    well, what of it? — (asked as reply) na und?

    8) (indicating description, quality, condition)
    9) (indicating classification, selection) von

    he of all men (most unsuitably) ausgerechnet er; (especially) gerade er

    of an evening(coll.) abends

    * * *
    prep.
    aus präp.
    von präp.
    vor präp.
    über präp.

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    [ɒv, əv, Am ɑ:v, əv] prep
    1) after n ( belonging to) von +dat;
    people \of this island Menschen von dieser Insel;
    the language \of this country die Sprache dieses Landes;
    the employees \of the company die Angestellten des Unternehmens;
    the cause \of the disease die Krankheitsursache;
    the colour \of her hair ihre Haarfarbe;
    the government \of India die indische Regierung;
    sth \of... etw von... dat;
    a friend \of mine ein Freund von mir;
    smoking is the worst habit \of mine Rauchen ist meine schlimmste Angewohnheit
    the sleeve \of his coat der Ärmel an seinem Mantel;
    the days \of the week die Wochentage;
    five \of her seven kids are boys fünf ihrer sieben Kinder sind Jungen;
    there were ten \of us on the trip wir waren auf der Reise zu zehnt;
    nine \of the children came to the show neun Kinder kamen zur Vorstellung;
    a third \of the people ein Drittel der Leute;
    most \of them die Meisten;
    can you please give me more \of the beans? könntest du mir noch etwas von den Bohnen geben?;
    I don't want to hear any more \of that! ich will nichts mehr davon hören!;
    a drop \of rain ein Regentropfen;
    a piece \of cake ein Stück Kuchen;
    he's the best-looking \of the three brothers er sieht von den drei Brüdern am besten aus;
    on the point [or verge] \of doing sth kurz davor [o im Begriff] sein, etw zu tun;
    I'm on the point \of telling him off ich werde ihn jetzt gleich rausschmeißen;
    the best \of sb/ sth der/die/das beste;
    they were the best \of friends sie waren die besten Freunde;
    \of all von allen;
    best \of all, I liked the green one am besten gefiel mir der grüne;
    that \of all his films, it's my favourite er gefällt mir von allen seinen Filmen am besten;
    to be one \of the sth eine(r/s) von etw dat sein;
    she's one \of the cleverest in the class sie ist eine der Schlauesten in der Klasse;
    to be the sth \of the sth der/die/das etw von etw dat sein;
    he's one of the smartest \of the smart er ist einer der Klügsten unter den Klugen
    a kilo \of apples ein Kilo Äpfel;
    a litre \of water ein Liter Wasser;
    a cup \of tea eine Tasse Tee;
    she bought a book \of short stories sie kaufte ein Buch mit Kurzgeschichten;
    they saw a pride \of lions sie sahen ein Rudel Löwen [o Löwenrudel];
    a bunch \of parsley ein Bund Petersilie;
    a clove \of garlic eine Knoblauchzehe;
    both \of us wir beide;
    all \of us were tired wir waren alle müde;
    a lot \of money Unmengen an Geld
    4) after vb ( consisting of) aus +dat;
    the sweater is made \of the finest lambswool der Pullover ist aus feinster Schafwolle after n
    a land \of ice and snow ein Land aus Eis und Schnee;
    dresses \of lace and silk Kleider pl aus Spitze und Seide;
    house \of stone Steinhaus nt;
    the smell \of roses filled the air der Rosenduft lag in der Luft;
    a moment \of silence ein Moment der Stille;
    I want a few minutes \of quiet! ich will ein paar Minuten Ruhe!
    5) after n ( done by) von +dat;
    there's a chapter on the use \of herbs es gibt ein Kapitel über die Verwendung von Kräutern;
    the massacre \of hundreds of innocent people das Massaker an Hunderten von Menschen;
    the destruction \of the rain forest die Zerstörung des Regenwalds;
    the payment \of his debts die Rückzahlung seiner Schulden;
    an admirer \of Dickens ein Bewunderer von Dickens;
    in search \of sb/ sth auf der Suche nach jdm/etw;
    she's in search \of a man sie sucht einen Mann after adj
    that was stupid \of me das war dumm von mir
    I know \of a guy who could fix that for you ich kenne jemanden, der das für dich reparieren kann;
    let's not speak \of this matter lass uns nicht über die Sache reden;
    \of her childhood, we know very little wir wissen nur sehr wenig über ihre Kindheit;
    speaking \of sb/ sth wo [o da] wir gerade von jdm/etw sprechen;
    speaking \of time, do you have a watch on? da wir gerade von der Zeit reden, hast du eine Uhr?;
    he was accused \of fraud er wurde wegen Betrugs angeklagt;
    we will notify you \of any further changes wir werden Sie über alle Änderungen informieren after adj
    she's afraid \of dogs sie hat Angst vor Hunden;
    he became jealous \of all of her friends er wurde auf alle ihre Freunde eifersüchtig;
    she's often unsure \of herself sie ist sich ihrer selbst oft nicht sicher;
    to be fond \of swimming gerne schwimmen;
    I'm really appreciative \of all your help ich bin dir für all deine Hilfe wirklich dankbar;
    he was worthy of the medal er hatte die Medaille verdient;
    I am certain \of that ich bin mir dessen sicher;
    this is not uncharacteristic \of them das ist für sie nichts ungewöhnliches;
    to be sick \of sth etw satthaben, von etw dat genug haben;
    I'm sick \of his excuses seine Entschuldigungen hängen mir zum Hals raus after n
    there was no warning \of the danger es gab keine Warnung vor der Gefahr;
    a problem \of space ein Raumproblem nt;
    the idea \of a just society die Idee einer gerechten Gesellschaft;
    pain \of separation Trennungsschmerz m;
    thoughts \of revenge Rachegedanken mpl;
    his promises \of loyalty seine Treueversprechen;
    the memories \of her school years die Erinnerungen an ihre Schuljahre;
    he has a love \of music er liebt die Musik;
    what \of sb? was ist mit jdm?;
    and what \of Adrian? was macht eigentlich Adrian?;
    what \of it? was ist dabei?, ja und?
    I've never been north \of Edinburgh ich war noch nie nördlich von Edinburgh;
    a lake south \of the city ein See im Süden der Stadt;
    on the top \of his head [oben] auf seinem Kopf;
    on the corner \of the street an der Straßenecke;
    in the back \of the car hinten im Auto;
    the zipper was on the back \of the dress der Reißverschluss war hinten am Kleid;
    on the left \of the picture links auf dem Bild
    8) ( with respect to scale) von +dat;
    a rise \of 2% in inflation ein Inflationsanstieg von 2 Prozent;
    the stocks experienced an average rise \of 5% die Aktien sind im Durchschnitt um 5% gestiegen
    9) ( expressing age) von +dat;
    at the age \of six im Alter von sechs Jahren;
    he's a man \of about 50 er ist um die 50 Jahre alt
    the city \of Prague die Stadt Prag;
    I hate this kind \of party ich hasse diese Art von Party
    sb/sth \of sth jd/etw von etw dat;
    the love \of a good woman die Liebe einer guten Frau;
    she moves with the grace \of a dancer sie bewegt sich mit der Anmut einer Tänzerin;
    she has the face \of an angel sie hat ein Gesicht wie ein Engel
    a subject \of very little interest ein sehr wenig beachtetes Thema;
    she gave a scream \of terror sie stieß einen Schrei des Entsetzens aus;
    a man/woman \of sth ein Mann/eine Frau von etw dat;
    a woman \of great charm and beauty eine Frau von großer Wärme und Schönheit;
    a man \of honour ein Mann von Ehre
    13) ( felt by) von +dat;
    the suffering \of millions das Leiden von Millionen;
    the anguish \of the murdered child's parents die Qualen der Eltern des ermordeten Kindes
    to die \of sth an etw dat sterben;
    he died \of cancer er starb an Krebs;
    \of one's own free will aus freien Stücken, freiwillig;
    \of oneself von selbst;
    she would never do such a thing \of herself so etwas würde sie nie von alleine tun
    15) after n ( away from) von +dat;
    we live within a mile \of the city centre wir wohnen eine Meile vom Stadtzentrum entfernt;
    she came within two seconds \of beating the world record sie hat den Weltrekord nur um zwei Sekunden verfehlt
    the eleventh \of March der elfte März;
    the first \of the month der erste [Tag] des Monats;
    I got married back in June \of 1957 ich habe im Juni 1957 geheiratet;
    the most memorable events \of the past decade die wichtigsten Ereignisse des letzten Jahrzehnts
    they were robbed \of all their savings ihnen wurden alle Ersparnisse geraubt;
    I've him \of that nasty little habit ich habe ihm diese dumme Angewohnheit abgewöhnt;
    his mother had deprived him \of love seine Mutter hat ihm ihre Liebe vorenthalten;
    to get rid \of sb jdn loswerden after adj
    a room devoid \of all furnishings ein Raum ganz ohne Möbel;
    free \of charge kostenlos
    18) ( who is) von +dat;
    this complete idiot \of a man dieser Vollidiot
    19) (dated: during) an +dat;
    she died \of a Sunday morning sie starb an einem Sonntagmorgen ( fam);
    I like to relax with my favourite book \of an evening ich erhole mich abends gerne mit meinem Lieblingsbuch
    20) (Am) (to) vor;
    it's quarter \of five es ist viertel vor fünf [o dreiviertelfünf];
    PHRASES:
    \of all the cheek [or nerve] das ist doch die Höhe!;
    \of all sth gerade;
    Jane, \of all people, is the last one I'd expect to see at the club gerade Jane ist die letzte, die ich in dem Club erwartet hätte;
    to be \of sth ( possess) etw besitzen;
    she is \of the opinion that doctors are only out to experiment sie glaubt, Ärzte möchten nur herumexperimentieren;
    this work is \of great interest and value diese Arbeit ist sehr wichtig und wertvoll

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