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  • 1 the iron years of war

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the iron years of war

  • 2 iron

    1. [ʹaıən] n
    1. 1) хим. железо
    2) чёрный металл

    wrought iron - сварочное железо /-ая сталь/

    made of iron - железный, сделанный из железа

    2. 1) сила, твёрдость

    will of iron - железная /непреклонная/ воля

    2) суровость, жестокость

    a man of iron - суровый /непреклонный, жестокий/ человек

    3. 1) железное, скобяное изделие
    2) обыкн. pl стремя
    3) сл. лёгкое огнестрельное оружие; пистолет
    4) клюшка с железной головкой ( гольф)
    5) pl ножные протезы
    6) утюг

    pressing [electric] iron - портновский [электрический] утюг

    7) pl оковы, кандалы, цепи; наручники

    to put in irons - надеть наручники; заковать в кандалы

    8) гарпун
    9) сл. деньги, монеты
    4. мед. препарат железа
    5. единица измерения толщины предмета (= 1/48 дюйма)

    brand-iron - а) железо, которым клеймят; тавро; б) таган на треноге

    strike while the iron is hot - куй железо, пока горячо

    irons in the fire - дела, заботы

    to have the iron enter into one's soul - быть опечаленным, грустить, тосковать, страдать

    2. [ʹaıən] a
    1. железный, сделанный из железа

    iron rods [gates] - железные прутья [ворота]

    2. 1) сильный, крепкий; твёрдый, несгибаемый
    2) суровый, жестокий

    the Iron Chancellor - «Железный Канцлер», Бисмарк

    3) поэт. сковывающий, непробудный, тяжёлый

    iron sleep /slumber/ - непробудный сон, вечный покой

    4) прочно связывающий
    3. чёрного или серого цвета

    the iron hand /fist/ in the velvet glove - посл. ≅ мягко стелет, да жёстко спать

    3. [ʹaıən] v
    1. 1) утюжить, гладить
    2) гладиться

    you wouldn't expect a pair of socks to iron well - вряд ли носки хорошо выгладятся, вряд ли носки можно хорошо выгладить

    2. покрывать, обивать железом
    3. заковывать в кандалы

    НБАРС > iron

  • 3 iron

    1. n хим. железо
    2. n чёрный металл
    3. n сила, твёрдость
    4. n суровость, жестокость
    5. n железное, скобяное изделие
    6. n обыкн. стремя
    7. n сл. лёгкое огнестрельное оружие; пистолет

    shooting iron — огнестрельное оружие,

    8. n клюшка с железной головкой
    9. n ножные протезы
    10. n утюг

    box iron — духовой утюг; утюг на углях

    11. n оковы, кандалы, цепи; наручники

    to put in irons — надеть наручники; заковать в кандалы

    12. n гарпун

    lily iron — гарпун, острога со съёмной головкой

    13. n сл. деньги, монеты
    14. n мед. препарат железа
    15. n единица измерения толщины предмета
    16. n как компонент сложных слов
    17. a железный, сделанный из железа

    iron vitriol — мелантерит, железный купорос

    18. a сильный, крепкий; твёрдый, несгибаемый
    19. a суровый, жестокий

    iron hand — «железная рука», власть тирана, жестокая, деспотическая власть

    20. a поэт. сковывающий, непробудный, тяжёлый

    iron sleep — непробудный сон, вечный покой

    21. a прочно связывающий
    22. a чёрного или серого цвета
    23. v утюжить, гладить
    24. v гладиться
    25. v покрывать, обивать железом

    angle iron — угловое железо; угольник

    26. v заковывать в кандалы
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. inflexible (adj.) adamant; adamantine; brassbound; dogged; inflexible; obdurate; relentless; rigid; rockbound; rock-ribbed; single-minded; steadfast; stubborn; unbendable; unbending; uncompliant; uncompromising; unswayable
    2. like iron (adj.) hard; harsh; indomitable; inexorable; like iron; stalwart; stern; unfeeling; unyielding
    3. made of iron (adj.) cast-iron; ferric; ferrous; ferruginous; iron-like; made of iron; metallic; steel; wrought iron
    4. metal (noun) andiron; cast iron; flatiron; iron tool; metal; pig iron; sheet iron; steel; wrought iron
    5. smooth clothing (verb) flatten; hot-press; mangle; press; remove wrinkles; roll; smooth; smooth clothing; steam; use an electric iron on

    English-Russian base dictionary > iron

  • 4 good

    1. adjective,
    1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignet

    his good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein

    Late again! It's just not good enough!(coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!

    be good at somethingin etwas (Dat.) gut sein

    speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen

    be good with peopleetc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen

    2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]

    too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...

    you can have too much of a good thingman kann es auch übertreiben

    be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein

    eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut

    it's a good thing you told himnur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast

    3) (prosperous) gut
    4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]

    the good old daysdie gute alte Zeit

    the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben

    have a good time!viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!

    it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein

    5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]

    good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune

    I'm not feeling too good(coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut

    6) (well-behaved) gut; brav

    be good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!

    [as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav

    7) (virtuous) rechtschaffen; (kind) nett; gut [Absicht, Wünsche, Benehmen, Tat]

    would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?

    that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir

    8) (commendable) gut

    good for youetc. (coll.) bravo!

    good old Jimetc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)

    my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)

    that's a good one(coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)

    9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]
    10) (thorough) gut

    have a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)

    11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]
    12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]

    good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die

    have the good sense to do somethingso vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun

    13) (in greetings)

    good afternoon/day — guten Tag!

    good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!

    14) in exclamation gut

    very good, sir — sehr wohl!

    good God/Lord — etc. see nouns

    15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]
    16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam
    17)

    as good asso gut wie

    18)

    make good(succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also academic.ru/6608/best">best 1.; better 1.

    2. adverb as intensifier
    (coll.)

    good and... — richtig...

    hit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.

    3. noun
    1) (use) Nutzen, der

    be some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen

    he'll never be any goodaus dem wird nichts Gutes werden

    be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein

    it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun

    what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?

    2) (benefit)

    for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil

    for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes

    do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen

    do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen

    I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?

    come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen

    3) (goodness) Gute, das

    the difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse

    4) (kind acts) Gute, das

    be up to no goodnichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen

    5)

    for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig

    6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)
    7) in pl. (wares etc.) Waren; (Brit. Railw.) Fracht, die; attrib. Güter[bahnhof, -wagen, -zug]
    8) in pl.

    the goods(coll.): (what is wanted) das Gewünschte; das Verlangte

    deliver the goods(fig.) halten, was man verspricht

    * * *
    [ɡud] 1. comparative - better; adjective
    1) (well-behaved; not causing trouble etc: Be good!; She's a good baby.) gut
    2) (correct, desirable etc: She was a good wife; good manners; good English.) gut
    3) (of high quality: good food/literature; His singing is very good.) gut
    4) (skilful; able to do something well: a good doctor; good at tennis; good with children.) geschickt
    5) (kind: You've been very good to him; a good father.) gut
    6) (helpful; beneficial: Exercise is good for you.; Cheese is good for you.) gut
    7) (pleased, happy etc: I'm in a good mood today.) gut
    8) (pleasant; enjoyable: to read a good book; Ice-cream is good to eat.) gut
    9) (considerable; enough: a good salary; She talked a good deal of nonsense.) reichlich
    10) (suitable: a good man for the job.) geeignet
    11) (sound, fit: good health; good eyesight; a car in good condition.) gut
    12) (sensible: Can you think of one good reason for doing that?) gut
    13) (showing approval: We've had very good reports about you.) gut
    14) (thorough: a good clean.) gewissenhaft
    15) (healthy or in a positive mood: I don't feel very good this morning.) gut
    2. noun
    1) (advantage or benefit: He worked for the good of the poor; for your own good; What's the good of a broken-down car?) der Nutzen
    2) (goodness: I always try to see the good in people.) das Gute
    3. interjection
    (an expression of approval, gladness etc.) gut!
    4. interjection
    ((also my goodness) an expression of surprise etc.) du meine Güte!
    - goods
    - goody
    - goodbye
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good-for-nothing
    - good humour
    - good-humoured
    - good-humouredly
    - good-looking
    - good morning
    - good afternoon
    - good-day
    - good evening
    - good night
    - good-natured
    - goodwill
    - good will
    - good works
    - as good as
    - be as good as one's word
    - be up to no good
    - deliver the goods
    - for good
    - for goodness' sake
    - good for
    - good for you
    - him
    - Good Friday
    - good gracious
    - good heavens
    - goodness gracious
    - goodness me
    - good old
    - make good
    - no good
    - put in a good word for
    - take something in good part
    - take in good part
    - thank goodness
    - to the good
    * * *
    [gʊd]
    <better, best>
    1. (of high quality) gut
    there's nothing like a \good book es geht nichts über ein gutes Buch
    she speaks \good Spanish sie spricht gut Spanisch
    dogs have a \good sense of smell Hunde haben einen guten Geruchssinn
    he's got \good intuition about such matters er hat in diesen Dingen ein gutes Gespür
    your reasons make \good sense but... deine Gründe sind durchaus einleuchtend, aber...
    \good show [or job]! gut gemacht!
    I need a \good meal now jetzt brauche ich was Ordentliches zu essen!
    the child had the \good sense to... das Kind besaß die Geistesgegenwart...
    he only has one \good leg er hat nur ein gesundes Bein
    that's a \good one ( iron) haha, der war gut! iron
    \good appetite gesunder Appetit
    to be a \good catch eine gute Partie sein
    a \good choice/decision eine gute Wahl/Entscheidung
    \good ears/eyes gute Ohren/Augen
    to do a \good job gute Arbeit leisten
    to be in \good shape in guter [körperlicher] Verfassung sein
    \good thinking gute Idee
    \good timing gutes Timing
    to be/not be \good enough gut/nicht gut genug sein
    that's just not \good enough! so geht das nicht!
    if she says so that's \good enough for me wenn sie es sagt, reicht mir das
    to be \good for nothing zu nichts taugen
    to feel \good sich akk gut fühlen
    I don't feel too \good today heute geht's mir nicht besonders fam
    2. (skilled) gut, begabt
    to be \good at sth gut in etw dat sein
    he's a \good runner [or he's \good at running] er ist ein guter Läufer
    she's very \good at learning foreign languages sie ist sehr sprachbegabt
    he's not very \good at maths [or AM in math] er ist nicht besonders gut in Mathe
    this book is \good on international export law dieses Buch ist sehr gut, wenn man etwas über internationale Exportbestimmungen erfahren möchte
    he is particularly \good on American history besonders gut kennt er sich in amerikanischer Geschichte aus
    to be \good with sth with children mit etw dat gut umgehen können
    to be \good with one's hands geschickt mit seinen Händen sein
    to be \good in bed gut im Bett sein fam
    to be \good with people gut mit Leuten umgehen können
    3. (pleasant) schön
    that was a really \good story, Mummy das war echt eine tolle Geschichte, Mama fam
    that was the best party in a long time das war die beste Party seit Langem
    it's \good to see [or seeing] you after all these years schön, dich nach all den Jahren wiederzusehen!
    \good morning/evening guten Morgen/Abend
    \good day esp BRIT, AUS guten Tag; ( dated: said at departure) guten Tag
    to have a \good day/evening einen schönen Tag/Abend haben
    have a \good day schönen Tag noch!
    \good news gute Neuigkeiten
    to have a \good time [viel] Spaß haben
    \good weather schönes Wetter
    to have a \good one ( fam) einen schönen Tag haben
    4. (appealing to senses) gut, schön
    after a two-week vacation, they came back with \good tans nach zwei Wochen Urlaub kamen sie gut gebräunt zurück
    most dancers have \good legs die meisten Tänzer haben schöne Beine
    to look/smell/sound/taste \good gut aussehen/riechen/klingen/schmecken
    sb looks \good in sth clothes etw steht jdm
    to have \good looks, to be \good-looking gut aussehen
    he made a very \good impression at the interview er hat beim Vorstellungsgespräch einen sehr guten Eindruck gemacht
    there's a \good chance [that]... die Chancen stehen gut, dass...
    we got a \good deal on our new fridge wir haben unseren neuen Kühlschrank günstig erstanden
    the play got \good reviews [or a \good press] das Stück hat gute Kritiken bekommen
    it's a \good job we didn't go camping last weekend — the weather was awful zum Glück sind wir letztes Wochenende nicht campen gegangen — das Wetter war schrecklich
    the \good life das süße Leben
    \good luck [on sth] viel Glück [bei etw dat]
    best of luck on your exams today! alles Gute für deine Prüfung heute!
    a \good omen ein gutes Omen
    to be too much of a \good thing zu viel des Guten sein
    you can have too much of a \good thing man kann es auch übertreiben
    \good times gute Zeiten
    to be too \good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein
    to have [got] it \good ( fam) es gut haben
    6. (beneficial) vorteilhaft
    to be \good for sb gut für jdn sein
    milk is \good for you Milch ist gesund
    to be \good for business/for headaches gut fürs Geschäft/gegen Kopfschmerzen sein
    7. (useful) nützlich, sinnvoll
    we had a \good discussion on the subject wir hatten eine klärende Diskussion über die Sache
    it's \good that you checked the door gut, dass du die Tür nochmal überprüft hast
    8. (on time)
    in \good time rechtzeitig
    be patient, you'll hear the result all in \good time seien Sie geduldig, Sie erfahren das Ergebnis noch früh genug
    in one's own \good time in seinem eigenen Rhythmus
    to be a \good time to do sth ein guter Zeitpunkt sein, [um] etw zu tun
    10. inv (kind) freundlich, lieb
    the college has been very \good about her health problem die Hochschule zeigte sehr viel Verständnis für ihr gesundheitliches Problem
    it was very \good of you to help us es war sehr lieb von dir, uns zu helfen
    he's got a \good heart er hat ein gutes Herz
    be so \good as to... sei doch bitte so nett und...
    would you be \good enough to... wären Sie so nett und...
    \good deeds/works gute Taten
    to do a \good deed eine gute Tat tun
    11. (moral) gut
    the G\good Book die [heilige] Bibel
    for a \good cause für einen guten Zweck
    to set a \good example to sb jdm ein gutes Vorbild sein
    sb's \good name/reputation jds guter Name/guter Ruf
    to be [as] \good as one's word vertrauenswürdig sein
    \good dog! braver Hund!
    be a \good girl and... sei ein liebes Mädchen [o sei so lieb] und...
    OK, I'll be a \good sport o.k., ich will mal kein Spielverderber sein
    she's been as \good as gold all evening sie hat sich den ganzen Abend über ausgezeichnet benommen
    to be on \good/one's best behaviour sich akk gut benehmen/von seiner besten Seite zeigen
    \good loser guter Verlierer/gute Verliererin
    13. attr, inv (thorough) gut, gründlich
    the house needs a \good clean[ing] das Haus sollte mal gründlich geputzt werden
    have a \good think about it lass es dir noch einmal gut durch den Kopf gehen
    now, now — have a \good cry schon gut — wein dich mal so richtig aus
    they have built a \good case against the suspect sie haben einen hieb- und stichfesten Fall gegen den Verdächtigen aufgebaut
    we had some \good fun at the amusement park wir hatten so richtig viel Spaß im Vergnügungspark
    a \good beating eine gründliche Tracht Prügel
    to have a \good laugh ordentlich lachen
    to have a \good look at sth sich dat etw genau ansehen
    a \good talking to eine Standpauke
    14. pred, inv (valid) gültig; (not forged) banknote echt; (usable) gut
    this car should be \good for another year or so dieses Auto hält wohl schon noch ein Jahr oder so
    he gave us a gift certificate \good for $100 er hat uns einen Geschenkgutschein über 100 Dollar überreicht
    this ticket is only \good on weekends dieses Ticket gilt nur an Wochenenden
    my credit card is only \good for another month meine Kreditkarte ist nur noch einen Monat gültig
    15. attr, inv (substantial) beträchtlich
    we walked a \good distance today wir sind heute ein ordentliches Stück gelaufen
    she makes \good money at her new job sie verdient in ihrem neuen Job gutes Geld
    it's a \good half hour's walk to the station from here von hier bis zum Bahnhof ist es zu Fuß eine gute halbe Stunde
    a \good deal jede Menge
    you're looking a \good deal better now du siehst jetzt ein gutes Stück besser aus
    to make a \good profit einen beträchtlichen Profit machen
    a \good few/many eine ganze Menge
    16. pred, inv FOOD (not rotten) gut
    17. pred, inv (able to provide) gut
    he is always \good for a laugh er ist immer gut für einen Witz
    thanks for the loan and don't worry, I'm \good for it danke für den Kredit und keine Sorge, ich zahle ihn zurück
    her credit is \good sie ist kreditwürdig
    as \good as... so gut wie...
    our firewood is as \good as gone unser Feuerholz ist nahezu aufgebraucht
    to be as \good as dead/new so gut wie tot/neu sein
    they as \good as called me a liar sie nannten mich praktisch eine Lügnerin!
    19. attr, inv (to emphasize) schön
    I need a \good long holiday ich brauche mal wieder so einen richtig schönen langen Urlaub!
    what you need is a \good hot cup of coffee was du brauchst, ist eine gute Tasse heißen Kaffee
    \good and...:
    she's really \good and mad sie ist so richtig sauer
    I'll do it when I'm \good and ready, and not one minute before ich mache es, sobald ich fertig bin und keine Minute früher!
    20. BRIT (said to accept order)
    very \good sehr wohl! veraltet
    \good Lord [or heavens]! gütiger Himmel! geh
    \good gracious! ach du liebe Zeit!
    \good grief! du meine Güte!
    \good egg! BRIT ( dated) ausgezeichnet!; ( iron)
    oh, — \good for you! oh, schön für dich! iron
    22. attr, inv (said to express affection)
    \good old James! der gute alte James!
    the \good old days die gute alte Zeit
    23.
    if you can't be \good, be careful ( prov) wenn man schon was anstellt, sollte man sich wenigstens nicht [dabei] erwischen lassen
    it's as \good as it gets besser wird's nicht mehr
    to give as \good as one gets es [jdm] mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen
    \good to go fertig, bereit
    to have a \good innings BRIT ein schönes Leben haben
    to make \good zu Geld kommen
    to make sth ⇆ \good (repair) etw reparieren; mistake etw wiedergutmachen; (pay for) etw wettmachen fam; (do successfully) etw schaffen
    to make \good time gut in der Zeit liegen
    for \good measure als Draufgabe, obendrein
    \good riddance Gott sei Dank!
    she's \good for another few years! mit ihr muss man noch ein paar Jahre rechnen!
    II. ADVERB
    1. esp AM DIAL ( fam: well) gut
    boy, she can sure sing \good, can't she? Junge, die kann aber gut singen, oder?
    2. ( fam: thoroughly) gründlich
    to do sth \good and proper etw richtig gründlich tun
    well, you've broken the table \good and proper na, den Tisch hast du aber so richtig ruiniert!
    III. NOUN
    1. (moral force) Gute nt
    \good and evil Gut und Böse
    to be up to no \good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen
    to do \good Gutes tun
    the \good pl die Guten pl
    2. (benefit) Wohl nt
    this medicine will do you a [or the] world of \good diese Medizin wird Ihnen unglaublich gut tun
    to do more harm than \good mehr schaden als nützen
    for the \good of his health zum Wohle seiner Gesundheit, seiner Gesundheit zuliebe
    for the \good of the nation zum Wohle der Nation
    for one's own \good zu seinem eigenen Besten
    3. (purpose) Nutzen m
    to be no [or not to be any] /not much \good nichts/wenig nützen
    that young man is no \good dieser junge Mann ist ein Taugenichts
    to not do much/any \good nicht viel/nichts nützen
    even a small donation can do a lot of \good auch eine kleine Spende kann eine Menge helfen
    that won't do much \good das wird auch nicht viel nützen
    it's no \good complaining all day den ganzen Tag rumzujammern bringt auch nichts! fam
    what \good is sitting alone in your room? was bringt es, hier alleine in deinem Zimmer zu sitzen?; ( iron)
    a lot of \good that'll do [you]! das wird [dir] ja viel nützen! iron
    4. (profit)
    we were £7,000 to the \good when we sold our house als wir unser Haus verkauften, haben wir einen Gewinn von 7.000 Pfund eingestrichen; ( fig)
    he was two gold medals to the \good by the end of the day am Ende des Tages war er um zwei Goldmedaillen reicher
    5. (ability)
    to be no \good at sth etw nicht gut können, bei etw dat nicht [sonderlich] gut sein
    6. COMM Gut nt, Ware f
    7.
    for \good [and all] für immer [und ewig]
    * * *
    [gʊd]
    1. ADJECTIVE
    comp better, superl best
    1) gut

    that's a good one! (joke) — das ist ein guter Witz; ( usu iro : excuse ) wers glaubt, wird selig! (inf)

    he tells a good story —

    you've never had it so good! — es ist euch noch nie so gut gegangen, ihr habt es noch nie so gut gehabt

    it's too good to be true — es ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    this is as good as it getsbesser wirds nicht mehr __diams; to be good at sth gut in etw (dat) sein

    to be good at sport/languages — gut im Sport/in Sprachen sein

    to be good at sewing/typing — gut nähen/tippen können

    that's not good enough, you'll have to do better than that — das geht so nicht, du musst dich schon etwas mehr anstrengen

    if he gives his word, that's good enough for me — wenn er sein Wort gibt, reicht mir das

    her work/conduct is just not good enough —

    they felt he wasn't good enough for her — sie waren der Meinung, dass er nicht gut genug für sie war

    I don't feel too good — mir ist nicht gut, ich fühle mich nicht wohl

    you look good in that — du siehst gut darin aus, das steht dir gut __diams; to make good mistake, damage wiedergutmachen; threat wahr machen; promise erfüllen

    to make good one's lossesseine Verluste wettmachen

    as good as new —

    he as good as called me a liar/invited me to come — er nannte mich praktisch einen Lügner/hat mich praktisch eingeladen

    2) = beneficial gut

    milk is good for children to be good for toothache/one's health — Milch ist gut or gesund für Kinder gut gegen Zahnschmerzen/für die Gesundheit sein

    to drink more than is good for one — mehr trinken, als einem guttut

    what's good for consumers isn't always good for the economy — was gut für den Verbraucher ist, ist nicht immer gut für die Wirtschaft

    3) = favourable moment, chance, opportunity günstig, gut

    it's a good thing or job I was there — (nur) gut, dass ich dort war

    4) = enjoyable holiday, evening schön

    did you have a good day? — wie wars heute?, wie gings (dir) heute?

    5) = kind gut, lieb

    (it was) good of you to come — nett, dass Sie gekommen sind

    would you be good enough to tell me... — wären Sie so nett, mir zu sagen... (also iro)

    6) = virtuous name, manners, behaviour gut

    if you can't be good, be careful — wenn du es schon tun musst, sei wenigstens vorsichtig

    7) = well-behaved artig, brav (inf)

    be a good girl/boy — sei artig or lieb or brav (inf)

    be a good girl/boy and... — sei so lieb und...

    8)

    = admirable your good lady (dated) my good man (dated)Ihre werte Gemahlin (geh) mein Guter (old)

    good man! — sehr löblich!, gut gemacht!

    the Good Book —

    9) = valid advice, excuse gut; reason gut, triftig; ticket gültig
    10) = handsome looks, figure, features gut; legs, body schön
    11) = uninjured eye, leg gesund
    12) = thorough gut, gründlich, tüchtig (inf)

    to have a good laughordentlich or so richtig lachen (inf)

    13) = considerable hour, while gut; amount, distance, way gut, schön

    a good many/few people — ziemlich viele/nicht gerade wenig Leute

    14) in greetings gut
    15) in exclamations gut, prima

    that's good! — gut!, prima!

    (it's) good to see you/to be here — (es ist) schön, dich zu sehen/hier zu sein

    very good, sir — sehr wohl (old)

    on you/him etc! — gut!, prima!; (iro also) das ist ja toll!

    16) emphatic use schön

    a good strong stick —

    good and hard/strong (inf) — ganz schön fest/stark (inf)

    2. ADVERB
    1) = fine gut

    how are you? – good! — wie gehts? – gut!

    2) = well strictly incorrect gut
    3. NOUN
    1) = what is morally right Gute(s) nt

    to do good —

    2) = advantage, benefit Wohl nt

    this affects us, for good or ill —

    it's done now, for good or ill — es ist nun einmal geschehen

    I did it for your own good — ich meine es nur gut mit dir, es war nur zu deinem Besten

    to do sb good — jdm helfen; (rest, drink, medicine etc) jdm guttun

    much good may it do you (iro inf) — na, dann viel Vergnügen!

    that won't do much/any good — das hilft auch nicht viel/auch nichts

    that won't do you much/any good — das hilft dir auch nicht viel/auch nichts

    a ( fat) lot of good that will do! (iro inf)als ob das viel helfen würde! (iro)

    3)

    = use what's the good of hurrying? — wozu eigentlich die Eile?

    it's no good complaining to me — es ist sinnlos or es nützt nichts, sich bei mir zu beklagen

    it's no good doing it like that — es hat keinen Sinn, das so zu machen

    I'm no good at things like that —

    he wasn't any good for the job —

    4)

    set structures __diams; for good (= for ever) for good (and all) — für immer (und ewig)

    we were 5 points/£5 to the good — wir hatten 5 Punkte zu viel/£ 5 plus

    * * *
    good [ɡud]
    A s
    1. Nutzen m, Wert m, Vorteil m:
    for his own good zu seinem eigenen Vorteil;
    he knows too much for his own good er weiß mehr, als ihm guttut;
    what good will it do?, what is the good of it?, what good is it? was hat es für einen Wert?, was nützt es?, wozu soll das gut sein?;
    it is no (not much) good trying es hat keinen (wenig) Sinn oder Zweck, es zu versuchen;
    a) besonders WIRTSCH als Gewinn- oder Kreditsaldo,
    b) obendrein, extra ( A 2);
    for good (and all) für immer, endgültig, ein für alle Mal
    2. (das) Gute, Gutes n, Wohl n:
    a) jemandem Gutes tun,
    b) jemandem guttun oder wohltun;
    much good may it do you oft iron wohl bekomms!;
    the common good das Gemeinwohl;
    be to the good nur zu seinem etc Besten sein;
    come to good zum Guten ausschlagen;
    it’s all to the good es ist nur von Vorteil ( that dass)( A 1);
    it comes to no good es führt zu nichts Gutem;
    be up to no good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen;
    for good or for evil auf Gedeih und Verderb
    3. the good koll die Guten pl, die Rechtschaffenen pl
    4. PHIL (das) Gute
    5. pl bewegliches Vermögen:
    a) Hab n und Gut n, bewegliche Sachen, Mobiliargut n,
    b) umg Siebensachen
    6. pl WIRTSCH
    a) Br ( besonders Eisenbahn)Güter pl, Fracht(gut) f(n)
    b) (Handels)Güter pl, (Handels)Ware(n) f(pl):
    goods for consumption Verbrauchs-, Konsumgüter;
    goods in process Halbfabrikate, -erzeugnisse;
    a piece of goods sl eine Mieze;
    have the goods on sb US sl etwas gegen jemanden in der Hand haben. deliver A 2
    7. pl US Stoffe pl, Textilien pl
    8. the goods sl das Richtige, das Wahre:
    that’s the goods!
    B adj komp better [ˈbetə(r)], sup best [best]
    1. (moralisch) gut, redlich, rechtschaffen, ehrbar, anständig (Mädchen etc):
    good men and true redliche und treue Männer;
    a good father and husband ein guter oder treu sorgender Vater und Gatte;
    she is a good wife to him sie ist ihm eine gute Frau
    2. gut (Qualität):
    3. gut, frisch, genießbar:
    is this meat still good?;
    a good egg ein frisches Ei
    4. gut, lieb, gütig, freundlich:
    good to the poor gut zu den Armen;
    be so ( oder as) good as to fetch it sei so gut und hol es, hol es doch bitte; enough C
    5. gut, lieb, artig, brav (Kind):
    have you been a good girl? bist du (schön) brav gewesen?; gold A 1
    6. verehrt, lieb:
    his good lady oft iron seine liebe Frau;
    my good man oft iron mein Lieber!, mein lieber Freund oder Mann!
    7. gut, geachtet:
    of good family aus guter Familie
    8. gut, einwandfrei (Betragen etc): certificate A 1
    9. a) gut, erfreulich, angenehm (Nachrichten etc):
    be good news umg erfreulich sein (Sache); nett sein (Person);
    have a good time sich (gut) amüsieren; es sich gut gehen lassen; afternoon A, morning A 1, etc
    b) schön:
    it’s good to be home again;
    too good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein
    10. gut:
    a) geeignet, vorteilhaft, günstig, nützlich
    b) gesund, zuträglich
    c) heilsam:
    a man good for the post ein geeigneter oder guter Mann für den Posten;
    good for colds gut gegen oder für Erkältungen;
    milk is good for children Milch ist gut oder gesund für Kinder;
    good for one’s health gesund;
    what is it good for? wofür ist es gut?, wozu dient es?;
    it is a good thing that … es ist gut oder günstig, dass …;
    stay away if you know what’s good for you! das rate ich dir im Guten!;
    he drank more than was good for him als ihm guttat; nothing Bes Redew
    11. gut, richtig, recht, angebracht, empfehlenswert, zweckmäßig:
    in good time zur rechten Zeit, (gerade) rechtzeitig;
    all in good time alles zu seiner Zeit;
    in one’s own good time wenn es einem passt
    12. gut, angemessen, ausreichend, zufriedenstellend;
    his word is good enough for me sein Wort genügt mir;
    his time is only good enough for 4th place SPORT seine Zeit reicht nur für den 4. Platz
    13. gut, reichlich:
    a good hour eine gute Stunde;
    it’s a good three miles to the station es sind gut drei Meilen bis zum Bahnhof
    14. gut, ziemlich (weit, groß), beträchtlich, bedeutend, erheblich, ansehnlich:
    a good many eine beträchtliche Anzahl, ziemlich viele;
    a good many times ziemlich oft; beating 2, way1 5, while A
    15. (vor adj) verstärkend:
    a good long time sehr lange Zeit;
    good old age hohes Alter;
    good and … sehr, ganz schön, mordsmäßig umg (z. B. good and tired hundemüde umg)
    16. gültig:
    a) begründet, berechtigt (Anspruch etc)
    b) triftig, gut (Grund etc):
    a good argument ein stichhaltiges Argument; cause A 2, reason A 1
    c) echt (Geld)
    17. gut, überzeugt (Republikaner etc)
    18. gut, fähig, tüchtig:
    he is good at arithmetic er ist gut im Rechnen;
    he is good at golf er spielt gut Golf;
    be good with one’s hands handwerkliches Geschick haben
    19. gut, zuverlässig, sicher, solide ( alle auch WIRTSCH):
    a good firm eine gute oder solide oder zahlungsfähige oder kreditwürdige Firma;
    a good man WIRTSCH umg ein sicherer Mann (Kunde etc);
    good debts WIRTSCH sichere Schulden;
    good for WIRTSCH (auf einem Wechsel) über den Betrag von ( B 23);
    be good for any amount WIRTSCH für jeden Betrag gut sein
    20. WIRTSCH in Ordnung (Scheck)
    21. JUR (rechts)gültig
    22. wirklich, aufrichtig, ehrlich, echt: faith 3
    23. umg good for fähig oder geneigt zu:
    I am good for a walk ich habe Lust zu einem Spaziergang;
    I am good for another mile ich könnte noch eine Meile weitermarschieren;
    my car is good for another 10,000 miles mein Wagen macht noch leicht 10 000 Meilen ( B 19)
    C adv
    1. umg gut:
    2. as good as so gut wie, praktisch:
    as good as new auch neuwertig
    D int gut!, schön!, fein!:
    good for you! umg (ich) gratuliere!
    G abk
    2. ELEK conductance
    3. good
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    1) (satisfactory) gut; (reliable) gut; zuverlässig; (sufficient) gut; ausreichend [Vorrat]; ausgiebig [Mahl]; (competent) gut; geeignet

    his good eye/leg — sein gesundes Auge/Bein

    Late again! It's just not good enough!(coll.) Schon wieder zu spät. So geht es einfach nicht!

    be good at somethingin etwas (Dat.) gut sein

    speak good English — gut[es] Englisch sprechen

    be good with peopleetc. mit Menschen usw. gut od. leicht zurechtkommen

    2) (favourable, advantageous) gut; günstig [Gelegenheit, Augenblick, Angebot]

    too good to be true — zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    the good thing about it is that... — das Gute daran ist, dass...

    be good for somebody/something — gut für jemanden/etwas sein

    eat more than is good for one — mehr essen, als einem guttut

    it's a good thing you told him — nur gut, dass du es ihm gesagt hast

    4) (enjoyable) schön [Leben, Urlaub, Wochenende]

    the good life — das angenehme[, sorglose] Leben

    have a good time!viel Spaß od. Vergnügen!

    it's good to be home again — es ist schön, wieder zu Hause zu sein

    5) (cheerful) gut; angenehm [Patient]

    good humour or spirits or mood — gute Laune

    I'm not feeling too good(coll.) mir geht es nicht sehr gut

    6) (well-behaved) gut; brav

    be good!, be a good girl/boy! — sei brav od. lieb!

    [as] good as gold — ganz artig od. brav

    7) (virtuous) rechtschaffen; (kind) nett; gut [Absicht, Wünsche, Benehmen, Tat]

    would you be so good as to or good enough to do that? — wären Sie so freundlich od. nett, das zu tun?

    that/it is good of you — das/es ist nett od. lieb von dir

    good for youetc. (coll.) bravo!

    good old Jimetc. (coll.) der gute alte Jim usw. (ugs.)

    my good man/friend — (coll.) mein lieber Herr/Freund (ugs.; auch iron.)

    that's a good one(coll.) der ist gut! (ugs.); (iron.) das ist'n Ding! (ugs.)

    9) (attractive) schön; gut [Figur, Haltung]; gepflegt [Erscheinung, Äußeres]; wohlgeformt [Beine]
    10) (thorough) gut

    have a good weep/rest/sleep — sich richtig ausweinen/ausruhen/[sich] richtig ausschlafen (ugs.)

    11) (considerable) [recht] ansehnlich [Menschenmenge]; ganz schön, ziemlich (ugs.) [Stück Wegs, Entfernung, Zeitraum, Strecke]; gut, anständig [Preis, Erlös]; hoch [Alter]
    12) (sound, valid) gut [Grund, Rat, Gedanke]; berechtigt [Anspruch]; (Commerc.) solide [Kunde]; sicher [Anleihe, Kredit]

    good sense — Vernünftigkeit, die

    have the good sense to do something — so vernünftig sein, etwas zu tun

    good afternoon/day — guten Tag!

    good evening/morning — guten Abend/Morgen!

    14) in exclamation gut

    very good, sir — sehr wohl!

    good God/Lord — etc. see nouns

    15) (best) gut [Geschirr, Anzug]
    16) (correct, fitting) gut; (appropriate) angebracht; ratsam
    17)
    18)

    make good (succeed) erfolgreich sein; (effect) in die Tat umsetzen; ausführen [Plan]; erfüllen [Versprechen]; (compensate for) wieder gutmachen [Fehler]; (indemnify) ersetzen [Schaden, Ausgaben]. See also best 1.; better 1.

    2. adverb as intensifier
    (coll.)

    good and... — richtig...

    hit somebody good and proper — jemanden ordentlich verprügeln. See also best 2.; better 2.

    3. noun
    1) (use) Nutzen, der

    be some good to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache nützen

    be no good to somebody/something — für jemanden/etwas nicht zu gebrauchen sein

    it is no/not much good doing something — es hat keinen/kaum einen Sinn, etwas zu tun

    what's the good of...?, what good is...? — was nützt...?

    for your/his etc. own good — zu deinem/seinem usw. Besten od. eigenen Vorteil

    for the good of mankind/the country — zum Wohl[e] der Menschheit/des Landes

    do no/little good — nichts/wenig helfen od. nützen

    do somebody/something good — jemandem/einer Sache nützen; [Ruhe, Erholung:] jemandem/einer Sache gut tun; [Arznei:] jemandem/einer Sache helfen

    I'll tell him, but what good will that do? — ich sag es ihm, aber was nützt od. hilft das schon?

    come home £10 to the good — mit 10 Pfund plus nach Hause kommen

    3) (goodness) Gute, das

    the difference between good and bad or evil — der Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse

    4) (kind acts) Gute, das

    be up to no goodnichts Gutes im Sinn haben od. im Schilde führen

    5)

    for good [and all] — (finally) ein für allemal; (permanently) für immer [und ewig]; endgültig

    6) constr. as pl. (virtuous people)
    7) in pl. (wares etc.) Waren; (Brit. Railw.) Fracht, die; attrib. Güter[bahnhof, -wagen, -zug]
    8) in pl.

    the goods(coll.): (what is wanted) das Gewünschte; das Verlangte

    deliver the goods(fig.) halten, was man verspricht

    * * *
    adj.
    brav adj.
    gut adj.
    lieb adj. n.
    Gut ¨-er n.

    English-german dictionary > good

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    [gʊd] adj <better, best>
    1)
    there's nothing like a \good book es geht nichts über ein gutes Buch;
    she speaks \good Spanish sie spricht gut Spanisch;
    dogs have a \good sense of smell Hunde haben einen guten Geruchssinn;
    he's got \good intuition about such matters er hat in diesen Dingen ein gutes Gespür;
    your reasons make \good sense but... deine Gründe sind durchaus einleuchtend, aber...;
    \good show [or job] ! gut gemacht!;
    I need a \good meal now jetzt brauche ich was Ordentliches zu essen!;
    the child had the \good sense to... das Kind besaß die Geistesgegenwart...;
    he only has one \good leg er hat nur ein gesundes Bein;
    that's a \good one ( iron) haha, der war gut! ( iron)
    \good appetite gesunder Appetit;
    to be a \good catch eine gute Partie sein;
    a \good choice/ decision eine gute Wahl/Entscheidung;
    \good ears/ eyes gute Ohren/Augen;
    to do a \good job gute Arbeit leisten;
    to be in \good shape in guter [körperlicher] Verfassung sein;
    \good thinking gute Idee;
    \good timing gutes Timing;
    to be/not be \good enough gut/nicht gut genug sein;
    that's just not \good enough! so geht das nicht!;
    if she says so that's \good enough for me wenn sie es sagt, reicht mir das;
    to be \good for nothing zu nichts taugen;
    to feel \good sich akk gut fühlen;
    I don't feel too \good today heute geht's mir nicht besonders ( fam)
    2) ( skilled) gut, begabt;
    to be \good at sth gut in etw dat sein;
    he's a \good runner [or he's \good at running] er ist ein guter Läufer;
    she's very \good at learning foreign languages sie ist sehr sprachbegabt;
    he's not very \good at maths [or (Am) in math] er ist nicht besonders gut in Mathe;
    this book is \good on international export law dieses Buch ist sehr gut, wenn man etwas über internationale Exportbestimmungen erfahren möchte;
    he is particularly \good on American history besonders gut kennt er sich in amerikanischer Geschichte aus;
    to be \good with sth with children mit etw dat gut umgehen können;
    to be \good with one's hands geschickt mit seinen Händen sein;
    to be \good in bed gut im Bett sein ( fam)
    to be \good with people gut mit Leuten umgehen können
    3) ( pleasant) schön;
    that was a really \good story, Mummy das war echt eine tolle Geschichte, Mama ( fam)
    that was the best party in a long time das war die beste Party seit langem;
    it's \good to see [or seeing] you after all these years schön, dich nach all den Jahren wiederzusehen!;
    \good morning/ evening guten Morgen/Abend;
    \good day (esp Brit, Aus) guten Tag; (dated: said at departure) guten Tag;
    to have a \good day/ evening einen schönen Tag/Abend haben;
    have a \good day schönen Tag noch!;
    \good news gute Neuigkeiten;
    to have a \good time [viel] Spaß haben;
    \good weather schönes Wetter;
    to have a \good one ( fam) einen schönen Tag haben
    4) ( appealing to senses) gut, schön;
    after a two-week vacation, they came back with \good tans nach zwei Wochen Urlaub kamen sie gut gebräunt zurück;
    most dancers have \good legs die meisten Tänzer haben schöne Beine;
    to look/ smell/ sound/taste \good gut aussehen/riechen/klingen/schmecken;
    sb looks \good in sth clothes etw steht jdm;
    to have \good looks, to be \good-looking gut aussehen
    5) ( favourable) gut;
    he made a very \good impression at the interview er hat beim Vorstellungsgespräch einen sehr guten Eindruck gemacht;
    there's a \good chance [that]... die Chancen stehen gut, dass...;
    we got a \good deal on our new fridge wir haben unseren neuen Kühlschrank günstig erstanden;
    the play got \good reviews [or a \good press] das Stück hat gute Kritiken bekommen;
    it's a \good job we didn't go camping last weekend - the weather was awful zum Glück sind wir letztes Wochenende nicht campen gegangen - das Wetter war schrecklich;
    the \good life das süße Leben;
    \good luck [on sth] viel Glück [bei etw dat];
    best of luck on your exams today! alles Gute für deine Prüfung heute!;
    a \good omen ein gutes Omen;
    to be too much of a \good thing zu viel des Guten sein;
    you can have too much of a \good thing man kann es auch übertreiben;
    \good times gute Zeiten;
    to be too \good to be true zu schön, um wahr zu sein;
    to have [got] it \good ( fam) es gut haben
    6) ( beneficial) vorteilhaft;
    to be \good for sb gut für jdn sein;
    milk is \good for you Milch ist gesund;
    to be \good for business/ for headaches gut fürs Geschäft/gegen Kopfschmerzen sein
    7) ( useful) nützlich, sinnvoll;
    we had a \good discussion on the subject wir hatten eine klärende Diskussion über die Sache;
    it's \good that you checked the door gut, dass du die Tür noch einmal überprüft hast
    8) ( on time)
    in \good time rechtzeitig;
    be patient, you'll hear the result all in \good time seien Sie geduldig, Sie erfahren das Ergebnis noch früh genug;
    in one's own \good time in seinem eigenen Rhythmus
    to be a \good time to do sth ein guter Zeitpunkt sein, [um] etw zu tun
    10) inv ( kind) freundlich, lieb;
    the college has been very \good about her health problem die Hochschule zeigte sehr viel Verständnis für ihr gesundheitliches Problem;
    it was very \good of you to help us es war sehr lieb von dir, uns zu helfen;
    he's got a \good heart er hat ein gutes Herz;
    be so \good as to... sei doch bitte so nett und...;
    would you be \good enough to... wären Sie so nett und...;
    \good deeds/ works gute Taten;
    to do a \good deed eine gute Tat tun
    11) ( moral) gut;
    the G\good Book die [heilige] Bibel;
    for a \good cause für einen guten Zweck;
    to set a \good example to sb jdm ein gutes Vorbild sein;
    sb's \good name/ reputation jds guter Name/guter Ruf;
    to be [as] \good as one's word vertrauenswürdig sein
    12) ( well-behaved) gut;
    \good dog! braver Hund!;
    be a \good girl and... sei ein liebes Mädchen [o sei so lieb] und...;
    OK, I'll be a \good sport o.k., ich will mal kein Spielverderber sein;
    she's been as \good as gold all evening sie hat sich den ganzen Abend über ausgezeichnet benommen;
    to be on \good/ one's best behaviour sich akk gut benehmen/von seiner besten Seite zeigen;
    \good loser guter Verlierer/gute Verliererin
    13) attr, inv ( thorough) gut, gründlich;
    the house needs a \good clean[ing] das Haus sollte mal gründlich geputzt werden;
    have a \good think about it lass es dir noch einmal gut durch den Kopf gehen;
    now, now - have a \good cry schon gut - wein dich mal so richtig aus;
    they have built a \good case against the suspect sie haben einen hieb- und stichfesten Fall gegen den Verdächtigen aufgebaut;
    we had some \good fun at the amusement park wir hatten so richtig viel Spaß im Vergnügungspark;
    a \good beating eine gründliche Tracht Prügel;
    to have a \good laugh ordentlich lachen;
    to have a \good look at sth sich dat etw genau ansehen;
    a \good talking to eine Standpauke
    14) pred, inv ( valid) gültig;
    ( usable) gut;
    this car should be \good for another year or so dieses Auto hält wohl schon noch ein Jahr oder so;
    he gave us a gift certificate \good for $100 er hat uns einen Geschenkgutschein über 100 Dollar überreicht;
    this ticket is only \good on weekends dieses Ticket gilt nur an Wochenenden;
    my credit card is only \good for another month meine Kreditkarte ist nur noch einen Monat gültig
    15) attr, inv ( substantial) beträchtlich;
    we walked a \good distance today wir sind heute ein ordentliches Stück gelaufen;
    she makes \good money at her new job sie verdient in ihrem neuen Job gutes Geld;
    it's a \good half hour's walk to the station from here von hier bis zum Bahnhof ist es zu Fuß eine gute halbe Stunde;
    a \good deal jede Menge;
    you're looking a \good deal better now du siehst jetzt ein gutes Stück besser aus;
    to make a \good profit einen beträchtlichen Profit machen;
    a \good few/ many eine ganze Menge
    16) pred, inv food ( not rotten) gut
    17) pred, inv ( able to provide) gut;
    he is always \good for a laugh er ist immer gut für einen Witz;
    thanks for the loan and don't worry, I'm \good for it danke für den Kredit und keine Sorge, ich zahle ihn zurück;
    her credit is \good sie ist kreditwürdig
    18) (almost, virtually)
    as \good as... so gut wie...;
    our firewood is as \good as gone unser Feuerholz ist nahezu aufgebraucht;
    to be as \good as dead/ new so gut wie tot/neu sein;
    they as \good as called me a liar sie nannten mich praktisch eine Lügnerin!
    19) attr, inv ( to emphasize) schön;
    I need a \good long holiday ich brauche mal wieder so einen richtig schönen langen Urlaub!;
    what you need is a \good hot cup of coffee was du brauchst, ist eine gute Tasse heißen Kaffee;
    \good and...;
    she's really \good and mad sie ist so richtig sauer;
    I'll do it when I'm \good and ready, and not one minute before ich mache es, sobald ich fertig bin und keine Minute früher!
    very \good sehr wohl! veraltet
    \good Lord [or heavens] ! gütiger Himmel! ( geh)
    \good gracious! ach du liebe Zeit!;
    \good grief! du meine Güte!;
    \good egg! ( Brit) (dated) ausgezeichnet!; ( iron)
    oh, - \good for you! oh, schön für dich! ( iron)
    \good old James! der gute alte James!;
    the \good old days die gute alte Zeit
    PHRASES:
    to have a \good innings ( Brit) ein schönes Leben haben;
    for \good measure als Draufgabe, obendrein;
    \good riddance Gott sei Dank!;
    to make \good time gut in der Zeit liegen;
    if you can't be \good, be careful ( prov) wenn man schon was anstellt, sollte man sich wenigstens nicht [dabei] erwischen lassen;
    it's as \good as it gets besser wird's nicht mehr;
    to give as \good as one gets es [jdm] mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen;
    to make \good zu Geld kommen;
    to make sth <-> \good ( repair) etw reparieren; mistake etw wiedergutmachen;
    ( pay for) etw wettmachen ( fam) ( do successfully) etw schaffen;
    she's \good for another few years! mit ihr muss man noch ein paar Jahre rechnen! adv
    1) (esp Am DIAL) (fam: well) gut;
    boy, she can sure sing \good, can't she? Junge, die kann aber gut singen, oder?
    2) (fam: thoroughly) gründlich;
    to do sth \good and proper etw richtig gründlich tun;
    well, you've broken the table \good and proper na, den Tisch hast du aber so richtig ruiniert! n
    1) ( moral force) Gute nt;
    \good and evil Gut und Böse;
    to be up to no \good nichts Gutes im Schilde führen;
    to do \good Gutes tun;
    the \good pl die Guten pl
    2) ( benefit) Wohl nt;
    this medicine will do you a [or the] world of \good diese Medizin wird Ihnen unglaublich gut tun;
    to do more harm than \good mehr schaden als nützen;
    for the \good of his health zum Wohle seiner Gesundheit, seiner Gesundheit zuliebe;
    for the \good of the nation zum Wohle der Nation;
    for one's own \good zu seinem eigenen Besten
    3) ( purpose) Nutzen m;
    to be no [or not to be any] /not much \good nichts/wenig nützen;
    that young man is no \good dieser junge Mann ist ein Taugenichts;
    to not do much/any \good nicht viel/nichts nützen;
    even a small donation can do a lot of \good auch eine kleine Spende kann eine Menge helfen;
    that won't do much \good das wird auch nicht viel nützen;
    it's no \good complaining all day den ganzen Tag rumzujammern bringt auch nichts! ( fam)
    what \good is sitting alone in your room? was bringt es, hier alleine in deinem Zimmer zu sitzen?; ( iron)
    a lot of \good that'll do [you]! das wird [dir] ja viel nützen! ( iron)
    4) ( profit)
    we were £7,000 to the \good when we sold our house als wir unser Haus verkauften, haben wir einen Gewinn von 7.000 Pfund eingestrichen; ( fig)
    he was two gold medals to the \good by the end of the day am Ende des Tages war er um zwei Goldmedaillen reicher
    5) ( ability)
    to be no \good at sth etw nicht gut können, bei etw dat nicht [sonderlich] gut sein
    PHRASES:
    for \good [and all] für immer [und ewig]

    English-German students dictionary > good

  • 6 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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    I 1. adjective
    letzt...

    be last to arrive — als letzter/letzte ankommen

    for the [very] last time — zum [aller]letzten Mal

    who was last?wer war letzter?

    the last twodie letzten beiden

    he came laster war letzter

    second last, last but one — vorletzt...

    last but not least — last, not least; nicht zuletzt

    last evening/night was windy — gestern abend/gestern od. heute nacht war es windig

    last evening/week we were out — gestern abend/letzte Woche waren wir aus

    that would be the last thing to do in this situation — das wäre das Letzte, was man in dieser Situation tun würde

    2. adverb
    1) [ganz] zuletzt; als letzter/letzte [sprechen, ankommen]
    2) (on last previous occasion) das letzte Mal; zuletzt

    when did you last see him or see him last? — wann hast du ihn zuletzt od. das letzte Mal gesehen?

    3. noun

    you haven't heard the last of this matterdas letzte Wort in dieser Sache ist noch nicht gesprochen

    that was the last we ever saw of him — das war das letzte Mal, daß wir ihn gesehen haben

    2) (person or thing) letzter...

    I'm always the last to be toldich bin immer der letzte, der etwas erfährt

    3) (day, moment[s])

    to or till the last — bis zuletzt; see also academic.ru/8875/breathe">breathe 2. 1)

    4)

    at [long] last — endlich; schließlich [doch noch]

    II intransitive verb
    1) (continue) andauern; [Wetter, Ärger:] anhalten

    last from... to... — von... bis... dauern

    it can't/won't last — das geht nicht mehr lange so

    it's too good to last — es ist zu schön, um von Dauer zu sein

    2) (manage to continue) es aushalten
    3) (suffice) reichen

    this knife will last [me] a lifetime — dies Messer hält mein ganzes Leben

    III noun
    (for shoemaker) Leisten, der
    * * *
    I 1. adjective
    1) (coming at the end: We set out on the last day of November; He was last in the race; He caught the last bus home.) letzt
    2) (most recent; next before the present: Our last house was much smaller than this; last year/month/week.) letzt
    3) (coming or remaining after all the others: He was the last guest to leave.) letzt
    2. adverb
    (at the end of or after all the others: He took his turn last.) zuletzt
    - lastly
    - at long last
    - at last
    - hear
    - see the last of
    - the last person
    - the last straw
    - the last thing
    - the last word
    - on one's last legs
    - to the last
    II verb
    1) (to continue to exist: This situation lasted until she got married; I hope this fine weather lasts.) andauern
    2) (to remain in good condition or supply: This carpet has lasted well; The bread won't last another two days - we'll need more; This coat will last me until I die.) sich halten
    - lasting
    - last out
    * * *
    last1
    [lɑ:st, AM læst]
    n Leisten m
    the cobbler should stick to his \last ( prov) Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten prov
    last2
    [lɑ:st, AM læst]
    I. adj inv
    1. attr (after all the others)
    the \last... der/die/das letzte...
    they caught the \last bus sie nahmen den letzten Bus
    to arrive/come \last als Letzte(r) f(m) ankommen/kommen
    to plan sth [down] to the \last detail etw bis ins kleinste Detail planen
    to do sth \last thing etw als Letztes tun
    I always switch on the washing machine \last thing [at night] ich mache als Letztes vor dem Schlafengehen immer noch die Waschmaschine an
    the second/third \last door die vor-/drittletzte Tür
    the \last one der/die/das Letzte
    our house is the \last one on the left before the traffic lights unser Haus ist das Letzte links vor der Ampel
    to be the \last one to do sth etw als Letzte(r) tun
    she was the \last one to arrive sie kam als Letzte an
    2. (lowest in order, rank) letzte(r, s)
    the Mets will surely finish the season in \last place die Mets werden am Ende der Saison sicher Tabellenletzte sein
    to be [or come] \last Letzte(r) f(m) sein; (in a race, competition) Letzte(r) f(m) werden
    to be fourth/third from \last Viert-/Drittletzte(r) f(m) sein
    to be \last but one [or next to \last] [or second [to] \last] Vorletzte(r) f(m) sein
    3. attr (final, remaining) letzte(r, s)
    I'll give you one \last chance ich gebe dir eine letzte Chance
    this is the \last time I do him a favour das ist das letzte Mal, dass ich ihm einen Gefallen tue
    can I have the \last piece of chocolate? darf ich das letzte Stück Schokolade essen?
    I'm down to my \last 50p ich habe nur noch 50 Pence
    it's our \last hope das ist unsere letzte Hoffnung
    these are the \last of our supplies das sind unsere letzten Vorräte
    he calculated the costs down to the \last penny er hat die Kosten bis auf den letzten Penny berechnet
    I'm almost finished — this is the \last but one box to empty ich bin fast fertig — das ist schon die vorletzte Kiste, die ich noch ausräumen muss
    to the \last man MIL bis auf den letzten Mann
    at the \last minute/moment in letzter Minute/im letzten Moment
    till/to the \last minute [or [possible] moment] bis zur letzten Minute/zum letzten Moment
    he always leaves important decisions to the \last possible moment er schiebt wichtige Entscheidungen immer bis zum letzten Moment hinaus
    he waited till the \last minute to submit an offer er wartete mit seinem Angebot bis zur letzten Minute
    as a [or BRIT also in the] \last resort im äußersten Notfall
    police are supposed to use guns only as a \last resort die Polizei soll nur im äußersten Notfall von der Waffe Gebrauch machen
    that's my \last word [on the subject] das ist mein letztes Wort [zu diesem Thema]
    to have the \last word das letzte Wort haben
    at long \last schließlich und endlich, zu guter Letzt
    at long \last the government is starting to listen to our problems endlich wird die Regierung einmal auf unsere Probleme aufmerksam
    4. attr (most recent, previous) letzte(r, s)
    when was the \last time you had a cigarette? wann hast du zum letzten Mal eine Zigarette geraucht?
    did you hear the storm \last night? hast du letzte Nacht den Sturm gehört?
    did you see the news on TV \last night? hast du gestern Abend die Nachrichten im Fernsehen gesehen?
    sb's \last album/book jds letztes Album/Buch
    \last month/November letzten Monat/November
    \last Sunday [or on Sunday \last] letzten Sonntag
    your letter of Sunday \last ( form) Ihr Brief von letztem Sonntag
    the results from \last Sunday:
    \last Sunday's results die Ergebnisse vom letzten Sonntag
    \last week/year letzte Woche/letztes Jahr
    the week/year before \last vorletzte Woche/vorletztes Jahr
    in the \last five years in den letzten fünf Jahren
    5. attr (most unlikely)
    the \last sb/sth der/die/das Letzte
    she was the \last person I expected to see sie hätte ich am allerwenigsten erwartet
    the \last thing I wanted was to make you unhappy das Letzte, was ich wollte, war dich unglücklich zu machen
    he's the \last person I want to see at the moment er ist der Letzte, den ich im Moment sehen möchte
    the \last thing she needed is a husband eine Ehemann hatte ihr gerade noch gefehlt! iron
    6.
    to have the \last laugh zuletzt lachen fig; (show everybody) es allen zeigen
    I'll have the \last laugh [over you]! dir werd ich's schon noch zeigen! fam
    the \last laugh is on sb jd lacht zuletzt fig
    sth is on its \last legs ( fam) etw gibt bald den Geist auf [o macht es nicht mehr lange] fam
    the foundry business was on its \last legs das Gießereigeschäft pfiff auf dem letzten Loch sl
    sb is on their \last legs ( fam: very tired) jd ist fix und fertig fam, jd pfeift auf dem letzten Loch sl; (near to death) jd macht es nicht mehr lange fam
    to be the \last straw das Fass [endgültig] zum Überlaufen bringen fig
    to be the \last word ( fam) zurzeit das Beste [o Nonplusultra] sein
    digital audio is the \last word in sound reproduction digitales Audio ist zurzeit das Nonplusultra im Bereich der Klangwiedergabe
    II. adv inv
    1. (most recently) das letzte Mal, zuletzt
    I \last saw him three weeks ago ich habe ihn zuletzt [o das letzte Mal] vor drei Wochen gesehen
    when did you have a cigarette \last [or \last have a cigarette]? wann hast du das letzte Mal geraucht?
    2. (after the others) als Letzte(r, s)
    the horse came in \last das Pferd kam als Letztes ins Ziel
    until \last bis zuletzt [o zum Schluss
    3. (lastly) zuletzt, zum Schluss
    \last, and most important... der letzte und wichtigste Punkt...
    and \last, I'd like to thank you all for coming und zum Schluss möchte ich Ihnen allen dafür danken, dass Sie gekommen sind
    \last but not [or by no means] least nicht zu vergessen, nicht zuletzt
    \last but not least, I'd like to thank you for coming und ich möchte mich nicht zuletzt auch für ihr Kommen bedanken
    III. n
    <pl ->
    the \last der/die/das Letzte
    she was the \last to arrive sie kam als Letzte
    the \last but one esp BRIT, AUS [or AM the next to \last] der/die/das Vorletzte
    to be the \last to do sth als Letzte(r) f(m) etw tun
    why are they always the \last to arrive? warum kommen sie immer als Letzte?
    why is he always the \last to be told? warum erfährt er immer alles als Letzter?
    2. (only one left, final one)
    the \last der/die/das Letzte
    she was the \last of the great educational reformers sie war die Letzte der großen Schulreformer
    to breathe one's \last den letzten Atemzug tun
    the \last der letzte Rest
    that was the \last of the real coffee das war der letzte Rest Bohnenkaffee
    the \last of the ice cream/strawberries der letzte Rest Eis/Erdbeeren
    4. (most recent, previous one)
    the \last der/die/das Letzte
    the \last we heard of her was that... das Letzte, was wir von ihr hörten, war, dass...
    the \last I heard she had lost her job das Letzte was ich von ihr weiß ist, dass sie ihren Job verloren hatte
    the \last we heard from her,... als wir das letzte Mal von ihr hörten,...
    the \last we saw of her,... als wir sie das letzte Mal sahen,...
    that was the \last we saw of her das war das letzte Mal, das wir sie gesehen haben, seitdem haben wir sie nie wieder gesehen
    5. usu sing SPORT (last position) letzter Platz
    Lion Cavern came from \last in a slowly run race Lion Cavern holte in einem langsamen Rennen vom letzten Platz auf
    the \last die letzte Runde
    7. ( fam: end)
    the dying embers sparked their \last die Funken verglühten
    you haven't heard the \last of this! das letzte Wort ist hier noch nicht gesprochen!
    we'll never hear the \last of it if they win wenn sie gewinnen, müssen wir uns das endlos anhören fam
    to see the \last of sth ( fam) etw nie wieder sehen müssen
    at \last endlich
    I've finished my essay at \last! endlich habe ich meinen Essay fertig!
    to the \last ( form: until the end) bis zuletzt; (utterly) durch und durch
    to defend one's principles to the \last seine Prinzipien bis zuletzt verteidigen
    she is patriotic to the \last sie ist durch und durch patriotisch
    last3
    [lɑ:st, AM læst]
    I. vi
    1. (go on for) [an]dauern
    it was only a short trip, but very enjoyable while it \lasted die Reise war zwar nur kurz, aber insgesamt sehr angenehm
    to \last [for] a month/week einen Monat/eine Woche dauern
    the rain is expected to \last all weekend der Regen soll das gesamte Wochenende anhalten
    2. (endure) halten; enthusiasm, intentions anhalten
    this is too good to \last das ist zu gut, um wahr zu sein
    it's the only battery we've got, so make it \last wir habe nur diese eine Batterie — verwende sie also sparsam
    her previous secretary only \lasted a month ihre vorige Sekretärin blieb nur einen Monat
    you won't \last long in this job if... du wirst diesen Job nicht lange behalten, wenn...
    he wouldn't \last five minutes in the army! er würde keine fünf Minuten beim Militär überstehen!
    built to \last für die Ewigkeit gebaut
    II. vt
    to \last sb supplies etc [aus]reichen; car, machine halten
    we've only got enough supplies to \last us a week unsere Vorräte werden nur eine Woche reichen
    to \last five years fünf Jahre halten
    to \last [sb] a lifetime ein Leben lang halten
    if you look after your teeth they will \last you a lifetime wenn du deine Zähne gut pflegst, wirst du sie dein Leben lang behalten
    * * *
    I [lAːst]
    1. adj
    1) letzte(r, s)

    the last but one, the second last (one) — der/die/das Vorletzte

    (the) last one there buys the drinks! — der Letzte or wer als Letzter ankommt, zahlt die Getränke

    last Monday, on Monday last — letzten Montag

    last year — letztes Jahr, im vorigen Jahr

    during the last 20 years, these last 20 years — in den letzten 20 Jahren

    last but not least — nicht zuletzt, last not least

    2)

    (= most unlikely, unsuitable etc) that's the last thing I worry about — das ist das Letzte, worüber ich mir Sorgen machen würde

    that's the last thing I wanted to happen —

    he's the last person I want to see — er ist der Letzte, den ich sehen möchte

    you're the last person to be entrusted with it — du bist der Letzte, dem man das anvertrauen kann

    2. n
    1) (= final one or part, one before) der/die/das Letzte

    he withdrew the last of his money from the banker hob sein letztes Geld von der Bank ab

    that was the last we saw of him —

    the last we heard of him was... — das Letzte, was wir von ihm hörten, war...

    that was the last we heard of it/him — seitdem haben wir nichts mehr darüber/von ihm gehört

    I hope this is the last we'll hear of it — ich hoffe, damit ist die Sache erledigt

    the last I heard, they were getting married — das Letzte, was ich gehört habe, war, dass sie heiraten

    I shall be glad to see the last of this/him — ich bin froh, wenn ich das hinter mir habe/wenn ich den los bin (inf) or wenn ich den nicht mehr sehe

    we shall never hear the last of it —

    2)
    3. adv
    II
    1. vt

    it will last me/a careful user a lifetime — das hält/bei vernünftiger Benutzung hält es ein Leben lang

    I didn't think he'd last the week — ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass er die Woche durchhält

    2. vi
    (= continue) dauern; (= remain intact cloth, flowers, marriage) halten

    it's too good to last — das ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein

    he'll stay as long as the beer lasts — er bleibt, solange Bier da ist

    will this material last?ist dieses Material haltbar or dauerhaft?

    III
    n
    Leisten m

    cobbler, stick to your last! — Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten!

    * * *
    last1 [lɑːst; US læst]
    A adj (adv lastly)
    1. letzt(er, e, es):
    the last two die beiden Letzten;
    last but one vorletzt(er, e, es);
    last but two drittletzt(er, e, es);
    for the last time zum letzten Mal;
    to the last man bis auf den letzten Mann;
    the Last Day REL der Jüngste Tag;
    Last Frontier US (Beiname für den Staat) Alaska n;
    last letter Abschiedsbrief m;
    last name bes US Familien-, Nach-, Zuname m;
    last number recall ( oder redial) TEL Wahlwiederholung f;
    last rites REL Sterbesakramente;
    last thing als Letztes (besonders vor dem Schlafengehen);
    be last SPORT etc an letzter Stelle liegen; home A 4, honor B 2, judgment 6 b, etc
    2. letzt(er, e, es), vorig(er, e, es):
    last Monday, Monday last (am) letzten oder vorigen Montag;
    a) gestern Abend,
    b) in der vergangenen Nacht, letzte Nacht;
    last week in der letzten oder vorigen Woche, letzte oder vorige Woche
    3. neuest(er, e, es), letzt(er, e, es):
    the last thing in jazz das Neueste im Jazz; word Bes Redew
    4. letzt(er, e, es) (allein übrig bleibend):
    5. letzt(er, e, es), endgültig, entscheidend: word Bes Redew
    6. äußerst(er, e, es):
    the last degree der höchste Grad;
    of the last importance von höchster Bedeutung;
    my last price mein äußerster oder niedrigster Preis
    the last man I would choose der Letzte, den ich wählen würde;
    he was the last person I expected to see mit ihm oder mit seiner Gegenwart hatte ich am wenigsten gerechnet;
    the last thing I would do das Letzte, was ich tun würde;
    this is the last thing to happen es ist sehr unwahrscheinlich, dass das geschieht
    8. letzt(er, e, es), miserabelst(er, e, es), scheußlichst(er, e, es):
    B adv
    1. zuletzt, als Letzt(er, e, es), an letzter Stelle:
    he came last er kam als Letzter;
    last but not least last, (but) not least; nicht zuletzt; nicht zu vergessen;
    last of all zuallerletzt, ganz zuletzt
    2. zuletzt, zum letzten Mal:
    3. schließlich, zu guter Letzt
    4. letzt…:
    last-mentioned letztgenannt, -erwähnt
    C s
    1. (der, die, das) Letzte:
    the last to arrive der Letzte, der ankam;
    he was the last to come er kam als Letzter;
    he would be the last to say such a thing er wäre der Letzte, der so etwas sagen würde
    2. (der, die, das) Letzte oder Letztgenannte
    3. umg kurz für last baby, last letter etc:
    I wrote in my last ich schrieb in meinem letzten Brief;
    this is our last das ist unser Jüngstes
    4. umg
    a) letzte Erwähnung
    b) letztmaliger Anblick
    c) letztes Mal: Bes Redew
    5. Ende n:
    a) Schluss m
    b) Tod m: Bes RedewBesondere Redewendungen: at last
    a) endlich,
    b) schließlich, zuletzt;
    at long last schließlich (doch noch), nach langem Warten;
    a) bis zum Äußersten,
    b) bis zum Ende oder Schluss,
    c) bis zum Tod;
    breathe one’s last seinen letzten Atemzug tun, sein Leben aushauchen;
    a) zum letzten Male hören von,
    b) nichts mehr hören von;
    we’ve seen the last of him den sehen wir nie mehr wieder;
    we’ll never see the last of that guy den Kerl werden wir nie mehr los
    last2 [lɑːst; US læst]
    A v/i
    1. (an-, fort)dauern:
    too good to last zu schön, um lange zu währen
    2. bestehen:
    3. auch last out durch-, aus-, standhalten, sich halten:
    he won’t last much longer er wird es nicht mehr lange machen (auch Kranker);
    he didn’t last long in that job er hat es in dieser Stelle nicht lange ausgehalten
    4. (sich) halten:
    the paint will last die Farbe wird halten;
    the book will last das Buch wird sich (lange) halten;
    last well haltbar sein
    5. auch last out (aus)reichen, genügen:
    while the money lasts solange das Geld reicht;
    while stocks last solange der Vorrat reicht;
    we must make our supplies last wir müssen mit unseren Vorräten auskommen
    B v/t
    1. jemandem reichen:
    it will last us a week damit kommen wir eine Woche aus
    a) überdauern, -leben,
    b) (es mindestens) ebenso lange aushalten wie
    last3 [lɑːst; US læst] s Leisten m:
    put shoes on the last Schuhe über den Leisten schlagen;
    stick to one’s last fig bei seinem Leisten bleiben
    last4 [lɑːst; US læst] s Last f (Gewicht oder Hohlmaß, verschieden nach Ware und Ort, meist etwa 4000 englische Pfund oder 30 hl)
    * * *
    I 1. adjective
    letzt...

    be last to arrive — als letzter/letzte ankommen

    for the [very] last time — zum [aller]letzten Mal

    second last, last but one — vorletzt...

    last but not least — last, not least; nicht zuletzt

    last evening/night was windy — gestern abend/gestern od. heute nacht war es windig

    last evening/week we were out — gestern abend/letzte Woche waren wir aus

    that would be the last thing to do in this situation — das wäre das Letzte, was man in dieser Situation tun würde

    2. adverb
    1) [ganz] zuletzt; als letzter/letzte [sprechen, ankommen]
    2) (on last previous occasion) das letzte Mal; zuletzt

    when did you last see him or see him last? — wann hast du ihn zuletzt od. das letzte Mal gesehen?

    3. noun
    1) (mention, sight)

    that was the last we ever saw of him — das war das letzte Mal, daß wir ihn gesehen haben

    2) (person or thing) letzter...

    I'm always the last to be told — ich bin immer der letzte, der etwas erfährt

    3) (day, moment[s])

    to or till the last — bis zuletzt; see also breathe 2. 1)

    4)

    at [long] last — endlich; schließlich [doch noch]

    II intransitive verb
    1) (continue) andauern; [Wetter, Ärger:] anhalten

    last from... to... — von... bis... dauern

    it can't/won't last — das geht nicht mehr lange so

    it's too good to last — es ist zu schön, um von Dauer zu sein

    2) (manage to continue) es aushalten
    3) (suffice) reichen

    this knife will last [me] a lifetime — dies Messer hält mein ganzes Leben

    III noun
    (for shoemaker) Leisten, der
    * * *
    adj.
    letzt adj.
    letzter adj.
    letztes adj.
    vorig adj.
    zuletzt adj. (weather) v.
    andauern (Wetter) v. v.
    andauern v.
    dauern v.

    English-german dictionary > last

  • 8 fat

    1. adjective
    1) dick; fett (abwertend); rund [Wangen, Gesicht]; fett [Schwein]

    grow or get fat — dick werden

    2) fett [Essen, Fleisch, Brühe]
    3) (fig.) dick [Bündel, Buch, Zigarre]; üppig, fett [Gewinn, Gehalt, Scheck]
    4) (coll. iron.)

    fat lot of good you aredu bist mir 'ne schöne Hilfe (iron.)

    a fat lot [of good it would do me] — [das würde mir] herzlich wenig [helfen]

    2. noun
    Fett, das

    low in fatfettarm [Nahrungsmittel]

    run to fat — [zu] dick werden

    the fat is in the fire(fig.) der Teufel ist los (ugs.)

    live off or on the fat of the land — (fig.) wie die Made im Speck leben (ugs.)

    * * *
    [fæt] 1. noun
    1) (an oily substance made by the bodies of animals and by some plants: This meat has got a lot of fat on it.) das Fett
    2) (a kind of such substance, used especially for cooking: There are several good cooking fats on the market.) das Fett
    2. adjective
    1) (having a lot of fat on one's body; large, heavy and round in shape: He was a very fat child.) fett
    2) (large or abundant: Her business made a fat profit; A fat lot of good that is! (= That is no good at all)) fett; A fat lot-herzlich wenig
    - academic.ru/26608/fatness">fatness
    - fatten
    - fatty
    - fattiness
    - fat-head
    * * *
    [ˌefeɪˈti:]
    * * *
    [ft]
    1. adj (+er)
    1) (= overweight) person, animal, stomach, arms, thighs dick, fett (pej)

    to grow fat (on sth) ( fig, person, company, town )(durch etw) reich werden

    2) (= thick) book, pile dick; (fig inf) profit, fee, salary üppig, fett (inf); wallet, cheque(book) dick; (= prosperous) year, period fett
    3) (= fatty) meat fett
    4) (inf

    = stupid) can't you get it into your fat head (that)... — hast du Idiot es denn noch immer nicht gecheckt, dass... (inf)

    they can't get it into their silly fat heads that... — diesen Idioten will es nicht in den Kopf, dass... (inf)

    See:
    also fathead
    5) (iro inf)

    a fat lot of good thieving did youdas Stehlen hat dir überhaupt nichts gebracht (inf)

    fat lot of help she wassie war 'ne schöne Hilfe! (iro inf)

    2. n (ANAT, COOK, CHEM)
    Fett nt

    reduce the fat in your dietreduzieren Sie den Fettgehalt Ihrer Ernährung

    * * *
    fat [fæt]
    A adj (adv fatly)
    1. dick, beleibt, korpulent, fett pej, feist pej:
    fat stock Mast-, Schlachtvieh n
    2. fett, fettig, fett-, ölhaltig:
    fat coal Fettkohle f, bituminöse Kohle
    3. fig dick (Brief, Brieftasche etc):
    fat type TYPO Fettdruck m
    4. fig fett, einträglich, ergiebig, reich(lich):
    a fat bank account ein dickes Bankkonto;
    a fat job ein lukrativer Posten;
    fat soil fetter oder fruchtbarer Boden;
    fat wood harzreiches Holz;
    the fat years and the lean (years) die fetten und die mageren Jahre;
    a fat chance umg iron herzlich wenig Aussicht;
    a fat lot of good that is! umg iron das ist aber eine große Hilfe!; lot B
    5. umg
    a) dumm
    b) leer:
    get that into your fat head! kapier das doch endlich mal!
    B s
    1. a) auch BIOL, CHEM Fett n:
    fats CHEM einfache Fette;
    the fat is in the fire der Teufel ist los;
    chew the fat umg quatschen, plaudern
    b) GASTR Speck m
    2. Fett(ansatz) n(m):
    run to fat Fett ansetzen
    3. the fat das Beste:
    live on ( oder off) the fat of the land in Saus und Braus oder wie Gott in Frankreich oder wie die Made im Speck leben
    4. THEAT etc dankbar(st)e Rolle
    C v/t auch fat up mästen:
    kill the fatted calf fig ein Willkommensfest geben
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) dick; fett (abwertend); rund [Wangen, Gesicht]; fett [Schwein]

    grow or get fat — dick werden

    2) fett [Essen, Fleisch, Brühe]
    3) (fig.) dick [Bündel, Buch, Zigarre]; üppig, fett [Gewinn, Gehalt, Scheck]
    4) (coll. iron.)

    a fat lot [of good it would do me] — [das würde mir] herzlich wenig [helfen]

    2. noun
    Fett, das

    low in fatfettarm [Nahrungsmittel]

    run to fat — [zu] dick werden

    the fat is in the fire(fig.) der Teufel ist los (ugs.)

    live off or on the fat of the land — (fig.) wie die Made im Speck leben (ugs.)

    * * *
    adj.
    dick adj.
    fett adj. n.
    Fett -e n.

    English-german dictionary > fat

  • 9 Bessemer, Sir Henry

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 19 January 1813 Charlton (near Hitchin), Hertfordshire, England
    d. 15 January 1898 Denmark Hill, London, England
    [br]
    English inventor of the Bessemer steelmaking process.
    [br]
    The most valuable part of Bessemer's education took place in the workshop of his inventor father. At the age of only 17 he went to London to seek his fortune and set himself up in the trade of casting art works in white metal. He went on to the embossing of metals and other materials and this led to his first major invention, whereby a date was incorporated in the die for embossing seals, thus preventing the wholesale forgeries that had previously been committed. For this, a grateful Government promised Bessemer a paid position, a promise that was never kept; recognition came only in 1879 with a belated knighthood. Bessemer turned to other inventions, mainly in metalworking, including a process for making bronze powder and gold paint. After he had overcome technical problems, the process became highly profitable, earning him a considerable income during the forty years it was in use.
    The Crimean War presented inventors such as Bessemer with a challenge when weaknesses in the iron used to make the cannon became apparent. In 1856, at his Baxter House premises in St Paneras, London, he tried fusing cast iron with steel. Noticing the effect of an air current on the molten mixture, he constructed a reaction vessel or converter in which air was blown through molten cast iron. There was a vigorous reaction which nearly burned the house down, and Bessemer found the iron to be almost completely decarburized, without the slag threads always present in wrought iron. Bessemer had in fact invented not only a new process but a new material, mild steel. His paper "On the manufacture of malleable iron and steel without fuel" at the British Association meeting in Cheltenham later that year created a stir. Bessemer was courted by ironmasters to license the process. However, success was short-lived, for they found that phosphorus in the original iron ore passed into the metal and rendered it useless. By chance, Bessemer had used in his trials pig-iron, derived from haematite, a phosphorus-free ore. Bessemer tried hard to overcome the problem, but lacking chemical knowledge he resigned himself to limiting his process to this kind of pig-iron. This limitation was removed in 1879 by Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, who substituted a chemically basic lining in the converter in place of the acid lining used by Bessemer. This reacted with the phosphorus to form a substance that could be tapped off with the slag, leaving the steel free from this harmful element. Even so, the new material had begun to be applied in engineering, especially for railways. The open-hearth process developed by Siemens and the Martin brothers complemented rather than competed with Bessemer steel. The widespread use of the two processes had a revolutionary effect on mechanical and structural engineering and earned Bessemer around £1 million in royalties before the patents expired.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1879. FRS 1879. Royal Society of Arts Albert Gold Medal 1872.
    Bibliography
    1905, Sir Henry Bessemer FRS: An Autobiography, London.
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  • 10 Monell, Ambrose

    SUBJECT AREA: Metallurgy
    [br]
    b. 1874 New York, USA
    d. 2 May 1921 Beacon, New York, USA
    [br]
    American metallurgist who gave his name to a successful nickel-copper alloy.
    [br]
    After graduating from Columbia University in 1896. Monell became a metallurgical engineer to the Carnegie Steel Company, rising in six years to be Assistant to the President. In 1900, while Manager of the company's open-hearth steelworks at Pittsburg, he patented a procedure for making high-carbon steel in basic conditions on the hearth of a fixed/stationary furnace; the method was intended to refine pig-iron containing substantial proportions of phosphorus and to do so relatively quickly. The process was introduced at the Homestead Works of the Carnegie Steel Company in February 1900, where it continued in use for some years. In April 1902 Monell was among those who launched the International Nickel Company of New Jersey in order to bring together a number of existing nickel interests; he became the new company's President. In 1904–5, members of the company's metallurgical staff produced an alloy of about 70 parts nickel and 30 copper which seemed to show great commercial promise on account of its high resistance to corrosion and its good appearance. Monell agreed to the suggestion that the new alloy should be given his name; for commercial reasons it was marketed as "Monel metal". In 1917, following the entry of the USA into the First World War, Monell was commissioned Colonel in the US Army (Aviation) for overseas service, relinquishing his presidency of the International Nickel Company but remaining as a director. At the time of his death he was also a director in several other companies in the USA.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1900, British patent no. 5506 (taken out by O. Imray on behalf of Monell).
    Monell insinuated an account of his steel-making procedure at a meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute held in London and reported in The Journal of the Iron and Steel
    Institute (1900) 1:71–80; some of the comments made by other speakers, particularly B.Talbot, were adverse. The following year (1901) Monell produced a general historical review: "A summary of development in open-hearth steel", Iron Trade
    Review 14(14 November):39–47.
    Further Reading
    A.J.Wadhams, 1931, "The story of the nickel industry", Metals and Alloys 2(3):166–75 (mentions Monell among many others, and includes a portrait (p. 170)).
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  • 11 same

    1. adjective

    the same — der/die/das gleiche

    the same [thing] — (identical) der-/die-/dasselbe

    the same afternoon/evening — (of same day) schon am Nachmittag/Abend

    she seemed just the same [as ever] to me — sie schien mir unverändert od. immer noch die alte

    one and the same person/man — ein und dieselbe Person/ein und derselbe Mann

    the very same — genau der/die/das; ebenderselbe/-dieselbe/-dasselbe

    much the same asfast genauso wie

    2. pronoun

    the same, (coll.) same — (the same thing) der-/die-/dasselbe

    they look [exactly] the same — sie sehen gleich aus

    and the same to you!(also iron.) danke gleichfalls

    [the] same again — das gleiche noch einmal

    I feel bored - Same here(coll.) Ich langweile mich - Dito

    3. adverb

    [the] same as you do — genau wie du

    all or just the same — trotzdem; nichtsdestotrotz (ugs., oft scherzh.)

    think the same of/feel the same towards — dasselbe halten von/empfinden für

    * * *
    [seim] 1. adjective
    1) (alike; very similar: The houses in this road are all the same; You have the same eyes as your brother (has).) gleich
    2) (not different: My friend and I are the same age; He went to the same school as me.) gleich
    3) (unchanged: My opinion is the same as it always was.) gleich
    2. pronoun
    ((usually with the) the same thing: He sat down and we all did the same.) gleich
    3. adverb
    ((usually with the) in the same way: I don't feel the same about you as I did.) genauso
    - academic.ru/115051/all_just_the_same">all/just the same
    - at the same time
    - be all the same to
    - same here
    - same-sex marriage
    * * *
    [seɪm]
    I. adj attr, inv
    1. (exactly similar)
    the \same der/die/das Gleiche; (identical) der-/die-/dasselbe
    I've got the \same taste in clothes as my sister ich habe bei Kleidung den gleichen Geschmack wie meine Schwester
    she brought up her children in the \same way as her mother did sie erzog ihre Kinder genauso, wie ihre Mutter es getan hatte
    she's the \same age as me sie ist genauso alt wie ich
    it all amounts to the \same thing es läuft alles auf dasselbe hinaus
    \same difference ( fam) ein und dasselbe
    to go the \same way [as sb] den gleichen Weg [wie jd] gehen
    2. (not another)
    the \same der/die/das Gleiche
    we sleep in the \same room wir schlafen im gleichen Zimmer
    our teacher always wears the \same pullover unser Lehrer trägt stets denselben Pullover
    he's still the \same old grouch er ist noch immer der gleiche alte Miesepeter fam
    I'm not in the \same league ( fig) da kann ich nicht mithalten
    in the \same breath im gleichen [o selben] Atemzug
    at the \same time gleichzeitig, zur gleichen Zeit; (nevertheless) trotzdem
    by the \same token ( fig) ebenso
    I don't think that prices will go up but, by the \same token, I don't see them going down much lower either ich glaube nicht, dass die Preise steigen werden, aber ebenso wenig glaube ich, dass sie stark sinken werden
    3. (monotonous) eintönig
    at every meeting you see the \same old faces bei jedem Treffen sieht man die gleichen alten Gesichter
    it's the \same old storythe rich get richer and the poor get poorer es ist die alte Geschichte — die Reichen werden immer reicher und die Armen immer ärmer
    4.
    to be in the \same boat ( fig) im gleichen [o in einem] Boot sitzen fam
    lightning never strikes in the \same place twice ( saying) der Blitz schlägt nicht zweimal an derselben Stelle ein
    II. pron
    the \same der-/die-/dasselbe
    after all those years you look exactly the \same du hast dich in all diesen Jahren überhaupt nicht verändert
    people say I look just the \same as my sister die Leute sagen, ich sähe genauso aus wie meine Schwester
    they realized that things would never be the same again es wurde ihnen klar, dass nichts mehr so sein würde wie früher
    to be all the \same alle[s] gleich sein
    men are all the \same die Männer sind alle gleich
    it's all the \same to me das macht für mich keinen Unterschied
    to be one and the \same ein und der-/die-/dasselbe sein
    I was amazed to discover they are one and the \same person ich war überrascht festzustellen, dass sie ein und dieselbe Person sind
    not the \same nicht der-/die-/das Gleiche
    our old house wasn't the \same without David unser altes Haus war ohne David nicht mehr das, was es [einmal] war
    all the \same trotzdem
    all the \same we had a good time wir hatten dennoch eine schöne Zeit
    thanks all the \same trotzdem vielen Dank
    \same here ( fam) ich auch
    I thought that film was awful! — \same here! ich fand den Film schrecklich! — ganz meine Meinung
    \same to you danke, gleichfalls
    III. adv
    the \same gleich
    these two machines are operated the \same diese beiden Maschinen werden auf dieselbe Art bedient
    I feel just the \same as you do mir geht es genauso wie dir
    I need some time to myself, \same as anybody else ( fam) ich brauche Zeit für mich selbst, genau wie jeder andere auch
    * * *
    [seɪm]
    1. adj

    the same... — der/die/das gleiche...

    that's the same tie as I've gotso eine Krawatte habe ich auch, ich habe die gleiche Krawatte

    see you tomorrow, same time same place — bis morgen, gleicher Ort, gleiche Zeit or Ort und Zeit wie gehabt

    we sat at the same table as usualwir saßen an unserem üblichen Tisch

    how are you? – same as usual — wie gehts? – wie immer

    I've made the same mistake myself — den Fehler habe ich auch gemacht, ich habe den gleichen Fehler gemacht

    this same person — eben dieser Mensch; (Jur)

    she was killed with this same knifesie wurde mit eben or genau diesem Messer erstochen

    it happened the same dayes ist am gleichen or selben Tag passiert

    (on) the very same day — genau am gleichen Tag

    See:
    time
    2. pron
    1)

    the same —

    he left and I did the same — er ist gegangen, und ich auch or ebenfalls

    they are one and the same — das ist doch dasselbe; (people) das ist doch ein und der-/dieselbe

    is he that artist from New Orleans?– the very same — ist das dieser Künstler aus New Orleans?– genau der

    another drink? – thanks, (the) same again — noch etwas zu trinken? – ja bitte, das Gleiche noch mal

    same again, Joe — und noch einen, Joe

    she's much the samesie hat sich kaum geändert; (in health) es geht ihr kaum besser

    he will never be the same again —

    you're not the same any more — du bist nicht mehr der-/dieselbe

    I'm not the same as my brotherich bin nicht so wie mein Bruder

    2) no art (COMM)

    for repairing chair: £10, for recovering same: £25 — Stuhlreparatur: £ 10, Beziehen: £ 25

    3)

    (in adverbial uses) the same — gleich

    to pay/treat everybody the same — alle gleich bezahlen/behandeln

    I still feel the same about youan meinen Gefühlen dir gegenüber hat sich nichts geändert

    if it's all the same to you —

    it's all the same to me ( what you do) — es ist mir egal(, was du tust)

    4)

    (phrases) thanks all the same — trotzdem vielen Dank

    same here — ich/wir auch

    same to you —

    you're an idiot – same to you I'd have hit him, (the) same as you did (inf) — du bist ein Idiot – gleichfalls ich hätte ihn (an Ihrer Stelle) auch geschlagen

    we left our country the same as you did — wir haben unsere Heimat verlassen, wie Sie auch

    * * *
    same [seım]
    A adj (mit vorhergehendem bestimmtem Artikel oder hinweisendem Fürwort)
    1. selb(er, e, es), gleich:
    her time was the same as the German record SPORT ihre Zeit bedeutete die Einstellung des deutschen Rekordes;
    they are the same age sie sind gleich alt;
    with this same knife mit ebendiesem Messer;
    the film with the same name der gleichnamige Film;
    at the same price as zu demselben Preis wie;
    the same thing as das Gleiche wie;
    which is the same thing was dasselbe ist;
    it comes to the same thing es läuft auf dasselbe hinaus;
    the very ( oder just the, exactly the) same thing genau dasselbe;
    the two problems are really one and the same die beiden Probleme sind eigentlich ein und dasselbe;
    they are all the same bes pej sie sind alle gleich;
    he is no longer the same man er ist nicht mehr der Gleiche oder der Alte;
    things will never be the same again es wird niemals mehr so sein, wie es einmal war; time A 6
    2. (ohne art) eintönig
    B pron
    1. der-, die-, dasselbe, der oder die oder das Gleiche:
    same here umg so geht es mir auch, ganz meinerseits;
    everything tasted the same alles schmeckte gleich;
    it is all the same to me es ist mir ganz gleich oder einerlei;
    if it’s all the same to you wenn es dir nichts ausmacht
    a) auch JUR der- oder dieselbe, die erwähnte oder besagte Person,
    b) JUR, REL er, sie, es, dieser, diese, dies(es)
    3. (ohne art) WIRTSCH oder umg der- oder die- oder dasselbe:
    £5 for alterations to same
    C adv the same in derselben Weise, genauso, ebenso ( alle:
    as wie);
    all ( oder just) the same dennoch, trotzdem;
    (the) same to you (danke) gleichfalls (a. pej); brass knob, knob 1
    * * *
    1. adjective

    the same — der/die/das gleiche

    the same [thing] — (identical) der-/die-/dasselbe

    the same afternoon/evening — (of same day) schon am Nachmittag/Abend

    she seemed just the same [as ever] to me — sie schien mir unverändert od. immer noch die alte

    one and the same person/man — ein und dieselbe Person/ein und derselbe Mann

    the very same — genau der/die/das; ebenderselbe/-dieselbe/-dasselbe

    2. pronoun

    the same, (coll.) same — (the same thing) der-/die-/dasselbe

    they look [exactly] the same — sie sehen gleich aus

    and the same to you!(also iron.) danke gleichfalls

    [the] same again — das gleiche noch einmal

    I feel bored - Same here(coll.) Ich langweile mich - Dito

    3. adverb

    [the] same as you do — genau wie du

    all or just the same — trotzdem; nichtsdestotrotz (ugs., oft scherzh.)

    think the same of/feel the same towards — dasselbe halten von/empfinden für

    * * *
    adj.
    dasselb adj.
    dasselbesand adj.
    derselb adj.
    dieselb adj.
    gleich adj.
    selb adj.

    English-german dictionary > same

  • 12 Lithgow, James

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 27 January 1883 Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    d. 23 February 1952 Langbank, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish shipbuilder; creator of one of the twentieth century's leading industrial organizations.
    [br]
    Lithgow attended Glasgow Academy and then spent a year in Paris. In 1901 he commenced a shipyard apprenticeship with Russell \& Co., where his father, William Lithgow, was sole proprietor. For years Russell's had topped the Clyde tonnage output and more than once had been the world's leading yard. Along with his brother Henry, Lithgow in 1908 was appointed a director, and in a few years he was Chairman and the yard was renamed Lithgows Ltd. By the outbreak of the First World War the Lithgow brothers were recognized as good shipbuilders and astute businessmen. In 1914 he joined the Royal Artillery; he rose to the rank of major and served with distinction, but his skills in administration were recognized and he was recalled home to become Director of Merchant Shipbuilding when British shipping losses due to submarine attack became critical. This appointment set a pattern, with public duties becoming predominant and the day-to-day shipyard business being organized by his brother. During the interwar years, Lithgow served on many councils designed to generate work and expand British commercial interests. His public appointments were legion, but none was as controversial as his directorship of National Shipbuilders Security Ltd, formed to purchase and "sterilize" inefficient shipyards that were hindering recovery from the Depression. To this day opinions are divided on this issue, but it is beyond doubt that Lithgow believed in the task in hand and served unstintingly. During the Second World War he was Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs and was one of the few civilians to be on the Board of Admiralty. On the cessation of hostilities, Lithgow devoted time to research boards and to the expansion of the Lithgow Group, which now included the massive Fairfield Shipyard as well as steel, marine engineering and other companies.
    Throughout his life Lithgow worked for the Territorial Army, but he was also a devoted member of the Church of Scotland. He gave practical support to the lona Community, no doubt influenced by unbounded love of the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Military Cross and mentioned in dispatches during the First World War. Baronet 1925. Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1945. Commander of the Order of the Orange-Nassau (the Netherlands). CB 1947. Served as the employers' representative on the League of Nations International Labour Conference in the 1930s. President, British Iron and Steel Cofederation 1943.
    Further Reading
    J.M.Reid, 1964, James Lithgow, Master of Work, London: Hutchinson.
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    Biographical history of technology > Lithgow, James

  • 13 Krupp, Alfred

    [br]
    b. 26 April 1812 Essen, Germany
    d. 14 July 1887 Bredeney, near Essen, Germany
    [br]
    German manufacturer of steel and armaments.
    [br]
    Krupp's father founded a small cast-steel works at Essen, but at his early death in 1826 the firm was left practically insolvent to his sons. Alfred's formal education ended at that point and he entered the ailing firm. The expansion of trade brought about by the Zollverein, or customs union, enabled him to increase output, and by 1843 he had 100 workers under him, making steel springs and machine parts. Five years later he was able to buy out his co-heirs, and in 1849 he secured his first major railway contract. The quality of his product was usefully advertised by displaying a flawless 2-ton steel ingot at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Krupp was then specializing in the manufacture of steel parts for railways and steamships, notably a weldless steel tire for locomotives, from which was derived the three-ring emblem of the Krupp concern. Krupp made a few cannon from 1847 but sold his first to the Khedive of Egypt in 1857. Two years later he won a major order of 312 cannon from the Prussian Government. With the development of this side of the business, he became the largest steel producer in Europe. In 1862 he adopted the Bessemer steelmaking process. The quality and design of his cannon were major factors in the victory of the Prussian artillery bombardment at Sedan in the Franco- Prussian War of 1870. Krupp expanded further during the boom years of the early 1870s and he was able to gain control of German coal and Spanish iron-ore supplies. He went on to manufacture heavy artillery, with a celebrated testing ground at Osnabrück. By this time he had a workforce of 21,000, whom he ruled with benevolent but strict control. His will instructed that the firm should not be divided.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    P.Batty, 1966, The House of Krupp (includes a bibliography). G.von Klass, 1954, Krupp: The Story of an Industrial Empire.
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  • 14 work

    1. I
    1) men must work люди должны трудиться
    2) the lift (the typewriter, etc.) won't work лифт и т.д. не работает; the bell (the manometer, etc.) didn't work звонок и т.д. не действовал; I can't make the car (this pump, this machine, etc.) work не могу наладить машину /автомобиль/ и т.д.; my brain doesn't seem to be working я что-то плохо соображаю
    3) the medicine /the drug/ (the treatment, this diet, etc.) works лекарство и т.д. оказывает действие /действует/; the pill didn't work таблетка не помогла /не подействовала/; the yeast is beginning to work дрожжи начинают подниматься; yeast makes beer work пиво от дрожжей начинает бродить; we tried this plan, but it did not work мы попробовали применить этот план, но [из этого] ничего не вышло
    4) his face /features/ began to work [от волнения и т.п.] у него начало подергиваться лицо; her lips /her mouth/ worked у нее дрожали губы
    2. II
    1) work in some manner work hard (well enough, steadily, conscientiously, busily, etc.) усердно и т.д. работать /трудиться/; he can hardly work at all он почти совсем не может работать; work for (at) some time work day and night работать день и ночь; work overtime перерабатывать, работать сверхурочно; he is not working now a) у него сейчас нет работы; б) он сейчас не работает
    2) work in some manner the bell (the engine, the gear, the motor, etc.) works well (easily, smoothly, etc.) звонок и т.д. хорошо и т.д. работает; the system works badly система не отлажена; the hinges work stiffly (freely) петли тугие (свободные); my heart works badly сердце у меня пошаливает
    3) work in some manner the plan (smb.'s scheme, this new method, etc.) works well (successfully, etc.) план и т.д. оказался удачным /эффективным/; it can work both ways это может помочь, но может и навредить
    4) work in some manner his face (mouth, etc.) works nervously (violently, etc.) его лицо и т.д. нервно и т.д. подергивается
    5) work in some direction work up (down, out, etc.) пробираться /пробиваться, прокладывать себе путь/ вверх и т.А; her stockings worked down, у нее спустились чулки; the shirt worked up /out/ рубашка выбилась /вылезла/ из брюк или юбки
    3. III
    work smth.
    1) work all day [long] (two hours a day, part time, etc.) работать весь /целый/ день и т.д.; work forty hours a week иметь сорокачасовую рабочую неделю
    2) work a typewriter (an adding machine, a tractor, a pump, etc.) работать на пишущей машинке и т.д.; I don't know how to work this gadget я не знаю, как обращаться с этой штукой /с этим приспособлением/; work a farm (a railway, a coal-mine, an estate, etc.) управлять фермой и т.д.
    3) work one's fingers (one's muscles, etc.) разрабатывать /тренировать/ пальцы и т.д.; work a scheme разрабатывать план; work a district (the constituency, etc.) обслуживать район и т.д.
    4) work the soil (iron, this kind of stone, etc.) обрабатывать почву и т.д.; work clay месить глину: work the dough вымешивать /месить/ тесто; work butter сбивать масло; work smb.'s initials вышивать (вырезать, выбивать и т.я.) чьи-л. инициалы; work buttonholes метать петли; work a shawl связать шаль
    5) work one's fingers (one's toes, one's lips, etc.) шевелить пальцами и т.д.; work one's jaws сжимать и разжимать челюсти, двигать челюстями
    6) work harm приносить вред; work destruction причинять разрушение; work havoc производить опустошение; work mischief натворить бед, устроить скандал; work changes производить перемены; work cures приносить исцеление; work-wonders /miracles/ творить чудеса
    4. IV
    1) work smb. in some manner work smb. hard (long hours) заставлять кого-л. усердно (много) работать, изнурять кого-л. работой
    2) work smth. somewhere work one's way forward (upwards, in, out, etc.) прокладывать себе путь /пробиваться/ вперед и т.д.; work one's way down с трудом спускаться; work one's way up а) пробиваться наверх; б) добиваться положения в обществе
    3) work smth. somewhere the trapper worked the stream up охотник расставил капканы вверх по ручью
    4) work smth. in some manner work one's fingers (one's lips, etc.) nervously нервно сжимать и разжимать пальцы и т.д.
    5. VI
    work smth. into some state work a screw (a rope, a string, a tie, a knot, etc.) loose ослабить гайку и т.д.; work one's hands free освобождать /высвобождать, развязывать себе/ руки; work the chain (the rope, etc.) free освободиться от цепей и т.д.
    6. XI
    1) be worked by smth. this machine (the pump, the doll, etc.) is worked by electricity эта машина и т.д. приводится в действие электричеством /работает при помощи электричества/ || to be worked to the limit использовать до конца; the device has not yet been worked to the limit еще не все ресурсы этого приспособления использованы полностью
    2) be worked for some time the number of hours worked weekly shall be reduced to 40 рабочая неделя будет сокращена до 40 часов
    7. XIII
    work to do smth. men must work to live чтобы жить, люди должны работать; he worked to put his brother through college он работал, чтобы его брат мог закончить колледж
    8. XV
    work into some state work loose ослабнуть; work free освободиться; the window catch (the screw, the nut, the handle, etc.) worked loose оконный шпингалет и т.д. разболтался
    9. XVI
    1) work at (in, on) some place work at an airplane factory (at a mill, at school, at an office, in an advertizing department, etc.) работать на авиационном заводе и т.д.; work in one's study (in the open air, in a garden, at one's desk, on a scaffolding, etc.) работать у себя в кабинете и т.д.; work on the land работать в сельском хозяйстве; work with smb. work with a grocer (with a florist, with this firm, with us, etc.) работать /служить/ у бакалейщика и т.д.; he is hard to work with с ним трудно работать /иметь дело/; work in (at, into, by, under) smth. work in one's spare hours (late into the night, late at night, by day, by night, etc.) работать в свой свободные часы и т.д.; work at top capacity (in full swing) работать на полную мощность; work at 2,500 HP иметь мощность в две тысячи пятьсот лошадиных сил; work under hard conditions работать в тяжелых условиях; work in shifts работать посменно; work for smth., smb. work for self-support (for a living, for a degree, for a higher certificate etc.) работать, чтобы обеспечить себя и т.д.; work for a small pay (for a wage, etc.) работать за небольшую плату и т.д.; work for a company (for a firm, etc.) служить в какой-л. компании и т.д.; work for the government быть на государственной службе; work with (without) smth. work with one's hands (with one's head, with a brush and paint, etc.) работать руками и т.д.; work with interest (with enthusiasm, with a will, without cessation, etc.) работать с интересом и т.д.;
    2) work on smth. work on an axle (on a pivot, etc.) вращаться на оси и т.д.; work on liquid fuel (on wood, on refined or crude petroleum, on all voltages, etc.) работать на жидком топливе и т.д.; this clock works on a spring эти часы приводятся в движение пружиной
    3) work in (with) smth. work in wood работать по дереву; work in oils (in water-colours, in distemper, etc.) писать маслом и т.д.; work in leather а) изготовлять изделия из кожи; б) тиснить кожу; work with silver (with gold, with wood, etc.) работать с серебром и т.д.; work at (on) smth. work at a shawl вышивать или вязать шаль; work on a tapestry (on a tombstone, etc.) работать над гобеленом и т.д.; work through smth. work through literature bearing on the subject (through the list, etc.) проработать литературу, относящуюся к данному вопросу и т.д.
    4) work at (on, upon, over) smth. work at history (at Greek, etc.) заниматься историей и т.д.; work at a new invention (at a topic, at a subject for many years, at a portrait, at a dictionary, etc.) работать над новым изобретением и т.д.; work at one's lessons делать /готовить/ уроки; work at one's profession совершенствовать свое профессиональное мастерство; work on this suggestion (on a new novel, on the case, etc.) работать над этим предложением и т.д.; have no data to work (up)on не иметь данных, из которых можно было бы исходить; work over a book (over a play, etc.) работать над книгой и т.д.; I worked over this letter half a dozen times before I sent it я переделывал это письмо десятки раз, прежде чем я его отправил; work over smb. I worked over him for an hour before I could revive him я бился целый час, чтобы привести его в чувство; after the match a masseur worked over him после матча его массировал массажист; work against (for, to, toward, towards) smth. work against war (against the cause, etc.) бороться /действовать, выступать/ против войны и т.д.; work for peace (for a cause, to the same end, toward(s) such results, for the good of humanity, for the world, etc.) работать на благо мира и т.д.; work in smth. work in literature работать в области литературы; work in this direction действовать в этом направлении; work in the interest of humanity работать на благо человечества; work with smb., smth. work with an English class (with a group, with children, etc.) работать /заниматься/ с английской группой и т.д.; work with figures иметь дело с цифрами
    5) work along (into, through, etc.) smth. work along the shelf of the rock с трудом продвигаться по уступу скалы; the grub worked into the wood в дереве завелся червячок; work into smb.'s favour coll. [хитростью] добиться чьего-л. расположения; work through the forest пробираться через лес; the rain works through the roof дождь проникает через крышу; his elbow has worked through the sleeve рукав у него протерся на локте; his toes worked through the boot его сапоги "каши просят"; the ship worked to windward корабль вышел на /выиграл/ ветер
    6) work with smth. smb.'s face (smb.'s lips, smb.'s features, smb.'s mouth, etc.) works with emotion (with excitement, with an effort to keep tears back, etc,) чье-л. лицо и т.д. подергивается от волнения и т.д.
    7) work (up)on smth., smb. work on smb.'s mind ((up)on smb.'s feelings, (up)on people, (up)on the vegetation, (up)on the public conscience, etc.) влиять /оказывать воздействие/ на чье-л. мнение и т.д.; work in smth. just drop a hint and leave it to work in his mind сделайте только намек, и мысль сама созреет в его голове; work with smb. the methods that work with one will not necessarily work with another то, что хорошо для одного, не обязательно годятся для другого, методы воздействия, годные для одного [человека], не обязательно будут эффективны для другого
    10. XVIII
    work oneself to some state he worked himself ill он переутомился и заболел || work oneself into smb.'s favour /into favour with smb./ добиться чьего-л. расположения; the rope (the knot, etc.) worked itself loose веревка и т.д. ослабла /развязалась/; the stream will work itself clear after rain когда пройдет дождь, поток снова станет прозрачным
    11. XIX1
    1) work like smb. work like a slave (like a horse, like a navvy, etc.) = работать как вол
    2) work like smth. work like magic /like a charm/ оказывать магическое действие
    12. XX1
    work as smb. work as a shop assistant (as a clerk, as a typist, as a cook, as a receptionist, etc.) работать продавцом и т.д.
    13. XXI1
    1) work smth. to smth. work one's passage /one's fare, one's ticket/ to the south (to America, etc.) отработать свой проезд на юг и т.д.; work one's way through college работать, чтобы иметь средства платить за обучение; work smb., smth. to some state work oneself (the slaves, etc.) to death изводить /изнурять/ себя и т.д. работой; work one's fingers to the bone стирать себе пальцы до крови /в кровь/
    2) work smth. by smth. work this machine (this device, etc.) by electricity (by radio, etc.) управлять этой машиной /приводить в действие эту машину/ и т.д. при помощи электричества и т.д.
    3) work smth. in smth. work flowers (lilies, a strange pattern, etc.) in silver thread (in silk, ill wool, etc.) вышивать цветы и т.д. серебряными нотками и т.д.; work smth. into smth. work the iron into a horseshoe изогнуть железо в подкову; work cotton into thread (hemp into cords, a silver dollar into a bracelet, etc.) сделать из хлопка нитки и т.д.; work one's hair into a knot закрутить /собрать/ волосы в узел /в пучок/; work cottage cheese into a smooth paste стереть творог в однородную массу; work smth. on smth. work a design on a cushion (one's initials on a handkerchief, eft.) вышивать узор и т.д. на подушке и т.д.; work smth. with smth. work a table-cloth (a robe, a blouse, etc.) with silk (with ornament, with lilies, etc.) расшивать скатерть и т.д. шелком и т.д.
    4) work smb. into some state work smb. (oneself, one's audience, etc.) into a rage (into a fever, into a hysterical mood, etc.) доводить кого-л. до бешенства и т.д.; don't work yourself into a temper! не взвинчивай себя!; work smb. for smth. work smb. for a loan (for a ticket, etc.) выманивать у кого-л. /обрабатывать кого-л., чтобы получить/ деньги взаймы и т.д.
    5) work smth. into smth. work a piano into a room втащить рояль в комнату; work the stone into the ring вправить камень в кольцо; work a pin into a hole вставить штифт в отверстие; work this quotation into a speech (an incident into a book, etc.) включать цитату в речь и т.д.; work smth. through (to) smb., smth. work one's way through the crowd (through the jungle, through the desert, through snow-fields, to the front of the crowd, to the summit, etc.) пробиваться через толпу и т.д.; work one's way to a position of responsibility добиваться положения в обществе

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > work

  • 15 ♦ on

    ♦ on (1) /ɒn, ən/
    prep.
    1 (compl. di luogo: stato e moto, anche fig.) su; sopra; a; in: He was sitting [he sat down] on a chair, era seduto [si sedette] su una sedia; There's a book on the table, c'è un libro sulla (o sopra la) tavola; ( sport: calcio, ecc.) to play on the wing, giocare sulla fascia; (TV) to watch a new serial on Channel 4, guardare un serial nuovo su Canale 4; They live on the fifth floor, abitano al quinto piano; He lived on a farm, viveva in una fattoria; I don't like travelling on buses, non mi piace andare in autobus; There were paintings on the walls, c'erano quadri alle pareti; He's on the phone, è al telefono; The house was on fire, la casa era in fiamme; a house on the river, una casa sul fiume; to launch an attack on the enemy, sferrare un attacco al nemico; war on terrorism, la guerra al terrorismo; (naut., aeron.) on board, a bordo; to go on a trip, andare in gita; to wear a ring on one's finger, avere un anello al dito; The door is on your right, la porta è alla tua destra; The teachers are on strike, i docenti sono in sciopero; to be on duty, essere in servizio; essere di turno; to travel on horseback, viaggiare a cavallo; ( sport) shots on goal, tiri a rete; tiri in porta
    2 ( argomento) su; riguardo a; circa: a lecture on Shakespeare, una conferenza su Shakespeare; This is my opinion on racial segregation, questa è la mia opinione sulla segregazione razziale
    3 ( tempo) di, in (o idiom.); ( spesso seguito da un gerundio) a: on Sunday, (la) domenica; on a Sunday, una domenica; on Sundays, di domenica; on this occasion, in questa occasione; on my birthday, nel (o il) giorno del mio compleanno; on Christmas eve, la vigilia di Natale; on their arrival, al loro arrivo; (comm.) on delivery, alla consegna; (fin.) on sight, a vista; On seeing the accident, she fainted, svenne alla vista dell'incidente
    4 ( mezzo) a; con; di: My car runs on diesel, la mia automobile va a gasolio; I've cut my hand on a piece of glass, mi sono tagliato la mano con un pezzo di vetro; Man cannot live on bread alone, non si vive di solo pane; My sons live on the dole, i miei figli vivono del sussidio di disoccupazione
    5 ( modo) a; in; con; per: I went there on foot, ci sono andato a piedi; I heard the news on the radio, ho sentito la notizia alla radio (o per radio); He delivered a speech on TV, fece un discorso alla tivù; I bought the goods on credit, ho comprato la merce a credito; (comm.) on account, in conto; ( anche) in acconto; to buy st. on the cheap, comprare qc. a buon mercato
    6 ( causa) per; a motivo di; in virtù di; per merito di: He's been arrested on suspicion of murder, è stato arrestato per sospetto omicidio; He was appointed sales manager on his long experience in this field, è stato nominato direttore delle vendite per la sua lunga esperienza in questo campo
    7 ( beneficio, vantaggio) per; in: He spends a lot of money on presents for his wife, spende un mucchio di soldi in regali per la moglie; I've wasted a lot of time on trifles, ho perso un sacco di tempo per inezie
    8 a confronto di; rispetto a: Sales are down on last year, le vendite sono calate rispetto all'anno scorso
    9 in; al servizio (o alle dipendenze) di; in organico presso; ( sport) in squadra con: He's got a job on a newspaper, lavora in un giornale; Which side is he on?, con quale squadra gioca?
    10 (fam.) a spese di; in conto a; a carico di: You can get your dentures on the NHS, puoi avere la dentiera a carico dell'ASL; l'ASL ‘passa’ la dentiera; DIALOGO → - Arranging lunch appointment- Lunch is on me!, il pranzo lo offro io!
    11 (fam.: indica il danno subìto da q.; è idiom.): The phone went dead on me, mi cadde la linea ( del telefono); The truck broke down on him, gli si ruppe il camion
    12 ( slang) sul conto di; contro: The police have nothing on him, la polizia non ha niente in mano contro di lui
    on account of, per conto di; a causa di □ ( radio, TV) on the air, in onda (avv.) □ on ( the o an) average, in media; di media □ to be on the ball, ( sport) essere sulla palla; avere la palla al piede; (fig.) essere un tipo sveglio □ on-call, ( di servizio, ecc.) a chiamata; senza appuntamento □ to be on drugs, drogarsi; farsi (pop.) □ on examination, dietro esame □ to be on guard, stare in guardia □ (leg.) to be on the jury, fare parte della giuria □ on loan, in prestito □ to be on the lookout, essere di sentinella; stare in guardia □ on no account, per nessuna ragione; per nessun motivo □ on penalty of death, pena la morte □ on the phone, al telefono; ( anche) in elenco □ ( di donna) to be on the pill, prendere la pillola ( anticoncezionale) □ on purpose, di proposito; a bella posta; apposta □ on reaching home, quando sono arrivato (sei arrivato, ecc.) a casa □ to be on the regular staff, essere di ruolo (o in pianta stabile) □ on sale, in vendita □ (comm.) on sale or return, da vendere o restituire; in conto deposito □ on the spot, su due piedi (fig.); immediatamente: an on-the-spot decision, una decisione immediata □ to be on the staff, fare parte del personale; essere in organico □ to be on strike, essere in sciopero □ on tap, ( della birra) alla spina; (fig.: di merce) disponibile □ on time (o on the minute), in tempo esatto; puntualmente □ on my way home, andando a casa; mentre andavo a casa □ on the whole, nel complesso □ (fam.) Drinks are on the house!, offre la ditta (il padrone, ecc.)! □ just on ten o'clock, proprio verso le dieci □ to be mad on st., andare pazzo per qc. □ ( anche fig.) to turn one's back on sb., voltare le spalle a q. He made a profit on the sale, ricavò un guadagno dalla vendita □ I dropped the tray on the floor, ho lasciato cadere a terra il vassoio.
    NOTA D'USO: - on o in?- ♦ on (2) /ɒn/
    avv.
    1 avanti; innanzi: Go on!, va' avanti!; Come on!, vieni avanti!; fatti avanti!; to send on, mandare avanti (q.); inoltrare ( una lettera, ecc.)
    2 sopra; addosso; in testa: He had his raincoat on, aveva addosso l'impermeabile; He came in with his hat on, è entrato col cappello in testa
    3 (per indicare continuazione, è idiom.; per es.:) to read on, continuare a leggere
    4 (nei verbi frasali, è idiom.; per es.:) to bring on, causare, provocare, ecc.; to come on, venire ( bene, male, ecc.); apparire; cominciare; ecc. (► to bring, to come, ecc.) NOTA D'USO: - onto o on to?-
    5 ( Borsa, fin.: di titoli) su; in ascesa; in rialzo; in ripresa: Industrials were on five points yesterday, le azioni industriali ieri erano in rialzo di cinque punti
    to be on about st., parlare di continuo di qc.; blaterare qc.: What is he on about this time?, e adesso, che cosa sta blaterando? □ to be on at sb., stare addosso a q.; assillare, importunare q.: She's always on at her husband to stop going to the pub, assilla sempre il marito perché smetta di andare al pub □ ( sport: calcio, ecc.) to be on for, entrare in campo al posto di: ( in una radiocronaca o telecronaca) Jones on for Martins, entra in campo Jones al posto di Martins □ to be on to, mettersi in contatto con, rivolgersi a, chiamare ( anche al telefono); ( anche) stare dietro a (q.); tenere d'occhio (q. o qc.); essere sulle tracce di; stare addosso a (q.); assillare, tormentare; (fam. USA) essere al corrente (o informato) di; avere scoperto (qc.): I've been on to the headmaster, but it was no use, mi sono rivolto al preside, ma non è servito a nulla; We'd better be on to the fire brigade, sarebbe meglio chiamare i pompieri; I've been on to his moves for weeks, sono settimane che tengo d'occhio le sue mosse; The police were on to the kidnappers, la polizia era sulle tracce dei rapitori; He's been on to me to buy a new car for years, sono anni che mi sta addosso perché compri una macchina nuova; Mother wasn't on to what was happening, la mamma non era al corrente di quel che stava accadendo □ (fam.) to be on to sb., avere capito il gioco di q. (o come stanno le cose) □ on and off, a intervalli; in modo intermittente; saltuariamente □ on and on, incessantemente, senza posa, senza sosta: He talked on and on, non la smetteva mai di parlare □ and so on, e così via; eccetera □ far on in the night, fino a notte avanzata □ from that day on, da quel giorno in poi □ later on, più tardi; dopo; poi □ He's well on in years, è avanti con gli (o negli) anni □ It's getting on for ten o'clock, si stanno facendo le dieci; manca poco alle dieci □ Come on!, suvvia!; via!; orsù!
    ♦ on (3) /ɒn/
    a. pred.
    1 attaccato; fissato: The button is on, il bottone è attaccato; The lid of the trunk is on, il coperchio del baule è fissato
    2 attaccato; inserito; acceso; in funzione; aperto; avviato: The iron is on, il ferro da stiro è attaccato; DIALOGO → - Downloading and printing- Is the printer on?, la stampante è accesa?; The fire was on, il fuoco era acceso; When I go out, I usually leave the lights on, di solito, quando esco, lascio la luce accesa; The gas is on, il gas è aperto; The tap is on, il rubinetto è aperto; The water is on, l'acqua viene (o arriva); ( anche) la sto tirando; The handbrake is on, il freno a mano è inserito (o è tirato); The engine is on, il motore è avviato
    3 (= on duty) in servizio; di turno: Only two policemen were on, erano in servizio soltanto due poliziotti
    4 fissato; stabilito; programmato: The meeting is on for tomorrow, la riunione è fissata per domani; Do you have anything on tonight?, hai niente in programma per stasera?; che si fa stasera?
    5 (cinem., teatr.) in cartellone; in corso di programmazione: DIALOGO → - Television- What's on TV tonight?, che cosa danno questa sera in TV?; DIALOGO → - Television- There's absolutely nothing on as usual, non c'è assolutamente niente come al solito; ‘Hamlet’ will be on for ten nights, l'‘Amleto’ terrà il cartellone per dieci sere
    6 ( di un attore, ecc.) di scena; ( radio, TV) in onda: You're on in five minutes, fra cinque minuti sei di scena (o vai in onda)
    7 ( di un evento, una gara, un concerto, ecc.) in svolgimento; in corso; in atto; (già) cominciato; ( sport) The match is on, la partita è in corso; The performance is on, lo spettacolo è già cominciato
    9 che è d'accordo; che ci sta; che è della partita: ‘How about a trip to Venice?’ ‘I'm on’, ‘che ne dici di una gita a Venezia?’ ‘ci sto’; There's a party tonight; are you on?, c'è una festa stasera; ci stai? (o ci vai?)
    10 (fam. USA) che capisce; che si rende conto: I tried to act as if nothing had happened, but my wife was on at once, cercai di comportarmi come se non fosse successo nulla, ma mia moglie capì subito
    11 ( sport: di un giocatore) in campo; che gioca: Carew has been on for half an hour, Carew è in campo da mezz'ora
    12 ( sport: di una gara) entrato nel vivo: Now the race is on, ora la corsa è entrata nel vivo
    13 ( slang) avvinazzato; brillo
    ● (fam.) an on day, una giornata buona, una giornata sì ( in cui si è di buonumore, ecc.) □ (agric., comm.) an on year, un anno buono (o favorevole); una buona annata □ not on, non attaccato, disinserito, spento, staccato, ecc.; non programmato, rinviato, non più attuale; ( al ristorante: di un piatto) finito, non disponibile; (fam.) inaccettabile, improponibile, intollerabile; non fattibile, impossibile: It's just not on to treat my house as if it were a hotel!, non mi va affatto che si tratti la mia casa come fosse un albergo!; I'm afraid a holiday abroad is not on this summer, temo proprio che una vacanza all'estero non sia possibile quest'estate □ (fam.) DIALOGO → - Arranging lunch appointment- You're on, d'accordo.
    on (4) /ɒn/
    nei composti:
    ( radio, TV) on-air, in onda; in trasmissione; in diretta; (fam. USA) on-and-offer, chi fa lavori occasionali; on-board onboard; (cinem., TV) on-camera, inquadrato; (edil.) on centre, interasse; (mecc.) on-centre, centrato; (ling.) on-glide, catastasi; on-the-job injury, infortunio sul lavoro; (org. az.) on-the-job training, formazione sul lavoro; (market.) on-licence, licenza per la vendita di alcolici da consumare sul posto; (comput., elettr.) on-line online; (spec. polit.) on-message, in linea, allineato ( con la politica del proprio partito); ( di luce) on-off, intermittente; ( nei sistemi di controllo) on-off control, regolazione on-off; (elettr.) on-off switch, interruttore acceso/spento; (autom.) on-road performance, comportamento (o prestazioni) su strada; on-screen, (TV, cinem.) sullo schermo, inquadrato; sugli schermi; (comput.) a video, sullo schermo: on-screen keyboard, tastiera su schermo; (TV) on-screen dialogue, dialogo con i personaggi inquadrati; on-screen violence, la violenza al cinema (o in TV); (teatr.) on-stage, in scena; che avviene sul palcoscenico ( non dietro le quinte); (ind.) on-stream, (avv.) in produzione, in esercizio, produttivamente; (agg.) produttivo: (org. az.) on-stream factor, saturazione produttiva; (autom.) on-street parking, parcheggio in strada; (elettr.) the on switch, l'interruttore per l'accensione (o per il collegamento).
    on (5) /ɒn/
    n. e a. attr.
    ( cricket) settore del campo alla sinistra del battitore destrimano.
    on (6) /ɒn/
    inter.
    On with the show!, si dia inizio allo spettacolo!

    English-Italian dictionary > ♦ on

  • 16 Fife, William

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 15 June 1857 Fairlie, Scotland
    d. 11 August 1944 Fairlie, Scotland
    [br]
    Scottish naval architect and designer of sailing yachts of legendary beauty and performance.
    [br]
    Following his education at Brisbane Academy in Largs, William Fife (the third generation of the name) became apprenticed at the age of 14 to the already famous yacht-building yard owned by his family at Fairlie in Ayrshire. On completion of his apprenticeship, he joined the Paisley shipbuilders John Fullerton \& Co. to gain experience in iron shipbuilding before going on as Manager to the Marquis of Ailsa's Culzean Steam Launch and Yacht Works. Initially the works was sited below the famous castle at Culzean, but some years later it moved a few miles along the Ayrshire Coast to Maidens. The Culzean Company was wound up in 1887 and Fife then returned to the family yard, where he remained for the rest of his working life. Many outstanding yachts were the product of his hours on the drawing board, including auxiliary sailing cruisers, motor yachts and well-known racing craft. The most outstanding designs were for two of Sir Thomas Lipton's challengers for the America's Cup: Shamrock I and Shamrock III. The latter yacht was tested at the Ship Model Experiment Tank owned by Denny of Dumbarton before being built at their Leven Shipyard in 1903. Shamrock III may have been one of the earliest America's Cup yachts to have been designed with a high level of scientific input. The hull construction was unusual for the early years of the twentieth century, being of alloy steel with decks of aluminium.
    William Fife was decorated for his service to shipbuilding during the First World War. With the onset of the Great Depression the shipyard's output slowed, and in the 1930s it was sold to other interests; this was the end of the 120-year Fife dynasty.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    OBE c.1919.
    FMW

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  • 17 go

    1. intransitive verb,
    pres. he goes, p.t. went, pres. p. going, p.p. gone
    1) gehen; [Fahrzeug:] fahren; [Flugzeug:] fliegen; [Vierfüßer:] laufen; [Reptil:] kriechen; (on horseback etc.) reiten; (on skis, roller skates) laufen; (in wheelchair, pram, lift) fahren

    go by bicycle/car/bus/train or rail/boat or sea or ship — mit dem [Fahr]rad/Auto/Bus/Zug/Schiff fahren

    go by plane or air — fliegen

    go on foot — zu Fuß gehen; laufen (ugs.)

    as one goes [along] — (fig.) nach und nach

    do something as one goes [along] — (lit.) etwas beim Gehen od. unterwegs tun

    go on a journey — eine Reise machen; verreisen

    go first-class/at 50 m.p.h. — erster Klasse reisen od. fahren/80 Stundenkilometer fahren

    have far to goweit zu gehen od. zu fahren haben; es weit haben

    the doll/dog goes everywhere with her — sie hat immer ihre Puppe/ihren Hund dabei

    who goes there?(sentry's challenge) wer da?

    there you go(coll., giving something) bitte!; da! (ugs.)

    2) (proceed as regards purpose, activity, destination, or route) [Bus, Zug, Lift, Schiff:] fahren; (use means of transportation) fahren; (fly) fliegen; (proceed on outward journey) weg-, abfahren; (travel regularly) [Verkehrsmittel:] verkehren (from... to zwischen + Dat.... und)

    his hand went to his pocketer griff nach seiner Tasche

    go to the toilet/cinema/moon/a museum/a funeral — auf die Toilette/ins Kino gehen/zum Mond fliegen/ins Museum/zu einer Beerdigung gehen

    go to the doctor['s] — etc. zum Arzt usw. gehen

    go [out] to China — nach China gehen

    go [over] to America — nach Amerika [hinüber]fliegen/-fahren

    go [off] to London — nach London [ab]fahren/[ab]fliegen

    go this/that way — hier/da entlanggehen/-fahren

    go out of one's way — einen Umweg machen; (fig.) keine Mühe scheuen

    go towards something/somebody — auf etwas/jemanden zugehen

    don't go on the grassgeh nicht auf den Rasen

    go by something/somebody — [Festzug usw.:] an etwas/jemandem vorbeiziehen; [Bus usw.:] an etwas/jemandem vorbeifahren

    go in and out [of something] — [in etwas (Dat.)] ein- und ausgehen

    go into somethingin etwas (Akk.) [hinein]gehen

    go chasing after something/somebody — hinter etwas/jemandem herrennen (ugs.)

    go and do something — [gehen und] etwas tun

    I'll go and get my coatich hole jetzt meinen Mantel

    go and see whether... — nachsehen [gehen], ob...

    go on a pilgrimageetc. eine Pilgerfahrt usw. machen

    go on TV/the radio — im Fernsehen/Radio auftreten

    I'll go! — ich geh schon!; (answer phone) ich geh ran od. nehme ab; (answer door) ich mache auf

    you go! (to the phone) geh du mal ran!

    3) (start) losgehen; (in vehicle) losfahren

    let's go!(coll.) fangen wir an!

    here goes!(coll.) dann mal los!

    whose turn is it to go?(in game) wer ist an der Reihe?

    go first (in game) anfangen

    from the word go(fig. coll.) [schon] von Anfang an

    a shiver went up or down my spine — ein Schauer lief mir über den Rücken od. den Rücken hinunter

    go to(be given to) [Preis, Sieg, Gelder, Job:] gehen an (+ Akk.); [Titel, Krone, Besitz:] übergehen auf (+ Akk.); [Ehre, Verdienst:] zuteil werden (Dat.)

    go towards(be of benefit to) zugute kommen (+ Dat.)

    go according to(be determined by) sich richten nach

    5) (make specific motion, do something specific)

    go round[Rad:] sich drehen

    there he etc. goes again — (coll.) da, schon wieder!

    here we go again(coll.) jetzt geht das wieder los!

    6) (act, work, function effectively) gehen; [Mechanismus, Maschine:] laufen

    get the car to godas Auto ankriegen (ugs.) od. starten

    at midnight we were still goingum Mitternacht waren wir immer noch dabei od. im Gange

    keep going(in movement) weitergehen/-fahren; (in activity) weitermachen; (not fail) sich aufrecht halten

    keep somebody going(enable to continue) jemanden aufrecht halten

    make something go, get/set something going — etwas in Gang bringen

    7)

    go to(attend)

    go to church/school — in die Kirche/die Schule gehen

    go to a comprehensive school — eine Gesamtschule besuchen; auf eine Gesamtschule gehen

    8) (have recourse)

    go to the relevant authority/UN — sich an die zuständige Behörde/UN wenden

    where do we go from here?(fig.) und was nun? (ugs.)

    9) (depart) gehen; [Bus, Zug:] [ab]fahren; [Post:] rausgehen (ugs.)

    I must be going nowich muss allmählich gehen

    time to go! — wir müssen/ihr müsst usw. gehen!

    to go(Amer.) [Speisen, Getränke:] zum Mitnehmen

    10) (euphem.): (die) sterben
    11) (fail) [Gedächtnis, Kräfte:] nachlassen; (cease to function) kaputtgehen; [Maschine, Computer usw.:] ausfallen; [Sicherung:] durchbrennen; (break) brechen; [Seil usw.:] reißen; (collapse) einstürzen; (fray badly) ausfransen
    12) (disappear) verschwinden; [Geruch, Rauch:] sich verziehen; [Geld, Zeit:] draufgehen (ugs.) (in, on für); (be relinquished) aufgegeben werden; [Tradition:] abgeschafft werden; (be dismissed) [Arbeitskräfte:] entlassen werden

    my coat/the stain has gone — mein Mantel/der Fleck ist weg

    where has my hat gone?wo ist mein Hut [geblieben]?

    13) (elapse) [Zeit:] vergehen; [Interview usw.:] vorüber-, vorbeigehen
    14)

    to go(still remaining)

    have something [still] to go — [noch] etwas übrig haben

    one week etc. to go to... — noch eine Woche usw. bis...

    there's only another mile to go — [es ist] nur noch eine Meile

    one down, two to go — einer ist bereits erledigt, bleiben noch zwei übrig (salopp)

    15) (be sold) weggehen (ugs.); verkauft werden

    it went for £1 — es ging für 1 Pfund weg

    16) (run) [Grenze, Straße usw.:] verlaufen, gehen; (afford access, lead) gehen; führen; (extend) reichen; (fig.) gehen

    as or so far as he/it goes — soweit

    17) (turn out, progress) [Ereignis, Projekt, Interview, Abend:] verlaufen

    go against somebody/something — [Wahl, Kampf:] zu jemandes/einer Sache Ungunsten ausgehen; [Entscheidung, Urteil:] zu jemandes/einer Sache Ungunsten ausfallen

    how did your holiday/party go? — wie war Ihr Urlaub/Ihre Party?

    how is the book going? — was macht [denn] das Buch?

    things have been going well/badly/smoothly — etc. in der letzten Zeit läuft alles gut/schief/glatt usw.

    how are things going?, how is it going? — wie steht's od. (ugs.) läuft's?

    18) (be, have form or nature, be in temporary state) sein; [Sprichwort, Gedicht, Titel:] lauten

    this is how things go, that's the way it goes — so ist es nun mal

    go hungry — hungern; hungrig bleiben

    go without food/water — es ohne Essen/Wasser aushalten

    go in fear of one's life — in beständiger Angst um sein Leben leben; see also academic.ru/31520/go_against">go against

    19) (become) werden

    the constituency/York went Tory — der Wahlkreis/York ging an die Tories

    20) (have usual place) kommen; (belong) gehören

    where does the box go?wo kommt od. gehört die Kiste hin?

    where do you want this chair to go?wo soll od. kommt der Stuhl hin?

    21) (fit) passen

    go in[to] something — in etwas (Akk.) gehen od. [hinein]passen

    go through something — durch etwas [hindurch]gehen od. [hindurch]passen

    22) (harmonize, match) passen ( with zu)
    23) (serve, contribute) dienen

    the qualities that go to make a leader — die Eigenschaften, die einen Führer ausmachen

    it just goes to show that... — daran zeigt sich, dass...

    24) (make sound of specified kind) machen; (emit sound) [Turmuhr, Gong:] schlagen; [Glocke:] läuten

    There goes the bell. School is over — Es klingelt. Die Schule ist aus

    the fire alarm went at 3 a. m. — der Feueralarm ging um 3 Uhr morgens los

    25) as intensifier (coll.)

    don't go making or go and make him angry — verärgere ihn bloß nicht

    I gave him a £10 note and, of course, he had to go and lose it — (iron.) ich gab ihm einen 10-Pfund-Schein, und er musste ihn natürlich prompt verlieren

    now you've been and gone and done it!(coll.) du hast ja was Schönes angerichtet! (ugs. iron.)

    go tell him I'm ready(coll./Amer.) geh und sag ihm, dass ich fertig bin

    26) (coll.): (be acceptable or permitted) erlaubt sein; gehen (ugs.)

    everything/anything goes — es ist alles erlaubt

    it/that goes without saying — es/das ist doch selbstverständlich

    what he etc. says, goes — was er usw. sagt, gilt. See also going; gone

    2. transitive verb, forms as
    I
    1) (Cards) spielen
    2) (coll.)

    go ites toll treiben; (work hard) rangehen

    go it! — los!; weiter!

    3. noun
    , pl. goes (coll.)
    1) (attempt, try) Versuch, der; (chance) Gelegenheit, die

    have a goes versuchen od. probieren

    have a go at doing something — versuchen, etwas zu tun

    let me have/can I have a go? — lass mich [auch ein]mal/kann ich [auch ein]mal? (ugs.)

    it's my goich bin an der Reihe od. dran

    in two/three goes — bei zwei/drei Versuchen

    2)

    have a go at somebody(scold) sich (Dat.) jemanden vornehmen od. vorknöpfen (ugs.); (attack) über jemanden herfallen

    3) (period of activity)

    he downed his beer in one goer trank sein Bier in einem Zug aus

    4) (energy) Schwung, der

    be full of govoller Schwung od. Elan sein

    5) (vigorous activity)
    6) (success)

    it's no goda ist nichts zu machen

    4. adjective
    (coll.)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [ɡəu] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - goes; verb
    1) (to walk, travel, move etc: He is going across the field; Go straight ahead; When did he go out?) gehen
    2) (to be sent, passed on etc: Complaints have to go through the proper channels.) gehen
    3) (to be given, sold etc: The prize goes to John Smith; The table went for $100.) abgehen
    4) (to lead to: Where does this road go?) führen
    5) (to visit, to attend: He goes to school every day; I decided not to go to the movie.) gehen
    6) (to be destroyed etc: This wall will have to go.) verschwinden
    7) (to proceed, be done: The meeting went very well.) ablaufen
    8) (to move away: I think it is time you were going.) gehen
    9) (to disappear: My purse has gone!)
    10) (to do (some action or activity): I'm going for a walk; I'm going hiking next week-end.) im Begriff stehen, zu...
    11) (to fail etc: I think the clutch on this car has gone.) versagen
    12) (to be working etc: I don't think that clock is going.) gehen
    13) (to become: These apples have gone bad.) werden
    14) (to be: Many people in the world regularly go hungry.) sich befinden
    15) (to be put: Spoons go in that drawer.) gehören
    16) (to pass: Time goes quickly when you are enjoying yourself.) vorbeigehen
    17) (to be used: All her pocket-money goes on sweets.) draufgehen
    18) (to be acceptable etc: Anything goes in this office.) gehen
    19) (to make a particular noise: Dogs go woof, not miaow.) ertönen, machen
    20) (to have a particular tune etc: How does that song go?) gehen
    21) (to become successful etc: She always makes a party go.) erfolgreich
    2. noun
    1) (an attempt: I'm not sure how to do it, but I'll have a go.) der Versuch
    2) (energy: She's full of go.) der Schwung
    3. adjective
    1) (successful: That shop is still a going concern.) gutgehend
    2) (in existence at present: the going rate for typing manuscripts.) bestehend
    4. noun
    (permission: We'll start as soon as we get the go-ahead.) grünes Licht
    - go-getter
    - going-over
    - goings-on
    - no-go
    - all go
    - be going on for
    - be going on
    - be going strong
    - from the word go
    - get going
    - give the go-by
    - go about
    - go after
    - go against
    - go along
    - go along with
    - go around
    - go around with
    - go at
    - go back
    - go back on
    - go by
    - go down
    - go far
    - go for
    - go in
    - go in for
    - go into
    - go off
    - go on
    - go on at
    - go out
    - go over
    - go round
    - go slow
    - go steady
    - go through
    - go through with
    - go too far
    - go towards
    - go up
    - go up in smoke/flames
    - go with
    - go without
    - keep going
    - make a go of something
    - make a go
    - on the go
    * * *
    go
    [gəʊ, AM goʊ]
    <goes, went, gone>
    1. (proceed) gehen; vehicle, train fahren; plane fliegen
    don't \go any closer — that animal is dangerous geh' nicht näher randas Tier ist gefährlich
    the bus \goes from Vaihingen to Sillenbuch der Bus verkehrt zwischen Vaihingen und Sillenbuch
    a shiver went down my spine mir fuhr ein Schauer über den Rücken
    you \go first! geh du zuerst!
    you \go next du bist als Nächste(r) dran!
    hey, I \go now he, jetzt bin ich dran! fam
    the doll \goes everywhere with him die Puppe nimmt er überallhin mit
    drive to the end of the road, \go left, and... fahren Sie die Straße bis zum Ende entlang, biegen Sie dann links ab und...
    \go south till you get to the coast halte dich südlich, bis du zur Küste kommst
    we have a long way to \go wir haben noch einen weiten Weg vor uns
    we've completed all of our goalswhere do we \go from here? wir haben all unsere Ziele erreicht — wie geht es jetzt weiter?
    the train hooted as it went into the tunnel der Zug pfiff, als er in den Tunnel einfuhr
    who \goes there? wer da?; (to dog)
    \go fetch it! hol'!
    to \go towards sb/sth auf jdn/etw zugehen
    to \go home nach Hause gehen
    to \go to hospital/a party/prison/the toilet ins Krankenhaus/auf eine Party/ins Gefängnis/auf die Toilette gehen
    to \go across to the pub rüber in die Kneipe gehen fam
    to \go to sea zur See gehen fam
    to \go across the street über die Straße gehen
    to \go aboard/ashore an Bord/Land gehen
    to \go below nach unten gehen
    to \go below deck unter Deck gehen
    to \go downhill ( also fig) bergab gehen
    to have it far to \go es weit haben
    to \go offstage [von der Bühne] abgehen
    to \go round sich akk drehen
    2. (in order to get)
    could you \go into the kitchen and get me something to drink, please? könntest du bitte in die Küche gehen und mir was zu trinken holen?
    would you \go and get me some things from the supermarket? würdest du mir ein paar Sachen vom Supermarkt mitbringen?
    I just want to \go and have a look at that antique shop over there ich möchte nur schnell einen Blick in das Antiquitätengeschäft da drüben werfen
    would you wait for me while I \go and fetch my coat? wartest du kurz auf mich, während ich meinen Mantel hole?
    I'll just \go and put my shoes on ich ziehe mir nur schnell die Schuhe on
    \go and wash your hands geh und wasch deine Hände
    she's gone to meet Brian at the station sie ist Brian vom Bahnhof abholen gegangen
    to \go and get some fresh air frische Luft schnappen gehen
    to \go to see sb jdn aufsuchen
    3. (travel) reisen
    have you ever gone to Africa before? warst du schon einmal in Afrika?
    to \go by bike/car/coach/train mit dem Fahrrad/Auto/Bus/Zug fahren
    to \go on a cruise eine Kreuzfahrt machen
    to \go on [a] holiday in Urlaub gehen
    to \go to Italy nach Italien fahren
    last year I went to Spain letztes Jahr war ich in Spanien
    to \go on a journey verreisen, eine Reise machen
    to \go by plane fliegen
    to \go on a trip eine Reise machen
    to \go abroad ins Ausland gehen
    4. (disappear) stain, keys verschwinden
    where have my keys gone? wo sind meine Schlüssel hin?
    ah, my tummy ache is gone! ah, meine Bauchschmerzen sind weg!
    I really don't know where all my money \goes ich weiß auch nicht, wo mein ganzes Geld hinverschwindet!
    half of my salary \goes on rent die Hälfte meines Gehaltes geht für die Miete drauf
    gone are the days when... vorbei sind die Zeiten, wo...
    here \goes my free weekend... das war's dann mit meinem freien Wochenende...
    all his money \goes on his car er steckt sein ganzes Geld in sein Auto
    there \goes another one! und wieder eine/einer weniger!
    hundreds of jobs will \go das wird Hunderte von Arbeitsplätzen kosten
    the president will have to \go der Präsident wird seinen Hut nehmen müssen
    that cat will have to \go die Katze muss verschwinden!
    all hope has gone jegliche Hoffnung ist geschwunden
    to \go adrift NAUT abtreiben, wegtreiben; ( fig) gestohlen werden
    one of my books has gone adrift from my desk eines meiner Bücher ist von meinem Schreibtisch verschwunden
    to \go missing BRIT, AUS verschwinden
    5. (leave) gehen
    we have to \go now [or it's time to \go] wir müssen jetzt gehen
    I must be \going ich muss jetzt allmählich gehen
    has she gone yet? ist sie noch da?
    the bus has gone der Bus ist schon weg; ( old)
    be gone! hinweg mit dir veraltet
    to let sth/sb \go, to let \go of sth/sb etw/jdn loslassen
    6. (do)
    to \go biking/jogging/shopping/swimming etc. Rad fahren/joggen/einkaufen/schwimmen etc. gehen
    to \go looking for sb/sth jdn/etw suchen gehen
    if you \go telling all my secrets,... wenn du hergehst und alle meine Geheimnisse ausplauderst,...
    don't you dare \go crying to your mum about this untersteh dich, deswegen heulend zu deiner Mama zu laufen
    to \go to church/a concert in die Kirche/ins Konzert gehen
    to \go to the cinema [or AM a movie] [or BRIT ( fam) the pictures] ins Kino gehen
    to \go to the doctor zum Arzt gehen
    to \go to kindergarten/school/university in den Kindergarten/in die Schule/auf die Universität gehen
    to \go on a pilgrimage auf Pilgerfahrt gehen
    I'll \go (phone) ich geh' ran; (door) ich mach' auf
    to \go as sth witch, pirate als etw gehen
    what shall I \go in? als was soll ich gehen?
    10. + adj (become) werden
    the line has gone dead die Leitung ist tot
    the milk's gone sour die Milch ist sauer
    the tyre has gone flat der Reifen ist platt
    my mind suddenly went blank ich hatte plötzlich wie ein Brett vorm Kopf sl
    I always \go red when I'm embarrassed ich werde immer rot, wenn mir etwas peinlich ist
    he described the new regulations as bureaucracy gone mad er bezeichnete die neuen Bestimmungen als Ausgeburt einer wild gewordenen Bürokratie
    I went cold mir wurde kalt
    she's gone Communist sie ist jetzt Kommunistin
    he's gone all environmental er macht jetzt voll auf Öko fam
    to \go bad food schlecht werden
    to \go bald/grey kahl/grau werden
    to \go bankrupt bankrottgehen
    to \go haywire (out of control) außer Kontrolle geraten; (malfunction) verrücktspielen fam
    to \go public an die Öffentlichkeit treten; STOCKEX an die Börse gehen
    to \go to sleep einschlafen
    11. + adj (be) sein
    to \go hungry hungern
    to \go thirsty dursten, durstig sein ÖSTERR
    to \go unmentioned/unnoticed/unsolved unerwähnt/unbemerkt/ungelöst bleiben
    12. (turn out) gehen
    how did your party \go? und, wie war deine Party?
    how's your thesis \going? was macht deine Doktorarbeit?
    how are things \going? und, wie läuft's? fam
    if everything \goes well... wenn alles gutgeht...
    things have gone well es ist gut gelaufen
    the way things \go wie das halt so geht
    the way things are \going at the moment... so wie es im Moment aussieht...
    to \go like a bomb ein Bombenerfolg sein fam
    to \go according to plan nach Plan laufen
    to \go from bad to worse vom Regen in die Traufe kommen
    to \go against/for sb election zu jds Ungunsten/Gunsten ausgehen
    to \go wrong schiefgehen, schieflaufen fam
    13. (pass) vergehen, verstreichen
    time seems to \go faster as you get older die Zeit scheint schneller zu vergehen, wenn man älter wird
    only two days to \go... nur noch zwei Tage...
    one week to \go till Christmas noch eine Woche bis Weihnachten
    in days gone by in längst vergangenen Zeiten
    two exams down, one to \go zwei Prüfungen sind schon geschafft, jetzt noch eine, dann ist es geschafft!
    I've three years to \go before I can retire mir fehlen noch drei Jahre bis zur Rente!
    14. (begin) anfangen
    ready to \go? bist du bereit?
    one, two, three, \go! eins, zwei, drei, los!
    we really must get \going with these proposals wir müssen uns jetzt echt an diese Konzepte setzen
    let's \go! los!
    here \goes! jetzt geht's los!
    15. (fail) kaputtgehen; hearing, health, memory nachlassen; rope reißen
    our computer is \going unser Computer gibt seinen Geist auf hum fam
    my jeans is gone at the knees meine Jeans ist an den Knien durchgescheuert
    her mind is \going sie baut geistig ganz schön ab! fam
    16. (die) sterben
    she went peacefully in her sleep sie starb friedlich im Schlaf
    17. (belong) hingehören
    I'll put it away if you tell me where it \goes ich räum's weg, wenn du mir sagst, wo es hingehört
    the silverware \goes in the drawer over there das Silber kommt in die Schublade da drüben
    those tools \go in the garage diese Werkzeuge gehören in die Garage
    that is to \go into my account das kommt auf mein Konto
    where do you want that to \go? wo soll das hin?
    that \goes under a different chapter das gehört in ein anderes Kapitel
    to \go to sb prize, house an jdn gehen; property auf jdn übergehen geh
    Manchester went to Labour Manchester ging an Labour
    19. (lead) road führen
    where does this trail \go? wohin führt dieser Pfad?
    20. (extend) gehen
    the meadow \goes all the way down to the road die Weide erstreckt sich bis hinunter zur Straße
    your idea is good enough, as far as it \goes... deine Idee ist so weit ganz gut,...
    the numbers on the paper \go from 1 to 10 die Nummern auf dem Blatt gehen von 1 bis 10
    21. (in auction) gehen
    I'll \go as high as £200 ich gehe bis zu 200 Pfund
    22. (function) watch gehen; machine laufen
    our business has been \going for twenty years unser Geschäft läuft seit zwanzig Jahren
    I'm not saying anything as long as the tape recorder is \going ich sage gar nichts, solange das Tonbandgerät läuft
    to \go slow ECON einen Bummelstreik machen; watch nachgehen
    to get sth \going [or to \go] [or to make sth \go] etw in Gang bringen
    to get a party \going eine Party in Fahrt bringen
    to get [or set] sb \going jdn in Fahrt bringen
    to keep \going person weitermachen; car weiterfahren
    come on! keep \going! ja, weiter! fam
    to keep sth \going etw in Gang halten; factory in Betrieb halten
    to keep a conversation \going eine Unterhaltung am Laufen halten
    to keep a fire \going ein Feuer am Brennen halten
    that thought kept me \going dieser Gedanke ließ mich durchhalten
    here's some food to keep you \going hier hast du erst mal was zu essen
    23. (have recourse) gehen
    to \go to court over sth wegen einer S. gen vor Gericht gehen
    to \go to the police zur Polizei gehen
    to \go to war in den Krieg ziehen
    24. (match, be in accordance)
    to \go [with sth] [zu etw dat] passen
    these two colours don't \go diese beiden Farben beißen sich
    to \go against logic unlogisch sein
    to \go against one's principles gegen jds Prinzipien verstoßen
    25. (fit)
    five \goes into ten two times [or five into ten \goes twice] fünf geht zweimal in zehn
    do you think all these things will \go into our little suitcase? glaubst du, das ganze Zeug wird in unseren kleinen Koffer passen? fam
    26. (be sold) weggehen fam
    \going, \going, gone! zum Ersten, zum Zweiten, [und] zum Dritten!
    pocketbooks are \going for $10 for the next two days in den nächsten zwei Tagen sind die Taschenbücher für 10 Dollar zu haben
    to \go to sb an jdn gehen
    to \go like hot cakes weggehen wie warme Semmeln fam
    to be \going cheap billig zu haben sein
    27. (serve, contribute)
    to \go [to sth] [zu etw dat] beitragen
    the money will \go to the victims of the earthquake das Geld ist für die Erdbebenopfer bestimmt
    this will \go towards your holiday das [Geld] ist für deinen Urlaub bestimmt
    your daughter's attitude only \goes to prove how much... die Einstellung deiner Tochter zeigt einmal mehr, wie sehr...
    28. (move) machen
    when I \go like this, my hand hurts wenn ich so mache, tut meine Hand weh
    \go like this with your hand to show that... mach so mit deiner Hand, um zu zeigen, dass...
    29. (sound) machen
    I think I heard the doorbell \go just now ich glaube, es hat gerade geklingelt
    there \goes the bell es klingelt
    ducks \go ‘quack’ Enten machen ‚quack‘
    with sirens \going ambulance mit heulender Sirene
    30. (accepted)
    anything \goes alles ist erlaubt
    that \goes for all of you das gilt für euch alle!
    31. (be told, sung) gehen; title, theory lauten
    I can never remember how that song \goes ich weiß nie, wie dieses Lied geht
    the story \goes that... es heißt, dass...
    the rumour \goes that... es geht das Gerücht, dass...
    as hospitals/things \go verglichen mit anderen Krankenhäusern/Dingen
    as things \go today it wasn't that expensive für heutige Verhältnisse war es gar nicht so teuer
    I really have to \go ich muss ganz dringend mal! fam
    I've gone and lost my earring ich habe meinen Ohrring verloren
    you've really gone and done it now! jetzt hast du aber was Schönes angerichtet! iron; (pej!)
    \go to hell! geh [o scher dich] zum Teufel! fam
    35. AM (in restaurant)
    do you want that pizza here or to \go? möchten Sie die Pizza hier essen oder mitnehmen?; AM
    I'd like a cheeseburger to \go, please ich hätte gerne einen Cheeseburger zum Mitnehmen
    36. (available)
    is there any beer \going? gibt es Bier?
    I'll have whatever is \going ich nehme das, was gerade da ist
    37. ( fam: treat)
    to \go easy on sb jdn schonend behandeln, jdn glimpflich davonkommen lassen
    38.
    to \go all out to do sth alles daransetzen, etw zu tun
    to \go Dutch getrennt zahlen
    easy come, easy \go ( prov) wie gewonnen, so zerronnen prov
    \go [and] get stuffed! ( fam) du kannst mich mal! fam
    to \go halves on sth sich dat etw je zur Hälfte teilen
    here we \go again ( fam) jetzt geht das wieder los! fam
    \go [and] take a running jump! mach bloß, dass du abhaust [o ÖSTERR verschwindest]! fam
    there you \go bitte schön!; (told you so) sag ich's doch! fam
    there he \goes again ( fam) jetzt fängt er schon wieder damit an! fam
    don't \go there ( fam) lass dich nicht darauf ein
    that \goes without saying das versteht sich von selbst
    to be \going to do sth etw tun werden
    we are \going to have a party tomorrow wir geben morgen eine Party
    he was \going to phone me this morning er wollte mich heute Morgen anrufen
    isn't she \going to accept the job after all? nimmt sie den Job nun doch nicht an?
    <goes, went, gone>
    to \go sth a route, a highway etw nehmen
    2. ( fam: say)
    to \go sth:
    she \goes to me: I never want to see you again! sie sagt zu mir: ich will dich nie wieder sehen!
    to \go sth etw reizen
    to \go nap die höchste Zahl von Stichen ansagen
    to not \go much on sth sich dat nicht viel aus etw dat machen
    to \go sth:
    my mind went a complete blank ich hatte voll ein Brett vorm Kopf! fam
    6.
    to \go it alone etw im Alleingang tun
    to \go it ( fam) es toll treiben fam; (move quickly) ein tolles Tempo drauf haben; (work hard) sich akk reinknien
    to \go a long way lange [vor]halten
    sb will \go a long way jd wird es weit bringen
    to \go nap alles auf eine Karte setzen
    to \go it some es laufenlassen fam
    IV. NOUN
    <pl -es>
    I'll have a \go at driving if you're tired ich kann dich mit dem Fahren ablösen, wenn du müde bist fam
    you've had your \go already! du warst schon dran!
    hey, it's Ken's \go now he, jetzt ist Ken dran
    can I have a \go? darf ich mal?
    to miss one \go einmal aussetzen; (not voluntarily) einmal übersprungen werden
    2. (attempt) Versuch m
    have a \go! versuch' es doch einfach mal! fam
    at one \go auf einen Schlag; (drink) in einem Zug fam
    all in one \go alle[s] auf einmal
    at the first \go auf Anhieb
    to give sth a \go etw versuchen
    to have a \go at sb (criticize) jdn runtermachen fam; (attack) über jdn herfallen
    his boss had a \go at him about his appearance sein Chef hat sich ihn wegen seines Äußeren vorgeknöpft fam
    members of the public are strongly advised not to have a \go at this man die Öffentlichkeit wird eindringlich davor gewarnt, etwas gegen diesen Mann zu unternehmen
    to have a \go at doing sth versuchen, etw zu tun
    to have several \goes at sth für etw akk mehrere Anläufe nehmen
    3. no pl (energy) Antrieb m, Elan m
    to be full of \go voller Elan sein
    4. esp BRIT ( fam: dose) Anfall m
    she had such a bad \go of the flu that she took a week off from work sie hatte so eine schlimme Grippe, dass sie eine Woche in Krankenstand ging
    it's all \go here hier ist immer was los fam
    it's all \go and no relaxing on those bus tours auf diesen Busfahrten wird nur gehetzt und man kommt nie zum Ausruhen fam
    I've got two projects on the \go at the moment ich habe momentan zwei Projekte gleichzeitig laufen
    to be on the \go [ständig] auf Trab sein
    I've been on the \go all day long ich war den ganzen Tag auf Achse fam
    to keep sb on the \go jdn auf Trab halten fam
    6.
    to be all the \go BRIT ( dated fam) der letzte Schrei sein
    to make a \go of sth mit etw dat Erfolg haben
    she's making a \go of her new antique shop ihr neues Antiquitätengeschäft ist ein voller Erfolg fam
    that was a near \go das war knapp
    it's no \go da ist nichts zu machen
    to be touch and \go auf der Kippe stehen fam
    from the word \go von Anfang an
    pred [start]klar, in Ordnung
    all systems [are] \go alles klar
    all systems \go, take-off in t minus 10 alle Systeme zeigen grün, Start in t minus 10
    * * *
    go1 [ɡəʊ]
    A pl goes [ɡəʊz] s
    1. Gehen n:
    a) (ständig) in Bewegung oder auf Achse
    b) obs im Verfall begriffen, im Dahinschwinden;
    from the word go umg von Anfang an
    2. Gang m, (Ver)Lauf m
    3. umg Schwung m, Schmiss m umg:
    he is full of go er hat Schwung, er ist voller Leben
    4. umg Mode f:
    it is all the go now es ist jetzt große Mode
    5. umg Erfolg m:
    make a go of sth etwas zu einem Erfolg machen;
    a) kein Erfolg,
    b) aussichts-, zwecklos;
    it’s no go es geht nicht, nichts zu machen
    6. umg Abmachung f:
    it’s a go! abgemacht!
    7. umg Versuch m:
    have a go at sth etwas probieren oder versuchen;
    let me have a go lass mich mal (probieren)!;
    have a go at sb jemandem was zu hören geben umg;
    at one go auf einen Schlag, auf Anhieb;
    in one go auf einen Sitz;
    at the first go gleich beim ersten Versuch;
    it’s your go du bist an der Reihe oder dran
    8. umg ( besonders unangenehme) Sache, Geschichte f:
    what a go! ’ne schöne Geschichte oder Bescherung!, so was Dummes!;
    it was a near go das ging gerade noch (einmal) gut
    9. umg
    a) Portion f (einer Speise)
    b) Glas n:
    his third go of brandy sein dritter Kognak
    10. Anfall m (einer Krankheit):
    my second go of influenza meine zweite Grippe
    B adj TECH umg funktionstüchtig
    C v/i prät went [went], pperf gone [ɡɒn; US ɡɔːn], 3. sg präs goes [ɡəʊz]
    1. gehen, fahren, reisen ( alle:
    to nach), sich (fort)bewegen:
    go on foot zu Fuß gehen;
    go by plane ( oder air) mit dem Flugzeug reisen, fliegen;
    go to Paris nach Paris reisen oder gehen;
    go to the country Br (das Parlament auflösen und) Neuwahlen ausschreiben; horseback A, train A 1
    2. (fort)gehen, abfahren, abreisen (to nach):
    people were coming and going Leute kamen und gingen;
    who goes there? MIL wer da?;
    I must be going ich muss gehen oder weg oder fort; let1 Bes Redew
    3. verkehren, fahren (Fahrzeuge)
    4. anfangen, loslegen, -gehen:
    go! SPORT los!;
    go to it! mach dich dran!, ran! (beide umg);
    here you go again! jetzt fängst du schon wieder an!;
    just go and try versuchs doch mal!;
    here goes! umg dann mal los!, ran (an den Speck)!
    5. gehen, führen (to nach):
    6. sich erstrecken, reichen, gehen (to bis):
    the belt does not go round her waist der Gürtel geht oder reicht nicht um ihre Taille;
    as far as it goes bis zu einem gewissen Grade;
    it goes a long way es reicht lange (aus)
    7. fig gehen:
    let it go at that lass es dabei bewenden; all Bes Redew, anywhere 1, court A 10, expense Bes Redew, far Bes Redew, heart Bes Redew, nowhere A 2
    8. MATH (into) gehen (in akk), enthalten sein (in dat):
    9. gehen, passen ( beide:
    into, in in akk), fallen (to auf akk):
    it does not go into my pocket es geht oder passt nicht in meine Tasche;
    12 inches go to the foot 12 Zoll gehen auf oder bilden einen Fuß
    10. gehören (in, into in akk; on auf akk):
    the books go on the shelf die Bücher gehören in oder kommen auf das Regal;
    where does this go? wohin kommt das?
    11. (to) gehen (an akk) (Preis etc), zufallen (dat) (Erbe):
    the money is going to a good cause das Geld fließt einem guten Zweck zu oder kommt einem guten Zweck zugute!
    12. TECH gehen, laufen, funktionieren (alle auch fig):
    keep (set) sth going etwas in Gang halten (bringen);
    make things go die Sache in Schwung bringen; get B 14, C 4, keep B 2
    13. werden, in einen (bestimmten) Zustand übergehen oder verfallen:
    your coffee will go cold dein Kaffee wird kalt;
    go blind erblinden;
    go Conservative zu den Konservativen übergehen; bad1 A 13, hot A 3, mad A 1
    14. (gewöhnlich) (in einem Zustand) sein, sich ständig befinden:
    go armed bewaffnet sein;
    go in rags ständig in Lumpen herumlaufen;
    go hungry hungern;
    going sixteen im 16. Lebensjahr; fear A 1, unheeded
    15. a) meist go with child schwanger sein
    b) go with young ZOOL trächtig sein
    16. (with) gehen (mit), sich halten oder anschließen (an akk): tide1 A 3
    17. sich halten (by, on, upon an akk), gehen, handeln, sich richten, urteilen (on, upon nach):
    have nothing to go upon keine Anhaltspunkte haben;
    going by her clothes ihrer Kleidung nach (zu urteilen)
    18. umgehen, kursieren, im Umlauf sein (Gerüchte etc):
    the story goes that … es heißt oder man erzählt sich, dass …
    19. gelten ( for für):
    what he says goes umg was er sagt, gilt;
    that goes for all of you das gilt für euch alle;
    it goes without saying es versteht sich von selbst, (es ist) selbstverständlich
    20. gehen, laufen, bekannt sein:
    it goes by ( oder under) the name of … es läuft unter dem Namen …;
    my dog goes by the name of Rover mein Hund hört auf den Namen Rover
    21. as hotels go im Vergleich zu anderen Hotels;
    he’s a meek man, as men go er ist ein vergleichsweise sanftmütiger Mann
    22. vergehen, -streichen:
    how time goes! wie (doch) die Zeit vergeht!;
    one minute to go noch eine Minute;
    with five minutes to go SPORT fünf Minuten vor Spielende
    23. WIRTSCH weggehen, abgesetzt oder verkauft werden ( beide:
    at, for für):
    “everything must go” „Totalausverkauf“;
    go for nothing umsonst sein (Mühe etc); cake A 1
    24. (on, in) aufgehen (in dat), ausgegeben werden (für):
    all his money goes on drink er gibt sein ganzes Geld für Alkohol aus
    25. dazu beitragen oder dienen ( to do zu tun), dienen (to zu), verwendet werden (to, toward[s] für, zu):
    it goes to show dies zeigt, daran erkennt man;
    this only goes to show you the truth dies dient nur dazu, Ihnen die Wahrheit zu zeigen
    26. verlaufen, sich entwickeln oder gestalten:
    how does the play go? wie geht oder welchen Erfolg hat das Stück?;
    things have gone badly with me es ist mir schlecht ergangen
    27. ausgehen, -fallen:
    the decision went against him die Entscheidung fiel zu seinen Ungunsten aus;
    it went well es ging gut (aus)
    28. Erfolg haben:
    go big umg ein Riesenerfolg sein
    29. (with) gehen, sich vertragen, harmonieren (mit), passen (zu):
    30. ertönen, erklingen, läuten (Glocke), schlagen (Uhr):
    the clock went five die Uhr schlug fünf;
    the doorbell went es klingelte oder läutete
    31. mit einem Knall etc losgehen:
    bang went the gun die Kanone machte bumm
    32. lauten (Worte etc):
    I forget how the words go mir fällt der Text im Moment nicht ein;
    this is how the tune goes so geht die Melodie;
    this song goes to the tune of … dieses Lied geht nach der Melodie von …
    33. gehen, verschwinden, abgeschafft werden:
    he must go er muss weg;
    these laws must go die Gesetze müssen verschwinden
    34. (dahin)schwinden:
    my eyesight is going meine Augen werden immer schlechter
    35. zum Erliegen kommen, zusammenbrechen (Handel etc)
    36. kaputtgehen (Sohlen etc)
    37. sterben
    38. (im ppr mit inf) zum Ausdruck einer Zukunft, besonders
    it is going to rain es gibt Regen, es wird (bald oder gleich) regnen;
    he is going to read it er wird oder will es (bald) lesen;
    she is going to have a baby sie bekommt ein Kind;
    what was going to be done? was sollte nun geschehen?
    39. (mit nachfolgendem ger) meist gehen:
    go swimming schwimmen gehen;
    you must not go telling him du darfst es ihm ja nicht sagen;
    he goes frightening people er erschreckt immer die Leute
    40. (daran)gehen, sich aufmachen oder anschicken:
    he went to find him er ging ihn suchen;
    she went to see him sie besuchte ihn;
    go fetch! bring es!, hol es!;
    he went and sold it umg er hat es tatsächlich verkauft; er war so dumm, es zu verkaufen
    41. “pizzas to go” (Schild) US „Pizzas zum Mitnehmen“
    42. erlaubt sein:
    everything goes in this place hier ist alles erlaubt
    43. besonders US umg wiegen:
    I went 90 kilos last year letztes Jahr hatte ich 90 Kilo
    D v/t
    1. einen Weg, eine Strecke etc gehen
    2. einen Betrag wetten, setzen (on auf akk)
    3. Kartenspiel: ansagen
    4. US umg eine Einladung oder Wette annehmen von:
    I’ll go you! ich nehme an!, gemacht!
    5. go it umg
    a) sich reinknien, (mächtig) rangehen,
    b) es toll treiben, auf den Putz hauen,
    c) handeln:
    go it alone einen Alleingang machen;
    go it! ran!, (immer) feste! umg
    go2 [ɡəʊ] Go n (japanisches Brettspiel)
    * * *
    1. intransitive verb,
    pres. he goes, p.t. went, pres. p. going, p.p. gone
    1) gehen; [Fahrzeug:] fahren; [Flugzeug:] fliegen; [Vierfüßer:] laufen; [Reptil:] kriechen; (on horseback etc.) reiten; (on skis, roller skates) laufen; (in wheelchair, pram, lift) fahren

    go by bicycle/car/bus/train or rail/boat or sea or ship — mit dem [Fahr]rad/Auto/Bus/Zug/Schiff fahren

    go by plane or air — fliegen

    go on foot — zu Fuß gehen; laufen (ugs.)

    as one goes [along] — (fig.) nach und nach

    do something as one goes [along] — (lit.) etwas beim Gehen od. unterwegs tun

    go on a journey — eine Reise machen; verreisen

    go first-class/at 50 m.p.h. — erster Klasse reisen od. fahren/80 Stundenkilometer fahren

    have far to goweit zu gehen od. zu fahren haben; es weit haben

    the doll/dog goes everywhere with her — sie hat immer ihre Puppe/ihren Hund dabei

    there you go(coll., giving something) bitte!; da! (ugs.)

    2) (proceed as regards purpose, activity, destination, or route) [Bus, Zug, Lift, Schiff:] fahren; (use means of transportation) fahren; (fly) fliegen; (proceed on outward journey) weg-, abfahren; (travel regularly) [Verkehrsmittel:] verkehren (from... to zwischen + Dat.... und)

    go to the toilet/cinema/moon/a museum/a funeral — auf die Toilette/ins Kino gehen/zum Mond fliegen/ins Museum/zu einer Beerdigung gehen

    go to the doctor['s] — etc. zum Arzt usw. gehen

    go [out] to China — nach China gehen

    go [over] to America — nach Amerika [hinüber]fliegen/-fahren

    go [off] to London — nach London [ab]fahren/[ab]fliegen

    go this/that way — hier/da entlanggehen/-fahren

    go out of one's way — einen Umweg machen; (fig.) keine Mühe scheuen

    go towards something/somebody — auf etwas/jemanden zugehen

    go by something/somebody — [Festzug usw.:] an etwas/jemandem vorbeiziehen; [Bus usw.:] an etwas/jemandem vorbeifahren

    go in and out [of something] — [in etwas (Dat.)] ein- und ausgehen

    go into somethingin etwas (Akk.) [hinein]gehen

    go chasing after something/somebody — hinter etwas/jemandem herrennen (ugs.)

    go and do something — [gehen und] etwas tun

    go and see whether... — nachsehen [gehen], ob...

    go on a pilgrimageetc. eine Pilgerfahrt usw. machen

    go on TV/the radio — im Fernsehen/Radio auftreten

    I'll go! — ich geh schon!; (answer phone) ich geh ran od. nehme ab; (answer door) ich mache auf

    you go! (to the phone) geh du mal ran!

    3) (start) losgehen; (in vehicle) losfahren

    let's go!(coll.) fangen wir an!

    here goes!(coll.) dann mal los!

    whose turn is it to go? (in game) wer ist an der Reihe?

    go first (in game) anfangen

    from the word go(fig. coll.) [schon] von Anfang an

    4) (pass, circulate, be transmitted) gehen

    a shiver went up or down my spine — ein Schauer lief mir über den Rücken od. den Rücken hinunter

    go to (be given to) [Preis, Sieg, Gelder, Job:] gehen an (+ Akk.); [Titel, Krone, Besitz:] übergehen auf (+ Akk.); [Ehre, Verdienst:] zuteil werden (Dat.)

    go towards (be of benefit to) zugute kommen (+ Dat.)

    go according to (be determined by) sich richten nach

    5) (make specific motion, do something specific)

    go round[Rad:] sich drehen

    there he etc. goes again — (coll.) da, schon wieder!

    here we go again(coll.) jetzt geht das wieder los!

    6) (act, work, function effectively) gehen; [Mechanismus, Maschine:] laufen

    get the car to godas Auto ankriegen (ugs.) od. starten

    keep going (in movement) weitergehen/-fahren; (in activity) weitermachen; (not fail) sich aufrecht halten

    keep somebody going (enable to continue) jemanden aufrecht halten

    make something go, get/set something going — etwas in Gang bringen

    7)

    go to(attend)

    go to church/school — in die Kirche/die Schule gehen

    go to a comprehensive school — eine Gesamtschule besuchen; auf eine Gesamtschule gehen

    go to the relevant authority/UN — sich an die zuständige Behörde/UN wenden

    where do we go from here?(fig.) und was nun? (ugs.)

    9) (depart) gehen; [Bus, Zug:] [ab]fahren; [Post:] rausgehen (ugs.)

    time to go! — wir müssen/ihr müsst usw. gehen!

    to go(Amer.) [Speisen, Getränke:] zum Mitnehmen

    10) (euphem.): (die) sterben
    11) (fail) [Gedächtnis, Kräfte:] nachlassen; (cease to function) kaputtgehen; [Maschine, Computer usw.:] ausfallen; [Sicherung:] durchbrennen; (break) brechen; [Seil usw.:] reißen; (collapse) einstürzen; (fray badly) ausfransen
    12) (disappear) verschwinden; [Geruch, Rauch:] sich verziehen; [Geld, Zeit:] draufgehen (ugs.) (in, on für); (be relinquished) aufgegeben werden; [Tradition:] abgeschafft werden; (be dismissed) [Arbeitskräfte:] entlassen werden

    my coat/the stain has gone — mein Mantel/der Fleck ist weg

    where has my hat gone? — wo ist mein Hut [geblieben]?

    13) (elapse) [Zeit:] vergehen; [Interview usw.:] vorüber-, vorbeigehen
    14)

    to go(still remaining)

    have something [still] to go — [noch] etwas übrig haben

    one week etc. to go to... — noch eine Woche usw. bis...

    there's only another mile to go — [es ist] nur noch eine Meile

    one down, two to go — einer ist bereits erledigt, bleiben noch zwei übrig (salopp)

    15) (be sold) weggehen (ugs.); verkauft werden

    it went for £1 — es ging für 1 Pfund weg

    16) (run) [Grenze, Straße usw.:] verlaufen, gehen; (afford access, lead) gehen; führen; (extend) reichen; (fig.) gehen

    as or so far as he/it goes — soweit

    17) (turn out, progress) [Ereignis, Projekt, Interview, Abend:] verlaufen

    go against somebody/something — [Wahl, Kampf:] zu jemandes/einer Sache Ungunsten ausgehen; [Entscheidung, Urteil:] zu jemandes/einer Sache Ungunsten ausfallen

    how did your holiday/party go? — wie war Ihr Urlaub/Ihre Party?

    how is the book going? — was macht [denn] das Buch?

    things have been going well/badly/smoothly — etc. in der letzten Zeit läuft alles gut/schief/glatt usw.

    how are things going?, how is it going? — wie steht's od. (ugs.) läuft's?

    18) (be, have form or nature, be in temporary state) sein; [Sprichwort, Gedicht, Titel:] lauten

    this is how things go, that's the way it goes — so ist es nun mal

    go hungry — hungern; hungrig bleiben

    go without food/water — es ohne Essen/Wasser aushalten

    go in fear of one's life — in beständiger Angst um sein Leben leben; see also go against

    19) (become) werden

    the constituency/York went Tory — der Wahlkreis/York ging an die Tories

    20) (have usual place) kommen; (belong) gehören

    where does the box go?wo kommt od. gehört die Kiste hin?

    where do you want this chair to go?wo soll od. kommt der Stuhl hin?

    21) (fit) passen

    go in[to] something — in etwas (Akk.) gehen od. [hinein]passen

    go through something — durch etwas [hindurch]gehen od. [hindurch]passen

    22) (harmonize, match) passen ( with zu)
    23) (serve, contribute) dienen

    the qualities that go to make a leader — die Eigenschaften, die einen Führer ausmachen

    it just goes to show that... — daran zeigt sich, dass...

    24) (make sound of specified kind) machen; (emit sound) [Turmuhr, Gong:] schlagen; [Glocke:] läuten

    There goes the bell. School is over — Es klingelt. Die Schule ist aus

    the fire alarm went at 3 a. m. — der Feueralarm ging um 3 Uhr morgens los

    25) as intensifier (coll.)

    don't go making or go and make him angry — verärgere ihn bloß nicht

    I gave him a £10 note and, of course, he had to go and lose it — (iron.) ich gab ihm einen 10-Pfund-Schein, und er musste ihn natürlich prompt verlieren

    now you've been and gone and done it!(coll.) du hast ja was Schönes angerichtet! (ugs. iron.)

    go tell him I'm ready(coll./Amer.) geh und sag ihm, dass ich fertig bin

    26) (coll.): (be acceptable or permitted) erlaubt sein; gehen (ugs.)

    everything/anything goes — es ist alles erlaubt

    it/that goes without saying — es/das ist doch selbstverständlich

    what he etc. says, goes — was er usw. sagt, gilt. See also going; gone

    2. transitive verb, forms as
    I
    1) (Cards) spielen
    2) (coll.)

    go it — es toll treiben; (work hard) rangehen

    go it! — los!; weiter!

    3. noun
    , pl. goes (coll.)
    1) (attempt, try) Versuch, der; (chance) Gelegenheit, die

    have a goes versuchen od. probieren

    have a go at doing something — versuchen, etwas zu tun

    let me have/can I have a go? — lass mich [auch ein]mal/kann ich [auch ein]mal? (ugs.)

    in two/three goes — bei zwei/drei Versuchen

    2)

    have a go at somebody (scold) sich (Dat.) jemanden vornehmen od. vorknöpfen (ugs.); (attack) über jemanden herfallen

    4) (energy) Schwung, der

    be full of govoller Schwung od. Elan sein

    4. adjective
    (coll.)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (deer-) stalking expr.
    auf die Pirsch gehen ausdr. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: went, gone)
    = funktionieren v.
    führen v.
    gehen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: ging, ist gegangen)

    English-german dictionary > go

  • 18 some

    1. adjective
    1) (one or other) [irgend]ein

    some shop/book or other — irgendein Laden/Buch

    some person or other — irgendjemand; irgendwer

    2) (a considerable quantity of) einig...; etlich... (ugs. verstärkend)

    speak at some length/wait for some time — ziemlich lang[e] sprechen/warten

    some time/weeks/days/years ago — vor einiger Zeit/vor einigen Wochen/Tagen/Jahren

    some time soonbald [einmal]

    3) (a small quantity of) ein bisschen

    would you like some wine? — möchten Sie [etwas] Wein?

    do some shopping/reading — einkaufen/lesen

    4) (to a certain extent)

    that is some proof — das ist [doch] gewissermaßen ein Beweis

    5)

    this is some war/poem/car! — (coll.) das ist vielleicht ein Krieg/Gedicht/Wagen! (ugs.)

    6) (approximately) etwa; ungefähr
    2. pronoun
    einig...

    she only ate some of itsie hat es nur teilweise aufgegessen

    some say... — manche sagen...

    some..., others... — manche..., andere...; die einen..., andere...

    ... and then some — und noch einige/einiges mehr

    3. adverb
    (coll.): (in some degree) ein bisschen; etwas
    * * *
    1. pronoun, adjective
    1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.)
    2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) einige
    3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) einige
    4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) gewisse
    2. adjective
    1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) beachtlich
    2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) einige
    3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) ungefähr
    3. adverb
    ((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) etwas
    - academic.ru/68805/somebody">somebody
    - someday
    - somehow
    - someone
    - something
    - sometime
    - sometimes
    - somewhat
    - somewhere
    - mean something
    - or something
    - something like
    - something tells me
    * * *
    [sʌm, səm]
    I. adj inv, attr
    1. + pl n (unknown amount) einige, ein paar; + sing n etwas
    he played \some records for me er spielte mir ein paar Platten vor
    here's \some news you might be interested in ich habe Neuigkeiten, die dich interessieren könnten
    there's \some cake in the kitchen es ist noch Kuchen in der Küche
    I made \some money running errands ich habe mit Gelegenheitsjobs etwas Geld verdient
    I've got to do \some more work ich muss noch etwas arbeiten
    2. + pl n (certain) gewisse
    \some people actually believed it gewisse Leute haben es tatsächlich geglaubt
    there are \some questions you should ask yourself es gibt [da] gewisse Fragen, die du dir stellen solltest
    3. (general, unknown) irgendein(e)
    clearly the treatment has had \some effect irgendeine Wirkung hat die Behandlung sicher gehabt
    there must be \some mistake da muss ein Fehler vorliegen
    he's in \some kind of trouble er steckt in irgendwelchen Schwierigkeiten
    could you give me \some idea of when you'll finish? können Sie mir ungefähr sagen, wann sie fertig sind?
    it must have been \some teacher/pupils das muss irgendein Lehrer/müssen irgendwelche Schüler gewesen sein
    \some idiot's locked the door irgend so ein Idiot hat die Tür verschlossen fam
    \some day or another irgendwann
    4. (noticeable) gewiss
    to \some extent bis zu einem gewissen Grad
    there's still \some hope es besteht noch eine gewisse Hoffnung
    5. (slight, small amount) etwas
    there is \some hope that he will get the job es besteht noch etwas Hoffnung, dass er die Stelle bekommt
    6. (considerable amount, number) beträchtlich; ( fam: intensifies noun) ziemlich
    it was \some years later when they next met sie trafen sich erst viele Jahre später wieder
    we discussed the problem at \some length wir diskutierten das Problem ausgiebig
    I've known you for \some years now ich kenne dich nun schon seit geraumer Zeit
    that took \some courage! das war ziemlich mutig!
    he went to \some trouble er gab sich beträchtliche [o ziemliche] Mühe
    that was \some argument/meal! das war vielleicht ein Streit/Essen!
    \some mother she turned out to be sie ist eine richtige Rabenmutter
    \some hotel that turned out to be! das war vielleicht ein Hotel!
    \some chance! we have about one chance in a hundred of getting away ( iron) tolle Aussichten! die Chancen stehen eins zu hundert, dass wir davonkommen iron
    perhaps there'll be \some left for us — \some hopes! ( iron) vielleicht bleibt was für uns übrig — [das ist] sehr unwahrscheinlich!
    II. pron
    1. (unspecified number of persons or things) welche
    have you got any drawing pins?if you wait a moment, I'll get you \some haben Sie Reißnägel? — wenn Sie kurz warten, hole ich [Ihnen] welche
    do you have children?if I had \some I wouldn't be here! haben Sie Kinder? — wenn ich welche hätte, wäre ich wohl kaum hier!
    2. (unspecified amount of sth) welche(r, s)
    if you want whisky I'll give you \some wenn du Whisky möchtest, gebe ich dir welchen
    if you need more paper then just take \some wenn du mehr Papier brauchst, nimm es dir einfach [o nimm dir einfach welches]
    if you need money, I can lend you \some wenn du Geld brauchst, kann ich dir gerne was [o welches] leihen
    3. (at least a small number) einige, manche
    surely \some have noticed einige [o manche] haben es aber sicher bemerkt
    4. + pl vb (proportionate number) einige, ein paar
    no, I don't want all the green beans, \some are enough nein, ich möchte nicht alle grünen Bohnen, ein paar genügen
    I've already wrapped \some of the presents ich habe einige [o ein paar] der Geschenke schon eingepackt
    \some of you have already met Imran einige von euch kennen Imran bereits
    5. (certain people) gewisse Leute
    \some just never learn! gewisse Leute lernen es einfach nie!
    6. + sing vb (proportionate number) ein bisschen
    no, I don't want all the mashed potatoes, \some is enough nein, ich möchte nicht das ganze Püree, ein bisschen genügt
    have \some of this champagne, it's very good trink ein wenig Champagner, er ist sehr gut
    \some of the prettiest landscape in Germany is found nearby eine der schönsten Landschaften Deutschlands liegt ganz in der Nähe
    7.
    and then \some ( fam) und [noch] mehr
    we got our money's worth and then \some wir bekamen mehr als unser Geld wert war
    III. adv inv
    1. (roughly) ungefähr, in etwa
    \some twenty or thirty metres deep/high ungefähr zwanzig oder dreißig Meter tief/hoch
    \some thirty different languages are spoken in this country in diesem Land werden etwa dreißig verschiedene Sprachen gesprochen
    2. AM ( fam: a little) etwas, ein bisschen
    I'm feeling \some better mir geht es [schon] etwas [o ein bisschen] besser
    could you turn the heat down \some? könntest du bitte die Heizung etwas herunterstellen?
    3. AM ( fam: a lot) viel
    he sure does talk \some, your brother dein Bruder spricht wirklich viel
    he needs feeding up \some er muss ganz schön aufgepäppelt werden fam
    we were really going \some on the highway wir hatten auf der Autobahn ganz schön was drauf fam
    4.
    \some few einige, ein paar
    \some little ziemlich
    we are going to be working together for \some little time yet wir werden noch ziemlich lange zusammenarbeiten müssen
    * * *
    [sʌm]
    1. adj
    1) (with plural nouns) einige; (= a few, emph) ein paar; (= any in "if" clauses, questions) meist nicht übersetzt

    did you bring some records?hast du Schallplatten mitgebracht?

    some suggestions, please! — Vorschläge bitte!

    2) (with singular nouns) etwas, meist nicht übersetzt (= a little, emph) etwas, ein bisschen

    some more ( tea)? — noch etwas (Tee)?

    leave some cake for melass mir ein bisschen or etwas Kuchen übrig

    did she give you some money/sugar? — hat sie Ihnen Geld/Zucker gegeben?

    3) (= certain, in contrast) manche(r, s)

    some people say... — manche Leute sagen...

    some people just don't care —

    there are some things you just don't say some questions were really difficult — es gibt (gewisse or manche) Dinge, die man einfach nicht sagt manche (der) Fragen waren wirklich schwierig

    4) (vague, indeterminate) irgendein

    some book/man or other — irgendein Buch/Mann

    some woman rang upda hat eine Frau angerufen

    some woman, whose name I forget... — eine Frau, ich habe ihren Namen vergessen,...

    some idiot of a driverirgend so ein Idiot von (einem) Autofahrer

    in some way or another —

    or some suchoder so etwas Ähnliches

    (at) some time last week — irgendwann letzte Woche

    5) (intensifier) ziemlich; (in exclamations) vielleicht ein (inf)

    it took some couragedazu brauchte man schon (einigen) or ziemlichen Mut

    (that was) some argument/party! — das war vielleicht ein Streit/eine Party!

    6) (iro) vielleicht ein (inf)

    some help you are/this is — du bist/das ist mir vielleicht eine Hilfe (inf)

    2. pron
    1) (= some people) einige; (= certain people) manche; (in "if" clauses, questions) welche

    some..., others... — manche..., andere...

    there are still some who will never understand — es gibt immer noch Leute, die das nicht begreifen werden

    2) (referring to plural nouns = a few) einige; (= certain ones) manche; (in "if" clauses, questions) welche

    they're lovely, try some — die schmecken gut, probieren Sie mal

    I've still got some —

    tell me if you see some —

    3) (referring to singular nouns = a little) etwas; (= a certain amount, in contrast) manches; (in "if" clauses, questions) welche(r, s)

    here is the milk, if you feel thirsty drink some — hier ist die Milch, wenn du Durst hast, trinke etwas

    I drank some of the milk —

    I drank some of the milk but not all — ich habe etwas von der Milch getrunken, aber nicht alles

    have some!nehmen Sie sich (dat), bedienen Sie sich

    it's lovely cake, would you like some? — das ist ein sehr guter Kuchen, möchten Sie welchen?

    would you like some money/tea? – no, I've got some — möchten Sie Geld/Tee? – nein, ich habe Geld/ich habe noch

    have you got money? – no, but he has some — haben Sie Geld? – nein, aber er hat welches

    he only believed/read some of it — er hat es nur teilweise geglaubt/gelesen

    some of his work is good — manches, was er macht, ist gut

    4)

    this is some of the oldest rock in the worlddies gehört zum ältesten Gestein der Welt

    3. adv
    1) ungefähr, etwa, circa
    2) (US inf) (= a little) etwas, ein bisschen; (= a lot) viel
    * * *
    some [sʌm; unbetont səm, sm]
    A adj
    1. (vor Substantiven) (irgend)ein:
    some day eines Tages;
    some day you’ll pay for this dafür wirst du noch einmal bezahlen;
    some other time ein andermal;
    some person irgendeiner, (irgend)jemand
    2. (vor pl) einige, ein paar: few A 1
    3. manche:
    4. ziemlich (viel)
    5. gewiss(er, e, es):
    some extent in gewissem Maße, einigermaßen
    6. etwas, ein wenig, ein bisschen:
    take some more nimm noch etwas
    7. ungefähr, gegen, etwa:
    8. umg ‚toll:
    some player! ein klasse Spieler!;
    that was some race! das war vielleicht ein Rennen!
    B adv
    1. besonders US etwas, ziemlich
    2. umg enorm, toll
    C pron
    1. (irgend)ein(er, e, es):
    some of these days dieser Tage, demnächst
    2. etwas:
    some of it etwas davon;
    some of these people einige dieser Leute;
    will you have some? möchtest du welche oder davon haben?;
    and then some umg und noch einige(s) mehr
    3. besonders US sl darüber hinaus, noch mehr
    4. some …, some … die einen …, die anderen …
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) (one or other) [irgend]ein

    some shop/book or other — irgendein Laden/Buch

    some person or other — irgendjemand; irgendwer

    2) (a considerable quantity of) einig...; etlich... (ugs. verstärkend)

    speak at some length/wait for some time — ziemlich lang[e] sprechen/warten

    some time/weeks/days/years ago — vor einiger Zeit/vor einigen Wochen/Tagen/Jahren

    some time soon — bald [einmal]

    3) (a small quantity of) ein bisschen

    would you like some wine? — möchten Sie [etwas] Wein?

    do some shopping/reading — einkaufen/lesen

    that is some proof — das ist [doch] gewissermaßen ein Beweis

    5)

    this is some war/poem/car! — (coll.) das ist vielleicht ein Krieg/Gedicht/Wagen! (ugs.)

    6) (approximately) etwa; ungefähr
    2. pronoun
    einig...

    some say... — manche sagen...

    some..., others... — manche..., andere...; die einen..., andere...

    ... and then some — und noch einige/einiges mehr

    3. adverb
    (coll.): (in some degree) ein bisschen; etwas
    * * *
    adj.
    einig adj.
    irgendein adj.
    irgendetwas adj.
    manch adj.

    English-german dictionary > some

  • 19 Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

    [br]
    b. 9 April 1806 Portsea, Hampshire, England
    d. 15 September 1859 18 Duke Street, St James's, London, England
    [br]
    English civil and mechanical engineer.
    [br]
    The son of Marc Isambard Brunel and Sophia Kingdom, he was educated at a private boarding-school in Hove. At the age of 14 he went to the College of Caen and then to the Lycée Henri-Quatre in Paris, after which he was apprenticed to Louis Breguet. In 1822 he returned from France and started working in his father's office, while spending much of his time at the works of Maudslay, Sons \& Field.
    From 1825 to 1828 he worked under his father on the construction of the latter's Thames Tunnel, occupying the position of Engineer-in-Charge, exhibiting great courage and presence of mind in the emergencies which occurred not infrequently. These culminated in January 1828 in the flooding of the tunnel and work was suspended for seven years. For the next five years the young engineer made abortive attempts to find a suitable outlet for his talents, but to little avail. Eventually, in 1831, his design for a suspension bridge over the River Avon at Clifton Gorge was accepted and he was appointed Engineer. (The bridge was eventually finished five years after Brunel's death, as a memorial to him, the delay being due to inadequate financing.) He next planned and supervised improvements to the Bristol docks. In March 1833 he was appointed Engineer of the Bristol Railway, later called the Great Western Railway. He immediately started to survey the route between London and Bristol that was completed by late August that year. On 5 July 1836 he married Mary Horsley and settled into 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London, where he also had his office. Work on the Bristol Railway started in 1836. The foundation stone of the Clifton Suspension Bridge was laid the same year. Whereas George Stephenson had based his standard railway gauge as 4 ft 8½ in (1.44 m), that or a similar gauge being usual for colliery wagonways in the Newcastle area, Brunel adopted the broader gauge of 7 ft (2.13 m). The first stretch of the line, from Paddington to Maidenhead, was opened to traffic on 4 June 1838, and the whole line from London to Bristol was opened in June 1841. The continuation of the line through to Exeter was completed and opened on 1 May 1844. The normal time for the 194-mile (312 km) run from Paddington to Exeter was 5 hours, at an average speed of 38.8 mph (62.4 km/h) including stops. The Great Western line included the Box Tunnel, the longest tunnel to that date at nearly two miles (3.2 km).
    Brunel was the engineer of most of the railways in the West Country, in South Wales and much of Southern Ireland. As railway networks developed, the frequent break of gauge became more of a problem and on 9 July 1845 a Royal Commission was appointed to look into it. In spite of comparative tests, run between Paddington-Didcot and Darlington-York, which showed in favour of Brunel's arrangement, the enquiry ruled in favour of the narrow gauge, 274 miles (441 km) of the former having been built against 1,901 miles (3,059 km) of the latter to that date. The Gauge Act of 1846 forbade the building of any further railways in Britain to any gauge other than 4 ft 8 1/2 in (1.44 m).
    The existence of long and severe gradients on the South Devon Railway led to Brunel's adoption of the atmospheric railway developed by Samuel Clegg and later by the Samuda brothers. In this a pipe of 9 in. (23 cm) or more in diameter was laid between the rails, along the top of which ran a continuous hinged flap of leather backed with iron. At intervals of about 3 miles (4.8 km) were pumping stations to exhaust the pipe. Much trouble was experienced with the flap valve and its lubrication—freezing of the leather in winter, the lubricant being sucked into the pipe or eaten by rats at other times—and the experiment was abandoned at considerable cost.
    Brunel is to be remembered for his two great West Country tubular bridges, the Chepstow and the Tamar Bridge at Saltash, with the latter opened in May 1859, having two main spans of 465 ft (142 m) and a central pier extending 80 ft (24 m) below high water mark and allowing 100 ft (30 m) of headroom above the same. His timber viaducts throughout Devon and Cornwall became a feature of the landscape. The line was extended ultimately to Penzance.
    As early as 1835 Brunel had the idea of extending the line westwards across the Atlantic from Bristol to New York by means of a steamship. In 1836 building commenced and the hull left Bristol in July 1837 for fitting out at Wapping. On 31 March 1838 the ship left again for Bristol but the boiler lagging caught fire and Brunel was injured in the subsequent confusion. On 8 April the ship set sail for New York (under steam), its rival, the 703-ton Sirius, having left four days earlier. The 1,340-ton Great Western arrived only a few hours after the Sirius. The hull was of wood, and was copper-sheathed. In 1838 Brunel planned a larger ship, some 3,000 tons, the Great Britain, which was to have an iron hull.
    The Great Britain was screwdriven and was launched on 19 July 1843,289 ft (88 m) long by 51 ft (15.5 m) at its widest. The ship's first voyage, from Liverpool to New York, began on 26 August 1845. In 1846 it ran aground in Dundrum Bay, County Down, and was later sold for use on the Australian run, on which it sailed no fewer than thirty-two times in twenty-three years, also serving as a troop-ship in the Crimean War. During this war, Brunel designed a 1,000-bed hospital which was shipped out to Renkioi ready for assembly and complete with shower-baths and vapour-baths with printed instructions on how to use them, beds and bedding and water closets with a supply of toilet paper! Brunel's last, largest and most extravagantly conceived ship was the Great Leviathan, eventually named The Great Eastern, which had a double-skinned iron hull, together with both paddles and screw propeller. Brunel designed the ship to carry sufficient coal for the round trip to Australia without refuelling, thus saving the need for and the cost of bunkering, as there were then few bunkering ports throughout the world. The ship's construction was started by John Scott Russell in his yard at Millwall on the Thames, but the building was completed by Brunel due to Russell's bankruptcy in 1856. The hull of the huge vessel was laid down so as to be launched sideways into the river and then to be floated on the tide. Brunel's plan for hydraulic launching gear had been turned down by the directors on the grounds of cost, an economy that proved false in the event. The sideways launch with over 4,000 tons of hydraulic power together with steam winches and floating tugs on the river took over two months, from 3 November 1857 until 13 January 1858. The ship was 680 ft (207 m) long, 83 ft (25 m) beam and 58 ft (18 m) deep; the screw was 24 ft (7.3 m) in diameter and paddles 60 ft (18.3 m) in diameter. Its displacement was 32,000 tons (32,500 tonnes).
    The strain of overwork and the huge responsibilities that lay on Brunel began to tell. He was diagnosed as suffering from Bright's disease, or nephritis, and spent the winter travelling in the Mediterranean and Egypt, returning to England in May 1859. On 5 September he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed, and he died ten days later at his Duke Street home.
    [br]
    Further Reading
    L.T.C.Rolt, 1957, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, London: Longmans Green. J.Dugan, 1953, The Great Iron Ship, Hamish Hamilton.
    IMcN

    Biographical history of technology > Brunel, Isambard Kingdom

  • 20 do

    I 1. transitive verb,
    neg. coll. don't, pres. t. he does, neg. (coll.) doesn't, p.t. did, neg. (coll.) didn't, pres. p. doing, p.p. done
    1) (perform) machen [Hausaufgaben, Hausarbeit, Examen, Handstand]; vollbringen [Tat]; tun, erfüllen [Pflicht]; tun, verrichten [Arbeit]; ausführen [Malerarbeiten]; vorführen [Trick, Striptease, Nummer, Tanz]; durchführen [Test]; aufführen [Stück]; singen [Lied]; mitmachen [Rennen, Wettbewerb]; spielen [Musikstück, Rolle]; tun [Buße]

    do the shopping/washing up/cleaning — einkaufen [gehen]/abwaschen/sauber machen

    do a lot of reading/walking — etc. viel lesen/spazieren gehen usw.

    do a dance/the foxtrot — tanzen/Foxtrott tanzen

    do something to something/somebody — etwas mit etwas/jemandem machen

    what can I do for you?was kann ich für Sie tun?; (in shop) was darf's sein?

    do something about something/somebody — etwas gegen etwas/jemanden unternehmen

    not know what to do with oneselfnicht wissen, was man machen soll

    that's done it(caused a change for the worse) das hat das Fass zum Überlaufen gebracht; (caused a change for the better) das hätten wir

    that will/should do it — so müsste es gehen; (is enough) das müsste genügen

    do a Garbo(coll.) es der Garbo (Dat.) gleichtun

    the car does/was doing about 100 m.p.h./does 45 miles to the gallon — das Auto schafft/fuhr mit ungefähr 160 Stundenkilometer/frisst (ugs.) od. braucht sechs Liter pro 100 Kilometer

    2) (spend)
    3) (produce) machen [Übersetzung, Kopie]; anfertigen [Bild, Skulptur]; herstellen [Artikel, Produkte]; schaffen [Pensum]
    4) (provide) haben [Vollpension, Mittagstisch]; (coll.): (offer for sale) führen
    5) (prepare) machen [Bett, Frühstück]; (work on) machen (ugs.), fertig machen [Garten, Hecke]; (clean) sauber machen; putzen [Schuhe, Fenster]; machen (ugs.) [Treppe]; (arrange) [zurecht]machen [Haare]; fertig machen [Korrespondenz, Zimmer]; (make up) schminken [Lippen, Augen, Gesicht]; machen (ugs.) [Nägel]; (cut) schneiden [Nägel]; schneiden [Gras, Hecke]; (paint) machen (ugs.) [Zimmer]; streichen [Haus, Möbel]; (attend to) sich kümmern um [Bücher, Rechnungen, Korrespondenz]; (repair) in Ordnung bringen
    6) (cook) braten

    well done — durch[gebraten]

    7) (solve) lösen [Problem, Rätsel]; machen [Puzzle, Kreuzworträtsel]
    8) (study, work at) machen; haben [Abiturfach]
    9) (sl.): (swindle) reinlegen (ugs.)
    10) (sl.): (defeat, kill) fertig machen (ugs.)
    11) (traverse) schaffen [Entfernung]
    12) (sl.): (undergo) absitzen, (salopp) abreißen [Strafe]
    13) (coll.): (visit) besuchen
    14) (satisfy) zusagen (+ Dat.); (suffice for, last) reichen (+ Dat.)
    2. intransitive verb, forms as
    1.
    1) (act) tun; (perform) spielen

    you can do just as you like — du kannst machen, was du willst

    do as they domach es wie sie

    2) (fare)
    3) (get on) vorankommen; (in exams) abschneiden

    do well/badly at school — gut/schlecht in der Schule sein

    4)

    how do you do?(formal) guten Tag/Morgen/Abend!

    5) (coll.): (manage)

    how are we doing for time?wie steht es mit der Zeit od. (ugs.) sieht es mit der Zeit aus?

    6) (serve purpose) es tun; (suffice) [aus]reichen; (be suitable) gehen
    7) (be usable)

    do for or as something — als etwas benutzt werden können

    8) (happen)

    there's nothing doing on the job marketes tut sich nichts auf dem Arbeitsmarkt (ugs.)

    Nothing doing. He's not interested — Nichts zu machen (ugs.). Er ist nicht interessiert. See also academic.ru/21693/doing">doing; done

    3. verb substitute, forms as
    1.
    1) replacing v.: usually not translated
    2) replacing v. and obj. etc

    he read the Bible every day as his father did before him — er las täglich in der Bibel, wie es schon sein Vater vor ihm getan hatte od. wie schon vor ihm sein Vater

    3) as ellipt. aux

    You went to Paris, didn't you? - Yes, I did — Du warst doch in Paris, oder od. nicht wahr? - Ja[, stimmt od. war ich]

    4) with ‘so’, ‘it’, etc

    I knew John Lennon. - So did I — Ich kannte John Lennon. - Ich auch

    I know you from somewhere, don't I? — wir kennen uns doch irgendwoher, nicht?

    4. auxiliary verb
    + inf. as pres. or past, forms as 1.

    you do look glumdu siehst ja so bedrückt aus

    but I tell you, I did see him — aber ich sage dir doch, dass ich ihn gesehen habe

    little did he know that... — er hatte keine Ahnung, dass...

    I don't or do not wish to take part — ich möchte nicht teilnehmen

    5) in neg. commands

    don't or do not expect to find him in a good mood — erwarten Sie nicht, dass Sie ihn in guter Stimmung antreffen

    children, do not forget... — Kinder, vergesst [ja] nicht...

    don't be so noisy! — seid [doch] nicht so laut!

    don't! — tu's/tut's/tun Sie's nicht!

    6) + inf. as imper. for emphasis etc

    do sit down, won't you? — bitte setzen Sie sich doch!

    do be quiet, Paul! — Paul, sei doch mal ruhig!

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II noun
    , pl. dos or do's
    1) (sl.): (swindle) Schwindel, der; krumme Sache (ugs.)
    2) (Brit. coll.): (festivity) Feier, die; Fete, die (ugs.)
    3) in pl.
    * * *
    [du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb
    1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?) Hilfsverb in Fragen und bei Verneinung
    2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down]) Hilfsverb zur Betonung
    3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.) statt Wiederholung des Verbs
    4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.) bei Inversion
    5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) tun
    6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) schaffen
    7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) machen
    8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) genügen
    9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) sich beschäftigen mit
    10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) sich befinden
    11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) herrichten
    12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?)
    13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) erweisen
    14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) zufügen
    15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) erledigen
    2. noun
    (an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) das Fest
    - doer
    - doings
    - done
    - do-it-yourself
    - to-do
    - I
    - he could be doing with / could do with
    - do away with
    - do for
    - done for
    - done in
    - do out
    - do out of
    - do's and don'ts
    - do without
    - to do with
    - what are you doing with
    * * *
    do
    [du:]
    <does, did, done>
    1. (forming question)
    \do you like children? magst du Kinder?
    did he see you? hat er dich gesehen?
    what did you say? was hast du gesagt?
    \do you/ \does he/she indeed [or now]? tatsächlich?
    \do I like cheese? — I love cheese! ob ich Käse mag? — ich liebe Käse!
    Frida \doesn't like olives Frida mag keine Oliven
    I \don't want to go yet! ich will noch nicht gehen!
    I \don't smoke ich rauche nicht
    it \doesn't matter das macht nichts
    \don't [you] speak to me like that! sprich nicht so mit mir!
    \don't be silly sei nicht albern!
    \don't let's argue about it lasst uns deswegen nicht streiten
    \do come to our party ach komm doch zu unserer Party
    may I join you?please \do! kann ich mitkommen? — aber bitte!
    boy, did he yell! der hat vielleicht geschrieen! fam
    so you \do like beer after all du magst also doch Bier
    you \do look tired du siehst wirklich müde aus
    \do shut up, Sarah halte bloß deinen Mund, Sarah
    \do tell me! sag's mir doch!
    \do I/ \does he/she ever! und ob!
    not only did I speak to her, I even... ich habe nicht nur mit ihr gesprochen, sondern auch...
    little \does she know sie hat echt keine Ahnung; (not yet) sie ahnt noch nichts; ( form)
    never did I hear such a terrible noise noch nie habe ich so ein schreckliches Geräusch gehört
    she runs much faster than he \does sie läuft viel schneller als er
    he said he wouldn't come, but fortunately he did er meinte, dass er nicht kommen würde, aber glücklicherweise tat er es dann doch
    \do you like Chopin? — yes, I \do/no, I \don't mögen Sie Chopin? — ja/nein
    who ate the cake? — I did!/didn't! wer hat den Kuchen gegessen? — ich!/ich nicht!
    I don't like Chinese foodnor [or neither] \do I/I \do ich esse nicht gerne Chinesisch — ich auch nicht/ich schon
    ... so \do I... ich auch
    so you don't like her — I \do! du magst sie also nicht — doch!
    6. (requesting affirmation)
    you don't understand the question, \do you? Sie verstehen die Frage nicht, stimmt's?
    you do understand what I mean, \don't you? du verstehst [doch], was ich meine, oder?
    7. (expressing surprise)
    so they really got married, did they? dann haben sie also wirklich geheiratet!
    <does, did, done>
    to \do sth etw tun [o machen]
    what shall I \do now? was soll ich jetzt machen?
    just \do it! mach's einfach!
    what are you \doing over the weekend? was machst du am Wochenende?
    haven't you got anything better to \do? hast du nichts Besseres zu tun?
    justice must be done Gerechtigkeit muss sein
    he \does nothing but complain er beklagt sich echt den ganzen Tag lang fam
    what have you done to her? was hast du mit ihr gemacht?
    what are these toys \doing here? was macht das [ganze] Spielzeug hier?
    what's the front door \doing open? warum steht die Haustür offen?
    what on earth are you \doing [there]! was um alles in der Welt machst du denn da?
    I'm sorry, it simply can't be done before next weekend tut mir leid, aber vor dem nächsten Wochenende geht es einfach nicht
    that was a stupid thing to \do das war dumm!
    what have you done with my coat? wo hast du meinen Mantel hingetan?
    to \do one's best sein Bestes tun [o geben]
    to \do business with sb mit jdm Geschäfte machen fam
    to \do lunch esp AM auswärts zu Mittag essen
    to \do nothing of the sort nichts dergleichen tun
    to \do sth with sb/oneself etw mit jdm/sich anfangen
    what am I going to \do with myself while you are away? was soll ich nur die ganze Zeit machen, wenn du nicht da bist
    3. (help)
    to \do sth for sb etw für jdn tun
    what can I \do for you? was kann ich für Sie tun?
    you never \do anything for me! du tust nie was für mich!
    can you \do anything for my bad back, doctor? können Sie was gegen meine Rückenbeschwerden tun, Herr Doktor?
    these pills have done nothing for me diese Pillen haben mir überhaupt nicht geholfen
    4. (use for)
    to \do sth with sth etw mit etw dat tun
    what are you going to \do with that hammer? was hast du mit dem Hammer vor?
    what should we \do with this box? was sollen wir mit dieser Kiste machen?
    5. (job)
    to \do sth for a living mit etw dat seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen
    what \does your mother \do? was macht deine Mutter beruflich?
    6. (take action)
    to \do sth about sth etw gegen etw akk tun
    I know I drink too much, but I can't \do anything about it ich weiß, dass ich zu viel trinke, aber ich kann nichts dagegen tun
    what is to be done about that? was kann man dagegen tun?
    \don't just stand there, \do something! stehen Sie doch nicht nur so rum, tun Sie was!
    to \do sth etw machen [o erledigen]
    if you \do the washing up,... wenn du abspülst,...
    let me \do the talking überlass mir das Reden
    today we're going to \do Chapter 4 heute beschäftigen wir uns mit Kapitel 4
    I found someone to \do the garden wall ich habe jemanden gefunden, der die Gartenmauer bauen wird
    to \do one's homework [seine] Hausaufgaben machen
    to \do the shopping einkaufen
    8. (learn)
    to \do sth:
    have you ever done any Chinese? hast du jemals Chinesisch gelernt?
    Diane did History at London University Diane hat an der London University Geschichte [im Hauptfach] studiert
    to \do sth riddle etw lösen
    to \do a crossword ein Kreuzworträtsel lösen [o fam machen]
    can you \do this sum for me? kannst du das für mich zusammenrechnen?
    10. ( fam: finish)
    are you done? bist du jetzt fertig? fam
    to \do sth for sb [or sb sth] etw für jdn machen
    can you \do me 20 photocopies of this report? kannst du mir diesen Bericht 20-mal abziehen?
    12. (tidy)
    to \do the dishes das Geschirr abspülen [o SCHWEIZ abwaschen]
    to \do one's nails (varnish) sich dat die Nägel lackieren; (cut) sich dat die Nägel schneiden
    to \do one's shoes seine Schuhe putzen
    to \do one's teeth sich dat die Zähne putzen
    to \do a bow tie eine Schleife binden
    to \do flowers Blumen arrangieren
    to get one's hair done zum Friseur [o SCHWEIZ Coiffeur] gehen
    where \do you get your hair done? zu welchem Friseur gehst du?
    to \do sth etw besichtigen
    to \do India eine Indienreise machen
    to \do Nice sich dat Nizza ansehen
    15. AUTO
    to \do 100 km/h 100 fahren fam
    16. (travel)
    to \do Paris to Bordeaux in five hours in fünf Stunden von Paris nach Bordeaux fahren
    to \do sb jdm genügen
    that'll \do me nicely, thank you das reicht mir dicke, danke! fam
    I only have diet cola — will that \do you? ich habe nur Diätcola — trinkst du die auch?
    to \do sth:
    this pub only \does food at lunchtime in diesem Pub gibt es nur zur Mittagszeit etwas zu essen
    \do you \do travel insurance as well? bieten Sie auch Reiseversicherungen an?
    sorry, we \don't \do hot meals tut mir leid, bei uns gibt es nur kalte Küche
    19. (cook)
    to \do the cooking kochen
    how long should the carrots be done for? wie lange müssen die Karotten kochen?
    could you \do me something without fish? könntest du mir etwas ohne Fisch kochen?
    20. (cause)
    to \do sb sth jdm etw tun
    to \do sb a favour jdm einen Gefallen tun
    to \do sb good jdm gut tun
    it would \do you good to get some fresh air es würde dir gut tun, etwas frische Luft zu schnappen
    to \do sb harm jdm schaden; see also credit, honour, justice
    to \do sb jdn drannehmen
    but he said he'd \do me next aber er sagte, dass ich als Nächste drankäme!
    22. (treat well)
    to \do sb well jdn verwöhnen
    to \do oneself well es sich dat gutgehen lassen
    23. (act)
    to \do sth play etw aufführen
    to \do a role eine Rolle spielen
    who did James Bond before Roger Moore? wer hat James Bond vor Roger Moore gespielt?
    to \do sb/sth jdn/etw nachmachen
    he \does a brilliant Churchill er kann Churchill wunderbar nachmachen; ( fig)
    I hope she won't \do a Mary and get divorced six months after her wedding ich hoffe, sie macht es nicht wie Mary und lässt sich sechs Monate nach ihrer Hochzeit wieder scheiden
    25. ( fam sl: rob)
    to \do sth in etw dat einen Bruch machen sl
    26. ( fam: cheat)
    to \do sb jdn übers Ohr hauen fam
    he did me for a thousand quid for that car er hat mir einen Tausender für das Auto abgeknöpft
    27. ( fam: be in jail)
    to \do 5 years [for sth] [wegen einer S. gen] fünf Jahre sitzen
    if you're not careful, you'll end up \doing time again wenn du nicht vorsichtig bist, musst du wieder sitzen
    28. esp BRIT ( fam: punish)
    to \do sb jdn fertigmachen fam
    to get done for sth (by the police) wegen einer S. gen von der Polizei angehalten werden; (by a court) für etw akk verurteilt werden
    29. ( fam: take drugs)
    to \do sth:
    how long have you been \doing heroin? wie lange nimmst du schon Heroin?
    30. (translate)
    to be done into French/German book ins Französische/Deutsche übersetzt worden sein
    to \do a translation übersetzen
    31. (exhaust)
    this last climb has really done me diese letzte Tour hat mir wirklich den Rest gegeben
    32. ( fam: impress)
    sth \does nothing for sb etw reißt jdn nicht gerade vom Hocker fam
    Bach has never done anything for me Bach hat mich noch nie sonderlich vom Hocker gerissen fam
    that film really did something to me dieser Film hat mich wirklich beeindruckt; (excite sexually)
    you really \do something to me, you know du machst mich echt an, weißt du [das] fam
    to \do it with sb mit jdm schlafen euph
    how old were you when you first did it? wie alt warst du bei deinem ersten Mal?
    34. (don't mention)
    \don't good morning me! komm mir nicht mit guten Morgen!
    35.
    what's done is done ( saying) was passiert ist, ist passiert
    that \does it! so, das war's jetzt!
    that's done it! jetzt haben wir die Bescherung! fam
    <does, did, done>
    1. (behave)
    to \do right [or the right thing] das Richtige tun
    to \do well to do sth gut daran tun, etw zu tun
    to \do as one pleases tun, was einem Spaß macht
    \do as I \do mach's wie ich fam
    \do as you're told tu, was man dir sagt
    sb is \doing badly/fine [or all right] [or well] jdm geht es schlecht/gut
    mother and baby are \doing well Mutter und Kind sind wohlauf
    how is your mother \doing? wie geht es deiner Mutter?
    how is Mary \doing in her new job? wie geht es Mary in ihrem neuen Job?
    you could \do better du könntest besser sein; (perform) du könntest es besser machen
    George has done well for himself George hat es für seine Verhältnisse weit gebracht
    our daughter is \doing well at school unsere Tochter ist gut in der Schule
    to be \doing well out of sth erfolgreich mit etw dat sein
    3. ( fam: finish)
    have you done? bist du fertig?
    have you done with those scissors yet? brauchst du die Schere noch?
    I haven't done with you yet ich bin noch nicht fertig mit dir
    4. (be acceptable, suffice) passen, in Ordnung sein
    that'll \do das ist o.k. so
    will £10 \do? reichen 10 Pfund?
    this kind of behaviour just won't \do! so ein Verhalten geht einfach nicht an!
    do you think this will \do for a blanket? glaubst du, das können wir als Decke nehmen?
    that'll \do as a cushion das geht [erstmal] als Kissen
    this will \do just fine as a table das wird einen guten Tisch abgeben
    this will have to \do for a meal das muss als Essen genügen
    will this room \do? ist dieses Zimmer o.k. für Sie?
    it doesn't \do to criticize your parents seine Eltern kritisiert man nicht
    will it \do if I get those books to you by Friday? reicht es, wenn ich dir die Bücher bis Freitag bringe?
    we'll make \do with $100 100 Dollar müssen reichen
    that will never \do das geht einfach nicht
    to \do [for sb] sich akk [für jdn] eignen
    5. ( fam: happen)
    this town is so boringthere's never anything \doing diese Stadt ist so langweilig — nie tut sich was
    6.
    it isn't done BRIT es ist nicht üblich
    how \do you \do? ( form or dated: as introduction) angenehm
    \do unto others as you would they should \do unto you ( prov) was du nicht willst, das man dir tut, das füg auch keinem andern zu prov
    what's \doing? ( fam) was ist los?
    that will \do jetzt reicht's aber!
    IV. NOUN
    1. esp BRIT, AUS ( fam: party) Fete f fam
    a big \do eine Riesenfete fam
    2. BRIT (sl: swindle) Schwindel m fam
    fair \dos gleiches Recht für alle
    4. AM (sl)
    that's some \do you've got! das ist ja eine Frisur, die du da hast!
    5. no pl (droppings)
    dog \do Hundehäufchen nt
    6. (allowed, not allowed)
    the \dos and \don'ts was man tun und was man nicht tun sollte
    * * *
    I [dəʊ]
    n (MUS)
    Do nt II [duː] vb: pret did, ptp done
    1. AUXILIARY VERB
    There is no equivalent in German to the use of do in questions, negative statements and negative commands.
    1)

    interrogative, negative do you understand? — verstehen Sie?

    you know him, don't you? — Sie kennen ihn doch?, Sie kennen ihn (doch), oder?

    you don't know him, do you? — Sie kennen ihn also nicht, oder?

    he does understand, doesn't he? —

    he didn't go, did he? — er ist (doch) nicht gegangen, oder?

    3)

    substitute for another verb you speak better German than I do — Sie sprechen besser Deutsch als ich

    he doesn't like cheese and neither do Ier mag keinen Käse und ich auch nicht

    I don't like cheese but he does — ich mag keinen Käse, aber er schon

    they said he would go and he did — sie sagten, er würde gehen und das tat er (dann) auch

    4)

    in tag responses do you see them often? – yes, I do/no, I don't — sehen Sie sie oft? – ja/nein

    do you serve food? – yes, we do — gibts bei Ihnen Essen? – ja

    you didn't go, did you? – yes, I did — Sie sind nicht gegangen, oder? – doch

    they speak French – oh, do they? — sie sprechen Französisch – ja?, ach, wirklich or tatsächlich?

    they speak German – do they really? — sie sprechen Deutsch – wirklich?

    may I come in? – do! — darf ich hereinkommen? – ja, bitte

    shall I open the window? – no, don't! — soll ich das Fenster öffnen? – nein, bitte nicht!

    who broke the window? – I did — wer hat das Fenster eingeschlagen? – ich

    5)

    DO shut up! (esp Brit) — (nun) sei doch (endlich) ruhig!

    do tell him that... (esp Brit)

    well do I remember him!und ob ich mich an ihn erinnere!

    it's very expensive, but I DO like it — es ist zwar sehr teuer, aber es gefällt mir nun mal

    2. TRANSITIVE VERB
    1) tun, machen

    I've done a stupid thing —

    sorry, it's impossible, it can't be done — tut mir leid, (ist) ausgeschlossen, es lässt sich nicht machen

    can you do it by yourself? —

    to do the housework/one's homework —

    who did the choreography/the cover design? we'll have to get someone to do the roof — wer hat die Choreografie/den Umschlagentwurf gemacht? wir müssen jemanden bestellen, der das Dach macht (inf)

    to do one's hair — sich frisieren, sich (dat) die Haare (zurecht)machen (inf)

    to do one's nailssich (dat) die Nägel schneiden or (varnish) lackieren

    to do one's teeth (Brit)sich (dat) die Zähne putzen

    to do the dishes — spülen, den Abwasch machen

    he knows it's a mistake but he can't do anything about it — er weiß, dass es ein Fehler ist, aber er kann nichts dagegen machen or daran ändern

    we'll have to do something about this/him — wir müssen da/wir müssen mit ihm etwas tun or unternehmen

    do something for me, will you... shut up — tu mir bloß den (einen) Gefallen und halt den Mund

    I've done everything I can — ich habe alles getan, was ich kann

    he does nothing but complain — er nörgelt immer nur, er tut nichts als nörgeln (inf)

    well, do what you can — mach or tu (eben), was du kannst

    what do I have to do to get through to him? — was muss ich tun, um zu ihm durchzukommen?

    how do you do it? — wie macht man das?; (in amazement) wie machen Sie das bloß? __diams; that's done it (inf) so, da haben wirs!, da haben wir die Bescherung! (inf) __diams; that does it! jetzt reichts mir!

    2)

    as job, profession what does your father do? — was macht Ihr Vater (beruflich)?

    3)

    = provide service, product what can I do for you? — was kann ich für Sie tun?; (by shop assistant) was darfs sein?

    sorry, we don't do lunches — wir haben leider keinen Mittagstisch

    we do a wide range of herbal teas —

    we only do one style of gloves (= sell) (= produce) — wir haben or führen nur eine Sorte Handschuhe wir stellen nur eine Sorte Handschuhe her

    4)

    = complete, finish in pret, ptp only the work's done now — die Arbeit ist gemacht or getan or fertig

    what's done cannot be undone — was geschehen ist, kann man nicht ungeschehen machen

    5) = study, cover durchnehmen, haben
    6) COOK machen (inf)
    7) = solve lösen; sum, crossword, puzzle etc lösen, machen
    8) = take customer drannehmen

    the barber said he'd do me next — der Friseur sagte, er würde mich als Nächsten drannehmen

    9) Theat, Film part spielen
    10) = take off, mimic nachmachen
    11) = visit, see sights of city, country, museum besuchen, abhaken (inf)
    12) AUT ETC fahren, machen (inf)
    13)

    = treat (Brit inf) they do you very well at that hotel — in dem Hotel ist man gut untergebracht or aufgehoben

    they do you very well at that restaurantin dem Restaurant isst man sehr gut __diams; to do oneself well es sich (dat) gut gehen lassen

    14) = be suitable for inf passen (sb jdm); (= be sufficient for) reichen (sb jdm)
    15) = cheat inf übers Ohr hauen (inf), reinlegen (inf)

    I was done for £80 — mit £ 80 hat man mich ganz schön übers Ohr gehauen (inf)

    16) = burgle inf einbrechen in (+acc)

    the office was done last nightim Büro ist gestern Nacht ein Bruch gemacht worden (sl)

    17)

    = hurt Brit inf I'll do you! — dir besorg ichs noch! (inf)

    18)

    = tire out (inf) I'm absolutely done (in)! — ich bin völlig geschafft or erledigt or fertig (all inf)

    19) = take inf drugs nehmen
    20) in prison inf 6 years etc sitzen, abreißen (inf)
    21)

    = translate (old, liter) done into (the) English by... — ins Englische übertragen von...

    3. INTRANSITIVE VERB
    1)

    = act do as I do — mach es wie ich

    he did well to take advice — er tat gut daran, sich beraten zu lassen

    he did right — er hat richtig gehandelt, es war richtig von ihm

    he did right/well to go — es war richtig/gut, dass er gegangen ist

    2)

    = get on, fare how are you doing? — wie gehts (Ihnen)?

    I'm not doing so badlyes geht mir gar nicht so schlecht

    when my uncle died I did quite well — als mein Onkel starb, bin ich ganz gut dabei weggekommen __diams; how do you do? (on introduction) guten Tag/Abend!, angenehm! (form) __diams; what's doing? (inf) was ist los?

    3) = be suitable gehen

    this room will dodas Zimmer geht (inf) or ist in Ordnung

    will it do if I come back at 8? — geht es, wenn ich um 8 Uhr zurück bin?

    it doesn't do to keep a lady waiting —

    will she/it do? — geht sie/das?

    4) = be sufficient reichen

    can you lend me some money? – will £10 do? —

    yes, that'll do — ja, das reicht

    you'll have to make do with £10 — £ 10 müssen Ihnen reichen, Sie werden mit £ 10 auskommen müssen __diams; that'll do! jetzt reichts aber!

    4. NOUN (Brit inf)
    1) = event Veranstaltung f, Sache f (inf); (= party) Fete f (inf)
    2) = swindle (Brit) Schwindel m
    3) = hairdo esp US Frisur f, Schnitt m
    5. dosPLURAL NOUN
    * * *
    do1 [duː; unbetont dʊ; də] prät did [dıd], pperf done [dʌn], 3. sg präs does [dʌz; unbetont dəz]
    A v/t
    1. tun, machen:
    what can I do (for you)? was kann ich (für Sie) tun?, womit kann ich (Ihnen) dienen?;
    do sth for sb etwas für jemanden erledigen;
    what does he do? was macht er beruflich?, was ist er von Beruf?;
    are you doing anything tonight? hast du heute Abend (schon) etwas vor?;
    do sth about etwas tun gegen;
    what is to be done ( oder to do)? was ist zu tun?, was soll geschehen?;
    if it were to do again wenn es noch einmal getan werden müsste;
    you can’t do this to me! das kannst du nicht mit mir machen!;
    you couldn’t do that to me! das kannst du mir (doch) nicht antun!;
    what have you done to my suit? was haben Sie mit meinem Anzug gemacht?;
    he promised to do sth er versprach, etwas zu unternehmen;
    he does not know what to do with his time er weiß nicht, was er mit seiner Zeit anfangen soll;
    do sth together etwas gemeinsam oder zusammen unternehmen;
    don’t do anything I wouldn’t do hum bleib sauber!; do with
    2. tun, ausführen, vollbringen, Arbeiten verrichten, Verbrechen begehen:
    do one’s lessons SCHULE seine (Haus)Aufgaben machen;
    he did all the writing er hat alles allein geschrieben;
    he did all the talking er führte die Unterhaltung ganz allein, auch ich bin überhaupt nicht zu Wort gekommen;
    let me do the talking lass mich sprechen;
    it can’t be done es geht nicht, es ist undurchführbar;
    the machine does the rest die Maschine erledigt den Rest;
    the storm did a lot of material damage der Sturm richtete großen Sachschaden an;
    do you think he did it? glaubst du, dass er es getan hat oder dass er es war?; done B 1, B 2
    3. tätigen, machen: business A 3, A 13
    4. tun, leisten, vollbringen:
    do one’s best sein Bestes tun, sich alle Mühe geben
    5. anfertigen, herstellen, ein Kunstwerk etc auch schaffen:
    do a portrait ein Porträt malen;
    do a translation eine Übersetzung machen oder anfertigen
    6. jemandem etwas (an)tun, zufügen, erweisen: favor B 2, good A 1, A 2, harm A 1, honor B 1, etc
    7. einbringen: credit A 5
    8. erzielen, erreichen:
    I did it! ich habe es geschafft!;
    now you have done it! iron nun hast du es glücklich geschafft!
    9. sich beschäftigen mit, arbeiten an (dat)
    10. Speisen zubereiten, besonders kochen oder braten
    11. in Ordnung bringen, z. B.
    a) das Geschirr abwaschen: dish A 1 c
    b) das Zimmer aufräumen, machen umg
    12. herrichten, dekorieren, schmücken
    13. (her)richten:
    she is having her nails done sie lässt sich maniküren;
    he had his teeth done er ließ sich die Zähne richten; face A 1, hair Bes Redew
    14. a) eine Fremdsprache etc lernen
    b) einen Autor etc durchnehmen, behandeln
    15. eine Aufgabe lösen
    16. obs übersetzen, -tragen ( beide:
    into German ins Deutsche)
    17. a) eine Rolle etc spielen, einen Charakter darstellen:
    do Othello den Othello spielen;
    do the polite den höflichen Mann spielen oder markieren;
    do the host den Gastgeber spielen
    b) nachahmen:
    18. zurücklegen, machen, schaffen umg:
    they did 20 miles sie legten 20 Meilen zurück;
    the car does 100 m.p.h. der Wagen fährt 160 km/h
    19. umg besichtigen, die Sehenswürdigkeiten besichtigen von (oder gen):
    do Rome in three days Rom in drei Tagen besichtigen oder umg machen
    20. umg genügen (dat):
    21. umg erschöpfen, erledigen umg:
    they were pretty well done sie waren am Ende (ihrer Kräfte)
    22. umg
    a) jemanden erledigen, fertigmachen:
    I’ll do him in three rounds
    b) drannehmen (Friseur etc):
    I’ll do you next, sir
    23. sl reinlegen, übers Ohr hauen, anschmieren:
    do sb out of sth jemanden um etwas erleichtern oder betrügen oder bringen; brown A
    24. sl eine Strafe abbrummen:
    he did two years in prison er hat zwei Jahre abgerissen;
    he did three months for theft er saß drei Monate wegen Diebstahls
    25. umg
    a) bewirten
    b) unterbringen:
    they do you very well here hier werden Sie gut bewirtet; hier sind Sie gut untergebracht
    26. behandeln: well1 A 1
    27. bringen (obs außer in):
    do to death töten, umbringen
    28. sl einen Bruch machen in (dat), einbrechen in (akk oder dat), ein Auto etc aufbrechen
    29. umg bumsen (schlafen mit)
    B v/i
    1. handeln, vorgehen, tun, sich verhalten:
    the premier would do wisely to resign der Premier würde klug handeln oder wäre gut beraten, wenn er zurückträte; well1 A 1, A 2
    2. (tätig) handeln, wirken:
    do or die kämpfen od untergehen;
    it’s do or die now! jetzt gehts ums Ganze!
    3. weiter-, vorankommen:
    a) vorwärtskommen, Erfolge haben ( beide:
    with bei, mit), gut abschneiden (in bei, in dat),
    b) gut gedeihen (Getreide etc)( B 4, B 5);
    do better sich verbessern
    4. Leistungen vollbringen:
    a) seine Sache gut machen,
    b) viel Geld verdienen ( B 3, B 5);
    he did better than expected er schnitt besser als erwartet ab;
    his son is doing well at school seinem Sohn geht es in der Schule gut
    5. sich befinden:
    a) gesund sein,
    b) in guten Verhältnissen leben,
    c) sich gut erholen ( B 3, B 4);
    how do you do? guten Tag! (bei der Vorstellung)
    6. auskommen, zurande kommen
    7. genügen, (aus)reichen, passen, dem Zweck entsprechen oder dienen:
    that will (not) do das genügt oder reicht (nicht);
    it will do tomorrow es hat Zeit bis morgen;
    we’ll make it do wir werden schon damit auskommen
    8. angehen, recht sein, sich schicken, passen:
    that won’t do!
    a) das geht nicht (an)!,
    b) das wird nicht gehen!;
    it won’t do to be rude mit Grobheit kommt man nicht weit(er), man darf nicht unhöflich sein
    9. (im pprerfect) aufhören:
    have done! hör auf!, genug (davon)!;
    let us have done with it! hören wir auf damit!; done B 5
    C Ersatzverb zur Vermeidung von Wiederholungen v/t & v/i tun (bleibt meist unübersetzt):
    he treats his children as I do my dogs er behandelt seine Kinder wie ich meine Hunde;
    you know it as well as I do du weißt es so gut wie ich;
    he sang better than he had ever done before er sang besser, als (er) je zuvor (gesungen hatte);
    she likes cats. so do I ich auch;
    he does not work hard, does he? er arbeitet nicht viel, nicht wahr?;
    he works hard, doesn’t he? er arbeitet viel, nicht wahr?;
    did he buy it? he did ja(wohl);
    do you understand? I don’t nein;
    he sold his car. did he? wirklich?, so?;
    I wanted to go there, and I did so ich wollte hingehen und tat es auch
    do you know him? kennen Sie ihn?
    I do not believe it ich glaube es nicht;
    do not go there gehen Sie nicht hin!;
    don’t tun Sie es nicht!, lassen Sie das!
    I do apologize tut mir wirklich leid;
    you do ask questions du stellst vielleicht Fragen;
    do sit down nehmen Sie doch bitte Platz;
    I do like it mir gefällt es wirklich;
    but I do see it! aber ich sehe es doch!;
    I did see it, but ich sah es wohl oder zwar, aber;
    do try to understand it versteh das doch;
    be quiet, do sei doch still!
    4. iron I do enjoy a quiet evening at home es geht doch nichts über einen ruhigen Abend zu Hause
    rarely does one see such things solche Dinge sieht man (nur) selten
    do2 [duː] pl dos, do’s [duːz] s
    1. sl Schwindel m, Gaunerei f
    2. besonders Br umg Fete f, Feier f
    3. fair do’s!
    a) sei nicht unfair!,
    b) gleiches Recht für alle!
    4. pl umg Gebote pl:
    do’s and don’ts Gebote und Verbote, (Spiel)Regeln
    do3 [dəʊ] s MUS do n (Solmisationssilbe)
    * * *
    I 1. transitive verb,
    neg. coll. don't, pres. t. he does, neg. (coll.) doesn't, p.t. did, neg. (coll.) didn't, pres. p. doing, p.p. done
    1) (perform) machen [Hausaufgaben, Hausarbeit, Examen, Handstand]; vollbringen [Tat]; tun, erfüllen [Pflicht]; tun, verrichten [Arbeit]; ausführen [Malerarbeiten]; vorführen [Trick, Striptease, Nummer, Tanz]; durchführen [Test]; aufführen [Stück]; singen [Lied]; mitmachen [Rennen, Wettbewerb]; spielen [Musikstück, Rolle]; tun [Buße]

    do the shopping/washing up/cleaning — einkaufen [gehen]/abwaschen/sauber machen

    do a lot of reading/walking — etc. viel lesen/spazieren gehen usw.

    do a dance/the foxtrot — tanzen/Foxtrott tanzen

    do something to something/somebody — etwas mit etwas/jemandem machen

    what can I do for you? — was kann ich für Sie tun?; (in shop) was darf's sein?

    do something about something/somebody — etwas gegen etwas/jemanden unternehmen

    not know what to do with oneself — nicht wissen, was man machen soll

    that's done it (caused a change for the worse) das hat das Fass zum Überlaufen gebracht; (caused a change for the better) das hätten wir

    that will/should do it — so müsste es gehen; (is enough) das müsste genügen

    do a Garbo(coll.) es der Garbo (Dat.) gleichtun

    the car does/was doing about 100 m.p.h./does 45 miles to the gallon — das Auto schafft/fuhr mit ungefähr 160 Stundenkilometer/frisst (ugs.) od. braucht sechs Liter pro 100 Kilometer

    3) (produce) machen [Übersetzung, Kopie]; anfertigen [Bild, Skulptur]; herstellen [Artikel, Produkte]; schaffen [Pensum]
    4) (provide) haben [Vollpension, Mittagstisch]; (coll.): (offer for sale) führen
    5) (prepare) machen [Bett, Frühstück]; (work on) machen (ugs.), fertig machen [Garten, Hecke]; (clean) sauber machen; putzen [Schuhe, Fenster]; machen (ugs.) [Treppe]; (arrange) [zurecht]machen [Haare]; fertig machen [Korrespondenz, Zimmer]; (make up) schminken [Lippen, Augen, Gesicht]; machen (ugs.) [Nägel]; (cut) schneiden [Nägel]; schneiden [Gras, Hecke]; (paint) machen (ugs.) [Zimmer]; streichen [Haus, Möbel]; (attend to) sich kümmern um [Bücher, Rechnungen, Korrespondenz]; (repair) in Ordnung bringen
    6) (cook) braten

    well done — durch[gebraten]

    7) (solve) lösen [Problem, Rätsel]; machen [Puzzle, Kreuzworträtsel]
    8) (study, work at) machen; haben [Abiturfach]
    9) (sl.): (swindle) reinlegen (ugs.)
    10) (sl.): (defeat, kill) fertig machen (ugs.)
    11) (traverse) schaffen [Entfernung]
    12) (sl.): (undergo) absitzen, (salopp) abreißen [Strafe]
    13) (coll.): (visit) besuchen
    14) (satisfy) zusagen (+ Dat.); (suffice for, last) reichen (+ Dat.)
    2. intransitive verb, forms as
    1.
    1) (act) tun; (perform) spielen

    you can do just as you like — du kannst machen, was du willst

    3) (get on) vorankommen; (in exams) abschneiden

    do well/badly at school — gut/schlecht in der Schule sein

    4)

    how do you do? (formal) guten Tag/Morgen/Abend!

    5) (coll.): (manage)

    how are we doing for time?wie steht es mit der Zeit od. (ugs.) sieht es mit der Zeit aus?

    6) (serve purpose) es tun; (suffice) [aus]reichen; (be suitable) gehen

    do for or as something — als etwas benutzt werden können

    Nothing doing. He's not interested — Nichts zu machen (ugs.). Er ist nicht interessiert. See also doing; done

    3. verb substitute, forms as
    1.
    1) replacing v.: usually not translated
    2) replacing v. and obj. etc

    he read the Bible every day as his father did before him — er las täglich in der Bibel, wie es schon sein Vater vor ihm getan hatte od. wie schon vor ihm sein Vater

    3) as ellipt. aux

    You went to Paris, didn't you? - Yes, I did — Du warst doch in Paris, oder od. nicht wahr? - Ja[, stimmt od. war ich]

    4) with ‘so’, ‘it’, etc

    I knew John Lennon. - So did I — Ich kannte John Lennon. - Ich auch

    I know you from somewhere, don't I? — wir kennen uns doch irgendwoher, nicht?

    4. auxiliary verb
    + inf. as pres. or past, forms as 1.

    but I tell you, I did see him — aber ich sage dir doch, dass ich ihn gesehen habe

    little did he know that... — er hatte keine Ahnung, dass...

    I don't or do not wish to take part — ich möchte nicht teilnehmen

    5) in neg. commands

    don't or do not expect to find him in a good mood — erwarten Sie nicht, dass Sie ihn in guter Stimmung antreffen

    children, do not forget... — Kinder, vergesst [ja] nicht...

    don't be so noisy! — seid [doch] nicht so laut!

    don't! — tu's/tut's/tun Sie's nicht!

    6) + inf. as imper. for emphasis etc

    do sit down, won't you? — bitte setzen Sie sich doch!

    do be quiet, Paul! — Paul, sei doch mal ruhig!

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II noun
    , pl. dos or do's
    1) (sl.): (swindle) Schwindel, der; krumme Sache (ugs.)
    2) (Brit. coll.): (festivity) Feier, die; Fete, die (ugs.)
    3) in pl.
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: did, done)
    = ausführen v.
    tun v.
    (§ p.,pp.: tat, getan)

    English-german dictionary > do

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