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  • 41 McGowan, J. P.

    1880-1952
       Personalidad singular la de este australiano trasplantado a Hollywood. Actor y director de algun exito durante el cine mudo, cuando llega el sonoro inicia una huida hacia adelante, dirigiendo febrilmente peliculas de muy bajo presupuesto. Antes de la llegada de la decada de los 40, ha desaparecido de las pantallas. Una de sus ultimas actuaciones, tan mo desta que ni siquiera figura en los titulos de credito, ocurre en La diligencia (Stagecoach, John Ford, 1939), una pelicula de referencia en el mundo del western. Establecer la relacion de las peliculas sonoras del genero dirigidas por McGowan no es tarea facil porque se mueve en la frontera entre el mudo y el sonoro, con peliculas mudas pero con banda musical que, naturalmente, quedan fuera de la presente filmografia.
        Senor Americano. 1929. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Ken Maynard Pro ductions (Universal). Ken Maynard, Katharyn Crawford, Frank Yaconelli.
        Near the Rainbow’s End (El botin del rancho). 1930. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Tiffany. Bob Steele, Louise Lorraine, Al Ferguson, Lafe McKee.
        Canyon Hawks (co-d.: Alan James). 1930. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Yakima Canutt, Rene Borden, Wally Wales.
        Beyond the Law. 1930. 50 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Syndicate. Robert Frazer, Lane Chandler, Louise Lorraine.
        Code of Honor. 1930. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Syndicate. Lafe McKee, Doris Hill, Mahlon Hamilton.
        Under Texas Skies. 1930. 65 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Syndicate. Bob Custer, Natalie Kingston, Bill Cody, Lane Chandler.
        Riders of the North. 1931. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Syndicate. Bob Custer, Blanche Mehaffey.
        So This Is Arizona. 1931. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Wally Wales, Buzz Barton, Lorraine LaVal.
        Headin’ for Trouble. 1931. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Bob Custer, Betty Mack.
        The Cyclone Kid. 1931. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Buzz Barton, Lafe McKee, Caryl Lincoln.
        Shotgun Pass. 1931. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Columbia. Tim McCoy, Virginia Lee Corbin.
        Quick Trigger Lee. 1931. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Bob Custer, Caryl Lincoln.
        Human Targets. 1932. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Buzz Barton, Pauline Parker.
        Mark of the Spur. 1932. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Bob Custer, Franklyn Farnum, Lillian Rich.
        Tangled Fortunes. 1932. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Buzz Barton, Caryl Lincoln.
        The Scarlet Brand. 1932. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Big 4. Bob Custer, Betty Mack.
        Lawless Valley. 1932. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Willis Kent. Lane Chandler, Gertrude Messinger.
        When a Man Rides Alone. 1933. 60 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Freuler/Mo narch. Tom Tyler, Alan Bridge, Adele Lacy.
        Drum Taps. 1933. 61 minutos. Blanco y Negro. KBS/World Wide. Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dix.
        Deadwood Pass. 1933. 62 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Freuler/Monarch. Tom Tyler, Wally Wales, Alice Dahl.
        War on the Range. 1933. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Freuler/Monarch. Tom Tyler, Lane Chandler, Caryl Lincoln.
        The Lone Bandit. 1934. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Empire. Lane Chandler, Doris Brook, Wally Wales.
        The Outlaw Tamer. 1934. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Empire. Lane Chandler, Blanche Mehaffey.
        Rough Riding Rhythm. 1937. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Ambassador. Kermit Maynard, Beryl Wallace, Betty Mack.
        Roaring Six Guns. 1937. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Ambassador. Kermit Maynard, Mary Hayes, Sam Flint.
        Where the West Begins. 1938. 54 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Jack Randall, Luana Walters, Fuzzy Knight.

    English-Spanish dictionary of western films > McGowan, J. P.

  • 42 fall

    fo:l 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) falle, dette, ramle
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) falle om, synke/styrte sammen
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) falle, synke
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) falle
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) falle, bli
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) tilfalle
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) fall
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) -fall
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) fall
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) høst
    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through
    dette
    --------
    fall
    --------
    falle
    --------
    grålysning
    --------
    skråning
    --------
    skumring
    --------
    tussmørke
    I
    subst. \/fɔːl\/
    1) fall
    2) fall, undergang
    what caused the fall of the Ottoman Empire?
    3) nedgang, reduksjon, fall
    4) (amer.) høst
    5) (ned)fall
    6) helling, utforbakke, fall(høyde)
    7) ( bryting) fall
    8) ( av skog) hugst, felling
    9) ( om elv) utløp
    10) senking (av stemme)
    11) ( musikk) kadens
    12) ( om lam) fødsel, kull
    13) ( på damehatt) slør
    14) ( teknikk) taljereip
    15) ( sjøfart) fall, (talje)løper, båttalje
    be riding for a fall gå undergangen i møte, være ille ute, komme til å gå en ille, hovmod står for fall
    the Fall (of Man) ( religion) syndefallet
    fall of rain nedbør (i form av regn), regnfall, regnmengde
    fall of snow snøfall, nedbør (i form av snø)
    falls (vann)fall, foss
    have a fall falle, ramle
    speculate for a fall ( handel) ligge i baissen
    the fall of darkness mørkets frembrudd
    try a fall with somebody ( bryting) ta brytetak på noen ( overført) ta et nappetak med noen, måle sine krefter med noen
    II
    verb ( fell - fallen) \/fɔːl\/
    1) falle, ramle, dette
    2) falle om, ramle om, trille
    3) styrte (sammen), falle sammen, kollapse
    4) gå ned, synke, falle
    5) gå under, styrte, falle
    festningen er falt\/erobret
    6) falle på, falle over, senke seg
    7) falle på, inntreffe
    1. påskedag faller på første søndag i april i år
    8) synke sammen, synke ned
    9) falle ned, henge (ned), nå, rekke (ned)
    10) helle, skråne, slutte (nedover), senke seg
    slutte brått, stupe
    11) falle, dø i kamp
    12) ( om øyne) slå ned, senke
    13) kaste seg ned, knele
    14) ( gammeldags) falle (for en fristelse), synde
    15) avta, legge seg, løye, slokne
    16) ( om elv) munne ut
    17) ( spesielt om lam) bli født
    18) bli
    fall about ( hverdagslig) le uhemmet
    fall across støte på, treffe på
    fall among thieves ( bibelsk) falle iblant røvere, råke iblant røvere
    fall apart eller fall to pieces ( også overført) falle fra hverandre, gå i stykker, gå i oppløsning, rase sammen
    (spesielt amer.) være fra seg
    fall asleep sovne, falle i søvn
    fall astern ( sjøfart) sakke akterut, bli akterutseilt
    fall away svikte, falle fra falle bort, bortfalle, forsvinne tære vekk, svinne falle bratt, gå nedover, skråne
    fall back falle tilbake trekke seg tilbake gi plass, vike unna
    fall back (up)on ( militærvesen) trekke seg tilbake til ta sin tilflukt til, ty til, falle tilbake på
    fall behind sakke akterut, bli (liggende) etter, ikke henge med
    as they were talking business, I fell behind
    ligge etter, komme på etterskudd
    fall behind somebody bli passert av noen, bli distansert av noen
    fall below ligge under, ikke overstige
    fall by falle for (noens hånd, sverd e.l.)
    fall down falle ned, ramle ned, falle (om), falle sammen, rase (sammen), styrte (sammen)
    falle ned, kaste seg ned
    mislykkes, feile
    fall flat falle pladask (på magen), stupe fremover ( overført) falle til jorden, mislykkes
    fall for ( hverdagslig) falle for, bli forelsket i
    han falt pladask for henne, han ble kjempeforelsket i henne
    gå på, la seg lure av, gå med på
    fall foul of eller run foul of kollidere med, tørne sammen med havne i konflikt med
    fall from falle (ned) fra
    bli styrtet fra, falle fra
    fall in falle sammen, ramle sammen, kollapse, styrte sammen, rase (sammen)
    falle i, ramle i
    ( militærvesen) mønstre, stille opp
    fall in! ( militærvesen) oppstilling!
    fall into komme inn i, henfalle til, falle inn i falle i, synke ned i
    komme inn i, henfalle til, falle inn i
    falle i, la seg dele inn i, kunne deles inn i
    fall into a rage bli rasende
    fall into place falle på plass, ordne seg
    fall into the trap gå i fellen
    fall in (up)on overraske, besøke uventet
    fall in with treffe, bli kjent med
    gå med på, være med på, være enig i, like, rette seg etter
    passe (bra) sammen med, gå (bra) sammen med, gli inn i, stemme overens med, sammenfalle med
    fall low ( overført) synke dypt
    fall off falle av, ramle av, falle ned fra, ramle ned fra
    avta, minske, synke, gå ned, gå tilbake
    tape seg, bli dårligere, forringes
    falle fra, trekke seg unna, svikte
    ( sjøfart) falle (av), avvike (fra kurs)
    fall on one's feet ( overført) komme ned med begge beina først (komme seg relativt uskadet fra en vanskelig situasjon)
    fall on somebody kaste seg over noen
    fall out falle ut, ramle ut, falle av (om hår) ende, skje
    falle seg (så), vise seg
    ( militærvesen) tre av, tre ut av geledd bli uenige, komme på kant
    fall out laughing (slang, amer.) holde på å ramle av stolen av latter, holde på å le seg i hjel
    fall out of komme ut av, legge bort
    fall out with komme på kant med
    fall over falle om, ramle om, velte, falle over ende
    fall over oneself være overivrig, snuble av iver, anstrenge seg til det ytterste (overført)
    fall short ikke nå målet, ikke strekke til, begynne å ta slutt, komme til kort
    fall silent bli stille, stilne
    fall through falle gjennom falle igjennom, falle i fisk, mislykkes
    fall to falle på, ramme, tilkomme, påhvile
    tilfalle, komme (noen) til del
    falle for
    slå igjen, smelle igjen
    ( om mat) hugge inn, lange inn begynne (på), gi seg til, ta fatt (på), sette i gang (med)
    fall together ( språkvitenskap) sammenfalle, bli identisk
    fall under falle (inn) under, komme (inn) under, høre (inn) under, høre til, sortere under, rangeres blandt
    råke ut for, bli utsatt for
    fall (up)on falle på
    påhvile, tilkomme
    angripe, overfalle, kaste seg over
    komme på, råke på
    råke ut for, rammes av
    fall within falle inn (under), høre til, inngå i
    have fallen behind with ligge etter med, være på etterskudd med

    English-Norwegian dictionary > fall

  • 43 life

    [laɪf]
    n
    (pl lives [laɪvz])
    1) жизнь, существование, деятельность

    Is there any life on that planet? — На той планете есть какая-либо жизнь? /На той планете есть какие-либо живые существа?

    The average life of a dog is ten years. — Собаки в среднем живут десять лет.

    The streets are full of life. — Жизнь на улицах бьет ключом.

    The drooping plant came to life in water. — Поникшее растение в воде ожило.

    - physical life
    - low life
    - busy life
    - adult life
    - this life
    - other life
    - all one's life
    - one's own life
    - somebody else's life
    - working life
    - life force
    - life science
    - life span
    - life boat
    - life jacket
    - life scientist
    - life giving rain
    - life of the people
    - life cycle of a frog
    - life of a battery
    - life for life
    - life of pleasure
    - matter of life and death
    - happiest days of smb's life
    - original of life
    - fight struggle for one's life
    - charities of life
    - necessities of life
    - people from all sections of public life
    - speed and the noise of city life
    - threat to smb's life
    - thread of life
    - average span of life
    - books true to life
    - appointment for life
    - post for life
    - pension for life
    - love of life
    - way of life
    - end of smb's life
    - meaning of one's life
    - art of leading one's life
    - her last hours of life
    - water swarms with life
    - in after life
    - in the course of smb's life
    - at the cost
    - in the prime of life
    - for the rest of one's life
    - at my time of life
    - for dear life
    - have enough food to sustain life
    - bring smb, smth to life
    - come to life
    - go forth into the highways and by ways of life
    - have power over life and death
    - preserve life
    - be sould of the party
    - beat smb within an inch of his life
    - beg for one's life
    - cling to life
    - enjoy one's life
    - value one's life
    - fill up one's life with useful work
    - get as much fun out of life as possible
    - get the fright of one's life
    - give one's life to science
    - give new life to smb, smth
    - guide smb's life
    - have a double life
    - hold a post for life
    - lay down one's life for one's country
    - lead a dog's life
    - lead smb a dog's life
    - live a happy life
    - live an easy life
    - live a simple life
    - live one's own life
    - make a new life for oneself
    - make one's own life
    - make life easy
    - make an attempt on smb's life
    - make smb's life miserable
    - quit this life
    - risk one's life
    - run for dear life
    - run for one's life
    - save one's own life
    - sell one's life dearly
    - sentence smb to hard labour for life
    - spare smb's life
    - spend one's life in smth
    - start life as an messenger
    - take smb's life
    - take one's life
    - take one's life in one's hands
    - trust one's life to doctors
    - everything that has life
    - smb's last hours of life
    2) жизнь, образ жизни

    Sport has always been a part of university life. — Спорт всегда был частью университетской жизни.

    TV has become part of our everyday life. — Телевидение прочно вошло в наш быт.

    - private life
    - city life
    - human life
    - miserable life
    - everyday life
    - quiet life
    - American life
    - fashionable life
    - high life
    - social life
    - college life
    - fascinating life
    - married life
    - retired lie
    - life of the capital
    - life of crime
    - chose a political life
    - enter a political life
    - lead an active life
    3) реальность, действительность

    He has had a successful life. — У него была успешная карьера.

    The life of the Roman Empire was long. — Римская Империя существовала долго.

    There he stands, as large as life. — Вон он стоит собственной персоной.

    There he is as big as life. — Вот он, во всей своей красе.

    It is a larger than life version of our present society. — Это преувеличенная картина современного общества.

    - life portrait
    - life of the contract
    - realities of life
    - portrait from life
    - in real life
    - during the life of the last Labour Government
    - as big as life
    - face life
    - learn something of life
    - mould life
    - paint from life
    - paint smb, smth to the life
    - see something of life
    - see life
    - take life easy
    - take one's subjects from life
    - characters taken from life
    4) (часто в отрицательных предложениях) жизнь, энергия

    There was no life in her movements. — Она вяло двигалась.

    Will you put more life into the matter. — Займись, пожалуйста, данным вопросом с бо́льшим воодушевлением.

    - actors put no life in their performance
    - there was no life in her voice
    - there was no life in her eyes

    I have seen something of life. — я знаю настоящую жизнь.

    The portrait is my uncle to the life. — Портрет - точная копия моего дядюшки.

    Do you think I'm going to trust a person like him? Not on your life! — И ты думаешь, что я буду доверять такому человеку, как он? Ни в коем случае!

    There is life in the old dog yet. — Есть еще порох в пороховницах.

    While there is life there is hope. — Пока жив человек, жива и надежда

    - how is life?

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > life

  • 44 Economy

       Portugal's economy, under the influence of the European Economic Community (EEC), and later with the assistance of the European Union (EU), grew rapidly in 1985-86; through 1992, the average annual growth was 4-5 percent. While such growth rates did not last into the late 1990s, portions of Portugal's society achieved unprecedented prosperity, although poverty remained entrenched. It is important, however, to place this current growth, which includes some not altogether desirable developments, in historical perspective. On at least three occasions in this century, Portugal's economy has experienced severe dislocation and instability: during the turbulent First Republic (1911-25); during the Estado Novo, when the world Depression came into play (1930-39); and during the aftermath of the Revolution of 25 April, 1974. At other periods, and even during the Estado Novo, there were eras of relatively steady growth and development, despite the fact that Portugal's weak economy lagged behind industrialized Western Europe's economies, perhaps more than Prime Minister Antônio de Oliveira Salazar wished to admit to the public or to foreigners.
       For a number of reasons, Portugal's backward economy underwent considerable growth and development following the beginning of the colonial wars in Africa in early 1961. Recent research findings suggest that, contrary to the "stagnation thesis" that states that the Estado Novo economy during the last 14 years of its existence experienced little or no growth, there were important changes, policy shifts, structural evolution, and impressive growth rates. In fact, the average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate (1961-74) was about 7 percent. The war in Africa was one significant factor in the post-1961 economic changes. The new costs of finance and spending on the military and police actions in the African and Asian empires in 1961 and thereafter forced changes in economic policy.
       Starting in 1963-64, the relatively closed economy was opened up to foreign investment, and Lisbon began to use deficit financing and more borrowing at home and abroad. Increased foreign investment, residence, and technical and military assistance also had effects on economic growth and development. Salazar's government moved toward greater trade and integration with various international bodies by signing agreements with the European Free Trade Association and several international finance groups. New multinational corporations began to operate in the country, along with foreign-based banks. Meanwhile, foreign tourism increased massively from the early 1960s on, and the tourism industry experienced unprecedented expansion. By 1973-74, Portugal received more than 8 million tourists annually for the first time.
       Under Prime Minister Marcello Caetano, other important economic changes occurred. High annual economic growth rates continued until the world energy crisis inflation and a recession hit Portugal in 1973. Caetano's system, through new development plans, modernized aspects of the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors and linked reform in education with plans for social change. It also introduced cadres of forward-looking technocrats at various levels. The general motto of Caetano's version of the Estado Novo was "Evolution with Continuity," but he was unable to solve the key problems, which were more political and social than economic. As the boom period went "bust" in 1973-74, and growth slowed greatly, it became clear that Caetano and his governing circle had no way out of the African wars and could find no easy compromise solution to the need to democratize Portugal's restive society. The economic background of the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was a severe energy shortage caused by the world energy crisis and Arab oil boycott, as well as high general inflation, increasing debts from the African wars, and a weakening currency. While the regime prescribed greater Portuguese investment in Africa, in fact Portuguese businesses were increasingly investing outside of the escudo area in Western Europe and the United States.
       During the two years of political and social turmoil following the Revolution of 25 April 1974, the economy weakened. Production, income, reserves, and annual growth fell drastically during 1974-76. Amidst labor-management conflict, there was a burst of strikes, and income and productivity plummeted. Ironically, one factor that cushioned the economic impact of the revolution was the significant gold reserve supply that the Estado Novo had accumulated, principally during Salazar's years. Another factor was emigration from Portugal and the former colonies in Africa, which to a degree reduced pressures for employment. The sudden infusion of more than 600,000 refugees from Africa did increase the unemployment rate, which in 1975 was 10-15 percent. But, by 1990, the unemployment rate was down to about 5-6 percent.
       After 1985, Portugal's economy experienced high growth rates again, which averaged 4-5 percent through 1992. Substantial economic assistance from the EEC and individual countries such as the United States, as well as the political stability and administrative continuity that derived from majority Social Democratic Party (PSD) governments starting in mid-1987, supported new growth and development in the EEC's second poorest country. With rapid infrastruc-tural change and some unregulated development, Portugal's leaders harbored a justifiable concern that a fragile environment and ecology were under new, unacceptable pressures. Among other improvements in the standard of living since 1974 was an increase in per capita income. By 1991, the average minimum monthly wage was about 40,000 escudos, and per capita income was about $5,000 per annum. By the end of the 20th century, despite continuing poverty at several levels in Portugal, Portugal's economy had made significant progress. In the space of 15 years, Portugal had halved the large gap in living standards between itself and the remainder of the EU. For example, when Portugal joined the EU in 1986, its GDP, in terms of purchasing power-parity, was only 53 percent of the EU average. By 2000, Portugal's GDP had reached 75 percent of the EU average, a considerable achievement. Whether Portugal could narrow this gap even further in a reasonable amount of time remained a sensitive question in Lisbon. Besides structural poverty and the fact that, in 2006, the EU largesse in structural funds (loans and grants) virtually ceased, a major challenge for Portugal's economy will be to reduce the size of the public sector (about 50 percent of GDP is in the central government) to increase productivity, attract outside investment, and diversify the economy. For Portugal's economic planners, the 21st century promises to be challenging.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Economy

  • 45 Ethnic minorities

       Traditionally and for a half millennium, Portugal has been a country of emigration, but in recent decades it has become a country of net immigration. During Portugal's long period of overseas empire, beginning in the 15th century, there was always more emigration overseas than immigration to Portugal. There were, nevertheless, populations of natives of Africa, Asia, and the Americas who came to Portugal during the 1450-1975 era. Historians continue to debate the actual numbers of migrants of African descent to Portugal during this period, but records suggest that the resident African population in Portugal during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries was a minority of some consequence but not as large as previously imagined.
       After the wars of independence in Africa began in 1961, and after India conquered and annexed former Portuguese Goa, Damão, and Diu in December of that year, Portugal began to receive more migrants from Asia and Africa than before. First came political refugees carrying Portuguese passports from former Portuguese India; these left India for Portugal in the early 1960s. But the larger numbers came from Portugal's former colonial territories in Africa, especially from Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau; these sought refuge from civil wars and conflicts following the end of the colonial wars and independence from Portugal. While a considerable number of the refugee wave of 1975-76 from these territories were of African as well as Afro-European descent, larger numbers of African migrants began to arrive in the 1980s. A major impetus for their migration to Portugal was to escape civil wars in Angola and Mozambique.
       Another wave of migrants of European descent came beginning in the 1990s, primarily from Ukraine, Russia, Rumania, and Moldova. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, and the implosion of the Soviet Union, migrants from these countries arrived in Portugal in some number. At about the same time, there arrived migrants from Brazil and another former colony of Portugal, the isolated, poverty-stricken Cape Verde Islands. The largest number of foreign immigrants in Portugal continue to be the Brazilians and the Cape Verdeans, whose principal language is also Portuguese.
       Different ethnic migrant groups tended to work in certain occupations; for example, Brazilians were largely professional people, including dentists and technicians. Cape Verdeans, by and large, as well as numbers of other African migrants from former Portuguese African territories, worked in the construction industry or in restaurants and hotels. As of 2004, the non- European Union (EU) migrant population was over 374,000, while the EU migrant numbers were about 74,000.
       Of the foreign migrants from EU countries, the largest community was the British, with as many as 20,000 residents, with smaller numbers from France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. About 9,000 Americans reside in Portugal. Unlike many migrants from the non-EU countries noted above, who sought safety and a way to make a decent living, migrants from Europe and the United States include many who seek a comfortable retirement in Portugal, with its warm, sunny climate, fine cuisine, and security.
        1999 2004
       Brazil 20,851 Brazil 66,907
       Cape Verde Isl. Cape Verde Isl. 64,164
       Angola 17,721 Angola 35,264
       Guinea Bissau 25,148
       São Tomé 10,483
       Mozambique 5,472
       Ukraine 66,227
       Romania 12,155
       Moldova 13,689

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Ethnic minorities

  • 46 Salazar, Antônio de Oliveira

    (1889-1970)
       The Coimbra University professor of finance and economics and one of the founders of the Estado Novo, who came to dominate Western Europe's longest surviving authoritarian system. Salazar was born on 28 April 1889, in Vimieiro, Beira Alta province, the son of a peasant estate manager and a shopkeeper. Most of his first 39 years were spent as a student, and later as a teacher in a secondary school and a professor at Coimbra University's law school. Nine formative years were spent at Viseu's Catholic Seminary (1900-09), preparing for the Catholic priesthood, but the serious, studious Salazar decided to enter Coimbra University instead in 1910, the year the Braganza monarchy was overthrown and replaced by the First Republic. Salazar received some of the highest marks of his generation of students and, in 1918, was awarded a doctoral degree in finance and economics. Pleading inexperience, Salazar rejected an invitation in August 1918 to become finance minister in the "New Republic" government of President Sidónio Pais.
       As a celebrated academic who was deeply involved in Coimbra University politics, publishing works on the troubled finances of the besieged First Republic, and a leader of Catholic organizations, Sala-zar was not as modest, reclusive, or unknown as later official propaganda led the public to believe. In 1921, as a Catholic deputy, he briefly served in the First Republic's turbulent congress (parliament) but resigned shortly after witnessing but one stormy session. Salazar taught at Coimbra University as of 1916, and continued teaching until April 1928. When the military overthrew the First Republic in May 1926, Salazar was offered the Ministry of Finance and held office for several days. The ascetic academic, however, resigned his post when he discovered the degree of disorder in Lisbon's government and when his demands for budget authority were rejected.
       As the military dictatorship failed to reform finances in the following years, Salazar was reinvited to become minister of finances in April 1928. Since his conditions for acceptance—authority over all budget expenditures, among other powers—were accepted, Salazar entered the government. Using the Ministry of Finance as a power base, following several years of successful financial reforms, Salazar was named interim minister of colonies (1930) and soon garnered sufficient prestige and authority to become head of the entire government. In July 1932, Salazar was named prime minister, the first civilian to hold that post since the 1926 military coup.
       Salazar gathered around him a team of largely academic experts in the cabinet during the period 1930-33. His government featured several key policies: Portuguese nationalism, colonialism (rebuilding an empire in shambles), Catholicism, and conservative fiscal management. Salazar's government came to be called the Estado Novo. It went through three basic phases during Salazar's long tenure in office, and Salazar's role underwent changes as well. In the early years (1928-44), Salazar and the Estado Novo enjoyed greater vigor and popularity than later. During the middle years (1944—58), the regime's popularity waned, methods of repression increased and hardened, and Salazar grew more dogmatic in his policies and ways. During the late years (1958-68), the regime experienced its most serious colonial problems, ruling circles—including Salazar—aged and increasingly failed, and opposition burgeoned and grew bolder.
       Salazar's plans for stabilizing the economy and strengthening social and financial programs were shaken with the impact of the civil war (1936-39) in neighboring Spain. Salazar strongly supported General Francisco Franco's Nationalist rebels, the eventual victors in the war. But, as the civil war ended and World War II began in September 1939, Salazar's domestic plans had to be adjusted. As Salazar came to monopolize Lisbon's power and authority—indeed to embody the Estado Novo itself—during crises that threatened the future of the regime, he assumed ever more key cabinet posts. At various times between 1936 and 1944, he took over the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of War (Defense), until the crises passed. At the end of the exhausting period of World War II, there were rumors that the former professor would resign from government and return to Coimbra University, but Salazar continued as the increasingly isolated, dominating "recluse of São Bento," that part of the parliament's buildings housing the prime minister's offices and residence.
       Salazar dominated the Estado Novo's government in several ways: in day-to-day governance, although this diminished as he delegated wider powers to others after 1944, and in long-range policy decisions, as well as in the spirit and image of the system. He also launched and dominated the single party, the União Nacional. A lifelong bachelor who had once stated that he could not leave for Lisbon because he had to care for his aged mother, Salazar never married, but lived with a beloved housekeeper from his Coimbra years and two adopted daughters. During his 36-year tenure as prime minister, Salazar engineered the important cabinet reshuffles that reflect the history of the Estado Novo and of Portugal.
       A number of times, in connection with significant events, Salazar decided on important cabinet officer changes: 11 April 1933 (the adoption of the Estado Novo's new 1933 Constitution); 18 January 1936 (the approach of civil war in Spain and the growing threat of international intervention in Iberian affairs during the unstable Second Spanish Republic of 1931-36); 4 September 1944 (the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy and the increasing likelihood of a defeat of the Fascists by the Allies, which included the Soviet Union); 14 August 1958 (increased domestic dissent and opposition following the May-June 1958 presidential elections in which oppositionist and former regime stalwart-loyalist General Humberto Delgado garnered at least 25 percent of the national vote, but lost to regime candidate, Admiral Américo Tomás); 13 April 1961 (following the shock of anticolonial African insurgency in Portugal's colony of Angola in January-February 1961, the oppositionist hijacking of a Portuguese ocean liner off South America by Henrique Galvão, and an abortive military coup that failed to oust Salazar from office); and 19 August 1968 (the aging of key leaders in the government, including the now gravely ill Salazar, and the defection of key younger followers).
       In response to the 1961 crisis in Africa and to threats to Portuguese India from the Indian government, Salazar assumed the post of minister of defense (April 1961-December 1962). The failing leader, whose true state of health was kept from the public for as long as possible, appointed a group of younger cabinet officers in the 1960s, but no likely successors were groomed to take his place. Two of the older generation, Teotónio Pereira, who was in bad health, and Marcello Caetano, who preferred to remain at the University of Lisbon or in private law practice, remained in the political wilderness.
       As the colonial wars in three African territories grew more costly, Salazar became more isolated from reality. On 3 August 1968, while resting at his summer residence, the Fortress of São João do Estoril outside Lisbon, a deck chair collapsed beneath Salazar and his head struck the hard floor. Some weeks later, as a result, Salazar was incapacitated by a stroke and cerebral hemorrhage, was hospitalized, and became an invalid. While hesitating to fill the power vacuum that had unexpectedly appeared, President Tomás finally replaced Salazar as prime minister on 27 September 1968, with his former protégé and colleague, Marcello Caetano. Salazar was not informed that he no longer headed the government, but he never recovered his health. On 27 July 1970, Salazar died in Lisbon and was buried at Santa Comba Dão, Vimieiro, his village and place of birth.

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Salazar, Antônio de Oliveira

  • 47 Cobham, Sir Alan John

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 6 May 1894 London, England
    d. 21 October 1973 British Virgin Islands
    [br]
    English pilot who pioneered worldwide air routes and developed an in-flight refuelling system which is in use today.
    [br]
    Alan Cobham was a man of many parts. He started as a veterinary assistant in France during the First World War, but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. After the war he continued flying, by giving joy-rides and doing aerial photography work. In 1921 he joined the De Havilland Aircraft Company (see de Havilland, Geoffrey) as a test and charter pilot; he was also successful in a number of air races. During the 1920s Cobham made many notable flights to distant parts of the British Empire, pioneering possible routes for airline operations. During the early 1930s Sir Alan (he was knighted in 1926) devoted his attention to generating a public interest in aviation and to campaigning for more airfields. Cobham's Flying Circus toured the country giving flying displays and joy-rides, which for thousands of people was their first experience of flying.
    In 1933 Cobham planned a non-stop flight to India by refuelling his aircraft while flying: this was not a new idea but the process was still experimental. The flight was unsuccessful due to a fault in his aircraft, unrelated to the in-flight refuelling system. The following year Flight Refuelling Ltd was founded, and by 1939 two Short flying boats were operating the first inflight-refuelled service across the Atlantic. Inflight refuelling was not required during the early years of the Second World War, so Cobham turned to other projects such as thermal de-icing of wings, and a scheme which was not carried out, for delivering fighters to the Middle East by towing them behind Wellington bombers.
    After the Second World War the fortunes of Flight Refuelling Ltd were at a low ebb, especially when British South American Airways abandoned the idea of using in-flight refuelling. Then an American contract and the use of their tanker aircraft to ferry oil during the Berlin Airlift saved the day. In 1949 Cobham's chief designer, Peter Macgregor, came up with an idea for refuelling fighters using a probe and drogue system. A large tanker aircraft trailed a hose with a conical drogue at the free end. The fighter pilot manoeuvred the probe, fitted to his aircraft, so that it locked into the drogue, enabling fuel to be transferred. Since the 1950s this system has become the effective world standard.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1926. Air Force Cross 1926.
    Bibliography
    1978, A Time to Fly, ed. C.Derrick, London; pub. in paperback 1986 (Cobham's memoirs).
    Flight to the Cape and Back, 1926, London; Australia and Back, 1926, London;
    Twenty Thousand Miles in a Flying Boat, 1930, London.
    Further Reading
    Peter G.Proctor, 1975, "The life and work of Sir Alan Cobham", Aerospace (RAeS) (March).
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Cobham, Sir Alan John

  • 48 Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 18 January 1888 London, England
    d. 27 January 1989 Stockbridge, Hampshire, England
    [br]
    English aeronautical engineer and industrialist.
    [br]
    Son of a successful mining engineer, Sopwith did not shine at school and, having been turned down by the Royal Navy as a result, attended an engineering college. His first interest was motor cars and, while still in his teens, he set up a business in London with a friend in order to sell them; he also took part in races and rallies.
    Sopwith's interest in aviation came initially through ballooning, and in 1906 he purchased his own balloon. Four years later, inspired by the recent flights across the Channel to France and after a joy-ride at Brooklands, he bought an Avis monoplane, followed by a larger biplane, and taught himself to fly. He was awarded the Royal Aero Society's Aviator Certificate No. 31 on 21 November 1910, and he quickly distinguished himself in flying competitions on both sides of the Atlantic and started his own flying school. In his races he was ably supported by his friend Fred Sigrist, a former motor engineer. Among the people Sopwith taught to fly were an Australian, Harry Hawker, and Major Hugh Trenchard, who later became the "father" of the RAF.
    In 1912, depressed by the poor quality of the aircraft on trial for the British Army, Sopwith, in conjunction with Hawker and Sigrist, bought a skating rink in Kingston-upon-Thames and, assisted by Fred Sigrist, started to design and build his first aircraft, the Sopwith Hybrid. He sold this to the Royal Navy in 1913, and the following year his aviation manufacturing company became the Sopwith Aviation Company Ltd. That year a seaplane version of his Sopwith Tabloid won the Schneider Trophy in the second running of this speed competition. During 1914–18, Sopwith concentrated on producing fighters (or "scouts" as they were then called), with the Pup, the Camel, the 1½ Strutter, the Snipe and the Sopwith Triplane proving among the best in the war. He also pioneered several ideas to make flying easier for the pilot, and in 1915 he patented his adjustable tailplane and his 1 ½ Strutter was the first aircraft to be fitted with air brakes. During the four years of the First World War, Sopwith Aviation designed thirty-two different aircraft types and produced over 16,000 aircraft.
    The end of the First World War brought recession to the aircraft industry and in 1920 Sopwith, like many others, put his company into receivership; none the less, he immediately launched a new, smaller company with Hawker, Sigrist and V.W.Eyre, which they called the H.G. Hawker Engineering Company Ltd to avoid any confusion with the former company. He began by producing cars and motor cycles under licence, but was determined to resume aircraft production. He suffered an early blow with the death of Hawker in an air crash in 1921, but soon began supplying aircraft to the Royal Air Force again. In this he was much helped by taking on a new designer, Sydney Camm, in 1923, and during the next decade they produced a number of military aircraft types, of which the Hart light bomber and the Fury fighter, the first to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h), were the best known. In the mid-1930s Sopwith began to build a large aviation empire, acquiring first the Gloster Aircraft Company and then, in quick succession, Armstrong-Whitworth, Armstrong-Siddeley Motors Ltd and its aero-engine counterpart, and A.V.Roe, which produced Avro aircraft. Under the umbrella of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company (set up in 1935) these companies produced a series of outstanding aircraft, ranging from the Hawker Hurricane, through the Avro Lancaster to the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first in-service jet aircraft, and the Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Hunter. When Sopwith retired as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1963 at the age of 75, a prototype jump-jet (the P-1127) was being tested, later to become the Harrier, a for cry from the fragile biplanes of 1910.
    Sopwith also had a passion for yachting and came close to wresting the America's Cup from the USA in 1934 when sailing his yacht Endeavour, which incorporated a number of features years ahead of their time; his greatest regret was that he failed in his attempts to win this famous yachting trophy for Britain. After his retirement as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group, he remained on the Board until 1978. The British aviation industry had been nationalized in April 1977, and Hawker Siddeley's aircraft interests merged with the British Aircraft Corporation to become British Aerospace (BAe). Nevertheless, by then the Group had built up a wide range of companies in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, and its board conferred on Sopwith the title Founder and Life President.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1953. CBE 1918.
    Bibliography
    1961, "My first ten years in aviation", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (April) (a very informative and amusing paper).
    Further Reading
    A.Bramson, 1990, Pure Luck: The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888– 1989, Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens.
    B.Robertson, 1970, Sopwith. The Man and His Aircraft, London (a detailed publication giving plans of all the Sopwith aircraft).
    CM / JDS

    Biographical history of technology > Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch

  • 49 lower

    I
    1. [ʹləʋə] a
    1. compar от low1 II
    2. низший

    the lower ranks of life, the lower walks of life - разг. низшие слои общества

    3. нижний

    lower jaw /jawbone/ - нижняя челюсть

    lower storey - подлесок, нижний ярус леса

    lower regions - а) ад, преисподняя; б) шутл. подвальный этаж; кухня, помещение для слуг

    4. 1) недавний

    it belongs to a lower date - это относится к более позднему /недавнему/ времени

    2) ( часто Lower) геол. нижний, более ранний

    Lower Cretaceous - нижний мел, нижнемеловой период

    Lower Empire - ист. Восточная Римская империя, Византия

    2. [ʹləʋə] v
    1. 1) спускать; опускать

    to lower a boat [a flag, the sails] - спустить шлюпку [флаг, паруса] [ср. тж. ]

    to lower the weight at the press - спорт. опустить вес при жиме

    2) опускаться, падать
    2. 1) снижать; уменьшать
    2) снижаться, уменьшаться

    oil will lower in price - нефть подешевеет, нефть снизится в цене

    3. понижать
    4. уменьшать высоту, делать ниже

    to lower the ceilings [the roof] - сделать потолки [крышу] ниже

    5. ослаблять

    poor diet lowers resistance to illness - плохое питание ослабляет /уменьшает/ сопротивляемость организма

    6. унижать

    to lower smb.'s pride - унижать чью-л. гордость

    7. разг. проглотить, съесть

    to lower a mug of beer - пропустить /выпить/ кружку пива

    to lower one's flag /one's sails/ - сдаться; прекратить борьбу [ср. тж. 1, 1)]

    to lower the boom on smb. - а) послать в нокаут; б) подвергнуть нападкам; наваливаться, наскакивать (на кого-л.); в) сорвать чьи-л. надежды, планы; перейти кому-л. дорогу

    II
    1. [ʹlaʋə] = lour I и II
    2. [ʹlaʋə] = lour I и II

    НБАРС > lower

  • 50 die

    I 1. intransitive verb,
    1) sterben; [Tier, Pflanze:] eingehen, (geh.) sterben; [Körperteil:] absterben

    die from or of something — an etwas (Dat.) sterben

    die of a heart attack/a brain tumour — einem Herzanfall/ Hirntumor erliegen

    somebody would die rather than do somethingum nichts in der Welt würde jemand etwas tun

    never say die(fig.) nur nicht den Mut verlieren

    2) (fig.)

    be dying to do something — darauf brennen, etwas zu tun

    die with or of shame — sich zu Tode schämen

    3) (disappear) in Vergessenheit geraten; [Gefühl, Liebe, Ruhm:] vergehen; [Ton:] verklingen; [Flamme:] verlöschen
    2. transitive verb,

    die a natural/violent death — eines natürlichen/gewaltsamen Todes sterben

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/20347/die_down">die down
    II noun
    , pl. dice (formal) Würfel, der

    as straight or true as a die — schnurgerade [Weg, Linie]

    * * *
    I present participle - dying; verb
    1) (to lose life; to stop living and become dead: Those flowers are dying; She died of old age.) sterben
    2) (to fade; to disappear: The daylight was dying fast.) verschwinden
    3) (to have a strong desire (for something or to do something): I'm dying for a drink; I'm dying to see her.) sehnen
    - diehard
    - die away
    - die down
    - die hard
    - die off
    - die out
    II noun
    (a stamp or punch for making raised designs on money, paper etc.) der Prägstempel
    III see dice
    * * *
    die1
    [daɪ]
    n
    1.
    <pl dice>
    (for games) Würfel m
    2. TECH (for shaping) [Press]form f, Matrize f; (for forging) Gesenk nt, Kokille f; (for cutting) Schneidwerkzeug nt; (for stamping) [Press]stempel m; ELEC Rohchip m
    3.
    the \die is cast die Würfel sind gefallen
    as straight [or true] as a \die grundehrlich
    die2
    <- y->
    [daɪ]
    I. vi
    1. (cease to live) sterben, umkommen
    she said she would finish the race or \die in the attempt sie sagte, sie werde das Rennen tot oder lebend beenden
    I'd rather \die than... lieber sterbe ich, als dass...
    to almost \die of boredom/embarrassment/laughter ( fam) vor Langeweile/Scham/Lachen fast sterben fam
    we almost \died laughing wir hätten uns fast totgelacht
    to \die of [or from] cancer/Aids an Krebs/Aids sterben
    to \die by one's own hand ( liter) Hand an sich akk legen euph geh
    to \die of hunger verhungern, hungers sterben geh
    to \die in one's sleep [sanft] entschlafen euph geh
    to \die young jung sterben, einen frühen Tod finden geh
    to \die for sth für etw akk sterben
    to \die for one's beliefs für seine Überzeugungen in den Tod gehen geh
    2. ( fig: end) vergehen, [dahin]schwinden, erlöschen geh; love sterben
    the secret will \die with her sie wird das Geheimnis mit ins Grab nehmen
    3. ( fam: stop functioning) kaputtgehen fam; engine stehen bleiben, verrecken pej sl; battery leer werden; flames, lights [v]erlöschen, ausgehen
    he wore his jeans until they \died AM er trug seine Jeans, bis sie völlig hinüber waren fam
    4.
    do or \die:
    to get the job I'll do or \die ich werde alles geben, um die Stelle zu kriegen fam
    it's do or \die in this business venture bei diesem Geschäftsvorhaben geht es ums Ganze
    to be dying to do sth darauf brennen, etw zu tun
    to be dying for sth großes Verlangen nach etw dat haben
    I'm dying for a cup of tea ich hätte jetzt zu gern eine Tasse Tee
    I'm dying to hear the news ich bin wahnsinnig gespannt, die Neuigkeiten zu erfahren fam
    to \die hard (person) nicht aufgeben; (beliefs, customs) nicht totzukriegen sein hum fam; (rumour) sich akk lange halten
    never say \die nur nicht aufgeben
    to be something to \die for ( fam) unwiderstehlich gut sein
    this chocolate cake is something to \die for diese Schokoladentorte ist einfach köstlich
    II. vt
    to \die a lonely death einsam sterben
    to \die a natural/violent death eines natürlichen/gewaltsamen Todes sterben
    to \die the death BRIT THEAT ( fam) ein totaler Flop sein fam
    * * *
    I [daɪ]
    1. vi
    1) (lit) sterben; (soldier) fallen, sterben; (motor, engine) absterben; (planet) vergehen

    to die of or from hunger/pneumonia/grief —

    to die by one's own hand — von eigener Hand sterben, Hand an sich (acc) legen

    he died happy/a hero — er starb glücklich/als Held

    to be dyingim Sterben liegen

    2) (fig inf

    = long) to be dying to do sth — darauf brennen, etw zu tun, brennend gern etw tun wollen

    I'm dying to know what happened —

    he's dying to meet you she's dying to get home — er möchte Sie brennend gern kennenlernen sie brennt darauf, heimzukommen

    3) (fig love) vergehen, ersterben (geh), erlöschen (geh); (memory) (ver)schwinden; (custom) aussterben; (empire) untergehen
    2. vt

    to die a hero's/a violent death —

    to die the death (plan etc)sterben (inf)

    II
    n
    See:
    also dice
    2) pl - s (TECH) Gesenk nt, Gussform f; (in minting) Prägestempel m
    * * *
    die1 [daı]
    A v/i ppr dying [ˈdaııŋ]
    1. sterben:
    die by one's own hand von eigener Hand sterben;
    die of old age an Altersschwäche sterben;
    die of hunger (thirst) verhungern (verdursten);
    die for one’s country für sein (Vater)Land sterben;
    die from a wound an einer Verwundung sterben, einer Verwundung erliegen;
    die of boredom fig vor Langeweile (fast) umkommen;
    die of ( oder with) laughter fig sich totlachen;
    die game kämpfend sterben (a. fig);
    a) zählebig sein (auch Sache), nicht tot zu kriegen sein umg,
    b) fig nicht nachgeben wollen;
    die in one’s boots ( oder shoes), die with one’s boots ( oder shoes) on
    a) MIL im Kampf fallen,
    b) in den Sielen sterben;
    never say die! nur nicht nach- oder aufgeben!;
    his secret died with him er nahm sein Geheimnis mit ins Grab; ditch A 1, fly2 1, harness A 1 a, martyr A 1, A 2
    2. eingehen (Pflanze, Tier), verenden (Tier)
    3. besonders fig vergehen, erlöschen, ausgelöscht werden, aufhören
    4. die away 1
    5. die out 2
    6. vergessen werden, in Vergessenheit geraten
    7. nachlassen, schwächer werden, abflauen (Wind etc)
    8. absterben (Motor)
    9. (to, unto) sich lossagen (von), den Rücken kehren (dat):
    die unto sin sich von der Sünde lossagen
    10. (dahin)schmachten
    11. meist be dying ( for; to do sth) schmachten, sich sehnen (nach; danach, etwas zu tun), brennen (auf akk; darauf, etwas zu tun):
    he was dying for a drink er brauchte unbedingt etwas zu trinken;
    I am dying to see it ich möchte es schrecklich gern sehen;
    I am not exactly dying to do it ich reiße mich nicht darum, es zu tun;
    be dying for sb to do sth darauf brennen, dass jemand etwas tut
    B v/t eines Todes sterben: natural A 1, violent 2
    die2 [daı] pl (1 und 2) dice [daıs] oder (3 und 4) dies s
    1. Würfel m:
    the die is cast fig die Würfel sind gefallen;
    play (at) dice würfeln, knobeln;
    (as) straight as a die
    a) schnurgerade,
    b) fig grundehrlich, -anständig;
    venture on the cast of a die auf einen Wurf setzen;
    no die! bes US umg nichts zu machen!, da läuft nichts!; load B 7, loaded 2, shoot B 13 c, throw B 11 a
    2. besonders GASTR Würfel m, würfelförmiges Stück
    3. ARCH Würfel m (eines Sockels)
    4. TECH
    a) TYPO Prägestock m, -stempel m
    b) Schneideisen n, -kluppe f
    c) (Draht)Zieheisen n
    d) Gesenk n, Gussform f, Kokille f: ( female oder lower) die Matrize f;
    upper die Patrize f
    * * *
    I 1. intransitive verb,
    1) sterben; [Tier, Pflanze:] eingehen, (geh.) sterben; [Körperteil:] absterben

    die from or of something — an etwas (Dat.) sterben

    die of a heart attack/a brain tumour — einem Herzanfall/ Hirntumor erliegen

    never say die(fig.) nur nicht den Mut verlieren

    2) (fig.)

    be dying to do something — darauf brennen, etwas zu tun

    die with or of shame — sich zu Tode schämen

    3) (disappear) in Vergessenheit geraten; [Gefühl, Liebe, Ruhm:] vergehen; [Ton:] verklingen; [Flamme:] verlöschen
    2. transitive verb,

    die a natural/violent death — eines natürlichen/gewaltsamen Todes sterben

    Phrasal Verbs:
    II noun
    , pl. dice (formal) Würfel, der

    as straight or true as a die — schnurgerade [Weg, Linie]

    * * *
    (mould) n.
    Gussform -en f. n.
    Modellform f.
    Mundstück n.
    Pressform f.
    Prägestempel m. (of, from) v.
    sterben (an) v. v.
    eingehen (Pflanze, Tier) v.
    krepieren v.
    umkippen (Gewässer) v.
    umkommen v.
    verenden v.

    English-german dictionary > die

  • 51 eventual

    adjective

    predict somebody's eventual downfall — vorhersagen, dass jemand schließlich zu Fall kommen wird

    * * *
    [i'ven uəl]
    (happening in the end: their quarrel and eventual reconciliation.) endlich
    - academic.ru/25351/eventuality">eventuality
    - eventually
    * * *
    even·tual
    [ɪˈventʃuəl]
    adj attr, inv
    1. (final) schließlich
    the \eventual cost die letztendlichen Kosten
    2. (possible) etwaig
    we remain optimistic about an \eventual agreement wir glauben, dass eine Übereinkunft doch noch möglich ist
    * * *
    [ɪ'ventʃʊəl]
    adj

    he predicted the eventual fall of the governmenter hat vorausgesagt, dass die Regierung am Ende or schließlich zu Fall kommen würde

    the eventual success of the project is not in doubtes besteht kein Zweifel, dass das Vorhaben letzten Endes Erfolg haben wird

    * * *
    eventual [ıˈventʃʊəl; US -tʃəwəl] adj (adv eventually)
    1. the eventual success of his efforts made him happy es machte ihn glücklich, dass seine Bemühungen schließlich Erfolg hatten;
    this led to his eventual dismissal das führte schließlich oder letzten Endes zu seiner Entlassung
    2. obs möglich, eventuell
    * * *
    adjective

    predict somebody's eventual downfall — vorhersagen, dass jemand schließlich zu Fall kommen wird

    * * *
    adj.
    möglich adj.
    schließlich adj.

    English-german dictionary > eventual

  • 52 Middle Ages

    the Middle Ages — il Medioevo, il Medio Evo

    the early, late Middle Ages — l'alto, il basso Medio Evo

    * * *
    ( with the) (the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.) Medioevo, Medio Evo
    * * *
    npl
    See:
    * * *

    the Middle Ages — il Medioevo, il Medio Evo

    the early, late Middle Ages — l'alto, il basso Medio Evo

    English-Italian dictionary > Middle Ages

  • 53 Tansey, Robert Emmett

    1897-1951
       Director, guionista, productor y, en ocasiones, compositor y montador de sus peliculas, el antiguo actor Robert Emmett Tansey, de familia vinculada al medio artistico, rodo a lo largo de su vida casi cincuenta westerns, la practica totalidad de su filmografia, con los nombres de Robert Tansey, Robert Emmett, Criag Hutchison, o con su nombre completo. No es un realizador distinguido, tiene poco que ofrecer como creador de universos peculiares, y se limita a una labor rutinaria de plasmacion de historias, las mas de las veces banales, interpretadas por estrellas del western de primer o segundo orden. Como actor, debuto en 1911, pero, a diferencia de su hermano, sus atractivos en la pantalla fueron escasos debido a que era cuatro anos mayor, lo que le convertia, en un actor adolescente y no en un actor infantil.
        Romance of the West (co-d.: John Tansey). 1930. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Capitol. Jack Perrin, Edna Marion, Tom London, Ben Corbett.
        Riders of the Rio. 1931. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Round-Up Pictures. Lane Chandler, Karla Cowan, Sheldon Lewis.
        The Galloping Kid. 1932. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Imperial. Al Lane (Robert Emmett Tansey), Karla Cowan, Fred Parker.
        The Way of the West. 1934. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Empire. Wally Wales, Bobby Nelson, Myrla Bratton.
        Courage of the North. 1935. 54 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Stage and Screen. John Preston, Tom London, June Love.
        Timber Terrors. 1935. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Stage and Screen. John Preston, Tom London, Myrla Bratton.
        Dynamite Canyon. 1941. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Tom Keene, Slim Andrews, Sugar Dawn, Evelyn Finley.
        The Driftin’ Kid. 1941. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Betty Miles.
        Riding the Sunset Trail. 1941. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Betty Miles.
        Lone Star Law Men. 1941. 61 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Betty Miles.
        Western Mail. 1942. 54 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Jean Trent.
        Arizona Roundup. 1942. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Sugar Dawn.
        Where Trails End. 1942. 58 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli, Joan Curtis.
        Texas to Bataan. 1942. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Marjorie Manners.
        Trail Riders. 1942. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Evelyn Finley.
        Two Fisted Justice. 1943. 61 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze.
        Haunted Ranch. 1943. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. John King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Julie Duncan.
        Blazing Guns. 1943. 55 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Kay Forrester.
        Death Valley Rangers. 1943. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Linda Brent.
        Westward Bound. 1944. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Betty Miles.
        Arizona Whirlwind. 1944. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Ken Maynard, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Myrna Dell.
        Outlaw Trail. 1944. 53 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Cy Kendall, Jennifer Holt.
        Sonora Stagecoach. 1944. 61 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Monogram. Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Betty Miles.
        Harmony Trail/White Stallion. 1944 (1947). Mattox (Astor). Ken Maynard, Eddie Dean, Ruth Roman, Max Terhune.
        Wildfire. 1945. 57 minutos. Cinecolor. Screen Guild. Bob Steele, Sterling Holloway, Virginia Maples.
        Song of Old Wyoming. 1945. 65 minutos. Cinecolor. PRC. Eddie Dean, Lash LaRue, Jennifer Holt, Sarah Padden.
        Romance of the West. 1946. 58 minutos. Cinecolor. PRC. Eddie Dean, Joan Barton, Emmett Lynn.
        God’s Country. 1946. 64 minutos. Cinecolor. Screen Guild. Robert Lowery, Buster Keaton, Helen Gilbert.
        The Caravan Trail. 1946. 57 minutos. Cinecolor. PRC. Eddie Dean, Emmett Lynn, Jean Carlin, Lash LaRue.
        Colorado Serenade. 1946. 70 minutos. Cinecolor. PRC. Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Mary Kenyon.
        Driftin’ River. 1946. 59 minutos. Blanco y Negro. PRC. Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson.
        The Tumbleweed Trail. 1946. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. PRC. Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson.
        Stars Over Texas. 1946. 57 minutos. Blanco y Negro. PRC. Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shirley Patterson.
        Wild West. 1946. 73 minutos. Cinecolor. PRC. Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates, Sarah Padden, Lash LaRue.
        The Fighting Stallion. 1950. 63 minutos. Cinecolor. Eagle Lion. Bill Edwards, Forrest Taylor, Doris Merrick.
        Cattle Queen. 1951. 69 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Jack Schwarz (UA). Maria Hart, Drake Smith, William Fawcett.
        Badman’s Gold. 1951. 56 minutos. Blanco y Negro. Eagle Lion. Johnny Carpenter, Emmett Lynn, Alyn Lockwood, Troy Tarrell.
        Adventures of the Texas Kid. 1954. 60 minutos. Color. Timeless. Hugh Hooker, John Laurentz, Pamela Blake.

    English-Spanish dictionary of western films > Tansey, Robert Emmett

  • 54 Tunic

    TUNIC, TUNICA (Latin)
    The tunic without the toga was worn by Roman soldiers, which accounts for the soldiers military coat being still called a tunic. Among the Saxons the tunic was an outer garment reaching to about the knees. Tunics of uneven length and beautifully ornamented were worn in Byzantium towards the end of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. In modern times a tunic is a section of a garment similar to an overskirt and either fitted or gathered at the waist.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Tunic

  • 55 Tunica

    TUNIC, TUNICA (Latin)
    The tunic without the toga was worn by Roman soldiers, which accounts for the soldiers military coat being still called a tunic. Among the Saxons the tunic was an outer garment reaching to about the knees. Tunics of uneven length and beautifully ornamented were worn in Byzantium towards the end of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. In modern times a tunic is a section of a garment similar to an overskirt and either fitted or gathered at the waist.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Tunica

  • 56 little

    Ⅰ.
    little1 ['lɪtəl]
    (a) (in size, quantity) petit;
    a little group of children un petit groupe d'enfants;
    would you like a little drop of gin? tu veux un peu de gin?;
    he has a little antiques shop il a une petite boutique d'antiquités;
    a little smile/sob/cry un petit sourire/sanglot/cri;
    here's a little something for your new house voilà un petit quelque chose pour ta nouvelle maison;
    would you like a little something to eat? voudriez-vous manger un petit quelque chose?;
    the little hand (of clock) la petite aiguille;
    History the battle of the Little Bighorn la bataille de Little Bighorn
    (b) (young, younger → child, animal) petit;
    a little boy un petit garçon;
    a little girl une petite fille, une fillette;
    when I was little quand j'étais petit;
    my little sister ma petite sœur
    (c) (short → time, distance)
    we spent a little time in France nous avons passé quelque temps en France;
    a little while ago (moments ago) il y a quelques instants; (days, months ago) il y a quelque temps;
    she only stayed (for) a little while elle n'est pas restée très longtemps;
    the shop is a little way along the street le magasin se trouve un peu plus loin dans la rue
    we had a little difference of opinion nous avons eu un petit différend;
    they had a little argument ils se sont un peu disputés
    (e) (expressing affection, pleasure, irritation) petit;
    what a nice little garden! quel joli petit jardin!;
    I've got my own little house in Oxford now j'ai ma petite maison à moi à Oxford maintenant;
    a little old lady une petite vieille;
    poor little thing! pauvre petit!;
    she's a little horror! c'est une petite peste!;
    familiar you're a filthy little pig! espèce de petit cochon!;
    I'm used to his little ways je connais ses petites habitudes;
    familiar I've worked out his little game! j'ai compris son petit jeu!
    ►► Astronomy the Little Bear la Petite Ourse;
    Ornithology little bittern butor m blongois;
    little black dress petite robe f noire;
    Ornithology little bustard outarde f canepetière;
    Ornithology little crake marouette f poussin, râle m poussin;
    American Astronomy the Little Dipper la Petite Ourse;
    Ornithology little egret aigrette f garzette, petite aigrette f;
    British Cars little end pied m de bielle;
    little Englander History isolationniste mf (hostile à l'expansion de l'empire britannique); (chauvinistic) = anglais chauvin et xénophobe;
    little finger auriculaire m, petit doigt m;
    to twist sb round one's little finger faire ce qu'on veut de qn;
    Ornithology little grebe petit grèbe m;
    familiar humorous little green men petits hommes verts mpl, extraterrestres mpl;
    Ornithology little gull mouette f pygmée;
    American Sport Little League = championnat de baseball pour les jeunes de 8 à 12 ans;
    Little Orphan Annie = personnage de bande dessinée américaine, petite orpheline protégée par un riche homme d'affaires, Daddy Warbucks;
    Ornithology little owl chevêche f;
    Irish the little people les lutins mpl;
    Ornithology little ringed plover petit gravelot m;
    Cards little slam (in bridge) petit chelem m;
    Ornithology little stint bécasseau m minute;
    Ornithology little tern sterne f naine;
    little toe petit orteil m;
    old-fashioned the little woman (wife) ma/ta/sa tendre moitié f;
    pejorative she plays the little woman (helpless) elle joue les faibles femmes
    ✾ Book ✾ Film 'The Little Mermaid' Andersen, Disney 'La Petite Sirène'
    ✾ Book 'Little Red Riding Hood' Perrault 'Le Petit Chaperon rouge'
    ✾ Book ✾ Film 'Little Women' Alcott, Armstrong 'Les Quatre Filles du Docteur March'
    THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN Il s'agit de l'ultime bataille menée par le général américain Custer, qui lança sa cavalerie aux trousses des Indiens sioux de Sitting Bull et Crazy Horse dans l'État du Montana, en 1876. Custer ayant sous-estimé les forces indiennes, celles-ci firent face et massacrèrent la troupe entière. Cet épisode est également connu sous le nom de "Custer's last stand".
    Ⅱ.
    little2
    peu de1 pas grand-chose2 (a) peu3 (b) un peu de4 1 un peu4 2, 4 3 (a), 4 3 (b) peu à peu6
    (compar less [les], superl least [li:st])
    (opposite of "much") peu de;
    very little time/money très peu de temps/d'argent;
    I had little time to relax je n'ai guère eu le temps de me détendre;
    I watch very little television je regarde très peu la télévision;
    I'm afraid there's little hope left je crains qu'il n'y ait plus beaucoup d'espoir;
    to have little chance of doing sth avoir peu de chances de faire qch;
    there is little point in complaining ça ne vaut pas vraiment la peine de porter plainte;
    it makes little sense ça n'a pas beaucoup de sens;
    they have so little freedom ils ont si peu de liberté;
    there was too little money il y avait trop peu d'argent;
    if you think how little money they actually have quand on pense au peu d'argent dont ils disposent;
    with what little French I knew avec le peu de français que je connaissais;
    formal with no little difficulty non sans peine
    (a) (small amount) pas grand-chose;
    there's little one can say il n'y a pas grand-chose à dire;
    I see very little of him now je ne le vois plus que très rarement;
    he has done little for us il n'a pas fait grand-chose pour nous;
    very little is known about his childhood on ne sait pas grand-chose ou on ne sait que très peu de choses sur son enfance;
    given the little that I know about this subject étant donné le peu de connaissances que j'ai dans ce domaine;
    I gave her as little as possible je lui ai donné le minimum;
    you may be paid as little as £3 an hour tu ne seras peut-être payé que 3 livres de l'heure;
    so little si peu;
    you know so little about me tu ne sais presque rien de moi;
    too little trop peu;
    to make little of sth (fail to understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à qch; (not emphasize) minimiser qch; (scorn) faire peu de cas de qch
    a little of everything un peu de tout;
    the little I saw looked excellent le peu que j'en ai vu paraissait excellent;
    proverb a little of what you fancy does you good il n'y a pas de mal à se faire du bien
    it's little short of madness ça frise la folie;
    he's little more than a waiter il n'est rien de plus qu'un simple serveur;
    he's little known outside Birmingham il n'est pas très connu en dehors de Birmingham;
    I realized how little I knew him je me suis rendu compte à quel point je le connaissais peu;
    little more than an hour ago il y a à peine une heure
    (b) (rarely) peu;
    we go there as little as possible nous y allons le moins possible;
    we talk very little now nous ne nous parlons presque plus
    I little thought or little did I think we would be friends one day jamais je n'aurais cru que nous serions amis un jour;
    little did he suspect that his wife was the culprit il ne se doutait pas que c'était sa femme qui était coupable
    un peu de;
    there's still a little time/bread left il reste encore un peu de temps/pain;
    I speak a little French je parle quelques mots de français;
    proverb a little knowledge or learning is a dangerous thing = il est moins dangereux de ne rien savoir que d'en savoir trop peu
    un peu
    (a) (slightly) un peu;
    he laughed a little il a ri un peu;
    I'm a little tired je suis un peu fatigué;
    a little too late un peu trop tard;
    a little less/more sugar un (petit) peu moins/plus de sucre;
    not even a little interested pas le moins du monde intéressé;
    I was not a little afraid j'avais très peur
    I walked on a little j'ai marché encore un peu;
    I paused there (for) a little and then said... j'ai marqué un petit temps d'arrêt, puis j'ai dit…
    peu à peu, petit à petit;
    he pieced the story together little by little il reconstitua l'histoire peu à peu

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > little

  • 57 Middle Ages

    ( with the) (the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.) Edad Media
    : Edad f Media
    * * *

    English-spanish dictionary > Middle Ages

  • 58 Middle Ages

    plural noun
    * * *
    ( with the) (the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.) das Mittelalter
    * * *
    Mid·dle ˈAges
    n
    the \Middle Ages pl das Mittelalter
    to still be living in the \Middle Ages ( fig) noch im Mittelalter leben
    * * *
    plural noun
    * * *
    n.
    Mittelalter n.

    English-german dictionary > Middle Ages

  • 59 Middle Ages

    ( with the) (the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.) middelalderen
    the subst.
    middelalderen

    English-Norwegian dictionary > Middle Ages

  • 60 Middle Ages

    ( with the) (the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.) miðaldir

    English-Icelandic dictionary > Middle Ages

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