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41 it
it [ɪt]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► If it stands for a noun which is masculine in French, use il. Use elle if the French noun is feminine.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• where's the sugar? -- it's on the table où est le sucre ? -- il est sur la table• don't have the soup, it's awful ne prends pas la soupe, elle est dégoûtante• you can't have that room, it's mine tu ne peux pas avoir cette chambre, c'est la mienne• this picture isn't a Picasso, it's a fake ce (tableau) n'est pas un vrai Picasso, c'est un faux━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► The French pronoun precedes the verb, except in positive commands.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• there's a croissant left, do you want it? il reste un croissant, tu le veux ?• she dropped the earring and couldn't find it elle a laissé tomber la boucle d'oreille et n'a pas réussi à la retrouver• he borrowed lots of money and never paid it back il a emprunté beaucoup d'argent et ne l'a jamais remboursé• the sauce is delicious, taste it! cette sauce est délicieuse, goûte-la !d. (unspecific) ce• what is it? [thing] qu'est-ce que c'est ?► that's it! (approval, agreement) c'est ça ! ; (achievement, dismay) ça y est ! ; (anger) ça suffit !► it's + adjective + to• it's annoying to think we didn't need to pay so much on n'aurait pas eu besoin de payer autant, c'est agaçante. (weather, time, date) it's hot today il fait chaud aujourd'hui* * *[ɪt]1) ( in questions)who is it? — qui est-ce?, qui c'est? (colloq)
where is it? — ( of object) où est-il/elle?; ( of place) où est-ce?, où est-ce que c'est?, c'est où? (colloq)
what is it? — (of object, noise etc) qu'est-ce que c'est?, c'est quoi? (colloq); (what's happening?) qu'est-ce qui se passe?; (what is the matter?) qu'est-ce qu'il y a?
how was it? — comment cela s'est-il passé?, ça s'est passé comment? (colloq)
2) Games••that's it! — ( in triumph) voilà!, ça y est!; ( in anger) ça suffit!
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42 half
1)(equal part, fifty per cent) Hälfte f;the northern \half of the island is subtropical der Norden der Insel ist subtropisch;to cut sth into halves etw halbieren;to cut in \half in der Mitte durchschneiden, halbieren;to divide sth by \half etw durch zwei teilen;to fold in \half zur Mitte falten;to reduce sth by \half etw um die Hälfte reduzierena \half pint of lager ein kleines Hellestwo adults and three halves please! zwei Erwachsene und drei Kinder, bitte!5) ( very soon)6) ( share cost)7) ( treat wholly)to not do things by halves keine halben Sachen machen ( fam)you haven't heard the \half of it yet! das dicke Ende kommt ja noch!;that's \half the fun [of it] das ist doch gerade der Spaß daranPHRASES:to be too clever by \half ein Schlaumeier sein;my other [or better] \half meine zweite [o bessere] Hälfte;roughly \half of the class are Spanish die Klasse besteht ungefähr zur Hälfte aus Spaniern;\half an apple ein halber Apfel adv1) ( almost) halb, fast, nahezu, beinahe;they had been frightened \half out of their minds sie wären fast verrückt geworden vor Angst2) (partially, to some extent) halb, zum Teil;she was \half afraid she'd have to make a speech sie hatte schon fast befürchtet, eine Rede halten zu müssen;it wasn't \half as good das war bei weitem nicht so gut;\half asleep halb wach;3) ( time)[at] \half past nine [um] halb zehn ( fam);meet me at home at \half past on the dot, okay? du bist dann um Punkt halb bei mir, o.k.? ( fam)4) ( by fifty percent)\half as... as... halb so... wie...;my little brother is \half as tall as me mein kleiner Bruder ist halb so groß wie ich;he is \half my weight er wiegt halb so viel wie ichhe wasn't \half handsome er sah unverschämt gut aus ( fam)she didn't \half shout at him sie hat ihn vielleicht angebrüllt;did you enjoy the film? - not \half! hat dir der Film gefallen? - und wie!6) (partially, to some extent) halb;I was \half inclined to call you last night but... ich hätte dich gestern Abend fast angerufen, aber...;\half cooked halb gar;\half empty/ full halb leer/voll;\half naked halb nackt\half of them didn't turn up die meisten von ihnen sind gar nicht erschienen;our boss has lost \half his authority unser Chef hat seine Autorität zum größten Teil eingebüßt;if you are \half the man I think you are, you'll succeed wenn du auch nur im Entferntesten der Mann bist, für den ich dich halte, dann schaffst du das;\half [of] the time die meiste ZeitPHRASES:to be \half the battle [schon] die halbe Miete sein ( fam)given \half a chance wenn ich/er/sie/etc. die Möglichkeit hätte -
43 Computer Psychometrics
The computer is changing most aspects of [psychological] testing, bringing benefits and costs. Automation of test administration and interpretation is gaining ground, although it tends to reduce interaction between assessor and examinee-with consequent impoverishment of information on both sides. Supplying computer-generated "self-interpreting" reports to clients seems likely to invite misunderstanding, and to encourage overreliance on the test as authority. Persons not qualified as test interpreters are writing software for start-up companies in the field; the risks are obvious. On the positive side, if the computer is kept in an adjunct role it reduces testing costs, and its reports stimulate thought in the professional interpreter. Adaptive testing is paying off, and we are beginning to see new tasks, resembling video arcade displays, which have obvious potential. (Cronbach, 1990, p. xxiii)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Computer Psychometrics
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44 equal opportunities
HRthe granting of equal rights, privileges, and status regardless of gender, age, race, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. Equality in employment is regulated by law in most Western countries. An organizational equal opportunities policy works to go further than the regulatory framework demands. Such a policy should focus on preventing discriminatory or harassing behavior in the workplace and achieving equal access to training, job, and promotion opportunities. Affirmative action, which is referred to as positive discrimination in the United Kingdom, is a controversial approach to encouraging the advancement of minorities. Diversity management builds on and goes beyond equal opportunities by looking at the rights of individuals rather than groups. -
45 beta rating
Fina means of measuring the volatility (or risk) of a stock or fund in comparison with the market as a whole.The beta of a stock or fund can be of any value, positive or negative, but usually is between +0.25 and +1.75. Stocks of many utilities have a beta of less than 1. Conversely, most high-tech NASDAQ-based stocks have a beta greater than 1; they offer a higher rate of return but are also risky.Both alpha and beta ratings should be readily available upon request from investment firms, because the figures appear in standard performance reports. It is always best to ask for them, because beta calculations can involve mathematical complexities. -
46 porin
сущ.; SK, DT 5Calla диал.Tian wasn’t the first Jaffords determined to make something of the twenty acres behind the home place; his Gran-pere, perfectly sane in most other respects, had been convinced there was gold there. Tian’s Ma had been equally positive it would grow porin, a spice of great worth. — Тиан был не первым Джеффордсом, решившим добиться какой-то отдачи от двадцати акров земли, расположенных за жилищем. Его дед, в остальном совершенно нормальный человек, пребывал в убеждении, что на Сукином сыне можно найти золото. Мать Тиана верила, что участок этот годится для выращивания порина, пряности, стоившей немалых денег. (ТБ 5)
English-Russian dictionary of neologisms from a series of books by Stephen King "Dark Tower" > porin
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47 Le Gray, Gustave
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 1820 Villiers-le-Bel, Franced. 1882 Cairo, Egypt[br]French painter and photographic innovator.[br]Le Gray studied painting, and to supplement his income as an artist he took up photography in the mid-1840s. He showed remarkable aptitude, and for a time he was at the forefront of innovation in France and pioneered a number of minor improvements. In 1847 he began gold-toning positive-paper prints, a practice widely adopted later. In 1850 independently of Archer in England, he experimented with collodion on glass as a carrying medium for silver salts. It was also in 1850 that Le Gray introduced his waxed-paper process, an improvement of Talbot's calotype process which was favoured by many travelling photographers in the 1850s and 1860s. Le Gray published instruction manuals in photography that were well received. He travelled to Egypt to teach drawing in 1865, but his health deteriorated after a riding accident and he made no further significant contributions to photography.[br]Bibliography1850, Traité pratique de photographier sur papier et sur verre, Paris 1851, 2nd edn, London: T. \& R.Willats (his most significant publication).Further ReadingJ.M.Eder, 1945, History of Photography, trans. E.Epstean, New York.JW -
48 active
прил.1) общ. деятельный, активныйSee:2) общ. действующий; взаимодействующий; развивающийся; проявляющийся; активныйSee:3) эк. оживленный, активный ( о спросе или рынке)Real estate market is most active during the spring and the fall. — Наибольшая активность на рынке недвижимости наблюдается весной и осенью.
See:4) активныйа) марк. (о клиенте фирмы, который недавно сделал покупку)See:б) фин., банк. (о счете, с которым регулярно проводятся операции)See:в) стат. (о населении, которое работает либо ищет работу)See:5)а) учет активный ( находящийся в балансе на стороне актива)Ant:б) межд. эк. активный, положительный, благоприятный (о платежном балансе или его частях в случаях, когда поступление денежных средств в страну превышает отток денежных средств из нее)active balance — активный баланс, активное сальдо
active balance of trade, active trade balance — активный торговый баланс
Syn:favourable 2), positive 1. 3)Ant:See:* * *. Рынок с активными торгами . Инвестиционная деятельность .* * *партнер, который не только владеет долей в капитале партнерства, но и активно участвует в управлении предприятием
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