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give

A n élasticité f ; this surface has more give cette surface amortit mieux les chocs.

B vtr ( prét gave ; pp given)

1 ( hand over) [person] donner [object, money, medal, prize, punishment, hand, arm] (to à) ; offrir [present, drink, sandwich] (to à) ; to give sb sth gen donner qch à qn ; (politely, as gift) offrir qch à qn ; give it me!, give me it! donne-moi ça! ; give him a drink donne-lui à boire ; to give sb sth for offrir qch à qn pour [birthday, Christmas] ; how much ou what will you give me for it? combien m'en donnes-tu? ; I'll give you 50 cents for it je t'en donne 50 cents ; I'd give anything for/to do je donnerais n'importe quoi pour/pour faire ; what wouldn't I give for…! je donnerais cher pour…! ; to give sb sth as offrir qch à qn comme [present, token, symbol] ; to give sb sth to carry/look after donner qch à qn à porter/surveiller ;

2 ( cause to have) to give sb [sth], to give [sth] to sb donner [qch] à qn [headache, indigestion, vertigo, nightmares, satisfaction] ; transmettre or passer [qch] à qn [disease, infection, virus] ; he's given me his cough il m'a passé sa toux ; to give sb pleasure faire plaisir à qn ;

3 (provide, produce) donner [milk, flavour, result, answer, sum] ; apporter [heat, light, vitamin, nutrient] ; faire [total] ; blue and yellow give (you) green le bleu et le jaune donnent le vert ; the number was given to three decimal places/in metric units le nombre était donné jusqu'à la troisième décimale/en unités du système métrique ;

4 (allow, accord) [authority] accorder [custody, grant, bursary] ; laisser qch à qn [seat] ; [hotelier] donner [room] ; to give sb sth donner or accorder qch à qn [time, time period] (to do pour faire) ; give me a minute donne-moi une minute ; to give sb enough room laisser suffisamment de place à qn ; I'll give him another hour, then I'm calling the police je lui donne or accorde encore une heure, et j'appelle la police ; she gave him a week to decide elle lui a donné or accordé une semaine pour décider ; he was given six months to live on lui a donné six mois à vivre ; how long do you give the new boss/their marriage? combien de temps donnes-tu au nouveau patron/à leur mariage? ; it is not given to all of us to do sout il n'est pas donné à tout le monde de faire ; she can sing, I'll give her that elle sait chanter, je lui reconnais au moins ça ; it's original, I'll give you that c'est original, je te l'accorde ; she could give her opponent five years elle a au moins cinq ans de plus que son adversaire ; the polls give Labour a lead les Travaillistes sont en tête dans les sondages ;

5 Med to give sb sth, to give sth to sb donner qch à qn [treatment, medicine] ; greffer qch à qn [organ] ; poser qch à qn [artificial limb, pacemaker] ; faire qch à qn [facelift, injection, massage] ; can you give me something for the pain? pouvez-vous me donner quelque chose contre la douleur? ;

6 ( communicate) gen, Telecom donner [advice, information, appointment] ; to give sb sth passer qch à qn [extension, number, department] ; give me the sales manager, please passez-moi le directeur commercial, s'il vous plaît ; I was given to understand ou believe that on m'a laissé entendre que ;

7 ( give birth to) she gave him two sons elle lui donna deux fils.

C vi ( prét gave ; pp given)

1 ( contribute) donner, faire un don ; to give to sth ( habitually) faire des dons à qch ; she never gives to charity elle ne donne jamais rien aux organisations caritatives ; ‘please give generously’ ‘merci (de vos dons)’ ;

2 (bend, flex) [mattress, sofa] s'affaisser (under sous) ; [shelf, bridge, floorboard] fléchir (under sous) ; [branch] ployer (under sous) ; [leather, fabric] s'assouplir ;

3 (yield, break) = give way ;

4 (concede, yield) [person, side] céder ; something has to give ça va finir par craquer.

D v refl ( prét gave ; pp given) to give oneself to ( devote oneself) se consacrer à [cause, good works] ; euph ( sexually) se donner à [person].

don't give me that ○ ! ne (me) raconte pas d'histoires! ; give or take an inch (or two) à quelques centimètres près ; give me a nice cup of tea any day ou every time ○ ! rien ne vaut une bonne tasse de thé! ; if this is the big city, give me a village every time ○ si c'est ça la ville, alors vive les petits villages ; ‘I give you the bride and groom!’ ‘je bois à la santé du marié et de la mariée!’ ; I'll give you something to cry about ○ ! tu vas savoir pourquoi tu pleure! ; I'll give you something to complain about ○ ! je vais t'apprendre à te plaindres! ; more money? I'll give you more money! ○ je vais t'en donner, moi, de l'argent! ; to give and take faire des concessions ; to give as good as one gets rendre coup pour coup ; to give it all one's got ○ (y) mettre le paquet ; to give sb what for ○ passer un savon à qn ○ ; what gives? ○ qu'est-ce qui se passe?

■ give away:

▶ give away [sth], give [sth] away

1 (as gift, offer, charity) donner [item, sample, ticket] (to à) ; distribuer [samples, tickets] ; we're practically giving them away! à ce prix-là, c'est donné! ; they're not exactly giving it away iron on ne peut pas dire que c'est donné ; we've got 100 copies to give away! il y a 100 exemplaires à gagner! ;

2 ( reveal) révéler [secret, answer, story, ending] (to à) ; the flavour gives it away on le sent au goût ;

3 (waste, lose carelessly) laisser échapper [match, goal, advantage] (to au bénéfice de) ;

▶ give [sb] away, give away [sb]

1 ( betray) [expression, fingerprints] trahir ; [person] dénoncer [person] (to à) ; to give oneself away se trahir (by doing en faisant) ;

2 ( in marriage) conduire [qn] à l'autel.

■ give back:

▶ give [sth] back, give back [sth]

1 (restore, return) rendre [possession, appetite, sight, freedom] (to à) ; give it back! rends (-moi) ça! ; …or we'll give you your money back …ou vous serez remboursé ;

2 ( reflect) renvoyer [echo, sound, light].

■ give forth littér ou hum:

▶ give forth [sth] dégager [smell] ; émettre [sound].

■ give in:

▶ give in

1 (to temptation, threat, person) céder (to à) ;

2 ( stop trying) abandonner ; I give in-tell me! je donne ma langue au chat ○, dis-le moi! ;

▶ give in [sth], give [sth] in rendre [homework, essay] ; remettre [ticket, key, petition].

■ give off:

▶ give off [sth] émettre [signal, scent, radiation, light] ; dégager [heat, fumes, oxygen] ; he was giving off hostile signals il montrait des signes d'hostilité.

■ give onto:

▶ give onto [sth] donner sur [street, yard etc].

■ give out:

▶ give out [strength, battery, ink, fuel, supplies] s'épuiser ; [engine, machine] tomber en panne ;

▶ give out [sth], give [sth] out

1 ( distribute) distribuer [books, leaflets, gifts] (to à) ;

2 ( emit) = give off ;

3 ( announce) donner [information, details].

■ give over:

▶ give over ○ arrêter ; give over! arrête! ; to give over doing ○ arrêter de faire ;

▶ give over [sth], give [sth] over

1 affecter or réserver [place, room] (to à) ;

2 consacrer [time, life] (to à) ; the rest of the day was given over to le reste de la journée était consacré à ;

3 ( hand over) remettre [qch] à [person] ;

▶ give oneself over to

1 ( devote oneself) se consacrer à [good works, writing] ;

2 ( let oneself go) s'abandonner à [despair, joy] ;

3 ( hand oneself to) se rendre à [police].

■ give up:

▶ give up abandonner ; do you give up? tu abandonnes? ; I give up! ( exasperated) j'abandonne! ; don't give up! tiens bon! ; to give up on laisser tomber [diet, crossword, pupil, patient] ; ne plus compter sur [friend, partner, associate] ; I've given up on him je ne compte plus sur lui! ;

▶ give up [sth], give [sth] up

1 ( renounce or sacrifice) renoncer à [vice, habit, social life, throne, title, claim] ; sacrifier [free time, Saturdays etc] ; quitter [job, work] ; to give up smoking/drinking cesser de fumer/de boire ; to give everything up for sb renoncer à tout pour qn ; to give up one's free time for sth consacrer son temps libre à qch ;

2 (abandon, drop) abandonner [search, hope, struggle, school subject] ; renoncer à [idea, thought] ; to give up trying/writing cesser d'essayer/d'écrire ;

3 ( surrender) céder [seat, place, territory] ; remettre [passport, key] ; livrer [secret, treasure] ;

▶ give up [sb], give [sb] up

1 ( hand over) livrer (to à) ; to give oneself up se livrer, se rendre (to à) ;

2 GB ( stop expecting to arrive) ne plus attendre ; I'd given you up! je ne t'attendais plus! ;

3 ( stop expecting to recover) considérer [qn] comme perdu ;

4 ( discontinue relations with) laisser tomber [lover] ; délaisser [friend].

■ give way:

▶ give way

1 ( collapse) [bridge, table, chair, wall, ceiling] s'effondrer (under sous) ; [fence, cable, rope] céder (under sous) ; his legs gave way under the weight/when he heard the news ses jambes se sont dérobées sous le poids/sous lui quand il a appris la nouvelle ;

2 GB ( when driving) céder le passage (to à) ;

3 (concede, yield) céder ; to give way to ( yield to) céder à [pressure, demands, person, fear, temptation, urge] ; s'abandonner à [despair, base instincts] ; ( be replaced by) faire place à [sunshine, relief, new methods].

SUBJECT AREA: Mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic engineering

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William Buckle was the son of Thomas Buckle (1759–1849), a millwright who later assisted the 9th Earl of Dundonald (1749–1831) in his various inventions, principally machines for the manufacture of rope. Soon after the birth of William, the family moved from Alnwick to Hull, Yorkshire, where he received his education. The family again moved c.1808 to London, and William was apprenticed to Messrs Woolf \& Edwards, millwrights and engineers of Lambeth. During his apprenticeship he attended evening classes at a mechanical drawing school in Finsbury, which was then the only place of its kind in London.

After completing his apprenticeship, he was sent by Messrs Humphrys to Memel in Prussia to establish steamboats on the rivers and lakes there under the patronage of the Prince of Hardenburg. After about four years he returned to Britain and was employed by Boulton, Watt \& Co. to install the engines in the first steam mail packet for the service between Dublin and Holyhead. He was responsible for the engines of the steamship Lightning when it was used on the visit of George IV to Ireland.

About 1824 Buckle was engaged by Boulton, Watt \& Co. as Manager of the Soho Foundry, where he is credited with introducing the first large screw-cutting lathe. At Soho about 700 or 800 men were employed on a wide variety of engineering manufacture, including coining machinery for mints in many parts of the world, with some in 1826 for the Mint at the Soho Manufactory. In 1851, following the recommendations of a Royal Commission, the Royal Mint in London was reorganized and Buckle was asked to take the post of Assistant Coiner, the senior executive officer under the Deputy Master. This he accepted, retaining the post until the end of his life.

At Soho, Buckle helped to establish a literary and scientific institution to provide evening classes for the apprentices and took part in the teaching. He was an original member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, which was founded in Birmingham in January 1847, and a member of their Council from then until 1855. He contributed a number of papers in the early years, including a memoir of William Murdock whom he had known at Soho; he resigned from the Institution in 1856 after his move to London. He was an honorary member of the London Association of Foreman Engineers.

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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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Symington was the son of the Superintendent of the Mines Company in Lanarkshire, and attended the local school. When he was 22 years old he was sent by Gilbert Meason, Manager of the Wanlockhead mines, to Edinburgh University. In 1779 he was working on the assembly of a Watt engine as an apprentice to his brother, George, and in 1786 he started experiments to modify a Watt engine in order to avoid infringing the separate condenser patent. He sought a patent for his alternative, which was paid for by Meason. He constructed a model steam road carriage which was completed in 1786; it was shown in Edinburgh by Meason, attracting interest but inadequate financial support. It had a horizontal cylinder and was non-condensing. No full-sized engine was ever built but the model secured the interest of Patrick Miller, an Edinburgh banker, who ordered an engine from Symington to drive an experimental boat, 25 ft (7.6 m) long with a dual hull, which performed satisfactorily on Dalswinton Loch in 1788. In the following year Miller ordered a larger engine for a bigger boat which was tried on the Forth \& Clyde Canal in December 1789, the component parts having been made by the Carron Company. The engine worked perfectly but had the effect of breaking the paddle wheels. These were repaired and further trials were successful but Miller lost interest and his experiments lapsed. Symington devoted himself thereafter to building stationary engines. He built other engines for mine pumping at Sanquhar and Leadhills before going further afield. In all, he built over thirty engines, about half of them being rotary. In 1800–1 he designed the engine for a boat for Lord Dundas, the Charlotte Dundas; this was apparently the first boat of that name and sailed on both the Forth and Clyde rivers. A second Charlotte Dundas with a horizontal cylinder was to follow and first sailed in January 1803 for the Forth \& Clyde Canal Company. The speed of the boat was only 2 mph (3 km/h) and much was made by its detractors of the damage said to be caused to the canal banks by its wash. Lord Dundas declined to authorize payment of outstanding accounts; Symington received little reward for his efforts. He died in the house of his son-in-law, Dr Robert Bowie, in Wapping, amidst heated controversy about the true inventor of steam navigation.

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[ʃəʊ, Am ʃoʊ] n

1) ( display) Bekundung f, Demonstration f;

\show of force/ strength/ unity Demonstration f der Gewalt/Stärke/Einigkeit;

\show of solidarity Solidaritätsbekundung f;

just [or only] for \show nur für die Optik [o der Schau wegen];

do those lights have a function or are they just for \show? haben die Lichter irgendeine nützliche Funktion, oder sollen sie nur Eindruck machen?;

to make [or put on] a \show of [doing] sth so tun, als ob

2) ( exhibition) Schau f, Ausstellung f;

dog/fashion \show Hunde-/Modenschau f;

slide \show Diavorführung f, Diavortrag m;

retrospective \show Retrospektive f;

to be on \show ausgestellt sein

3) ( entertainment) Show f; ( on television) Unterhaltungssendung f, Show f;

puppet \show Puppenspiel nt, Marionettentheater nt;

quiz \show Quizsendung f, Quizshow f;

radio/stage \show Radio-/Bühnenshow f;

talent \show Talentwettbewerb m;

to stage a \show theat eine Show auf die Bühne bringen

4) (fam: activity) Angelegenheit f;

who will run the \show when she retires? wer wird den Laden schmeißen, wenn sie in Pension geht? ( fam)

sb's [own] \show jds [eigene] Angelegenheit;

she prefers to be in charge of her own \show sie zieht es vor, unabhängig schalten und walten zu können

5) (Am) (sl: Major League Baseball)

the \show die Baseballoberliga

\show of hands [Abstimmung f per] Handzeichen nt;

who here has been to Europe? let me see a \show of hands wer von euch war schon in Europa? bitte mal die Hand hochheben;

by [or on] a \show of hands durch Handzeichen;

let's get the [or this] \show on the road ( fam) lasst uns die Sache [endlich] in Angriff nehmen;

to put on [or up] a good \show sich akk bemühen, Einsatz zeigen;

to make [or put on] a \show eine Schau abziehen ( fam)

to make [or put on] a \show of doing sth vortäuschen, etw zu tun;

the \show must go on ( go on) die Show [o das Leben] muss weitergehen vt <showed, shown>

1) ( display)

to \show sth etw zeigen [o sehen lassen];

to \show sb an ability jdm eine Fähigkeit vorführen;

to \show a flag eine Flagge hissen;

to \show slides Dias vorführen;

to \show one's work art eine Ausstellung machen, ausstellen

2) ( reveal)

to \show sth etw zeigen [o erkennen lassen];

he started to \show his age man begann, ihm sein Alter anzusehen;

to \show common sense/ courage/ initiative gesunden Menschenverstand/Mut/Unternehmungsgeist beweisen;

to \show genius/ originality Genie/Originalität beweisen;

to \show promise viel versprechend sein;

to \show no signs of improvement keine Anzeichen einer Besserung aufweisen;

to \show one's ticket/ one's passport seine Fahrkarte/seinen Pass vorzeigen;

he \showed his ticket to the conductor er zeigte dem Schaffner seine Fahrkarte

3) ( express)

to \show sth etw zeigen;

to \show a bias/ enthusiasm for sth eine Vorliebe/Begeisterung für etw akk zeigen;

to \show clemency Milde walten lassen;

to \show compassion [for sb] [mit jdm] Mitleid haben;

to \show compunction Gewissensbisse haben;

to \show one's gratitude sich akk als dankbar erweisen;

to \show sb respect jdm Respekt erweisen

4) ( expose)

to \show sth etw sehen lassen;

your shirt's so thin that it \shows your bra dein Hemd ist so dünn, dass man deinen BH durchsieht;

this carpet \shows all the dirt bei dem Teppich kann man jedes bisschen Schmutz sehen

5) ( point out)

to \show sth to sb jdm etw zeigen;

\show me where it hurts zeig mir, wo es wehtut;

she sent us a map which \showed where her house is sie schickte uns eine Karte, auf der ihr Haus zu sehen war;

on this map, urban areas are \shown in grey auf dieser Karte sind die Stadtgebiete grau dargestellt;

it's \showing signs of rain es sieht nach Regen aus

6) ( explain)

to \show sb sth jdm etw zeigen [o erklären];

to \show sb the way jdm den Weg zeigen

7) ( record)

to \show sth etw anzeigen; statistics etw [auf]zeigen;

to \show a loss/ profit einen Verlust/Gewinn aufweisen

8) ( prove)

to \show sth etw beweisen;

she has \shown herself [to be] a highly competent manager sie hat sich als sehr kompetente Geschäftsführerin erwiesen;

to \show sb that... jdm zeigen [o beweisen], dass...;

to \show [sb] how/why... [jdm] zeigen, wie/warum...;

to \show cause law seine Gründe vorbringen;

order to \show cause gerichtliche Verfügung;

to \show one's mettle zeigen, was in einem steckt

9) ( escort)

to \show sb somewhere jdn irgendwohin führen [o bringen];

I'll \show myself out ich finde schon allein hinaus;

to \show sb over [or ( Am usu) around] a place jdm einen Ort zeigen;

they \showed us over the estate sie führten uns auf dem Anwesen herum

10) ( project)

to \show a film einen Film zeigen [o ( fam) bringen];

this film has never been \shown on television dieser Film kam noch nie im Fernsehen

to \show one's true colours Farbe bekennen;

to \show sb the door jdm die Tür weisen;

to dare [to] \show one's face es wagen, irgendwo aufzukreuzen ( fam)

to \show one's hand [or cards] seine Karten aufdecken;

to have nothing to \show for it [or one's efforts] [am Ende] nichts vorzuweisen haben;

you've had this job for five years, and what have you got to \show for your efforts? du hast diesen Job nun seit fünf Jahren, und was hast du nun von all der Mühe?;

to \show [sb] no quarter ( liter) kein Erbarmen [mit jdm] haben;

to \show one's teeth die Zähne zeigen ( fam)

to \show the way [forward] den Weg weisen ( fig)

that will \show sb ( fam) das wird jdm eine Lehre sein vi <showed, shown>

1) ( be visible) zu sehen sein;

the trees \show blue on these photographs die Bäume erscheinen auf diesen Fotos blau;

she's four months pregnant and starting to \show sie ist im vierten Monat schwanger und allmählich sieht man es auch;

to let sth \show sich dat etw anmerken lassen

2) (esp Am, Aus) (fam: arrive) auftauchen ( fam)

3) ( be shown) film gezeigt werden, laufen ( fam)

now \showing at a cinema near you! jetzt in einem Kino in Ihrer Nähe!

4) (Am) ( in horse racing) Dritte(r) f(m) werden

• ВСЕГО-НАВСЕГО <ВСЕГО-НАВСЕ obs>

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⇒ merely, and nothing more:

- only;

- just;

- no more than;

- nothing but;

- at (the) most;

- [when used as an indep. sent] that's all (there is to it).

     ♦...У бедного Петруся всего-навсего была одна серая свитка... (Гоголь 5) Poor Petro had only one gray jacket... (5a).

     ♦ После некоторых колебаний я... отдал [управдому] паспорта и военный билет, из которого управдом узнал, видимо, с некоторым разочарованием, что я всего-навсего рядовой (Войнович 3). After some hesitation, I gave him [the building manager] the passports and my military service card, from which the building manager learned, apparently with some disappointment, that I was just rank-and-file (3a).

     ♦ Я опоздала на концерт всего-навсего на пять минут, но в зал меня уже не пустили. I was only at most five minutes late for the concert, but they still wouldn't let me in.

     ♦ Вот опять нам пришло на ум уотергейтское дело. Кто из нас, следивших за его перипетиями по передачам зарубежного радио, не приходил в изумление! Боже мой, из-за чего весь сыр-бор? Президент величайшей страны собирается кого-то подслушать. Всего-навсего (Войнович 3). Once again the Watergate affair comes to mind. Who among us, following its peripeteia on the foreign radio broadcasts, was not amazed? My heavens, what was all the commotion about? The President of the greatest country on earth wanted to eavesdrop on someone. That's all there was to it (3a).

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⇒ merely, and nothing more:

- only;

- just;

- no more than;

- nothing but;

- at (the) most;

- [when used as an indep. sent] that's all (there is to it).

     ♦...У бедного Петруся всего-навсего была одна серая свитка... (Гоголь 5) Poor Petro had only one gray jacket... (5a).

     ♦ После некоторых колебаний я... отдал [управдому] паспорта и военный билет, из которого управдом узнал, видимо, с некоторым разочарованием, что я всего-навсего рядовой (Войнович 3). After some hesitation, I gave him [the building manager] the passports and my military service card, from which the building manager learned, apparently with some disappointment, that I was just rank-and-file (3a).

     ♦ Я опоздала на концерт всего-навсего на пять минут, но в зал меня уже не пустили. I was only at most five minutes late for the concert, but they still wouldn't let me in.

     ♦ Вот опять нам пришло на ум уотергейтское дело. Кто из нас, следивших за его перипетиями по передачам зарубежного радио, не приходил в изумление! Боже мой, из-за чего весь сыр-бор? Президент величайшей страны собирается кого-то подслушать. Всего-навсего (Войнович 3). Once again the Watergate affair comes to mind. Who among us, following its peripeteia on the foreign radio broadcasts, was not amazed? My heavens, what was all the commotion about? The President of the greatest country on earth wanted to eavesdrop on someone. That's all there was to it (3a).

- be first past the post

- postage

1) (a job: He has a post in the government; a teaching post.) puesto de trabajo, cargo

2) (a place of duty: The soldier remained at his post.) puesto

3) (a settlement, camp etc especially in a distant or unpopulated area: a trading-post.) puesto

- the first/last post

post¹ n

1. poste / palo / estaca

2. correo

3. puesto

post² vb enviar / mandar

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noun

1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (mail) correo; (collection) recogida; (delivery) reparto

■ is there anything for me in the post? ¿hay alguna carta para mí en el correo?

■ you'll catch the post if you hurry llegarás a la recogida si te das prisa

■ it's in the post ya está enviado

transitive verb

1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (send - letter, parcel) enviar por correo, mandar por correo, echar al correo; (put in postbox) echar al buzón

2 (enter - in ledger) anotar

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to keep somebody posted mantener a alguien al corriente, tener a alguien al corriente

to post something to somebody mandar algo a alguien (por correo)

post office Correos, oficina de correos

post office box apartado de correos

tr[pəʊst]

noun

1 (job) puesto, empleo; (important position) cargo

2 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL puesto

transitive verb

1 SMALLMILITARY/SMALL destinar, apostar

2 (employee) destinar, mandar

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to take up one's post (job) ocupar el cargo, entrar en funciones

tr[pəʊst]

noun

1 (of wood) estaca, poste nombre masculino

transitive verb

1 (notice, list) fijar, poner, exponer

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'Post no bills' "Prohibido fijar carteles"

goal post poste nombre masculino, palo

finishing post poste nombre masculino de llegada

post ['po:st] vt

1) mail: echar al correo, mandar por correo

2) announce: anunciar

they've posted the grades: han anunciado las notas

3) affix: fijar, poner (noticias, etc.)

4) station: apostar

to keep (someone) posted : tener al corriente (a alguien)

post n

1) pole: poste m, palo m

2) station: puesto m

3) camp: puesto m (militar)

4) job, position: puesto m, empleo m, cargo m

• apostadero s.m.

• buzón s.m.

• cargo s.m.

• correo s.m.

• destino s.m.

• estafeta s.f.

• guarnición s.f.

• mala s.f.

• poste s.m.

• puesto s.m.

• apostar v.

• contabilizar v.

• echar al correo v.

• fijar v.

• mandar por correo v.

• pegar v.

• situar v.

1)

a) c ( pole) poste m

b) u ( in horse racing) poste m

2) u ( mail) (esp BrE) correo m

3) c

a) ( job) puesto m, empleo m

b) ( important position) cargo m

c) ( place of duty) puesto m

4) c ( station) puesto m

1)

a) ( position) \<\<policeman/soldier\>\> apostar

b) ( send) \<\<employee/diplomat\>\> destinar, mandar

2) ( mail) (esp BrE) \<\<letter/parcel\>\> echar al correo; ( drop in postbox) echar al buzón

3)

a) ( announce) \<\<meeting/reward\>\> anunciar

b) post (up) \<\<list/notice\>\> poner*, fijar

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1)

a) c ( pole) poste m

b) u ( in horse racing) poste m

2) u ( mail) (esp BrE) correo m

3) c

a) ( job) puesto m, empleo m

b) ( important position) cargo m

c) ( place of duty) puesto m

4) c ( station) puesto m

1)

a) ( position) \<\<policeman/soldier\>\> apostar

b) ( send) \<\<employee/diplomat\>\> destinar, mandar

2) ( mail) (esp BrE) \<\<letter/parcel\>\> echar al correo; ( drop in postbox) echar al buzón

3)

a) ( announce) \<\<meeting/reward\>\> anunciar

b) post (up) \<\<list/notice\>\> poner*, fijar

v/t

1. transport, carry, take; förm. convey; (verschicken) send; WIRTS. auch ship, forward; etw. mit der Post oder per Post befördern send s.th. by post, Am. send s.th through the mail; die Post befördert täglich 7 Millionen Sendungen the postal service handles ( liefert: delivers) 7 million items a day; jemand an die frische Luft oder ins Freie befördern hum. show s.o. the door; siehe auch transportieren; Jenseits, hinausbefördern

2. im Rang etc.: promote (zu to, to the position of); wann wirst du befördert? when is your promotion due ( oder coming through)?; er wurde zum Abteilungsleiter befördert he was promoted to head of department; er wurde zum Oberst befördert MIL. he was promoted to (the rank of) colonel

3. fördern

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to expedite;

(Rang erhöhen) to promote; to advance;

(transportieren) to carry; to ship; to dispatch; to forward; to transport; to convey

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1) Waren, Gepäck to transport, to carry; Personen to carry; Post to handle

2) (= dienstlich aufrücken lassen) to promote

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1) (to carry: Huge ships convey oil from the Middle East.) convey

2) (to raise to a higher position or to a higher rank etc: elevated to the post of manager.) elevate

3) (to carry by some form of transport: Coal is hauled by road and rail.) haul

4) (to raise (to a higher rank or position): He was promoted to head teacher.) promote

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1. (transportieren)

▪ jdn/etw \befördern to transport [or carry] sb/sth

das Gepäck \befördern lassen to have one's baggage sent

die Teilnehmer wurden mit dem Bus zum Tagungsort befördert participants were taken by bus to the conference venue

2. (jds Dienststellung anheben)

▪ jdn [zu etw dat] \befördern to promote sb [to sth]

3. (iron fam)

jdn vor die Tür [o ins Freie] \befördern to throw [or fam chuck] sb out

jdn nach draußen \befördern to escort sb outside; s.a. Jenseits

4. (geh)

▪ etw \befördern to promote [or foster] sth

▪ jdn [in etw dat] \befördern to support sb [in sth]

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1) carry; transport; convey

2) (aufrücken lassen) promote

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befördern v/t

1. transport, carry, take; form convey; (verschicken) send; WIRTSCH auch ship, forward;

etwas mit der Post oder

per Post befördern send sth by post, US send s.th through the mail;

die Post befördert täglich 7 Millionen Sendungen the postal service handles ( liefert: delivers) 7 million items a day;

jemand an die frische Luft oder

ins Freie befördern hum show sb the door; → auch transportieren; → Jenseits, hinausbefördern

2. im Rang etc: promote (

zu to, to the position of);

wann wirst du befördert? when is your promotion due ( oder coming through)?;

er wurde zum Abteilungsleiter befördert he was promoted to head of department;

er wurde zum Oberst befördert MIL he was promoted to (the rank of) colonel

3. → fördern

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1) carry; transport; convey

2) (aufrücken lassen) promote

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to advance v.

to carry v.

to ferry v.

to forward v.

to send v.

house

1 noun [haʊs, pl haʊzɪz]

(a) (for living in) maison f;

∎ at or to his house chez lui;

∎ house for sale (sign) propriété à vendre;

∎ to move house déménager;

∎ to clean the house, American to clean house faire le ménage;

∎ does he look after the house himself? est-ce que c'est lui qui s'occupe de son ménage?;

∎ to keep house (for sb) tenir la maison ou le ménage (de qn);

∎ to set up house monter son ménage, s'installer;

∎ they set up house together ils se sont mis en ménage;

∎ don't wake up the whole house! ne réveille pas toute la maison!;

∎ familiar we got on or along like a house on fire nous nous entendions à merveille ou comme larrons en foire;

∎ familiar it's coming on like a house on fire ça marche du feu de Dieu;

∎ figurative to set or to put one's house in order mettre de l'ordre dans ses affaires;

∎ figurative the government should put or set its own house in order before criticizing others le gouvernement devrait balayer devant sa porte avant de critiquer les autres;

∎ British familiar the bus goes all round the houses le bus fait tout le tour de la ville;

∎ familiar figurative to go all round the houses (not get to the point) tourner autour du pot;

∎ familiar figurative he was sent all round the houses when he tried to get a work permit on l'a renvoyé de service en service quand il a essayé d'obtenir un permis de travail

(b) Commerce (company) maison f (de commerce), compagnie f;

∎ publishing house maison f d'édition;

∎ in house au sein de l'entreprise

(c) (restaurant, bar)

∎ to have a drink on the house prendre une consommation aux frais du patron ou de la maison;

∎ a bottle of house red une bouteille de (vin) rouge de la maison ou de l'établissement

(d) Religion maison f religieuse

(e) (household) maison f; (dynasty) famille f, maison f;

∎ the House of York la maison de York;

∎ the whole house was down with flu toute la maisonnée avait la grippe

(f) Theatre salle f, auditoire m;

∎ is there a good house tonight? est-ce que la salle est pleine ce soir?;

∎ a decent house une salle moyenne;

∎ they played to an empty house ils ont joué devant les banquettes (vides);

∎ there wasn't a soul in the house il n'y avait personne dans la salle;

∎ to have a full house jouer à guichets fermés ou à bureaux fermés;

∎ house full (sign) complet;

∎ British old-fashioned the first/second house la première/deuxième séance;

∎ to bring the house down (performer) faire crouler la salle sous les applaudissements; figurative casser la baraque

(g) British School = groupe d'élèves qui rivalise avec un autre pour les activités sportives etc

(h) Music house f

(i) Astrology maison f

(j) (of crane) cabine f; Nautical (on deck) rouf m; (at helm) kiosque m

(k) (in debate)

∎ this house believes… la motion à débattre est la suivante…

2 House noun

∎ the House British Politics la Chambre; American Politics la Chambre des représentants; Stock Exchange la Bourse (de Londres)

3 transitive verb [haʊz]

(a) (provide with shelter → person) héberger, loger;

∎ we can house them temporarily in tents nous pouvons les loger provisoirement dans des tentes;

∎ many families are still badly housed de nombreuses familles sont encore mal logées

(b) (store → of building) recevoir;

∎ this wing houses a laboratory cette aile abrite un laboratoire;

∎ the library cannot house any more books la bibliothèque ne peut pas abriter plus de livres;

∎ his boat is housed in the garage during winter son bateau est (remisé) au garage pendant l'hiver;

∎ the archives are housed in the basement on garde les archives dans les caves

(c) (protect by covering)

∎ the gears are housed in a steel case l'engrenage est contenu dans un carter d'acier;

∎ this section houses the main engines dans cette section se trouvent les moteurs principaux

4 exclamation

[haʊs] (in bingo) ≃ carton!

►► British house agent agent m immobilier;

American familiar house ape (child) môme mf, chiard m;

house arrest assignation f à domicile ou à résidence;

∎ to put sb under house arrest assigner qn à domicile ou à résidence;

∎ he is under house arrest il est assigné à domicile, il est en résidence surveillée;

Finance house bill double m de connaissement, lettre f de change creuse; also figurative house of cards château m de cartes;

the House of Commons la Chambre des communes;

house detective responsable m de la sécurité, détective m de l'hôtel;

house of God (church) maison f de Dieu; (Protestant) temple m;

house husband homme m au foyer;

house journal journal m interne, bulletin m;

Theatre house lights lumières fpl ou éclairage m de la salle;

the House of Lords la Chambre des lords;

house magazine journal m interne, bulletin m;

Theatre house manager directeur(trice) m,f de théâtre;

Ornithology house martin hirondelle f de fenêtre;

Zoology house mouse souris f commune;

house music house f (music);

British Medicine house officer ≃ interne mf;

house painter peintre m en bâtiment;

Parliament the Houses of Parliament le Parlement m (britannique);

house party (social occasion) fête f de plusieurs jours (dans une maison de campagne); (guests) invités mpl;

British house physician (in hospital) ≃ interne mf (en médecine); (in hotel) médecin m (attaché à un hôtel);

house of prayer église f; (Protestant) temple m;

Parliament the House of Representatives la Chambre des représentants (aux États-Unis);

house rule règle f de la maison; (in games) règle f du jeu particulière;

Ornithology house sparrow moineau m domestique;

house special (in restaurant) spécialité f (de la) maison;

British Typography & Press house style style m maison;

British house surgeon ≃ interne mf (en chirurgie);

American house trailer caravane f;

the House Un-American Activities Committee = organisme maccarthyste de répression anticommuniste fondé en 1938 et dissous en 1975;

British house wine vin m de la maison; f

house of worship église f; (Protestant) temple m;

Ornithology house wren troglodyte m familier

✾ Book 'The House of the Dead' Dostoyevsky 'Souvenirs de la maison des morts'

✾ Book ✾ Film 'The House of Mirth' Wharton, Davies 'Chez les heureux du monde'

ⓘ HOUSE Dans certaines écoles en Grande-Bretagne, les élèves sont répartis en plusieurs "houses", qui regroupent des élèves de tous les âges, désignées chacune par un nom, entre lesquelles se développe un certain esprit de compétition.

ⓘ HOUSE OF COMMONS La Chambre des communes britannique est composée de 659 députés ("MPs") élus pour cinq ans et qui siègent environ 175 jours par an. Les députés du parti majoritaire s'assoient d'un côté de la Chambre (les "government benches"), tandis que les députés de l'opposition s'assoient de l'autre côté (sur les "opposition benches"). Si un projet de loi n'obtient pas l'approbation de la majorité des députés dans la Chambre des communes, il est renvoyé à la Chambre des lords, et doit par ailleurs obtenir l'assentiment du souverain avant de devenir loi.

ⓘ HOUSE OF LORDS La Chambre des lords est composée de pairs et d'hommes d'Église. Il s'agit de la plus haute cour au Royaume-Uni (en excluant l'Écosse). Elle a le pouvoir d'amender certains projets de loi qui ont été votés par la Chambre des communes. Le gouvernement travailliste de Tony Blair, élu en 1997, a entrepris des réformes visant à réduire les pouvoirs de la Chambre des lords de façon radicale.

ⓘ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES La Chambre des représentants constitue, avec le Sénat, l'organe législatif américain; ses membres sont élus par le peuple, en proportion de la population de chaque État.

a letter sent to a potential employer together with a résumé. It is used when a jobseeker knows the exact position he or she is applying for, and the name of the person to whom the résumé is being sent. A cover letter is important because it is the first thing the hiring manager will read, and is key to them forming their first impression of the jobseeker. It must, therefore, be wellpresented, well-informed, concise, professional, and yet enthusiastic.

SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines

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A German born in Paris, he was educated in Augsburg and later in Munich, where he graduated first in his class. There he took some courses under Professor Karl von Linde, pioneer of mechanical refrigeration and an authority on thermodynamics, who pointed out the low efficiency of the steam engine. He went to work for the Linde Ice Machine Company as an engineer and later as Manager; there he conceived a new basic cycle and worked out its thermodynamics, which he published in 1893 as "The theory and construction of a rational heat motor". Compressing air adiabatically to one-sixteenth of its volume caused the temperature to rise to 1,000°F (540°C). Injected fuel would then ignite automatically without any electrical system. He obtained permission to use the laboratories of the Augsburg-Nuremburg Engine Works to build a single-cylinder prototype. On test it blew up, nearly killing Diesel. He proved his principle, however, and obtained financial support from the firm of Alfred Krupp. The design was refined until successful and in 1898 an engine was put on display in Munich with the result that many business people invested in Diesel and his engine and its worldwide production. Diesel made over a million dollars out of the invention. The heart of the engine is the fuel-injection pump, which operates at a pressure of c.500 psi (35 kg/cm). The first English patent for the engine was in 1892. The firms in Augsburg sent him abroad to sell his engine; he persuaded the French to adopt it for submarines, Germany having refused this. Diesel died in 1913 in mysterious circumstances, vanishing from the Harwich-Antwerp ferry.

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SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing, Photography, film and optics

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The son of a goldsmith, Pretsch learned the printing trade in Vienna, where he worked until 1831. He then took up a series of posts in Germany, Belgium and Holland before returning to Vienna, where in 1842 he joined the Imperial State Printing Office. The office was equipped with a photographic studio, and Pretsch was encouraged to explore applications of photography to printing and the graphic arts. In 1851 he was sent to London to take responsibility for the Austrian printing exhibits of the Great Exhibition. This event proved to be a significant international show case for photography and Pretsch saw a great number of recent innovations and made many useful contacts. On returning to Vienna, he began to develop a process for producing printing plates from photographs. Using Talbot's discovery that bichromated gelatine swells in water after exposure to light, he electrotyped the relief image obtained. In 1854 Pretsch resigned from his post in Vienna and travelled back to London, where he patented his process, calling it photogalvanography. He went on to form a business, the Photo-Galvano-Graphic Company, to print and market his pictures.

The Photographic Manager of the company was the celebrated photographer Roger Fenton, recently returned from his exploits on the battlefields of the Crimea. In 1856 the company issued a large serial work, Photographic Art Treasures, illustrated with Pretsch's pictures, which created considerable interest. The venture did not prove a commercial success, however, and although further plates were made and issued, Fenton found other interests to pursue and Pretsch was left to try to apply some of his ideas to lithography. This too had no successful outcome, and in 1863 Pretsch returned to Vienna. He was reappointed to a post at the Imperial State Printing Office, but his health failed and he made no further progress with his processes.

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1) эк. опись, список, реестр (список всех активов с указанием стоимости каждого; напр., список всех активов физического лица, предъявляемый при подаче заявления на получение кредита, список всего имущества, находящегося в здании, и т. п.)

2)

а) учет, часто мн. товарно-материальные запасы, материально-производственные запасы (совокупность всех запасов предприятия, включая запасы сырья и материалов, запасы комплектующих и полуфабрикатов, запасы незавершенного производства и запасы готовой продукции)

б) эк. инвентарь; запас, резерв (в самом широком смысле: все, что хранится на складе; наличные товары)

в) фин. портфель [резерв\] ценных бумаг* (совокупность ценных бумаг, находящихся в ведении или принадлежащих данному лицу, напр., ценные бумаги, которые брокер или дилер держат для перепродажи)

3) учет, упр. = stocktaking 1),

4) общ. вопросник; анкета

учет, упр. составлять опись [перечень, реестр\] (напр., каких-л. активов); инвентаризировать

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1. оборотные фонды

2. портфель ценных бумаг