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to lift a tax

1 lift

1. I
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1) the window (the lid) will not lift окно (крышка) не поднимается; the box is too heavy for me to lift ящик такой тяжелый, что мне его не поднять

2) the fog (darkness, the cloud, etc.) is lifting туман и т. д. рассеивается; the mist began to lift туман начал подниматься; the rain lifted дождь перестал
2. II
lift in some manner lift quickly (gradually, etc.) быстро и т. д. рассеиваться ( проходить и т. к.)
3. III
1) lift smth., smb. lift a suitcase (a chair, a stone, a load, one's head, one's hand, the curtain, the child, etc.) поднимать чемодан и т. д.; the tide will lift the boat прилив снимет лодку (с мели и т. п.); lift the veil откинуть вуаль; lift one's hat приподнять шляпу (а знак приветствия), lift one's eyes поднять /вскинуть/ глаза, посмотреть вверх; lift one's voice повысить голос, крикнуть

2) lift smth. lift the siege (the ban, the blockade, etc.) снять осаду и т. д.; lift curfew (a tax, a boycott, etc.) отменить комендантский час и т. д.; lift the fire (bombardment, etc.) прекратить обстрел и т. д.; lift a minefield разминировать минное Пеле; lift the tents снять /свернуть/ лагерь

3) lift smth. lift potatoes копать картофель; lift plants выкапывать растения; lift seedlings снимать рассаду

4) lift smth., smb. sl. lift goods (money, etc.) красть товары и т. п.: lift cattle угонять скот
4. IV
lift smb., smth. somewhere lift smb., smth. up поднимать кого-л., что-л. вверх; lift smth. off снимать что-л. [с поверхности]; lift smb., smth. out вынимать /вытаскивать/ кого-л., что-л.; lift smb., smth. down снять кого-л., что-л. сверху; lift smth. in some manner lift smth. quickly (stealthily, feebly, perceptibly, momentarily, high, etc.) быстро и т. д. поднимать /приподнимать/ что-л.; lift several tons at a time поднимать несколько тонн зараз
5. VII
lift smb., smth. to do smth. she lifted the child to look at the tiger она подняла ребенка на руки, чтобы он мог посмотреть на тигра; he never lifts a finger to help us он и пальцем не шевельнет, чтобы помочь нам
6. XI
1) be lifted into (on, etc.) smth. the sick man was lifted on to the bed больного подняли и положили на кровать; he was rapidly lifted into power он очень быстро приобрел власть /влияние/

2) be lifted the ban on the book was lifted был снят запрет на эту книгу

3) have smth. lifted have one's face lifted сделать косметическую операцию /подтяжку/
7. XVI
lift off smth. lift off the water подняться с воды
8. XXI1
1) lift smth. off smth. lift the lid off a box приподнимать /снимать/ крышку с ящика; lift smth. by smth. lift a pan by the handle поднимать сковороду за ручку; lift smb., smth. down from smth. lift smb. down from the horse (the picture down from the wall, the child down from the fence, etc.) снимать кого-л. с лошади и т. д.; lift smb. over smth. lift smb. over a ditch (over the brook, over the hole, etc.) поднять и перенести кого-л. через канаву и т. д., lift smb., smth. out of smth. lift the child out of the bed (the casket out of the box, the letters out of the bag, etc.) вынуть /взять/ ребенка из кровати и т. д., lift smth. to smth. lift smth. to one's head (to one's mouth, to one's eyes, etc.) подносить что-л. к голове и т. д., he lifted the spoon to his lips он [поднял и] поднес ложку ко рту; the church lifts its spire to the skies шпиль церкви поднимается /уходит/ высоко в небо; lift smth. in smth. lift one's voice in song громко запеть, запеть во весь голос: lift one's arm in a gesture of farewell сделать прощальный жест поднятой рукой; lift smb. from smth. lift smb. from poverty вытащить кого-л. из нищеты; his first book lifted him from obscurity его первая книга принесла ему известность; lift smb. to smth. lift smb. to world fame принести кому-л. мировую славу; lift smb. above smb. lift smb. above other authors ставить кого-л. выше других авторов; lift a hand against smb. lift a hand against the child (against one's master, against one's wife, etc.) поднять руку на ребенка и т. д.

2) lift smth. against (on) smth. lift the siege against the city (the ban on the book, etc.) снять осаду с города и т. д.

3) lift smth. from smth., smb. sl. lift things from a store красть что-л. из магазина; lift a passage from this author (these lines from the book, etc.) списать отрывок у этого писателя и т.д., заниматься плагиатом и т.д.
9. XXIII1
lift smb., smth. like smth. lift the girl (the box, etc.) like a feather поднять девушку и т. д. как перышко

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > lift
2 get a lift from sth

Общая лексика: затрагивать (retail sales should get a lift from those tax holidays (NYTimes.com)), касаться

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > get a lift from sth
3 zerga

iz.

1.

a. ( oro.) tax; \zerga ageri direct tax; -(r)i \zerga bat ezarri to levy a tax on sth; -(r)i \zerga bat kendu to lift a tax on sth; \zergak {beheratu || arindu} to lower taxes | to lighten the tax burden; \zergak ordaindu to pay one's taxes; \zergari erantzun to meet one's tax {obligations || requirements}; \zergarik gabeko tax-free ; balioari erantsitako \zerga (B.E.Z.) i. (GB) (IRL) value added tax (V.A.T.) ii. (USA) g.g.b. sales tax; bideetako \zerga road tax; ikuskizunen gaineko \zerga entertainments tax; jabegoaren gaineko \zerga property tax; pertsona fisikoen errentaren gaineko \zerga personal income tax; plusbalioaren gaineko \zerga capital gains tax; salmenten gaineko \zerga sales tax zeharkako \zerga indirect tax; zuzeneko \zerga direct tax

b. [ izenen aurrean ] tax; \zerga-biltzaile tax collector; \zerga-iruzur tax evasion; \zerga-lege tax law; \zerga-oinarri tax base

2. ( seilua, inportatutako salgaiei d.) duty

Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > zerga
4 abolire

abolish

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abolire v.tr.

1 to abolish, to suppress: abolire una legge, to abrogate (o to repeal) a law; abolire un dazio doganale, to abolish a customs duty; abolire un'imposta, to lift a tax; abolire le imposte locali sugli immobili, to derate; abolire i controlli (su qlco.), to decontrol (sthg.)

2 (estens.) to cut* out: il medico gli ha ordinato di abolire l'alcol e le sigarette, the doctor ordered him to cut out alcohol and cigarettes.

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[abo'lire]
verbo transitivo to abolish [legge, pena di morte]; to lift [ sanzioni]; to cut* out [alcol, grassi]

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abolire

/abo'lire/ [102]

verbo transitivo

to abolish [legge, pena di morte]; to lift [ sanzioni]; to cut* out [alcol, grassi].

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > abolire
5 скасовувати

= скасувати

to annul, to nullify, to revoke, to repeal, to rescind, to abolish, to countermand, to abrogate, to reverse the orders (of), to cancel; юр. to disaffirm, to quash

скасовувати вирок — to avoid a sentence, to reverse a sentence, to recall a sentence

скасовувати заборону — to lift a prohibition

скасовувати закон — to repeal a law

скасовувати податок — to lift a tax

скасовувати рішення суду — to reverse a judgment

скасовувати торгову угоду — to call off a deal

скасовувати указ — to rescind a decree, to revoke a decree

Українсько-англійський словник > скасовувати
6 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

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- 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

* * *

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

* * *

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

* * *

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
7 aufheben

aufheben v 1. FIN revoke; 2. GEN abolish; remove (Restriktionen); annul (Urteil); overrule, make void (Entscheidung); lift, override, raise (Embargo, Sanktionen); 3. STAT cancel; 4. POL overrule, override (Entscheidung); 5. RW lift, abolish, cancel; 6. RECHT abrogate, disaffirm, nullify, rescind, terminate (Vertrag); annul, repeal, reverse, strike down (Gesetz); lift (Beschränkungen); supersede (Urteil); avoid, cancel (Vorschriften); 7. ADMIN abolish, abrogate; 8. WIWI abolish
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v 1. < Finanz> revoke; 2. < Geschäft> abolish, Restriktionen remove, Urteil annul, Entscheidung overrule, make void, Embargo, Sanktionen lift, override, raise; 3. < Math> cancel; 4. < Pol> Entscheidung overrule, override; 5. < Rechnung> lift, abolish, cancel; 6. < Recht> Vertrag abrogate, disaffirm, nullify, rescind, terminate, Gesetz annul, repeal, reverse, strike down, Beschränkungen lift, Urteil supersede, Vorschriften avoid, cancel; 7. < Verwalt> abolish, abrogate; 8. <Vw> abolish
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: sich aufheben

<Math, Rechnung> cancel out

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aufheben
(aufbewahren) to keep, to preserve, (ausgleichen) to counterbalance, (Bestellung) to countermand, to cancel, (Gültigkeit) to [a]void, to annul, to invalidate, to abate, to make void, to rescind, (Waren) to store, to lay up, to warehouse;
• etw. aufheben to supersede s. th.;
• gerichtliche Anordnung aufheben to discharge a court order;
• Bankgeheimnis aufheben to lift the banking secrecy;
• Baubeschränkungen aufheben to rezone (US);
• Beschlagnahme aufheben to release (remove) an attachment, to lift an embargo;
• Beschränkungen aufheben to lift (undo) restrictions;
• testamentarische Bestimmungen aufheben to defeat the provisions of a will;
• Blockade aufheben to raise a blockade;
• Boykott aufheben to call off (lift) a boycott;
• Briefe aufheben to keep letters;
• Embargo aufheben to take off (lift, remove) an embargo;
• sich gegenseitig aufheben (Buchungen) to cancel (balance) each other;
• Geheimhaltungsbestimmungen aufheben to declassify;
• Haushaltstitel aufheben to deobligate;
• Konkursverfahren aufheben to grant the bankrupt’s discharge;
• Kontensperre aufheben to release blocked accounts;
• Quarantäne aufheben to remove the quarantine;
• Sitzung aufheben to close a meeting, to leave the chair, (vertagen) to adjourn a meeting;
• Steuer aufheben to abolish a tax;
• Steuer wieder aufheben to abandon (rescind) a tax;
• Streik aufheben to call off a strike;
• Vergleich aufheben to set aside a composition;
• Vertrag aufheben to cancel (rescind) a contract;
• Vorbehalt aufheben to abolish a reserve;
• negative Wirkung aufheben to neutralize a negative effect;
• Zwangswirtschaft aufheben to decontrol;
• Testament gerichtlich aufheben lassen to break a will.

Business german-english dictionary > aufheben
8 absetzen

(trennb., hat -ge-)

I v/t

1. (Gegenstand) set ( oder put) down; (Brille, Hut) take off

2. (Ggs. ansetzen) (Glas, Feder, Gewehr) put down; er trank, ohne das Glas einmal abzusetzen auch he downed his pint etc. in one umg., Am. he chug-a-lugged it ( oder drank it chug-a-lug) Sl.; ohne den Stift abzusetzen without lifting pen from (the) paper; Lasten genau absetzen spot loads

3. (Mitreisenden, Fallschirmspringer) drop (off) (an, bei at)

4. DRUCK. (Text) set (in type), set up, compose; die Zeile absetzen begin a new line

5. (streichen) drop; von der Tagesordnung etc. absetzen take off the agenda etc.; vom Spielplan absetzen drop from the programme

6. WIRTS. write off ( steuerlich: against tax); (abziehen) deduct

7. vom Amt: dismiss; (Herrscher etc.) depose

8. WIRTS. sell; sich leicht ( schwer) absetzen lassen (not to) sell well

9. MED. (Arznei) stop taking; (Drogen) come off; (Therapie) break off

10. absetzen von ( oder gegen) (Farbe etc.) set off against, contrast with

11. mit einer Borte etc.: trim

12. bes. GEOL., CHEM. deposit, precipitate

13. Pferd: (den Reiter) throw

14. AGR. (entwöhnen) (Kalb etc.) wean

15. NAUT. (abstoßen) push off

II v/refl

1. auch GEOL., CHEM. (liegen bleiben) settle, deposit

2. umg. (weggehen) clear out ( oder off), make off, leave ( nach for); sich ins Ausland absetzen leave the country

3. (kontrastieren) contrast, form a contrast ( von with)

4. MIL. withdraw, retreat

5. SPORT pull ahead, leave the others behind

III v/i (unterbrechen) stop, break off; ohne abzusetzen without a break; auch beim Trinken: in one go, Am. chug-a-lug Sl.; beim Schreiben: straight off

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(abziehen) to deduct;

(auf den Boden stellen) to set down; to put down;

(aussteigen lassen) to set down; to drop;

(des Amtes entheben) to supersede; to depose;

(verkaufen) to sell

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ạb|set|zen sep
1. vt

1) (= abnehmen) Hut, Brille to take off, to remove; (= hinstellen) Gepäck, Glas to set or put down; Geigenbogen, Feder to lift; Gewehr to unshoulder

2) (= aussteigen lassen) Mitfahrer, Fahrgast to set down, to drop; Fallschirmjäger to drop

wo kann ich dich absetzen? — where can I drop you?

3) (NAUT) to push off

4) Theaterstück, Oper to take off; Fußballspiel, Turnier, Versammlung, Termin to cancel

etw vom Spielplan absetzen — to take sth off the programme (Brit) or program (US)

5) (= entlassen) to dismiss; Minister, Vorsitzenden to dismiss, to remove from office; König, Kaiser to depose; (sl) Freund, Freundin to chuck (inf)

6) (= entwöhnen) Jungtier to wean; (MED) Medikament, Tabletten to come off, to stop taking; Behandlung to break off, to discontinue; (MIL) Ration etc to stop

die Tabletten mussten abgesetzt werden — I/she etc had to stop taking the tablets or had to come off the tablets

7) (COMM = verkaufen) Waren to sell

sich gut absetzen lassen — to sell well

8) (= abziehen) Betrag, Summe to deduct

das kann man ( von der Steuer) absetzen — that is tax-deductible

9) (= ablagern) Geröll to deposit

10) (SEW) to trim

11) (= kontrastieren) to contrast

etw gegen etw absetzen — to set sth off against sth

12) (TYP) Manuskript to (type)set, to compose

(eine Zeile) absetzen — to start a new line

2. vr

1) (CHEM, GEOL) to be deposited; (Feuchtigkeit, Staub etc) to collect

2) (inf = weggehen) to get or clear out (aus of) (inf); (SPORT = Abstand vergrößern) to pull ahead

sich nach Brasilien absetzen — to clear off to Brazil (inf)

3)

sich gegen jdn/etw absetzen — to stand out against sb/sth

sich vorteilhaft gegen jdn/etw absetzen — to contrast favourably (Brit) or favorably (US) with sb/sth

das macht er, nur um sich gegen die anderen abzusetzen — he only does that to be different from the others or to make himself stand out from the crowd

3. vi
to put one's glass down
er trank das Glas aus ohne abzusetzen — he emptied his glass in one

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1) (to remove from a high position (eg from that of a king): They have deposed the emperor.) depose

2) (to put or set down: She deposited her shopping-basket in the kitchen.) deposit

3) (to allow to get off a vehicle: Drop me off at the corner.) drop off

4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) drop

5) ((of a bus etc) to stop and let (passengers) out: The bus set us down outside the post-office.) set down

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ab|set·zen

I. vt

1. (des Amtes entheben)

▪ jdn \absetzen to remove sb [from office], to relieve sb of their duties euph

einen Herrscher \absetzen to depose a ruler

einen König/eine Königin \absetzen to dethrone a king/queen

2. (abnehmen)

▪ etw \absetzen to take sth off, to remove sth

seine Brille/seinen Hut \absetzen to take one's glasses/hat off

3. (hinstellen) to put [or set] sth down

4. (aussteigen lassen)

▪ jdn [irgendwo] \absetzen to drop sb [off somewhere]

wo kann ich dich \absetzen? where shall I drop you off?

5. (verkaufen)

▪ etw \absetzen to sell sth

bisher haben wir schon viel abgesetzt up till now our sales figures are good

6. FIN

▪ etw [von etw dat] \absetzen to deduct sth [from sth]

7. (nicht mehr stattfinden lassen)

▪ etw \absetzen to cancel sth

▪ etw von etw dat \absetzen to withdraw sth from sth

ein Theaterstück \absetzen to cancel a play

8. MED

▪ etw \absetzen to stop taking sth

ein Medikament \absetzen to stop taking [or to come off] a medicine

9. (unterbrechen)

▪ etw \absetzen to take sth off sth

die Feder \absetzen to take [or lift] the pen off the paper

die Flöte/das Glas \absetzen to take [or lower] the flute/glass from one's lips

den Geigenbogen \absetzen to lift the bow [from the violin]

10. (kontrastieren)

▪ Dinge/Menschen voneinander \absetzen to define things/people [or pick things/people out] [from one another]

II. vr

1. (sich festsetzen)

▪ sich akk [auf etw dat/unter etw dat] \absetzen Dreck, Staub to be [or settle] [on/under sth]

2. CHEM, GEOL

▪ sich akk [irgendwo] \absetzen to be deposited [somewhere]

3. (fam: verschwinden)

▪ sich akk \absetzen to abscond, to clear out fam

sich akk ins Ausland \absetzen to clear out of [or leave] the country

4. (Abstand vergrößern)

▪ sich akk [von jdm/etw] \absetzen to get away [from sb/sth], to put a distance between oneself and sb/sth

5. (sich unterscheiden)

▪ sich akk gegen jdn/etw [o von jdm/etw] \absetzen to stand out against [or from] sb/sth

die Silhouette des Doms setzte sich gegen den roten Abendhimmel ab the silhouette of the cathedral contrasted with the red evening sky

III. vi (innehalten) to pause [for breath], to take a breather fam

er trank das Glas aus, ohne abzusetzen he drank the contents of the glass without pausing for breath

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1.
transitives Verb

1) (abnehmen) take off

2) (hinstellen) put down <glass, bag, suitcase>

3) (aussteigen lassen)

jemanden absetzen — (im öffentlichen Verkehr) put somebody down; let somebody out (Amer.); (im privaten Verkehr) drop somebody [off]

4) (entlassen) dismiss < minister, official>; remove <chancellor, judge> from office; depose <king, emperor>

5) (ablagern) deposit

6) (absagen) drop; call off <strike, football match>

7) (nicht mehr anwenden) discontinue <treatment, therapy>; stop taking <medicine, drug>

8) (von den Lippen nehmen) take <glass, trumpet> from one's lips

9) (verkaufen) sell

10) (Steuerw.)

etwas [von der Steuer] absetzen — deduct something [from tax]
2.
reflexives Verb

1) (sich ablagern) be deposited; < dust> settle; < particles in suspension> settle out

2) (sich distanzieren)

sich von etwas absetzen — distance oneself from something

3) (sich unterscheiden) s. abheben 3.

4) (ugs.): (sich davonmachen) get away

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absetzen (trennb, hat -ge-)

A. v/t

1. (Gegenstand) set ( oder put) down; (Brille, Hut) take off

2. (Ggs ansetzen) (Glas, Feder, Gewehr) put down;

er trank, ohne das Glas einmal abzusetzen auch he downed his pint etc in one umg, US he chug-a-lugged it ( oder drank it chug-a-lug) sl;

ohne den Stift abzusetzen without lifting pen from (the) paper;

Lasten genau absetzen spot loads

3. (Mitreisenden, Fallschirmspringer) drop (off) (

an, bei at)

4. TYPO (Text) set (in type), set up, compose;

die Zeile absetzen begin a new line

5. (streichen) drop;

von der Tagesordnung etc

absetzen take off the agenda etc;

vom Spielplan absetzen drop from the programme

6. WIRTSCH write off ( steuerlich: against tax); (abziehen) deduct

7. vom Amt: dismiss; (Herrscher etc) depose

8. WIRTSCH sell;

sich leicht (schwer) absetzen lassen (not to) sell well

9. MED (Arznei) stop taking; (Drogen) come off; (Therapie) break off

10.

absetzen von ( oder

gegen) (Farbe etc) set off against, contrast with

11. mit einer Borte etc: trim

12. besonders GEOL, CHEM deposit, precipitate

13. Pferd: (den Reiter) throw

14. AGR (entwöhnen) (Kalb etc) wean

15. SCHIFF (abstoßen) push off

B. v/r

1. auch GEOL, CHEM (liegen bleiben) settle, deposit

2. umg (weggehen) clear out ( oder off), make off, leave (

nach for);

sich ins Ausland absetzen leave the country

3. (kontrastieren) contrast, form a contrast (

von with)

4. MIL withdraw, retreat

5. SPORT pull ahead, leave the others behind

C. v/i (unterbrechen) stop, break off;

ohne abzusetzen without a break; auch beim Trinken: in one go, US chug-a-lug sl; beim Schreiben: straight off

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1.
transitives Verb

1) (abnehmen) take off

2) (hinstellen) put down <glass, bag, suitcase>

3) (aussteigen lassen)

jemanden absetzen — (im öffentlichen Verkehr) put somebody down; let somebody out (Amer.); (im privaten Verkehr) drop somebody [off]

4) (entlassen) dismiss <minister, official>; remove <chancellor, judge> from office; depose <king, emperor>

5) (ablagern) deposit

6) (absagen) drop; call off <strike, football match>

7) (nicht mehr anwenden) discontinue <treatment, therapy>; stop taking <medicine, drug>

8) (von den Lippen nehmen) take <glass, trumpet> from one's lips

9) (verkaufen) sell

10) (Steuerw.)

etwas [von der Steuer] absetzen — deduct something [from tax]
2.
reflexives Verb

1) (sich ablagern) be deposited; < dust> settle; < particles in suspension> settle out

2) (sich distanzieren)

sich von etwas absetzen — distance oneself from something

3) (sich unterscheiden) s. abheben 3.

4) (ugs.): (sich davonmachen) get away

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v.

to deduct v.

to drop v.

to put down v.

to sell v.

(§ p.,p.p.: sold)

to set down v.

to unseat v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > absetzen
9 belasten

I v/t

1. (Fahrzeug) auch TECH. load; (Brücke, Balken) put weight on; TECH. (beanspruchen) stress; (beschweren: auch Ski) weight; beide Beine gleichmäßig belasten weight both legs evenly; nicht den Innenski belasten not weight the inside ski; der Aufzug darf mit max. 300 kg belastet werden the lift (Am. elevator) can take a maximum load of 300 kg; ein Fahrzeug / eine Brücke mit 3 t belasten put a 3-ton(ne) load on a vehicle / bridge; der Anhänger ist nicht voll / zu sehr belastet the trailer isn’t fully loaded / is overloaded

2. jemanden belasten physisch, psychisch etc.: strain s.o., put a strain on s.o.; stark belasten put a heavy strain on; arbeitsmäßig: put s.o. under (a lot of) pressure; durch zusätzliche Arbeit: give s.o. a heavy workload; mit Verantwortung: place a heavy burden on; auch nervlich: be a (great) strain on s.o.; (Sorgen machen) be a (big) worry for s.o.; gewissensmäßig: give s.o. a (really) bad conscience; ich möchte dich nicht mit meinen Problemen belasten I don’t want to burden you with my problems; es belastet mich ( allmählich ) auch it’s getting to me; sein Gedächtnis mit unnützem Wissen / zu vielen Details belasten fill one’s head with useless knowledge / too many details; sein Gewissen mit Schuld / einer Tat belasten burden one’s conscience with guilt (feelings) / something one has done; er ist durch seine Vergangenheit ( stark) belastet politisch: he is (seriously) discredited by his past, he has a (very) shady past; dieses Wissen / diese Erkenntnis belastet mich (beunruhigt mich) knowing that bothers ( oder worries) me; diese Entscheidung scheint dich sehr zu belasten that decision seems to be causing you some distress

3. MED. (Organ, Kreislauf etc.) strain; beim EKG etc.: exert; Alkohol belastet die Leber alcohol is a strain on the liver

4. (Umwelt etc.) pollute, contaminate, add to the pollution of the environment

5. ETECH. (Stromnetz etc.) load; das Telefonnetz ist zu stark belastet the (tele)phone system is overloaded; wenn das Computernetz plötzlich zu stark belastet wird when the computer network is suddenly overloaded

6. FIN.: jemanden / jemandes Konto belasten debit s.o. / s.o.’s account ( mit with); wir erlauben uns, Sie mit den Kosten zu belasten we take the liberty of charging the costs to your account; jemanden finanziell ( stark) belasten be a (heavy) financial burden on s.o., present a (heavy) financial strain on s.o.; durch Steuern: place a (heavy) tax burden on s.o.; den Staatshaushalt durch neue Ausgaben belasten burden the national budget with additional spending

7. (Grundstück, Haus) encumber, mortgage; ein Haus mit einer Hypothek belasten encumber a house with a mortgage

8. JUR., durch Indizien etc.: incriminate

II v/refl: sich mit etw. belasten mit Arbeit, Verantwortung: burden ( oder saddle) o.s. with s.th.; damit kann ich mich nicht belasten auch I haven’t got time to deal with that sort of thing

III v/i Besitz belastet property ( oder riches) can be a burden; nur bei Skiern: du belastest falsch / richtig you’re weighting the wrong / the right ski

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(abbuchen) to debit;

(beanspruchen) to strain; to stress;

(beladen) to burden; to load; to charge;

(beschuldigen) to incriminate;

(verschulden) to mortgage; to encumber; to cumber

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be|lạs|ten ptp bela\#stet
1. vt

1) (lit) (mit Gewicht) Brücke, Balken, Träger, Ski to put weight on; (mit Last) Fahrzeug, Fahrstuhl to load

etw mit 50 Tonnen belasten — to put a 50 ton load on sth, to put a weight of 50 tons on sth

den Träger gleichmäßig belasten — to distribute weight evenly over the girder

das darf nur mit maximal 5 Personen/Tonnen belastet werden — its maximum load is 5 people/tons

die Brücke zu sehr belasten — to put too much weight on the bridge

das Fahrzeug zu sehr belasten — to overload the vehicle

2) (fig)

jdn mit etw belasten (mit Arbeit) — to load sb with sth; mit Verantwortung, Sorgen, Wissen to burden sb with sth

das Gedächtnis mit unnützem Wissen belasten — to burden one's memory with useless knowledge

jdn belasten (mit Arbeit, Verantwortung, Sorgen) — to burden sb

jdn mit zu viel Arbeit belasten — to overload sb with work

jdn mit zu viel Verantwortung etc belasten — to overburden sb with responsibility etc

belastend sein — to be a strain

See:

→ erblich

3) (fig = bedrücken)

jdn/jds Gewissen/Seele mit etw belasten (Mensch) — to burden sb/sb's conscience/soul with sth

jdn belasten (Schuld etc) — to weigh on sb or sb's mind

jds Gewissen belasten — to weigh on sb's conscience

das belastet ihn sehr — it weighs heavily on his mind

mit einer Schuld belastet sein — to be weighed down or burdened by guilt

von Sorgen belastet — weighed down with cares

4) (= beanspruchen) Wasserhaushalt, Stromnetz, Leitung to put pressure on, to stretch; Atmosphäre to pollute; (MED) Kreislauf, Magen, Organe, Körper, Mensch to put a strain on, to strain; Nerven to strain, to tax; Steuerzahler to burden

jdn/etw zu sehr or stark belasten — to overstrain sb/sth; Wasserhaushalt etc to put too much pressure on sth, to overstretch sth

5) (JUR) Angeklagten to incriminate

belastendes Material — incriminating evidence

6) (FIN) Konto to charge; Etat to be a burden on; (steuerlich) jdn to burden

etw (mit einer Hypothek) belasten — to mortgage sth

das Konto mit einem Betrag belasten — to debit the account with a sum, to debit a sum to the account

jdn mit den Kosten belasten — to charge the costs to sb

dafür werden wir Sie mit 50 Euro belasten — we will charge you 50 euros for that

2. vr

1)

sich mit etw belasten (mit Arbeit) — to take sth on; mit Verantwortung to take sth upon oneself; mit Sorgen to burden oneself with sth

sich mit Schuld belasten — to incur guilt

damit belaste ich mich nicht (mit Arbeit, Verantwortung) — I don't want to take that on

ich will mich nicht belasten (mit Wissen) — I don't want to know (about it)

2) (JUR) to incriminate oneself

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1) (to put a responsibility etc on (someone): burdened with cares.) burden

2) (to enter or record on this side of an account.) debit

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be·las·ten *

I. vt

1. (mit Gewicht beschweren)

▪ etw \belasten to put weight on sth; (beladen) to load sth

du solltest das verletzte Knie weniger \belasten you should put less weight on the injured knee

etw mit... Kilo/Tonnen \belasten to put a weight of... kilos/tons on sth

ein Fahrzeug/einen Aufzug mit 500 Kilo \belasten to load a vehicle/a lift with 500 kilos

das darf nur mit bis zu 8 Personen/750 kg belastet werden its maximum load is 8 persons/750 kg

etw zu sehr \belasten to put too much weight on sth; (beladen) to overload sth

2. (beanspruchen)

▪ jdn \belasten to burden sb

▪ jdn mit etw dat \belasten to load [or burden] sb with sth

jdn mit zu viel Arbeit \belasten to load sb with too much work

jdn mit der Verantwortung \belasten to burden sb with the responsibility

3. (übermäßig beanspruchen)

▪ jdn/etw \belasten to put a strain on [or to strain] sb/sth

jdn/etw zu sehr [o stark] belasten to overstrain sb/sth

▪ jdn/etw mit etw dat/durch etw akk \belasten to strain sb/sth with/through sth

4. (ökologisch beanspruchen)

▪ etw [durch etw akk/mit etw dat] \belasten to pollute sth [with sth]

5. (bedrücken)

▪ jdn \belasten to weigh [up]on sb['s mind]

jds Gewissen [o jdn] [schwer] \belasten to weigh [heavily] [up]on sb['s conscience]

mit einer Schuld belastet sein to be burdened by guilt

6. JUR

▪ jdn [durch etw akk] \belasten to incriminate sb [by sth]

▪ sich akk [selbst] \belasten to incriminate oneself

7. (debitieren)

ein Konto [mit 100 Euro] \belasten to debit [100 euros from] an account

jdn mit den Kosten \belasten to charge the costs to sb

dafür werden wir Sie mit Euro 200 \belasten we will charge you 200 euros for that

8. FIN (steuerlich beanspruchen)

▪ jdn [mit etw dat] \belasten to burden sb [with sth]

jdn mit zu hohen Steuern \belasten to burden sb with too high taxes

jdn mit zusätzlichen Steuern \belasten to increase the tax burden on sb

jdn übermäßig hoch [mit etw dat] \belasten to overburden sb [with sb]

9. FIN

etw mit einer Hypothek \belasten to mortgage sth

etw mit Schulden \belasten to encumber sth [with debts] form

10. FIN (zur Zahlung auffordern)

▪ jdn mit etw dat \belasten to order sb to pay sth

II. vr (sich aufbürden)

▪ sich akk mit etw dat \belasten to burden oneself with sth

ich belaste mich nicht mit solchen Kleinigkeiten I don't bother with such trivialities

ich wollte dich nicht [unnötig] damit \belasten I didn't want to bother you with it

sich akk mit Arbeit/einer Aufgabe \belasten to take on work/a job sep

sich akk mit unnützen Details \belasten to go into unnecessary details

sich akk mit Sorgen/Verpflichtungen \belasten to burden oneself with worries/obligations

sich akk mit der Verantwortung \belasten to take the responsibility [up]on oneself

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transitives Verb

1)

etwas belasten — put something under strain; (durch Gewicht) put weight on something

2) (beeinträchtigen) pollute < atmosphere>; put pressure on < environment>

3) (in Anspruch nehmen) burden ( mit with)

4) (zu schaffen machen)

jemanden belasten — <responsibility, guilt> weigh upon somebody; < thought> weigh upon somebody's mind

Fett belastet den Magen — fat puts a strain on the stomach

5) (Rechtsw.): (schuldig erscheinen lassen) incriminate

belastendes Material — incriminating evidence

6) (Geldw.)

jemandes Konto mit 100 DM belasten — debit somebody's account with 100 DM

den Staatshaushalt belasten — place a burden on the national budget

das Haus ist mit einer Hypothek belastet — the house is encumbered with a mortgage

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belasten

A. v/t

1. (Fahrzeug) auch TECH load; (Brücke, Balken) put weight on; TECH (beanspruchen) stress; (beschweren: auch Ski) weight;

beide Beine gleichmäßig belasten weight both legs evenly;

nicht den Innenski belasten not weight the inside ski;

der Aufzug darf mit max. 300 kg belastet werden the lift (US elevator) can take a maximum load of 300 kg;

ein Fahrzeug/eine Brücke mit 3 t belasten put a 3-ton(ne) load on a vehicle/bridge;

der Anhänger ist nicht voll/zu sehr belastet the trailer isn’t fully loaded/is overloaded

2.

jemanden belasten physisch, psychisch etc: strain sb, put a strain on sb;

stark belasten put a heavy strain on; arbeitsmäßig: put sb under (a lot of) pressure; durch zusätzliche Arbeit: give sb a heavy workload; mit Verantwortung: place a heavy burden on; auch nervlich: be a (great) strain on sb; (Sorgen machen) be a (big) worry for sb; gewissensmäßig: give sb a (really) bad conscience;

ich möchte dich nicht mit meinen Problemen belasten I don’t want to burden you with my problems;

es belastet mich (allmählich) auch it’s getting to me;

sein Gedächtnis mit unnützem Wissen/zu vielen Details belasten fill one’s head with useless knowledge/too many details;

sein Gewissen mit Schuld/einer Tat belasten burden one’s conscience with guilt (feelings)/something one has done;

er ist durch seine Vergangenheit (stark) belastet politisch: he is (seriously) discredited by his past, he has a (very) shady past;

dieses Wissen/diese Erkenntnis belastet mich (beunruhigt mich) knowing that bothers ( oder worries) me;

diese Entscheidung scheint dich sehr zu belasten that decision seems to be causing you some distress

3. MED (Organ, Kreislauf etc) strain; beim EKG etc: exert;

Alkohol belastet die Leber alcohol is a strain on the liver

4. (Umwelt etc) pollute, contaminate, add to the pollution of the environment

5. ELEK (Stromnetz etc) load;

das Telefonnetz ist zu stark belastet the (tele)phone system is overloaded;

wenn das Computernetz plötzlich zu stark belastet wird when the computer network is suddenly overloaded

6. FIN:

jemanden/jemandes Konto belasten debit sb/sb’s account (

mit with);

wir erlauben uns, Sie mit den Kosten zu belasten we take the liberty of charging the costs to your account;

jemanden finanziell (stark) belasten be a (heavy) financial burden on sb, present a (heavy) financial strain on sb; durch Steuern: place a (heavy) tax burden on sb;

den Staatshaushalt durch neue Ausgaben belasten burden the national budget with additional spending

7. (Grundstück, Haus) encumber, mortgage;

ein Haus mit einer Hypothek belasten encumber a house with a mortgage

8. JUR, durch Indizien etc: incriminate

B. v/r:

sich mit etwas belasten mit Arbeit, Verantwortung: burden ( oder saddle) o.s. with sth;

damit kann ich mich nicht belasten auch I haven’t got time to deal with that sort of thing

C. v/i

Besitz belastet property ( oder riches) can be a burden; nur bei Skiern:

du belastest falsch/richtig you’re weighting the wrong/the right ski

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transitives Verb

1)

etwas belasten — put something under strain; (durch Gewicht) put weight on something

2) (beeinträchtigen) pollute < atmosphere>; put pressure on < environment>

3) (in Anspruch nehmen) burden ( mit with)

4) (zu schaffen machen)

jemanden belasten — <responsibility, guilt> weigh upon somebody; < thought> weigh upon somebody's mind

Fett belastet den Magen — fat puts a strain on the stomach

5) (Rechtsw.): (schuldig erscheinen lassen) incriminate

belastendes Material — incriminating evidence

6) (Geldw.)

jemandes Konto mit 100 DM belasten — debit somebody's account with 100 DM

den Staatshaushalt belasten — place a burden on the national budget

das Haus ist mit einer Hypothek belastet — the house is encumbered with a mortgage

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v.

to burden v.

to charge v.

to debit v.

to encumber v.

to incriminate v.

to load v.

to stress v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > belasten
10 erheben

(unreg.)

I v/t

1. (in die Höhe heben) (Arm, Glas, Augen) raise, lift (up); die Hand zum Gruß erheben raise one’s hand in greeting; seine Hand gegen jemanden erheben lift a hand against s.o.; erhobenen Hauptes geh. with head held high; seine Stimme erheben (zu sprechen anfangen) (begin to) speak, make one’s voice heard; (sich einsetzen) speak (out) (für / gegen in support of / against), declare o.s. (for/against); (seine Meinung sagen) express one’s view(s); (lauter sprechen) raise one’s voice, talk louder; erhoben; ein großes Geschrei erheben umg. make ( oder kick up) a great fuss ( wegen about s.th.), make a great song and dance about nothing; (protestieren) be up in arms (at once), protest furiously; Interessengruppe etc.: respond with a storm of protest

2. lit. fig. (erbauen) (Geist, Gemüt) elevate, edify, improve, focus on higher things

3. ( in einen höheren Rang einsetzen) elevate, promote, raise in status; in Redewendungen häufig: make; ein Dorf zur Stadt erheben make a village a town, give a village town status; etw. zum Prinzip / zur Maxime etc. erheben make s.th. a principle / a golden rule etc.; zum König etc. erhoben werden be made king etc.; in den Adelsstand erhoben werden in England: be elevated to the ( oder given a) peerage, be made a peer; Ritter: be knighted; HIST. be raised to the nobility

4. MATH. raise; ins Quadrat erheben square; zur dritten Potenz erheben cube; zur vierten Potenz erheben raise to the fourth power

5. (einfordern, einziehen) (Steuern, Zoll etc.) impose; (Gebühr) charge; (Beiträge) require

6. bes. südd., österr. (amtlich feststellen) assess, register, record

7. (Daten etc.) (sammeln) collect, compile, assemble; Beweise erheben JUR. assemble evidence

8. (vorbringen, geltend machen) (Bedenken) express ( oder voice) reservations ( gegen about); einen Einwand erheben raise ( oder put forward) an objection ( gegen to); Beschuldigungen oder Vorwürfe gegen jemanden erheben criticize ( oder reproach) s.o. ( wegen for); Protest erheben gegen (make a) protest against; Anspruch, Einspruch, Klage 3 etc.

II v/refl

1. (aus dem Liegen oder Sitzen hochkommen) stand up, get up, rise förm., get ( oder rise förm.) to one’s feet; geh. (Bett verlassen) rise

2. (in die Höhe steigen) Flugzeug, Vogel etc.: rise, climb; schnell, mühelos: soar (up)

3. (emporragen) Berg, Turm etc.: rise; stärker: tower (up); sich erheben über (+ Akk) rise ( oder tower) above

4. fig.: sich erheben über (+ Akk) (hinauskommen) rise above; (überlegen sein) be superior to

5. fig.: sich erheben über (+ Akk) (sich für überlegen halten) look down on, think ( oder fancy) one is better than ( oder superior to)

6. (rebellieren) Volk: rise (up) ( gegen against), rebel (against), revolt (against)

7. fig. geh. (aufkommen, ausbrechen) Sturm: arise, come up, break; Wind: rise, get up, begin to blow; Frage: arise, be raised; Schwierigkeit: arise, crop up, occur; Zweifel etc.: arise, begin to form; Geschrei, Wehklagen etc.: break out, fill the air; es erhob sich lauter Protest there were ( oder this brought) loud protests; eine Stimme erhob sich somebody spoke (up); eine Stimme erhob sich aus der Menge a voice was ( oder could be) heard (from) among the crowd

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(erhöhen) to exalt;

(hochheben) to upraise; to elevate; to uplift; to raise;

(verlangen) to levy; to raise;

sich erheben

to arise; to go up; to ascend; to rose; to get up; to rise

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er|he|ben [ɛɐ'heːbn] ptp erhoben irreg [ɛɐ'hoːbn]
1. vt

1) (= hochheben) to raise (AUCH MATH), to lift (up); Glas, Stimme to raise

die Hand zum Gruß erhében — to raise one's hand in greeting

seinen or den Blick erhében — to look up

jdn in den Adelsstand erhében — to raise or elevate sb to the peerage

etw zu einem Prinzip/einer Regel etc erhében —

jdn zum Herrscher erhében — to install sb as a/the ruler

See:

→ Anklage

2) Gebühren to charge, to levy; Steuern (= einziehen) to raise, to levy; (= auferlegen) to impose

3) Fakten, Daten to ascertain

4) (liter = loben) to laud (liter), to extol (liter)

2. vr

1) (= aufstehen) to get up, to rise; (Flugzeug, Vogel) to rise

2) (= sich auflehnen) to rise (up) (in revolt), to revolt

3) (= aufragen) to rise (
über +dat above)
4)

sich über eine Schwierigkeit erhében — to rise above or overcome a difficulty

sich über andere erhében — to elevate or place oneself above others

5) (= aufkommen) (Wind etc form Frage etc) to arise

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1) (to improve (a person's mind etc): an elevating book.) elevate

2) (to give (a shout etc).) raise

3) (to (cause to) tremble or move with jerks: The explosion shook the building; We were shaking with laughter; Her voice shook as she told me the sad news.) shake

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er·he·ben *

irreg

I. vt

1. (hochheben)

▪ etw \erheben to raise sth

ein Messer [gegen jdn] \erheben to pull a knife [on sb]

eine Schusswaffe [gegen jdn] erheben to draw a gun [on sb]

2. (hochrecken)

den Arm/die Hand/die Faust [zum Gruß] \erheben to raise an arm/a hand/a fist [in greeting]

3. (einfordern)

▪ etw [auf etw akk/von jdm] \erheben to levy sth [on sth/sb]

4. (sammeln)

▪ etw \erheben to collect sth, to gather sth

5. (machen)

▪ etw \erheben to render sth

etw zu einem Prinzip \erheben to make sth into a principle

6. (zum Ausdruck bringen)

ein Geschrei/Gejammer \erheben to kick up [or to make] a fuss/to start whing[e]ing BRIT; Protest voice; Einspruch raise

II. vr

1. (aufstehen)

▪ sich akk [von etw dat] \erheben to get up [from sth]

2. (sich auflehnen)

▪ sich akk [gegen jdn/etw] \erheben to rise up [against sb/sth]

3. (aufragen)

▪ sich akk [über etw dat] \erheben to rise up [above sth]

4. (geh: sich erhöhen)

▪ sich akk über jdn \erheben to believe oneself above sb

Luzifer hatte sich über Gott erhoben Satan raised himself above God

5. (entstehen, aufkommen)

▪ sich akk \erheben to start; Brise to come up; Wind to pick up; Sturm to blow up, to arise

ein großes Geschrei/eine Wehklage erhob sich a cry/wail arose

es erhebt sich aber immer noch die Frage,... the question still remains...

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (emporheben) raise <one's arm/hand/glass>

erhobenen Hauptes — with head held high

die Stimme erheben — raise one's voice

2) levy < tax>; charge < fee>

3)

jemanden in den Adelsstand erheben — elevate somebody to the nobility

4) gather, collect <data, material>

5)

Anklage erheben — bring or prefer charges
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1) rise

2) (rebellieren) rise up ( gegen against)

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erheben (irr)

A. v/t

1. (in die Höhe heben) (Arm, Glas, Augen) raise, lift (up);

die Hand zum Gruß erheben raise one’s hand in greeting;

seine Hand gegen jemanden erheben lift a hand against sb;

erhobenen Hauptes geh with head held high;

seine Stimme erheben (zu sprechen anfangen) (begin to) speak, make one’s voice heard; (sich einsetzen) speak (out) (

für/gegen in support of/against), declare o.s. (for/against); (seine Meinung sagen) express one’s view(s); (lauter sprechen) raise one’s voice, talk louder; → erhoben;

ein großes Geschrei erheben umg make ( oder kick up) a great fuss (

wegen about sth), make a great song and dance about nothing; (protestieren) be up in arms (at once), protest furiously; Interessengruppe etc: respond with a storm of protest

2. liter fig (erbauen) (Geist, Gemüt) elevate, edify, improve, focus on higher things

3. (in einen höheren Rang einsetzen) elevate, promote, raise in status; in Redewendungen häufig: make;

ein Dorf zur Stadt erheben make a village a town, give a village town status;

etwas zum Prinzip/zur Maxime etc

erheben make sth a principle/a golden rule etc;

zum König etc

erhoben werden be made king etc;

in den Adelsstand erhoben werden in England: be elevated to the ( oder given a) peerage, be made a peer; Ritter: be knighted; HIST be raised to the nobility

4. MATH raise;

ins Quadrat erheben square;

zur dritten Potenz erheben cube;

zur vierten Potenz erheben raise to the fourth power

5. (einfordern, einziehen) (Steuern, Zoll etc) impose; (Gebühr) charge; (Beiträge) require

6. besonders südd, österr (amtlich feststellen) assess, register, record

7. (Daten etc) (sammeln) collect, compile, assemble;

Beweise erheben JUR assemble evidence

8. (vorbringen, geltend machen) (Bedenken) express ( oder voice) reservations (

gegen about);

einen Einwand erheben raise ( oder put forward) an objection (

gegen to);

Beschuldigungen oder

Vorwürfe gegen jemanden erheben criticize ( oder reproach) sb (

wegen for);

Protest erheben gegen (make a) protest against; → Anspruch, Einspruch, Klage 3 etc

B. v/r

1.(aus dem Liegen oder Sitzen hochkommen) stand up, get up, rise form, get ( oder rise form) to one’s feet; geh (Bett verlassen) rise

2. (in die Höhe steigen) Flugzeug, Vogel etc: rise, climb; schnell, mühelos: soar (up)

3. (emporragen) Berg, Turm etc: rise; stärker: tower (up);

sich erheben über (+akk) rise ( oder tower) above

4. fig:

sich erheben über (+akk) (hinauskommen) rise above; (überlegen sein) be superior to

5. fig:

sich erheben über (+akk) (sich für überlegen halten) look down on, think ( oder fancy) one is better than ( oder superior to)

6. (rebellieren) Volk: rise (up) (

gegen against), rebel (against), revolt (against)

7. fig geh (aufkommen, ausbrechen) Sturm: arise, come up, break; Wind: rise, get up, begin to blow; Frage: arise, be raised; Schwierigkeit: arise, crop up, occur; Zweifel etc: arise, begin to form; Geschrei, Wehklagen etc: break out, fill the air;

es erhob sich lauter Protest there were ( oder this brought) loud protests;

eine Stimme erhob sich somebody spoke (up);

eine Stimme erhob sich aus der Menge a voice was ( oder could be) heard (from) among the crowd

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1.
unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) (emporheben) raise <one's arm/hand/glass>

erhobenen Hauptes — with head held high

die Stimme erheben — raise one's voice

2) levy < tax>; charge < fee>

3)

jemanden in den Adelsstand erheben — elevate somebody to the nobility

4) gather, collect <data, material>

5)

Anklage erheben — bring or prefer charges
2.
unregelmäßiges reflexives Verb

1) rise

2) (rebellieren) rise up ( gegen against)

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v.

to elevate v.

to extol v.

to levy v.

to raise v.

to uplift v.

to upraise v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > erheben
11 raise

I [reɪz]
nome

1) AE (pay rise) aumento m.

2) gioc. (in poker) rilancio m.
II 1. [reɪz]
verbo transitivo

1) (lift) alzare [baton, barrier, curtain]; issare [ flag]; sollevare, alzare, tirare su [box, lid]; aprire [ trapdoor]; recuperare [ sunken ship]

to raise one's hand — alzare la mano

he raised the glass to his lips — portò il bicchiere alle labbra

to raise a glass to sb. — brindare a qcn.

to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

I've never raised a hand to my children — non ho mai alzato le mani sui miei figli

to raise an eyebrow — alzare le sopracciglia

nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestion — fig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

to raise sb. from the dead — risuscitare qcn

2) (place upright) rizzare [ mast]; fare alzare [ patient]

3) (increase) aumentare [price, offer, salary]; alzare [ volume]; innalzare, migliorare [ standard]; innalzare [ age limit]; alimentare [ hopes]

to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

4) (cause) fare nascere, suscitare [doubts, fears]; provocare [ storm of protest]

to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

5) (mention) sollevare [objection, problem]

6) (breed) allevare [ livestock]; (bring up) tirare su [child, family]

to be raised (as) an atheist — avere o ricevere un'educazione atea

7) (find) trovare [capital, money]

8) (form) radunare [ army]; formare [ team]

9) (collect) riscuotere [ tax]; ottenere [ support]; raccogliere [ money]

the money raised from the concert... — il ricavato del concerto

10) (erect) erigere [ monument] (to sb. in onore di qcn.)

11) (end) togliere [ ban]

12) (contact) contattare [ person]

13) (give)

to raise the alarm — dare l'allarme (anche fig.)

14) (improve)

to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

to raise sb.'s spirits — sollevare il morale a qcn

15) (increase the stake)

I'll raise you 200 dollars! — rilancio di 200 dollari!

to raise the bidding — (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

16) mat.

to raise to the power (of) three — elevare alla terza (potenza)
2.
verbo riflessivo

to raise oneself — alzarsi

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[reiz] 1. verb
1) (to move or lift to a high(er) position: Raise your right hand; Raise the flag.) alzare, innalzare

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.) aumentare, alzare

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

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

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?) sollevare

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

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

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

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

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

11) (to make contact with by radio: I can't raise the mainland.) contattare
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
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raise /reɪz/
n.

1 (spec. USA) aumento di stipendio

2 ( poker) rilancio; aumento della posta

3 (ind. min.) fornello.
♦ (to) raise /reɪz/
v. t.

1 alzare; sollevare: to raise a weight, sollevare un peso; to raise one's eyes, alzare gli occhi; to raise one's voice, alzare la voce; (naut.) to raise anchor, alzare l'ancora; to raise one's hat, levarsi il cappello; scappellarsi; to raise st. to one's lips, portarsi qc. alla bocca; to raise sb.'s morale [spirits], sollevare il morale a (o di) q.; to raise the country, sollevare il paese

2 aumentare; elevare: to raise retail prices, aumentare i prezzi al dettaglio; to raise real wages, aumentare i salari reali; to raise the temperature, aumentare la temperatura; to raise the standard of living, migliorare il tenore di vita

3 raccogliere; radunare; procurarsi: to raise a sum of money, raccogliere (o procurarsi) una somma di denaro; to raise capital, raccogliere fondi; to raise an army, radunare un esercito

4 sollevare; menzionare; evocare: to raise st. with sb., menzionare qc. a q.; to raise a question (o an issue) sollevare una questione; to raise a problem, evocare un problema; to raise an objection, sollevare (o muovere) un'obiezione; (leg.) sollevare un'eccezione; to raise memories, evocare ricordi; to raise the ghosts of the dead, evocare le anime dei morti

5 sollevare; suscitare: to raise doubts, sollevare dubbi; to raise suspicions, destare sospetti; to raise fears, suscitare timori; to raise a laugh, suscitare una risata; to raise a disturbance, provocare una sommossa

6 allevare; crescere: to raise a family, crescere dei figli

7 ( USA) allevare ( animali); coltivare: to raise rabbits, allevare conigli; to raise cattle, allevare bestiame; to raise corn, coltivare il granturco

8 erigere, innalzare: to raise a monument, erigere un monumento; to raise a wall, alzare un muro

9 (mat.) elevare: to raise to the third power, elevare alla terza potenza

10 ( anche mil.) levare, togliere ( un assedio, un blocco navale, un divieto, ecc.)

11 (edil.) rialzare; soprelevare

12 ( radio, ecc.) contattare; mettersi in contatto con

13 ( poker) rilanciare

14 (ind. tess.) garzare

● to raise a claim [a demand], presentare un reclamo [una richiesta] □ to raise dough, far lievitare l'impasto □ to raise one's eyebrows, inarcare le ciglia ( in atto di meraviglia o con disapprovazione) □ ( cricket: dell'arbitro) to raise one's finger, alzare l'indice sopra la testa (segnale di ‘out’) □ to raise a flag, issare una bandiera □ to raise sb. from the dead, risuscitare q. □ (mil.) to raise sb. from the ranks, promuovere q. ufficiale □ to raise one's glass to sb., brindare a q. □ to raise one's hand to sb., alzare le mani su q. □ (fam.) to raise hell (o Cain, the devil), scatenare un putiferio; sollevare un pandemonio □ (naut.) to raise land, avvistare terra □ to raise a loan, accendere un mutuo □ (fig.) to raise no eyebrows, non destare sorpresa □ to raise oneself, elevarsi (socialmente) □ to raise sb. to the peerage, elevare q. al grado di pari d'Inghilterra □ to raise a shout, lanciare un grido □ to raise the stakes, alzare la posta; rilanciare □ to raise a tax, esigere un tributo □ ( slang USA) to raise up, dare l'allarme □ to raise one's voice against sb., protestare contro q. □ ( boxe) to raise the winner's arm, sollevare il braccio del vincitore.

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I [reɪz]
nome

1) AE (pay rise) aumento m.

2) gioc. (in poker) rilancio m.
II 1. [reɪz]
verbo transitivo

1) (lift) alzare [baton, barrier, curtain]; issare [ flag]; sollevare, alzare, tirare su [box, lid]; aprire [ trapdoor]; recuperare [ sunken ship]

to raise one's hand — alzare la mano

he raised the glass to his lips — portò il bicchiere alle labbra

to raise a glass to sb. — brindare a qcn.

to raise one's hat to sb. — togliersi il cappello o scappellarsi per salutare qcn.

I've never raised a hand to my children — non ho mai alzato le mani sui miei figli

to raise an eyebrow — alzare le sopracciglia

nobody raised an eyebrow at my suggestion — fig. il mio suggerimento non ha suscitato reazioni o clamore

to raise sb. from the dead — risuscitare qcn

2) (place upright) rizzare [ mast]; fare alzare [ patient]

3) (increase) aumentare [price, offer, salary]; alzare [ volume]; innalzare, migliorare [ standard]; innalzare [ age limit]; alimentare [ hopes]

to raise sb.'s awareness of sensibilizzare qcn. a; to raise one's voice (to be heard) parlare più forte; (in anger) alzare la voce; to raise the temperature — aumentare la temperatura; fig. fare salire la tensione

4) (cause) fare nascere, suscitare [doubts, fears]; provocare [ storm of protest]

to raise a cheer — [ speech] essere accolto con grida di approvazione

to raise a laugh — [ joke] fare ridere

5) (mention) sollevare [objection, problem]

6) (breed) allevare [ livestock]; (bring up) tirare su [child, family]

to be raised (as) an atheist — avere o ricevere un'educazione atea

7) (find) trovare [capital, money]

8) (form) radunare [ army]; formare [ team]

9) (collect) riscuotere [ tax]; ottenere [ support]; raccogliere [ money]

the money raised from the concert... — il ricavato del concerto

10) (erect) erigere [ monument] (to sb. in onore di qcn.)

11) (end) togliere [ ban]

12) (contact) contattare [ person]

13) (give)

to raise the alarm — dare l'allarme (anche fig.)

14) (improve)

to raise the tone — alzare il tono; fig. alzare il livello

to raise sb.'s spirits — sollevare il morale a qcn

15) (increase the stake)

I'll raise you 200 dollars! — rilancio di 200 dollari!

to raise the bidding — (in gambling) aumentare la posta; (at auction) fare un'offerta più alta

16) mat.

to raise to the power (of) three — elevare alla terza (potenza)
2.
verbo riflessivo

to raise oneself — alzarsi

English-Italian dictionary > raise
12 levare

( alzare) raise, lift

( togliere) take, (re)move

( rimuovere) take out, remove

macchia remove, get out

dente take out, extract

levare l'ancora weigh anchor

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levare v.tr.

1 (sollevare, alzare) to raise; to lift (anche fig.): levare gli occhi, lo sguardo, to raise one's eyes; levare le braccia, to raise one's arms; levare la voce, to raise one's voice; la montagna leva la cima nevosa verso il cielo, (fig.) the mountain rears its snowy summit towards the sky; levare il bicchiere alla salute di qlcu., to raise one's glass to s.o.; levare le vele, to hoist (o to set) sail // levare l'ancora, to weigh anchor // levare un grido, to utter (o to let out) a cry // levare le mani su qlcu., to raise one's hand against s.o. (o to lay hands on s.o. o to strike s.o.) // levare il bollore, to come to the boil // levare il capo, (insuperbirsi) to become full of oneself // levare qlcu. al cielo, to praise s.o. to the skies

2 (togliere, rimuovere) to remove, to take* away: glielo ha levato dalle mani, she took it out of his hands; leva via questa sedia, take this chair away; leva (via) quei libri dal tavolo, clear your books off the table; levare una macchia da un vestito, to remove a stain from a piece of clothing; non riesco a levare il tappo dalla bottiglia, I can't get the cork out of the bottle; non levò gli occhi dal libro, he never took his eyes off his book; levati di dosso i vestiti bagnati, take off your wet clothes; levarsi la giacca, to take one's jacket off; levo tanto di cappello alla tua cultura, I take off my hat to your culture; levare la tovaglia, to take off the tablecloth; levare tutti i dubbi, to remove all doubts; levare un assedio, to raise a siege; levare un dente, to pull a tooth out; levare le lettere dalla cassetta, to take the letters out of the letterbox; (dir.) levare i sigilli, to remove (o to break) the seals // se vai avanti così due sberle non te le leva nessuno, (fam.) if you go on like that, you'll get what's coming to you // se si levano due o tre persone..., (eccettuandole) two or three persons excepted... // levare la fame a qlcu., to appease s.o.'s hunger; levare la sete a qlcu., to quench s.o.'s thirst // levare il disturbo, l'incomodo, to take one's leave // levare qlco., qlcu. di mezzo, to get rid of sthg., s.o.; leva di mezzo quel tavolo, move the table out of the way; è uno che parla troppo, bisogna levarlo di mezzo, he talks too much, we've got to get rid of him // levarsi qlcu. di torno, to get rid of s.o. // levare le parole di bocca a qlcu., to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth // levarsi un'idea dalla testa, to get an idea out of one's head // levarsi una voglia, un capriccio, to satisfy a wish, a whim // levarsi la maschera, to take off (o fig. to drop) the mask // levare il latte a un bambino, (svezzarlo) to wean a child // levare il pelo a qlcu., (sgridarlo) to flay s.o. // levare le tende, to break camp, (fig. fam.) (andarsene) to clear out // levare un vizio a qlcu., to break s.o. of a vice: è riuscita a levargli il vizio del fumo, she succeeded in breaking his smoking habit // levarsi il pane di bocca, to go without: si è levato il pane di bocca per far studiare i figli, he went without so that his children could study

3 (mat.) to subtract, to take* away: levare cinque da dieci, to take (o to subtract) five from ten

4 (abolire) to abolish, to remove, to lift; (detrarre) to deduct: (trib.) levare una tassa, to abolish a tax; levare un embargo, to lift an embargo; (amm.) levare le spese, to deduct expenses

5 (caccia) to put* up, to flush: il cane ha levato una pernice, the dog has flushed a partridge

6 (comprare all'ingrosso merci) to buy* wholesale.

◘ levarsi v.rifl. o intr.pron.

1 (togliersi da un luogo) to get* out (of a place): levati di lì, get out (o clear out) of the way

2 (alzarsi) to rise*; (dal letto) to get* up; (in volo) to take* off: si leva di buon mattino, he gets up early (o he is an early riser); l'albatros si levò in volo, the albatross took off; l'aereo si levò (in volo) con difficoltà, the plane took off with difficulty; levare da tavola, to leave the table; levare in piedi, to get up (o to get to one's feet); levare in difesa di qlcu., to come to s.o.'s defence

3 (sorgere) to rise*: il sole si leva alle sei, the sun rises at six; si sta levando il vento, the wind is rising (o getting up).

levare s.m.

1 (il sorgere) rise, rising: partimmo al levare del sole, we left at sunrise

2 (mus.) upbeat: in battere e in levare, on the beat and on the upbeat.

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[le'vare]
1. vt

1) (gen : togliere) to remove, take away, (coperchio) to take off, (tassa) to abolish, (dente) to take out, Mat to subtract, take away

leva i tuoi libri dal tavolo — take your books off the table

levare la sete — to quench one's thirst

levare qn/qc di mezzo o di torno — to get rid of sb/sth

levare l'assedio Mil — to raise the siege

levare un divieto — to lift a ban

levare le tende fig — to pack up and leave

2) (sollevare: occhi, testa) to lift (up), raise

levare l'ancora Naut — to lift o weigh anchor

levare un grido — to let out a cry

3)

levarsi qc — (vestito) to take sth off, remove sth

si è levato le scarpe — he took off his shoes

levarsi il pensiero — to put one's mind at rest

2. vr (levarsi)

(persona: alzarsi) to get up

levati di mezzo o di lì o di torno! — get out of the o my way!

puoi levarti dalla luce? — can you get out of my light?

3. vip (levarsi)

(vento, burrasca, sole) to rise

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I 1. [le'vare]
verbo transitivo

1) (elevare) to lift, to raise [dito, braccio, pugno, testa]

levare gli occhi al cielo — to cast o raise one's eyes (up) to heaven

levare i calici o i bicchieri to raise one's glasses; levare un grido — to utter a cry

2) (togliere) to take* away, to remove [mobile, libro, vaso]; to take* off [vestito, occhiali]; to remove [ macchia]; to lift [sanzione, assedio]; to take* out, to pull out [dente, spina, chiodo]

levare le scarpe dalla scatola — to take the shoes out of the box

levare una somma dal totale — to take o subtract a sum from the total

levare l'ancora — mar. to raise (the) anchor, to weigh o up anchor

levare il fiato a qcn. — to take sb.'s breath away (anche fig.)

levare le tende — to break o strike camp, to decamp; fig. to pack off
2.
verbo pronominale levarsi

1) (alzarsi) [ persona] to get* up; [vento, brezza] to get* up, to increase

- rsi da tavola — to get up, to get down from the table

- rsi (in volo) — [aereo, uccello] to rise

2) fig. (ribellarsi)

- rsi in armi — to rise up in revolt

3) (ergersi) [campanile, palazzo] to rise* up, to soar (su over; al di sopra di above)

-rsi in difesa di qcn. — fig. to leap to sb.'s defence

4) (togliersi) to take* off [ abito]; fig. to indulge [ voglia]

- rsi il cappello — to take off one's hat; fig. to raise one's hat

5) (sorgere) [sole, luna] to rise*

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levare di mezzo qcn. — to get rid of sb.; (uccidere) to do sb. in

levare di mezzo o di torno qcs. to get o move sth. out of sb.'s way; -rsi di mezzo o dai piedi o di torno to get out of sb.'s way; levati di mezzo o dai piedi! (get) out of my o the way! move yourself! buzz off! levatelo dalla testa! — (di cosa) you can put o get that idea out of your head! (di persona) get him out of your mind! forget him!
II [le'vare]
sostantivo maschile

1) rising

al levare del sole — at sunrise

2) mus.

(tempo in) levare — offbeat

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levare¹

/le'vare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

1 (elevare) to lift, to raise [dito, braccio, pugno, testa]; levare gli occhi al cielo to cast o raise one's eyes (up) to heaven; levare i calici o i bicchieri to raise one's glasses; levare un grido to utter a cry

2 (togliere) to take* away, to remove [mobile, libro, vaso]; to take* off [vestito, occhiali]; to remove [ macchia]; to lift [sanzione, assedio]; to take* out, to pull out [dente, spina, chiodo]; levare le scarpe dalla scatola to take the shoes out of the box; levare una somma dal totale to take o subtract a sum from the total; levare l'ancora mar. to raise (the) anchor, to weigh o up anchor; levare il fiato a qcn. to take sb.'s breath away (anche fig.); levare le tende to break o strike camp, to decamp; fig. to pack off

II levarsi verbo pronominale

1 (alzarsi) [ persona] to get* up; [vento, brezza] to get* up, to increase; - rsi da tavola to get up, to get down from the table; - rsi (in volo) [aereo, uccello] to rise

2 fig. (ribellarsi) - rsi in armi to rise up in revolt

3 (ergersi) [campanile, palazzo] to rise* up, to soar (su over; al di sopra di above); -rsi in difesa di qcn. fig. to leap to sb.'s defence

4 (togliersi) to take* off [ abito]; fig. to indulge [ voglia]; - rsi il cappello to take off one's hat; fig. to raise one's hat

5 (sorgere) [sole, luna] to rise*

IDIOMS

levare di mezzo qcn. to get rid of sb.; (uccidere) to do sb. in; levare di mezzo o di torno qcs. to get o move sth. out of sb.'s way; -rsi di mezzo o dai piedi o di torno to get out of sb.'s way; levati di mezzo o dai piedi! (get) out of my o the way! move yourself! buzz off! levatelo dalla testa! (di cosa) you can put o get that idea out of your head! (di persona) get him out of your mind! forget him!

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levare²

/le'vare/

sostantivo m.

1 rising; al levare del sole at sunrise

2 mus. (tempo in) levare offbeat.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > levare
13 rate

1.

1) оценивать, определять стоимость, устанавливать цену

2) присваивать рейтинг

•

- rate local and offshore funds

- rate securities

2.

1) норма; размер

2) ставка, тариф; такса; расценка

3) курс (валюты, ценных бумаг); цена

4) процент, доля; коэффициент

5) местный налог

•

- accounting rate

- accounting rate of interest

- accounting rate of return

- accumulated earnings rate

- accumulated profits rate

- actuarial rate

- administered rate

- ad valorem rate

- agreed rate

- administered rate

- amortization rate

- annual rate

- annual interest rate

- annual percentage rate

- anticipated rate of expenditures

- applicable rate

- area rate

- assets profit rate

- average rate

- average rate of return

- average interest rate

- average tax rate

- average weighted rate

- backwardation rate

- bank rate

- bank deposit rate

- bank discount rate

- bank interest rate

- bank's repurchase rate

- base rate

- base lending rate

- basic rate

- basic rate of charge

- basing rate

- basis rate

- benchmark rate

- benchmark interest rate

- benchmark overnight bank lending rate

- best rate

- bill rate

- blanket rate

- blended rate

- bond rate

- bonus rates

- book value rate of return

- borrowing rate

- bridge rate

- broken cross rates

- broker loan rate

- burden rate

- buyer's rate

- buying rate

- call rate

- call loan rate

- call money rate

- cap rate

- capital gain tax rate

- capitalization rate

- carry-over rate

- cash rate

- cash business rate

- ceiling rate

- central rate

- check rate

- cheque rate

- clearing rate

- collection rate

- closing rate

- column rate

- combination rate

- combined market interest rate

- commercial bank lending rate

- commission rate

- commitment rate

- compensation rate

- compound growth rate

- composite rate

- concessionary interest rate

- consumption rate

- contango rate

- contractual rate

- conventional rate

- conventional rate of interest

- conversion rate

- corporate tax rate

- cost rate

- coupon rate

- credit rates

- cross rate

- cross-over discount rate

- crude rate

- curb rate

- currency rate

- current rate

- current rate of exchange

- current coupon rate

- current market rate

- customs rate

- daily rate

- day rate

- default interest rate

- demand rate

- deposit rate

- deposit interest rate

- deposit interest rates for individuals

- depreciation rate

- differential rates

- discount rate

- dividend rate

- domestic rates

- double exchange rate

- drawdown rate

- drawing rate

- dual rate

- dual rate of return

- duty rate

- earning rate

- effective rate

- effective rate of return

- effective annual rate

- effective exchange rate

- effective interest rate

- effective tax rate

- equalizing discount rate

- equilibrium exchange rate

- equilibrium interest rate

- estimated rate

- euro-dollar exchange rate

- exchange rate

- exchange rate to the dollar

- excise rate

- existing rates

- exorbitant interest rate

- face interest rate

- fair rate of exchange

- falling rate

- favourable rate

- fine rate

- firm rate

- fixed rate

- fixed rate of exchange

- fixed rate of interest

- fixed rate of royalty

- fixed conversion rate

- fixed interest rate

- flat rate

- flexible exchange rate

- floating rate

- floating exchange rate

- floating interest rate

- floating prime rate

- floor rate of exchange

- fluctuant rate

- fluctuating rate

- forced rate of exchange

- foreign exchange rate

- forward rate

- forward exchange rate

- forward fixed interest rate

- free rate

- free exchange rate

- funding interest rate

- future rate

- gains tax rates

- general rate of profit

- going rate

- going market rate

- graduated rate

- hedging rates

- high rate

- high rate of exchange

- higher rate

- hourly rate

- hurdle rate

- income tariff rates

- increment rate

- index-linked coupon rate

- inflation rate

- info rate

- insurance rate

- interbank rate

- interbank exchange rate

- interbank offered rate

- interbank overnight rate

- interbank short-term rate

- interest rate

- interest rate for overdraft facilities

- interest rate on loan capital

- intervention rate

- internal rate of return

- internal funding rate

- investment rate

- investment profit rate

- issue rate

- key rates

- key interest rate

- key money rate

- late payment interest rate

- leading rate

- legal rate of interest

- lending rate

- liquidation rate

- loan rate

- loan market rates

- loan-recovery rate

- Lombard rate

- London Interbank Offered Rate

- London money rate

- long rate

- long-term blended cost rate

- low rate

- margin rate

- marginal rate

- marginal tax rate

- margin of safety rate

- market rate

- market rate of interest

- market-clearing interest rate

- market exchange rate

- market lending rate

- maximum rate

- mean rate of exchange

- members rate

- merchant discount rate

- minimum rate

- minimum lending rate

- mobilization rate

- monetary exchange rate

- money rate of interest

- money market rate

- mortgage rate

- mortgage interest rate

- multiple rate

- multiple exchange rate

- municipal rates

- national rate of interest

- national currency rate

- natural rate of interest

- negative interest rate

- net rate

- net nonaccrual rate

- New York interbank offered rate

- nominal interest rate

- offered rate

- official rate

- official rate of discount

- official exchange rate

- one-time rate

- opening rate

- open-market rates

- option rate

- overdraft rate

- overhead rate

- overhead absorption rate

- overnight rate

- overnight bank lending rate

- overnight loan rate

- overtime rate

- parallel rate

- par exchange rate

- parity rate

- par price rate

- pay rate

- pegged rate

- pegged exchange rate

- penalty rate

- penalty interest rate

- personal tax rate

- piece rate

- pool-based variable lending rate

- postal rate

- posted rate

- power rate

- predetermined overhead rate

- preferential rate

- present rate

- prevailing rate

- prime rate

- prime lending rate

- private rate of discount

- private market rates

- profit rate

- profitability rate

- profitable exchange rate

- progressive rate

- proportional rate

- purchasing rate of exchange

- quasi-market rate

- real exchange rate

- real interest rate

- reciprocal rate

- redemption rate

- rediscount rate

- reduced rate

- reduced withholding rate

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- refinancing rate

- remuneration rate

- renewal rate

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- retention rate

- retirement rate of discount

- royalty rate

- ruling rate

- savings rate

- seasonal rates

- sellers' rate

- selling rate

- service rate

- settlement rate

- short rate

- short-term interest rates

- sight rate

- single exchange rate

- sliding rate

- soft lending rate

- special rate

- spot rate

- stable exchange rate

- standard rate

- standard fixed overhead rates

- standard labour rate

- standard variable overhead rates

- steady exchange rate

- step-down interest rate

- stock market rate

- straight-line rate

- subsidized rate

- swap rate

- tariff rate

- tax rate

- taxation rate

- temporary rate

- tender rate

- through rate

- time wage rate

- today's rate

- top rate

- total rate

- trading rate

- treasury bill rate

- two-tier rate of exchange

- uniform rates

- uniform tariff rate

- unofficial rate

- unprecedented rate

- unstable rate of exchange

- value-added tax rate

- variable rate

- variable interest rate

- variable repo rate

- wage rate

- wage rate per hour

- wholesale rate

- world market rates

- year-end exchange rate

- zero interest rate

- rate for advances against collateral

- rate for advances on securities

- rate for a cheque

- rates for credits

- rates for currency allocations

- rates for foreign currency deposits

- rate for loans

- rate for loans on collateral

- rate for local companies

- rate for mail transfers

- rate for short-term open market operations

- rate in the outside market

- rate of accumulation

- rates of allocation into the fund

- rate of auction fee

- rate of charge

- rate of commission

- rate of compensation

- rate of conversion

- rate of cover

- rate of currency

- rates of currency allocation

- rate of the day

- rate of deposit turnover

- rate of depreciation

- rate of discount

- rate of dividend on shares

- rate of duty

- rate of exchange

- rate of expenditures

- rate of expenses

- rate of foreign exchange

- rate of full value

- rate of increment

- rate of inflation

- rate of input

- rate of insurance

- rate of interest

- rate of interest on advances

- rate of interest on deferred payments

- rate of interest on deposits

- rate of interest on time deposits

- rate of investment

- rate of issue

- rate of mandatory reserves

- rate of option

- rate of pay

- rate of payment

- rate of premium

- rate of price inflation

- rates of a price-list

- rate of production

- rate of profit

- rate of profitability

- rate of refinancing

- rate of reimbursement

- rate of remuneration

- rate of replacement

- rate of return

- rate of return on capital

- rate of return on the capital employed

- rate of return on investment

- rate of return on net worth

- rate of royalty

- rate of securities

- rate of subscription

- rate of taxation

- rate of turnover

- rate of wages

- rates on credit

- rate on the day of payment

- rate on the exchange

- rates on short loans

- advance the rate of discount

- apply tariff rates

- boost interest rates

- boost long-term interest rates

- boost short-term interest rates

- calculate the rate

- calculate at the rate of

- charge an interest rate

- convert at the rate of

- cut rates

- cut interest rates by a quarter point

- determine a rate

- effect a floating exchange rate

- enjoy preferential rates

- establish a rate

- fix a rate

- grant special rates

- increase rates

- liberalize interest rates

- liberalize lending rates

- lower the rate of return

- lift key rates

- maintain high interest rates

- mark down the rate of discount

- mark up the rate of discount

- pay according to the rates

- quote a rate

- raise a rate

- raise the rate of discount

- reduce a rate

- set rates

- slash interest rates

- suspend a currency's fixed rate

- tout rates

- upvalue the current rate of banknotes

- at the rate of

- at the exchange rate ruling at the transaction date

- below the rate

English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > rate
14 dégrever

dégrever [degʀəve]

➭ TABLE 5 transitive verb

[+ produit] to reduce the tax(es) on ; [+ contribuable] to grant tax relief to

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deɡʀəve vt
[contribuable] to grant tax relief to, [source de revenus] to reduce the tax on

* * *

dégrever verb table: lever vtr Fisc to relieve the tax burden on [contribuable]; Jur to disencumber [propriété].

[degrəve] verbe transitif

1. FINANCE [contribuable, entreprise] to grant tax relief to

[produit] to reduce the tax ou duty on

2. DROIT to lift a mortgage

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > dégrever
15 détaxer

détaxer [detakse]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

( = réduire) to reduce the tax on ; ( = supprimer) to remove the tax on

• produits détaxés duty-free or tax-free goods

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detakse vt
(= réduire) to reduce the tax on, (= ôter) to remove the tax on

* * *

[detakse] verbe transitif

détaxer l'alcool

a. [en diminuant la taxe] to reduce the duty ou tax on alcohol

b. [en supprimant la taxe] to lift the duty ou tax on alcohol

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > détaxer
16 Belastung

f

1. TECH. (Last) load, stress; (das Belasten) loading; zulässige Belastung maximum permissible load, safe load; für Aufzug: maximum load

2. physisch, psychisch etc.: (Anstrengung) strain; (Last) burden ( für on); eines Verhältnisses etc.: strain (on); eine starke Belastung a great ( oder real) strain; wir sind heute anderen Belastungen ausgesetzt als früher we’re subject to different pressures today than in the past

3. MED. strain ( für on); (das Belasten) straining; beim EKG etc.: exertion; unter oder bei Belastung under exertion; unnötige Belastungen vermeiden avoid unnecessary strain

4. der Umwelt: pollution, contamination ( für of); (das Belasten) eine geringere Belastung der Umwelt anstreben aim to reduce environmental pollution / bring down pollution levels

5. ETECH. im Versorgungsnetz: load (+ Gen on); (das Belasten) loading (+ Gen of)

6. eines Kontos: charge, debit; finanzielle: (financial) burden (+ Gen on)

7. eines Grundstücks: encumbrance, (Hypothek) mortgage; die Belastung eines Hauses mit einer Hypothek mortgaging a house

8. JUR. incrimination

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die Belastung

(Konto) debit; charge;

(finanziell) burden;

(physikalisch) load;

(psychisch) strain; encumbrance; stress

* * *
Be|lạs|tung [bə'lastʊŋ]
f -, -en

1) (= das Belasten) putting weight on; (von Fahrzeug, Fahrstuhl) loading; (= Last, Gewicht) weight; (in Fahrzeug, Fahrstuhl etc) load

die erhöhte Belastung der Brücke — the increased weight put on the bridge

maximale Belastung der Brücke — weight limit of the bridge

maximale Belastung des Fahrstuhls — maximum load of the lift

2) (fig) (= das Belasten) (mit Arbeit) loading; (mit Verantwortung etc) burdening; (= Anstrengung) strain; (= Last, Bürde) burden

3) (= Bedrückung) burden (+gen on)

4) (= Beeinträchtigung) pressure (+gen on); (von Atmosphäre) pollution (+gen of); (von Kreislauf, Magen) strain (+gen on)

5) (JUR) incrimination

6) (FIN) (von Konto) charge (+gen on); (von Etat, steuerlich) burden (+gen on); (mit Hypothek) mortgage (+gen on)

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die

1) (an entry on the side of an account which records what is owed: His debits outnumbered his credits.) debit

2) imposition

3) (force exerted by (parts of) bodies on each other: Bridge-designers have to know about stress.) stress

4) (a strain or burden: The continual noise was a tax on her nerves.) tax

* * *

Be·las·tung

<-, -en>

f

1. (das Belasten) loading

2. (Gewicht) weight, load

die erhöhte \Belastung der Brücke the increased weight [placed] on the bridge

die maximale \Belastung der Brücke/des Aufzugs the weight limit of the bridge/the maximum load for the lift [or AM elevator

3. (Anstrengung) burden

4. (Last) burden

5. ÖKOL pollution no pl, no indef art

6. JUR incrimination

7. (das Beschweren) burden ( durch/ mit + dat of

8. (leistungsmäßige Beanspruchung) strain ( für/ von + dat on

9. FIN charge (+ gen on

10. FIN (Beschwerung mit Hypothek) mortgage; (Hypothek) mortgage

11. FIN (Schulden a.) encumbrance form; (steuerliche Beanspruchung) burden

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die; Belastung, Belastungen

1) strain; (das Belasten) straining; (durch Gewicht) loading; (Last) load

2)

die Belastung der Atmosphäre/Umwelt durch Schadstoffe — the pollution of the atmosphere by harmful substances/the pressure on the environment caused by harmful substances

3) (Bürde, Sorge) burden

das stellte eine schwere seelische Belastung für sie dar — it was causing her great strain and distress

4) (Rechtsw.) incrimination

* * *

Belastung f

1. TECH (Last) load, stress; (das Belasten) loading;

zulässige Belastung maximum permissible load, safe load; für Aufzug: maximum load

2. physisch, psychisch etc: (Anstrengung) strain; (Last) burden (

für on); eines Verhältnisses etc: strain (on);

eine starke Belastung a great ( oder real) strain;

wir sind heute anderen Belastungen ausgesetzt als früher we’re subject to different pressures today than in the past

3. MED strain (

für on); (das Belasten) straining; beim EKG etc: exertion;

unter oder

bei Belastung under exertion;

unnötige Belastungen vermeiden avoid unnecessary strain

4. der Umwelt: pollution, contamination (

für of);

(das Belasten)

eine geringere Belastung der Umwelt anstreben aim to reduce environmental pollution/bring down pollution levels

5. ELEK im Versorgungsnetz: load (+gen on); (das Belasten) loading (+gen of)

6. eines Kontos: charge, debit; finanzielle: (financial) burden (+gen on)

7. eines Grundstücks: encumbrance, (Hypothek) mortgage;

die Belastung eines Hauses mit einer Hypothek mortgaging a house

8. JUR incrimination

* * *

die; Belastung, Belastungen

1) strain; (das Belasten) straining; (durch Gewicht) loading; (Last) load

2)

die Belastung der Atmosphäre/Umwelt durch Schadstoffe — the pollution of the atmosphere by harmful substances/the pressure on the environment caused by harmful substances

3) (Bürde, Sorge) burden

das stellte eine schwere seelische Belastung für sie dar — it was causing her great strain and distress

4) (Rechtsw.) incrimination

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f.

debit n.

encumbrance n.

stress n.

(§ pl.: stresses)

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Belastung
17 lichten

I v/t (Wald) clear; fig. thin out

II v/refl thin out (auch fig.); (heller werden) clear up; Reihe

—

lichten2

v/t: NAUT.: den Anker lichten weigh anchor

* * *

(Anker heben) to weigh;

(ausdünnen) to thin out; to clear;

(hochheben) to heave

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lịch|ten I ['lɪçtn]
1. vt
Wald to thin (out)
den Steuerdschungel lichten (fig) — to cut through the jungle of tax regulations

2. vr
(Reihen, Wald, Dickicht, Haare) to thin (out); (Nebel) to clear, to lift; (Wolken, Dunkel) to lift; (Bestände) to go down, to dwindle; (fig Angelegenheit) to be cleared up II
vt
Anker to weigh
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lich·ten

[ˈlɪçtn̩]

I. vt FORST, HORT

▪ etw \lichten to thin out sth sep; s.a. Anker

II. vr

▪ sich akk \lichten

1. (dünner werden) to [grow] thin

2. (spärlicher werden) to go down

3. (klarer werden) to be cleared up

die Angelegenheit lichtet sich immer mehr this matter is becoming ever more clear

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I 1.
transitives Verb thin out <trees etc.>; (fig.) reduce < number>
2.
reflexives Verb < trees> thin out; < hair> grow thin; <fog, mist> clear, lift

die Reihen lichten sich — (fig.) the numbers are dwindling; (im Theater usw.) the rows are emptying
II
transitives Verb (Seemannsspr.)

den/die Anker lichten — weigh anchor

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lichten¹

A. v/t (Wald) clear; fig thin out

B. v/r thin out (auch fig); (heller werden) clear up; → Reihe

lichten² v/t: SCHIFF:

den Anker lichten weigh anchor

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I 1.
transitives Verb thin out <trees etc.>; (fig.) reduce < number>
2.
reflexives Verb < trees> thin out; < hair> grow thin; <fog, mist> clear, lift

die Reihen lichten sich — (fig.) the numbers are dwindling; (im Theater usw.) the rows are emptying
II
transitives Verb (Seemannsspr.)

den/die Anker lichten — weigh anchor

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > lichten
18 prendre

prendre [pʀɑ̃dʀ]

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2. intransitive verb

3. reflexive verb

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1. <

   a. to take ( dans out of)

• il l'a pris dans le tiroir he took it out of the drawer

• il prit un journal sur la table he took a newspaper off the table

• il a pris le bleu he took the blue one

• prendre qn par le bras to take sb by the arm

• c'est toujours ça de pris that's something at least

• c'est à prendre ou à laisser take it or leave it

• avec lui, il faut en prendre et en laisser you can't believe half of what he says

• je prends (dans un jeu) I'll answer

• tiens, prends ce marteau here, use this hammer

• si tu sors, prends ton parapluie if you go out, take your umbrella

• j'ai pris l'avion/le train de 4 heures I caught the 4 o'clock plane/train

• je prends quelques jours à Noël I'm taking a few days off at Christmas

• cela me prend tout mon temps it takes up all my time

• la réparation a pris des heures the repair took hours

• il prend une commission sur la vente he takes a commission on the sale

• il a pris sur son temps pour venir m'aider he gave up some of his time to help me

• je prends du 38 I take a size 38

   b. ( = aller chercher) [+ chose] to get ; [+ personne] to pick up ; ( = emmener) to take

• passer prendre qn à son bureau to pick sb up at his office

• je passerai les prendre chez toi I'll come and get them from your place

   c. ( = s'emparer de, surprendre) [+ poisson, voleur] to catch

• se faire prendre [voleur] to be caught

• il fut pris d'un doute he suddenly had a doubt

• qu'est-ce qui te prend ? (inf) what's the matter with you?

• ça te prend souvent ? (inf) are you often like this?

• je vous y prends ! caught you!

• si je t'y prends don't let me catch you doing that

• prendre qn sur le fait to catch sb in the act

   d. ( = duper) to take in

• on ne m'y prendra plus I won't be had a second time (inf)

   e. ( = manger, boire) [+ aliment, boisson] to have ; [+ médicament] to take

• prenez-vous du sucre ? do you take sugar?

• est-ce que vous prendrez du café ? would you like some coffee?

• à prendre avant les repas to be taken before meals

• il n'a rien pris depuis hier he hasn't eaten anything since yesterday

   f. ( = acheter) [+ billet, essence] to get ; ( = réserver) [+ couchette, place] to book

• peux-tu me prendre du pain ? can you get me some bread?

   g. ( = accepter) [+ client, locataire] to take ; [+ passager] to pick up

• l'école ne prend plus de pensionnaires the school no longer takes boarders

   h. ( = noter) [+ renseignement, adresse, nom, rendez-vous] to write down ; [+ mesures, température, empreintes] to take

• prendre des notes to take notes

   i. ( = adopter) [+ air, ton] to put on ; [+ décision, risque, mesure] to take

• il prit un ton menaçant his voice took on a threatening tone

   j. ( = acquérir) prendre de l'autorité to gain authority

• cela prend un sens particulier it takes on a particular meaning

   k. ( = faire payer) to charge

• ce spécialiste prend très cher this specialist charges very high fees

   l. ( = subir) (inf) [+ coup, choc] to get

• il a pris la porte en pleine figure the door hit him right in the face

• qu'est-ce qu'on a pris ! (reproches) we really got it in the neck! (inf) ; (averse) we got drenched!

• il a pris pour les autres he took the rap (inf)

   m. ( = réagir à) [+ nouvelle] to take

• si vous le prenez ainsi if that's how you want it

• il a bien pris la chose he took it well

• il l'a bien pris he took it well

• il a mal pris la chose he took it badly

• il l'a mal pris he took it badly

• il a mal pris ce que je lui ai dit he took exception to what I said to him

• prendre qch avec bonne humeur to take sth in good part

• prendre les choses comme elles sont to take things as they come

• prendre la vie comme elle vient to take life as it comes

   n. ( = manier) [+ personne] to handle ; [+ problème] to deal with

• elle sait le prendre she knows how to handle him

   o. (locutions)

► prendre qn/qch pour ( = considérer comme) to take sb/sth for ; ( = utiliser comme) to take sb/sth as

• pour qui me prenez-vous ? what do you take me for?

• prendre qch pour prétexte to take sth as a pretext

• prendre qch pour cible to make sth a target► prendre sur soi ( = se maîtriser) to grin and bear it ; ( = assumer) to take responsibility

• savoir prendre sur soi to keep a grip on o.s.

• prendre sur soi de faire qch to take it upon o.s. to do sth► à tout prendre on the whole

2. <

   a. ( = durcir) [ciment, pâte, crème] to set

   b. ( = réussir) [mouvement, mode] to catch on

• le lilas a bien pris the lilac's doing really well

• avec moi, ça ne prend pas (inf) it doesn't work with me (inf)

   c. ( = commencer à brûler) [feu] to take ; (accidentellement) to start ; [allumette] to light ; [bois] to catch fire

• le feu ne veut pas prendre the fire won't burn

   d. ( = passer) to go

• prendre par les petites rues to keep to the side streets

3. <

► se prendre

   a. ( = se considérer)

il se prend pour un intellectuel he thinks he's an intellectual

• pour qui se prend-il ? who does he think he is?

• se prendre au sérieux to take o.s. seriously

   b. ( = accrocher, coincer) to catch

• mon manteau s'est pris dans la porte my coat got caught in the door

   c. (locutions)

► s'en prendre à ( = passer sa colère sur) to take it out on ; ( = blâmer) to put the blame on ; ( = attaquer) to attack

• tu ne peux t'en prendre qu'à toi you've only got yourself to blame► s'y prendre to go about it

• il ne sait pas s'y prendre he doesn't know how to go about it

• je ne sais pas comment tu t'y prends I don't know how you manage it

• il faut s'y prendre à l'avance you have to do it in advance

• il s'y est mal pris he went about it the wrong way

• savoir s'y prendre avec qn to handle sb the right way

• il sait s'y prendre avec les enfants he really knows how to deal with children

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pʀɑ̃dʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( saisir) to take

prendre un vase sur l'étagère/dans le placard — to take a vase off the shelf/out of the cupboard

2) (se donner, acquérir)

prendre un accent — ( involontairement) to pick up an accent; ( volontairement) to put on an accent

prendre une habitude — to develop ou pick up a habit

prendre une voix grave — to adopt a solemn tone

prendre un rôle — to assume a role

3) ( dérober) to take

on m'a pris tous mes bijoux — I had all my jewellery GB ou jewelry US stolen

la guerre leur a pris deux fils — they lost two sons in the war

4) ( apporter) to bring

je n'ai pas pris assez d'argent — I haven't brought enough money

5) ( emporter) to take

j'ai pris ton parapluie — I took your umbrella

6) ( retirer)

prendre de l'argent au distributeur — to get some money out of the cash dispenser

prendre de l'eau au puits — to get water from the well

prendre quelques livres à la bibliothèque — to get a few books out of the library

7) ( consommer) to have [boisson, aliment, repas]; to take [médicament, drogue]

je vais prendre du poisson — I'll have fish

aller prendre un café/une bière — to go for a coffee/a beer

je prends des calmants depuis la guerre — I've been on tranquillizers [BrE] since the war

je ne prends jamais d'alcool — I never touch alcohol

8) ( s'accorder) to take

prendre un congé — to take some time off

je vais prendre mon mercredi — (colloq) I'm going to take Wednesday off

9) ( choisir) to take [objet]; to choose [sujet, question]

j'ai pris la question sur Zola — I chose the question on Zola

prendre quelqu'un pour époux/épouse — to take somebody to be one's husband/wife

10) ( faire payer) to charge

elle prend combien de l'heure? — how much does she charge an hour?

il prend 15% au passage — (colloq) he takes a cut of 15%

11) ( nécessiter) to take [temps]; ( user) to take up [espace, temps]

mes enfants me prennent tout mon temps — my children take up all my time

12) (acheter, réserver, louer) to get [aliments, essence, place]

prendre une chambre en ville — to get a room in town

13) ( embaucher) ( durablement) to take [somebody] on [employé, assistant, apprenti]; ( pour une mission) to engage [personne]

ils ne m'ont pas pris — they didn't take me on

prendre quelqu'un comme nourrice — to take somebody on as a nanny

prendre un avocat/guide — to engage a lawyer/guide

14) ( accueillir) to take

ils ont pris la petite chez eux — they took the little girl in

prendre un client — [taxi] to pick up a customer

15) ( ramasser au passage) to pick up [personne, pain, clé, journal, ticket]

prendre les enfants à l'école — to collect the children from school

16) ( emmener) to take [personne]

je peux te prendre — ( en voiture) I can give you a lift

17) ( attraper) to catch [personne, animal]

elle s'est fait prendre en train de voler — she got caught stealing

prendre un papillon avec ses doigts — to pick up a butterfly

je vous y prends! — (colloq) caught you!

on ne m'y prendra plus! — (colloq) ( à faire) you won't catch me doing that again!; ( à croire) I won't be taken in (colloq) again!

je ne me suis pas laissé prendre — ( tromper) I wasn't going to be taken in (colloq)

18) (colloq) ( assaillir)

qu'est-ce qui te prend? — what's the matter with you?

ça te/leur prend souvent? — are you/they often like this?

19) ( captiver) to involve [spectateur, lecteur]

être pris par un livre/film — to get involved in a book/film

20) ( subir) to get [gifle, coup de soleil, décharge, contravention]; to catch [rhume]

j'ai pris le marteau sur le pied — the hammer hit me on the foot

21) ( utiliser) to take [autobus, métro, train, ferry, autoroute]

22) ( envisager) to take

prenons par exemple Nina — take Nina, for example

à tout prendre — all in all

23) ( considérer) to take

ne le prends pas mal — don't take it the wrong way

pour qui me prends-tu? — ( grossière erreur) what do you take me for?; ( manque de respect) who do you think you're talking to?

excusez-moi, je vous ai pris pour quelqu'un d'autre — I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else

24) ( traiter) to handle

il est très gentil quand on sait le prendre — he's very nice when you know how to handle him

25) ( mesurer) to take [mensurations, température, tension, pouls]

26) ( noter) to take down

je vais prendre votre adresse — let me just take down your address

27) ( apprendre)

prendre que — to get the idea (that)

où a-t-il pris qu'ils allaient divorcer? — where did he get the idea they were going to get divorced?

28) ( accepter) to take

il faut prendre les gens comme ils sont — you must take people as you find them

29) ( endosser) to take over [direction, pouvoir]; to assume [contrôle, poste]

je prends ça sur moi — I'll see to it

prendre sur soi de faire — to take it upon oneself to do, to undertake to do

30) ( accumuler) to put on [poids]; to gain [avance]

prendre des forces — to build up one's strength

31) ( contracter) to take on [bail]; to take [emploi]

32) ( défier) to take [somebody] on [concurrent]

je prends le gagnant — I'll take on the winner

33) ( conquérir) Armée to take, to seize [ville, forteresse]; to capture [navire, tank]; Jeux to take [pièce, carte]

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( aller)

prendre à gauche/vers le nord — to go left/north

prenez tout droit — keep straight on

prendre par le littoral — to follow the coast

2) ( s'enflammer) [feu, bois, mèche] to catch; [incendie] to break out

3) ( se solidifier) [gelée, flan, glace, ciment, plâtre, colle] to set; [blancs d'œufs] to stiffen; [mayonnaise] to thicken

4) ( réussir) [grève, innovation] to be a success; [idée, mode] to catch on; [teinture, bouture, vaccination, greffe] to take; [leçon] to sink in

5) ( prélever)

prendre sur son temps libre pour traduire un roman — to translate a novel in one's spare time

6) ( se contraindre)

j'ai pris sur moi pour les écouter — I made myself listen to them

j'ai pris sur moi pour ne pas les insulter — I kept myself from insulting them

7) (colloq) ( être cru)

ça ne prend pas! — it won't wash (colloq) ou work!

8) (colloq) ( subir)

c'est toujours moi qui prends! — I'm always the one who gets it in the neck! (colloq)

il en a pris pour 20 ans — he got 20 years

3.

se prendre verbe pronominal

1) (devoir être saisi, consommé, mesuré)

un marteau se prend par le manche — you hold a hammer by the handle

en Chine le thé se prend sans sucre — in China they don't put sugar in their tea

la vitamine C se prend de préférence le matin — vitamin C is best taken in the morning

2) ( pouvoir être acquis)

les mauvaises habitudes se prennent vite — bad habits are easily picked up

3) ( se tenir l'un l'autre)

se prendre par la taille — to hold each other around the waist

4) ( se coincer)

se prendre les doigts dans la porte — to catch one's fingers in the door

mon écharpe s'est prise dans les rayons — my scarf got caught in the spokes

5) (colloq) ( recevoir)

il s'est pris une gifle — he got a slap in the face

je me suis pris une averse — I got caught in a shower

6) ( commencer)

se prendre à faire — to find oneself doing

se prendre de sympathie pour quelqu'un — to take to somebody

7) ( se considérer)

elle se prend pour un génie — she thinks she's a genius

8)

s'en prendre à — ( par des reproches ou des critiques) to attack [personne, presse, parti]; ( pour passer sa colère) to take it out on [personne]; ( agresser verbalement ou physiquement) to go for [personne]; ( blâmer) to blame [personne, groupe, institution]

il ne pourra s'en prendre qu'à lui-même — he will have only himself to blame

9) ( se comporter)

savoir s'y prendre avec — to have a way with [enfants, femmes, vieux]; to know how to handle [employés, élèves]

10) ( agir)

il faut s'y prendre à l'avance pour avoir des places — you have to book ahead to get seats

tu t'y es pris trop tard — you left it too late

il s'y est pris à plusieurs fois — he tried several times

regarde comment elle s'y prend — look how she's doing it

elle s'y prend bien/mal — she goes about it the right/wrong way

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c'est à prendre ou à laisser — take it or leave it

tel est pris qui croyait prendre — the tables are turned

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pʀɑ̃dʀ
1. vt

1) (= saisir) to take

Prends tes affaires et va-t'en! — Take your things and go!

prendre qch à qn — to take sth from sb

Il m'a pris mon stylo! — He took my pen!

2) (= se procurer) to get

J'ai pris du lait en rentrant. — I got some milk on the way home.

J'ai pris des places pour le concert. — I got some tickets for the concert.

3) (= aller chercher) to get, to fetch Grande-Bretagne, [passager] to pick up

passer prendre — to pick up, to go and fetch

Je passerai te prendre. — I'll come and pick you up., I'll come and fetch you.

Je dois passer prendre Richard. — I have to pick Richard up., I have to go and fetch Richard.

4) [train, bus] to take

Nous avons pris le train de huit heures. — We took the eight o'clock train.

Je prends toujours le train pour aller à Paris. — I always go to Paris by train., I always take the train when I go to Paris.

5) (= prélever) [pourcentage, argent] to take off

6) (= acquérir) [du poids] to put on, to gain

prendre de la valeur — to gain in value

prendre goût à qch — to develop a taste for sth, to acquire a taste for sth

7) (= adopter) [voix, ton] to put on

8) (= attraper) [malfaiteur, poisson] to catch

tel est pris qui croyait prendre — it's a case of the biter bit

9) [personnel] to take on, [locataire] to take in

10) (= s'y prendre avec) [enfant, problème] to handle

11) (autres locutions)

prendre qn pour — to take sb for

prendre qn en sympathie — to get to like sb

prendre qn en horreur — to get to loathe sb

prendre sur soi de faire qch — to take it upon o.s. to do sth

à tout prendre — all things considered

prendre sa source [rivière] — to rise, to have its source

prendre qn à partie — to take sb to task

être pris à partie par qn (= interpellé par qn) — to be taken to task by sb

être violemment pris à partie par qn (= molesté par qn) — to be violently set upon by sb

2. vi

1) [liquide, ciment] to set

2) [greffe, vaccin] to take

3) [ruse] to be successful

4) [feu] to go, [incendie] to start, [allumette] to light

5) (= se diriger)

prendre à gauche — to turn left

Prenez à gauche en arrivant au rond-point. — Turn left at the roundabout.

6) * (= être preneur)

je prends — count me in

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prendre verb table: prendre

A vtr

1 ( saisir) to take; prendre un vase sur l'étagère/dans le placard to take a vase off the shelf/out of the cupboard; prendre le bras de son mari to take one's husband's arm; prendre qn par la taille ( des deux mains) to take sb by the waist; ( d'un bras) to put one's arm around sb's waist; puis-je prendre votre manteau? may I take your coat?; prenez donc une chaise do have ou take a seat; ⇒ clique, courage, jambe;

2 (se donner, acquérir) prendre un air/une expression to put on an air/an expression; prendre le nom de son mari to take one's husband's name; prendre une identité to assume an identity; prendre un accent ( involontairement) to pick up an accent; ( volontairement) to put on an accent; prendre une habitude to develop ou pick up a habit; prendre une voix grave to adopt a solemn tone; prendre un rôle to assume a role; ta remarque prend tout son sens you comment begins to make sense; prendre une nuance to take on a particular nuance;

3 ( dérober) to take; prendre de l'argent dans la caisse/à ses parents to take money from the till GB ou cash register/from one's parents; on m'a pris tous mes bijoux I had all my jewellery GB ou jewelry US stolen; il m'a pris ma petite amie he stole my girlfriend; la guerre leur a pris deux fils they lost two sons in the war; la guerre leur a pris tout ce qui leur était cher the war robbed them of all they held most dear;

4 ( apporter) to bring; n'oublie pas de prendre des bottes don't forget to bring boots; je n'ai pas pris assez d'argent I haven't brought enough money;

5 ( emporter) to take; j'ai pris ton parapluie I took your umbrella; ne prends rien sans demander don't take anything without asking; prends ton écharpe, il fait froid take your scarf, it's cold;

6 ( retirer) prendre de l'argent au distributeur to get some money out of the cash dispenser; prendre de l'eau au puits to get water from the well; prendre quelques livres à la bibliothèque to get a few books out of the library;

7 ( consommer) to have [boisson, aliment, repas]; to take [médicament, drogue]; vous prendrez bien quelque chose/un peu de gâteau? won't you have something to eat or drink/some cake?; je vais prendre du poisson I'll have fish; mais tu n'as rien pris! you've hardly taken any!; aller prendre un café/une bière to go for a coffee/a beer; je prends des calmants depuis la guerre I've been on tranquillizers^GB since the war; le médecin me fait prendre des antibiotiques the doctor has put me on antibiotics; je ne prends jamais d'alcool/de drogue I never touch alcohol/take drugs;

8 ( s'accorder) to take; prendre un congé to take a vacation; je vais prendre mon mercredi○ I'm going to take Wednesday off; ⇒ temps;

9 ( choisir) to take [objet]; to choose [sujet, question]; prendre la rouge/le moins cher des deux/la chambre double to take the red one/the cheaper one/the double room; j'ai pris la question sur Zola I chose the question on Zola; la romancière a pris comme sujet une histoire vraie the writer based her novel on a true story; prendre qn pour époux/épouse to take sb to be one's husband/wife;

10 ( faire payer) to charge; elle prend combien de l'heure/pour une coupe? how much does she charge an hour/for a cut?; on m'a pris très cher I was charged a lot; il prend 15% au passage he takes a cut of 15%;

11 ( nécessiter) to take [temps]; ( user) to take up [espace, temps]; le voyage m'a pris moins de deux heures the trip took me less than two hours; tes livres prennent trop de place your books take up too much room; mes enfants me prennent tout mon temps/toute mon énergie my children take up all my time/all my energy;

12 (acheter, réserver, louer) to get [aliments, essence, place]; prends aussi du jambon get some ham too; j'ai pris deux places pour ce soir I've got two tickets for tonight; prendre une chambre en ville to get a room in town; j'en prendrai un kilo I'll have a kilo;

13 ( embaucher) ( durablement) to take [sb] on [employé, assistant, apprenti]; ( pour une mission) to engage [personne]; ils ne m'ont pas pris they didn't take me on; prendre qn comme nourrice to take sb on as a nanny; prendre un avocat/guide to engage a lawyer/guide; être pris chez or par Hachette to get a job with Hachette; prendre une maîtresse to take a mistress;

14 ( accueillir) to take; ils ont pris la petite chez eux they took the little girl in; l'école n'a pas voulu la prendre the school wouldn't take her; ce train ne prend pas de voyageurs this train doesn't take passengers; prendre un client [taxi] to pick up a customer; [prostituée] to pick up a client; [coiffeur] to take a customer; prendre un patient [médecin] to see a patient; prendre un nouveau patient [médecin, dentiste] to take on a new patient; prendre un élève [professeur] to take on a student;

15 ( ramasser au passage) to pick up [personne, pain, clé, journal, ticket]; je passe te prendre à midi I'll come and pick you up at 12; prendre un auto-stoppeur to pick up a hitchhiker; prendre les enfants à l'école to collect the children from school;

16 ( emmener) to take [personne]; je prends les enfants cet après-midi I'll take the children this afternoon; je peux te prendre ( en voiture) I can give you a lift;

17 ( attraper) to catch [personne, animal]; elle s'est fait prendre en train de voler she got caught stealing; prendre un papillon avec ses doigts to pick up a butterfly; prendre un papillon entre ses mains to cup a butterfly in one's hands; je vous y prends○! caught you!; on ne m'y prendra plus○! I won't be taken in○ again!; se laisser prendre par un attrape-nigauds/une histoire to fall for a trick/a story; je ne me suis pas laissé prendre ( tromper) I wasn't going to be taken in○; se laisser prendre dans une bagarre to get drawn into a fight; se faire prendre par l'ennemi to be captured by the enemy; prendre un poisson to catch a fish; ⇒ flagrant, sac, taureau, vinaigre;

18 ( assaillir) une douleur le prit he felt a sudden pain; qu'est-ce qui te prend○? what's the matter with you?; ça te/leur prend souvent○? are you/they often like this? ça te prend souvent de gueuler○ comme ça? do you often yell○ like that?;

19 ( captiver) to involve [spectateur, lecteur]; être pris par un livre/film to be involved in a book/film;

20 ( subir) to get [gifle, coup de soleil, décharge, contravention]; to catch [rhume]; j'ai pris le marteau sur le pied the hammer hit me on the foot; qu'est-ce qu'ils ont pris○! (coups, défaite) what a beating○ they got!; ( reproches) what a telling-off○ they got!; prendre une quinte de toux to have a coughing fit;

21 Transp ( utiliser) to take [autobus, métro, train, ferry, autoroute]; prendre le train/la voiture/l'avion to take the train/the car/the plane; prendre le or un taxi to take a taxi; il a pris l'avion pour aller à Bruxelles he went to Brussels by air; je ne prends plus la voiture pour aller à Paris I've given up driving to Paris; s'il fait beau, je prendrai la bicyclette if the weather's nice, I'll cycle; en général je prends mon vélo pour aller travailler I usually cycle to work;

22 ( envisager) to take; prenons par exemple Nina take Nina, for example; si je prends une langue comme le chinois/un pays comme la Chine if we take a language like Chinese/a country like China; à tout prendre all in all;

23 ( considérer) to take; ne le prends pas mal don't take it the wrong way; il a plutôt bien pris ta remarque he took your comment rather well; il me prend pour un imbécile he takes me for a fool; pour qui me prends-tu? ( grossière erreur) what do you take me for?; ( manque de respect) who do you think you're talking to?; tu me prends pour ton esclave? I'm not your slave, you know!; excusez-moi, je vous ai pris pour quelqu'un d'autre I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else; ⇒ argent, canard, vessie;

24 ( traiter) to handle; il est très gentil quand on sait le prendre he's very nice when you know how to handle him; savoir prendre son enfant to know how to handle one's child; on ne sait jamais par où la prendre○ you never know how to handle her;

25 ( mesurer) to take [mensurations, température, tension, pouls]; je vais prendre votre pointure let me measure your foot;

26 ( noter) to take down; je vais prendre votre adresse let me just take down your address; il s'est enfui mais j'ai pris le numéro de sa voiture he drove off but I took down his registration GB ou license US number;

27 ( apprendre) prendre que to get the idea (that); où a-t-il pris qu'ils allaient divorcer? where did he get the idea they were going to get divorced?;

28 ( accepter) to take; prendre les cartes de crédit to take credit cards; il a refusé de prendre l'argent he refused to take the money; il faut prendre les gens comme ils sont you must take people as you find them; prendre les choses comme elles sont to take things as they come; à 1 500, je prends, mais pas plus at 1,500, I'll take it, but that's my best offer;

29 ( endosser) to take over [direction, pouvoir]; to assume [contrôle, poste]; je prends ça sur moi I'll see to it; prendre sur soi de faire to take it upon oneself to do, to undertake to do; elle a pris sur elle de leur parler/de leur cacher la vérité she took it upon herself to talk to them/to hide the truth from them; je prends sur moi tes dépenses I'll cover your expenses;

30 ( accumuler) to put on [poids]; to gain [avance]; prendre trois minutes (d'avance) to gain three minutes; prendre des forces to build up one's strength;

31 ( contracter) to take on [bail]; to take [emploi];

32 ( défier) to take [sb] on [concurrent]; je prends le gagnant/le perdant I'll take on the winner/the loser;

33 ( conquérir) Mil to take, to seize [ville, forteresse]; to capture [navire, tank]; Jeux to take [pièce, carte];

34 ( posséder sexuellement) to take [femme].

B vi

1 ( aller) prendre à gauche/vers le nord to go left/north; prenez tout droit keep straight on; prendre à travers champs to strike out GB ou head off across the fields; prendre au plus court to take the shortest route; prendre par le littoral to follow the coast;

2 ( s'enflammer) [feu, bois, mèche] to catch; [incendie] to break out;

3 ( se solidifier) [gelée, flan, glace, ciment, plâtre, colle] to set; [blancs d'œufs] to stiffen; [mayonnaise] to thicken;

4 ( réussir) [grève, innovation] to be a success; [idée, mode] to catch on; [teinture, bouture, vaccination, greffe] to take; [leçon] to sink in;

5 ( prélever) prendre sur ses économies pour entretenir un neveu to draw on one's savings to support a nephew; prendre sur son temps libre pour traduire un roman to translate a novel in one's spare time;

6 ( se contraindre) prendre sur soi to take a hold on oneself; prendre sur soi pour faire to make oneself do; prendre sur soi pour ne pas faire to keep oneself from doing; j'ai pris sur moi pour les écouter I made myself listen to them; j'ai pris sur moi pour ne pas les insulter I kept myself from insulting them;

7 ○( être cru) ça ne prend pas! it won't wash○ ou work!; ton explication ne prendra pas avec moi that explanation won't wash with me○;

8 ○( subir) prendre pour qn to take the rap○ for sb; c'est toujours moi qui prends! I'm always the one who gets it in the neck○!; tu vas prendre! you'll catch it○!; il en a pris pour 20 ans he got 20 years.

C se prendre vpr

1 (devoir être saisi, consommé, mesuré) un marteau se prend par le manche you hold a hammer by the handle; les pâtes ne se prennent pas avec les doigts you don't eat pasta with your fingers; en Chine le thé se prend sans sucre in China they don't put sugar in their tea; la vitamine C se prend de préférence le matin vitamin C is best taken in the morning; la température se prend le matin your temperature should be taken in the morning;

2 (pouvoir être acquis, conquis, utilisé, attrapé) les mauvaises habitudes se prennent vite bad habits are easily picked up; le roi ne se prend jamais ( aux échecs) the king can't be taken; un avion ne se prend pas sans réservation you can't take a plane without making reservation;

3 ( s'attraper) se prendre le pied gauche avec la main droite to take one's left foot in one's right hand; certains singes se prennent aux arbres avec leur queue some monkeys can swing from trees by their tails;

4 ( se tenir l'un l'autre) se prendre par la taille to hold each other around the waist;

5 ( se coincer) se prendre les doigts dans la porte to catch one's fingers in the door; mon écharpe s'est prise dans les rayons my scarf got caught in the spokes;

6 ○( recevoir) il s'est pris quinze jours de prison/une gifle he got two weeks in prison/a smack in the face; tu vas te prendre l'étagère sur la tête the shelf is going to come down on your head; je me suis pris une averse I got caught in a shower;

7 ( commencer) se prendre à faire to find oneself doing; elle s'est prise à aimer she found herself falling in love; se prendre de sympathie pour qn to take to sb;

8 ( se considérer) elle se prend pour un génie she thinks she's a genius; il se prend pour James Dean he fancies himself as James Dean; pour qui est-ce que tu te prends? who do you think you are?; ⇒ Dieu;

9 ( agresser) s'en prendre à qn ( par des reproches ou des coups) to set about sb; ( pour passer sa colère) to take it out on sb; s'en prendre à qch ( habituellement) to carry on about sth; ( à l'occasion) to lay into sth;

10 ( se comporter) savoir s'y prendre avec to have a way with [enfants, femmes, vieux]; to know how to handle [employés, élèves];

11 ( agir) il faut s'y prendre à l'avance pour avoir des places you have to book ahead to get seats; tu t'y es pris trop tard you left it too late (pour faire to do); il s'y est pris à plusieurs fois he tried several times; ils s'y sont pris à trois contre lui it was three against one; on s'y est pris à trois pour faire it took the three of us to do; regarde comment elle s'y prend look how she's doing it; elle s'y prend bien/mal she sets ou goes about it the right/wrong way; j'aime bien ta façon de t'y prendre I like the way you go about it; comment vas-tu t'y prendre? how will you go about it?; comment vas-tu t'y prendre pour les convaincre? how will you go about convincing them?

Idiomes

c'est toujours ça de pris○ that's something at least; il y a à prendre et à laisser it's like the curate's egg; c'est à prendre ou à laisser take it or leave it; tel est pris qui croyait prendre the tables are turned; bien m'en a pris○ it was a good job○; mal m'en a pris○ it was a mistake.

[prɑ̃dr] verbe transitif

A.[SAISIR, ACQUÉRIR]

1. [saisir] to take

la chatte prend ses chatons par la peau du cou the cat picks up her kittens by the scruff of the neck

prends la casserole par le manche pick the pan up by the handle

il prit son manteau à la patère he took his coat off the hook

prends le livre qui se trouve sur la table take the book on the table

prendre quelque chose des mains de quelqu'un to take something off somebody

[saisir et garder] to take (hold of), to hold

prendre sa tête entre ses mains to hold one's head in one's hands

prenez cette médaille qui vous est offerte par tous vos collègues accept this medal as a gift from all your colleagues

prendre un siège to take a seat, to sit down

2. [emporter - lunettes, document, en-cas] to take

tu as pris tes papiers (avec toi)? have you got your papers (with you)?

inutile de prendre un parapluie there's no need to take ou no need for an umbrella

quand prendrez-vous le colis? when will you collect the parcel?

[emmener] to take (along)

(passer) prendre quelqu'un: je suis passé la prendre chez elle à midi I picked her up at ou collected her from her home at midday

prendre quelqu'un en voiture to give somebody a lift

3. [trouver] to get

où as-tu pris ce couteau? where did you get that knife (from)?

où as-tu pris cette idée/cette citation/ces manières? where did you get that idea/this quotation/those manners?

4. [se procurer]

prendre des renseignements to get some information

5. [acheter - nourriture, billet de loterie] to get, to buy ; [ - abonnement, assurance] to take out (separable)

[réserver - chambre d'hôtel, place de spectacle] to book

j'ai pris des artichauts pour ce soir I've got ou bought some artichokes for tonight

je vais vous prendre un petit poulet aujourd'hui I'll have ou take a small chicken today

6. [demander - argent] to charge

je prends une commission de 3 % I take a 3% commission

mon coiffeur ne prend pas cher (familier) my hairdresser isn't too expensive ou doesn't charge too much

je prends 30 euros de l'heure I charge 30 euros per hour

elle l'a réparé sans rien nous prendre she fixed it free of charge ou without charging us (anything) for it

7. [retirer]

les impôts sont pris à la source tax is deducted at source

prendre de l'argent sur son compte to withdraw money from one's account, to take money out of one's account

B.[AVOIR RECOURS À, SE SERVIR DE]

1. [utiliser - outil] to use

prends un marteau, ce sera plus facile use a hammer, you'll find it's easier

[emprunter] to take, to borrow

je peux prendre ta voiture? can I take ou borrow your car?

2. [consommer - nourriture] to eat ; [ - boisson] to drink, to have ; [ - médicament] to take ; [ - sucre] to take

je ne prends jamais de somnifères I never take sleeping pills

nous en discuterons en prenant le café we'll discuss it over a cup of coffee

qu'est-ce que tu prends? what would you like to drink, what will it be?

je prendrais bien une bière I could do with a beer

si on allait prendre un verre? how about (going for) a drink?

à prendre matin, midi et soir to be taken three times a day

tu lui as fait prendre ses médicaments? did you make sure he took his medicine?

[comme ingrédient] to take

prendre 50 g de beurre et 200 g de farine take 50 g of butter and 200 g of flour

3. [se déplacer en] to take, to go ou to travel by (inseparable)

prendre l'avion to take the plane, to fly

prendre le bateau to take the boat, to sail, to go by boat

prendre le bus/le train to take the bus/train, to go by bus/train

prendre un taxi to take a taxi

je ne prends jamais la voiture I never use the car

4. [monter dans - bus, train] to catch, to get on (inseparable)

5. [louer]

on a pris une chambre dans un petit hôtel we took a room in a small hotel

j'ai pris un petit studio I rented a little studio flat

6. [suivre - voie] to take

prends la première à droite take the first (on the) right

prenez la direction de Lille follow the signs for Lille

j'ai pris un sens interdit I drove ou went down a one-way street

C.[PRENDRE POSSESSION DE, CONTRÔLER]

1. [retenir par la force - fugitif] to capture ; [ - prisonnier] to take ; [ - animal] to catch

MILITAIRE [ville, position] to take

prendre quelqu'un en otage to take somebody hostage

2. [voler] to take

il a tout pris dans la maison he took everything in the house

prendre une citation dans un livre [sans permission] to lift ou to poach a quotation from a book

prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un: combien vous a-t-on pris? how much was taken ou stolen from you?

elle m'a pris mon tour she took my turn

elle m'a pris mon idée/petit ami she stole my idea/boyfriend

3. [occuper - temps] to take (up), to require (soutenu) ; [ - place] to take (up)

pousse-toi, tu prends toute la place move up, you're taking up all the space

ça (m')a pris deux heures it took (me) two hours

ça prend du temps de chercher un appartement it takes time to find a flat, flat-hunting is time-consuming

4. [envahir - suj: malaise, rage] to come over (inseparable) ; [ - suj: peur] to seize, to take hold of

quand ses quintes de toux le prennent when he has a bout of coughing

l'envie le ou lui prit d'aller nager he felt like going for a swim

qu'est-ce qui te prend? what's wrong with ou what's the matter with ou what's come over you?

qu'est-ce qui le ou lui prend de ne pas répondre? why on earth isn't he answering?

ça te prend souvent? (familier & humoristique) are you often like this?

quand ça le ou lui prend, il casse tout (familier) when he gets into this state, he just smashes everything in sight

(tournure impersonnelle)

il me prend parfois le désir de tout abandonner I sometimes feel like giving it all up

il est rentré chez lui et bien/mal lui en a pris he went home and it was just as well he did/, but he'd have done better to stay where he was

prendre la tête à quelqu'un (très familier) : ça me prend la tête it's a real hassle

arrête de me prendre la tête stop being such a pain

5. [surprendre - voleur, tricheur] to catch

si tu veux le voir, il faut le prendre au saut du lit if you want to see him, you must catch him as he gets up

prendre quelqu'un à faire quelque chose to catch somebody doing something

je t'y prends, petit galopin! caught ou got you, you little rascal!

6. JEUX [pion, dame] to take

demain, je te prends aux échecs (familier) tomorrow I'll take you on at ou play you at chess

(en usage absolu) CARTES

je prends I'll try it

j'ai pris à cœur I went hearts

7. SPORT

prendre le service de quelqu'un to break somebody's service

il est venu prendre la deuxième place

a. [pendant la course] he moved into second place

b. [à l'arrivée] he came in second

D.[ADMETTRE, RECEVOIR]

1. [recevoir]

le docteur ne pourra pas vous prendre avant demain the doctor won't be able to see you before tomorrow

après 22 heures, nous ne prenons plus de clients after 10 pm, we don't let anymore customers in

2. [cours] to take

3. [accueillir - pensionnaire] to take in (separable) ; [ - passager] to take

[admettre par règlement] to take, to allow

[engager - employé, candidat] to take on (separable)

nous ne prenons pas les cartes de crédit/les bagages en cabine we don't take credit cards/cabin baggage

prendre un comptable to take on ou to hire an accountant

prendre quelqu'un comme stagiaire to take somebody on as a trainee

4. [acquérir, gagner]

prendre de l'avance/du retard to be earlier/later than scheduled

j'ai pris trois centimètres de tour de taille I've put on three centimetres round the waist

quand le gâteau commence à prendre une jolie couleur dorée when the cake starts to take on a nice golden colour

le projet commence à prendre forme ou tournure the project's starting to take shape

[terminaison] to take

le a prend un accent circonflexe there's a circumflex on the a

5. [subir] to get

prendre un coup de soleil to get sunburnt

prendre froid ou (vieilli) du mal to catch ou to get a cold

j'ai pris la tuile en plein sur la tête the tile hit me right on the head

c'est elle qui a tout pris

a. (familier) [coups, reproches] she got the worst ou took the brunt of it

b. [éclaboussures] she got most ou the worst of it

qu'est-ce qu'on a pris! (familier) , on a pris quelque chose! (familier)

a. [averse] we got soaked ou drenched!

b. [réprimande] we got a real dressing down!

c. [critique] we got panned!

d. [défaite] we got thrashed!

(en usage absolu)

c'est toujours les mêmes qui prennent! (familier) they always pick on the same ones, it's always the same ones who get it in the neck!

il en a pris pour 15 ans (familier) he got 15 years, he got put away for 15 years

E.[CONSIDÉRER DE TELLE MANIÈRE]

1. [accepter] to take

il a essayé de le prendre avec le sourire ou en souriant he tried to pass it off with a smile

bien/mal prendre quelque chose to take something well/badly

[interpréter]

ne prends pas ça pour toi [ne te sens pas visé] don't take it personally

prendre quelque chose en bien/en mal to take something as a compliment/badly

elle a pris mon silence pour de la désapprobation she took my silence as a criticism

2. [considérer] to take, to consider

prenons un exemple let's take ou consider an example

prendre quelqu'un/quelque chose en: prendre quelqu'un en amitié to grow fond of somebody

prendre quelqu'un en pitié to take pity on somebody

prendre quelque chose/quelqu'un pour

a. [par méprise] to mistake something/somebody for

b. [volontairement] to take something/somebody for, to consider something/somebody to be

on me prend souvent pour ma sœur I'm often mistaken for my sister

pour qui me prenez-vous? what do you take me for?, who do you think I am?

elle va me prendre pour un idiot she'll think I'm a fool

prendre quelque chose/quelqu'un comme to take something/somebody as

à tout prendre all in all, by and large, all things considered

3. [traiter - quelqu'un] to handle, to deal with (inseparable)

prendre quelqu'un par la douceur to use gentle persuasion on somebody

prendre l'ennemi de front/à revers MILITAIRE (figuré) to tackle the enemy head on/from the rear

F.[ENREGISTRER]

1. [consigner - notes] to take ou to write down (separable) ; [ - empreintes, mesures, température, tension] to take

2. PHOTOGRAPHIE

prendre quelque chose/quelqu'un (en photo) to take a picture ou photo ou photograph of something/somebody

G.[DÉCIDER DE, ADOPTER]

1. [s'octroyer - vacances] to take, to have ; [ - bain, douche] to have, to take

prendre un jour de congé to take ou to have the day off

prendre le temps de faire quelque chose to take the time to do something

prendre son temps to take one's time

prendre un amant to take a lover

tu n'as pas le droit! — je le prends! you've no right! — that's what you think!

2. [s'engager dans - mesure, risque] to take

prendre une décision

a. [généralement] to make a decision

b. [après avoir hésité] to make up one's mind, to come to a decision

prendre la décision de to make up one's mind to, to decide to

prendre l'initiative de quelque chose to initiate something

prendre l'initiative de faire quelque chose to take the initiative in doing something, to take it upon oneself to do something

prendre de bonnes résolutions pour l'avenir to resolve to do better in the future

prendre la résolution de to resolve to

3. [choisir - sujet d'examen, cadeau] to take, to choose, to have

j'ai pris le docteur Valiet comme médecin I chose Dr Valiet to be ou as my GP

qu'est-ce qu'on lui prend comme glace? which ice cream shall we get him?

ils n'ont pris que les 20 premiers they only took ou selected the top 20

c'est à prendre ou à laisser (you can) take it or leave it

il y a à prendre et à laisser dans son livre his book is a bit of a curate's egg (UK) ou is good in parts

4. [se charger de - poste] to take, to accept

prendre ses fonctions to start work

j'ai un appel pour toi, tu le prends? I've got a call for you, will you take it?

5. [adopter - air] to put on (separable), to assume ; [ - ton] to assume

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[prɑ̃dr] verbe intransitif

1. [se fixer durablement - végétal] to take (root) ; [ - bouture, greffe, vaccin] to take ; [ - mode, slogan] to catch on

la peinture ne prend pas sur le plastique the plastic won't take the paint

ça ne prendra pas avec elle [mensonge] it won't work with her, she won't be taken in

2. [durcir - crème, ciment, colle] to set ; [ - lac, étang] to freeze (over) ; [ - mayonnaise] to thicken

3. [passer]

prends à gauche [tourne à gauche] turn left

tu peux prendre par Le Mans you can go via Le Mans

prendre à travers bois/champs to cut through the woods/fields

4. [commencer] to start, to get going

je n'arrive pas à faire prendre le feu/les brindilles I can't get the fire going/the twigs to catch

5. MUSIQUE & THÉÂTRE

prenons avant la sixième mesure/à la scène 2 let's take it from just before bar six/from scene 2

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prendre sur verbe plus préposition

1. [entamer] to use (some of)

je ne prendrai pas sur mon week-end pour finir le travail! I'm not going to give up ou to sacrifice part of my weekend to finish the job!

2. (locution)

prendre sur soi to grin and bear it

prendre sur soi de faire quelque chose to take (it) upon oneself to do something

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se prendre verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

ces cachets se prennent avant les repas the tablets should be taken before meals

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se prendre verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

ils se sont pris pour époux they were united in matrimony

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se prendre verbe pronominal intransitif

to get caught ou trapped

le foulard s'est pris dans la portière the scarf got caught ou shut in the door

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se prendre verbe pronominal transitif

1. [se coincer]

attention, tu vas te prendre les doigts dans la charnière! careful, you'll trap your fingers ou get your fingers caught in the hinge!

se prendre les pieds dans quelque chose to trip over something

2. (familier) [choisir]

prends-toi un gâteau get yourself a cake

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se prendre à verbe pronominal plus préposition

1. [se laisser aller à]

se prendre à faire quelque chose to find oneself starting to do something

se prendre à rêver to find oneself dreaming

2. (locution)

s'y prendre: comment pourrions-nous nous y prendre? how could we go about it?

tu t'y prends un peu tard pour t'inscrire! you've left it a bit late to enrol!

il faut s'y prendre deux mois à l'avance pour avoir des places you have to book two months in advance to be sure of getting seats

elle s'y est prise à trois fois pour faire démarrer la tondeuse she made three attempts before the lawn mower would start

s'y prendre bien/mal: s'y prendre bien/mal avec quelqu'un to handle somebody the right/wrong way

elle s'y prend bien ou sait s'y prendre avec les enfants she's good with children

je n'arrive pas à repasser le col — c'est parce que tu t'y prends mal I can't iron the collar properly — that's because you're going about it the wrong way ou doing it wrong

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se prendre de verbe pronominal plus préposition

se prendre d'amitié pour quelqu'un to grow fond of somebody, to feel a growing affection for somebody

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se prendre pour verbe pronominal plus préposition

il ne se prend pas pour rien ou pour n'importe qui he thinks he's God's gift to humanity

tu te prends pour qui pour me parler sur ce ton? who do you think you are, talking to me like that?

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s'en prendre à verbe pronominal plus préposition

s'en prendre à quelqu'un/quelque chose

a. [l'attaquer] to attack somebody/something

b. [le rendre responsable] to put the blame on somebody/something

pourquoi faut-il toujours que tu t'en prennes à moi? why do you always take it out on me?

ne t'en prends qu'à toi-même you've only (got) yourself to blame

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > prendre

19 revenue

n

1) доход

2) государственные доходы

3) pl доходные статьи

4) департамент налогов и сборов; финансовое управление

- accrued revenues
- advertising revenue
- aggregate gross revenue
- annual revenue
- annual average revenue
- anticipated revenue
- banking revenues
- budget revenues
- casual revenue
- current revenue
- customs revenue
- deferred revenue
- earned revenue
- estimated government revenue
- export revenues
- extra revenues
- falling tax revenue
- fiscal revenues
- flat revenue
- freight revenue
- government revenue
- gross revenue
- gross operating revenue
- inflated revenues
- inland revenue
- Inland Revenue
- interest revenue
- internal revenue
- investment revenue
- lost revenues
- marginal revenue
- national revenue
- net revenue
- nonoperating revenue
- nontax revenues
- oil revenues
- operating revenue
- other revenue
- personal revenue
- public revenues
- real revenues
- record revenues
- reduced tax revenues
- sales revenue
- sliding revenues
- surplus revenue
- tax revenue
- taxable revenues
- tax exempt revenue
- Treasury revenues
- unearned revenue
- utility revenue
- revenue from advertising
- revenue from capital gains
- revenue from exports
- revenue from sales
- revenue from social security contributions
- revenue from taxation
- revenue of future periods
- revenue of special-purpose budget funds
- bring in revenue
- derive revenue
- earmark revenue
- fabricate revenues
- generate revenues
- lift revenues
- lose revenue
- plough revenue into sales and marketing
- raise revenue
- reap record revenue
- receive revenue
- reduce tax revenue
- report revenue
- subsidize with revenues from exports

English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > revenue

20 libérer

libérer [libeʀe]

➭ TABLE 6

1. transitive verb

   a. [+ prisonnier, otage] to release ; [+ soldat] to discharge ; [+ élèves, employés] to let go ; [+ pays, peuple, ville] to liberate

• être libéré sur parole to be released on parole

   b. libérer qn de [+ liens, dette] to free sb from ; [+ promesse] to release sb from

• ça m'a libéré de lui dire ce que je pensais it was a relief to tell him what I thought

   c. [+ appartement] to vacate ; [+ étagère] to clear ; [+ tiroir] to empty

• nous libérerons la salle à 11 heures we'll clear the room at 11 o'clock

• libérer le passage to clear the way

• ça a libéré trois postes it made three jobs available

   d. [+ échanges commerciaux] to ease restrictions on ; [+ prix] to decontrol

   e. [+ énergie, gaz] to release

2. reflexive verb

► se libérer

   a. [personne] (de ses liens) to free o.s.

• désolé, jeudi je ne peux pas me libérer I'm sorry, I'm not free on Thursday

• je n'ai pas pu me libérer plus tôt I couldn't get away any earlier

   b. [appartement] to become vacant ; [place, poste] to become available

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libeʀe
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( délivrer) to liberate [pays, ville] (de from); to free [compagnon, otage] (de from)

2) ( relâcher) to release [otage, détenu] (de from); to free [esclave, animal] (de from)

3) ( laisser partir) to allow [somebody] to go [employé, élève]

4) ( affranchir) ( de contraintes) to liberate [personne, imagination] (de from); ( de fonctions) to relieve [ministre, employé] (de of); ( de service militaire) to discharge [soldat] (de from)

libérer un associé de ses obligations — to release a partner from his obligations

libérer quelqu'un de l'emprise de quelqu'un — to get somebody away from somebody's influence

5) ( ne pas retenir) to release [émotion, énergie]; to give free rein to [instinct, imagination]

6) ( soulager) to relieve [esprit, personne] (de of)

libérer sa conscience — to unburden oneself

7) ( débarrasser) to vacate [appartement, bureau]; to clear [passage, trottoir] (de of)

libérer la chambre avant midi — ( dans un hôtel) to check out before noon

8) ( dégager) to free [bras, main] (de from); to release [ressort, cran]

9) Économie ( libéraliser) to liberalize [économie, échanges]; ( débloquer) to deregulate [prix]

libérer les loyers/tarifs — to lift rent/tariff controls

10) Chimie, Physique ( produire) to release [gaz, énergie, électrons]

2.

se libérer verbe pronominal

1) ( se délivrer) [personne] to free oneself (de from); [pays, entreprise] to free itself (de from)

2) ( se rendre disponible)

j'essaierai de me libérer mercredi — I'll try and be free on Wednesday

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libeʀe vt
1) [otages] to free, to liberate

Les otages ont été libérés hier soir. — The hostages were freed last night.

2) [prisonnier] to release

3) fig

libérer qn de [liens, dette] — to free sb from

4) [promesse] to release sb from

5) PSYCHOLOGIE, PSYCHIATRIE to liberate

6) [soldat] to discharge

7) (= dégager) [gaz] to release

8) ÉCONOMIE, [échanges commerciaux] to ease restrictions on

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libérer verb table: céder

A vtr

1 ( délivrer) to liberate [pays, ville] (de from); to free [compagnon, otage] (de from);

2 ( relâcher) to release [otage, détenu] (de from); to free [esclave, animal] (de from);

3 ( laisser partir) to allow [sb] to go [employé, élève]; libérer ses élèves avant l'heure to let one's pupils go early, to allow one's pupils to go early;

4 ( affranchir) ( de contraintes) to liberate [personne, imagination] (de from); ( de fonctions) to relieve [ministre, employé] (de of); ( de service militaire) to discharge [soldat] (de from); libérer un associé de sa parole/ses obligations/ses dettes to release a partner from his word/his obligations/his debts; libérer qn de l'emprise de qn to free sb from sb's hold;

5 ( ne pas retenir) to release [émotion, énergie]; to give free rein to [instinct, imagination];

6 ( soulager) to relieve [esprit, personne] (de of); to unburden [cœur, conscience] (de of);

7 ( débarrasser) to vacate [appartement, bureau]; to clear [passage, trottoir] (de of); les lieux doivent être libérés avant la fin du mois the premises must be vacated by the end of the month; libérer la chambre avant midi ( dans un hôtel) to check out before noon;

8 ( dégager) to free [bras, main] (de from); to release [ressort, cran, mécanisme];

9 Écon ( libéraliser) to liberalize [économie, échanges]; ( débloquer) to deregulate [prix]; libérer les loyers/tarifs to lift rent/tariff controls;

10 Fin to pay up [actions, capital];

11 Chimie, Phys ( produire) to release [gaz, énergie, électrons].

B se libérer vpr

1 ( se délivrer) [personne] to free oneself (de from); [pays, entreprise] to free itself (de from); je me suis libéré de mes chaînes/obligations I have freed myself from my chains/obligations; se libérer les bras/jambes to free one's arms/legs; se libérer d'une dette/d'un impôt to pay a debt/a tax; se libérer d'une inhibition to get rid of an inhibition;

2 ( se rendre disponible) j'essaierai de me libérer mercredi I'll try and be free on Wednesday.

[libere] verbe transitif

1. [délivrer] to free

libérer quelqu'un de quelque chose to free somebody from something

quand les Alliés libérèrent Paris when the Allies liberated Paris

2. [remettre en liberté] to release, to (set) free

3. [décharger]

libérer quelqu'un d'une promesse to free ou to release somebody from a promise

4. [soulager - conscience] to relieve

5. [laisser partir - élèves, employés] to let go

on nous a libérés avant l'heure we were allowed to leave ou they let us go early

6. [rendre disponible - lieu] to vacate, to move out of ; [ - étagère] to clear

libérez le passage clear the way

je n'arrive même pas à libérer une heure pour jouer au tennis I can't even find a free hour ou an hour to spare to play tennis

les postes libérés par les mises à la retraite anticipée vacancies created by early retirement

7. [débloquer - mécanisme, énergie, émotions] to release

8. CHIMIE & PHYSIQUE to release

9. ÉCONOMIE [prix, salaires] to free, to lift ou to remove restrictions on

10. MILITAIRE [conscrit] to discharge

le candidat devra être libéré des obligations militaires the applicant must be released from ou must have discharged his military service obligations

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se libérer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)

1. [se délivrer] to free oneself

se libérer de ses chaînes to free oneself from one's chains

2. [dans un emploi du temps]

essaie de te libérer pour demain try to be free ou to make some time tomorrow

3. [s'émanciper - femmes] to become more liberated

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se libérer verbe pronominal

(emploi passif) [emploi, appartement] to become vacant ou available

il y a une place qui s'est libérée au coin de la rue somebody's just left a parking space at the corner of the street

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