think+to+do+something

1 to rot (pudrir) (fruit).

la humedad descompone ciertos alimentos dampness makes some foods rot

2 to break down.

descomponer algo en to break something down into

3 to mess up.

4 to damage, to break.

la cena le descompuso el vientre the dinner gave him an upset stomach

creo que comí algo que me descompuso (el cuerpo) I think I ate something that didn't agree with me

5 to annoy.

6 to put out of order, to impair, to rack up, to disarrange.

Ricardo descompuso la máquina Richard put the machine out of order.

7 to upset, to disturb, to unsettle.

Su ataque descompuso a María His attack upset Mary.

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Conjugation model [ PONER], like link=poner poner (pp descompuesto,-a)

► verbo transitivo

1 (separar) to break down, split up

2 (estropear) to break

3 (desorganizar) to mess up, upset

4 (desordenar) to mess up

■ me ha descompuesto toda la habitación he messed up my bedroom

5 FÍSICA to resolve

6 QUÍMICA to decompose

7 MATEMÁTICAS to split up

8 figurado (molestar) to disturb, upset; (irritar) irritate

9 (pudrir) to rot

► verbo pronominal descomponerse

1 (pudrirse) to decompose, rot

2 (estropearse) to break down

3 (enfermar) to feel ill

4 (enfadarse) to lose one's temper, get angry

■ me descompongo cuando dices tantas tonterías it makes me angry when you say such rubbish

5 FÍSICA to resolve

6 QUÍMICA to decompose

7 MATEMÁTICAS to split

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1) to rot

2) break

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- descomponerse

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1. VT

1) (=dividir) [+ palabra, frase] to break down, break up; [+ sustancia, molécula, número] to break down; [+ luz] to break up, split up

2) (=pudrir) [+ alimento] to rot; [+ cadáver, cuerpo] to decompose

3) * (=alterar)

4) * (=romper) to break

5) frm [+ peinado] to disturb, disarrange; [+ planes] to upset, disrupt

descomponerse

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verbo transitivo

1) <alimento/cadáver> to rot, cause... to decompose o rot

2) (esp AmL) <máquina/aparato> to break; < peinado> to mess up

3) < persona>

a) ( producir malestar) olor to make... queasy

b) ( producir diarrea) to give... diarrhea*

descomponerse v pron

1) luz to split; sustancia to break down, separate

2) cadáver/alimento to rot, decompose (frml)

3) cara (+ me/te/le etc)

4) (esp AmL) máquina/aparato to break down

5) persona

a) ( sentir malestar)

b) ( del estómago) to have an attack of diarrhea*

6) (CS) tiempo to become unsettled; día to cloud over

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= break down, break into + parts, break up, pull apart, disaggregate, dissect, parse, break out, break out into.

Ex. The holdings are broken down into several volumes, shown as the next level of the pyramid.

Ex. Break complex statements into parts if you'are not sure how to apply the restrictor.

Ex. Subarrangement at entry terms can break up long sequences of entries listed under the same keyword.

Ex. All these bits of raw material -- these 'chunks of reality' as McNair calls them -- are encapsulated in a carefully organized and well-rounded whole, which the reader must pull apart and put together again.

Ex. Outcomes can be disaggregated along age, class, ethnic, racial, & gender dimensions.

Ex. GMMA has developed a layered approach to visual indexing that dissects the objects, style and implication of each image, so that the indexing system can accommodate all potential approaches to the material.

Ex. This is only possible if the incoming message has an identifiable structure that can be parsed and converted to resemble a protocol message.

Ex. Turnaround managers want current financial and working capital analyses broken out by cost/profit centres.

Ex. The categories in Figure 1 could easily be broken out into additional subdivisions = Las cagegorías de la Figura 1 se puede descomponer fácilmente en subdivisiones adicionales.

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* descomponer en = break down into, break up into.

* descomponerse = disintegrate, rot, decompose, putrefy.

* descomponerse en = break into.

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verbo transitivo

1) <alimento/cadáver> to rot, cause... to decompose o rot

2) (esp AmL) <máquina/aparato> to break; < peinado> to mess up

3) < persona>

a) ( producir malestar) olor to make... queasy

b) ( producir diarrea) to give... diarrhea*

descomponerse v pron

1) luz to split; sustancia to break down, separate

2) cadáver/alimento to rot, decompose (frml)

3) cara (+ me/te/le etc)

4) (esp AmL) máquina/aparato to break down

5) persona

a) ( sentir malestar)

b) ( del estómago) to have an attack of diarrhea*

6) (CS) tiempo to become unsettled; día to cloud over

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descomponer [ E22 ]

A (dividir, separar) ‹número› to factorize, break … down into factors; ‹luz› to split up, break up; ‹sustancia› to break down, separate … into compounds

B ‹alimento/cadáver› to rot, cause … to decompose o rot

C ( esp AmL)

1 ‹máquina/aparato› to break

2 ‹peinado/juego› to mess up

D ‹persona›

(producir malestar): ese olor penetrante me descompone that strong smell makes me feel queasy o nauseous

la noticia del accidente la descompuso she felt quite ill when she heard about the accident

2 (producir diarrea) to give … diarrhea*

A «luz» to split; «sustancia» to break down, separate; «partícula/isótopo» to decay

B «cadáver/alimento» to rot, decompose ( frml)

«cara» (+ me/te/le etc): se le descompuso la cara cuando se lo dije he looked really upset o his face dropped a mile when I told him

D ( esp AmL) «máquina/aparato» to break down

E «persona»

(sentir malestar): hacía tanto calor que se descompuso it was so hot that he started feeling sick o queasy

se descompuso cuando supo la noticia he felt quite ill when he heard the news

2 (del estómago) to have an attack of diarrhea*

F (CS) «tiempo» to become unsettled, change for the worse; «día» to cloud over

amaneció un día precioso, pero más tarde se descompuso it started out as a lovely day, but it clouded over later

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a) ( producir malestar) [ olor] to make … queasy

b) ( producir diarrea) to give … diarrhea^{( conjugate diarrhea)}

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♦ vt

1. [pudrir] [fruta, comida, cuerpo] to rot;

un organismo que descompone los cadáveres an organism that causes bodies to decompose o rot;

la humedad descompone ciertos alimentos dampness makes some foods rot

2. [dividir] [sustancia, molécula] to break down;

descomponer algo en to break sth down into

3. [desordenar] to mess up

4. [estropear] [aparato, motor] to break

5. [indisponer]

creo que comí algo que me descompuso (el cuerpo) I think I ate something that didn't agree with me

6. [turbar, alterar] to disturb, to upset;

algo que dije pareció descomponerlo something I said seemed to upset him

7. [enojar] to annoy;

su pasividad me descompone his passivity annoys me

8. Mat

♦ See also the pronominal verb descomponerse

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<part descompuesto> v/t

1 ( dividir) break down

2 L.Am. ( romper) break

3 ( pudrir) cause to decompose

4 plan upset

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descomponer {60} vt

1) : to rot, to decompose

2) desbaratar: to break, to break down

♦ See also the reflexive verb descomponerse

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descomponer vb (sustancia) to break down [pt. broke; pp. broken]

1 to suspect.

sospecho que no lo terminará I doubt whether she'll finish it

Yo sospecho que no fue ella I suspect that it wasn't her.

Ella sospecha la verdad She suspects the truth.

2 to suspect to.

Ella sospechaba ver algo She suspected to see something.

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► verbo transitivo

1 (imaginar) to suspect, think, suppose

► verbo intransitivo

1 (desconfiar) to suspect (de, -)

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VT to suspect

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verbo transitivo to suspect

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= feel + suspicion, suspect, be suspicious, lurk + suspicion.

Ex. Some librarians find it more comfortable to stifle their professional consciences and take the question at its face value, disregarding any suspicion they may feel that it is not what the enquirer really needs.

Ex. I suspect that this emphasis reflects the desire to have a simple rule that everybody can apply and therefore get out cataloging data quickly and cheaply.

Ex. University respondents were suspicious that this formula approach would ultimately be extended to them and to their detriment = Los encuestados universitarios sospechaban que a la larga este fórmula se les aplicaría y les perjudicaría.

Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.

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* hacer sospechar = misgive.

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verbo transitivo to suspect

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sospechar [A1 ]

to suspect

creo que sospecha algo I think she suspects something o she's suspicious

¡ya me lo sospechaba! just as I suspected!, just as I thought!, I suspected as much!

me hizo sospechar it made me suspicious

sospechar DE algn to suspect sb, have one's suspicions ABOUT sb

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♦ vt

sospecho que no lo terminará I doubt whether she'll finish it

♦ vi

sospechar de to suspect

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I v/t suspect

II v/i be suspicious;

sospechar de alguien suspect s.o.

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sospechar vt

: to suspect

sospechar vi

: to be suspicious

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sospechar vb to suspect

remind, remember

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remind, make one think about something; think of, keep something in mind; warn, admonish; record

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〈wederkerend werkwoord; zich bezinnen〉

1 [nadenken] contemplate ⇒ reflect (on)

2 [van gedachten veranderen] think better of it ⇒ change one's mind

♦voorbeelden:

1   zich nog eens bezinnen • think twice (about something)

     zich bezinnen op iets • reflect on something; 〈 iets afwegen〉 count the cost

     〈 spreekwoord〉 bezint eer ge begint • look before you leap

1 [bedenken] invent ⇒ think/make up, devise

2 [pejoratief] think/make/dream/ 〈 informeel〉 cook up

♦voorbeelden:

1   ik zal er iets op verzinnen • I'll think/dream up something

2   een smoesje verzinnen • think/cook up an excuse

"1. to try to make others think one is (something one isn´t); to act as if one were (something one is not): Kibarlık taslıyor. He´s trying to make us think he´s got manners. 2. /ı/ to hew, shape."

"1. self, oneself. 2. own. 3. he; she. 4. in person. -leri 1. themselves. 2. he; she. -m myself. -minki mine. -miz ourselves. -si 1. herself; himself. 2. he; she. -ni ağır satmak to agree to something only after repeated requests. - ağzıyla tutulmak to be proved a liar by one´s own words. -ni alamamak /dan/ not to be able to refrain from, be unable to stop oneself from. - âleminde olmak to keep to oneself; to live in a world of one´s own. -ni alıştırmak /a/ to make oneself get used to. -ni ateşe atmak to court trouble. -ni atmak /a/ to go immediately to, rush to (a place). -ne bağlamak /ı/ to captivate. - başına 1. of one´s own accord. 2. without anyone´s help, single-handedly. -ni beğenmek to be conceited. -ni beğenmiş conceited, arrogant. -ni bırakmak to neglect oneself, let oneself go. -ni bilen/bilir upright and honorable (person). -ni bilmek 1. to be in one´s right mind. 2. to comport oneself properly. 3. (for a person) to have grown up, have reached maturity. -ni bir şey sanmak to give oneself airs, think one is something. -ni (bir yerde) bulmak to find that one has arrived at (a place). -ni bulmak to develop a personality of one´s own. - çalıp kendi oynuyor. colloq. He makes a big fuss about something, but when people want to help him he spurns their aid. - çapında according to his own standards, according to his own way of thinking. -ne çeki düzen vermek 1. to tidy oneself up. 2. to put one´s life and affairs in order. - çıkarı için for his own benefit. -ni dar atmak /a/ to manage to reach (a place) in the nick of time. - derdine düşmek to be completely taken up with one´s own troubles. -ni dev aynasında görmek to overrate oneself vastly. -ni dinlemek to be a hypochondriac. -ni dirhem dirhem satmak to make a great show of reluctance. - düşen ağlamaz. proverb If you get yourself into trouble then you´ve no right to complain. - eliyle himself, with his own hand. -ne etmek to harm oneself. -ni fasulye gibi nimetten saymak to overrate oneself vastly. -nden geçme psych. trance. -nden geçmek 1. to be transported by joy, be ecstatic. 2. to faint. -ne gel. colloq. 1. Come to your senses! 2. Pull yourself together! - gelen that comes one´s way by chance. -ne gelmek 1. to regain consciousness, come to. 2. to pull oneself together, regain one´s self-control. - göbeğini kendi kesmek colloq. to do it all on one´s own, do it without getting help from anybody. -ni göstermek to prove one´s worth. - gözündeki merteği görmez, elin gözündeki çöpü görür. colloq. He doesn´t see the beam in his own eye, but he sees the mote in the eye of another person. -ne güvenme self-confidence, self-reliance. - halinde 1. quiet and innoffensive, innocuous (person). 2. simple-minded. - haline bırakmak /ı/ to leave (someone) to his own devices; to let (a thing) take care of itself. - havasına gitmek/- havasında olmak to do what strikes one´s fancy. -ni hissettirmek to make one´s/its presence felt. -ni iyice vermek /a/ to concentrate (on). -ni kapıp koyuvermek 1. to cease to take an interest in oneself, let oneself go. 2. /a/ to lose oneself in (a project). -ni kaptırmak /a/ 1. to let oneself get carried away (by). 2. to become wholly absorbed in. -ni kaybetmek 1. to lose consciousness. 2. to go into a towering rage. - kendine 1. on one´s own responsibility; of one´s own accord. 2. alone, by oneself, without help. 3. to oneself. 4. theat. as an aside. - kendine gelin güvey olmak to count one´s chickens before they´re hatched, build castles in Spain. - kendini yemek to eat one´s heart out, worry oneself to death. - kendine yeterli self-reliant and self-sufficient. -ne kıymak to commit suicide. - kuyusunu kendi kazmak to dig one´s own grave, be the cause of one´s own downfall. -si muhtac-ı himmet bir dede. (Nerde kaldı geriye himmet ede.) colloq. You can´t expect any help from him since he´s in need of help himself. -ni naza çekmek to make a great show of reluctance. -nde olmamak not to kno

n: ich möchte ein Wörtchen mit dir reden I’d like a little word with you; mitreden II, wenn 2

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nt -s, - dim

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nt dim von Wort (fam) word

zu keinem ein \Wörtchen darüber! not a word of it to anyone!

mit jdm noch ein \Wörtchen zu reden haben (fig fam) to have a bone to pick with sb fig fam

da habe ich [noch/wohl] ein \Wörtchen mitzureden (fig fam) I think I have something to say about [or some say in] that fam

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Wörtchen n:

ich möchte ein Wörtchen mit dir reden I’d like a little word with you; → mitreden B, wenn 2

〈wederkerend werkwoord; zich beraden〉

1 [bij zichzelf overleggen] consider, think over

2 [zich bedenken] reconsider, think better of (something), change one's mind

♦voorbeelden:

1   zich beraden over/op • deliberate about

ein|schät·zen

jdn irgendwie \einschätzen to judge sb [or assess sb's character] somehow, to consider sb to be something, to think sb is something;

etw irgendwie \einschätzen to appraise [or assess] [or evaluate] sth somehow;

Sie haben ihn richtig eingeschätzt your opinion of him was right;

du solltest sie nicht falsch \einschätzen don't misjudge her;

jdn/etw zu hoch \einschätzen to overrate sb/sth;

jdn/etw zu niedrig \einschätzen to underrate sb/sth;

jdn zur Steuer \einschätzen to assess sb for tax [purposes]

"1. to pass. 2. /dan/ to pass by, go by. 3. /dan/ to pass through, go through. 4. /dan/ to go down (a street, road, corridor). 5. /dan/ to pass over, cross, traverse. 6. /ı/ to pass through, pass over, cross. 7. /dan/ to undergo, go through. 8. /dan/ to renounce one´s claim to. 9. /dan/ to give up, abandon. 10. /da/ (for one´s life, a period of time) to be spent in. 11. (for a period of time) to pass, elapse. 12. to take place, happen, occur. 13. /dan, a/ (for a disease) to pass from (someone) to (someone else), spread from (one place) to (another). 14. /dan, a/ to pass from (someone) to (someone else) (through heredity). 15. /a/ to move to. 16. /dan/ to go through a period of, pass through a period of; to go through, pass through, come through (a profession, an institution, a field of study, a type of training, etc.); to be schooled in. 17. /a/ to penetrate, affect. 18. /a/ to come into (power, authority). 19. /a/ to pass on to, pass over to. 20. /ı/ to pass, overtake, go past; to outstrip. 21. to move on, keep moving; to go ahead, go on. 22. to pass, be over, end, come to an end, finish. 23. /ı/ to surpass, exceed, outdo, outstrip, outrun. 24. /ı/ to skip over, skip, pass over. 25. /ı/ to play; to sing; to perform; to learn (a piece of music) by practicing. 26. /ı, dan/ to learn (a piece of music) from (someone). 27. (for a stove, a fire, embers) to go out, become cold, die. 28. /a/ to pass into, be recorded as (history); to be recorded in, be written down in (a book); to be put into (writing). 29. to be current, be in use, be valid, be in effect. 30. to be in demand, sell, be popular, be in vogue. 31. to be mentioned, be written or spoken about, be referred to. 32. /ı/ to pass (one´s class). 33. /dan/ to pass (an exam). 34. /a/ to take (one´s place), go to (one´s place). 35. /dan/ (for a road or river) to pass through, pass by. 36. (for fruit) to get rotten, dry up, spoil. 37. to get oneself out of something, get oneself off the hook, be shut of an involvement. 38. slang (an auxiliary verb used after some nouns) to do, make: diskur geçmek to spiel. Geçelim. Let us not talk about it. (...) geçtim let alone: Mektubu geçtim, bir kartpostal olsun yazamıyor mu? Can´t he at least write a postcard, let alone a letter? Geçti Bor´un pazarı, sür eşeğini Niğde´ye. colloq. It is too late to do anything about that; so let´s think about doing something else. Geç!/Geç efendim! colloq. Leave it!/Don´t waste your time on it./It´s not worth talking about. Geçtim olsun. colloq. Forget about it. Geç yiğidim geç! colloq. Pass by, my brave one (said in giving way to someone who is more powerful than oneself)."

1. \И-91 чего. Also: К ИСХОДУ (the resulting PrepP is adv

during the last part of sth.: at the end (close) of

2. ( subj-compl with быть» ( subj: concr or abstr)) sth. is approaching or coming to an end

X на исходе - X is almost gone

апрель (третий час и т. п.) \И-91 = it's nearly (almost) May (three o'clock etc).

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[PrepP; these forms only]

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1. в исходе чего. Also: К ИСХОДУ [the resulting PrepP is adv]

⇒ during the last part of sth.:

- at the end < close> of;

- toward the end of;

- as sth. is drawing to a close;

- as sth. is nearing its end.

     ♦ К началу нашего повествования, на исходе довольно сумбурной редакционной ночи... мы видим издателя-редактора этой газеты Андрея Арсениевича Лучникова в его личных апартаментах, на "верхотуре" (Аксёнов 7). As our story begins - at the end of a hard night at the teletype machines... we find the publisher-editor of the Courier...Andrei Arsenievich Luchnikov, in his suite atop a skyscraper (7a).

2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: concr or abstr)]

⇒ sth. is approaching or coming to an end:

- X на исходе≈ X is almost gone;

- X is running short <low, out>;

- (s.o.) is running out of X;

- X is petering out;

- X is almost at an end (finished);

- [in time-related contexts only] X is drawing to a close < to an end>;

- X is winding down;

- [of s.o.'s strength only] X is giving out;

- [of patience only] X is wearing thin;

- [of food, supplies etc only] X is nearing rock bottom;

     ♦ "Ну ладно, - сдалась Раиса. - Пуд [ соли] дам, а больше и не проси". - "Ну давай хоть пуд", - уступила и старуха, предвидя, что время её на исходе (Войнович 2). "Well, all right," yielded Raisa. "I'll give you a pood [of salt], but don't ask me for more." "A pood'll be fine." Sensing that time was running short, Granny Dunya in her turn yielded (2a).

     ♦ [Трилецкий:] Трагедия на исходе, трагик! На исходе-с! (Чехов 1). [Т.:] The tragedy is almost at an end, tragedian! Yes, sir, almost at an end (1a).

     ♦ Март был уже на исходе, когда, однажды вечером, она ему сказала: "У меня, кажется, для вас что-то имеется" (Набоков 1). March was drawing to an end when, one evening, she said to him: "I think I have something for you" (1a).

     ♦ Говорят, что [штрафной лагерь] Известковую обычный человек выдержать никак не может, тем более если сидит уже восьмой год и силёнки на исходе (Гинзбург 2). People said that an ordinary person had no chance of surviving at Izvestkovaya [punishment camp], especially one in her eighth year inside, whose strength was giving out (2a).

     ♦ Час пятый в исходе; проспал! (Достоевский 3). It was nearly five o'clock; he had overslept! (3a).

     ♦ "Э! да чёрт с ним совсем, с письмом-то!.. Я отвык деловые письма писать. А вот уж третий час в исходе" (Гончаров 1). "Oh, to hell with the letter!...I've lost the knack of writing business letters. Good Lord, it's almost three o'clock!" (1a).

• НА <В obsoles> ИСХОДЕ

[PrepP; these forms only]

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1. к исходу чего. Also: К ИСХОДУ [the resulting PrepP is adv]

⇒ during the last part of sth.:

- at the end < close> of;

- toward the end of;

- as sth. is drawing to a close;

- as sth. is nearing its end.

     ♦ К началу нашего повествования, на исходе довольно сумбурной редакционной ночи... мы видим издателя-редактора этой газеты Андрея Арсениевича Лучникова в его личных апартаментах, на "верхотуре" (Аксёнов 7). As our story begins - at the end of a hard night at the teletype machines... we find the publisher-editor of the Courier...Andrei Arsenievich Luchnikov, in his suite atop a skyscraper (7a).

2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: concr or abstr)]

⇒ sth. is approaching or coming to an end:

- X на исходе≈ X is almost gone;

- X is running short <low, out>;

- (s.o.) is running out of X;

- X is petering out;

- X is almost at an end (finished);

- [in time-related contexts only] X is drawing to a close < to an end>;

- X is winding down;

- [of s.o.'s strength only] X is giving out;

- [of patience only] X is wearing thin;

- [of food, supplies etc only] X is nearing rock bottom;

     ♦ "Ну ладно, - сдалась Раиса. - Пуд [ соли] дам, а больше и не проси". - "Ну давай хоть пуд", - уступила и старуха, предвидя, что время её на исходе (Войнович 2). "Well, all right," yielded Raisa. "I'll give you a pood [of salt], but don't ask me for more." "A pood'll be fine." Sensing that time was running short, Granny Dunya in her turn yielded (2a).

     ♦ [Трилецкий:] Трагедия на исходе, трагик! На исходе-с! (Чехов 1). [Т.:] The tragedy is almost at an end, tragedian! Yes, sir, almost at an end (1a).

     ♦ Март был уже на исходе, когда, однажды вечером, она ему сказала: "У меня, кажется, для вас что-то имеется" (Набоков 1). March was drawing to an end when, one evening, she said to him: "I think I have something for you" (1a).

     ♦ Говорят, что [штрафной лагерь] Известковую обычный человек выдержать никак не может, тем более если сидит уже восьмой год и силёнки на исходе (Гинзбург 2). People said that an ordinary person had no chance of surviving at Izvestkovaya [punishment camp], especially one in her eighth year inside, whose strength was giving out (2a).

     ♦ Час пятый в исходе; проспал! (Достоевский 3). It was nearly five o'clock; he had overslept! (3a).

     ♦ "Э! да чёрт с ним совсем, с письмом-то!.. Я отвык деловые письма писать. А вот уж третий час в исходе" (Гончаров 1). "Oh, to hell with the letter!...I've lost the knack of writing business letters. Good Lord, it's almost three o'clock!" (1a).

• НА <В obsoles> ИСХОДЕ

[PrepP; these forms only]

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1. на исходе чего. Also: К ИСХОДУ [the resulting PrepP is adv]

⇒ during the last part of sth.:

- at the end < close> of;

- toward the end of;

- as sth. is drawing to a close;

- as sth. is nearing its end.

     ♦ К началу нашего повествования, на исходе довольно сумбурной редакционной ночи... мы видим издателя-редактора этой газеты Андрея Арсениевича Лучникова в его личных апартаментах, на "верхотуре" (Аксёнов 7). As our story begins - at the end of a hard night at the teletype machines... we find the publisher-editor of the Courier...Andrei Arsenievich Luchnikov, in his suite atop a skyscraper (7a).

2. [subj-compl with быть (subj: concr or abstr)]

⇒ sth. is approaching or coming to an end:

- X на исходе≈ X is almost gone;

- X is running short <low, out>;

- (s.o.) is running out of X;

- X is petering out;

- X is almost at an end (finished);

- [in time-related contexts only] X is drawing to a close < to an end>;

- X is winding down;

- [of s.o.'s strength only] X is giving out;

- [of patience only] X is wearing thin;

- [of food, supplies etc only] X is nearing rock bottom;

     ♦ "Ну ладно, - сдалась Раиса. - Пуд [ соли] дам, а больше и не проси". - "Ну давай хоть пуд", - уступила и старуха, предвидя, что время её на исходе (Войнович 2). "Well, all right," yielded Raisa. "I'll give you a pood [of salt], but don't ask me for more." "A pood'll be fine." Sensing that time was running short, Granny Dunya in her turn yielded (2a).

     ♦ [Трилецкий:] Трагедия на исходе, трагик! На исходе-с! (Чехов 1). [Т.:] The tragedy is almost at an end, tragedian! Yes, sir, almost at an end (1a).

     ♦ Март был уже на исходе, когда, однажды вечером, она ему сказала: "У меня, кажется, для вас что-то имеется" (Набоков 1). March was drawing to an end when, one evening, she said to him: "I think I have something for you" (1a).

     ♦ Говорят, что [штрафной лагерь] Известковую обычный человек выдержать никак не может, тем более если сидит уже восьмой год и силёнки на исходе (Гинзбург 2). People said that an ordinary person had no chance of surviving at Izvestkovaya [punishment camp], especially one in her eighth year inside, whose strength was giving out (2a).

     ♦ Час пятый в исходе; проспал! (Достоевский 3). It was nearly five o'clock; he had overslept! (3a).

     ♦ "Э! да чёрт с ним совсем, с письмом-то!.. Я отвык деловые письма писать. А вот уж третий час в исходе" (Гончаров 1). "Oh, to hell with the letter!...I've lost the knack of writing business letters. Good Lord, it's almost three o'clock!" (1a).

An empty head, like a bell, has a long tongue (Am.). The tongue runs before the wit (Br.)

What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks (Am., Br.)

puant, e (inf) [pyɑ̃, ɑ̃t]

[personne, attitude] arrogant

• c'est un type puant he's an arrogant creep (inf)

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puante pɥɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif

1) lit stinking, foul-smelling; [fromage] smelly

2) (colloq) fig ( déplaisant) pej

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1) (= nauséabond) stinking, foul

2) (= odieux, prétentieux) pompous

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puant, puante adj

1 lit [bêtes] stinking; [fromage] smelly;

2 ○ fig, péj ( déplaisant) un type puant an incredibly arrogant guy○; puant de fierté disgustingly proud.

( féminin puante) [pɥɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif

1. [nauséabond] stinking, foul-smelling

2. (familier) [prétentieux] insufferably conceited

credersi chissà chi

to think one is something o someone o the bee's knees.

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