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1 move

move

A n

1 ( movement) gen mouvement m ; ( gesture) geste m ; one move and you're dead! un geste et vous êtes mort! ; to watch sb's every move surveiller chacun des gestes de qn ; don't make any sudden moves ne fais pas de mouvement brusque ; there was a move towards the door il y a eu un mouvement vers la porte ; let's make a move ○ si on bougeait ○ ? ; it's time I made a move ○ il est temps de partir ;

2 ( transfer) ( of residence) déménagement m ; ( of company) transfert m ; the move took a day le déménagement a pris une journée ; the firm's move out of town le transfert de la société à l'extérieur de la ville ; our friends helped with the move nos amis nous ont aidés à déménager ; our move to Brighton notre installation à Brighton ; to make the move to London [family] s'installer à Londres ; [firm] être transféré à Londres ; [employee] être muté à Londres ; she made the move from sales to management elle est passée des ventes à la direction ; she's due for a move il est temps de la muter ;

3 Games coup m ; his last/next move son dernier/prochain coup ; white has the first move les blancs jouent en premier ; it's your move c'est ton tour, c'est à toi de jouer ;

4 (step, act) manœuvre f ; a good/bad move une bonne/mauvaise idée ; what's our next move? que faisons-nous ensuite? ; to make the first move faire le premier pas ; they have made no move(s) to allay public anxiety ils n'ont rien fait pour rassurer l'opinion publique ; there has been a move towards liberalization il y a eu une évolution dans le sens de la libéralisation ; in a move to counter opposition attacks… pour tenter de parer les attaques de l'opposition…

B on the move adj phr to be on the move [army] être en mouvement ; [train] être en marche ; to be always on the move [diplomat, family] être tout le temps en train de déménager ; [nomad, traveller] être toujours sur les routes or par monts et par vaux ; the circus is on the move again le cirque repart à nouveau ; a society on the move fig une société en pleine évolution.

C vtr

1 ( change position of) déplacer [game piece, cursor, bus stop, car, furniture] ; transporter [injured person, patient, army] ; ( to clear a space) enlever [object] ; move your things! enlève tes affaires! ; to move sb to another hospital transporter qn dans un autre hôpital ; he's too ill to be moved il est trop malade pour être transporté ; to move sth off enlever qch de [table, chair] ; to move sth out of enlever qch de [room, house] ; move the chair out of the way enlève la chaise de là ; move your head, I can't see! pousse ta tête, je ne vois rien! ; to move sth into transporter qch dans [room, garden] ; to move sth upstairs/downstairs monter/descendre qch ; to move sth further away/closer éloigner/rapprocher qch ; to move troops to the front envoyer des troupes au front ;

2 ( set in motion) [person] bouger, remuer [limb, finger, head] ; [wind, water, mechanism] faire bouger [leaf, branch, wheel, cog] ;

3 ( to new location or job) muter [employee, staff] ; transférer [office, headquarters] ; I've asked to be moved j'ai demandé à être muté ;

4 (to new house, site) déménager [furniture, belongings, equipment] ; to move house déménager ; a local firm moved us une entreprise locale a fait notre déménagement ;

5 ( affect) émouvoir [person] ; to be moved by sth être ému par qch ; moved to tears ému aux larmes ;

6 (prompt, motivate) to move sb to/to do [circumstance] amener qn à/à faire ; he was moved to act by the letter la lettre l'a incité à agir ; I felt moved to protest j'ai senti que je devais protester ;

7 ( propose) proposer [amendment, adjournment] ; to move that the matter (should) be put to the vote proposer que la question soit soumise au vote ;

8 (sell, shift) vendre [goods, stock].

D vi

1 (stir, not stay still) [person, branch, earth] bouger ; [lips] remuer ; don't move! ne bouge pas! ; it won't move cela ne bouge pas ; will you please move! veux-tu te pousser? ; I can't move for plants in here GB je ne peux pas bouger ici, tellement il y a de plantes ; you can't move for tourists in town GB on ne peut rien faire en ville, tellement il y a de touristes ;

2 (proceed, travel) [vehicle] rouler ; [person] avancer ; [procession, army] être en marche ; we were moving at about 65 kilometres an hour nous roulions à environ 65 kilomètres à l'heure ; we'd better keep moving nous ferions mieux de continuer ; we must get things moving fig nous devons faire avancer les choses ; things are starting to move on the job front les choses commencent à avancer côté travail ; go on, get moving! allez, avance! ; to move into entrer dans ; to move out of sortir de ; we are moving into a new era in science nous entrons dans une nouvelle ère de la science ; to move along/across avancer le long de/à travers ; his fingers moved rapidly over the keys ses doigts couraient sur les touches ; to move back reculer ; to move forward s'avancer ; to move away s'éloigner ; she has moved away from this view elle a changé d'avis ; to move away from the window s'écarter de la fenêtre ; to move up monter ; to move down descendre ; public opinion has moved to the right l'opinion publique a glissé vers la droite ;

3 ○ ( proceed quickly) that cat can really move! ce chat est très vif! ; that traffic cop's ○ really moving! t'as vu comme il bombe ce motard ○ ! ;

4 (change home, location) [person, family, firm, shop] déménager ; to move to s'installer à [countryside, Paris] ; s'installer en [Scotland, France] ; to move to a bigger/smaller house s'installer dans une maison plus grande/plus petite ; to move to Avenue Gambetta/Oxford Street s'installer avenue Gambetta/dans Oxford Street ; to move back to England se réinstaller en Angleterre ;

5 ( change job) être muté ; to move to être muté à [accounts, different department] ;

6 ( act) agir ; to move on intervenir sur [problem, question] ; to move to do intervenir pour faire ; he moved swiftly to deny the allegations il s'est empressé de démentir les allégations ;

7 Games [player] jouer ; [piece] se déplacer ;

8 Comm (sell, be sold) se vendre ; this line is moving fast ces articles se vendent bien.

E ○ v refl to move oneself se pousser ; move yourself! ( get out of way) pousse-toi! ; ( hurry up) avance!

Idioms

to get a move on ○ se magner ○, se dépêcher ; to make a move on sb ○ draguer ○ qn ; to move with the times vivre avec son temps ; to put the moves on sb ○ US faire des avances à qn.

Phrasal verbs

■ move about, move around:

▶ move about

1 ( to different position) [person] remuer ; [object] bouger ;

2 ( to different home) déménager ;

▶ move [sb/sth] about déplacer [object, furniture] ; they move him around a lot between branches/departments on le fait souvent changer de succursale/service.

■ move along:

▶ move along

1 ( stop loitering) circuler ; ( proceed) avancer ; ( squeeze up) se pousser ; move along please! ( on bus) avancez un peu dans le fond s'il vous plaît! ;

2 fig ( progress) things are moving along nicely les choses se mettent en place ;

▶ move [sb/sth] along faire circuler [loiterers, crowd] ; faire avancer [herd, group].

■ move away:

▶ move away ( by moving house) déménager ; ( by leaving scene of activity) partir ; to move away from quitter [area, accident scene] ;

▶ move [sb/sth] away, move away [sb/sth] faire reculer [crowd] ; déplacer [obstruction].

■ move down:

▶ move down (in list, hierarchy) descendre ;

▶ move [sb] down, move down [sb]

1 GB Sch faire repasser [qn] au niveau inférieur [pupil] ;

2 gen (in division, ranking) faire redescendre [team, player] ;

▶ move [sth] down, move down [sth] ( to lower shelf etc) mettre [qch] plus bas.

■ move in:

▶ move in

1 ( to house) emménager ; to move in with s'installer avec [friend, relative] ; aller vivre avec [lover] ;

2 (advance, attack) [troops, police, bulldozer] s'avancer ; to move in on [police, attackers, demolition men] s'avancer sur [person, site] ; [corporate raider, racketeer] lancer une opération sur [market, company] ;

3 ( intervene) [company, government] intervenir ;

▶ move [sb] in, move in [sb]

1 ( place in housing) [authorities, council] installer [family etc] ;

2 ( change residence) a friend helped to move me in un ami m'a aidé à emménager.

■ move off [procession, parade] partir ; [vehicle] se mettre en route ; [troops] se mettre en marche.

■ move on:

▶ move on

1 [person, traveller] se mettre en route ; [vehicle] repartir ; [time] passer ; to move on to aller à [Manchester, Lille etc] ; to move on to a new town aller dans une autre ville ; passer à [next item] ; to move on to consider sth passer à qch ; to move on to sth better faire quelque chose de mieux ; let's move on ( in discussion) passons au point suivant ;

2 ( keep moving) [crowd, traffic] circuler ;

3 ( develop) things have moved on since depuis, les choses ont changé ; I'm OK now, I've moved on ça va maintenant, c'est du passé ;

▶ move [sth] on, move on [sth] GB faire avancer [discussion] ; avancer [clock hands] ;

▶ move [sb] on, move on [sb] GB faire circuler [busker, street trader].

■ move out:

▶ move out ( of house) déménager ; ( of camp) [soldiers, tanks] quitter les lieux ; to move out of quitter [house, office, area] ;

▶ move [sb/sth] out, move out [sb/sth] évacuer [residents] ; enlever [object].

■ move over:

▶ move over

1 se pousser ; move over! pousse-toi ;

2 fig ( for younger generation etc) céder la place (for sb à qn) ;

▶ move [sb/sth] over déplacer [person, object] ; move it over to the left déplace-le vers la gauche.

■ move up:

▶ move up

1 ( make room) se pousser ;

2 ( be promoted) [employee] recevoir une promotion ; to move up to second place (in list, chart) passer à la seconde place ; to move up to the first division passer en première division ;

▶ move [sb] up, move up [sb]

1 GB Sch faire passer [qn] au niveau supérieur [pupil] ;

2 Sport (into higher league, division) faire monter [team, player] ;

▶ move [sth] up ( to higher shelf etc) mettre [qch] plus haut.

Big English-French dictionary > move
2 verbessern

I v/t improve (auch TECH.); (berichtigen) correct; (Buchausgabe) revise; die Haltbarkeit verbessern von prolong the shelf-life of

II v/refl

1. improve (auch Sache); beim Sprechen: correct o.s.

2. finanziell etc.: better o.s.; wie ich höre, wollen Sie sich verbessern I hear you are wanting to leave the company

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(berichtigen) to emend; to correct; to revise; to amend; to rectify;

(bessern) to ameliorate; to improve; to better; to meliorate;

sich verbessern

to improve

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ver|bẹs|sern ptp verbe\#ssert
1. vt

1) (= besser machen) to improve; Leistung, Bestzeit, Rekord to improve (up)on, to better; die Welt to reform

eine neue, verbesserte Auflage — a new revised edition

2) (= korrigieren) to correct

2. vr

1) (Lage etc) to improve, to get better; (Mensch) (in Leistungen) to improve, to do better; (beruflich, finanziell) to better oneself

sich (notenmäßig) verbessern (Sch) — to improve one's grade or mark

2) (= sich korrigieren) to correct oneself

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1) advance

2) (to correct or improve: We shall amend the error as soon as possible.) amend

3) (to correct errors in (a book etc): The editor emended the manuscript.) emend

4) (to remove faults and errors from: These spectacles will correct his eye defect.) correct

5) (to strengthen or enrich (eg food, drink): Sherry is a fortified wine.) fortify

6) (to produce something which is better, more useful etc than: I think I can improve on that suggestion.) improve on

7) (to (cause to) become better, of higher quality etc: His work has greatly improved; They recently improved the design of that car.) improve

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ver·bes·sern *

I. vt

1. (besser machen)

▪ etw \verbessern to improve sth

2. SPORT (auf einen besseren Stand bringen)

▪ etw \verbessern to improve [up]on [or better] sth

einen Rekord \verbessern to break a record

3. SCH (korrigieren)

▪ etw \verbessern to correct sth

4. (jds Äußerung korrigieren)

▪ jdn \verbessern to correct sb

▪ sich akk \verbessern to correct oneself

II. vr

1. (sich steigern)

▪ sich akk [in etw dat] \verbessern to improve [in sth] [or do better [at sth]

2. (eine bessere Stellung bekommen)

▪ sich akk \verbessern to better oneself

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1.
transitives Verb

1) improve <machine, method, quality>; improve [up]on, better < achievement>; beat < record>; reform <schooling, world>

2) (korrigieren) correct
2.
reflexives Verb

1) improve

2) ([beruflich] aufsteigen) better oneself

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verbessern

A. v/t improve ( auch TECH); (berichtigen) correct; (Buchausgabe) revise;

die Haltbarkeit verbessern von prolong the shelf-life of

B. v/r

1. improve (auch Sache); beim Sprechen: correct o.s.

2. finanziell etc: better o.s.;

wie ich höre, wollen Sie sich verbessern I hear you are wanting to leave the company

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1.
transitives Verb

1) improve <machine, method, quality>; improve [up]on, better < achievement>; beat < record>; reform <schooling, world>

2) (korrigieren) correct
2.
reflexives Verb

1) improve

2) ([beruflich] aufsteigen) better oneself

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v.

to ameliorate v.

to better v.

to correct v.

to emend v.

to hone v.

to improve v.

to meliorate v.

to mend v.

to rectify v.

to reform v.

to update v.

to upgrade v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verbessern
3 work

1. I
abs

1) men must work люди должны трудиться

2) the lift (the typewriter, etc.) won't work лифт и т.д. не работает; the bell (the manometer, etc.) didn't work звонок и т.д. не действовал; I can't make the car (this pump, this machine, etc.) work не могу наладить машину /автомобиль/ и т.д.; my brain doesn't seem to be working я что-то плохо соображаю

3) the medicine /the drug/ (the treatment, this diet, etc.) works лекарство и т.д. оказывает действие /действует/; the pill didn't work таблетка не помогла /не подействовала/; the yeast is beginning to work дрожжи начинают подниматься; yeast makes beer work пиво от дрожжей начинает бродить; we tried this plan, but it did not work мы попробовали применить этот план, но [из этого] ничего не вышло

4) his face /features/ began to work [от волнения и т.п.] у него начало подергиваться лицо; her lips /her mouth/ worked у нее дрожали губы
2. II
1) work in some manner work hard (well enough, steadily, conscientiously, busily, etc.) усердно и т.д. работать /трудиться/; he can hardly work at all он почти совсем не может работать; work for (at) some time work day and night работать день и ночь; work overtime перерабатывать, работать сверхурочно; he is not working now a) у него сейчас нет работы; б) он сейчас не работает

2) work in some manner the bell (the engine, the gear, the motor, etc.) works well (easily, smoothly, etc.) звонок и т.д. хорошо и т.д. работает; the system works badly система не отлажена; the hinges work stiffly (freely) петли тугие (свободные); my heart works badly сердце у меня пошаливает

3) work in some manner the plan (smb.'s scheme, this new method, etc.) works well (successfully, etc.) план и т.д. оказался удачным /эффективным/; it can work both ways это может помочь, но может и навредить

4) work in some manner his face (mouth, etc.) works nervously (violently, etc.) его лицо и т.д. нервно и т.д. подергивается

5) work in some direction work up (down, out, etc.) пробираться /пробиваться, прокладывать себе путь/ вверх и т.А; her stockings worked down, у нее спустились чулки; the shirt worked up /out/ рубашка выбилась /вылезла/ из брюк или юбки
3. III
work smth.

1) work all day [long] (two hours a day, part time, etc.) работать весь /целый/ день и т.д.; work forty hours a week иметь сорокачасовую рабочую неделю

2) work a typewriter (an adding machine, a tractor, a pump, etc.) работать на пишущей машинке и т.д.; I don't know how to work this gadget я не знаю, как обращаться с этой штукой /с этим приспособлением/; work a farm (a railway, a coal-mine, an estate, etc.) управлять фермой и т.д.

3) work one's fingers (one's muscles, etc.) разрабатывать /тренировать/ пальцы и т.д.; work a scheme разрабатывать план; work a district (the constituency, etc.) обслуживать район и т.д.

4) work the soil (iron, this kind of stone, etc.) обрабатывать почву и т.д.; work clay месить глину: work the dough вымешивать /месить/ тесто; work butter сбивать масло; work smb.'s initials вышивать (вырезать, выбивать и т.я.) чьи-л. инициалы; work buttonholes метать петли; work a shawl связать шаль

5) work one's fingers (one's toes, one's lips, etc.) шевелить пальцами и т.д.; work one's jaws сжимать и разжимать челюсти, двигать челюстями

6) work harm приносить вред; work destruction причинять разрушение; work havoc производить опустошение; work mischief натворить бед, устроить скандал; work changes производить перемены; work cures приносить исцеление; work-wonders /miracles/ творить чудеса
4. IV
1) work smb. in some manner work smb. hard (long hours) заставлять кого-л. усердно (много) работать, изнурять кого-л. работой

2) work smth. somewhere work one's way forward (upwards, in, out, etc.) прокладывать себе путь /пробиваться/ вперед и т.д.; work one's way down с трудом спускаться; work one's way up а) пробиваться наверх; б) добиваться положения в обществе

3) work smth. somewhere the trapper worked the stream up охотник расставил капканы вверх по ручью

4) work smth. in some manner work one's fingers (one's lips, etc.) nervously нервно сжимать и разжимать пальцы и т.д.
5. VI
work smth. into some state work a screw (a rope, a string, a tie, a knot, etc.) loose ослабить гайку и т.д.; work one's hands free освобождать /высвобождать, развязывать себе/ руки; work the chain (the rope, etc.) free освободиться от цепей и т.д.
6. XI
1) be worked by smth. this machine (the pump, the doll, etc.) is worked by electricity эта машина и т.д. приводится в действие электричеством /работает при помощи электричества/ || to be worked to the limit использовать до конца; the device has not yet been worked to the limit еще не все ресурсы этого приспособления использованы полностью

2) be worked for some time the number of hours worked weekly shall be reduced to 40 рабочая неделя будет сокращена до 40 часов
7. XIII
work to do smth. men must work to live чтобы жить, люди должны работать; he worked to put his brother through college он работал, чтобы его брат мог закончить колледж
8. XV
work into some state work loose ослабнуть; work free освободиться; the window catch (the screw, the nut, the handle, etc.) worked loose оконный шпингалет и т.д. разболтался
9. XVI
1) work at (in, on) some place work at an airplane factory (at a mill, at school, at an office, in an advertizing department, etc.) работать на авиационном заводе и т.д.; work in one's study (in the open air, in a garden, at one's desk, on a scaffolding, etc.) работать у себя в кабинете и т.д.; work on the land работать в сельском хозяйстве; work with smb. work with a grocer (with a florist, with this firm, with us, etc.) работать /служить/ у бакалейщика и т.д.; he is hard to work with с ним трудно работать /иметь дело/; work in (at, into, by, under) smth. work in one's spare hours (late into the night, late at night, by day, by night, etc.) работать в свой свободные часы и т.д.; work at top capacity (in full swing) работать на полную мощность; work at 2,500 HP иметь мощность в две тысячи пятьсот лошадиных сил; work under hard conditions работать в тяжелых условиях; work in shifts работать посменно; work for smth., smb. work for self-support (for a living, for a degree, for a higher certificate etc.) работать, чтобы обеспечить себя и т.д.; work for a small pay (for a wage, etc.) работать за небольшую плату и т.д.; work for a company (for a firm, etc.) служить в какой-л. компании и т.д.; work for the government быть на государственной службе; work with (without) smth. work with one's hands (with one's head, with a brush and paint, etc.) работать руками и т.д.; work with interest (with enthusiasm, with a will, without cessation, etc.) работать с интересом и т.д.;

2) work on smth. work on an axle (on a pivot, etc.) вращаться на оси и т.д.; work on liquid fuel (on wood, on refined or crude petroleum, on all voltages, etc.) работать на жидком топливе и т.д.; this clock works on a spring эти часы приводятся в движение пружиной

3) work in (with) smth. work in wood работать по дереву; work in oils (in water-colours, in distemper, etc.) писать маслом и т.д.; work in leather а) изготовлять изделия из кожи; б) тиснить кожу; work with silver (with gold, with wood, etc.) работать с серебром и т.д.; work at (on) smth. work at a shawl вышивать или вязать шаль; work on a tapestry (on a tombstone, etc.) работать над гобеленом и т.д.; work through smth. work through literature bearing on the subject (through the list, etc.) проработать литературу, относящуюся к данному вопросу и т.д.

4) work at (on, upon, over) smth. work at history (at Greek, etc.) заниматься историей и т.д.; work at a new invention (at a topic, at a subject for many years, at a portrait, at a dictionary, etc.) работать над новым изобретением и т.д.; work at one's lessons делать /готовить/ уроки; work at one's profession совершенствовать свое профессиональное мастерство; work on this suggestion (on a new novel, on the case, etc.) работать над этим предложением и т.д.; have no data to work (up)on не иметь данных, из которых можно было бы исходить; work over a book (over a play, etc.) работать над книгой и т.д.; I worked over this letter half a dozen times before I sent it я переделывал это письмо десятки раз, прежде чем я его отправил; work over smb. I worked over him for an hour before I could revive him я бился целый час, чтобы привести его в чувство; after the match a masseur worked over him после матча его массировал массажист; work against (for, to, toward, towards) smth. work against war (against the cause, etc.) бороться /действовать, выступать/ против войны и т.д.; work for peace (for a cause, to the same end, toward(s) such results, for the good of humanity, for the world, etc.) работать на благо мира и т.д.; work in smth. work in literature работать в области литературы; work in this direction действовать в этом направлении; work in the interest of humanity работать на благо человечества; work with smb., smth. work with an English class (with a group, with children, etc.) работать /заниматься/ с английской группой и т.д.; work with figures иметь дело с цифрами

5) work along (into, through, etc.) smth. work along the shelf of the rock с трудом продвигаться по уступу скалы; the grub worked into the wood в дереве завелся червячок; work into smb.'s favour coll. [хитростью] добиться чьего-л. расположения; work through the forest пробираться через лес; the rain works through the roof дождь проникает через крышу; his elbow has worked through the sleeve рукав у него протерся на локте; his toes worked through the boot его сапоги "каши просят"; the ship worked to windward корабль вышел на /выиграл/ ветер

6) work with smth. smb.'s face (smb.'s lips, smb.'s features, smb.'s mouth, etc.) works with emotion (with excitement, with an effort to keep tears back, etc,) чье-л. лицо и т.д. подергивается от волнения и т.д.

7) work (up)on smth., smb. work on smb.'s mind ((up)on smb.'s feelings, (up)on people, (up)on the vegetation, (up)on the public conscience, etc.) влиять /оказывать воздействие/ на чье-л. мнение и т.д.; work in smth. just drop a hint and leave it to work in his mind сделайте только намек, и мысль сама созреет в его голове; work with smb. the methods that work with one will not necessarily work with another то, что хорошо для одного, не обязательно годятся для другого, методы воздействия, годные для одного [человека], не обязательно будут эффективны для другого
10. XVIII
work oneself to some state he worked himself ill он переутомился и заболел || work oneself into smb.'s favour /into favour with smb./ добиться чьего-л. расположения; the rope (the knot, etc.) worked itself loose веревка и т.д. ослабла /развязалась/; the stream will work itself clear after rain когда пройдет дождь, поток снова станет прозрачным
11. XIX1
1) work like smb. work like a slave (like a horse, like a navvy, etc.) = работать как вол

2) work like smth. work like magic /like a charm/ оказывать магическое действие
12. XX1
work as smb. work as a shop assistant (as a clerk, as a typist, as a cook, as a receptionist, etc.) работать продавцом и т.д.
13. XXI1
1) work smth. to smth. work one's passage /one's fare, one's ticket/ to the south (to America, etc.) отработать свой проезд на юг и т.д.; work one's way through college работать, чтобы иметь средства платить за обучение; work smb., smth. to some state work oneself (the slaves, etc.) to death изводить /изнурять/ себя и т.д. работой; work one's fingers to the bone стирать себе пальцы до крови /в кровь/

2) work smth. by smth. work this machine (this device, etc.) by electricity (by radio, etc.) управлять этой машиной /приводить в действие эту машину/ и т.д. при помощи электричества и т.д.

3) work smth. in smth. work flowers (lilies, a strange pattern, etc.) in silver thread (in silk, ill wool, etc.) вышивать цветы и т.д. серебряными нотками и т.д.; work smth. into smth. work the iron into a horseshoe изогнуть железо в подкову; work cotton into thread (hemp into cords, a silver dollar into a bracelet, etc.) сделать из хлопка нитки и т.д.; work one's hair into a knot закрутить /собрать/ волосы в узел /в пучок/; work cottage cheese into a smooth paste стереть творог в однородную массу; work smth. on smth. work a design on a cushion (one's initials on a handkerchief, eft.) вышивать узор и т.д. на подушке и т.д.; work smth. with smth. work a table-cloth (a robe, a blouse, etc.) with silk (with ornament, with lilies, etc.) расшивать скатерть и т.д. шелком и т.д.

4) work smb. into some state work smb. (oneself, one's audience, etc.) into a rage (into a fever, into a hysterical mood, etc.) доводить кого-л. до бешенства и т.д.; don't work yourself into a temper! не взвинчивай себя!; work smb. for smth. work smb. for a loan (for a ticket, etc.) выманивать у кого-л. /обрабатывать кого-л., чтобы получить/ деньги взаймы и т.д.

5) work smth. into smth. work a piano into a room втащить рояль в комнату; work the stone into the ring вправить камень в кольцо; work a pin into a hole вставить штифт в отверстие; work this quotation into a speech (an incident into a book, etc.) включать цитату в речь и т.д.; work smth. through (to) smb., smth. work one's way through the crowd (through the jungle, through the desert, through snow-fields, to the front of the crowd, to the summit, etc.) пробиваться через толпу и т.д.; work one's way to a position of responsibility добиваться положения в обществе

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > work
4 arriba

adv.

1 above (posición) (en general).

te esperaremos arriba, en la cumbre we'll wait for you up at the top

el estante de arriba the top shelf

el apartamento de arriba the upstairs (el siguiente) flat o (British) apartment; (United States) the top (elúltimo) flat o (British) apartment (United States)

vive arriba she lives upstairs

está aquí/allí arriba it's up here/there

arriba del todo right at the top

más arriba further up

ponlo un poco más arriba put it a bit higher up

2 up (direction).

ve arriba go upstairs (en edificio)

hacia o para arriba up, upward

calle/escaleras arriba up the street/stairs

3 above.

el arriba mencionado… the above-mentioned…

intj.

up, up with you.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: arribar.

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arriba

► adverbio

1 up (encima) on (the) top

■ ponlo más arriba put it higher up

2 (piso) upstairs

■ vive arriba he/she lives upstairs

3 (en escritos) above

■ véase más arriba see above

► interjección

1 up!

■ ¡arriba la República! long live the Republic!, up the Republic!

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de arriba abajo from top to bottom

hacia arriba upwards

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1. adv.
1) above

2) up, upward

3) upstairs

•

- cuesta arriba
- de arriba abajo
- hacia arriba 2. interj.
long live!

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1. ADV

1) [indicando situación] above

los platos y las tazas están arriba — the cups and saucers are above

• allí arriba — up there

• aquí arriba — up here

• de arriba, el botón de arriba — the top button

los dientes de arriba — my top o upper row of teeth

la parte de arriba — the top

la parte de arriba del biquini — the bikini top

los de arriba — those above; (=los que mandan) the people o those at the top

estos azulejos hacen juego con los de arriba — these tiles match those above

órdenes (que vienen) de arriba — orders from above

• desde arriba — from above

visto desde arriba parece más pequeño — seen from above it looks smaller

• está más arriba — it's higher o further up

pon esos libros arriba del todo — put those books right at the top

2) [indicando dirección]

escaparon (por la) calle arriba — they escaped up the street

de arriba abajo — from top to bottom, from head to foot

rasgó el cuadro de arriba abajo — he slashed the painting from top to bottom

me dio un masaje de arriba abajo — he massaged me from head to foot

vestida de negro de arriba abajo — dressed completely in black, dressed in black from head to foot

esa ley debe cambiar de arriba abajo — this act must be completely revised

se puede mirar el catálogo de arriba abajo — you can read the catalogue through from beginning to end

mirar a algn de arriba abajo — to look sb up and down

andar para arriba y para abajo, ir de arriba para abajo — to run back and forth

hacia arriba — up(wards)

mire hacia arriba — look up

• hasta arriba, subí hasta arriba — I climbed to the top

llenar la copa hasta arriba — to fill the glass to the brim

el estadio está lleno hasta arriba — the stadium is chock-a-block

está hasta arriba de trabajo — * he's up to his eyes in work *

• llegar arriba — to get to the top

• "este lado para arriba" — "this side up"

de la cintura para arriba — from the waist up

un juego para niños de ocho años para arriba — a game for children of eight and over

de diez dólares para arriba — from ten dollars upwards
agua, cuesta, patas
3) [en casa] upstairs

arriba están los dormitorios — the bedrooms are upstairs

los vecinos de arriba — our upstairs neighbours

grité de tal manera que los de arriba lo oyeron — I shouted so loud that the people upstairs heard me

4) [en texto] above

lo escrito arriba — what has been written above

como hemos dicho más arriba — as has been said above

la persona arriba mencionada — the abovementioned o aforementioned person

5)

• arriba de — esp LAm (=encima de) on top of; (=por encima de) above, over; (=más alto que) higher than, further up than; (=más de) more than

lo dejé arriba del refrigerador — I left it on top of the fridge

viven en el departamento arriba del mío — they live in the flat above mine

el río arriba de la ciudad — the river above the town

• arriba mío — esp Cono Sur over me, above me, on top of me

2.

EXCL (=a levantarse) up you get!

¡arriba ese ánimo! — cheer o chin up!

¡manos arriba! — hands up!

¡arriba el telón! — raise the curtain!

¡arriba el Depor! — (Dep) up (with) Depor!

¡arriba el socialismo! — long live socialism!

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adverbio

1)

a) (lugar, parte)

está aquí arriba — it's up there

en el estante de arriba — ( el siguiente) on the shelf above; ( el último) on the top shelf

la sábana de arriba — the top sheet

ponlo un poco más arriba — put it a little higher up

como se dijo más arriba — as stated above

la parte de arriba — the top (part)

de arriba — (RPl fam) free

vive de arriba — he doesn't work for a living

de arriba abajo: me miró de arriba abajo he looked me up and down; limpiar la casa de arriba abajo to clean the house from top to bottom; me empapé de arriba abajo I got soaked from head to toe; para tirar para arriba (AmL fam): tienen dinero para tirar para arriba they have money to burn (colloq); hay hoteles para tirar para arriba — there are hotels galore

b) ( en edificio) upstairs

los vecinos de arriba — the people upstairs

c) (en escala, jerarquía) above

órdenes de arriba — orders from above

los de arriba opinan que... — the people at the top believe that...

las puntuaciones de 80 para arriba — scores of 80 or over

los Lakers 13 puntos arriba — Lakers 13 points up o ahead

2) (expresando dirección, movimiento)

corrió escaleras arriba — he ran upstairs

calle arriba — up the street

río arriba — upstream

miró hacia arriba — he looked up

para arriba y para abajo — (fam) to and fro, back and forth

3)

arriba de: tiene arriba de 60 años she's over 60; con arriba de 50 alumnos with more than 50 pupils; arriba del ropero (AmL) on top of the wardrobe; arriba de la cocina está el baño — (AmL) the bathroom is above the kitchen

4) ( en interjecciones)

a) ( expresando aprobación)

arriba la democracia! — long live democracy!

b) ( expresando estímulo) come on!; ( llamando a levantarse) get up!

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= upstairs.

Ex. He frequently asks them to shelve books upstairs on the balcony and then stands there looking up their dresses.

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* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.

* arriba citado = above-mentioned.

* citado más arriba = above.

* cuesta arriba = uphill.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de más arriba = topmost [top most].

* desplazarse hacia arriba = move up.

* dicho más arriba, lo = foregoing, the.

* en el piso de arriba = upstairs.

* en la parte de arriba = at the top.

* estar arriba = sit on + top.

* estar patas arriba = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* hacia arriba = upwards, upward.

* hacia arriba y hacia abajo = up and down.

* menú desplegable hacia arriba = pop-up menu.

* mirar a Alguien de arriba abajo = look + Nombre + up and down.

* mirar de arriba abajo = eye.

* mirar desde arriba = look down on/upon, look down over.

* mirar hacia arriba = look up.

* mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.

* patas arriba = in shambles, topsy-turvy, upside down, all over the place.

* poner Algo patas arriba = turn + Nombre + inside-out.

* poner la casa patas arriba = turn + the house upside down.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* poner patas arriba = upend.

* poner todo patas arriba = turn + everything upside down.

* quedar patas arriba = flip-flop.

* quedarse arriba = sit on + top.

* río arriba = upriver.

* sábana de arriba = flat sheet.

* tecla de desplazamiento hacia arriba = ↑ (up) key, up arrow key.

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adverbio

1)

a) (lugar, parte)

está aquí arriba — it's up there

en el estante de arriba — ( el siguiente) on the shelf above; ( el último) on the top shelf

la sábana de arriba — the top sheet

ponlo un poco más arriba — put it a little higher up

como se dijo más arriba — as stated above

la parte de arriba — the top (part)

de arriba — (RPl fam) free

vive de arriba — he doesn't work for a living

de arriba abajo: me miró de arriba abajo he looked me up and down; limpiar la casa de arriba abajo to clean the house from top to bottom; me empapé de arriba abajo I got soaked from head to toe; para tirar para arriba (AmL fam): tienen dinero para tirar para arriba they have money to burn (colloq); hay hoteles para tirar para arriba — there are hotels galore

b) ( en edificio) upstairs

los vecinos de arriba — the people upstairs

c) (en escala, jerarquía) above

órdenes de arriba — orders from above

los de arriba opinan que... — the people at the top believe that...

las puntuaciones de 80 para arriba — scores of 80 or over

los Lakers 13 puntos arriba — Lakers 13 points up o ahead

2) (expresando dirección, movimiento)

corrió escaleras arriba — he ran upstairs

calle arriba — up the street

río arriba — upstream

miró hacia arriba — he looked up

para arriba y para abajo — (fam) to and fro, back and forth

3)

arriba de: tiene arriba de 60 años she's over 60; con arriba de 50 alumnos with more than 50 pupils; arriba del ropero (AmL) on top of the wardrobe; arriba de la cocina está el baño — (AmL) the bathroom is above the kitchen

4) ( en interjecciones)

a) ( expresando aprobación)

arriba la democracia! — long live democracy!

b) ( expresando estímulo) come on!; ( llamando a levantarse) get up!

* * *

= upstairs.

Ex: He frequently asks them to shelve books upstairs on the balcony and then stands there looking up their dresses.

* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.

* arriba citado = above-mentioned.

* citado más arriba = above.

* cuesta arriba = uphill.

* de abajo hacia arriba = bottom-up.

* de arriba abajo = from top to bottom, from head to toe, from head to foot.

* de arriba hacia abajo = top-down.

* de más arriba = topmost [top most].

* desplazarse hacia arriba = move up.

* dicho más arriba, lo = foregoing, the.

* en el piso de arriba = upstairs.

* en la parte de arriba = at the top.

* estar arriba = sit on + top.

* estar patas arriba = be a shambles, be (in) a mess.

* hacia arriba = upwards, upward.

* hacia arriba y hacia abajo = up and down.

* menú desplegable hacia arriba = pop-up menu.

* mirar a Alguien de arriba abajo = look + Nombre + up and down.

* mirar de arriba abajo = eye.

* mirar desde arriba = look down on/upon, look down over.

* mirar hacia arriba = look up.

* mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.

* patas arriba = in shambles, topsy-turvy, upside down, all over the place.

* poner Algo patas arriba = turn + Nombre + inside-out.

* poner la casa patas arriba = turn + the house upside down.

* poner las cartas boca arriba = lay + Posesivo + cards on the table, put + Posesivo + cards on the table.

* poner patas arriba = upend.

* poner todo patas arriba = turn + everything upside down.

* quedar patas arriba = flip-flop.

* quedarse arriba = sit on + top.

* río arriba = upriver.

* sábana de arriba = flat sheet.

* tecla de desplazamiento hacia arriba = ↑ (up) key, up arrow key.

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arriba

adverb

A

1

(lugar, parte): está ahí/aquí arriba it's up there/up here

en el estante de arriba (el siguiente) on the next shelf up, on the shelf above; (el último) on the top shelf

la sábana de arriba the top sheet

ponlo un poco más arriba put it (up) a little higher, put it a little further o higher up

tal como se dijo más arriba as stated above

la parte de arriba es de vidrio the top (part) is made of glass

de arriba ( RPl fam); free

entramos de arriba we got in free

vive de arriba, la mujer lo mantiene he doesn't work for a living, his wife keeps him

de arriba abajo: me miró de arriba abajo he looked me up and down

tengo que limpiar la casa de arriba abajo I have to clean the house from top to bottom

me empapé de arriba abajo I got soaked from head to toe

para tirar para arriba ( AmL fam): tienen dinero para tirar para arriba they have money to burn ( colloq), they have loads of money ( colloq)

hay hoteles para tirar para arriba there are hotels galore, there are any number of hotels, there are loads of hotels ( colloq)

2 (en un edificio) upstairs

los vecinos de arriba the people upstairs o above us

en la calle hace frío, así que te espero arriba it's cold outside, I'll wait for you in the apartment ( o office etc)

3 (en una escala, jerarquía) above

órdenes de arriba orders from above

los de arriba opinan que … the people at the top believe that …

sólo había gente de 50 para arriba everyone there was 50 or over

las puntuaciones de 80 para arriba scores of 80 or over o of 80 or more

los Lakers 13 puntos arriba Lakers 13 points up o ahead

B

(expresando dirección, movimiento): corrió escaleras arriba he ran upstairs

calle arriba up the street

río arriba upstream, upriver

miró hacia arriba he looked up

para arriba y para abajo ( fam); to and fro, back and forth

me tuvo todo el día para arriba y para abajo he had me running back and forth o to and fro all day

C

arriba de: tiene arriba de 60 años she's over 60

con arriba de 50 alumnos with more than o with over 50 pupils

arriba del ropero ( AmL); on top of the wardrobe

arriba de la cocina está el baño ( AmL); the bathroom is above the kitchen

D (en interjecciones)

1

(expresando aprobación): ¡arriba la democracia! long live democracy!

2 (expresando estímulo) come on!

3 (llamando a levantarse) get up!

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Del verbo arribar: ( conjugate arribar)

arriba es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
arriba
arribar
arriba adverbio
1
a) (lugar, parte):

◊ ahí/aquí arriba up there/here;

en el estante de arriba ( el siguiente) on the shelf above;

( el último) on the top shelf;
◊ ponlo un poco más arriba put it a little higher up;

la parte de arriba the top (part);
arriba del ropero (AmL) on top of the wardrobe;
arriba de la cocina está el baño (AmL) the bathroom is above the kitchen;
de arriba abajo: me miró de arriba abajo he looked me up and down;
limpiar la casa de arriba abajo to clean the house from top to bottom
b) ( en edificio) upstairs;

◊ los vecinos de arriba the people upstairs

c) (en escala, jerarquía) above;

◊ órdenes de arriba orders from above;

las puntuaciones de 80 para arriba scores of 80 or over
2 (expresando dirección, movimiento):
◊ corrió escaleras arriba he ran upstairs;

calle arriba up the street;
miró hacia arriba he looked up
3 ( en interjecciones)
a) ( expresando aprobación):

◊ ¡arriba la democracia! long live democracy!

b) ( expresando estímulo) come on!;

( llamando a levantarse) get up!
arriba
I adverbio up
(encima) on the top: arriba del todo hay un reloj, there is a clock right at the top
está ahí arriba, it's up there
vive en el piso de arriba, he lives upstairs
registraron la casa de arriba abajo, they searched the house from top to bottom
familiar me miró de arriba abajo, he looked me up and down
de treinta para arriba, from thirty upwards
desde arriba, from above
hacia/para arriba, upwards
más arriba, higher up, further up
véase más arriba, see above
la parte de arriba, the top (part)
II exclamación get up!, up you get!
¡arriba la Constitución!, long live the Constitution!
¡arriba las manos!, hands up!
III prep Lam arriba de, on top of: encontrará el pueblo arriba de la montaña, you will find the town at the top of the mountain
arribar verbo intransitivo to reach port, arrive
' arriba' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aire
- allá
- allí
- aquí
- boca
- cuesta
- gorgotear
- hacia
- mano
- pata
- río
- subir
- ahí
- bajar
- desnudar
- desnudo
- desvestir
- para
- parar
- revés
- voltear
- volver
- vuelta
- zarandear
English:
above
- aloft
- bikini
- boost
- disarray
- do
- eye
- face
- glance up
- higher-up
- inundate
- labour
- reach
- river
- round up
- scroll
- shake down
- spectacular
- take up
- there
- top
- topsy-turvy
- up
- uphill
- upstairs
- upstream
- upward
- upwards
- way
- disgrace
- from
- hand
- head
- high
- it
- look
- plus
- ransack
- roll
- upper
- upside down

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arriba

♦ adv

1. [posición] [en general] above;
[en edificio] upstairs;
me he dejado el paraguas arriba I've left my umbrella up in the Br flat o US apartment;

te esperaremos arriba, en la cumbre we'll wait for you up at the top;

de arriba top;

el estante de arriba the top shelf;

el apartamento de arriba [el siguiente] the upstairs Br flat o US apartment;
[el último] the top Br flat o US apartment;
vive arriba she lives upstairs;

los vecinos de arriba the upstairs neighbours;

está aquí/allí arriba it's up here/there;

arriba del todo right at the top;

más arriba further up;

ponlo un poco más arriba put it a bit higher up;

el Estudiantes va dos puntos arriba Estudiantes are two points up, Estudiantes are winning by two points;

2. [dirección] up;

ve arriba [en edificio] go upstairs;

hacia o [m5] para arriba up, upwards;

empujar hacia arriba to push upwards;

calle/escaleras arriba up the street/stairs;

cuesta arriba uphill;

río arriba upstream;

tres bloques más arriba three blocks further along o up

3. [en una escala]
los de arriba [los que mandan] those at the top;

personas de metro y medio para arriba people of one and a half metres or over, people taller than one and a half metres;

de sargentos para arriba everyone above the rank of sergeant;

4. [en un texto] above;

más arriba above;

el arriba mencionado the above-mentioned

5. Comp
Fam
estar hasta arriba de trabajo to be up to one's neck in work;

de arriba abajo [cosa] from top to bottom;
[persona] from head to toe;
inspeccionar algo de arriba abajo to inspect sth thoroughly;

mirar a alguien de arriba abajo [con desdén] to look sb up and down;
RP Fam
tener algo para tirar para arriba to have loads of sth

♦ arriba de loc prep
Am [sobre, en] on (top of); [en lugar más alto que] above; [más de] more than
♦ de arriba loc adv
RP Fam free;
a esa disco siempre entro de arriba I always get into that disco for free;

suele fumar de arriba she's always scrounging cigarettes off people

♦ interj

up you get!;

¡arriba, que se hace tarde! come on, get up, it's getting late!;

¡arriba….! up (with)…!;

¡arriba la república! long live the republic!;

¡arriba los mineros! long live the miners!, Br up the miners!;

¡arriba las manos! hands up!

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arriba

I adv

1 situación up;

ponlo ahí arriba put it up there;

el cajón de arriba siguiente the next drawer up, the drawer above; último the top drawer;

más arriba higher (up), further up;

arriba del todo right at the top;

las plantas de arriba the top floors;

los de arriba the ones on top;

arriba mencionado above-mentioned;

véase arriba see above;

de o

desde arriba from above;

arriba de above; ( encima de) on top of;

volver lo de arriba abajo turn everything upside down

2 en edificio upstairs;

vete arriba go upstairs

3 dirección up;

sigan hacia arriba keep going up;

me miró de arriba abajo fig she looked me up and down

4 con cantidades

:

de diez para arriba ten or above;

de cincuenta (años) para arriba over 50, 50 and over

II prp

:

arriba de L.Am. on, on top of

III interj

:

¡arriba! long live …!

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arriba adv

1) : up, upwards

2) : above, overhead

3) : upstairs

4)

arriba de : more than

5)

de arriba abajo : from top to bottom, from head to foot

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arriba¹ adv

1. (en general) up

ven aquí arriba come up here

lo puse más arriba I put it higher up

arriba del todo right at the top

2. (en un edificio) upstairs

voy arriba I'm going upstairs

vivo en el piso de arriba I live in the flat upstairs

de arriba abajo from top to bottom

hacia arriba upwards

arriba² interj come on!

Spanish-English dictionary > arriba
5 up

I [ʌp]
avverbio

1) (high)

up here — quassù

up there — lassù

up in the tree — in cima all'albero

up on the top shelf — sullo scaffale più in alto

up in the clouds — tra le nuvole

up in London — (su) a Londra

up to o in Scotland (su) in Scozia; up North (su) a Nord; four floors up from here quattro piani più su; I live two floors up abito due piani di sopra; on the second shelf up sul secondo scaffale dal basso; I'm on my way up sto salendo; all the way up — fino in cima

2) (ahead) avanti

to be four points up (on sb.) — avere quattro punti di vantaggio (su qcn.)

they were two goals up — erano in vantaggio di due reti

he's 40-15 up — (in tennis) è in vantaggio per 40-15

3) (upwards)

t-shirts from Ј2 up — magliette a partire da due sterline

from (the age of) 7 up — dai 7 anni in su

4) (at, to high status)

to be up with o among the best essere tra i migliori; up the workers! — viva i lavoratori!

5) up above sopra; relig. lassù

up above sth. — sopra qcs

6) up against

up against the wall — contro il muro

to be o come up against opposition fig. incontrare resistenza; they're up against a very strong team devono affrontare una squadra molto forte; it helps to know what you are up against aiuta sapere con che cosa hai a che fare; we're really up against it — siamo alle prese con un bel problema

7) up for

he's up for election — si presenta alle elezioni

the subject up for discussion — l'argomento su cui si discuterà

8) up to fino a

up to here — fino a qui

up to there — fino là

I was up to my knees in water — l'acqua mi arrivava alle ginocchia

up to 5 people, 8 dollars — fino a 5 persone, 8 dollari

reductions of up to 50% — sconti fino al 50%

up to 9 pm — fino alle 9 di sera

up to now — fino ad ora

I'm not up to it — (not capable) non sono in grado di farlo; (not well enough) non me la sento di farlo

the play wasn't up to much — lo spettacolo non è stato un granché

that piece of work wasn't up to your usual standard — quel lavoro non era al tuo solito livello

it's up to him to do — (expressing responsibility) spetta o sta a lui fare

"shall I leave?" - "it's up to you!" — "devo andare via?" - "vedi un po' tu!"

if it were up to me — se dipendesse da me

what is he up to? — cosa sta facendo?

they're up to something — stanno combinando qualcosa

9) up and down

to walk o pace up and down (to and fro) fare o andare su e giù; he's a bit up and down at the moment — (depressed) ultimamente è un po' giù di corda; (ill) in questo periodo sta poco bene
II [ʌp]
preposizione

1) (at, to higher level)

up the tree — sull'albero

up a ladder — su una scala

up the stairs — in cima alle scale

he ran up the stairs — corse su per le scale

the road up the mountain — la strada che s'inerpica su per la montagna

2) (in direction)

the shops are up the road — i negozi sono più avanti sulla strada

he lives up that road there — abita su per quella strada

he lives just up the road — abita appena più avanti lungo la strada

he walked up the road singing — camminava per la strada cantando

she's got water up her nose — le è andata l'acqua nel naso

he put it up his sleeve — se l'è infilato nella manica

3) up and down (to and fro)

he was walking up and down the garden — stava camminando su e giù per il giardino; (throughout)

up and down the country — per tutta la nazione

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up yours! — pop. fottiti!
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Note:

Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs ( get up, pick up etc.): for translations, consult the appropriate verb entry ( get, pick etc.)
III [ʌp]
aggettivo

1) (out of bed)

she's up — è alzata

they're often up early — si alzano spesso presto

we were up very late last night — siamo rimasti alzati fino a tardi ieri sera

2) (higher in amount, level)

shares are up — le azioni sono in rialzo

production is up (by) 5% — la produzione è aumentata del 5%

his temperature is up 2 degrees — gli è salita la febbre di due linee

oranges are up again — le arance sono di nuovo aumentate

prices are 6% up on last year — i prezzi sono aumentati del 6% rispetto all'anno scorso

3) colloq. (wrong)

what's up? — cosa c'è (che non va)?

what's up with him? — cosa gli prende?

there's something up — c'è qualcosa che non va

what's up with the TV? — cos'ha il televisore?

there's something up with the brakes — i freni hanno qualcosa che non va

4) (erected, affixed)

the notice is up on the board — l'avviso è affisso in bacheca

is the tent up? — è montata la tenda?

the building will soon be up — il palazzo sarà presto finito

he had his hand up for five minutes — ha tenuto la mano alzata per cinque minuti

5) (open)

he had his umbrella up — aveva l'ombrello aperto

the hood of the car was up — la macchina aveva il cofano tirato su

the blinds were up — le tapparelle erano alzate

when the lever is up the machine is off — quando la leva è alzata la macchina è spenta

6) (finished)

"time's up!" — "tempo scaduto!"

his leave is almost up — la sua licenza è quasi terminata

it's all up with him — colloq. ormai è spacciato

7) (facing upwards)

"this side up" — (on parcel, box) "alto"

face up — a faccia in su

8) (rising)

the river is up — il fiume si sta ingrossando

the wind is up — si sta alzando il vento

his colour's up — è tutto rosso

his blood's up — fig. gli è andato il sangue alla testa

9) (pinned up)

her hair was up — aveva i capelli tirati su

10) (cheerful)

he's up at the moment — adesso come adesso è molto allegro

11) (being repaired)

the road is up — la strada è in riparazione

"road up" — "lavori in corso"

12) (in upward direction)

the up escalator — la scala mobile che sale

13) (on trial)

to be up before a judge — comparire davanti a un giudice

he's up for fraud — è accusato di truffa

14) (in tennis, badminton)

not up! — fallo!

15) up and about (out of bed) in piedi, alzato; (after illness)

to be up and about again — essere di nuovo in piedi

16) up and running

to be up and running — [company, project] bene avviato; [ system] pienamente funzionante

to get sth. up and running — fare funzionare qcs

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to be (well) up on — essere ferrato in [art, history]; essere aggiornato su [news, developments]
IV [ʌp]
nome

the ups and downs — gli alti e bassi

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the company is on the up and up — BE la ditta sta andando a gonfie vele

to be one up on sb. — avere vantaggio su qcn
V 1. [ʌp]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - pp-) aumentare [price, wages]
2.
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - pp-) colloq.

he upped and left — all'improvviso prese e se ne andò

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(to become covered (as if) with mist: The mirror misted over; The windscreen misted up.) appannarsi, annebbiarsi

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I [ʌp]
avverbio

1) (high)

up here — quassù

up there — lassù

up in the tree — in cima all'albero

up on the top shelf — sullo scaffale più in alto

up in the clouds — tra le nuvole

up in London — (su) a Londra

up to o in Scotland (su) in Scozia; up North (su) a Nord; four floors up from here quattro piani più su; I live two floors up abito due piani di sopra; on the second shelf up sul secondo scaffale dal basso; I'm on my way up sto salendo; all the way up — fino in cima

2) (ahead) avanti

to be four points up (on sb.) — avere quattro punti di vantaggio (su qcn.)

they were two goals up — erano in vantaggio di due reti

he's 40-15 up — (in tennis) è in vantaggio per 40-15

3) (upwards)

t-shirts from Ј2 up — magliette a partire da due sterline

from (the age of) 7 up — dai 7 anni in su

4) (at, to high status)

to be up with o among the best essere tra i migliori; up the workers! — viva i lavoratori!

5) up above sopra; relig. lassù

up above sth. — sopra qcs

6) up against

up against the wall — contro il muro

to be o come up against opposition fig. incontrare resistenza; they're up against a very strong team devono affrontare una squadra molto forte; it helps to know what you are up against aiuta sapere con che cosa hai a che fare; we're really up against it — siamo alle prese con un bel problema

7) up for

he's up for election — si presenta alle elezioni

the subject up for discussion — l'argomento su cui si discuterà

8) up to fino a

up to here — fino a qui

up to there — fino là

I was up to my knees in water — l'acqua mi arrivava alle ginocchia

up to 5 people, 8 dollars — fino a 5 persone, 8 dollari

reductions of up to 50% — sconti fino al 50%

up to 9 pm — fino alle 9 di sera

up to now — fino ad ora

I'm not up to it — (not capable) non sono in grado di farlo; (not well enough) non me la sento di farlo

the play wasn't up to much — lo spettacolo non è stato un granché

that piece of work wasn't up to your usual standard — quel lavoro non era al tuo solito livello

it's up to him to do — (expressing responsibility) spetta o sta a lui fare

"shall I leave?" - "it's up to you!" — "devo andare via?" - "vedi un po' tu!"

if it were up to me — se dipendesse da me

what is he up to? — cosa sta facendo?

they're up to something — stanno combinando qualcosa

9) up and down

to walk o pace up and down (to and fro) fare o andare su e giù; he's a bit up and down at the moment — (depressed) ultimamente è un po' giù di corda; (ill) in questo periodo sta poco bene
II [ʌp]
preposizione

1) (at, to higher level)

up the tree — sull'albero

up a ladder — su una scala

up the stairs — in cima alle scale

he ran up the stairs — corse su per le scale

the road up the mountain — la strada che s'inerpica su per la montagna

2) (in direction)

the shops are up the road — i negozi sono più avanti sulla strada

he lives up that road there — abita su per quella strada

he lives just up the road — abita appena più avanti lungo la strada

he walked up the road singing — camminava per la strada cantando

she's got water up her nose — le è andata l'acqua nel naso

he put it up his sleeve — se l'è infilato nella manica

3) up and down (to and fro)

he was walking up and down the garden — stava camminando su e giù per il giardino; (throughout)

up and down the country — per tutta la nazione

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up yours! — pop. fottiti!
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Note:

Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs ( get up, pick up etc.): for translations, consult the appropriate verb entry ( get, pick etc.)
III [ʌp]
aggettivo

1) (out of bed)

she's up — è alzata

they're often up early — si alzano spesso presto

we were up very late last night — siamo rimasti alzati fino a tardi ieri sera

2) (higher in amount, level)

shares are up — le azioni sono in rialzo

production is up (by) 5% — la produzione è aumentata del 5%

his temperature is up 2 degrees — gli è salita la febbre di due linee

oranges are up again — le arance sono di nuovo aumentate

prices are 6% up on last year — i prezzi sono aumentati del 6% rispetto all'anno scorso

3) colloq. (wrong)

what's up? — cosa c'è (che non va)?

what's up with him? — cosa gli prende?

there's something up — c'è qualcosa che non va

what's up with the TV? — cos'ha il televisore?

there's something up with the brakes — i freni hanno qualcosa che non va

4) (erected, affixed)

the notice is up on the board — l'avviso è affisso in bacheca

is the tent up? — è montata la tenda?

the building will soon be up — il palazzo sarà presto finito

he had his hand up for five minutes — ha tenuto la mano alzata per cinque minuti

5) (open)

he had his umbrella up — aveva l'ombrello aperto

the hood of the car was up — la macchina aveva il cofano tirato su

the blinds were up — le tapparelle erano alzate

when the lever is up the machine is off — quando la leva è alzata la macchina è spenta

6) (finished)

"time's up!" — "tempo scaduto!"

his leave is almost up — la sua licenza è quasi terminata

it's all up with him — colloq. ormai è spacciato

7) (facing upwards)

"this side up" — (on parcel, box) "alto"

face up — a faccia in su

8) (rising)

the river is up — il fiume si sta ingrossando

the wind is up — si sta alzando il vento

his colour's up — è tutto rosso

his blood's up — fig. gli è andato il sangue alla testa

9) (pinned up)

her hair was up — aveva i capelli tirati su

10) (cheerful)

he's up at the moment — adesso come adesso è molto allegro

11) (being repaired)

the road is up — la strada è in riparazione

"road up" — "lavori in corso"

12) (in upward direction)

the up escalator — la scala mobile che sale

13) (on trial)

to be up before a judge — comparire davanti a un giudice

he's up for fraud — è accusato di truffa

14) (in tennis, badminton)

not up! — fallo!

15) up and about (out of bed) in piedi, alzato; (after illness)

to be up and about again — essere di nuovo in piedi

16) up and running

to be up and running — [company, project] bene avviato; [ system] pienamente funzionante

to get sth. up and running — fare funzionare qcs

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to be (well) up on — essere ferrato in [art, history]; essere aggiornato su [news, developments]
IV [ʌp]
nome

the ups and downs — gli alti e bassi

••

the company is on the up and up — BE la ditta sta andando a gonfie vele

to be one up on sb. — avere vantaggio su qcn
V 1. [ʌp]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - pp-) aumentare [price, wages]
2.
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. - pp-) colloq.

he upped and left — all'improvviso prese e se ne andò

English-Italian dictionary > up
6 high

I 1. [haɪ]
aggettivo

1) (tall) [building, wall, table, forehead, cheekbones] alto

it is 50 cm high — è alto 50 cm

I've known him since he was so high — lo conosco da quando era piccolo o da quando era alto così

2) (far from the ground) [shelf, ceiling, cloud] alto

at high tide — con l'alta marea

how high (up) are we? — (on top of building) quanto siamo alti? (on plane, mountain) a che altezza siamo?

3) (numerically large) [number, price, frequency] alto, elevato; [ratio, volume] alto; [ wind] forte

at high speed — ad alta velocità

to have a high temperature — avere la febbre alta

high in — ricco di [fat, iron]

4) (great) [degree, risk] alto, elevato; [hope, expectation] grande

cook on a high heat — cuocere a fuoco vivo

to have a high colour — avere un colorito acceso

a moment of high drama — un momento di forte drammaticità

in high summer — in piena estate

feelings are running high — gli animi si stanno infiammando

5) (important) [quality, rank] alto; [ standard] elevato

I have it on the highest authority — l'ho saputo da persone molto in alto

to have friends in high places — avere amici influenti

to be high up — stare in alto

to go on to higher things — fare cose più importanti

6) (noble) [ principle] alto, elevato; [ ideal] grande, nobile

7) (acute) [pitch, sound, note] alto, acuto; [ voice] acuto

8) gastr. [ game] frollato

9) colloq. (euphoric) (on drug) sballato; (happy) su di giri

to be high on — essere sovreccitato per [ drug]

to get high — sballare
2.
avverbio

1) (to a great height) [climb, throw] in alto; [ jump] alto, in alto

higher up — più in alto

to climb higher and higher — [person, animal] salire sempre più in alto; fig. [figures, unemployment] aumentare sempre di più

don't go any higher than Ј 5,000 — non andare oltre o non superare le 5.000 sterline

2) (at a high level) [set, turn on] alto

to turn sth. up high — alzare qcs

3) mus. [sing, play] in una tonalità alta

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it's high time that sb. did — è proprio ora che qcn. faccia

to hold one's head (up) high — tenere la testa alta

to search high and low for sth. — cercare qcs. in lungo e in largo, per mari e per monti
II [haɪ]
nome

1) (livello) massimo m., picco m.

an all-time high — un massimo assoluto

to reach a new high — raggiungere un nuovo picco

2) colloq. (euphoric feeling)

to give sb. a high — [ drug] fare sballare qcn.; [ success] dare alla testa a qcn.

to be on a high — essere su di giri o eccitatissimo

3) AE colloq. scol. scuola f. (media) superiore

4)

from on high — dall'alto; relig. dal Cielo

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1. adjective
1) (at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board.) alto

2) (having a particular height: This building is about 20 metres high; My horse is fifteen hands high.) di altezza

3) (great; large; considerable: The car was travelling at high speed; He has a high opinion of her work; They charge high prices; high hopes; The child has a high fever/temperature.) alto

4) (most important; very important: the high altar in a church; Important criminal trials are held at the High Court; a high official.) principale, maggiore, alto

5) (noble; good: high ideals.) alto

6) ((of a wind) strong: The wind is high tonight.) forte

7) ((of sounds) at or towards the top of a (musical) range: a high note.) alto

8) ((of voices) like a child's voice (rather than like a man's): He still speaks in a high voice.) alto

9) ((of food, especially meat) beginning to go bad.) passato, andato a male

10) (having great value: Aces and kings are high cards.) alto
2. adverb
(at, or to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc: The plane was flying high in the sky; He'll rise high in his profession.) alto

- highly
- highness
- high-chair
- high-class
- higher education
- high fidelity
- high-handed
- high-handedly
- high-handedness
- high jump
- highlands
- high-level
- highlight 3. verb
(to draw particular attention to (a person, thing etc).) dar rilievo a, mettere in evidenza

- highly-strung
- high-minded
- high-mindedness
- high-pitched
- high-powered
- high-rise
- highroad
- high school
- high-spirited
- high spirits
- high street
- high-tech 4. adjective
((also hi-tech): high-tech industries.) (ad alto contenuto tecnologico)

- high tide
- high treason
- high water
- highway
- Highway Code
- highwayman
- high wire
- high and dry
- high and low
- high and mighty
- the high seas
- it is high time
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I 1. [haɪ]
aggettivo

1) (tall) [building, wall, table, forehead, cheekbones] alto

it is 50 cm high — è alto 50 cm

I've known him since he was so high — lo conosco da quando era piccolo o da quando era alto così

2) (far from the ground) [shelf, ceiling, cloud] alto

at high tide — con l'alta marea

how high (up) are we? — (on top of building) quanto siamo alti? (on plane, mountain) a che altezza siamo?

3) (numerically large) [number, price, frequency] alto, elevato; [ratio, volume] alto; [ wind] forte

at high speed — ad alta velocità

to have a high temperature — avere la febbre alta

high in — ricco di [fat, iron]

4) (great) [degree, risk] alto, elevato; [hope, expectation] grande

cook on a high heat — cuocere a fuoco vivo

to have a high colour — avere un colorito acceso

a moment of high drama — un momento di forte drammaticità

in high summer — in piena estate

feelings are running high — gli animi si stanno infiammando

5) (important) [quality, rank] alto; [ standard] elevato

I have it on the highest authority — l'ho saputo da persone molto in alto

to have friends in high places — avere amici influenti

to be high up — stare in alto

to go on to higher things — fare cose più importanti

6) (noble) [ principle] alto, elevato; [ ideal] grande, nobile

7) (acute) [pitch, sound, note] alto, acuto; [ voice] acuto

8) gastr. [ game] frollato

9) colloq. (euphoric) (on drug) sballato; (happy) su di giri

to be high on — essere sovreccitato per [ drug]

to get high — sballare
2.
avverbio

1) (to a great height) [climb, throw] in alto; [ jump] alto, in alto

higher up — più in alto

to climb higher and higher — [person, animal] salire sempre più in alto; fig. [figures, unemployment] aumentare sempre di più

don't go any higher than Ј 5,000 — non andare oltre o non superare le 5.000 sterline

2) (at a high level) [set, turn on] alto

to turn sth. up high — alzare qcs

3) mus. [sing, play] in una tonalità alta

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it's high time that sb. did — è proprio ora che qcn. faccia

to hold one's head (up) high — tenere la testa alta

to search high and low for sth. — cercare qcs. in lungo e in largo, per mari e per monti
II [haɪ]
nome

1) (livello) massimo m., picco m.

an all-time high — un massimo assoluto

to reach a new high — raggiungere un nuovo picco

2) colloq. (euphoric feeling)

to give sb. a high — [ drug] fare sballare qcn.; [ success] dare alla testa a qcn.

to be on a high — essere su di giri o eccitatissimo

3) AE colloq. scol. scuola f. (media) superiore

4)

from on high — dall'alto; relig. dal Cielo

English-Italian dictionary > high
7 raise

reiz
1. verb
1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) levantar

2) (to make higher: If you paint your flat, that will raise the value of it considerably; We'll raise that wall about 20 centimetres.) subir, elevar

3) (to grow (crops) or breed (animals) for food: We don't raise pigs on this farm.) cultivar; criar

4) (to rear, bring up (a child): She has raised a large family.) criar

5) (to state (a question, objection etc which one wishes to have discussed): Has anyone in the audience any points they would like to raise?) plantear

6) (to collect; to gather: We'll try to raise money; The revolutionaries managed to raise a small army.) recaudar; reunir

7) (to cause: His remarks raised a laugh.) provocar

8) (to cause to rise or appear: The car raised a cloud of dust.) levantar

9) (to build (a monument etc): They've raised a statue of Robert Burns / in memory of Robert Burns.) levantar, erigir

10) (to give (a shout etc).) exclamar

11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) comunicarse (con)

2. noun
(an increase in wages or salary: I'm going to ask the boss for a raise.) aumento

- raise someone's hopes
- raise hell/Cain / the roof
- raise someone's spirits

raise vb

1. levantar

if you know the answer, raise your hand si sabes la respuesta, levanta la mano

2. aumentar / subir

they have raised the price of petrol han subido el precio de la gasolina

El gerundio de raise se escribe raising

raise

tr[reɪz]

transitive verb

1 (lift up) levantar

■ raise your hands levantad la mano

■ he never raises his voice nunca levanta la voz

■ let us raise our glasses to the victor brindemos por el vencedor

2 (move to a higher position) subir

■ he raised the mirror because he had to stoop to shave subió el espejo porque tenía que agacharse para afeitarse

3 (build, erect) erigir, levantar

4 (increase) subir, aumentar

■ VAT will be raised again el IVA subirá otra vez

5 (improve) mejorar

6 (laugh, smile, etc) provocar; (doubt, fear) suscitar

7 (children) criar, educar; (animals) criar

8 (matter, point) plantear

9 (funds) recaudar; (enough money) conseguir, reunir; (team, army) formar

■ they raised £20,000 for the new church recaudaron veinte mil libras para la nueva iglesia

■ she somehow manages to raise the rent every month de algún modo consigue el dinero para pagar el alquiler cada mes

■ he raised an army of beggars formó un ejército de mendigos

10 (by radio) comunicar con

11 (at cards) subir

■ I'll raise you twenty te subo veinte

noun

1 SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL aumento de sueldo

raise ['reɪz] vt, raised ; raising

1) lift: levantar, subir, alzar

to raise one's spirits: levantarle el ánimo a alguien

2) erect: levantar, erigir

3) collect: recaudar

to raise money: recaudar dinero

4) rear: criar

to raise one's children: criar uno a sus niños

5) grow: cultivar

6) increase: aumentar, subir

7) promote: ascender

8) provoke: provocar

it raised a laugh: provocó una risa

9) bring up: sacar (temas, objeciones, etc.)

raise n

: aumento m

raise

n.

• aumento s.m.

• bonificación s.f.

• subida s.f.

v.

• alzar v.

• criar v.

• elevar v.

• enriscar v.

• erguir v.

• erigir v.

• levantar v.

• realzar v.

• resucitar v.

• sacar a flote v.

• soliviar v.

• subir v.

I reɪz
1) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) ( move upwards) \<\<head/hand\>\> levantar, alzar*; \<\<eyebrows\>\> arquear; \<\<blind/window\>\> subir; \<\<flag\>\> izar*

he raised his eyes — levantó la vista

he raised his hat — se levantó el sombrero

b) ( make higher) \<\<shelf/level/hem\>\> subir

3)

a) ( set upright) levantar

Lazarus was raised from the dead — Lázaro resucitó de entre los muertos

b) ( erect) \<\<monument/building\>\> levantar, erigir* (frml)

4)

a) \<\<pressure/temperature\>\> aumentar, elevar; \<\<price/salary/volume\>\> subir, aumentar

she raised her voice to me — me levantó la voz

to raise the school leaving age — extender* la escolaridad obligatoria

b) \<\<consciousness\>\> aumentar, acrecentar*; \<\<standing/reputation\>\> aumentar

don't raise his hopes — no le des demasiadas esperanzas

5) ( promote)

to raise somebody TO something — ascender* or elevar a alguien a algo

Sense II

6)

a) \<\<money/funds\>\> recaudar; \<\<loan\>\> conseguir, obtener

b) \<\<army/supporters\>\> reclutar

7) \<\<fears/doubt\>\> suscitar, dar* lugar a

he managed to raise a smile — pudo sonreír

to raise the alarm — dar* la alarma

8) \<\<subject\>\> sacar*; \<\<objection/question\>\> formular, hacer*, plantear

to raise something WITH somebody — plantearle algo a alguien

9)

a) \<\<child/family\>\> criar*

b) \<\<wheat/corn\>\> cultivar

they raise cattle — se dedican a la cría de ganado

II

noun (AmE) aumento m or subida f de sueldo

[reɪz]
1. VT

1) (=lift) [+ fallen object, weight, hand] levantar, alzar; [+ hat] levantarse; [+ blinds, window] subir; [+ flag] izar; [+ dust] levantar; [+ wreck] sacar a flote; [+ camp, siege, embargo] levantar

• to raise one's eyebrows — (lit) arquear las cejas

her behaviour raised a lot of eyebrows — (fig) su comportamiento escandalizó a mucha gente

• to raise one's eyes — alzar la vista or la mirada, levantar los ojos or la vista

• to raise one's glass to sth/sb — brindar por algo/algn

• he raised his hands in horror/surrender — levantó or alzó las manos horrorizado/rindiéndose

• to raise o.s. — levantarse, alzarse

to raise o.s. into a sitting position — incorporarse
curtain, hand 1., 10), hell 1., 1), hope 1., 1), roof, sight 1., 4), spirit 1., 7), a), stake 1., 1)
2) (=make higher) subir

the rain has raised the water level in the river — la lluvia ha subido el nivel del agua del río

3) (=increase) [+ prices, salaries, taxes] aumentar, subir; [+ temperature] subir, aumentar, elevar; [+ standard, level] subir; [+ age limit] extender; [+ awareness, consciousness] aumentar

to raise standards in education — subir el nivel de la enseñanza

to raise the school leaving age — extender la edad de escolarización mínima obligatoria

• we want to raise the profile of rugby — queremos realzar la imagen del rugby

• don't you raise your voice to me! — ¡no me levantes or alces la voz!

4) [+ person] (in rank) ascender (to a)
peerage
5) (=erect) [+ building, statue] erigir, levantar

6) (=bring up) [+ child, livestock] criar; [+ crop] cultivar

the house where she was raised — la casa donde se crió

I want to settle down, maybe raise a family — quiero asentarme, y quizá tener una familia

7) (=produce) [+ laugh] provocar; [+ doubts, fears] suscitar; [+ suspicion] levantar, despertar; [+ cry] dar; [+ bump] causar; [+ blister] levantar

• his speech raised a cheer from the crowd — su discurso suscitó una ovación del público

• his forlorn attempts to raise a few laughs — sus intentos desesperados por provocar unas cuantas risas

• she could barely raise a smile — apenas pudo sonreír

• to raise suspicion in sb's mind — levantar or despertar las sospechas de algn

8) (=present, put forward) [+ question, point, possibility] plantear; [+ subject] sacar; [+ complaint] presentar

I'll raise the point with them — se lo mencionaré

you'll have to raise that with the director — tendrás que plantearle or comentarle eso al director

• to raise objections to sth — poner objeciones or peros a algo

• this raises the prospect of civil war — esto plantea la posibilidad de una guerra civil

• he gets embarrassed whenever the subject is raised — se pone violento cada vez que se saca el tema

9) (=get together) [+ funds, money] recaudar; [+ capital] movilizar; [+ loan] conseguir, obtener; [+ army] reclutar

• they couldn't raise his bail — no pudieron reunir el dinero de su fianza

• they raised a loan against the house — consiguieron un préstamo con la casa como garantía

• to raise money for charity — recaudar dinero con fines benéficos
mortgage
10) (Cards)

I'll raise you! — ¡subo la apuesta!

I'll raise you £10 — te subo 10 libras más
bid, stake 1., 1)
11) (=contact) (by phone) localizar; (by radio) contactar con, localizar

we tried to raise him on the radio — intentamos contactar con él or localizarlo por radio

12) (=conjure) [+ spirits] evocar

• to raise sb from the dead — resucitar a algn, levantar a algn de entre los muertos

13) (Math) [+ total] elevar

2 raised to the power 3 is 8 — 2 elevado a la tercera potencia es 8

2.

N (esp US) (in salary) aumento m, subida f ; (in taxes) subida f

- raise up

* * *

I [reɪz]
1) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) ( move upwards) \<\<head/hand\>\> levantar, alzar*; \<\<eyebrows\>\> arquear; \<\<blind/window\>\> subir; \<\<flag\>\> izar*

he raised his eyes — levantó la vista

he raised his hat — se levantó el sombrero

b) ( make higher) \<\<shelf/level/hem\>\> subir

3)

a) ( set upright) levantar

Lazarus was raised from the dead — Lázaro resucitó de entre los muertos

b) ( erect) \<\<monument/building\>\> levantar, erigir* (frml)

4)

a) \<\<pressure/temperature\>\> aumentar, elevar; \<\<price/salary/volume\>\> subir, aumentar

she raised her voice to me — me levantó la voz

to raise the school leaving age — extender* la escolaridad obligatoria

b) \<\<consciousness\>\> aumentar, acrecentar*; \<\<standing/reputation\>\> aumentar

don't raise his hopes — no le des demasiadas esperanzas

5) ( promote)

to raise somebody TO something — ascender* or elevar a alguien a algo

Sense II

6)

a) \<\<money/funds\>\> recaudar; \<\<loan\>\> conseguir, obtener

b) \<\<army/supporters\>\> reclutar

7) \<\<fears/doubt\>\> suscitar, dar* lugar a

he managed to raise a smile — pudo sonreír

to raise the alarm — dar* la alarma

8) \<\<subject\>\> sacar*; \<\<objection/question\>\> formular, hacer*, plantear

to raise something WITH somebody — plantearle algo a alguien

9)

a) \<\<child/family\>\> criar*

b) \<\<wheat/corn\>\> cultivar

they raise cattle — se dedican a la cría de ganado

II

noun (AmE) aumento m or subida f de sueldo

English-spanish dictionary > raise
8 Down

I [daʊn]
avverbio

1) (from higher to lower level)

to go down — andare giù, scendere

to fall down — cadere (giù), crollare

to sit down on the floor — sedersi per terra

I'm on my way down — sto scendendo

is Tim down yet? — (from upstairs) è già sceso Tim?

down! — (to dog) a cuccia!

"down" — (in crossword) "verticali"

read down to the end of the paragraph — leggi fino alla fine del paragrafo

2) (indicating position at lower level)

down below — giù, in basso; (when looking down from height) laggiù

down here — quaggiù

two floors down — due piani sotto o più giù

it's on the second shelf down — è sul secondo scaffale partendo dall'alto

down at the bottom of the lake — giù in fondo al lago

3) (indicating direction)

to go down to Naples — andare (giù) a Napoli

down in Brighton — (giù) a Brighton

they live down south — colloq. vivono nel Sud

4) (in a range, scale, hierarchy)

children from the age of 10 down — i bambini dai dieci anni in giù

from the sixteenth century down to the present day — dal sedicesimo secolo (fino) ai giorni nostri

5) (indicating loss of money etc.)

bookings are down by a half — le prenotazioni si sono dimezzate, sono diminuite della metà

profits are well down on last year's — i profitti sono nettamente inferiori a quelli dell'anno scorso

I'm Ј 10 down — sono sotto di 10 sterline

6) (indicating reduction)

to get one's weight down — dimagrire, perdere peso

to get the price down — far ridurre il prezzo

I'm down to my last cigarette — non mi resta che una sigaretta

that's seven down, three to go! — fatti sette o via sette, ne restano tre!

7) (on list, schedule)

you're down to speak next — tu sei il prossimo a parlare

I've got you down for Thursday — (in appointment book) le ho fissato un appuntamento per giovedì

8) (incapacitated)

to be down with the flu — avere l'influenza, essere a letto con l'influenza

9) sport

to be two sets down — [ tennis player] essere in svantaggio di due set

10) (as deposit)

to pay Ј 40 down — pagare 40 sterline in contanti

11) (downwards)

face down — a faccia in giù o prono

••

it's down to you to do it — dipende da te farlo

down with tyrants! — abbasso i tiranni!
••
Note:

Down often occurs as the second element in verb combinations in English ( go down, fall down, get down, keep down, put down etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (go, fall, get, keep, put etc.). - When used after such verbs as sit or lie, down implies the action being done. Compare the following examples and their translations: she is sitting = lei siede / è seduta; she is sitting down = lei si siede / si sta sedendo. - For examples and further usages, see the entry below
II [daʊn]
preposizione

1) (from higher to lower point)

to run down the hill — scendere giù dalla collina correndo

did you enjoy the journey down? — hai fatto buon viaggio?

down town — (giù) in città

2) (at a lower part of)

they live down the road — abitano più giù in questa strada

a few miles down the river from here — qualche miglio più a valle

it's down the corridor to your right — è in fondo al corridoio alla sua destra

3) (along)

to go down the street — andare lungo la strada

with buttons all down the front — abbottonato sul davanti

he looked down her throat — le ha guardato in gola

4) (throughout)

down the ages o centuries — nel corso dei secoli
III [daʊn]
aggettivo

1) colloq.

to feel down — sentersi giù, a terra

2) [ escalator] che scende; BE [ train] che va in provincia (dalla città principale)

3) inform. fuori uso, guasto
IV [daʊn]
verbo transitivo colloq.

1) abbattere, buttare a terra [ person]; abbattere [ plane]

2) (drink)

he downed his beer — si è scolato o ha tracannato la sua birra
V [daʊn]
nome

to have a down on sb. — colloq. avercela con qcn
VI [daʊn]
nome

1) (of birds) piumino m.

2) (of body, plants) lanugine f., peluria f.

* * *
I 1. adverb
1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.)

2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.)

3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.)

4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.)

5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
2. preposition
1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.)

2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.)

3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.)
3. verb
(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.)

- downward
- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjective
He is a downright nuisance!) assoluto

- downstairs
- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun
(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.)

- downie®
- downy
* * *
(Place names) Down /daʊn/
* * *
I [daʊn]
avverbio

1) (from higher to lower level)

to go down — andare giù, scendere

to fall down — cadere (giù), crollare

to sit down on the floor — sedersi per terra

I'm on my way down — sto scendendo

is Tim down yet? — (from upstairs) è già sceso Tim?

down! — (to dog) a cuccia!

"down" — (in crossword) "verticali"

read down to the end of the paragraph — leggi fino alla fine del paragrafo

2) (indicating position at lower level)

down below — giù, in basso; (when looking down from height) laggiù

down here — quaggiù

two floors down — due piani sotto o più giù

it's on the second shelf down — è sul secondo scaffale partendo dall'alto

down at the bottom of the lake — giù in fondo al lago

3) (indicating direction)

to go down to Naples — andare (giù) a Napoli

down in Brighton — (giù) a Brighton

they live down south — colloq. vivono nel Sud

4) (in a range, scale, hierarchy)

children from the age of 10 down — i bambini dai dieci anni in giù

from the sixteenth century down to the present day — dal sedicesimo secolo (fino) ai giorni nostri

5) (indicating loss of money etc.)

bookings are down by a half — le prenotazioni si sono dimezzate, sono diminuite della metà

profits are well down on last year's — i profitti sono nettamente inferiori a quelli dell'anno scorso

I'm Ј 10 down — sono sotto di 10 sterline

6) (indicating reduction)

to get one's weight down — dimagrire, perdere peso

to get the price down — far ridurre il prezzo

I'm down to my last cigarette — non mi resta che una sigaretta

that's seven down, three to go! — fatti sette o via sette, ne restano tre!

7) (on list, schedule)

you're down to speak next — tu sei il prossimo a parlare

I've got you down for Thursday — (in appointment book) le ho fissato un appuntamento per giovedì

8) (incapacitated)

to be down with the flu — avere l'influenza, essere a letto con l'influenza

9) sport

to be two sets down — [ tennis player] essere in svantaggio di due set

10) (as deposit)

to pay Ј 40 down — pagare 40 sterline in contanti

11) (downwards)

face down — a faccia in giù o prono

••

it's down to you to do it — dipende da te farlo

down with tyrants! — abbasso i tiranni!
••
Note:

Down often occurs as the second element in verb combinations in English ( go down, fall down, get down, keep down, put down etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (go, fall, get, keep, put etc.). - When used after such verbs as sit or lie, down implies the action being done. Compare the following examples and their translations: she is sitting = lei siede / è seduta; she is sitting down = lei si siede / si sta sedendo. - For examples and further usages, see the entry below
II [daʊn]
preposizione

1) (from higher to lower point)

to run down the hill — scendere giù dalla collina correndo

did you enjoy the journey down? — hai fatto buon viaggio?

down town — (giù) in città

2) (at a lower part of)

they live down the road — abitano più giù in questa strada

a few miles down the river from here — qualche miglio più a valle

it's down the corridor to your right — è in fondo al corridoio alla sua destra

3) (along)

to go down the street — andare lungo la strada

with buttons all down the front — abbottonato sul davanti

he looked down her throat — le ha guardato in gola

4) (throughout)

down the ages o centuries — nel corso dei secoli
III [daʊn]
aggettivo

1) colloq.

to feel down — sentersi giù, a terra

2) [ escalator] che scende; BE [ train] che va in provincia (dalla città principale)

3) inform. fuori uso, guasto
IV [daʊn]
verbo transitivo colloq.

1) abbattere, buttare a terra [ person]; abbattere [ plane]

2) (drink)

he downed his beer — si è scolato o ha tracannato la sua birra
V [daʊn]
nome

to have a down on sb. — colloq. avercela con qcn
VI [daʊn]
nome

1) (of birds) piumino m.

2) (of body, plants) lanugine f., peluria f.

English-Italian dictionary > Down
9 down

I [daʊn]
avverbio

1) (from higher to lower level)

to go down — andare giù, scendere

to fall down — cadere (giù), crollare

to sit down on the floor — sedersi per terra

I'm on my way down — sto scendendo

is Tim down yet? — (from upstairs) è già sceso Tim?

down! — (to dog) a cuccia!

"down" — (in crossword) "verticali"

read down to the end of the paragraph — leggi fino alla fine del paragrafo

2) (indicating position at lower level)

down below — giù, in basso; (when looking down from height) laggiù

down here — quaggiù

two floors down — due piani sotto o più giù

it's on the second shelf down — è sul secondo scaffale partendo dall'alto

down at the bottom of the lake — giù in fondo al lago

3) (indicating direction)

to go down to Naples — andare (giù) a Napoli

down in Brighton — (giù) a Brighton

they live down south — colloq. vivono nel Sud

4) (in a range, scale, hierarchy)

children from the age of 10 down — i bambini dai dieci anni in giù

from the sixteenth century down to the present day — dal sedicesimo secolo (fino) ai giorni nostri

5) (indicating loss of money etc.)

bookings are down by a half — le prenotazioni si sono dimezzate, sono diminuite della metà

profits are well down on last year's — i profitti sono nettamente inferiori a quelli dell'anno scorso

I'm Ј 10 down — sono sotto di 10 sterline

6) (indicating reduction)

to get one's weight down — dimagrire, perdere peso

to get the price down — far ridurre il prezzo

I'm down to my last cigarette — non mi resta che una sigaretta

that's seven down, three to go! — fatti sette o via sette, ne restano tre!

7) (on list, schedule)

you're down to speak next — tu sei il prossimo a parlare

I've got you down for Thursday — (in appointment book) le ho fissato un appuntamento per giovedì

8) (incapacitated)

to be down with the flu — avere l'influenza, essere a letto con l'influenza

9) sport

to be two sets down — [ tennis player] essere in svantaggio di due set

10) (as deposit)

to pay Ј 40 down — pagare 40 sterline in contanti

11) (downwards)

face down — a faccia in giù o prono

••

it's down to you to do it — dipende da te farlo

down with tyrants! — abbasso i tiranni!
••
Note:

Down often occurs as the second element in verb combinations in English ( go down, fall down, get down, keep down, put down etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (go, fall, get, keep, put etc.). - When used after such verbs as sit or lie, down implies the action being done. Compare the following examples and their translations: she is sitting = lei siede / è seduta; she is sitting down = lei si siede / si sta sedendo. - For examples and further usages, see the entry below
II [daʊn]
preposizione

1) (from higher to lower point)

to run down the hill — scendere giù dalla collina correndo

did you enjoy the journey down? — hai fatto buon viaggio?

down town — (giù) in città

2) (at a lower part of)

they live down the road — abitano più giù in questa strada

a few miles down the river from here — qualche miglio più a valle

it's down the corridor to your right — è in fondo al corridoio alla sua destra

3) (along)

to go down the street — andare lungo la strada

with buttons all down the front — abbottonato sul davanti

he looked down her throat — le ha guardato in gola

4) (throughout)

down the ages o centuries — nel corso dei secoli
III [daʊn]
aggettivo

1) colloq.

to feel down — sentersi giù, a terra

2) [ escalator] che scende; BE [ train] che va in provincia (dalla città principale)

3) inform. fuori uso, guasto
IV [daʊn]
verbo transitivo colloq.

1) abbattere, buttare a terra [ person]; abbattere [ plane]

2) (drink)

he downed his beer — si è scolato o ha tracannato la sua birra
V [daʊn]
nome

to have a down on sb. — colloq. avercela con qcn
VI [daʊn]
nome

1) (of birds) piumino m.

2) (of body, plants) lanugine f., peluria f.

* * *
I 1. adverb
1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.)

2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.)

3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.)

4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.)

5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.)
2. preposition
1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.)

2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.)

3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.)
3. verb
(to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.)

- downward
- downwards
- downward
- down-and-out
- down-at-heel
- downcast
- downfall
- downgrade
- downhearted
- downhill
- downhill racing
- downhill skiing
- down-in-the-mouth
- down payment
- downpour
- downright 4. adjective
He is a downright nuisance!) assoluto

- downstairs
- downstream
- down-to-earth
- downtown
- downtown
- down-trodden
- be/go down with
- down on one's luck
- down tools
- down with
- get down to
- suit someone down to the ground
- suit down to the ground II noun
(small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.)

- downie®
- downy
* * *
down (1) /daʊn/
n.

1 collina erbosa

2 piccola duna

● (geogr.) the Downs, la rada di Deal □ (geogr.) the South Downs, le colline gessose nel sud dell'Inghilterra.
down (2) /daʊn/
n. [u]

1 ( di uccelli acquatici, ecc., usato per cuscini e piumini) piumino, piume

2 [u] lanugine; peluria

● ( USA) down comforter, piumino da letto □ down pillow, guanciale di piume.
♦ down (3) /daʊn/
A avv. e a. pred.

1 giù: Put that book down, metti giù quel libro; They held him down, lo hanno tenuto giù (o a terra); He had his head down, teneva la testa giù; stava a capo chino; The flap of this envelope won't stay down, il lembo di questa busta non vuole star giù; to lie face down, giacere a faccia in giù; Keep down!, sta' giù!; He's awake, but not down yet, è sveglio, ma non è ancora sceso ( dalla sua camera); The blinds were down, le tapparelle erano giù (o abbassate); Her hair was down, aveva i capelli sciolti ( sulle spalle); The river is down, il fiume è in stanca, l'acqua del fiume è bassa; The sun was already down below the horizon, il sole è già sceso sotto la linea dell'orizzonte; The tide is down, la marea è calata; Get down off the table!, scendi giù dal tavolo!; He crouched down behind a bush, si è accovacciato dietro un cespuglio; They swam down to look at the wreck, sono scesi a nuoto per vedere il relitto; to fly from Inverness down to London, scendere in aereo da Inverness a Londra; He gulped down his coffee, ha trangugiato il caffè

2 ( di cifra, valore) – to be down, essere sceso: ( sport) The gap is down to 20 seconds, il ritardo è sceso a 20 secondi; Unemployment is down by 3%, la disoccupazione è scesa del 3%; Exports are down to an all-time low, le esportazioni sono scese al minimo storico; Gold is down ( in price), l'oro è in ribasso; The Dow was down more than 50 points on yesterday, il Dow Jones ha perso 50 punti nel corso della giornata di ieri

3 – to be down, essere sotto (fig.); ( anche sport) essere in svantaggio; ( nelle corse) essere in ritardo: (autom.) to be two laps down, essere in ritardo di due giri; The gambler was 10,000 dollars down, il giocatore era sotto di 10 000 dollari; They were three goals down with four minutes left to play, erano sotto di tre reti, con appena quattro minuti ancora da giocare; Two down at half time, we eventually won 4-2, in svantaggio di due gol alla fine del primo tempo, alla fine abbiamo vinto per 4 a 2

4 (comm.) come acconto: Five hundred dollars down and the remainder in instalments, un acconto di cinquecento dollari e il resto a rate

5 per iscritto: to be [to get st.] down on paper, essere [mettere qc.] per iscritto; Write this number down, annotati questo numero; I took down the details of the job, mi sono scritto i dati relativi al lavoro

6 in lista: Put me ( o my name) down for ten pounds, mettimi in lista per dieci sterline; Are you down for the football team?, sei in lista per la squadra di calcio?; I'm down for the late shift on Friday, mi hanno messo nell'ultimo turno venerdì

7 giù (di morale); depresso: I'm feeling a bit down today, oggi mi sento un po' giù (di morale); He was very down after failing his exam, era molto giù dopo essere stato bocciato all'esame

8 a partire dall'alto: You'll find it in the third drawer down, lo troverai nel terzo cassetto a partire dall'alto

9 da cima a fondo; a fondo: They washed the walls down, hanno lavato a fondo i muri

10 ( di un apparecchio, ecc.) fuori uso (o inattivo): My computer is down, il mio computer è fuori uso; All the phone lines are down, tutte le linee telefoniche sono inattive

11 (fam.) a letto: to go (o to come) down with flu, finire a letto con l'influenza; He's down with flu, è a letto con l'influenza

12 ( boxe) al tappeto

13 (idiom., per es.:) Nail the lid down!, inchioda il coperchio!; We went down to Sicily, siamo andati in Sicilia; When are you coming down for the weekend?, quando vieni a passare qui un fine settimana?; He's just gone down to the post office, è appena andato alla posta; I saw her down by the river, l'ho vista in riva al fiume; down at the end of the street, in fondo alla strada

14 ( in alcune università ingl.) ( di un docente) non in servizio, in sabbatico; ( di uno studente) in vacanza; ( anche) espulso

15 ( sport) ( della palla) fuori gioco; ( baseball: di un giocatore) eliminato; ( cricket: del wicket) abbattuto

16 ( slang USA) ubriaco (o sbronzo)

17 (nei verbi frasali, è idiom.; per es.:) to go down, andare giù; scendere; tramontare; ecc.; to come down, venire giù; to get sb. down, deprimere q.; ecc. (► to go, to come; to get; ecc.) NOTA D'USO: - up to o down to?-

B inter.

1 giù!; a terra!

2 ( a un cane) a cuccia!; seduto!

● (naut.) to be down by the head, essere appruato □ (naut.) to be down by the stern, essere appoppato □ (in USA) Down-Easter, abitante della Nuova Inghilterra (spec. del Maine) □ ( boxe) to be down for the count, subire il conteggio totale; essere contato fino a 10 □ ( boxe) to be down for a count of 8, essere contato fino a 8 □ down here, qui attorno; da queste parti □ (fam.) to be down in the mouth, essere abbattuto (o triste, scoraggiato) □ (fam.) to be down on sb., avercela con q.: She's been down on me since I criticized her work, ce l'ha con me da quando ho criticato il suo lavoro □ to be down on one's luck, attraversare un brutto periodo; essere messo male ( a soldi) □ to be down to sb., spettare (o toccare) a q.: It's down to you to find out a solution to the problem, tocca a te trovare una soluzione al problema □ to be down to st., essere dovuto a (o causato da) q.: The crash was thought to be down to fog, si riteneva che l'incidente fosse dovuto alla nebbia □ to be down to one's last st. –: By the end of the week I was down to my last five pounds, alla fine della settimana mi erano rimaste le ultime cinque sterline □ to put st. down to st., attribuire (la causa di) qc. a qc.: He put her symptoms down to tiredness, attribuiva i suoi sintomi alla stanchezza □ down south, giù nel sud □ down there, laggiù □ down to, fino a: Everything was planned down to the last detail, era tutto pianificato fino all'ultimo dettaglio; Her dress came down to her ankles, il vestito le arrivava alle caviglie; from the wealthiest aristocrat down to the poorest beggar, dal più ricco degli aristocratici al più povero dei mendicanti □ down-to-earth, ( di persona) realista, pratico; coi piedi per terra (fam.); ( di un progetto, ecc.) realistico, concreto □ (fam.) down to the ground, completamente; del tutto: This job suits her down to the ground, questo lavoro è assolutamente perfetto per lei □ (fam.) down under, dall'altra parte del mondo; agli antipodi; in Australia (o in Nuova Zelanda) □ down with, abbasso: Down with the dictator!, abbasso il dittatore! □ to come down to earth, tornare con i piedi per terra (fig.); aprire gli occhi (fig.) □ Three down, and four to go, tre sono fatti, e quattro (ancora) da fare.
down (4) /daʊn/
a. attr.

(che va) in giù, verso il basso; rivolto in basso: a down escalator, una scala mobile che scende; a down arrow, una freccia in giù

● down-and-dirty, nudo e crudo: down-and-dirty rock, rock nudo e crudo; to get down-and-dirty with sb., scoprire gli altarini di q. □ (ingl.) down draught, ( USA) down draft, corrente d'aria discendente □ (comm.) down payment, acconto □ (ferr.) down platform, marciapiede di partenza (o d'arrivo) di un «down train» □ down shaft ► downcast (2) □ a down train, un treno che dalla città principale (per es., Londra) porta in provincia.
♦ down (5) /daʊn/
prep.

1 giù per; a valle di: She ran down the stairs, è corsa giù per le scale; to walk down a hill, andare giù per un colle; discendere un colle; down the drain, giù per il tubo di scarico; to sail down a river, navigare giù per (o verso la foce di) un fiume; scendere un fiume; The village is a few miles down the Thames, il villaggio è a qualche miglia scendendo il Tamigi

2 lungo; per: down the corridor, lungo il corridoio; Her hair was hanging down her back, i capelli le scendevano lungo la schiena; He was running down the street, correva per la strada

3 in fondo a: The train disappeared down the tunnel, il treno è scomparso in fondo alla galleria

4 ( di tempo) nel corso di: down the centuries [years], nel corso dei secoli [degli anni]

● down the left ( hand side), sulla sinistra; sul fianco (o sul lato) sinistro: A run down the left put him in a position to shoot, con una corsa sulla sinistra si è ritrovato in posizione di tiro □ (fam. USA) down the line, in linea gerarchica; facendo tutta la scala (fig.); ( anche) nei quartieri malfamati ( di una città) □ down the right ( hand side), sulla destra; sul lato (o sul fianco) destro □ down the road, più giù lungo la strada; (fig.) nel futuro: They live just down the road, abitano in questa strada, un po' più giù: How do you see yourself five years down the road?, come ti vedi nei cinque anni a venire? □ to get st. down in one, ingoiare (o buttare giù) qc. tutto d'un colpo □ to go down the pan (o the tubes), andare a farsi friggere: The whole project has gone down the pan, tutto il progetto è andato a farsi friggere.
down (6) /daʊn/
n.

1 basso; rovescio ( della sorte): the ups and downs of life, gli alti e bassi della vita

2 ( football americano) «down»; gioco

● (fam.) to have a down on sb., provare avversione (o antipatia) per q.; avercela con q.
(to) down /daʊn/
v. t. (fam.)

1 trangugiare, scolarsi (fam.): to down a bottle of wine, scolarsi una bottiglia di vino: He downed his hot dog in three bites, ha trangugiato il suo hot dog in un paio di bocconi

2 mettere giù; posare: to down the ball, mettere a terra la palla

3 abbattere; atterrare

4 (mil.) abbattere ( un aereo, ecc.)

5 (fam. USA) battere, sconfiggere ( un avversario)

6 ( boxe, lotta) atterrare; mettere (o mandare) al tappeto

● to down tools, incrociare le braccia; scioperare; ( di un sindacato) proclamare lo sciopero.

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I [daʊn]
avverbio

1) (from higher to lower level)

to go down — andare giù, scendere

to fall down — cadere (giù), crollare

to sit down on the floor — sedersi per terra

I'm on my way down — sto scendendo

is Tim down yet? — (from upstairs) è già sceso Tim?

down! — (to dog) a cuccia!

"down" — (in crossword) "verticali"

read down to the end of the paragraph — leggi fino alla fine del paragrafo

2) (indicating position at lower level)

down below — giù, in basso; (when looking down from height) laggiù

down here — quaggiù

two floors down — due piani sotto o più giù

it's on the second shelf down — è sul secondo scaffale partendo dall'alto

down at the bottom of the lake — giù in fondo al lago

3) (indicating direction)

to go down to Naples — andare (giù) a Napoli

down in Brighton — (giù) a Brighton

they live down south — colloq. vivono nel Sud

4) (in a range, scale, hierarchy)

children from the age of 10 down — i bambini dai dieci anni in giù

from the sixteenth century down to the present day — dal sedicesimo secolo (fino) ai giorni nostri

5) (indicating loss of money etc.)

bookings are down by a half — le prenotazioni si sono dimezzate, sono diminuite della metà

profits are well down on last year's — i profitti sono nettamente inferiori a quelli dell'anno scorso

I'm Ј 10 down — sono sotto di 10 sterline

6) (indicating reduction)

to get one's weight down — dimagrire, perdere peso

to get the price down — far ridurre il prezzo

I'm down to my last cigarette — non mi resta che una sigaretta

that's seven down, three to go! — fatti sette o via sette, ne restano tre!

7) (on list, schedule)

you're down to speak next — tu sei il prossimo a parlare

I've got you down for Thursday — (in appointment book) le ho fissato un appuntamento per giovedì

8) (incapacitated)

to be down with the flu — avere l'influenza, essere a letto con l'influenza

9) sport

to be two sets down — [ tennis player] essere in svantaggio di due set

10) (as deposit)

to pay Ј 40 down — pagare 40 sterline in contanti

11) (downwards)

face down — a faccia in giù o prono

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it's down to you to do it — dipende da te farlo

down with tyrants! — abbasso i tiranni!
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Note:

Down often occurs as the second element in verb combinations in English ( go down, fall down, get down, keep down, put down etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (go, fall, get, keep, put etc.). - When used after such verbs as sit or lie, down implies the action being done. Compare the following examples and their translations: she is sitting = lei siede / è seduta; she is sitting down = lei si siede / si sta sedendo. - For examples and further usages, see the entry below
II [daʊn]
preposizione

1) (from higher to lower point)

to run down the hill — scendere giù dalla collina correndo

did you enjoy the journey down? — hai fatto buon viaggio?

down town — (giù) in città

2) (at a lower part of)

they live down the road — abitano più giù in questa strada

a few miles down the river from here — qualche miglio più a valle

it's down the corridor to your right — è in fondo al corridoio alla sua destra

3) (along)

to go down the street — andare lungo la strada

with buttons all down the front — abbottonato sul davanti

he looked down her throat — le ha guardato in gola

4) (throughout)

down the ages o centuries — nel corso dei secoli
III [daʊn]
aggettivo

1) colloq.

to feel down — sentersi giù, a terra

2) [ escalator] che scende; BE [ train] che va in provincia (dalla città principale)

3) inform. fuori uso, guasto
IV [daʊn]
verbo transitivo colloq.

1) abbattere, buttare a terra [ person]; abbattere [ plane]

2) (drink)

he downed his beer — si è scolato o ha tracannato la sua birra
V [daʊn]
nome

to have a down on sb. — colloq. avercela con qcn
VI [daʊn]
nome

1) (of birds) piumino m.

2) (of body, plants) lanugine f., peluria f.

English-Italian dictionary > down
10 reach

1.
[riːtʃ]transitive verb

1) (arrive at) erreichen; ankommen od. eintreffen in (+ Dat.) [Stadt, Land]; erzielen [Übereinstimmung, Übereinkunft]; kommen zu [Entscheidung, Entschluss; Ausgang, Eingang]

be easily reached — leicht erreichbar od. zu erreichen sein (by mit)

not a sound reached our ears — kein Laut drang an unsere Ohren

have you reached page 45 yet? — bist du schon auf Seite 45 [angelangt]?

you can reach her at this number/by radio — du kannst sie unter dieser Nummer/über Funk erreichen

2) (extend to) [Straße:] führen bis zu; [Leiter, Haar:] reichen bis zu

3) (pass)

reach me that book — reich mir das Buch herüber
2. intransitive verb
1) (stretch out hand)

reach for something — nach etwas greifen

how high can you reach? — wie hoch kannst du langen?

2) (be long/tall enough)

something will/won't reach — etwas ist/ist nicht lang genug

he can't reach up to the top shelf — er kann das oberste Regal nicht [mit der Hand] erreichen

will it reach as far as...? — wird es bis zu... reichen?

I can't reach — ich komme nicht daran

can you reach? — kannst od. kommst du dran? (ugs.)

3) (go as far as) [Wasser, Gebäude, Besitz:] reichen ([up] to bis [hinauf] zu)
3. noun
1) (extent of reaching) Reichweite, die

be within easy reach — [Ort:] leicht erreichbar sein

be out of reach — [Ort:] nicht erreichbar sein; [Gegenstand:] außer Reichweite sein

be above somebody's reach — zu hoch für jemanden sein

keep something out of reach of somebody — etwas unerreichbar für jemanden aufbewahren

keep something within easy reach — etwas in greifbarer Nähe aufbewahren

be within/beyond the reach of somebody — in/außer jmds. Reichweite sein; (fig.) für jemanden im/nicht im Bereich des Möglichen liegen; (financially) für jemanden erschwinglich/unerschwinglich sein

2) (expanse) Abschnitt, der

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/90747/reach_down">reach down

- reach out

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[ri: ] 1. verb
1) (to arrive at (a place, age etc): We'll never reach London before dark; Money is not important when you reach my age; The noise reached our ears; Has the total reached a thousand dollars yet?; Have they reached an agreement yet?)

2) (to (be able to) touch or get hold of (something): My keys have fallen down this hole and I can't reach them.) erreichen

3) (to stretch out one's hand in order to touch or get hold of something: He reached (across the table) for another cake; She reached out and took the book; He reached across/over and slapped her.) greifen

4) (to make contact with; to communicate with: If anything happens you can always reach me by phone.) erreichen

5) (to stretch or extend: My property reaches from here to the river.) reichen
2. noun
1) (the distance that can be travelled easily: My house is within (easy) reach (of London).) die Reichweite

2) (the distance one can stretch one's arm: I keep medicines on the top shelf, out of the children's reach; My keys are down that hole, just out of reach (of my fingers); The boxer has a very long reach.) die Reichweite

3) ((usually in plural) a straight part of a river, canal etc: the lower reaches of the Thames.) die Flußstrecke

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reach

[ri:tʃ]

I. n

<pl -es>

1. no pl (arm length) Reichweite f

to have a long/short \reach lange/kurze Arme pl haben

out of/within \reach außer/in Reichweite

to be out of [or beyond] /within [or in] sb's \reach sich akk nicht/sich akk in jds Reichweite befinden

the apples were on a branch just out of/within [my] \reach die Äpfel hingen an einem Ast, an den ich nicht herankam/ich gerade noch [heran]kam

to be within arm's [or easy] \reach in greifbarer Nähe sein

to keep sth out of/within \reach etw außer Reichweite/parat haben

I like to keep a notebook and pencil within [arm's] \reach ich habe immer etwas zum Schreiben parat

keep out of \reach of children für Kinder unzugänglich aufbewahren!

2. no pl (distance to travel)

to be within [easy] \reach [ganz] in der Nähe sein

3. no pl (power) Reichweite f

4. no pl TV, RADIO [Sende]bereich m

5.

▪ \reaches pl (part) Abschnitt m; (land) Gebiet nt; (river) [Fluss]abschnitt m; ( fig: circles) Kreise pl

the higher \reaches of government die oberen Regierungskreise

the farthest [or outermost] \reaches of the universe die entlegensten Bereiche des Universums

6. no pl (stretch)

to make a \reach for sb/sth nach jdm/etw greifen; ( fig)

it takes quite a \reach of the imagination to... es bedarf schon einer gehörigen Portion Vorstellungskraft, um...

7.

▶ to be out of [or beyond] /within [or in] sb's \reach (capability) nicht im Rahmen/im Rahmen des Möglichen liegen; (financially) jds finanzielle Möglichkeiten übersteigen/für jdn erschwinglich sein

after years of saving the car was at last within her \reach nach jahrelangem Sparen konnte sie sich endlich das Auto leisten

▶ to be beyond sb's \reach (intellectually) über jds Horizont gehen

▶ to come within \reach of doing sth kurz davor sein, etw zu tun

II. vi

1. (stretch) langen fam, greifen

she \reached to the top shelf of the cupboard and produced a present sie langte in das oberste Schrankfach und holte ein Geschenk hervor fam

▪ to \reach across/into/through sth über/in/durch etw akk langen fam

▪ to \reach for sth nach etw dat greifen [o fam langen]

▪ to \reach over sth über etw akk [hinüber]greifen [o fam hinüberlangen

2. (touch) herankommen, [d]rankommen fam, heranreichen

can you get the book? I can't \reach kannst du mir das Buch geben? ich komme nicht [d]ran fam

3. (extend) reichen

▪ to \reach to [or as far as] sth bis zu etw dat reichen

the snow \reached almost to my knees der Schnee ging [o reichte] mir fast bis zu den Knien

4.

▶ \reach for the sky [or skies]! AM ( dated sl) Hände hoch!

▶ to \reach for the stars nach den Sternen greifen

III. vt

1. (arrive at)

to \reach sb/sth jdn/etw erreichen

how long will it take this letter to \reach Italy? wie lange braucht dieser Brief bis nach Italien?

the news has only just \reached me ich habe die Nachricht gerade erst erhalten

I \reached chapter five ich bin bis Kapitel fünf gekommen

to \reach one's destination an seinem Bestimmungsort ankommen

to \reach sb's ears sound an jds Ohren dringen; information jdm zu Ohren kommen

to be easily \reached leicht zu erreichen sein

to \reach the finishing line [or the tape] die Ziellinie überqueren, durchs Ziel kommen

2. (attain)

▪ to \reach sth etw erreichen

the temperature is expected to \reach 25°C today heute soll es bis zu 25°C warm werden

she had \reached the nadir of her existence sie war an einem absoluten Tiefpunkt [in ihrem Leben] angelangt

to \reach adulthood [or maturity] /one's majority erwachsen/volljährig werden

to \reach an agreement/a consensus eine Übereinkunft/Übereinstimmung erzielen

to \reach a certain altitude/velocity eine bestimmte Höhe/Geschwindigkeit erreichen

to \reach the conclusion/decision that... zu dem Schluss/der Entscheidung kommen, dass...

to \reach [a] deadlock in einer Sackgasse landen fig

to \reach fever pitch den Siedepunkt erreichen

to \reach an impasse nicht mehr weiterkommen

to \reach manhood/womanhood zum Mann/zur Frau werden

to \reach orgasm zum Orgasmus kommen

to \reach the point of no return einen Punkt erreichen, an dem es kein Zurück [mehr] gibt

she's \reached the point of no return es gibt für sie kein Zurück [mehr]

to have \reached one's prime/puberty im besten Alter/in der Pubertät sein

to \reach a settlement zu einer Einigung gelangen

to \reach the turning point zum Wendepunkt kommen

to \reach a verdict zu einem Urteil gelangen

3. (extend to)

▪ to \reach sth road bis zu etw dat führen; hair, clothing bis zu etw dat reichen

her hair \reaches her waistline ihre Haare reichen ihr bis zur Taille

4. (touch)

to be able to \reach sth an etw akk heranreichen [können], an etw akk herankommen

our daughter can \reach the door handle now unsere Tochter kommt jetzt schon an den Türgriff ran fam

5. (give)

▪ to \reach sb sth jdm etw hinüberreichen [o geh reichen]

can you \reach me the water, please? kannst du mir bitte das Wasser herüberreichen?

I \reached him a plate from the cupboard ich holte ihm einen Teller aus dem Schrank

6.

▪ to \reach sb (contact) jdn erreichen; (phone) jdn [telefonisch] erreichen

7. TV, RADIO

to \reach an audience ein Publikum erreichen

8. (influence)

▪ to \reach sb jdn erreichen fig, zu jdm vordringen fig

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[riːtʃ]
1. n

1)

(= act of reaching) to make a reach for sth — nach etw greifen

2)

(denoting accessibility) within/out of sb's reach — in/außer jds Reichweite (dat), in/außer Reichweite für jdn

within arm's reach — in greifbarer Nähe

put it out of the children's reach or out of the reach of the children — stellen Sie es so, dass Kinder es nicht erreichen können

keep out of reach of children — von Kindern fernhalten

cars are within everyone's reach nowadays — Autos sind heute für jeden erschwinglich

mountains within easy reach — Berge, die leicht erreichbar sind

within easy reach of the sea — in unmittelbarer Nähe des Meers

this town is within easy reach of London for a day trip — man kann von dieser Stadt aus gut Tagesflüge nach London machen

I keep it within easy reach — ich habe es in greifbarer Nähe

she was beyond (the) reach of help — für sie kam jede Hilfe zu spät

this subject is beyond his reach — dieses Thema geht über seinen Horizont (inf)

3) (= distance one can reach) Reichweite f; (BOXING) Aktionsradius m

a long reach — lange Arme pl, ein großer Aktionsradius

4) (= sphere of action, influence) Einflussbereich m

beyond the reach of the law — außerhalb des Gesetzes

5)

(= stretch) reaches (of beach, river) — Strecke f; (of canal) Wasserhaltung f; (of woodland) Gebiet nt

the upper reaches of the Rhine — der Oberfluss des Rheins

2. vt

1) (= arrive at) erreichen; point ankommen an (+dat); town, country ankommen in (+dat); perfection erlangen; agreement, understanding erzielen, kommen zu; conclusion kommen or gelangen zu

we reached London at 3pm — wir kamen um 15 Uhr in London an

when we reached him he was dead — als wir zu ihm kamen, war er tot

to reach the terrace you have to cross the garden — um auf die Terrasse zu kommen, muss man durch den Garten gehen

to reach page 50 — bis Seite 50 kommen

to reach school age/the age of 50 — das Schulalter/die 50 erreichen

this advertisement is geared to reach a younger audience — diese Werbung soll junge Leute ansprechen

you can reach me at my hotel —

to reach the final of the Davis Cup — das Finale des Davis-Cups erreichen

2)

(= stretch to get or touch) to be able to reach sth — an etw (acc) (heran)reichen können, bis zu etw langen können (inf)

can you reach it? — kommen Sie dran?

can you reach the ceiling? — kannst du bis an die Decke reichen or langen? (inf)

3) (= come up to, go down to) reichen or gehen bis zu

he reaches her shoulder — er reicht or geht ihr bis zur Schulter

4) (inf: get and give) langen (inf), reichen

reach me ( over) that book — reiche or lang (inf) mir das Buch (herüber)

5) (US JUR) witness bestechen

3. vi

1) (to, as far as bis) (territory etc) sich erstrecken, gehen, reichen; (voice, sound) tragen

2) (= stretch out hand or arm) greifen

to reach for sth — nach etw greifen or langen (inf)

reach for the sky! (US) — Hände hoch!

to reach for the moon or stars (fig) — nach den Sternen greifen

3)

can you reach? — kommen Sie dran?

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reach [riːtʃ]

A v/t

1. (hin-, her)reichen, geben

2. jemandem einen Schlag versetzen

3. a) (her)langen, nehmen:

reach sth down etwas herunterlangen oder -nehmen;

reach sth up etwas hinaufreichen oder -langen

b) erreichen:

can you reach that book on the shelf?

4. reach out die Hand etc ausstrecken:

reach out a hand for langen oder greifen nach

5. reichen oder sich erstrecken oder gehen bis an (akk) oder zu:

the water reached his knees das Wasser ging ihm bis an die Knie

6. eine Zahl etc erreichen, sich belaufen auf (akk):

the cost will reach millions die Kosten werden in die Millionen gehen;

he reached a great age er erreichte ein hohes Alter

7. eine Übereinkunft etc erreichen, erzielen, gelangen zu:

reach no conclusion zu keinem Schluss kommen

8. a) einen Ort erreichen, eintreffen oder ankommen in oder an (dat):

reach home nach Hause gelangen;

reach sb’s ear jemandem zu Ohren kommen

b) jemanden erreichen (on unter einer Telefonnummer):

the news only reached me yesterday;

he can be reached at his office er ist in seinem Büro erreichbar;

his letter never reached us sein Brief ist nie bei uns angekommen

9. das Endspiel, das Ziel etc erreichen

10. fig (ein)wirken auf (akk), beeinflussen, jemanden (durch Argumente, Werbung etc) ansprechen oder gewinnen:

reach a large audience ein großes Publikum erreichen

11. obs oder poet verstehen, begreifen

B v/i

1. (mit der Hand) reichen oder greifen oder langen (to bis zu)

2. a) auch reach out langen, greifen ( beide:

for nach) (beide a. fig):

reach out for a medal;

reach above o.s. fig über sich hinauswachsen

b) reach out die Hand ausstrecken

3. reichen, sich erstrecken oder ausdehnen ( alle:

to bis [zu]):

the water reached as far as his knees das Wasser ging ihm bis an die Knie;

as far as the eye can reach so weit das Auge reicht

4. sich belaufen (to auf akk)

5. SCHIFF mit Backstagbrise segeln

C s

1. Griff m:

make a reach for sth nach etwas greifen oder langen

2. Reich-, Tragweite f (eines Geschosses, einer Waffe, auch der Stimme etc):

above ( oder beyond, out of) sb’s reach außer jemandes Reichweite, für jemanden unerreichbar oder unerschwinglich;

within reach erreichbar;

within sb’s reach in jemandes Reichweite, für jemanden erreichbar oder erschwinglich;

within easy reach leicht zu erreichen;

within easy reach of the station vom Bahnhof aus leicht zu erreichen;

she lives within easy reach of the shops (bes US stores) von ihrer Wohnung aus sind die Geschäfte leicht zu erreichen

3. Ausdehnung f, Bereich m, Umfang m, Spannweite f:

have a wide reach einen weiten Spielraum haben, sich weit erstrecken

4. ausgedehnte Fläche:

a reach of woodland ein ausgedehntes Waldgebiet

5. fig Weite f, (geistige) Leistungsfähigkeit oder Fassungskraft, (geistiger) Horizont

6. Einflusssphäre f, -bereich m:

it is not within my reach es steht nicht in meiner Macht

7. a) Kanalabschnitt m (zwischen zwei Schleusen)

b) (überschaubare) Flussstrecke

8. TECH Kupplungsdeichsel f

9. US oder obs Vorgebirge n, Landzunge f

10. Boxen: Reichweite f

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1.
[riːtʃ]transitive verb

1) (arrive at) erreichen; ankommen od. eintreffen in (+ Dat.) [Stadt, Land]; erzielen [Übereinstimmung, Übereinkunft]; kommen zu [Entscheidung, Entschluss; Ausgang, Eingang]

be easily reached — leicht erreichbar od. zu erreichen sein (by mit)

not a sound reached our ears — kein Laut drang an unsere Ohren

have you reached page 45 yet? — bist du schon auf Seite 45 [angelangt]?

you can reach her at this number/by radio — du kannst sie unter dieser Nummer/über Funk erreichen

2) (extend to) [Straße:] führen bis zu; [Leiter, Haar:] reichen bis zu

3) (pass)

reach me that book — reich mir das Buch herüber
2. intransitive verb
1) (stretch out hand)

reach for something — nach etwas greifen

how high can you reach? — wie hoch kannst du langen?

2) (be long/tall enough)

something will/won't reach — etwas ist/ist nicht lang genug

he can't reach up to the top shelf — er kann das oberste Regal nicht [mit der Hand] erreichen

will it reach as far as...? — wird es bis zu... reichen?

I can't reach — ich komme nicht daran

can you reach? — kannst od. kommst du dran? (ugs.)

3) (go as far as) [Wasser, Gebäude, Besitz:] reichen ([up] to bis [hinauf] zu)
3. noun
1) (extent of reaching) Reichweite, die

be within easy reach — [Ort:] leicht erreichbar sein

be out of reach — [Ort:] nicht erreichbar sein; [Gegenstand:] außer Reichweite sein

be above somebody's reach — zu hoch für jemanden sein

keep something out of reach of somebody — etwas unerreichbar für jemanden aufbewahren

keep something within easy reach — etwas in greifbarer Nähe aufbewahren

be within/beyond the reach of somebody — in/außer jmds. Reichweite sein; (fig.) für jemanden im/nicht im Bereich des Möglichen liegen; (financially) für jemanden erschwinglich/unerschwinglich sein

2) (expanse) Abschnitt, der

Phrasal Verbs:

- reach down

- reach out

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n.

(§ pl.: reaches)

= Reichweite f. (for) v.

erreichen v.

greifen (nach) v.

sich erstrecken v.

English-german dictionary > reach
11 liegen

v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen

1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand

2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured

3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks

4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook

5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday

6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...

7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind

8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I

9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind

10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not

11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1

12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.

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to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be

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lie|gen
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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.) lie

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie

3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest

4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit

5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand

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lie·gen

< lag, gelegen>

[ˈli:gn̩]

vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein

1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie

ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed

während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time

Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat

hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?

deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk

Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised

das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well

auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on

in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft

krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2

unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]

\liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]

bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!

sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen

2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]

ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face

die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town

die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable

ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar

etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that

etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power

das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power

verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered

[irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]

Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!

etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]

er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk

er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her

3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang

der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills

hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April

auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars

bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here

über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture

4. (vergessen werden)

irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere

mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind

verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!

5. (nicht erledigt werden)

\liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done

diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]

6. ÖKON

\liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell

wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...

7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie

ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake

das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby

eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location

ein einsam gelegener Bauernhof an isolated farm

etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right

nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road

diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street

das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden

verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications

8. (begraben sein)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere

9. NAUT (festgemacht haben)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere

ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay

10. MIL

▪ irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed

vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris

irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere

11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)

\liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam

12. (zeitlich) to be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations

das liegt schon so lange zurück it is so long ago

13. (in einem Wettbewerb)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere

wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?

die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division

in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts

in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front

14. (gestylt sein)

gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]

richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place

15. (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books

16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)

▪ irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size

wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?

der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide

17. ÖKON

▪ bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...

▪ zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...

der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros

damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros

damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros

18. (begründet sein)

▪ an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth

woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?

es liegt daran, dass... it is because...

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?

an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!

19. (wichtig sein)

▪ jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth

du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me

es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]

ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected

jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb

an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer

es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb

es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb

es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him

20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)

▪ etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth

Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam

diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam

▪ etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth

Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French

körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work

Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea

21. (lasten)

▪ auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb

auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders

auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him

die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen

22. (abhängig sein)

▪ bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb

das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you

die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people

die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility

23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be

die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

10)

liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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liegen v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd, österr, schweiz: ist) gelegen

1. Sache: lie;

die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat;

der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers;

der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several metres (US -ers);

es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground);

liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?;

der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand

2. Person: lie;

im Gras/auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass/on the bed;

liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down;

er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured

3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up;

liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat;

er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks

4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located);

das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley;

liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook

5. SCHIFF, Schiff: lie;

im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segeljacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday

6. fig:

da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies;

wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment;

es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us;

da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up;

in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice;

das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention;

die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass … the problem is that …

7.

liegen bleiben Sachen: be left (

auf +dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig be forgotten; fig Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTSCH, Waren: be left unsold; umg be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto:

unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way;

das kann liegen bleiben fig that can wait;

liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned;

liegen gebliebene Bücher etc books etc left behind

8.

liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished);

die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, US walk out;

alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up;

lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; → links A

9. (gemäß sein)

das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing;

er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type;

nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind

10. mit präp:

liegen an (+dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig, Ursache: be because of;

an der Spitze etc

liegen be in front etc;

es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etwas zu tun: it’s up to you;

an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way;

an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schiefgeht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong;

es liegt daran, dass … it’s because …;

es liegt mir daran zu (+inf) I’m keen (US eager) to (+inf)

es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me;

es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me;

mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me;

es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me;

es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not

11. mit präp:

liegen auf (+akk) lie on; Akzent: be on;

der Wagen liegt gut (auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well;

es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; → Hand¹ 3, Seele1

12. mit präp:

der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million;

die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade);

die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; → Blut 1, Magen etc

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

10)

liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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n.

recumbency n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > liegen
12 subir

v.

1 to go/come up (ascender) (calle, escaleras).

subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could

subir en ascensor to go/come up in the lift o (British) elevator (United States)

subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs

2 to lift up (poner arriba).

ayúdame a subir la caja help me get the box up; (a lo alto) help me carry the box upstairs (al piso de arriba)

3 to put up, to increase (increase) (precio, peso).

La empresa sube los precios The company increases the prices.

Me subió la calentura My fever increased.

4 to raise (alzar) (mano, bandera, voz).

El chico sube la cama The boy raises the bed.

5 to raise the pitch of (Music).

6 to go up, to rise (increase) (precio, temperatura).

subir de categoría to improve; (mejorar) to be promoted (ser ascendido)

El elevador sube The elevator climbs.

7 to get on (montar) (en avión, barco).

sube al coche get into the car

8 to rise (cooking) (crecer).

9 to walk up, to climb.

Ella subió el sendero She walked up the path.

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subir

► verbo intransitivo

1 (ir hacia arriba - gen) to go up, come up; (- avión) to climb

2 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in; (autobús, avión, barco, tren) to get on, get onto

■ ¡venga, sube! go on, get in!

3 (montar - bicicleta) to get on; (- caballo) to get on, mount

4 (a un árbol) to climb up

5 figurado (elevarse, aumentar) to rise

6 figurado (categoría, puesto) to be promoted

7 figurado (cuenta) to come (a, to)

■ la deuda sube a dos mil euros the debt comes to two thoudsand euros

► verbo transitivo

1 (escaleras, calle) to go up, climb; (montaña) to climb

2 (mover arriba) to carry up, take up, bring up; (poner arriba) to put upstairs

■ súbelo arriba take it upstairs

3 (cabeza etc) to lift, raise

4 (pared) to raise

5 COSTURA to take up

■ subir un dobladillo to take up a hem

6 figurado (precio, salario, etc) to raise, put up

7 figurado (subir el volumen - voz) to raise; (- aparato) to turn up

8 figurado (color) to strengthen

► verbo pronominal subirse

1 (piso, escalera) to go up

2 (árbol, muro, etc) to climb up (a, -)

3 (en un vehículo - coche) to get in (a, -); (autobús) to get on (a, -); (avión, barco, tren) to get on (a, -), get onto (a,-)

■ ¡súbete, súbete al coche! get in, get into the car!

4 (en animales, bicicleta) to get on (a, -), mount

5 (ropa, calcetines) to pull up; (cremallera) to do up, zip up; (mangas) to roll up

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FRASEOLOGÍA

subir a bordo to get on board

subir al trono figurado to ascend to the throne

subir como la espuma familiar to spread like wildfire

subirse por las paredes figurado to hit the roof

subírsele a uno los humos a la cabeza figurado to become conceited

subírsele algo a la cabeza figurado to go to one's head

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verb

1) to increase, rise

2) raise

3) climb

•

- subir a

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1. VT

1) (=levantar) [+ pierna, brazo, objeto] to lift, lift up, raise; [+ calcetines, pantalones, persianas] to pull up

sube los brazos — lift your arms (up), raise your arms

2) (=poner arriba) [llevando] to take up; [trayendo] to bring up

¿me puedes ayudar a subir las maletas? — can you help me to take up the cases?

voy a subir esta caja arriba — I'll take this box upstairs

¿puedes subir ese cuadro de abajo? — could you bring that picture up from down there?

lo subieron al portaequipajes — they put it up on the rack

lo subimos a un taxi — we put him in a taxi

3) (=ascender) [+ calle, cuesta, escalera, montaña] (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up

subió las escaleras de dos en dos — she went up the stairs two at a time

tenía problemas para subir las escaleras — he had difficulty getting up o climbing the stairs

4) (=aumentar) [+ precio, salario] to put up, raise, increase; [+ artículo en venta] to put up the price of

los taxistas han subido sus tarifas — taxi drivers have put their fares up o have raised their fares

van a subir la gasolina — they are going to put up o increase the price of petrol

5) (=elevar) [+ volumen, televisión, radio] to turn up; [+ voz] to raise

sube la radio, que no se oye — turn the radio up, I can't hear it

6) [en escalafón] [+ persona] to promote

7) (Arquit) to put up, build

subir una pared — to put up o build a wall

8) (Mús) to raise the pitch of

2. VI

1) (=ir arriba) to go up; (=venir arriba) to come up; [en un monte, en el aire] to climb

suba al tercer piso — go up to the third floor

sube, que te voy a enseñar unos discos — come up, I've got some records to show you

seguimos subiendo hasta la cima — we went on climbing till we reached the summit

estaba mirando como la mosca subía por la ventana — I watched the fly move slowly up the window

tuvimos que subir andando — we had to walk up

2) (Transportes) [en autobús, avión, tren, bicicleta, moto, caballo] to get on; [en coche, taxi] to get in

subir a un autobús/avión/tren — to get on(to) a bus/plane/train

subir a un coche — to get in(to) a car

subir a una bicicleta — to get on(to) a bike

subir a un caballo — to mount a horse, get on(to) a horse

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

3) [en el escalafón] to be promoted (a to)

nuestro objetivo es subir a primera división — our aim is to go up o be promoted to the First Division

4) (=aumentar) [precio, valor] to go up, rise; [temperatura] to rise

la gasolina ha vuelto a subir — (the price of) petrol has gone up again

sigue subiendo la bolsa — share prices are still rising

le ha subido la fiebre — her temperature has gone up o risen
tono 2)
5) (=aumentar de nivel) [río, mercurio] to rise; [marea] to come in

6) [cantidad]

subir a — to come to, total

3.

See:

subirse
SUBIR Otros verbos de movimiento ► Subir la cuesta/ la escalera {etc}, por regla general, se suele traducir por to come up o por to go up, según la dirección del movimiento (hacia o en sentido contrario al hablante), pero come y go se pueden reemplazar por otros verbos de movimiento si la oración española especifica la forma en que se sube mediante el uso de adverbios o construcciones adverbiales: Tim subió las escaleras a gatas Tim crept up the stairs El mes pasado los precios subieron vertiginosamente Prices shot up last month Para otros usos y ejemplos ver la entrada
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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie — you have to walk up

ahora subo — I'll be right up

los autobuses que suben al pueblo — the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

b)

subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

d) ( en tenis)

subir a la red — to go up to the net

2)

a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise

b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise

c) leche materna to come in

3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
2.
subir vt

1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera — she ran upstairs

2)

a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra — I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván — I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)

sube al niño al caballo — lift the child onto the horse

voy a subir un poco este cuadro — I'm going to put this picture up a bit higher

traía el cuello del abrigo subido — he had his coat collar turned up

c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla — she raised the window

d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up

3) (Inf) to upload

4)

a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

b) <volumen/radio> to turn up

sube un poco la calefacción — turn the heating o heat up a little
3.
subirse verbo pronominal

1)

a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b

b) ( trepar) to climb

se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)

el éxito se le subió a la cabeza — the success went to his head

se me subieron los colores — I went red o blushed

2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up

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= go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.

Ex. Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.

Ex. The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex. If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex. As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex. He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.

Ex. Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.

Ex. Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.

Ex. Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex. Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.

Ex. The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex. Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.

Ex. The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.

Ex. You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex. Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex. Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.

Ex. Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex. Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex. There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex. We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex. David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex. Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex. After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex. The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex. Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.

Ex. In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

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* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

* subir a = board.

* subir al poder = rise to + power.

* subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.

* subir a un barco = board + ship.

* subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir de precio = rise in + price.

* subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.

* subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.

* subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.

* subir en = ride.

* subir en bici = ride + a bike.

* subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.

* subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.

* subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.

* subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.

* subir ligeramente = nudge up.

* subir los impuestos = push + taxes.

* subir repentinamente = shoot up.

* subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.

* subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.

* subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.

* telón + subir = curtain + rise.

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1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) ascensor/persona ( alejándose) to go up; ( acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie — you have to walk up

ahora subo — I'll be right up

los autobuses que suben al pueblo — the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima — the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

b)

subir A algo — a autobús/tren/avión to get on o onto sth; a coche to get in o into sth; a caballo/bicicleta to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml)

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up; ( en el escalafón) to be promoted

han subido a primera división — they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

d) ( en tenis)

subir a la red — to go up to the net

2)

a) marea to come in; aguas/río to rise

b) fiebre/tensión to go up, rise; temperatura to rise

c) leche materna to come in

3) precio/valor/cotización/salario to rise, go up
2.
subir vt

1) < montaña> to climb; < cuesta> to go up, climb; < escaleras> to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera — she ran upstairs

2)

a) <objeto/niño> ( llevar arriba - acercándose) to bring up; (- alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra — I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván — I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) <objeto/niño> ( poner más alto)

sube al niño al caballo — lift the child onto the horse

voy a subir un poco este cuadro — I'm going to put this picture up a bit higher

traía el cuello del abrigo subido — he had his coat collar turned up

c) <persiana/telón> to raise; < pantalones> to pull up

¿me subes la cremallera? — will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla — she raised the window

d) < dobladillo> to take up; < falda> to take o turn up

3) (Inf) to upload

4)

a) <precios/salarios> to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? — how much did your salary go up this year?

b) <volumen/radio> to turn up

sube un poco la calefacción — turn the heating o heat up a little
3.
subirse verbo pronominal

1)

a) (a coche, autobús, etc) verbo intransitivo 1 b

b) ( trepar) to climb

se subió al árbol/al muro — she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the walls

estaba subido a un árbol/caballo — he was up a tree/sitting on a horse

c) (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc)

el éxito se le subió a la cabeza — the success went to his head

se me subieron los colores — I went red o blushed

2) (refl) <calcetines/pantalones> to pull up

* * *

= go up, move up, raise, rise, ascend, mount, walk up, elevate, climb, bring up, zip, move down, hike up, scale, spike, crank up, get + high, move it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch, ratchet up, mark + Nombre + up, amp up, turn up.

Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.

Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.

Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex: As she ascended the staircase to the library director's office, she tried to fathom the reason for the imperious summons.

Ex: He fully expected the director to acquiesce, for his eyebrows mounted ever so slightly.

Ex: Some of the questions to ask ourselves are will people walk up or down stairs, across quadrangles, etc just to visit the library?.

Ex: Some of the things that are said about genuine bookselling do at times seem to elevate this occupation to a level far beyond mere commerce.

Ex: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

Ex: Matrix and mould were pivoted and were brought up to the nozzle of a metal pump for the moment of casting, and then swung back to eject the new-made letter.

Ex: The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.

Ex: Of the 32 institutions indicating some change in status from July 1982 to January 1983, 19 moved down in status and 13 moved up.

Ex: The government has hiked up the rate of income tax being paid by oil multinationals.

Ex: You'll be scaling walls, jumping between rooftops, swinging on ropes, hanging from pipes, sliding under 4WDs and doing anything you can to avoid those zombies.

Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex: Yes, some people with thin blood or whose pulse and blood pressure get high enough will have a nose bleed when excited.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex: Determine how much it costs to make the item, how much it costs to market that item, and then mark it up by 15-30% or more.

Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

* estar que + subirse + por las paredes = tear + Posesivo + hair out.

* obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

* subir a = board.

* subir al poder = rise to + power.

* subir al trono = ascend (to) + the throne.

* subir a un barco = board + ship.

* subir de nivel = move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir de precio = rise in + price.

* subir el listón = raise + the bar, move it up + a gear, take it up + a gear, notch it up + a gear, take it up + a notch, crank it up + a notch, crank it up + a gear, move it up + a notch.

* subir el nivel = raise + standard, raise + the bar.

* subir el precio = push + cost + up, raise + price, jack up + the price, rack up + the price.

* subir el volumen = pump up + the volume.

* subir en = ride.

* subir en bici = ride + a bike.

* subir en bicicleta = ride + a bike.

* subir exageradamente = rise + steeply.

* subir la moral = boost + Posesivo + morale, lift + morale, increase + morale, improve + morale, boost + Posesivo + confidence, bolster + confidence.

* subirle la nota a Alguien = mark + Nombre + up.

* subir ligeramente = nudge up.

* subir los impuestos = push + taxes.

* subir repentinamente = shoot up.

* subirse al autobús = get on + the bus.

* subirse al tren = jump on + the bandwagon, ride + the hype, catch + the fever.

* subírsele a la cabeza = go to + Posesivo + head.

* subírsele los colores = go + bright red.

* subírsele los humos a la cabeza = get + too big for + Posesivo + boots, get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches.

* subirse por las paredes = be beside + Reflexivo.

* subir y/o bajar = move up and/or down.

* telón + subir = curtain + rise.

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subir [I1 ]

vi

A

1 «ascensor/persona» (alejándose) to go up; (acercándose) to come up

hay que subir a pie you have to walk up

ahora subo I'll be right up, I'm coming up now

voy a subir al caserío I'm going up to the farmhouse

los autobuses que suben al pueblo the buses that go up to the village

el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill

2 (a un coche) to get in; (a un autobús, etc) to get on subir A algo ‹a un autobús/un tren/un avión› to get ON o ONTO sth; ‹a un coche› to get IN o INTO sth; ‹a un caballo/una bicicleta› to get ON o ONTO sth, to mount sth ( frml)

subir a bordo to go/get on board

3 (de categoría) to go up

ha subido en el escalafón he has been promoted

han subido a primera división they've been promoted to o they've gone up to the first division

ha subido mucho en mi estima she has gone up a lot o ( frml) risen greatly in my estimation

4 ( Arg fam) to take up office/one's post

5

(en tenis): subir a la red to go up to the net

B

1 «marea» to come in; «aguas/río» to rise

las aguas no subieron de nivel the water level did not rise

2 «fiebre/tensión» to go up, rise

han subido las temperaturas temperatures have risen

3 ( Med) «leche» to come in, be produced

C «precio/valor/cotización» to rise, go up

la leche subió a 60 céntimos milk went up to sixty cents

el desempleo subió en 94.500 personas en el primer trimestre unemployment rose by 94,500 in the first quarter

ha subido el dólar con respecto al euro the dollar has risen against the euro

D ( Inf) to upload

■ subir

vt

A ‹montaña› to climb; ‹cuesta› to go up, climb

subió corriendo la escalera she ran upstairs

tiene problemas para subir la escalera he has trouble getting up o climbing the stairs

subió los escalones de dos en dos he went o walked up the stairs two at a time

B

1 ‹objeto/niño› (acercándose) to bring up; (alejándose) to take up

voy a subir la compra I'm just going to take the shopping upstairs

tengo que subir unas cajas al desván I have to put some boxes up in the attic

¿puedes subir las maletas? could you take the cases up?

sube al niño al caballo lift the child onto the horse

ese cuadro está muy bajo, ¿puedes subirlo un poco? that picture is very low, can you put it up a little higher?

traía el cuello del abrigo subido he had his coat collar turned up

2 ‹persiana/telón› to raise

¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper ( AmE) o ( BrE) zip?

subió la ventanilla she wound the window up o closed o raised the window

ven que te suba los pantalones come here and let me pull your pants ( AmE) o ( BrE) trousers up for you

3 ‹dobladillo› to take up; ‹falda› to take o turn up

C

1 ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up

¿cuánto te han subido este año? how much did your salary go up this year?

2 ‹volumen/radio› to turn up

sube el volumen turn the volume up

sube el tono que no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you

sube un poco la calefacción turn the heating o heat up a little

■ subirse

v pron

A

1 (a un coche, autobús, etc) subir vi A 2.

2 (trepar) to climb

se subió al muro she climbed (up) onto the wall

les encanta subirse a los árboles they love to climb trees

estaban subidos a un árbol they were up a tree

el niño se le subió encima the child climbed on top of him

3 (a la cabeza, cara) (+ me/te/le etc):

el vino enseguida se me subió a la cabeza the wine went straight to my head

el éxito se le ha subido a la cabeza success has gone to his head

noté que se me subían los colores (a la cara) I realized that I was going red o blushing

B ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up

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subir ( conjugate subir) verbo intransitivo
1
a) [ascensor/persona/coche] ( ir arriba) to go up;

( venir arriba) to come up;
◊ hay que subir a pie you have to walk up;

ahora subo I'll be right up;
el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hill
b) subir A algo ‹a autobús/tren/avión› to get on o onto sth;

‹ a coche› to get in o into sth;
‹a caballo/bicicleta› to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml);
◊ subir a bordo to go o get on board

c) ( de categoría) to go up;

( en el escalafón) to be promoted
2
a) [ marea] to come in;

[aguas/río] to rise
b) [fiebre/tensión] to go up, rise;

[ temperatura] to rise
3 [precio/valor/cotización/salario] to rise, go up
verbo transitivo
1 ‹ montaña› to climb;
‹escaleras/cuesta› to go up, climb
2
a) ‹objeto/niño› ( traer arriba) to bring up;

( llevar arriba) to take up;
◊ tengo que subir unas cajas al desván I have to put some boxes up in the attic

b) ( poner más alto) ‹ objeto› to put up … (higher);

‹ cuello de prenda› to turn up:
◊ sube al niño al caballo lift the child onto the horse

c) ‹persiana/telón/ventanilla› to raise;

‹ pantalones› to pull up;
◊ ¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?

d) ‹ dobladillo› to take up;

‹ falda› to take o turn up
e) (Inf) to upload

3
a) ‹precios/salarios› to raise, put up

b) ‹volumen/radio/calefacción› to turn up

subirse verbo pronominal
1
a) (a coche, autobús, etc) See Also→ subir verbo intransitivo 1b

b) ( trepar) to climb;

◊ se subió al árbol/al muro she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the wall;

estaba subido a un árbol he was up a tree
c) ( a la cabeza) (+ me/te/le etc):

◊ el éxito se le subió a la cabeza the success went to his head

2 ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up;
‹ cuello› to turn up
subir
I verbo transitivo
1 (una pendiente, las escaleras) to go up
(hacia el hablante) to come up
(una montaña) to climb
2 (llevar arriba) to take up: voy a subir las cajas, I'm going to take the boxes upstairs
(hacia el hablante) to bring up
3 (elevar) to raise: sube la mano izquierda, lift your left hand
(el sueldo, la temperatura, la voz, etc) to raise: sube (el volumen de) la radio, turn the radio up
II verbo intransitivo
1 (ascender) to go up: ¿por qué no subimos a verla?, why don't we go up to see her?
(acercándose al hablante) to come up ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (a un avión, tren, autobús) to get on o onto: subimos al tren, we boarded the train
(a un coche) to get into o in
3 (la marea, las aguas) to rise
4 (la temperatura) to rise
5 (los precios, el sueldo, etc) to rise, go up
6 (de categoría) to go up
' subir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- abrochar
- ascender
- bordo
- cajón
- cerrar
- cortante
- embarcación
- escena
- estrado
- irse
- trono
- abordar
- alto
- bien
- escalafón
- montar
- volumen
English:
aboard
- ascend
- board
- boarding card
- boarding pass
- climb
- come in
- come up
- curl
- elevate
- escalate
- flight
- get into
- get on
- go up
- hand up
- heave
- hoist
- increase
- jump on
- mount
- move up
- pile in
- push
- raise
- rise
- roll up
- send up
- sharply
- shoot up
- show up
- slope
- spiral up
- stair
- stand
- steeply
- tree
- turn up
- up
- volume
- walk up
- zip up
- air
- come
- do
- flow
- gain
- get
- go
- jump

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subir

♦ vt

1. [poner arriba] [libro, cuadro] to put up;
[telón] to raise; [persiana] to roll up; [ventanilla] to wind up, to close;
he subido la enciclopedia de la primera a la última estantería I've moved the encyclopedia up from the bottom shelf to the top one;

sube el cuadro un poco move the picture up a bit o a bit higher;

¿me ayudas a subir las bolsas? could you help me take the bags up?;

ayúdame a subir la caja [a lo alto] help me get the box up;
[al piso de arriba] help me carry the box upstairs
2. [montar]
subir algo/a alguien a to lift sth/sb onto

3. [alzar] [bandera] to raise;

subir la mano to put one's hand up, to raise one's hand

4. [ascender] [calle, escaleras] to go/come up;
[escalera de mano] to climb; [pendiente, montaña] to go up;
subió las escaleras a toda velocidad she ran up o climbed the stairs as fast as she could;

subió la calle a todo correr he ran up the street as fast as he could

5. [aumentar] [precio, impuestos] to put up, to increase;
[música, volumen, radio] to turn up;
subió la voz o [m5] el tono para que se le oyera she raised her voice so she could be heard;

sube la voz o [m5]el tono, no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you;

subir el fuego de la cocina to turn up the heat;

subir la moral a alguien to lift sb's spirits, to cheer sb up

6. [hacer ascender de categoría] to promote

7. Mús to raise the pitch of

8. Fam Informát to upload

♦ vi

1. [a piso, azotea] to go/come up;

¿podrías subir aquí un momento? could you come up here a minute?;

subo enseguida I'll be up in a minute;

subir corriendo to run up;

subir en ascensor to go/come up in the Br lift o US elevator;

subir por la escalera to go/come up the stairs;

subir (a) por algo to go up and get sth;

subir a la red [en tenis] to come (in) to the net

2. [montar] [en avión, barco] to get on;
[en coche] to get in; [en moto, bicicleta, tren] to get on; [en caballo] to get on, to mount; [en árbol, escalera de mano, silla] to climb up;
subir a [coche] to get in(to);
[moto, bicicleta, tren, avión] to get on; [caballo] to get on, to mount; [árbol, escalera de mano] to climb up; [silla, mesa] to get o climb onto; [piso] to go/come up to;
subir a bordo to go on board;

es peligroso subir al tren en marcha it is dangerous to board the train while it is moving

3. [aumentar] to rise, to go up;
[hinchazón, cauce] to rise; [fiebre] to raise, to go up;
los precios subieron prices went up o rose;

subió la gasolina the price of petrol went up o rose;

el euro subió frente a la libra the euro went up o rose against the pound;

las acciones de C & C han subido C & C share prices have gone up o risen;

han subido las ventas sales are up;

este modelo ha subido de precio this model has gone up in price, the price of this model has gone up;

el coste total no subirá del millón the total cost will not be more than o over a million;

no subirá de tres horas it will take three hours at most, it won't take more than three hours;

está subiendo la marea the tide is coming in;

el jefe ha subido mucho en mi estima the boss has gone up a lot in my estimation

4. [cuenta, importe]
subir a to come o amount to

5. Culin [crecer] to rise

6. Fam [ir, venir] to come/go up;

subiré a la capital la próxima semana I'll be going up to the capital next week;

¿por qué no subes a vernos este fin de semana? why don't you come up to see us this weekend?

7. [ascender de categoría] to be promoted (a to); Dep to be promoted, to go up (a to);
el Atlético subió de categoría Atlético went up

♦ See also the pronominal verb subirse

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subir

I v/t

1 cuesta, escalera go up, climb; montaña climb

2 objeto raise, lift; intereses, precio raise

II v/i

1 para indicar acercamiento come up; para indicar alejamiento go up

2 de precio rise, go up

3 a un tren, autobús get on; a un coche get in

4

:

subir al poder rise to power;

subir al trono ascend to the throne

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subir vt

1) : to bring up, to take up

2) : to climb, to go up

3) : to raise

subir vi

1) : to go up, to come up

2) : to rise, to increase

3) : to be promoted

4)

subir a : to get on, to mount

subir a un tren: to get on a train

♦ See also the reflexive verb subirse

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subir vb

1. (ir arriba) to go up

subí las escaleras I went up the stairs

¡sube! ¡la vista es fantástica! come up! the view is fantastic!

2. (escalar) to climb

subimos la montaña we climbed the mountain

3. (en un coche) to get in

sube al coche get in the car

4. (en un tren, autobús, avión) to get on

subió al tren he got on the train

5. (aumentar) to rise [pt. rose; pp. risen] / to go up

el precio ha subido the price has gone up

6. (llevar arriba) to take up [pt. took; pp. taken] / to put up [pt. & pp. put]

sube estos trastos al desván put these old things up in the loft

7. (incrementar) to put up [pt. & pp. put] / to raise

han subido el precio del pan they've put the price of bread up

8. (hacer más fuerte) to turn up

sube el volumen de la radio turn the radio up

Spanish-English dictionary > subir
13 up

up

❢ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs ( get up, pick up etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc).

A adj

1 ( out of bed) she's up elle est levée ; they're often up early/late ils se lèvent souvent tôt/tard ; we were up very late last night nous nous sommes couchés très tard hier soir ; they were up all night ils ont veillé toute la nuit ; she was up all night waiting for them elle a passé toute la nuit à les attendre ; I was still up at 2 am j'étais toujours debout à 2 heures du matin ; John isn't up yet John n'est pas encore levé ; we arrived before anyone was up quand nous sommes arrivés, personne n'était encore levé or tout le monde dormait encore ;

2 (higher in amount, level) sales/prices/interest rates are up (by 10%) les ventes/les prix/les taux d'intérêt ont augmenté (de 10%) ; shares/numbers of students are up les actions sont/le nombre d'étudiants est en hausse ; tourism/production is up (by) 5% le tourisme/la production a augmenté de 5% ; his temperature is up 2 degrees sa température a augmenté de 2° ; oranges/carrots are up again le prix des oranges/carottes augmente de nouveau ; sales/prices are 10% up on last year les ventes/les prix ont augmenté de 10% par rapport à l'an dernier ; I came out of the deal £5,000 up j'ai fait 5 000 livres sterling de bénéfice dans cette affaire ;

3 ○ ( wrong) what's up? qu'est-ce qui se passe? ; what's up with him? qu'est-ce qu'il lui arrive? ; is there something up? est-ce qu'il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas? ; there's something up il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas ; there's something up with him/your dad il/ton père n'a pas l'air bien ; what's up with the TV? qu'est-ce qu'elle a la télé? ; what's up with your arm? qu'est-ce que tu as au bras? ; there's something up with the brakes il y a un problème avec les freins ; there's something up with my back mon dos me fait mal ;

4 (erected, affixed) the notice/the photograph is up on the board l'annonce/la photographie est affichée sur le panneau ; is the tent up? est-ce que la tente est déjà montée? ; the building will be up in three months time le bâtiment sera terminé dans trois mois ; how long have those curtains been up? depuis quand est-ce que ces rideaux sont pendus or là? ; he had his hand up for five minutes il a gardé la main levée pendant cinq minutes ;

5 ( open) he had his umbrella up il avait son parapluie ouvert ; the hood GB of the car was up la capote de la voiture était fermée ; the blinds were up les stores étaient levés ; when the switch/lever is up the machine is off si le bouton/levier est vers le haut la machine est arrêtée ; when the barrier is up you can go through quand la barrière est levée vous pouvez passer ;

6 ( finished) ‘time's up!’ ‘le temps est épuisé!’ ; his leave/military service is almost up son congé/service militaire est presque terminé ; when the four days/months were up à la fin des quatre jours/mois ; it's all up ○ with this government c'est la fin du gouvernement ; it's all up ○ with him il est fini ○ ;

7 ( facing upwards) ‘this side up’ (on parcel, box) ‘haut’ ; he was lying/floating face up il était allongé/flottait sur le dos ; the bread landed with the buttered side up la tartine est tombée côté beurré vers le haut ;

8 ( rising) the river is up la rivière est en crue ; the wind is up le vent est fort ; his colour's up il est tout rouge ; his blood's up fig la moutarde lui monte au nez ;

9 ( pinned up) her hair was up elle avait les cheveux relevés ;

10 ( cheerful) he's up at the moment il est en forme en ce moment ;

11 ( being repaired) the road is up la route est en travaux ; ‘Road up’ ( on sign) ‘Travaux’ ;

12 ( in upward direction) the up escalator l'escalator® qui monte ;

13 ( on trial) to be up before a judge passer devant le tribunal ; he's up for murder/fraud il est accusé de meurtre/fraude ;

14 Sport (in tennis, badminton) not up! faute! ;

15 ○ GB ( ready) tea up! le thé est prêt!

B adv

1 ( high) up here/there là-haut ; up on the wardrobe/the top shelf/the hill sur l'armoire/l'étagère la plus haute/la colline ; up in the tree/the clouds dans l'arbre/les nuages ; up at the top of the house tout en haut de la maison ; up on top of the mountain au sommet de la montagne ; up in London à Londres ; up to/in Scotland en Écosse ; up to Aberdeen à Aberdeen ; up North au nord ; four floors up from here quatre étages au-dessus ; I live two floors up j'habite au deuxième étage ; he lives ten floors up from her il habite dix étages au-dessus d'elle ; on the second shelf up sur la deuxième étagère en partant du bas ; I'm on my way up je monte ; I'll be right up je monte tout de suite ; he's on his way up to see you/to the fifth floor il est en train de monter vous voir/au cinquième étage ; it needs to be a bit further up ( picture etc) il faut le mettre un peu plus haut ; all the way up jusqu'en haut, jusqu'au sommet ;

2 ( ahead) d'avance ; to be four points up (on sb) avoir quatre points d'avance (sur qn) ; they were two goals up ils menaient avec deux buts d'avance ; she's 40-15 up ( in tennis) elle mène 40-15 ;

3 ( upwards) t-shirts from £2 up des t-shirts à partir de deux livres ; from (the age of) 14 up à partir de 14 ans ; everyone in the company from the cleaning lady up tout le monde dans l'entreprise, de la femme de ménage au patron ;

4 (at, to high status) to be up with ou among the best/the leaders faire partie des meilleurs/des leaders ; up the workers! vive les travailleurs! ; ‘up with Manchester United’ ‘vive Manchester United’.

C prep

1 (at, to higher level) up the tree dans l'arbre ; up a ladder sur une échelle ; the library is up the stairs la bibliothèque se trouve en haut de l'escalier ; he ran up the stairs il a monté l'escalier en courant ; the road up the mountain la route qui gravit la montagne ; the spider crawled up my back l'araignée a grimpé le long de mon dos ; the pipe runs up the front of the house le tuyau monte le long de la façade de la maison ;

2 ( in direction) the shops are up the road les magasins sont plus loin dans la rue ; she lives up that road there elle habite dans cette rue ; he lives just up the road il habite juste à côté ; the boathouse is further up the river le hangar à bateaux est plus loin au bord de la rivière ; his office is up the corridor from mine son bureau est dans le même couloir que le mien ; he walked up the road singing il a remonté la rue en chantant ; the car drove up the road la voiture a remonté la rue ; I saw him go up that road there je l'ai vu partir dans cette rue ; she's got water up her nose elle a de l'eau dans le nez ; he put it up his sleeve il l'a mis dans sa manche ;

3 ○ GB (at, to) he's up the pub il est au pub.

D up above adv phr, prep phr gen au-dessus ; Relig au ciel ; up above sth au-dessus de qch.

E up against prep phr lit up against the wall contre le mur ; fig to be up ou come up against difficulties/opposition rencontrer des difficultés/de l'opposition ; they're up against a very strong team ils sont confrontés à une équipe très forte ; it helps to know what you are up against il faut savoir ce contre quoi on se bat ; we're really up against it on a vraiment des problèmes.

F up and about adv phr ( out of bed) debout, réveillé ; ( after illness) to be up and about again être de nouveau sur pied.

G up and down adv phr, prep phr

1 ( to and fro) to walk ou pace up and down aller et venir, faire les cent pas ; he was walking up and down the garden il faisait les cent pas dans le jardin ; they travelled up and down the country ils ont sillonné le pays ; she's been up and down all night ( in and out of bed) elle n'a pas arrêté de se lever pendant la nuit ; he's a bit up and down at the moment fig ( depressed) il n'a pas le moral en ce moment ; ( ill) il n'est pas en forme en ce moment ;

2 ( throughout) up and down the country/region dans tout le pays/toute la région.

H up and running adj phr, adv phr to be up and running [company, project] bien marcher ; [system] bien fonctionner ; to get sth up and running faire marcher or fonctionner qch.

I up for prep phr he's up for election il se présente aux élections ; the subject up for discussion/consideration is… le sujet qu'on aborde/considère est…

J up to prep phr

1 ( to particular level) jusqu'à ; up to here jusqu'ici ; up to there jusque là ; I was up to my knees in water j'étais dans l'eau jusqu'aux genoux ;

2 ( as many as) jusqu'à, près de ; up to 20 people/50 dollars jusqu'à 20 personnes/50 dollars ; up to 500 people arrive every day près de 500 personnes arrivent tous les jours ; reductions of up to 50% des réductions qui peuvent atteindre 50% ; tax on profits of up to £150,000 les impôts sur les bénéfices de moins de 150 000 livres sterling ; to work for up to 12 hours a day travailler jusqu'à 12 heures par jour ; a hotel for up to 500 people un hôtel qui peut accueillir jusqu'à 500 personnes ;

3 ( until) jusqu'à ; up to 1964 jusqu'en 1964 ; up to 10.30 pm jusqu'à 22 h 30 ; up to now jusqu'à maintenant ; up to chapter two jusqu'au chapitre deux ;

4 ( good enough for) I'm not up to it ( not capable) je n'en suis pas capable ; ( not well enough) je n'en ai pas la force ; I'm not up to going to London/going back to work je n'ai pas le courage d'aller à Londres/de retourner travailler ; I'm not up to writing a book je ne suis pas capable d'écrire un livre ; the play wasn't up to much la pièce n'était pas formidable ; this piece of work wasn't up to your usual standard ce travail n'est pas au niveau de ce que vous faites d'habitude ;

5 ( expressing responsibility) it's up to you/him to do c'est à toi/lui de faire ; ‘shall I leave?’-‘it's up to you!’ ‘est-ce que je devrais partir?’-‘c'est à toi de décider!’ ; if it were up to me/him si ça dépendait de moi/de lui ;

6 ( doing) what is he up to? qu'est-ce qu'il fait? ; what are those children up to? qu'est-ce qu'ils fabriquent ○ ces enfants? ; they're up to something ils mijotent ○ quelque chose.

K vtr ( p prés etc - pp-) ( increase) augmenter [price, interest rate, wages].

L ○ vi ( p prés etc - pp-) he upped and left/hit him tout d'un coup il s'est levé et il est parti/l'a frappé ; she upped and married someone else elle a épousé quelqu'un d'autre sans attendre.

Idioms

the company is on the up and up ça marche très bien pour l'entreprise ; to be one up on sb faire mieux que qn ; to be up for it ○ être partant ○ ; to be (well) up on s'y connaître en [art, history etc] ; être au courant de [news, developments, changes] ; the ups and downs les hauts et les bas (of de) ; up yours ◑ ! va te faire foutre ◑ !

Big English-French dictionary > up
14 superior

adj.

1 top.

la parte superior (de algo) the top (of something)

la mitad superior the top o upper half

2 higher.

ser superior en número, ser numéricamente superior to have a numerical advantage

3 superior.

es superior a la media it's above average

4 excellent (excelente).

5 upper (anatomy & geography).

6 higher (education).

m.

superior (jefe).

* * *

superior

► adjetivo

1 (encima de) upper, top

■ labio superior upper lip

■ está en la planta superior it's on the upper floor

2 (por encima de) greater (a, than), higher (a, than), above (a, -)

■ es superior a cuatro it's greater than four

3 figurado (persona - que supera) superior; (- mejor) better

4 figurado (calidad etc) superior, high, excellent

5 EDUCACIÓN higher

► nombre masculino

1 (jefe) superior

2 RELIGIÓN superior

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

calidad superior top quality, high quality

* * *
1. noun m.
superior
2. adj.
1) superior

2) higher

3) upper

* * *
I
1. ADJ

1) (=más alto) [estante, línea] top antes de s ; [labio, mandíbula] upper

vive en el piso superior — he lives on the top floor

en la parte superior de la página — at the top of the page

el cuadrante superior izquierdo — the top left quadrant

2) (=mejor) superior, better

ser superior a algo — to be superior to sth, be better than sth

sentirse superior a algn — to feel superior to sb

3) (=excelente)

la orquesta estuvo superior — the orchestra was top-quality o top-class

una moqueta de calidad superior — a superior quality o top-quality carpet

4) [cantidad]

cualquier número superior a doce — any number above o higher than twelve

nos son muy superiores en número — they greatly outnumber us

5) [en categoría] [animal, especie] higher

una casta superior — a higher caste

tiene un cargo superior al tuyo — he has a higher-ranking post than yours

6) (Educ) [curso, nivel] advanced; [enseñanza] higher

2.

SM [en rango] superior

mis superiores — my superiors
II superior, -a ( Rel)
1.

ADJ superior

2.

SM / F superior/mother superior

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) <parte/piso> top (before n), upper (before n); < nivel> higher

el ángulo superior derecho — the top right-hand corner

b) <labio/mandíbula> upper (before n)

2)

a) ( en calidad) superior

superior A algo/alguien — superior to something/somebody

se siente superior a los demás — he thinks he's better than everyone else

una inteligencia superior a la media — above-average intelligence

b) ( en jerarquía) < oficial> superior; < clase social> higher

c) (en cantidad, número)

los atacantes eran superiores en número — the attackers were greater o more in number

superior A algo — above something

un número superior a 9 — a number greater than o higher than o above 9

es superior a mis fuerzas — it's more than I can bear
II
- riora masculino, femenino

a) (Relig) (m) Superior; (f) Mother Superior

b) superior masculino ( en rango) superior

* * *
I
adjetivo

1)

a) <parte/piso> top (before n), upper (before n); < nivel> higher

el ángulo superior derecho — the top right-hand corner

b) <labio/mandíbula> upper (before n)

2)

a) ( en calidad) superior

superior A algo/alguien — superior to something/somebody

se siente superior a los demás — he thinks he's better than everyone else

una inteligencia superior a la media — above-average intelligence

b) ( en jerarquía) < oficial> superior; < clase social> higher

c) (en cantidad, número)

los atacantes eran superiores en número — the attackers were greater o more in number

superior A algo — above something

un número superior a 9 — a number greater than o higher than o above 9

es superior a mis fuerzas — it's more than I can bear
II
- riora masculino, femenino

a) (Relig) (m) Superior; (f) Mother Superior

b) superior masculino ( en rango) superior

* * *

superior¹

¹ = superior, superordinate.

Nota: Nombre y adjetivo.

Ex: Under pressure from colleagues, superiors, and families to perform well, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.

Ex: Anyway, experience had taught him that a subordinate who attempts to subdue a superordinate is almost always lost; the superordinate has too many advantages in such a contest.

* Posesivo + superiores = Posesivo + betters.

superior²

² = better, high [higher -comp., highest -sup.], higher, pre-eminent [preeminent], superior, upper, heightened, enriched, high-end, preemptive [pre-emptive], top-tier [top tier].

Ex: Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.

Ex: Lower specificity will be associated with lower precision but high recall.

Ex: Relief must be secured from the laborious detailed manipulation of higher mathematics as well, if the users of it are to free their brains for something more than repetitive detailed transformations.

Ex: Often it is this factor which is pre-eminent in a decision to provide an in-house bulletin.

Ex: Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.

Ex: The upper and lower limits for the value are first entered.

Ex: The heightened level of community awareness has led some local authorities to take the initiative and to become information disseminators in their own right.

Ex: Union Catalogues may also decide that they need more enriched records because of specific needs.

Ex: The system provides extensive map facilities which until now have been available only on high-end hypermedia systems like Intermedia.

Ex: Coincidentally there has emerged a pre-emptive new technology for the storage, handling and transmission of information, potentially better suited to the convenience of users.

Ex: It is much to the credit of the British government that in the current reorganisation of local government it has insisted that public libraries be controlled by the top-tier authorities, those responsible for education and other major services.

* biblioteca de institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary library.

* borde superior = top edge.

* compartimento superior = overhead bin, overhead locker.

* contra fuerzas superiores = against (all/the) odds.

* cubierta superior = upper deck.

* de calidad superior = best-quality.

* de la parte superior = topmost [top most].

* demostrar ser superior = prove + superior.

* de nivel superior = upper-level, higher-level.

* de una clase social superior = above + Posesivo + class.

* educación superior = higher education.

* en la parte superior = at the top, uppermost, uppermost.

* enseñanza superior = higher education, higher learning, tertiary education.

* Espacio Europeo para la Educación Superior (EEES) = European Space for Higher Education (ESHE).

* esquina superior derecha = upper right corner, upper right-hand corner.

* esquina superior izquierda = top left corner, upper left corner, top left-hand corner.

* extremidades superiores = upper extremities, upper limbs.

* hacer superior = give + Nombre + an edge.

* institución de enseñanza superior = tertiary institution.

* institución de enseñanza superior no universitaria = college of higher education.

* la parte superior izquierda de = the upper left of.

* límite superior = upper bound.

* madre superiora = abbess, Mother Superior.

* mandíbula superior = maxilla [maxillae, -pl.], upper jaw.

* margen superior = top margin.

* maxilar superior = maxilla [maxillae, -pl.], upper jaw.

* miembros superiores = upper extremities, upper limbs.

* nivel superior = top layer.

* paleolítico superior, el = Upper Palaeolithic.

* parte superior = top, topside.

* pensamiento de orden superior = higher-order thinking.

* primer año de estudios superiores = freshman year.

* quijada superior = upper jaw.

* relativo a la enseñanza superior = tertiary.

* ser muy superior a los demás = be way above all the others.

* ser muy superior a los otros = be way above all the others.

* ser superior = supreme being, higher being, superior being.

* superior al 10 por ciento = double digit.

* superior a los demás = a cut above the rest, a cut above.

* término superior = top term, TT.

* título superior = advanced degree.

* * *

superior¹

adjective

A

1 ‹parte/piso› top ( before n), upper ( before n)

en el ángulo superior derecho de la hoja in the top right-hand corner of the page

en los pisos superiores del edificio on the upper o uppermost o top floors of the building

2 ‹labio› upper ( before n), top ( before n); ‹mandíbula› upper ( before n)

3 ( Astron) ‹planeta› superior

B

1 (en calidad) superior

un vino de calidad superior a superior o an excellent wine, a wine of superior quality

superior A algo/algn superior TO sth/sb

es muy superior al modelo anterior it is far better than o far superior to the previous model

se siente superior a los demás he thinks he's above o superior to everyone else, he thinks he's better than everyone else

una inteligencia superior a la media above-average intelligence

2 (en una jerarquía) superior

un oficial superior a mí an officer superior to me, a superior o higher-ranking officer

alumnos de los cursos superiores students from higher o more advanced courses

órdenes superiores orders from above

educación

3

(en cantidad, número): los atacantes eran superiores en número the attackers were greater o more in number

superior A algo above sth

temperaturas superiores a los cuarenta grados temperatures above o higher than forty degrees

un número superior a 9 a number greater than o higher than o above 9

el peso es superior a los 20 kilos the weight is above 20 kilos, the weight exceeds 20 kilos

es superior a mis fuerzas it's more than I can bear

superior² - riora

masculine, feminine

1 ( Relig) ( masculine) Superior; ( feminine) Mother Superior

2

superior masculine (en rango) superior

¿quién es su superior? who is your superior?

* * *

superior 1 adjetivo
1 ( en posición) ‹parte/piso› top ( before n), upper ( before n);
‹ nivel› higher;
‹labio/mandíbula› upper ( before n)
2
a) ( en calidad) superior;

superior A algo/algn superior to sth/sb;
◊ se siente superior a los demás he thinks he's better than everyone else;

una inteligencia superior a la media above-average intelligence
b) ( en jerarquía) ‹ oficial› superior;

‹ clase social› higher
c) (en cantidad, número):

◊ los atacantes eran superiores en número the attackers were greater o more in number;

superior A algo above sth;
un número superior a 9 a number greater than o higher than o above 9
superior 2
◊ - riora sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) (Relig) (m) Superior;

(f) Mother Superior
b)

◊ superior sustantivo masculino ( en rango) superior

superior
I adjetivo
1 (que está más alto) top, upper
el piso superior, the upper floor
2 (que es mejor) superior, better: su sueldo es superior al mío, his salary is higher than mine
3 (en número) un número superior a 10, a number greater o higher o more than 10
4 (indicando grado: en enseñanza) higher
(:en el ejército, la policía) superior
II m (rango militar, policial) superior
Rel Superior
' superior' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ápice
- Cesid
- CSIC
- encima
- ser
- extra
- innegablemente
- larga
- largo
- licenciatura
- pala
- superiora
- abogado
- brazo
- carrera
- creer
- derecho
- educación
- exceder
- jefe
- madre
- mejor
- normal
- superar
- titulado
English:
above
- advanced
- average
- change up
- cut
- degree
- education
- expanse
- high
- higher
- higher education
- higher-up
- outnumber
- outrank
- preeminent
- registrar
- rise above
- self-righteous
- senior
- staff college
- superior
- tertiary
- top
- top-heavy
- upper
- advantage
- A level
- barrister
- better
- boss
- commission
- excess
- fancy
- first
- mother
- move

* * *

superior, -ora

♦ adj

1. [de arriba] top;

los pisos superiores tienen mejores vistas the upper floors have better views;

la parte superior (de algo) the top (of sth);

la mitad superior the top o upper half

2. [mayor] higher (a than);
ser superior en número, ser numéricamente superior to have a numerical advantage;

temperaturas superiores a los 12 grados temperatures above 12 degrees;

una cifra superior a 100 a figure greater than 100;

lo venden a un precio un 30 por ciento superior al del mercado they are selling it at 30 percent above the market price;

por un periodo no superior a tres años for a period not exceeding three years

3. [mejor] superior (a to);
es superior a la media it's above average;

una mujer de inteligencia superior a la media a woman of above-average intelligence;

no me creo superior a nadie I don't consider myself superior to anyone

4. [excelente] excellent;

productos de calidad superior superior-quality products

5. Fam
es superior a mí o [m5] a mis fuerzas [no lo puedo soportar] it's too much for me

6. Biol
los mamíferos superiores the higher mammals

7. Anat upper;

el labio/la mandíbula superior the upper lip/jaw

8. Geog upper

9. Educ higher

10. Rel superior

11. Geol upper;

el Paleolítico superior the Upper Palaeolithic

♦ nm,f
Rel superior, f mother superior
♦ nm
[jefe] superior
* * *

superior

I adj

1 labio, piso etc upper

2 en jerarquía superior;

ser superior a be superior to

II m superior

* * *

superior adj

1) : superior

2) : upper

nivel superior: upper level

3) : higher

educación superior: higher education

4)

superior a : above, higher than, in excess of

superior nm

: superior

* * *

superior¹ adj

1. (en general) higher

educación superior higher education

2. (más alto) top

la estantería superior the top shelf

la parte superior de la hoja the top part of the page

3. (en calidad) superior

un tejido de calidad superior a superior quality material

superior² n superior

Spanish-English dictionary > superior
15 comercial

adj.

1 commercial.

relaciones comerciales trade relations

2 store.

f. & m.

sales rep (vendedor, representante).

m.

commercial, ad, advertisement, advert.

* * *

comercial

► adjetivo

1 (del comercio) commercial

2 (de tiendas) shopping

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (vendedor) seller; (hombre) salesman; (mujer) saleswoman

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

banco comercial commercial bank

tratado comercial commercial treaty

* * *

adj.

commercial

* * *

1. ADJ

1) (=de tiendas) [área, recinto] shopping antes de s

un centro comercial — a shopping centre

2) (=financiero) [carta, operación] business antes de s ; [balanza, déficit, guerra, embargo] trade antes de s ; [intercambio, estrategia] commercial

el interés comercial de la empresa — the commercial o trading interests of the company

su novela alcanzó un gran éxito comercial — his novel was very successful commercially, his novel achieved great commercial success

han reanudado las relaciones comerciales — they have resumed trading relations
agente 1., local 2., 1)
3) [aviación, avión, piloto] civil

4) [cine, teatro, literatura] commercial

una película muy comercial — a very commercial film

2.

SMF (=vendedor) salesperson

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) <zona/operación/carta> business (before n)

una firma comercial — a company

el desequilibrio comercial entre los dos países — the trade imbalance between the two countries

el déficit comercial — the trade deficit

nuestra división comercial — our sales o marketing department; galería, centro

b) <película/arte> commercial
II
masculino

1) (AmL) commercial, advert (BrE)

2) (CS) (Educ) business school
III
femenino o masculino ( tienda)

Comercial Hernández — Hernandez's Stores

* * *

= commercial, commercially available, entrepreneurial, fee-based, marketing, priceable, for-profit, consumer-like, business-like, business-related, market-orientated [market orientated], profit-making, profit-related, readily available, trade-oriented, profit-orientated, marketable, business, off-the-shelf, commercially operated, market-oriented [market oriented], profit-oriented, out of the box, profit-generating.

Ex. It is these features which have led co-operative members to select these systems rather than those of the commercial software vendor.

Ex. Computerized information-retrieval systems are also very prominent in commercially available online search systems and applications.

Ex. It was noteworthy that nearly all SLIS were maintaining their IT materials as much, if not more, from earnings from entrepreneurial activity than out of institutional allocation.

Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex. Business International Inc. is another US service covering economic and marketing activities in over seventy countries.

Ex. Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.

Ex. The friction in this industry between private, for-profit services and not-for-profit learned societies or government bodies is deep-seated.

Ex. I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.

Ex. Twinning of libraries in different countries can bring benefits in terms of joint projects, student exchanges, and other buisness-related affairs.

Ex. In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.

Ex. Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.

Ex. However these distinctions are not always clear cut, the public sector may pursue profit-related goals and the private sector may adopt other goals besides profit (improving work environments, quality of life).

Ex. Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.

Ex. Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.

Ex. Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.

Ex. Central to this is the belief that information is a marketable commodity.

Ex. A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.

Ex. A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 -- 1,450.

Ex. There are a number of microfilming centres in the country including two commercially operated microfilming services.

Ex. The market oriented economy is changing the role of information and business information services.

Ex. The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.

Ex. Software vendors provide manuals for the ' out of the box' programs they sell.

Ex. Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.

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* actividad comercial = commercial activity.

* anuncio comercial = commercial.

* aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.

* aplicaciones comerciales = commercial software.

* argumento comercial = business case.

* asequible en establecimiento comercial = over the counter.

* aviación comercial = commercial aviation.

* bajo comercial = commercial premise.

* banco comercial = business bank.

* barrera comercial = trade barrier.

* carta comercial = business letter.

* casa comercial = house.

* caso comercial = business case.

* catálogo comercial de compra por correo = mail order catalogue.

* centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, plaza.

* comercial 7 papel comercial = commercial paper.

* compañía comercial = business firm.

* correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.

* déficit comercial = trade deficit.

* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* demanda comercial = market demand, commercial demand.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de un gran éxito comercial = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* director comercial = chief commercial officer.

* directorio comercial = trade directory, traders' list, traders' catalogue.

* directorio comercial por calles = street directory.

* distrito comercial = business district.

* diversificación comercial = business diversification.

* edificio comercial = commercial building.

* editor comercial = commercial publisher.

* editorial comercial = publishing firm, publishing press.

* emporio comercial = emporium [emporia, -pl.].

* empresa comercial = business firm.

* estafa comercial = business scam.

* estrategia comercial = business plan, market strategy.

* éxito comercial = commercial success, financial success.

* firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, commercial enterprise, business firm.

* galería comercial = shopping arcade, walking arcade.

* horario comercial = business hours.

* industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.

* inglés "comercial" = pidgin English.

* licencia comercial = trading licence.

* mantener relaciones comerciales = do + business.

* marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name.

* mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.

* nación comercial = trading nation.

* no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].

* novedad comercial = industry update.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* parque comercial = business estate.

* poco comercial = uncommercial.

* polígono comercial = business estate.

* presentación comercial = technical presentation.

* producto comercial = retail product.

* programa informático comercial = commercial application, commercial software.

* programas comerciales = commercial software.

* propuesta comercial = business proposition.

* proyecto comercial = marketing project.

* razonamiento comercial = business case.

* relaciones comerciales = business dealings.

* rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.

* representante comercial = business traveller.

* riesgo comercial = business risk.

* secreto comercial = competitive information.

* sector comercial, el = profit-oriented sector, the, profit sector, the, commercial sector, the, for-profit sector, the.

* sector no comercial, el = not-for-profit sector, the, non-profit sector, the.

* servicio comercial = commercial service.

* sistema comercial = market system, commercial system.

* situado en la calle comercial = shop-front [shopfront] .

* socio comercial = business associate.

* software comercial = commercial software.

* valor comercial = commercial paper.

* vehículo comercial = commercial vehicle.

* viajante comercial = business traveller.

* visión comercial = business acumen.

* vuelo comercial = commercial flight.

* zona comercial = business district, shopping area, shopping district.

* * *
I
adjetivo

a) <zona/operación/carta> business (before n)

una firma comercial — a company

el desequilibrio comercial entre los dos países — the trade imbalance between the two countries

el déficit comercial — the trade deficit

nuestra división comercial — our sales o marketing department; galería, centro

b) <película/arte> commercial
II
masculino

1) (AmL) commercial, advert (BrE)

2) (CS) (Educ) business school
III
femenino o masculino ( tienda)

Comercial Hernández — Hernandez's Stores

* * *

= commercial, commercially available, entrepreneurial, fee-based, marketing, priceable, for-profit, consumer-like, business-like, business-related, market-orientated [market orientated], profit-making, profit-related, readily available, trade-oriented, profit-orientated, marketable, business, off-the-shelf, commercially operated, market-oriented [market oriented], profit-oriented, out of the box, profit-generating.

Ex: It is these features which have led co-operative members to select these systems rather than those of the commercial software vendor.

Ex: Computerized information-retrieval systems are also very prominent in commercially available online search systems and applications.

Ex: It was noteworthy that nearly all SLIS were maintaining their IT materials as much, if not more, from earnings from entrepreneurial activity than out of institutional allocation.

Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.

Ex: Business International Inc. is another US service covering economic and marketing activities in over seventy countries.

Ex: Neither are the latter group, in the course of their professional activities, likely to feel that the treatment of information as a priceable commodity compromises a principle fundamental to their professional ethic.

Ex: The friction in this industry between private, for-profit services and not-for-profit learned societies or government bodies is deep-seated.

Ex: I tried to say at the very outset of my remarks that there probably has not been sufficient consumer-like and assertive leverage exerted upon our chief suppliers.

Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.

Ex: Twinning of libraries in different countries can bring benefits in terms of joint projects, student exchanges, and other buisness-related affairs.

Ex: In the middle range of authorship there is, then, quite a wide band of writing stretching from the scholarly to the market-orientated = En el nivel medio de autoría existe, pues, a una gran gama de producciones escritas que van desde lo científico a lo comercial.

Ex: Many types of budgets are not really applicable to libraries, since libraries are not primarily profit-making institutions.

Ex: However these distinctions are not always clear cut, the public sector may pursue profit-related goals and the private sector may adopt other goals besides profit (improving work environments, quality of life).

Ex: Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.

Ex: Trade-oriented scholarly presses also predict more titles, smaller press runs and higher prices.

Ex: Information producers and sellers are profit-orientated.

Ex: Central to this is the belief that information is a marketable commodity.

Ex: A major concern of the journal will be the business, economic, legal, societal and technological relationships between information technology and information resource management.

Ex: A standard off-the-shelf version costs 450 and fully tailored systems usually fall into the range 1,250 -- 1,450.

Ex: There are a number of microfilming centres in the country including two commercially operated microfilming services.

Ex: The market oriented economy is changing the role of information and business information services.

Ex: The author points out dangers inherent in the fact that on-line data bases are privately owned and profit-oriented.

Ex: Software vendors provide manuals for the ' out of the box' programs they sell.

Ex: Examples of determined efforts to erase the intellectual boundaries between the profit-generating models of business and the intellectual pursuits of the academic community are considered.

* actividad comercial = commercial activity.

* anuncio comercial = commercial.

* aplicación comercial = commercial application, business application.

* aplicaciones comerciales = commercial software.

* argumento comercial = business case.

* asequible en establecimiento comercial = over the counter.

* aviación comercial = commercial aviation.

* bajo comercial = commercial premise.

* banco comercial = business bank.

* barrera comercial = trade barrier.

* carta comercial = business letter.

* casa comercial = house.

* caso comercial = business case.

* catálogo comercial de compra por correo = mail order catalogue.

* centro comercial = shopping centre, shopping precinct, mall of shops, plaza.

* comercial 7 papel comercial = commercial paper.

* compañía comercial = business firm.

* correspondencia comercial = business correspondence.

* déficit comercial = trade deficit.

* déficit de la balanza comercial = trade deficit.

* de gran éxito comercial = high selling.

* demanda comercial = market demand, commercial demand.

* de modo comercial = on a commercial basis.

* de un gran éxito comercial = best selling [bestselling/best-selling], top-selling.

* de uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* director comercial = chief commercial officer.

* directorio comercial = trade directory, traders' list, traders' catalogue.

* directorio comercial por calles = street directory.

* distrito comercial = business district.

* diversificación comercial = business diversification.

* edificio comercial = commercial building.

* editor comercial = commercial publisher.

* editorial comercial = publishing firm, publishing press.

* emporio comercial = emporium [emporia, -pl.].

* empresa comercial = business firm.

* estafa comercial = business scam.

* estrategia comercial = business plan, market strategy.

* éxito comercial = commercial success, financial success.

* firma comercial = commercial firm, firm, commercial enterprise, business firm.

* galería comercial = shopping arcade, walking arcade.

* horario comercial = business hours.

* industria de las exposiciones comerciales = trade show industry.

* inglés "comercial" = pidgin English.

* licencia comercial = trading licence.

* mantener relaciones comerciales = do + business.

* marca comercial = brand name, servicemark, trade name.

* mundo comercial, el = commercial world, the.

* nación comercial = trading nation.

* no comercial = non-profit making, non-commercial [noncommercial].

* novedad comercial = industry update.

* para uso comercial = commercially-owned.

* parque comercial = business estate.

* poco comercial = uncommercial.

* polígono comercial = business estate.

* presentación comercial = technical presentation.

* producto comercial = retail product.

* programa informático comercial = commercial application, commercial software.

* programas comerciales = commercial software.

* propuesta comercial = business proposition.

* proyecto comercial = marketing project.

* razonamiento comercial = business case.

* relaciones comerciales = business dealings.

* rentabilidad comercial = business profitability.

* representante comercial = business traveller.

* riesgo comercial = business risk.

* secreto comercial = competitive information.

* sector comercial, el = profit-oriented sector, the, profit sector, the, commercial sector, the, for-profit sector, the.

* sector no comercial, el = not-for-profit sector, the, non-profit sector, the.

* servicio comercial = commercial service.

* sistema comercial = market system, commercial system.

* situado en la calle comercial = shop-front [shopfront].

* socio comercial = business associate.

* software comercial = commercial software.

* valor comercial = commercial paper.

* vehículo comercial = commercial vehicle.

* viajante comercial = business traveller.

* visión comercial = business acumen.

* vuelo comercial = commercial flight.

* zona comercial = business district, shopping area, shopping district.

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comercial¹

adjective

1 ‹distrito/operación› business ( before n)

una importante firma comercial an important company

el desequilibrio comercial entre los dos países the trade imbalance between the two countries

un emporio comercial fenicio a Phoenician trading post

algunos critican su agresividad comercial some people criticize their aggressive approach to business

el déficit comercial the trade deficit

una carta comercial a business letter

nuevas iniciativas comerciales new business initiatives

nuestra división comercial our sales o marketing department

el derribo de un avión comercial the shooting down of a civil aircraft

ver tb agente comercial (↑ agente), centro comercial (↑ centro), galería, etc

2 ‹película/arte› commercial

comercial²

masculine

( AmL)

commercial, advert ( BrE)

comercial³

feminine

or

masculine

A

(tienda): [ S ] Comercial Hernández Hernandez's Stores

B (CS) ( Educ) business school

* * *

comercial adjetivo
a) ‹zona/operación/carta› business ( before n);

◊ una firma comercial a company;

el déficit comercial the trade deficit;
See Also→ galería, centro
b) ‹película/arte› commercial

■ sustantivo masculino
a) ( anuncio) commercial, advert (BrE)

b) (CS) (Educ) business school

comercial adjetivo commercial
' comercial' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balanza
- centro
- depresión
- erotizar
- galería
- propaganda
- recibo
- Sres.
- feria
- gerente
- pasaje
- relación
- señalización
- señalizar
- zona
English:
accessible
- arcade
- brand name
- business
- commercial
- commercialize
- delay
- delegation
- head-hunt
- mall
- merchant bank
- moneymaker
- profit margin
- rep
- run across
- sales brochure
- sales promotion
- sales rep
- selling point
- shopping centre
- trade agreement
- trade deficit
- trade embargo
- trade gap
- trade route
- tradename
- trading partner
- trading results
- unbusinesslike
- break
- cash
- fair
- for
- mix
- opening
- plaza
- precinct
- representative
- shopping
- trade
- trading

* * *

comercial

♦ adj

1. [de empresas] commercial;
[embargo, déficit, disputa] trade;
relaciones comerciales trade relations;

aviación comercial civil aviation;

política comercial trade policy;

gestión comercial business management

2. [que se vende bien] commercial;

una película muy comercial a very commercial film

♦ nmf
[vendedor, representante] sales rep
♦ nm
Am commercial, Br advert
* * *

comercial

I adj commercial; de negocios business atr ;

el déficit comercial the trade deficit

II m/f representative

III m L.Am. ( anuncio) commercial

* * *

comercial adj & nm

: commercial

♦ comercialmente adv

* * *

comercial¹ adj commercial

comercial² n salesman [pl. salesmen] / saleswoman [pl. saleswomen]

Spanish-English dictionary > comercial
16 high

high [haɪ]

haut ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), 1 (f), 1 (g), 1 (m), 1 (o), 1 (p), 2 (a), 2 (b), 3 (a), 3 (b) élevé ⇒ 1 (b)-(e), 1 (k) grand ⇒ 1 (c), 1 (d) noble ⇒ 1 (e) aigu ⇒ 1 (g) excité ⇒ 1 (s) en haut ⇒ 2 (a)

1 adjective

(a) (tall) haut;

∎ how high is that building? quelle est la hauteur de ce bâtiment?;

∎ the walls are three metres high les murs ont ou font trois mètres de haut, les murs sont hauts de trois mètres;

∎ the building is eight storeys high c'est un immeuble de ou à huit étages;

∎ the highest mountain in the country la plus haute montagne du pays;

∎ when I was only so high quand je n'étais pas plus grand que ça

(b) (above ground level → river, tide) haut; (→ altitude, shelf) haut, élevé;

∎ built on high ground construit sur un terrain élevé;

∎ the sun was high in the sky le soleil était haut

(c) (above average → number) grand, élevé; (→ speed, value) grand; (→ cost, price, rate) élevé; (→ salary) élevé, gros (grosse); (→ pressure) élevé, haut; (→ polish) brillant;

∎ to the highest degree au plus haut degré, à l'extrême;

∎ of the highest importance de première importance;

∎ to pay a high price payer le prix fort;

∎ to fetch a high price se vendre cher;

∎ to make a higher bid faire une offre supérieure, surenchérir;

∎ highest bidder surenchérisseur(euse) m,f;

∎ she suffers from high blood pressure elle a de la tension;

∎ also figurative to play for high stakes jouer gros (jeu);

∎ built to withstand high temperatures conçu pour résister à des températures élevées;

∎ he has a high temperature il a beaucoup de température ou fièvre;

∎ areas of high unemployment des régions à fort taux de chômage;

∎ ore with a high mineral content minerai m à haute teneur;

∎ milk is high in calcium le lait contient beaucoup de calcium;

∎ high winds des vents mpl violents, de grands vents mpl;

∎ Mathematics the highest common factor le plus grand commun diviseur

(d) (better than average → quality) grand, haut; (→ standard) haut, élevé; (→ mark, score) élevé, bon; (→ reputation) bon;

∎ our chances of success remain high nos chances de succès restent très bonnes;

∎ to have a high opinion of sb avoir une bonne ou haute opinion de qn;

∎ he has a high opinion of himself il a une haute idée de lui-même;

∎ to have a high profile être très en vue;

∎ she speaks of you in the highest terms elle dit le plus grand bien de vous;

∎ one of the highest honours in the arts l'un des plus grands honneurs dans le monde des arts;

∎ Commerce & Finance high value added à haute valeur ajoutée

(e) (honourable → ideal, thought) noble, élevé; (→ character) noble;

∎ a man of high principles un homme qui a des principes (élevés);

∎ he took a very high moral tone il prit un ton très moralisateur;

∎ she has very high moral standards elle a des principes (de moralité) très élevés

(f) (of great importance or rank) haut, important;

∎ a high official un haut fonctionnaire;

∎ we have it on the highest authority nous le tenons de la source la plus sûre;

∎ to have friends in high places avoir des relations haut placées, avoir le bras long;

∎ of high rank de haut rang

(g) (sound, voice) aigu(uë); Music (note) haut

(h) (at peak)

∎ high summer plein été m;

∎ it was high summer c'était au cœur de l'été;

∎ it's high time we were leaving il est grand temps qu'on parte

(i) (intensely emotional)

∎ resentment was high il y avait énormément de ressentiment;

∎ moments of high drama des moments mpl extrêmement dramatiques;

∎ high adventure grande aventure f;

∎ to be high farce tourner à la farce

(j) British (complexion) rougeaud, rubicond;

∎ to have a high colour avoir le visage congestionné

(k) (elaborate, formal → language, style) élevé, soutenu

(l) (prominent → cheekbones) saillant

(m) Cards haut;

∎ the highest card la carte maîtresse

(n) British (meat) avancé, faisandé; (butter, cheese) rance

(o) (remote) haut

(p) Geography (latitude) haut

(q) (conservative)

∎ a high Tory un tory ultra-conservateur;

∎ a high Anglican un(e) anglican(e) de tendance conservatrice

(r) Linguistics (vowel) fermé

(s) (excited) excité, énervé; (cheerful) plein d'entrain, enjoué;

∎ to be in high spirits être plein d'entrain;

∎ our spirits were high nous avions le moral;

∎ familiar old-fashioned we had a high old time on s'est amusés comme des fous

(t) familiar (person)

∎ to be high (drugged) planer; figurative (euphoric) être dans un état d'euphorie^□ ;

∎ high on cocaine défoncé à la cocaïne;

∎ figurative they were high on success ils ne se sentaient plus après ce succès;

∎ figurative he gets high on sailing il prend son pied en faisant de la voile;

∎ they were (as) high as kites (drunk) ils étaient bien partis; (drugged) ils planaient; (happy) ils avaient la pêche

2 adverb

(a) (at, to a height) haut, en haut; (at a great altitude) à haute altitude, à une altitude élevée;

∎ up high en haut;

∎ higher up plus haut;

∎ higher and higher de plus en plus haut;

∎ he raised both hands high il a levé les deux mains en l'air;

∎ the kite flew high up in the sky le cerf-volant est monté très haut dans le ciel;

∎ she threw the ball high into the air elle a lancé le ballon très haut;

∎ the geese flew high over the fields les oies volaient très haut au-dessus des champs;

∎ the shelf was high above her head l'étagère était bien au-dessus de sa tête;

∎ he rose high in the company il a accédé aux plus hauts échelons de la société;

∎ figurative we looked high and low for him nous l'avons cherché partout;

∎ figurative to set one's sights high, to aim high viser haut;

∎ figurative they're flying high ils visent haut, ils voient grand;

∎ also figurative to hold one's head high porter la tête haute;

∎ figurative to leave sb high and dry laisser qn en plan

(b) (in intensity) haut;

∎ they set the price/standards too high ils ont fixé un prix/niveau trop élevé;

∎ I turned the heating up high j'ai mis le chauffage à fond;

∎ he rose higher in my esteem il est monté encore plus dans mon estime;

∎ salaries can go as high as £50,000 les salaires peuvent monter jusqu'à ou atteindre 50 000 livres;

∎ I had to go as high as £50 il a fallu que j'aille ou que je monte jusqu'à 50 livres;

∎ the card players played high les joueurs de cartes ont joué gros (jeu);

∎ to run high (river) être en crue; (sea) être houleuse ou grosse;

∎ feelings were running high les esprits se sont échauffés

(c) (in tone) haut;

∎ I can't sing that high je ne peux pas chanter aussi haut

(d) American familiar (idiom)

∎ to live high off or on the hog vivre comme un roi ou nabab

3 noun

(a) (height) haut m;

∎ on high (at a height) en haut; figurative (in heaven) au ciel;

∎ humorous the decision came from on high la décision fut prononcée en haut lieu

(b) (great degree or level) haut m;

∎ to reach a new high atteindre un nouveau record;

∎ prices are at an all-time high les prix ont atteint leur maximum;

∎ the Stock Market reached a new high la Bourse a atteint un nouveau record ou maximum;

∎ the highs and lows (of share prices, career, life) les hauts mpl et les bas mpl

(c) (setting → on iron, stove)

∎ I put the oven on high j'ai mis le four sur très chaud

(d) Cars (fourth gear) quatrième f; (fifth gear) cinquième f

(e) Meteorology (anticyclone) anticyclone m

(f) familiar (state of excitement)

∎ she's been on a permanent high since he came back elle voit tout en rose depuis son retour

4 High noun

∎ Religion the Most High le Très-Haut

►► Religion high altar maître-autel m;

History High Antiquity Haute Antiquité f;

American Cars high beam feux mpl de route;

Swimming high board plongeoir m le plus haut;

high camp (affectation) affectation f, cabotinage m; (effeminate behaviour) manières fpl efféminées; (style) kitsch m;

high chair chaise f haute (pour enfants);

British Religion High Church

1 noun

= fraction de l'Église d'Angleterre accordant une grande importance à l'autorité du prêtre, au rituel etc

2 adjective

(a) = de tendance conservatrice dans l'Église anglicane;

British Religion High Churchman = membre du mouvement conservateur à l'intérieur de l'Église anglicane;

high comedy Theatre comédie f au dialogue brillant;

∎ figurative the debate ended in scenes of high comedy le débat se termina par des scènes du plus haut comique;

Military high command haut commandement m;

Administration high commission haut-commissariat m;

Administration high commissioner haut-commissaire m;

Law the High Court (of Justice) ≃ le tribunal de grande instance (principal tribunal civil en Angleterre et au pays de Galles);

Law High Court judge ≃ juge m du tribunal de grande instance;

Law the High Court of Judiciary = la plus haute instance de justice en Écosse;

Military high explosive explosif m puissant;

high fashion haute couture f;

high fidelity haute-fidélité f;

high finance haute finance f;

familiar high five = tape amicale donnée dans la paume de quelqu'un, bras levé, pour le saluer, le féliciter ou en signe de victoire;

∎ they always give each other a high five when they meet ils se tapent dans la main à chaque fois qu'ils se voient;

Electronics high frequency haute fréquence f;

high gear Cars (fourth) quatrième f (vitesse f); (fifth) cinquième f (vitesse f);

∎ figurative they moved into high gear ils se sont dépêchés;

High German haut allemand m;

high heels hauts talons mpl;

high jump Sport saut m en hauteur;

∎ British familiar figurative you're for the high jump when he finds out! qu'est-ce que tu vas prendre quand il l'apprendra!;

Sport high jumper sauteur(euse) m,f (qui fait du saut en hauteur);

the high life la grande vie;

∎ she has a taste for the high life elle a des goûts de luxe;

∎ to lead or to live the high life mener la grande vie;

Religion high mass, High Mass grand-messe f;

Computing high memory mémoire f haute;

Computing high memory area zone f de mémoire haute;

History the High Middle Ages le Haut Moyen Âge;

high noon plein midi m;

∎ at high noon à midi pile;

American Transport High Occupancy Vehicle = voiture particulière transportant au moins deux passagers;

Religion high place haut lieu m;

high point (major event → of news) événement m le plus marquant; (→ of evening, holiday) point m culminant, grand moment m; (→ of film, novel) point m culminant;

∎ the high point of the party le clou de la soirée;

high priest Religion grand prêtre m;

∎ figurative the high priests of fashion les gourous mpl de la mode;

high priestess Religion grande prêtresse f;

∎ figurative the high priestess of rock la grande prêtresse du rock;

Linguistics high register language langage m élevé ou soutenu;

Art high relief haut-relief m;

high rise tour f (immeuble);

high road (main road) route f principale, grand-route f; figurative (most direct route) bonne voie f;

∎ he's on the high road to success il est en bonne voie de réussir;

∎ the high road to fame la voie de la gloire;

American familiar high roller (spendthrift) dépensier(ère)^□ mf; (gambler) flambeur(euse) m,f;

high school School (in UK) = établissement d'enseignement secondaire regroupant collège et lycée; (in US) lycée m;

∎ she's still at high school elle est toujours scolarisée ou va toujours au lycée;

the high seas la haute mer;

∎ on the high seas en haute ou pleine mer;

high season haute ou pleine saison f;

∎ during the high season en haute ou pleine saison;

British Administration High Sheriff = dans les comtés anglais et gallois, représentant officiel du monarque;

American high sign signe m;

∎ to give sb the high sign faire signe à qn;

high society haute société f, grand monde m;

high spirits pétulance f, vitalité f, entrain m;

∎ to be in high spirits avoir de l'entrain, être plein d'entrain;

∎ to put sb in high spirits mettre qn de bonne humeur;

high spot

(a) (major event → of news) événement m le plus marquant; (→ of evening, holiday) point m culminant, grand moment m; (→ of film, novel) point m culminant

(b) American (place) endroit m intéressant;

∎ we hit all the high spots (tourists) nous avons vu toutes les attractions touristiques;

British the high street (street) la grand-rue, la rue principale; (shops) les commerçants mpl, le commerce;

∎ Commerce & Economics the high street has been badly hit by the recession les commerçants ont été durement touchés par la récession;

British high table (for guests of honour) table f d'honneur; School & University table f des professeurs;

British high tea = repas léger pris en début de soirée et accompagné de thé;

high tech (technology) technologie f avancée ou de pointe; (style) hi-tech m inv;

high tide (of ocean, sea) marée f haute; figurative (of success) point m culminant;

∎ at high tide à marée haute;

Theatre high tragedy grande tragédie f;

high treason haute trahison f;

Electricity high voltage haute tension f;

high water (of ocean, sea) marée f haute; (of river) crue f;

∎ the river is at high water le fleuve est en crue;

high wire corde f raide ou de funambule;

∎ to walk the high wire marcher sur la corde raide

✾ Film 'High Noon' Zinnemann 'Le Train sifflera trois fois'

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17 Liegen

v/i; liegt, lag, hat (südd., österr., schw.: ist) gelegen

1. Sache: lie; die Flaschen müssen liegen the bottles have to lie flat; der Boden lag voller Zeitungen the floor was strewn with newspapers; der Schnee lag meterhoch the snow was piled up to a height of several met|res (Am. -ers); es lag viel Schnee there was a lot of snow (on the ground); liegt mein Haar richtig? is my hair all right?; der Griff liegt gut in der Hand the grip sits nicely in your hand

2. Person: lie; im Gras / auf dem Bett liegen lie in the grass / on the bed; liegen bleiben (nicht aufstehen) not get up; im Bett: auch stay in bed; Boxen: stay down; er blieb verletzt liegen he was unable to get up because he was injured

3. Kranker: be in bed; weitS. (krank sein) be laid up; liegen müssen Kranker: have to stay in bed; flach: have to lie flat; er hat drei Wochen gelegen he was in bed ( oder was laid up) for three weeks

4. (gelegen sein) Stadt etc.: lie, be (situated); Gebäude: be (situated oder located); das Dorf liegt hoch über dem Tal the village is (situated) high above the valley; liegen nach Haus: face; Zimmer: auch look out on, overlook

5. NAUT., Schiff: lie; im Hafen liegt seit gestern eine Segelyacht there’s been a yacht in (the) harbo(u)r since yesterday

6. fig.: da liegt der Fehler that’s where the trouble lies; wie die Sache jetzt liegt as matters (now) stand, as things are at the moment; es liegt hinter uns it’s behind us; da liegt noch einiges vor uns we’ve got quite a lot coming up; in ihrer Stimme lag leise Ironie there was a hint of irony in her voice; das lag nicht in meiner Absicht that was not my intention; die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass... the problem is that...

7. liegen bleiben Sachen: be left ( auf + Dat on); Schnee: settle; (vergessen werden) be left (behind); auch fig. be forgotten; fig. Arbeit: be left unfinished; WIRTS., Waren: be left unsold; umg. be left on the shelf; mit dem Auto: unterwegs liegen bleiben have a breakdown on the way; das kann liegen bleiben fig. that can wait; liegen geblieben (vergessen) forgotten; Auto etc.: stranded; (aufgegeben) abandoned; liegen gebliebene Bücher etc. books etc. left behind

8. liegen lassen (vergessen) leave behind, forget; (in Ruhe lassen) leave alone; (Arbeit) leave (unfinished); die Arbeit liegen lassen (unterbrechen) stop work; plötzlich: drop everything; Fabrikarbeiter: down tools, Am. walk out; alles liegen lassen (nicht aufräumen) leave everything lying around, not clean up; lass es liegen! don’t touch it!; links I

9. (gemäß sein) das liegt mir nicht it’s not my thing; er liegt mir überhaupt nicht he’s not my type of person; als Mann: he’s not my type; nichts liegt mir ferner nothing could be further from my mind

10. mit Präp.: liegen an (+ Dat) be near; an einer Straße, einem Fluss: be on; (dicht an) be next to; fig., Ursache: be because of; an der Spitze etc. liegen be in front etc.; es liegt an dir Schuld: it’s your fault; etw. zu tun: it’s up to you; an mir solls nicht liegen I’ll certainly do my best; (ich werde dir nicht im Weg stehen) I won’t stand in the way; an mir solls nicht liegen, wenn die Sache schief geht it won’t be my fault ( oder through any fault of mine) if it goes wrong; es liegt daran, dass... it’s because...; es liegt mir daran zu (+ Inf.) I’m keen (Am. eager) to (+ Inf.) es liegt mir sehr viel daran it means a lot to me; es liegt mir viel an ihr she means a lot to me; mir liegt viel an deiner Mitarbeit your cooperation is very important to me; es liegt mir nichts daran it doesn’t mean much to me; es liegt mir nichts daran zu gewinnen it doesn’t make any difference to me whether I win or not

11. mit Präp.: liegen auf (+ Akk) lie on; Akzent: be on; der Wagen liegt gut ( auf der Straße) the car holds (the road) well; es liegt Nebel auf den Feldern mist is hanging over the fields; Hand1 3, Seele1

12. mit Präp.: der Gewinn liegt bei fünf Millionen there is a profit of five million; die Temperaturen liegen bei 30 Grad temperatures are ( im Wetterbericht: will be) around 30 degrees (centigrade); die Entscheidung liegt bei dir it’s your decision, it’s up to you; Blut 1, Magen etc.

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to recline; to be situated; to lie; to be

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lie|gen
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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.) lie

2) (to be situated; to be in a particular place etc: The farm lay three miles from the sea; His interest lies in farming.) lie

3) ((with with) (of a duty etc) to belong to: The choice rests with you.) rest

4) (to lie or rest; to have a certain position: The parcel is sitting on the table.) sit

5) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stand

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lie·gen

< lag, gelegen>

[ˈli:gn̩]

vi Hilfsverb: haben o SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sein

1. (sich in horizontaler Lage befinden) to lie

ich liege noch im Bett I'm still [lying] in bed

während der Krankheit musste sie \liegen while she was ill she had to lie down all the time

Weinflaschen müssen \liegen wine bottles should lie flat

hast du irgendwo meine Schlüssel \liegen gesehen? have you seen my keys lying [around] anywhere?

deine Brille müsste eigentlich auf dem Schreibtisch \liegen your glasses should be [lying] on the desk

Herzkranke müssen hoch/höher \liegen people with heart problems should lie with their heads raised

das Flugzeug lag ganz ruhig in der Luft the plane was flying quite smoothly

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße the car holds the road well

auf dieser Matratze liegt man weich/weicher this mattress is soft/softer for lying on

in diesem Bett liegt es sich hart/weich this bed is hard/soft

krank im Bett \liegen to be ill in bed

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 2 \liegen to be in hospital/in ward 2

unbequem \liegen to lie uncomfortably [or in an uncomfortable position]

\liegen bleiben (im Bett) to stay in bed; (nicht aufstehen) to remain lying [down]

bleib \liegen! don't get up!, stay down!

sie blieb bewusstlos auf dem Boden \liegen she lay unconscious on the floor; s.a. Knie, links, stehen

2. (sich befinden) to be [lying]

ein Lächeln lag auf seinem Gesicht there was a smile on his face

die Stadt lag in dichtem Nebel the town was enveloped in thick fog, thick fog hung [or lay] over the town

die Betonung liegt auf der zweiten Silbe the stress is on the second syllable

ich habe noch einen guten Wein im Keller \liegen I have a good wine in the cellar

etw liegt [nicht] in jds Absicht sth is [not] sb's intention

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun it is not my intention to do that

etw liegt nicht in jds Hand/Macht sth is out of sb's hands/not within sb's power

das liegt leider nicht in meiner Hand/Macht unfortunately that is out of my hands/not within my power

verstreut \liegen to be [or lie] scattered

[irgendwo] \liegen bleiben (nicht weggenommen werden) to be left [somewhere]

Hände weg, das Buch bleibt [da] \liegen! hands off, the book's going nowhere!

etw \liegen lassen (zurücklassen) to leave sth [there]; (verstreut) to leave sth lying about [or around]

er ließ die Briefe auf dem Tisch liegen he left the letters [lying] on the desk

er ließ alles \liegen und eilte ihr zur Hilfe he dropped everything to [go and] help her

3. (sich abgesetzt haben) Schnee to lie; Hitze, Nebel a. to hang

der Schnee lag 1 Meter hoch the snow was 1 metre deep

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen there is snow [lying] on the hills

hier in den Bergen liegt oft bis Mitte April noch Schnee here in the mountains the snow often lies on the ground until mid-April

auf den Autos liegt weißer Reif there is a white [covering of] frost on the cars

bei euch liegt aber viel Staub it's very dusty [in] here

über allen Möbeln lag eine dicke Staubschicht there was a thick layer of dust over all the furniture

4. (vergessen werden)

irgendwo \liegen bleiben to be [or get] left behind somewhere

mein Hut muss in dem Restaurant \liegen geblieben sein I must have left my hat in the restaurant

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth behind

verflixt, ich muss meinen Schirm in der U-Bahn \liegen gelassen haben! damn, I must have left my umbrella [behind] on the underground!

5. (nicht erledigt werden)

\liegen bleiben to be left [undone], not to get done

diese Briefe können bis morgen \liegen bleiben these letters can wait until tomorrow

etw \liegen lassen to leave sth [undone]

6. ÖKON

\liegen bleiben (nicht verkauft werden) to remain unsold, not to sell

wenn uns diese Waren \liegen bleiben... if we are left with these things [on our hands]...

7. (geografisch gelegen sein) to be; Haus, Stadt etc. a. to be situated [or located], to lie

ihr Haus liegt an einem romantischen See their house is situated by a romantic lake

das liegt auf dem Weg/ganz in der Nähe it's on the way/quite nearby

eine bildhübsch/ruhig/verkehrsgünstig gelegene Villa a villa in a picturesque/quiet/easily accessible location

ein einsam gelegener Bauernhof an isolated farm

etw links/rechts \liegen lassen to leave sth on one's left/right

nach Norden/zum Garten/zur Straße \liegen to face north/the garden/the road

diese Wohnung liegt nach vorn zur Straße [hinaus] this flat faces [out onto] the street

das Fenster liegt zum Garten the window faces the garden

verkehrsgünstig \liegen Stadt to have good communications

8. (begraben sein)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] buried somewhere

9. NAUT (festgemacht haben)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [moored] somewhere

ein paar Fischerboote lagen am Kai a couple of fishing boots were moored to the quay

10. MIL

▪ irgendwo liegen Truppen to be stationed

vor Paris \liegen to be stationed outside Paris

irgendwo [in Quartier] \liegen to be quartered somewhere

11. AUTO (nicht weiterfahren können)

\liegen bleiben to break down [or have a breakdown], to conk out fam

12. (zeitlich) to be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

die Stunden, die zwischen den Prüfungen lagen the hours between the examinations

das liegt schon so lange zurück it is so long ago

13. (in einem Wettbewerb)

▪ irgendwo \liegen to be [or lie] somewhere

wie \liegen unsere Schwimmer eigentlich im Wettbewerb? how are our swimmers doing in the competition?

die Mannschaft liegt jetzt auf dem zweiten Tabellenplatz the team is now second in the division

in den Charts an erster Stelle \liegen to top the charts

in Führung/auf den hinteren Plätzen/an der Spitze \liegen to be in the lead/at the bottom/right out in front

14. (gestylt sein)

gut \liegen Haare to stay in place [well]

richtig/nicht richtig \liegen to be/not be in the right place

15. (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher the desk is covered with books

16. MODE (eine bestimmte Breite haben)

▪ irgendwie \liegen Stoff to be a certain size

wie breit liegt dieser Seidenstoff? how wide is this silk material?

der Stoff liegt quer/90 cm breit the material is on the cross/is 90 cm wide

17. ÖKON

▪ bei [o um] ... \liegen to cost...

▪ zwischen... und... \liegen to cost between... and..., to be priced at between... and...

der Preis dürfte [irgendwo] bei 4.500 Euro \liegen the price is likely to be [around] 4,500 euros

damit \liegen Sie um 185.000 Euro höher that would put the price up by 185,000 euros

damit \liegen Sie schnell bei 1,3 Millionen Euro Baukosten that would soon push the building costs up to 1.3 million euros

18. (begründet sein)

▪ an jdm/etw \liegen to be caused [or because of] by sb/sth

woran liegt es? why is that?, what is the reason [for that]?

es liegt daran, dass... it is because...

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur \liegen, dass mir immer alles misslingt? why is it that everything I do goes wrong?

an mir soll es nicht \liegen! don't let me stop you!, I won't stand in your way!

19. (wichtig sein)

▪ jdm liegt etw an jdm/etw sb attaches a certain importance to sb/sth

du weißt doch, wie sehr mir daran liegt you know how important it is to me

es liegt mir schon etwas an ihr I do care about her [a bit]

ihm liegt [einiges] daran, respektiert zu werden it is of [some] importance to him to be respected

jdm ist etwas/nichts/viel an jdm/etw gelegen sb/sth means something/nothing/a lot to sb

an diesem uninteressanten Stellenangebot war mir nichts gelegen I didn't bother [even] considering this unappealing job offer

es liegt jdm nichts/wenig an etw sth doesn't matter at all/much to sb, sth isn't at all/not very important to sb

es liegt jdm viel an etw sth matters a lot to sb, sth is very important to sb

es liegt ihm sehr viel an seiner Arbeit his job matters a lot to him

20. oft verneint (jdm gemäß sein)

▪ etw liegt jdm sb likes sth; (entspricht jds Begabung) sb is good at sth

Mathe scheint dir wirklich zu \liegen (fam) maths seems right up your street fam

diese Arbeit liegt mir total (fam) this job suits me down to the ground fam

▪ etw liegt jdm nicht (jd hat kein Talent) sb has no aptitude for sth; (es gefällt jdm nicht) sth doesn't appeal to sb; (jd mag es nicht) sb doesn't like [or care for] sth

Französisch liegt ihm nicht he has no aptitude for French

körperliche Arbeit liegt ihr weniger she's not really cut out for physical work

Peter ist ganz nett, aber er liegt mir irgendwie nicht Peter's nice enough but not really my cup of tea

21. (lasten)

▪ auf jdm \liegen to weigh down [up]on sb

auf ihr liegt eine große Verantwortung a heavy responsibility rests on her shoulders

auf ihm scheint ein Fluch zu \liegen there seems to be a curse on him

die Schuld lag schwer auf ihm his guilt weighed heavily on him; s.a. Magen

22. (abhängig sein)

▪ bei jdm \liegen to be up to sb

das liegt ganz bei dir that is completely up to you

die Entscheidung liegt bei dir/beim Volk the decision rests with you/the people

die Verantwortung liegt bei dir it's your responsibility

23. (stehen, sich verhalten) to be

die Sache liegt ganz anders the situation is quite different; s.a. Ding

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

10)

liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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Liegen n; -s, kein pl lying; Stellung: lying ( oder horizontal) position;

im Liegen lying down;

das Liegen bekommt ihm nicht he can’t take all this lying down

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) lie; < person> be lying down

während der Krankheit musste er liegen — while he was ill he had to lie down all the time

auf den Knien liegen — be prostrate on one's knees

im Krankenhaus/auf Station 6 liegen — be in hospital/in ward 6

[krank] im Bett liegen — be [ill] in bed

[im Bett] liegen bleiben — stay in bed

bewusstlos/bewegungslos liegen bleiben — lie unconscious/motionless

der Wagen liegt gut auf der Straße — the car holds the road well

2) (vorhanden sein) lie

es liegt Schnee auf den Bergen — there is snow [lying] on the hills

der Schnee bleibt liegen — the snow lies

der Stoff liegt 80 cm breit — the material is 80 cm wide

3) (sich befinden) be; < object> be [lying]; <town, house, etc.> be [situated]

die Preise liegen höher — prices are higher

wie die Dinge liegen — as things are or stand [at the moment]

die Stadt liegt an der Küste — the town is or lies on the coast

das Dorf liegt sehr hoch — the village is very high up

das liegt auf meinem Weg — it is on my way

etwas rechts/links liegen lassen — leave something on one's right/left

das Fenster liegt nach vorn/nach Süden/zum Garten — the window is at the front/faces south/faces the garden

es liegt nicht in meiner Absicht, das zu tun — it is not my intention to do that

das Essen lag mir schwer im Magen — the food/meal lay heavy on my stomach

4) (zeitlich) be

das liegt noch vor mir/schon hinter mir — I still have that to come/that's all behind me now

5)

das liegt an ihm od. bei ihm — it is up to him; (ist seine Schuld) it is his fault

die Verantwortung/Schuld liegt bei ihm — it is his responsibility/fault

an mir soll es nicht liegen — I won't stand in your way; (ich werde mich beteiligen) I'm easy (coll.)

ich weiß nicht, woran es liegt — I don't know what the reason is

woran mag es nur liegen, dass...? — why ever is it that...?

6) (gemäß sein)

es liegt mir nicht — it doesn't suit me; it isn't right for me; (es spricht mich nicht an) it doesn't appeal to me; (ich mag es nicht) I don't like it or care for it

es liegt ihm nicht, das zu tun — he does not like doing that; (so etwas tut er nicht) it is not his way to do that

7)

daran liegt ihm viel/wenig/nichts — he sets great/little/no store by that; it means a lot/little/nothing to him

an ihm liegt mir schon etwas — I do care about him [a bit]

8) (bedeckt sein)

der Tisch liegt voller Bücher — the desk is covered with books

9) (bes. Milit.): (verweilen) be; < troops> be stationed; < ship> lie

10)

liegen bleiben — < things> stay, be left; (vergessen werden) be left behind; (nicht verkauft werden) remain unsold; (nicht erledigt werden) be left undone; (eine Panne haben) break down

diese Briefe können bis morgen liegen bleiben — these letters can wait until tomorrow

etwas liegen lassen — (vergessen) leave something [behind]; (unerledigt lassen) leave something undone

alles liegen und stehen lassen — drop everything; s. auch Straße 1); liegend

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n.

recumbency n.

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18 up

up [ʌp]

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1. preposition

2. adverb

3. noun

4. adjective

5. intransitive verb

6. transitive verb

7. compounds

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1. preposition

• to be up a tree/up a ladder être dans un arbre/sur une échelle

• up north dans le nord

2. adverb

   a. (indicating direction, position) up there là-haut

• he lives five floors up il habite au cinquième étage

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• the ladder was up against the wall l'échelle était (appuyée) contre le mur

• up at the top of the tree en haut de l'arbre

• he's up from Birmingham il arrive de Birmingham

• he threw the ball up in the air il a jeté le ballon en l'air

• up in the mountains dans les montagnes

• up in Scotland en Écosse

• he's up in Leeds for the weekend il est monté à Leeds pour le week-end

• the monument is up on the hill le monument se trouve en haut de la colline

   b. (indicating advantage) Chelsea were three goals up Chelsea menait par trois buts

   c. (set structures)

► to be up against sth

• to be up against difficulties se heurter à des difficultés

• he's up against stiff competition il est confronté à des concurrents redoutables

• we're really up against it ça ne va pas être facile► up and down

• people up and down the country are saying... partout dans le pays les gens disent...

• he walked up and down (the street) il faisait les cent pas (dans la rue)► to be up for sth

• are you up for it? (inf) ( = willing) tu es partant ? (inf) ; ( = fit) tu te sens d'attaque (inf) ?► up to ( = as far as) jusqu'à

• up to now jusqu'à maintenant

• up to here jusqu'ici

• up to there jusque-là

• to be up to one's knees in water avoir de l'eau jusqu'aux genoux

• to count up to 100 compter jusqu'à 100

• what page are you up to? à quelle page en êtes-vous ?► to be up to sth ( = capable of)

she's not up to the job elle n'est pas à la hauteur

• is he up to doing research? est-il capable de faire de la recherche ?

• it isn't up to his usual standard ( = equal to) il peut faire bien mieux que cela► to feel or be up to sth ( = strong enough for)

I just don't feel up to it je ne m'en sens pas le courage

• he really isn't up to going back to work yet il n'est vraiment pas en état de reprendre le travail► to be up to sth (inf) ( = doing)

what is he up to? qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique ? (inf)

• he's up to something il manigance quelque chose

• what have you been up to? qu'est-ce que tu as fabriqué ? (inf)

• he's up to no good il mijote (inf) un mauvais coup► to be up to sb ( = depend on)

it's up to you to decide c'est à vous de décider

• shall I do it? -- it's up to you je le fais ? -- à vous de voir

• if it were up to me... si ça ne tenait qu'à moi...

3. noun

► ups and downs (in life, health) des hauts mpl et des bas mpl

• his career had its ups and downs sa carrière a connu des hauts et des bas

4. adjective

   a. ( = out of bed) to be up être levé

• get up! debout !

• he's always up early il se lève toujours de bonne heure

• I was up late last night je me suis couché tard hier soir

• he was up all night writing the essay il a passé toute la nuit sur cette dissertation

• she was up all night because the baby was ill elle n'a pas fermé l'œil de la nuit parce que le bébé était malade

   b. ( = raised) the blinds were up les stores n'étaient pas baissés

• "this side up" (on parcel) « haut »

• hands up, everyone who knows the answer levez le doigt si vous connaissez la réponse

• hands up! (to gunman) haut les mains !

   c. ( = installed, built)

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• we've got the curtains/pictures up at last nous avons enfin posé les rideaux/accroché les tableaux

   d. ( = increased) to be up [prices, salaries] avoir augmenté (by de)

• petrol is up again l'essence a encore augmenté

• it is up on last year ça a augmenté par rapport à l'an dernier

   e. ( = finished) his leave is up sa permission est terminée

• time's up! c'est l'heure !

   f. ( = wrong) (inf) what's up? qu'est-ce qui ne va pas ?

• what's up with him? qu'est-ce qu'il a qui ne va pas ?

• what's up with the car? qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec la voiture ?

• what's up with your leg? qu'est-ce qui t'est arrivé à la jambe ? (inf)

• there's something up with Paul il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond (inf) chez Paul

   g. (set structures)

► up and about

• she was up and about at 7 o'clock elle était debout dès 7 heures► to be up and down

• he was up and down all night il n'a pas arrêté de se lever toute la nuit

• he's been rather up and down recently il a eu des hauts et des bas récemment► up and running ( = functioning) opérationnel

• to get sth up and running mettre qch en route

5. intransitive verb

• one day he just upped and left (inf) un jour il est parti comme ça (inf)

6. transitive verb

( = raise) (inf) [+ prices, wages] augmenter

7. compounds

► up-and-coming adjective [politician, businessman, actor] qui monte

► up-to-the-minute adjective [news] dernier

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Note: up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs ( get up, pick up etc). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc)
[ʌp] 1.
adjective

1) ( out of bed)

she's up — elle est levée

they're often up early — ils se lèvent souvent tôt

we were up very late last night — nous nous sommes couchés très tard hier soir

they were up all night — ils ont veillé toute la nuit

I was still up at 2 am — j'étais toujours debout à 2 heures du matin

2) (higher in amount, level)

sales/prices are up (by 10%) — les ventes/les prix ont augmenté (de 10%)

shares/numbers are up — les actions sont/le nombre est en hausse

production is up (by) 5% — la production a augmenté de 5%

his temperature is up 2 degrees — sa température a augmenté de 2°

sales are 10% up on last year — les ventes ont augmenté de 10% par rapport à l'an dernier

3) (colloq) ( wrong)

what's up? — qu'est-ce qui se passe?

what's up with him? — qu'est-ce qu'il lui arrive?

there's something up — il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas

what's up with the TV? — qu'est-ce qu'elle a la télé?

there's something up with the brakes — il y a un problème avec les freins

4) (erected, affixed)

the notice is up on the board — l'annonce est affichée sur le panneau

is the tent up? — est-ce que la tente est déjà montée?

the building will soon be up — le bâtiment sera bientôt terminé

he had his hand up for five minutes — il a gardé la main levée pendant cinq minutes

5) ( open)

she had her umbrella up — elle avait son parapluie ouvert

the hood of the car was up — la capote de la voiture était fermée

the blinds were up — les stores étaient levés

when the lever is up the machine is off — si le levier est vers le haut la machine est arrêtée

when the barrier is up you can go through — quand la barrière est levée vous pouvez passer

6) ( finished)

‘time's up!’ — ‘le temps est épuisé!’

his leave is almost up — son congé est presque terminé

it's all up (colloq) with him — il est fini (colloq)

7) ( facing upwards)

‘this side up’ — (on parcel, box) ‘haut’

she was floating face up — elle flottait sur le dos

the bread landed with the buttered side up — la tartine est tombée côté beurré vers le haut

8) ( rising)

the river is up — la rivière est en crue

the wind is up — le vent est fort

his colour's up — il est tout rouge

her blood's up — fig la moutarde lui monte au nez

9) ( pinned up)

her hair was up — elle avait les cheveux relevés

10) ( cheerful)

to be up — être en forme

11) ( being repaired)

the road is up — la route est en travaux

12) ( in upward direction)

the up escalator — l'escalier mécanique qui monte

13) ( on trial)

to be up before a judge — passer devant le tribunal

he's up for murder — il est accusé de meurtre
2.
adverb

1) ( high)

up here/there — là-haut

up on the wardrobe — sur l'armoire

up in the tree/the clouds — dans l'arbre/les nuages

up on top of the mountain — au sommet de la montagne

up to/in London — à Londres

up to/in Scotland — en Écosse

up North — au Nord

four floors up from here — quatre étages au-dessus

I live two floors up — j'habite au deuxième étage

the second shelf up — la deuxième étagère en partant du bas

I'm on my way up — je monte

I'll be right up — je monte tout de suite

all the way up — jusqu'en haut, jusqu'au sommet

2) ( ahead) d'avance

to be four points up (on somebody) — avoir quatre points d'avance (sur quelqu'un)

they were two goals up — ils menaient avec deux buts d'avance

she's 40-15 up — ( in tennis) elle mène 40-15

3) ( upwards)

t-shirts from £2 up — des t-shirts à partir de deux livres

from (the age of) 14 up — à partir de 14 ans

4) ( to high status)

up the workers! — vive les travailleurs!
3.
preposition

1) (at, to higher level)

up the tree — dans l'arbre

up a ladder — sur une échelle

the library is up the stairs — la bibliothèque se trouve en haut de l'escalier

he ran up the stairs — il a monté l'escalier en courant

the road up the mountain — la route qui gravit la montagne

2) ( in direction)

it's up the road — c'est plus loin dans la rue

she lives up that road there — elle habite dans cette rue

he lives just up the road — il habite juste à côté

his office is up the corridor from mine — son bureau est dans le même couloir que le mien

he walked up the road — il a remonté la rue

she's got water up her nose — elle a de l'eau dans le nez

he put it up his sleeve — il l'a mis dans sa manche
4.
up above adverbial phrase, prepositional phrase gen au-dessus; Religion au ciel

up above something — au-dessus de quelque chose
5.
up against prepositional phrase

up against the wall — contre le mur

to be ou come up against opposition — rencontrer de l'opposition

they're up against a very strong team — ils sont confrontés à une équipe très forte

it helps to know what you are up against — il faut savoir ce contre quoi on se bat

we're really up against it — on a vraiment des problèmes
6.
up and about adverbial phrase ( out of bed) debout, réveillé; ( after illness)

to be up and about again — être de nouveau sur pied
7.
up and down adverbial phrase, prepositional phrase

1) ( to and fro)

to walk ou pace up and down — aller et venir, faire les cent pas

he was walking up and down the garden — il faisait les cent pas dans le jardin

2) ( throughout)

up and down the country — dans tout le pays
8.
up and running adjectival phrase, adverbial phrase

to be up and running — [company, project] bien marcher; [system] bien fonctionner

to get something up and running — faire marcher or fonctionner quelque chose
9.
up for prepositional phrase

he's up for election — il se présente aux élections

the subject up for discussion is... — le sujet qu'on aborde est...
10.
up to prepositional phrase

1) ( to particular level) jusqu'à

up to here — jusqu'ici

up to there — jusque là

I was up to my knees in water — j'étais dans l'eau jusqu'aux genoux

2) ( as many as) jusqu'à, près de

up to 50 dollars — jusqu'à 50 dollars

up to 500 people — près de 500 personnes

reductions of up to 50% — des réductions qui peuvent atteindre 50%

tax on profits of up to £150,000 — les impôts sur les bénéfices de moins de 150000 livres sterling

to work for up to 12 hours a day — travailler jusqu'à 12 heures par jour

3) ( until) jusqu'à

up to 1964 — jusqu'en 1964

up to 10.30 pm — jusqu'à 22 h 30

up to now — jusqu'à maintenant

4) ( good enough for)

I'm not up to it — ( not capable) je n'en suis pas capable; ( not well enough) je n'en ai pas la force

I'm not up to going to London — je n'ai pas le courage d'aller à Londres

I'm not up to writing a book — je ne suis pas capable d'écrire un livre

the play wasn't up to much — la pièce n'était pas formidable

this work wasn't up to your usual standard — ce travail n'est pas au niveau de ce que vous faites d'habitude

5) ( expressing responsibility)

it's up to him to do — c'est à lui de faire

it's up to you! — c'est à toi de décider!

if it were up to me — si ça dépendait de moi

6) ( doing)

what is he up to? — qu'est-ce qu'il fait?

what are those children up to? — qu'est-ce qu'ils fabriquent (colloq) ces enfants?

they're up to something — ils mijotent (colloq) quelque chose
11.
transitive verb (p prés etc - pp-) ( increase) augmenter
12.
intransitive verb (p prés etc - pp-)

he upped and left — tout d'un coup il s'est levé et est parti

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the company is on the up and up — ça marche très bien pour l'entreprise

to be one up on somebody — faire mieux que quelqu'un

to be (well) up on — s'y connaître en [art, history etc]; être au courant de [news, developments]

the ups and downs — les hauts et les bas (of de)

English-French dictionary > up
19 stand

1. I
abs

1) the table won't stand, one leg is broken стол не стоит, у него одна ножка сломана; don't trouble yourself, I can stand не беспокойтесь, я могу постоять /я постою/; I didn't know where to stand я не знал, где стать; the audience stood and applauded публика встала и начала аплодировать; he was commanded to stand ему приказали встать /подняться/; let the milk (the tea, the liquid, etc.) stand пусть молоко и т.д. постоит /отстоится/; keep /leave/ smth. standing not a stone was left standing камня на камне не оставила; get smth. to stand поставить что-л.

2) stand! croft!; who goes there? stand and be identified стой! кто идет?; all stand! всем встать!

3) the words (the passage, this translation, etc.) may stand эти слова и т.д. могут остаться /можно оставить/ без изменений; the enemy would not stand противник не устоит /не выдержит/; how much of his philosophy will stand? что можно взять /применить/ из его философии?; the contract (the agreement, the order, the bet, the bargain, his resolution, etc.) stands контракт и т.д. остается в силе; the same objection stands это возражение остается /не снимается/; the rule against lateness will stand правило, запрещающее опаздывать, будет действовать и впредь || as, matters /affairs, things/ stand при таком /создавшемся/ положении вещей /дел/; the passage must be printed as it stands отрывок должен быть напечатан /следует напечатать/ без изменений /в таком виде, как он есть/; as it stands как есть; how much for it as it stands? сколько вы хотите за все?, сколько это стоит как есть?

4) these colours will (do not) stand это (не)стойкие краски
2. II
1) stand in some manner stand erectly (/squarely/, courageously, obediently, meekly, wistfully, sullenly, haughtily, etc.) стоять прямо и т.д.; stand at ease (at attention) стоять вольно (смирно); stand still! не двигайтесь!, не шевелитесь!, стойте спокойно!; he could hardly stand он едва держался на ногах; stand side by side (shoulder to shoulder) стоять рядом /бок о бок/ (плечом к плечу); he stood by helplessly он беспомощно стоял в стороне; the door stood ajar дверь была приоткрыта; stand somewhere don't just stand there, do something! что же ты стоишь, сделай что-нибудь!; stand aside (away, outside, etc.) стоять в стороне и т, т.д.; stand aside to let her pass посторонитесь и дайте ей пройти; stand back! осади!; the house stands back from the road дом стоит далеко от дороги; stand back or you'll be crushed посторонитесь, a то задавят; stand back from the barrier отойди от барьера; а tree which stood by дерево, которое стояло неподалеку; the box stands over there ящик стоит вон там; stand for some time I've been standing all day я простоял [на ногах] весь день; we had to stand all the way нам пришлось простоять всю дорогу; the ruins still stand руины сохранились до сих пор; а tall poplar tree (a huge oak, a house, etc.) once stood here здесь когда-то стоял высокий тополь и т.д. ; the corn is still standing хлеб еще стоит /не убран/

2) stand in some manner stand alone а) стоять /быть/ одному; б) не иметь сторонников; in this opinion I don't stand alone я не один [придерживаюсь] такого мнения; the matter stands thus дело обстоит следующим образом; as things now stand I'll have to quit my job при создавшемся /нынешнем/ положении вещей /если положение не изменится,/ мне придется уйти с работы; this is how I stand такова моя позиция;. I wish I knew where I stood я хотел бы знать, что со мной будет; how do matters stand? как обстоят дела?; how does the dollar stand? каков курс доллара?

3) stand for some time the works stood for a whole week завод не работал целую неделю
3. III
1) stand smth. stand an attack (a blow, a siege, rough handling, the enemy's fire, a loss, a shock, a rigid examination, raillery, etc.) выдерживать /выносить/ атаку и т, т.д.; stand heat (the cold weather, a damp soil, noise, his professional attitude, criticism, etc.) выдерживать /выносить/ жару и т.д.; stand the test /the trial/ выдержать испытание; he'll have to stand trial он должен предстать перед судом; stand much washing (much rain, etc.) не портиться от частой стирки и т.д.; these boots stood a good deal of wear эти ботинки долго носились /видали виды/; his eyes are strong enough to stand the glare у него хорошие глаза, они вполне выдержат такой яркий свет; the house will stand another century дом простоит еще сто лет; how does he stand the pain? как он переносит боль?; his nerves couldn't stand the strain у него нервы не выдержали напряжения; I can stand a good deal but I won't have insolence я многое могу стерпеть, но наглости не потерплю; stand smb. usually in the negative I can't stand this woman (the fellow, his father, etc.) я не выношу /не терплю, терпеть не могу, не перевариваю/ эту женщину и т.д.

2) stand smth. stand six feet быть ростом в шесть футов; the score stood 18 to 14 счет был 18:14

3) stand smth. stand drinks (ice-cream, dinner, etc.) угощать вином и т.д.; who is going to stand treat? кто угощает?

4) stand smb. stand sentry /sentinel/ (model, umpire, etc.) быть часовым /стоять на часах/ и т.д.; stand godfather (godmother, etc.) выступать в роли крестного отца /быть крестным отцом/ и т.д.
4. IV
1) stand smth. somewhere stand the lamp over there (the box here, etc.) поставьте лампу туда и т.д.

2) stand smth., smb. for some time usually in the negative I can't stand it any longer я этого больше не выдержу, я больше не могу этого терпеть; I can't stand the man another day я не вынесу этого человека ни одного лишнего дня; she stood the shock well она мужественно перенесла этот удар
5. V
stand smb. smth. coll. stand one's friend a dinner (you a drink, us champagne, etc.) угощать друга обедом и т.д.
6. X
stand in some state stand ashamed (confused, abashed, bewildered, dishonoured, etc.) испытывать стыд и т.д.; stand uncovered стоять без головного убора, снять шапку; he stands accused of a crime его обвиняют в преступлении; he stands convicted of treachery его признали виновным в измене; you may stand assured of his protection можете рассчитывать на его защиту, можете быть уверенным в его покровительстве; stand indebted to this man быть обязанным этому человеку; stand unrivalled не иметь соперников; stand corrected признавать справедливость замечаний /свои ошибки/
7. XI
be stood somewhere if he does it again he will be stood in the corner если он еще раз так сделает, его поставят в угол
8. XIII
semiaux

stand to do smth. stand to win /to gain/ (to be saved, etc.) иметь [все] шансы /все основания/ выиграть и т.д.; how much do you stand to lose? сколько вы при этом можете потерять?; what does he stand to lose? чем он рискует?; we stand to lose nothing мы ничего не теряем
9. XIV
stand doing smth.

1) stand bowing (wondering, gazing at the scene, looking at me, looking over my shoulder, etc.) стоять и кланяться и т.д.; don't stand there arguing about it что вы стоите и спорите?; I am tired of standing here [and] waiting мне надоело тут стоять и ждать

2) usually in the negative with can; I can't stand waiting (writing letters, taking care of kids, etc.) я не выношу /терпеть не могу/ ждать и т.д.; she can't stand being kept waiting (being looked at, being laughed at, being talked back at, etc.) она терпеть не может /не выносит/, когда ее заставляют ждать и т.д.
10. XV
stand in some state

1) stand silent (still, upright /erect/, close to smth., next to me, etc.) стоять молча и т.д.; stand straight, don't stoop стойте прямо, не горбитесь; the door stands open дверь открыта; the table (the wall, etc.) stands firm стол и т.д. устойчив /крепко стоит/ и т.д.

2) stand firm стойко держаться; stand firm on the ground крепко стоять на ногах; stand firm in one's views иметь твердые убеждения; stand fast to one's resolution не отступать от своего решения; stand neutral сохранять нейтралитет, оставаться нейтральным; stand idle ничего не делать; the factory is standing idle фабрика не работает /простаивает/; stand ready быть наготове; he stood ready to run он был готов пуститься бежать; stand ready for anything быть готовым ко всему: stand high высоко цениться; stand high in one's class (in a competitive examination, in one's profession, etc.) быть одним из первых /лучших, ведущих/ в классе и т.д.; stand high in public esteem пользоваться всеобщим уважением; stand high in the opinion of /with/ his chief быть на хорошем счету у начальства; food (meat, corn, etc.) stands high (higher than ever) цены на продукты и т.д. высокие (выше, чем когда-либо); stand first on the list (second in his class, third in the line for promotion, etc.) быть первым в списке и т.д.; stand second to none никому не уступать, быть первым
11. XVI
1) stand by (against, in, etc.) smth. stand by the window (against a wall, before me, in the corner, in the doorway, in the middle of the table, etc.) стоять у окна и т.д.; the house (the building, the cottage, the chapel, etc.) stands in a garden (by the river, at the foot of a hill, etc.) дом и т.д. расположен /находится/ в саду и т.д.; don't stand in the rain (in the sun) не стойте под дождем /на дожде/ (на солнце); I hate standing in queues я ненавижу стоять в очередях; tears stood in her eyes у нее в глазах стояли слезы; stand in smb.'s way стоять у кого-л. на дороге, мешать кому-л.; stand out of the way не мешать, посторониться, уйти с дороги; the truck stood in their way грузовик загораживал им дорогу; nothing now stands in our way ничто больше нам не мешает; nothing stands between you and success ничто не мешает твоему успеху; stand without support стоять без опоры; stand on smth., smb. the vase stands on the top shelf ваза стоит на верхней полке; he stood on my foot (on the beetle, etc.) он наступил мне на ногу и т.д.; stand on tiptoe стоять на цыпочках; Paris stands on the Seine Париж стоит на Сене; sweat stood on his forehead у него на лбу были /проступили/ капли пота; his hair stood on end [with fright] [от страха] у него волосы встали дыбом; stand for some time the castle (the old house, etc.) has stood for centuries замок и т.д. простоял века; the walls are still standing after the fire стены уцелели после пожара; he has stood many years against storm and earthquake много лет он выдерживал бури и землетрясения; let the mixture stand for three hours оставьте смесь постоять /пусть смесь постоит/ три часа

2) stand at (below, among) smth. stand at the head of his class быть лучшим в классе; stand below smb. in class уступать кому-л. в своем классе; it stands among the first four universities of the world это один из четырех лучших университетов мира; stand alone among one's colleagues (among one's contemporaries, etc.) выделяться среди своих коллег и т.д.; stand over smb. he stood over me all the time I was working он все время стоял у меня над душой, пока я работал; he won't work unless someone stands over him он не будет работать, если над ним никто не стоит; stand by smb. stand by one's friends (by you whatever happens, by him to the last, etc.) быть на стороне /не бросать, поддерживать/ своих друзей и т.д.; I'll always stand by you in case of trouble я всегда готов помочь вам, если вы попадете в беду; stand by smth. stand by an agreement (by one's promise, by one's principles, by one's word,-etc.) придерживаться /не отступать от/ договора и т.д.; I stand by all I said then я верен тому, что тогда сказал; stand (up)on /by/ smth. stand on one's rights (on one's claims, by one's decision, etc.) настаивать на сваях правах и т.д.; western civilization stands upon the foundation reared by the Greeks and the Romans западная культура зиждется на фундаменте, созданном древними греками и римлянами; the case,-s on his testimony все дело основывается /зиждется/ на его показаниях /зависит от его показаний/; we stand on the threshold of a peace settlement мы находимся накануне /на пороге/ мирного урегулирования; stand for smth. stand for loyalty (for liberty, for freedom and justice, for racial tolerance, for reform, for the same principles, etc.) выступать за верность /в защиту верности/ и т.д.; it's difficult to know just what he stands for трудно, собственно, понять, каких он придерживается убеждений /каковы его убеждения/; stand on one's own feet /on one's own legs/ стоять на [собственных] ногах; ни от кого не зависеть; stand with smb. stand well with one's employers быть на хорошем счету у руководства; how does it stand with him? как он к этому относится?; stand in smth. where /how/ do we stand in the matter? какова наша позиция в этом вопросе? || stand in the same relation to her (to his father, to both parties, etc.) находиться /быть/ в одинаковых /равных, таких же/ отношениях с ней и т.д.

3) stand for smth. stand for "adjective" (for "postscript", for "cash on delivery", etc.) обозначать прилагательное и т.д.; i stands for "pound" знак i обозначает фунт стерлингов; what do these letters stand for? что означают /как расшифровываются/ эти буквы?; the olive branch stands for peace ветвь оливкового дерева символизирует мир; black stands for mourning черный цвет stand знак траура; in their code each number stands for a letter в их шифре каждой букве соответствует цифра

4) stand at smth. the score stands at 3:4 счет 3:4; the thermometer stands at 40 " in the shade термометр показывает сорок градусов в тени; the balance stands at i 50 итог равен пятидесяти фунтам

5) stand for smth. usually in the negative or interrogative I won't stand for that (for any nonsense, for this treatment, etc.) я этого и т.д. не потерплю; 1 don't have to stand for such insolence я не обязан терпеть /переносить/ такое нахальство; how can you stand for his insolence? как вы можете терпеть его наглость?

6) stand for smth. stand for Parliament (for the presidency, for election, for re-election to Congress, etc.) баллотироваться /выдвигать кандидатуру/ в парламент и т.д.

7) semiaux || stand in need of smth. нуждаться в чем-л.; stand in need of help (of food and clothing, of money, of sleep, 'of instruction, of continual watering, of relief from one's sorrows, etc.) нуждаться в немощи и т.д.; the house stands in need of repair дом необходимо отремонтировать; stand in fear /in dread/ of smth., smb. бояться /страшиться/ чего-л., кого-л.; stand in awe of smth., smb. благоговеть перед чем-л., кем-л.; he stood in danger of being killed ему грозила опасность быть убитым; stand in contrast to smb., smth. резко отличаться от кого-л., чего-л.; stand on ceremony with smb. соблюдать условности в отношениях с кем-л.; he stands on terms of friendship with him он с ним [находится] в дружеских отношениях
12. XX1
stand as smb. stand as a sentinel стоять на посту, быть часовым; stand as candidate for the presidency (as Labour Candidate, as sponsor for him, etc.) выступать в качестве кандидата на пост президента и т.д.; stand as smth. stand as a description (as a type of British humour, etc.) представлять собой описание и т.д.
13. XXI1
1) stand smth., smb. in (by, on, etc.) smth. stand a chair in a corner (the armchair by the lamp, the box against the wall, the bottle on the table, the empty barrels on the floor, him-against the wall, etc.) поставить стул в угол и т.д.; stand some distance from smth. stand 15 yards from the road (10 feet from the ground, etc.) стоять в пятнадцати ярдах от дороги и т.д.

2) abs stand six feet in his socks (in his shoes) он шести футов ростом; stand a giant among them он среди них великан

3) stand smth. to smb. stand wine (a bottle, a treat, etc.) to the company угощать компанию вином и т.д., выставить вино и т.д. для всей компании

4) stand smb. to /for/ smb. stand godfather (godmother) to the child быть крестным отцом (крестной матерью) ребенку; stand sponsor for him быть его покровителем
14. XXV
stand when... (till..., etc.) he stood when she entered the room он встал, когда она вошла в комнату; I stood there till I was tired я стоял там до тех пор, пока не устал

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > stand
20 top

I 1. noun
1) (highest part) Spitze, die; (of table) Platte, die; (of bench seat) Sitzfläche, die; (top floor) oberstes Stockwerk; (flat roof, roof garden) Dach, das; (rim of glass, bottle, etc.) Rand, der; (top end) oberes Ende; (of tree) Spitze, die; Wipfel, der

a cake with a cherry on top — ein Kuchen mit einer Kirsche [oben]drauf

at the top — oben

at the top of the building/hill/pile/stairs — oben im Gebäude/[oben] auf dem Hügel/[oben] auf dem Stapel/oben an der Treppe

be at/get to or reach the top [of the ladder or tree] — (fig.) auf der obersten Sprosse [der Leiter] stehen/die oberste Sprosse [der Leiter] erreichen (fig.)

be/get on top of a situation/subject — eine Situation/eine Materie im Griff haben/in den Griff bekommen

don't let it get on top of you — (fig.) lass dich davon nicht unterkriegen! (ugs.)

he put it on [the] top of the pile — er legte es [oben] auf den Stapel

on top of one another or each other — aufeinander

on top of something — (fig.): (in addition) zusätzlich zu etwas

on top of everything else — zu alledem noch

come/be on top of something — (be additional) zu etwas [hinzu]kommen

on top of the world — (fig.) überglücklich

be/go thin on top — licht auf dem Kopf sein/werden

be on top — ganz oben sein/liegen

come out on top — (be successful) Erfolg haben; (win) gewinnen

get to the top — (fig.) eine Spitzenposition erringen; ganz nach oben kommen (ugs.)

from top to toe — von Kopf bis Fuß

be over the top — übertrieben od. überzogen sein

he searched the house from top to bottom — er durchsuchte das Haus von oben bis unten

2) (highest rank) Spitze, die

the man at the top — der [oberste] Chef od. (ugs.) Boss

top of the table — (Sport) Tabellenspitze, die

[at the] top of the agenda is... — ganz oben auf der Tagesordnung steht...

be [at the] top of the class — der/die Klassenbeste sein

top of the bill — (Theatre) Zugpferd, das

3) (of vegetable) Kraut, das

4) (upper surface) Oberfläche, die; (of cupboard, wardrobe, chest) Oberseite, die

on [the] top of something — [oben] auf etwas (position): (Dat./direction: Akk.)

cut the top off an egg — ein Ei köpfen

they climbed to the top of the hill/slope — sie kletterten auf den Hügel/den Hang hinauf

5) (folding roof) Verdeck, das

6) (upper deck of bus, boat) Oberdeck, das

7) (cap of pen) [Verschluss]kappe, die

8) (cream on milk) Sahne, die; Rahm, der (regional, bes. südd., österr., schweiz.)

9) (upper part of page) oberer Teil

at the top [of the page] — oben [auf der/die Seite]

10) (upper garment) Oberteil, das

11) (turn-down of sock) Umschlag, der

12) (head end) Kopf, der; (of street) oberes Ende

13) (utmost) Gipfel, der

shout/talk at the top of one's voice — aus vollem Halse schreien/so laut wie möglich sprechen

14)

be the tops — (coll.) (the best) der/die/das Größte sein (ugs.); (marvellous) spitze sein (ugs.)

15) (surface) Oberfläche, die

16) (lid) Deckel, der; (of bottle, glass, jar, etc.) Stöpsel, der

17) (Brit. Motor Veh.)

in top — im größten Gang
2. adjective
oberst...; höchst... [Ton, Preis]

top end — oberes Ende

the/a top award — die höchste/eine hohe Auszeichnung

the/a top chess player — der beste Schachspieler/einer der besten Schachspieler od. ein Spitzenschachspieler

top scientists/actors — etc. hochkarätige Wissenschaftler/Schauspieler usw.

top sportsman/job/politician — Spitzensportler, der/Spitzenposition, die/Spitzenpolitiker, der

the top pupil/school/marks — der beste Schüler/die beste Schule/die besten Noten

top manager/management — Topmanager/-management

a top speed of 100 m.p.h. — eine Spitzen- od. Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 100 Meilen pro Stunde

go at top speed — mit Spitzen- od. Höchstgeschwindigkeit fahren

be/come top [in a subject] — [in einem Fach] der/die Beste sein/werden

give something top priority — einer Sache (Dat.) höchste Priorität einräumen

have a record in the top ten — eine Platte in den Top-ten haben

in the top left/right corner — in der linken/rechten oberen Ecke

on the top floor — im obersten Stockwerk

the top people — (in society) die Spitzen der Gesellschaft; (in a particular field) die besten Leute
3. transitive verb,
- pp-

1) (cover)

the hills were topped with or by snow — die Hügelspitzen waren schneebedeckt

2) (Hort.): (cut top off) stutzen [Pflanze]; kappen [Baum]

3) (be taller than) überragen

4) (surpass, excel) übertreffen

exports have topped [the] £40 million [mark/level] — die Exporte haben die [Grenze von] 40 Millionen Pfund überschritten

to top it all — [noch] obendrein

5) (head) anführen

top the bill — (Theatre) das Zugpferd sein

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/75633/top_off">top off

- top up
II noun
(toy) Kreisel, der

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I 1. [top] noun
1) (the highest part of anything: the top of the hill; the top of her head; The book is on the top shelf.) die Spitze

2) (the position of the cleverest in a class etc: He's at the top of the class.) die Spitze

3) (the upper surface: the table-top.) die Oberfläche

4) (a lid: I've lost the top to this jar; a bottle-top.) der Deckel

5) (a (woman's) garment for the upper half of the body; a blouse, sweater etc: I bought a new skirt and top.) das Sonnentop
2. adjective
(having gained the most marks, points etc, eg in a school class: He's top (of the class) again.) der/die/das erste
3. verb
1) (to cover on the top: She topped the cake with cream.) bedecken

2) (to rise above; to surpass: Our exports have topped $100,000.) übersteigen

3) (to remove the top of.) kappen

•

- topless
- topping
- top hat
- top-heavy
- top-secret
- at the top of one's voice
- be/feel on top of the world
- from top to bottom
- the top of the ladder/tree
- top up II [top] noun
(a kind of toy that spins.) der Kreisel

- sleep like a top

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top¹

[tɒp, AM tɑ:p]

n

1. (toy) Kreisel m

2. ( dated fam)

to sleep like a \top schlafen wie ein Murmeltier

top²

[tɒp, AM tɑ:p]

I. n

1. (highest part) oberes Ende, Spitze f; of a mountain [Berg]gipfel m; of a tree [Baum]krone f, Wipfel m

she waited for me at the \top of the stairs sie wartete oben am Ende der Treppe auf mich

from \top to bottom von oben bis unten

to get on \top of sth etw in den Griff bekommen

2. (upper surface) Oberfläche f

\top of a desk [or table] Tischplatte f

there was a pile of books on \top of the table auf dem Tisch lag ein Stoß Bücher

put the letter on \top of that pile of books leg den Brief auf diesen Stoß Bücher

3. no pl (highest rank) Spitze f

to be at the \top of the class Klassenbeste(r) f(m) sein

to be at the \top an der Spitze sein

to go to the \top an die Spitze kommen

▪ the \tops pl ( dated) die Besten

4. FASHION Top nt

5. (head end) of a bed, table Kopfende nt

to live at the \top of a street am Ende der Straße wohnen

6. BOT oberer Teil einer Pflanze

▪ \tops pl [Rüben]kraut nt kein pl

7. (lid) Deckel m

bottle \top Flaschenverschluss m

screw-on \top Schraubverschluss m

8. (in addition to)

on \top of that... obendrein...

we missed the train, and on \top of that we had to... wir verpassten den Zug, und als wäre das noch nicht genug gewesen, mussten wir auch noch...

9.

▶ the Big T\top das Großzelt

▶ to feel on \top of the world Bäume ausreißen können fam

▶ to go over the \top überreagieren

▶ off the \top of one's head ( fam) aus dem Stegreif

▶ to be off one's \top BRIT ( pej fam) kindisch sein meist pej

▶ over the \top ( fam) zu viel des Guten

▶ from \top to toe von Kopf bis Fuß

▶ at the \top of one's voice aus vollem Halse

she shouted his name at the \top of her voice sie rief, so laut sie konnte, seinen Namen

II. adj

1. attr, inv (highest) oberste(r, s)

\top floor oberstes Stockwerk, SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR meist oberster Stock

\top layer oberste Schicht

the \top rung of the ladder ( fig) die Spitze der Karriereleiter

2. (best) beste(r, s)

sb's \top choice jds erste Wahl

\top university Eliteuniversität f

3. (most successful) Spitzen-

\top athlete Spitzensportler(in) m(f)

4. (maximum) höchste(r, s)

\top speed Höchstgeschwindigkeit f

III. adv BRIT

to come \top [of the class] Klassenbeste(r) f(m) sein

IV. vt

<- pp->

1. (be at top of)

▪ to \top sth etw anführen

to \top the bill der Star des Abends sein

to \top a list obenan auf einer Liste stehen

2. (cover)

▪ to \top sth with sth etw mit etw dat überziehen

to \top a cake with cream einen Kuchen mit Sahne garnieren

3. (surpass)

▪ to \top sth etw übertreffen

they've offered me £1,000 — I'm afraid we can't \top that sie haben mir 1.000 Pfund geboten — das können wir leider nicht überbieten

4. esp BRIT (sl: kill)

▪ to \top sb/oneself jdn/sich umbringen

5. esp BRIT (remove top and bottom of)

to \top and tail food Nahrungsmittel putzen [o SCHWEIZ rüsten]

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I [tɒp]
1. n

1) (= highest part) oberer Teil; (of spire, pyramid, cone etc, fig, of league, company etc) Spitze f; (of mountain) Gipfel m; (of tree) Krone f, Spitze f; (of pine tree) Wipfel m, Spitze f; (of branch) oberes Ende; (of wave) Kamm m; (of carrots, radishes) Ende nt; (= leafy part) Kraut nt; (= detachable part of cupboard etc) Aufsatz m; (= head end of table, bed, sheet) Kopfende nt, oberes Ende; (of road, beach) oberes Ende

which is the top? — wo ist oben?

the top of the tree/page/list/wall etc is... — der Baum/die Seite/Liste/Wand etc ist oben...

the top of the milk — die Rahmschicht (auf der Milch)

at the top — oben

at the top of the page/list — oben auf der Seite/Liste

at the top of the league/pile — oben in der Tabelle/im Stapel

at the top of the stairs/wall/hill/tree — oben an der Treppe/Wand/am Berg/Baum

at the top of the table/road — am oberen Ende des Tisches/der Straße

to be (at the) top of the class — Klassenbeste(r) or -erste(r) sein, der/die Beste in der Klasse sein

to come out at the top of the list — Erste(r) sein

near the top — (ziemlich) weit oben

he's near the top in English —

the liquid was cloudy near the top — die Flüssigkeit war oben wolkig

she bashed the top of her head on the luggage rack — sie schlug sich (dat) den Kopf an der Gepäckablage an

he looked over the top of his spectacles —

he curled his fingers over the top of the window — er klammerte sich mit den Fingern an den oberen Fensterrand

she fell from the top of the stairs to the bottom — sie fiel die ganze Treppe von oben bis unten hinunter

five lines from the top — in der fünften Zeile von oben

from top to toe — von Kopf bis Fuß

from top to bottom — von oben bis unten

the system is rotten from top to bottom — das System ist von vorn bis hinten schlecht (inf)

to scream at the top of one's voice — aus vollem Hals or aus Leibeskräften brüllen

they were talking at the top(s) of their voices — sie haben sich in voller Lautstärke unterhalten

to be at the top of the ladder or the tree (fig) — auf dem Gipfel (des Erfolgs) sein

go to the top of the class (inf) — du bist gar nicht so dumm!

off the top of my head (fig) — grob gesagt; (with figures) über den Daumen gepeilt

just a quick comment please, off the top of your head to talk off the top of one's head (inf) — bitte einen kurzen Kommentar, ganz spontan nur so daherreden

to go over the top (in trenches) — aus dem Schützengraben klettern

that's a bit over the top — das ist ein bisschen übertrieben, das geht ein bisschen zu weit

I find him a bit over the top —

he's over the top (= past his best) — er ist auf dem absteigenden Ast

top of the pops (record) — Spitzenreiter m

the top of the morning to you! (Ir) — grüß Gott! (S__nbsp;Ger, Aus), (schönen) guten Morgen!

See:

→ bill

2) (= upper surface) Oberfläche f; (COMPUT) Vordergrund m

to be on top — oben sein or liegen; (fig) obenauf sein

it was on top of/on the top of the cupboard/pile etc — es war auf/oben auf dem Schrank/Stapel etc

put it on top of/the top of the cupboard etc — leg es oben auf den Schrank etc

to go up on top (on boat) —

seats on top! (in bus) — oben sind noch Sitzplätze!

to see London from the top of a bus — London vom Oberdeck eines Busses aus sehen

on top of (in addition to) — zusätzlich zu

things are getting on top of me — die Dinge wachsen mir über den Kopf

then, on top of all that... — und dann, um das Maß vollzumachen...

and, on top of that... — und zusätzlich..., und außerdem...

it's just one thing on top of another — es kommt eines zum anderen

he didn't see it until he was right on top of it — er sah es erst, als er ganz nah dran war

he felt he was on top of the situation — er hatte das Gefühl, die Situation im Griff or unter Kontrolle zu haben

to come out on top — sich durchsetzen; (over rival) die Oberhand gewinnen

3) (inf of body) Oberkörper m

to blow one's top — in die Luft or an die Decke gehen (inf), aus der Haut fahren (inf)

she's rather big round the top — sie ist oben herum ganz schön füllig (inf)

4) (= working surface) Arbeitsfläche f

5) (= bikini top) Oberteil nt; (= blouse) Top nt

6) (= lid of jar, suitcase) Deckel m; (of bottle) Verschluss m; (of pen) Hülle f; (of car) Dach nt

hard top (Aut) — Hardtop nt

soft top (Aut) — Weichverdeck nt

7) (AUT: top gear) höchster Gang

in top — im vierten/fünften, im höchsten Gang

8) (inf: big top) Großzelt nt, Zirkuszelt nt

9) (inf)

to be (the) tops — klasse sein (inf), spitze sein (inf)

10) (NAUT) Mars m

2. adj
(= upper) obere(r, s); (= highest) oberste(r, s); branches, note, honours, price höchste(r, s); (= best) Spitzen-, Top-; pupil, school, marks beste(r, s)
top athlete — Spitzenathlet(in) m(f)

he was the top seed — er war an erste Stelle gesetzt

top job — Spitzenjob m

top prices — Höchstpreise pl

today's top story — die wichtigste Meldung von heute

on the top floor — im obersten Stockwerk

a top-floor flat — eine Dachgeschosswohnung

he's out of the top drawer (fig) — er gehört zu den oberen zehntausend

the top end of the market —

the car has a top speed of 120 — das Auto hat eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 120

at top speed — mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit

in top form — in Höchstform

to be top (Sch) — Beste(r) or Erste(r) sein

the top men in the party/government/firm —

the newspaper for top people — die Zeitung für Führungskräfte

the top people (in a company) — die Leute an der Spitze; (in society) die oberen zehntausend

the Top Ten (Mus) — die Top Ten pl

3. adv

1)

to come top (Sch) — Beste(r) werden

2)

tops (inf) — höchstens, maximal

it'll take an hour tops — das dauert höchstens or maximal eine Stunde

4. vt

1) (= cover, cap) bedecken

topped by a dome — gekrönt von einer Kuppel

fruit topped with cream — Obst mit Sahne darauf

2)

(= reach top of) just as the car/he topped the hill — gerade, als das Auto/er oben auf dem Berg angekommen war or den Gipfel des Berges erreicht hatte

3)

(= be at top of) his name topped the list — sein Name stand ganz oben auf der Liste or an der Spitze der Liste

See:

→ bill

4) (= be higher than fig = surpass) übersteigen

that tops the lot (inf) — das übertrifft alles

and to top it all... (inf) — und um das Maß vollzumachen...

5)

to top a tree/radish/carrot — die Spitze eines Baumes/das Ende eines Rettichs/einer Mohrrübe abschneiden

to top and tail gooseberries (Brit) — Stachelbeeren putzen

6)

to top oneself (inf) — sich umbringen
II
n
Kreisel m
to sleep like a top — wie ein Murmeltier schlafen

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top¹ [tɒp; US tɑp]

A s

1. ober(st)es Ende, Oberteil n, höchster Punkt, besonders

a) Spitze f, Gipfel m (eines Berges)

b) Kuppe f (eines Hügels)

c) Krone f, Wipfel m (eines Baumes)

d) Dach(spitze) n(f), (Haus)Giebel m

e) Kopf(ende) m(n) (eines Tisches, einer Buchseite etc)

f) (Deich-, Mauer)Krone f

g) Oberfläche f (des Wassers etc):

the top of the world das Dach der Welt;

at the top obenan;

at the top of oben an (dat);

at the top of the street oben in der Straße;

at the top of page 10, page 10 at the top (auf) Seite 10 oben;

at the top of the table SPORT an der Tabellenspitze;

off the top of one’s head auf Anhieb, so ohne Weiteres;

on top oben(auf a. fig);

on (the) top of

a) oben auf (dat), über (dat),

b) umg direkt vor (dat);

on top of each other auf- oder übereinander;

on (the) top of it obendrein;

get on top of sth fig einer Sache Herr werden;

be over the top fig übertrieben sein;

go over the top

a) MIL zum Sturmangriff (aus dem Schützengraben) antreten,

b) fig zu weit gehen, zu viel des Guten tun; → volcano

2. fig Spitze f, erste oder höchste oder oberste Stelle, Spitzenposition f:

the top of the class der Klassenprimus;

top of the line WIRTSCH Branchenführer(in);

at the top of the tree ( oder ladder)

a) in höchster Stellung, an oberster Stelle,

b) auf dem Gipfel des Erfolgs;

come out on top als Sieger oder Bester hervorgehen;

come ( oder make it) to the top an die Spitze kommen, sich durchsetzen;

be on top (of the world) obenauf sein;

be on top of sth einer Sache gewachsen sein

3. a) höchster Grad

b) höchster Punkt, Höchststand m:

at the top of one’s speed mit höchster Geschwindigkeit;

at the top of one’s voice ( oder lungs) aus vollem Halse, lauthals;

the top of the tide der Höchststand der Flut

4. fig Gipfel m, (das) Äußerste oder Höchste:

the top of his ambition sein höchster Ehrgeiz;

the top of all creation die Krone der Schöpfung; → tops A

5. umg

a) Auslese f, Creme f umg (der Gesellschaft)

b) pl (die) großen Tiere pl umg

6. Kopf m, Scheitel m:

from top to bottom vom Scheitel bis zur Sohle;

from top to toe von Kopf bis Fuß; → blow¹ C 7 b

7. (Schachtel-, Topf- etc) Deckel m

8. AUTO etc Verdeck n

9. (Bett)Himmel m

10. (Möbel)Aufsatz m

11. Oberteil n (eines Pyjamas, Badeanzugs etc)

12. a) (Schuh)Oberleder n

b) Stulpe f (an Stiefeln, Handschuhen etc)

13. SCHIFF Mars m/f

14. BOT

a) oberer Teil ( einer Pflanze; Ggs Wurzel)

b) auch pl (Rüben- etc)Kraut n

15. CHEM Spitzenfraktion f

16. Blume f (des Bieres)

17. AUTO → top gear

18. MIL sl → top sergeant

B adj

1. oberst(er, e, es):

top line Kopf-, Titelzeile f;

the top rung fig die höchste Stellung, die oberste Stelle

2. höchst(er, e, es):

at top speed

a) mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit,

b) in Windeseile;

top earner Spitzenverdiener(in);

top efficiency TECH Spitzenleistung f;

top manager Top-, Spitzenmanager m;

top prices Höchst-, Spitzenpreise;

top quality Spitzenqualität f; → brass A 6, management 2

3. (der, die, das) Erste:

the top place;

win the top hono(u)rs in a competition den ersten Preis in einem Wettbewerb gewinnen

4. Haupt…:

top colo(u)r

5. umg erstklassig, best(er, e, es):

be in top form ( oder shape) in Höchst- oder Topform sein

C v/t

1. (oben) bedecken ( with mit)

2. überragen

3. mit einer Spitze, einem Oberteil, einem Deckel etc versehen

4. an der Spitze der Klasse, einer Liste etc stehen: → bill² A 8

5. die Spitze oder den Gipfel eines Berges etc erreichen

6. (zahlenmäßig etc) übersteigen:

top one million die Millionengrenze übersteigen

7. jemanden an Größe oder Gewicht übertreffen:

he tops me by two inches er ist (um) zwei Zoll größer als ich;

he tops five feet er ist etwas über fünf Fuß groß

8. überragen, -treffen, schlagen; ein Angebot, eine Bestleistung etc toppen, überbieten:

that tops everything;

be topped den Kürzeren ziehen;

to top it all (Redew) als Krönung des Ganzen; pej um das Maß vollzumachen

9. Pflanzen beschneiden, stutzen, köpfen, kappen

10. ein Hindernis nehmen (Pferd etc)

11. CHEM die flüchtigen Bestandteile herausdestillieren

12. → top-dress 2

13. AGR, ZOOL Tiere hochzüchten

14. eine Farbe überfärben, -decken ( beide:

with mit)

top² [tɒp; US tɑp] s Kreisel m (Spielzeug): → sleep A 1

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I 1. noun
1) (highest part) Spitze, die; (of table) Platte, die; (of bench seat) Sitzfläche, die; (top floor) oberstes Stockwerk; (flat roof, roof garden) Dach, das; (rim of glass, bottle, etc.) Rand, der; (top end) oberes Ende; (of tree) Spitze, die; Wipfel, der

a cake with a cherry on top — ein Kuchen mit einer Kirsche [oben]drauf

at the top — oben

at the top of the building/hill/pile/stairs — oben im Gebäude/[oben] auf dem Hügel/[oben] auf dem Stapel/oben an der Treppe

be at/get to or reach the top [of the ladder or tree] — (fig.) auf der obersten Sprosse [der Leiter] stehen/die oberste Sprosse [der Leiter] erreichen (fig.)

be/get on top of a situation/subject — eine Situation/eine Materie im Griff haben/in den Griff bekommen

don't let it get on top of you — (fig.) lass dich davon nicht unterkriegen! (ugs.)

he put it on [the] top of the pile — er legte es [oben] auf den Stapel

on top of one another or each other — aufeinander

on top of something — (fig.): (in addition) zusätzlich zu etwas

on top of everything else — zu alledem noch

come/be on top of something — (be additional) zu etwas [hinzu]kommen

on top of the world — (fig.) überglücklich

be/go thin on top — licht auf dem Kopf sein/werden

be on top — ganz oben sein/liegen

come out on top — (be successful) Erfolg haben; (win) gewinnen

get to the top — (fig.) eine Spitzenposition erringen; ganz nach oben kommen (ugs.)

from top to toe — von Kopf bis Fuß

be over the top — übertrieben od. überzogen sein

he searched the house from top to bottom — er durchsuchte das Haus von oben bis unten

2) (highest rank) Spitze, die

the man at the top — der [oberste] Chef od. (ugs.) Boss

top of the table — (Sport) Tabellenspitze, die

[at the] top of the agenda is... — ganz oben auf der Tagesordnung steht...

be [at the] top of the class — der/die Klassenbeste sein

top of the bill — (Theatre) Zugpferd, das

3) (of vegetable) Kraut, das

4) (upper surface) Oberfläche, die; (of cupboard, wardrobe, chest) Oberseite, die

on [the] top of something — [oben] auf etwas (position): (Dat./direction: Akk.)

cut the top off an egg — ein Ei köpfen

they climbed to the top of the hill/slope — sie kletterten auf den Hügel/den Hang hinauf

5) (folding roof) Verdeck, das

6) (upper deck of bus, boat) Oberdeck, das

7) (cap of pen) [Verschluss]kappe, die

8) (cream on milk) Sahne, die; Rahm, der (regional, bes. südd., österr., schweiz.)

9) (upper part of page) oberer Teil

at the top [of the page] — oben [auf der/die Seite]

10) (upper garment) Oberteil, das

11) (turn-down of sock) Umschlag, der

12) (head end) Kopf, der; (of street) oberes Ende

13) (utmost) Gipfel, der

shout/talk at the top of one's voice — aus vollem Halse schreien/so laut wie möglich sprechen

14)

be the tops — (coll.) (the best) der/die/das Größte sein (ugs.); (marvellous) spitze sein (ugs.)

15) (surface) Oberfläche, die

16) (lid) Deckel, der; (of bottle, glass, jar, etc.) Stöpsel, der

17) (Brit. Motor Veh.)

in top — im größten Gang
2. adjective
oberst...; höchst... [Ton, Preis]

top end — oberes Ende

the/a top award — die höchste/eine hohe Auszeichnung

the/a top chess player — der beste Schachspieler/einer der besten Schachspieler od. ein Spitzenschachspieler

top scientists/actors — etc. hochkarätige Wissenschaftler/Schauspieler usw.

top sportsman/job/politician — Spitzensportler, der/Spitzenposition, die/Spitzenpolitiker, der

the top pupil/school/marks — der beste Schüler/die beste Schule/die besten Noten

top manager/management — Topmanager/-management

a top speed of 100 m.p.h. — eine Spitzen- od. Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 100 Meilen pro Stunde

go at top speed — mit Spitzen- od. Höchstgeschwindigkeit fahren

be/come top [in a subject] — [in einem Fach] der/die Beste sein/werden

give something top priority — einer Sache (Dat.) höchste Priorität einräumen

have a record in the top ten — eine Platte in den Top-ten haben

in the top left/right corner — in der linken/rechten oberen Ecke

on the top floor — im obersten Stockwerk

the top people — (in society) die Spitzen der Gesellschaft; (in a particular field) die besten Leute
3. transitive verb,
- pp-

1) (cover)

the hills were topped with or by snow — die Hügelspitzen waren schneebedeckt

2) (Hort.): (cut top off) stutzen [Pflanze]; kappen [Baum]

3) (be taller than) überragen

4) (surpass, excel) übertreffen

exports have topped [the] £40 million [mark/level] — die Exporte haben die [Grenze von] 40 Millionen Pfund überschritten

to top it all — [noch] obendrein

5) (head) anführen

top the bill — (Theatre) das Zugpferd sein

Phrasal Verbs:

- top off

- top up
II noun
(toy) Kreisel, der

* * *

v.

maximal erreichen ausdr.

übersteigen v. adj.

oben adj. n.

Anfang -ë m.

Gipfel - m.

Kopfende -n n.

Kreisel - m.

Oberteil -e n.

Spitze -n f.

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