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1 want

want [wɒnt]

vouloir ⇒ 1 (a) désirer ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) avoir envie de ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) demander ⇒ 1 (c) vouloir voir ⇒ 1 (c) (re)chercher ⇒ 1 (d) avoir besoin de ⇒ 1 (e) désir ⇒ 3 (a) envie ⇒ 3 (a) besoin ⇒ 3 (b) manque ⇒ 3 (c)

1 transitive verb

(a) (expressing a wish or desire) vouloir, désirer;

∎ to want sth badly avoir très envie de qch;

∎ what do you want? qu'est-ce que vous voulez?;

∎ what do you want now? qu'est-ce que tu veux encore?;

∎ what more do you want? que voulez-vous de plus?;

∎ I want a cup of coffee je veux ou voudrais une tasse de café;

∎ I want my Mummy! je veux ma maman!;

∎ all he wants is to go to bed tout ce qu'il veut, c'est aller se coucher;

∎ to want to do sth avoir envie de ou vouloir faire qch;

∎ they want to go to Spain on holiday ils ont envie d'aller ou ils veulent aller en vacances en Espagne;

∎ she doesn't want to go elle n'a pas envie d'y aller, elle ne veut pas y aller;

∎ she doesn't want to elle n'en a pas envie;

∎ he doesn't want to know il ne veut rien savoir;

∎ I want you to wait here je veux que tu attendes ici;

∎ I don't want it known je ne veux pas que cela se sache;

∎ what do you want done? que désirez-vous qu'on fasse?;

∎ I don't want you turning everything upside down je ne veux pas que vous mettiez tout sens dessus dessous;

∎ they never wanted (to have) children ils n'ont jamais eu envie d'avoir des enfants, ils n'ont jamais voulu (avoir) d'enfants;

∎ I don't want (to have) any trouble je ne veux pas d'ennuis;

∎ how much or what do you want for this table? combien voulez-vous pour cette table?;

∎ what do you want with her? qu'est-ce que tu lui veux?;

∎ what do you want from her? que voulez-vous d'elle?;

∎ ironic she doesn't want much! elle n'est pas difficile, elle au moins;

∎ figurative now I've got you where I want you! je te tiens!

(b) (desire sexually) désirer, avoir envie de

(c) (require to be present) demander, vouloir voir;

∎ you're wanted on vous demande;

∎ the boss wants you le patron vous demande ou veut vous voir ou demande à vous voir;

∎ someone wants you or you're wanted on the phone quelqu'un vous demande au téléphone;

∎ what does he want me for? qu'est-ce qu'il me veut?;

∎ where do you want this wardrobe? où voulez-vous qu'on mette cette armoire?;

∎ you won't be wanted this afternoon on n'aura pas besoin de vous cet après-midi;

∎ they don't want (to have) me ils ne veulent pas de moi;

∎ go away, you're not wanted here va-t-en, tu n'es pas le bienvenu ici;

∎ I know when I'm not wanted je sais quand je suis de trop

(d) (hunt, look for) chercher, rechercher;

∎ to be wanted by the police être recherché par la police;

∎ he's wanted for armed robbery il est recherché pour attaque à main armée

(e) (need → of person) avoir besoin de; (→ of task, thing) avoir besoin de, nécessiter;

∎ do you have everything you want? avez-vous tout ce qu'il vous faut?;

∎ I have more than I want j'en ai plus qu'il n'en faut;

∎ I've had all I want(ed) j'en ai eu assez;

∎ that's the very thing I want, that's just what I want c'est juste ce qu'il me faut, cela fera parfaitement mon affaire;

∎ this room wants a fresh coat of paint cette pièce a besoin d'une nouvelle couche de peinture;

∎ that child wants a good hiding cet enfant a besoin d'une bonne correction;

∎ this coat wants cleaning very badly ce manteau a besoin d'un bon nettoyage;

∎ your hair wants cutting tu as besoin de te faire couper les cheveux, tu devrais te faire couper les cheveux;

∎ there are still a couple of things that want doing il y a encore quelques petites choses à faire ou qu'il faut faire;

∎ what do you want with a car that size? qu'allez-vous faire d'une voiture de cette taille?;

∎ wanted: a good cook (advertisement) on demande ou recherche une bonne cuisinière

(f) familiar (ought)

∎ you want to see a doctor about that leg vous devez montrer ou il faut que vous montriez cette jambe à un médecin^□ ;

∎ she wants to watch out, the boss is looking for her elle devrait faire attention, le patron la cherche^□

(g) literary (lack → food, shelter) manquer de

2 intransitive verb

∎ familiar the cat wants in/out le chat veut entrer^□ /sortir^□ ;

∎ figurative he wants in (on the deal) il veut une part du gâteau;

∎ I want out! je ne suis plus de la partie!^□

3 noun

(a) (desire, wish) désir m, envie f;

∎ to satisfy sb's wants satisfaire les envies ou les désirs de qn

(b) (requirement) besoin m;

∎ I have few wants, my wants are few j'ai peu de besoins, j'ai besoin de peu;

∎ she attends to all his wants elle pourvoit à tous ses besoins

(c) (lack) manque m;

∎ a want of generosity un manque de générosité;

∎ there's certainly no want of goodwill ce ne sont certainement pas les bonnes volontés qui manquent;

∎ to be in want of sth avoir besoin de qch

(d) (poverty) misère f, besoin m;

∎ to be in want être dans le besoin ou dans la misère

4 for want of preposition

faute de;

∎ I'll take this novel for want of anything better faute de mieux, je vais prendre ce roman;

∎ for want of anything better to do, she went for a walk n'ayant rien de mieux à faire, elle est allée se promener;

∎ the project fell through for want of funding faute de financement, le projet est tombé à l'eau;

∎ if we failed, it wasn't for want of trying nous avons échoué mais ce n'est pas faute d'avoir essayé

►► American want ad petite annonce f

➲ want for inseparable transitive verb

manquer de;

∎ they never wanted for friends ils n'ont jamais manqué d'amis;

∎ he wants for nothing il ne manque de rien

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2 want

want

A n

1 ( need) besoin m ; my wants are few j'ai peu de besoins ; to be in want of avoir besoin de ; the tower is in want of repair la tour a besoin d'être restaurée ;

2 ( deprivation) littér indigence f ; war on want journ lutte contre la pauvreté ;

3 ( lack) défaut m ; want of discipline défaut de discipline ; for want of à défaut or faute de ; it's not for want of trying ce n'est pas faute d'avoir essayé ; for want of a better word à défaut d'un meilleur mot ; there is no want of candidates on ne manque pas de candidats.

B vtr

1 ( desire) vouloir ; I want ( as general statement) je veux ; ( would like) je voudrais ; ( am seeking) je souhaite ; they want peace/money ils veulent la paix/de l'argent ; we want cooperation/understanding nous souhaitons la coopération/la compréhension ; how many do you want? combien en voulez-vous? ; where do you want this desk? où est-ce que tu veux ce bureau? ; what ou how much do you want for this chair? combien voulez-vous pour ce fauteuil? ; I want the walls blue/my steak rare/the job finished je voudrais les murs bleus/mon steak saignant/que ce travail soit fini ; to want to do vouloir faire ; do you want to come with us? tu veux venir avec nous? ; I don't want to je n'ai pas envie ; to want sb to do vouloir que qn fasse ; when/why does she want me to come? quand/pourquoi veut-elle que je vienne? ; to want sb/sth doing vouloir que qn/qch fasse ; I want the machine working by 11 o'clock je veux que la machine soit en état de marche d'ici onze heures ; where do you want me? où voulez-vous que je me mette? ; he doesn't want much does he? iron il est toujours aussi peu exigeant! iron ; they just don't want to know ils préfèrent ne rien savoir ; to want an end to sth vouloir que qch prenne fin ;

2 ○ ( need) avoir besoin de ; you won't want your overcoat tu n'auras pas besoin de ton manteau ; you won't be wanted at the meeting on n'aura pas besoin de vous à la réunion ; I take it he'll not be wanting this book any more je suppose qu'il n'aura plus besoin de ce livre ; do you want anything from town? tu as besoin de quelque chose en ville? ; what we want is to do ce dont nous avons besoin c'est de faire ; to want to do devoir faire ; you want to watch out tu devrais faire attention ; what do they want with all those machines? pourquoi est-ce qu'ils ont besoin de toutes ces machines? ; what do you want with me? qu'est-ce que vous me voulez? ; all that's wanted is your signature il ne manque plus que ta signature ; several jobs want doing GB il y a plusieurs tâches à faire ;

3 ( require presence of) demander ; if anyone wants me si quelqu'un me demande ; he/she is wanted on le/la demande ; you're wanted on the phone on vous demande au téléphone ; ‘gardener wanted’ ‘on demande un jardinier’ ; I want my mummy! GB ou mommy! US je veux ma maman! ; the boss wants you le patron veut te voir ; to be wanted by the police être recherché par la police ; I know when I'm not wanted souvent hum je sens bien que je suis de trop ;

4 ( desire sexually) vouloir [person].

C vi to want for manquer de ; you will never want for anything tu ne manqueras jamais de rien.

Phrasal verbs

■ want in ○

1 ( asking to enter) vouloir entrer ;

2 ( asking to participate) vouloir participer ; I want in on the deal je veux être dans le coup ○.

■ want out ○

1 ( asking to exit) vouloir sortir ;

2 ( discontinuing participation) vouloir laisser tomber ○ ; to want out of vouloir se retirer de [contract, deal].

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3 what

what [wɒt]

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1. adjective

2. pronoun

3. compounds

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1. adjective

   a. (in questions and indirect speech) quel m, quelle f quels mpl, quelles fpl

• what time is it? quelle heure est-il ?

• what flavours do you want? quels parfums voulez-vous ?

• what subjects did you choose? quelles matières as-tu choisies ?

• she told me what colour it was elle m'a dit de quelle couleur c'était

• they asked me what kind of films I liked ils m'ont demandé quel genre de films j'aimais

   b. ( = all the) I gave him what money I had je lui ai donné tout l'argent que j'avais

• what savings we had are now gone le peu d'économies que nous avions s'est maintenant envolé

• I will give you what information we have je vais vous donner toutes les informations dont nous disposons

• I gave her what comfort I could je l'ai réconfortée comme j'ai pu

   c. (exclamations) what a nice surprise! quelle bonne surprise !

• what a ridiculous suggestion! quelle suggestion ridicule !

• what a nightmare! quel cauchemar !

• what a nuisance! quelle barbe ! (inf)

• what a lot of people! que de monde !

• what lovely hair you've got! quels jolis cheveux tu as !

2. pronoun

   a. (used alone, or in emphatic position) quoi

• what? I didn't get that quoi ? je n'ai pas compris

• I've forgotten something -- what? j'ai oublié quelque chose -- quoi ?

• he's getting married -- what! il se marie -- quoi !

• what! you expect me to believe that! quoi ! et tu penses que je vais croire ça !

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► quoi is used with a preposition, if the French verb requires one.

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• I've just thought of something -- what? je viens de penser à quelque chose -- à quoi ?

• I've just remembered something -- what? je viens de me souvenir de quelque chose -- de quoi ?

• you what? (inf!) (British) quoi !

   b. (subject in direct questions) qu'est-ce qui

• what's happened? qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?

• what's bothering you? qu'est-ce qui te préoccupe ?

• what's for dinner? qu'est-ce qu'il y a pour dîner ?

• what is his address? quelle est son adresse ?

• what's the French for "pen"? comment dit-on « pen » en français ?

• what is this called? comment ça s'appelle ?

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► When asking for a definition or explanation, c'est quoi is often used in spoken French.

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• what are capers? c'est quoi, les câpres ?

• what's that noise? c'est quoi, ce bruit ?

• what's that? (asking about sth) c'est quoi ? ; ( = what did you say) comment ?

   c. (object in direct questions) qu'est-ce que, que quoi after prep

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► The object pronoun que is more formal than qu'est-ce que and requires inversion of verb and pronoun.

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• what did you do? qu'avez-vous fait ?

• what can we do? qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire ? que peut-on faire ?

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► The French preposition cannot be separated from the pronoun.

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• what does he owe his success to? à quoi doit-il son succès ?

• what were you talking about? de quoi parliez-vous ?

   d. ( = which in particular) quel m, quelle f quels mpl, quelles fpl

• what's the best time to call? quel est le meilleur moment pour vous joindre ?

• what are the advantages? quels sont les avantages ?

   e. ( = how much) combien

• what will it cost? ça va coûter combien ?

• what does it weigh? ça pèse combien ?

• what do 2 and 2 make? combien font 2 et 2 ?

• what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut bien faire ?

   f. (in indirect questions) (subject of verb) ce qui ; (object of verb) ce que

• I wonder what will happen je me demande ce qui va se passer

• I wonder what they think je me demande ce qu'ils pensent

• I don't know what that building is je ne sais pas ce que c'est que ce bâtiment

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► If the French verb takes a preposition, what is translated by quoi.

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• tell us what you're thinking about dites-nous à quoi vous pensez

• I wonder what they need je me demande de quoi ils ont besoin

• I wonder what they are expecting je me demande à quoi ils s'attendent

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► quoi is used when what ends the sentence.

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• I don't know who's doing what je ne sais pas qui fait quoi

   g. (in relative clauses) ( = that which) (subject of verb) ce qui ; (object of verb) ce que ; (object of verb taking "de") ce dont ; (object of verb taking "à") ce à quoi

• what is done is done ce qui est fait est fait

• the hotel isn't what it was l'hôtel n'est plus ce qu'il était

• what I don't understand is... ce que je ne comprends pas c'est...

• what I need is... ce dont j'ai besoin c'est...

• it wasn't what I was expecting ce n'est pas ce à quoi je m'attendais

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► When what means the ones which, the French pronoun is generally plural.

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• I've no clothes except what I'm wearing je n'ai pas d'autres vêtements que ceux que je porte

   h. (set structures)

► and what...

• and what's more et qui plus est

• and what is worse et ce qui est pire

• and what not (inf) et cetera► or what? (inf!)

are you coming or what? tu viens ou quoi ? (inf)

• I mean, is that sick, or what? il faut vraiment être malade ! (inf)► tell you what (inf)

tell you what, let's stay here another day j'ai une idée: si on restait un jour de plus ?► what about

• what about people who haven't got cars? et les gens qui n'ont pas de voiture ?

• what about going to the cinema? si on allait au cinéma ?► what for? pourquoi ?

• what did you do that for? pourquoi avez-vous fait ça ?

• to give sb what for (inf!) passer un savon a qn► what if et si

• what if this doesn't work out? et si ça ne marchait pas ?

• what if he says no? et s'il refuse ?► what of

• but what of the country's political leaders? et les dirigeants politiques du pays ?

• what of it? (inf) et alors ?► what's what (inf)

he knows what's what il connaît son affaire

• I've done this job long enough to know what's what je fais ce travail depuis assez longtemps pour savoir de quoi il retourne► what with

• what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state entre le stress et le manque de sommeil, j'étais dans un état lamentable

• what with one thing and another avec tout ça

3. compounds

► what-d'ye-call-her (inf) noun Machine (inf) f

► what-d'ye-call-him (inf) noun Machin (inf) m

► what-d'ye-call-it (inf) noun machin (inf) m

► what's-her-name (inf) noun Machine (inf) f

► what's-his-name (inf) noun Machin (inf) m

► what's-it noun machin (inf) m

• Mr What's-it (inf) Monsieur Machin (Chose) (inf) ► what's-its-name (inf) noun machin (inf) m

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[wɒt], US [hwɒt] 1.
pronoun

1) ( what exactly) ( as subject) qu'est-ce qui; ( as object) que, qu'est-ce que; ( with prepositions) quoi

what is happening? — qu'est-ce qui se passe?

what are you doing? — qu'est-ce que tu fais?

with what? — avec quoi?

and what else? — et quoi d'autre?

what is to be done? — que faire?

what does it matter? — qu'est-ce que ça peut faire?

what's her telephone number? — quel est son numéro de téléphone?

what's that button for? — à quoi sert ce bouton?

what for? — ( why) pourquoi?; ( concerning what) à propos de quoi?

what's it like? — comment c'est?

what's this called in Flemish? —

what's the Flemish for this? — comment dit-on cela en flamand?

what did it cost? — combien est-ce que ça a coûté?

2) ( in rhetorical questions)

what's life without love? — que serait la vie sans l'amour?

what's the use? — ( enquiringly) à quoi bon?; ( exasperatedly) à quoi ça sert?

what does he care? — qu'est-ce que ça peut bien lui faire?

3) ( whatever)

do what you want — fais ce que tu veux

4) ( in clauses) ( as subject) ce qui; ( as object) ce que, (before vowel) ce qu'

this is what is called a ‘monocle’ — c'est ce qu'on appelle un ‘monocle’

do you know what that device is? — sais-tu ce que c'est que cet appareil?

what I need is — ce dont j'ai besoin c'est

drinking what looked like whisky — buvant quelque chose qui ressemblait à du whisky

and what's more — et en plus

and what's worse ou better — et en plus

5) (colloq) ( when guessing)

it'll cost, what, £50 — ça coutera, quoi, dans les 50 livres?

6) ( inviting repetition)

what's that? —

what did you say? — quoi? qu'est-ce que tu as dit?

he earns what? — il gagne combien?

he did what? — il a fait quoi?

George what? — George comment?
2.
determiner

1) ( which) quel/quelle/quels/quelles

what time is it? — quelle heure est-il?

2) ( in exclamations) quel/quelle

what a nice car! — quelle belle voiture!

what a strange thing to do! — quelle drôle d'idée!

what use is that? — lit, fig à quoi ça sert?

3) ( the amount of)

what money he earns he spends — tout ce qu'il gagne, il le dépense

what little she has — le peu qu'elle a, tout ce qu'elle a

what few friends she had — les quelques amis qu'elle avait
3.
what about prepositional phrase

1) ( when drawing attention)

what about the letter they sent? — et la lettre qu'ils ont envoyée, alors?

what about the children? — et les enfants (alors)?

2) ( when making suggestion)

what about a meal out? — et si on dînait au restaurant?

what about Tuesday? — qu'est-ce que tu dirais de mardi?

3) ( in reply)

‘what about your sister?’ - ‘what about her?’ — ‘et ta sœur?’ - ‘quoi ma sœur?’
4.
what if prepositional phrase et si
5.
what with prepositional phrase

what with her shopping bags and her bike — avec ses sacs à provisions et son vélo en plus

what with the depression and unemployment — entre la dépression et le chômage

what with one thing and another — avec ceci et cela
6.
exclamation quoi!, comment!

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I'll tell you what — tu sais quoi

to give somebody what for — (colloq) GB passer un savon (colloq) à quelqu'un

to know what's what — s'y connaître

well, what do you know — iron tout arrive

what do you think I am! — (colloq) tu me prends pour quoi!

what's it to you? — (colloq) en quoi ça vous regarde?

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4 this

this [ðɪs]

ceci ⇒ 1 (a) ce ⇒ 1 (a), 2 (a) celui-ci ⇒ 1 (b) ce…-ci ⇒ 2 (b) aussi ⇒ 3 si ⇒ 3

(pl these [ði:z])

1 demonstrative pronoun

(a) (person, situation, statement, thing indicated → subject) ceci, ce; (→ object) ce;

∎ what's this? qu'est-ce que c'est (que ça)?;

∎ who's this? (gen) qui est-ce?; (on phone) qui est à l'appareil?;

∎ this is for you tiens, c'est pour toi;

∎ this is Mr Smith speaking (on phone) M. Smith à l'appareil, c'est M. Smith;

∎ this is my mother (in introduction) je vous présente ma mère; (in picture) c'est ma mère;

∎ these are my children voici mes enfants;

∎ these are things we cannot do without ce sont des choses dont on ne peut se passer;

∎ this is the place I was talking about c'est ou voici l'endroit dont je parlais;

∎ this is terrible c'est affreux;

∎ this is what he told me voici ce qu'il m'a dit;

∎ this is where I live c'est ici que j'habite;

∎ listen to this écoutez bien ceci;

∎ eat/drink some of this mangez-/buvez-en un peu;

∎ what's this I hear about your leaving? on me dit que vous partez?;

∎ what's all this? (these objects) qu'est-ce que c'est que tout ça?; (what's happening?) qu'est-ce qu'il y a?, qu'est-ce qui se passe?;

∎ it was like this voici comment les choses se sont passées;

∎ do it like this voici comment il faut faire;

∎ I didn't want it to end like this je ne voulais pas que ça finisse ou se termine comme ça;

∎ that it should come to this qu'on en arrive là;

∎ and there's no way she could live with you? - well, this is it et elle ne pourrait pas vivre avec toi? - non, justement;

∎ this is it, wish me luck voilà, souhaite-moi bonne chance;

∎ this is it, the moment we've all been waiting for! nous y voilà, c'est le moment que nous attendons tous!;

∎ l'll tell you this… je vais te dire une chose…;

∎ after/before this après/avant ça;

∎ at or with this, he left the room là-dessus ou sur ce, il a quitté la pièce;

∎ what did you talk about? - oh, this and that de quoi avez-vous parlé? - oh, de choses et d'autres;

∎ they sat chatting about this, that and the other ils étaient là, assis, à bavarder de choses et d'autres;

∎ it's always John this and John that c'est John par-ci, John par-là

(b) (contrasted with "that") celui-ci (celle-ci) m,f;

∎ these ceux-ci (celles-ci) mpl, fpl;

∎ this is a rose, that is a peony ceci est une rose, ça c'est une pivoine;

∎ I want these, not those! je veux ceux-ci, pas ceux-là!;

∎ is this more expensive than that? celui-ci est-il plus cher que celui-là?

2 demonstrative adjective

(a) (referring to a particular person, idea, time or thing) ce (cette);

∎ these ces;

∎ this man cet homme;

∎ these ideas ces idées;

∎ this plan of yours won't work votre projet ne marchera pas;

∎ this book you wanted le livre que vous vouliez;

∎ he's lived in this country for years ça fait des années qu'il vit dans ce pays;

∎ this way please par ici, s'il vous plaît;

∎ this funny little man came up to me un petit bonhomme à l'air bizarre est venu vers moi;

∎ there were these two Germans… il y avait ces deux Allemands…;

∎ who's this friend of yours? c'est qui, cet ami?;

∎ familiar this here bicycle ce vélo-ci^□ ;

∎ this morning ce matin;

∎ by this time tomorrow he'll be gone demain à cette heure-ci, il sera parti;

∎ this time last week la semaine dernière à la même heure;

∎ this time next year l'année prochaine à la même époque;

∎ this coming week la semaine prochaine ou qui vient;

∎ saving money isn't easy these days faire des économies n'est pas facile aujourd'hui ou de nos jours;

∎ he's worked hard these last two months il a beaucoup travaillé ces deux derniers mois;

∎ I've been watching you this past hour ça fait une heure ou voici une heure que je vous regarde;

∎ what are you doing this Christmas? qu'est-ce que vous faites pour Noël cette année?;

∎ familiar I've known him these three years je le connais depuis trois ans^□

(b) (contrasted with "that") ce …-ci (cette …-ci);

∎ these ces …-ci;

∎ this table over here cette table-ci;

∎ which do you prefer, this one or that one? lequel tu préfères, celui-ci ou celui-là?;

∎ this dress is cheaper than that one cette robe-ci est moins chère que celle-là ou que l'autre;

∎ people ran this way and that les gens couraient dans tous les sens

3 adverb

aussi, si;

∎ it was this high c'était haut comme ça;

∎ we've come this far, we might as well go on (on journey) nous sommes venus jusqu'ici, alors autant continuer; (on project) maintenant que nous en sommes là, autant continuer

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5 what

what ⇒ Usage note: what, US hwQt

A pron

1 ( what exactly) ( as subject) qu'est-ce qui ; ( as object) que, qu'est-ce que ; ( with prepositions) quoi ; what is happening? qu'est-ce qui se passe, qu'est-ce qui arrive? ; what are you doing/up to ○ ? qu'est-ce que tu fais/fabriques ○ ? ; with/about what? avec/de quoi? ; or what? ou quoi? ; and what else? et quoi d'autre? ; what is to be done? que faire? ; what do six and four add up to? que font six et quatre? ; what is up there? qu'est-ce qu'il y a là-haut? ; what's wrong?, what's the matter?, what's up? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?, qu'est-ce qui ne va pas? ; what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut faire? ; what's that machine? qu'est-ce que c'est que cet appareil? ; what's her telephone number? quel est son numéro de téléphone? ; what's that button for? à quoi sert ce bouton? ; what did he do that for? pourquoi est-ce qu'il a fait ça? ; what for? ( why) pourquoi? ; ( concerning what) à propos de quoi?, à quel sujet? ; ‘I'm going to the shops’-‘what for?’ ‘je vais aux magasins’-‘qu'est-ce que tu veux?’ ; what's it like? comment c'est? ; what's it like having an older brother? comment c'est d'avoir un grand frère? ; what's this called in Flemish, what's the Flemish for this? comment dit-on cela en flamand? ; what did it cost? combien est-ce que ça a coûté? ;

2 ( in rhetorical questions) what's life without love? que serait la vie sans l'amour? ; what's the use? ( enquiringly) à quoi bon? ; ( exasperatedly) à quoi ça sert? ; what does he care? qu'est-ce que ça peut bien lui faire? ; what can anyone do? qu'est-ce qu'on peut faire? ;

3 ( whatever) do what you want/have to fais ce que tu veux/as à faire ;

4 ( in clauses) ( as subject) ce qui ; ( as object) ce que, ( before vowel) ce qu' ; to wonder/know what is happening se demander/savoir ce qui se passe ; to ask/guess what sb wants demander/deviner ce que qn veut ; they had everything except what I wanted ils avaient tout sauf ce que je voulais ; this is what is called a ‘monocle’ c'est ce qu'on appelle un ‘monocle’ ; do you know what that device is? sais-tu ce que c'est que cet appareil? ; and what is equally surprising is that et ce qui est tout aussi étonnant, c'est que ; she's not what she was elle n'est plus ce qu'elle était ; what I need is ce dont j'ai besoin c'est ; a hammer, a drill and I don't know what un marteau, une perceuse et je ne sais quoi encore ; drinking what looked like whisky buvant quelque chose qui ressemblait à du whisky ; and what's more et en plus ; and what's worse ou better et en plus ;

5 ○ ( when guessing) it'll cost, what, £50 ça coutera, quoi or combien, dans les 50 livres? ;

6 ( inviting repetition) what's that, what did you say? quoi? qu'est-ce que tu as dit? ; he earns what? il gagne combien? ; he did what? il a fait quoi? ; George what? George comment? ;

7 ( expressing surprise) and what it must have cost! combien ça a dû coûter! ;

8 †GB ( as question tag) a good dinner, what? c'était un bon dîner, non?

B det

1 ( which) quel/quelle ; what magazines do you read? quels magazines est-ce que tu lis? ; what time is it? quelle heure est-il? ; do you know what train he took? est-ce que tu sais quel train il a pris? ;

2 ( in exclamations) quel/quelle ; what a nice dress/car! quelle belle robe/voiture! ; what a lovely apartment! quel bel appartement! ; what a strange thing to do! quelle drôle d'idée! ; what use is that? lit, fig à quoi ça sert? ;

3 ( the amount of) what money he earns he spends tout ce qu'il gagne, il le dépense ; what little she has le peu qu'elle a, tout ce qu'elle a ; what belongings she had she threw away elle a jeté tout ce qui lui appartenait or toutes ses affaires ; what few friends she had les quelques amis qu'elle avait.

C what about phr

1 ( when drawing attention) what about the letter they sent? et la lettre qu'ils ont envoyée, alors? ; what about the children? et les enfants (alors)? ;

2 ( when making suggestion) what about a meal out? et si on dînait au restaurant? ; what about Tuesday? OK? qu'est-ce que tu dirais de mardi? ça te va? ; ⇒ about ;

3 ( in reply) ‘what about your sister?’-‘what about her?’ ‘et ta sœur?’-‘quoi ma sœur?’

D what if phr et si ; what if I bring the dessert? et si j'apportais le dessert?

E what of phr what of Shakespeare and Lamb? littér qu'en est-il de Shakespeare et de Lamb? ; what of it ○ ! et puis quoi ○ !

F what with phr what with her shopping bags and her bike avec ses sacs à provisions et son vélo en plus ; what with the depression and unemployment entre la dépression et le chômage ; what with one thing and another avec ceci et cela.

G excl quoi!, comment!

Idioms

I'll tell you what tu sais quoi ; to give sb what for ○ GB passer un savon ○ à qn ; to know what's what s'y connaître ; he doesn't know what's what il n'y connaît rien ; well, what do you know iron tout arrive ; what do you think I am ○ ! tu me prends pour quoi! ; what's it to you ○ ? en quoi ça vous regarde?, qu'est-ce que ça peut bien vous faire? ; what's yours ○ ? qu'est-ce que tu bois? ; you know what he/she etc is! on le/la etc connaît!

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6 want

wont
1. verb
1) (to be interested in having or doing, or to wish to have or do (something); to desire: Do you want a cigarette?; She wants to know where he is; She wants to go home.) querer; desear

2) (to need: This wall wants a coat of paint.) necesitar, precisar, requerir

3) (to lack: This house wants none of the usual modern features but I do not like it; The people will want (= be poor) no longer.) carecer (de); pasar miseria/necesidad

2. noun
1) (something desired: The child has a long list of wants.) deseo

2) (poverty: They have lived in want for many years.) pobreza, miseria

3) (a lack: There's no want of opportunities these days.) falta, ausencia; escasez

•

- wanted
- want ad
- want for

want¹ n falta / necesidad

want² vb

1. querer

what do you want to do? ¿qué quieres hacer?

I want you to help me quiero que me ayudes

2. necesitar

the door wants a coat of paint la puerta necesita una mano de pintura

3. deber

you don't want to do it like that! ¡no deberías hacerlo así!

wanted se busca / se necesita

want

tr[wɒnt]

noun

1 (lack) falta, carencia

■ for want of anywhere better to go a falta de algún sitio mejor adonde ir

■ not for want of trying no por falta de esfuerzos

■ they died from want of food and water murieron por falta de comida y agua

2 (desire, need) necesidad nombre femenino

■ all their wants were satisfied se satisficieron todas sus necesidades

3 (poverty) miseria, indigencia

transitive verb

1 (gen) querer

■ they want to go home quieren irse a casa

■ I want you to come with me quiero que me acompañes

■ what do you want to drink? ¿qué quieres beber?

■ he wants to be a fireman quiere ser bombero

■ you don't have to come if you don't want to no tienes que venir si no quieres

■ how much do you want for the bike? ¿cuánto pides por la bici?

■ what more do you want? ¿qué más quieres?

2 familiar (need) necesitar

■ the door wants a coat of paint la puerta necesita una mano de pintura

■ you want your head examined tú estás mal de la cabeza

■ I've got a few jobs that want doing tengo unos trabajillos que hacer

■ it still wants cooking a bit more todavía hace falta guisarlo un poco más

■ that boy wants a good telling-off una bronca no le vendría mal a ese chico

3 familiar (ought to) deber

■ you want to see the doctor deberías ir a ver al médico

4 formal use (lack) necesitar, carecer de, faltar

5 (require to be present) buscar, requerir la presencia de; (seek, hunt) buscar

■ the boss wants you el jefe quiere verte

■ you're wanted upstairs requieren tu presencia arriba

■ he's wanted by the police lo busca la policía

■ you're wanted on the phone te llaman por teléfono

6 (desire) desear, querer

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in want of something necesitar

to be in want estar necesitado,-a

not to want to know (about something) no querer saber nada de algo

to want some doing exigir mucho esfuerzo

want ad SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL anuncio pequeño

want ['wɑnt, 'wɔnt] vt

1) lack: faltar

2) require: requerir, necesitar

3) desire: querer, desear

want n

1) lack: falta f

2) destitution: indigencia f, miseria f

3) desire, need: deseo m, necesidad f

want

v.

• carecer v.

• carecer de v.

• desear v.

• estar necesitado v.

• faltar v.

• necesitar v.

• querer v.

(§pret: quis-) fut/c: querr-•)

n.

• apuro s.m.

• carencia s.f.

• carestía s.f.

• deseo s.m.

• escasez s.f.

• falta s.f.

• laceria s.f.

• menester s.m.

• necesidad s.f.

• pobreza s.f.

I
1. wɔːnt, wɒnt
transitive verb

1)

a) (require, desire) querer*

(it's) just what I('ve) always wanted! — (set phrase) (es) justo lo que quería!

the boss wants you — el jefe te quiere ver or quiere hablar contigo

he's wanted on the phone — hay una llamada para él, lo llaman por teléfono

I know when I'm not wanted! — sé muy bien cuando estoy de más

she wants it ready today — quiere que esté listo hoy

does he want the book back? — ¿quiere que le devuelvan (or le devolvamos etc) el libro?

everything you could want from a car — todo lo que se le puede pedir a un coche

to want to + INF — querer* + inf

she can be charming when she wants to (be) — es un encanto cuando quiere or cuando se lo propone

to want somebody/something to + INF — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

what do you want me to do? — ¿qué quieres que haga?

to want somebody/something -ING — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

he doesn't want them snooping around — no quiere que anden husmeando por allí

b) \<\<police\>\> buscar*

wanted — se busca

he is wanted for murder/for questioning — lo buscan por asesinato/para interrogarlo

c) ( as price for something) pedir*

how much does she want for the picture? — ¿cuánto pide por el cuadro?

d) \<\<person\>\> ( sexually) desear

2) ( need) necesitar

that child wants a good thrashing — a ese niño le hace falta una buena paliza

gardener wanted — se necesita or se precisa jardinero

we all like to feel wanted — a todos nos gusta sentir que nos necesitan

the last thing I want is a cold — maldita la falta que me hace resfriarme ahora

you want to see a doctor — tienes que ver a un médico

the house wants cleaning — hay que limpiar la casa

2.

vi ( lack) (frml) (usu with neg)

you/they will want for nothing — no te/les faltará nada

II

noun

1) c u (requirement, need) necesidad f

to be in want of something — tener* necesidad de algo

2) u (lack, absence) falta f, carencia f (frml)

for want of something — a falta de algo

if she doesn't become champion, it won't be for want of trying — si no llega a ser campeona, no será porque no lo haya intentado

3) u (destitution, penury) miseria f, indigencia f

[wɒnt]
1. VT

1) (=desire, wish for)

a) querer

I don't want anything more to do with him — no quiero tener nada más que ver con él

I want my mummy! — ¡quiero que venga mi mamá!

he wants a lot of attention — quiere que le presten mucha atención

I don't want you interfering! — ¡no quiero que te entrometas!

• I've always wanted a car like this — siempre he querido un coche como este

• we only want the best/what's best for you — solo queremos lo mejor para ti

• what do you want for your birthday? — ¿qué quieres por tu cumpleaños?

• what I want from a computer is... — lo que quiero de un ordenador es...

I want an explanation from you — quiero que me des una explicación

• she was everything he wanted in a woman — era todo lo que él quería en una mujer

• food was the last thing I wanted — comida era lo último que quería

• I know when I'm not wanted — sé muy bien cuando sobro or estoy de más

• where do you want the table? — ¿dónde quieres que pongamos la mesa?

• what does he want with/of me? — ¿qué quiere de mí?

- you've got him where you want him

b) (with complement)

• I want my son alive — quiero a mi hijo vivo

• you want her back, don't you? — quieres que vuelva, ¿no?

• I want him dead! — ¡lo quiero muerto!

• I want her sacked! — ¡quiero que se la despida!, ¡quiero que la despidan!

c) (with infinitive)

to want to do sth — querer hacer algo

I was wanting to leave anyway — de todas formas yo ya quería marcharme

if you really want to know — si de verdad lo quieres saber

I don't want to — no quiero

to want sb to do sth — querer que algn haga algo

• the last thing we want is for them to feel obliged to help — lo último que queremos es que se sientan obligados a ayudar

• without wanting to sound big-headed, I think I'll succeed — no quiero parecer engreído pero pienso que voy a tener éxito

• I wouldn't want to hurt their feelings/cause them any problems — no quisiera herir sus sentimientos/causarles ningún problema

d) (sexually)

to want sb — desear a algn

2) (=ask for) [+ money] querer, pedir

• she wants £500 for the car — quiere or pide 500 libras por el coche

how much do you want for it? — ¿cuánto quiere or pide?

• you don't want much! — iro ¡anda que no pides nada! iro

3) (=seek) [police] buscar

wanted (dead or alive) — se busca (vivo o muerto)

wanted: general maid — se necesita asistenta

• he is wanted for robbery — se le busca por robo

• you're wanted in the kitchen — te buscan en la cocina

the boss wants you in his office — el jefe quiere verte en su oficina

• you're wanted on the phone — te llaman al teléfono

4) (=need, require) [person] necesitar

children want lots of sleep — los niños necesitan or requieren muchas horas de sueño

this car wants cleaning — a este coche le hace falta una limpieza, a este coche hay que limpiarlo

he wants locking up! — está loco de atar *

• that's the last thing I want! * — ¡solo me faltaba eso! *

• you want to be more careful when you're driving — tienes que tener más cuidado al conducir

you want to see his new boat! — ¡tienes que ver su nuevo barco!

• what you want is a good hiding — lo que necesitas or te hace falta es una buena paliza *

what do you want with a house that size? — ¿para qué quieres una casa tan grande?

5) (=lack)

• the contract wants only her signature — al contrato solo le falta su firma

it only wanted the parents to come in — solo faltaba que llegaran los padres

2. VI

1) (=wish, desire) querer

you're welcome to stay if you want — te puedes quedar si quieres

• I want for you to be happy — (US) quiero que seas feliz

2) (=lack)

• they will not want for money or food — no les faltará ni dinero ni comida

they want for nothing — no les falta de nada
waste 3., 1)
3. N

1) (=lack) falta f

it showed a want of good manners — demostró una falta de educación

• for want of sth — (at beginning of clause) a falta de algo; (at end of clause) por falta de algo

for want of anything better to do, I decided to go home — a falta de algo mejor que hacer, decidí irme a casa

I decided to go home for want of anything better to do — decidí irme a casa por falta de algo mejor que hacer

for want of a better word — a/por falta de una palabra más apropiada

he never did become a minister, but it was not for want of trying — nunca llegó a ministro, pero no fue por falta de intentarlo

2) (=need) necesidad f

• she had servants to attend to her every want — tenía sirvientes que atendían todas y cada una de sus necesidades

• my wants are few — necesito poco

• to be in want of sth — necesitar algo

3) (=poverty) necesidad f, penuria f

• to be in want — estar necesitado

to live in want — pasar necesidades, vivir en la penuria

4.

CPD

want ad * N — (US) anuncio m clasificado

- want in

- want out

* * *

I
1. [wɔːnt, wɒnt]
transitive verb

1)

a) (require, desire) querer*

(it's) just what I('ve) always wanted! — (set phrase) (es) justo lo que quería!

the boss wants you — el jefe te quiere ver or quiere hablar contigo

he's wanted on the phone — hay una llamada para él, lo llaman por teléfono

I know when I'm not wanted! — sé muy bien cuando estoy de más

she wants it ready today — quiere que esté listo hoy

does he want the book back? — ¿quiere que le devuelvan (or le devolvamos etc) el libro?

everything you could want from a car — todo lo que se le puede pedir a un coche

to want to + INF — querer* + inf

she can be charming when she wants to (be) — es un encanto cuando quiere or cuando se lo propone

to want somebody/something to + INF — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

what do you want me to do? — ¿qué quieres que haga?

to want somebody/something -ING — querer* que alguien/algo (+ subj)

he doesn't want them snooping around — no quiere que anden husmeando por allí

b) \<\<police\>\> buscar*

wanted — se busca

he is wanted for murder/for questioning — lo buscan por asesinato/para interrogarlo

c) ( as price for something) pedir*

how much does she want for the picture? — ¿cuánto pide por el cuadro?

d) \<\<person\>\> ( sexually) desear

2) ( need) necesitar

that child wants a good thrashing — a ese niño le hace falta una buena paliza

gardener wanted — se necesita or se precisa jardinero

we all like to feel wanted — a todos nos gusta sentir que nos necesitan

the last thing I want is a cold — maldita la falta que me hace resfriarme ahora

you want to see a doctor — tienes que ver a un médico

the house wants cleaning — hay que limpiar la casa

2.

vi ( lack) (frml) (usu with neg)

you/they will want for nothing — no te/les faltará nada

II

noun

1) c u (requirement, need) necesidad f

to be in want of something — tener* necesidad de algo

2) u (lack, absence) falta f, carencia f (frml)

for want of something — a falta de algo

if she doesn't become champion, it won't be for want of trying — si no llega a ser campeona, no será porque no lo haya intentado

3) u (destitution, penury) miseria f, indigencia f

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7 what

(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) pase lo que pase, sea lo que sea

what¹ adj

1. qué

what time is it? ¿qué hora es?

what cheese shall I buy? ¿qué queso compro?

what is your address? ¿cuál es tu dirección?

2. qué

what a lovely dress! ¡qué vestido más mono!

what about...? ¿qué tal...? / ¿qué te parece...?

what about a cup of tea? ¿qué tal una taza de té?

what² pron

1. qué

I don't know what to do no sé qué hacer

2. lo que

what I want is a cup of coffee lo que necesito es una taza de café

did you hear what he said? ¿has oído lo que ha dicho?

what

tr[wɒt]

adjective

1 (direct questions) qué

■ what time is it? ¿qué hora es?

■ what colour is it? ¿de qué color es?

■ what kind of music do you like? ¿qué tipo de música te gusta?

■ what film did you see? ¿qué película viste?

2 (indirect questions) qué

■ I don't know what to do no sé qué hacer

3 (exclamations) qué

■ what a man! ¡qué hombre!

■ what a smart car! ¡qué coche más chulo!

■ what a pity! ¡qué lástima!

■ what beautiful flowers! ¡qué flores más preciosas!

4 (all the) todo,-a

■ what oil we have is here todo el aceite que tenemos está aquí

■ what little free time she has she spends with her family el poco tiempo libre que tiene lo pasa con su familia

pronoun

1 (direct questions) qué

■ what is it? ¿qué es?

■ what do you do? ¿a qué te dedicas?

■ what are you doing? ¿qué haces?

■ what's your name? ¿cómo te llamas?

■ what's that for? ¿para qué sirve eso?

■ what does this word mean? ¿qué significa esta palabra?

■ what does she look like? ¿cómo es ella?

■ what did he say? ¿qué dijo?

2 (indirect questions) qué

■ he didn't know what to say no sabía qué decir

3 lo que

■ that's what he told me eso es lo que me dijo

■ what you need is a nice hot bath lo que necesitas es un baño caliente

■ show me what you did at school today enséñame lo que has hecho en el colegio hoy

■ it's just what I wanted es justo lo que quería

■ what worries me is how we're going to get home lo que me preocupa es cómo llegaremos a casa

interjection

1 ¡cómo!

■ what! you've lost it! ¡cómo! ¡lo has perdido!

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and what not y tal, cosas por el estilo

guess what? ¿sabes qué?

or what? ¿o qué?

to give somebody what for darle a alguien su merecido

to know what's what saber de qué va la cosa, estar al tanto

what about...? ¿qué tal...?, ¿qué te parece...?

■ what about Friday? ¿qué tal el viernes?

■ what about the cat? ¿y el gato qué?

■ what about that drink you owe me? ¿qué hay de la copa que me debes?

■ what about seeing a film? ¿qué te parece ver una película?

what for? (why) ¿por qué? 2 (for what purpose) ¿para qué?

what have you y tal

what if...? ¿y si...?

■ what if there's no answer? ¿y si no contestan?

what is it? (what's wrong?) ¿qué pasa? 2 (definition) ¿qué es?

what of it? ¿y qué?

what with... and... entre... y..., con lo de... y...

■ what with one thing and another entre una cosa y otra

■ what with the wedding, the fire and everything con lo de la boda, el incendio y todo

what's more y además

what ['hwɑt, 'hwʌt] adv

1) how: cómo, cúanto

what he suffered!: ¡cómo sufría!

2)

what with : entre

what with one thing and another: entre una cosa y otra

what adj

1) (used in questions) : qué

what more do you want?: ¿qué más quieres?

what color is it?: ¿de qué color es?

2) (used in exclamations) : qué

what an idea!: ¡qué idea!

3) any, whatever: cualquier

give what help you can: da cualquier contribución que puedas

what pron

1) (used in direct questions) : qué

what happened?: ¿qué pasó?

what does it cost?: ¿cuánto cuesta?

2) (used in indirect statements) : lo que, que

I don't know what to do: no sé que hacer

do what I tell you: haz lo que te digo

3)

what for why: porqué

4)

what if : y si

what if he knows?: ¿y si lo sabe?

what

adj.

• cuál adj.

pron.

• cuál pron.

• que pron.

• qué pron.

I hwɑːt, wɒt
pronoun

1) ( in questions) qué

what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?

what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?

what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?

what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?

what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?

what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?

I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?

what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?

2) (in phrases)

or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?

are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?

so what? — ¿y qué?

what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo

3)

a) ( in indirect speech) qué

she knows what to do — ella sabe qué hacer

Mike will tell you what's what — Mike te pondrá al tanto de todo

I still don't know what's what in the office — aún no sé cómo funcionan las cosas en la oficina

(do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!

(I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...

b) ( relative use) lo que

they did what they could — hicieron lo que pudieron

I don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa

II

adjective

1)

a) ( in questions) qué

what book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?

what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?

what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?

b) ( in indirect speech) qué

she didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando

c) (all of the, any)

what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos

what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo

2) ( in exclamations) qué

what a surprise! — qué sorpresa!

what a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!

what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!

[wɒt]
1. PRONOUN

1) (in direct questions)

a)
In direct questions, what can generally be translated by qué with an accent: qué
what do you want now? — ¿qué quieres ahora?

what's in here? — ¿qué hay aquí dentro?

what is it now? — y ahora ¿qué?

what does he owe his success to?, to what does he owe his success? — frm ¿a qué debe su éxito?

what's a tractor, Daddy? — ¿qué es un tractor, papá?

what are capers? — ¿qué son las alcaparras?
Only use [¿qué es...?]/[¿qué son...?] to translate [what is]/[are] when asking for a [definition]. In other contexts use [¿cuál es?]/[¿cuáles son?]:
what's the capital of Finland? — ¿cuál es la capital de Finlandia?

what's her telephone number? — ¿cuál es su número de teléfono?

what were the greatest problems? — ¿cuáles eran los mayores problemas?
However, not all expressions with [what] should be translated literally. Some require [qué] used adjectivally:
what is the difference? — ¿qué diferencia hay?

what are your plans? — ¿qué planes tienes?

what's the Spanish for "pen"? — ¿cómo se dice "pen" en español?

what's your name? — ¿cómo te llamas?

b) (=how much) cuánto

what will it cost? — ¿cuánto va a costar?

what does it weigh? — ¿cuánto pesa?

what's nine times five? — ¿cuánto es nueve por cinco?

c) (=what did you say) cómo, qué

what? I didn't catch that — ¿cómo? or ¿qué?, no he entendido eso

what did you say? — ¿cómo or qué dices?, ¿qué has dicho?, ¿qué dijiste? (LAm)

d) (Brit) † (as question tag) verdad

it's getting late, what? — se está haciendo tarde ¿no? or ¿verdad?

2) (in indirect questions)

a)
In most cases, translate the pronoun what using either qué with an accent or lo que without an accent: qué, lo que
• he asked her what she thought of it — le preguntó qué or lo que pensaba de ello

I asked him what DNA was — le pregunté qué or lo que era el ADN
Use [cuál era]/[cuáles son] {etc} instead of [lo que era]/[lo que son] {etc} if [what was]/[are] {etc} does not relate to a definition:
she asked me what my hobbies were — me preguntó cuáles eran mis hobbys

• please explain what you saw — por favor, explique qué or lo que vio

can you explain what's happening? — ¿me puedes explicar (qué es) lo que está pasando?

he explained what it was — explicó qué era or lo que era

• do you know what's happening? — ¿sabes qué or lo que está pasando?

I don't know what's happening — no sé qué está pasando, no sé (qué es) lo que está pasando

• tell me what happened — cuéntame qué or lo que ocurrió

b) (=how much) cuánto

he asked her what she had paid for it — le preguntó cuánto había pagado por ello

3) (before an infinitive) qué

I don't know what to do — no sé qué hacer

4) (relative use) lo que

what I want is a cup of tea — lo que quiero es una taza de té

it wasn't what I was expecting — no era lo que yo me esperaba

do what you like — haz lo que quieras

business isn't what it was — los negocios ya no son lo que eran

I've no clothes except what I'm wearing — no tengo ropa, aparte de lo que llevo puesto

I saw what happened — vi lo que pasó

she told him what she thought of it — le dijo lo que pensaba de ello

5) (in exclamations)

what it is to be rich and famous! — ¡lo que es ser rico y famoso!

- what's done is done

6) (in set expressions)
and what have you {or}3} what not * y qué sé yo qué más, y qué sé yo cuántas cosas más to give sb what for * regañar a algn know what
it was full of cream, jam, chocolate and I don't know what — estaba lleno de nata, mermelada, chocolate y no sé cuántas cosas más

you know what? I think he's drunk — creo que está borracho, ¿sabes?

I know what, let's ring her up — se me ocurre una idea, vamos a llamarla por teléfono
to know what's what * saber cuántas son cinco * or what? *
do you want it or what? — ¿lo quieres o qué?

are you coming or what? — entonces ¿vienes o no?

I mean, is this sick, or what? — vamos, que es de verdadero mal gusto, ¿o no?

is this luxury or what? — esto sí que es lujo, ¿eh?
say what you like,... digas lo que digas,..., se diga lo que se diga,.... so what? * ¿y qué?
so what if it does rain? — ¿y qué, si llueve?

so what if he is gay? — ¿y qué (pasa) si es gay?, ¿y qué importa que sea gay?
(I'll) tell you what se me ocurre una idea, tengo una idea what about
what about me? — y yo ¿qué?

what about next week? — ¿qué te parece la semana que viene?

"your car..." - "what about it?" * — -tu coche... -¿qué pasa con mi coche?

what about going to the cinema? — ¿qué tal si vamos al cine?, ¿y si vamos al cine?

what about lunch, shall we go out? — ¿y para comer? ¿salimos fuera? or ¿qué tal si salimos fuera?

what about people who haven't got cars? — ¿y la gente que no tiene coche?
what for? (=why) ¿por qué?; (=to what purpose) ¿para qué?
what are you doing that for? — ¿por or para qué haces eso?

what's that button for? — ¿para qué es ese botón?
what if...? ¿y si...?
what if this doesn't work out? — ¿y si esto no funciona?

what if he says no? — ¿y si dice que no?
what of
but what of the political leaders? — pero, ¿y qué hay de los líderes políticos?

what of it? * — y eso ¿qué importa?
what's...
what's surprising is that we hadn't heard of this before — lo sorprendente es que no nos habíamos enterado antes
what's it like? (asking for description) ¿cómo es?; (asking for evaluation) ¿qué tal es?
what's their new house like? — ¿cómo es su nueva casa?

what's his first novel like? — ¿qué tal es su primera novela?

what will the weather be like tomorrow? — ¿qué tal tiempo va a hacer mañana?
and what's more... y, además,... what's that? (asking about sth) ¿qué es eso?; (=what did you say?) ¿qué has dicho?
what's that to you? * — ¿eso qué tiene que ver contigo?, ¿a ti qué te importa? *
what's worse
and what's worse... — y lo que es peor...
what with
what with one thing and another — entre una cosa y otra

what with the stress and lack of sleep, I was in a terrible state — entre la tensión y la falta de sueño me encontraba fatal

2. ADJECTIVE

1) (in direct and indirect questions) qué

what dress shall I wear? — ¿qué vestido me pongo?

what colour is it? — ¿de qué color es?

• she asked me what day she should come — me preguntó qué día tenía que venir

• he explained what ingredients are used — explicó qué ingredientes se usan

• what good would that do? — ¿de qué serviría eso?

• do you know what music they're going to play? — ¿sabes qué música van a tocar?

• did they tell you what time they'd be arriving? — ¿te dijeron a qué hora llegarían?

2) (relative)

what savings we had are now gone — los ahorros que teníamos ya han desaparecido

I will give you what information we have — te daré la información que tenemos

I gave him what money/coins I had — le di todo el dinero/todas las monedas que tenía

I gave her what comfort I could — la consolé en lo que pude

they packed what few belongings they had — hicieron la maleta con las pocas pertenencias que tenían

what little I had — lo poco que tenía

3) (in exclamations)
Remember to put an accent on qué in exclamations as well as in direct and indirect questions:
what a nuisance! — ¡qué lata!

what a fool I was! — ¡qué tonto fui!

what an ugly dog! — ¡qué perro más or tan feo!

what a lot of people! — ¡qué cantidad de gente!

what an excuse! — iro ¡buen pretexto!, ¡vaya excusa!

3.

EXCLAMATION ¡qué!

what! you sold it! — ¿qué? ¡lo has vendido!

what! you expect me to believe that! — ¿qué? ¿esperas que me crea eso?

what! he can't be a spy! — ¿qué? ¿cómo va a ser un espía?

you told him what? — ¿que le has dicho qué?

"he's getting married" - "what!" — se casa - ¿cómo dices?
you what?
"I'm going to be an actress" - "you what?" * — -voy a hacerme actriz -¿cómo or qué dices?

I'm going to have a baby - you what? — -voy a tener un niño -¡¿que vas a tener un qué?!

* * *

I [hwɑːt, wɒt]
pronoun

1) ( in questions) qué

what's that? — ¿qué es eso?

what's the problem? — ¿cuál es el problema?

what is 28 divided by 12? — ¿cuánto es 28 dividido (por) 12?

what's `I don't understand' in Russian? — ¿cómo se dice `no entiendo' en ruso?

what do you mean? — ¿qué quieres decir?

what did you pay? — ¿cuánto pagaste?

what's the jacket made (out) of? — ¿de qué es la chaqueta?

I threw it away - you did what? — lo tiré a la basura - ¿qué?

what? — ( say that again) ¿cómo?, ¿qué?; ( expressing disbelief) ¿qué?, ¿que qué?

2) (in phrases)

or what? — (colloq) ¿o qué?

are you stupid, or what? — ¿eres tonto o qué?

so what? — ¿y qué?

what about: but what about the children? y los niños ¿qué?; what about my work? - what about it? ¿y mi trabajo? - ¿y qué?; you know Julie's boyfriend? - yes, what about him? ¿conoces al novio de Julie? - sí ¿por qué?; what... for: what's this button for? ¿para qué es este botón?; what are you complaining for? ¿por qué te quejas?; to give somebody what for (colloq) darle* una buena a alguien (fam); what have you (colloq): she sells postcards and souvenirs and what have you vende postales, recuerdos y esas cosas or y demás; what if: what if she finds out? ¿y si se entera?; what... like: what's she like? ¿cómo es?; what does he look like? ¿cómo es físicamente?, ¿qué aspecto tiene?; what's his new film like? ¿qué tal es su nueva película?; what of: so we're not married: what of it? no estamos casados ¿y qué?; what's-her/-his/-its-name (colloq): go and ask what's-her-name next door ve y pregúntale a la de al lado ¿cómo se llama?; the what's-its-name o what-d' you call it is broken la cosa ésa está rota (fam), el chisme ése está roto (Esp, Méx fam); what with entre; what with one thing and another, I haven't had time — entre una cosa y otra, no he tenido tiempo

3)

a) ( in indirect speech) qué

she knows what to do — ella sabe qué hacer

Mike will tell you what's what — Mike te pondrá al tanto de todo

I still don't know what's what in the office — aún no sé cómo funcionan las cosas en la oficina

(do) you know what? I'll ask him for a raise! — ¿sabes qué? or ¿sabes qué te digo? le voy a pedir aumento!

(I'll) tell you what,... — mira,...

b) ( relative use) lo que

they did what they could — hicieron lo que pudieron

I don't know and, what's more, I don't care — no lo sé y lo que es más, no me importa

II

adjective

1)

a) ( in questions) qué

what book are you reading? — ¿qué libro estás leyendo?

what color are the walls? — ¿de qué color son las paredes?

what more does he want? — ¿qué más quiere?

b) ( in indirect speech) qué

she didn't know what color to choose/what language they were speaking — no sabía qué color elegir/en qué idioma estaban hablando

c) (all of the, any)

what few hotels there were were full — los pocos hoteles que había, estaban llenos

what little she owned she left to her son — lo poco que tenía, se lo dejó a su hijo

2) ( in exclamations) qué

what a surprise! — qué sorpresa!

what a friend you've turned out to be! — (iro) valiente or vaya amigo has resultado ser tú!

what a lot of people! — cuánta gente!, qué cantidad de gente!

English-spanish dictionary > what
8 what

1. interrogative adjective
1) (asking for selection) welch...

what book did you choose? — welches Buch hast du ausgesucht?

2) (asking for statement of amount) wieviel; with pl. n. wie viele

what men/money has he? — wie viele Leute/wieviel Geld hat er?

I know what time it starts — ich weiß, um wieviel Uhr es anfängt

what more can I do/say? — was kann ich sonst noch tun/sagen?

what more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?

3) (asking for statement of kind) was für

what kind of man is he? — was für ein Mensch ist er?

what good or use is it? — wozu soll das gut sein?
2. exclamatory adjective
1) (how great) was für

what impudence or cheek/luck! — was für eine Unverschämtheit od. Frechheit/was für ein Glück!

2) before adj. and n. (to what extent) was für
3. relative adjective
we can dispose of what difficulties there are remaining — wir können die verbleibenden Schwierigkeiten ausräumen

lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst

I will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann
4. adverb
1) (to what extent)

what do I care? — was kümmert's mich?

what does it matter? — was macht's?

2)

what with... — wenn man an... denkt

what with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen
5. interrogative pronoun
1) (what thing) was

what is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?

what about...? — (is there any news of...?, what will become of...?) was ist mit...?

what about a game of chess? — wie wär's mit einer Partie Schach?

what to do? — was tun?

what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch

what for? — wozu?

and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]

what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

what is it etc. like? — wie ist es usw.?

what not — wer weiß was alles

what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?

what do you say — or (Amer.)

what say we have a rest? — was hältst du davon, wenn wir mal Pause machen?; wie wär's mit einer Pause?

[I'll] tell you what — weißt du, was; pass mal auf

[and] what then? — [na] und?

or what? — oder was?

so what? — na und?

2) (asking for confirmation)

what? — wie?; was? (ugs.)

you did what? — was hast du gemacht?

3) in rhet. questions equivalent to neg. statement

what is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?
6. relative pronoun
(that which) was

do what I tell you — tu, was ich dir sage

what little I know/remember — das bisschen, das ich weiß/an das ich mich erinnere

this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...

tell somebody what to do or what he can do with something — (coll. iron.) jemandem sagen, wo er sich (Dat.) etwas hinstecken kann (salopp)

what is more — außerdem

the weather being what it is... — so, wie es mit dem Wetter aussieht,...

for what it is — in seiner Art
7. exclamatory pronoun
was

what she must have suffered! — wie sie gelitten haben muss!

* * *

(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) gleichgültig wer, was, etc.

* * *

what

[(h)wɒt, AM (h)wʌt]

I. pron

1. interrog (asking for specific information) was

\what happened after I left? was geschah, nachdem ich gegangen war?

they asked me \what I needed to buy sie fragten mich, was ich kaufen müsse

\what do you do? was machst du [beruflich]?

\what's your address? wie lautet deine Adresse?

\what's that called? wie heißt das?

\what's your phone number? wie ist deine Telefonnummer?

\what is your name? wie heißt du?

\what are you looking for? wonach suchst du?

\what on earth...? ( fam) was in aller Welt...? fam

\what on earth are you talking about? wovon redest du da bloß?

\what in God's/heaven's name...? was um Gottes/Himmels willen...?

\what in God's name did you think was likely to happen? was, um Gottes willen, hast du gedacht, würde passieren?

\what the hell [or heck] ...? (fam!)

\what the fuck...? ( vulg) was zum Teufel...? sl

\what's the matter [or \what's [up]]? was ist los?

\what's [up] with Terry this week? was ist diese Woche mit Terry los?

\what have we [or you] here? was haben wir denn da?

\what have you here? is that a science project? was ist denn das? ist das ein wissenschaftliches Projekt?

\what about sb/sth? ( fam) was ist mit jdm/etw?

\what about Lila? — shall we invite her? was ist mit Lila? — sollen wir sie einladen?

\what about taking a few days off? wie wäre es mit ein paar Tagen Urlaub?

hey, \what about going to the movies? he, wie wär's mit Kino?

\what for? (why) wofür?; ( fam: why is sth being done?) warum

you want a hammer and a screwdriver? \what for? du möchtest einen Hammer und einen Schraubenzieher? wofür?

\what are these tools for? wofür ist dieses Werkzeug?

\what is he keeping it secret for? warum hält er es geheim?

I'll give you \what for if I catch you doing that again es setzt was, wenn ich dich noch einmal dabei erwische fam

\what is sb/sth like? wie ist jd/etw?

\what's the weather like? wie ist das Wetter?

\what of it? was soll's?

so not many people replied to the questionnaire — what of it, there were enough es haben also nicht viele Leute auf die Umfrage geantwortet — na und, es waren genug

\what's on? was gibt's?

hi everybody, \what's on here? hallo, alle miteinander, was gibt's?

\what's it to you? was geht dich das an?

\what if...? was ist, wenn...?

\what if the train's late? was ist, wenn der Zug Verspätung hat?

or \what? ( fam) oder was? fam

are you going to help me or \what? hilfst du mir nun oder was?

so \what? ( fam) na und? fam

2. rel (thing or things that) was

she wouldn't tell me \what he said sie wollte mir nicht erzählen, was er gesagt hatte

that's \what he said das hat er gesagt

I can't decide \what to do next ich kann mich nicht entschließen, was ich als nächstes tun soll

she has no income but \what she gets from him sie hat kein Einkommen außer dem, was sie von ihm bekommt

that's \what he asked for das ist es, worum er gebeten hat

\what's more... darüber hinaus..., und außerdem...

the decorations were beautiful and \what's more, the children made them themselves die Dekoration war schön, und vor allem hatten die Kinder sie selbst gemacht

and [or or] \what have you ( fam) oder etwas Ähnliches

for a binder try soup, gravy, cream or \what have you zum Binden nehmen Sie Suppe, Soße, Sahne oder etwas Ähnliches

3. rel (used as an introduction)

you'll never guess \what — Laurie won first prize! du wirst es nie erraten — Laurie hat den ersten Preis gewonnen!

I'll tell you \what ich will dir mal was sagen

I'll tell you \what — we'll collect the parcel on our way to the station ( fam) weißt du was? wir holen das Paket auf dem Weg zum Bahnhof ab

4. rel (whatever) was

do \what you can but I don't think anything will help tu, was du kannst, aber glaub' nicht, dass etwas hilft

it doesn't matter \what I say — they always criticize me ich kann sagen, was ich will — sie kritisieren mich immer

come \what may komme, was wolle

\what sb says goes was jd sagt, gilt

5. in exclamations (showing disbelief) was; (emphasizing sth surprising or remarkable) was

\what's this I hear? you're leaving? was höre ich da? du gehst?

while I was there I stayed with the President — you did what? als ich dort war, habe ich beim Präsidenten gewohnt — du hast was gemacht?

... or \what!... oder was!

is he smart or \what! ist er intelligent oder was!

6.

▶ \what's it called [or \what do you call it] wie heißt es gleich

it looks like a \what's it called — a plunger? es sieht aus wie ein Dings, ein Tauchkolben

▶ \what gives? ( fam) was ist los?

you've been in a bad mood all day long — \what gives? du bist schon den ganzen Tag schlechter Laune — was ist los?

▶ to have \what it takes ( fam) ausgesprochen fähig sein

▶ \what is \what ( fam) was Sache ist fam

I'll teach her \what's \what ich werde ihr beibringen, was Sache ist

you have to ask the manager about that problem — he knows \what's \what du musst den Manager wegen dieses Problems fragen — er kennt sich aus

▶ \what's his/her name [or ( fam)\what do you call him/her] [or (fam!)\what's his/her face] wie heißt er/sie gleich?

I gave it to \what's her name — the new girl ich habe es dem neuen Mädchen — wie heißt es gleich [noch] — gegeben

▶ and \what not ( often pej fam) und was sonst noch alles

she puts all her figurines and \what not in the glass case there sie stellt ihre Figuren und ähnliches Zeug in die Vitrine dort fam

▶ \what say... wie wäre es, wenn...

\what say we call a tea break? wie wäre es mit einer Pause?

▶ \what with... [and all] ( fam) bei all dem/der...

\what with the drought and the neglect, the garden is in a sad condition bei der Trockenheit und der Vernachlässigung ist der Garten in traurigem Zustand

I'm very tired, \what with travelling all day yesterday and having a disturbed night ich bin sehr müde, wo ich doch gestern den ganzen Tag gefahren bin und schlecht geschlafen habe

II. adj inv

1. (which) welche(r, s)

\what time is it? wie spät ist es?

\what books did you buy? was für Bücher hast du gekauft?

\what size shoes do you take? welche Schuhgröße haben Sie?

\what sort of car do you drive? was für ein Auto fährst du?

I don't know \what children she was talking about ich weiß nicht, von welchen Kindern sie sprach

do you know \what excuse he gave me? weißt du, welche Entschuldigung er mir gegeben hat?

2. (of amount)

use \what [little] brain you have and work out the answer for yourself! benutze dein [bisschen] Hirn und erarbeite dir die Antwort selbst! fam

she took \what [sums of] money she could find sie nahm alles Geld, das sie finden konnte

he had been robbed of \what little money he had man hat ihm das bisschen Geld geraubt, das er hatte

3. (used for emphasis) was für

\what a lovely view! was für ein herrlicher Ausblick!

\what a fool she was wie dumm sie war

\what fool I am! ich Idiot!

\what a day! was für ein Tag!

\what luck! was für ein Glück!

\what nonsense [or rubbish]! was für ein Unsinn!

\what a pity [or shame]! wie schade!

III. adv inv

1. (to what extent?) was

\what do qualifications matter? was zählen schon Qualifikationen?

\what do you care if I get myself run over? dir ist es doch egal, wenn ich mich überfahren lasse!

\what does he care about the problems of teenagers? was kümmern ihn die Probleme von Teenagern?

\what does it matter? was macht's? fam

2. (indicating approximation) sagen wir

see you, \what, about four? bis um, sagen wir vier?

3. ( dated fam: used for emphasis or to invite agreement) oder?

pretty poor show, \what? ziemlich schlechte Show, nicht?

IV. interj

1. ( fam: pardon?) was fam

\what? I can't hear you was? ich höre dich nicht

2. (showing surprise or disbelief) was

\what! you left him there alone! was? du hast ihn da allein gelassen?

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[wɒt]
1. pron

1) (interrog) was

what is this called? — wie heißt das?, wie nennt man das?

what's the weather like? — wie ist das Wetter?

what do 4 and 3 make? — wie viel ist or macht 4 und or plus 3?

you need (a) what? — WAS brauchen Sie?

what is it now?, what do you want now? — was ist denn?

what's that (you/he etc said)? — WAS hast du/hat er etc da gerade gesagt?, wie or was war das noch mal? (inf)

what's that to you? — was geht dich das an?

what for? — wozu?, wofür?, für was? (inf)

what's that tool for? —

what are you looking at me like that for? — warum or was (inf) siehst du mich denn so an?

what did you do that for? — warum hast du denn das gemacht?

what about...? —

well, what about it? are we going? — na, wie ists, gehen wir?

you know that restaurant? – what about it? — kennst du das Restaurant? – was ist damit?

what of or about it? — na und? (inf)

what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

so what? (inf) — ja or na und?

what does it matter? — was macht das schon?

you what? (inf) — wie bitte?

what-d'you(-ma)-call-him/-her/-it (inf) — wie heißt er/sie/es gleich or schnell

2) (rel) was

he knows what it is to suffer — er weiß, was leiden heißt or ist

that is not what I asked for — danach habe ich nicht gefragt

that's exactly what I want/said — genau das möchte ich/habe ich gesagt

do you know what you are looking for? — weißt du, wonach du suchst?

come what may — komme was wolle

what I'd like is a cup of tea — was ich jetzt gerne hätte, (das) wäre ein Tee

what with work and the new baby, life's been very hectic — die ganze Arbeit, das Baby ist da - es ist alles sehr hektisch

what with one thing and the other — und wie es sich dann so ergab/ergibt, wie das so ist or geht

and what's more — und außerdem, und noch dazu

he knows what's what (inf) — er kennt sich aus, der weiß Bescheid (inf)

(I'll) tell you what (inf) — weißt du was?

and what have you (inf) — und was sonst noch (alles), und was weiß ich

to give sb what for (inf) — es jdm ordentlich geben (inf)

See:

→ academic.ru/81882/whatnot">whatnot

3)

(with vb +prep see also there) what did he agree to? — wozu hat er zugestimmt?

what did he object to? — wogegen or gegen was hat er Einwände erhoben?

he agreed/objected to what we suggested — er stimmte unseren Vorschlägen zu/lehnte unsere Vorschläge ab, er lehnte ab, was wir vorschlugen

he didn't know what he was agreeing/objecting to — er wusste nicht, wozu er zustimmte/was er ablehnte

she fell in with what everyone else wanted — sie schloss sich den Wünschen der Allgemeinheit an

he didn't go into what he meant — er erläuterte nicht im Einzelnen, was er meinte

2. adj

1) (interrog) welche(r, s), was für (ein/eine) (inf)

what age is he? — wie alt ist er?

what good would that be? (inf) — wozu sollte das gut sein?

what book do you want? — was für ein Buch wollen Sie?

2) (rel) der/die/das

what little I had — das wenige, das ich hatte

buy what food you like — kauf das Essen, das du willst

3)

(in set constructions) what sort of — was für ein/eine

what else — was noch

what more could a girl ask for? — was könnte sich ein Mädchen sonst noch wünschen

4) (in interj also iro) was für (ein/eine)

what a man! — was für ein or welch ein (geh) Mann!

what luck! — welch(es) Glück, was für ein Glück, so ein Glück

what a fool I've been/I am! — ich Idiot!

what terrible weather — was für ein scheußliches Wetter

3. interj
was; (dated = isn't it/he etc also) wie
is he good-looking, or what? — sieht der aber gut aus! (inf)

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what [wɒt; hwɒt; US wɑt; hwɑt]

A int pr

1. was, wie:

what did he do? was hat er getan?;

what’s for lunch? was gibt’s zum Mittagessen?

2. was (um Wiederholung eines Wortes bittend):

you want a what? was willst du?

3. was für ein(e), welch(er, e, es), (vor pl) was für (fragend oder als Verstärkung eines Ausrufs):

what an idea! was für eine Idee!;

what book? was für ein Buch?;

what luck! welch ein Glück!;

what men? was für Männer?

4. wie viel:

what’s two and three?

B rel pr

1. (das,) was, auch (der,) welcher:

this is what we hoped for (gerade) das erhofften wir;

he sent us what he had promised us er schickte uns (das), was er uns versprochen hatte oder das Versprochene;

it is nothing compared to what happened then es ist nichts im Vergleich zu dem, was dann geschah;

he is no longer what he was er ist nicht mehr der, der er war

2. was (auch immer):

say what you please sag, was du willst!

3. but what (negativ) umg außer dem, der ( oder das); außer der ( oder denen), die:

there was no one but what was excited es gab niemanden, der nicht aufgeregt war

C adj

1. was für ein(e), welch(er, e, es):

I don’t know what decision you have taken ich weiß nicht, was für einen Entschluss du gefasst hast;

he got what books he wanted er bekam alle Bücher, die er wollte

2. alle, die;

alles, was:

what money I had was ich an Geld hatte, all mein Geld

3. so viel oder so viele … wie:

take what time and men you need! nimm dir so viel Zeit und so viele Leute, wie du brauchst!

D adv

1. was:

what does it matter was macht das schon

2. vor adj was für:

what happy boys they are! was sind sie (doch) für glückliche Jungen!

3. teils …, teils:

what with …, what with … teils durch …, teils durch …

4. but what (negativ) umg dass:

not a day but what it rains kein Tag, an dem es nicht regnet

E int

1. was!, wie!

2. (fragend, unhöflich) was?, wie?

3. Br umg nicht wahr?:

a nice fellow, what?

F s Was nBesondere Redewendungen: what about? wie wär’s mit oder wenn?, wie steht’s mit?;

what about Jack? was ist oder passiert mit Jack?, was machen wir mit Jack?;

what for? wofür?, wozu?;

and what have you umg und was nicht sonst noch alles;

what if? und wenn nun?, (u.) was geschieht, wenn?;

what next

a) was sonst noch?,

b) iron sonst noch was?, das fehlte noch! and what not umg und was nicht sonst noch alles;

what (is the) news? was gibt es Neues?;

(well,) what of it?, so what? na, wenn schon?, na und?;

what though? was tut’s, wenn?;

what with infolge, durch, in Anbetracht (gen);

I know what ich weiß was, ich habe eine Idee;

know what’s what umg wissen, was los ist oder wo‘s langgeht; Bescheid wissen;

and I don’t know what (all) umg und was sonst noch;

I’ll tell you what

a) ich will dir (mal) was sagen,

b) ich weiß was what do you think you are doing? was soll denn das?

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1. interrogative adjective
1) (asking for selection) welch...

what book did you choose? — welches Buch hast du ausgesucht?

2) (asking for statement of amount) wieviel; with pl. n. wie viele

what men/money has he? — wie viele Leute/wieviel Geld hat er?

I know what time it starts — ich weiß, um wieviel Uhr es anfängt

what more can I do/say? — was kann ich sonst noch tun/sagen?

what more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?

3) (asking for statement of kind) was für

what kind of man is he? — was für ein Mensch ist er?

what good or use is it? — wozu soll das gut sein?
2. exclamatory adjective
1) (how great) was für

what impudence or cheek/luck! — was für eine Unverschämtheit od. Frechheit/was für ein Glück!

2) before adj. and n. (to what extent) was für
3. relative adjective
we can dispose of what difficulties there are remaining — wir können die verbleibenden Schwierigkeiten ausräumen

lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst

I will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann
4. adverb
1) (to what extent)

what do I care? — was kümmert's mich?

what does it matter? — was macht's?

2)

what with... — wenn man an... denkt

what with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen
5. interrogative pronoun
1) (what thing) was

what is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?

what about...? — (is there any news of...?, what will become of...?) was ist mit...?

what about a game of chess? — wie wär's mit einer Partie Schach?

what to do? — was tun?

what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch

what for? — wozu?

and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]

what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

what is it etc. like? — wie ist es usw.?

what not — wer weiß was alles

what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?

what do you say — or (Amer.)

what say we have a rest? — was hältst du davon, wenn wir mal Pause machen?; wie wär's mit einer Pause?

[I'll] tell you what — weißt du, was; pass mal auf

[and] what then? — [na] und?

or what? — oder was?

so what? — na und?

2) (asking for confirmation)

what? — wie?; was? (ugs.)

you did what? — was hast du gemacht?

3) in rhet. questions equivalent to neg. statement

what is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?
6. relative pronoun
(that which) was

do what I tell you — tu, was ich dir sage

what little I know/remember — das bisschen, das ich weiß/an das ich mich erinnere

this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...

tell somebody what to do or what he can do with something — (coll. iron.) jemandem sagen, wo er sich (Dat.) etwas hinstecken kann (salopp)

what is more — außerdem

the weather being what it is... — so, wie es mit dem Wetter aussieht,...

for what it is — in seiner Art
7. exclamatory pronoun
was

what she must have suffered! — wie sie gelitten haben muss!

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pron.

das pron.

was pron.

welch pron.

English-german dictionary > what
9 want

1. n недостаток, нехватка, отсутствие

want of common sense — отсутствие здравого смысла, легкомыслие

want of judgment — необдуманность; необдуманное решение

want of appetite — отсутствие аппетита

want of wind — безветрие

want of rain — бездождье

for want of — за неимением; за отсутствием; из-за нехватки

want of goods — недостаток в товарах; товарный дефицит

want of capital — нехватка капитала

2. n потребность, необходимость, нужда

to be in want of smth. — нуждаться или испытывать потребность

I am in want of a good dictionary — мне нужен хороший словарь

woeful want — ужасающая нужда

imperious want — насущная необходимость

supply a want — удовлетворять потребность

satisfy a want — удовлетворить потребность

want satisfaction — удовлетворение потребностей

3. n нужда, бедность

to live in want — жить в бедности

live in want — жить в бедности

freedom from want — свобода от нужды; обеспеченность

4. n обыкн. желание, стремление, потребность

my wants are few — мои потребности невелики

5. n геол. эрозионное замещение

6. v хотеть, желать

he wants to go — он хочет уйти

he wants me to go — он хочет, чтобы я ушёл

furthermore, I want to add … — кроме того, я хочу добавить …

I want to book you to dinner — я хочу пригласить вас на обед

we want to see over the house — мы хотим осмотреть этот дом

I want nothing besides this — я ничего не хочу, кроме этого

I want to get away from the city — я хочу уехать из города

7. v испытывать недостаток

he wants energy — ему недостаёт энергии

your answer wants courtesy — это не очень вежливый ответ

a few pages of the book were wanting — в книге не хватало нескольких страниц

the head of the statue is wanting, the statue wants the head — у статуи нет головы

fortunately he wants the power to do it — к счастью, у него нет возможности сделать это

he certainly does not want intelligence — он отнюдь не глуп

it wants ten minutes to two — сейчас без десяти два

it wants twelve minutes of midnight — до полуночи осталось двенадцать минут

it wants an inch of the regulation measurement — на полдюйма меньше установленного размера

want of money — недостаток денег

8. v нуждаться, испытывать недостаток, потребность

to want for nothing — ни в чём не нуждаться, иметь всё необходимое

want for — нуждаться

in want of — нуждаться

to want a prompt — нуждаться в подсказке

9. v бедствовать; жить в нужде

we must not let them want in their old age — нельзя допускать, чтобы они в старости бедствовали

I want to hear all your news — расскажите, что у вас нового

what the hell do you want? — что вам нужно, чёрт побери?

to live in misery and want — жить в безысходной нищете

everybody does not want to go — не все хотят уходить

10. v требовать, вызывать; хотеть видеть

the chief wants you — начальник вызывает вас

mother wants you — мама зовёт тебя

tell Jones I want him — пошлите ко мне Джонса

I want no more — я больше не хочу

do you want any more ? — хотите ещё ?

what more do you want? — что ещё ты хочешь?

want in — хотеть войти; проситься в помещение

what quantity do you want? — какую часть вы хотите?

11. v разыскивать

he is wanted by the police — его разыскивает полиция

12. v разг. быть нужным, необходимым; требоваться

you want to see a doctor — вам следует показаться врачу

you want to look like a student — ты должен быть похож на студента

you badly want a new hat — вам совершенно необходима новая шляпа

you want to eat before you go — вам надо поесть до отъезда

it wants to be done with great care — это нужно сделать очень осторожно

I want time to reflect — мне нужно время, чтобы подумать

is there anything you want? — вам что-нибудь нужно?

I want to know! — да ну; неужели!, не может быть!

I have found what I want — я нашёл, что мне нужно

Синонимический ряд:

1. absence (noun) absence; dearth; default; defect; deficiency; lack; privation

2. craving (noun) craving; desire; wish

3. poverty (noun) beggary; borasca; demand; desideratum; destituteness; destitution; impecuniousness; impoverishment; indigence; indigency; necessity; need; neediness; pauperism; pennilessness; penury; poorness; poverty; requirement; straits; unprosperousness

4. scarcity (noun) inadequacy; insufficiency; meagerness; meagreness; scantiness; scarceness; scarcity

5. like (verb) choose; desire; like; please; will; wish

6. must (verb) must; ought; should

7. need (verb) covet; crave; desiderate; fancy; lack; need; require; yearn

Антонимический ряд:

abundance; adequacy; affluence; allowance; aversion; competence; copiousness; enough; fullness; have; luxury; opulence; plenty; production; profusion; provision

English-Russian base dictionary > want
10 this

ðɪs мест.;
указ. этот, эта, это а) указывает на лицо, понятие, событие, предмет, действие, близкие по месту или времени в противоположность that б) указывает на что-л., уже известное говорящему this house парл. ≈ эта палата (палата общин или лордов в зависимости от того, к какой палате обращается выступающий) Take this book and I'll take that one. ≈ Возьмите эту книгу, а я возьму ту. this, that and the other ≈ то одно, то другое, то третье это - what is *? что это? - who is *? кто это? - perhaps these are they может быть, это они - these are my children это мои дети - * is a free country это свободная страна, мы находимся в свободной стране - these are things we cannot do without таковы вещи, без которых мы не можем обойтись;
без этих вещей нам не обойтись это, этого и т.д.;
вот что - you will be sorry for * вы пожалеете об этом - the thing is * дело вот в чем - * is what he told me вот что он мне сказал - * is what I think вот каково мое мнение, вот что я думаю - what is all *? что все это значит? - I don't like * at all мне это совершенно не нравится - * is how it came about вот как это получилось - I'll think about * я об этом подумаю - * is why I object to your plan вот почему я возражаю против вашего плана - * is where he lives вот где он живет, он живет ( вот) здесь в противопоставлении that: это - will you have * or that? вы хотите этого или того? - the bicycles are very much alike but * is new and that is old велосипеды очень похожи, но этот - новый, а тот - старый( эмоционально-усилительно) (разговорное) это;
ну и ну, вот это да - * is a regular ice-house! ну и холод /холодище/ же в этом доме! - * is the time to speak сейчас самое время высказаться;
настало время сказать все;
вот когда нужно все сказать - they are no ordinary houses, these это тебе не простые дома в сочетании с предлогом (редкое) (разговорное) это место, здесь - you filthy beast, get out of * грязное животное, убирайся отсюда! последнее( из двух вышеупомянутых) ;
второе - dogs are more faithful animals than cats - these attach themselves to places and those to persons собаки более преданные животные, чем кошки;
первые /они/ привязываются к людям, тогда как последние привыкают к месту в грам. знач. сущ.: такой-то;
такая-то - I don't want the opinion of Mrs.T. or Mrs.That меня не интересует мнение (г-жи) такой-то или (г-жи) такой-то в грам. знач. прил.: этот, эта, это - in * place в этом месте;
здесь - for * reason по этой причине - look at * picture посмотрите на эту картину - by * time he was far away к этому /к тому/ времени он был уже далеко - in * country в этой или нашей стране (в которой мы находимся) - * morning сегодня утром - * week на этой неделе - * (very) moment в данный момент;
как раз сейчас - one of these days (как-нибудь) на днях - * day last year в этот самый день в прошлом году - I'll come * day week я приду в этот же день через неделю - * 20th of September 20 сентября этого /текущего/ года нынешний;
настоящий - * prime minister нынешний премьер-министр - in * day and age в наши дни - * new pen of mine writes very well мое новое перо очень хорошо пишет - what did you do * Christmas? как вы провели нынешнее рождество? в противопоставлении that этот, эта, это (эмоционально-усилительно) (ох уж) этот, (ох уж) эта и т. п. - * my work! уж эта моя работа! - in * their first campaign в этой их первой кампании - what's all * noise? что это (еще) за шум?;
что здесь (такое) происходит? в сочетании с here (просторечие) этот вот, эта вот и т. п. - * here house этот вот дом часто в сочетании с собственным именем( эмоционально-усилительно) (разговорное) (пренебрежительное) этот, эта, это - has * Mrs. Jones been here the whole morning? эта вот миссис Джонс была здесь целое утро? - he's one of these artist chaps он актеришка из этих (о времени) эти (последние) - * /these/ three weeks эти (последние) три недели - * many a day уже много дней, давно - I have not seen her * long time я не видел ее уже давно - he has been dead these two years он уже два года как умер (о времени) эти (ближайшие) - I shall not be ready * half hour я еще не буду готов в ближайшие полчаса в грам. знач. нареч.: (разговорное) так;
до такой степени - * high вот такой высоты - * far вот до этого места - * long вот такой длины - * much столько-то - I know * much, that the thing is absurd я по крайней мере знаю, что это абсурд > * and that то да се;
тот или другой /иной/ > speaking of * and that говоря о том о сем /о том и о другом/ > * reader or that may disagree with the author тот или иной читатель может не согласиться с автором > *, that and the other то одно, то другое, то третье;
одно да другое;
всевозможные вещи > * way сюда > * way and that туда и сюда;
так или иначе > like * так, вот так;
таким образом > it was like * дело было так > do it like * делай это так > you must not behave like * не следует так поступать > by * к этому времени > he ought to be here by * ему пора бы уже быть здесь > before * прежде, раньше > I had heard of it before * я уже об этом (раньше) слышал > * side (of) раньше, до (чего-л.) > * side of midnight до полуночи > with /at, upon/ * при этом, сказав это, с этими словами > with /at/ * he got up and went out и тут /и затем, с этими словами/ он встал и вышел > in these days в наши дни > * is Mr. Smith позвольте представить вам г-на Смита this, that and the other то одно, то другое, то третье;
by this к этому времени failing ~ в случае отсутствия этого failing ~ ввиду отсутствия этого failing ~ за неимением этого I know ~ much, that ~ story is exaggerated я знаю по крайней мере то, что эта история преувеличена;
this long так долго ~ side of midnight до полуночи;
this way сюда;
like this так, вот так;
таким образом the meeting isn't going to last ~ long собрание не продлится так уж долго;
this side (of) раньше, до (определенного срока) ~ pron demonstr. (pl these) этот, эта, это that: take this book and I'll take that one возьмите эту книгу, а я возьму ту this, that and the other то одно, то другое, то третье;
by this к этому времени I know ~ much, that ~ story is exaggerated я знаю по крайней мере то, что эта история преувеличена;
this long так долго these days в наши дни;
this week на этой неделе ~ many a day давно, уже много дней;
these ten minutes эти десять минут ~ country страна, в которой мы живем, находимся (обыкн. переводится названием страны, в которой находится говорящий или пишущий) ~ day week (month, year) ровно через неделю (месяц, год) ;
this day last week ровно неделю назад ~ day week (month, year) ровно через неделю (месяц, год) ;
this day last week ровно неделю назад ~ house парл. эта палата (палата общин или лордов в зависимости от того, к какой палате обращается выступающий) ~ pron demonstr. (pl these) этот, эта, это this is what I think вот что я думаю I know ~ much, that ~ story is exaggerated я знаю по крайней мере то, что эта история преувеличена;
this long так долго ~ many a day давно, уже много дней;
these ten minutes эти десять минут ~ will never do это (никак) не годится, не подходит;
this much столько-то the meeting isn't going to last ~ long собрание не продлится так уж долго;
this side (of) раньше, до (определенного срока) ~ side of midnight до полуночи;
this way сюда;
like this так, вот так;
таким образом ~ side of midnight до полуночи;
this way сюда;
like this так, вот так;
таким образом way: ~ сторона, направление;
look this way посмотрите сюда;
this way, please( пройдите) сюда, пожалуйста;
(are you) going my way? нам по пути?;
the other way round наоборот these days в наши дни;
this week на этой неделе ~ will never do это (никак) не годится, не подходит;
this much столько-то

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > this
11 this

[ðıs] pron (pl these)
А demonstr

1. 1) это

what is this? - что это?

who is this? - кто это?

perhaps these are they - может быть, это они

these are my children - это мои дети

this is a free country - это свободная страна; мы находимся в свободной стране

these are things we cannot do without - таковы вещи, без которых мы не можем обойтись; без этих вещей нам не обойтись

2) это, этого и т. д.; вот что

you will be sorry for this - вы пожалеете об этом

the thing is this - дело вот в чём

this is what he told me - вот что он мне сказал

this is what I think - вот каково моё мнение, вот что я думаю

what is all this? - что всё это значит?

I don't like this at all - мне это совершенно не нравится

this is how it came about - вот как это получилось

I'll think about this - я об этом подумаю

this is why I object to your plan - вот почему я возражаю против вашего плана

this is where he lives - вот где он живёт, он живёт (вот) здесь

3) в противопоставлении that это

will you have this or that? - вы хотите этого или того?

the bicycles are very much alike but this is new and that is old - велосипеды очень похожи, но этот - новый, а тот - старый

4) эмоц.-усил. разг. это; ну и ну, вот это да

this is a regular ice-house! - ну и холод /холодище/ же в этом доме!

this is the time to speak - сейчас самое время высказаться; настало время сказать всё; вот когда нужно всё сказать

they are no ordinary houses, these - это тебе не простые дома

5) в сочетании с предлогом редк. разг. это место, здесь

you filthy beast, get out of this - грязное животное, убирайся отсюда!

2. последнее ( из двух вышеупомянутых); второе

dogs are more faithful animals than cats - these attach themselves to places and those to persons - собаки более преданные животные, чем кошки: первые /они/ привязываются к людям, тогда как последние привыкают к месту

Б в грам. знач. сущ.

такой-то; такая-то

I don't want the opinion of Mrs. This or Mrs. That - меня не интересует мнение (г-жи) такой-то или (г-жи) такой-то

В в грам. знач. прил.

1. 1) этот, эта, это

in this place - в этом месте; здесь

for this reason - по этой причине

look at this picture - посмотрите на эту картину

by this time he was far away - к этому /к тому/ времени он был (уже) далеко

in this country - в этой или нашей стране ( в которой мы находимся)

this morning [afternoon] - сегодня утром [днём]

this week [month, year] - на этой неделе [в этом месяце, в этом году]

this (very) moment - в данный момент; как раз сейчас

one of these days - (как-нибудь) на днях [ср. тж. ♢ ]

this day last [next] year - в этот самый день в прошлом [будущем] году

I'll come this day week - я приду в этот же день через неделю

this 20th of September - 20 сентября этого /текущего/ года

2) нынешний; настоящий

this prime minister - нынешний премьер-министр

in this day and age - в наши дни

this new pen of mine writes very well - моё новое перо очень хорошо пишет

what did you do this Christmas? - как вы провели нынешнее рождество?

3) в противопоставлении that этот, эта, это [см. that I В 1, 2)]

4) эмоц.-усил. (ох уж) этот, (ох уж) эта и т. п.

this my work! - уж эта моя работа!

in this their first campaign - в этой их первой кампании

what's all this noise? - что это (ещё) за шум?; что здесь (такое) происходит?

5) в сочетании с here прост. этот вот, эта вот и т. п.

this here house - этот вот дом

2. часто в сочетании с собственным именем эмоц.-усил. разг. пренебр. этот, эта, это

has this Mrs. Jones been here the whole morning? - эта вот миссис Джонс была здесь целое утро?

he's one of these artist chaps - он актёришка из этих

3. ( о времени)

1) эти (последние)

this /these/ three weeks - эти (последние) три недели

this many a day - уже много дней, давно

I have not seen her this long time - я не видел её уже давно [ср. тж. Г]

he has been dead these two years - он уже два года как умер

2) эти (ближайшие)

I shall not be ready this half hour - я ещё не буду готов в ближайшие полчаса

Г в грам. знач. нареч. разг.

так; до такой степени

this high - вот такой высоты

this far - вот до этого места

this long - вот такой длины [ср. тж. В 3, 1)]

this much - столько-то

I know this much, that the thing is absurd - я по крайней мере знаю, что это абсурд

♢

this and that - а) то да сё; б) тот или другой /иной/; speaking of this and that - говоря о том о сём /о том и о другом/

this reader or that may disagree with the author - тот или иной читатель может не согласиться с автором

this, that and the other - то одно, то другое, то третье; одно да другое; всевозможные вещи

this way - сюда

this way and that - а) туда и сюда; б) так или иначе

like this - так, вот так; таким образом

it was like this - дело было так

do it like this - делай это так

you must not behave like this - не следует так поступать

by this - к этому времени

he ought to be here by this - ему пора бы уже быть здесь

before this - прежде я уже об этом (раньше) слышал

this side (of) - раньше, до (чего-л.)

this side of midnight - до полуночи

with /at, upon/ this - при этом, сказав это, с этими словами

with /at/ this he got up and went out - и тут /и затем, с этими словами/ он встал и вышел

in these days - в наши дни [ср. тж. В 1, 1)]

this is Mr. Smith - позвольте представить вам г-на Смита

НБАРС > this
12 this

1. n

такий-то; така-то

2. adj

цей, ця, це

in this place — у цьому місці; тут

in this country — у цій (у нашій) країні

this morning — сьогодні вранці

this week — на цьому тижні

this year — у цьому році

this very moment — у цю мить, саме зараз

this day last year — у цей самий день торік

this day next year — у цей самий день наступного року

3. adv

так; до такої міри

this far — ось до цього місця

this high — ось такої висоти

this long — ось такої довжини

this much — от стільки

4. pron demonstr. (pl these)

це

what is this? — що це?

who is this? — хто це?

what is all this? — що усе це означає?

this is what he told me — ось що він сказав мені

this and that — а) той або інший; б) те та се

this way — сюди

this way and that — а) туди й назад; б) так чи інакше

like this — так, таким чином

it was like this — а було це так

by this — на той час

before this — колись, раніше

this is Mr. Smith — дозвольте познайомити вас з паном Смітом

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[pis]
1) pron (pl these) А dem

2) це

what is this — є що цеє

who is this — є хто це

this is a free country — це вільна країна; це, цього; от що

you will be sorry for this — ви пошкодуєте про це

the thing is this — справа от у чому

what is all this — є що всі це значитьє

this is where he lives — от де він живе, він живе (от) тут; у протиставленні that це

will you have this or that — є ви хочете цього або тогоє; це; ну е ну, от

this is the time to speak — зараз самий час висловитися; прийшов час сказати все; от коли потрібно все сказати; у сполученні із прийменником це місце, тут

3) останнє ( із двох вищезгаданих); друге

dogs are more faithful animals than cats- these attach themselves to places and those to persons — собаки більше віддані тварини, чим кішки: перші /вони/ звикають до людей, тоді як останні - до місця Б iм. такий-то

I don't want the opinion of Mrs. This or Mrs. That — мене не цікавить думка ( пані) такої-то або (пані) такої-то В пpикм.

4) цей, ця, це

in this place — в цьому місці; тут

for this reason — з цієї причини

this morning [afternoon] — сьогодні ранком [удень]

this (very) moment — у цей момент; саме зараз

one of these days — ( як-небудь) днями [порівн. тж. О]

this day last [next]year — в цей самий день у минулому [майбутньому]року; нинішній; діючий; чинний

this prime minister — чинний прем'єр-міністр; у протиставлення that той, та, те ; ( ох вже) цей, ( ох вже) ця

this my work! — Ох вже моя робота!

what's all this noise — є що це (ще) за шумє; що тут ( таке) відбуваєтьсяє; у сполученні з

here — звичн. ось це,

this here house — атот от будинок

5) часто в сполученні із власним ім'ям зневаж. цей, ця, це

6) ( про час) ці ( останні)

this /these/ three weeks — ці ( останні) три тижні

I have not seen her this long time — я не бачив її вже давно [порівн. тж. Г]; ці ( найближчі)

I shall not be ready this half hour — я ще не буду готовий у найближчі півгодини Г присл, так; настільки

this high — от такої висоти

this far — ось до цього місця

this long — ось такої довжини [порівн. тж. В 3, 1]

this much — скільки-то

I know this much, that the thing is absurd — я принаймні знаю, що це абсурд

this and that — так, так, те е се той або інший

speaking of this and that — говорячи про те, про се /про те, про інше/

this way — сюди

this way and that — туди е сюди; так чи інакше

like this — так, от так; у такий спосіб

by this — до цього часу

before this — колись, раніше

this side (of) — раніше, до ( чогось)

this side of midnight — до півночі

with /at, upon/ this — при цьому, сказавши це, з цими словами

with /at/ this he got up and went out, — тут /, потім, з цими словами/ він встав та вийшов

in these days y — наші дні [порівн. тж. В 1, 7]

this is Mr. Smith — дозвольте відрекомендувати вам пана Смита

English-Ukrainian dictionary > this
13 what

adj. hangi, ne
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interj. ne, nasıl
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n. hangi, ne, neyi, neleri

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1. ne| (wh.) 2. ne (q.)
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[wot] 1. pronoun, adjective
1) (used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc: What street is this?; What's your name/address / telephone number?; What time is it?; What (kind of) bird is that?; What is he reading?; What did you say?; What is this cake made of?; `What do you want to be when you grow up?' `A doctor.'; Tell me what you mean; I asked him what clothes I should wear.) ne, neyi, neler, hangi

2) (( also adverb) used in exclamations of surprise, anger etc: What clothes she wears!; What a fool he is!; What naughty children they are!; What a silly book this is!) ne (kadar)...!
2. relative pronoun
1) (the thing(s) that: Did you find what you wanted?; These tools are just what I need for this job; What that child needs is a good spanking!) o şey ki,...-en (şey),...-diği şey

2) (( also relative adjective) any (things or amount) that; whatever: I'll lend you what clothes you need; Please lend me what you can.) her ne, herhagi bir

•

- whatever
3. adjective, pronoun
(no matter what: You have to go on, whatever (trouble) you meet; Whatever (else) you do, don't say that!) ne...-se, (her) ne...-sa olsun
4. adjective
(whatsoever; at all: I had nothing whatever to do with that.) hiç, hiçbir, hiç mi hiç
5. pronoun
((also what ever) used in questions or exclamations to express surprise etc: Whatever will he say when he hears this?) ne?, her neyse, neyse o

- whatnot
- what's-his, -her, -its -name
- whatsoever
- know what's what
- what about?
- what... for
- what have you
- what if?
- what... like?
- what of it?
- what with

English-Turkish dictionary > what
14 want

§ სურვილი; გაჭირვება; ნდომა; გაჭირვებაში ყოფნა

§

1 უკმარისობა, ნაკლებობა

many people die for want of medicines ბევრი ხალხი წამლების უქონლობისაგან იღუპება;

the patient died for want of care პაციენტი მოუვლელობისაგან დაიღუპა

your paper shows want of thought შენი მოხსენება კარგად არაა გააზრებული

2 სიღარიბე, სიღატაკე, გაჭირვება

she lives in want გაჭირვებულად ცხოვრობს

3 მოთხოვნილება

his wants are few მცირე მოთხოვნილებები აქვს//მას ბევრი არ სჭირდება

we can supply all your wants შეგვიძლია ყველა თქვენი მოთხოვნილება დავაკმაყოფილოთ;

4 საჭიროება

this house is in want of repair ამ სახლს რემონტი სჭირდება

5 ნდომა (უნდა), სურვილი (სურს)

I want to learn English/to ask you a question მსურს ინგლისური შევისწავლო / მინდა შეკითხვა მოგცე

wat do you want? რა გსურს /გნებავს?

6 სჭირდება

this is all I want ამაზე მეტი არაფერი მჭირდება

7 აკლია

a few pages of this book are wanting ამ წიგნს რამდენიმე გვერდი აკლია

he is wanting in common sense მას კეთილგონიერება აკლია

●●your mother wants you დედა გეძახის/გეძებს

he is wanted by the police მას პოლიცია ეძებს

someone wants you at the door კართან ვიღაც გკითხულობს

he succeeded in getting what he wanted თავის სასურველს მიაღწია

we wanted to go for a picnic, but we had to scrub it because of the rain საპიკნიკოდ წასვლა გვინდოდა, მაგრამ წვიმის გამო ჩაგვეშალა

he wanted to get at the true facts ჭეშმარიტი ფაქტების დადგენა სურდა

they want to see it for themselves უნდათ, რომ საკუთარი თვალით ნახონ

I want to talk to you შენთან სალაპარაკო მაქვს

'Do you want it? - 'Yes, I do'; "გინდა? -"დიახ, მინდა"

they want to carpet the hall დარბაზის ნოხებით მოფენა სურთ

I want to clear up a few points რამდენიმე საკითხის გარკვევა მსურს

I want to acquaint you with her მინდა გაგაცნო

English-Georgian dictionary > want
15 what

[wɔt] pronoun, adjective
1.

1) used in questions etc when asking someone to point out, state etc one or more persons, things etc:

What street is this?

What's your name/address / telephone number?

What time is it?

What (kind of) bird is that?

What is he reading?

What did you say?

What is this cake made of?

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "A doctor."

Tell me what you mean

I asked him what clothes I should wear.
ماذا، أي
2) ( also adverb) used in exclamations of surprise, anger etc:

What clothes she wears!

What a fool he is!

What naughty children they are!

What a silly book this is!
تُسْتَعْمَل للتَّعْبير عن الشُّعور في الجُمْلَة التَّعَجُّبِيَّه
2. relative pronoun

1) the thing(s) that:

Did you find what you wanted?

These tools are just what I need for this job

What that child needs is a good spanking!
ماذا
2) ( also relative adjective) any (things or amount) that; whatever:

I'll lend you what clothes you need

Please lend me what you can.
أي

Arabic-English dictionary > what
16 what

(whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) kdorkoli, karkoli, kjerkoli

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[wɔt]
1.

pronoun

(vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!

what for? — čemu?, zakaj?

what ever for? — toda zakaj?

what next? — in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?

and what all colloquially in kaj še vse

what not — kar si bodi, karkoli

my hat, my gloves, and what not — moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vse

what if — kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...

what of that? — kaj za to?, nič za to

what though (I am poor) — kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)

what about, what of — kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) o

what about a cup of tea? — ali bi skodelico čaja?

what's it all about? — za kaj (pa) gre?

so what?, what of it? — prava reč!; nesmisel!

but what colloquially ki ne (bi)

not a day comes but what makes a change — ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)

what is the matter? — kaj (pa) je?

what is he like? — kakšen je on?

what he has suffered! — kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!

well, what of it? — no, in kaj za to?

what's up? — kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?

to know what's what — vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati se

what is the news? — kaj je novega?

you want a what? — kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?

he claims to a what? — kaj hoče on biti?

what is he the better for it? — kaj ima on od tega?

I'll tell you what — nekaj ti povem

Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name — gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?);

2.

pronoun (relativni zaimek) kar

do what I may — naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)

happen what may — naj se zgodi, kar hoče!

we know what he is busy with — vemo, s čim se ukvarja

this is what we hoped for — to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upali

and what have you American slang in kar imate podobnega, takega

but what — razen (tega, teh)

he never had any money but what he absolutely needed — imel je le najpotrebnejši denar

there was no one but what was excited — nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen;

3.

adjective

kakšen, kateri, kolikšen

what luck! — kakšna sreča!

what a queer idea! — kakšna čudna ideja!

what a fool I am! — kako sem neumen!

he got what books he wanted — dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želel

take what books you need! — vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješ

what use is this dictionary to you? — čemu ti rabi ta slovar?;

4.

adverb

kako

what happy boys they are — kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; deloma

what with storms my return was delayed — deloma zaradi viharjev se je moja vrnitev zakasnila

but what — (pri nikalnici) colloquially da ne

not a day but what it rains — ni dneva, da ne bi deževalo

never fear but what we shall go! — ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!;

5.

interjection

kaj!, kako!; British English kaj ne?

what, do you really mean it? — kaj, ti to resno misliš?

a good fellow, what? — dober dečko, kaj ne?;

6.

conjunction colloquially

kolikor

he helped us what he could — pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel

English-Slovenian dictionary > what
17 want

want [wɒnt]

1. noun

( = lack) manque m

• there was no want of enthusiasm ce n'était pas l'enthousiasme qui manquait

► for want of... faute de...

• it wasn't for want of trying that he... ce n'était pas faute d'avoir essayé qu'il...

2. plural noun

wants ( = requirement) désirs mpl

• his wants are few il se contente de peu

3. transitive verb

   a. ( = wish) vouloir

• what do you want? que voulez-vous ?

• what do you want to do tomorrow? qu'est-ce que vous avez envie de faire demain ?

• I don't want to! je ne veux pas !

• all I want is... tout ce que je veux, c'est...

• what does he want for that picture? combien demande-t-il pour ce tableau ?

• I want the brakes checked pouvez-vous vérifier les freins ?

• I always wanted a car like this j'ai toujours voulu avoir une voiture comme ça

• to want sb (sexually) désirer qn

• I wanted to leave j'avais envie de partir

• to want in/out (inf) vouloir entrer/sortir

• you're not wanted here on ne veut pas de vous ici

• you've got him where you want him vous le tenez à votre merci

• you don't want much! vous n'êtes pas difficile !

► to want sb to do sth vouloir que qn fasse qch

• I want you to listen to me je veux que tu m'écoutes

   b. ( = seek) demander

• the manager wants you in his office le directeur vous demande dans son bureau

• you're wanted on the phone on vous demande au téléphone

• to be wanted by the police être recherché par la police

• "wanted: good cook" « recherchons cuisinier ou cuisinière »

• "wanted for murder" « recherché pour meurtre »

   c. ( = need) avoir besoin de

• you want a bigger hammer il te faut un plus gros marteau

• what do you want with a house that size? pourquoi veux-tu une maison aussi grande ?

• the car wants washing la voiture a besoin d'être lavée

• your hair wants combing tu as besoin d'un coup de peigne

• you want to be careful! (inf) fais attention !

• you want to be sure you can afford it before you commit yourself avant de t'engager, tu ferais bien de t'assurer que tu en a les moyens

4. compounds

► want ad noun (US) petite annonce f

* * *
[wɒnt] 1.
noun

1) ( need) besoin m

to be in want of — avoir besoin de

2) ( deprivation) littér indigence f

3) ( lack) défaut m

for want of — à défaut or faute de

it's not for want of trying — ce n'est pas faute d'avoir essayé
2.
transitive verb

1) ( desire) vouloir

I want — ( as general statement) je veux; ( would like) je voudrais; ( am seeking) je souhaite

what ou how much do you want for this chair? — combien voulez-vous pour ce fauteuil?

I want the job finished — je voudrais que ce travail soit fini

I don't want to — je n'ai pas envie

to want somebody to do — vouloir que quelqu'un fasse

where do you want me? — où voulez-vous que je me mette?

he doesn't want much does he? — iron il est toujours aussi peu exigeant! iron

they just don't want to know — ils préfèrent ne rien savoir

2) (colloq) ( need) avoir besoin de

you won't be wanted at the meeting — on n'aura pas besoin de vous à la réunion

to want to do — (colloq) devoir faire

you want to watch out — tu devrais faire attention

what do they want with all those machines? — pourquoi est-ce qu'ils ont besoin de toutes ces machines?

what do you want with me? — qu'est-ce que vous me voulez?

all that's wanted is your signature — il ne manque plus que votre signature

several jobs want doing — GB il y a plusieurs tâches à faire

3) ( require presence of) demander

you're wanted on the phone — on vous demande au téléphone

the boss wants you — le patron veut te voir

to be wanted by the police — être recherché par la police

I know when I'm not wanted — je sens bien que je suis de trop
3.
intransitive verb

to want for — manquer de

Phrasal Verbs:

- want in

- want out

English-French dictionary > want
18 what

what [wɒt]

qu'est-ce qui ⇒ 1 (a) que ⇒ 1 (a) qu'est-ce que ⇒ 1 (a) quoi ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), 1 (f) ce qui ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f) ce que ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f), 1 (g) comment ⇒ 1 (c) combien ⇒ 1 (e) quel ⇒ 2 (a), 3

1 pronoun

(a) (in direct questions → as subject) qu'est-ce qui, que; (→ as object) (qu'est-ce) que, quoi; (→ after preposition) quoi;

∎ what do you want? qu'est-ce que tu veux?, que veux-tu?;

∎ what's happening? qu'est-ce qui se passe?, que se passe-t-il?;

∎ what's new? quoi de neuf?;

∎ familiar what's up? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?^□ ; American (as greeting) quoi de neuf?;

∎ what's that for? à quoi cela sert-il?, à quoi ça sert?;

∎ what's the matter?, what is it? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?;

∎ familiar what's it to you? qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?;

∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?; (what did you say) quoi?;

∎ what's that building? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce bâtiment?;

∎ what's your phone number? quel est votre numéro de téléphone?;

∎ what's her name? comment s'appelle-t-elle?;

∎ what's the Spanish for "light"? comment dit-on "light" en espagnol?;

∎ what's the boss like? comment est le patron?;

∎ what is life without friends? que vaut la vie sans amis?;

∎ familiar what's up with him? qu'est-ce qu'il a?^□ ;

∎ what did I tell you? (gen) qu'est-ce que je vous ai dit?; (I told you so) je vous l'avais bien dit!;

∎ she must be, what, 50? elle doit avoir, quoi, 50 ans?;

∎ Mum? - what? - can I go out? Maman? - quoi? - est-ce que je peux sortir?;

∎ what are you thinking about? à quoi pensez-vous?;

∎ what did he die of? de quoi est-il mort?;

∎ what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous?;

∎ what could be more beautiful? quoi de plus beau?;

∎ formal or humorous to what do I owe this honour? qu'est-ce qui me vaut cet honneur?

(b) (in indirect questions → as subject) ce qui; (→ as object) ce que, quoi;

∎ tell us what happened dites-nous ce qui s'est passé;

∎ I wonder what she was thinking about! je me demande ce qui lui est passé par la tête!;

∎ I asked what it was all about j'ai demandé de quoi il était question;

∎ he didn't understand what I said il n'a pas compris ce que j'ai dit;

∎ I don't know what to do je ne sais pas quoi faire;

∎ I don't know what to do to help him je ne sais pas quoi faire pour l'aider;

∎ I don't know what that building is je ne sais pas ce qu'est ce bâtiment

(c) (asking someone to repeat something) comment;

∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que tu dis?;

∎ they bought what? quoi, qu'est-ce qu'ils ont acheté?

(d) (expressing surprise) quoi;

∎ what, another new dress? quoi, encore une nouvelle robe?;

∎ what, no coffee! comment ou quoi? pas de café?;

∎ he's going into the circus - what! il va travailler dans un cirque - quoi?;

∎ I found $350 - you what! j'ai trouvé 350 dollars - quoi?;

∎ I told her to leave - you did what! je lui ai dit de partir - tu lui as dit quoi?

(e) (how much)

∎ what's 17 minus 4? combien ou que fait 17 moins 4?;

∎ what does it cost? combien est-ce que ça coûte?;

∎ what do I owe you? combien vous dois-je?;

∎ do you know what he was asking for it? savez-vous combien il en demandait?

(f) (that which → as subject) ce qui; (→ as object) ce que, quoi;

∎ what you need is a hot bath ce qu'il vous faut, c'est un bon bain chaud;

∎ they spent what amounted to a week's salary ils ont dépensé l'équivalent d'une semaine de salaire;

∎ she has what it takes to succeed elle a ce qu'il faut pour réussir;

∎ that's what life is all about! c'est ça la vie!;

∎ education is not what it used to be l'enseignement n'est plus ce qu'il était;

∎ what is most remarkable is that… ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable c'est que…;

∎ it was pretty much what we expected c'était plus ou moins ce qu'on avait imaginé;

∎ what's done cannot be undone ce qui est fait est fait;

∎ and what is worse… et ce qui est pire…

(g) (whatever, everything that)

∎ they rescued what they could ils ont sauvé ce qu'ils ont pu;

∎ say what you will vous pouvez dire ou vous direz tout ce que vous voudrez;

∎ say what you will, I don't believe you racontez tout ce que vous voulez, je ne vous crois pas;

∎ come what may advienne que pourra

(h) British familiar old-fashioned (inviting agreement) n'est-ce pas^□ ;

∎ an interesting book, what? un livre intéressant, n'est-ce pas ou pas vrai?

(i) (idioms)

∎ I'll tell you what… écoute!;

∎ you know what…? tu sais quoi…?;

∎ I know what j'ai une idée;

∎ you'll never guess what tu ne devineras jamais (quoi);

∎ familiar documents, reports and what have you or and what not des documents, des rapports et je ne sais quoi encore^□ ;

∎ familiar and I don't know what et que sais-je encore^□ ;

∎ familiar and God knows what et Dieu sait quoi;

∎ have you got a flat, rooms or what? vous avez un appartement, une chambre ou quoi?;

∎ look, do you want to come or what? alors, tu veux venir ou quoi?;

∎ a trip to Turkey? - what next! un voyage en Turquie? - et puis quoi encore!;

∎ what have we here? mais que vois-je?;

∎ what then? et après?;

∎ old-fashioned what ho! eh! ho!; (as greeting) salut!;

∎ familiar we need to find out what's what il faut qu'on sache où en sont les choses;

∎ familiar she told me what was what elle m'a mis au courant;

∎ familiar they know what's what in art ils s'y connaissent en art^□ ;

∎ familiar I'll show him what's what! je vais lui montrer de quel bois je me chauffe!

2 adjective

(a) (in questions → singular) quel (quelle); (→ plural) quels (quelles);

∎ what books did you buy? quels livres avez-vous achetés?;

∎ what colour/size is it? de quelle couleur/taille c'est?;

∎ (at) what time will you be arriving? à quelle heure arriverez-vous?;

∎ what day is it? quel jour sommes-nous?;

∎ what good or use is this? à quoi ça sert?

(b) (as many as, as much as)

∎ I gave her what money I had je lui ai donné le peu d'argent que j'avais;

∎ he gathered what strength he had il a rassemblé le peu de forces qui lui restaient;

∎ what time we had left was spent (in) packing on a passé le peu de temps qui nous restait à faire les valises;

∎ they stole what little money she had ils lui ont volé le peu d'argent qu'elle avait;

∎ I gave her what comfort I could je l'ai consolée autant que j'ai pu

3 predeterminer

∎ (expressing an opinion or a reaction) what a suggestion! quelle idée!;

∎ what a strange thing! comme c'est bizarre!;

∎ what a pity! comme c'est ou quel dommage!;

∎ what an idiot he is! comme il est bête!, qu'il est bête!;

∎ what lovely children you have! quels charmants enfants vous avez!;

∎ what a lot of people! que de gens!, que de monde!;

∎ you can't imagine what a time we had getting here vous ne pouvez pas vous imaginer le mal qu'on a eu à venir jusqu'ici

4 adverb

∎ (in rhetorical questions) what do I care? qu'est-ce que ça peut me faire?;

∎ what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut faire?;

∎ well, what of it? et bien?, et après?

5 what about adverb

∎ what about lunch? et si on déjeunait?;

∎ when shall we go? - what about Monday? quand est-ce qu'on y va? - (et si on disait) lundi?;

∎ what about your promise? - what about my promise? et ta promesse? - ben quoi, ma promesse?;

∎ familiar what about it? et alors?;

∎ do you remember Lauryn? - what about her? tu te souviens de Lauryn? - oui, et alors?;

∎ and what about you? et vous donc?

6 what for adverb

(why) pourquoi?;

∎ what did you say that for? pourquoi as-tu dit cela?;

∎ I'm leaving town - what for? je quitte la ville - pourquoi?

7 what if conjunction

∎ what if we went to the beach? et si on allait à la plage?;

∎ he won't come - and what if he doesn't? (supposing) il ne va pas venir - et alors?

8 what with conjunction

∎ what with work and the children I don't get much sleep entre le travail et les enfants, je ne dors pas beaucoup;

∎ what with paying for dinner and the cab he was left with no cash après avoir payé le dîner et le taxi, il n'avait plus d'argent;

∎ what with one thing and another I never got there pour un tas de raisons je n'y suis jamais allé

Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > what
19 ♦ what

♦ what /wɒt, wət/
A pron. interr.

che cosa; che; cosa: DIALOGO → - DVD- What is it?, cos'è?; What did you say?, che cosa hai detto?; What can I do for you?, che cosa posso fare per te?; in che posso servirLa?; mi dica!; DIALOGO → - How was your day?- What happened?, cos'è successo?; What happened then?, che cosa accadde dopo?; DIALOGO → - Feeling ill- What's wrong?, cosa c'è che non va?; DIALOGO → - Ordering food 3- What's your table number?, qual è il numero del suo tavolo?; What does your father do?, che cosa fa (o che mestiere fa) tuo padre?; Tell me what you need, dimmi cosa ti occorre; I don't know what to do, non so che fare NOTA D'USO: - chi- NOTA D'USO: - how o what?-

B a. interr.

quale, quali; che: What films have you seen lately?, quali film hai visto di recente?; By what train are you leaving?, con che treno parti?; What news?, che novità?; che notizie ci sono?; What kind of man is he?, che tipo di uomo è?

C pron. escl.

quanto; come: What he has suffered!, quanto ha sofferto!

D a. escl.

quale; che; come: What nonsense!, che sciocchezze!; What a man, che uomo!; What a fool you are!, che stupido sei!; come sei stupido!; What an idea!, che idea!; What a mind she has!, che mente!; What impudence!, che sfacciataggine!

E pron. relat.

ciò che; quello che; tutto quello che: I heard what he said, sentii quello che disse; Tell me what he said, dimmi che cosa ha detto; Do what you will, fa' ciò che vuoi; What he likes is music, quel che ama è la musica; What's done is done, ciò che è fatto è fatto

F a. relat.

quello che; quelli che; il (la, gli, le)… che: Give me what money you have, dammi il denaro che hai ( poco o molto che sia); Wear what shoes you like best, metti pure le scarpe che preferisci

G inter.

come?; che cosa?; ma come!: What! no dinner?, come? niente cena?; What, here already?, ma come! (siete) già qui?

● what about (o what of), che ne è (che ne è stato) di; che ne dici (diresti) di: What about the others?, che ne è degli altri?; What about an ice-cream?, che ne diresti di (prendere) un gelato?; DIALOGO → - Dinner 1- What about some pasta?, che ne dici di un po' di pasta? □ «And your friend?» «What about him?», «E il tuo amico?» «Cosa c'entra lui?» □ what-d'you-call-him (- her, -it, etc.), (rif. a cosa) affare, aggeggio, coso; (rif. a persona) coso (cosa), tizio, vattelapesca: Pass me the what-d'you-call-it, passami quell'aggeggio! □ what else, che altro; che cos'altro: What else did he want?, che altro voleva? □ what ever, che cosa mai; che diamine: What can he ever mean by that?, che diamine vuol mai dire con ciò? □ what for, a che cosa; a che; perché: What is that used for?, a che serve (quell'aggeggio)?; What's this button for?, a che serve questo pulsante?; What are you locking the door for?, perché chiudi a chiave la porta? □ (fam.) what-for, punizione; castigo; bòtte; legnate: I'll give him what-for, gli darò io quel che si merita! □ what for?, perché mai?; per che fare?; a che pro? □ (fam.) what have you, eccetera; e simili; e cose del genere: He's got his screwdriver, hammer, wrench and what have you, ha il suo cacciavite, il martello, la chiave inglese e cose del genere □ what if, che importa se; e se; e (anche) se: What if they don't come?, e se non vengono?; What if it's true?, e anche se è vero? □ what … like, come; che tipo: What was the weather like?, com'era il tempo?; What is he like?, che tipo d'uomo è?; com'è? NOTA D'USO: - come- □ what's more, quel che più conta; per di più; inoltre □ (arc.) what though, che importa se; e se: What though I am alone?, e se sono solo, che importa? □ what's what, lo stato delle cose; la situazione □ what with… and ( what with), un po' per… un po' per; tra… e: What with hunger and ( what with) tiredness, he could hardly walk along, un po' per la fame e un po' per la stanchezza, non riusciva quasi più a camminare; DIALOGO → - At the museum- The museum's packed today what with this bad weather, oggi il museo è pieno per via di questo brutto tempo □ and what have you, e simili; e così via □ and what not, eccetera eccetera; e altro ancora □ (lett.) but what, che non: There wasn't a day but what it rained, non c'era giorno che non piovesse □ come what may, qualunque cosa accada; comunque vada a finire □ to know what's what, saperla lunga □ What?, che cosa?; come?; che hai detto? □ What's it to you?, e a te che ne importa?; che te ne frega? □ What's yours?, che cosa bevi?; che cosa prendi? □ What good (o What use) is it?, a che serve?; a che pro? □ What ho!, ehi!; salve! □ DIALOGO → - Before an exam- What's the matter?, che c'è che non va? □ What next?, e poi?; e adesso che succederà?; ( anche) che c'è ancora? □ What next!, che roba!; cosa mi tocca di sentire! □ What of it?, e allora?; e con ciò? □ I know what, ho un'idea; so io che cosa fare □ to know what's what, avere le idee chiare; sapere il fatto proprio □ I'll tell you what, te lo dico io (che cosa fare); stammi a sentire □ (fam.) Tell you what, e allora: Tell you what: let's have a break!, e allora, facciamo una pausa! □ (fam.) So what?, e allora; e con ciò? □ Well, what of it?, be', e con ciò? □ to tell sb. what's what, dirne quattro a q.; fare una scenata a q. □ (prov.) What goes around, comes around, la ruota gira; oggi a te domani a me; chi semina raccoglie.
NOTA D'USO: - what about?-

English-Italian dictionary > ♦ what
20 want

1. I
abs

1) I have the very thing you want у меня есть как раз то, что вам хочется; have you all you want? у вас есть все, что вам нужно?; what do you want? что вы хотите?, чего бы вам хотелось?, что вам надо?; the more a man gets the more he wants чем больше у человека есть, тем больше ему хочется

2) a few pages of the book were wanting в книге не хватало нескольких страниц; there are so many books (stamps, autographs, etc.) wanting не хватает многих книг и т.д.; the head of the statue is wanting у статуи нет головы; nothing shall be wanting ни в чем не будет недостатка

3) his family will see to it that he doesn't want его семья позаботится о том, чтобы он не нуждался
2. III
1) want with. want a new саг (а large flat, this book, everything one sees, etc.) хотеть новую машину и т.д., do you want this jack-knife? хотите /вам хочется/ [иметь] этот перочинный ножик?; I want my dinner я хочу пообедать; how much for this armchair? want-I want five pounds сколько стоит это кресло? want-Я прошу пять фунтов

2) want smth. the book wants a page в книге не хватает страницы; your coat wants an inch or so ваше пальто должно быть примерно на дюйм длиннее; he wants energy (courage, self-confidence, judgement, etc.) ему не хватает энергии и т.д.; he certainly does not want intelligence ума ему хватает /не занимать/; want smb. tell the boy I want him скажите мальчику, что он мне нужен; mother wants you мама зовет тебя

3) want smth. coll. want [а] rest (much care, time, etc.) нуждаться в отдыхе и т.д.; he wants plenty of sleep ему нужно [хорошенько] выспаться; this work wants a lot of patience эта работа требует большего терпения; plants want water растениям необходима вода; he wants a shave (a haircut, a wash, etc.) ему надо побриться и т.д.; I want two sandwiches (some sugar, a dozen eggs, etc.), please пожалуйста, дайте мне два бутерброда и т.д.; I want brown shoes, please покажите, пожалуйста, коричневые туфли; we shan't want a fire today сегодня нам не придется топить камин
3. IV
want smth., smb. in some manner I badly want a new hat (some day shirts, some evening ties, some hot water at once, etc.) мне очень нужна новая шляпа и т.д.; it wants but one word more and I shall turn you out еще одно слово, и я выставлю тебя вон; it wanted only this last outrage только этого последнего безобразия не хватало; I may want you suddenly вы мне можете неожиданно понадобиться; want smb. somewhere if nobody wants me here, I am going home если я здесь никому не нужен, [я] пойду домой; I want the book back soon верните мне книгу поскорее; boss wants you back хозяин хочет, чтобы ты вернулся [на работу]; want smth. at some time shall you want anything more tonight? вам сегодня вечером еще что-нибудь понадобится?
4. VII
1) want smb. to do smth. want him to come (you to try, me to buy her this camera, you to do this at once, smb. to read to me. her to be cheerful, etc.) хотеть, чтобы он пришел и т.д.; I don't want you to be hurt я не хочу, чтобы вы пострадали

2) want smth. to do smth. the house only wants a few more rooms to be perfect если бы в этом доме было еще несколько комнат, его можно было бы считать просто великолепным; there is a volume wanting to complete the set до полного собрания не хватает одного тома; nothing is wanting to make the party a success есть все необходимое, чтобы вечер прошел хорошо
5. VIII
want smb. doing smth. usually in the negative I don't want you turning everything upside down (breaking her toys, answering their questions, etc.) я не хочу, чтобы вы перевернули здесь все вверх дном и т.д.
6. IX
want smth. done want the book published (these shoes resoled, this tree cut down, the door painted white, the job finished by tomorrow, etc.) хотеть, чтобы книгу издали и т.д.; I don't want it known я не хочу, чтобы это стало известно; he wants this report typed ему надо перепечатать этот доклад
7. XI
1) be wanted call me if I'm wanted позовите меня, если я понадоблюсь; I won't go if (where) I'm not wanted я не пойду [туда], если я там (где я) лишний; these books are not wanted эти книги лишние; be wanted for smth. am I wanted for anything? вам нужна моя помощь?; be wanted in some manner help is urgently wanted срочно требуется помощь; be wanted at some time you won't be wanted this afternoon вы сегодня больше не потребуетесь /не понадобитесь/; be wanted somewhere you are wanted at the door (at the president's office, etc.) вас вызывают /просят/ [подойти] к выходу и т.д.; you are wanted on the phone вас просят [подойти] к телефону; it may be wanted elsewhere это может где-нибудь потребоваться

2) be wanted by smb., smth. he is wanted by the police (by law, by the government, by the authorities, etc.) его разыскивает полиция и т.д.; be wanted for smth. he is wanted for highway robbery (for murder, etc.) его разыскивают [власти] по обвинению в краже и т.д.; wanted a cook for a small family ищу кухарку /нужна кухарка/ в небольшую семьи (объявление)
8. XIII
want to do smth.

1) want to teach him a lesson (to go, to taste it, to ask you a question, to go swimming, to see what is going on, etc.) хотеть проучить его в т.д.; he could have done it if he had wanted to он мог бы это сделать, если бы захотел

2) coll. you want to see a doctor at once (to have your teeth seen to, to be very careful in handling poisons, etc.) вам необходимо немедленно пойти к врачу и т.д.; this work wants to be done with great care эту работу следует сделать с большой тщательностью; you don't want to be rude (to overdo it) не надо /не следует/ грубить (перебарщивать)
9. XIV
want doing smth. coll. his hair wants cutting ему нужно постричься; these clothes want washing (ironing) эту одежду надо выстирать (погладить /выгладить/); that boy wants a good beating /thrashing, whipping/ этого мальчишку надо хорошенько выпороть, этому мальчишке нужно всыпать как следует; it wants some doing это не так легко сделать
10. XVI
1) want for smth. usually in the negative he does not want for spirit (for temper, for pluck, etc.) энтузиазма и т.д. ему не занимать

2) want for smth. want for bread (for the common necessaries of life, etc.) нуждаться в хлебе и т.д.; they want for nothing они ни в чем не нуждаются; be wanting in smth. he is wanting in experience (in skill, in courtesy, in judg(e)ment, in initiative, etc.) ему не хватает опыта и т.д.; he is lamentably wanting in common sense у него крайне мало здравого смысла
11. XXI1
1) want smth. from /of/ (with) smb. want help from the neighbours хотеть, чтобы соседи помогли; what do you want from /of/ him? что вы от него хотите?, что вам от него нужно?; what do you want with him? зачем он вам понадобился?; want smth. for smth. what price do you want for your house? сколько вы хотите за [ваш] дом?; want smb. for smb. want smb. for president (for our captain, etc.) хотеть, чтобы кто-л. стал президентом и т.д.; what do you want me for? зачем я вам нужен?; want smb. for some time I want you for a minute or two вы мне нужны на минутку

2) want smth. to /of, till/ smth. it wants ten minutes to two (an hour till dinner, five minutes to noon, a few days to Christmas, etc.) через десять минут будет ровно два [часа] и т.д.; I want some months of /to/ eighteen через несколько месяцев мне будет восемнадцать; it wants an inch of /to/ the regulation measurement до установленного размера не хватает одного дюйма; the fund wants only a few hundred dollars of the sum needed до нужной суммы в фонде не хватает всего несколько сот долларов
12. XXV
want that... I want that you should come (that they should go, that he should bring the book, etc.) я хочу, чтобы вы пришли и т.д.

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