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to look sb straight in the eye ou face

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1 straight

straight

A n

1 Sport ligne f droite ; back straight côté m opposé de la piste ; home straight dernière ligne droite ; into the straight dans la ligne droite ;

2 Games suite f ;

3 ○ ( heterosexual) hétéro ○ mf.

B adj

1 ( not bent or curved) [line, cut, edge, road, stretch] droit ; [chair] à dossier droit ; [hair] raide ; dead straight gen tout droit ; [hair] très raide ; in a straight line en ligne droite ;

2 (level, upright) [fixture, post, shelf, hem, edge, wall] bien droit ; [garment, bedclothes, rug, tablecloth] bien mis ; is the picture straight now? est-ce que le tableau est droit maintenant? ; the picture/your tie isn't straight le tableau/ta cravate est de travers ; to put ou set sth straight mettre qch (bien) droit [furniture, picture, mirror] ; ajuster [tie, hat] ; to have a straight back avoir le dos droit ; a straight(-sided) glass un verre droit ;

3 (tidy, in order) en ordre ; to get ou put sth straight lit, fig mettre qch en ordre ; I must get the house straight before Sunday il faut que je mette la maison en ordre avant dimanche ; the lawyer will put things straight l'avocat va mettre les choses en ordre ;

4 ( clear) to get sth straight comprendre qch ; have you got that straight? c'est compris? ; let's get this straight, you're paying half entendons-nous bien, tu paies la moitié ; now let's get one thing straight que ce soit bien clair ; to put ou set sb straight about sth éclairer qn sur qch ; to set matters straight mettre les choses en clair ; to put ou set the record straight établir la vérité ;

5 (honest, direct) [person] honnête, loyal ; [answer, question] clair ; [advice, tip] sûr ; to be straight with sb jouer franc jeu avec qn ; I want a straight answer to a straight question je veux une réponse claire à une question claire ; it's time for straight talking il est temps de parler franchement ;

6 ( unconditional) [contradiction, majority, profit] net/nette ; [choice] simple ; [denial, refusal, rejection] catégorique ; to do a straight swap faire simplement l'échange ; a straight fight GB Pol une élection à deux candidats ; that's straight dishonesty c'est de la malhonnêteté pure et simple ;

7 ( undiluted) [spirits, drink] sec, sans eau ;

8 ( consecutive) [wins, defeats] consécutif/-ive ; she got straight ‘A’s Sch elle a eu A partout ; to win/lose in straight sets Sport gagner/perdre en plusieurs sets consécutifs ; to vote a straight ticket US Pol voter pour la liste d'un parti ;

9 Theat [actor, play, role] classique ;

10 ( quits) to be straight être quitte ; to get oneself straight régler ses dettes ;

11 ○ [person] ( conventional) conventionnel/-elle ; ( not on drugs) qui ne se drogue pas ; ( heterosexual) hétéro ○ inv.

C adv

1 ( not obliquely or crookedly) [walk, stand up, grow, fly, steer, hang, cut, throw, hit] droit ; [shoot] juste ; stand up straight! tenez-vous droit! ; sit up straight! asseyez-vous convenablement! ; she held her arm out straight elle a tendu son bras tout droit ; she was stretched straight out on the floor elle était étendue toute raide sur le sol ; to go straight ahead aller tout droit ; to look straight ahead regarder droit devant soi ; to look sb straight in the eye ou face regarder qn droit dans les yeux ; can you see straight? est-ce-que tu vois bien? ; he headed straight for the bar il s'est dirigé droit vers le bar ; he went straight for me il s'est jeté sur moi ; he walked straight across the road il a traversé la route tout droit ; the car was coming straight at ou towards me la voiture se dirigeait droit sur moi ; she was looking straight at me elle regardait droit dans ma direction ; straight above our heads juste au-dessus de nos têtes ; straight down into the ground droit dans le sol ; straight up in the air droit en l'air ; the bullet went straight through his body la balle lui a traversé le corps de part en part ; we went straight through the book nous avons lu le livre de bout en bout ; he fired straight into ou through the crowd il a tiré en plein dans la foule ; they drove straight through the red light ils ont brûlé le feu rouge ; they drove straight past me ils sont passés droit devant moi ; she drove straight into a tree elle est rentrée droit dans un arbre ; keep straight on, it's on the left continuez tout droit, c'est sur la gauche ; his poems speak straight to our hearts ses poèmes nous vont droit au cœur ;

2 ( without delay) directement ; to go straight home rentrer directement à la maison ; to go straight to bed aller directement au lit ; she went straight back to Paris elle est rentrée directement à Paris ; shall we go straight there? nous y allons directement? ; she wrote straight back elle a répondu immédiatement ; to come straight to the point aller droit au fait ; he went straight to the heart of the matter il est rentré directement dans le vif du sujet ; straight after tout de suite après ; I went out straight after phoning you je suis sorti tout de suite après t'avoir téléphoné ; straight away, straight off tout de suite ; I saw straight away ou off that it was impossible j'ai vu tout de suite que c'était impossible ; he sat down and read/played it straight off il s'est assis et l'a lu/joué d'une seule traite ; I can tell you the dates/prices straight off je peux vous donner les dates/prix de mémoire ; she told him straight out that… elle lui a dit carrément or sans ambages que… ; it seemed like something straight out of a horror film/the Middle Ages cela semblait sortir tout droit d'un film d'horreur/du Moyen Âge ;

3 ( frankly) tout net ; I'll tell you straight, I'll give it to you straight ○ je vous le dirai tout net ; give it to me straight ○ dis-moi la vérité ; straight out carrément ; I told him straight out that he was wrong je lui ai dit carrément qu'il se trompait ; to play straight with sb fig jouer franc jeu avec qn ;

4 Theat ( conventionally) [act, produce] de manière classique ;

5 ( neat) to drink one's whisky straight boire son whisky sec or sans eau.

Idioms

to keep a straight face garder son sérieux ; to keep to the straight and narrow suivre le droit chemin ; to stray from the straight and narrow s'écarter du droit chemin ; to go straight ○ [criminal] se ranger ; straight up ○ ? GB sans blague ○ ?

Big English-French dictionary > straight
2 straight

straight [streɪt]

1. adjective

   a. ( = not curved) droit ; [chair] à dossier droit ; [hair] raide

• to walk in a straight line marcher en ligne droite

• to keep one's back straight se tenir droit

   b. ( = frank) [answer, question] franc ( franche f)

• it's time for some straight talking soyons francs

   c. ( = unambiguous) clair

• have you got that straight? est-ce bien clair ?

• let's get this straight entendons-nous bien sur ce point

• to get things straight in one's mind mettre les choses au clair dans son esprit

• to put sth straight mettre qch au clair

• to set sb straight (about sth) éclairer qn (sur qch)

   d. ( = tidy) to put sth straight mettre de l'ordre dans qch

   e. ( = simple) it was a straight choice between A and B il n'y avait que deux solutions, A ou B

• her latest novel is straight autobiography son dernier roman est de l'autobiographie pure

• to get straight As (US) obtenir les meilleures notes

• a straight A student (US) un étudiant qui obtient les meilleures notes partout

   f. ( = consecutive) [victories, defeats, games, months] consécutif

• for five straight days pendant cinq jours consécutifs

• in straight sets (Tennis) en deux/trois sets (pour les matchs en trois/cinq sets)

   g. ( = not owed or owing money) (inf) quitte

• if I give you £5, then we'll be straight si je te donne 5 livres, nous serons quittes

   h. [whisky, vodka] sec ( sèche f)

   i. ( = unsmiling) to keep a straight face garder son sérieux

• to say sth with a straight face dire qch sans sourire

   j. [person] (inf) ( = conventional) conventionnel ; ( = heterosexual) hétéro (inf) ; ( = not criminal) honnête

• I've been straight for three years ( = not on drugs) ça fait trois ans que je n'ai pas pris de drogue

2. noun

   a. the straight [of racecourse, athletics track] la ligne droite

   b. to keep to the straight and narrow rester dans le droit chemin

• to keep sb on the straight and narrow faire suivre le droit chemin à qn

   c. ( = heterosexual) (inf) hétéro mf

3. adverb

   a. ( = in a straight line) [walk, stand, grow] droit ; [shoot] juste

• to go straight ahead aller tout droit

• straight across from the house juste en face de la maison

• straight above us juste au-dessus de nous

• he came straight at me il s'est dirigé droit sur moi

• to look straight at sb regarder qn droit dans les yeux

• he looked straight ahead il a regardé droit devant lui

• to look sb straight in the face/the eye regarder qn bien en face/droit dans les yeux

• to sit straight s'asseoir bien droit

• to sit up straight se redresser

• to stand up straight se redresser

• the bullet went straight through his chest la balle lui a traversé la poitrine de part en part

• to go straight towards sb/sth se diriger droit vers qn/qch

• the cork shot straight up in the air le bouchon est parti droit en l'air

• she ran straight across without looking elle a traversé en courant sans regarder

   b. ( = level) to hang straight [picture] être bien droit

   c. ( = directly) straight after this tout de suite après

• to come straight back ( = without detour) revenir directement ; ( = immediately) revenir tout de suite

• straight from the horse's mouth de source sûre

• to go straight home rentrer directement chez soi

• he went straight to London ( = without detour) il est allé directement à Londres ; ( = immediately) il s'est immédiatement rendu à Londres

• to go straight to bed aller directement se coucher

• I may as well come straight to the point autant que j'en vienne droit au fait

   d. ( = frankly) (inf) give it to me straight dis-le-moi carrément

   e. ( = neat) to drink one's whisky straight boire son whisky sec

   f. ( = clearly) he couldn't think straight il n'avait plus les idées claires

• I couldn't see straight je n'y voyais plus clair

   g. to go straight (inf) ( = reform) revenir dans le droit chemin

   h. ( = consecutively) for five days straight pendant cinq jours d'affilée

   i. (set structures)

► straight away tout de suite

► straight off ( = immediately) tout de suite ; ( = without hesitation) sans hésiter ; ( = without beating about the bush) sans ambages

► straight on tout droit

► straight out ( = without hesitation) sans hésiter ; ( = frankly) franchement

4. compounds

► straight-faced adverb d'un air impassible adjective

impassible

► straight-laced adjective collet monté inv

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[streɪt] 1.
noun Sport ligne f droite

back straight — côté m opposé de la piste

home straight — dernière ligne droite
2.
adjective

1) ( not bent or curved) gen droit; [hair] raide

dead straight — gen tout droit

in a straight line — en ligne droite

2) (level, upright) gen bien droit; [bedclothes, tablecloth] bien mis

the picture/your tie isn't straight — le tableau/ta cravate est de travers

3) (tidy, in order) en ordre

to get ou put something straight — lit, fig mettre quelque chose en ordre

4) ( clear)

to get something straight — comprendre quelque chose

now let's get one thing straight — que ce soit bien clair

to put somebody straight about something — éclairer quelqu'un sur quelque chose

to put ou set the record straight — établir la vérité

5) (honest, direct) [person] honnête, droit; [answer] clair

to be straight with somebody — jouer franc-jeu avec quelqu'un

6) ( unconditional) [majority, profit] net/nette; [choice] simple

to do a straight swap — faire simplement l'échange

a straight fight — GB Politics une élection à deux candidats

7) ( undiluted) [drink] sec, sans eau

8) ( consecutive) [wins, defeats] consécutif/-ive

she got straight ‘A’s — School elle a eu très bien partout

in straight sets — Sport en deux (or trois) sets

9) Theatre [actor, role] sérieux/-ieuse

10) (colloq) ( heterosexual) hétéro (colloq) inv
3.
adverb

1) ( not obliquely) gen droit; [shoot] juste

stand up straight! — tenez-vous droit!

sit up straight! — asseyez-vous convenablement!

she held her arm out straight — elle a étendu le bras devant elle

to go/keep straight ahead — aller/continuer tout droit

to look straight ahead — regarder droit devant soi

to look somebody straight in the eye — regarder quelqu'un droit dans les yeux

he headed straight for the bar — il s'est dirigé droit vers le bar

the car was coming straight at me — la voiture se dirigeait droit sur moi

she was looking straight at me — elle regardait droit dans ma direction

straight above our heads — juste au-dessus de nos têtes

straight up in the air — droit en l'air

the bullet went straight through his body — la balle lui a traversé le corps de part en part

they drove straight past me — ils sont passés droit devant moi

she drove straight into a tree — elle est rentrée droit dans un arbre

2) ( without delay) directement

to go straight back to Paris — rentrer directement à Paris

she wrote straight back — elle a répondu immédiatement

to come straight to the point — aller droit au fait

straight after — tout de suite après

straight away —

straight off — tout de suite

he read it straight off — il l'a lu d'une seule traite

she told him straight out that — elle lui a dit carrément or sans ambages que

it seemed like something straight out of the Middle Ages — cela semblait sortir tout droit du Moyen Âge

3) ( frankly) tout net

I'll tell you straight — je vous le dirai tout net

give it to me straight — (colloq) dis-moi la vérité

straight out — carrément

to play straight with somebody — fig jouer franc-jeu avec quelqu'un

4) Theatre [act, produce] de manière classique

5) ( neat) [drink] sec or sans eau

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to keep a straight face — garder son sérieux

the straight and narrow — le droit chemin

to go straight — (colloq) [criminal] se ranger

straight up? — (colloq) GB sans blague? (colloq)

English-French dictionary > straight
3 straight

1. adjective
1) gerade; aufrecht [Haltung]; glatt [Haar]

in a straight line — in gerader Linie

2) (not having been bent) ausgestreckt [Arm, Bein]; durchgedrückt [Knie]

3) (not misshapen) gerade [Bein]

4) (Fashion) gerade geschnitten

5) (undiluted, unmodified) unvermischt

have or drink whisky/gin straight — Whisky/Gin pur trinken

a straight choice — eine klare Wahl

6) (successive) fortlaufend

win in straight sets — (Tennis) ohne Satzverlust gewinnen

the team had ten straight wins — die Mannschaft hat zehn Spiele hintereinander gewonnen

straight As — (Amer.) lauter Einsen

7) (undeviating) direkt [Blick, Schlag, Schuss, Pass, Ball, Weg]

8) (candid) geradlinig [Person]; ehrlich [Antwort]; klar [Abfuhr, Weigerung, Verurteilung]; unmissverständlich [Rat]

straight dealings/speaking — direkte Verhandlungen/unverblümte Sprache

a straight answer to a straight question — eine klare Antwort auf eine klare Frage

he did some straight talking with her — er sprach sich mit ihr offen aus

be straight with somebody — zu jemandem offen sein

9) (Theatre) ernst; (not avant-garde) konventionell

10) (in good order, not askew)

the accounts are straight — die Bücher sind in Ordnung

the picture is straight — das Bild hängt gerade

is my hair/tie straight? — sitzt meine Frisur/Krawatte [richtig]?

is my hat [on] straight? — sitzt mein Hut [richtig]?

put straight — geradeziehen [Krawatte]; gerade aufsetzen [Hut]; gerade hängen [Bild]; aufräumen [Zimmer, Sachen]; richtig stellen [Fehler, Missverständnis]

put things straight — alles in Ordnung bringen

put things straight with somebody — mit jemandem alles klären

get something straight — (fig.) etwas genau od. richtig verstehen

let's get it or things or the facts straight — wir sollten alles genau klären

get this straight! — merk dir das [ein für allemal]!

put somebody straight — jemanden aufklären

put or set the record straight — die Sache od. das richtig stellen
2. adverb
1) (in a straight line) gerade

she came straight at me — sie kam geradewegs auf mich zu

straight opposite — genau gegenüber

head straight for the wall — genau auf die Mauer zusteuern

go straight — (fig.): (give up crime) ein bürgerliches Leben führen

2) (directly) geradewegs

straight after — sofort nach

come straight to the point — direkt od. gleich zur Sache kommen

look somebody straight in the eye — jemandem direkt in die Augen blicken

straight ahead or on — immer geradeaus

they went straight ahead and did it — sie taten es sofort

3) (honestly, frankly) aufrichtig

give it to me straight — sei ganz offen zu mir!

he came straight out with it — er sagte es ohne Umschweife

I told him straight [out] that... — ich sagte [es] ihm ins Gesicht, dass...

play straight with somebody — mit jemandem ein ehrliches Spiel spielen

4) (upright) gerade [sitzen, stehen, wachsen]

5) (accurately) zielsicher

he can't shoot [very] straight — er ist nicht [sehr] zielsicher

6) (clearly) klar [sehen, denken]
3. noun
(straight stretch) gerade Strecke; (Sport) Gerade, die

final or home or finishing straight — (Sport; also fig.) Zielgerade, die

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[streit] 1. adjective
1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) gerade, glatt

2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) ehrlich

3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) ordentlich

4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) ordentlich

5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) pur

6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) nicht verzogen

7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) konventionell
2. adverb
1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) gerade(wegs)

2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) direkt

3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) anständig
3. noun
(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) die Gerade

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straight

[streɪt]

I. n

1. (race track) Gerade f

in the finishing [or home] \straight in der Zielgeraden

2. CARDS Sequenz f; (in poker) Straight m

3.

▶ stay on [or keep to] the \straight and narrow ( saying) bleibe im Lande und nähre dich redlich prov

II. adj

1. (without curve) gerade; back, nose gerade; hair glatt; skirt gerade geschnitten; line gerade; road, row, furrow [schnur]gerade

is my tie \straight? sitzt mein Schlips richtig?

the picture isn't \straight das Bild hängt schief

he landed a \straight punch to the face sein Hieb landete geradewegs im Gesicht

as \straight as a die [or AM pin] (of posture) kerzengerade; (honest) grundehrlich, absolut ehrlich

2. (frank) advice, denial, refusal offen, freimütig; (honest) ehrlich

I think we better do a bit of \straight talking ich finde, wir sollten einmal ganz offen miteinander reden

▪ to be \straight with sb aufrichtig [o ehrlich] mit jdm sein

a \straight answer eine offene [und ehrliche] Antwort

to do \straight dealings with sb mit jdm offen und ehrlich verhandeln

to go \straight ( fam) keine krummen Sachen machen fam, sich dat nichts zuschulden kommen lassen

3. inv ( fam: conventional) brav pej

he looks pretty \straight wearing a tie mit Krawatte sieht er ziemlich spießig aus

4. (heterosexual) heterosexuell, hetero fam

5. (plain) einfach; (undiluted) pur

\straight gin/Scotch Gin m/Scotch m pur

vodka \straight Wodka m pur

6. (simply factual) tatsachengetreu, nur auf Fakten basierend attr

\straight reporting objektive Berichterstattung

7. (clear, uncomplicated) klar

well done, Tim, that was \straight thinking gut gemacht, Tim, da hast du wirklich scharf überlegt

just give me a \straight yes or no sag doch ganz einfach ja oder nein!

we both liked each other's jumpers, so we did a \straight swap uns gefiel jeweils der Pullover des anderen und da haben wir einfach getauscht

\straight answer eindeutige Antwort; (in exams)

\straight A's glatte Einser

he's a \straight A candidate er ist ein Einserkandidat

8. attr, inv (consecutive) aufeinanderfolgend, in Folge nach n

the team has won ten \straight games this season das Team hat in dieser Saison zehn Spiele hintereinander gewonnen

\straight flush CARDS Straight[flush] m

the \straight line of succession to the throne die Thronfolge in direkter Linie

to win/lose in \straight sets TENNIS mehrere Sätze hintereinander gewinnen/verlieren

9. ( fam: serious) ernst[haft]; (not laughing) ernst; (traditional) traditionell, konventionell

there's a lot of \straight theatre at the festival beim Festival wird viel Althergebrachtes geboten

to keep a \straight face [or one's face \straight] ernst bleiben

to make [or put on] a \straight face ein ernstes Gesicht machen, eine ernste Miene aufsetzen

\straight actor/actress THEAT Schauspieler/Schauspielerin des ernsten Fachs

\straight production [or play] ernstes Stück

10. pred ( fam: quits)

▪ to be \straight quitt sein fam

11. ( fam: no drugs or alcohol) sauber, clean sl

‘Getting S\straight’ programme [or AM program] Entziehungskur f

12. pred (in order) in Ordnung; (clarified) geklärt

to put things \straight (tidy) Ordnung schaffen; (organize) etwas auf die Reihe kriegen fam, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ a. etwas schaffen

let's get this \straight, you need £500 tomorrow or else... stellen wir einmal klar: entweder du hast bis morgen 500 Pfund, oder...

and get this \straight, I'm not lending you any more money damit das klar ist: ich leihe dir keine müde Mark mehr

to put [or set] sb \straight about sth jdm Klarheit über etw akk verschaffen

III. adv

1. (in a line) gerade[aus]

go \straight along this road folgen Sie immer dieser Straße

he drove \straight into the tree er fuhr frontal gegen den Baum

the village lay \straight ahead of us das Dorf lag genau vor uns

after a couple of gins, I was having difficulty walking \straight nach ein paar Gins konnte ich kaum noch gerade gehen

the dog seemed to be coming \straight at me der Hund schien direkt auf mich zuzukommen

the arrow went \straight through the canvas der Pfeil ging glatt durch die Leinwand

she told me to go \straight ahead with designing the dress sie befahl mir, auf der Stelle mit dem Entwerfen des Kleides anzufangen

to look \straight ahead geradeaus schauen

2. inv (directly) direkt fam

shall we go \straight to the party or stop off at a pub first? sollen wir gleich zur Party fahren oder schauen wir zuerst in einer Kneipe vorbei?

to look sb \straight in the eye jdm direkt in die Augen sehen [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ schauen

3. inv (immediately) sofort

I got home and went \straight to bed ich kam nach Hause und ging sofort schlafen

we've got to leave \straight away wir müssen unverzüglich aufbrechen

she said \straight off [or away] that she had no time on Friday sie sagte von vornherein, dass sie am Freitag keine Zeit habe

to get \straight to the point sofort [o ohne Umschweife] zur Sache kommen

4. ( fam: honestly) offen [und ehrlich]

tell me \straight, would you rather we didn't go out tonight? nun sag mal ganz ehrlich, wäre es dir lieber, wenn wir heute Abend nicht weggingen?

I told him \straight that I didn't like his tie ich sagte ihm geradeheraus, dass mir seine Krawatte nicht gefiele

\straight up, I only paid £20 for the fridge für den Kühlschrank habe ich echt nur 20 Pfund bezahlt

5. (clearly) klar

after five glasses of wine I couldn't see \straight nach fünf Gläsern Wein konnte ich nicht mehr richtig sehen

I'm so tired I can't think \straight any more ich bin so müde, dass ich nicht mehr klar denken kann

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[streɪt]
1. adj (+er)

1) gerade; shot, pass direkt; stance, posture aufrecht; hair glatt; skirt, trousers gerade geschnitten

your tie isn't straight — deine Krawatte sitzt schief

the picture isn't straight —

your hem isn't straight — dein Saum ist nicht gerade

to pull sth straight — etw gerade ziehen

is my hat on straight? — sitzt mein Hut gerade?

please put the picture straight —

hold yourself straight — gerade!

as straight as a die (Brit) — kerzengerade; road schnurgerade

to keep a straight face, to keep one's face straight — ernst bleiben, das Gesicht nicht verziehen

with a straight face — ohne die Miene zu verziehen

straight left/right (Boxing) — gerade Linke/Rechte

2) (= clear) thinking klar

to get things straight in one's mind — sich (dat) der Dinge klar werden

3) (= frank) answer, talking, question offen, direkt; piece of advice offen, ehrlich; denial, refusal direkt, ohne Umschweife; (= honest) person, dealings ehrlich

to be straight with sb — offen und ehrlich zu jdm sein

to keep sb straight — dafür sorgen, dass jd ehrlich bleibt or nicht auf die schiefe Bahn gerät (inf)

to play a straight bat ( Brit fig ) — ein faires Spiel spielen

straight arrow ( US inf ) — biederer Mensch

4) (= plain, straightforward) drink pur; (POL) fight direkt; yes or no, choice, exam pass einfach

straight A's — glatte Einsen pl

she's a straight A student — sie hat alles Einsen

to vote the straight ticket ( US Pol ) — seine Stimme einer einzigen Partei (dat) geben

he's a straight Democrat — er ist ein hundertprozentiger Demokrat

to have a straight choice between... — nur die Wahl zwischen... haben

5) (= continuous) ununterbrochen

for the third straight day (US) —

the straight line of succession to the throne — die Thronfolge in der direkten Linie

our team had ten straight wins — unsere Mannschaft gewann zehnmal hintereinander or in ununterbrochener Folge

in straight sets/games (win) — ohne Satz-/Spielverlust; (lose) ohne Satz-/Spielgewinn, in aufeinanderfolgenden Sätzen/Spielen

6) (THEAT) production konventionell; actor ernsthaft

a straight play — ein reines Drama

7) pred (in order) house, room ordentlich; paperwork in Ordnung

to be ( all) straight — in Ordnung sein; ( fig

now we're straight — jetzt haben wir die Sache geklärt

let's get this straight — das wollen wir mal klarstellen

and get this straight — und damit wir uns richtig verstehen

to put or set sb straight about sth — jdm etw klarmachen

if I give you a fiver, then we'll be straight (inf) — wenn ich dir einen Fünfer gebe, sind wir quitt

8) (inf: heterosexual) hetero (inf); (= conventional) etabliert, spießig (pej)

9) (DRUGS inf) clean (inf)

I've been straight for three years now — ich bin jetzt seit drei Jahren clean (inf)

2. adv

1) hold, walk, fly, shoot, grow gerade; sit up, stand up aufrecht, gerade; hit genau; leap at, aim for direkt; above genau, direkt; across direkt

straight through sth — glatt durch etw

he came straight at me — er kam direkt or geradewegs auf mich zu

it went straight up in the air — es flog senkrecht in die Luft

to look straight ahead —

the town lay straight ahead of us — die Stadt lag direkt or genau vor uns

the airport is straight ahead —

go straight ahead with your plan — führen Sie Ihren Plan wie vorgesehen durch

to drive straight on — geradeaus weiterfahren

he drove straight into a tree — er fuhr direkt or voll (inf) gegen einen Baum

the arrow went straight to the target — der Pfeil traf genau ins Ziel

to go straight (criminal) — keine krummen Sachen (mehr) machen (inf)

2) (= directly) direkt

I went straight home — ich ging direkt or sofort nach Hause

to look sb straight in the eye — jdm direkt or genau in die Augen sehen

3) (= immediately) sofort

straight after this — sofort or unmittelbar danach

straight away or off —

he said straight off that... — er sagte ohne Umschweife or sofort, dass...

to come straight to the point — sofort or gleich zur Sache kommen

4) (= clearly) think, see klar

5) (= frankly) offen, rundheraus, ohne Umschweife

I'll give it to you straight, you're fired — ich sage es Ihnen rundheraus or ohne Umschweife, Sie sind entlassen

straight out (inf) — unverblümt (inf), rundheraus

to give or tell sb sth/it straight from the shoulder —

straight up, I got fifty quid for it (inf) — echt, ich habe fünfzig Pfund dafür gekriegt (inf)

I got fifty quid for it – straight up? (inf) — ich habe fünfzig Pfund dafür gekriegt – echt? (inf)

6) (THEAT) play, produce konventionell

7) drink pur

3. n

1) (= straight part) (on race track) Gerade f; (on road, RAIL) gerade Strecke

the final straight — die Zielgerade

in the straight — auf der Geraden

the straight and narrow — der Pfad der Tugend

to keep sb on the straight and narrow — dafür sorgen, dass jd ehrlich bleibt or nicht auf die schiefe Bahn gerät

to stay on or keep to the straight and narrow — auf dem Pfad der Tugend bleiben

2) (= straight line) Gerade f

to cut sth on the straight — etw gerade ( ab)schneiden; cloth etw am Faden(lauf) entlang schneiden

3) (inf: heterosexual) Hetero m (inf)

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straight [streıt]

A adj (adv straightly)

1. gerade (Beine etc):

straight hair glattes Haar;

straight line gerade Linie, MATH Gerade f;

keep the car in a straight line die Spur halten;

keep a straight face das Gesicht nicht verziehen, engS. ernst bleiben;

put straight ein Bild etc gerade hängen; → stand up A 1 b

2. a straight left (right) (Boxen) eine linke (rechte) Gerade;

in straight sets (Tennis etc) ohne Satzverlust;

his third straight win SPORT sein dritter Sieg in (ununterbrochener Reihen)Folge

3. in Ordnung, ordentlich:

put straight in Ordnung bringen;

put things straight Ordnung schaffen;

put a few things straight einige Dinge klarstellen;

set sb straight jemandem einen Zahn ziehen umg;

set sb straight on ( oder about) jemandes Meinung über (akk) richtigstellen

4. a) offen, ehrlich

b) ehrlich, reell (Geschäftsmann etc): → die² 1

5. anständig (Leben etc)

6. umg zuverlässig, sicher (Tipp etc)

7. geradlinig, folgerichtig (Denken etc)

8. POL US hundertprozentig (Republikaner etc)

9. pur:

drink one’s whisky straight

10. a) THEAT konventionell (Stück)

b) THEAT effektlos (Spiel)

c) gewöhnlich, normal (Roman etc)

11. WIRTSCH US mit festem Preis, ohne Mengenrabatt

12. AUTO, TECH Reihen…:

straight engine

13. umg quitt:

we’re straight

14. sl spießig

15. sl

a) hetero (heterosexuell)

b) clean, sauber (nicht mehr drogenabhängig)

B adv

1. gerade(aus):

go straight on

2. richtig:

he does not see straight;

I can’t think straight ich kann nicht (mehr) klar denken;

get sb straight sl jemanden richtig verstehen

3. direkt, gerade, gerade(s)wegs, unmittelbar:

he comes straight from London; → horse A 1, shoulder A 1

4. oft straight out rundheraus, klipp und klar:

she told him straight out what she thought of him

5. umg go straight keine krummen Sachen mehr machen;

play it straight

a) es ernst meinen,

b) kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen;

play it straight with me

a) nur heraus mit der Wahrheit!,

b) mir gegenüber brauchst du kein Blatt vor den Mund zu nehmen

6. straight away ( oder off) sofort, auf der Stelle, gleich

7. ohne Eis (Cocktail)

8. straight up? Br umg echt?, ehrlich?

C s

1. Geradheit f:

out of the straight krumm, schief

2. SPORT (Gegen-, Ziel) Gerade f

3. SPORT (Erfolgs-, Treffer- etc) Serie f

4. Poker: Straight m (Folge von 5 Karten beliebiger Farbe)

5. fig be on ( oder keep to) the straight and narrow auf dem Pfad der Tugend wandeln;

go off ( oder stray from) the straight and narrow auf die schiefe Bahn geraten

6. sl Spießer(in)

7. sl

a) Hetero m

b) jemand, der clean ist

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1. adjective
1) gerade; aufrecht [Haltung]; glatt [Haar]

in a straight line — in gerader Linie

2) (not having been bent) ausgestreckt [Arm, Bein]; durchgedrückt [Knie]

3) (not misshapen) gerade [Bein]

4) (Fashion) gerade geschnitten

5) (undiluted, unmodified) unvermischt

have or drink whisky/gin straight — Whisky/Gin pur trinken

a straight choice — eine klare Wahl

6) (successive) fortlaufend

win in straight sets — (Tennis) ohne Satzverlust gewinnen

the team had ten straight wins — die Mannschaft hat zehn Spiele hintereinander gewonnen

straight As — (Amer.) lauter Einsen

7) (undeviating) direkt [Blick, Schlag, Schuss, Pass, Ball, Weg]

8) (candid) geradlinig [Person]; ehrlich [Antwort]; klar [Abfuhr, Weigerung, Verurteilung]; unmissverständlich [Rat]

straight dealings/speaking — direkte Verhandlungen/unverblümte Sprache

a straight answer to a straight question — eine klare Antwort auf eine klare Frage

he did some straight talking with her — er sprach sich mit ihr offen aus

be straight with somebody — zu jemandem offen sein

9) (Theatre) ernst; (not avant-garde) konventionell

10) (in good order, not askew)

the accounts are straight — die Bücher sind in Ordnung

the picture is straight — das Bild hängt gerade

is my hair/tie straight? — sitzt meine Frisur/Krawatte [richtig]?

is my hat [on] straight? — sitzt mein Hut [richtig]?

put straight — geradeziehen [Krawatte]; gerade aufsetzen [Hut]; gerade hängen [Bild]; aufräumen [Zimmer, Sachen]; richtig stellen [Fehler, Missverständnis]

put things straight — alles in Ordnung bringen

put things straight with somebody — mit jemandem alles klären

get something straight — (fig.) etwas genau od. richtig verstehen

let's get it or things or the facts straight — wir sollten alles genau klären

get this straight! — merk dir das [ein für allemal]!

put somebody straight — jemanden aufklären

put or set the record straight — die Sache od. das richtig stellen
2. adverb
1) (in a straight line) gerade

she came straight at me — sie kam geradewegs auf mich zu

straight opposite — genau gegenüber

head straight for the wall — genau auf die Mauer zusteuern

go straight — (fig.): (give up crime) ein bürgerliches Leben führen

2) (directly) geradewegs

straight after — sofort nach

come straight to the point — direkt od. gleich zur Sache kommen

look somebody straight in the eye — jemandem direkt in die Augen blicken

straight ahead or on — immer geradeaus

they went straight ahead and did it — sie taten es sofort

3) (honestly, frankly) aufrichtig

give it to me straight — sei ganz offen zu mir!

he came straight out with it — er sagte es ohne Umschweife

I told him straight [out] that... — ich sagte [es] ihm ins Gesicht, dass...

play straight with somebody — mit jemandem ein ehrliches Spiel spielen

4) (upright) gerade [sitzen, stehen, wachsen]

5) (accurately) zielsicher

he can't shoot [very] straight — er ist nicht [sehr] zielsicher

6) (clearly) klar [sehen, denken]
3. noun
(straight stretch) gerade Strecke; (Sport) Gerade, die

final or home or finishing straight — (Sport; also fig.) Zielgerade, die

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adj.

direkt adj.

gerade adj.

geradewegs adj.

rein adj.

unmittelbar adj.

unverfälscht adj.

English-german dictionary > straight
4 look

luk
1. verb
1) (to turn the eyes in a certain direction so as to see, to find, to express etc: He looked out of the window; I've looked everywhere, but I can't find him; He looked at me (angrily).) mirar

2) (to seem: It looks as if it's going to rain; She looks sad.) parecer

3) (to face: The house looks west.) dar a

2. noun
1) (the act of looking or seeing: Let me have a look!) ojeada

2) (a glance: a look of surprise.) mirada

3) (appearance: The house had a look of neglect.) aspecto, apariencia

•

- look-alike
- - looking
- looks
- looker-on
- looking-glass
- lookout
- by the looks of
- by the look of
- look after
- look ahead
- look down one's nose at
- look down on
- look for
- look forward to
- look here!
- look in on
- look into
- look on
- look out
- look out!
- look over
- look through
- look up
- look up to

look¹ n

1. mirada / vistazo

have a look at this echa una mirada a esto

2. expresión

he had a strange look on his face su cara reflejaba una expresión extraña

3. aspecto / pinta

I don't like the look of those clouds no me gusta el aspecto de esas nubes

good looks belleza / buen parecido

good looks are not everything la belleza no lo es todo

look² vb

1. mirar

she looked at the magazine miró la revista

what are you looking at? ¿qué miras?

2. parecer / tener aspecto

it looks easy, but it's difficult parece fácil, pero es difícil

that steak looks good ese filete tiene buen aspecto

to look as if parecer que

it looks as if it's going to rain parece que va a llover

to look forward to tener ganas de / hacer ilusión

I'm looking forward to going on holiday tengo ganas de irme de vacaciones

we're looking forward to the party la fiesta nos hace ilusión

look out! ¡cuidado!

look

tr[lʊk]

intransitive verb

1 mirar (at, -)

■ look at her running mira cómo corre

■ what are they looking at? ¿qué miran?

2 (seem) parecer

■ that doesn't look difficult eso no parece difícil

■ you're looking well tienes buen aspecto

■ how do I look? ¿qué tal estoy?

■ he looks tired parece cansado

■ it looks that way eso parece

transitive verb

1 mirar

■ they looked him up and down lo miraron de arriba abajo

■ I can't look him in the face no puedo mirarle a la cara

2 (seem) parecer

■ he doesn't look his age no aparenta la edad que tiene

■ she always looks her best siempre cuida su apariencia

3 familiar (plan) pensar, tener pensado,-a

■ she's looking to buy a flat piensa comprarse un piso

noun

1 (glance) mirada

■ have a look at this mira esto

■ she took one look at him and laughed nada más mirarlo se puso a reír

2 (appearance) aspecto, apariencia

■ her haircut gives her a new look el corte de pelo le da un nuevo aire

■ I didn't like the look of it me dio mala espina

3 (expression) expresión nombre femenino

■ I could tell by the look of him that he wasn't at all interested a juzgar por su expresión no le interesaba lo más mínimo

4 (fashion) moda

■ I'm not into the punk look no me va la moda punk

interjection

1 ¡mira!

plural noun looks

1 belleza f sing

■ she's kept her looks throughout the years a pesar de los años sigue siendo guapa

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

by the look(s) of it por lo visto

look alive! / look lively! familiar ¡espabílate!

look before you leap antes de que te cases mira lo que haces

not to be much to look at familiar no ser demasiado guapo,-a, no ser ninguna belleza

to have a look for something buscar algo

to look around for something andar buscando algo

to look down one's nose at somebody mirar a alguien mal

to look on the bright side (of things) mirar el lado bueno de las cosas

to look sharp SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar (hurry) darse prisa 2 (be careful) tener cuidado

to look well on somebody sentar bien a alguien

look ['lʊk] vi

1) glance: mirar

to look out the window: mirar por la ventana

2) investigate: buscar, mirar

look in the closet: busca en el closet

look before you leap: mira lo que haces

3) seem: parecer

he looks happy: parece estar contento

I look like my mother: me parezco a mi madre

4)

to look after : cuidar, cuidar de

5)

to look for expect: esperar

6)

to look for seek: buscar

look vt

: mirar

look n

1) glance: mirada f

2) expression: cara f

a look of disapproval: una cara de desaprobación

3) aspect: aspecto m, apariencia f, aire m

look

expr.

• mira v.

n.

• ademán s.m.

• apariencia s.f.

• aspecto s.m.

• búsqueda s.f.

• cara s.f.

• cariz s.m.

• empaque s.m.

• facha s.f.

• gesto s.m.

• mirada s.f.

• miramiento s.m.

• ojeada s.f.

• parecer s.m.

• vista s.f.

• vistazo s.m.

v.

• buscar v.

• mirar v.

• observar v.

• parecer v.

lʊk
I

noun

1) ( glance) mirada f

if looks could kill... — si las miradas mataran...

she got some odd looks — la miraron como a un bicho raro (fam)

to have o take a look at something/somebody — echarle un vistazo a algo/alguien

I bought this - let's have a look — compré esto - ¿a ver?

let's have a look at you — déjame que te vea (bien)

have o take a good look at the picture — fíjate bien en el cuadro, mira bien el cuadro

I had a quick look at the newspaper — le eché una ojeada al periódico

I'll have to take a long, hard look at the figures — tendré que estudiar detenidamente las cifras

a look back over the week's events — un vistazo a los acontecimientos de la semana

2) (search, examination)

have a look for my pipe, will you? — mira a ver si me encuentras la pipa, por favor

do you mind if I take a look around? — ¿le importa si echo un vistazo?

3)

a) ( expression) cara f

with a look of despair — con cara de desesperación

b) ( appearance) aire m

the house had a familiar look about it — la casa tenía un aire familiar

I don't like the look of his friend — no me gusta el aspecto or (fam) la pinta de su amigo

by the look(s) of things — según parece

he's down on his luck by the look(s) of him — a juzgar por su aspecto, está pasando una mala racha

c) ( Clothing) moda f, look m

I need a new look — tengo que cambiar de imagen

d) looks pl ( beauty) belleza f

she was attracted by his good looks — la atrajo lo guapo or (AmL tb) lo buen mozo que era

she hasn't lost her looks — sigue tan guapa como siempre

II
1.

1) intransitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) (see, glance) mirar

I looked around — ( behind) me volví a mirar or miré hacia atrás; ( all around) miré a mi alrededor

to look away — apartar la vista

to look down — ( lower eyes) bajar la vista; (from tower, clifftop) mirar hacia abajo

we looked down over the city — contemplamos la ciudad que se extendía a nuestros pies

look into my eyes — mírame a los ojos

look out (of) the window — mira por la ventana

he looked straight o right through me — me miró sin verme

to look up — ( raise eyes) levantar la vista; (toward ceiling, sky) mirar hacia arriba

he looked up at the moon — miró a la luna

she looked up from her book — levantó la vista del libro

to look on the bright side of something — ver* el lado bueno or positivo de algo

to look the other way — ( ignore) hacer* la vista gorda; ( lit) mirar para otro lado, apartar la vista

b) (as interj)

look! a squirrel! — mira! una ardilla!

(now) look here — oye tú!, escucha un momento!

c) ( face)

our window looks north — nuestra ventana da al norte or está orientada al norte

to look ONTO something — dar* a algo

3) (search, investigate) mirar, buscar*

look and see if there's any mail — fíjate a ver si hay correo

you need look no further — no necesita buscar más

look before you leap — mira lo que haces, mira dónde te metes

Sense II

4) (seem, appear)

he looks well/ill — tiene buena/mala cara

she looks unhappy — parece (que está) triste, se la ve triste (AmL)

don't look so shocked — no pongas esa cara de asombro

he looks like his father — se parece a su padre

it looks like a camel — parece un camello

he's 60, but looks 20 years younger — tiene 60 años, pero aparenta 20 menos

you made me look a fool — me hiciste quedar en ridículo

I wanted to look my best — quería estar lo mejor posible

how does it look to you? — ¿a ti qué te parece?

it looks like rain — parece que va a llover

will they stay? - it looks like it — ¿se quedarán? - parece que sí or eso parece

to look as if o as though: it looks as though it's healing nicely parece que está cicatrizando bien; you look as though you could use a drink me da la impresión de que no te vendría mal un trago; to look alive o lively o (BrE also) sharp — (colloq) espabilar (fam)

2.

look vt mirar

he looked me straight in the eye — me miró a los ojos

to look somebody up and down — mirar a algn de arriba (a) abajo

look where you're going! — mira por dónde vas!

look who's here! — mira quién está aquí!

Phrasal Verbs:

- look after

- look ahead

- look around

- look at

- look back

- look down on

- look for

- look forward to

- look in

- look into

- look on

- look out

- look out for

- look over

- look round

- look through

- look to

- look up

- look upon

- look up to

[lʊk]
1. N

1) (=glance) mirada f, vistazo m

• to have a look at sth — echar un vistazo a algo

let me have a look — déjame ver

have a look at this! — ¡mira esto!, ¡échale un vistazo a esto!

shall we have a look round the town? — ¿damos una vuelta por la ciudad?

to have a look round a house — inspeccionar una casa

• to take a look at sth — echar un vistazo a algo

take a look at this! — ¡míra esto!, ¡échale un vistazo a esto!

to take a good look at sth — mirar algo detenidamente

to take a long hard look at o.s. — (fig) examinarse a sí mismo detenidamente

take a long hard look before deciding — antes de decidir conviene pensar muchísimo

• do you want a look? — ¿quieres verlo?

2) (=expression) mirada f

she gave me a dirty look — me echó una mirada de odio

he gave me a furious look — me miró furioso, me lanzó una mirada furiosa

a look of despair — una cara de desesperación

we got some very odd looks — la gente nos miró extrañada

if looks could kill*... — si las miradas mataran...

3) (=search)

to have a look for sth — buscar algo

I've had a good look for it already — lo he buscado ya en todas partes

have another look! — ¡vuelve a buscar!

4) (=air, appearance) aire m, aspecto m, pinta * f

there's a mischievous look about that child — ese niño tiene pinta de pillo *

he had a sad look — tenía un aspecto or aire triste

he had the look of a sailor — tenía aire de marinero

• by the look(s) of it or things — a juzgar por las apariencias

by the look(s) of him... — viéndole, se diría que...

• you can't go by looks alone — es arriesgado juzgar por las apariencias nada más

• to like the look of sb/sth, I don't like the look of him — me cae mal, no me fío de él

I don't like the look of it — no me gusta nada

5) looks (=attractiveness)

looks aren't everything — la belleza no lo es todo

• good looks — belleza fsing

• she has kept her looks — sigue tan guapa como siempre

• she's losing her looks — no es tan guapa como antes

6) (=fashion) moda f, estilo m

the 1999 look — la moda de 1999

• the new look — la nueva moda

I need a new look — quiero cambiar de imagen

2. VI

1) (=see, glance) mirar

look! — ¡mira!

look here! — ¡oye!

just look! — ¡mira!, ¡fíjate!

I'll look and see — voy a ver

look how she does it — fíjate cómo lo hace

look who's here! — ¡mira quién está aquí!

• to look into sb's eyes — mirarle a los ojos a algn

• to look the other way — (lit) mirar para el otro lado; (fig) hacer como que no se da cuenta

• to be looking over sb's shoulder — (fig) estar siempre vigilando a algn

- look down one's nose at sth/sb

- look before you leap

2) (=search)

look again! — ¡vuelve a buscar!

you can't have looked far — no has mirado mucho

you should have looked more carefully — tendrías que haber mirado mejor

3) (=seem, appear) parecer, verse (LAm)

he looks about 60 (years old) — aparenta tener alrededor de los 60 años

• to look one's age — aparentar or representar su edad

she doesn't look her age — no aparenta or representa la edad que tiene

• it looks all right to me — me parece que está bien

• it will look bad — (fig) quedará mal

• he wanted to look his best for the interview — quería estar lo mejor (arreglado) posible para la entrevista

I don't look my best first thing in the morning — cuando me levanto por la mañana no estoy muy guapa que digamos

• he just does it to look big * — lo hace solo para impresionar

• they made me look a fool — me hicieron quedar como un idiota

• they made me look foolish — me hicieron quedar en ridículo

• he looks good in a uniform — está muy guapo en uniforme

Manchester United are looking good for the championship — el Manchester United tiene muchas posibilidades de ganar el campeonato

it looks good on you — te sienta bien

• he looks happy — parece contento

• she wasn't looking herself — parecía otra, no parecía la misma

• how does it look to you? — ¿qué te parece?

how do I look? — ¿cómo estoy?

• she's 70 but doesn't look it — tiene 70 años pero no los aparenta or representa

• look lively! * — ¡muévete! *

• that cake looks nice — ese pastel tiene buena pinta *

• that hairstyle makes her look old — ese peinado la hace parece mayor

• to look the part — (fig) parecerlo

• she looked prettier than ever — estaba más guapa que nunca

• how pretty you look! — ¡qué guapa estás!

• it looks promising — parece prometedor

• to make sb look small — (fig) rebajar a algn

• he looked surprised — hizo un gesto de extrañeza

• he looks tired — parece cansado

• to look well — [person] tener buena cara

it looks well — parece muy bien, tiene buena apariencia

4)

• to look like —

a) (=be in appearance)

what does she look like? — ¿cómo es físicamente?

b)

to look like sb — (=resemble) parecerse a algn

he looks like his brother — se parece a su hermano

this photo doesn't look like him — la foto no se le parece, en esta foto no parece él

c) (=seem)

it looks like cheese to me — a mí me parece (que es) queso

the festival looks like being lively — la fiesta se anuncia animada

it looks like rain — parece que va a llover

it certainly looks like it — parece que sí

5)

• to look as if or as though: it looks as if or as though the train will be late — parece que el tren va a llegar tarde

try to look as if or as though you're glad to see me — haz como que te alegras de verme

it doesn't look as if or as though he's coming — parece que no va a venir

6) (=face)

• it looks south — [house] mira hacia el sur, está orientada hacia el sur

7) (=seek)

• they are looking to make a profit — quieren sacar ganancias

3. VT

1) (=look at) mirar

to look sb (straight) in the eye(s) or in the face — mirar directamente a los ojos de algn

I would never be able to look her in the eye(s) or face again — no podría resistir su mirada, siempre me avergonzaría al verla

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

2) (=pay attention to)

• look what you've done now! — ¡mira lo que has hecho!

• look where you're going! — ¡fíjate por donde vas!

- look about

- look after

- look ahead

- look around

- look at

- look away

- look back

- look down

- look down on

- look for

- look forward

- look forward to

- look in

- look into

- look on

- look onto

- look out

- look out for

- look over

- look round

- look through

- look to

- look up

- look upon

- look up to
LOOK FOR
Omission of article
► Don't translate the article "a" in sentences like I'm looking for a flat, when the number of such things is not significant since people normally only look for one at a time:
I'm looking for a flat Estoy buscando piso
He's looking for a secretary Busca secretaria The personal a is not used before people when the article is omitted as above. ► Do translate the article when the thing or person is qualified:
He's looking for a little flat Busca un piso pequeño NOTE: When translating examples like I'm looking for someone to... translate the English to-infinitive using que + ((subjunctive)):
I'm looking for someone to help with the children Busco a alguien que me ayude con los niños
I'm looking for a mechanic to repair my car Busco a un mecánico que me arregle el coche For further uses and examples, see main entry
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I

noun

1) ( glance) mirada f

if looks could kill... — si las miradas mataran...

she got some odd looks — la miraron como a un bicho raro (fam)

to have o take a look at something/somebody — echarle un vistazo a algo/alguien

I bought this - let's have a look — compré esto - ¿a ver?

let's have a look at you — déjame que te vea (bien)

have o take a good look at the picture — fíjate bien en el cuadro, mira bien el cuadro

I had a quick look at the newspaper — le eché una ojeada al periódico

I'll have to take a long, hard look at the figures — tendré que estudiar detenidamente las cifras

a look back over the week's events — un vistazo a los acontecimientos de la semana

2) (search, examination)

have a look for my pipe, will you? — mira a ver si me encuentras la pipa, por favor

do you mind if I take a look around? — ¿le importa si echo un vistazo?

3)

a) ( expression) cara f

with a look of despair — con cara de desesperación

b) ( appearance) aire m

the house had a familiar look about it — la casa tenía un aire familiar

I don't like the look of his friend — no me gusta el aspecto or (fam) la pinta de su amigo

by the look(s) of things — según parece

he's down on his luck by the look(s) of him — a juzgar por su aspecto, está pasando una mala racha

c) ( Clothing) moda f, look m

I need a new look — tengo que cambiar de imagen

d) looks pl ( beauty) belleza f

she was attracted by his good looks — la atrajo lo guapo or (AmL tb) lo buen mozo que era

she hasn't lost her looks — sigue tan guapa como siempre

II
1.

1) intransitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) (see, glance) mirar

I looked around — ( behind) me volví a mirar or miré hacia atrás; ( all around) miré a mi alrededor

to look away — apartar la vista

to look down — ( lower eyes) bajar la vista; (from tower, clifftop) mirar hacia abajo

we looked down over the city — contemplamos la ciudad que se extendía a nuestros pies

look into my eyes — mírame a los ojos

look out (of) the window — mira por la ventana

he looked straight o right through me — me miró sin verme

to look up — ( raise eyes) levantar la vista; (toward ceiling, sky) mirar hacia arriba

he looked up at the moon — miró a la luna

she looked up from her book — levantó la vista del libro

to look on the bright side of something — ver* el lado bueno or positivo de algo

to look the other way — ( ignore) hacer* la vista gorda; ( lit) mirar para otro lado, apartar la vista

b) (as interj)

look! a squirrel! — mira! una ardilla!

(now) look here — oye tú!, escucha un momento!

c) ( face)

our window looks north — nuestra ventana da al norte or está orientada al norte

to look ONTO something — dar* a algo

3) (search, investigate) mirar, buscar*

look and see if there's any mail — fíjate a ver si hay correo

you need look no further — no necesita buscar más

look before you leap — mira lo que haces, mira dónde te metes

Sense II

4) (seem, appear)

he looks well/ill — tiene buena/mala cara

she looks unhappy — parece (que está) triste, se la ve triste (AmL)

don't look so shocked — no pongas esa cara de asombro

he looks like his father — se parece a su padre

it looks like a camel — parece un camello

he's 60, but looks 20 years younger — tiene 60 años, pero aparenta 20 menos

you made me look a fool — me hiciste quedar en ridículo

I wanted to look my best — quería estar lo mejor posible

how does it look to you? — ¿a ti qué te parece?

it looks like rain — parece que va a llover

will they stay? - it looks like it — ¿se quedarán? - parece que sí or eso parece

to look as if o as though: it looks as though it's healing nicely parece que está cicatrizando bien; you look as though you could use a drink me da la impresión de que no te vendría mal un trago; to look alive o lively o (BrE also) sharp — (colloq) espabilar (fam)

2.

look vt mirar

he looked me straight in the eye — me miró a los ojos

to look somebody up and down — mirar a algn de arriba (a) abajo

look where you're going! — mira por dónde vas!

look who's here! — mira quién está aquí!

Phrasal Verbs:

- look after

- look ahead

- look around

- look at

- look back

- look down on

- look for

- look forward to

- look in

- look into

- look on

- look out

- look out for

- look over

- look round

- look through

- look to

- look up

- look upon

- look up to

English-spanish dictionary > look
5 straight

streit
1. adjective
1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) recto, liso

2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) honrado, de confianza, sincero, franco

3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) derecho, recto

4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) en orden, arreglado

5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) solo

6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) serio

7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) serio, dramático

2. adverb
1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) recto, directamente

2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) directamente

3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) francamente, con franqueza

3. noun
(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) recta

- straighten
- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
- straight off

straight¹ adj

1. liso

she's got straight hair tiene el pelo liso

2. recto / derecho

a straight line una línea recta

the mirror isn't straight el espejo no está recto

3. en orden

I want everything straight before your mother comes back quiero todo en orden antes de que vuelva tu madre

straight² adv

1. recto / derecho

go straight on down this road sigue todo recto por esta calle

2. directamente

she went straight to the police se dirigió directamente a la policía

straight away enseguida / inmediatamente

straight

tr[streɪt]

adjective

1 (not curved - gen) recto,-a; (- hair) liso,-a

■ a straight road una carretera recta

■ can you walk in a straight line? ¿puedes caminar en línea recta?

2 (level, upright) derecho,-a, recto,-a

■ backs straight! ¡espalda recta!

■ is my tie straight? ¿tengo la corbata recta?

■ the picture isn't straight el cuadro no está recto

■ sit with your back straight siéntate erguido

3 (tidy, neat) en orden, arreglado,-a

■ I must get the house straight tengo que ordenar la casa

4 (honest - person) honrado,-a, de confianza; (sincere) sincero,-a, franco,-a

■ be straight with me sea sincero conmigo

■ give me a straight answer dame una respuesta clara

■ let's do some straight talking hablemos claro

5 (direct - question) directo,-a; (- refusal, rejection) categórico,-a, rotundo,-a

■ he gave me a straight "no" for an answer su respuesta fue un "no" rotundo

6 (correct, accurate) correcto,-a

■ let me get this straight a ver si lo he entendido

■ have you got your facts straight? ¿tienes la información correcta?

7 (consecutive) seguido,-a

■ he worked for five days straight trabajó cinco días seguidos

■ 31 straight wins 31 victorias consecutivas

■ she got straight A's sacó sobresaliente en todo

8 (drink) solo,-a

9 (play, actor, etc) serio,-a, dramático,-a

10 (person - conventional) convencional; (- heterosexual) heterosexual; (non-drug user) que no toma droga

11 familiar (not in debt) solvente

adverb

1 (in a straight line) recto,-a

■ he was staring straight ahead miraba al frente

■ go straight on sigue todo recto

■ it's straight in front of you está delante de tus narices

■ he can't shoot straight no es un tirador certero

2 (not in a curve) derecho,-a, recto,-a

■ sit up straight ponte derecho

3 (directly) directamente

■ he went straight to the fridge se fue directamente a la nevera

■ come straight home vuelve directamente a casa

■ she went straight from school to university pasó directamente del instituto a la universidad

■ go straight to bed vete directamente a la cama

■ the car was coming straight at me el coche venía directo hacia mí

4 (immediately) en seguida

■ straight after lunch inmediatamente después de comer

■ I'll come straight back volveré en seguida

5 (frankly) francamente, con franqueza

■ tell him straight (out) díselo sin rodeos

■ get straight to the point ve al grano

6 (clearly) claro, con claridad

■ I can't think straight no puedo pensar bien

noun

1 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (in race) recta

■ he sped down the final straight bajó la recta final a gran velocidad

2 (in cards) escalera

3 familiar (conventional person) carca nombre masulino o femenino; (heterosexual) heterosexual nombre masulino o femenino; (non-drug user) persona que no se droga

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

as straight as an arrow/die (line, direction) derecho,-a como una vela 2 (person) honrado,-a

the straight and narrow el buen camino

straight from the shoulder sin rodeos

straight away en seguida

straight off sin pensarlo, en el acto

straight up en serio

to go straight (criminal) reformarse

to keep a straight face contener la risa

to play straight (with somebody) jugar limpio (con alguien)

to put/set the record straight dejar las cosas claras, aclarar las cosas, poner las cosas en su lugar

to put/set somebody straight (about something) explicar los hechos a alguien

to vote a/the straight ticket SMALLAMERICAN ENGLISH/SMALL votar a candidatos del mismo partido para todos los cargos

straight choice alternativa clara

straight fight mano a mano nombre masculino

straight profit beneficio limpio

straight swap cambio directo

straight ['streɪt] adv

1) : derecho, directamente

go straight, then turn right: sigue derecho, luego gira a la derecha

2) honestly: honestamente

to go straight: enmendarse

3) clearly: con claridad

4) frankly: francamente, con franqueza

straight adj

1) : recto (dícese de las líneas, etc.), derecho (dícese de algo vertical), lacio (dícese del pelo)

2) honest, just: honesto, justo

3) neat, orderly: arreglado, ordenado

straight

adj.

• derecho, -a adj.

• directo, -a adj.

• engallado, -a adj.

• enhiesto, -a adj.

• erguido, -a adj.

• franco, -a adj.

• liso, -a adj.

• recto, -a adj.

• seguido, -a adj.

• serio, -a adj.

adv.

• derechamente adv.

• derecho adv.

• directamente adv.

• recto adv.

straight* (Sexuality)

n.

• buga* s.m.

I streɪt
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( not curved or wavy) recto; < hair> lacio, liso

to walk in a straight line — caminar en línea recta

keep your knees straight — no dobles las rodillas

he walks with a straight back — camina muy erguido

b) (level, upright, vertical) (pred)

to be straight — estar* derecho

is my tie straight? — ¿tengo la corbata derecha or bien puesta?

your tie isn't straight — llevas or tienes la corbata torcida

2) ( in order) (pred)

is my hair straight? — ¿tengo bien el pelo?

I have to get o put my room straight — tengo que ordenar mi cuarto

if I pay for the coffees, we'll be straight — si pago los cafés quedamos or estamos en paz or (CS) a mano

to get something straight: let's get this straight a ver si nos entendemos; you have to make sure you've got your facts straight tienes que asegurarte de que la información que tienes es correcta; to set the record straight dejar las cosas en claro; to put o set somebody straight about something — aclararle algo a alguien

3)

a) (direct, clear) <denial/refusal> rotundo, categórico

it's a straight choice between buying a car or going on holiday — la alternativa es clara: o se compra un coche o se va de vacaciones

I made $20,000 straight profit — saqué 20.000 dólares limpios de beneficio

she got straight A's — ≈sacó sobresaliente en todo

b) ( unmixed) <gin/vodka> solo

4) (honest, frank) < question> directo; < answer> claro

all I want is a straight yes or no — lo único que quiero es que me digas que sí o que no, sin más

I've been absolutely straight with you about the whole business — no te he ocultado nada del asunto

5) ( successive)

he won in straight sets — ( Sport) ganó sin conceder or sin perder ningún set

she's had five straight wins — ha ganado cinco veces seguidas

this is the fifth straight day it's happened — (AmE) éste es el quinto día seguido que pasa

6)

a) ( serious) <play/actor> dramático, serio

b) ( conventional) (colloq) convencional

c) ( heterosexual) (colloq) heterosexual

II

adverb

1)

a) ( in a straight line) < walk> en línea recta

they live straight across from us — viven justo enfrente de nosotros

she looked straight ahead — miró al frente

the truck was coming straight at me — el camión venía derecho or justo hacia mí

I aimed straight for his heart — le apunté justo al corazón

he made straight for the bar — se fue derecho al bar

look me straight in the eye — mírame a la cara

keep straight on until you come to the lights — sigue derecho hasta llegar al semáforo

the bullet went straight through his arm — la bala le atravesó el brazo

b) ( erect) <sit/stand> derecho

sit up straight — ponte derecho

2)

a) ( directly) directamente

I came straight home from work — vine directamente or derecho a casa después del trabajo

she drank it straight from the bottle — se lo bebió directamente de la botella

I joined the army straight from school — me alisté en el ejército en cuanto terminé el colegio

b) ( immediately)

straight after dinner — inmediatamente después de cenar, en cuanto terminé de cenar

I'll bring it straight back — enseguida lo devuelvo

she said straight off she wasn't paying — (colloq) dijo de entrada que ella no pagaba

I'll come straight to the point — iré derecho or directamente al grano

straight away — straightaway

3) (colloq)

a) ( frankly) con franqueza

she told him straight out — se lo dijo sin rodeos

b) ( honestly)

are you playing straight with me? — ¿estás jugando limpio conmigo?

to go straight: he swore he'd go straight — prometió que se reformaría

4) ( clearly) <see/think> con claridad

I can't think straight — no puedo pensar claro or con claridad

5) ( Theat) < play> de manera clásica

III

noun ( on race track)

the straight — la recta

[streɪt]
1. ADJ
(compar straighter) (superl straightest)
1) (=not bent or curved) [line, road, nose, skirt] recto; [trousers] de perneras estrechas, de pata estrecha *; [hair] lacio, liso; [shoulders] erguido, recto

he couldn't even walk in a straight line — ni siquiera podía caminar en línea recta

she was keeping the boat on a straight course — mantenía el barco navegando en línea recta

to have a straight back — tener la espalda erguida or recta

• I couldn't keep a straight face, I couldn't keep my face straight — no podía mantener la cara seria

she said it with a completely straight face — lo dijo con la cara totalmente seria

2) (=not askew) [picture, rug, hat, hem] derecho

the picture isn't straight — el cuadro está torcido or (LAm) chueco

your tie isn't straight — tienes la corbata torcida, tu corbata no está bien

• to put or set straight — [+ picture, hat, tie, rug] poner derecho

3) (=honest, direct) [answer] franco, directo; [question] directo; [refusal, denial] categórico, rotundo

• all I want is a straight answer to a straight question — lo único que pido es que respondas con franqueza a una pregunta directa

• it's time for some straight talking — es hora de hablar con franqueza or claramente

• to be straight with sb — ser franco con algn, hablar a algn con toda franqueza

- as straight as a die

4) (=unambiguous) claro

is that straight? — ¿está claro?

• to get sth straight, let's get that straight right from the start — vamos a dejar eso claro desde el principio

there are a couple of things we'd better get straight — hay un par de cosas que debemos dejar claras

have you got that straight? — ¿lo has entendido?, ¿está claro?

he had to get things straight in his mind — tenía que aclararse las ideas

he hasn't got his facts straight — no tiene la información correcta

• to put or set sth straight — aclarar algo

to put or set things or matters straight — aclarar las cosas

to put or set the record straight — aclarar las cosas

he soon put or set me straight — enseguida me aclaró las cosas

5) (=tidy, in order) [house, room] arreglado, ordenado; [books, affairs, accounts] en orden

I like to keep my house straight — me gusta tener la casa arreglada or ordenada

the paperwork still isn't straight — los papeles no están todavía en orden

• to get or put sth straight — arreglar algo

6) (=clear-cut, simple) [choice, swap] simple

her latest novel is straight autobiography — su última novela es una simple autobiografía

we made £50 straight profit on the deal — sacamos 50 libras limpias del negocio

a straight cash offer — una oferta de dinero en mano

7) (=consecutive) [victories, defeats, games] consecutivo

this is the fifth straight year that she has won — este es el quinto año consecutivo en el que ha ganado

• to get straight As — sacar sobresaliente en todo

• a straight flush — (in poker) una escalera real

• she lost in straight sets to Pat Hay — (in tennis) perdió contra Pat Hay sin ganar ningún set

• we had ten straight wins — ganamos diez veces seguidas, tuvimos diez victorias consecutivas

8) (=neat) [whisky, vodka] solo

9) (Theat) (=not comic) [part, play, theatre, actor] dramático, serio

10) * (=conventional) [person] de cabeza cuadrada *

she's a nice person, but very straight — es maja pero tiene la cabeza demasiado cuadrada *

11) * (=not owed or owing money)

if I give you a fiver, then we'll be straight — si te doy cinco libras, estamos en paz

12) * (=heterosexual) heterosexual, hetero *

13) * (=not criminal) [person]

he's been straight for two years — ha llevado una vida honrada durante dos años

14) ** (=not using drugs)

I've been straight for 13 years — hace 13 años que dejé las drogas, llevo 13 años desenganchado de las drogas

2. ADV

1) (=in a straight line) [walk, shoot, fly] en línea recta; [grow] recto

they can't even shoot straight — ni siquiera saben disparar en línea recta

he was sitting up very straight — estaba sentado muy derecho or erguido

stand up straight! — ¡ponte derecho or erguido!

• straight above us — directamente encima de nosotros

• it's straight across the road from us — está justo al otro lado de la calle

• to go straight ahead — ir todo recto, ir todo derecho

to look straight ahead — mirar al frente, mirar hacia adelante

straight ahead of us — justo en frente de nosotros

• to look straight at sb — mirar derecho hacia algn

he came straight at me — vino derecho hacia mí

• to hold o.s. straight — mantenerse derecho

• to look sb straight in the eye — mirar directamente a los ojos de algn

to look sb straight in the face — mirar a algn directamente a la cara

• to go straight on — ir todo recto, ir todo derecho

• the bullet went straight through his chest — la bala le atravesó limpiamente el pecho

• I saw a car coming straight towards me — vi un coche que venía derecho hacia mi

• to look straight up — mirar hacia arriba

the cork shot straight up in the air — el corcho salió disparado hacia arriba

2) (=level)

• to hang straight — [picture] estar derecho

the picture isn't hanging straight — el cuadro está torcido or (LAm) chueco

3) (=directly) directamente; (=immediately) inmediatamente

youngsters who move straight from school onto the dole queue — jóvenes que pasan directamente del colegio a la cola del paro

I went straight home/to bed — fui derecho a casa/a la cama

come straight back — vuelve directamente aquí

to come straight to the point — ir al grano

to drink straight from the bottle — beber de la botella

• straight after this — inmediatamente después de esto

• straight away — inmediatamente, en seguida, al tiro (Chile)

• straight off — (=without hesitation) sin vacilar; (=immediately) inmediatamente; (=directly) directamente, sin rodeos

she just went straight off — se marchó sin detenerse

- I heard it straight from the horse's mouth

4) (=frankly) francamente, con franqueza

just give it to me or tell me straight — dímelo francamente or con franqueza

• to tell sb sth straight out — decir algo a algn sin rodeos or directamente

• straight up — (Brit) * en serio

straight from the shoulder —

I let him have it straight from the shoulder — se lo dije sin rodeos

5) (=neat) [drink] solo

I prefer to drink whisky straight — prefiero tomar el whisky solo

6) (=clearly) [think] con claridad

he was so frightened that he couldn't think straight — tenía tanto miedo que no podía pensar con claridad

I was so drunk I couldn't see straight — estaba tan borracho que no veía

7) *

• to go straight — (=reform) [criminal] enmendarse; [drug addict] dejar de tomar drogas, desengancharse

he's been going straight for a year now — [ex-criminal] hace ahora un año que lleva una vida honrada; [ex-addict] hace un año que dejó las drogas, lleva un año desenganchado de las drogas

8) (Theat)

he played the role straight — interpretó el papel de manera clásica

9) (=consecutively)

we worked on the harvest for three days straight — hicimos la cosecha durante tres días seguidos

3. N

1) (=straight line)

• to cut sth on the straight — cortar algo derecho

- the straight and narrow

to keep to the straight and narrow — ir por buen camino

to keep sb on the straight and narrow — mantener a algn por el buen camino

to depart from the straight and narrow — apartarse del buen camino

2) (Brit) (on racecourse)

• the straight — la recta

as the cars entered the final straight Hill was in the lead — cuando los coches entraron en la recta final Hill iba a la cabeza

3) (Cards) runfla f, escalera f

4) * (=heterosexual) heterosexual mf

4.

CPD

straight angle N — ángulo m llano

straight arrow * N — (US) estrecho(-a) m / f de miras

straight man N — actor m que da pie al cómico

I was the straight man and he was the comic — yo era el actor que daba pie a sus chistes y él era el cómico

straight razor N — (US) navaja f de barbero

straight sex N — (=not homosexual) sexo m entre heterosexuales; (=conventional) relaciones fpl sexuales convencionales, sexo m sin florituras *

straight ticket N (US) (Pol) —

to vote a straight ticket — votar a candidatos del mismo partido para todos los cargos

* * *

I [streɪt]
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( not curved or wavy) recto; < hair> lacio, liso

to walk in a straight line — caminar en línea recta

keep your knees straight — no dobles las rodillas

he walks with a straight back — camina muy erguido

b) (level, upright, vertical) (pred)

to be straight — estar* derecho

is my tie straight? — ¿tengo la corbata derecha or bien puesta?

your tie isn't straight — llevas or tienes la corbata torcida

2) ( in order) (pred)

is my hair straight? — ¿tengo bien el pelo?

I have to get o put my room straight — tengo que ordenar mi cuarto

if I pay for the coffees, we'll be straight — si pago los cafés quedamos or estamos en paz or (CS) a mano

to get something straight: let's get this straight a ver si nos entendemos; you have to make sure you've got your facts straight tienes que asegurarte de que la información que tienes es correcta; to set the record straight dejar las cosas en claro; to put o set somebody straight about something — aclararle algo a alguien

3)

a) (direct, clear) <denial/refusal> rotundo, categórico

it's a straight choice between buying a car or going on holiday — la alternativa es clara: o se compra un coche o se va de vacaciones

I made $20,000 straight profit — saqué 20.000 dólares limpios de beneficio

she got straight A's — ≈sacó sobresaliente en todo

b) ( unmixed) <gin/vodka> solo

4) (honest, frank) < question> directo; < answer> claro

all I want is a straight yes or no — lo único que quiero es que me digas que sí o que no, sin más

I've been absolutely straight with you about the whole business — no te he ocultado nada del asunto

5) ( successive)

he won in straight sets — ( Sport) ganó sin conceder or sin perder ningún set

she's had five straight wins — ha ganado cinco veces seguidas

this is the fifth straight day it's happened — (AmE) éste es el quinto día seguido que pasa

6)

a) ( serious) <play/actor> dramático, serio

b) ( conventional) (colloq) convencional

c) ( heterosexual) (colloq) heterosexual

II

adverb

1)

a) ( in a straight line) < walk> en línea recta

they live straight across from us — viven justo enfrente de nosotros

she looked straight ahead — miró al frente

the truck was coming straight at me — el camión venía derecho or justo hacia mí

I aimed straight for his heart — le apunté justo al corazón

he made straight for the bar — se fue derecho al bar

look me straight in the eye — mírame a la cara

keep straight on until you come to the lights — sigue derecho hasta llegar al semáforo

the bullet went straight through his arm — la bala le atravesó el brazo

b) ( erect) <sit/stand> derecho

sit up straight — ponte derecho

2)

a) ( directly) directamente

I came straight home from work — vine directamente or derecho a casa después del trabajo

she drank it straight from the bottle — se lo bebió directamente de la botella

I joined the army straight from school — me alisté en el ejército en cuanto terminé el colegio

b) ( immediately)

straight after dinner — inmediatamente después de cenar, en cuanto terminé de cenar

I'll bring it straight back — enseguida lo devuelvo

she said straight off she wasn't paying — (colloq) dijo de entrada que ella no pagaba

I'll come straight to the point — iré derecho or directamente al grano

straight away — straightaway

3) (colloq)

a) ( frankly) con franqueza

she told him straight out — se lo dijo sin rodeos

b) ( honestly)

are you playing straight with me? — ¿estás jugando limpio conmigo?

to go straight: he swore he'd go straight — prometió que se reformaría

4) ( clearly) <see/think> con claridad

I can't think straight — no puedo pensar claro or con claridad

5) ( Theat) < play> de manera clásica

III

noun ( on race track)

the straight — la recta

English-spanish dictionary > straight
6 straight

I [streɪt]
nome sport rettilineo m.

back straight — = rettilineo parallelo al rettilineo d'arrivo

home straight — dirittura o rettilineo d'arrivo
II 1. [streɪt]
aggettivo

1) (not bent or curved) [line, road] dritto, diritto; [ hair] liscio

in a straight line — in linea retta

2) (level, upright) [shelf, hem, edge, wall] dritto; [bedclothes, tablecloth] dritto, messo bene

your tie isn't straight — hai la cravatta storta

3) (tidy, in order) ordinato, in ordine, a posto

to get o put sth. straight — mettere qcs. a posto (anche fig.)

4) (clear)

to get sth. straight — capire (bene) qcs.

now let's get one thing straight — chiariamo bene una cosa

to put o set sb. straight about sth. chiarire qcs. a qcn.; to put o set the record straight — mettere le cose in chiaro

5) (honest, direct) [ person] retto, onesto; [ answer] schietto

to be straight with sb. — essere franco con qcn., comportarsi lealmente con qcn

6) (unconditional) [majority, profit, choice] netto; [ refusal] netto, categorico

to do a straight swap — fare un cambio

a straight fight — BE pol. una contesa tra due candidati

7) (undiluted) [ drink] puro, liscio

8) (consecutive) [wins, defeats] consecutivo, di fila

he got straight "A"s — scol. ha preso "A" in tutto

9) teatr. [actor, role] classico

10) colloq. [ person] (conventional) normale, convenzionale; (not on drugs) che non fa uso di droghe; (heterosexual) eterosessuale
2.
avverbio

1) (not obliquely) [walk, stand up, grow, cut] dritto, diritto

stand up straight! — stai dritto!

sit up straight! — siedi con la schiena dritta!

he held his arm out straight — teneva il braccio dritto o teso

to go straight ahead — andare (sempre) dritto

to look straight ahead — guardare dritto davanti a sé

to look sb. straight in the eye — guardare qcn. dritto negli occhi

he headed straight for the bar — è andato direttamente verso il bar

the car was coming straight at o towards me la macchina veniva dritto verso di me; straight above our heads proprio sopra le nostre teste; the bullet went straight through his body il proiettile gli attraversò il corpo (da parte a parte); they drove straight past me — sono passati in macchina senza fermarsi

2) (without delay) direttamente, difilato, dritto

to go straight home — andare direttamente a casa

she wrote straight back — ha risposto subito

to come straight to the point — venire dritto al punto

straight after — subito dopo

straight away straight off subito, immediatamente; it seemed like something straight out of the Middle Ages — sembrava venire direttamente dal Medioevo

3) (frankly) chiaramente

I'll tell you straight — te lo dirò chiaramente

give it to me straight — colloq. dimmelo chiaro e tondo

she told him straight out that... — gli ha detto chiaro e tondo che...

to play straight with sb. — comportarsi in modo leale con qcn

4) (neat)

to drink one's whisky straight — bere il whisky liscio

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to keep a straight face — rimanere serio

to keep to the straight and narrow — seguire la retta via, condurre una vita onesta

to go straight — colloq. [ criminal] rigare dritto, mettere la testa a posto

straight up? — BE colloq. sul serio? davvero?

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[streit] 1. adjective
1) (not bent or curved: a straight line; straight (= not curly) hair; That line is not straight.) diritto, dritto; liscio

2) ((of a person, his behaviour etc) honest, frank and direct: Give me a straight answer!) franco, schietto, diretto

3) (properly or levelly positioned: Your tie isn't straight.) dritto

4) (correct and tidy: I'll never get this house straight!; Now let's get the facts straight!) in ordine, chiaramente

5) ((of drinks) not mixed: a straight gin.) puro, liscio

6) ((of a face, expression etc) not smiling or laughing: You should keep a straight face while you tell a joke.) serio, impassibile

7) ((of an actor) playing normal characters, or (of a play) of the ordinary type - not a musical or variety show.) serio
2. adverb
1) (in a straight, not curved, line; directly: His route went straight across the desert; She can't steer straight; Keep straight on.) diritto, dritto

2) (immediately, without any delay: He went straight home after the meeting.) direttamente

3) (honestly or fairly: You're not playing (= behaving) straight.) correttamente
3. noun
(the straight part of something, eg of a racecourse: He's in the final straight.) dirittura (d'arrivo)

- straighten
- straightness
- straightforward
- straightforwardly
- straightforwardness
- straight talking
- go straight
- straight away
- straighten out/up
- a straight fight
- straight off
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I [streɪt]
nome sport rettilineo m.

back straight — = rettilineo parallelo al rettilineo d'arrivo

home straight — dirittura o rettilineo d'arrivo
II 1. [streɪt]
aggettivo

1) (not bent or curved) [line, road] dritto, diritto; [ hair] liscio

in a straight line — in linea retta

2) (level, upright) [shelf, hem, edge, wall] dritto; [bedclothes, tablecloth] dritto, messo bene

your tie isn't straight — hai la cravatta storta

3) (tidy, in order) ordinato, in ordine, a posto

to get o put sth. straight — mettere qcs. a posto (anche fig.)

4) (clear)

to get sth. straight — capire (bene) qcs.

now let's get one thing straight — chiariamo bene una cosa

to put o set sb. straight about sth. chiarire qcs. a qcn.; to put o set the record straight — mettere le cose in chiaro

5) (honest, direct) [ person] retto, onesto; [ answer] schietto

to be straight with sb. — essere franco con qcn., comportarsi lealmente con qcn

6) (unconditional) [majority, profit, choice] netto; [ refusal] netto, categorico

to do a straight swap — fare un cambio

a straight fight — BE pol. una contesa tra due candidati

7) (undiluted) [ drink] puro, liscio

8) (consecutive) [wins, defeats] consecutivo, di fila

he got straight "A"s — scol. ha preso "A" in tutto

9) teatr. [actor, role] classico

10) colloq. [ person] (conventional) normale, convenzionale; (not on drugs) che non fa uso di droghe; (heterosexual) eterosessuale
2.
avverbio

1) (not obliquely) [walk, stand up, grow, cut] dritto, diritto

stand up straight! — stai dritto!

sit up straight! — siedi con la schiena dritta!

he held his arm out straight — teneva il braccio dritto o teso

to go straight ahead — andare (sempre) dritto

to look straight ahead — guardare dritto davanti a sé

to look sb. straight in the eye — guardare qcn. dritto negli occhi

he headed straight for the bar — è andato direttamente verso il bar

the car was coming straight at o towards me la macchina veniva dritto verso di me; straight above our heads proprio sopra le nostre teste; the bullet went straight through his body il proiettile gli attraversò il corpo (da parte a parte); they drove straight past me — sono passati in macchina senza fermarsi

2) (without delay) direttamente, difilato, dritto

to go straight home — andare direttamente a casa

she wrote straight back — ha risposto subito

to come straight to the point — venire dritto al punto

straight after — subito dopo

straight away straight off subito, immediatamente; it seemed like something straight out of the Middle Ages — sembrava venire direttamente dal Medioevo

3) (frankly) chiaramente

I'll tell you straight — te lo dirò chiaramente

give it to me straight — colloq. dimmelo chiaro e tondo

she told him straight out that... — gli ha detto chiaro e tondo che...

to play straight with sb. — comportarsi in modo leale con qcn

4) (neat)

to drink one's whisky straight — bere il whisky liscio

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to keep a straight face — rimanere serio

to keep to the straight and narrow — seguire la retta via, condurre una vita onesta

to go straight — colloq. [ criminal] rigare dritto, mettere la testa a posto

straight up? — BE colloq. sul serio? davvero?

English-Italian dictionary > straight
7 straight

[streɪt] n

1) ( race track) Gerade f;

in the finishing [or home] \straight in der Zielgeraden

2) cards Sequenz f; ( in poker) Straight m

PHRASES:

stay on [or keep to] the \straight and narrow bleibe im Lande und nähre dich redlich adj

1) ( without curve) gerade; back, nose gerade; hair glatt; skirt gerade geschnitten; line gerade; road, row, furrow [schnur]gerade;

is my tie \straight? sitzt mein Schlips richtig?;

the picture isn't \straight das Bild hängt schief;

he landed a \straight punch to the face sein Hieb landete geradewegs im Gesicht;

as \straight as a die [or (Am) pin] ( of posture) kerzengerade;

( honest) grundehrlich, absolut ehrlich

2) ( frank) advice, denial, refusal offen, freimütig;

( honest) ehrlich;

I think we better do a bit of \straight talking ich finde, wir sollten einmal ganz offen miteinander reden;

to be \straight with sb aufrichtig [o ehrlich] mit jdm sein;

a \straight answer eine offene [und ehrliche] Antwort;

to do \straight dealings with sb mit jdm offen und ehrlich verhandeln;

to go \straight ( fam) keine krummen Sachen machen ( fam), sich dat nichts zu Schulden kommen lassen

3) inv (fam: conventional) brav ( pej)

he looks pretty \straight wearing a tie mit Krawatte sieht er ziemlich spießig aus

4) ( heterosexual) heterosexuell, hetero ( fam)

5) ( plain) einfach;

( undiluted) pur;

\straight gin/ Scotch Gin m /Scotch m pur;

vodka \straight Wodka m pur

6) ( simply factual) tatsachengetreu, nur auf Fakten basierend attr;

\straight reporting objektive Berichterstattung

7) (clear, uncomplicated) klar;

well done, Tim, that was \straight thinking gut gemacht, Tim, da hast du wirklich scharf überlegt;

just give me a \straight yes or no sag doch ganz einfach ja oder nein!;

we both liked each other's jumpers, so we did a \straight swap uns gefiel jeweils der Pullover des anderen und da haben wir einfach getauscht;

\straight answer eindeutige Antwort;

( in exams)

\straight A's glatte Einser;

he's a \straight A candidate er ist ein Einserkandidat

8) attr, inv ( consecutive) aufeinanderfolgend, in Folge nach n;

the team has won ten \straight games this season das Team hat in dieser Saison zehn Spiele hintereinander gewonnen;

\straight flush cards Straight[flush] m;

the \straight line of succession to the throne die Thronfolge in direkter Linie;

to win/lose in \straight sets tennis mehrere Sätze hintereinander gewinnen/verlieren

9) (fam: serious) ernst[haft];

( not laughing) ernst;

( traditional) traditionell, konventionell;

there's a lot of \straight theatre at the festival beim Festival wird viel Althergebrachtes geboten;

to keep a \straight face [or one's face \straight] ernst bleiben;

to make [or put on] a \straight face ein ernstes Gesicht machen, eine ernste Miene aufsetzen;

\straight actor/ actress theat Schauspieler/Schauspielerin des ernsten Fachs;

\straight production [or play] ernstes Stück

10) pred (fam: quits)

to be \straight quitt sein ( fam)

11) (fam: no drugs or alcohol) sauber, clean (sl)

‘Getting S\straight’ programme [or (Am) program] Entziehungskur f

12) pred ( in order) in Ordnung;

( clarified) geklärt;

to put things \straight ( tidy) Ordnung schaffen;

( organize) etwas auf die Reihe kriegen ( fam)

let's get this \straight, you need £500 tomorrow or else... stellen wir einmal klar: entweder du hast bis morgen 500 Pfund, oder...;

and get this \straight, I'm not lending you any more money damit das klar ist: ich leihe dir keine müde Mark mehr;

to put [or set] sb \straight about sth jdm Klarheit über etw akk verschaffen adv

1) ( in a line) gerade[aus];

go \straight along this road folgen Sie immer dieser Straße;

he drove \straight into the tree er fuhr frontal gegen den Baum;

the village lay \straight ahead of us das Dorf lag genau vor uns;

after a couple of gins, I was having difficulty walking \straight nach ein paar Gins konnte ich kaum noch gerade gehen;

the dog seemed to be coming \straight at me der Hund schien direkt auf mich zuzukommen;

the arrow went \straight through the canvas der Pfeil ging glatt durch die Leinwand;

she told me to go \straight ahead with designing the dress sie befahl mir, auf der Stelle mit dem Entwerfen des Kleides anzufangen;

to look \straight ahead geradeaus schauen

2) inv ( directly) direkt ( fam)

shall we go \straight to the party or stop off at a pub first? sollen wir gleich zur Party fahren oder schauen wir zuerst in einer Kneipe vorbei?;

to look sb \straight in the eye jdm direkt in die Augen sehen

3) inv ( immediately) sofort;

I got home and went \straight to bed ich kam nach Hause und ging sofort schlafen;

we've got to leave \straight away wir müssen unverzüglich aufbrechen;

she said \straight off [or away] that she had no time on Friday sie sagte von vornherein, dass sie am Freitag keine Zeit habe;

to get \straight to the point sofort [o ohne Umschweife] zur Sache kommen

4) (fam: honestly) offen [und ehrlich];

tell me \straight, would you rather we didn't go out tonight? nun sag mal ganz ehrlich, wäre es dir lieber, wenn wir heute Abend nicht weggingen?;

I told him \straight that I didn't like his tie ich sagte ihm geradeheraus, dass mir seine Krawatte nicht gefiele;

\straight up, I only paid £20 for the fridge für den Kühlschrank habe ich echt nur 20 Pfund bezahlt

5) ( clearly) klar;

after five glasses of wine I couldn't see \straight nach fünf Gläsern Wein konnte ich nicht mehr richtig sehen;

I'm so tired I can't think \straight any more ich bin so müde, dass ich nicht mehr klar denken kann

English-German students dictionary > straight
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[lʊk]
1. vi

1) (see, glance) guardare

I'm just looking — (in shop) sto solo dando un'occhiata

I'll look and see — vado a vedere

look who's here! — (ma) guarda chi si vede!

to look the other way — guardare dall'altra parte, fig far finta di non vedere

to look ahead — guardare avanti, fig cominciare a pensare al futuro

to look south — (building etc) essere esposto (-a) a sud, dare a sud

look before you leap fig — non buttarti alla cieca

2) (seem, appear) sembrare, aver l'aria

she looks surprised — sembra sorpresa

that cake looks nice — la torta sembra buona

he looks (as if he's) happy — sembra or ha l'aria felice

she looked prettier than ever — era più graziosa che mai

he looks about 60 (years old) — dimostra una sessantina d'anni

it looks about 4 metres long — sarà lungo un 4 metri

you don't look yourself — non mi sembri in forma

you look or you're looking well — ti trovo bene

it looks good on you — ti sta bene, ti dona

it makes you look younger — ti ringiovanisce, ti fa sembrare più giovane

it looks all right to me — a me pare che vada bene

3)

to look like — assomigliare a

he looks like his brother — assomiglia a suo fratello

what does she look like? — che aspetto ha?

this photo doesn't look like him — in questa foto non sembra lui

it looks like cheese to me — mi sembra formaggio

it certainly looks like it — ne ha tutta l'aria

the party looks like being fun — la festa promette bene

it looks like rain — mi sa che sta per piovere

it looks as if or as though the train will be late — mi sa tanto che il treno sarà in ritardo

2. vt

guardare

to look sb (straight) in the eye or in the face — guardare qn (dritto) negli occhi or in faccia

to look sb up and down — squadrare qn da capo a piedi

look where you're going! — guarda dove vai!

to look one's best — essere in gran forma

you must look your best for this interview — dovresti cercare di presentarti a questo colloquio ben vestito e ben curato

to look one's age — dimostrare la propria età

3. n

1) (glance) occhiata, (expression) sguardo, aria

with a look of despair — con un'aria or un'espressione disperata

to have a look at sth — dare un'occhiata a qc

have a look at this! — dai un'occhiata a questo!

let me have a look — fammi vedere

to take a good look at sb/sth — guardare (per) bene qn/qc

to have a look for sth — cercare qc

shall we have a look round the town? — andiamo a visitare la città?

she gave me a dirty look — mi ha lanciato un'occhiataccia

2) (air, appearance) aspetto, aria

he has a look of his mother about him — ha qualcosa di sua madre

there's a mischievous look about that child — quel bambino ha un'aria birichina

by the look of things it's going to rain — ha tutta l'aria di (voler) piovere

by the look of him — a vederlo

I don't like the look of him — ha un'aria che non mi piace

I don't like the look of it — non mi piace per niente

the new look for summer Fashion — il nuovo look m inv per l'estate

See:

looks

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- look after

- look around

- look at

- look away

- look back

- look down

- look down on

- look for

- look forward to

- look in

- look in on

- look into

- look on

- look onto

- look out

- look out for

- look over

- look upon

- look round

- look through

- look to

- look up

- look up to

English-Italian dictionary > look *****
9 straight

1. [streıt] n
1. (the straight) тк. sing

1) прямизна

out of the straight - кривой

2) прямая линия

on the straight - по прямой [см. тж. 3]

2. спорт. финишная прямая

back straight - прямая, противоположная финишной прямой

3. честность

on the straight - жарг. честно [см. тж. 1, 2)]

I am on the straight - я честно говорю, действую и т. п.

4. карт. карты, подобранные подряд по достоинству, «порядок», «стрит» ( в покере)

5. 1) нормальный человек (не гомосексуалист, не наркоман)

2) неодобр. «добропорядочный» человек, обыватель, мещанин
2. [streıt] a
1. 1) прямой, неизогнутый

straight line [road] - прямая линия [дорога]

the straightest way to - самый прямой путь в /к/

straight back - прямая /несгорбленная/ спина

2) не отклоняющийся от курса, не сходящий с дороги; беспрерывный

straight course - прямой курс

straight flight - полёт по прямой

straight run - беспосадочный полёт

3) невьющийся

straight hair - прямые волосы

4) авт. с цилиндрами в ряд ( о двигателе)

2. правильный, ровный; находящийся в порядке

your tie isn't straight - ваш галстук сбился набок

straight eye - верный глаз

straight gunner - меткий наводчик

straight blow - прямой удар ( бокс)

3. разг. честный, прямой, искренний

straight question [answer] - прямой вопрос [ответ]

straight dealing(s) - честность, честное ведение дел

to be straight in one's dealings - быть честным в своих делах

to keep straight - оставаться честным; вести честный /правильный/ образ жизни

straight talk - откровенный разговор, разговор начистоту

a straight thinker - здравомыслящий человек

4. разг. верный, надёжный

straight tip - сведения из достоверных источников

5. амер. полит. неуклонно поддерживающий решения своей партии; преданный своей партии

straight Republican - стойкий республиканец

a straight vote - голос, поданный за весь список кандидатов от своей партии

6. амер. неразбавленный

straight whisky - неразбавленное виски

to drink one's whisky straight - пить неразбавленное виски

7. амер. ком. фиксированный, прейскурантный ( о цене); без скидки за большое количество купленного

cigars 20 cents straight - сигары 20 центов штука, без скидки

8. лит., театр.

1) чистый по жанру

straight play - (чистая) драма ( без музыки)

straight comedy - (настоящая) комедия ( не музыкальная)

straight part - драматическая роль (без эксцентриады и т. п.)

2) естественный, органичный ( об игре актёра)

3) обыкновенный, рядовой (о лит. произведении)

a straight novel /story/ - рядовой роман, бесхитростное повествование (часто в отличие от романов абсурда, фантастики и т. п.)

9. 1) идущий по порядку

twelve straight days - двенадцать дней подряд

2) карт. расположенный по порядку

straight flush - карты одной масти по порядку; «королевский цвет», флеш-рояль ( в покере)

10. проф. объективный ( о газетных сообщениях)

straight story - объективное изложение событий; факты без комментариев

11. разг.

1) обычный, традиционный

straight culture - традиционная культура

2) нормальный; здоровый ( о психике)

straight and gay people - нормальные /гетеросексуальные/ люди и гомосексуалисты

straight thinking and stoned thinking - нормальное мышление и мышление наркоманов и алкоголиков

12. единственный ( о способе вознаграждения); прямой (о сдельщине и т. п.)

a salesman on straight commission - коммивояжёр, работающий только за комиссионные

13. прямой, непосредственный (о наблюдении, расчёте)

♢ straight face - ничего не выражающее лицо

to keep a straight face, to keep one's face straight - стараться не рассмеяться

(as) straight as a die - а) прямой, честный; ≅ такой не подведёт; б) прямой как стрела

(as) straight as a ramrod - ≅ словно аршин проглотил
3. [streıt] adv
1. по прямой линии, прямо

to ride straight - ехать напрямик

to stand straight - стоять прямо, не горбиться

straight set up - с прямой /стройной/ фигурой

to look smb. straight in the eyes [in the face] - смотреть кому-л. прямо в глаза [в лицо]

the drunk could not walk straight - пьяный не мог идти не шатаясь

2. прямо, непосредственно

straight above - прямо над

to go straight to London - поехать прямо в Лондон

it comes straight from Paris - это прибыло прямо из Парижа

to go /to come/ straight to the point - перейти прямо /сразу/ к сути дела

to drink straight from the bottle - пить прямо из горлышка

3. правильно, точно, метко

to shoot straight - метко стрелять

4. правильно, упорядоченно

to put a room straight - привести комнату в порядок

to put the picture straight - а) правильно /ровно/ повесить картину; б) поправить висящую картину

is my hat on straight? - у меня шляпа правильно надета?

he set us straight on that issue - он дал нам правильную информацию по этому вопросу

to get the facts straight - установить факты, разобраться в случившемся

5. честно, открыто, прямо

to tell smb. straight - сказать кому-л. прямо /честно/

to let smb. have it straight - разг. честно /прямо/ сказать кому-л.

6. объективно ( в газетных сообщениях)

to write a story straight - нарисовать объективную картину; изложить события без комментариев

7. ясно, здраво

he thinks straight - он ясно /здраво/ мыслит

I cannot think straight - не могу собраться с мыслями

8. в сочетаниях:

straight away - немедленно, сразу, тотчас

to go straight away - сразу /немедленно/ уйти

to guess straight away - сразу угадать /догадаться/

straight off - сразу, не колеблясь; не обдумав

to tell smth. straight off - сразу же сказать что-л.

to answer straight off - ответить не задумываясь

five tricks straight off - пять взяток сразу /подряд/

straight out - напрямик, прямо

to speak straight out - говорить прямо

♢ to hit straight from the shoulder - а) говорить прямо, честно, «рубить сплеча»; б) наносить прямой удар

to go /to run/ straight - (начать) вести честный /добропорядочный/ образ жизни; порвать с преступным прошлым, «завязать»

НБАРС > straight
10 look

look

A n

1 ( glance) coup m d'œil ; to have ou take a look at sth ( briefly) jeter un coup d'œil à or sur qch ; ( closely) examiner qch ; to have ou take a good look at examiner [qch] soigneusement [car, contract, patient] ; regarder [qch] de près [suspect, photo] ; I didn't get a good look at the thief je n'ai pas bien vu le voleur ; to have a look inside/behind sth regarder à l'intérieur de/derrière qch ; to have a look round faire un tour de [house, town] ; I had a quick look round ( in town) j'ai fait un petit tour ; ( in shop) j'ai jeté un coup d'œil ; to have a look round the shops faire le tour des magasins ; to have a look through ( peer) regarder dans [telescope] ; regarder par [crack, window] ; ( scan) chercher dans [archives, files] ; parcourir [essay, report] ; she took one look at him and screamed elle l'a regardé et s'est mise à crier ; I took one look at him and knew that he was ill j'ai tout de suite vu qu'il était malade ; let's have a look at that grazed knee voyons ce genou écorché ; to take a long hard look at sth fig étudier sérieusement qch ;

2 ( search) to have a look chercher ; to have a look for sth chercher qch ; I've had several looks j'ai regardé or cherché plusieurs fois ; I had a good look in the attic j'ai bien cherché dans le grenier ;

3 ( expression) regard m ; a look of fear/anger un regard rempli de terreur/de colère ; a look of sadness un regard triste ; to give sb a kind/pitying look regarder qn avec bonté/pitié ; he gave me a look of sheer hatred il m'a lancé or jeté un regard de pure haine ; did you see the look he gave me? tu as vu le regard qu'il m'a jeté? ; she gave me such a look! elle m'a jeté un de ces regards! ; he got some odd ou funny looks on l'a regardé d'un drôle d'air ; I don't like the look on his face ou in his eye je n'aime pas son air ; you could tell from the look on his face that à sa tête ○ on voyait que ; to give sb a dirty/evil look regarder qn d'un sale œil/d'un air méchant ;

4 ( appearance) ( of person) air m ; (of building, car, design, scenery) aspect m ; to have a look of weariness/sadness about one avoir l'air abattu/triste ; the car has a dated look la voiture ne fait pas très moderne ; she has a look of her father about her elle a quelque chose de son père ; to have the look of a military man/seasoned traveller avoir l'allure d'un militaire/d'un voyageur expérimenté ; I like the look of it ça a l'air bien ; I like the look of the new computer/car j'aime bien la ligne du nouvel ordinateur/de la nouvelle voiture ; I like the look of him il a l'air sympa ○, il a une bonne tête ○ ; I don't like the look of him il ne m'inspire pas confiance ; I don't like the look of the weather le ciel n'annonce rien de bon ; I don't like the look of that rash ces rougeurs m'inquiètent ; by the look(s) of him he must be about 40 à le voir on lui donnerait la quarantaine ; by the look(s) of the barometer à en juger par le baromètre ;

5 ( style) look ○ m, style m ; the look for the 90's le look des années 90.

B looks npl he's got the looks, but can he act? il a le physique, mais sait-il jouer? ; looks aren't everything il n'y a pas que la beauté qui compte ; to keep one's looks rester beau/belle ; he's losing his looks il n'est pas aussi beau qu'autrefois ; you can't go ou judge by looks alone il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences.

C vtr

1 (gaze, stare) regarder ; look what he's done! regarde ce qu'il a fait! ; look how/where… regarde comment/où… ; to look sb in the eye/in the face regarder qn dans les yeux/en face ; to look sb up and down ( appraisingly) regarder qn de haut en bas ; ( critically) toiser qn des pieds à la tête ; to look one's last on jeter un dernier regard sur [house, view] ; look what arrived this morning regarde ce qui est arrivé ce matin ; look who it is! regarde qui voilà! ; look who's just walked in! regarde qui vient d'arriver! ; now look what you've done! regarde ce que tu as fait! ; look what time it starts! tu as vu à quelle heure ça commence! ;

2 ( appear) to look one's age faire son âge ; to look one's best être à son avantage ; she still looks the same elle n'a pas changé ; to look an idiot ou a fool avoir l'air ridicule ; it won't look good if you refuse ça sera mal vu si tu refuses ; he doesn't look himself today il n'a pas l'air dans son assiette aujourd'hui.

D vi

1 regarder (into dans ; over par-dessus) ; to look and see who's at the door regarder qui est à la porte ; to look and see what's on TV regarder ce qu'il y a à la télé ; to look at sb/sth regarder qn/qch ; to look away détourner le regard or les yeux ; to look in at the window regarder (à l'intérieur) par la fenêtre ; to look out of ou through the window regarder par la fenêtre ; to look the other way lit regarder ailleurs ; fig fermer les yeux ; to look up and down the street regarder partout dans la rue ; I didn't know where to look fig je ne savais plus où me mettre ; ( in shop) I'm just looking je ne fais que regarder ;

2 ( search) chercher, regarder ; to look down parcourir [list] ; to look for sth chercher qch ; a group of youths looking for trouble une bande de jeunes qui cherchent la bagarre ; are you looking for a smack in the mouth ○ ? tu veux mon poing sur la figure ○ ? ;

3 (appear, seem) avoir l'air, paraître ; he looks happy il a l'air heureux, il paraît heureux ; it's nice to see you looking happy ça fait plaisir de te voir heureux ; you look hot/cold tu as l'air d'avoir chaud/froid ; he doesn't look French il n'a pas l'air français, il ne fait pas français ; he looks young for his age il fait or il paraît jeune pour son âge ; she's 40 but she doesn't look it elle a 40 ans mais elle ne les fait pas ; he looks about 50 il doit avoir la cinquantaine ; that dress makes you look younger cette robe te rajeunit ; how do I look? comment me trouves-tu? ; you look well tu as bonne mine ; you don't look well tu as mauvaise mine ; you look good in that hat ce chapeau te va bien ; you look good enough to eat! tu es mignon à croquer ○ ! ; that cake looks good ce gâteau a l'air bon ; the picture will look good in the study le tableau ira bien dans le bureau ; how does my tie look? comment est ma cravate? ; it doesn't look straight il n'est pas droit, il est de travers ; it doesn't look right ça ne va pas ; how does it look to you? qu'est-ce que tu en penses? ; it looks OK to me ça m'a l'air d'aller ; does the meat look cooked to you? est-ce que tu crois que la viande est cuite? ; things are looking good les choses se présentent bien ; things aren't looking too good ça ne va pas très bien ; it looks to me as if ou though j'ai l'impression que ; this looks to me like the right street j'ai l'impression que c'est la bonne rue ; it looks as if ou though it will rain/snow on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger ; it looks likely that il semble probable que (+ subj) ; it looks certain that il semble certain que (+ indic) ; he looks to be the strongest il semble être le plus fort ; it looks to be a question of time/money ça a l'air d'être une question de temps/d'argent ;

4 to look like sb/sth ressembler à qn/qch ; it doesn't look anything like a Picasso! ça ne ressemble absolument pas à un Picasso! ; that photograph doesn't look like you ou looks nothing like you on ne te reconnaît pas du tout sur cette photo ; what does she look like? comment est-elle? ; what does the house look like? comment est la maison? ; it looks like being funny/interesting cela promet d'être amusant/intéressant ; you look like being the only man there il y a de fortes chances pour que tu sois le seul homme présent ; she looks like being the first to finish il y a de fortes chances pour qu'elle soit la première à finir ; it looks like he's dying tout porte à croire qu'il est mourant ; it looks like rain/snow on dirait qu'il va pleuvoir/neiger ; it certainly looks like it ça en a tout l'air ; ‘are you having trouble?’ ‘what does it look like?’ iron ‘tu as des ennuis?’ ‘à ton avis?’ iron ; what does it look like to you? murder? qu'en pensez-vous? c'est un meurtre? ; it looks like cancer to me je pense que c'est un cancer ; you look like you could do with a drink/bath j'ai l'impression qu'un verre d'alcool/un bain ne te ferait pas de mal ;

5 ( also look here) écoute ; look, this is ridiculous écoute, c'est ridicule ; look, it wasn't my fault écoute, ce n'était pas ma faute ; look here, I'm in no mood for jokes écoute-moi bien, je ne suis pas d'humeur à plaisanter ;

6 ( be oriented) to look north/south [house, room] être orienté au nord/sud.

E - looking (dans composés) serious/distinguished-looking [person] à l'air sérieux/distingué ; dubious/sinister-looking [place, object] à l'aspect douteux/sinistre ; he's not bad-looking il n'est pas mal.

Idiom

if looks could kill, I'd be dead by now il/elle/etc m'a fusillé du regard.

Phrasal verbs

■ look about = look around.

■ look after:

▶ look after [sb/sth]

1 ( care for) soigner [patient, sick animal] ; garder [child] ; s'occuper de [customer, guest] ; s'occuper de [animal, plant] ; entretenir [car, equipment] ; prendre soin de [belongings, toys] ; he's being looked after by his grand-parents ce sont ses grand-parents qui le gardent ; these books have been well looked after on a pris soin de ces livres ; to look after sb's needs satisfaire les besoins de qn ;

2 ( be responsible for) s'occuper de [administration, finances, business, shop] ; surveiller [class, schoolchildren] ; to look after sb's interests veiller aux intérêts de qn ; look after my luggage, I'll be back in a minute! surveille mes bagages, je reviens tout de suite! ;

▶ look after oneself

1 ( cope) she's too frail to look after herself elle est trop fragile pour se débrouiller toute seule ; I'm old enough to look after myself je suis assez grand pour me débrouiller tout seul ;

2 ( be careful) safe journey, and look after yourself bon voyage, sois prudent!

■ look ahead lit regarder devant soi ; fig regarder vers l'avenir ; we must look ahead to the future now nous devons penser à l'avenir maintenant ; she's looking ahead to the next Olympics elle se prépare pour les prochains jeux Olympiques ; and now, looking ahead to tomorrow's programmes Radio, TV et maintenant, un aperçu des émissions de demain.

■ look around:

▶ look around

1 ( turn around) se retourner ;

2 ( glance around) regarder autour de soi ; to look around at one's friends/ colleagues fig passer en revue ses amis/collègues ;

3 ( search) chercher ; to look around for sb/sth chercher qn/qch ;

4 (visit, examine) (in building, town) faire un tour ; ( in room) jeter un coup d'œil ;

▶ look around [sth] visiter [church, town] ; faire le tour de [room] ; they spent the morning looking around London/the shops ils ont passé la matinée à visiter Londres/à faire les magasins.

■ look at:

▶ look at [sth]

1 gen regarder ; ( briefly) jeter un coup d'œil sur ; look at the state of you! regarde un peu de quoi tu as l'air! ; just look at the state of this room! regarde un peu l'état de cette pièce! ; look at this coat/book! regarde-moi ○ ce manteau/ce livre! ; just look at this! regarde-moi ça ○ ! ; you'd never guess, to look at her à la voir on ne devinerait jamais ; he's/it's not much to look at il/ça ne paie pas de mine ;

2 ( examine) vérifier [equipment] ; [doctor] examiner [patient, wound] ; [workman] jeter un coup d'œil à [car, plumbing] ; étudier [problem, implications, effects, ways, offer, options] ; you should get that wound looked at tu devrais faire examiner cette blessure (par le médecin) ;

3 (see, view) voir [life, events, situation] ; envisager [problem] ; try and look at it my way essaie de voir les choses de mon point de vue ; his way of looking at things sa façon de voir les choses ; look at it this way, if he offers, I won't refuse écoute, s'il me fait une proposition, je ne la refuserai pas ; that's how I look at it c'est comme ça que je vois les choses ; the problem needs to be looked at from all angles il faut envisager ce problème sous tous ses aspects ; you can't be too careful, look at Tom! il faut être très prudent, regarde ce qui est arrivé à Tom! ;

4 ( face) to be looking at [firm] être au bord de [bankruptcy, collapse] ; [criminal] risquer [life sentence, fine] ; you're looking at major repairs here dites-vous bien qu'il s'agit ici de réparations importantes ; you're looking at a bill for about 3,000 dollars ça va vous coûter aux alentours de 3 000 dollars.

■ look back:

▶ look back

1 ( turn around) se retourner ; to look back at sb/sth se retourner pour regarder qn/qch ;

2 (reflect, reminisce) let's look back to the year 1964 revenons à l'année 1964 ; if we look back to the 19th century si l'on considère le dix-neuvième siècle ; since then she's never looked back depuis tout s'est très bien passé pour elle ; to look back on se tourner sur [past] ; repenser à [experience] ; faire le bilan de [career, marriage] ; looking back on it, I think I made the right decision rétrospectivement, je pense que j'ai pris la bonne décision.

■ look down:

▶ look down (with modesty, shame) baisser les yeux ; ( from a height) regarder en bas ; from the hilltop she looked down on the city elle regardait la ville du haut de la colline ;

▶ look down on [sb/sth]

1 ( despise) mépriser [person, lifestyle] ;

2 ( dominate) [fortress, tower] dominer [town, valley].

■ look for:

▶ look for [sb/sth] ( search for) chercher qn/qch ;

▶ look for [sth] ( expect) attendre [commitment, co-operation, result, reward] (from de) ; what I'm looking for from you is a guarantee ce que j'attends de vous c'est une garantie ; what do you look for in a new recruit? qu'est-ce que vous attendez d'une nouvelle recrue?

■ look forward: to look forward to [sth] attendre [qch] avec impatience ; I was so looking forward to it j'attendais ça avec tant d'impatience, je m'en faisais une telle joie ; she's looking forward to going on holiday elle a hâte de partir en vacances ; I'm not looking forward to the interview/party la perspective de l'entretien/la fête ne me réjouit pas ; I look forward to hearing from you ( writing to a friend) j'espère avoir bientôt de tes nouvelles ; ( in formal correspondence) dans l'attente de votre réponse.

■ look in

1 ( pay a visit) passer ; I'll look in again tomorrow je repasserai demain ; to look in on passer voir [person, class, rehearsals] ; look in on the baby and check she's still asleep va voir si le bébé dort ;

2 ( watch TV) if there are any viewers looking in who want more details, please contact us les téléspectateurs qui désirent obtenir plus de renseignements peuvent nous contacter.

■ look into:

▶ look into [sth] examiner, étudier [matter, possibility, problem] ; examiner [accounts, background] ; enquêter sur [death, disappearance, theft].

■ look on:

▶ look on [crowd, spectators] regarder ; we looked on admiringly as she danced nous l'avons regardée danser avec admiration ; I was forced to look on as the house was ransacked j'ai été forcé d'assister au pillage de la maison ;

▶ look on [sb/sth] considérer [person, event etc] (as comme ; with avec) ; we look on him as a son nous le considérons comme notre fils ; I look on it as a privilege je considère que c'est un privilège.

■ look onto:

▶ look onto [sth] [house, room] donner sur [sea, garden, street].

■ look out:

▶ look out ( take care) faire attention (for à) ; ( be wary) se méfier (for de) ; you must look out for snakes faites attention aux serpents ; look out for motorists turning out of side roads méfiez-vous des automobilistes qui débouchent des petites routes ; look out! attention! ;

▶ look out for [sb/sth] guetter [person] ; être à l'affût de [new recruits, talent] ; être à la recherche de [apartment, book] ; guetter l'apparition de [signs, symptoms] ; repérer [cases, examples] ; être à l'affût de [bargain, special offer] ;

▶ look out for [oneself] se débrouiller tout seul, s'occuper de soi ;

▶ look out over [sth] [window, balcony] donner sur [sea, park].

■ look over:

▶ look [sb] over passer [qn] en revue [new recruits, troops] ;

▶ look [sth] over examiner [car, equipment] ; [vet] examiner [animal] ; get an expert to look the car over before you buy it fais examiner la voiture par un spécialiste avant de l'acheter ;

▶ look over [sth]

1 ( read) ( in detail) examiner [document, contract] ; ( rapidly) parcourir [essay, lines, notes] ; jeter un coup d'œil sur, parcourir [document, report] ; I'll get Rose to look it over quickly je demanderai à Rose d'y jeter un petit coup d'œil ;

2 ( visit) visiter [factory, gardens, house].

■ look round

1 ( look behind one) se retourner ; she looked round to see who it was elle s'est retournée pour voir qui c'était ;

2 ( look about) regarder autour de soi ; I'm just looking round ( in shop) je ne fais que regarder ; we're looking round for a new house nous cherchons une nouvelle maison ;

▶ look round [sth] visiter [town, building].

■ look through:

▶ look through [sth]

1 ( read) consulter [archive, material, files] ; parcourir [essay, list, script, report, notes] ; ( scan idly) feuilleter [book, magazine] ;

2 ( search) fouiller dans [belongings, drawers, briefcase] ; I caught him looking through my diary je l'ai trouvé en train de lire mon journal intime ; try looking through that pile of papers regarde dans cette pile de papiers ;

▶ look through [sb] faire semblant de ne pas voir [person].

■ look to:

▶ look to [sb/sth]

1 ( rely on) compter sur qn/qch (for pour ; to do pour faire) ; they look to him for leadership ils comptent sur lui pour les diriger ;

2 ( turn to) se tourner vers [future] ; he looked to his friends for support il s'est tourné vers ses amis pour qu'ils le soutiennent ;

▶ look to [sth] ( pay attention) veiller à [defences, interests] ;

▶ look to do ( expect) espérer faire ; we're looking to break even/make a profit nous espérons rentrer dans nos frais/faire des bénéfices.

■ look up:

▶ look up

1 ( raise one's eyes) lever les yeux (from de) ;

2 ( raise one's head) lever la tête ; to look up at the clouds/tree-tops regarder les nuages/le sommet des arbres ;

3 ( improve) [business, prospects] aller mieux ; [conditions, situation] s'améliorer ; [property market] reprendre ; things are looking up for us les choses s'arrangent pour nous ;

▶ look up [sth] regarder à l'intérieur de [chimney] ; to look up sb's skirt regarder sous la jupe de qn ;

▶ look [sb/sth] up, look up [sb/sth]

1 ( check in book) chercher [address, phone number, price, word] (in dans) ; look his number up in the phone book cherche son numéro de téléphone dans l'annuaire ;

2 ( visit) passer voir [acquaintance, friend] ; look me up if you're ever in New York passez me voir or faites-moi signe si jamais vous vous trouvez à New York ;

▶ look up to [sb] admirer [person].

Big English-French dictionary > look
11 look

1. I
abs

look! (посмотрите!; look, the sun is up! глядите, солнце встало /взошло/!; we looked but saw nothing мы (подсмотрели, но ничего не (увидели; it is no good looking какой смысл смотреть?; I did it while he wasn't looking я это сделал, пока он не смотрел; look who's here! посмотри, кто пришел!
2. II
look somewhere

1) look around оглядываться, осматриваться, все оглядывать; look aside смотреть в сторону, отводить глаза, отворачиваться; he looked aside when I spoke to him когда я с ним разговаривал, он отворачивался; look away отворачиваться, отводить взгляд; look back [behind, round] оборачиваться, оглядываться; don't look round, I don't want him to notice us не оглядывайся, я не хочу, чтобы он нас заметил; look down смотреть вниз; look forward /ahead/ смотреть вперед; look in /inside/ заглядывать внутрь; look out выглядывать, высовываться; look up /upward/ поднять глаза. взглянуть; he looked up and saw me он поднял глаза и увидел меня; look up from one's writing (from his book, etc.) бросить писать и т. д. и поднять голову; look right and left (this way, that way, etc.) (по-) смотреть направо и налево и т. д.; look the other way отвернуться, смотреть в другую сторону. сделать вид, что ты кого-л. не узнал /не заметил/; I happened to be looking another way я в этот момент смотрел в другую сторону

2) the house (the window, the terrace, etc.) looks south (west, east, etc.) дом и т. д. выходит на юг /обращен к югу/ и т. д., which way does the house look? куда выходит дом?
3. III
look smb. look an honest man (every inch a gentleman, every inch a king, a queen, a rascal, a clown, a dandy, etc.) иметь вид честного человека и т. д.; look one's usual again снова принять свой обычный вид, оправиться, поправиться; you don't look yourself ты на себя не похож; he looked a perfect fool у него был совершенно дурацкий вид; look smth. look a perfect sight ужасно выглядеть; look the very picture of health быть воплощением / олицетворением/ здоровья; look the very picture of his father быть вылитым портретом своего отца; the actor looked his part актер выглядел так, как и требовалось по роли; look one's age (one's years, sixteen. etc.) выглядеть на свой годы /не старше сваях лет/ и т. д., he is only thirty but he looks fifty ему только тридцать, а на вид можно дать все пятьдесят; she is forty but she doesn't look it ей уже сорок, но она выглядит моложе /на вид ей столько не дашь/; this investment looked a sure profit казалось, что это капиталовложение сулит верный доход
4. IV
look smb. in some mariner look smb. all over осмотреть кого-л. с ног до головы /с головы до пят/; look smb. up and down смерить кого-л. взглядом, окинуть кого-л. взглядом с головы до пят
5. X
look to be in some state look pleased (alarmed, worried, worn out, unconcerned, disheartened, etc.) выглядеть довольным и т. д.
6. XI
1) be looked at the house, looked at from the outside... дом, если смотреть на него снаружи...

2) be looked upon as smb., smth. he is looked upon as an absolute authority (as an impartial judge, as a judicious critic, etc.) его считают /он считается/ непререкаемым авторитетом и т. д., he is looked upon as a likely candidate его рассматривают, как возможную /вероятную/ кандидатуру

3) be looked after he is wonderfully looked after there он получает там прекрасный уход; be looked over the brakes need to be looked over тормоза требуют осмотра /проверки/
7. XV
look to be in some quality or of some state look young (old, tired, angry, sad, grave, happy, guilty, innocent, etc.) выглядеть молодым /молодо/ и т. д.; look to be of some kind look foolish (pale, wise, brave, good-natured, thin, charming, uninviting, etc.) иметь глупый и т. д. вид, выглядеть глупо и т. д., he looked trustworthy у него был вид человека, которому можно доверять; look blank выглядеть /казаться/ рассеянным или растерянным; this book looks very tempting эту книгу очень хочется почитать; look well (ill) хорошо (плохо) выглядеть; he looks well in uniform ему идет форма; the hat looks well on you шляпа вам к лицу; things look very ugly /black/ дела обстоят плохо /не сулят ничего хорошего/; things are looking a little better дела понемногу поправляются; you look blue with cold вы посинели от холода; the clouds look rainy судя по тучам, будет дождь
8. XVI
1) look at smb., smth. look at each other (at his fellow-traveller, at the watch, at the ceiling, at the illustrations, etc.) смотреть друг на друга и т. д., look at oneself in the glass (поосмотреться в зеркало; what are you looking at? куда /на что/ вы смотрите?; look at me! взгляните на меня! I enjoy looking at old family portraits я люблю рассматривать старые фамильные портреты; look [up] at the stars (at the roof, at the tree-tops, etc.) взглянуть на звезды и т. д.; let me look at your work (at your results, at this sentence, etc.) дайте мне взглянуть на вашу работу и т. д., just look at this! [вы] только посмотрите!; to come to look at the pipes (at the drains, at the roof, etc.) прийти, чтобы осмотреть /проверить/ трубы и т. д., what sort of a man is he to look at? что он собой представляет внешне, как он выглядит?; the man is not much to look at внешне он ничего собой не представляет; to look at him one would say... судя по его виду можно сказать...; to look at the illustrations it will be observed... судя по иллюстрациям можно отметить...; she will /would/ not look at him (at his offer, at my proposals etc.) она и смотреть на него и т. д. не хочет; look at smb., smth. in some manner look at the boy (at the picture, etc.) closely (critically, questioningly. threateningly, keenly, reproachfully, wistfully, significantly, etc.) смотреть на мальчика и т. д. пристально и т. д.; he looked at me vacantly он посмотрел на меня пустым /ничего не выражающим/ взглядом; look at smb., smth. with (in) smth. look at smb., smth. with pity (with respect, with kindness, with interest, etc.) смотреть на кого-л., что-л. с жалостью и т. д.; look at me in embarrassment (in fear, in admiration, etc.) посмотреть на меня в смущении и т. д.; look about (round, before, behind, etc.) smb., smth. we hardly had time to look about us мы едва успели осмотреться; the boy was looking before him мальчик смотрел перед собой; look round the room (round the shop, etc.) окинуть комнату и т. д. взглядом; look after the train (after the ship, after the girl as she left the room, etc.) смотреть вслед поезду и т. д., провожать поезд и т. д. взглядом /глазами/; the child looked behind me to make sure that I was alone ребенок посмотрел, нет ли кого-л. сзади меня; look behind the door посмотреть за дверью; look down (up) smth. look down the well [внимательно] (подсмотреть в колодец; look down the list просмотреть весь список, проверить список сверху донизу; look down (up) the street внимательно осмотреть улицу, посмотреть вниз (вверх) no улице; look from /out of/ smth. look from /out of/ a window смотреть из окна; look out of the corner of one's eye посмотреть краешком глаза; look in /into/ smth. look in a mirror (посмотреться в зеркало; look in smb.'s face (in smb.'s eyes) (подсмотреть кому-л. в лицо (в глаза); look into smb.'s face (into smb.'s eyes) заглядывать кому-л. в лицо (в глаза); look in that direction смотреть в том /в указанном/ направлении; look into a well (into a shop window, into the darkness of the forest, into the fire, into a mirror, into the garden, into the sky, etc.) всматриваться /вглядываться, смотреть/ в колодец и т. д.; look into a room заглядывать в комнату; look into the future (into the hearts of other people, etc.) заглянуть в будущее и т. д.; he looked [down] into my face он [нагнулся и] посмотрел мне в лицо; look over smth. look over one's spectacles посмотреть поверх очков; look over one's shoulder посмотреть /кинуть взгляд/ через плечо; look over their heads смотреть поверх их голов; look over the wall (over the fence, etc.) заглядывать через стену и т. д.; look to smth. look to the right (to the left) посмотреть направо (налево); look [up] to heaven посмотреть [вверх] на небо; look through smth. look through the window (through a telescope, etc.) смотреть в окно и т. д., look through the keyhole смотреть /подсматривать/ в замочную скважину; his greed looked through his eyes в его глазах горела /светилась/ жадность; his toes look out through the shoe у него пальцы из ботинок вылезают, у него ботинки "каши просят"; look towards smth. look towards the horizon (towards the sea, etc.) смотреть в сторону горизонта /по направлению к горизонту/ и т. д.

2) look on (upon, to, towards, etc.) smth. the drawing-room (the window, the house, etc.) looks on the river (on the sea, on the street, upon the garden, on the park, to the east, towards the south, towards the Pacific, across the garden, etc.) гостиная и т. д. выходит /выходит окнами, обращена/ на реку и т. д., look [down] into the street (down on the lake, down on the river, etc.) стоять на возвышенности /возвышенном месте/, откуда открывается вид на улицу и т. д., the castle looks down on the valley замок стоит на вершине, откуда открывается вид на долину

3) look after smb., smth. look after children (after the old man, after a dog, after a garden, after smb.'s house, etc.) ухаживать /следить, присматривать/ за детьми и т. д.; who will look after the shop while we are away? на чьем попечении / на кого/ останется магазин на время нашего отсутствия?; I look after the саг myself я сам ухаживаю за машиной; he is able to look after himself a) он в состоянии обслужить [самого] себя; б) он может постоять за себя; look after her when I am gone присмотрите за ней, пока меня не будет; he is young and needs looking after он еще мал, и за ним нужен присмотр /уход/; did you get someone to look after the child? вы нашли кого-нибудь для ухода за ребенком?; look after smb.'s interests блюсти /соблюдать/ чьи-л. интересы; look after smb.'s rights охранять /оберегать, защищать/ чьи-л. права; look after smb.'s wants ухаживать за кем-л., исполнять чьи-л. желания; look after the affair веста какое-л. дело; look to smth. look to smb.'s tools (to the fastenings, to the water-bottles, etc.) отвечать за инструменты и т. д., следить, за инструментами и т.д., look to your manners следи за своими манерами /за тем, как ты себя ведешь/; the country must look to its defences страна должна заботиться об обороне; look to the future (подумать /(побеспокоиться/ о будущем: look to it that this does not happen again (that everything is ready, etc.) смотря, чтобы это не повторилось /чтобы этого больше не было/ и т. д.

4) look for smb., smth. look for one's brother (for smb.'s hat, for the lost money, for employment, for a job, for gold, for a shorter route to the East, etc.) искать брата и т. д., what are you looking for? что вы ищете?; что вам надо?; I am looking for а, room мне нужна комната, я ищу комнату; look for trouble напрашиваться на неприятности; look for smth. somewhere look for spectacles in the bureau drawers (in the jar, around the room, etc.) искать очки в ящиках стола и т. д., one has not to look very far for the answer за ответом далеко ходить не, надо; look to smb. for smth. look to smb. for help (for advice, for guidance, for comfort, for a loan of money, etc.) прибегать /обращаться/ к кому-л. за помощью и т. д., искать у кого-л. помощи и т. д.; he looks to me for protection он ищет защиты у меня; it is no good looking to them for support нечего ждать от них поддержки; ' look to smb. to do smth. look to smb. to put things right (to make the arrangement, to protect them from aggression, etc.) рассчитывать, что кто-л. все уладит и т. д.; he looks to me to help him он полагается на то, что я помогу ему

5) look at /on, upon/ smth. look at all the facts (at /upon/ the offer, at smb.'s motives, at this matter seriously, on smb.'s proposal from this point of view, etc.) рассматривать все факты и т. д., it is a new way of looking at things это новый подход к вопросу; look upon death without fear относиться к смерти без страха; look only at /on/ the surface of things поверхностно подходить к вопросу; look (up)on smb., smth. as smb., smth. look upon him as my teacher считать его своим учителем, смотреть на него как на своего учителя; I look on that as an insult я рассматриваю это как оскорбление; I look on it as an honour to work with you для меня большая честь работать с вами; look on smth., as being in some state look on smth. as useless (as necessary, as unusual, as unfortunate, etc.) считать что-л. бесполезным и т. д.; you can look upon it as done можешь считать это [уже] сделанным /выполненным, готовым/

6) look into smth. look into a problem рассматривать проблему, разбираться в вопросе; will you look into the question of supplies? вы займетесь вопросом снабжения?; the police will look into the theft полиция займется расследованием этой кражи

7) look for smth., smb. look for the arrival of the heir (for a great victory, for much profit from the business, for no recompense, for the news, for a line from you, etc.) ожидать приезда наследника и т. д., I'll be looking for you at the reception я надеюсь увидеть вас на приеме; I never looked for such a result as this я и не ожидал такого результата /не рассчитывал на такой результат/; death steals upon us when we least look for it смерть подкрадывается к нам, когда мы ее меньше всего ждем; look to /towards/ smth. look to the future (to greater advances in science and technology, towards the day when world peace will be a reality, to a quiet time in my old age, etc.) надеяться на будущее и т. д., стремиться к будущему и т. д.
9. XIX1
look like smb., smth. look like a sailor (like a gentleman, like an elderly clerk, like a perfect fool, etc.) быть похожим на матроса и т. д., he looks like an honest (a clever, etc.) man у него вид честного и т. д. человека; this dog doesn't look much like a hunting dog этот пес мало похож на охотничью собаку; I have no idea what it (he) looks like понятия не имею, как это (он) выглядит; it looks like granite (like business, like a dream coming true, etc.) это похоже на гранит и т. д.; it looks like rain (like snow, like storm) похоже, что будет /собирается/ дождь (снег, буря); it looks like a fine day день обещает быть хорошим
10. Х1Х3
look like doing smth. he looks like winning похоже, что он выигрывает; which country looks like winning? у какой страны больше шансов на успех?; do I look like jesting? разве похоже, что я шучу?
11. XXI1
look smb., smth. in smth. look smb. full (straight. squarely, frankly, etc.) in the face (in the eyes) смотреть кому-л. прямо и т. д. в лицо (в глаза); look death in the face смотреть смерти в лице; look smb. (in)to (out of, etc.) smth. look smb. into silence взглядом заставить кого-л. (замолчать; look smb. to shame пристыдить кого-л. взглядом; look smb. out of countenance взглядом смутить кого-л. /заставить кого-л. смутиться/; look smth. at smb. look daggers at smb. смотреть на кого-л. убийственным взглядом; look one's annoyance at a person смотреть на кого-л. с раздражением; he looked a query at me он посмотрел на меня вопросительно
12. XXV
1) look what... (when..., where..., whether..., etc.) look what time the train arrives /when the train arrives (when the train starts, where you are, whether the postman has come yet, etc.) посмотреть, когда прибывает поезд и т. д., look what time it is посмотри, который час; don't look till I tell you не смотри /не поворачивайся, не поворачивай головы/, пока я не скажу

2) look as if... (as though...) look as if he wanted to join us (as if you had slept badly, as though he were thinking of mischief, ere.) похоже на то, что он хочет присоединиться к нам и т. д.; he looks as if he had seen a ghost у него такой вид, [как] будто он увидел привидение

3) look that... (how..., etc.) look that everything is ready (that he is on time, how you behave, etc.) проследить за тем, чтобы все было готово и т. д.; look that you do not fall смотри, не упади; it looks as if they were afraid (as if he wouldn't go, as if trouble were brewing, etc.) создается такое впечатление /кажется/, что они боялись и т. д.
13. XXVII2
look to smb. as if... /as though. / it looks to me as if the skirt is too long мне кажется, что юбка слишком длинна; it looks as if it is going to turn wet (as if it were going to be fine, as though we should have a storm, etc.) похоже, пойдут дожди и т. д.

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > look
12 straight

streɪt
1. прил.
1) а) неизогнутый, прямой;
невьющийся( о волосах) б) правильный, находящийся в порядке;
ровный
2) а) искренний, прямой, честный a straight question ≈ прямой вопрос straight speaking ≈ искренность;
прямота straight fight б) разг. верный, надежный;
амер. полит. неуклонно поддерживающий решения своей партии, преданный своей партии straight tip ≈ сведения из достоверных источников в) откровенный, без экивоков;
неприкрытый
3) амер. чистый, неразбавленный
4) амер. разг. поштучный, розничный (о цене)
2. нареч.
1) а) прямо, по прямой линии б) метко, правильно, точно Syn: neatly, to the point
2) открыто, неприкрыто;
чисто, прямо, честно
3) немедленно, сразу ∙ straight away straight off straight out to go/run straight ≈ (начать) вести честный образ жизни
3. сущ.;
ед. только
1) а) прямая линия;
спорт финишная прямая б) прямизна
2) разг. правильный, честный образ жизни (the *;
тк. в ед. ч.) прямизна - out of the * кривой прямая линия - on the * по прямой (спортивное) финишная прямая - back * прямая, противоположная финишной прямой честность - on the * (жаргон) честно - I am on the * я честно говорю, действую и т. п.( карточное) карты, подобранные подряд по достоинству, "порядок", "стрит" (в покере) нормальный человек, обыватель, мещанин прямой, неизогнутый - * line прямая линия - the *est way to самый прямой путь в /к/ - * back прямая /несгорбленная/ спина не отклоняющийся от курса, не сходящий с дороги;
беспрерывный - * course прямой курс - * flight полет по прямой - * run беспосадочный полет невьющийся - * hair прямые волосы( автомобильное) с цилиндрами в ряд( о двигателе) правильный, ровный;
находящийся в порядке - your tie isn't * ваш галстук сбился набок - * eye верный глаз - * gunner меткий наводчик - * blow прямой удар (бокс) (разговорное) честный, прямой, искренний - * question прямой вопрос - * dealing(s) честность, честное ведение дел - to be * in one's dealings быть честным в своих делах - to keep * оставаться честным;
вести честный /правильный/ образ жизни - * talk откровенный разговор, разговор начистоту - a * thinker здравомыслящий человек( разговорное) верный, надежный - * tip сведения из достоверных источников (американизм) (политика) неуклонно поддерживающий решения своей партии;
преданный своей партии - * Republican стойкий республиканец - a * vote голос, поданный за весь список кандидатов от своей партии (американизм) неразбавленный - * whisky неразбавленное виски( американизм) (коммерческое) фиксированный, прейскурантный( о цене) ;
без скидки за большое количество купленного - cigars 20 cents * сигары 20 центов штука, без скидки (литературоведение) (театроведение) чистый по жанру - * play (чистая) драма( без музыки) - * comedy (настоящая) комедия( не музыкальная) - * part драматическая роль( без эксцентриады и т. п.) естественный, органичный( об игре актера) обыкновенный, рядовой( о лит. произведении) - a * novel /story/ рядовой роман, бесхитростное повествование (часто в отличие от романов абсурда, фантастики и т. п.) идущий по порядку - twelve * days двенадцать дней подряд (карточное) расположенный по порядку - * flush карты одной масти по порядку;
"королевский цвет", флеш-рояль (в покере) (профессионализм) объективный( о газетных сообщениях) - * story объективное изложение событий;
факты без комментариев (разговорное) обычный, традиционный - * culture традиционная культура нормальный;
здоровый( о психике) - * and gay people нормальные /гетеросексуальные/ люди и гомосексуалисты - * thinking and stoned thinking нормальное мышление и мышление наркоманов и алкоголиков единственный( о способе вознаграждения) ;
прямой (о сдельщине и т. п.) - a salesman on * commision коммивояжер, работающий только за комиссионные прямой, непосредственный( о наблюдении, расчете) > * face ничего не выражающее лицо > to keep a * face, to keep one's face * стараться не рассмеяться > (as) * as a die прямой, честный;
такой не подведет;
прямой как стрела > (as) * as a ramrod словно аршин проглотил прямой по линии, прямо - to ride * ехать напрямик - to stand * стоять прямо, не горбиться - * set up с прямо /стройной/ фигурой - to look smb. * in the eyes смотреть кому-л. прямо в глаза - the drunk could not walk * пьяный не мог идти не шатаясь прямо, непосредственно - * above прямо над - to go * to London поехать прямо в Лондон - it comes * from Paris это прибыло прямо из Парижа - to go /to come/ * to the point перейти прямо /сразу/ к сути дела - to drink * from the bottle пить прямо из горлышка правильно, точно, метко - to shoot * метко стрелять правильно, упорядоченно - to put a room * привести комнату в порядок - to put the picture * правильно /ровно/ повесить картину;
поправить висящую картину - is my hat on *? у меня шляпа правильно надета? - he set us * on that issue он дал нам правильную информацию по этому вопросу - to get the facts * установить факты, разобраться в случившемся честно, открыто, прямо - to tell smb. * сказать кому-л. прямо /честно/ - to let smb. have it * (разговорное) честно /прямо/ сказать кому-л. объективно (в газетных сообщениях) - to write a story * нарисовать объективную картину;
изложить события без комментариев ясно, здраво - he thinks * он ясно /здраво/ мыслит - I cannot think * не могу собраться с мыслями в сочетаниях: - * away немедленно, сразу, тотчас - to go * away сразу /немедленно/ уйти - to guess * away сразу угадать /догадаться/ - * off сразу, не колеблясь;
не обдумав - to tell smth. * off сразу же сказать что-л. - to answer * off ответить не задумываясь - five tricks * off пять взяток сразу /подряд/ - * out напрямик, прямо - to speak * out говорить прямо > to hit * from the shoulder говорить прямо, честно, "рубить сплеча";
наносить прямой удар > to go /to run/ * (начать) вести честный /добропорядочный/ образ жизни;
порвать с преступным прошлым, "завязать" ~ тк. sing разг. правильный, честный образ жизни;
to be on the straight жить честно (о бывшем преступнике) ~ амер. разг. поштучный (о цене) ;
cigars ten cents straight сигары стоимостью десять центов за штуку straight: to go (или to run) straight (начать) вести честный образ жизни ~ прямо, по прямой линии;
to ride straight ехать напрямик;
to hit straight нанести прямой удар is my hat on ~? у меня шляпа правильно надета?;
to put things straight привести дела в порядок ~ fight полит. (предвыборная) борьба, в которой участвуют только два кандидата;
straight speaking искренность;
прямота;
to keep straight оставаться честным put the picture ~ поправьте картину;
to put a room straight привести комнату в порядок put the picture ~ поправьте картину;
to put a room straight привести комнату в порядок is my hat on ~? у меня шляпа правильно надета?;
to put things straight привести дела в порядок ~ прямо, по прямой линии;
to ride straight ехать напрямик;
to hit straight нанести прямой удар ~ правильно, точно, метко;
to shoot straight метко стрелять straight: to go (или to run) straight (начать) вести честный образ жизни ~ разг. надежный, верный;
straight tip сведения из достоверных источников ~ немедленно, сразу;
straight away разг. сразу, тотчас;
straight off сразу, не обдумав;
straight out напрямик, прямо ~ амер. неразбавленный;
straight whisky неразбавленное виски ~ амер. полит. неуклонно поддерживающий решения своей партии;
преданный своей партии;
to vote the straight ticket голосовать за список кандидатов своей партии ~ амер. разг. поштучный (о цене) ;
cigars ten cents straight сигары стоимостью десять центов за штуку ~ правильно, точно, метко;
to shoot straight метко стрелять ~ тк. sing разг. правильный, честный образ жизни;
to be on the straight жить честно (о бывшем преступнике) ~ правильный;
ровный;
находящийся в порядке;
straight eye верный глаз, хороший глазомер ~ правильный ~ тк. sing прямая (перед финишем на скачках) ~ тк. sing прямая линия ~ (the ~) тк. sing прямизна ~ прямо, честно, открыто;
tell me straight what you think скажите мне прямо, что вы думаете ~ прямо, по прямой линии;
to ride straight ехать напрямик;
to hit straight нанести прямой удар ~ прямой, невьющийся (о волосах) ~ прямой, неизогнутый ~ прямой ~ ровный ~ честный, прямой, искренний;
a straight question прямой вопрос;
straight talk откровенный разговор ~ немедленно, сразу;
straight away разг. сразу, тотчас;
straight off сразу, не обдумав;
straight out напрямик, прямо ~ правильный;
ровный;
находящийся в порядке;
straight eye верный глаз, хороший глазомер ~ fight полит. (предвыборная) борьба, в которой участвуют только два кандидата;
straight speaking искренность;
прямота;
to keep straight оставаться честным ~ fight честный бой ~ немедленно, сразу;
straight away разг. сразу, тотчас;
straight off сразу, не обдумав;
straight out напрямик, прямо ~ немедленно, сразу;
straight away разг. сразу, тотчас;
straight off сразу, не обдумав;
straight out напрямик, прямо ~ честный, прямой, искренний;
a straight question прямой вопрос;
straight talk откровенный разговор ~ fight полит. (предвыборная) борьба, в которой участвуют только два кандидата;
straight speaking искренность;
прямота;
to keep straight оставаться честным ~ честный, прямой, искренний;
a straight question прямой вопрос;
straight talk откровенный разговор ~ разг. надежный, верный;
straight tip сведения из достоверных источников ~ амер. неразбавленный;
straight whisky неразбавленное виски ~ прямо, честно, открыто;
tell me straight what you think скажите мне прямо, что вы думаете ~ амер. полит. неуклонно поддерживающий решения своей партии;
преданный своей партии;
to vote the straight ticket голосовать за список кандидатов своей партии

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > straight
13 occhio

m (pl -cchi) eye

a occhio nudo to the naked eye

a occhio e croce roughly

dare nell'occhio attract attention, be noticed

a quattr'occhi in private

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occhio s.m.

1 eye: occhi a mandorla, almond-shaped (o slanting) eyes; occhi sporgenti, bulging (o protruding) eyes; bianco dell'occhio, white of the eye; con le lacrime agli occhi, with tears in one's eyes; dagli occhi neri, black-eyed; sollevare, abbassare gli occhi, to raise, to lower one's eyes; mi piange un occhio, my eye is watering; mi fanno male gli occhi, my eyes ache (o are sore); aveva gli occhi rossi di pianto, her eyes were red with crying; sfregarsi gli occhi, to rub one's eyes; strizzare gli occhi, to squint, ( per luce forte) to screw up one's eyes; strizzar l'occhio a qlcu., to wink at s.o.; affaticarsi, consumarsi gli occhi, to strain one's eyes; avere gli occhi storti, to be cross-eyed; guardare dritto negli occhi, to look straight in the eye // occhio per occhio, dente per dente, (prov.) an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth // occhio non vede, cuore non duole, (prov.) what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over // occhio di vetro, glass eye // banca degli occhi, eye bank // non posso crederci finché non lo vedo con i miei occhi, I can't believe it until I see it with my own eyes // ormai non le sono rimasti che gli occhi per piangere, she has cried her eyes out // ho ancora davanti agli occhi la scena, I can still see the scene

2 ( sguardo) look; glance: mi guardò con l'occhio assente, he looked at me absently; sotto gli occhi di qlcu., under s.o.'s eyes; cercare qlcu. con gli occhi, to look round for s.o.; distogliere gli occhi, to look away; interrogare qlcu. con gli occhi, to give s.o. a questioning look (o to look at s.o. inquiringly) // mi è caduto l'occhio su un errore, my eye fell on a mistake

3 ( cosa a forma d'occhio): occhi del brodo, blobs of fat floating on the soup; gli occhi del formaggio, the holes in (gruyère) cheese; gli occhi delle penne del pavone, the eyes on a peacock's feathers

4 occhio di pernice, occhio pollino, ( callo) corn (between the toes)

5 (bot.) eye, bud, eyespot

6 (bot. pop.): occhio di bue, (ox eye) daisy; occhio di diavolo, pheasant's eye

7 (zool.) eye: occhio composto, ( di insetto) compound eye; occhio semplice, stemma

8 (min.): occhio di gatto, cat's-eye; occhio di tigre, tiger-eye

9 (tip.) typeface

10 (tecn.) eye: occhio del martello, eye of the hammer; (mecc.) occhio della molla, spring eye; (arch.) occhio della voluta, eye of the volute; (edil., fot.) occhio di bue, bull's eye // (mar.): occhio di coperta, deck light; occhio di cubia, hawse-hole; (rad. fam.) occhio magico, magic eye

11 (meteor.) eye: occhio del ciclone, del tifone, eye of the storm.

◆ FRASEOLOGIA: occhio!, mind! (o watch out! o look out!); occhio al portafoglio!, watch your wallet! // non bisogna comprare niente a occhi chiusi, never buy anything with your eyes closed; saprei andarci, farlo a occhi chiusi, I could go there, do it blindfold; di lui ti puoi fidare a occhi chiusi, you can trust him blindly // la nuova stella è troppo piccola per poterla vedere a occhio nudo, the new star is too small to be seen with the naked eye; si vede a occhio nudo che è falso, you can tell at a glance that it is false // quattr'occhi, (scherz.) ( persona con gli occhiali) four-eyes; quattro occhi vedono meglio di due, two pairs of eyes are better than one; a quattr'occhi, in private (o in confidence): una conversazione a quattr'occhi, a tête-à-tête // la pianura si estende a perdita d'occhio, the plain stretches out as far as the eye can see; crescere a vista d'occhio, to grow by leaps and bounds (o visibly) // in un batter d'occhio, in a trice (o in the twinkling of an eye) // agli occhi miei ha ragione, in my opinion he is right // aveva gli occhi fuori dalla testa, his eyes were popping out of his head // darei un occhio ( della testa) per avere quell'auto, I'd give anything (in the world) to have that car // ma dove hai gli occhi?, watch what you're doing // non l'ha fatto certo per i suoi begli occhi!, he didn't do it for love! (o for nothing!) // la notte scorsa non ho potuto chiudere occhio, I didn't sleep a wink last night // quello che è successo mi ha aperto gli occhi, what happened (really) opened my eyes; quando aprirai gli occhi capirai che ti sta prendendo in giro, when you open your eyes you'll understand he's pulling your leg // avere gli occhi dappertutto, to have eyes in the back of one's head // avere occhio per qlco., to have an eye for sthg. // avere gli occhi pesanti, to be drowsy (o sleepy) // avere, tenere gli, stare a occhi aperti, to keep one's eyes open (o skinned o peeled); sognare a occhi aperti, to daydream // chiudere un occhio su qlco., (fig.) to turn a blind eye to sthg.: non può chiudere un occhio per questa volta?, couldn't you turn a blind eye (just) for this time? // mi si chiudono gli occhi, ( dal sonno) I can hardly keep my eyes open // dormire con gli occhi aperti, to sleep with one eye open; ( avere il sonno leggero) to sleep very lightly // essere tutt'occhi e tutt'orecchie, to be all eyes and ears // fare gli occhi neri, un occhio nero a qlcu., to give s.o. a black eye // c'è da cavarsi gli occhi a leggere con questa luce, reading in this light would ruin your eyesight; gli caverei gli occhi a quello!, (fam.) I'd scratch that fellow's eyes out! // guardare qlcu. con la coda dell'occhio, to look at s.o. out of the corner of one's eye // leggo nei tuoi occhi che stai mentendo, I can tell by your eyes that you are lying // mettere qlco. sotto gli occhi a qlcu., to bring (o to draw) sthg. to s.o.'s attention // sgranare gli occhi, to open one's eyes wide (o to goggle) // lo vedo come il fumo negli occhi, I can't bear the sight of him // vedere qlco. di buon occhio, di mal occhio, to look favourably, unfavourably on sthg. // la differenza salta all'occhio, the difference leaps out at you; salta all'occhio che non ha voglia di venire, it's clear as crystal that he doesn't want to come // dare nell'occhio, to attract attention: ci mescolammo agli invitati senza dare nell'occhio, we mingled with the guests without attracting attention // fare l'occhio a qlco., to get used to sthg. // perdere d'occhio qlcu., qlco., to lose sight of s.o., sthg. // tenere d'occhio qlcu., to keep an eye on s.o. // a colpo d'occhio, at first sight: ho capito la situazione al primo colpo d'occhio, I took the situation in at a glance; vedere qlco. al primo colpo d'occhio, to see sthg. at a glance // a occhio ( e croce), roughly (o about o approximately) // misurare qlco. a occhio, to measure sthg. by sight (o at a glance) // mettere gli occhi addosso a qlco., qlcu., to have one's eye on sthg., s.o.; non aveva occhi che per lei, non le toglieva gli occhi di dosso, he couldn't take his eyes off her // dare un occhio a qlco., to have a look at sthg. // fare gli occhi dolci a qlcu., to make (sheep's) eyes at s.o. // gettare l'occhio su qlco., to run (o to cast) one's eyes over sthg. (o to glance at sthg.) // mangiarsi qlco., qlcu. con gli occhio, to devour sthg., s.o. with one's eyes // la cucina cinese mi esce dagli occhi, I'm fed up to the back teeth with Chinese cooking.

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pl. - chi ['ɔkkjo, ki] sostantivo maschile

1) eye

- chi a mandorla — almond o slanting eyes

-chi chiari, scuri — light-coloured, dark eyes

avere gli -chi storti — to be cross-eyed

un bambino dagli o con gli -chi blu a blue-eyed child; non riesco a tenere gli -chi aperti I can't keep my eyes open; sognare a occhio aperti to daydream; aprire gli -chi to open one's eyes; fig. to get wise; tenere gli -chi bene aperti fig. to keep one's eyes skinned o peeled; aprire gli -chi a qcn. su qcs. to awaken sb. to sth.; apri gli -chi! wake up! chiudere un occhio su qcs. fig. to turn a blind eye to sth.; trovare la strada a -chi chiusi fig. to find the way blindfold o with one's eyes closed; potrei farlo a -chi chiusi fig. I could do it in my sleep o with my eyes closed; non ho chiuso occhio (tutta la notte) I didn't sleep a wink (all night); tenere d'occhio qcn. to keep an eye on sb.; visibile a occhio nudo visible to the naked eye; ce l'ho sotto gli -chi I have it in front of me; sotto gli -chi di tutti for all the world to see; proprio davanti ai nostri -chi before our very eyes; non credevo ai miei -chi I couldn't believe my eyes; cercare qcs. con gli -chi to look around for sth.; mettere gli -chi su o addosso a qcn., qcs. to have one's eye on sb., sth., to set one's sights on sb., sth.; non staccare o togliere gli -chi di dosso a qcn. not to take one's eyes off sb.; non avere -chi che per qcn. to only have eyes for sb.; guardarsi negli -chi to gaze into each other's eyes; dare nell'occhio to attract attention, to be showy, to stand out a mile; guardare qcn. con la coda dell'occhio to see sb. out of the corner of one's eye; a colpo d'occhio at a glance; vedere qcn., qcs. di buon occhio to look with favour on sb., sth., to look on sb., sth. with favour o favourably; sotto l'occhio vigile di under the watchful eye of; guardare qcn. dritto negli -chi to look sb. straight in the eye o face; guardare qcs. con occhio critico to take a critical look at sth.; dove hai gli -chi? are you blind? agli -chi del mondo in the eyes of the world; vedere qcs. con altri -chi to take a different view of sth.; a occhio e croce avrà 30 anni roughly speaking I would say that he is about 30; dimagrisce a vista d'occhio he's getting thinner before our very eyes; in un batter d'occhio — in the bat of an eye, in less than no time

2) (come esclamazione)

occhio! — watch out! mind!

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occhio di bue — arch bull's-eye; fot. snoot

all'occhio di bue — [ uovo] sunny side up

occhio clinico — discerning o expert eye

occhio di pernice — (tessuto) bird's eye pattern; (callo) = small corn between toes

occhio di pesce — tecn. fisheye

occhio di tigre — tiger's eye

occhio di vetro — glass eye

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fare gli -chi dolci a qcn. — to make eyes o flutter one's eyelashes at sb., to make sheep's eyes at sb.

fare l'occhio a qcs. — to get used to sth.

fare un occhio nero a qcn. — to black BE o blacken AE sb.'s eye

cavare gli -chi a qcn. — to claw o gouge sb.'s eyes out

anche l'occhio vuole la sua parte — = you should also please the eye

la pasta mi esce dagli -chi — I've had it up to here with pasta

saltare o balzare agli -chi to leap out at sb., to stand out a mile; buttare o gettare l'occhio su to clap eyes on, to have o take a look-see; rifarsi gli -chi con qcs. to feast one's eyes on sth.; avere occhio per to have an eye for [dettagli, colore]; avere gli -chi foderati di prosciutto to go around with one's eyes shut; a perdita d'occhio as far as the eye can see; a quattr'-chi [discutere, parlare] face to face, one-to-one; costare un occhio (della testa) to cost the earth, to cost an arm and a leg; avere -chi di lince to be lynx-eyed; occhio per occhio, dente per dente prov. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; lontano dagli -chi, lontano dal cuore prov. out of sight, out of mind; occhio non vede cuore non duole prov. what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over; essere nell'occhio del ciclone — to be in the eye of the storm

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occhio

pl. - chi /'ɔkkjo, ki/ ⇒ 4

sostantivo m.

1 eye; - chi a mandorla almond o slanting eyes; -chi chiari, scuri light-coloured, dark eyes; avere gli -chi storti to be cross-eyed; un bambino dagli o con gli -chi blu a blue-eyed child; non riesco a tenere gli -chi aperti I can't keep my eyes open; sognare a occhio aperti to daydream; aprire gli -chi to open one's eyes; fig. to get wise; tenere gli -chi bene aperti fig. to keep one's eyes skinned o peeled; aprire gli -chi a qcn. su qcs. to awaken sb. to sth.; apri gli -chi! wake up! chiudere un occhio su qcs. fig. to turn a blind eye to sth.; trovare la strada a -chi chiusi fig. to find the way blindfold o with one's eyes closed; potrei farlo a -chi chiusi fig. I could do it in my sleep o with my eyes closed; non ho chiuso occhio (tutta la notte) I didn't sleep a wink (all night); tenere d'occhio qcn. to keep an eye on sb.; visibile a occhio nudo visible to the naked eye; ce l'ho sotto gli -chi I have it in front of me; sotto gli -chi di tutti for all the world to see; proprio davanti ai nostri -chi before our very eyes; non credevo ai miei -chi I couldn't believe my eyes; cercare qcs. con gli -chi to look around for sth.; mettere gli -chi su o addosso a qcn., qcs. to have one's eye on sb., sth., to set one's sights on sb., sth.; non staccare o togliere gli -chi di dosso a qcn. not to take one's eyes off sb.; non avere -chi che per qcn. to only have eyes for sb.; guardarsi negli -chi to gaze into each other's eyes; dare nell'occhio to attract attention, to be showy, to stand out a mile; guardare qcn. con la coda dell'occhio to see sb. out of the corner of one's eye; a colpo d'occhio at a glance; vedere qcn., qcs. di buon occhio to look with favour on sb., sth., to look on sb., sth. with favour o favourably; sotto l'occhio vigile di under the watchful eye of; guardare qcn. dritto negli -chi to look sb. straight in the eye o face; guardare qcs. con occhio critico to take a critical look at sth.; dove hai gli -chi? are you blind? agli -chi del mondo in the eyes of the world; vedere qcs. con altri -chi to take a different view of sth.; a occhio e croce avrà 30 anni roughly speaking I would say that he is about 30; dimagrisce a vista d'occhio he's getting thinner before our very eyes; in un batter d'occhio in the bat of an eye, in less than no time

2 (come esclamazione) occhio! watch out! mind!

IDIOMS

fare gli -chi dolci a qcn. to make eyes o flutter one's eyelashes at sb., to make sheep's eyes at sb.; fare l'occhio a qcs. to get used to sth.; fare un occhio nero a qcn. to black BE o blacken AE sb.'s eye; cavare gli -chi a qcn. to claw o gouge sb.'s eyes out; anche l'occhio vuole la sua parte = you should also please the eye; la pasta mi esce dagli -chi I've had it up to here with pasta; saltare o balzare agli -chi to leap out at sb., to stand out a mile; buttare o gettare l'occhio su to clap eyes on, to have o take a look-see; rifarsi gli -chi con qcs. to feast one's eyes on sth.; avere occhio per to have an eye for [dettagli, colore]; avere gli -chi foderati di prosciutto to go around with one's eyes shut; a perdita d'occhio as far as the eye can see; a quattr'-chi [discutere, parlare] face to face, one-to-one; costare un occhio (della testa) to cost the earth, to cost an arm and a leg; avere -chi di lince to be lynx-eyed; occhio per occhio, dente per dente prov. an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; lontano dagli -chi, lontano dal cuore prov. out of sight, out of mind; occhio non vede cuore non duole prov. what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over; essere nell'occhio del ciclone to be in the eye of the storm

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COMPOUNDS

occhio di bue arch bull's-eye; fot. snoot; all'occhio di bue [ uovo] sunny side up; occhio clinico discerning o expert eye; occhio di pernice (tessuto) bird's eye pattern; (callo) = small corn between toes; occhio di pesce tecn. fisheye; occhio di tigre tiger's eye; occhio di vetro glass eye.

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > occhio
14 regarder

regarder [ʀ(ə)gaʀde]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = diriger son regard vers) [+ paysage, scène] to look at ; [+ action en déroulement, film, match] to watch

• regarder tomber la pluie or la pluie tomber to watch the rain falling

• il regarda sa montre he looked at his watch

• regarde, il pleut look, it's raining

• regarde bien, il va sauter look, he's going to jump

• regarder la télévision/une émission à la télévision to watch television/a programme on television

• regarder par la fenêtre (du dedans) to look out of the window ; (du dehors) to look in through the window

• regarde devant toi look in front of you

• regarde où tu marches look where you're going

• regarde voir dans l'armoire (inf) have a look in the wardrobe

• regarde voir s'il arrive (inf) look and see if he's coming

• attends, je vais regarder hang on, I'll go and look

• regardez-moi ça just look at that

• tu ne m'as pas regardé ! (inf) what do you take me for! (inf)

• regardez-le faire watch him do it ; (pour apprendre) watch how he does it

• sans regarder [traverser] without looking

   b. (rapidement) to glance at ; (longuement) to gaze at ; (fixement) to stare at

• regarder qch de près/de plus près to have a close/closer look at sth

• regarder qn avec méfiance to eye sb suspiciously

• regarder qn de haut to give sb a scornful look

• regarder qn droit dans les yeux/bien en face to look sb straight in the eye/straight in the face

   c. ( = vérifier) [+ appareil, huile, essence] to look at

• peux-tu regarder la lampe ? elle ne marche pas can you have a look at the lamp? it doesn't work

• regarde dans l'annuaire look in the phone book

• regarder un mot dans le dictionnaire to look up a word in the dictionary

   d. ( = considérer) [+ situation, problème] to view

• il ne regarde que son propre intérêt he is only concerned with his own interests

   e. ( = concerner) to concern

• cette affaire me regarde quand même un peu this business does concern me a little

• en quoi cela te regarde-t-il ? ( = de quoi te mêles-tu ?) what business is it of yours? ; ( = en quoi es-tu touché ?) how does it affect you?

• que vas-tu faire ? -- ça me regarde what will you do? -- that's my business

• cela ne le regarde pas or en rien that's none of his business

• mêlez-vous de ce qui vous regarde mind your own business

2. indirect transitive verb

• regarder à to think about

• y regarder à deux fois avant de faire qch to think twice before doing sth

• quand il fait un cadeau, il ne regarde pas à la dépense when he gives somebody a present he doesn't worry how much he spends

• sans regarder à la dépense without worrying about the expense

3. reflexive verb

► se regarder

   a.

se regarder dans une glace to look at o.s. in a mirror

• il ne s'est pas regardé ! he should take a look at himself!

   b. (mutuellement) [personnes] to look at each other

• se regarder dans les yeux to look into each other's eyes

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ʀ(ə)gaʀde
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( diriger son regard vers) to look at

regarder quelque chose par la fenêtre — to look out of the window at something

regarde qui vient! — look who's coming!

regarder quelque chose méchamment — to glare at something

regarder rapidement — to have a quick look at, to glance at [bâtiment, paysage]; to glance through [document, livre]

regarder quelqu'un en face — lit, fig to look somebody in the face

regarder la réalité or les choses en face — to face facts

regarder quelqu'un de haut — fig to look down one's nose at somebody

regarder quelqu'un de travers — fig to look askance at somebody

2) ( fixer avec attention) to watch, to look at [personne, scène]; to look at [tableau, paysage]; to watch [film, télévision]

regarder quelqu'un faire — to watch somebody doing

regarde bien comment je fais — watch what I do carefully

regarder quelque chose fixement — to stare at something

regarder quelqu'un/quelque chose longuement — to gaze at somebody/something

regarder quelqu'un dans les yeux — to look somebody in the eye(s)

3) (pour vérifier, savoir) to look at [montre, carte]; to have a look at, to check [pneus, niveau d'huile]

regarder dans — to look up, to consult [dictionnaire, annuaire]

regarder si — to have a look to see if

4) (examiner, considérer) to look at [pays, situation]

regarder pourquoi/si/qui — to see why/if/who

5) ( constater) to look

regarde-moi ça! — just look at that!

6) (colloq) ( concerner) to concern [personne]

ça ne vous regarde pas — that doesn't concern you; ( moins poli) it's none of your business

mêle-toi de ce qui te regarde! — mind your own business! (colloq)

7) (prendre en compte, envisager)

elle ne regarde que ses intérêts — she thinks only of her own interests

regarder l'avenir avec confiance — to view the future with confidence

8) ( faire face à) [maison] to overlook [baie, mer]

2.

regarder à verbe transitif indirect to think about

regarder à la dépense — to watch what one spends

ne pas regarder à la dépense — to spare no expense

quand on y regarde de très près — when you look at it very closely

tu devrais y regarder à deux fois avant de l'acheter — you should think twice before buying it

3.

verbe intransitif

1) ( diriger son regard) to look

regarder en l'air — to look up

regarder par terre — to look down

regarde autour de toi — lit, fig look around

regarde bien — have a good look

2) ( en cherchant) to look

3) ( faire attention) to look

regarde où tu mets les pieds — look ou watch where you put your feet

4.

se regarder verbe pronominal

1) ( soi-même) to look at oneself

2) ( l'un l'autre) to look at one another

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ʀ(ə)ɡaʀde
1. vt

1) [photos, paysage, document] to look at

Il regardait ses photos de vacances. — He was looking at his holiday photos.

Tu as regardé le rapport de Martin? — Have you looked at Martin's report?

regarder qch dans le dictionnaire — to look sth up in the dictionary

2) [film, télévision, match] to watch

Je regarde la télévision. — I'm watching television.

Regarde où tu mets les pieds! — Watch where you put your feet!

3) (= concerner) to concern

Ça ne nous regarde pas. — It's none of our business., It doesn't concern us.

cela me regarde — it's my business, it concerns me

4) (= envisager) [situation, avenir] to view

regarder l'avenir avec confiance — to view the future with confidence, (= considérer) [son intérêt] to be concerned with

regarder qn/qch comme — to regard sb/sth as

2. vi

1) (pour voir) to look

Regarde! J'ai presque fini. — Look! I've nearly finished.

regarder par la fenêtre — to look out of the window

2) (consulter) to look

Regarde dans le dictionnaire. — Look in the dictionary., Look it up in the dictionary.

3) (= prendre garde)

regarder à la dépense — to be careful about how much one spends

ne pas regarder à la dépense — to spare no expense

4) (autres locutions)

y regarder à deux fois — to think twice about

y regarder à deux fois avant de faire qch — to think twice before doing sth

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regarder verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 ( diriger son regard vers) to look at; regarder qch par la fenêtre to look out of the window at sth; regarder qch avec inquiétude/admiration to look at sth anxiously/admiringly; regarde qui vient! look who's coming!; regarder qch méchamment to glare at sth; regarder rapidement to have a quick look ou to glance at [bâtiment, paysage]; ( en feuilletant) to glance through [document, livre]; regarder qn en face lit, fig to look sb in the face; regarder la réalité or les choses en face to face facts, to face up to things; regarder qn de haut fig to look down one's nose at sb; regarder qn de travers fig to look askance at sb; ⇒ lorgnette, vache;

2 ( fixer avec attention) to watch, to look at [personne, scène]; to look at [tableau, diapositives, paysage]; to watch [film, télévision, émission]; regarder qn faire to watch sb doing; regarder les enfants jouer or qui jouent to watch the children playing; regarde bien comment je fais watch what I do carefully; regarder une pièce à la télévision to watch a play on television; regarder qch fixement to stare at sth; regarder qn/qch longuement to gaze at sb/sth; regarder qn dans les yeux to look sb in the eye(s);

3 (pour vérifier, savoir) to look at [montre, carte]; to have a look at, to check [pneus, niveau d'huile]; regarder dans to look up, to consult [dictionnaire, annuaire, livre de cuisine]; regarder si to have a look to see if; regarde si elle arrive have a look to see if she is coming, see if you can see her coming; regarde voir s'il reste du pain○ look and see if there's any bread left;

4 (examiner, considérer) to look at [statistiques, pays, situation]; regarder qch de plus près to look more closely at sth; si on regarde les choses calmement if we look at things calmly; regarder pourquoi/si/qui to see why/if/who; regarder qch comme douteux to regard sth as doubtful;

5 ( constater) to look; regarde-moi ça! just look at that!; regarde-moi ce désordre! look at this mess!; regarde comme c'est beau! look! isn't that lovely!;

6 ( concerner) to concern [personne]; ça ne vous regarde pas that doesn't concern you; ( moins poli) it's none of your business; mêle-toi de ce qui te regarde! mind your own business○!; ça ne regarde que moi that's nobody's business but mine;

7 (prendre en compte, envisager) elle ne regarde que ses intérêts she thinks only of her own interests; regarder l'avenir avec confiance to view the future with confidence;

8 ( faire face à) [maison] to overlook [baie, mer].

B regarder à vtr ind to think about; regarder à la dépense to watch what one spends; ne pas regarder à la dépense to spare no expense; sans regarder à la dépense/à la qualité without worrying about the cost/about quality; quand on y regarde de trop/très près when you look at it too/very closely; à y regarder de plus près on closer examination; tu devrais y regarder à deux fois avant de l'acheter you should think twice before buying it.

C vi

1 ( diriger son regard) to look; regarder en l'air to look up; regarder par terre to look down; regarder dehors/dedans to look outside/inside; regarder par la fenêtre ( de l'intérieur) to look out of the window; ( de l'extérieur) to look in through the window; regarde derrière toi look behind you; regarde droit devant toi look straight ahead; regarde autour de toi lit, fig look around; regarde ailleurs ( détourne le regard) look away; regarder du côté de qn to look toward(s) sb; regarde bien have a good look;

2 ( en cherchant) to look; regarder partout/ailleurs to look everywhere/somewhere else;

3 ( faire attention) to look; regarde où tu vas look ou watch where you're going; regarde où tu mets les pieds look ou watch where you put your feet.

D se regarder vpr

1 ( soi-même) to look at oneself; se regarder dans la glace to look at oneself in the mirror; se regarder les ongles to look at one's nails;

2 ( l'un l'autre) to look at one another; ⇒ blanc, faïence;

3 ( être vis-à-vis) [bâtiments] to face one another.

Idiomes

il ne s'est pas regardé○! he ought to take a look at himself!; tu ne m'as pas bien regardé○! you must be joking!

[rəgarde] verbe transitif

1. [voir] to look at (inseparable), to see

[observer] to watch, to see

regarde s'il arrive see if he's coming

si tu veux t'instruire, regarde-le faire if you want to learn something, watch how he does it

as-tu regardé le match? did you watch ou see the match?

regarde voir dans la chambre (familier) go and look ou have a look in the bedroom

regarde-moi ça! (familier) just look at that!

regarde-moi ce travail! (familier) just look at this mess!

tu ne m'as pas regardé! (familier) what do you take me for?, who do you think I am?

2. [examiner - moteur, blessure] to look at (inseparable), to check ; [ - notes, travail] to look over ou through (separable) ; [ - causes] to examine, to consider, to look into (inseparable)

as-tu eu le temps de regarder le dossier? did you have time to look at ou to examine the file?

3. [vérifier] to look up (separable)

tu regardes constamment la pendule! you're always looking at ou watching the clock!

je vais regarder quelle heure il est ou l'heure I'm going to see ou to check what time it is

(en usage absolu)

regarde à la lettre D look through the D's, look at the letter D

4. [concerner] to concern

ceci ne regarde que toi et moi this is (just) between you and me

ça ne te regarde pas! that's ou it's none of your business!

cette affaire ne me regarde plus this affair is no longer any concern ou business of mine

cela ne les regarde en rien it's absolutely no business of theirs

en quoi est-ce que ça me regarde? what's that got to do with me?

5. [considérer - sujet, situation] to look at (inseparable), to view

il regarde avec envie la réussite de son frère he casts an envious eye upon his brother's success, he looks upon his brother's success with envy

ne regarder que [ne penser qu'à] to be concerned only with, to think only about

regarder quelqu'un comme to consider somebody as, to regard somebody as, to look upon somebody as

regarder quelque chose comme to regard something as, to look upon something as, to think of something as

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[rəgarde] verbe intransitif

1. [personne] to look

nous avons regardé partout we looked ou searched everywhere

tu ne sais pas regarder you should learn to use your eyes

ne reste pas là à regarder, fais quelque chose! don't just stand there (staring), do something!

2. [bâtiment, pièce]

regarder à l'ouest to face West

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regarder à verbe plus préposition

[morale, principes] to think of ou about, to take into account

[apparence, détail] to pay attention to

je regarde avant tout à la qualité I'm particularly ou primarily concerned with quality

regarde à ne pas faire d'erreur watch you don't make a mistake

regarder à la dépense to be careful with one's money

y regarder à deux ou à plusieurs fois avant de faire quelque chose to think twice before doing something

à y bien regarder, à y regarder de plus près when you think it over, on thinking it over

il ne faut pas y regarder de trop près

a. (sens propre) don't look too closely

b. (figuré) don't be too fussy

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se regarder verbe pronominal

(sens propre & figuré) (emploi réfléchi)

to look at oneself

tu ne t'es pas regardé! (familier) you should take a (good) look at yourself!

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se regarder verbe pronominal (emploi réciproque)

[personnes] to look at each other ou at one another

[bâtiments] to be opposite one another, to face each other

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se regarder verbe pronominal (emploi passif)

[spectacle]

cette émission se regarde en famille this is a family show, this show is family viewing

ça se regarde volontiers it's quite pleasant to watch

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > regarder
15 Gesicht

n; -(e)s, -er

1. face (auch fig. Person); über das ganze Gesicht strahlen umg. beam all over one’s face; jemandem ins Gesicht schlagen slap s.o. in the face; jemandem ( gerade) ins Gesicht sehen look s.o. (straight) in the eye; ich kann ihr nicht mehr ins Gesicht sehen I can’t look her in the face ( oder eye) any more; jemandem ins Gesicht lachen / lügen laugh in / lie to s.o.’s face; jemandem etw. ins Gesicht sagen / schleudern say s.th. to / throw s.th. in s.o.’s face; einer Gefahr etc. ins Gesicht sehen fig. face up to a danger etc.; den Tatsachen ins Gesicht sehen fig. face the facts; das springt einem doch ins Gesicht umg. it stares you in the face, it’s so obvious; ich hätte ihm ins Gesicht springen können umg. I could have strangled him; er ist seinem Vater wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten he’s the spitting image ( oder spit and image) of his father, he’s a chip off the old block umg.; das Essen fiel ihm aus dem Gesicht umg., hum. he threw up, Am. he tossed his cookies

2. (Miene) face, expression; Gesichter machen oder schneiden make ( oder pull) faces; ein böses Gesicht machen scowl; sie machte ein langes Gesicht enttäuscht: her face fell; trotzig: she pulled (Am. made) a face; was machst du für ein Gesicht? what are you pulling (Am. making) (such) a face for?; mach nicht so ein Gesicht! stop pulling (Am. making) such a face, wipe that look off your face; mach nicht so ein dummes Gesicht! don’t look so stupid, wipe that stupid look off your face; ein Gesicht machen wie drei etc. Tage Regenwetter have a face as long as a fiddle; das sieht man ihr am Gesicht an you can tell by the look on her face; es steht ihm im oder ins Gesicht geschrieben it’s written all over his face

3. fig. (Aussehen) look; lit. (Charakter) character; das Gesicht einer Stadt the appearance of a town; die vielen Gesichter Roms the many faces of Rome; ein anderes Gesicht bekommen take on a new ( oder different) look oder complexion; das gibt der Sache ein anderes Gesicht that puts a new ( oder different) light oder complexion on the matter; jetzt hat / bekommt die Sache ein Gesicht now the thing has taken / is starting to take shape

4. äußerer Schein: face; das Gesicht verlieren lose face; das Gesicht wahren save (one’s) face; sein wahres Gesicht zeigen show one’s true colo(u)rs; das steht einem Staatsmann gut / schlecht zu Gesicht(e) it well / ill becomes a statesman geh.

5. nur Sg.; (Sehen): das zweite Gesicht haben have second sight; zu Gesicht bekommen (erblicken) catch sight of; kurz: catch a glimpse of; (sehen) set eyes (up)on, see; jemandem zu Gesicht kommen be seen by s.o.; aus dem Gesicht verlieren lose sight of

6. (Vorderseite) face; ein Blatt, Bild liegt mit dem Gesicht nach oben / unten face up / down

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Gesicht2

n; -(e)s, -e; (Vision) vision

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Gesicht2

n; -(e)s, -e; (Vision) vision

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das Gesicht

mug; vision; face

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Ge|sịcht I [gə'zɪçt]
nt -(e)s, -er

1) face

ein Gesicht machen or ziehen (inf) — to make or pull a face

ein intelligentes/trauriges/böses/wütendes Gesicht machen — to look intelligent/sad/cross/angry

ein langes Gesicht machen — to make or pull a long face

was machst du denn heute für ein Gesicht? — what's up with you today?

jdm ein Gesicht schneiden (inf) — to make or pull a face at sb

jdm ins Gesicht spucken — to spit in sb's face

jdm ins Gesicht lachen — to laugh in sb's face

jdm ins Gesicht lügen — to lie to sb's face

jdm ins Gesicht sehen — to look sb in the face

den Tatsachen ins Gesicht sehen — to face facts

jdm etw ins Gesicht sagen — to tell sb sth to his face

mir schien die Sonne ins Gesicht — the sun was( shining) in my eyes

es stand ihm im or ins Gesicht geschrieben — it was written all over his face

jdm ins Gesicht springen (fig inf) — to go for sb

aufs Gesicht fallen — to fall on one's face; (fig inf: Brot etc) to fall sticky side down

sein wahres Gesicht zeigen — to show( oneself in) one's true colours (Brit) or colors (US)

neue Gesichter sehen — to see some new faces

das sieht man ihm am Gesicht an — you can see or tell (that) from his face

eine ( Zigarette) ins Gesicht stecken (inf) — to stick a cigarette in one's face (inf) or mouth

jdm wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein — to be the spitting image of sb

der Hut steht ihr gut zu Gesicht (dated) — her hat is very becoming, her hat becomes her

dieses Verhalten steht dir nicht zu Gesicht (dated) — such behaviour (Brit) or behavior (US) ill becomes you, it ill becomes you to behave like that

das or sein Gesicht verlieren — to lose face

das Gesicht wahren or retten — to save face

See:

→ Schlag

2) (fig) (= Aussehen) look, appearance; (einer Stadt, Landschaft etc) face, appearance; (geh = Charakter) character

ein anderes/freundlicheres Gesicht bekommen — to look quite different/more friendly

die Sache bekommt ein anderes Gesicht — the matter takes on a different complexion

das gibt der Sache ein neues Gesicht — that puts a different complexion on the matter or on things

3) no pl old = Sehvermögen) sight

das Zweite Gesicht — second sight

jdn aus dem Gesicht verlieren (lit) (fig) — to lose sight of sb to lose touch with sb

etw aus dem Gesicht verlieren (lit, fig) — to lose sight of sth

jdn/etw zu Gesicht bekommen — to set eyes on sb/sth, to see sb/sth

jdm zu Gesicht kommen (geh) — to be seen by sb
II
nt -(e)s, -e

Gesichte haben — to have visions

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das

(the front part of the head, from forehead to chin: a beautiful face.) face

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Ge·sicht¹

<-[e]s, -er>

[gəˈzɪçt]

nt

1. (Antlitz) face

er ist im \Gesicht etwas mager geworden his face has got rather thin, he's got thin in the face

grün im \Gesicht werden (fam) to go green in the face

mitten im \Gesicht [right] in the middle of sb's face

jdm ins \Gesicht schauen [o sehen] to look sb in the face

jdm mitten ins \Gesicht sehen to look right into sb's face

jdm ins \Gesicht scheinen to shine in sb's eyes

jdm ins \Gesicht schlagen to hit sb in the [or in their] face; (ohrfeigen a.) to slap sb's face

ein Zweig schlug mir ins \Gesicht und zerbrach meine Brille a branch hit me in the face and broke my glasses

jdm mit der Faust mitten ins \Gesicht schlagen to punch [or hit] sb right in the [or their] face

jdm ins \Gesicht spucken to spit in sb's face

über das ganze \Gesicht strahlen (fam) to beam all over one's face

das \Gesicht verzerren to contort one's face

das \Gesicht verziehen to make [or pull] a face

jdm das \Gesicht zuwenden to turn to sb, to look at sb

2. (fig: Person) face fig

neue \Gesichter sehen to see new faces

3. (Gesichtsausdruck) expression

jdm etw vom \Gesicht ablesen/am \Gesicht ansehen to read/see sth from sb's expression [or the expression [or look] on sb's face]

ein \Gesicht machen [o ziehen] to make [or pull] a face

was machst du denn für ein \Gesicht? why are you looking like that?

ein anderes \Gesicht machen (fam) to put on a different expression

mach doch ein anderes \Gesicht! stop looking like that!

ein böses/enttäuschtes/trauriges \Gesicht machen to look angry/disappointed/sad

ein langes \Gesicht machen [o ziehen] to pull a [long] face

4. (Vorderseite) front

auf das \Gesicht fallen Brot to fall sticky side down

5. (Erscheinungsbild) appearance

ein anderes \Gesicht bekommen to take on a different character

etw dat ein anderes \Gesicht geben [o (geh) verleihen] to make sth look different, to give sth a different character

die verschiedenen \Gesichter Deutschlands the different faces of Germany

6.

▶ jdm nicht ins \Gesicht blicken [o sehen] können to be unable to look sb in the face

▶ jdm wie aus dem \Gesicht geschnitten sein to be the spitting image of sb

▶ jdm im \Gesicht geschrieben stehen to be written on [or all over] sb's face

▶ jdm ins \Gesicht lachen to laugh in sb's face

▶ jdm ins \Gesicht lügen to tell sb a downright [or an outright] lie

▶ jdm etw [direkt [o fam glatt]] ins \Gesicht sagen to say sth [straight] to sb's face

▶ etw dat ins \Gesicht sehen to face sth

den Tatsachen/der Wahrheit ins \Gesicht sehen to face the facts/the truth

▶ jdm ins \Gesicht springen (fam: angreifen) to go for sb; (auffallen) to be obvious for sb

der Fehler ist mir sofort ins \Gesicht gesprungen I noticed the mistake immediately

▶ ein \Gesicht wie drei [o acht] Tage Regenwetter machen (fam) to look as miserable as sin fam

▶ das [o sein] \Gesicht verlieren to lose face

▶ das [o sein] \Gesicht wahren to keep up appearances, to save face

▶ sein wahres \Gesicht zeigen [o (geh) enthüllen] to show one's true colours [or one's true character] [or oneself in one's true colours]

▶ zwei \Gesichter haben to be two-faced

Ge·sicht²

<-[e]s, -e>

[gəˈzɪçt]

nt sight

etw zu \Gesicht bekommen to have sight of sth form, to see sth

ich habe diese Unterlagen nie zu \Gesicht bekommen I have never seen these papers

das zweite \Gesicht haben (veraltet) to have second sight

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das; Gesicht[e]s, Gesichter

1) face

ein fröhliches Gesicht machen — look pleasant or cheerful

über das ganze Gesicht strahlen — (ugs.) beam all over one's face; (fig.)

sein wahres Gesicht zeigen — show oneself in one's true colours; show one's true character

jemandem wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein — be the [very or (coll.) dead] spit [and image] of somebody

das ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht — that is a slap in the face

jemandem ins Gesicht lachen/lügen — laugh in/lie to somebody's face

jemandem etwas ins Gesicht sagen — say something to somebody's face

jemandem ins Gesicht sehen — to look somebody in the face

den Tatsachen ins Gesicht sehen — face the facts

jemandem [nicht] zu Gesicht[e] stehen — [not] become somebody

ein anderes Gesicht aufsetzen od. machen — put on a different expression

das Gesicht verlieren — lose face

ein Gesicht machen wie drei od. acht od. vierzehn Tage Regenwetter — look as miserable as sin

ein langes Gesicht/lange Gesichter machen — pull a long face

Gesichter schneiden — pull or make faces

das stand ihm im Gesicht geschrieben — it was written all over his face

2) (fig.): (Aussehen)

das Gesicht einer Stadt — the appearance of a town

die vielen Gesichter Chinas — the many faces of China

ein anderes Gesicht bekommen — take on a different complexion

3) o. Pl. (geh., veralt.): (Sehvermögen) sight

das Zweite Gesicht [haben] — [have] second sight

jemanden/etwas zu Gesicht bekommen — set eyes on or see somebody/something

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Gesicht¹ n; -(e)s, -er

1. face (auch fig Person);

über das ganze Gesicht strahlen umg beam all over one’s face;

jemandem ins Gesicht schlagen slap sb in the face;

jemandem (gerade) ins Gesicht sehen look sb (straight) in the eye;

ich kann ihr nicht mehr ins Gesicht sehen I can’t look her in the face ( oder eye) any more;

jemandem ins Gesicht lachen/lügen laugh in/lie to sb’s face;

jemandem etwas ins Gesicht sagen/schleudern say sth to/throw sth in sb’s face;

einer Gefahr etc

ins Gesicht sehen fig face up to a danger etc;

den Tatsachen ins Gesicht sehen fig face the facts;

das springt einem doch ins Gesicht umg it stares you in the face, it’s so obvious;

ich hätte ihm ins Gesicht springen können umg I could have strangled him;

er ist seinem Vater wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten he’s the spitting image ( oder spit and image) of his father, he’s a chip off the old block umg;

das Essen fiel ihm aus dem Gesicht umg, hum he threw up, US he tossed his cookies

2. (Miene) face, expression;

Gesichter machen oder

schneiden make ( oder pull) faces;

ein böses Gesicht machen scowl;

sie machte ein langes Gesicht enttäuscht: her face fell; trotzig: she pulled (US made) a face;

was machst du für ein Gesicht? what are you pulling (US making) (such) a face for?;

mach nicht so ein Gesicht! stop pulling (US making) such a face, wipe that look off your face;

mach nicht so ein dummes Gesicht! don’t look so stupid, wipe that stupid look off your face;

ein Gesicht machen wie drei etc

Tage Regenwetter have a face as long as a fiddle;

das sieht man ihr am Gesicht an you can tell by the look on her face;

es steht ihm im oder

ins Gesicht geschrieben it’s written all over his face

3. fig (Aussehen) look; liter (Charakter) character;

das Gesicht einer Stadt the appearance of a town;

die vielen Gesichter Roms the many faces of Rome;

ein anderes Gesicht bekommen take on a new ( oder different) look oder complexion;

das gibt der Sache ein anderes Gesicht that puts a new ( oder different) light oder complexion on the matter;

jetzt hat/bekommt die Sache ein Gesicht now the thing has taken/is starting to take shape

4. äußerer Schein: face;

das Gesicht verlieren lose face;

das Gesicht wahren save (one’s) face;

sein wahres Gesicht zeigen show one’s true colo(u)rs;

das steht einem Staatsmann gut/schlecht zu Gesicht(e) it well/ill becomes a statesman geh

5. nur sg; (Sehen):

das zweite Gesicht haben have second sight;

zu Gesicht bekommen (erblicken) catch sight of; kurz: catch a glimpse of; (sehen) set eyes (up)on, see;

jemandem zu Gesicht kommen be seen by sb;

aus dem Gesicht verlieren lose sight of

6. (Vorderseite) face;

ein Blatt, Bild liegt

mit dem Gesicht nach oben/unten face up/down

Gesicht² n; -(e)s, -e; (Vision) vision

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das; Gesicht[e]s, Gesichter

1) face

ein fröhliches Gesicht machen — look pleasant or cheerful

über das ganze Gesicht strahlen — (ugs.) beam all over one's face; (fig.)

sein wahres Gesicht zeigen — show oneself in one's true colours; show one's true character

jemandem wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten sein — be the [very or (coll.) dead] spit [and image] of somebody

das ist ein Schlag ins Gesicht — that is a slap in the face

jemandem ins Gesicht lachen/lügen — laugh in/lie to somebody's face

jemandem etwas ins Gesicht sagen — say something to somebody's face

jemandem ins Gesicht sehen — to look somebody in the face

den Tatsachen ins Gesicht sehen — face the facts

jemandem [nicht] zu Gesicht[e] stehen — [not] become somebody

ein anderes Gesicht aufsetzen od. machen — put on a different expression

das Gesicht verlieren — lose face

ein Gesicht machen wie drei od. acht od. vierzehn Tage Regenwetter — look as miserable as sin

ein langes Gesicht/lange Gesichter machen — pull a long face

Gesichter schneiden — pull or make faces

das stand ihm im Gesicht geschrieben — it was written all over his face

2) (fig.): (Aussehen)

das Gesicht einer Stadt — the appearance of a town

die vielen Gesichter Chinas — the many faces of China

ein anderes Gesicht bekommen — take on a different complexion

3) o. Pl. (geh., veralt.): (Sehvermögen) sight

das Zweite Gesicht [haben] — [have] second sight

jemanden/etwas zu Gesicht bekommen — set eyes on or see somebody/something

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-er n.

face n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Gesicht
16 schauen

I v/i bes. Dial.

1. look ( auf + Akk at); fig., auf Pünktlichkeit etc.: set great store by; in die Zeitung / auf die Uhr schauen look at the paper / the clock; die Fenster schauen auf den Park the windows look (out) onto the park

2. böse etc.: look; was schaust du so? what’s up?, why are you looking like that?; schau nicht so! don’t make such a face!; die hat vielleicht geschaut! you should have seen (the look on) her face

3. (nachsehen) have a look, look and see, go and see; schau mal, ob... auch go and have a look (to see) whether...; schau mal im Schrank have a look in the cupboard; schauen nach check up on; (Blumen etc.) look after; (Kindern etc.) keep an eye on; ich muss mal wieder nach Oma schauen I must go and see if granny’s OK

4. Dial. (zusehen): schau, dass... see (to it) that; schau, dass du fertig wirst auch umg. get a move on; die soll schauen, dass sie’s selber macht she can get on with it herself

5. schau ( mal),... umg., erklärend: look..., (you) see...

6. schau, schau! Dial., umg. well, what do you know!

7. umg.: schauen wir mal (warten wir es ab) let’s wait and see

II v/t: einen Film / eine Sendung schauen watch a film / program(me); Fernsehen schauen umg. watch television; so was schau ich nicht! I don’t watch that sort of thing

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to look

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schau|en ['ʃauən]
1. vi (esp dial)
to look
verärgert/traurig etc scháúen — to look angry/sad etc

scháúen — to look at sth

um sich scháúen — to look around (one)

die Sonne schaut durch die Wolken — the sun is peeping or shining through the clouds or from behind the clouds

jdm (fest) in die Augen scháúen — to look sb (straight) in the eye

jdm verliebt in die Augen scháúen — to gaze adoringly into sb's eyes

ihm schaut der Ärger/Zorn/Schrecken aus den Augen — annoyance/anger/fright is written all over his face

da schaust du aber! — there, see!, there you are!

schau, schau! (inf) — well, well!, what do you know! (inf), how about that! (inf)

schau, dass du... — see or mind (that) you...

2. vt (geh)
to see, to behold (old, liter); (= erkennen) to see
Gott scháúen — to see God

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(to turn the eyes in a certain direction so as to see, to find, to express etc: He looked out of the window; I've looked everywhere, but I can't find him; He looked at me (angrily).) look

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schau·en

[ˈʃauən]

I. vi SÜDD, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ

1. (blicken) to look

auf die Uhr \schauen to look at the clock

▪ auf jdn/etw \schauen to look at sb/sth

▪ um sich akk \schauen to look around, to have a look around

wohin man schaut,... wherever you look,...

2. (aussehen) to look

schau nicht so verbittert/traurig! don't look so bitter/sad!

3. (darauf achten)

▪ auf etw akk \schauen to pay attention to sth

auf Sauberkeit \schauen to be concerned about [or pay attention to] cleanliness

4. (sich kümmern)

▪ nach jdm/etw \schauen to have [or take] a look at sb/sth, to check up on sb/sth

wenn ich in Urlaub bin, schaut mein Freund nach den Blumen my friend is going to look after my flowers while I'm on holiday

5. (suchen)

▪ [nach etw dat] \schauen to look [for sth]

6. (ansehen) to look, to watch

\schauen Sie, die Tür wurde aufgebrochen! look! the door has been broken open!

7. (fam: zusehen)

▪ \schauen, dass/wie...:

schau, dass du pünktlich bist see [or make sure] [or mind] that you are on time

8.

▶ da schaust du aber! (fam) how about that!, what do you think of that?

▶ [ja,] da schau her! (schau, schau) well, well

▶ \schauen mal,... well [or look]...

▶ schau, schau! (fam) well, well

II. vt

▪ etw \schauen

1. (geh: visionär erblicken) to behold sth

2. s. gucken

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1.
(bes. südd., österr., schweiz.) intransitives Verb

1) look

auf jemanden/etwas schauen — look at somebody/something; (fig.) look to somebody/something

um sich schauen — look around [one]

schau, schau! — well, well

schau [mal], ich finde, du solltest... — look, I think you should...

2) (sich kümmern um)

nach jemandem/etwas schauen — take or have a look at somebody/something

3) (achten)

auf etwas (Akk.) schauen — set store by something

er schaut darauf, dass alle pünktlich sind — he sets store by everybody being punctual

4) (ugs.): (sich bemühen)

schau, dass du... — see or mind that you...

5) (nachsehen) have a look
2.
transitives Verb

Fernsehen schauen — watch television

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schauen

A. v/i besonders dial

1. look (

auf +akk at); fig, auf Pünktlichkeit etc: set great store by;

in die Zeitung/auf die Uhr schauen look at the paper/the clock;

die Fenster schauen auf den Park the windows look (out) onto the park

2. böse etc: look;

was schaust du so? what’s up?, why are you looking like that?;

schau nicht so! don’t make such a face!;

die hat vielleicht geschaut! you should have seen (the look on) her face

3. (nachsehen) have a look, look and see, go and see;

schau mal, ob … auch go and have a look (to see) whether …;

schau mal im Schrank have a look in the cupboard;

schauen nach check up on; (Blumen etc) look after; (Kindern etc) keep an eye on;

ich muss mal wieder nach Oma schauen I must go and see if granny’s OK

4. dial (zusehen):

schau, dass … see (to it) that;

schau, dass du fertig wirst auch umg get a move on;

die soll schauen, dass sie’s selber macht she can get on with it herself

5.

schau (mal), … umg, erklärend: look …, (you) see …

6.

schau, schau! dial, umg well, what do you know!

7. umg:

schauen wir mal (warten wir es ab) let’s wait and see

B. v/t:

einen Film/eine Sendung schauen watch a film/program(me);

Fernsehen schauen umg watch television;

so was schau ich nicht! I don’t watch that sort of thing

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1.
(bes. südd., österr., schweiz.) intransitives Verb

1) look

auf jemanden/etwas schauen — look at somebody/something; (fig.) look to somebody/something

um sich schauen — look around [one]

schau, schau! — well, well

schau [mal], ich finde, du solltest... — look, I think you should...

2) (sich kümmern um)

nach jemandem/etwas schauen — take or have a look at somebody/something

3) (achten)

auf etwas (Akk.) schauen — set store by something

er schaut darauf, dass alle pünktlich sind — he sets store by everybody being punctual

4) (ugs.): (sich bemühen)

schau, dass du... — see or mind that you...

5) (nachsehen) have a look
2.
transitives Verb

Fernsehen schauen — watch television

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v.

to look v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > schauen
17 blicken

v/i

1. (sehen) look ( auf + Akk at; in + Akk into); das lässt tief blicken fig. that’s very revealing, it makes you think umg.; durch die Wolken etc. blicken peep through the clouds etc.

2. (Augenausdruck haben): traurig / streng etc. blicken look sad / severe

3. sich blicken lassen umg. (auftauchen) show up; (erscheinen) auch put in an appearance; (vorbeikommen) drop in ( bei on), drop by (at); er lässt sich nicht mehr blicken you never see him (any more) these days; sobald er sich blicken lässt as soon as he shows ( oder turns) up; lass dich ja nicht mehr blicken! don’t you ever show your face around here again!

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to look; to glance

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blị|cken ['blɪkn]
1. vi
(auf +acc at) to look; (= flüchtig blicken) to glance; (fig = hervorsehen) to peep
sich blicken lassen — to put in an appearance

lass dich hier ja nicht mehr blicken! — don't let me see you here again!, don't show your face here again!

lass dich doch mal wieder blicken! — why don't you drop in some time?

danach hat er sich nie wieder blicken lassen — after that he was never seen again

das lässt tief blicken — that's very revealing

2. vt
inf = verstehen) to get
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bli·cken

[ˈblɪkn̩]

I. vi

1. (schauen)

▪ [auf jdn/etw] \blicken to look [or have a look] [at sb/sth]

▪ irgendwohin \blicken to look somewhere

er blickte kurz aus dem Fenster he glanced [briefly] out of the window

2. (geh: aussehen) to look

was blickst du so böse? why are you looking so angry?

3. (hervorsehen)

▪ aus etw dat \blicken to peep out of sth

4. (sich zeigen)

sich akk \blicken lassen to put in an appearance

lass dich doch mal wieder [bei uns] \blicken why don't you come round [and see us] again sometime?

sie hat sich hier nicht wieder \blicken lassen she hasn't shown up here again

sich akk [bei jdm] nicht [mehr] \blicken lassen to not be seen [any more] [at sb's house]

sie lässt sich schon längere Zeit nicht mehr bei uns \blicken she hasn't been round to see us for ages

lass dich hier ja nicht mehr \blicken! don't show your face around here again!; s.a. tief II.

II. vt (sl)

▪ etw \blicken (verstehen) to understand sth

gib's auf, er blickt das sowieso nicht! give up, he doesn't get it anyway! fam

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1.
intransitives Verb look; (flüchtig) glance

jemandem gerade in die Augen blicken — look somebody straight in the eye
2.
transitives Verb: in

sich blicken lassen — put in an appearance

lass dich mal wieder blicken — come again some time

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blicken v/i

1. (sehen) look (

auf +akk at;

in +akk into);

das lässt tief blicken fig that’s very revealing, it makes you think umg;

durch die Wolken etc

blicken peep through the clouds etc

2. (Augenausdruck haben):

traurig/streng etc

blicken look sad/severe

3.

sich blicken lassen umg (auftauchen) show up; (erscheinen) auch put in an appearance; (vorbeikommen) drop in (

bei on), drop by (at);

er lässt sich nicht mehr blicken you never see him (any more) these days;

sobald er sich blicken lässt as soon as he shows ( oder turns) up;

lass dich ja nicht mehr blicken! don’t you ever show your face around here again!

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1.
intransitives Verb look; (flüchtig) glance

jemandem gerade in die Augen blicken — look somebody straight in the eye
2.
transitives Verb: in

sich blicken lassen — put in an appearance

lass dich mal wieder blicken — come again some time

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(auf, nach) v.

to look (at) v. v.

to glance v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > blicken
18 смотреть

несовер. - смотреть;
совер. - посмотреть
1) без доп. (на кого-л./что-л.) look;
look (at) ;
gaze (at), stare (at) (пристально)
2) (что-л.) (о книге, журнале и т.п.) look through
3) (что-л.) see (о кинофильме, пьесе и т.п.) ;
watch( о скачках, телевизионной передаче)
4) (кого-л./что-л.) (производить осмотр) examine, inspect ( о больном) ;
parade( о войсках)
5) (за кем-л./чем-л.) ;
разг. (присматривать) look (after)
6) (на кого-л./что-л.) ;
только несовер.;
разг. (брать с кого-л. пример) follow smb.'s example
7) (на что-л.;
во что-л.) ;
только несовер. (быть обращенным) look (into/on/over)
8) (кем-л./чем-л.) ;
только несовер. (иметь вид) look like
9) без доп.;
только несовер. (виднеться) peep out ∙ смотри ≈ (берегись) look out!, take care! смотри у меня! ≈ you dare! смотря как, смотря когда ≈ it depends;
according (to) смотря по ≈ depending on смотреть сквозь пальцы на что-л. ≈ to look through one's fingers at smth.;
to wink at smth. смотреть в оба ≈ to keep one's eyes open/skinned, to be on one's guard;
to be all eyes смотреть косо ≈ to frown (up) on smb. смотреть сверху вниз, смотреть свысока ≈ to look down on smb. смотреть снизу вверх ≈ to look up to smb.

, посмотреть
1. (на, в вн.) look (at, into) (тж. перен.) ;
(пристально) gase (at, into) ;
~ в окно (изнутри) look out of the window;
(снаружи) look through the window;
~ на часы look at one`s watch;
~ вдаль gaze/stare into the distance;
~ кому-л. (прямо) в глаза look smb. (straight) in the eye, face smb. ;
~ под ноги look where one is going;
~ вперёд look ahead;
~ в будущее face the future, look ahead;

2. (в вн.;
пользоваться оптическими приборами) look (through), use (smth.) ;
~ в телескоп look through а telescope;

3. (на вн.;
относиться каким-л. образом) regard( smth.), look (at) ;
как вы смотрите на это? what is your opinion?, what do you think of it?;

4. (на вн.;
обращать внимание) take* notice (of) ;
что на него ~! never mind him!;

5. (на вн.;
принимать за кого-л., что-л.) regard (smb., smth.), treat( smb., smth.) ;
~ на кого-л. как на... regard smb. as...;
смотрите на меня теперь как на вашего отца treat me as your father;

6. (за тв.;
заботиться) look (after), take* care (of) ;
~ порядком keep* order;
~ за работами superintend the work;
~ за домом look after the house;
~ за детьми look after the children;

7. (вн.;
осматривать с целью ознакомления) look over( smth.), have* a look (at) ;
~ новую квартиру look over a new flat;

8. (вн.;
знакомиться с содержанием чего-л.) look (at, through) ;
~ рукопись look through a manuscript;
~ книгу look at a book;

9. (вн.;
быть зрителем) see* (smth.) ;
~ новый фильм see* а new film;

10. (вн.;
больных) examine (smb., smth.) ;

11. тк. несов. (на, в вн.;
быть обращенным) look out (on), look on (to), overlook( smth.) ;

12. тк. несов.: ~ волком scowl;

13. тк. несов.: смотри(те) ! look!;
(берегитесь) look out!;
(будьте осторожны) take care;
смотри(те) не забудь(те), не упади(те) и т. д. mind you don`t forget, fall, etc. ;
надо было раньше ~ you should have thought about that before;
~ в оба keep* one`s eyes open;
~ не на что it (he, she, etc.) is not worth looking at;
~ с надеждой на кого-л., что-л. place one`s hopes in smb., smth. ;
~ опасности в глаза look danger in the face;
смотря как it depends;
смотря где, когда it depends where, when;
смотря no чему-л. according to smth. ;
смотря пo обстоятельствам that depends on the circumstances;
куда он смотрит? what`s he thinking of? ~ся, посмотреться
14. (в вн.) look at oneself (in), examine oneself (in) ;
~ся в зеркало look at one self in the glass;

15. тк. несов. безл. be* acceptable to the eye;
фильм хорошо смотрится the film is visually effective;

16. тк. несов. разг. (производить впечатление) produсe an effect, look effective.

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > смотреть
19 recht

recht¹

〈 het〉

1 [gerechtigheid] justice ⇒ right

2 [rechtsregels; rechtsgeleerdheid] law

3 [rechtspraak] justice

4 [proces] court

5 [bevoegdheid, voorrecht] right

6 [meervoud] [bevoegdheden behorend bij een stand/positie] rights

7 [aanspraak] right ⇒ claim

8 [meervoud] [bevoegdheid tot reproductie van een boek/film enz.] (copy)right(s)

9 [belasting] duty

♦voorbeelden:

1   iemand recht doen (wedervaren) • do someone justice

     recht doen aan iets • do justice to something

     〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand/iets geen recht doen • be unfair to someone/something

     het recht handhaven • uphold the law

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het recht aan zijn kant hebben • be in the right

     het recht met voeten treden • trample justice underfoot

     in zijn recht zijn/staan • be within one's rights

     〈 figuurlijk〉 met recht • right(ful)ly

     je kan je met recht afvragen wat … • you may well wonder what …

     met recht razend zijn • have good reason to be furious

2   student (in de) rechten • law student

     agrarisch/fiscaal/militair recht • agrarian/fiscal/military law

     burgerlijk recht • civil law

     het geschreven recht • written/statute law

     het ongeschreven recht • unwritten/common law

     publiek en privaat recht • public and private law

     Romeins recht • Roman law

     het recht in eigen handen nemen • take the law into one's own hands

     rechten studeren • read/study law

     meester in de rechten • Master of Laws

     krachtens recht en gewoonte • by right and custom

     krachtens/volgens Engels recht • under English law

     naar Nederlands recht • according to Dutch law

3   recht doen • give judgement

     recht doen in een zaak • decide on a case

     recht vorderen/zoeken • demand/seek justice

4   in rechte iets afdwingen/eisen/vorderen • enforce/demand something in a court of law

5   recht van bestaan hebben • have a right to exist

     het recht van de sterkste • the law of the jungle

     〈 juridisch〉 recht van voorkeur • right of option

     aangeboren en verworven rechten • birthrights and acquired rights

     dat is mijn goed recht • that is my right

     het volste recht hebben om … • have every right to …

     zijn graad geeft hem het recht om … • his degree qualifies him to …

     het recht hebben om zijn kinderen te zien • have access to one's children

     niet het recht hebben iets te doen • have no right to do something

     iemand het recht ontzeggen om … • deny someone the right to …

     evenveel recht van spreken hebben als de rest • have an equal voice with the rest

     geen recht van spreken hebben • have no right to speak

     door dat te doen had hij geen recht van spreken meer • by doing that he put himself out of court

     〈 figuurlijk〉 recht van spreken hebben • be entitled to speak

     iedereen heeft het recht om … • everyone has the right to …

     op zijn recht(en) staan • insist on one's right(s)

     〈 figuurlijk〉 zijn kwaliteiten komen daar veel beter tot hun recht • he can make far better use of his talents there

     〈 figuurlijk〉 tot zijn recht komen • stand out well 〈 jurk, schilderij〉

     〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand/iets (niet) tot zijn recht laten komen • do (no) justice to someone/something

     〈 figuurlijk〉 goed tot zijn recht komen • show up well

     voor zijn recht(en) opkomen • defend one's right(s)

6   de rechten van de mens • human rights

     de rechten van de vrouw • women's rights

     burgerlijke/politieke rechten • civil/political rights

7   recht op uitkering • entitlement to a benefit

     de oudste rechten hebben • have first claim

     geen recht hebben op • have no right/claim to

     zijn rechten laten gelden • exercise one's rights

     recht hebben/geven op iets • have/give the right to something

8   de rechten van een boek verkopen • sell the rights to a book

     alle rechten voorbehouden • all rights reserved

9   vast recht • fixed charge

     vrij van rechten • free of duties

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recht²

I 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord, bijwoord〉

1 [niet gebogen/bochtig; niet scheef/schuin] straight

2 [rechtop] straight (up), upright

3 [normaal] 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉 right 〈 kant van stof〉; direct 〈 evenredigheid〉; 〈 bijwoord〉 directly 〈 evenredig〉

4 [juist] 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉 right 〈 woord, pad〉; 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉 true 〈 oorzaak〉

5 [met betrekking tot een hoek] 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉 right

♦voorbeelden:

1   een rechte lijn trekken • draw a straight line

     op het laatste rechte stuk • on the home straight

     je bord moet je wel recht houden • you must keep your plate straight

     de auto kwam recht op ons af • the car was coming straight at us

     iets recht leggen • put something straight

     recht op iemand/iets afgaan • go straight for someone/something

     iets recht snijden • cut something (off) straight

     recht omhoog/omlaag • straight up/down

     iemand recht in de ogen kijken • look someone straight in the eye

     recht op zijn doel afgaan • go straight for one's goal

     recht van lijf en leden • straight-limbed

     recht voor zich uitkijken • look/stare straight ahead

2   een rechte houding • an upright posture

     recht op zijn benen staan • stand up straight

     recht zitten/staan • sit/stand up straight

     recht overeind • straight up, bolt upright

     〈 figuurlijk〉 het probleem blijft recht overeind staan • the problem remains unsolved

3   de rechte zijde van een voorwerp • the right side of an object

     recht evenredig zijn met • be directly proportional to

     〈 breien〉 eerst drie averecht, dan drie recht • first three purl, then three plain

4   op het rechte pad zijn/blijven • 〈 figuurlijk〉 be on/keep to the straight and narrow

     het rechte van iets weten • know the ins and outs of something

5   rechte hoek • right angle

¶   recht voor de zaak uitkomen • be quite open about the matter

     〈 Algemeen Zuid-Nederlands〉 recht voor de vuist • straightforward

II 〈 bijwoord〉

1 [formeel] [echt] really

2 [precies] straight

♦voorbeelden:

1   recht gelukkig was hij nooit • he was never really happy

2   hangt/zit mijn jurk recht? • is my dress straight?

     ze reden recht op elkaar in • they collided head-on

     hij woont recht tegenover mij • he lives straight across from me

     recht tegenover elkaar • face-to-face

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20 прямо

I кратк. прил.
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1) (не наклонно, не под углом) straight

держа́ться пря́мо — hold oneself erect / upright

2) ( непосредственно) straight

переходи́те пря́мо к де́лу — go straight to the point

идти́ пря́мо к це́ли — go straight to the target [-gɪt]

э́то пря́мо отно́сится к вопро́су — it has direct reference to the case / question

3) ( откровенно) frankly, openly, bluntly

сказа́ть пря́мо — say frankly / openly, tell roundly

скажи́те пря́мо — come right out with it, be frank, say it frankly
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1) разг. (совершенно; при сущ.) real; (при прил.) really

он пря́мо геро́й — he is a real hero

я пря́мо поражён — I am really astonished

пря́мо не зна́ю, что сказа́ть — (honestly,) I don't (really) know what to say

2) (как раз, в точности, именно) exactly; downright; right

пря́мо тут — right here

пря́мо противополо́жно — exactly the opposite [-zɪt]

пря́мо в глаз — square in the eye

пря́мо в нос — full on the nose

попада́ть пря́мо в цель — hit the mark, hit the bull's eye

смотре́ть пря́мо в глаза́ кому́-л — look smb straight in the eye(s)

она́ сказа́ла э́то ему́ пря́мо в лицо́ — she said it right to his face; she told him roundly

3) ( сразу) right, straight

пря́мо со шко́льной скамьи́ — fresh / straight from school

4) разг. (при выражении недоверия, несогласия, возражения) not really

он ге́ний. - Ну, пря́мо уж! — he is a genius. - Is he really?

я ничего́ не зна́ю! - пря́мо! — I don't know anything! - Come on! [Tell me another]

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