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1 you walked back? - There was nothing else for it
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > you walked back? - There was nothing else for it
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2 nothing
A pron1 (no item, event, idea) rien ; ( as object of verb) ne…rien ; ( as subject of verb) rien…ne ; she says nothing elle ne dit rien ; I knew nothing about it je n'en savais rien ; we saw nothing nous n'avons rien vu ; we can do nothing (about it) nous n'y pouvons rien ; there's nothing in the fridge il n'y a rien dans le frigidaire® ; nothing can alter the fact that rien ne peut changer le fait que ; nothing could be further from the truth rien n'est plus faux ; can nothing be done to help? est-ce qu'on ne peut rien faire pour aider? ; nothing happened il ne s'est rien passé ; they behaved as if nothing had happened ils ont fait comme si de rien n'était ; there's nothing to drink il n'y a rien à boire ; I've got nothing to wear je n'ai rien à me mettre ; you have nothing to lose vous n'avez rien à perdre ; there's nothing to stop you leaving rien ne t'empêche de partir ; we've had nothing to eat nous n'avons rien mangé ; you did nothing at all to stop them tu n'as absolument rien fait pour les arrêter ; next to nothing presque rien ; nothing much pas grand-chose ; there's nothing much on TV il n'y a pas grand-chose à la télé ○ ; nothing much happens here il ne se passe pas grand-chose ici ; I've nothing much to tell je n'ai pas grand-chose à raconter ; nothing more rien de plus ; we ask for nothing more nous ne demandons rien de plus ; is there nothing more you can do? vous ne pouvez rien faire de plus? ; she's just a friend, nothing more or less c'est une amie, c'est tout ; nothing else rien d'autre ; there's nothing else for us il n'y a rien d'autre pour nous ; nothing else matters rien d'autre ne compte, il n'y a que ça qui compte ; she thinks about nothing else elle ne pense à rien d'autre, elle ne pense qu'à cela ; there's nothing else one can say il n'y a rien d'autre à dire ; if nothing else it will be a change for us au moins ça nous changera les idées ; to have nothing against sb/sth ne rien avoir contre qn/qch ; to have nothing to do with ( no connection) ne rien avoir à voir avec ; (no dealings, involvement) ne rien avoir à faire avec ; the drop in sales has nothing to do with the scandal la baisse des ventes n'a rien à voir avec le scandale ; it had nothing to do with safety ça n'avait rien à voir avec la sécurité ; he had nothing to do with the murder il n'avait rien à voir avec le meurtre, il n'était pour rien dans le meurtre ; I had nothing to do with it! je n'y étais pour rien! ; that's got nothing to do with it! ça n'a rien à voir! ; she will have ou she wants nothing to do with it/us elle ne veut rien avoir à faire avec ça/nous ; it's nothing to do with us ça ne nous regarde pas ; she acts as though it had nothing to do with her elle fait comme si ça ne la concernait pas ; to come to nothing n'aboutir à rien ; to stop at nothing ne reculer devant rien (to do pour faire) ; to have nothing on ( no clothes) être nu ; (no engagements, plans) n'avoir rien de prévu ; you've got nothing on me ○ ! ( to incriminate) vous n'avez rien contre moi! ; he's got nothing on you ○ ! ( to rival) il ne t'arrive pas à la cheville ○ ! ; Paris has nothing on this ○ ! Paris ne peut pas rivaliser avec ça! ;2 ( emphasizing insignificance) rien ; a fuss about nothing une histoire pour (un) rien ; to get upset over nothing s'énerver pour (un) rien ; we were talking about nothing much nous parlions de tout et de rien ; to count for nothing ne compter pour rien ; he means ou is nothing to me il n'est rien pour moi ; so all this effort means nothing to you? alors tout ce travail t'est complètement égal? ; it meant nothing to him ça lui était complètement égal (that, whether que + subj) ; the names meant nothing to him les noms ne lui disaient rien ; he cares nothing for convention sout il se moque des conventions ; to think nothing of doing ( consider normal) trouver tout à fait normal de faire ; ( not baulk at) ne pas hésiter à faire ; I thought nothing of it until the next day ça m'a paru tout à fait normal jusqu'au lendemain ; think nothing of it! ce n'est rien! ; it was nothing to them to walk miles to school ils trouvaient tout à fait normal de faire des kilomètres à pied pour aller à l'école ; there's nothing to driving a truck ce n'est rien de conduire un camion ; there' s really nothing to it! c'est tout ce qu'il y a de plus facile! ;3 ( very little indeed) lit, fig rien ; she's four foot nothing ≈ elle ne fait pas plus d'un mètre vingt, elle fait un mètre vingt à tout casser ○ ; it costs next to nothing ça ne coûte presque rien ; for nothing ( for free) gratuitement, gratis ○ ; ( pointlessly) pour rien ; it's money for nothing c'est de l'argent vite gagné ; all this work for nothing tout ce travail pour rien ; they aren't called skyscrapers for nothing ce n'est pas pour rien qu'on appelle ça des gratte-ciel ; not for nothing is he known as… ce n'est pas pour rien qu'il est connu comme… ; I'm not English for nothing! hum je ne suis pas anglais pour rien! ;4 (indicating absence of trait, quality) nothing serious/useful rien de grave/d'utile ; nothing too fancy rien de très compliqué ; nothing interesting, nothing of any interest rien d'intéressant ; nothing new to report rien de nouveau à signaler ; have they nothing cheaper? est-ce qu'ils n'ont rien de moins cher? ; there's nothing unusual about doing il n'y a rien d'extraordinaire à faire ; there's nothing unusual about it ça n'a rien d'extraordinaire ; it seems easy but it's nothing of the kind cela paraît facile mais il n'en est rien ; nothing of the kind should ever happen again une chose pareille ne devrait jamais se reproduire ; you'll do nothing of the sort! tu n'en feras rien! ;5 (emphatic: setting up comparisons) it's nothing like that at all! ce n'est pas ça du tout! ; there's nothing like the sea air for doing il n'y a rien de tel que l'air marin pour faire ; there's nothing like seeing old friends revoir de vieux amis, il n'y a rien de tel ; there's nothing like it! il n'y a rien de tel or de mieux! ; there's nothing so embarrassing as doing il n'y a rien d'aussi gênant que de faire ; I can think of nothing worse than je ne peux rien imaginer de pire que ; there's nothing more ridiculous than il n'y a rien de plus ridicule que ; that's nothing to what he'll do if he finds out that ce n'est rien comparé à or à côté de ce qu'il fera quand il découvrira que ; the hive resembles nothing so much as a business la ruche ressemble tout à fait à une entreprise ; to say nothing of sans parler de ; detested by his colleagues to say nothing of the students détesté par ses collègues sans parler des étudiants ;6 (no element, part) to know nothing of ne rien savoir de [truth, events, plans] ; he knows nothing of the skill involved il n'imagine pas la technique que cela implique ; we heard nothing of what was said nous n'avons rien entendu de ce qui s'est dit ; he has nothing of the aristocrat about him il n'a rien d'un aristocrate ; there was nothing of the exotic in the place l'endroit n'avait rien d'exotique ;7 (no truth, value, use) you get nothing out of it ça ne rapporte rien ; there's nothing in it for me ça n'a aucun intérêt pour moi ; there's nothing in it (in gossip, rumour) il n'y a rien de vrai là-dedans ; (in magazine, booklet) c'est sans intérêt.B adv1 ( in no way) it is nothing like as important/difficult as c'est loin d'être aussi important/difficile que ; it's nothing like enough! c'est loin d'être suffisant! ; the portrait looks nothing like her le portrait ne lui ressemble pas du tout ; she is nothing like her sister elle ne ressemble pas du tout à sa sœur ; the city is nothing like what it was la ville n'est plus du tout ce qu'elle était ;2 (emphatic: totally, only) it's nothing short of brilliant/disgraceful c'est tout à fait génial/scandaleux ; nothing short of a miracle can save them il n'y a qu'un miracle qui puisse les sauver ;3 (emphatic: decidedly) she's nothing if not original in her dress le moins qu'on puisse dire c'est qu'elle s'habille de façon originale ; I'm nothing if not stubborn! le moins qu'on puisse dire c'est que je suis têtu!C adj to be nothing without sb/sth ne rien être sans qn/qch ; he's nothing without you/his career il n'est rien sans toi/sa carrière.D n1 ( nothingness) néant m ;2 ( trivial matter) it's a mere nothing compared to ce n'est pratiquement rien par rapport à ; ⇒ sweet.E nothing but adv phr he's nothing but a coward ce n'est qu'un lâche ; they've done nothing but moan ○ ils n'ont fait que râler ○ ; it' s caused me nothing but trouble ça ne m'a valu que des ennuis ; nothing but the best for me! je ne veux que ce qu'il y a de meilleur! ; she has nothing but praise for them elle ne tarit pas d'éloges sur eux.F nothing less than adv phr it's nothing less than a betrayal c'est une véritable trahison ; they want nothing less than reunification ils ne seront satisfaits que quand il y aura la réunification ; nothing less than real saffron will do il n'y a que du vrai safran qui fera l'affaire.G nothing more than adv phr it's nothing more than a strategy to do ce n'est qu'une stratégie pour faire ; the stories are nothing more than gossip ces histoires ne sont rien d'autre que des ragots ; they'd like nothing more than to do ils ne demandent pas mieux que de faire.nothing doing ○ ! ( outright refusal) pas question ○ ! ; ( no chance of success) pas moyen ○ ! ; there's nothing doing at the office ○ il ne se passe rien au bureau ; there was nothing for it but to call the doctor GB il ne restait plus qu'à faire venir le médecin ; there's nothing for it! GB il n'y a rien à faire ; you get nothing for nothing on n'a rien sans rien. -
3 else
else [els](a) (after indefinite pronoun) d'autre;∎ anybody or anyone else (at all) n'importe qui d'autre, toute autre personne; (in addition) quelqu'un d'autre;∎ anyone else would have phoned the police n'importe qui d'autre aurait appelé la police;∎ is there anybody else? y a-t-il quelqu'un d'autre?;∎ I couldn't find anyone else to help me je n'ai pu trouver personne d'autre pour m'aider;∎ he's no cleverer than anybody else il n'est pas plus intelligent qu'un autre;∎ it couldn't be anyone else's ça ne pouvait être celui de personne d'autre;∎ would you like or will there be anything else? (in shop) vous fallait-il autre chose?; (in restaurant) désirez-vous autre chose?;∎ he wouldn't accept anything else il n'a rien voulu accepter d'autre;∎ I couldn't do anything else but or except apologize je ne pouvais (rien faire d'autre) que m'excuser;∎ anywhere else ailleurs;∎ I haven't got anywhere else or I've got nowhere else to go je n'ai nulle part ailleurs où aller;∎ everybody else tous les autres;∎ everything else tout le reste;∎ everywhere else partout ailleurs;∎ everywhere else was shut (other shops) tous les autres magasins étaient fermés;∎ there is little else we can do nous ne pouvons pas faire grand-chose d'autre;∎ and much else (besides) et beaucoup de choses encore;∎ there isn't much else to be done il ne reste pas beaucoup à faire; (we've no choice) il n'y a pas grand chose d'autre à faire;∎ nobody or no one else personne d'autre;∎ nothing else rien d'autre;∎ we're alive, nothing else matters nous sommes vivants, c'est tout ce qui compte;∎ there's nothing else for it il n'y a rien d'autre à faire;∎ nowhere else nulle part ailleurs;∎ there's nowhere else I'd rather be but here c'est ici et nulle part ailleurs que je veux être;∎ somebody or someone else quelqu'un d'autre;∎ this is somebody else's c'est à quelqu'un d'autre;∎ something else autre chose, quelque chose d'autre;∎ somewhere or American someplace else ailleurs, autre part;∎ if all else fails en dernier recours;∎ it'll teach him a lesson, if nothing else au moins, ça lui servira de leçon;∎ familiar he's/she's/it's something else! il est/elle est/c'est incroyable!;∎ familiar the price of petrol is something else! bonjour le prix de l'essence!(b) (after interrogative pronoun) (in addition) d'autre;∎ what/who else? quoi/qui d'autre?;∎ what else can I do? que puis-je faire d'autre?;∎ who else but Frank? qui d'autre que Frank?;∎ you think they'll give the prize to Jameson? - who else? tu crois qu'ils attribueront le prix à Jameson? - à qui d'autre veux-tu qu'ils le donnent?;∎ how/why else would I do it? comment/pourquoi le ferais-je sinon?;∎ where else would he be? où peut-il être à part là?;∎ so we're all meeting at Cleo's - where else? alors, on se retrouve tous chez Cleo - où d'autre?∎ come tomorrow or else it will be too late venez demain, autrement il sera trop tard;∎ he must be joking, or else he's mad il plaisante, ou bien alors il est fou;∎ do what I tell you or else! fais ce que je te dis, sinon! -
4 nothing
1. noun1) nichtsnothing more, nothing less — nicht mehr, nicht weniger
I should like nothing more than something/to do something — ich würde etwas nur zu gern haben/tun
next to nothing — so gut wie nichts
it's nothing less than suicidal to do this — es ist reiner od. glatter Selbstmord, dies zu tun
nothing else than, nothing [else] but — nur
there was nothing [else] for it but to do something — es blieb nichts anderes übrig, als etwas zu tun
he is nothing if not active — wenn er eins ist, dann [ist er] aktiv
there is nothing in it — (in race etc.) es ist noch nichts entschieden; (it is untrue) es ist nichts daran wahr
nothing ventured nothing gained — (prov.) wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt (Spr.)
£300 is nothing to him — 300 Pfund sind ein Klacks für ihn (ugs.)
have [got] or be nothing to do with somebody/something — (not concern) nichts zu tun haben mit jemandem/etwas
have nothing to do with somebody/something — (avoid) jemandem/einer Sache aus dem Weg gehen
[not] for nothing — [nicht] umsonst
count or go for nothing — (be unappreciated) [Person:] nicht zählen; (be profitless) [Arbeit, Bemühung:] umsonst od. vergebens sein
have [got] nothing on somebody/something — (be inferior to) nicht mit jemandem/etwas zu vergleichen sein
have [got] nothing on somebody — (know nothing bad about) nichts gegen jemanden in der Hand haben
have nothing on — (be naked) nichts anhaben; (have no engagements) nichts vorhaben
make nothing of something — (make light of) keine große Sache aus etwas machen; (not understand) mit etwas nichts anfangen [können]
it means nothing to me — (is not understood) ich werde nicht klug daraus; (is not loved) es bedeutet mir nichts
2) (zero)multiply by nothing — mit null multiplizieren
2. adverbsoft or sweet nothings — Zärtlichkeiten Pl.
nothing near so bad as... — nicht annähernd so schlecht wie...
* * *1. pronoun 2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).) die Null3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) keineswegs- academic.ru/50559/nothingness">nothingness- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing! - there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing of* * *noth·ing[ˈnʌθɪŋ]1. (not anything) nichtsthere is \nothing like a good cup of coffee es geht nichts über eine gute Tasse Kaffeehe's \nothing if not charming wenn er eines ist, dann charmantall or \nothing alles oder nichts▪ \nothing but nur, nichts als\nothing but lies nichts als Lügen\nothing interesting/new/special nichts Interessantes/Neues/Besonderesto do/say \nothing nichts tun/sagento know \nothing about sth über etw akk nichts wissen\nothing else nichts weiterthere's \nothing else we can do to help es gibt nichts mehr, was wir tun könnenI have \nothing on for Thursday ich habe am Donnerstag noch nichts vor2. (of no importance) nichtswhat are you laughing at? — oh, \nothing, sir worüber lachen Sie? — oh nichts, Sir\nothing much nicht vielmoney means \nothing to him Geld bedeutet ihm nichtsit's \nothing to do with me das hat nichts mit mir zu tunthirty minus thirty is \nothing dreißig minus dreißig ist nullto weigh 60 kg \nothing genau 60 kg wiegenthe score so far is Yankees eighteen, Red Sox \nothing die Yankees haben bisher achtzehn Punkte, die Red Sox null5.▶ like \nothing [else] on earth einfach schrecklichto look like \nothing [else] on earth einfach unmöglich aussehen▶ [all] for \nothing [vollkommen] umsonst▶ not for \nothing nicht umsonstthere's \nothing for it but to get some extra help es bleibt keine andere Wahl, als zusätzliche Hilfe anzufordern▶ there's \nothing in it es ist nichts dranI heard the rumour, but there's \nothing in it ich habe das Gerücht gehört, aber das ist völlig aus der Luft gegriffen▶ to be \nothing less/more than... nichts Geringeres/weiter sein, als...their goal was \nothing less than creating a revolutionary new technology ihr Ziel war kein geringeres, als eine revolutionäre neue Technologie zu entwickelnhe is \nothing more than an amateur er ist bloß ein Amateur▶ \nothing like sth alles andere als etw▶ think \nothing of it keine Ursache!▶ there's \nothing to it (easy) dazu gehört [o SCHWEIZ das braucht] nicht viel; (not true) da ist nichts dran famwindsurfing is easy — there's \nothing to it Windsurfen ist einfach — da gehört nichts dazuhe's a \nothing er ist ein Niemandthat was a mere \nothing das war doch nur eine Kleinigkeit3.1. (not) überhaupt nichtto look \nothing like sb/sth jdm/etw nicht ähnlich sehento look \nothing like the others nicht wie die anderen aussehen3.the party was \nothing short of a disaster die Party war ein völliges Desaster* * *['nʌɵɪŋ]1. n, pron, adv1) nichtsnothing pleases him —
2) (with vb) nichts£500 is nothing to her —
she is nothing (compared) to her sister — sie ist nichts im Vergleich zu ihrer Schwester
that's nothing to what is to come — das ist noch gar nichts im Vergleich zu dem, was noch kommen wird
I can make nothing of it — das sagt mir nichts, ich werde daraus nicht schlau
he thinks nothing of doing that — er findet nichts dabei(, das zu tun)
think nothing of it —
will you come? – nothing doing! (inf) — kommst du? – ausgeschlossen! or kein Gedanke (inf)
I tried, but there's nothing doing (inf) — ich habs versucht, aber keine Chance (inf) or aber da ist nichts zu machen
3)there's nothing (else) for it, we'll have to... — da hilft alles nichts, wir müssen...
there was nothing in it for me — das hat sich für mich nicht gelohnt, ich hatte nichts davon; (financially also) dabei sprang nichts für mich heraus (inf)
or rumor (US) — das Gerücht ist völlig unfundiert or aus der Luft gegriffen, an dem Gerücht ist nichts (Wahres)
that is nothing to you — für dich ist das doch gar nichts
4)he does nothing but eat — er isst nur or ständig, er tut nichts anderes als essen
it was nothing like as big as we thought — es war lange nicht so groß, wie wir dachten
5)in nothing flat (US inf) — in null Komma nichts (inf)
you don't know from nothing (US inf) — du hast (überhaupt) keine Ahnung (inf)
2. n2) (= thing, person of no value) Nichts ntit's a mere nothing compared to what he spent last year —
thank you – it was nothing — danke – das war doch selbstverständlich
don't apologize, it's nothing — entschuldige dich nicht, es ist nicht der Rede wert
what's wrong with you? – (it's) nothing — was ist mit dir los? – nichts
to whisper sweet nothings to sb — jdm Zärtlichkeiten ins Ohr flüstern
* * *nothing [ˈnʌθıŋ]A pron nichts (of von):as if nothing had happened als ob nichts passiert sei;nothing much nicht (sehr) viel, nichts BedeutendesB s1. Nichts n:for nothing umsonst:a) kostenlosb) grundlosc) vergeblich; → Bes Redew2. fig Nichts n, Unwichtigkeit f3. Kleinigkeit f, Nichts n4. pl Nichtigkeiten pl, leere Redensarten pl:5. Null f (auch Person)C adv umg durchaus nicht, keineswegs:nothing like so bad as bei Weitem nicht so schlecht wie;nothing like complete alles andere als oder längst nicht vollständigD int (in Antworten) umg nichts dergleichen!, keine Spur!, Unsinn!Besondere Redewendungen: good for nothing zu nichts zu gebrauchen;nothing additional nichts weiter;nothing doing umga) das kommt nicht infrage!,b) nichts zu machen! nothing but nichts als, nur;nothing if not courageous sehr mutig;not for nothing nicht umsonst, nicht ohne Grund;(in) nothing flat umg im Handumdrehen;that’s nothingb) das gilt nicht that’s nothing to das ist nichts im Vergleich zu;that is nothing to what we have seen das ist nichts gegen das, was wir gesehen haben;that’s nothing to me das bedeutet mir nichts;that is nothing to you das geht dich nichts an;he is nothing to me er bedeutet mir nichts, er ist mir gleichgültig;a) da ist nichts dabei, das ist ganz einfach,end in nothing sich in nichts auflösen;feel like nothing on earth umg sich hundeelend fühlen;a) nicht viel Wesens von etwas machen,b) sich nichts aus etwas machen I can make nothing of him (it) ich kann mit ihm (damit) nichts anfangen, ich werde aus ihm (daraus) nicht schlau;say nothing of (Redew) ganz zu schweigen von;think nothing of nichts halten von, sich nichts machen aus;think nothing of doing sth nichts dabei finden, etwas zu tun; → daunt 1, go1 C 23, have Bes Redew, kind1 1* * *1. noun1) nichtsnothing more, nothing less — nicht mehr, nicht weniger
I should like nothing more than something/to do something — ich würde etwas nur zu gern haben/tun
it's nothing less than suicidal to do this — es ist reiner od. glatter Selbstmord, dies zu tun
nothing else than, nothing [else] but — nur
there was nothing [else] for it but to do something — es blieb nichts anderes übrig, als etwas zu tun
he is nothing if not active — wenn er eins ist, dann [ist er] aktiv
there is nothing in it — (in race etc.) es ist noch nichts entschieden; (it is untrue) es ist nichts daran wahr
nothing ventured nothing gained — (prov.) wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt (Spr.)
£300 is nothing to him — 300 Pfund sind ein Klacks für ihn (ugs.)
have [got] or be nothing to do with somebody/something — (not concern) nichts zu tun haben mit jemandem/etwas
have nothing to do with somebody/something — (avoid) jemandem/einer Sache aus dem Weg gehen
[not] for nothing — [nicht] umsonst
count or go for nothing — (be unappreciated) [Person:] nicht zählen; (be profitless) [Arbeit, Bemühung:] umsonst od. vergebens sein
have [got] nothing on somebody/something — (be inferior to) nicht mit jemandem/etwas zu vergleichen sein
have [got] nothing on somebody — (know nothing bad about) nichts gegen jemanden in der Hand haben
have nothing on — (be naked) nichts anhaben; (have no engagements) nichts vorhaben
make nothing of something — (make light of) keine große Sache aus etwas machen; (not understand) mit etwas nichts anfangen [können]
it means nothing to me — (is not understood) ich werde nicht klug daraus; (is not loved) es bedeutet mir nichts
2) (zero)2. adverbsoft or sweet nothings — Zärtlichkeiten Pl.
nothing near so bad as... — nicht annähernd so schlecht wie...
* * *adv.nichts adv. n.Null -en f. -
5 nothing
1. pronoun(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) nada
2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).)
3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) de ningún modo, de ninguna manera- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing of
nothing pron nadatr['nʌɵɪŋ]1 nada1 de ningún modo, de ninguna manera\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLfor nothing familiar gratisnothing but... únicamente..., solo...nothing doing familiar ni hablarnothing else nada másnothing much nada de interésthere's nothing to it es facilísimoto say nothing of... por no hablar de...nothing ['nʌɵɪŋ] adv1) : de ninguna maneranothing daunted, we carried on: sin amilanarnos, seguimos adelante2)nothing like : no...en nadahe's nothing like his brother: no se parece en nada a su hermanonothing n1) nothingness: nada f2) zero: cero m3) : persona f de poca importancia, cero m4) trifle: nimiedad fnothing pron: nadathere's nothing better: no hay nada mejornothing else: nada másnothing but: solamentethey mean nothing to me: ellos me son indiferentesadv.• de ninguna manera adv.• en absoluto adv.• nada adv.n.• cero s.m.• nada s.f.• nadería s.f.pron.• nada pron.
I 'nʌθɪŋ1) nadait's better than nothing, I suppose — hombre, peor es nada
there's nothing in it: this one may cost a bit more but there's nothing in it really puede que éste cueste algo más pero la diferencia es mínima; there's nothing to it — ( it's easy) es muy fácil; ( it's groundless) no es cierto
2) (in phrases)for nothing: she gave it to me for nothing me lo dio gratis; it was all for nothing todo fue en vano; not for nothing was he called Ivan the Terrible no en vano or no por nada se le llamaba Iván el Terrible; if nothing else al menos, por lo menos; nothing but: she's caused nothing but trouble no ha causado (nada) más que problemas; nothing if not: he's nothing if not reliable es totalmente de fiar; nothing less than: it's nothing less than scandalous es verdaderamente escandaloso; nothing like: there's nothing like a shower to freshen you up no hay (nada) como una ducha para refrescarse; there's nothing like it es lo mejor que hay; she's nothing like her mother no se parece en nada a su madre; nothing more than: it's nothing more than a scratch no es más que un rasguño; nothing much: nothing much happened no pasó gran cosa; nothing short of: the consequences would be nothing short of disastrous — las consecuencias no serían ni más ni menos que desastrosas
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1) ( Math) cero m2) ( worthless thing)['nʌθɪŋ]this is a mere nothing to what they spend on food and drink — esto no es nada comparado con lo que gastan en comida y bebida
1.PRON nada f; (=nought) cero m•
to come to nothing — parar en nada, quedarse en aguas de borraja•
nothing doing! — ¡de ninguna manera!, ¡ni hablar!it is not for nothing that... — no es sin motivo que..., por algo será que...
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there was nothing for it but to pay — no había más remedio or (LAm) no nos quedaba otra que pagar•
to build up a business from nothing — crear un negocio de la nada•
he is nothing if not careful — es de lo más cauteloso•
there is nothing in the rumours — los rumores no tienen nada de verdadthere's nothing in it — (in race) van muy iguales
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I could make nothing of what he said — no entendí nada or no pude sacar nada en claro de lo que dijo•
a mere nothing — una nimiedad•
it's nothing more than a rumour — es simplemente un rumor•
nothing much — poco, no mucho•
next to nothing — casi nada•
I'm nothing of a swimmer — yo nado bastante mal•
to have nothing on — (=naked) estar desnudo; (=not busy) estar libre•
it's nothing to be proud of — no es motivo para enorgullecerse•
to say nothing of... — sin mencionar..., amén de...•
to get something for nothing — obtener algo gratis•
there's nothing special about it — no tiene nada de particular•
to stop at nothing — no pararse en barras•
to think nothing of — tener en pocohe thinks nothing of walking 30km — para él no tiene importancia or no es nada recorrer 30km a pie
think nothing of it! — ¡no hay de qué!, ¡no tiene cuidado! (LAm)
all 2., 4), do with, kind 2., 1), like I, 2., 1), next 2., 4), e), short 1., 3), sort 1., 1)•
there's nothing to it! — ¡es facilísimo!See:see cultural note ZERO in zero in on2.ADVless 2.•
it's nothing like him — el retrato no se le parece en nada3.Na mere nothing — una friolera, una bagatela
- whisper sweet nothings to sb* * *
I ['nʌθɪŋ]1) nadait's better than nothing, I suppose — hombre, peor es nada
there's nothing in it: this one may cost a bit more but there's nothing in it really puede que éste cueste algo más pero la diferencia es mínima; there's nothing to it — ( it's easy) es muy fácil; ( it's groundless) no es cierto
2) (in phrases)for nothing: she gave it to me for nothing me lo dio gratis; it was all for nothing todo fue en vano; not for nothing was he called Ivan the Terrible no en vano or no por nada se le llamaba Iván el Terrible; if nothing else al menos, por lo menos; nothing but: she's caused nothing but trouble no ha causado (nada) más que problemas; nothing if not: he's nothing if not reliable es totalmente de fiar; nothing less than: it's nothing less than scandalous es verdaderamente escandaloso; nothing like: there's nothing like a shower to freshen you up no hay (nada) como una ducha para refrescarse; there's nothing like it es lo mejor que hay; she's nothing like her mother no se parece en nada a su madre; nothing more than: it's nothing more than a scratch no es más que un rasguño; nothing much: nothing much happened no pasó gran cosa; nothing short of: the consequences would be nothing short of disastrous — las consecuencias no serían ni más ni menos que desastrosas
II
1) ( Math) cero m2) ( worthless thing) -
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adverb1) (besides, in addition) sonst [noch]anybody/anything else? — sonst noch jemand/etwas?
don't mention it to anybody else — erwähnen Sie es gegenüber niemandem sonst
somebody/something else — [noch] jemand anders/noch etwas
everybody/everything else — alle anderen/alles andere
nobody else — niemand sonst; sonst niemand
nothing else — sonst od. weiter nichts
anywhere else? — anderswo? (ugs.); woanders?
somewhere else — anderswo (ugs.); woanders
go somewhere else — anderswohin (ugs.) od. woandershin gehen
little else — kaum noch etwas; nur noch wenig
much else — [noch] vieles andere od. mehr
not much else — nicht mehr viel; nur noch wenig
who/what/when/how else? — wer/was/wann/wie sonst noch?
where else? — wo/wohin sonst noch?
2) (instead) ander...somebody else's hat — der Hut von jemand anders od. jemand anderem (ugs.)
anybody/anything else? — [irgend] jemand anders/etwas anderes?
anyone else but Joe would have realized that — jeder [andere] außer Joe hätte das bemerkt
somebody/something else — jemand anders/etwas anderes
everybody/everything else — alle anderen/alles andere
nobody/nothing else — niemand anders/nichts anderes
anywhere else? — anderswo? (ugs.); woanders?
somewhere else — anderswo (ugs.); woanders
his mind was/his thoughts were somewhere else — im Geist/mit seinen Gedanken war er woanders
everywhere else — überall anders; überall sonst
who else [but]? — wer anders [als]?
what else can I do? — was kann ich anderes machen?
how else would you do it? — wie würden Sie es anders od. sonst machen?
3) (otherwise) sonst; anderenfallsdo it or else...! — tun Sie es, sonst...!
do it or else! — (coll.) tu es gefälligst!
* * *[els]adjective, adverb(besides; other than that already mentioned: What else can I do? Can we go anywhere else?; He took someone else's pencil.) andere (-r/-s)- academic.ru/23825/elsewhere">elsewhere- or else* * *[els]adv invwhy \else would he come? warum sollte er denn sonst kommen?if all \else fails... wenn alle Stricke reißen...this must be someone \else's bag die Tasche muss jemand anderem [o jemand anders] gehörenI didn't tell anybody \else ich habe es niemand anders [o niemand anderem] erzähltanyone \else but her would have left jede andere wäre gegangensomething \else etwas anderessomewhere \else woandersshe doesn't want to live anywhere \else sie will nirgendwo [o nirgends] anders lebendoes this exist anywhere \else? gibt es das noch irgendwo anders?everything \else alles andereeverywhere \else überall sonstnothing \else would do alles andere wäre inakzeptabelhow/what/where/who \else...? wie/was/wo/wer sonst...?2. (additional) sonst nochwhy \else should I stay? warum sollte ich denn sonst noch bleiben?there's not much \else you could do viel mehr kannst du nicht machenI don't want anyone \else but you to come ich will, dass außer dir [sonst] keiner kommtsomething \else sonst noch etwasthe police could not detect anything \else die Polizei konnte nichts mehr herausfindenanything \else, madam? darf es sonst noch etwas sein?somewhere \else noch woandersshould I look somewhere \else? soll ich noch woanders suchen?no, thank you, nothing \else nein danke, das ist allesthere's nothing \else for me to do here es gibt hier nichts mehr für mich zu tunhe just hates me and nothing \else er hasst mich einfach!if nothing \else, you'll earn a lot of money auf jeden Fall wirst du viel Geld verdienenwhat/where/who \else...? was/wo/wer... sonst noch...?what \else can I do? was kann ich sonst noch tun?3. (otherwise) sonst, andernfallsyou'd better go now, [or] \else you'll miss the bus du solltest besser gehen, sonst verpasst du noch den Busshe's either... or \else... entweder sie ist... oder...* * *[els]adv1) (after pron) andere(r, s)is there anybody else there? (in addition) — ist sonst (noch) jemand da?
since John doesn't want it, does anybody else want it? — da John es nicht will, will jemand anders es haben?
somebody else —
is there somebody else?, she asked — ist da jemand anders?, fragte sie
do you find this species anywhere else? — findet man die Gattung sonst wo or auch anderswo?
something else — etwas anderes, sonst etwas
will there be anything else, sir? (in shop) — darf es sonst noch etwas sein?; (butler) haben Sie sonst noch Wünsche?
everyone/everything else — alle anderen/alles andere
2)from somewhere else — anderswoher, woandersher, von woanders
3)nobody else understood — sonst hat es niemand verstanden, niemand anders hat es verstanden
nothing else — sonst nichts, nichts anderes
what do you want? – nothing else, thank you —
that this is a result of the cold and nothing else — dass dies allein auf die Kälte zurückzuführen ist
if nothing else, you'll enjoy it — auf jeden Fall wird es dir Spaß machen
there's nothing else for it but to... — da gibt es keinen anderen Ausweg, als zu...
nowhere else — sonst nirgends or nirgendwo, nirgendwo anders; (with motion) sonst nirgendwohin, nirgendwo anders hin
I can think of little else — ich kann fast an nichts anderes mehr denken
4)where else? — wo sonst?, wo anders?who else but John could have done a thing like that? — wer anders als John hätte so etwas tun können?
5)(adv of quantity)
they sell books and toys and much else (Brit) — sie führen Bücher, Spielzeug und vieles andere6) (= otherwise, if not) sonst, andernfallsdo it now (or) else you'll be punished — tu es jetzt, sonst setzt es Strafe or oder es setzt Strafe
do it or else...! — mach das, sonst or oder...!
he's either a genius or else he's completely mad — er ist entweder ein Genie oder aber völlig verrückt
* * *else [els] adv1. (in Fragen und Verneinungen) sonst, weiter, außerdem:anything else? sonst noch etwas?;what else can we do? was können wir sonst noch tun?;no one else, nobody else niemand sonst oder anders;nothing else sonst nichts;it is nobody else’s business es geht sonst niemanden etwas an;where else? wo anders?, wo sonst (noch);nowhere else sonst nirgends2. ander(e, e, es):that’s something else das ist etwas anderes;everybody else alle anderen oder Übrigen;somebody else’s seat der (Sitz)Platz eines anderenhurry, (or) else you will be late beeile dich, oder du kommst zu spät oder sonst kommst du zu spät;or else! (drohend) oder (es passiert was)!, sonst (passiert was)!* * *adverb1) (besides, in addition) sonst [noch]anybody/anything else? — sonst noch jemand/etwas?
somebody/something else — [noch] jemand anders/noch etwas
everybody/everything else — alle anderen/alles andere
nobody else — niemand sonst; sonst niemand
nothing else — sonst od. weiter nichts
anywhere else? — anderswo? (ugs.); woanders?
somewhere else — anderswo (ugs.); woanders
go somewhere else — anderswohin (ugs.) od. woandershin gehen
little else — kaum noch etwas; nur noch wenig
much else — [noch] vieles andere od. mehr
not much else — nicht mehr viel; nur noch wenig
who/what/when/how else? — wer/was/wann/wie sonst noch?
where else? — wo/wohin sonst noch?
2) (instead) ander...somebody else's hat — der Hut von jemand anders od. jemand anderem (ugs.)
anybody/anything else? — [irgend] jemand anders/etwas anderes?
anyone else but Joe would have realized that — jeder [andere] außer Joe hätte das bemerkt
somebody/something else — jemand anders/etwas anderes
everybody/everything else — alle anderen/alles andere
nobody/nothing else — niemand anders/nichts anderes
anywhere else? — anderswo? (ugs.); woanders?
somewhere else — anderswo (ugs.); woanders
his mind was/his thoughts were somewhere else — im Geist/mit seinen Gedanken war er woanders
everywhere else — überall anders; überall sonst
there's not much else we can do but... — wir können kaum etwas anderes tun, als...
who else [but]? — wer anders [als]?
how else would you do it? — wie würden Sie es anders od. sonst machen?
3) (otherwise) sonst; anderenfallsdo it or else...! — tun Sie es, sonst...!
do it or else! — (coll.) tu es gefälligst!
* * *adv.anderenfalls adv.andernfalls adv.anders adv.sonst adv.sonst noch adv. -
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1. [ʹnʌθıŋ] n1. пустяк, мелочьsweet /soft/ nothings - нежности, сладкие слова, любовные уверения
2. 1) нольthe score was three to nothing - спорт. счёт был три - ноль
2) нуль, ничтожество, пустое место ( о человеке)3. 1) отсутствие (чего-л.); пустотаyou can live here for next to nothing - здесь можно жить очень дёшево /почти даром/
2) небытие, нереальность; полное исчезновениеto fade away into nothing - растаять; постепенно исчезнуть
4. церк. атеист, безбожник2. [ʹnʌθıŋ] advCatholics, Protestants and people who are nothing - католики, протестанты и неверующие
нисколько, совсем нет, ни в малейшей степениnothing like so /as/ good - совсем не такой хороший
to be nothing the worse for smth. - ни в малейшей степени не пострадать от чего-л.
it is nothing like it used to be - совсем не похоже на то, что было; ≅ узнать нельзя, ничего похожего
is nothing near so extensive - отнюдь /далеко/ не является таким обширным
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nothing like - нет ничего лучшеthere is nothing like doing things at once - самое лучшее ничего не откладывать
3. [ʹnʌθıŋ] indef pronnothing like leather см. leather I ♢
1. ничегоno nothing - шутл. решительно ничего
to come to nothing - кончиться ничем /безрезультатно/
nothing pleases him - ему ничего /ничто/ не нравится
there is nothing in /to/ it - разг. а) это несущественно /неважно/; не стоит об этом говорить; б) в этом нет ни слова правды, это выдумка
to have nothing to do with - не иметь никакого отношения к /ничего общего с/
it has nothing to do with me - это меня не касается, это не моё дело
is it gold? - Gold nothing; it's pinchbeck - это золото? - Какое там золото! Это подделка
little or nothing, next to nothing - почти ничего
there is little or nothing the matter with him - ничего серьёзного у него нет
he has nothing to say for himself - а) он не умеет себя поставить /заставить считаться с собой/; б) он не умеет постоять за себя
nothing very much - ничего особенного; ничего собой не представляет
2. 1) ничто (по сравнению с кем-л., чем-л.)nothing to smth. - ничто по сравнению с чем-л.
nothing to smth. - ничто по сравнению с чем-л.
that's nothing to what followed - это ничто по сравнению с тем, что было дальше
2) ничто (для кого-л.)that is nothing to him - это его не касается /не трогает, не интересует/
she is nothing to him - она его не интересует, она не существует для него
it is nothing to me whether he comes or not - мне совершенно безразлично, придёт он или нет
3. (of) ничего от, ни в малейшей степени неnothing of the kind /of the sort/ - ничего подобного
he has nothing of his father in him - в нём нет ничего отцовского /от отца/
he is nothing of a scholar - в нём нет ничего от /никаких качеств/ учёного
4. в сочетаниях:nothing but - только, ничто кроме
nothing else than /but/ - не что иное как, просто-напросто; только; ничто кроме
nothing but force, nothing else than force - только сила; ничто кроме силы; не что иное, как сила
nothing for it but - ничего другого как; нет иного выхода кроме
there is nothing for it but to go - ничего не поделаешь, придётся уходить
there was nothing for it but to submit - оставалось только подчиниться; пришлось уступить
you walked back? - There was nothing else for it - вы возвращались пешком? - Больше ничего не оставалось делать
nothing if not - прежде всего; крайне, в высшей степени
I am nothing if not critical - я не хвалить привык, а придираться
nothing doing - а) в ответ на просьбу, вопрос нет; нельзя; не согласен; ничего нет (о работе и т. п.); б) ничего подобного; номер не пройдёт; в) ничего не получилось; неудача!; ничего не попишешь
to make nothing of - а) ( после can) не понять, не разобраться; I could make nothing of his letter - я совершенно не понял его письма; I can make nothing of him - я в нём не разобрался, не возьму в толк, что он за человек; б) перед существительным пренебрегать; to make nothing of one's illness - не обращать внимания на свою болезнь; в) перед существительным не использовать; he made nothing of his opportunities - он не использовал своих возможностей; г) преим. перед герундием не задумываться, не останавливаться (перед чем-л.), относиться как к (чему-л.) обычному
nothing on earth - а) ничто на свете; б) никуда негодный
his hat looked like nothing on earth - его шляпа была ни на что не похожа /имела ужасный вид/
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for nothing - а) даром, бесплатно; б) без оснований; they quarrelled for nothing - они поссорились из-за пустяка; в) зря, напрасноto dance on nothing - сл. ≅ умереть на виселице [букв. сплясать на пустом месте]
to have nothing on - а) не иметь преимущества (перед чем-л., кем-л.); the pictures in the Louvre have nothing on those in the National Gallery - картины Национальной галереи ни в чём не уступят картинам Лувра; б) сл. не иметь претензий (к кому-л.), жалоб (на кого-л.); в) не иметь сведений, особ. компрометирующих
to think nothing of smth. - а) пренебрегать чем-л.; б) не останавливаться перед чем-л.
we think nothing of this steep ascent - этот крутой подъём для нас - пустяки
nothing great is easy - посл. всё великое даётся нелегко
nothing venture, nothing win /have/ - посл. без риска нет победы; ≅ волков бояться, в лес не ходить
nothing new under the sun - ≅ ничто не ново под луной
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1) ( not anything) nichts;he's \nothing if not charming wenn er eines ist, dann charmant;to do/say \nothing nichts tun/sagen;to gain \nothing by doing sth durch etw akk nichts erreichen;to have \nothing on nichts anhaben;to know \nothing about sth über etw akk nichts wissen;to make \nothing of doing sth nichts für etw akk tun;\nothing else nichts weiter;there's \nothing else we can do to help es gibt nichts mehr, was wir tun können;with \nothing on unbekleidet;to sleep with \nothing on nackt schlafen;\nothing but lies nichts als Lügen2) ( of no importance or concern) nichts;what are you laughing at? - oh, \nothing, sir worüber lachen Sie? - oh nichts, Sir;\nothing much nicht viel;money means \nothing to him Geld bedeutet ihm nichts;thirty minus thirty is \nothing dreißig minus dreißig ist nullthe score is Yankees three, Red Sox \nothing die Yankees haben drei Punkte, die Red Sox nullPHRASES:like \nothing [else] on earth wie nichts [anderes] auf dieser Welt;to look like \nothing [else] on earth aussehen wie nichts [anderes] auf dieser Welt;all or \nothing alles oder nichts;to be \nothing less/more than... nichts Geringeres/weiter sein, als...;their goal was \nothing less than creating a revolutionary new technology ihr Ziel war kein geringeres, als eine revolutionäre neue Technologie zu entwickeln;he is \nothing more than an amateur er ist bloß ein Amateur;to have \nothing on ( be free) nichts vorhaben;to be \nothing special nichts Besonderes sein;it's \nothing to do with me das hat nichts mit mir zu tun;think \nothing of it keine Ursache!;[all] for \nothing [vollkommen] umsonst;not for \nothing nicht umsonst;there's \nothing for it but to do sth ( Brit) es bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als etw zu tun;there's \nothing for it but to get some extra help es bleibt keine andere Wahl, als zusätzliche Hilfe anzufordern;there's \nothing in it es ist nichts dran;I heard the rumour, but there's \nothing in it ich habe das Gerücht gehört, aber das ist völlig aus der Luft gegriffen;there's \nothing to it dazu gehört nicht viel;windsurfing is easy - there's \nothing to it Windsurfen ist einfach - da gehört nichts dazu adjhe's a \nothing er ist ein Niemand adv1) ( not) überhaupt nicht;to look \nothing like sb/ sth jdm/etw nicht ähnlich sehen;to look \nothing like the others nicht wie die anderen aussehenPHRASES:\nothing daunted ( esp Brit) unverzagt;to be \nothing short of sth ganz genau auf etw akk zutreffen;the party was \nothing short of a disaster die Party war ein völliges Desaster -
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nothing [ˈnʌθɪŋ]1. pronouna. rien• nothing to eat/read rien à manger/à lire► nothing + adjective rien de• nothing new/interesting rien de nouveau/d'intéressant• to say nothing of... sans parler de...• nothing of the kind! absolument pas !• to think nothing of doing sth ( = consider normal) trouver naturel de faire qch ; ( = do without thinking) faire qch sans y penser ; ( = do unscrupulously) n'avoir aucun scrupule à faire qch• think nothing of it! ( = don't thank me) mais je vous en prie !• don't apologize, it's nothing ne vous excusez pas, ce n'est rien• £500 is nothing to her 500 livres, ce n'est rien pour elle• he had nothing to say for himself ( = no explanation) il n'avait aucune excuse ; ( = no conversation) il n'avait pas de conversation• I have nothing against him/the idea je n'ai rien contre lui/cette idée• there's nothing to it (inf) c'est facile (comme tout (inf)) (PROV) nothing ventured nothing gained(PROV) qui ne risque rien n'a rien• all his fame counted for nothing toute sa gloire ne comptait pour rien► nothing in...• there's nothing in it ( = not interesting) c'est sans intérêt ; ( = not true) ce n'est absolument pas vrai ; ( = no difference) c'est du pareil au même ; (in contest = very close) c'est très serré• Oxford is leading, but there's nothing in it Oxford est en tête, mais c'est très serré2. nouna. ( = zero) zéro m• it's a mere nothing compared with what he spent last year ça n'est rien en comparaison de ce qu'il a dépensé l'an dernier3. adverb* * *['nʌθɪŋ] 1.she's just a friend, nothing more or less — c'est une amie, c'est tout
to stop at nothing — ne reculer devant rien ( to do pour faire)
to have nothing on — ( no clothes) être nu; (no engagements, plans) n'avoir rien de prévu
you've got nothing on me! — (colloq) ( to incriminate) vous n'avez rien contre moi!
he's got nothing on you! — (colloq) ( to rival) il ne t'arrive pas à la cheville! (colloq)
he means ou is nothing to me — il n'est rien pour moi
it meant nothing to him — ça lui était complètement égal (that, whether que + subj)
to think nothing of doing — ( consider normal) trouver tout à fait normal de faire; ( not baulk at) ne pas hésiter à faire
for nothing — ( for free) gratuitement; ( pointlessly) pour rien
there's nothing like it! — il n'y a rien de tel or de mieux!
2.there's nothing in it — (in gossip, rumour) il n'y a rien de vrai là-dedans; (in magazine, booklet) c'est sans intérêt
3.she is or looks nothing like her sister — elle ne ressemble pas du tout à sa sœur
4.to be nothing without somebody/something — ne rien être sans quelqu'un/quelque chose
noun néant m5.it's a mere nothing compared to — ce n'est pratiquement rien par rapport à; sweet
nothing but adverbial phrase6.they've done nothing but moan — (colloq) ils n'ont fait que râler (colloq)
nothing less than adverbial phrase7.nothing more than adverbial phrase -
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nothing ['nʌθɪŋ]1 pronounne… rien;∎ she forgets nothing elle n'oublie rien;∎ nothing has been decided rien n'a été décidé;∎ nothing can beat French cooking il n'y a rien de mieux que la cuisine française;∎ I have nothing to drink je n'ai rien à boire;∎ what are you doing? - nothing que faites-vous? - rien;∎ it's better than nothing c'est mieux que rien;∎ to have nothing to do with sb/sth n'avoir rien à voir avec qn/qch;∎ it's got nothing to do with you ça ne te concerne absolument pas;∎ I told them nothing at all je ne leur ai rien dit du tout;∎ I have nothing else to say je n'ai rien d'autre à dire;∎ it looks like nothing on earth c'est ridicule;∎ nothing serious rien de grave;∎ that's nothing new ce n'est pas nouveau;∎ that's nothing unusual cela n'a rien d'anormal;∎ there's nothing exceptional about him arriving late il n'y a rien d'exceptionnel à ce qu'il arrive en retard;∎ nothing much pas grand-chose;∎ there is nothing more to be said il n'y a plus rien à dire;∎ nothing could be simpler rien de plus simple, c'est tout ce qu'il y a de plus simple;∎ they're always fighting over nothing ils passent leur temps à se disputer pour des broutilles ou des riens;∎ she gets angry about nothing elle se fâche pour un rien;∎ reduced to nothing réduit à néant;∎ you can't live on nothing on ne peut pas vivre de rien;∎ there's nothing to cry/worry about il n'y a pas de quoi pleurer/s'inquiéter;∎ there's nothing for it but to start again il n'y a plus qu'à recommencer;∎ there's nothing in it (no difference) il n'y a aucune différence; (in choosing between two candidates) ils se valent, il n'y a aucune différence entre eux; (in race) ils sont à égalité;∎ there's nothing in or to these rumours ces rumeurs sont dénuées de tout fondement;∎ there's nothing to it! (it's easy) c'est simple (comme bonjour)!;∎ there's nothing like a nice hot bath rien de tel qu'un bon bain chaud;∎ she says he's nothing or he means nothing to her elle dit qu'il n'est rien pour elle;∎ the name means nothing to me le nom ne me dit rien;∎ a thousand pounds is nothing to her mille livres, ce n'est rien pour elle;∎ it's nothing to me either way cela m'est égal;∎ that's nothing to what mum will say ce n'est rien par rapport à ce que maman va dire;∎ in those days it was nothing to see… en ce temps-là on voyait facilement…;∎ to think nothing of doing sth (not hesitate to do) ne pas hésiter à faire qch;∎ she thinks nothing of walking 10 kilometres pour elle 10 kilomètres à pied, ce n'est rien;∎ I can make nothing of it je n'y comprends rien du tout;∎ I'll take what's due to me, nothing more, nothing less je prendrai mon dû, ni plus ni moins;∎ familiar what a physique! Charles Atlas has got nothing on you! quel physique! tu n'as rien à envier à Charles Atlas ou Charles Atlas peut aller se rhabiller!;∎ literary our sacrifices were as nothing compared to his nos sacrifices ne furent rien auprès des siens;∎ familiar nothing doing! pas question!2 noun∎ $500 may be a mere nothing to you 500 dollars ne représentent peut-être pas grand-chose pour vous(c) Mathematics zéro mfamiliar (worthless) nul;∎ it's a nothing play! c'est une pièce nulle!∎ I got it for nothing at the flea market je l'ai eu pour (trois fois) rien aux puces(b) (for no purpose) pour rien;∎ all that work for nothing! tout ce travail pour rien ou en pure perte!;∎ are you telling me I gave up my day off for nothing? est-ce que tu veux dire que j'ai sacrifié ma journée de vacances pour rien?;∎ to count for nothing ne compter pour rien(c) (for no good reason) pour rien;∎ the police say they don't arrest people for nothing la police dit qu'elle n'arrête personne sans raison;∎ it's not for nothing that… ce n'est pas pour rien que…;∎ they don't call him Einstein for nothing ce n'est pas pour rien qu'on le surnomme Einstein∎ that car's been nothing but trouble cette voiture ne m'a attiré que des ennuis;∎ nothing but a miracle can save us seul un miracle pourrait nous sauver;∎ she wants nothing but the best elle ne veut que ce qu'il y a de meilleur;∎ they do nothing but sleep ils ne font que dormirrien de moins que;∎ she's nothing if not honest elle n'est rien de moins qu'honnête(a) (undoubtedly) rien de moins que, tout bonnement;∎ it was nothing less than miraculous/a miracle c'était tout simplement miraculeux/un miracle;∎ he was nothing less than overjoyed at the news il fut absolument ravi de la nouvelle∎ nothing less than outright victory would satisfy him seule une victoire écrasante le satisferait∎ she's nothing like her mother elle ne ressemble en rien à sa mère∎ there's nothing like a nice cup of tea! rien de tel qu'une bonne tasse de thé!;∎ there's nothing like a cold shower for freshening or to freshen you up rien de tel qu'une douche froide pour se rafraîchir2 adverb∎ this box is nothing like big enough cette boîte est beaucoup trop ou bien trop petite□ ;∎ nothing like as big loin d'être aussi grand□ ;∎ London is nothing like as near as that Londres est bien plus loin que ça□∎ I want nothing more than a word of thanks from time to time tout ce que je demande, c'est un petit mot de remerciement de temps à autre;∎ he's nothing more than a petty crook il n'est rien d'autre qu'un vulgaire escroc -
11 ♦ nothing
♦ nothing (1) /ˈnʌɵɪŋ/pron. indef. e n.1 niente; nulla: I have nothing to say, non ho niente da dire; Nothing pleased him, niente gli andava a genio; That's nothing to what followed, questo è niente a confronto di quel che è venuto dopo2 (seguito da un agg.) nessuna cosa; nessuna impresa: Nothing great is easy, nessuna grande impresa è facile NOTA D'USO: - niente di…-3 (con l'art. indeterm.) nullità; nessuno (fig.); persona di nessun conto: He would be a mere nothing without his money, senza il suo denaro, non sarebbe nessuno (o sarebbe una nullità)4 (mat.) zero: Take ten from ten, and the result is nothing, sottrai dieci da dieci e il risultato è zero5 bazzecola; bagatella; inezia; quisquilia; cosa di nessuna importanza: the little nothings of life, le cose senza importanza della vita quotidiana● nothing broken, niente di rotto: I fell off a ladder: nothing broken luckily, sono caduto da una scala a pioli: per fortuna, niente di rotto □ nothing but, nient'altro che: This is nothing but the truth, questa non è (nient'altro) che la verità; He did nothing but smoke, non faceva (altro) che fumare □ nothing else, nient'altro □ nothing less than (o nothing short of), nulla di inferiore a; ( anche) nient'altro che; addirittura: It's nothing less than monstrous, ma è addirittura mostruoso! □ nothing like, niente di meglio che (o di): There's nothing like doing things at once, non c'è niente di meglio che fare le cose subito; There's nothing like beer, non c'è niente di meglio della birra! □ nothing much, poco o nulla; quasi niente □ nothing of the sort, niente del genere; niente di simile □ to come to nothing, finire in nulla; fallire; andare in fumo □ to dance on nothing, pendere dalla forca; essere impiccato □ for nothing, per niente; gratis o quasi; senza scopo; invano □ I got this recorder for nothing, ho avuto questo registratore per niente □ His efforts to pass the exam were (o went) for nothing, i suoi sforzi di superare l'esame furono vani □ to have nothing to do with sb., non avere nulla a che fare con q. □ to have nothing on, non avere nulla indosso, essere nudo; (fig.) non avere impegni, essere libero □ (fam.) to have nothing on sb., non essere da più di q.; ( anche) non avere prove (o niente in mano) contro q. □ to hear nothing of sb., non avere (o non ricevere) notizie di q. □ (fam.) like nothing on earth, (in modo) orribile, atroce, pessimo: The food is like nothing on earth in some Soho pasta joints, il cibo è pessimo in talune trattorie italiane di Soho □ to make nothing of, non capire niente di; non far caso a, non dar peso a; non trarre profitto da: I can make nothing of this book, in questo libro non ci capisco niente; questo libro, per me, non ha né capo né coda; He makes nothing of his mistakes, non dà peso ai suoi errori; You've made nothing of your good chance, non hai saputo trarre alcun profitto dalla tua buona fortuna □ to make nothing of doing st., non pensarci su due volte (a fare qc.); fare come se nulla fosse: He makes nothing of walking ten miles, per lui è cosa da nulla fare dieci miglia a piedi □ ( anche fig.) to mean nothing, non significare nulla □ a mere nothing, un bel niente; proprio nulla; nulla di nulla □ next to nothing, quasi niente □ (fam.) no nothing, nulla di nulla; proprio niente □ to say nothing of, per non parlare di; a prescindere da □ to stop at nothing, essere senza scrupoli □ sweet nothings, paroline dolci; coccole; tenerezze □ to think nothing of, non far caso a; non dar peso a: He thinks nothing of driving 20 miles a day to work and back, fa in auto 20 miglia al giorno per andare al lavoro, senza farci caso □ There's nothing in it!, non c'è niente di vero, è tutto falso!; ( anche) non c'è niente da scegliere!; è imprevedibile! □ ( formula di cortesia) Think nothing of it!, ma prego; ma Le pare! □ (fam.) Nothing doing!, niente da fare!; non ci sto! (non ci sta, ecc.); no e poi no! (fam.); ( anche) è (era, ecc.) proibito □ She has nothing in her, non c'è niente di buono in lei; è una nullità; è una donna insignificante, inconcludente □ That has nothing to do with me, ciò non mi tocca, non mi riguarda; non è affar mio □ That is nothing to you, ciò non ti tocca, non ti riguarda; non è affar tuo □ There is nothing for it but to go home, non c'è altro da fare che andare a casa □ There is nothing much the matter, non c'è niente di grave □ There's nothing to riding a moped, non ci vuole niente ad (o è facile) andare in ciclomotore □ (prov.) Nothing venture, nothing have, chi non risica non rosica.nothing (2) /ˈnʌɵɪŋ/avv.niente affatto, non affatto; per nulla; in nessun modo: nothing like (o nothing near) neanche un po'; nemmeno per sogno; no davvero; ma no!; It's nothing like what it used to be, non è per nulla com'era prima.nothing (3) /ˈnʌɵɪŋ/a.( slang) da niente; che non vale niente; senza prospettive: That was a nothing job, era un lavoro senza prospettive. -
12 nothing
nothing [ˊnʌθɪŋ]1. pron neg. ничто́, ничего́;nothing but то́лько; ничего́ кро́ме
;nothing but the truth ничего́, кро́ме пра́вды
;nothing else than не что́ ино́е, как
;all to nothing всё ни к чему́
;to come to nothing ко́нчиться ниче́м; не име́ть после́дствий
;for nothing зря, без по́льзы; да́ром; из-за пустяка́
;to get smth. for nothing получи́ть что-л. да́ром
;nothing to ничто́ по сравне́нию с
;my losses are nothing to yours вы потеря́ли гора́здо бо́льше, чем я
;to have nothing to do with не каса́ться, не име́ть никако́го отноше́ния к; не име́ть ничего́ о́бщего с
;to make nothing of smth.
а) ника́к не испо́льзовать что-л.;б) не поня́ть чего́-л.;в) пренебрега́ть чем-л., легко́ относи́ться к чему́-л.;to have nothing on smb.
а) не име́ть преиму́ществ пе́ред кем-л.;б) не име́ть прете́нзий к кому́-л.;в) не име́ть компрома́та на кого́-л.;next to nothing почти́ ничего́; о́чень ма́ло
◊to say nothing of не говоря́ уже́ о
;а) неве́рно или несуще́ственно;б) про́сто, легко́ ( сделать и т.п.);в) ничу́ть не лу́чше;nothing very much ничего́ осо́бенного
;no nothing реши́тельно ничего́
;nothing doing ничего́ не вы́йдет, но́мер не пройдёт
;to be for nothing in не игра́ть никако́й ро́ли в; не ока́зывать никако́го влия́ния на
;there is nothing for it but ничего́ друго́го (не остаётся), как
;there was nothing for it but to tell the truth пришло́сь сказа́ть пра́вду
;nothing venture nothing have посл. ≅ волко́в боя́ться — в лес не ходи́ть; кто не риску́ет, тот ничего́ не добива́ется
2. n1) пустяки́, ме́лочи;a mere nothing пустя́к
;the little nothings of life ме́лочи жи́зни
2) небытие́, нереа́льность3) ноль; пусто́е ме́сто4) мат. ноль3. adv ниско́лько, совсе́м нет;it differs nothing from э́то ниско́лько не отлича́ется от
;nothing less than пря́мо-таки; про́сто-на́просто
◊there is nothing like нет ничего́ лу́чше
;there is nothing like a good rest са́мое лу́чшее — хорошо́ отдохну́ть
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A prep1 ( intended to belong to or be used by) pour ; who are the flowers for? pour qui sont les fleurs? ; for her pour elle ; to buy sth for sb acheter qch pour or à qn ; she bought a book for me elle a acheté un livre pour moi, elle m'a acheté un livre ; she bought presents for the family elle a acheté des cadeaux pour la famille ; a club for young people un club pour les jeunes ; a play area for children une aire de jeux pour les enfants ; keep some pancakes for us! garde-nous des crêpes! ; not for me thanks pas pour moi merci ;2 ( intended to help or benefit) pour ; to do sth for sb faire qch pour qn ; you risked your life for us tu as risqué ta vie pour nous ; let me carry it for you laisse-moi le porter pour toi ; could you book a seat for me? est-ce que tu pourrais réserver une place pour moi or me réserver une place? ; he cooked dinner for us il nous a préparé à manger ; play a tune for us joue-nous quelque chose ;3 ( indicating purpose) pour ; what's it for? c'est pour quoi faire?, ça sert à quoi? ; it's for removing stains c'est pour enlever or ça sert à enlever les taches ; what's this spring for? c'est pour quoi faire ce ressort? ; it's not for cleaning windows ce n'est pas fait pour nettoyer les vitres ; an attic for storing furniture un grenier pour entreposer les meubles ; ‘I need it’-‘what for?’ ‘j'en ai besoin’-‘pourquoi?’ ; what did you say that for? pourquoi as-tu dit cela? ; let's stop for a rest arrêtons-nous pour nous reposer ; to do sth for a laugh faire qch pour rigoler ○ ; to go for a swim/ meal aller nager/manger ; I need something for my cough j'ai besoin de quelque chose contre la toux ; she's being treated for depression elle suit un traitement contre la dépression ; a cure for Aids un remède contre le sida ; I sent it away for cleaning je l'ai renvoyé pour qu'il soit nettoyé ; I brought her home for you to meet her je l'ai amenée à la maison pour que tu puisses la rencontrer ; the bell rang for class to begin la cloche a sonné pour indiquer le début du cours ; for this to be feasible pour que ce soit réalisable ; more investment is needed for economic growth to occur il faut qu'il y ait plus d'investissements pour relancer la croissance économique ; the idea was for you to work it out yourself le but était que tu trouves ( subj) la réponse tout seul ;4 (as representative, member, employee of) pour, de ; to work for a company travailler pour une entreprise ; to play for France jouer pour la France ; the MP for Oxford le député d'Oxford ; Minister for Foreign Affairs ministre des Affaires étrangères ;5 ( indicating cause or reason) pour ; the reason for doing la raison pour laquelle on fait ; for this reason, I'd rather… pour cette raison je préfère… ; grounds for divorce/for hope des motifs de divorce/d'espoir ; to jump for joy sauter de joie ; imprisoned for murder emprisonné pour meurtre ; she left him for another man elle l'a quitté pour un autre homme ; famous for its wines réputé pour ses vins ; to praise sb for his actions féliciter qn pour ses actes ; she's been criticized for her views on lui a reproché ses opinions ; I was unable to sleep for the pain/the noise je ne pouvais pas dormir à cause de la douleur/du bruit ; the car is the worse for wear la voiture est abîmée ; if it weren't for her we wouldn't be here sans elle nous ne serions pas là ; if it hadn't been for the traffic jams, we'd have made it sans les embouteillages nous serions arrivés à temps ; the plant died for want of water la plante est morte parce qu'elle manquait d'eau ; she is annoyed with me for contradicting her elle m'en veut parce que je l'ai contredite ;6 ( indicating consequence) pour que (+ subj) ; it's too cold for her to go out il fait trop froid pour qu'elle sorte ; they spoke too quickly for us to understand ils parlaient trop vite pour que nous les comprenions ; she said it loudly enough for all to hear elle l'a dit suffisamment fort pour que tout le monde puisse entendre ; I haven't the patience ou enough patience for sewing je n'ai pas la patience qu'il faut pour coudre ; there's not enough time for us to have a drink nous n'avons pas le temps de prendre un verre ;7 ( indicating person's attitude) pour ; to be easy for sb to do être facile pour qn de faire ; for her it's almost like a betrayal pour elle c'est presque une trahison ; the film was too earnest for me le film était trop sérieux pour moi ; it was a shock for him ça a été un choc pour lui ; what counts for them is… ce qui compte pour eux c'est… ; living in London is not for me je ne suis pas fait pour vivre à Londres, vivre à Londres, très peu pour moi ○ ! ; that's good enough for me! ça me suffit! ;8 ( stressing particular feature) pour ; for further information write to… pour plus de renseignements écrivez à… ; I buy it for flavour/freshness je l'achète pour le goût/la fraîcheur ; for efficiency, there is no better system pour ce qui est de l'efficacité il n'y a pas de meilleur système ;9 ( considering) pour ; to be mature for one's age être mûr pour son âge ; she's very young for a doctor elle est très jeune pour un médecin ; it's warm for the time of year il fait chaud pour la saison ; it's not a bad wine for the price ce vin n'est pas mauvais pour le prix ; suitably dressed for the climate habillé comme il faut pour le climat ;10 ( towards) pour ; to have admiration/respect for sb avoir de l'admiration/du respect pour qn ; to feel sorry for sb avoir de la peine pour qn ; to feel contempt for sb mépriser qn ;11 ( on behalf of) pour ; to be delighted/pleased for sb être ravi/content pour qn ; to be anxious for sb être inquiet pour qn ; say hello to him for me dis-lui bonjour de ma part ; I can't do it for you je ne peux pas le faire à ta place ; let her answer for herself laisse-la répondre elle-même ; I speak for everyone here je parle au nom de toutes les personnes ici présentes ;12 ( as regards) to be a stickler for punctuality être à cheval sur la ponctualité ; she's a great one for jokes on peut toujours compter sur elle pour raconter des blagues ; to be all right for money avoir assez d'argent ; luckily for her heureusement pour elle ;13 ( indicating duration) ( taking account of past events) depuis ; ( stressing expected duration) pour ; ( stressing actual duration) pendant ; this is the best show I've seen for years c'est le meilleur spectacle que j'aie vu depuis des années ; we've been together for 2 years nous sommes ensemble depuis 2 ans, ça fait 2 ans que nous sommes ensemble ; she hasn't slept for a week elle n'a pas dormi depuis une semaine, ça fait une semaine qu'elle n'a pas dormi ; they hadn't seen each other for 10 years ils ne s'étaient pas vus depuis 10 ans, ça faisait 10 ans qu'ils ne s'étaient pas vus ; she's off to Paris for the weekend elle va à Paris pour le week-end ; I'm going to Spain for 6 months je vais en Espagne pour 6 mois ; they are stored in the cellar for the winter ils sont entreposés dans la cave pour l'hiver ; will he be away for long? est-ce qu'il sera absent longtemps? ; you can stay for a year vous pouvez rester un an ; to be away for a year être absent pendant un an ; they were married for 25 years ils ont été mariés pendant 25 ans ; he hasn't been seen for several days on ne l'a pas vu depuis plusieurs jours ; she remained silent for a few moments elle est restée silencieuse pendant quelques instants ; I was in Paris for 2 weeks j'étais à Paris pendant 2 semaines ; to last for hours durer des heures ;14 ( indicating a deadline) pour ; ( in negative constructions) avant ; it will be ready for Saturday ça sera prêt pour samedi ; when is the essay for? la rédaction, c'est pour quand? ; the car won't be ready for another 6 weeks la voiture ne sera pas prête avant 6 semaines ; you don't have to decide for a week yet tu n'as pas à prendre ta décision avant une semaine ;15 ( on the occasion of) pour ; to go to China for Christmas aller en Chine pour Noël ; invited for Easter invité pour Pâques ; he got a bike for his birthday il a eu un vélo pour son anniversaire ;16 ( indicating scheduled time) pour ; the summit scheduled for next month le sommet prévu pour le mois prochain ; that's all for now c'est tout pour le moment ; I'd like an appointment for Monday je voudrais un rendez-vous pour lundi ; I have an appointment for 4 pm j'ai rendez-vous à 16h 00 ; it's time for bed c'est l'heure d'aller au lit ; now for some fun/food! on va s'amuser/manger! ;17 ( indicating distance) pendant ; to drive for miles rouler pendant des kilomètres ; lined with trees for 3 km bordé d'arbres pendant or sur 3 km ; the last shop for 30 miles le dernier magasin avant 50 kilomètres ; there is nothing but desert for miles around on ne voit que le désert à des kilomètres à la ronde ;18 ( indicating destination) pour ; a ticket for Dublin un billet pour Dublin ; the train leaves for London le train part pour Londres ; to leave for work partir travailler ; to head for the beach partir à la plage ; to swim for the shore nager vers la rive ;19 (indicating cost, value) pour ; it was sold for £100 ça s'est vendu (pour) 100 livres sterling ; they bought the car for £6,000 ils ont acheté la voiture pour 6 000 livres sterling ; 10 apples for £1 10 pommes pour une livre sterling ; he'll fix it for £10 il le réparera pour 10 livres sterling ; I wouldn't do it for anything! je ne le ferais pour rien au monde! ; you paid too much for that dress! tu as payé cette robe trop cher! ; I'll let you have it for £20 je vous le laisse à 20 livres sterling ; a cheque for £20 un chèque de 20 livres sterling ; to exchange sth for sth else échanger qch contre qch d'autre ; ⇒ nothing ;20 ( in favour of) to be for être pour [peace, divorce, reunification] ; to be all for it être tout à fait pour ; I'm for going to a nightclub je suis pour qu'on aille en boîte ○ ; who's for a game of football? qui veut jouer au football? ;21 ( stressing appropriateness) she's the person for the job elle est la personne qu'il faut pour le travail ; that's for us to decide c'est à nous de décider ; it's not for him to tell us what to do ce n'est pas à lui de nous dire ce qu'il faut faire ;22 ( in support of) en faveur de ; to vote for change voter en faveur de la réforme ; the argument for recycling l'argument en faveur du recyclage ; there's no evidence for that ce n'est absolument pas prouvé ;24 ( as part of ratio) pour ; one teacher for five pupils un professeur pour cinq élèves ; for every female judge there are ten male judges il y a une femme juge pour dix hommes juges ;25 ( equivalent to) T for Tom T comme Tom ; what's the French for ‘boot’? comment dit-on ‘boot’ en français? ; the technical term for it is ‘chloasma’ ‘chloasme’ c'est le terme technique ; what is CD for? qu'est-ce que CD veut dire? ; green is for go le vert veut dire qu'on a le droit de passer ;26 ( in explanations) for one thing… and for another… premièrement… et deuxièmement… ; for that matter d'ailleurs ; for example par exemple ; I, for one, agree with her en tout cas moi, je suis d'accord avec elle ;27 ( when introducing clauses) it would be unwise for us to generalize il serait imprudent pour nous de généraliser ; it's not convenient for them to come today ce n'est pas pratique pour eux de passer aujourd'hui ; the best thing would be for them to leave le mieux serait qu'ils s'en aillent ; it must have been serious for her to cancel the class cela a dû être grave pour qu'elle annule ( subj) le cours ; there's nothing worse than for someone to spy on you il n'y a rien de pire que quelqu'un qui t'espionne ; there's no need for people to get upset il n'y a pas de quoi s'énerver ;28 ( after) to name a child for sb donner à un enfant le nom de qn.oh for a nice hot bath! je rêve d'un bon bain chaud! ; I'll be (in) for it if… ○ GB ça va être ma fête si… ○ ; right, you're for it ○ ! GB bon, ça va être ta fête ○ ! ; to have it in for sb ○ avoir qn dans le collimateur ○ ; that's adolescents for you! que voulez-vous, c'est ça les adolescents! ; there's gratitude for you! c'est comme ça qu'on me (or vous etc) remercie!, quelle ingratitude! -
14 nothing
ˈnʌθɪŋ
1. мест.;
отр. ничего, ничто It's nothing to what I saw in Paris. ≈ Это ничто по сравнению с тем, что я видел в Париже. to come to nothing ≈ кончиться ничем;
не иметь последствий to get for nothing ≈ получить даром next to nothing ≈ почти ничего;
очень мало nothing but ≈ только;
ничего кроме all to nothing ≈ все ни к чему for nothing ≈ зря, без пользы;
даром;
из-за пустяка nothing to ≈ ничто по сравнению с have nothing on smb./smth. make nothing of nothing very much разг. ≈ ничего особенного nothing venture nothing have посл. ≈ волков бояться - в лес не ходить;
кто не рискует, тот не выигрывает nothing great is easy посл. ≈ все великое дается нелегко no nothing ≈ решительно ничего
2. сущ.
1) мелочи, пустяки mere nothing ≈ пустяк little nothings of life ≈ мелочи жизни
2) небытие, нереальность;
отсутствие чего-л., пустота Syn: unreality, non-existence
3) ноль;
пустое место;
ничтожество;
никчемный человек
4) мат. ноль
3. нареч. нисколько, совсем нет пустяк, мелочь - a mere * пустяк - sweet *s нежности. сладкие слова, любовные уверения - gay *s шуточки - the little * s of life мелочи жизни ноль - he is five feet * его рост ровно пять футов - the score was three to * (спортивное) счет был три - ноль нуль, ничтожесто, пустое место( о человеке) - he is a real * он ничего собой не представляет отсутствие (чего-л) ;
пустота - one cannot live on * без денег жить нельзя - you can live here for next to * здесь можно жить очень дешево небытие, нереальность;
полное исчезновение - to fade away into * растерять;
постепенно исчезнуть - the conversation dropped to * беседа сошла на нет( церковное) атеист, безбожник - Catholics, Protestants and people who are * католики. протестанты и неверующие нисколько, совсем нет, ни в малейшей степени - * near so далеко не так - * like so good совсем не такой хороший - to be * the worse for smth. ни в малейшей степени не пострадать от чего-л - it differs * from это нисколько не отличается (от чего-л.) - it helps us * это ничуть нам не помогает - it is * like it used to be совсем не похоже на то, что было;
узнать нельзя, ничего похожего - is * near so extensive отнюдь не является таким обширным > * like нет ничего лучше > there is * like doing things at once самое лучшее ничего не откладывать > * like leather всяк свое хвалит ничего - no * решительно ничего - to come to * кончиться ничем - * pleases him ему ничего не нравится - he said * он ничего не сказал - he had * to say ему было нечего сказать - * was heard of him о нем ничего не было слышно - it was all to * все это было ни к чему - there is * in it (разговорное) это несущественно;
не стоит об этом говорить;
в этом нет ни слова правды, это выдумка - there is * in these rumours это пустые слухи - to have * to do with не иметь никакого отношения к - it has * to do with me это меня не касается, это не мое дело - is it gold? - Gold * - it's pinchbeck это золото? - Какое там золото! Это подделка - little or *, next to * почти ничего - there is little or * the matter with him ничего серьезного у него нет - to say * of не говоря уже - apropos of * ни с того ни с сего - he has * to say for himself он не умее тсебя поставить;
он не умеет постоять за себя - * very mach гничего особенного;
ничего собой не представляет ничего (по сравнению с кем-л., чем-л.) - * to smth. ничто по сравнению с чем-л. - that's * to what followеd это ничто по сравнению с тем, что было дальше - learning is * to genius ученость перед гениальностью - ничто ничто (для кого-л.) that is * to him это его не касается - this is * to you это не ваше дело - she is * to him она его не интересует, она не существует для него - it is * to me whether he comes or not мне совершенно безразлично, придет он или нет ничего от, ни в малейшей степени не - * of the kind ничего подобного - * more to be said не о чем больше говорить - he has * of his father in him в нем нет ничего отцовского - he is * of a scholar в нем нет ничего от ученого в сочетаниях: - * but только, ничто кроме - * else than не что иное как, просто-напросто;
только;
ничто кроме - * but force, * else than force тлько сила;
ничто кроме силы;
не что иное, как сила - * for it but ничего другого как;
нет иного выхода кроме - there is * for it but to go ничего не поделаешь, придется уходить - there was * for it but to submit оставалось только подчиниться;
пришлось уступить - you walked back? - There was * else for it вы возвращались пешком? - Больше ничего не оставалось делать - * if not прежде всего;
крайне, в высшей степени - * if not discreet в высшей степени осторожен - I am * if not critical я не хвалить привык. а придираться - * doing в ответ на просьбу, вопрос: нет;
нельзя;
не согласен;
ничего нет (о работе и т. п.) ;
ничего подобного;
номер не пройдет;
ничего не получилось;
неудача!;
ничего не попишешь - to make * of после can: не понять, не разобраться;
перед существительным: пренебрегать;
перед существительным: не использовать;
преим. перед герундием: не задумываться, не останавливаться( перед чем-л), относиться как к (чему-л.) обычному - I could make * of his letter я совершенно не понял его письма - I can make * of him я в нем не разобрался, не возьму в толк, что он за человек;
- to make * of one's illness не обращать внимания на свою болезнь - he made * of his opportunities он не использовал своих возможностей - he makes * of walking 20 miles пройти 20 миль для него пустяки - * on earth ничто на свете;
никуда негодный - I feel like * on earth я чувствую себя из рук вон плохо - his hat looked like * on earth его шляпа была ни на что не похожа > for * даром, бесплатно;
без оснований > they quarrelled for * они поссорились из-за пустяка;
зря, напрасно > we had all our trouble for * мы напрасно так старались > it was not for * that he read Plato недаром он читал Платона > to dance on * (сленг) умереть на виселице (букв. сплясать на пустом месте) > to have * on не иметь преимущества (перед чем-л., кем-л.) ;
(сленг) не иметь претензий (к кому-л.), жалоб (на кого-л.) ;
не иметь сведений, особ. компрометирующих > the pictures in the Louvre have * on those in the National Gallery картины Национальной галереи ни в чем не уступят картинам Лувра > we have * on him у нас на него никакого материала нет > to think * of smth. пренебрегать чем-л.;
не останавливаться перед чем-л > he thinks * of a lie ему ничего не стоит солгать > we think * of this steep ascent этот крутой подъем для нас - пустяки > * great is easy (пословица) все великое дается нелегко > * venture, * win (пословица) без риска нет победы;
волков бояться, в лес не ходить > * new under the sun ничто не ново под луной all to ~ все ни к чему;
to come to nothing кончиться ничем;
не иметь последствий to be for ~ in не играть никакой роли в;
не оказывать никакаго влияния на all to ~ все ни к чему;
to come to nothing кончиться ничем;
не иметь последствий for ~ зря, без пользы;
даром;
из-за пустяка;
to get (smth.) for nothing получить (что-л.) даром;
nothing to ничто по сравнению с for ~ зря, без пользы;
даром;
из-за пустяка;
to get (smth.) for nothing получить (что-л.) даром;
nothing to ничто по сравнению с to have ~ to do with не касаться, не иметь никакого отношения к;
не иметь ничего общего с ~ нисколько, совсем нет;
it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от;
nothing less than прямо-таки;
просто-напросто it's ~ to what I saw in Leningrad это ничто по сравнению с тем, что я видел в Ленинграде ~ пустяки, мелочи;
a mere nothing пустяк;
the little nothings of life мелочи жизни ~ пустяки, мелочи;
a mere nothing пустяк;
the little nothings of life мелочи жизни ~ very much разг. ничего особенного;
no nothing решительно ничего;
nothing doing ничего не выйдет, номер не пройдет nothing небытие, нереальность ~ нисколько, совсем нет;
it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от;
nothing less than прямо-таки;
просто-напросто ~ ничего ~ pron neg. ничто, ничего;
nothing but только;
ничего кроме ~ ничто ~ мат. ноль ~ ноль;
пустое место ~ отсутствие ~ пустяки, мелочи;
a mere nothing пустяк;
the little nothings of life мелочи жизни ~ pron neg. ничто, ничего;
nothing but только;
ничего кроме ~ but the truth ничего, кроме правды;
nothing else than не что иное, как ~ very much разг. ничего особенного;
no nothing решительно ничего;
nothing doing ничего не выйдет, номер не пройдет ~ but the truth ничего, кроме правды;
nothing else than не что иное, как ~ нисколько, совсем нет;
it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от;
nothing less than прямо-таки;
просто-напросто ~ great is easy посл. все великое дается нелегко ~ нисколько, совсем нет;
it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от;
nothing less than прямо-таки;
просто-напросто for ~ зря, без пользы;
даром;
из-за пустяка;
to get (smth.) for nothing получить (что-л.) даром;
nothing to ничто по сравнению с ~ venture ~ have посл. = волков бояться - в лес не ходить;
кто не рискует, тот ничего не добивается ~ very much разг. ничего особенного;
no nothing решительно ничего;
nothing doing ничего не выйдет, номер не пройдет there is ~ for it but ничего другого (не остается), как txere is ~ like нет ничего лучше;
there is nothing like a good rest самое лучшее - хорошо отдохнуть there was ~ for it but to tell the truth пришлось сказать правду txere is ~ like нет ничего лучше;
there is nothing like a good rest самое лучшее - хорошо отдохнуть -
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I 1. ['nʌθɪŋ]1) (no item, event, idea) niente, nullashe's just a friend, nothing more or less — è un'amica e nient'altro
to have nothing to do with — (no connection) non avere (a) che vedere con; (no dealings, involvement) non avere niente (a) che fare con
to have nothing on — (no clothes) essere nudo, non avere nulla addosso; (no engagements, plans) essere libero, non avere impegni
you've got nothing on me! — colloq. (to incriminate) non avete prove contro di me!
he's got nothing on you! — colloq. non è niente o non vale niente in confronto a te!
2) (emphasizing insignificance) niente, nullahe means o is nothing to me lui non significa niente per me; it meant nothing to him non gli importava ( that, whether che); the names meant nothing to him i nomi non gli dicevano nulla; to think nothing of doing (consider normal) trovare normale fare; (not baulk at) non esitare a fare; think nothing of it! non è nulla! si figuri! there's really nothing to it! — è veramente facile!
for nothing — (for free) gratuitamente, gratis; (pointlessly) per niente
4) (indicating absence of trait, quality)nothing interesting o of any interest niente di interessante; it seems easy but it's nothing of the kind sembra facile ma non è così; you'll do nothing of the sort! — non farai una cosa del genere!
5) (emphatic: setting up comparisons)6) (no truth, value, use)there's nothing in it — (in gossip, rumour) non c'è niente di vero; (in magazine, booklet) non c'è niente di interessante
7) nothing but2. 3.they've done nothing but moan — colloq. non hanno fatto altro che lamentarsi
1) (nothingness) niente m., nulla m.••nothing doing! — colloq. niente da fare! non se ne parla nemmeno!
II ['nʌθɪŋ]there's nothing for it! — BE non c'è altro da fare!
1) (in no way)2) (emphatic: totally, only)3) (emphatic: decidedly)* * *1. pronoun(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) niente2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).)3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) per nulla/niente, non affatto- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing of* * *I 1. ['nʌθɪŋ]1) (no item, event, idea) niente, nullashe's just a friend, nothing more or less — è un'amica e nient'altro
to have nothing to do with — (no connection) non avere (a) che vedere con; (no dealings, involvement) non avere niente (a) che fare con
to have nothing on — (no clothes) essere nudo, non avere nulla addosso; (no engagements, plans) essere libero, non avere impegni
you've got nothing on me! — colloq. (to incriminate) non avete prove contro di me!
he's got nothing on you! — colloq. non è niente o non vale niente in confronto a te!
2) (emphasizing insignificance) niente, nullahe means o is nothing to me lui non significa niente per me; it meant nothing to him non gli importava ( that, whether che); the names meant nothing to him i nomi non gli dicevano nulla; to think nothing of doing (consider normal) trovare normale fare; (not baulk at) non esitare a fare; think nothing of it! non è nulla! si figuri! there's really nothing to it! — è veramente facile!
for nothing — (for free) gratuitamente, gratis; (pointlessly) per niente
4) (indicating absence of trait, quality)nothing interesting o of any interest niente di interessante; it seems easy but it's nothing of the kind sembra facile ma non è così; you'll do nothing of the sort! — non farai una cosa del genere!
5) (emphatic: setting up comparisons)6) (no truth, value, use)there's nothing in it — (in gossip, rumour) non c'è niente di vero; (in magazine, booklet) non c'è niente di interessante
7) nothing but2. 3.they've done nothing but moan — colloq. non hanno fatto altro che lamentarsi
1) (nothingness) niente m., nulla m.••nothing doing! — colloq. niente da fare! non se ne parla nemmeno!
II ['nʌθɪŋ]there's nothing for it! — BE non c'è altro da fare!
1) (in no way)2) (emphatic: totally, only)3) (emphatic: decidedly) -
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{'nʌθiŋ}
I. 1. нищо
NOTHING else than/ (else) but нищо друго освен, само, чисто и просто
NOTHING if not преди всичко, извънредно, крайно
NOTHING special/разг. very much нищо особено
NOTHING less than ни повече, ни помалко от, направо, не друго, а, чисто и просто
NOTHING short of едва ли не, почти
for NOTHING напразно, залудо, безполза, безплатно, безвъзмездно
NOTHING of value нищо ценно
NOTHING of the kind нищо подобно
all to NOTHING всичко напразно
apropos of NOTHING без никакъв повод, без всякаква връзка
there is NOTHING for it but to не остава нищо друго, освен да
to have NOTHING for it but to не ми остава нищо друго/нямам друг избор, освен да
NOTHING to, as NOTHING compared with/to нищо в сравнение с/пред
to have NOTHING to do нямам какво да правя
to be/mean NOTHING to someone не представлявам интерес за някого
that is NOTHING to това не засяга/вълнува (някого), това не може да се сравни с
NOTHING doing разг. няма го майстора, тая няма да я бъде
to be for NOTHING нямам никакво значение
не играя никаква роля (in)
to come to NOTHING не постигам целта си, нямам никакъв успех, пропадам, провалям се
no NOTHING след отр., шег., разг. ни, нищо
he has no house, no home, no NOTHING той няма ни къща, ни дом, ни нищичко
2. нищожество, дреболия
more NOTHING дребна работа
the little NOTHINGs of life дребните неща в живота
3. небитие
4. мат. нула
to be NOTHING безверник/атеист съм
II. adv никак, съвсем/далеч не, ни най-малко
NOTHING like so/as good далеч/съвсем не толкова добър
the house is NOTHING near as large as I expected къщата съвсем не e толкова голяма, колкото очаквах* * *{'n^din} n 1. нищо; nothing else than/(else) but нищо друго освен; (2) {'n^din} adv никак, съвсем/далеч не, ни най-малко; nothing like* * *дреболии; небитие; нищожество; нула; нищо; никак;* * *1. all to nothing всичко напразно 2. apropos of nothing без никакъв повод, без всякаква връзка 3. for nothing напразно, залудо, безполза, безплатно, безвъзмездно 4. he has no house, no home, no nothing той няма ни къща, ни дом, ни нищичко 5. i. нищо 6. ii. adv никак, съвсем/далеч не, ни най-малко 7. more nothing дребна работа 8. no nothing след отр., шег., разг. ни, нищо 9. nothing doing разг. няма го майстора, тая няма да я бъде 10. nothing else than/ (else) but нищо друго освен, само, чисто и просто 11. nothing if not преди всичко, извънредно, крайно 12. nothing less than ни повече, ни помалко от, направо, не друго, а, чисто и просто 13. nothing like so/as good далеч/съвсем не толкова добър 14. nothing of the kind нищо подобно 15. nothing of value нищо ценно 16. nothing short of едва ли не, почти 17. nothing special/разг. very much нищо особено 18. nothing to, as nothing compared with/to нищо в сравнение с/пред 19. that is nothing to това не засяга/вълнува (някого), това не може да се сравни с 20. the house is nothing near as large as i expected къщата съвсем не e толкова голяма, колкото очаквах 21. the little nothings of life дребните неща в живота 22. there is nothing for it but to не остава нищо друго, освен да 23. to be for nothing нямам никакво значение 24. to be nothing безверник/атеист съм 25. to be/mean nothing to someone не представлявам интерес за някого 26. to come to nothing не постигам целта си, нямам никакъв успех, пропадам, провалям се 27. to have nothing for it but to не ми остава нищо друго/нямам друг избор, освен да 28. to have nothing to do нямам какво да правя 29. мат. нула 30. не играя никаква роля (in) 31. небитие 32. нищожество, дреболия* * *nothing[´nɔuiʃ] I. pron нищо;
othing but ( else than) нищо друго, освен; чисто и просто; it ( that) is
othing това е дреболия; there is
othing for it but не остава нищо друго освен;
othing if not преди всичко, крайно, извънредно, необикновено;
othing is the matter нищо не се е случило, нищо не е станало; he is
othing if not sincere и той, ако не е искрен, не знам кой друг е;
othing to, as
othing compared with (to) нищо в сравнение с (пред);
othing near so съвсем не, значително;
othing of value нищо ценно;
othing of the kind нищо подобно;
othing short of също толкова добро (или лошо) като; ни повече, ни по-малко;
othing less than чисто и просто; направо;
othing doing разг. няма го майстора, няма какво да се прави;
othing to make a song about не заслужава внимание, нищо особено; all to
othing всичко напразно (на вятъра); apropos of
othing без никакъв повод, изведнъж, внезапно; for
othing напразно, залудо, без полза, току-така; без никаква причина, неизвестно защо; безплатно, безвъзмездно, даром; to be for
othing нямам никакво значение, не играя никаква роля (in); to fade away to
othing изчезвам постепенно; the conversation dropped to
othing разговорът замря; next to
othing почти нищо; to beat to
othing слагам в джоба си, удрям о́ земята, превъзхождам; to come to
othing не постигам целта си, нямам никакъв успех, пропадам; to stop at
othing не се спирам пред нищо, безпощаден съм, жесток съм; to dance upon
othing ост. бивам обесен, намазвам въжето; to have
othing for it but не ми остава нищо друго освен; to have
othing on ам. нямам никакво предимство пред; to have
othing to do with нямам нищо общо с; to have
othing to show for it не постигам никакъв резултат; to leave
othing to chance не разчитам на случайност, премислям (обмислям) всичко; to make
othing of не се възползвам от, не използвам, не разбирам никак; не виждам никакъв смисъл в; смятам за дребна работа, не обръщам внимание (не отдавам значение) на; смятам за нещо обикновено, за мене не е нищо да (с ger); to rise from
othing почвам от нищо; he has
othing in him той не представлява (не е) нищо особено, посредствен (безличен) е; there's
othing in it в това няма нищо вярно, това не отговаря на действителността; това няма никакво значение, не представлява никакъв интерес; шансовете са еднакви (за двама конкуренти); that's
othing to you това не е твоя работа, не те засяга (вълнува);
othing ventured
othing gained който рискува, (той) печели; to think
othing of не се колебая, действам решително; no
othing (след отриц.) шег., разг. ни нищо; he has no house, no car, no
othing той няма ни къща, ни кола, ни нищо; to be
othing не изповядвам никаква вяра, атеист съм; to be
othing of не съм никакъв; like
othing on earth на нищо не прилича, отвратително, ужасно; in
othing flat моментално, веднага;
othing is stolen without hands щом има кражба, има и крадец;
othing succeeds like success успехът води след себе си нови успехи; II. n 1. нищожество, дреболия; a mere
othing дребна работа; the little
othings of life дребните неща в живота; sweet ( soft)
othing s комплименти, любезности; thank you for
othing! ирон. много ти благодаря! (за отказана помощ); 2. небитие; 3. мат. нула; III. adv никак, съвсем не, ни най-малко;
othing less than нищо друго освен; чисто и просто;
othing like нищо в сравнение с, нищо по-хубаво от; съвсем не;
othing near so съвсем не, далеч не толкова. -
17 nothing
1. pronoun(no thing; not anything: There was nothing in the cupboard; I have nothing new to say.) ingenting, ikke noe, intet2. noun(the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).) null3. adverb(not at all: He's nothing like his father.) slett ikke, ikke det spor- come to nothing
- for nothing
- have nothing to do with
- make nothing of
- mean nothing to
- next to nothing
- nothing but
- nothing doing!
- there is nothing to it
- think nothing of
- to say nothing ofingenting--------nullIsubst. \/ˈnʌθɪŋ\/1) intethet2) ubetydelighet, bagatell3) ( om person) nullno nothing ( hverdagslig) ingenting i det hele tatt• there were no pictures, no lamps, no nothingdet var ingen bilder der, ingen lamper - ingenting i det hele tattstart with nothing begynne med to tomme hendersweet nothings små søte ordIIadv. \/ˈnʌθɪŋ\/slett ikke, på ingen måte, ikke i det hele tatt, aldeles ikke, ikke det spor, ikke det granndiffer nothing from ( litterært) på ingen måte skille seg franothing near eller nothing like ikke tilnærmingsvis, ikke på langt nærIIIpron. \/ˈnʌθɪŋ\/ingenting, ikke noe, ikke noen ting, intet• oh, that's nothingå, det var ingenting \/ å, det var da så litebe nothing in it ikke være noe i det, ikke være noe sant i detikke ha noen betydning ikke være noen kunstbe nothing to være ingenting motbe nothing to somebody ikke gjøre noen noe, ikke ha noe med noen å gjøre, ikke angå noenvære en bagatell for noencome to nothing renne ut i sanden, mislykkesfor nothing gratisuten årsak, om ingenting, for ingentingforgjeves, til ingen nyttedet var til ingen nytte \/ det ble til ingen nyttehave nothing for it but to ikke vite annen råd enn å, ikke ha noe annet valg enn åhave nothing on somebody ikke ha noe på noen, ikke ha noe ufordelaktig å si om noenhave nothing on something ikke være noe mot noe, ikke komme opp mot noehave nothing to do with ikke ha noe å gjøre meddet har ingenting med deg å gjøre, det er ingenting som angår degmake nothing of ta (ganske) lett på, bagatellisereikke få noe ut av, ikke utnytteno nothing ( hverdagslig) ingen verdens ting, null og niks• there's no bread here, no eggs, noe butter, no nothing!not for nothing ikke for ingentingnothing doing! ( hverdagslig) forsøk deg ikke!, aldri i livet!(be) nothing for it but to ikke være noe annet å gjøre enn å(be) nothing if not virkelig væreom det er noe han virkelig er, så er det hårdnakketnothing less det minste, ikke mindre, minstnothing much ikke så mye, ikke så stortnothing short of ingenting mindre enn, rett og slettnothing so much as mest av altthank you for nothing! ( ironisk) takk for ingenting!, tusen hjertelig takk!there's nothing to it det er ingen kunst, det var ingen kunst det ligger ingenting i det, det ligger ingen sannhet i detthink nothing of ikke synes om, ikke like, ikke sette pris påto say nothing of for ikke å snakke om, for ikke å nevnewith nothing on uten noenting på segyou ain't seen nothing yet ( hverdagslig) og det er\/var bare begynnelsen -
18 for
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1. preposition1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) para2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) para, hacia, en dirección a3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) durante4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) (pedir dinero); (salir) a (pasear)5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) por6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) para7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) por8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) por9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) por, a favor de10) (because of: for this reason.) por, a causa de11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) para12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) para13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) por, para14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) para15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) a pesar de
2. conjunction(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) ya que, puesto quefor prep1. parais this the train for London? ¿es éste el tren que va a Londres?2. porI bought it for £12 lo compré por 12 libraswhat can I do for you? ¿qué puedo hacer por ti?3. desde hace4. durante5. de"T" for Tony "T" de Tonywhat's the word for "cheese" in Spanish? ¿cómo se dice "cheese" en español?6. a favor deare you for the plan, or against it? ¿estás a favor del plan, o en contra?tr[fɔːSMALLr/SMALL]1 (intended) para■ there's a phone call for Mr. Smith hay una llamada para el Sr. Smith2 (purpose) para■ what's this for? ¿para qué sirve esto?■ shall we meet for lunch? ¿quedamos para comer?3 (destination) para■ where do I catch the train for Newcastle? ¿dónde se coge el tren para Newcastle?4 (in order to help, on behalf of) por5 (because of, on account of) por, a causa de■ a meeting has been called for 10.00 se ha convocado una reunión para las 10.00■ I've lived here for 5 years hace 5 años que vivo aquí, vivo aquí desde hace 5 años■ it's the first accident here for a long time es el primer accidente que ocurre aquí desde hace mucho tiempo8 (in exchange, as replacement of) por■ I got it for £500 lo conseguí por 500 libras■ the record went for $50 el disco se vendió por 50 dólares9 (in favour of, in support of) por, a favor de■ who did you vote for? ¿a quién votaste?■ are you for or against the new laws? ¿estás a favor o en contra de las nuevas leyes?10 (despite) a pesar de, para; (considering, contrast) para■ I still love him, for all his faults lo quiero, a pesar de todos sus defectos11 (as) de, como, por■ what do they use for fuel? ¿qué utilizan de combustible?12 (in order to obtain) para■ for further details... para más información....13 (representing) por; (meaning) de■ I can't go to the meeting - will you go for me? no puedo asistir a la reunión - ¿quieres ir en mi lugar?■ what's the Spanish for "pool"? ¿cómo se dice "pool" en castellano?14 (as regards, concerning) por, en cuanto a■ for my part, he can do as he likes por mí, que haga lo que quiera■ as for him, who cares? en cuanto a él, ¿a quién le importa?■ luckily for us, it didn't rain afortunadamente para nosotros, no llovió15 (as part of, as being) por, para■ do you know that for a fact? ¿lo sabes a ciencia cierta?■ what do you want for dinner? ¿qué quieres para comer?1 para16 formal use literal ya que, puesto que\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas for me por mi parte, en cuanto a mífor all I know que yo sepafor all that a pesar de todo, con todofor good para siemprefor the first time por primera vezfor the last time por última vezoh for...! ¡ojalá tuviera...!■ oh for a star to guide my way! ¡ojalá tuviera una estrella que me guiara los pasos!there's nothing for it but... no hay más remedio que...to be for it cargárselafor ['fɔr] conj: puesto que, porquefor prepclothes for children: ropa para niñosit's time for dinner: es la hora de comer2) because of: porfor fear of: por miedo dea gift for you: un regalo para tihe fought for his country: luchó por su patriaa cure for cancer: una cura para el cáncerfor your own good: por tu propio bienI bought it for $5: lo compré por $5a lot of trouble for nothing: mucha molestia para nada7) as for: para, con respecto ahe's going for two years: se va por dos añosI spoke for ten minutes: hablé (durante) diez minutosshe has known it for three months: lo sabe desde hace tres mesesconj.• para conj.• pues conj.• ya que conj.n.• por s.m.prep.• a causa de prep.• como prep.• de prep.• durante prep.• en honor de prep.• en lugar de prep.• para prep.• por prep.
I fɔːr, fɔː(r), weak form fər, fə(r)1) preposition2)a) ( intended for) parais there a letter for me? — ¿hay carta para mí?
clothes for men/women — ropa de hombre/mujer
is it for sale? — ¿está en venta?, ¿se vende?
b) ( on behalf of) porhe plays for England — forma parte de or juega en la selección inglesa
c) ( in favor of) a favor de3) ( indicating purpose)what's that for? — ¿para qué es eso?, ¿eso para qué sirve?
it's for trimming hedges — es or sirve para recortar setos
to go out for a meal — salir* a comer fuera
to be for it — (colloq)
here comes Dad, we're for it now! — ahí viene papá ahora sí que estamos listos or (Col tb) hechos or (CS tb) fritos! (fam)
4)a) (as)we're having chicken for dinner — vamos a cenar pollo or hay pollo para cenar
what's for dessert? — ¿qué hay de postre?
b) ( representing)what's (the) German for ``ice cream''? — ¿cómo se dice ``helado'' en alemán?
c) ( instead of) porcould you call him for me? — ¿podrías llamarlo tú?, ¿me harías el favor de llamarlo?
5) ( giving reason) porif it weren't for Joe... — si no fuera por Joe...
for one thing it's too costly and for another we don't need it — para empezar es muy caro y además no lo necesitamos
6)a) ( in exchange for) porI bought the book for $10 — compré el libro por 10 dólares
b) ( indicating proportion) porfor every one we find, there are 20 that get away — por cada uno que encontramos, se nos escapan 20
7)a) ( as concerns) para8)a) ( in spite of)for all her faults, she's been very kind to us — tendrá sus defectos, pero con nosotros ha sido muy buena
is there time for us to have a cup of coffee? — ¿tenemos tiempo de tomar un café?
9) ( in exclamations)oh, for some peace and quiet — qué (no) daría yo por un poco de paz y tranquilidad!
10) ( in the direction of) parathe plane/bus for New York — el avión/autobús para or de Nueva York
11)a) ( indicating duration)I've only been here for a day — sólo llevo un día aquí, hace sólo un día que estoy aquí
how long are you going for? — ¿por cuánto tiempo vas?, ¿cuánto tiempo te vas a quedar?
b) ( on the occasion of) parac) (by, before) para12) ( indicating distance)
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conjunction (liter) pues (liter), puesto que (frml), porque[fɔː(r)] When for is part of a phrasal verb, eg look for, make for, stand for, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg as for, a gift for, for sale, eager for, look up the other word.1. PREPOSITION1) (=going to) parathe train for London — el tren para or de Londres
2) (=intended for) parais this for me? — ¿es para mí esto?
3) (to express purpose) parawe went to Tossa for our holidays — fuimos a pasar las vacaciones a Tossa, fuimos a Tossa para las vacaciones
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what for? — ¿para qué?what's it for? — ¿para qué es or sirve?
what do you want it for? — ¿para qué lo quieres?
what did you do that for? — ¿por qué hiciste eso?
4) (employment) para5) (=on behalf of)"I can't iron this shirt" - "don't worry, I'll iron it for you" — -no puedo planchar esta camisa -no te preocupes, yo te la plancho
"I still haven't booked the ticket" - "I'll do it for you" — -no he reservado el billete todavía -ya lo haré yo
who is the representative for your group? — ¿quién es el representante de vuestro grupo?
6) (=as in) de7) (=in exchange for) porhe'll do it for £25 — lo hará por 25 libras
for every one who voted yes, 50 voted no — por cada persona que votó a favor, 50 votaron en contra
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to pay 50 pence for a ticket — pagar 50 peniques por una entradathe government will match each donation pound for pound — el gobierno igualará cada donativo, libra a libra
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I sold it for £5 — lo vendí por or en 5 libras8) (=to the value of)a cheque for £500 — un cheque or talón por valor de 500 libras
how much is the cheque for? — ¿por cuánto es el cheque?
a) (making comparisons) parahe's tall/mature for his age — es alto/maduro para su edad or para la edad que tiene
b) (specifying)it was too difficult for her — era demasiado difícil para ella, le era demasiado difícil
that's easy for you to say — para ti es fácil decirlo, a ti te es fácil decirlo
10) (=in favour of) a favor deanyone for a game of cards? — ¿alguien se apunta a una partida de cartas?
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are you for or against the idea? — ¿estás a favor o en contra de la idea?are you for or against us? — ¿estás con nosotros o en contra?
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I'm all for it — estoy completamente a favor•
the campaign for human rights — la campaña pro derechos humanos, la campaña en pro de los derechos humanos•
a collection for the poor — una colecta a beneficio de los pobres11) (=as, by way of)what's for dinner? — ¿qué hay para cenar?
12) (=because of) por•
for fear of being criticized — por miedo a la crítica, por temor a ser criticado13) (=in spite of) a pesar de•
for all his wealth — a pesar de su riquezafor all he promised to come, he didn't — a pesar de habérmelo prometido, no vino
a) (future/past duration)When translating for and a period of time, it is often unnecessary to translate for, as in the examples below where durante is optional:Alternatively, translate [for] using [durante], or, especially when talking about very short periods, [por]. Use [por] also with the verb [ir], although again it is often optional in this case:I'm going for three weeks — me voy tres semanas, estaré allí tres semanas
for a moment, he didn't know what to say — por un momento, no supo qué decir
Use hace... que and the present to describe actions and states that started in the past and are still going on. Alternatively use the present and desde hace. Another option is sometimes llevar and the gerund. Don't use the present perfect in Spanish to translate phrases like these, unless they are in the negative.he won't be back for a couple of hours/days — no regresará hasta dentro de un par de horas/días, tardará un par de horas/días en regresar
he has been learning French for two years — hace dos años que estudia francés, estudia francés desde hace dos años, lleva dos años estudiando francés
it has not rained for 3 weeks — hace 3 semanas que no llueve, no llueve or no ha llovido desde hace 3 semanas, lleva 3 semanas sin llover
I have known her for years — hace años que la conozco, la conozco desde hace años
Notice how the tenses change when talking about something that [had] happened or [had been] happening [for] a time:I haven't seen her for two years — hace dos años que no la veo, no la he visto desde hace dos años, no la veo desde hace dos años, llevo dos años sin verla
he had been learning French for two years — hacía dos años que estudiaba francés, estudiaba francés desde hacía dos años, llevaba dos años estudiando francés
I hadn't seen her for two years — hacía dos años que no la veía, no la había visto desde hacía dos años, no la veía desde hacía dos años, llevaba dos años sin verla
15) (=by, before) paracan you do it for tomorrow? — ¿lo puedes hacer para mañana?
when does he want it for? — ¿para cuándo lo quiere?
16) (=on the occasion of) parahe asked his daughter what she would like for her birthday — le preguntó a su hija qué le gustaría para su cumpleaños
17) (=for a distance of)you can see for miles from the top of the hill — desde lo alto de la colina se puede ver hasta muy lejos
for this to be possible... — para que esto sea posible...
it's not for me to tell him what to do — yo no soy quien para decirle or no me corresponde a mí decirle lo que tiene que hacer
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it's bad for you to smoke so much — te perjudica fumar tanto•
it's best for you to go — es mejor que te vayas•
there is still time for you to do it — todavía tienes tiempo para hacerlowhat's the German for "hill"? — ¿cómo se dice "colina" en alemán?
oh for a cup of tea! — ¡lo que daría por una taza de té!
exampleI'll be for it if he catches me here! * — ¡me la voy a cargar si me pilla aquí! *
2.CONJUNCTION liter pues, puesto queshe avoided him, for he was rude and uncouth — lo eludía puesto que or pues era grosero y ordinario
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I [fɔːr, fɔː(r)], weak form [fər, fə(r)]1) preposition2)a) ( intended for) parais there a letter for me? — ¿hay carta para mí?
clothes for men/women — ropa de hombre/mujer
is it for sale? — ¿está en venta?, ¿se vende?
b) ( on behalf of) porhe plays for England — forma parte de or juega en la selección inglesa
c) ( in favor of) a favor de3) ( indicating purpose)what's that for? — ¿para qué es eso?, ¿eso para qué sirve?
it's for trimming hedges — es or sirve para recortar setos
to go out for a meal — salir* a comer fuera
to be for it — (colloq)
here comes Dad, we're for it now! — ahí viene papá ahora sí que estamos listos or (Col tb) hechos or (CS tb) fritos! (fam)
4)a) (as)we're having chicken for dinner — vamos a cenar pollo or hay pollo para cenar
what's for dessert? — ¿qué hay de postre?
b) ( representing)what's (the) German for ``ice cream''? — ¿cómo se dice ``helado'' en alemán?
c) ( instead of) porcould you call him for me? — ¿podrías llamarlo tú?, ¿me harías el favor de llamarlo?
5) ( giving reason) porif it weren't for Joe... — si no fuera por Joe...
for one thing it's too costly and for another we don't need it — para empezar es muy caro y además no lo necesitamos
6)a) ( in exchange for) porI bought the book for $10 — compré el libro por 10 dólares
b) ( indicating proportion) porfor every one we find, there are 20 that get away — por cada uno que encontramos, se nos escapan 20
7)a) ( as concerns) para8)a) ( in spite of)for all her faults, she's been very kind to us — tendrá sus defectos, pero con nosotros ha sido muy buena
is there time for us to have a cup of coffee? — ¿tenemos tiempo de tomar un café?
9) ( in exclamations)oh, for some peace and quiet — qué (no) daría yo por un poco de paz y tranquilidad!
10) ( in the direction of) parathe plane/bus for New York — el avión/autobús para or de Nueva York
11)a) ( indicating duration)I've only been here for a day — sólo llevo un día aquí, hace sólo un día que estoy aquí
how long are you going for? — ¿por cuánto tiempo vas?, ¿cuánto tiempo te vas a quedar?
b) ( on the occasion of) parac) (by, before) para12) ( indicating distance)
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conjunction (liter) pues (liter), puesto que (frml), porque -
19 nothing
[ˈnʌθɪŋ]all to nothing все ни к чему; to come to nothing кончиться ничем; не иметь последствий to be for nothing in не играть никакой роли в; не оказывать никакаго влияния на all to nothing все ни к чему; to come to nothing кончиться ничем; не иметь последствий for nothing зря, без пользы; даром; из-за пустяка; to get (smth.) for nothing получить (что-л.) даром; nothing to ничто по сравнению с for nothing зря, без пользы; даром; из-за пустяка; to get (smth.) for nothing получить (что-л.) даром; nothing to ничто по сравнению с to have nothing to do with не касаться, не иметь никакого отношения к; не иметь ничего общего с nothing нисколько, совсем нет; it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от; nothing less than прямо-таки; просто-напросто it's nothing to what I saw in Leningrad это ничто по сравнению с тем, что я видел в Ленинграде nothing пустяки, мелочи; a mere nothing пустяк; the little nothings of life мелочи жизни nothing пустяки, мелочи; a mere nothing пустяк; the little nothings of life мелочи жизни nothing very much разг. ничего особенного; no nothing решительно ничего; nothing doing ничего не выйдет, номер не пройдет nothing небытие, нереальность nothing нисколько, совсем нет; it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от; nothing less than прямо-таки; просто-напросто nothing ничего nothing pron neg. ничто, ничего; nothing but только; ничего кроме nothing ничто nothing мат. ноль nothing ноль; пустое место nothing отсутствие nothing пустяки, мелочи; a mere nothing пустяк; the little nothings of life мелочи жизни nothing pron neg. ничто, ничего; nothing but только; ничего кроме nothing but the truth ничего, кроме правды; nothing else than не что иное, как nothing very much разг. ничего особенного; no nothing решительно ничего; nothing doing ничего не выйдет, номер не пройдет nothing but the truth ничего, кроме правды; nothing else than не что иное, как nothing нисколько, совсем нет; it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от; nothing less than прямо-таки; просто-напросто nothing great is easy посл. все великое дается нелегко nothing нисколько, совсем нет; it dif ферс nothing from это нисколько не отличается от; nothing less than прямо-таки; просто-напросто for nothing зря, без пользы; даром; из-за пустяка; to get (smth.) for nothing получить (что-л.) даром; nothing to ничто по сравнению с nothing venture nothing have посл. = волков бояться - в лес не ходить; кто не рискует, тот ничего не добивается nothing very much разг. ничего особенного; no nothing решительно ничего; nothing doing ничего не выйдет, номер не пройдет there is nothing for it but ничего другого (не остается), как txere is nothing like нет ничего лучше; there is nothing like a good rest самое лучшее - хорошо отдохнуть there was nothing for it but to tell the truth пришлось сказать правду txere is nothing like нет ничего лучше; there is nothing like a good rest самое лучшее - хорошо отдохнуть -
20 FOR
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1. preposition1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) para2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) para, hacia, en dirección a3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) durante4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) (pedir dinero); (salir) a (pasear)5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) por6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) para7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) por8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) por9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) por, a favor de10) (because of: for this reason.) por, a causa de11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) para12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) para13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) por, para14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) para15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) a pesar de
2. conjunction(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) ya que, puesto quefor prep1. parais this the train for London? ¿es éste el tren que va a Londres?2. porI bought it for £12 lo compré por 12 libraswhat can I do for you? ¿qué puedo hacer por ti?3. desde hace4. durante5. de"T" for Tony "T" de Tonywhat's the word for "cheese" in Spanish? ¿cómo se dice "cheese" en español?6. a favor deare you for the plan, or against it? ¿estás a favor del plan, o en contra?tr[fɔːSMALLr/SMALL]1 (intended) para■ there's a phone call for Mr. Smith hay una llamada para el Sr. Smith2 (purpose) para■ what's this for? ¿para qué sirve esto?■ shall we meet for lunch? ¿quedamos para comer?3 (destination) para■ where do I catch the train for Newcastle? ¿dónde se coge el tren para Newcastle?4 (in order to help, on behalf of) por5 (because of, on account of) por, a causa de■ a meeting has been called for 10.00 se ha convocado una reunión para las 10.00■ I've lived here for 5 years hace 5 años que vivo aquí, vivo aquí desde hace 5 años■ it's the first accident here for a long time es el primer accidente que ocurre aquí desde hace mucho tiempo8 (in exchange, as replacement of) por■ I got it for £500 lo conseguí por 500 libras■ the record went for $50 el disco se vendió por 50 dólares9 (in favour of, in support of) por, a favor de■ who did you vote for? ¿a quién votaste?■ are you for or against the new laws? ¿estás a favor o en contra de las nuevas leyes?10 (despite) a pesar de, para; (considering, contrast) para■ I still love him, for all his faults lo quiero, a pesar de todos sus defectos11 (as) de, como, por■ what do they use for fuel? ¿qué utilizan de combustible?12 (in order to obtain) para■ for further details... para más información....13 (representing) por; (meaning) de■ I can't go to the meeting - will you go for me? no puedo asistir a la reunión - ¿quieres ir en mi lugar?■ what's the Spanish for "pool"? ¿cómo se dice "pool" en castellano?14 (as regards, concerning) por, en cuanto a■ for my part, he can do as he likes por mí, que haga lo que quiera■ as for him, who cares? en cuanto a él, ¿a quién le importa?■ luckily for us, it didn't rain afortunadamente para nosotros, no llovió15 (as part of, as being) por, para■ do you know that for a fact? ¿lo sabes a ciencia cierta?■ what do you want for dinner? ¿qué quieres para comer?1 para16 formal use literal ya que, puesto que\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas for me por mi parte, en cuanto a mífor all I know que yo sepafor all that a pesar de todo, con todofor good para siemprefor the first time por primera vezfor the last time por última vezoh for...! ¡ojalá tuviera...!■ oh for a star to guide my way! ¡ojalá tuviera una estrella que me guiara los pasos!there's nothing for it but... no hay más remedio que...to be for it cargárselafor ['fɔr] conj: puesto que, porquefor prepclothes for children: ropa para niñosit's time for dinner: es la hora de comer2) because of: porfor fear of: por miedo dea gift for you: un regalo para tihe fought for his country: luchó por su patriaa cure for cancer: una cura para el cáncerfor your own good: por tu propio bienI bought it for $5: lo compré por $5a lot of trouble for nothing: mucha molestia para nada7) as for: para, con respecto ahe's going for two years: se va por dos añosI spoke for ten minutes: hablé (durante) diez minutosshe has known it for three months: lo sabe desde hace tres mesesconj.• para conj.• pues conj.• ya que conj.n.• por s.m.prep.• a causa de prep.• como prep.• de prep.• durante prep.• en honor de prep.• en lugar de prep.• para prep.• por prep.
I fɔːr, fɔː(r), weak form fər, fə(r)1) preposition2)a) ( intended for) parais there a letter for me? — ¿hay carta para mí?
clothes for men/women — ropa de hombre/mujer
is it for sale? — ¿está en venta?, ¿se vende?
b) ( on behalf of) porhe plays for England — forma parte de or juega en la selección inglesa
c) ( in favor of) a favor de3) ( indicating purpose)what's that for? — ¿para qué es eso?, ¿eso para qué sirve?
it's for trimming hedges — es or sirve para recortar setos
to go out for a meal — salir* a comer fuera
to be for it — (colloq)
here comes Dad, we're for it now! — ahí viene papá ahora sí que estamos listos or (Col tb) hechos or (CS tb) fritos! (fam)
4)a) (as)we're having chicken for dinner — vamos a cenar pollo or hay pollo para cenar
what's for dessert? — ¿qué hay de postre?
b) ( representing)what's (the) German for ``ice cream''? — ¿cómo se dice ``helado'' en alemán?
c) ( instead of) porcould you call him for me? — ¿podrías llamarlo tú?, ¿me harías el favor de llamarlo?
5) ( giving reason) porif it weren't for Joe... — si no fuera por Joe...
for one thing it's too costly and for another we don't need it — para empezar es muy caro y además no lo necesitamos
6)a) ( in exchange for) porI bought the book for $10 — compré el libro por 10 dólares
b) ( indicating proportion) porfor every one we find, there are 20 that get away — por cada uno que encontramos, se nos escapan 20
7)a) ( as concerns) para8)a) ( in spite of)for all her faults, she's been very kind to us — tendrá sus defectos, pero con nosotros ha sido muy buena
is there time for us to have a cup of coffee? — ¿tenemos tiempo de tomar un café?
9) ( in exclamations)oh, for some peace and quiet — qué (no) daría yo por un poco de paz y tranquilidad!
10) ( in the direction of) parathe plane/bus for New York — el avión/autobús para or de Nueva York
11)a) ( indicating duration)I've only been here for a day — sólo llevo un día aquí, hace sólo un día que estoy aquí
how long are you going for? — ¿por cuánto tiempo vas?, ¿cuánto tiempo te vas a quedar?
b) ( on the occasion of) parac) (by, before) para12) ( indicating distance)
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conjunction (liter) pues (liter), puesto que (frml), porqueABBR= free on rail franco en ferrocarril* * *
I [fɔːr, fɔː(r)], weak form [fər, fə(r)]1) preposition2)a) ( intended for) parais there a letter for me? — ¿hay carta para mí?
clothes for men/women — ropa de hombre/mujer
is it for sale? — ¿está en venta?, ¿se vende?
b) ( on behalf of) porhe plays for England — forma parte de or juega en la selección inglesa
c) ( in favor of) a favor de3) ( indicating purpose)what's that for? — ¿para qué es eso?, ¿eso para qué sirve?
it's for trimming hedges — es or sirve para recortar setos
to go out for a meal — salir* a comer fuera
to be for it — (colloq)
here comes Dad, we're for it now! — ahí viene papá ahora sí que estamos listos or (Col tb) hechos or (CS tb) fritos! (fam)
4)a) (as)we're having chicken for dinner — vamos a cenar pollo or hay pollo para cenar
what's for dessert? — ¿qué hay de postre?
b) ( representing)what's (the) German for ``ice cream''? — ¿cómo se dice ``helado'' en alemán?
c) ( instead of) porcould you call him for me? — ¿podrías llamarlo tú?, ¿me harías el favor de llamarlo?
5) ( giving reason) porif it weren't for Joe... — si no fuera por Joe...
for one thing it's too costly and for another we don't need it — para empezar es muy caro y además no lo necesitamos
6)a) ( in exchange for) porI bought the book for $10 — compré el libro por 10 dólares
b) ( indicating proportion) porfor every one we find, there are 20 that get away — por cada uno que encontramos, se nos escapan 20
7)a) ( as concerns) para8)a) ( in spite of)for all her faults, she's been very kind to us — tendrá sus defectos, pero con nosotros ha sido muy buena
is there time for us to have a cup of coffee? — ¿tenemos tiempo de tomar un café?
9) ( in exclamations)oh, for some peace and quiet — qué (no) daría yo por un poco de paz y tranquilidad!
10) ( in the direction of) parathe plane/bus for New York — el avión/autobús para or de Nueva York
11)a) ( indicating duration)I've only been here for a day — sólo llevo un día aquí, hace sólo un día que estoy aquí
how long are you going for? — ¿por cuánto tiempo vas?, ¿cuánto tiempo te vas a quedar?
b) ( on the occasion of) parac) (by, before) para12) ( indicating distance)
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conjunction (liter) pues (liter), puesto que (frml), porque
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