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  • 1 heavy with young

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  • 2 heavy with young

    adj. gebe (hayvan), hamile (hayvan)

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  • 3 heavy with young

    adj. gebe (hayvan), hamile (hayvan)

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  • 4 heavy\ with\ young

    tiine

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  • 5 heavy

    heavy ['hevɪ]
    lourd ⇒ 1 (a)-(c), 1 (e), 1 (f), 1 (i), 1 (k), 1 (m)-(o), 1 (r), 1 (t), 2 chargé ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (k) important ⇒ 1 (c), 1 (p) gros ⇒ 1 (c), 1 (e)-(h) grave ⇒ 1 (i), 1 (r) pénible ⇒ 1 (k) rôle tragique ⇒ 3 (a) dur ⇒ 3 (b)
    (compar heavier, superl heaviest, pl heavies)
    (a) (in weight) lourd; (object) lourd, pesant;
    ∎ how heavy is he? combien pèse-t-il?;
    ∎ how heavy is it? est-ce que c'est lourd?;
    ∎ it's too heavy for me to lift je ne peux pas le soulever, c'est ou ça pèse trop lourd;
    ∎ heavy luggage gros bagages mpl, bagages mpl lourds
    (b) (burdened, laden) chargé, lourd;
    ∎ the branches were heavy with fruit les branches étaient chargées ou lourdes de fruits;
    ∎ her eyes were heavy with sleep elle avait les yeux lourds de sommeil;
    ∎ archaic or literary she was heavy with child elle était enceinte;
    ∎ Zoology heavy with young gravide, grosse
    (c) (in quantity → expenses, payments) important, considérable; (→ fine, losses) gros (grosse), lourd; (→ taxes) lourd; (→ casualties, damages) énorme, important; (→ crop) abondant, gros (grosse); (→ dew) abondant; (→ user) gros (grosse);
    ∎ she has a heavy cold elle a un gros rhume, elle est fortement enrhumée;
    ∎ to have heavy periods avoir des règles abondantes;
    ∎ there's a heavy demand for teachers il y a une forte ou grosse demande d'enseignants;
    ∎ her students make heavy demands on her ses étudiants sont très exigeants avec elle ou exigent beaucoup d'elle;
    ∎ heavy rain forte pluie f;
    ∎ heavy seas grosse mer f;
    ∎ heavy showers grosses ou fortes averses fpl;
    ∎ heavy sleep sommeil m profond ou lourd;
    ∎ to be a heavy sleeper avoir le sommeil profond ou lourd;
    ∎ heavy snow neige f abondante, fortes chutes fpl de neige;
    ∎ they expect heavy trading on the Stock Exchange ils s'attendent à ce que le marché soit très actif;
    ∎ heavy traffic circulation f dense, grosse circulation f
    ∎ he's a heavy drinker/smoker il boit/fume beaucoup, c'est un grand buveur/fumeur;
    ∎ a heavy gambler un(une) flambeur(euse);
    ∎ British familiar the car's very heavy on petrol la voiture consomme énormément d'essence;
    ∎ familiar you've been a bit heavy on the pepper tu as eu la main un peu lourde avec le poivre
    (e) (laborious → movement) lourd; (→ step) pesant, lourd; (→ sigh) gros (grosse), profond; (→ thud) gros (grosse);
    ∎ he was dealt a heavy blow (hit) il a reçu un coup violent; (from fate) ça a été un rude coup ou un gros choc pour lui;
    ∎ heavy breathing (from effort, illness) respiration f pénible; (from excitement) respiration f haletante;
    ∎ heavy fighting is reported in the Gulf on signale des combats acharnés dans le Golfe;
    ∎ to rule with a heavy hand gouverner de façon très autoritaire;
    ∎ we could hear his heavy tread on the stairs nous l'entendions monter l'escalier d'un pas lourd;
    ∎ a heavy landing un atterrissage brutal
    (f) (thick → coat, sweater, shoes) gros (grosse); (→ soil) lourd, gras
    (g) (person → fat) gros (grosse), corpulent; (→ solid) costaud, fortement charpenté;
    ∎ a man of heavy build un homme solidement bâti
    (h) (coarse, solid → line, lips) gros (grosse), épais(aisse); (thick → beard) gros (grosse), fort;
    ∎ heavy features gros traits mpl, traits mpl épais ou lourds
    (i) (grave, serious → news) grave; (→ responsibility) lourd; (→ defeat) lourd, grave;
    ∎ familiar things got a bit heavy les choses ont mal tourné
    (j) (depressed → mood, spirits) abattu, déprimé;
    ∎ with a heavy heart, heavy at heart le cœur gros
    (k) (tiring → task) lourd, pénible; (→ work) pénible; (→ day, schedule, week) chargé, difficile;
    ∎ I've got a heavy day ahead of me j'ai une journée chargée devant moi;
    ∎ heavy going (in horseracing) terrain m lourd;
    ∎ figurative they found it heavy going ils ont trouvé cela pénible ou difficile;
    ∎ the rain made the trip heavy going la pluie a rendu le voyage pénible;
    ∎ it was heavy going getting them to agree j'ai eu du mal à le leur faire accepter;
    ∎ I found his last novel very heavy going j'ai trouvé son dernier roman très indigeste
    (l) (difficult to understand → not superficial) profond, compliqué, sérieux; (→ tedious) indigeste;
    ∎ the report makes for heavy reading le rapport n'est pas d'une lecture facile ou est ardu
    (m) (clumsy → humour, irony) peu subtil, lourd; (→ style) lourd
    (n) (food, meal) lourd, indigeste; (wine) corsé, lourd;
    ∎ these scones are a bit on the heavy side ces scones sont un peu lourds ou indigestes
    (o) (ominous, oppressive → air, cloud, weather) lourd; (→ sky) couvert, chargé, lourd; (→ silence) lourd, pesant, profond; (→ smell, perfume) lourd, fort; familiar (→ situation) difficile□, menaçant□ ;
    ∎ to make heavy weather of doing sth avoir du mal à faire qch;
    ∎ familiar to get heavy with sb devenir agressif avec qn□
    (p) familiar (important) important□ ;
    ∎ to have a heavy date avoir un rendez-vous galant
    (q) (stress) accentué; (rhythm) aux accents marqués
    ∎ the market is heavy le marché est lourd ou orienté vers la baisse
    (t) Theatre (part → difficult) lourd, difficile; (→ dramatic) tragique
    (a) (lie, weigh) lourd, lourdement;
    ∎ the lie weighed heavy on her conscience le mensonge pesait lourd sur sa conscience;
    ∎ time hangs heavy on his hands il trouve le temps long
    ∎ to come on heavy with sb être dur avec qn
    3 noun
    (a) Theatre (serious part) rôle m tragique; (part of villain) rôle m du traître;
    ∎ he usually plays the heavy d'habitude il joue des rôles de traître
    ∎ he sent round the heavies il a envoyé les brutes ou les casseurs;
    ∎ don't come the heavy with me ne joue pas au dur avec moi
    (c) familiar (boxer, wrestler) (poids m) lourd□ m
    (d) Military gros calibre m
    (e) Scottish (beer) = bière relativement amère, à forte teneur en houblon
    ∎ the heavies = les quotidiens de qualité
    ►► Military heavy artillery artillerie f lourde ou de gros calibre;
    familiar heavy breather auteur m de coups de téléphone obscènes□ ;
    American Cookery heavy cream ≃ crème f fraîche épaisse;
    Military heavy fire feu m nourri, feu m intense;
    British Transport heavy goods vehicle poids m lourd;
    American heavy hitter (in baseball) = joueur qui frappe fort et marque beaucoup de points; figurative homme m influent, gros bonnet m;
    Chemistry heavy hydrogen hydrogène m lourd, deutérium m;
    Industry heavy industry industrie f lourde;
    heavy machinery matériel m lourd;
    Stock Exchange heavy market marché m lourd;
    heavy metal Physics métal m lourd; Music heavy metal m inv;
    familiar the heavy mob les casseurs mpl, les durs mpl;
    heavy oil huile f lourde;
    heavy petting (UNCOUNT) caresses fpl très poussées;
    Typography heavy type caractères mpl gras;
    Physics heavy water eau f lourde

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  • 6 heavy

    A ○ n
    1 ( person) gen grosse brute f ; (bodyguard, escort) gorille ○ m ;
    2 GB ( newspaper) grand journal m, journal m sérieux.
    B adj
    1 gen, Phys ( having weight) [weight, person, load, bag, parcel] lourd ; to be too heavy to lift être trop lourd à soulever or pour qu'on puisse le soulever ; to make sth heavier alourdir qch ; he's 5 kg heavier than me il pèse 5 kilos de plus que moi ; how heavy are you? combien pèses-tu? ; to be heavy with young [animal] être pleine ;
    2 ( thick) [fabric, coat] lourd ; [shoes, frame] gros/grosse (before n) ; [line, feature, face] épais/épaisse ; in heavy type en caractères gras ; of heavy build solidement bâti, de forte carrure ; to wear heavy make-up se maquiller beaucoup, être très maquillé ;
    3 Mil, Ind [machinery] gros/grosse (before n), lourd ; [artillery] lourd ; ‘heavy plant crossing’ ‘traversée d'engins’ ;
    4 fig (weighty, ponderous) [movement, step] pesant, lourd ; [irony, humour, responsibility, sigh] lourd ; my legs feel heavy j'ai les jambes lourdes ; his eyelids began to get heavy ses paupières devenaient lourdes ; with a heavy heart le cœur gros ; to be a heavy sleeper avoir le sommeil lourd ; a heavy thud un bruit sourd ; a heavy blow un coup violent ; ‘you told me,’ he said with heavy emphasis ‘c'est toi qui me l'a dit,’ dit-il en insistant lourdement ; the going is heavy le terrain est lourd ; the interview was heavy going (slow, hard work) l'interview était laborieuse ;
    5 ( abundant) [traffic] dense ; [gunfire] nourri ; [bleeding, period] abondant ; [charge, investment] important ; to be a heavy drinker/smoker boire/fumer beaucoup ; security was heavy d'importantes mesures de sécurité avaient été prises ; heavy trading on the stock market beaucoup de transactions à la Bourse ; to have a heavy workload avoir beaucoup de travail ; to be heavy on ( use a lot of) [person] avoir la main lourde sur [ingredient, perfume] ; [machine] consommer beaucoup de [fuel] ; ( contain a lot of) comporter beaucoup de [humour, ingredient] ;
    6 ( severe) [defeat, loss, debt] lourd ; [attack, bombing] intense ; [prison sentence, penalty, fine] sévère ; [cuts, criticism] fort (before n) ; [cold] gros/grosse (before n) ; heavy casualties un nombre élevé de victimes ; heavy fighting de violents combats ;
    7 ( strong) [perfume, scent, concentration] fort ; [accent] prononcé ;
    8 Meteorol [rain, frost] fort ; [fog, mist] épais/épaisse ; [snow, dew] abondant ; [cloud] lourd ; [sky] chargé, lourd ; it's very heavy today il fait très lourd aujourd'hui ; to capsize in heavy seas chavirer par grosse mer ;
    9 Culin [meal, food, pastry] lourd ; [wine] corsé ;
    10 (busy, packed) [day, month, timetable, programme] chargé ;
    11 (difficult, serious) [book, paper, film, lecture] ardu ; this article is ou makes heavy reading cet article n'est pas d'une lecture facile ;
    12 ( loaded) to be heavy with [air, branch, atmosphere] être chargé de [perfume, flowers, resentment] ; a remark heavy with meaning une remarque lourde de sens.
    C adv [weigh] lourdement ; time hung heavy on her hands le temps lui pesait.
    things started to get heavy ○ ( threatening) ça a commencé à mal tourner ; (serious, intellectual) ça a commencé à devenir un peu ardu ; ( sexual) ça a commencé à devenir lourd ○.

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  • 7 heavy

    {'hevi}
    I. 1. тежък
    2. прен. тежък, силен (за дъжд и пр.), гъст (за мъгла)
    3. тежък (за артилерия, индустрия и пр.)
    4. силен (за питие, простуда и пр.)
    5. натежал
    преситен (with от, с)
    HEAVY with fruit натежал от плод
    eyelids HEAVY with sleep натежали за сън клепачи
    air HEAVY with moisture/scent въздух, преситен с влага/ухание
    6. дълбок (за сън, тишина, глас)
    to be a HEAVY sleeper спя дълбоко/тежко (винаги)
    7. тежък, мъчителен, труден, изморителен
    HEAVY breathing затруднено/тежко дишане
    to have a HEAVY head тежи ми главата
    HEAVY food тежка/мъчносмилаема храна
    8. тежък, сериозен (за провинение)
    9. богат, (из) обилен (за реколта)
    HEAVY meal солидно/тежко/обилно ядене (обед и пр.)
    HEAVY beard гъста брада
    HEAVY drinker голям пияч, алкохолик
    10. голям, усилен
    HEAVY sales голям пласмент
    11. тежък, тромав, непохватен, несръчен
    HEAVY tread тежка/тромава походка
    to have a HEAVY hand несръчен съм, строг/тирании съм
    12. тежък, труден, скучен (за стил и пр.), сериозен (за списание и пр.)
    13. театр. сериозен, трагичен, помпозен
    to play the part of the HEAVY father играя ролята на сериозен/строг баща
    14. груб, недодялан
    HEAVY features груби черти
    15. бурен (за море), облачен, мрачен
    16. тежкообработваем, сбит, глинест (за почва), разкалян (за път), клисав (за хляб), лепкав (за тесто)
    17. висок (за цени, налягане)
    18. тъжен (и за новина), потиснат, мрачен
    19. сънен, унесен, упоен
    HEAVY with sleep/wine сънен, упоен/замаян от виното
    20. бременна
    HEAVY with young спрасна, стелна, скотна и пр. (за животно)
    21. хим. слабо летлив, тежък
    22. печ. получерен (за шрифт)
    II. вж. heavily
    III. 1. театр. сериозна/трагична роля, роля на злодей
    2. театр, актъор, изпълняващ роля на отрицателен герой
    3. воен. тежкокалибрено оръдие
    the heavies тежката артилерия/кавалерия, тежките бомбардировачи, тежки превозни средства, прен. сериозните вестници/печат
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    {'hevi} а 1. тежък; 2. прен. тежък; силен (за дьжд и пр.); гъст(2) {'hevi} heavily.{3} {'hevi} n 1. театр. сериозна/трагична роля; роля на злодей;
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    унил; тежък; тромав; помпозен; недодялан;
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    1. 1 бурен (за море), облачен, мрачен 2. 1 висок (за цени, налягане) 3. 1 груб, недодялан 4. 1 сънен, унесен, упоен 5. 1 театр. сериозен, трагичен, помпозен 6. 1 тежкообработваем, сбит, глинест (за почва), разкалян (за път), клисав (за хляб), лепкав (за тесто) 7. 1 тежък, тромав, непохватен, несръчен 8. 1 тежък, труден, скучен (за стил и пр.), сериозен (за списание и пр.) 9. 1 тъжен (и за новина), потиснат, мрачен 10. 2 печ. получерен (за шрифт) 11. 2 хим. слабо летлив, тежък 12. 20. бременна 13. air heavy with moisture/scent въздух, преситен с влага/ухание 14. eyelids heavy with sleep натежали за сън клепачи 15. heavy beard гъста брада 16. heavy breathing затруднено/тежко дишане 17. heavy drinker голям пияч, алкохолик 18. heavy features груби черти 19. heavy food тежка/мъчносмилаема храна 20. heavy meal солидно/тежко/обилно ядене (обед и пр.) 21. heavy sales голям пласмент 22. heavy tread тежка/тромава походка 23. heavy with fruit натежал от плод 24. heavy with sleep/wine сънен, упоен/замаян от виното 25. heavy with young спрасна, стелна, скотна и пр. (за животно) 26. i. тежък 27. ii. вж. heavily 28. iii. театр. сериозна/трагична роля, роля на злодей 29. the heavies тежката артилерия/кавалерия, тежките бомбардировачи, тежки превозни средства, прен. сериозните вестници/печат 30. to be a heavy sleeper спя дълбоко/тежко (винаги) 31. to have a heavy hand несръчен съм, строг/тирании съм 32. to have a heavy head тежи ми главата 33. to play the part of the heavy father играя ролята на сериозен/строг баща 34. богат, (из) обилен (за реколта) 35. воен. тежкокалибрено оръдие 36. голям, усилен 37. дълбок (за сън, тишина, глас) 38. натежал 39. прен. тежък, силен (за дъжд и пр.), гъст (за мъгла) 40. преситен (with от, с) 41. силен (за питие, простуда и пр.) 42. театр, актъор, изпълняващ роля на отрицателен герой 43. тежък (за артилерия, индустрия и пр.) 44. тежък, мъчителен, труден, изморителен 45. тежък, сериозен (за провинение)
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    heavy[´hevi] I. adj 1. тежък; голям, труден; \heavy casualties воен. тежки човешки загуби; as \heavy as lead много тежък; разг. тежък като туч; \heavy food тежка, трудносмилаема храна; \heavy breathing затруднено дишане; \heavy day изморителен ден; \heavy cold силна простуда; \heavy guns ( artillery) тежка артилерия; прен. необорими аргументи; поразителни факти; \heavy metal 1) метал с висок специфичен гравитет; 2) човек, с когото трябва да се съобразяваш; 3) хеви метъл, музикален стил, етап от развитието на рокмузиката (направлението хард-рок); a \heavy swell разг. важна личност, "важна клечка"; to make \heavy weather (of) пипкам се, туткам се (с); 2. тежко натоварен ( with); прен. претоварен; air \heavy with scent въздух, преситен с ухание (парфюми); 3. голям; обемист; \heavy layer мин. богат (мощен) слой; \heavy sales търг. усилена продажба; the car is \heavy on petrol колата консумира много гориво (гори много); to be a \heavy eater ям много; to be a \heavy sleeper имам дълбок сън; 4. богат, изобилен; \heavy beard гъста брада; \heavy crop изобилна (богата) реколта; \heavy meal солиден (тежък, обилен) обед; 5. тежък, тромав, непохватен; помпозен, надут; to have a \heavy hand 1) несръчен (непохватен) съм; 2) строг съм; the \heavy father театр. "строгият баща"; 6. тъп; скучен; this book is \heavy reading тази книга е скучна; 7. силен, обилен; \heavy drink силно алкохолно питие; \heavy rain проливен дъжд; \heavy fog гъста мъгла; \heavy traffic голямо (претоварено) движение (по пътищата); 8. бурен; облачен, мрачен; a \heavy sea was running морето беше бурно; \heavy sky облачно (навъсено) небе; \heavy weather лошо време; 9. сериозен; \heavy offence тежко провинение; 10. тежко обработваем, сбит, глинест (за почва); разкалян (за път); клисав (за хляб); лепкав (за тесто); вискозен, гъст; 11. висок; непосилен; тежък; \heavy demands високи изисквания; \heavy prices високи цени; \heavy pressure високо (голямо) налягане; 12. груб, недодялан; \heavy features груби черти; неизразителна физиономия; 13. печ. черен (за шрифт); 14. тъжен, унил, потиснат; мрачен; 15. бременна; \heavy with young (за животно) спрасна, стелна, скотна и пр.; 16. хим. слабо летлив, тежък; 17. сънен, унесен; упоен; \heavy with sleep сънен; he is \heavy with wine той е упоен (замаян) от виното, хванало го е виното; II. n 1. театр. сериозна (трагична) роля; 2. актьор, който изпълнява такива роли; to play the \heavy (over s.o.) чета на някого морал; 3. воен. тежкокалибрено оръдие; the heavies тежката артилерия; тежките бомбардировачи; III. adv = heavily; time hangs \heavy времето минава скучно (бавно), времето се влачи мудно; to sit ( lie) \heavy on o.'s stomach тежи ми на стомаха (за храна). IV.[´hi:vi] adj вет. който страда от запъхтяване, задъхване (задух); ост. таушанлия (за кон).

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  • 8 heavy

    adjective
    1) (in weight) schwer; dick [Mantel]; fest [Schuh]

    heavy traffic — (dense) hohes Verkehrsaufkommen

    2) (severe) schwer [Schaden, Verlust, Strafe, Kampf]; hoch [Steuern, Schulden, Anforderungen]; massiv [Druck, Unterstützung]
    3) (excessive) unmäßig [Trinken, Essen, Rauchen]

    a heavy smoker/drinker — ein starker Raucher/Trinker

    4) (violent) schwer [Schlag, Sturm, Regen, Sturz, Seegang]

    make heavy weather of something — (fig.) die Dinge unnötig komplizieren

    5) (clinging) schwer [Boden]; see also academic.ru/31621/going">going 1. 1)
    6) (tedious) schwerfällig; (serious) seriös [Zeitung]; ernst [Musik, Theaterrolle]
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    ['hevi]
    1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) schwer
    2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) schwer
    3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) schwer,stark
    4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) stark
    5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) trübe
    6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) schwer
    7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) schwer
    8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) schwer
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    - heavily
    - heaviness
    - heavy-duty
    - heavy industry
    - heavyweight
    - heavy going
    - a heavy heart
    - make heavy weather of
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    [ˈhevi]
    I. adj
    1. (weighty) schwer a. fig
    her eyes were \heavy with tiredness vor Müdigkeit fielen ihr fast die Augen zu
    to be \heavy with child ( liter) schwanger sein, ein Kind unter dem Herzen tragen liter
    \heavy fall schwerer Sturz
    \heavy food schweres [o schwer verdauliches] Essen
    to do \heavy lifting/carrying schwere Sachen heben/tragen
    \heavy machinery schwere Maschinen
    \heavy step schwerer Schritt
    to lie \heavy on sb's stomach jdm schwer im Magen liegen
    \heavy work Schwerarbeit f
    2. (intense) stark
    \heavy accent starker Akzent
    \heavy bleeding starke Blutung
    to be under \heavy fire MIL unter schwerem Beschuss stehen
    \heavy frost/gale/snow starker Frost/Sturm/Schneefall
    \heavy rain heftiger [o starker] Regen
    \heavy sea hohe [o stürmische] See
    3. (excessive) stark, übermäßig
    the engine is rather \heavy on fuel der Motor verbraucht ziemlich viel Benzin
    \heavy drinker starker Trinker/starke Trinkerin
    \heavy sleep tiefer Schlaf
    \heavy smoker starker Raucher/starke Raucherin
    4. (severe) schwer[wiegend]
    the odds were \heavy but they decided to go for it anyway sie entschieden sich, trotz der vielen Widrigkeiten weiterzumachen
    a \heavy blow ein schwerer Schlag a. fig
    \heavy offence schweres Vergehen
    \heavy jail sentence hohe Gefängnisstrafe
    5. (abundant) viel, reichlich; sum hoch
    the trees were \heavy with fruit die Bäume trugen viele Früchte
    \heavy casualties unzählige Opfer; MIL schwere [o hohe] Verluste
    \heavy crop reiche Ernte
    \heavy fine hohe Geldstrafe
    \heavy investment hohe Investitionen pl
    6. ( fig: oppressive) drückend, lastend; weather schwül
    the atmosphere was \heavy with menace es lag Gefahr in der Luft
    \heavy responsibility große Verantwortung
    \heavy silence lähmende Stille
    7. (difficult) schwierig, schwer
    \heavy breathing schwerer Atem
    \heavy going Schinderei f, Plackerei f fam
    the book is rather \heavy going das Buch ist schwer zu lesen
    the going was \heavy wir kamen nur schwer voran
    8. (dense) dicht; (thick) dick
    \heavy beard dichter Bart
    \heavy coat dicker Mantel
    \heavy clouds schwere Wolken
    \heavy schedule voller [o dicht gedrängter] Terminkalender
    \heavy shoes feste Schuhe
    \heavy sky bedeckter Himmel
    \heavy traffic starker [o dichter] Verkehr
    \heavy undergrowth dichtes Unterholz
    9. (not delicate) grob
    \heavy features grobe Züge
    10. (clumsy) schwerfällig
    11. (strict) streng
    ▪ to be \heavy on sb streng mit jdm sein
    to play the \heavy mother die gestrenge Mutter spielen
    12.
    ▶ to do sth with a \heavy hand etw mit eiserner Strenge machen
    ▶ with a \heavy heart schweren Herzens
    ▶ to make \heavy weather of sth etw unnötig komplizieren
    II. n
    1. (sl: thug) Schläger[typ] m sl
    2. THEAT (character) Schurke, Schurkin m, f
    to be [or play] the \heavy in sth ( fig fam) bei etw dat die Hauptrolle spielen
    ▪ the heavies pl die seriösen Zeitungen
    4. esp SCOT (beer) Starkbier nt
    * * *
    ['hevɪ]
    1. adj (+er)
    1) (= of great weight PHYS fig) schwer; features grob

    with a heavy heart — schweren Herzens, mit schwerem Herzen

    heavy with sleep (person) — schläfrig; eyes also schwer

    the air was heavy with smoke/the smell of cooking — der Rauch/Essensgeruch hing schwer in der Luft

    his voice was heavy with sarcasm — seine Stimme triefte von or vor Sarkasmus

    2) blow, gunfire, casualties, fog, book, meal, defeat, losses schwer; rain, traffic, drinker, smoker, period stark; expenses, taxes hoch; buying groß; line dick; sleep tief; landing, fall hart

    to be heavy on the stomach —

    3) (= heavy-handed) manner, style, sense of humour schwerfällig
    4) (= oppressive) silence bedrückend; weather, air drückend, schwül; sky bedeckt
    5) (= difficult) task, work, day schwer
    6) (THEAT) part schwer, ernst
    7) (inf: strict) streng (on mit)

    to play the heavy father/husband — den gestrengen Vater/Ehemann spielen

    8) (dated US sl) prima (inf), dufte (dated inf)
    2. adv
    schwer
    3. n
    1) (Brit inf = thug) Schlägertyp m
    2) (THEAT: villain) Schurke m
    3) (Scot: beer) dunkleres, obergäriges Bier
    * * *
    heavy [ˈhevı]
    A adj (adv → heavily)
    1. schwer ( auch CHEM, PHYS)
    2. MIL schwer (Artillerie etc):
    heavy guns schwere Geschütze;
    bring out ( oder up) the ( oder one’s) heavy guns grobes oder schweres Geschütz auffahren umg
    3. schwer:
    a) heftig, stark:
    heavy fall schwerer Sturz;
    heavy fighting MIL schwere Kämpfe pl;
    heavy losses schwere Verluste;
    heavy rain starker Regen;
    heavy sea schwere See;
    heavy traffic starker Verkehr; → cold C 3, inroad 3
    b) massig (Körper)
    c) wuchtig (Schlag): → blow2 2
    d) drückend, hart:
    heavy fine hohe Geldstrafe;
    heavy taxes drückende oder hohe Steuern
    4. beträchtlich, groß:
    heavy buyer Großabnehmer(in);
    heavy consumer ( oder user) Großverbraucher(in);
    heavy cost hohe Kosten pl;
    heavy demand starke Nachfrage;
    heavy favo(u)rite SPORT etc hohe(r) Favorit(in);
    heavy orders große Aufträge;
    be heavy on gasoline (Br petrol) viel Benzin (ver)brauchen
    5. schwer, stark, übermäßig:
    a heavy drinker (eater, smoker) ein starker Trinker (Esser, Raucher);
    a heavy loser jemand, der schwere Verluste erleidet
    6. ergiebig, reich (Ernte)
    7. schwer:
    a) stark (alkoholhaltig):
    heavy beer Starkbier n
    b) stark, betäubend (Parfum etc)
    c) schwer verdaulich (Nahrung)
    8. pappig, klitschig (Brot etc)
    9. dröhnend, dumpf:
    heavy roll of thunder dumpfes Donnergrollen;
    heavy steps schwere Schritte
    10. drückend, lastend (Stille etc)
    11. a) schwer:
    heavy clouds tief hängende Wolken
    b) trüb, finster:
    heavy sky bedeckter Himmel
    c) drückend, schwül (Luft)
    12. (with)
    a) (schwer) beladen (mit)
    b) fig überladen, voll (von):
    heavy with meaning bedeutungsvoll, -schwer
    13. schwer:
    a) schwierig, mühsam, hart (Aufgabe etc):
    heavy worker Schwerarbeiter(in); → going A 2
    b) schwer verständlich (Buch etc)
    14. plump, unbeholfen, schwerfällig (Stil etc)
    15. auch heavy in ( oder on) hand stumpfsinnig, langweilig (Buch etc)
    16. begriffsstutzig, dumm (Person)
    17. schläfrig, benommen ( with von):
    heavy with sleep schlaftrunken
    18. folgenschwer:
    of heavy consequence mit weitreichenden Folgen
    19. ernst, betrüblich (Neuigkeiten etc)
    20. THEAT etc
    a) ernst, düster (Szene etc)
    b) würdevoll (Ehemann etc)
    21. bedrückt, niedergeschlagen:
    with a heavy heart schweren oder blutenden Herzens
    22. WIRTSCH flau, schleppend:
    heavy market gedrückter Markt;
    heavy sale schlechter Absatz
    23. unwegsam, aufgeweicht, lehmig (Straße etc):
    24. steil, jäh:
    heavy grade starkes Gefälle
    25. breit, grob:
    heavy scar breite Narbe;
    heavy features grobe Züge
    26. a) auch heavy with child schwanger
    b) auch heavy with young ZOOL trächtig
    27. TYPO fett (gedruckt)
    B s
    1. THEAT etc
    a) Schurke m
    b) würdiger älterer Herr
    c) Schurkenrolle f
    d) Rolle f eines würdigen älteren Herrn
    2. MIL
    a) schweres Geschütz
    b) pl schwere Artillerie
    3. SPORT umg Schwergewichtler m
    4. schott Starkbier n
    5. US umg schwerer Junge (Verbrecher)
    6. pl US umg warme Unterkleidung
    C adv hang heavy langsam vergehen, dahinschleichen (Zeit);
    time was hanging heavy on my hands die Zeit wurde mir lang;
    lie heavy on sb schwer auf jemandem lasten, jemanden schwer bedrücken
    * * *
    adjective
    1) (in weight) schwer; dick [Mantel]; fest [Schuh]

    heavy traffic — (dense) hohes Verkehrsaufkommen

    2) (severe) schwer [Schaden, Verlust, Strafe, Kampf]; hoch [Steuern, Schulden, Anforderungen]; massiv [Druck, Unterstützung]
    3) (excessive) unmäßig [Trinken, Essen, Rauchen]

    a heavy smoker/drinker — ein starker Raucher/Trinker

    4) (violent) schwer [Schlag, Sturm, Regen, Sturz, Seegang]

    make heavy weather of something — (fig.) die Dinge unnötig komplizieren

    5) (clinging) schwer [Boden]; see also going 1. 1)
    6) (tedious) schwerfällig; (serious) seriös [Zeitung]; ernst [Musik, Theaterrolle]
    * * *
    (poor) polling n.
    Wahlbeteiligung f. (rain) adj.
    stark (Regen) adj. adj.
    heftig adj.
    schwer adj.
    stark adj.

    English-german dictionary > heavy

  • 9 heavy

    I
    1. [ʹhevı] n
    1. = heavyweight I
    2. 1) (the Heavies) гвардейские драгуны ( в английской армии)
    2) (the heavies) воен. разг. тяжёлая боевая техника
    3. автомобиль большой грузоподъёмности
    4. разг. злодей; разбойник, грабитель
    5. театр.
    1) роль злодея
    2) роль степенного, серьёзного человека или резонёра
    6. разг. важная персона; заправила
    7. откормленное животное
    8. сл. высокая волна (особ. в серфинге)

    housesize ❝heavies❞ off Hawaii - волны величиной с дом у гавайских берегов

    2. [ʹhevı] a
    1. тяжёлый, тяжеловесный

    heavy load [stone, weight] - тяжёлый груз [камень, вес]

    heavy parcel - тяжёлый /увесистый/ свёрток

    heavy train - ж.-д. тяжеловесный состав

    heavy metal - тяжёлый металл [см. тж. ♢ ]

    heavy purse - а) тяжёлый /туго набитый/ кошелёк; б) богатство

    to be heavy - иметь большой вес; быть тяжёлым

    too heavy for me to lift - такой тяжёлый, что мне не поднять

    how heavy are you? - какой у вас вес?

    how heavy is this box? - сколько весит этот ящик?

    2. крупный, большой; массивный

    heavy gauge - тех. а) больших размеров; б) большого сечения; в) большого калибра

    heavy canvas [paper] - толстая парусина [бумага]

    heavy line - толстая линия, жирная черта

    heavy handwriting - крупный /неизящный/ почерк

    heavy cut - тех. снятие крупной стружки

    3. 1) мощный, крупный
    2) воен. тяжёлый

    heavy artillery - тяжёлая артиллерия [см. тж. ♢ ]

    heavy bomber [tank, pontoon] - тяжёлый бомбардировщик [танк, понтон]

    heavy machine gun - амер. тяжёлый пулемёт

    3) усиленный, мощный

    heavy service - форсированная /тяжёлая/ работа (машины и т. п.)

    heavy charge - воен. усиленный заряд

    4. 1) большой; высокий

    heavy debts [expenses] - большие долги [расходы]

    heavy taxes [duties] - высокие /обременительные/ налоги [пошлины]

    heavy percentage - высокий процент; высокое процентное содержание

    heavy responsibilities - большая ответственность; нелёгкие обязанности

    2) сильный, интенсивный

    heavy fire - сильный огонь; сильная перестрелка

    heavy applause - бурные /продолжительные/ аплодисменты

    heavy sound - громкий или гулкий звук

    heavy blow /punch/ - сокрушительный удар

    heavy stress - лингв. сильное ударение

    heavy sleep - крепкий /глубокий/ сон

    he is a heavy sleeper - ≅ он спит как сурок

    heavy eater - любитель поесть, обжора

    heavy sales - ком. большое количество проданных товаров

    heavy pruning - сильная обрезка, омолаживание ( дерева или куста)

    3) крепкий ( о напитках)

    heavy wine [beer] - крепкое вино [пиво]

    5. (on) неэкономичный, много потребляющий

    this car [engine] is too heavy on oil - этот автомобиль [двигатель] потребляет много бензина

    6. обильный, богатый

    heavy crop - богатый /щедрый/ урожай

    heavy supper - плотный /сытный/ ужин

    a heavy fall of snow - сильный /большой/ снегопад

    7. (with)
    1) тяжёлый, отяжелённый; отягощённый

    a tree heavy with fruit - дерево, гнущееся под тяжестью плодов

    heart heavy with sorrow [fear] - сердце, полное печали [страха]

    air heavy with scent - воздух, напоённый ароматом

    2) беременная
    3) отупевший, утомлённый

    heavy with sleep - полусонный; ещё не совсем очнувшийся от сна

    8. 1) тяжёлый, трудный

    heavy work [task, journey] - трудная работа [задача, поездка]

    heavy workload - большая нагрузка; большой объём работы

    heavy day - тяжёлый /загруженный/ день

    heavy breathing - тяжёлое /затруднённое/ дыхание

    heavy wound - тяжёлое /опасное/ ранение

    2) тяжёлый; тягостный, тяжкий

    heavy loss [fate] - тяжёлая потеря [судьба]

    heavy casualties - большие /тяжёлые/ потери

    heavy grief [calamity] - тяжкое горе [бедствие]

    heavy sin [fault] - тяжкий грех [проступок]

    this burden lies heavy on the nation - это ложится тяжёлым бременем на плечи народа

    9. 1) суровый, строгий

    heavy look - тяжёлый /суровый/ взгляд

    2) строгий, требовательный

    a teacher who is heavy on his pupils - учитель, который сурово /строго/ обращается с учениками

    10. 1) тяжёлый, грузный; неуклюжий, неловкий

    heavy gait /tread/ - тяжёлая походка

    2) тяжеловесный, неповоротливый

    heavy style - тяжеловесный /тяжёлый/ стиль

    heavy mind - а) неповоротливый ум; тупость; б) тугодум

    3) вялый; медлительный

    to look heavy - выглядеть вялым /отупевшим/

    4) скучный, нудный

    heavy author [writer, book] - скучный автор [писатель, книга]

    heavy poem [play] - скучная поэма [пьеса]

    11. 1) тяжёлый ( о еде)

    heavy food, food that lies heavy on the stomach - тяжёлая пища

    2) непропечённый; неподнявшийся

    heavy dough /pastry/ - густое /неподнявшееся/ тесто

    3) вязкий, глинистый

    heavy ground /soil/ - а) вязкий или глинистый грунт; б) тучная /жирная/ почва

    4) хим. тяжёлый, слаболетучий

    heavy fuel - тяжёлое топливо, нефть

    heavy ends - тяжёлые фракции /погоны/

    12. крутой; ухабистый (о дороге, подъёме и т. п.)

    heavy gradient - дор. крутой уклон или подъём

    13. мрачный, хмурый

    heavy sky - хмурое /мрачное/ небо

    heavy clouds - тёмные /свинцовые/ тучи

    heavy sea - бурное /неспокойное/ море

    14. разг. незаконный; нечистый (о сделке и т. п.)
    15. разг. серьёзный, важный
    16. театр. серьёзный; трагический; мрачный

    heavy man - актёр, играющий роль почтенного пожилого человека, благородного отца или резонёра

    heavy father - а) жестокий отец; суровый родитель; б) благородный отец; резонёр

    to come the heavy father - читать нравоучения; давать советы с важным видом

    ♢ heavy stuff - а) напыщенные нравоучительные речи; б) тяжёлые снаряды

    heavy swell - а) важный барин, важная персона; б) человек, одетый подчёркнуто модно или роскошно

    to do /to come, to play/ the heavy (swell) - разыгрывать /строить/ из себя важного барина /-ую персону/

    heavy metal - а) человек, обладающий высокими моральными качествами; б) очень умный человек; в) достойный /грозный/ противник (особ. в игре); г) воен. тяжёлые орудия; [см. тж. 1]

    heavy artillery /guns/ - неопровержимые доводы, неопровержимые факты [см. тж. 3, 2)]

    to have a heavy hand - а) быть неуклюжим /неловким/; б) быть суровым /грозным/

    II [ʹhi:vı] a вет.

    НБАРС > heavy

  • 10 heavy

    1. a тяжёлый, тяжеловесный

    to be heavy — иметь большой вес; быть тяжёлым

    too heavy for me to lift — такой тяжёлый, что мне не поднять

    heavy spar — барит, тяжёлый шпат

    2. a крупный, большой; массивный

    heavy line — толстая линия, жирная черта

    3. a мощный, крупный
    4. a усиленный, мощный
    5. a большой; высокий

    heavy percentage — высокий процент; высокое процентное содержание

    heavy seeding — высокая норма высева, загущённый сев

    6. a сильный, интенсивный

    heavy fire — сильный огонь; сильная перестрелка

    heavy eater — любитель поесть, обжора

    7. a крепкий

    heavy wet — крепкое пиво; смесь пива с портером

    8. a неэкономичный, много потребляющий
    9. a обильный, богатый

    heavy tonal areas — участки, обильно насыщенные краской

    10. a тяжёлый, отяжелённый; отягощённый

    a tree heavy with fruit — дерево, гнущееся под тяжестью плодов

    11. a беременная
    12. a отупевший, утомлённый
    13. a тяжёлый, трудный

    heavy workload — большая нагрузка; большой объём работы

    14. a тяжёлый; тягостный, тяжкий
    15. a суровый, строгий
    16. a строгий, требовательный

    a teacher who is heavy on his pupils — учитель, который сурово обращается с

    17. a тяжёлый, грузный; неуклюжий, неловкий
    18. a тяжеловесный, неповоротливый
    19. a вялый; медлительный
    20. a скучный, нудный
    21. a непропечённый; неподнявшийся
    22. a вязкий, глинистый
    23. a хим. тяжёлый, слаболетучий

    heavy fuel — тяжёлое топливо, нефть

    24. a крутой; ухабистый
    25. a мрачный, хмурый
    26. a разг. незаконный; нечистый
    27. a разг. серьёзный, важный
    28. a театр. серьёзный; трагический; мрачный

    heavy man — актёр, играющий роль почтенного пожилого человека, благородного отца или резонёра

    to come the heavy father — читать нравоучения; давать советы с важным видом

    29. a вет. страдающий запалом
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. burdensome (adj.) burdensome; depressing; distressing; harsh; onerous; troublesome
    2. clumsy (adj.) clumsy; listless; lumbering; slow; sluggish
    3. coarse (adj.) blunt; broad; coarse
    4. dense (adj.) concentrated; dense; gelatinous; heavyweight; massive; unwieldy; viscous
    5. depressed (adj.) crestfallen; crest-fallen; crushed; dejected; depressed; despondent; disconsolate; downcast; downhearted; melancholy; morose
    6. difficult (adj.) bothersome; complex; complicated; difficult; obscure; trying; vexatious
    7. dull (adj.) boring; dull; lifeless; tedious; tiresome; wearisome
    8. fat (adj.) corpulent; cumbrous; fat; fleshy; gross; huge; obese; overblown; overweight; porcine; portly; pursy; stout; upholstered
    9. hard (adj.) arduous; backbreaking; demanding; difficile; effortful; exacting; formidable; hard; knotty; labored; laborious; operose; rigorous; rough; rugged; severe; slavish; sticky; strenuous; taxing; terrible; toilful; toilsome; tough; uphill
    10. hefty (adj.) heavyset; hefty; thickset
    11. high (adj.) fierce; furious; high; strong
    12. intense (adj.) grave; grievous; important; intense; momentous; pithy; poignant; serious; weighty
    13. lethargic (adj.) comatose; dopey; hebetudinous; lethargic; slumberous; stupid; torpid
    14. overcast (adj.) cloudy; gloomy; louring; lowering; nubilous; oppressive; overcast; overclouded
    15. ponderous (adj.) cumbersome; elephantine; ponderous
    16. powerful (adj.) powerful; severe
    17. pregnant (adj.) big; childing; enceinte; expectant; expecting; gone; gravid; parous; parturient; pregnant
    18. recondite (adj.) abstruse; acroamatic; deep; esoteric; hermetic; occult; orphic; profound; recondite; secret
    19. rich (adj.) rich
    20. substantial (adj.) abundant; copious; substantial; voluminous
    21. thick (adj.) lush; luxuriant; profuse; rank; thick
    22. villain (noun) scoundrel; villain
    Антонимический ряд:
    agile; buoyant; calm; gay; graceful; happy; immaterial; inconsequential; inconsiderable; insignificant; joyous; light; lighthearted; little; pleasant; slim; trivial

    English-Russian base dictionary > heavy

  • 11 child

    [tʃaıld] n (pl children)
    1. 1) ребёнок, дитя, младенец

    male [female] child - новорождённый мальчик [-ая девочка], младенец мужского [женского] пола

    child welfare - охрана младенчества /детства/

    child hygiene - мед. гигиена детского возраста

    Mother and Child - мадонна /богородица/ с младенцем

    big /great, heavy/ with child - на сносях

    the child unborn - преим. ирон. невинный младенец

    the slaughter of the children - библ. избиение младенцев

    2) ребёнок; мальчик; девочка

    what a sweet child! - какой очаровательный /милый/ ребёнок!; какая милая девочка или какой славный мальчик!

    young child - маленький /грудной/ ребёнок, младенец

    you speak as a child - ты говоришь /рассуждаешь/ как ребёнок /по-детски, наивно/

    children's service - мед. детское отделение ( больницы)

    3) диал. новорождённая девочка; младенец женского пола

    a boy or a child? - мальчик или девочка?

    4) библ. отрок
    2. ребёнок, чадо, дочь

    my children! - возвыш. дети мои!

    child of shame - возвыш. дитя (её) позора

    children's hour - время, которое родители уделяют детям, «детский час»

    3. юр.
    1) малолетний ( до 14 лет)
    2) несовершеннолетний ( до 18 лет в Великобритании)
    4. неодобр., шутл. сущее дитя ( о взрослом); взрослый ребёнок

    don't be such a child! - ≅ тебе пора повзрослеть!

    5. редк. отпрыск, потомок

    child of our grandmother Eve - дочь Евы, женщина

    6. возвыш. детище, дитя, сын

    child of the Renaissance - сын /человек/ эпохи Возрождения

    the children of Israel - библ. сыны Израилевы

    the children of light - библ. сыны света

    child of the soil - а) местный уроженец; б) крестьянин; в) дитя природы

    7. порождение

    fancy's child - порождение фантазии, плод воображения

    dreams... the children of an idle brain ( Shakespeare) - сновиденья... плоды бездельницы-мечты

    8. = childe

    ♢ children should be seen, and not heard - в обществе взрослых дети должны молчать

    a child may have too much of his mother's blessings - ≅ слишком нежная мать портит дитя

    this child - амер. шутл. я; ≅ ваш покорный слуга

    children and chicken must be always picking - ≅ ребёнка, что цыплёнка, досыта не накормишь

    children learn to creep ere they can go - ≅ всё в своё время; нельзя забегать вперёд

    a burnt child dreads the fire - ≅ пуганая ворона куста боится

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  • 12 child

    plural - children; noun
    1) (a young human being of either sex.) criança
    2) (a son or daughter: Her youngest child is five years old.) filho
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    - childish
    - childishly
    - childishness
    - childless
    - childlike
    - childbirth
    - child's play
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    [tʃaild] n (pl children) 1 criança. 2 menino ou menina. 3 filho ou filha. 4 descendente. 5 discípulo, adepto. 6 fig criançola, pessoa infantil. 7 fig produto, resultado. a child of our time produto da nossa época. from a child desde crianca. great/ heavy with child próximo da hora de dar à luz. natural child filho natural. this child Amer sl eu, me. this is a child’s play isto é fácil, sl isto é canja. with child grávida, prenhe.

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  • 13 tree

    [triː]
    n
    See:
    - large tree
    - spreading tree
    - young tree
    - leaf-bearing tree
    - blossoming tree
    - tree with a hollow
    - tree in leaf
    - avenue of trees
    - branches of a tree
    - clump of trees
    - leaves of a tree
    - quiver of the trees
    - in of a tree
    - fell trees
    - climb down a tree
    - descend a tree
    - uproot a tree
    - trim trees
    - prune trees
    - fall from the tree
    - trees bend under the load of fruit
    - trees quiver in the wind
    - trees give shade
    - trees bear fruit
    - tree sheds its blossoms
    - tree is crushed by a flash of lightning
    - trees are heavy with snow
    - trees take root
    - trees buds
    - trees flourish and thrive
    - trees are in leaf
    - trees border the road
    - trees line the road
    - tree is known by its fruit
    - he doesn't see the wood for the trees
    - as the tree, so the fruit
    - don't judge a tree by its bark
    - bark up the wrong tree...
    - money doesn't grow on trees

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  • 14 come down

    слизам; свличам;
    * * *
    come down 1) слизам; to \come down down a peg or two разг. ставам по-скромен (тих, непретенциозен); 2) падам, понижавам се (за цена); 3) предава се (преминава) по традиция (наследство); 4) връщам се в провинцията; 5) бивам повален (за дърво); западам (за човек); спадам, понижавам се (за цени); 6) достигам; 7) разрушавам се, руша се, падам, събарям се, срутвам се (за постройка и пр.); 8) разг. заболявам, разболявам се, лягам болен ( with от); 9) приземявам се, кацам, изсипвам се; we were forced to \come down down in a field направихме принудително кацане в полето; 10): to \come down down on нахвърлям се върху; ругая, скастрям; to \come down down on s.o. like a cart-load of bricks нахвърлям се върху някого; трия някому сол на главата; the courts are \come downing down heavy on young offenders съдилищата наказват строго малолетните престъпници; 11) свеждам се до (to);

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  • 15 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    [hed]
    n
    1) голова, череп
    See:

    The water was over his head. — Вода была ему выше головы.

    She has a good head for heights. — Она хорошо переносит высоту.

    She has no head for heights. — Она не переносит высоту.

    His proud, noble head bowed to nothing. — Он ни перед чем не склонял своей гордой, благородной головы.

    I want a covering for the head. — Мне надо что-нибудь, чем покрыть голову.

    He felt a sharp pain in his head. — Он почувствовал резкую боль в голове.

    It cost him his head. — Это стоило ему головы/жизни.

    to be/to sit at the head of the table — сидеть во главе стола/сидеть на почетном месте за столом;

    Two heads are better than one. — Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше.

    I cannot make head or tail of it. — Ничего не возможно разобрать/понять.

    - shaven head
    - majestic head
    - bumpy head
    - shaking head
    - sore head
    - grey head
    - elegant head
    - egg-shaped head
    - irregular head
    - heavy head
    - curly head
    - bristling head
    - nodding head
    - drooping head
    - giddy head
    - bruised head
    - bloody head head
    - bleeding head
    - hot head
    - hooded head
    - feathered head
    - patient's head
    - horse's head
    - head net
    - head phone
    - head piece
    - sharp pain in the back of one's head
    - bandage on the head
    - constant buzzing in the head
    - blow knock on the head
    - nod of the head
    - shake of the head
    - crown of the head
    - sharp pain in smb's head
    - head with hair
    - head of classical form and beauty
    - head from a doll
    - head of hair
    - good head of hair
    - with a heavy head
    - with a feeling of dullness in one's head
    - with confusion in one's head
    - over the heads of others
    - from head to foot
    - with a bare head
    - with an uncovered head
    - with a bruise on the head
    - aim at smb's head
    - balance smth on one's head
    - bandage smb's head
    - apply a bandage to smb's head
    - be taller by a head
    - be head over ears in debt
    - beat oneself on the head with one's fist
    - beat smb's head off
    - bend one's head over the book
    - bite smb's head off
    - hang one's head in confusion
    - hang one's head down
    - hang one's head on one's chest
    - bow one's head in admiration
    - bow one's head to the ground
    - give one's head for a washing
    - brandish a sword over one's head
    - bring down a sword over smb's head
    - break one's head
    - bump one's head against smth
    - bump heads together
    - bury one's head in one's hands
    - bury one's head in the sand
    - chuck one's head to avoid the blow
    - complain of a throbbing pain in the head
    - cover one's head to protect it from the sun
    - cradle smb's head in one's breasts
    - cross one's hands behind one's head
    - cry one's head off
    - cut off smb's head
    - cut one's head open
    - dip one's head into the water
    - do smth standing on one's head
    - do smth over smb's head
    - give orders over smb's head
    - give answers over smb's head
    - sell a house over smb's head
    - draw one's head into one's shoulders
    - drop one's head on one's breast
    - fall head first
    - fall head over heels
    - fall on one's head
    - feel heavy in the head
    - feel one's head
    - get a bump on the head
    - go about with one's head high in the air
    - give one's head for smth, state one's head on smth
    - go queer in the head
    - have a good head for heights
    - have a strong head for drink
    - have pain in one's head
    - hit one's head on the wall
    - hit one's head against smth
    - hit smb on the head
    - hurt one's head
    - hold one's head up
    - hold one's head with one's hands
    - injure one's head
    - keep one's head above ground
    - keep jerking one's head
    - keep one's head covered
    - lay one's head on smb's chest
    - lift up one's head
    - look smb over from head to foot
    - nod one's head
    - nod one's head in greeting
    - plunge head over heels into the fighting
    - pull one's hat down on the head
    - pull the blanket over one's head
    - put one's head out of the window
    - put one's head in a noose
    - raise one's head
    - rest one's head on the pillow
    - scratch one's head
    - scream one's head off
    - seize one's head in one's hands
    - set a price on smb's head
    - shake one's head
    - shake one's head at smth
    - sit with one's head propped on one's hand
    - snap smb's head off
    - stand on one's head
    - stand with bare heads
    - stand with one's head down
    - stand with averted head
    - stand smth on its head
    - stick one's head in the door
    - stroke smb on the head
    - talk smb's head off
    - talk one's head off
    - throw one's head back
    - tip one's head to one side
    - toss one's head up
    - toss one's head in pride
    - toss one's head in dissent
    - touch one's head to the ground
    - tremble from head to foot
    - turn away one's head
    - turn one's head towards smb
    - walk with one's head high
    - wear nothing on one's head
    - work one's head off
    - wound smb in the head
    - head sitting deep between the shoulders
    - head covered with a kerchief
    2) руководитель, глава, начальник

    I must telephone the head office. — Мне надо позвонить в центр.

    - executive head
    - titular head
    - administrative head
    - military head
    - family head
    - union heads
    - learned heads
    - head teacher
    - head gardener
    - head nurse
    - head surgeon
    - head-cook
    - head waiter
    - head workman
    - head electrician
    - head office
    - head master
    - department head
    - royal heads of Europe
    - head of the delegation
    - head of the tribe
    - head of the department
    - heads of all states
    - Head of the Government
    - Head of the Army
    - head of the expedition
    - under a competent head
    - be at the head of smth
    - put smb at the head of the movement
    - be at the head of the whole business
    - stand at the head of all nations in matters of art
    - be at the head of the epoch
    - be at the head of the field
    - be at the head of the race
    - those at the head of the whole business
    3) ум, интеллект, умственные способности; (а.) a clear (bright, logical) head светлый (ясный, логичный) ум

    The problem is over/beuond our heads. — Нам эту проблему не понять.

    He talked over our heads. — То, что он говорил, не доходило до/было выше нашего понимания.

    He is positively/quite out of his head. — Он определенно выжил из ума.

    Such an idea never entered my head. — Такая мысль мне никогда не приходила в голову/на ум.

    I can't get that into his head. — Я не могу ему этого растолковать/втолковать.

    He made it up out of his own head. — Он все это сам придумал/очинил/выдумал.

    (b) a wise head — умница/мудрая голова/умник;

    the wiser heads — мудрецы;

    a hot head — горячая голова/вспыльчивый человек;

    a wooden head — тупица;

    a competent head — знающий человек;

    to have a good head upon one's shoulders — иметь хорошую голову на плечах/быть умным;

    to have an old head on young shoulders — иметь здравый смысл/быть не по годам умудрённым

    - steady head
    - cool head
    - level head
    - bother one's head about smth
    - be over smb's head
    - get a swollen head
    - be over the heads of the pupils
    - come to smb's head
    - do smth off the top of one's head
    - do calculations in one's head
    - fill one's head with trifles
    - give smb his head
    - have a good head for figures
    - have a head for details
    - have no head for names
    - have a good head for politics
    - keep a level head
    - keep one's head
    - keep one's head shut
    - keep smth in one's head
    - keep a cool head in emergencies
    - lose one's head
    - be of one's head
    - be off one's head about smb
    - have a good head on one's shoulders
    - have an old head on young shoulders
    - put smth into smb's head
    - put ideas into smb's head
    - put two heads together
    - puzzle one's head about smth
    - show much head for business
    - take smth into one's head
    - turn smb's head with flattery
    - trouble one's head about smth
    - use one's head
    - write out of one's head
    4) скот, голова скота (единица счёта), поголовье скота; 20 heads of deer двадцать голов оленей
    - large head of game
    - consumption of milk per head of the population
    5) верхняя главная часть предмета, верх, верхушка, верхняя часть, головная часть, передняя часть, головка, шляпка

    We'll have to knock in the head of the barrel. — Нам придется пробить верх бочки.

    heads I win, tails I lose. — Орел - я выигрываю, решка - проигрываю.

    Coins often bear the head of a famous ruler. — На монетах нередко высечена голова известного правителя.

    - forked head
    - wooden head
    - tape-recorder head
    - pit head
    - pointed arrow head
    - axe head
    - missile head
    - pin head
    - figure head
    - crumpled head
    - head tide
    - head wind
    - head lights
    - head stone
    - head land
    - head division of a parade
    - head of the bed
    - head of the column
    - head of the river
    - head of the bay
    - head of a hammer
    - head of a rail
    - head of a violin
    - head of cane
    - head of the stairs
    - head of the barrel
    - head of barley
    - head of a rock
    - head of a peer
    - mountain head overgrown by shrubbery
    - nails with a wide head
    - bolts with a square head
    - axe with a heavy head
    - glass of beer with a good head on it
    - car with a folding head
    - at the head of a page
    - at the head of the list
    - stand at the head of the bay
    - boil is gathering head
    6) раздел, рубрика, параграф, пункт, заголовок

    The story has a double head. — У рассказа двойное название.

    He arranged his speech under four main heads. — Он разбил свою речь на четыре основных пункта/раздела.

    It may be included under this head. — Это может быть включено в этот параграф/раздел.

    It comes/it is kept/it is included under the head of "miscellavous". — Это помещено в параграфе "разное".

    To hit the nail on the head. — ◊ Попасть в самую точку. /Попасть не в бровь, а в глаз.

    Two heads are better than one. — ◊ Ум хорошо, а два лучше. /Одна голова хорошо, а две лучше.

    To toss heads or tails. — ◊ Бросать жребий.

    I cannot make head or tail of it. — ◊ Не могу ничего понять/разобрать.

    - heads of chapters
    - document arranged under five heads
    - under two colums head
    - group the facts under three heads
    - remark on this head
    - speak on this head
    - treat the subject under three main heads
    •
    USAGE:
    See arm, n; USAGE (1.).

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > head

  • 17 be

    'bi: ɡi:
    ( abbreviation) (Bachelor of Engineering; first degree in Engineering.) licenciatura en Ingeniería
    be vb
    1. ser
    what time is it? It's 3 o'clock ¿qué hora es? Son las tres
    who is it? It's me ¿quién es? Soy yo
    2. estar
    how are you? I'm fine ¿cómo estás? estoy bien
    where is Pauline? ¿dónde está Pauline?
    how far is it? ¿a qué distancia está?
    what day is it today? ¿qué día es hoy? / ¿a qué día estamos?
    3. tener
    how old are you? I'm 16 ¿cuántos años tienes? tengo 16 años
    4. costar / valer / ser
    how much is it? ¿cuánto cuesta? / ¿cuánto vale? / ¿cuánto es?
    the tickets are £15 each las entradas valen 15 libras cada una
    5. hacer
    6. haber
    how many children are there? ¿cuántos niños hay?
    what are you doing? ¿qué estás haciendo? / ¿qué haces?
    look, it's snowing mira, está nevando

    be sustantivo femenino: name of the letter b, often called be largaor grande to distinguish it from v 'be' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - abasto - abate - abismo - abotargarse - abreviar - abrirse - absoluta - absoluto - abultar - abundar - aburrir - aburrirse - acabose - acariciar - acaso - acertar - achantarse - acometer - acostada - acostado - acostumbrar - acostumbrada - acostumbrado - acreditar - activa - activo - adelantar - adelantarse - adentro - adivinarse - admirarse - adolecer - aferrarse - afianzarse - aficionada - aficionado - afligirse - agonizar - agotarse - agradecer - agua - ahogarse - ahora - aire - ajo - ala - alarmarse - alcanzar - alegrarse English: aback - abate - about - absent - accordance - account for - accountable - accustom - acquaint - action - addicted - address - adequate - adjust - admit - affiliated - afford - afraid - agenda - agree - agreement - ahead - air - airsick - alert - alive - alone - along - aloof - alphabetically - always - am - ambition - amenable - amusing - anathema - annoyance - anomaly - anxious - apologetic - appal - appall - are - arm - around - arrears - as - ashamed - aspire - assert
    be
    tr[biː]
    intransitive verb (pres 1ª pers am, 2ª pers sing y todas del pl are, 3ª pers sing is; pt 1ª y 3ª pers sing was, 2ª pers sing y todas del pl; pp been)
    5 (origin) ser
    9 (use) ser
    10 (location) estar
    ■ how are you? ¿cómo estás?
    12 (age) tener
    13 (price) costar, valer
    ■ a single ticket is £9.50 un billete de ida cuesta £9.50
    14 tener
    ■ he's hot/cold tiene calor/frío
    ■ we're hungry/thirsty tenemos hambre/sed
    1 (passive) ser
    ■ she was arrested at the border fue detenida en la frontera, la detuvieron en la frontera
    ■ he's hated by everybody es odiado por todos, todos lo odian
    ■ he was discharged fue dado de alta, lo dieron de alta
    ■ the house has been sold la casa ha sido vendida, la casa se ha vendido, han vendido la casa
    ■ thirty children were injured treinta niños fueron heridos, treinta niños resultaron heridos
    auxiliar be + to + inf
    1 (obligation) deber, tener que
    phrase there is / there are
    1 hay
    ■ is there much traffic ¿hay mucho tráfico?
    1 había
    ■ were there many people? ¿había mucha gente?
    1 habrá
    1 habría
    ■ if Mike came, there would be ten of us si viniera Mike, seríamos diez
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    to be about to «+ inf» estar para + inf, estar a punto de + inf
    to be or not to be ser o no ser
    be ['bi:] v, was ['wəz, 'wɑz] ; were ['wər] ; been ['bɪn] ; being ; am ['æm] ; is ['ɪz] ; are ['ɑr] vi
    José is a doctor: José es doctor
    I'm Ana's sister: soy la hermana de Ana
    the tree is tall: el árbol es alto
    you're silly!: ¡eres tonto!
    she's from Managua: es de Managua
    it's mine: es mío
    my mother is at home: mi madre está en casa
    the cups are on the table: las tazas están en la mesa
    5) (expressing existence) : ser, existir
    to be or not to be: ser, o no ser
    I think, therefore I am: pienso, luego existo
    how are you?: ¿cómo estás?
    I'm cold: tengo frío
    she's 10 years old: tiene 10 años
    they're both sick: están enfermos los dos
    be v impers
    it's eight o'clock: son las ocho
    it's Friday: hoy es viernes
    2) (indicating a condition) : hacer, estar
    it's sunny: hace sol
    it's very dark outside: está bien oscuro afuera
    be v aux
    what are you doing? -I'm working: ¿qué haces? -estoy trabajando
    it was finished yesterday: fue acabado ayer, se acabó ayer
    it was cooked in the oven: se cocinó en el horno
    can she be trusted?: ¿se puede confiar en ella?
    you are to stay here: debes quedarte aquí
    he was to come yesterday: se esperaba que viniese ayer
    be
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: was, were, been) = estar v.
    (§pres: estoy, estás...) pret: estuv-•)
    • ser v.
    (§pres: soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son) subj: se-
    imp: er-
    fu-•)
    biːˌ weak form bi
    1.
    1) (pres am, are, is; past was, were; past p been) intransitive verb [See notes at ser and estar]
    2)
    a) (followed by an adjective)

    she's French/intelligent — es francesa/inteligente

    he's worried/furious — está preocupado/furioso

    he's blind — es or (Esp tb) está ciego

    have you never had gazpacho? it's delicious! — ¿nunca has comido gazpacho? es delicioso!

    the gazpacho is delicious, did you make it yourself? — el gazpacho está delicioso ¿lo hiciste tú?

    she was very rude to me — estuvo or fue muy grosera conmigo

    Tony is married/divorced/single — Tony está or (esp AmL) es casado/divorciado/soltero

    to be married to somebody — estar* casado con alguien

    3)
    a) (followed by a noun) ser*

    who was Prime Minister at the time? — ¿quién era Primer Ministro en ese momento?

    it's me/Daniel — soy yo/es Daniel

    if I were you, I'd stay — yo que tú or yo en tu lugar me quedaría

    b) ( play the role of) hacer* de
    4)

    how are you? — ¿cómo estás?

    I'm much better — estoy or me encuentro mucho mejor

    she's pregnant/tired — está embarazada/cansada

    I'm cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/sleepy — tengo frío/calor/hambre/sed/sueño

    b) ( talking about age) tener*

    how old are you? — ¿cuántos años tienes?

    he's a lot older/younger — es mucho mayor/menor

    c) (giving cost, measurement, weight)

    how much is that? - that'll be $15, please — ¿cuánto es? - (son) 15 dólares, por favor

    they are $15 each — cuestan or valen 15 dólares cada una

    how tall/heavy is he? — ¿cuánto mide/pesa?

    5)
    a) (exist, live)

    I think, therefore I am — pienso, luego existo

    to let something/somebody be — dejar tranquilo or en paz algo/a alguien

    don't be too long — no tardes mucho, no (te) demores mucho (esp AmL)

    I'm drying my hair, I won't be long — me estoy secando el pelo, enseguida estoy

    how long will dinner be? — ¿cuánto falta para la cena?

    c) ( take place) ser*
    6) (be situated, present) estar*

    where is the library? — ¿dónde está or queda la biblioteca?

    where are you? — ¿dónde estás?

    what's in that box? — ¿qué hay en esa caja?

    who's in the movie? — ¿quién actúa or trabaja en la película?

    how long are you in Chicago (for)? — (colloq) ¿cuánto (tiempo) te vas a quedar en Chicago ?

    have you been to the exhibition yet? — ¿ya has estado en or has ido a la exposición?


    2.
    v impers
    1)
    a) (talking about physical conditions, circumstances)

    it's sunny/cold/hot — hace sol/frío/calor

    it's so noisy/quiet in here! — qué ruido/silencio hay aquí!

    I have enough problems as it is, without you... — yo ya tengo suficientes problemas sin que tú encima...

    hi, Joe, it's been a long time — qué tal, Joe, tanto tiempo (sin verte)

    it's 500 miles from here to Detroit — Detroit queda or está a 500 millas de aquí

    2)
    a) (introducing person, object) ser*

    it was me who told them — fui yo quien se lo dije or dijo, fui yo el que se lo dije or dijo

    b) (in conditional use) ser*

    if it hadn't been o had it not been for Juan, we would have been killed — si no hubiera sido por Juan or de no ser por Juan, nos habríamos matado


    3.
    v aux

    what was I saying? — ¿qué estaba diciendo?

    she was leaving when... — se iba cuando...

    how long have you been waiting? — ¿cuánto (tiempo) hace que esperas?, ¿cuánto (tiempo) llevas esperando?

    he is o will be arriving tomorrow — llega mañana

    when are you seeing her? — ¿cuándo la vas a ver or la verás?

    2) (in the passive voice) ser* [The passive voice, however, is less common in Spanish than it is in English]

    it was built in 1903 — fue construido en 1903, se construyó en 1903, lo construyeron en 1903

    she was told that... — le dijeron or se le dijo que...

    it is known that... — se sabe que...

    3) to be to + inf

    if a solution is to be found... — si se quiere encontrar or si se ha de encontrar una solución...

    what are we to do? — ¿qué podemos hacer?

    c) ( expressing obligation) deber* + inf, tener* que + inf, haber* de + inf

    tell her she's to stay here — dile que debe quedarse or tiene que quedarse aquí, dile que se quede aquí

    am I to understand that... ? — ¿debo entender que... ?

    what would happen if she were o was to die? — ¿qué pasaría si ella muriera?

    5)

    she's right, isn't she? — tiene razón, ¿no? or ¿verdad? or ¿no es cierto?

    so that's what you think, is it? — de manera que eso es lo que piensas

    are you disappointed? - yes, I am/no, I'm not — ¿estás desilusionado? - sí (, lo estoy)/no (, no lo estoy)

    she was told the news, and so was he/but I wasn't — a ella le dieron la noticia, y también a él/pero a mí no

    I'm surprised, are/aren't you? — estoy sorprendido, ¿y tú?/¿tú no?

    [biː] (present am, is or are pt was or were pp been)
    1. INTRANSITIVE VERB
    1) (linking nouns, noun phrases, pronouns) ser

    it's me! — ¡soy yo!

    who wants to be Hamlet? — ¿quién quiere hacer de or ser Hamlet?

    if I were you... — yo en tu lugar..., yo que tú... *

    it's round/enormous — es redondo/enorme

    Use [estar] with past participles used as adjectives describing the results of an action or process:

    she's bored/ill — está aburrida/enferma

    how are you? — ¿cómo estás?, ¿qué tal estás?

    how are you now? — ¿qué tal te encuentras ahora?

    I'm very well, thanks — estoy muy bien, gracias

    In certain expressions where English uses [be] + adjective to describe feelings ([be cold]/[hot]/[hungry]/[thirsty]), Spanish uses [tener] with a noun:

    I'm cold/hot — tengo frío/calor

    I'm hungry/thirsty — tengo hambre/sed

    be good! — ¡pórtate bien!

    afraid, sleepy, right

    "how old is she?" - "she's nine" — -¿cuántos años tiene? -tiene nueve años

    6) (=take place) ser
    7) (=be situated) estar

    it's on the table — está sobre or en la mesa

    where is the Town Hall? — ¿dónde está or queda el ayuntamiento?

    it's 5 km to the village — el pueblo está or queda a 5 kilómetros

    we've been here for ages — hace mucho tiempo que estamos aquí, llevamos aquí mucho tiempo, estamos aquí desde hace mucho tiempo

    • here you are(, take it) — aquí tienes(, tómalo)

    • there's the church — ahí está la iglesia

    it's hot/cold — hace calor/frío

    b) (referring to time, date etc) ser

    wake up, it's morning — despierta, es de día

    what's the date (today)? — ¿qué fecha es hoy?

    it's 3 May or the 3rd of May — es 3 de mayo

    But note the following alternatives with [estar]:

    it's 3 May or the 3rd of May — estamos a 3 de mayo

    is it certain that...? — ¿es verdad or cierto que...?

    is it fair that she should be punished while...? — ¿es justo que se la castigue mientras que...?

    it is possible that he'll come — es posible que venga, puede (ser) que venga

    it is unbelievable that... — es increíble que...

    it's not clear whether... — no está claro si...

    d) (emphatic) ser

    why is it that she's so successful? — ¿cómo es que tiene tanto éxito?, ¿por qué tiene tanto éxito?

    it was then that... — fue entonces cuando...

    9) (=exist) haber

    there is/are — hay

    what is (there) in that room? — ¿qué hay en esa habitación?

    is there anyone at home? — ¿hay alguien en casa?

    there being no alternative solution... — al no haber or no habiendo otra solución...

    let there be light! — ¡hágase la luz!

    See:
    THERE IS, THERE ARE in there
    10) (=cost)

    how much was it? — ¿cuánto costó?

    the book is £20 — el libro vale or cuesta 20 libras

    how much is it? — ¿cuánto es?; (when paying) ¿qué le debo? frm

    11) (=visit)

    has the postman been? — ¿ha venido el cartero?

    have you ever been to Glasgow? — ¿has estado en Glasgow alguna vez?

    • mother to be — futura madre or mamá f

    • my wife to be — mi futura esposa

    • been and * —

    you've been and done it now! — ¡buena la has hecho! *

    that dog of yours has been and dug up my flowers! — ¡tu perro ha ido y me ha destrozado las flores!

    • you're busy enough as it is — estás bastante ocupado ya con lo que tienes, ya tienes suficiente trabajo

    • if it hadn't been for..., if it hadn't been for you or frm had it not been for you, we would have lost — si no hubiera sido por ti or de no haber sido por ti, habríamos perdido

    • let me be! — ¡déjame en paz!

    • if that's what you want to do, then so be it — si eso es lo que quieres hacer, adelante

    • what is it to you? * — ¿a ti qué te importa?

    • what's it to be? — (in bar etc) ¿qué va a ser?, ¿qué vas a tomar?

    2. AUXILIARY VERB
    The passive is not used as often in Spanish as in English, active and reflexive constructions often being preferred:

    it is said that... — dicen que..., se dice que...

    she was killed in a car crash — murió en un accidente de coche, resultó muerta en un accidente de coche frm

    what's to be done? — ¿qué hay que hacer?

    • it's a film not to be missed — es una película que no hay que perderse

    • we searched everywhere for him, but he was nowhere to be seen — lo buscamos por todas partes pero no lo encontramos en ningún sitio

    what are you doing? — ¿qué estás haciendo?, ¿qué haces?

    Use the present simple to talk about planned future events and the construction to talk about intention:

    "it's a pity you aren't coming with us" - "but I am coming!" — -¡qué pena que no vengas con nosotros! -¡sí que voy!

    will you be seeing her tomorrow? — ¿la verás or la vas a ver mañana?

    will you be needing more? — ¿vas a necesitar más?

    I'll be seeing you — hasta luego, nos vemos (esp LAm)

    The imperfect tense can be used for continuous action in the past: for, since
    a)

    "he's going to complain about you" - "oh, is he?" — -va a quejarse de ti -¿ah, sí?

    "I'm worried" - "so am I" — -estoy preocupado -yo también

    "I'm not ready" - "neither am I" — -no estoy listo -yo tampoco

    "you're tired" - "no, I'm not" — -estás cansado -no, ¡qué va!

    "you're not eating enough" - "yes I am" — -no comes lo suficiente -que sí

    "they're getting married" - "oh, are they?" — (showing surprise) -se casan -¿ah, sí? or -¡no me digas!

    "he isn't very happy" - "oh, isn't he?" — -no está muy contento -¿ah, no?

    "he's always late, isn't he?" - "yes, he is" — -siempre llega tarde, ¿verdad? -(pues) sí

    "is it what you expected?" - "no, it isn't" — -¿es esto lo que esperabas? -(pues) no

    "she's pretty" - "no, she isn't" — -es guapa -¡qué va!

    he's handsome, isn't he? — es guapo, ¿verdad?, es guapo, ¿no?, es guapo, ¿no es cierto?

    it was fun, wasn't it? — fue divertido, ¿verdad?, fue divertido, ¿no?

    she wasn't happy, was she? — no era feliz, ¿verdad?

    so he's back again, is he? — así que ha vuelto, ¿eh?

    you're not ill, are you? — ¿no estarás enfermo?

    3. MODAL VERB
    (with infinitive construction)
    1) (=must, have to)

    he's not to open it — no debe abrirlo, que no lo abra

    I am to do it — he de hacerlo yo, soy yo el que debe hacerlo

    I wasn't to tell you his name — no podía or debía decirte su nombre

    2) (=should) deber

    am I to understand that...? — ¿debo entender que...?

    she wrote "My Life", not to be confused with Bernstein's book of the same name — escribió "Mi Vida", que no debe confundirse con la obra de Bernstein que lleva el mismo título

    he was to have come yesterday — tenía que or debía haber venido ayer

    3) (=will)
    4) (=can)

    if it was or were to snow... — si nevase or nevara...

    if I were to leave the job, would you replace me? — si yo dejara el puesto, ¿me sustituirías?

    BE
    "Ser" or "estar"?
    You can use "ser": ► when defining or identifying by linking two nouns or noun phrases:
    Paris is the capital of France París es la capital de Francia
    He was the most hated man in the village Era el hombre más odiado del pueblo ► to describe essential or inherent characteristics (e.g. colour, material, nationality, race, shape, size {etc}):
    His mother is German Su madre es alemana
    She was blonde Era rubia ► with most impersonal expressions not involving past participles:
    It is important to be on time Es importante llegar a tiempo
    Está claro que is an exception:
    It is obvious you don't understand Está claro que no lo entiendes ► when telling the time or talking about time or age:
    It is ten o'clock Son las diez
    It's very late. Let's go home Es muy tarde. Vamos a casa
    He lived in the country when he was young Vivió en el campo cuando era joven ► to indicate possession or duty:
    It's mine Es mío
    This is your responsibility Este asunto es responsabilidad tuya ► with events in the sense of "take place":
    The 1992 Olympic Games were in Barcelona Los Juegos Olímpicos de 1992 fueron en Barcelona
    "Where is the exam?" - "It's in Room 1" "¿Dónde es el examen?" - "Es en el Aula Número 1" NOTE: Compare this usage with that of estar (see below) to talk about location of places, objects and people.
    You can use "estar": ► to talk about location of places, objects and people:
    "Where is Zaragoza?" - "It's in Spain" "¿Dónde está Zaragoza?" - "Está en España"
    Your glasses are on the bedside table Tus gafas están en la mesilla de noche NOTE: But use ser with events in the sense of "take place" (see above)}. ► to talk about changeable state, condition or mood:
    The teacher is ill La profesora está enferma
    The coffee's cold El café está frío
    How happy I am! ¡Qué contento estoy! NOTE: Feliz, however, which is seen as more permanent than contento, is used mainly with ser. ► to form progressive tenses:
    We're having lunch. Is it ok if I call you later? Estamos comiendo. Te llamaré luego, ¿vale?
    Both "ser" and "estar" can be used with past participles ► Use ser in {passive} constructions:
    This play was written by Lorca Esta obra fue escrita por Lorca
    He was shot dead (by a terrorist group) Fue asesinado a tiros (por un grupo terrorista) NOTE: The passive is not used as often in Spanish as it is in English. ► Use estar with past participles to describe the {results} of a previous action or event:
    We threw them away because they were broken Los tiramos a la basura porque estaban rotos
    He's dead Está muerto ► Compare the use of ser + ((past participle)) which describes {action} and estar + ((past participle)) which describes {result} in the following:
    The window was broken by the firemen La ventana fue rota por los bomberos
    The window was broken La ventana estaba rota
    It was painted around 1925 Fue pintado hacia 1925
    The floor is painted a dark colour El suelo está pintado de color oscuro ► Ser and estar are both used in impersonal expressions with past participles. As above, the use of ser implies {action} while the use of estar implies {result}:
    It is understood that the work was never finished Es sabido que el trabajo nunca se llegó a terminar
    It is a proven fact that vaccinations save many lives Está demostrado que las vacunas salvan muchas vidas
    "Ser" and "estar" with adjectives ► Some adjectives can be used with both ser and estar but the meaning changes completely depending on the verb:
    He's clever Es listo
    Are you ready? ¿Estás listo?
    Chemistry is boring La química es aburrida
    I'm bored Estoy aburrido ► Other adjectives can also be used with both verbs but the use of ser describes a {characteristic} while the use of estar implies a {change}:
    He's very handsome Es muy guapo
    You look great in that dress! Estás muy guapa con ese vestido
    He's slim Es delgado
    You're (looking) very slim ¡Estás muy delgada! For further uses and examples, see main entry
    * * *
    [biːˌ] weak form [bi]
    1.
    1) (pres am, are, is; past was, were; past p been) intransitive verb [See notes at ser and estar]
    2)
    a) (followed by an adjective)

    she's French/intelligent — es francesa/inteligente

    he's worried/furious — está preocupado/furioso

    he's blind — es or (Esp tb) está ciego

    have you never had gazpacho? it's delicious! — ¿nunca has comido gazpacho? es delicioso!

    the gazpacho is delicious, did you make it yourself? — el gazpacho está delicioso ¿lo hiciste tú?

    she was very rude to me — estuvo or fue muy grosera conmigo

    Tony is married/divorced/single — Tony está or (esp AmL) es casado/divorciado/soltero

    to be married to somebody — estar* casado con alguien

    3)
    a) (followed by a noun) ser*

    who was Prime Minister at the time? — ¿quién era Primer Ministro en ese momento?

    it's me/Daniel — soy yo/es Daniel

    if I were you, I'd stay — yo que tú or yo en tu lugar me quedaría

    b) ( play the role of) hacer* de
    4)

    how are you? — ¿cómo estás?

    I'm much better — estoy or me encuentro mucho mejor

    she's pregnant/tired — está embarazada/cansada

    I'm cold/hot/hungry/thirsty/sleepy — tengo frío/calor/hambre/sed/sueño

    b) ( talking about age) tener*

    how old are you? — ¿cuántos años tienes?

    he's a lot older/younger — es mucho mayor/menor

    c) (giving cost, measurement, weight)

    how much is that? - that'll be $15, please — ¿cuánto es? - (son) 15 dólares, por favor

    they are $15 each — cuestan or valen 15 dólares cada una

    how tall/heavy is he? — ¿cuánto mide/pesa?

    5)
    a) (exist, live)

    I think, therefore I am — pienso, luego existo

    to let something/somebody be — dejar tranquilo or en paz algo/a alguien

    don't be too long — no tardes mucho, no (te) demores mucho (esp AmL)

    I'm drying my hair, I won't be long — me estoy secando el pelo, enseguida estoy

    how long will dinner be? — ¿cuánto falta para la cena?

    c) ( take place) ser*
    6) (be situated, present) estar*

    where is the library? — ¿dónde está or queda la biblioteca?

    where are you? — ¿dónde estás?

    what's in that box? — ¿qué hay en esa caja?

    who's in the movie? — ¿quién actúa or trabaja en la película?

    how long are you in Chicago (for)? — (colloq) ¿cuánto (tiempo) te vas a quedar en Chicago ?

    have you been to the exhibition yet? — ¿ya has estado en or has ido a la exposición?


    2.
    v impers
    1)
    a) (talking about physical conditions, circumstances)

    it's sunny/cold/hot — hace sol/frío/calor

    it's so noisy/quiet in here! — qué ruido/silencio hay aquí!

    I have enough problems as it is, without you... — yo ya tengo suficientes problemas sin que tú encima...

    hi, Joe, it's been a long time — qué tal, Joe, tanto tiempo (sin verte)

    it's 500 miles from here to Detroit — Detroit queda or está a 500 millas de aquí

    2)
    a) (introducing person, object) ser*

    it was me who told them — fui yo quien se lo dije or dijo, fui yo el que se lo dije or dijo

    b) (in conditional use) ser*

    if it hadn't been o had it not been for Juan, we would have been killed — si no hubiera sido por Juan or de no ser por Juan, nos habríamos matado


    3.
    v aux

    what was I saying? — ¿qué estaba diciendo?

    she was leaving when... — se iba cuando...

    how long have you been waiting? — ¿cuánto (tiempo) hace que esperas?, ¿cuánto (tiempo) llevas esperando?

    he is o will be arriving tomorrow — llega mañana

    when are you seeing her? — ¿cuándo la vas a ver or la verás?

    2) (in the passive voice) ser* [The passive voice, however, is less common in Spanish than it is in English]

    it was built in 1903 — fue construido en 1903, se construyó en 1903, lo construyeron en 1903

    she was told that... — le dijeron or se le dijo que...

    it is known that... — se sabe que...

    3) to be to + inf

    if a solution is to be found... — si se quiere encontrar or si se ha de encontrar una solución...

    what are we to do? — ¿qué podemos hacer?

    c) ( expressing obligation) deber* + inf, tener* que + inf, haber* de + inf

    tell her she's to stay here — dile que debe quedarse or tiene que quedarse aquí, dile que se quede aquí

    am I to understand that... ? — ¿debo entender que... ?

    what would happen if she were o was to die? — ¿qué pasaría si ella muriera?

    5)

    she's right, isn't she? — tiene razón, ¿no? or ¿verdad? or ¿no es cierto?

    so that's what you think, is it? — de manera que eso es lo que piensas

    are you disappointed? - yes, I am/no, I'm not — ¿estás desilusionado? - sí (, lo estoy)/no (, no lo estoy)

    she was told the news, and so was he/but I wasn't — a ella le dieron la noticia, y también a él/pero a mí no

    I'm surprised, are/aren't you? — estoy sorprendido, ¿y tú?/¿tú no?

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    1.
    [before vowel tʊ, before consonant tə, stressed tuː] preposition
    1) (in the direction of and reaching) zu; (with name of place) nach

    go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

    to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

    2) (towards a condition or quality) zu
    3) (as far as) bis zu

    from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

    increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

    with one's back to the wall — mit dem Rücken zur Wand

    [compared] to — verglichen mit; im Vergleich zu

    it's ten to one he does something — die Chancen stehen zehn zu eins, dass er etwas tut

    to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache (Dat.)

    lend/explain etc. something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen/erklären usw.

    to me — (in my opinion) meiner Meinung nach

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

    7) (until) bis

    to the end — bis zum Ende

    five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

    8) with infinitive of a verb zu; expressing purpose, or after academic.ru/75540/too">too um [...] zu

    too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

    to rebel is pointless — es ist sinnlos zu rebellieren

    he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

    she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

    2.
    [tuː] adverb
    1) (just not shut)

    be to — [Tür, Fenster:] angelehnt sein

    2)
    * * *
    1. [tə,tu] preposition
    1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) zu, auf
    2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) bis
    3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) bis
    4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.) zu, mit
    5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.) zu, für
    6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) in
    7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) gegenüber, zu
    8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) zu
    9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) zu, um zu
    10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) zu
    2. [tu:] adverb
    1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) zu
    2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) zu sich, dran
    •
    * * *
    to
    [tu:, tu, tə]
    1. (moving towards) in + akk
    , nach + dat
    , zu + dat
    she walked over \to the window sie ging [hinüber] zum Fenster [o ans Fenster]
    we're going \to town wir gehen/fahren in die Stadt
    they go \to work on the bus sie fahren mit dem Bus zur Arbeit
    I'm going \to a party/concert ich gehe auf eine Party/ein Konzert
    she has to go \to a meeting now sie muss jetzt zu einem Meeting [gehen]
    we moved \to Germany last year wir sind letztes Jahr nach Deutschland gezogen
    he flew \to the US er flog in die USA
    she's never been \to Mexico before sie ist noch nie [zuvor] in Mexiko gewesen
    my first visit \to Africa mein erster Aufenthalt in Afrika
    this is a road \to nowhere! diese Straße führt nirgendwohin!
    parallel \to the x axis parallel zur x-Achse
    from here \to the station von hier [bis] zum Bahnhof
    on the way \to the mountains/the sea/the town centre auf dem Weg in die Berge/zum Meer/ins [o zum] Stadtzentrum
    \to the north/south nördlich/südlich
    twenty miles \to the north of the city zwanzig Meilen nördlich der Stadt
    the suburbs are \to the west of the city die Vororte liegen im Westen der Stadt
    from place \to place von Ort zu Ort
    \to the right/left nach rechts/links
    there \to the right dort rechts
    he's standing \to the left of Adrian er steht links neben Adrian
    2. (attending regularly) zu + dat
    , in + dat
    she goes \to kindergarten sie geht in den Kindergarten
    he goes \to university er geht auf die Universität
    do you go \to church? gehst du in die Kirche?
    I go \to the gym twice a week ich gehe zweimal wöchentlich zum Fitness
    3. (inviting to) zu + dat
    an invitation \to a wedding eine Einladung zu einer Hochzeit
    I've asked them \to dinner ich habe sie zum Essen eingeladen
    she took me out \to lunch yesterday sie hat mich gestern zum Mittagessen ausgeführt [o eingeladen
    she pointed \to a distant spot on the horizon sie zeigte auf einen fernen Punkt am Horizont
    to have one's back \to sth/sb etw/jdm den Rücken zudrehen
    back \to front verkehrt herum
    5. (in contact with) an + dat
    they were dancing cheek \to cheek sie tanzten Wange an Wange
    she put her hand \to his breast sie legte die Hand auf seine Brust
    she clasped the letter \to her bosom sie drückte den Brief an ihre Brust
    6. (attached to) an + akk
    tie the lead \to the fence mach die Leine am Zaun fest
    they fixed the bookshelves \to the wall sie brachten die Bücherregale an der Wand an
    stick the ads \to some paper klebe die Anzeigen auf ein Blatt Papier
    7. (with indirect object)
    ▪ \to sb/sth jdm/etw dat
    I lent my bike \to my brother ich habe meinem Bruder mein Fahrrad geliehen
    give that gun \to me gib mir das Gewehr
    children are often cruel \to each other Kinder sind oft grausam zueinander
    who's the letter addressed \to? an wen ist der Brief adressiert?
    what have they done \to you? was haben sie dir [an]getan?
    her knowledge proved useful \to him ihr Wissen erwies sich als hilfreich für ihn
    they made a complaint \to the manager sie reichten beim Geschäftsleiter eine Beschwerde ein
    a threat \to world peace eine Bedrohung des Weltfriedens [o für den Weltfrieden]
    to be grateful \to sb jdm dankbar sein
    to be married \to sb mit jdm verheiratet sein
    to tell/show sth \to sb jdm etw erzählen/zeigen
    and what did you say \to that? und was hast du dazu gesagt?
    he finally confessed \to the crime er gestand schließlich das Verbrechen
    this is essential \to our strategy dies ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil unserer Strategie
    9. (in response) auf + akk
    a reference \to Psalm 22:18 ein Verweis auf Psalm 22:18
    her reply \to the question ihre Antwort auf die Frage
    and what was her response \to that? und wie lautete ihr Antwort darauf?
    10. (belonging to) zu + dat
    the keys \to his car seine Autoschlüssel
    the top \to this pen die Kappe, die auf diesen Stift gehört
    she has a mean side \to her sie kann auch sehr gemein sein
    there is a very moral tone \to this book dieses Buch hat einen sehr moralischen Unterton
    there's a funny side \to everything alles hat auch seine komische Seite
    11. (compared to) mit + dat
    I prefer beef \to seafood ich ziehe Rindfleisch Meeresfrüchten vor
    she looked about thirty \to his sixty neben ihm mit seinen sechzig Jahren wirkte sie wie dreißig
    to be comparable \to sth mit etw dat vergleichbar sein
    [to be] nothing \to sth nichts im Vergleich zu etw dat [sein]
    her wage is nothing \to what she could earn ihr Einkommen steht in keinem Vergleich zu dem, was sie verdienen könnte
    to be superior \to sb jdm übergeordnet sein, höher stehen als jd
    12. (in scores) zu + dat
    Paul beat me by three games \to two Paul hat im Spiel drei zu zwei gegen mich gewonnen
    Manchester won three \to one Manchester hat drei zu eins gewonnen
    13. (until) bis + dat
    , zu + dat
    I read up \to page 100 ich habe bis Seite 100 gelesen
    unemployment has risen \to almost 8 million die Arbeitslosigkeit ist auf fast 8 Millionen angestiegen
    count \to 20 zähle bis 20
    it's about fifty miles \to New York es sind [noch] etwa fünfzig Meilen bis New York
    14. (expressing change of state) zu + dat
    he converted \to Islam er ist zum Islam übergetreten
    his expression changed from amazement \to joy sein Ausdruck wechselte von Erstaunen zu Freude
    the change \to the metric system der Wechsel zum metrischen System
    her promotion \to department manager ihre Beförderung zur Abteilungsleiterin
    the meat was cooked \to perfection das Fleisch war bestens zubereitet
    he drank himself \to death er trank sich zu Tode
    she nursed me back \to health sie hat mich [wieder] gesund gepflegt
    smashed \to pieces in tausend Stücke geschlagen
    she was close \to tears sie war den Tränen nahe
    he was thrilled \to bits er freute sich wahnsinnig
    15. (to point in time) bis + dat
    the shop is open \to 8.00 p.m. der Laden hat bis 20 Uhr geöffnet
    we're in this \to the end wir führen dies bis zum Ende
    and \to this day... und bis auf den heutigen Tag...
    it's only two weeks \to your birthday! es sind nur noch zwei Wochen bis zu deinem Geburtstag!
    16. (including)
    ▪ from... \to... von... bis...
    from beginning \to end von Anfang bis Ende
    from morning \to night von morgens bis abends
    front \to back von vorne bis hinten, von allen Seiten
    I read the document front \to back ich habe das Dokument von vorne bis hinten gelesen
    he's done everything from snowboarding \to windsurfing er hat von Snowboarden bis Windsurfen alles [mal] gemacht
    from simple theft \to cold-blooded murder vom einfachen Diebstahl bis zum kaltblütigen Mord
    17. BRIT (in clock times) vor, bis SÜDD
    it's twenty \to six es ist zwanzig vor sechs
    18. (causing) zu + dat
    \to my relief/horror/astonishment zu meiner Erleichterung/meinem Entsetzen/meinem Erstaunen
    much \to her surprise zu ihrer großen Überraschung
    19. (according to) für + akk
    \to me, it sounds like she's ending the relationship für mich hört sich das an, als ob sie die Beziehung beenden wollte
    that outfit looks good \to me das Outfit gefällt mir gut
    if it's acceptable \to you wenn Sie einverstanden sind
    this would be \to your advantage das wäre zu deinem Vorteil, das wäre für dich von Vorteil
    does this make any sense \to you? findest du das auf irgendeine Weise einleuchtend?
    fifty pounds is nothing \to him fünfzig Pfund sind nichts für ihn
    what's it \to you? ( fam) was geht dich das an?
    20. (serving) für + akk
    he works as a personal trainer \to the rich and famous er arbeitet als Personal Trainer für die Reichen und Berühmten
    they are hat makers \to Her Majesty the Queen sie sind Hutmacher Ihrer Majestät, der Königin
    economic adviser \to the president Wirtschaftsberater des Präsidenten
    21. FILM (next to)
    she was Ophelia \to Olivier's Hamlet in der Verfilmung von Olivier spielte sie neben Hamlet die Ophelia
    22. (in honour of) auf + akk
    here's \to you! auf dein/Ihr Wohl!
    \to the cook! auf den Koch/die Köchin!
    the record is dedicated \to her mother die Schallplatte ist ihrer Mutter gewidmet
    I propose a toast \to the bride and groom ich bringe einen Toast auf die Braut und den Bräutigam aus
    a memorial \to all the soldiers who died in Vietnam ein Denkmal für alle im Vietnamkrieg gefallenen Soldaten
    23. (per)
    the car gets 25 miles \to the gallon das Auto verbraucht eine Gallone auf 25 Meilen
    three parts oil \to one part vinegar drei Teile Öl auf einen Teil Essig
    the odds are 2 \to 1 that you'll lose die Chancen stehen 2 zu 1, dass du verlierst
    she awoke \to the sound of screaming sie wurden durch laute Schreie wach
    I like exercising \to music ich trainiere gerne mit Musik
    I can't dance \to this sort of music ich kann zu dieser Art Musik nicht tanzen
    the band walked on stage \to rapturous applause die Band zog unter tosendem Applaus auf die Bühne
    25. (roughly) bis + dat
    thirty \to thirty-five people dreißig bis fünfunddreißig Leute
    26. MATH (defining exponent) hoch
    ten \to the power of three zehn hoch drei
    27.
    ▶ that's all there is \to it das ist schon alles
    ▶ there's not much [or nothing] \to it das ist nichts Besonderes, da ist nichts Besonderes dabei
    1. (expressing future intention) zu
    she agreed \to help sie erklärte sich bereit zu helfen
    I'll have \to tell him ich werde es ihm sagen müssen
    I don't expect \to be finished any later than seven ich denke, dass ich spätestens um sieben fertig sein werde
    he lived \to see his first grandchild er durfte erleben, dass sein erstes Enkelkind geboren wurde
    I have \to go on a business trip ich muss auf eine Geschäftsreise
    the company is \to pay over £500,000 die Firma muss über 500.000 Pfund bezahlen
    he's going \to write his memoirs er wird seine Memoiren schreiben
    I have some things \to be fixed ich habe einige Dinge zu reparieren
    Blair \to meet with Bush Blair trifft Bush
    to be about \to do sth gerade etw tun wollen, im Begriff sein, etw zu tun
    2. (forming requests) zu
    she was told \to have the report finished by Friday sie wurde gebeten, den Bericht bis Freitag fertigzustellen
    he told me \to wait er sagte mir, ich solle warten
    I asked her \to give me a call ich bat sie, mich anzurufen
    we asked her \to explain wir baten sie, es uns zu erklären
    you've not \to do that du sollst das nicht tun
    that man is not \to come here again der Mann darf dieses Haus nicht mehr betreten
    young man, you're \to go to your room right now junger Mann, du gehst jetzt auf dein Zimmer
    3. (expressing wish) zu
    I need \to eat something first ich muss zuerst etwas essen
    I'd love \to live in New York ich würde nur zu gern in New York leben
    would you like \to dance? möchten Sie tanzen?
    that child ought \to be in bed das Kind sollte [schon] im Bett sein
    I want \to go now ich möchte jetzt gehen
    I need \to go to the bathroom ich muss mal auf die Toilette
    do you want \to come with us? willst du [mit uns] mitkommen?
    I'd love \to go to France this summer ich würde diesen Sommer gern nach Frankreich fahren
    4. (omitting verb)
    are you going tonight? — I'm certainly hoping \to gehst du heute Abend? — das hoffe ich sehr
    would you like to go and see the Russian clowns? — yes, I'd love \to möchtest du gern die russischen Clowns sehen? — ja, sehr gern
    can you drive? — yes I'm able \to but I prefer not \to kannst du Auto fahren? — ja, das kann ich, aber ich fahre nicht gern
    5. after adj (to complete meaning)
    it's not likely \to happen es ist unwahrscheinlich, dass das geschieht, das wird wohl kaum geschehen
    I was afraid \to tell her ich hatte Angst, es ihr zu sagen
    he's able \to speak four languages er spricht vier Sprachen
    she's due \to have her baby sie bekommt bald ihr Baby
    I'm afraid \to fly ich habe Angst vorm Fliegen
    she's happy \to see you back sie ist froh, dass du wieder zurück bist
    I'm sorry \to hear that es tut mir leid, das zu hören
    easy \to use leicht zu bedienen
    languages are fun \to learn Sprachenlernen macht Spaß
    it is interesting \to know that es ist interessant, das zu wissen
    three months is too long \to wait drei Monate zu warten ist zu lang
    I'm too nervous \to talk right now ich bin zu nervös, um jetzt zu sprechen
    I'm going there \to see my sister ich gehe dort hin, um meine Schwester zu treffen
    she's gone \to pick Jean up sie ist Jean abholen gegangen
    my second attempt \to make flaky pastry mein zweiter Versuch, einen Blätterteig zu machen
    they have no reason \to lie sie haben keinerlei Grund zu lügen
    I have the chance \to buy a house cheaply ich habe die Gelegenheit, billig ein Haus zu kaufen
    something \to eat etwas zu essen
    the first person \to arrive die erste Person, die ankam [o eintraf]
    Armstrong was the first man \to walk on the moon Armstrong war der erste Mann, der den Mond betrat
    7. (expressing intent)
    we tried \to help wir versuchten zu helfen
    \to make this cake, you'll need... für diesen Kuchen braucht man...
    he managed \to escape es gelang ihm zu entkommen
    I don't know what \to do ich weiß nicht, was ich tun soll
    I don't know where \to begin ich weiß nicht, wo ich anfangen soll
    she was wondering whether \to ask David about it sie fragte sich, ob sie David deswegen fragen sollte
    can you tell me how \to get there? könne Sie mir sagen, wie ich dort hinkomme?
    9. (introducing clause)
    \to tell the truth [or \to be truthful] um die Wahrheit zu sagen
    \to be quite truthful with you, Dave, I never really liked the man ich muss dir ehrlich sagen, Dave, ich konnte diesen Mann noch nie leiden
    \to be honest um ehrlich zu sein
    10. (in consecutive acts) um zu
    he looked up \to greet his guests er blickte auf, um seine Gäste zu begrüßen
    she reached out \to take his hand sie griff nach seiner Hand
    they turned around \to find their car gone sie drehten sich um und bemerkten, dass ihr Auto verschwunden war
    III. ADVERB
    inv zu
    to push [or pull] the door \to die Tür zuschlagen
    to come \to zu sich dat kommen
    to set \to sich akk daranmachen fam
    they set \to with a will, determined to finish the job sie machten sich mit Nachdruck daran, entschlossen, die Arbeit zu Ende zu bringen
    * * *
    [tuː]
    1. PREPOSITION
    1) = in direction of, towards zu

    to go to the doctor( 's)/greengrocer's etc — zum Arzt/Gemüsehändler etc gehen

    to go to the opera/concert etc — in die Oper/ins Konzert etc gehen

    to go to France/London — nach Frankreich/London fahren

    to go to Switzerland —

    he came up to where I was standing —

    to turn a picture/one's face to the wall — ein Bild/sich mit dem Gesicht zur Wand drehen

    2) = as far as, until bis

    to count (up) to 20 —

    3) = in in (+dat)

    I have never been to Brussels/India — ich war noch nie in Brüssel/Indien

    4)

    = secure to he nailed it to the wall/floor etc — er nagelte es an die Wand/auf den Boden etc

    they tied him to the tree —

    5)

    with indirect object to give sth to sb — jdm etw geben

    a present from me to you —

    I said to myself... — ich habe mir gesagt...

    he was muttering/singing to himself — er murmelte/sang vor sich hin

    "To... " (on envelope etc) to pray to God — "An (+acc)..." zu Gott beten

    6) in toasts auf (+acc)
    7)

    = next to with position bumper to bumper — Stoßstange an Stoßstange

    close to sb/sth — nahe bei jdm/etw

    at right angles to the wall —

    to the west (of)/the left (of) — westlich/links (von)

    20 ( minutes) to 2 — 20 (Minuten) vor 2

    at (a) quarter to 2 — um Viertel vor 2

    it was five to when we arrived — es war fünf vor, als wir ankamen

    9) = in relation to zu

    A is to B as C is to D —

    they won by 4 goals to 2 — sie haben mit 4:2 (spoken: vier zu zwei) Toren gewonnen

    10) = per pro; (in recipes, when mixing) auf (+acc)
    11) MATH

    3 to the 4th, 3 to the power of 4 — 3 hoch 4

    12)

    = concerning what do you say to the idea? — was hältst du von der Idee?

    to repairing television £30 (Comm) — (für) Reparatur eines Fernsehers £ 30

    13)

    = according to to the best of my knowledge — nach bestem Wissen

    14)

    = accompanied by to sing to the guitar —

    to sing sth to the tune of... — etw nach der Melodie von... singen

    to dance to a tune/a band — zu einer Melodie/den Klängen or der Musik eines Orchesters tanzen

    15)

    = of ambassador to America/the King of France — Botschafter in Amerika/am Hofe des Königs von Frankreich

    16)

    = producing to everyone's surprise — zu jedermanns Überraschung

    17)

    infinitive to begin to do sth — anfangen, etw zu tun

    I want him to do it — ich will, dass er es tut

    18)

    conditional use of infinitive to see him now, one would never think... — wenn man ihn jetzt sieht, würde man nicht glauben,...

    19)

    infinitive expressing purpose, result to eat/work to live —

    I did it to help you — ich tat es, um dir zu helfen

    to get to the point,... — um zur Sache zu kommen,...

    well, not to exaggerate... — ohne zu übertreiben,...

    I arrived to find she had gone — als ich ankam, war sie weg

    20)

    omitting verb I don't want to — ich will nicht

    we didn't want to but we were forced to — wir wollten nicht, aber wir waren dazu gezwungen

    I intended to (do it), but I forgot (to) — ich wollte es tun, aber ich habe es vergessen

    buy it, it would be silly not to — kaufe es, es wäre dumm, es nicht zu tun

    he often does things one doesn't expect him to — er macht oft Dinge, die man nicht von ihm erwartet

    21)

    set structures __diams; noun/pronoun + to + infinitive he is not the sort to do that — er ist nicht der Typ, der das täte, er ist nicht der Typ dazu

    I have done nothing to deserve this — ich habe nichts getan, womit ich das verdient hätte

    who is he to order you around? — wer ist er denn, dass er dich so herumkommandiert?

    he was the first to arrive — er kam als Erster an, er war der Erste, der ankam

    who was the last to see her? —

    what is there to do here? —

    now is the time to do it — jetzt ist die (beste) Zeit, es zu tun

    you are foolish to try it — du bist dumm, das überhaupt zu versuchen

    is it good to eat? —

    he's too old to be still in short trousers — er ist schon so alt und trägt noch kurze Hosen

    2. ADJECTIVE
    door (= ajar) angelehnt; (= shut) zu
    3. ADVERB

    to and fro — hin und her; walk auf und ab

    * * *
    to
    A präp [tuː; tʊ; tə]
    2. (Richtung und Ziel, räumlich) zu, nach, an (akk), in (akk), auf (akk):
    go to London nach London fahren;
    from east to west von Osten nach Westen;
    throw sth to the ground etwas auf den oder zu Boden werfen
    3. in (dat):
    have you ever been to London?
    4. (Richtung, Ziel, Zweck) zu, auf (akk), an (akk), in (akk), für, gegen:
    play to a large audience vor einem großen Publikum spielen; → duty A 1 a, invite A 1, pray B 2, etc
    5. (Zugehörigkeit) zu, in (akk), für, auf (akk):
    a cap with a tassel to it eine Mütze mit einer Troddel (daran);
    a key to the case ein Schlüssel für den oder zum Koffer;
    a room to myself ein Zimmer für mich (allein); → assistant B 1, end C 7, moral B 1, secretary 1, etc
    6. (Übereinstimmung, Gemäßheit) nach, für, gemäß: → astonishment, etc
    7. (im Verhältnis oder Vergleich) zu, gegen, gegenüber, auf (akk), mit:
    the score is three to one (3-1) das Spiel oder es steht drei zu eins (3:1);
    two is to four as four is to eight zwei verhält sich zu vier wie vier zu acht
    8. (Ausmaß, Grenze, Grad) bis, (bis) zu, (bis) an (akk), auf (akk), in (dat):
    to the clouds bis an die Wolken;
    ten feet to the ground zehn Fuß bis zum Boden; → craziness
    9. (zeitliche Ausdehnung oder Grenze) bis, bis zu, bis gegen, auf (akk), vor (dat):
    from three to four von drei bis vier (Uhr);
    it’s ten to five es ist zehn vor fünf
    10. (Begleitung) zu, nach:
    sing to a guitar zu einer Gitarre singen;
    they danced to a tune sie tanzten nach einer Melodie; → dance A 1
    a) betont:
    he gave the book to me, not to you! er gab das Buch mir, nicht Ihnen!
    she was a good mother to him sie war ihm eine gute Mutter
    B partikel [tʊ; tə]
    to go gehen;
    easy to understand leicht zu verstehen;
    she was heard to cry man hörte sie weinen
    2. (Zweck, Absicht) um zu, zu:
    he only does it to earn money er tut es nur, um Geld zu verdienen
    I weep to think of it ich weine, wenn ich daran denke;
    he was the first to arrive er kam als Erster;
    to hear him talk wenn man ihn (so) reden hört; → honest A 1 b
    why blame you me to love you? obs oder poet was tadelst du mich, weil ich dich liebe?
    5. zur Andeutung eines aus dem Vorhergehenden zu ergänzenden Infinitivs:
    I don’t go because I don’t want to ich gehe nicht, weil ich nicht (gehen) will
    C adv [tuː]
    1. a) zu, geschlossen:
    pull the door to die Türe zuziehen
    b) angelehnt:
    2. (wieder) zu Bewusstsein oder zu sich: → bring to A 1, come to 1
    3. SCHIFF nahe am Wind:
    keep her to!
    a) hin und her,
    b) auf und ab
    * * *
    1.
    [before vowel tʊ, before consonant tə, stressed tuː] preposition

    go to work/to the theatre — zur Arbeit/ins Theater gehen

    to Paris/France — nach Paris/Frankreich

    3) (as far as) bis zu

    from London to Edinburgh — von London [bis] nach Edinburgh

    increase from 10 % to 20 % — von 10 % auf 20 % steigen

    4) (next to, facing)
    5) (implying comparison, ratio, etc.)

    [compared] to — verglichen mit; im Vergleich zu

    it's ten to one he does something — die Chancen stehen zehn zu eins, dass er etwas tut

    to somebody/something — jemandem/einer Sache (Dat.)

    lend/explain etc. something to somebody — jemandem etwas leihen/erklären usw.

    to me — (in my opinion) meiner Meinung nach

    7) (until) bis

    five [minutes] to eight — fünf [Minuten] vor acht

    8) with infinitive of a verb zu; expressing purpose, or after too um [...] zu

    do something to annoy somebody — etwas tun, um jemanden zu ärgern

    too young to marry — zu jung, um zu heiraten; zu jung zum Heiraten

    he would have phoned but forgot to — er hätte angerufen, aber er vergaß es

    she didn't want to go there, but she had to — sie wollte nicht hingehen, aber sie musste

    2.
    [tuː] adverb

    be to — [Tür, Fenster:] angelehnt sein

    2)

    English-german dictionary > to

  • 19 lie

    I 1. noun
    1) (false statement) Lüge, die

    tell lies/a lie — lügen

    no, I tell a lie,... — (coll.) nein, nicht dass ich jetzt lüge,... (ugs.)

    white lie — Notlüge, die

    2) (thing that deceives) [einzige] Lüge (fig.); Schwindel, der (abwertend)
    2. intransitive verb,
    lying lügen

    lie to somebody — jemanden be- od. anlügen

    II 1. noun
    (direction, position) Lage, die

    the lie of the land — (Brit. fig.): (state of affairs) die Lage der Dinge; die Sachlage

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) liegen; (assume horizontal position) sich legen

    many obstacles lie in the way of my success — (fig.) viele Hindernisse verstellen mir den Weg zum Erfolg

    she lay asleep/resting on the sofa — sie lag auf dem Sofa und schlief/ruhte sich aus

    lie still/dying — still liegen/im Sterben liegen

    2)

    lie idle — [Feld, Garten:] brachliegen; [Maschine, Fabrik:] stillstehen; [Gegenstand:] [unbenutzt] herumstehen (ugs.)

    let something/things lie — etwas/die Dinge ruhen lassen

    3) (be buried) [begraben] liegen
    4) (be situated) liegen
    5) (be spread out to view)

    the valley/plain/desert lay before us — vor uns lag das Tal/die Ebene/die Wüste

    a brilliant career lay before him — (fig.) eine glänzende Karriere lag vor ihm

    6) (Naut.)

    lie at anchor/in harbour — vor Anker/im Hafen liegen

    7) (fig.) [Gegenstand:] liegen
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/42782/lie_about">lie about
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    (a false statement made with the intention of deceiving: It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't.) die Lüge
    2. verb
    (to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving: There's no point in asking her - she'll just lie about it.) lügen
    II present participle - lying; verb
    1) (to be in or take a more or less flat position: She went into the bedroom and lay on the bed; The book was lying in the hall.) liegen
    2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) liegen
    3) (to remain in a certain state: The shop is lying empty now.) sich befinden
    4) ((with in) (of feelings, impressions etc) to be caused by or contained in: His charm lies in his honesty.) bestehen
    •
    - lie back
    - lie down
    - lie in
    - lie in wait for
    - lie in wait
    - lie low
    - lie with
    - take lying down
    * * *
    lie1
    [laɪ]
    I. vi
    <- y->
    lügen
    ▪ to \lie about sth intentions, plans falsche Angaben über etw akk machen
    I used to \lie about my age ich habe immer ein falsches Alter angegeben
    ▪ to \lie about sb über jdn die Unwahrheit erzählen
    ▪ to \lie to sb jdn belügen
    ▶ to \lie through one's teeth wie gedruckt lügen fam
    II. vt
    <- y->
    to \lie one's way somewhere sich akk irgendwohin hineinschmuggeln
    ▪ to \lie one's way [or oneself] out of sth sich akk aus etw dat herausreden
    III. n Lüge f
    to be a pack [or BRIT tissue] of \lies erstunken und erlogen sein fam
    to be an outright \lie glatt gelogen sein fam
    to give the \lie to sb/sth jdn/etw Lügen strafen
    to tell \lies Lügen erzählen
    don't tell me \lies! lüg mich nicht an!
    her name is Paula, no, I tell a \lie — it's Pauline ihr Name ist Paula — nein, Moment, bevor ich etwas Falsches sage — sie heißt Pauline
    lie2
    [laɪ]
    I. n
    1. no pl (position) Lage f
    2. no pl esp BRIT, AUS (shape)
    the \lie of the land die Beschaffenheit des Geländes; ( fig) die Lage
    to find out the \lie of the land das Gelände erkunden; ( fig) die Lage sondieren [o peilen
    II. vi
    <-y-, lay, lain>
    1. (be horizontal, resting) liegen
    to \lie on one's back/in bed/on the ground auf dem Rücken/im Bett/auf dem Boden liegen
    to \lie in state aufgebahrt sein [o liegen]
    to \lie awake/quietly/still wach/ruhig/still [da]liegen
    to \lie flat flach liegen [bleiben]
    2. (be buried) ruhen
    here \lies the body of... hier ruht...
    3. (become horizontal) sich akk hinlegen
    \lie face down! leg dich auf den Bauch!
    4. (be upon a surface) liegen
    snow lay thickly over the fields auf den Feldern lag eine dicke Schneeschicht
    to \lie at the mercy of sb jds Gnade ausgeliefert sein
    to \lie in ruins in Trümmern liegen
    to \lie under a suspicion unter einem Verdacht stehen
    to \lie in wait auf der Lauer liegen
    to \lie dying im Sterben liegen
    to \lie empty leer stehen
    to \lie fallow brach liegen
    6. (remain) liegen bleiben
    the snow didn't \lie der Schnee blieb nicht liegen
    7. (be situated) liegen
    the road lay along the canal die Straße führte am Kanal entlang
    to \lie in anchor/harbour in Hamburg in Hamburg vor Anker/im Hafen liegen
    to \lie off the coast [or shore] vor der Küste liegen
    to \lie to the east/north of sth im Osten/Norden [o östlich/nördlich] einer S. gen liegen
    the river \lies 40 km to the south of us der Fluss befindet sich 40 km südlich von uns
    to \lie on the route to Birmingham auf dem Weg nach Birmingham liegen
    8. (weigh)
    to \lie heavily on sth schwer auf etw dat lasten
    to \lie heavily on sb's mind jdn schwer bedrücken
    to \lie heavily on sb's stomach jdm schwer im Magen liegen fam
    9. (be the responsibility of)
    ▪ to \lie on sb jdm obliegen geh
    ▪ to \lie with sb bei jdm liegen
    the choice/decision \lies [only] with you die Wahl/Entscheidung liegt [ganz allein] bei dir
    it \lies with you to decide es liegt an dir zu entscheiden
    the responsibility for the project \lies with us wir sind für das Projekt verantwortlich [o tragen die Verantwortung für das Projekt
    10. (be found)
    ▪ to \lie in sth in etw dat liegen
    where do your interests \lie? wo liegen deine Interessen?
    the cause of the argument \lies in the stubbornness on both sides die Ursache des Streits liegt in [o an] der Sturheit auf beiden Seiten
    the decision doesn't \lie in my power die Entscheidung [darüber] liegt nicht in meiner Macht
    11. BRIT (in a competition)
    to \lie bottom of/third in the table Tabellenletzter/-dritter sein
    to \lie in second place auf dem zweiten Platz liegen
    to \lie third dritter sein
    to \lie in front of/behind sb vor/hinter jdm liegen
    12. LAW claim, appeal zulässig sein
    13.
    ▶ to \lie doggo BRIT ( fam) sich akk mucksmäuschenstill verhalten fam
    ▶ to \lie low (escape search) untergetaucht sein; (avoid being noticed) sich akk unauffällig verhalten; (bide one's time) sich akk [im Verborgenen] bereithalten
    ▶ to see how the land \lies die Lage sondieren [o peilen]
    * * *
    I [laɪ]
    1. n
    Lüge f

    it's a lie! — das ist eine Lüge!, das ist gelogen!

    I tell a lie, it's actually tomorrow — das stimmt ja gar nicht or ich hab mich vertan, es ist morgen

    to give the lie to a claim — die Unwahrheit einer Behauptung (gen) zeigen or beweisen, eine Behauptung Lügen strafen (geh)

    2. vi
    lügen

    to lie to sb —

    3. vt

    to lie one's way out of sth — sich aus etw herauslügen

    II vb: pret lay, ptp lain
    1. n
    (= position) Lage f, Position f
    2. vi

    he lay where he had fallen — er blieb liegen, wo er hingefallen war

    lie on your back — leg dich auf den Rücken

    the snow didn't lie —

    to lie with sb ( Bibl old ) ( ) —,, old )

    2) (= be buried) ruhen
    3) (= be situated) liegen

    the runner who is lying third (esp Brit) — der Läufer, der auf dem dritten Platz liegt

    Uganda lies far from the coast — Uganda liegt weit von der Küste ab or entfernt

    our futures lie in quite different directions —

    you are young and your life lies before you — du bist jung, und das Leben liegt noch vor dir

    4) (= be, remain in a certain condition) liegen

    to lie low —

    5) (immaterial things) liegen

    it lies with you to solve the problem — es liegt bei dir, das Problem zu lösen

    his interests lie in music — seine Interessen liegen auf dem Gebiet der Musik or gelten der Musik

    he did everything that lay in his power to help us — er tat alles in seiner Macht Stehende, um uns zu helfen

    * * *
    lie1 [laı]
    A s Lüge f:
    tell lies ( oder a lie) lügen;
    that’s a lie! das ist eine Lüge!, das ist gelogen!;
    a) jemanden der Lüge bezichtigen,
    b) etwas, jemanden Lügen strafen, widerlegen;
    lies have short wings (Sprichwort) Lügen haben kurze Beine; → live1 B 2, white lie
    B v/i ppr lying [ˈlaııŋ]
    1. lügen:
    lie to sb jemanden belügen, jemanden anlügen;
    he lied (to them) about his past das, was er (ihnen) über seine Vergangenheit erzählte, war gelogen;
    she lied (to them) about her age sie machte sich (ihnen gegenüber) jünger oder älter, als sie tatsächlich war;
    lie through ( oder in) one’s teeth, lie in one’s throat umg das Blaue vom Himmel (herunter)lügen, wie gedruckt lügen
    2. lügen, trügen, täuschen, einen falschen Eindruck erwecken (Zahlen etc)
    C v/t lie to sb that … jemandem vorlügen, dass …;
    lie o.s. ( oder one’s way) out of sich herauslügen aus
    lie2 [laı]
    A s
    1. Lage f (auch fig):
    the lie of the land fig Br die Lage (der Dinge)
    2. Lager n (von Tieren)
    B v/i prät lay [leı], pperf lain [leın], ppr lying [ˈlaııŋ]
    1. liegen:
    a) allg im Bett etc liegen:
    all his books are lying about ( oder around) the room seine ganzen Bücher liegen im Zimmer herum; → ruin A 2, etc
    b) ausgebreitet, tot etc daliegen:
    lie dying im Sterben liegen
    c) gelegen sein, sich befinden:
    the town lies on a river die Stadt liegt an einem Fluss;
    lie second ( oder in second position) SPORT etc an zweiter Stelle oder auf dem zweiten Platz liegen;
    all his money is lying in the bank sein ganzes Geld liegt auf der Bank
    d) begründet liegen, bestehen ( beide:
    in in dat)
    e) begraben sein oder liegen, ruhen:
    here lies … hier ruht …
    2. liegen bleiben (Schnee)
    3. SCHIFF, MIL liegen (Flotte, Truppe)
    4. SCHIFF
    a) vor Anker liegen
    b) beidrehen: → lie along, lie off 1, lie to
    5. a) liegen:
    the goose lay heavy on his stomach die Gans lag ihm schwer im Magen
    b) fig lasten (on auf der Seele etc):
    his past lies heavily on him ( oder his mind) seine Vergangenheit lastet schwer auf ihm
    6. führen, verlaufen:
    7. (behind) stecken (hinter dat), der Grund sein (für oder gen)
    8. JUR zulässig sein (Klage etc):
    appeal lies to the Supreme Court Berufung kann vor dem Obersten Bundesgericht eingelegt werden
    9. lie with sb obs oder BIBEL jemandem beiliegen (mit jemandem schlafen)Besondere Redewendungen: as far as in me lies obs oder poet soweit es an mir liegt, soweit es in meinen Kräften steht;
    his greatness lies in his courage seine Größe liegt in seinem Mut (begründet);
    he knows where his interest lies er weiß, wo sein Vorteil liegt;
    lie in sb’s way
    a) jemandem zur Hand sein,
    b) jemandem möglich sein,
    c) in jemandes Fach schlagen,
    d) jemandem im Weg stehen his talents do not lie that way dazu hat er kein Talent;
    lie on sb JUR jemandem obliegen;
    the responsibility lies on you die Verantwortung liegt bei dir;
    lie on sb’s hands unbenutzt oder unverkauft bei jemandem liegen bleiben;
    lie to the north SCHIFF Nord anliegen;
    lie under an obligation eine Verpflichtung haben;
    lie under the suspicion of murder unter Mordverdacht stehen;
    lie under a sentence of death zum Tode verurteilt sein;
    the fault lies with him die Schuld liegt bei ihm;
    it lies with you to do it es liegt an dir oder es ist deine Sache, es zu tun; siehe Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven etc
    * * *
    I 1. noun
    1) (false statement) Lüge, die

    tell lies/a lie — lügen

    no, I tell a lie,... — (coll.) nein, nicht dass ich jetzt lüge,... (ugs.)

    white lie — Notlüge, die

    2) (thing that deceives) [einzige] Lüge (fig.); Schwindel, der (abwertend)
    2. intransitive verb,
    lying lügen

    lie to somebody — jemanden be- od. anlügen

    II 1. noun
    (direction, position) Lage, die

    the lie of the land — (Brit. fig.): (state of affairs) die Lage der Dinge; die Sachlage

    2. intransitive verb,
    1) liegen; (assume horizontal position) sich legen

    many obstacles lie in the way of my success — (fig.) viele Hindernisse verstellen mir den Weg zum Erfolg

    she lay asleep/resting on the sofa — sie lag auf dem Sofa und schlief/ruhte sich aus

    lie still/dying — still liegen/im Sterben liegen

    2)

    lie idle — [Feld, Garten:] brachliegen; [Maschine, Fabrik:] stillstehen; [Gegenstand:] [unbenutzt] herumstehen (ugs.)

    let something/things lie — etwas/die Dinge ruhen lassen

    3) (be buried) [begraben] liegen
    4) (be situated) liegen

    the valley/plain/desert lay before us — vor uns lag das Tal/die Ebene/die Wüste

    a brilliant career lay before him — (fig.) eine glänzende Karriere lag vor ihm

    6) (Naut.)

    lie at anchor/in harbour — vor Anker/im Hafen liegen

    7) (fig.) [Gegenstand:] liegen

    I will do everything that lies in my power to help — ich werde alles tun, was in meiner Macht steht, um zu helfen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    n.
    Lüge -n f. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: lied) (•§ p.,p.p.: lay, lain•)
    = liegen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: lag, gelegen)
    lügen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: log, gelogen)

    English-german dictionary > lie

  • 20 bear

    1. I
    1) the ice bears лед держит, по льду можно ходить, лед крепкий
    2) usually with can; it was more than she could bear Этого она [уже] вынести /выдержать/ не могла. Это было выше ее сил
    3) she is unable to bear она не может иметь детей; these peach-trees are not going to bear Эти персиковые деревья не будут плодоносить
    2. II
    1) bear at some time the tree bears every year (every other year, once in seven years, etc.) Это дерево плодоносит каждый год и т. д.
    2) bear in some direction naut. bear north (south, east, etc.) лежать /быть расположенным/ к северу и т. д.; the land bore due north земля лежала прямо /точно/ к северу
    3) bear in some manner bear hard нажимать, надавливать
    3. III
    1) bear smth., smb. bear a heavy load (a suitcase, the baggage, a large parcel, a banner, a sleeping child, etc.) нести тяжелый груз и т. д.
    2) bear smth., smb. bear the weight of a large trunk (an elephant, a heavy man, etc.) выдерживать вес большого сундука и т. д.; this plank /board/ will not bear your weight эта доска не выдержит вашей тяжести; the ice is too thin to bear the weight of the horse лед слишком тонок, чтобы выдержать лошадь; this bridge does not bear more than 10 tons Этот мост рассчитан не больше, чем /только/ на десять тонн
    3) bear smb., smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear this man (the sight of him, this noise, such scenes, the odour, that perfume, etc.) [я] не выношу /терпеть не могу/ Этого человека и т. д; she couldn't bear his condescending manner она не выносила его манеру говорить или обращаться с ней свысока; how could he bear the idea /the thought/ of it? как он мог даже подумать об этом?;
    4) bear smth. bear responsibility нести ответственность; bear the cost (the expense) оплачивать стоимость (расходы); I am willing to bear all the expenses я согласен (поднести любые расходы; bear losses нести потери, терпеть ущерб; bear the burden взвалить на себя [всю] тяжесть; bear the brunt принять на себя /выдержать/ главный удар (неприятеля)
    5) bear smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative will he bear the strain (the test)? выдержит ли он это напряжение (испытание)?; he couldn't bear the humiliation он не мог вынести /пережить/ Этого унижения
    6) bear smth. bear the marks /the signs, the traces/ of blows (of wounds, of punishment, of ill-treatment, of tears, etc.) носить следы побоев и т. д.; this document bears your signature на этом документе стоит ваша подпись; this note bears your name Эта записка адресована вам; this letter bears no date на этом письме нет даты; the envelope bears traces of having been tampered with на конверте имеются /видны/ следы того, что его вскрывали; а monument bearing an inscription памятник с надписью
    7) bear smth. bear a sword (a revolver, etc.) носить шпагу и т. д.; bear the sceptre (the marshal's staff) носить скипетр (маршальский жезл); all men who can bear arms все мужчины, способные носить оружие; а ship bearing the American colours корабль под американским флагом
    8) bear smth. often offic. bear the name of John (a noble name, the title of earl, etc.) иметь /носить/ имя Джон и т. д; remember that you bear my name (за)помни, ты носишь мое имя
    9) bear smth. bear interpretation (explanation, etc.) допускать толкование и т.д.; his words bear only one interpretation его слова можно интерпретировать только в одном смысле; this statement doesn't bear close examination это заявление /утверждение/ не выдерживает пристального анализа; bear comparison выдерживать сравнение
    10) || bear tales Ябедничать; bear the news передавать новости
    11) bear smth., smb. bear fruit (good peaches, fine apples, sweet grapes, etc.) давать плоды и т. д.; this tree bears no fruit Это дерево не плодоносит; bear children рожать детей; cats usually bear more than two young ones кошка обычно приносит более двух котят; bear interest (profit) приносить /давать/ проценты (прибыль); at last his efforts bore fruit наконец его усилия принесли плоды /увенчались успехом/
    12) bear smth. bear the upper storey (the' whole building, the bridge etc.) поддерживать /нести/ верхний этаж и т.д. the four pillars bear the arch Эти четыре колонны несут арку /служат опорой для арки/; Atlas had to bear the weight of the heavens on his shoulders Атлант должен был держать на своих плечах небесный свод
    4. IV
    1) bear smb., smth. somewhere bear the wounded home относить или отвозить раненых домой; bear the girl across перенести девушку на другую сторону (улицы, реки и т. п.); bear the cases downstairs снести чемоданы [вниз]
    2) bear smth. in same manner bear one's head high (proudly etc.) высоко и т. д. держать голову
    3) bear smth. in some manner bear pain (one's loss, hardships, etc.) patiently (well, manfully, stoically, heroically, philosophically, etc.) переносить боль и т. д. терпеливо и т. д.; bear an operation satisfactorily удовлетворительно перенести операцию; bear one's sorrow in silence молча переносить [свое] горе
    5. V
    1) bear smb. smth. bear smb. love (affection, malice, ill-will, etc.) питать /испытывать/ любовь и т.д. к кому-л.; she bore him no love whatever никакой любви к нему она не испытывала; the hatred he bore me ненависть, которую он ко мне питал; I bear you no grudge и не таю обиды против вас, я зла на вас не держу
    2) bear smb. smb. bear smb. a child (a son, a daughter) родить кому-л. ребенка; she has borne him three sons она родила ему трех сыновей
    6. VII
    bear smb. to do smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear him to be away (them to listen, her to laugh at me, etc.) я не выношу /терпеть не могу/, когда он уезжает и т. д.; I couldn't bear him to think that about me я очень не хотел, чтобы он так подумал обо мне; how could he bear her to know the truth? как мог он допустить мысль о том, что она узнает всю правду?
    7. XI
    1) be born a man is born человек родился; be born at some time be born in 1920 (in January, on the first of May. etc.) родиться в тысяча девятьсот двадцатом году и т. д; born in 1945 тысяча девятьсот сорок пятого года рождения; be born in some place he was born in England он родился в Англии: the idea was born in the minds of the people Эта мысль зародилась в умах людей; be born of smb. he was born of fairly well-to-do parents он родился в довольно зажиточной семье; be born smb. be born a poet родиться поэтом; be born to do smth. he was not born to become a poet fly не суждено было стать поэтом; he was born to be hanged ему на роду написано окончить жизнь на виселице; be born to smb. offic. a son and a daughter were born to them у них родились сын и дочь; be born with smth. be born with a good memory (with a talent for smth., etc.) быть наделенным хорошей памятью и т. д. от рождения; be born of smth. his confidence is born of knowledge его уверенность порождена знаниями / результат знаний/ || be born out of wedlock быть незаконнорожденным /внебрачным ребенком/
    2) book, be borne to some place he was borne to prison его отвела в тюрьму; be borne somewhere by smb. the crowd was borne back by the police полиция оттеснила толпу; the boat was borne backward by the wind ветер отнес лодку назад; be bone upon smth. her voice (the music, the song, the fragrance, etc.) was borne upon the wind ветер доносил или уносил звук ее голоса и т. д.
    3) be borne upon smb. book. it was gradually borne upon me that... до меня постепенно начало доходить, что... || it has to be borne in mind that... следует помнить /не следует забывать/, что...
    8. XIII
    bear to do (to be) smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear to be laughed at (to be disturbed, to be asked so many questions, to see animals treated cruelly, etc.) я не выношу /терпеть не могу/, когда надо мной смеются и т. д.; I can't bear to hear him moan [я] не могу слышать, как он стонет
    9. XIV
    bear doing smth.
    1) this cloth will bear washing Этот материал стирается; some passages in this book will bear skipping некоторые места /абзацы/ в этой книге вполне можно пропустить; your joke (his language, the story, etc.) does not bear repeating я не рискну повторить вашу шутку и т. д.
    2) usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear living alone [я] терпеть не могу жить одна; how can you bear to travel by sea? как это ты выносишь морские путешествия?
    10. XVI
    1) bear with smb., smth. bear with her (with her whims, with his uneven temper, etc.) относиться к ней и т. д. терпеливо; bear with his bad memory мириться с тем, что у него плохая память; you will have to bear with her inexperience вам придется примириться с ее неопытностью; bear with me a little longer Be сердитесь на меня, потерпите еще немного (я сейчас уйду или доскажу и т. п.)
    2) bear (up)on smth. bear on the subject (on the question, upon tile situation, etc.) иметь отношение к [данному] предмету и т. д.; your arguments do not bear on the problem ваши доводы не имеют отношения и этой проблеме; it bears directly on our topic Это непосредственно связано с нашей темой
    3) bear (up)on smth. bear hard on a surface (on a stick, etc.) нажимать /надавливать/ на поверхность и т. д.; if you bear too hard (up)on the point of your pencil it may break если ты будешь слишком сильно нажимать на карандаш, грифель сломается
    4) bear (up)on smb. bear hard (up)on the people (on the natives, on the settlers, etc.) a) угнетать народ и т. д.; б) ложиться тяжелым бременем на народ и т. д.
    5) bear in some direction naut. bear to the north (to the east, to the right, etc.) двигаться, идти или поворачивать на север а т. д.; when you reach the top of the hill bear to the left когда дойдете до вершины холма, сверните налево
    6) bear on smth. bear on the columns (on the pillars. on.the walls, etc.) опираться на колонны и т.д.; the whole building bears on the columns колонны держат все здание; bear heavily on a stick тяжело опираться на палку
    7) bear in smth. bear in spring (in this climate, in the north, in this soil, etc.) плодоносить весной и т. д.
    11. XVIII
    bear oneself in some manner book. bear oneself well (nobly, gracefully, etc.) держаться хорошо и т. д.; bear oneself like smb. bear oneself like a man (like a soldier, like a queen, etc.) держаться или вести себя как мужчина и т. д.
    12. XXI1
    1) bear smb., smth. to some place bear the wounded man to the hospital (the thief to prison, the letter to the president, etc.) отвезти, отнести или доставить раненого в больницу и т. д.; the ship bore him to a distant country корабль увез его в дальние края; bear smb., smth. across smth. the bridge bore us across the river по мосту мы попали на другой берег [реки]; bear smth., smb. on (in, over, etc.) smith. bear smth., smb. on (over) one's shoulders (in one's arms, in one's hands, etc.) нести что-л., кого-л. на плечах и т. д.
    2) bear smth. on /by/ smth. bear a badge on the lapel of one's coat (a sword by one's side, etc.) носить значок /эмблему/ на отвороте пиджака и т. д.
    3) bear smth. for smth., smb. I don't want to bear the blame for your mistakes я не хочу принимать на себя /нести/ вину да ваши ошибки; you will have to bear the penalty for your misdeeds вам придется понести наказание за свой проступки; who will bear the responsibility for the children? кто будет отвечать /нести ответственность/ за датой?; bear smth. against smb. bear a grudge (malice, ill-will, etc.) against slab. испытывать к кому-л. чувство злобы и т.д., испытывать злобу и т. д. против кого-л. =bear иметь зуб против кого-л.
    4) bear smth. to smb., smth. bear no relation to smb., smth. не иметь никакого отношения к кому-л., чему-л., bear (no) resemblance to smb., smth. (не) быть похожим да кого-л., что-л. || bear smth. in mind помнить о чем-л.; you must bear his warning in mind вы не должны забывать о его предупреждении
    5) bear smth. in smth. bear fruit in autumn (in the spring, in this climate, etc.) плодоносить осенью и т.д.;
    13. XXV
    bear that... usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative she couldn't bear that he should forget her она не могла вынести мысля, что он забудет ее

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > bear

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