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to manage one's finances

  • 1 manage

    'mæni‹
    1) (to be in control or charge of: My lawyer manages all my legal affairs / money.) dirigir, llevar, administrar
    2) (to be manager of: James manages the local football team.) administrar, llevar
    3) (to deal with, or control: She's good at managing people.) llevar, manejar
    4) (to be able to do something; to succeed or cope: Will you manage to repair your bicycle?; Can you manage (to eat) some more meat?) conseguir, lograr
    - manageability
    - management
    - manager

    manage vb
    1. poder con
    can you manage all those suitcases by yourself? ¿puedes con todas esas maletas tú solo?
    2. arreglárselas
    how do they manage on so little money? ¿cómo se las arreglan con tan poco dinero?
    3. conseguir / lograr
    4. dirigir / llevar / administrar
    tr['mænɪʤ]
    1 (run - business, company) dirigir, llevar, administrar; (- property) administrar; (- household) llevar; (handle - money, affairs) manejar, administrar
    she manages a shop es la encargada de una tienda, lleva una tienda
    2 (handle, cope with - child, person) llevar, manejar; (- animal) domar; (- work, luggage, etc) poder con
    can you manage that suitcase? ¿puedes con esa maleta?
    3 (succeed) conseguir, lograr
    we managed it! ¡lo conseguimos!
    did you manage to find a present for Neil? ¿conseguiste encontrar un regalo para Neil?
    4 (have room for, have time for) poder
    can you manage lunch on Sunday? ¿puedes venir a comer el domingo?
    1 poder
    can you manage? ¿puedes?
    I can manage, thanks ya puedo, gracias
    2 (financially) arreglárselas, apañarse
    manage ['mænɪʤ] v, - aged ; - aging vt
    1) handle: controlar, manejar
    2) direct: administrar, dirigir
    3) contrive: lograr, ingeniárselas para
    manage vi
    cope: arreglárselas
    v.
    administrar v.
    agenciar v.
    apoderar v.
    conducir v.
    dirigir v.
    encaminar v.
    gestionar v.
    gobernar v.
    guiar v.
    manejar v.
    manipular v.
    menear v.
    regentar v.
    regir v.
    'mænɪdʒ
    1.
    1) ( Busn) \<\<company/bank\>\> dirigir*, administrar, gerenciar (AmL); \<\<staff/team\>\> dirigir*; \<\<land/finances\>\> administrar
    2) (handle, cope with) \<\<children\>\> manejar, controlar; \<\<household\>\> llevar, administrar

    can you manage those suitcases on your own? — ¿puedes con esas maletas tú sola?

    3) ( achieve)

    I can't manage the meetingno puedo or no me es posible ir a la reunión

    to manage to + INF — lograr or poder* + inf

    I managed to get four ticketsconseguí or pude conseguir cuatro entradas

    how did they manage to get away with it? — ¿cómo se las arreglaron para salirse con la suya?


    2.
    vi
    1) ( Busn) dirigir*, administrar
    2) ( cope)

    can I help you? - thank you, I can manage — ¿me permite que la ayude? - gracias, yo puedo sola

    they have to manage on $300 a week — tienen que arreglarse or arreglárselas con 300 dólares a la semana

    ['mænɪdʒ]
    1. VT
    1) (=direct) [+ firm, economy, shop] dirigir, administrar; [+ employees, team] dirigir; [+ time, property, money] administrar; [+ household] llevar; (Comput) [+ system, network] gestionar

    he's been managing my affairs for years — lleva años encargándose de mis asuntos, hace años que lleva mis asuntos

    managed currencymoneda f controlada or dirigida

    managed economyeconomía f planificada or dirigida

    managed fundfondo m controlado or dirigido

    2) (=cope with, control) [+ situation] manejar; [+ suitcases, packages] poder con; [+ animal] dominar

    can you manage the cases? — ¿puedes con las maletas?

    3) (=achieve)

    can you manage two more in the car? — ¿te caben dos más en el coche?

    can you manage eight o'clock? — ¿puedes estar para las ocho?

    to manage to do sth — lograr hacer algo, conseguir hacer algo

    how did you manage not to spill it? — ¿cómo lograste or conseguiste no derramarlo?

    he managed not to get his feet wetlogró or consiguió no mojarse los pies

    £20 is all I can manage — 20 libras es todo lo que puedo dar or pagar

    can you manage another cup? — ¿quieres otra taza?

    £20 is the most I can manage — 20 libras es todo lo que puedo dar or pagar

    4) pej (=manipulate) [+ news, election] manipular
    2. VI
    1) (=cope) (with situation) arreglárselas; (financially) arreglarse, arreglárselas

    can you manage?(=deal with situation) ¿puedes arreglártelas?; (=carry sth) ¿puedes con eso?

    thanks, I can manage — gracias, yo puedo

    she manages on her pension/on £60 a week — se (las) arregla con la pensión/con 60 libras a la semana

    to manage without sth/sb, "do you need the car?" - "I can manage without it" — -¿necesitas el coche? -me (las) puedo arreglar or apañar sin él

    2) (=direct, administrate) dirigir
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    ['mænɪdʒ]
    1.
    1) ( Busn) \<\<company/bank\>\> dirigir*, administrar, gerenciar (AmL); \<\<staff/team\>\> dirigir*; \<\<land/finances\>\> administrar
    2) (handle, cope with) \<\<children\>\> manejar, controlar; \<\<household\>\> llevar, administrar

    can you manage those suitcases on your own? — ¿puedes con esas maletas tú sola?

    3) ( achieve)

    I can't manage the meetingno puedo or no me es posible ir a la reunión

    to manage to + INF — lograr or poder* + inf

    I managed to get four ticketsconseguí or pude conseguir cuatro entradas

    how did they manage to get away with it? — ¿cómo se las arreglaron para salirse con la suya?


    2.
    vi
    1) ( Busn) dirigir*, administrar
    2) ( cope)

    can I help you? - thank you, I can manage — ¿me permite que la ayude? - gracias, yo puedo sola

    they have to manage on $300 a week — tienen que arreglarse or arreglárselas con 300 dólares a la semana

    English-spanish dictionary > manage

  • 2 administrarse

    1 (manejarse) to manage one's own money, manage one's own affairs
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    (v.) = pace
    Ex. Reference librarians can help alleviate technostress by establishing a relaxed, psychologically supportive atmosphere, pacing their instruction, and using active learning.
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    (v.) = pace

    Ex: Reference librarians can help alleviate technostress by establishing a relaxed, psychologically supportive atmosphere, pacing their instruction, and using active learning.

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    ■administrarse verbo reflexivo to manage one's own money
    ' administrarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    administrar
    English:
    budget
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    vpr
    [organizar dinero] to manage one's finances
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    administrarse vb to manage your money

    Spanish-English dictionary > administrarse

  • 3 finance

    1. ['faɪnæn(t)s] сущ.
    1) ( finances) финансы, доходы, деньги, бюджет

    Medical bills put a severe strain on my finances. — Медицинские счета больно ударили по моему карману.

    - finances of a state
    2) финансы, финансовая система, денежные отношения

    to raise finance — обеспечивать финансирование, привлекать средства

    Syn:
    ••
    - wheeler-dealer finance 2. [faɪ'næn(t)s] гл.
    1) ассигновать, финансировать, выделять средства, вкладывать деньги

    Англо-русский современный словарь > finance

  • 4 wirtschaften

    I v/i
    1. (mit Geld umgehen) manage one’s money ( oder finances); (sparsam sein) economize; gut oder sparsam wirtschaften be economical, look after one’s money; schlecht wirtschaften waste money, manage one’s money ( oder finances) badly; nicht wirtschaften können be no good with money, not know how to manage one’s money ( oder finances); mit Gewinn / Verlust wirtschaften come out on the plus / minus side, run at a profit / loss; Tasche 2
    2. (Haushalt führen) keep house; gut wirtschaften be a good housekeeper
    3. umg. (beschäftigt sein) be busy; (hantieren) potter (Am. putter) around ( oder about)
    II v/t: eine Firma zugrunde wirtschaften run a firm (Am. business) into the ground
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    to keep house
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    wịrt|schaf|ten ['vɪrtʃaftn]
    1. vi
    1) (= sparsam sein) to economize

    sparsam wirtschaften — to economize, to budget carefully

    See:
    Tasche
    2) (= den Haushalt führen) to keep house
    3) (inf = sich betätigen) to busy oneself; (gemütlich) to potter about (Brit), to putter around (US); (= herumfummeln) to rummage about
    2. vt

    jdn/etw zugrunde wirtschaften — to ruin sb/sth financially

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    wirt·schaf·ten
    [ˈvɪrtʃaftn̩]
    vi
    1. (den Haushalt führen) to keep house
    2. (rationell sein) to manage
    sparsam \wirtschaften to economize, to budget carefully
    gut/schlecht \wirtschaften to be a good manager/to mismanage
    3. (sich betätigen) to busy oneself
    mein Mann wirtschaftet gerade im Keller my husband is pottering around in the cellar
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    1.
    1)

    mit Verlust/Gewinn wirtschaften — run at a loss/profit

    2.
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    A. v/i
    1. (mit Geld umgehen) manage one’s money ( oder finances); (sparsam sein) economize;
    sparsam wirtschaften be economical, look after one’s money;
    schlecht wirtschaften waste money, manage one’s money ( oder finances) badly;
    nicht wirtschaften können be no good with money, not know how to manage one’s money ( oder finances);
    mit Gewinn/Verlust wirtschaften come out on the plus/minus side, run at a profit/loss; Tasche 2
    2. (Haushalt führen) keep house;
    gut wirtschaften be a good housekeeper
    3. umg (beschäftigt sein) be busy; (hantieren) potter (US putter) around ( oder about)
    B. v/t:
    eine Firma zugrunde wirtschaften run a firm (US business) into the ground
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    1.
    1)

    mit Verlust/Gewinn wirtschaften — run at a loss/profit

    2.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > wirtschaften

  • 5 einteilen

    v/t (trennb., hat -ge-)
    1. divide (up) (in + Akk into); (anordnen) arrange (in + Akk in; nach according to); in Gruppen: auch group; BIO. (klassifizieren) classify; hierarchisch: grade, rate ( nach according to); PHYS., TECH. (THERMOMETER in Grade etc.) calibrate
    2. (Arbeit, Zeit etc.) organize, plan; (Geld) budget; (Vorräte) conserve, plan to make s.th. last; (sparsam verwenden) consume carefully; du musst dir den Tag / dein Geld besser einteilen you must plan your day / expenditure ( oder finances) more carefully
    3. (jemanden) assign, MIL. detail ( für oder zu to); zur Wache einteilen put on guard duty; wer ist für den oder zum Abwasch eingeteilt? who’s been given the job of washing up (Am. doing the dishes)?
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    to classify; to divide; to divide up; to grade
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    ein|tei|len sep
    1. vt
    1) (= aufteilen) to divide (up) (
    in +acc into); (= aufgliedern) to split (up) ( in +acc into); (in Grade) Thermometer to graduate, to calibrate
    2) (= sinnvoll aufteilen) Zeit, Arbeit to plan (out), to organize; Geld auch to budget

    wenn ich mir eine Flasche gut einteile, reicht sie eine Woche — if I plan it well a bottle lasts me a week

    3) (= dienstlich verpflichten) to detail (zu for)

    er ist heute als Aufseher eingeteilthe has been allocated the job of supervisor today

    2. vi
    inf = Haus halten) to budget
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    (to put into, or be in, a particular class or group: How are the books in the library classified?) classify
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    ein|tei·len
    I. vt
    etw in etw akk \einteilen to divide sth up into sth
    ich habe die Pastete in sechs Stücke eingeteilt I've divided [or cut] the pie [up] into six pieces
    [sich dat] etw \einteilen Geld, Vorräte, Zeit to be careful with sth
    etw \einteilen to plan sth [out]
    die Vorräte müssen so eingeteilt werden, dass sie uns zwei Wochen reichen we'll have to organize [or divide up] the supplies so that they last two weeks
    das Geld \einteilen to budget, to manage [or organize] one's money [or finances]
    die Zeit/den Urlaub \einteilen to arrange one's time/holiday
    die Zeit gut \einteilen to make good use of one's time, to use one's time well
    sich dat die Zeit \einteilen to plan [or organize] [or arrange] one's time
    sich dat die Arbeit \einteilen to arrange [or organize] one's work
    3. (für etw verpflichten)
    jdn zu etw dat \einteilen to assign sb to sth
    II. vi (fam: haushalten) to budget
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    1) divide up; classify <plants, species>
    2) (disponieren, verplanen) organize; plan [out] <work, time>

    sein Geld [besser] einteilen — plan or organize one's finances [better]

    jemanden für od. zu etwas einteilen — assign somebody to something

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    einteilen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-)
    1. divide (up) (
    in +akk into); (anordnen) arrange (
    in +akk in;
    nach according to); in Gruppen: auch group; BIOL (klassifizieren) classify; hierarchisch: grade, rate (
    nach according to); PHYS, TECH (Thermometer in Grade etc) calibrate
    2. (Arbeit, Zeit etc) organize, plan; (Geld) budget; (Vorräte) conserve, plan to make sth last; (sparsam verwenden) consume carefully;
    du musst dir den Tag/dein Geld besser einteilen you must plan your day/expenditure ( oder finances) more carefully
    3. (jemanden) assign, MIL detail (
    zu to);
    zur Wache einteilen put on guard duty;
    zum Abwasch eingeteilt? who’s been given the job of washing up (US doing the dishes)?
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    1) divide up; classify <plants, species>
    2) (disponieren, verplanen) organize; plan [out] <work, time>

    sein Geld [besser] einteilen — plan or organize one's finances [better]

    3) (delegieren, abkommandieren)

    jemanden für od. zu etwas einteilen — assign somebody to something

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    v.
    to divide in v.
    to grade v.
    to graduate v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > einteilen

  • 6 beheren

    [het beheer hebben over] manage administer financiën
    [leiden, exploiteren] manage run
    voorbeelden:
    1   de financiën beheren control the finances
         zijn vermogen door iemand laten beheren let someone manage one's estate
    2   een bibliotheek beheren run a library

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > beheren

  • 7 оправям

    1. set/put right, put in order, arrange, adjust, settle, son out, fix; regulate. rectify
    оправям работата set the matter right
    оправям работите sort matters out. straighten. things out, set things square, mend matters
    оправям работите си put o.'s own house in order
    оправям каша clear/tidy up a mess, sort out a muddle
    оправям някого put s.o. to rights, sort s.o. out
    оправям дете с бой whip faults out of a child
    оправям недоразумение (между) be an arbiter (between)
    той ще те оправи he will make a man of you, ( заканително) he'll fix you
    оправям света set things right, put the world to rights, put the world right again
    няма аз да оправям света I'm not out to reform the world
    оправям финансите put finances in order
    оправям сметките си set o.'s accounts right, get o.'s accounts square
    оправям сметките си с square/settle accounts with, get o.'s accounts square with
    settle (up) with
    оправям стомаха си settle o.s stomach, regulate (the operation of) o.'s bowels
    оправям си зъбите have o.'s teeth attended to seen to
    оправям нервите си get o.'s nerves into shape
    2. (нещо криво) straighten, set/put straight
    (коса) arrange, adjust, fix, smooth (down)
    оправям връзката си adjust/settle/straighten o.'s tie
    оправям яката си straighten down o.'s collar
    оправям шапката си settle o.'s hat firmly on o.'s head
    оправям очилата си settle o.'s spectacles more firmly on o.'s nose
    оправям гънки smooth out creases
    оправям легло make a bed
    оправям стая do/tidy/straighten a room, put a room straight
    3. (нещо разбъркано) untangle; disentangle, unravel
    4. (упътвам) show the (right) way to. help (s.o.) on his way
    5. (вразумявам) bring to o.'s senses, knock some sense into one
    6. come right, improve, mend
    работите се оправят things are working out/looking up
    работите му се оправят things are looking up with him
    за да се оправи, трябва да се развали when things are at the worst, they are sure to mend
    7. (след болест) get better, be on the mend
    (напълно) get well, recover, recuperate
    (след побъркваме) recover o.'s sanity
    (съвземам се) rally, be/look o.s. again
    8. (напълнявам) put on/gain weight
    9. (поправям се) improve (o.'s behaviour), mend o.'s ways, turn over a new leaf, reform o.s.; abandon o.'s bad habits
    10. (оправдавам се) clear o.s./o.'s name. put o.s. right, sort o.s. out ( пред with)
    11. (ориентирам се) find o.s. way about
    оправям се на тъмно find o.s. way in the dark
    (уреждам работите си сам) shift for o.s., take care of o.s.
    12. (за времето) get better, clear (up)
    времето се оправя the weather is setting fine/is mending
    времето се оправи the weather has cleared up
    върви, че се оправяй после you'll be in a devil of a mess; you'll have the devil to pay
    ще се оправиш you'll manage/be all right
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    опра̀вям,
    гл.
    1. set/put right, put in order arrange, adjust, settle, sort out, fix; regulate, rectify; няма аз да \оправям света I’m not out to reform the world; \оправям дете с бой whip faults out of a child; \оправям зъбите си have o.’s teeth attended to/seen to; \оправям каша clear/tidy up a mess, sort out a muddle; \оправям нервите си get o.’s nerves into shape; \оправям някого put s.o. to rights, sort s.o. out; \оправям работите sort matters out, straighten things out, set things square, mend matters; \оправям работите си put o.’s own house in order; амер. get o.’s ducks in a row; \оправям сметките си с square/settle accounts with, get o.’s accounts square with; settle (up) with; \оправям стомаха си settle o.’s stomach, regulate (the operation of) o.’s bowels; \оправям финансите put finances in order; той ще те оправи he will make a man of you, ( заканително) he’ll fix you;
    2. ( нещо криво) straighten, set/put straight; ( коса) arrange, adjust, fix, smooth (down); ( рокля) smooth (down); \оправям легло make a bed; \оправям стая do/tidy/straighten a room, put a room straight; \оправям шапката си settle o.’s hat firmly on o.’s head; \оправям яката си straighten down o.’s collar;
    3. ( нещо разбъркано) untangle; disentangle, unravel;
    4. ( упътвам) show the (right) way to, help (s.o.) on his way;
    5. ( вразумявам) bring to o.’s senses, knock some sense into one; тази сума ще те оправи ли? will this sum tide you over?;
    \оправям се 1. come right, improve, mend; всичко ще се оправи на края things will come (out all) right in the end; за да се оправи, трябва да се развали when things are at the worst, they are sure to mend; оправяй се, както знаеш/сам се оправяй sort yourself out as best you can; работите се оправят things are working out/looking up;
    2. ( след болест) get better, get back on o.’s feet; be on the mend; ( напълно) get well, recover, recuperate; ( след побъркване) recover o.’s sanity; ( съвземам се) rally, be/look o.s. again;
    3. ( напълнявам) put on/gain weight;
    4. ( поправям се) improve (o.’s behaviour), mend o.’s ways, turn over a new leaf, reform o.s.; abandon o.’s bad habits;
    5. ( оправдавам се) clear o.s./o.’s name, put o.s. right, sort o.s. out ( пред with);
    6. ( ориентирам се) find o.’s way about; ( стъпвам на краката си) find o.’s feet; ( намирам пътя) find o.’s way; ( уреждам работите си сам) shift for o.s., take care of o.s.;
    7. (за времето) get better, clear (up); • върви, че се оправяй после you’ll be in a devil of a mess; you’ll have the devil to pay; ще се оправиш you’ll manage/be all right.
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    improve: Your sister will оправям. - Сестра ти ще се оправи.; set up right: I have to set my relationships right. - Трябва да оправя взаимоотношенията си.; put in order; arrange (коса); get better (и за време); fix (повреда); untangle (нещо объркано)
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    1. (вразумявам) bring to o.'s senses, knock some sense into one 2. (коса) arrange, adjust, fix, smooth (down) 3. (намирам пътя) find o. s. way 4. (напълно) get well, recover, recuperate 5. (напълнявам) put on/ gain weight 6. (нещо криво) straighten, set/put straight 7. (нещо разбъркано) untangle;disentangle, unravel 8. (оправдавам се) clear o. s./o.'s name. put o. s. right, sort o. s. out (пред with) 9. (поправям се) improve (o.'s behaviour), mend o.'s ways, turn over a new leaf, reform o. s.;abandon o.'s bad habits 10. (рокля) smooth (down) 11. (след болест) get better, be on the mend 12. (след побъркваме) recover o.'s sanity 13. (съвземам се) rally, be/ look o. s. again 14. (упътвам) show the (right) way to. help (s.o.) on his way 15. (уреждам работите си сам) shift for o. s., take care of o. s. 16. 1 (за времето) get better, clear (up) 17. 1 (ориентирам се) find o. s. way about 18. come right, improve, mend 19. set/put right, put in order, arrange, adjust, settle, son out, fix;regulate. rectify 20. || ОПРАВЯМ ce 21. ОПРАВЯМ връзката си adjust/settle/straighten o.'s tie 22. ОПРАВЯМ гънки smooth out creases: ОПРАВЯМ легло make a bed 23. ОПРАВЯМ дете с бой whip faults out of a child 24. ОПРАВЯМ каша clear/tidy up a mess, sort out a muddle 25. ОПРАВЯМ недоразумение (между) be an arbiter (between) 26. ОПРАВЯМ нервите си get o.'s nerves into shape 27. ОПРАВЯМ някого put s.o. to rights, sort s.o. out 28. ОПРАВЯМ работата set the matter right 29. ОПРАВЯМ работите sort matters out. straighten. things out, set things square, mend matters: ОПРАВЯМ работите си put o.'s own house in order 30. ОПРАВЯМ света set things right, put the world to rights, put the world right again: няма аз да ОПРАВЯМ света I'm not out to reform the world 31. ОПРАВЯМ се на тъмно find o. s. way in the dark 32. ОПРАВЯМ сметките си set o.'s accounts right, get o.'s accounts square 33. ОПРАВЯМ сметките си с square/settle accounts with, get o.'s accounts square with: settle (up) with 34. ОПРАВЯМ стая do/tidy/straighten a room, put a room straight 35. ОПРАВЯМ стомаха си settle o.s stomach, regulate (the operation of) o.'s bowels: ОПРАВЯМ си зъбите have o.'s teeth attended to seen to 36. ОПРАВЯМ финансите put finances in order 37. ОПРАВЯМ шапката си settle o.'s hat firmly on o.'s head: ОПРАВЯМ очилата си settle o.'s spectacles more firmly on o.'s nose 38. ОПРАВЯМ яката си straighten down o.'s collar 39. времето се оправи the weather has cleared up 40. времето се оправя the weather is setting fine/is mending 41. всичко ще се оправи it will be all right 42. всичко ще се оправи на края things will come (out all) right in the end 43. върви, че се оправяй после you'll be in a devil of a mess;you'll have the devil to pay 44. за да се оправи, трябва да се развали when things are at the worst, they are sure to mend 45. работите му се оправят things are looking up with him 46. работите се оправят things are working out/looking up 47. тази сума ще те оправи ли? will thig sum tide you over? 48. той ще те оправи he will make a man of you, (заканително) he'll fix you 49. ще се оправиш you'll manage/ be all right

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  • 8 dirigir

    v.
    1 to steer (conducir) (coche, barco).
    2 to manage (llevar) (empresa, hotel, hospital).
    dirige mi tesis, me dirige la tesis he's supervising my thesis, he's my PhD supervisor
    3 to direct.
    Ella dirigió el caso She directed the case.
    Ella dirige al equipo She directs the team.
    4 to address (carta, paquete).
    5 to guide (guiar) (person).
    6 to point, to range.
    Ellos dirigen al misil They point the missile.
    7 to drive, to steer, to pilot, to head.
    Ella dirige el avión She drives the plane.
    8 to conduct.
    Ella dirige la orquesta She conducts the orchestra.
    * * *
    (g changes to j before a and o)
    Present Indicative
    dirijo, diriges, dirige, dirigimos, dirigís, dirigen.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    dirige (tú), dirija (él/Vd.), dirijamos (nos.), dirigid (vos.), dirijan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to direct, lead
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=orientar) [+ persona] to direct; [+ asunto] to advise, guide

    lo dirigió con ayuda de un mapashe showed him the way o directed him with the help of a map

    ¿por qué no vas tú delante y nos diriges? — why don't you go first and lead the way?

    palabra 2)
    2) (=apuntar) [+ arma, telescopio] to aim, point (a, hacia at)
    [+ manguera] to turn (a, hacia on) point (a, hacia at)

    dirigió los focos al escenariohe pointed o directed the lights towards the stage

    3) (=destinar)
    a) [+ carta, comentario, pregunta] to address (a to)
    b) [+ libro, programa, producto] to aim (a at)
    c) [+ acusación, críticas] to make (a, contra against)
    level (a, contra at, against) [+ ataques] to make (a, contra against)

    dirigieron graves acusaciones contra el ministro — serious accusations were made against the minister, serious accusations were levelled at o against the minister

    le dirigieron fuertes críticas — he was strongly criticized, he came in for some strong criticism

    d) [+ esfuerzos] to direct (a, hacia to, towards)
    4) (=controlar) [+ empresa, hospital, centro de enseñanza] to run; [+ periódico, revista] to edit, run; [+ expedición, país, sublevación] to lead; [+ maniobra, operación, investigación] to direct, be in charge of; [+ debate] to chair; [+ proceso judicial] to preside over; [+ tesis] to supervise; [+ juego, partido] to referee

    dirigió mal las negociaciones — he handled the negotiations badly, he mismanaged the negotiations

    cotarro 1)
    5) (Cine, Teat) to direct
    6) (Mús) [+ orquesta, concierto] to conduct; [+ coro] to lead

    ¿quién dirigirá el coro? — who will be the choirmaster?, who will lead the choir?

    7) (=conducir) [+ coche] to drive; [+ barco] to steer; [+ caballo] to lead

    dirigió su coche hacia la izquierdahe steered o drove his car towards the left

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < empresa> to manage, run; <periódico/revista> to run, edit; <investigación/tesis> to supervise; < debate> to lead, chair

    dirigir el tráficoto direct o control the traffic

    b) <obra/película> to direct
    c) < orquesta> to conduct
    2)
    a)

    dirigir algo a alguien<mensaje/carta> to address something to somebody; < críticas> to direct something to somebody

    b)

    dirigir algo hacia or a algo/alguien — < telescopio> to point something toward(s) something/somebody; < pistola> to point something toward(s) something/somebody

    dirigir la mirada hacia or a algo/alguien — to look at something/somebody

    3) ( encaminar)

    dirigir algo a + inf — < esfuerzos> to channel something into -ing; <energía/atención> to direct something toward(s) -ing

    2.
    dirigirse v pron
    2)

    dirigirse a alguien — ( oralmente) to speak o talk to somebody; ( por escrito) to write to somebody

    me dirijo a Vd. para solicitarle... — (Corresp) I am writing to request...

    * * *
    = address, channel, direct, gear (to/toward(s)/for), lead, man, pitch, route, run, steer, head, signpost, give + direction, angle, rule over, lend + direction, shepherd, choreograph, key + Nombre + to.
    Ex. More can be assumed in instructions addressed to the experienced information searcher than in instructions for the novice.
    Ex. Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex. This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.
    Ex. Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex. A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex. The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    Ex. Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.
    Ex. Requests which cannot be filled by local or regional libraries are automatically routed by the system to NLM as the library of last resort.
    Ex. The service is run by Radio-Suisse and can be accessed via de PSS.
    Ex. They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.
    Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
    Ex. There is a need for a firststop organization that could signpost the public through the maze of government agencies and social welfare organizations.
    Ex. To give direction to these physical resources, there are objectives for the project and a framework timetable.
    Ex. This publication seems to find particular favour in law firms, possibly because of its currency and the way it is angled towards the commercial world.
    Ex. From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.
    Ex. Policies are guidelines that lend direction to planning and decision-making.
    Ex. He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.
    Ex. Response to reading room theft should be carefully choreographed but decisive.
    Ex. The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.
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    * dirigir el cotarro = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * dirigir el esfuerzo = direct + effort, direct + energy.
    * dirigir información a = direct + information towards.
    * dirigir interpretación musical = conduct.
    * dirigir la atención = put + focus.
    * dirigir la atención a = turn to, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * dirigir la mirada hacia = look toward(s).
    * dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.
    * dirigir los intereses de uno = break into.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + mirada = turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigirse = be headed, head, head out.
    * dirigirse a = aim at, check with, turn over to, turn to, make + Posesivo + way to, set off to, turn to, head for, reach out to, head off for/to.
    * dirigirse a Alguien = approach + Alguien.
    * dirigirse amenazadoramente hacia = bear down on.
    * dirigirse a toda prisa hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigirse en multitud = beat + the path to.
    * dirigirse hacia = be on + Posesivo + way to, start toward, move toward(s), be heading towards, head for, turn into.
    * dirigirse hacia + Dirección = push + Dirección.
    * dirigirse hacia el oeste = push + westward(s).
    * dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.
    * dirigirse rápidamente hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigir una crítica hacia = level + criticism at.
    * dirigir una tesis = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis.
    * dirigir un servicio = run + service.
    * lectura no dirigida = undirected reading.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) < empresa> to manage, run; <periódico/revista> to run, edit; <investigación/tesis> to supervise; < debate> to lead, chair

    dirigir el tráficoto direct o control the traffic

    b) <obra/película> to direct
    c) < orquesta> to conduct
    2)
    a)

    dirigir algo a alguien<mensaje/carta> to address something to somebody; < críticas> to direct something to somebody

    b)

    dirigir algo hacia or a algo/alguien — < telescopio> to point something toward(s) something/somebody; < pistola> to point something toward(s) something/somebody

    dirigir la mirada hacia or a algo/alguien — to look at something/somebody

    3) ( encaminar)

    dirigir algo a + inf — < esfuerzos> to channel something into -ing; <energía/atención> to direct something toward(s) -ing

    2.
    dirigirse v pron
    2)

    dirigirse a alguien — ( oralmente) to speak o talk to somebody; ( por escrito) to write to somebody

    me dirijo a Vd. para solicitarle... — (Corresp) I am writing to request...

    * * *
    = address, channel, direct, gear (to/toward(s)/for), lead, man, pitch, route, run, steer, head, signpost, give + direction, angle, rule over, lend + direction, shepherd, choreograph, key + Nombre + to.

    Ex: More can be assumed in instructions addressed to the experienced information searcher than in instructions for the novice.

    Ex: Users make suggestions for modifications and these are then channelled through a series of committees.
    Ex: This statement directs the user to adopt a number more specific terms in preference to the general term.
    Ex: Most of the main subject headings lists are geared to the alphabetical subject approach found in dictionary catalogues.
    Ex: A book index is an alphabetically arranged list of words or terms leading the reader to the numbers of pages on which specific topics are considered, or on which specific names appear.
    Ex: The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.
    Ex: Thus pitching instructions at the right level can be difficult.
    Ex: Requests which cannot be filled by local or regional libraries are automatically routed by the system to NLM as the library of last resort.
    Ex: The service is run by Radio-Suisse and can be accessed via de PSS.
    Ex: They decided that they had to set up information and referral services to steer people to the correct agency.
    Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
    Ex: There is a need for a firststop organization that could signpost the public through the maze of government agencies and social welfare organizations.
    Ex: To give direction to these physical resources, there are objectives for the project and a framework timetable.
    Ex: This publication seems to find particular favour in law firms, possibly because of its currency and the way it is angled towards the commercial world.
    Ex: From the impressive library of his mansion home on Beacon Hill, Ticknor ruled over Boston's intellectual life and was looked to as the leading arbiter of intellectual and social life in that great city.
    Ex: Policies are guidelines that lend direction to planning and decision-making.
    Ex: He showed the ability of a single mind to shepherd cultural ventures.
    Ex: Response to reading room theft should be carefully choreographed but decisive.
    Ex: The case study found that children do have the ability to use a classification scheme that is keyed to their developmental level.
    * dirigir el cotarro = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.
    * dirigir el esfuerzo = direct + effort, direct + energy.
    * dirigir información a = direct + information towards.
    * dirigir interpretación musical = conduct.
    * dirigir la atención = put + focus.
    * dirigir la atención a = turn to, direct + Posesivo + attention to(ward).
    * dirigir la mirada hacia = look toward(s).
    * dirigir la palabra = be civil towards.
    * dirigir los intereses de uno = break into.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención = turn + Posesivo + attention, turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + atención a un problema = turn + Posesivo + attention to problem.
    * dirigir + Posesivo + mirada = turn + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * dirigirse = be headed, head, head out.
    * dirigirse a = aim at, check with, turn over to, turn to, make + Posesivo + way to, set off to, turn to, head for, reach out to, head off for/to.
    * dirigirse a Alguien = approach + Alguien.
    * dirigirse amenazadoramente hacia = bear down on.
    * dirigirse a toda prisa hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigirse en multitud = beat + the path to.
    * dirigirse hacia = be on + Posesivo + way to, start toward, move toward(s), be heading towards, head for, turn into.
    * dirigirse hacia + Dirección = push + Dirección.
    * dirigirse hacia el oeste = push + westward(s).
    * dirigirse la palabra = on speaking terms.
    * dirigirse rápidamente hacia = make + haste towards.
    * dirigir una crítica hacia = level + criticism at.
    * dirigir una tesis = supervise + dissertation, supervise + thesis.
    * dirigir un servicio = run + service.
    * lectura no dirigida = undirected reading.

    * * *
    dirigir [I7 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹empresa› to manage, run; ‹periódico/revista› to run, edit; ‹investigación/tesis› to supervise; ‹debate› to lead, chair
    dirigió la operación de rescate he led o directed the rescue operation
    dirigir el tráfico to direct o control the traffic
    2 ‹obra/película› to direct
    3 ‹orquesta› to conduct
    B
    1 ‹mensaje/carta› dirigir algo A algn to address sth TO sb
    esta noche el presidente dirigirá un mensaje a la nación the president will address the nation tonight
    la carta venía dirigida a mí the letter was addressed to me
    dirigió unas palabras de bienvenida a los congresistas he addressed a few words of welcome to the delegates
    las críticas iban dirigidas a los organizadores the criticisms were directed at the organizers
    el folleto va dirigido a padres y educadores the booklet is aimed at parents and teachers
    la pregunta iba dirigida a usted the question was meant for you, I asked you the question
    no me dirigió la palabra he didn't say a word to me
    2 ‹mirada/pasos/telescopio›
    dirigió la mirada hacia el horizonte he looked toward(s) the horizon, he turned his eyes o his gaze toward(s) the horizon
    le dirigió una mirada de reproche she looked at him reproachfully, she gave him a reproachful look
    dirigió sus pasos hacia la esquina he walked toward(s) the corner
    dirigió el telescopio hacia la luna he pointed the telescope toward(s) the moon
    C (encaminar) ‹esfuerzos/acciones› dirigir algo A + INF:
    acciones dirigidas a aliviar el problema measures aimed at alleviating o measures designed to alleviate the problem
    dirigiremos todos nuestros esfuerzos a lograr un acuerdo we shall channel all our efforts into o direct all our efforts toward(s) reaching an agreement
    A
    (ir): nos dirigíamos al aeropuerto we were heading for o we were going to o we were on our way to the airport
    se dirigió a su despacho con paso decidido he strode purposefully toward(s) his office
    se dirigían hacia la frontera they were making o heading for the border
    el buque se dirigía hacia la costa the ship was heading for o toward(s) the coast
    B dirigirse A algn (oralmente) to speak o talk TO sb, address sb ( frml) (por escrito) to write TO sb
    ¿se dirige a mí? are you talking o speaking to me?
    me dirijo a Vd. para solicitarle … ( Corresp) I am writing to request …
    para más información diríjase a … for more information please write to o contact …
    * * *

     

    dirigir ( conjugate dirigir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) empresa to manage, run;

    periódico/revista to run, edit;
    investigación/tesis to supervise;
    debate to lead, chair;
    tráfico to direct
    b)obra/película to direct;

    orquesta to conduct
    2
    a) dirigir algo a algn ‹mensaje/carta› to address sth to sb;

    críticas› to direct sth to sb;

    no me dirigió la palabra he didn't say a word to me
    b) dirigir algo hacia or a algo/algn ‹ telescopio› to point sth toward(s) sth/sb;

    pistola› to point sth toward(s) sth/sb;
    dirigir la mirada hacia or a algo/algn to look at sth/sb;

    3 ( encaminar) dirigir algo a hacer algo ‹ esfuerzos› to channel sth into doing sth;
    energía/atención› to direct sth toward(s) doing sth
    dirigirse verbo pronominal
    1 ( encaminarse): dirigirse hacia algo to head for sth
    2 dirigirse a algn ( oralmente) to speak o talk to sb;
    ( por escrito) to write to sb
    dirigir verbo transitivo
    1 (estar al mando de) to direct
    (una empresa) to manage
    (un negocio, una escuela) to run
    (un sindicato, partido) to lead
    (un periódico) to edit
    2 (una orquesta) to conduct
    (una película) to direct
    3 (hacer llegar unas palabras, un escrito) to address
    (una mirada) to give
    4 (encaminar, poner en una dirección) to direct, steer: dirigió el coche hacia la salida, he drove his car to the exit
    dirigió la mirada hacia la caja fuerte, she looked towards the strongbox
    dirigió sus pasos hacia el bosque, he made his way towards the wood
    ' dirigir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cruzar
    - derivar
    - destinar
    - enchufar
    - enfilar
    - mandar
    - manejar
    - manipular
    - orquestar
    - palabra
    - conducir
    English:
    address
    - aim
    - bend
    - conduct
    - control
    - direct
    - guide
    - lead
    - level
    - manage
    - mastermind
    - operate
    - pitch
    - run
    - shine
    - spearhead
    - steer
    - turn
    - edit
    - head
    - produce
    - target
    * * *
    vt
    1. [conducir] [coche, barco] to steer;
    [avión] to pilot;
    el canal dirige el agua hacia el interior de la región the canal channels the water towards the interior of the region
    2. [estar al cargo de] [empresa, hotel, hospital] to manage;
    [colegio, cárcel, periódico] to run; [partido, revuelta] to lead; [expedición] to head, to lead; [investigación] to supervise;
    dirige mi tesis, me dirige la tesis he's supervising my thesis, he's my PhD supervisor o US advisor
    3. [película, obra de teatro] to direct;
    [orquesta] to conduct
    4. [apuntar]
    dirigió la mirada hacia la puerta he looked towards the door;
    dirige el telescopio al norte point the telescope towards the north;
    dirigió sus acusaciones a las autoridades her accusations were aimed at the authorities
    5. [dedicar, encaminar]
    nos dirigían miradas de lástima they were giving us pitying looks, they were looking at us pityingly;
    dirigir unas palabras a alguien to speak to sb, to address sb;
    dirige sus esfuerzos a incrementar los beneficios she is directing her efforts towards increasing profits, her efforts are aimed at increasing profits;
    dirigen su iniciativa a conseguir la liberación del secuestrado the aim of their initiative is to secure the release of the prisoner;
    dirigió sus pasos hacia la casa he headed towards the house;
    no me dirigen la palabra they don't speak to me;
    un programa dirigido a los amantes de la música clásica a programme (intended) for lovers of classical music;
    consejos dirigidos a los jóvenes advice aimed at the young
    6. [carta, paquete] to address
    7. [guiar] [persona] to guide
    * * *
    v/t
    1 TEA, película direct; MÚS conduct
    2 COM manage, run
    3
    :
    dirigir una carta a address a letter to;
    dirigir una pregunta a direct a question to
    4 ( conducir) lead
    * * *
    dirigir {35} vt
    1) : to direct, to lead
    2) : to address
    3) : to aim, to point
    4) : to conduct (music)
    * * *
    1. (película, tráfico) to direct
    James Cameron dirigió "Titanic" James Cameron directed "Titanic"
    2. (empresa, equipo) to manage
    ¿quién dirige la selección española? who manages the Spanish national team?
    3. (negocio, organización, sistema) to run [pt. ran; pp. run]
    4. (expedición, investigación, partido) to lead [pt. & pp. led]
    5. (libro, medida) to aim / to direct
    6. (carta, palabras) to address
    7. (orquesta) to conduct

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    Geschäft n 1. GEN business, trading, dealing, commerce (Handel, Kommerz); deal, transaction; bargain (Abschluss); business, concern, enterprise, operation (Firma, Unternehmen); (BE) shop, (AE) store (Laden); (infrml) office (Büro); 2. V&M sale aus einem Geschäft aussteigen BÖRSE, GEN back out, opt out (of a deal) das Geschäft hat einen Tiefststand erreicht GEN business is at a low ebb das Geschäft ist ruhig GEN business is slack das Geschäft perfekt machen GEN swing the deal das Geschäft schließen GEN shut up shop ein Geschäft abschließen GEN strike a deal, strike a bargain, do a deal with sb, do business with sb ein Geschäft aufmachen GEN start in business, open a business, set up shop, launch a business, set up in business ein Geschäft betreiben GEN run a business ein Geschäft durchführen GEN conclude a transaction, settle a transaction ein Geschäft unter Dach und Fach bringen GEN swing the deal ein Geschäft zum Abschluss führen GEN task closure mit dem Geschäft geht es aufwärts GEN business is improving sich vom Geschäft zurückziehen GEN retire from business über das Geschäft reden GEN talk business, talk shop von Geschäft zu Geschäft GEN business to business
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    n 1. < Geschäft> Handel, Kommerz business, trading, dealing, commerce Abschluss deal, transaction, bargain, Firma business, concern, enterprise, operation, Laden shop (BE), store (AE), infrml, Büro office; 2. <V&M> sale ■ aus einem Geschäft aussteigen < Börse> back out, opt out (of a deal) ■ das Geschäft hat einen Tiefststand erreicht < Geschäft> business is at a low ebb ■ das Geschäft ist ruhig < Geschäft> business is slack ■ das Geschäft perfekt machen < Geschäft> swing the deal ■ das Geschäft schließen < Geschäft> shut up shop ■ ein Geschäft abschließen < Geschäft> strike a deal, strike a bargain, do a deal with sb, do business with sb ■ ein Geschäft aufmachen < Geschäft> start in business, open a business, set up shop, launch a business, set up in business ■ ein Geschäft betreiben < Geschäft> run a business ■ ein Geschäft durchführen < Geschäft> conclude a transaction, settle a transaction ■ ein Geschäft unter Dach und Fach bringen < Geschäft> swing the deal ■ ein Geschäft zum Abschluss führen < Geschäft> task closure ■ sich vom Geschäft zurückziehen < Geschäft> retire from business ■ über das Geschäft reden < Geschäft> talk business, talk shop ■ von Geschäft zu Geschäft < Geschäft> business to business
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    Geschäft
    (Arbeit) work, (Beruf) vocation, occupation, business, (Börse) trading, (Branche) trade, business, line, (Büro) office, (Firma) enterprise, commercial house, firm, concern, establishment, undertaking, company, (Geschäftsabschluss) bargain, deal[ing], transaction, operation, (Geschäftslokal) [business] premises, shop, (Gewerbe) occupation, trade, job, business, calling, employment, (Handel) commerce, trade, market (US), (Laden) shop (Br.), store (US), (Sache) affair, matter, (Spekulationen) venture, (Vorschlag) proposition (coll.);
    in Geschäften on (engaged in) business;
    in ein anrüchiges Geschäft verwickelt entangled in a shady business;
    voller Geschäfte shoppy;
    Geschäfte dealings, transactions, interests, operations;
    abgeschlossenes Geschäft business transacted, deal, completed (executed) transaction;
    hohe Gewinne abwerfendes Geschäft [business] bonanza;
    sich glatt abwickelndes Geschäft swimming market;
    altrenommiertes Geschäft well-established firm;
    angesehenes Geschäft respectable firm;
    anrüchiges Geschäft hole-and-corner (shady) business;
    anziehendes Geschäft improvement in business;
    von Anfang an schlecht aufgezogenes Geschäft business muddled at the start;
    ausgedehntes Geschäft extensive trade;
    bankfremdes Geschäft non-banking business (activity);
    in Betrieb befindliches Geschäft going concern;
    in Liquidation befindliches Geschäft firm in liquidation;
    betreffendes Geschäft business in question;
    im Großen betriebenes Geschäft business transacted at large;
    auf gemeinschaftliche Rechnung betriebenes Geschäft joint-purse arrangement;
    betriebseigenes Geschäft captive shop (US), company store (US);
    blühendes Geschäft flourishing trade, thriving business;
    dickes Geschäft big deal;
    dringende Geschäfte pressing business, pressure of business;
    dunkles Geschäft shady deal (business), funny business, dubious dealing, racket (sl.);
    nicht durchgebuchte Geschäfte off-the-book transactions;
    effektives Geschäft actual business;
    einbringliches Geschäft lucrative business;
    gut eingeführtes Geschäft well-established business;
    einschlägiges Geschäft stockist (Br.), one-line shop (store), speciality shop, limited-line retailer (US);
    einträgliches Geschäft remunerative (lucrative, profitable, paying) business, paying concern;
    nicht ganz einwandfreies Geschäft shady transaction;
    erstklassiges Geschäft first-rate (-class) firm;
    euro-freundliche Geschäfte euro-friendly business[es];
    faires Geschäft square deal;
    unter Konkursanfechtung fallende Geschäfte protected transactions;
    faules Geschäft shady (hole-and-corner) business, queer transaction;
    weitgehend mit Fremdmitteln finanziertes Geschäft transaction financed largely with borrowing;
    fingiertes Geschäft bogus (sham, fictitious) transaction;
    florierendes Geschäft rattling trade, thriving business;
    flottes (flott gehendes) Geschäft rattling trade, land-office business (US coll.);
    fragwürdiges Geschäft shady business,equivocal transaction;
    führendes Geschäft leading firm;
    gut fundiertes Geschäft sound business [firm];
    glänzend gehendes (glänzendes) Geschäft booming (roaring) business, gold mine, [business] bonanza;
    dem Betrieb gehöriges Geschäft captive shop (US), company store (US);
    in der Hauptgeschäftsgegend (im Stadtzentrum) gelegenes Geschäft central area shop, downtown (inner-city) store (US);
    gewagtes Geschäft risky undertaking, speculation, speculative enterprise;
    Gewinn bringendes Geschäft profitable enterprise (business),paying business;
    glattes Geschäft (Börse) swimming market;
    grenzüberschreitende Geschäfte cross-border transactions;
    große Geschäfte (Börse) large trade;
    gutes Geschäft pennyworth, [good] bargain, good [stroke of] business, big (good) deal;
    leidlich gute Geschäfte fair business;
    gut gehendes Geschäft flourishing business (trade), going concern (firm), business bonanza (US);
    illegale Geschäfte illegal transactions;
    stark konjunkturbedingtes Geschäft highly cyclical business;
    konjunkturempfindliches Geschäft highly cyclical business;
    konzerneigene Geschäfte interassociation transactions (US);
    laufende Geschäfte regular (day-to-day, current, daily, pending) business, current transactions;
    lebhaftes Geschäft (Börse) brisk trading (business);
    zugrunde liegendes Geschäft underlying transaction;
    lohnendes Geschäft paying (remunerative, lucrative) business;
    lukratives Geschäft lucrative transaction (business);
    mattes Geschäft dull business;
    mittelgroßes Geschäft medium-sized store (US);
    nachbörsliches Geschäft interoffice deal, afterhours dealing (Br.), business in the street (Br.);
    nutzbringendes Geschäft profitable business;
    preisgünstiges Geschäft economy-priced shop, cheap-Jack (-John) (coll.);
    reelles Geschäft fair dealing firm;
    renommiertes Geschäft well-reputed firm;
    rentables Geschäft paying concern (business, enterprise), profitable business (enterprise), lucrative business (transaction), (Einzelgeschäft) paying transaction;
    riskantes Geschäft touch-and-go business;
    ruhiges Geschäft slack business;
    schlechtes Geschäft bad (losing) bargain, poor business, no catch;
    schmutziges Geschäft dirty business;
    schrumpfendes Geschäft contracting business;
    schwaches Geschäft little doing;
    seriöses Geschäft sound business house;
    sicheres Geschäft safe business;
    sittenwidriges Geschäft transaction contrary to the policy of the law;
    solides Geschäft solid enterprise (firm), substantial house, (Einzelgeschäft) sound business;
    stagnierendes Geschäft stagnating business;
    steuerbegünstigtes Geschäft tax-shelter deal;
    steuerpflichtiges Geschäft taxable transaction;
    stilles Geschäft slack business;
    sich selbst tragendes Geschäft self-promoter;
    überseeisches Geschäft overseas business;
    unbedeutendes Geschäft picayune business;
    undurchsichtige Geschäfte hole-and-corner dealings;
    unreelles Geschäft dishonest business;
    unrentables Geschäft business that does not pay, not a paying business, white elephant;
    unsaubere Geschäfte underhand dealings;
    unsittliches Geschäft unconscionable bargain (transaction);
    unvollständiges Geschäft uncompleted transaction;
    unvorteilhaftes Geschäft losing bargain;
    väterliches Geschäft father’s business;
    verbandseigene Geschäfte interassociation transactions (US);
    verbotene Geschäfte illegal sales;
    verdächtiges Geschäft queer transaction;
    Verlust bringendes Geschäft losing business;
    vorteilhaftes Geschäft bargain, deal, paying (profitable) business, catch, good deal (US);
    wenig Geschäfte (Börse) little trade (doing);
    wichtiges Geschäft serious business;
    zunehmendes Geschäft improvement in trade;
    an Bedeutung zunehmendes Geschäft wax job;
    zweideutige Geschäfte funny business;
    zweifelhaftes Geschäft shady transaction (business);
    zwielichtiges Geschäft shady deal;
    Geschäfte mit dem Ausland foreign trade;
    Geschäft mit erstklassiger Bedienung high-class service store (US);
    Geschäft in dem nur mit Devisen eingekauft werden kann hard-currency shop;
    Geschäft in kleinen Effektenabschnitten odd business (US);
    Geschäfte mit illegalen Einwanderern illegal-alien trafficking;
    Geschäft auf Geben und Nehmen put and call;
    Geschäft im Großen business transacted at large;
    Geschäft mit Industriekundschaft industrial outlet;
    Geschäfte auf Kommissionsbasis commission dealings, transactions for third account;
    Geschäft mit erstklassigem Kundenkreis business with first-rate connections;
    Geschäft unter dem Ladentisch under-the-counter trading;
    Geschäft in guter Lage well situated business;
    Geschäft auf feste Lieferung time bargain;
    Geschäft mit kleiner Marge tight bargain;
    Geschäft um jeden Preis hard-nosed business;
    Geschäft mit Produkten des täglichen Bedarfs neighbo(u)rhood shop;
    Geschäft für eigene Rechnung transaction for own account;
    Geschäfte für fremde Rechnung transaction on third account;
    Geschäfte auf laufende Rechnung dealings for the account;
    Geschäft im Stadtzentrum central area shop, downtown store (US);
    Geschäfte im großen Stil business transacted at large;
    Geschäfte nach etw. abklappern to go from shop to shop looking for s. th.;
    Geschäft um jeden Preis abnehmen to steal business at any price;
    Geschäft absagen to call off a deal;
    Geschäft abschließen to drive (strike, close, conclude, enter into) a bargain, to conclude (settle, transact) a business, to enter into a transaction;
    Geschäft mit Gewinn abschließen to make a profit out of a transaction;
    Geschäft abtreten to give up one’s business
    Geschäft abwickeln to settle a business, (liquidieren) to wind up [one’s affairs], to straighten one’s affairs, to regulate disordered finances;
    umfangreiche Geschäfte abwickeln to trade in a large way;
    Geschäft schwarz abwickeln to conduct business off the books;
    seine Geschäfte in ausländischen Währungen abwickeln to carry out one’s trade in offshore currencies;
    Geschäft ankurbeln to drum up business;
    in einem Geschäft anlegen to invest in a business;
    wieder im Geschäft anlegen to plough (plow, US) back into the business;
    j. für das Geschäft anlernen to train s. o. to business;
    Geschäft annullieren to vitiate a transaction;
    Geschäft anregen to enliven a business;
    Geschäft aufgeben to go out of (give up one’s, discontinue a, cut) business, to get out, to give up (leave off) trade, to shut up shop (US), to wind (fold) up, (sich zur Ruhe setzen) to retire from business;
    sein Geschäft auflösen to liquidate a business, to give up one’s business, to wind (shut) up (US);
    Geschäft aufmachen to set up shop (a business);
    Geschäft großzügig aufziehen to open a business on a large scale;
    sein Geschäft ausdehnen to expand one’s business;
    sich überhaupt nicht mehr im Geschäft auskennen to be out of the whole business;
    aus dem Geschäft ausscheiden to retire from business;
    aus einem Geschäft aussteigen to go out of business, to fold up (US);
    Geschäft beeinträchtigen to affect business;
    Geschäft begründen to settle down [in business], to establish o. s.;
    sein Geschäft besorgen to ply one’s trade;
    jds. Geschäfte besorgen to look after s. one’s affairs;
    bankmäßige Geschäfte besorgen to supply banking facilities;
    j. an einem Geschäft beteiligen to give s. o. a financial interest in a business;
    sich an einem Geschäft beteiligen to have a share in a venture;
    Geschäft betreiben to conduct (operate) a business, to run a shop, to carry on (ply) a trade;
    Geschäfte betreiben to do business;
    eigenes Geschäft betreiben to operate one’s own business, to be one’s own master;
    seine Geschäfte freizügig betreiben to deal at arm’s length;
    Geschäfte mit geliehenem Kapital betreiben to trade on the equity (US);
    Geschäfte in großem Maßstab betreiben to carry on business on a large scale;
    Geschäft zu Kreditauskunftszwecken beurteilen to rate a business;
    im Geschäft tätig bleiben to remain active (stay) in business;
    Geschäft zu einem erfolgreichen Abschluss bringen to put through a business deal, to bring a business to a successful conclusion;
    vorteilhaftes Geschäft zum Abschluss bringen to drive a good bargain;
    Geschäft auf die Beine bringen to set a business on foot;
    Geschäft wieder in die Höhe bringen to put a business back on its feet again;
    Geschäft zustande bringen to secure a business;
    immer (ganze Zeit stets) nur ans Geschäft denken to always have an eye to business, to be businessman all the time;
    j. aus dem Geschäft drängen to squeeze (force) s. o. out of business;
    Geschäfte weiterführen dürfen to remain in possession of the business;
    ins Geschäft einbringen to bring into business;
    sich [erneut] auf ein Geschäft einlassen to embark [again] upon a business;
    sich auf gewagte Geschäfte einlassen to dabble in speculative concerns;
    Geschäft einleiten to initiate a deal;
    Geschäft einrichten to fit out a shop;
    seinem Sohn ein Geschäft einrichten to set up a son in trade;
    in ein Geschäft einsteigen to start a business;
    in ein gut gehendes Geschäft einsteigen to get on the bandwaggon;
    j. in sein Geschäft einstellen to give s. o. a job;
    Geschäft erledigen to dispatch a business;
    Geschäfte aller Art erledigen to handle any sort of business;
    laufende Geschäfte erledigen to deal with current business;
    Geschäft eröffnen to open a trade (business), to set up shop, to start a business;
    Geschäft wieder eröffnen to resume business;
    Geschäft errichten to set up (start) in business, to establish o. s. (in business);
    sein Geschäft erweitern to expand one’s business;
    Geschäft mit der gesamten Ausstattung erwerben to buy a shop with all fixtures;
    j. im Geschäft etablieren to set s. o. up in business;
    Geschäft finanzieren to finance a business;
    Geschäft fortführen to continue a business;
    Geschäft des Gemeinschuldners (Konkursschuldners) fortführen to carry on the bankrupt’s business;
    Geschäft im eigenen Interesse fortführen to continue a business for one’s own ends;
    Geschäft bis zur Liquidierung fortführen to continue the business for the purpose of winding up;
    Geschäft eines Verstorbenen fortführen to continue a deceased’s business;
    Geschäft führen to carry on (conduct) a business, to carry on a trade, to manage the concern, to run (manage) a shop;
    Geschäft unter seinem Namen führen to carry on the business under one’s name;
    ins (in sein) Geschäft gehen to go to the office;
    Geschäft rentabel gestalten to put business on a payable basis;
    Geschäft gründen to set up shop [for o. s.], to establish (start) a business;
    neues Geschäft gründen to launch a new business enterprise;
    Geschäfte mit jem. haben to have business with s. o.;
    bedeutendes Geschäft haben to be in a large way of business;
    sein eigenes Geschäft haben to be in business on one’s own account;
    gut gehendes Geschäft haben to drive a good trade;
    kleines Geschäft haben to be in a small way of business;
    Nase für [gute] Geschäfte haben to have a keen eye for a bargain;
    Geschäft offen halten to keep a shop open;
    aus dem Geschäft herausdrängen to squeeze out of business;
    Geschäft hochbringen to work up a business;
    j. für ein Geschäft interessieren to enlist s. o. in an enterprise;
    sich nur für sein Geschäft interessieren to be intent on one’s business, to be businessman all the time, to be all business;
    Geschäft in Bausch und Bogen kaufen to buy the whole stock [of a business];
    Geschäft von der Pike auf kennen to know the business inside out;
    sich nur um sein Geschäft kümmern to be intent on one’s (attend strictly to) business;
    sich nicht um sein Geschäft kümmern to neglect one’s business;
    sich bei einem Geschäft registrieren lassen (für Marken) to register with a tradesman;
    Geschäft leiten to be at the head of the business;
    Geschäft liquidieren to wind up one’s affairs (a business company);
    Geschäfte machen to transact (do) business, to merchandise, to deal, to monger;
    gewagte Geschäfte machen to speculate;
    glänzende Geschäfte machen to drive a roaring trade;
    große Geschäfte machen to do a large business;
    gutes Geschäft machen to strike a bargain (it rich, US), to get in on a good deal, to find s. th. a good pennyworth, to get (secure) a purchase;
    gute Geschäfte machen to have a good run (be in a good way) of business, to have a good season;
    reißende Geschäfte machen to do a roaring trade;
    Geschäft rückgängig machen to set aside a transaction, to break off an engagement;
    schlechtes Geschäft machen to bring one’s eggs (hogs) to the wrong market, to do badly, to be in a bad way of business;
    unerlaubte Geschäfte machen to indulge in illicit transactions;
    seinen Geschäften nachgehen to attend to (go about) one’s business;
    ungesetzlichen Geschäften nachgehen to carry on an illegal transaction;
    bei einem Geschäft profitieren to profit by a bargain;
    mit einem guten Geschäft rechnen to calculate on a good trade;
    von Geschäften reden to talk shop (about business);
    sein Geschäft schließen to close down a shop, to put up the shutters, to shut up shop (US);
    an einem Geschäft beteiligt sein to have an interest (a share) in a business;
    nach dem Krieg groß ins Geschäft gekommen sein to boom after the war;
    in Geschäften großzügig sein to be liberal in business;
    hinter seinen Geschäften her sein to be a keen businessman;
    einen Tag nicht im Geschäft sein to get away from the office for a day;
    in Geschäften unterwegs sein to be on one’s tour (away, out), to travel on business;
    in Geschäften zuverlässig sein to be exact in business, to pass for as good as one’s word;
    im Geschäft stecken to be invested in a business;
    Geld in ein Geschäft stecken to invest money in a business, to put money into an undertaking, to embark capital in a trade;
    gutes Geschäft tätigen to make a good deal by, to get a purchase;
    im laufenden Monat keine Geschäfte mehr tätigen to write no new business for the next month;
    Geschäft übernehmen to take over (succeed to) a business;
    Geschäft voll übernehmen to purchase the sole interest in a business;
    Geschäft auf seinen Sohn übertragen to make over the business to one’s son;
    j. bei einem Geschäft übervorteilen to jockey s. o. in a transaction;
    kleines Geschäft unterhalten to carry on business in a small way;
    Geschäfte einer Gesellschaft der Revision unterziehen to investigate the affairs of a company;
    bei seinen Geschäften verdienen to gain by one’s business;
    an einem Geschäft groß verdienen to be a great gainer by a bargain;
    grenzüberschreitende Geschäfte vereinfachen to simplify cross-border business[es];
    sein Geschäft vergrößern to expand one’s business;
    sein Geschäft verkaufen to sell out one’s business;
    Geschäft um die Hälfte verkleinern to reduce a business one half;
    Geschäft vermitteln to broker a deal;
    seine Geschäfte vernachlässigen to neglect (shirk) one’s business;
    sein Geschäft verstehen to know one’s business (trade, how to turn a penny);
    sein Geschäft aus dem Effeff verstehen to have the whole business at one’s fingertips;
    Geschäfte über das Internet vornehmen to execute securities transactions on (through) the Internet;
    Geschäfte wegschnappen to grab business;
    laufende Geschäfte weiterführen to deal with current business;
    Geschäft nicht weiterführen to cease to carry on business;
    sich seinen Geschäften widmen to attend to (go about) one’s business;
    gute Geschäfte machen wollen to carry pigs to market;
    Geschäft rückgängig machen wollen to rue a bargain;
    von einem Geschäft zurücktreten to rescind a bargain;
    sich vom (aus dem) Geschäft zurückziehen to give up one’s (withdraw from, quit) business;
    sich von einem Geschäft zurückziehen to declare a bargain off, to back out (fam.);
    sein Geld aus einem Geschäft zurückziehen to withdraw one’s money from a business;
    sich wieder seinen Geschäften zuwenden to turn one’s thoughts to business again;
    die Geschäfte gehen schlecht there is very little doing.

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  • 10 near cash

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    гос. фин. The resource budget contains a separate control total for “near cash” expenditure, that is expenditure such as pay and current grants which impacts directly on the measure of the golden rule.
    This paper provides background information on the framework for the planning and control of public expenditure in the UK which has been operated since the 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). It sets out the different classifications of spending for budgeting purposes and why these distinctions have been adopted. It discusses how the public expenditure framework is designed to ensure both sound public finances and an outcome-focused approach to public expenditure.
    The UK's public spending framework is based on several key principles:
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    consistency with a long-term, prudent and transparent regime for managing the public finances as a whole;
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    the judgement of success by policy outcomes rather than resource inputs;
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    strong incentives for departments and their partners in service delivery to plan over several years and plan together where appropriate so as to deliver better public services with greater cost effectiveness; and
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    the proper costing and management of capital assets to provide the right incentives for public investment.
    The Government sets policy to meet two firm fiscal rules:
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    the Golden Rule states that over the economic cycle, the Government will borrow only to invest and not to fund current spending; and
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    the Sustainable Investment Rule states that net public debt as a proportion of GDP will be held over the economic cycle at a stable and prudent level. Other things being equal, net debt will be maintained below 40 per cent of GDP over the economic cycle.
    Achievement of the fiscal rules is assessed by reference to the national accounts, which are produced by the Office for National Statistics, acting as an independent agency. The Government sets its spending envelope to comply with these fiscal rules.
    Departmental Expenditure Limits ( DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)
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    Departmental Expenditure Limit ( DEL) spending, which is planned and controlled on a three year basis in Spending Reviews; and
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    Annually Managed Expenditure ( AME), which is expenditure which cannot reasonably be subject to firm, multi-year limits in the same way as DEL. AME includes social security benefits, local authority self-financed expenditure, debt interest, and payments to EU institutions.
    More information about DEL and AME is set out below.
    In Spending Reviews, firm DEL plans are set for departments for three years. To ensure consistency with the Government's fiscal rules departments are set separate resource (current) and capital budgets. The resource budget contains a separate control total for “near cash” expenditure, that is expenditure such as pay and current grants which impacts directly on the measure of the golden rule.
    To encourage departments to plan over the medium term departments may carry forward unspent DEL provision from one year into the next and, subject to the normal tests for tautness and realism of plans, may be drawn down in future years. This end-year flexibility also removes any incentive for departments to use up their provision as the year end approaches with less regard to value for money. For the full benefits of this flexibility and of three year plans to feed through into improved public service delivery, end-year flexibility and three year budgets should be cascaded from departments to executive agencies and other budget holders.
    Three year budgets and end-year flexibility give those managing public services the stability to plan their operations on a sensible time scale. Further, the system means that departments cannot seek to bid up funds each year (before 1997, three year plans were set and reviewed in annual Public Expenditure Surveys). So the credibility of medium-term plans has been enhanced at both central and departmental level.
    Departments have certainty over the budgetary allocation over the medium term and these multi-year DEL plans are strictly enforced. Departments are expected to prioritise competing pressures and fund these within their overall annual limits, as set in Spending Reviews. So the DEL system provides a strong incentive to control costs and maximise value for money.
    There is a small centrally held DEL Reserve. Support from the Reserve is available only for genuinely unforeseeable contingencies which departments cannot be expected to manage within their DEL.
    AME typically consists of programmes which are large, volatile and demand-led, and which therefore cannot reasonably be subject to firm multi-year limits. The biggest single element is social security spending. Other items include tax credits, Local Authority Self Financed Expenditure, Scottish Executive spending financed by non-domestic rates, and spending financed from the proceeds of the National Lottery.
    AME is reviewed twice a year as part of the Budget and Pre-Budget Report process reflecting the close integration of the tax and benefit system, which was enhanced by the introduction of tax credits.
    AME is not subject to the same three year expenditure limits as DEL, but is still part of the overall envelope for public expenditure. Affordability is taken into account when policy decisions affecting AME are made. The Government has committed itself not to take policy measures which are likely to have the effect of increasing social security or other elements of AME without taking steps to ensure that the effects of those decisions can be accommodated prudently within the Government's fiscal rules.
    Given an overall envelope for public spending, forecasts of AME affect the level of resources available for DEL spending. Cautious estimates and the AME margin are built in to these AME forecasts and reduce the risk of overspending on AME.
    Together, DEL plus AME sum to Total Managed Expenditure (TME). TME is a measure drawn from national accounts. It represents the current and capital spending of the public sector. The public sector is made up of central government, local government and public corporations.
    Resource and Capital Budgets are set in terms of accruals information. Accruals information measures resources as they are consumed rather than when the cash is paid. So for example the Resource Budget includes a charge for depreciation, a measure of the consumption or wearing out of capital assets.
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    Non cash charges in budgets do not impact directly on the fiscal framework. That may be because the national accounts use a different way of measuring the same thing, for example in the case of the depreciation of departmental assets. Or it may be that the national accounts measure something different: for example, resource budgets include a cost of capital charge reflecting the opportunity cost of holding capital; the national accounts include debt interest.
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    Within the Resource Budget DEL, departments have separate controls on:
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    Near cash spending, the sub set of Resource Budgets which impacts directly on the Golden Rule; and
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    The amount of their Resource Budget DEL that departments may spend on running themselves (e.g. paying most civil servants’ salaries) is limited by Administration Budgets, which are set in Spending Reviews. Administration Budgets are used to ensure that as much money as practicable is available for front line services and programmes. These budgets also help to drive efficiency improvements in departments’ own activities. Administration Budgets exclude the costs of frontline services delivered directly by departments.
    The Budget preceding a Spending Review sets an overall envelope for public spending that is consistent with the fiscal rules for the period covered by the Spending Review. In the Spending Review, the Budget AME forecast for year one of the Spending Review period is updated, and AME forecasts are made for the later years of the Spending Review period.
    The 1998 Comprehensive Spending Review ( CSR), which was published in July 1998, was a comprehensive review of departmental aims and objectives alongside a zero-based analysis of each spending programme to determine the best way of delivering the Government's objectives. The 1998 CSR allocated substantial additional resources to the Government's key priorities, particularly education and health, for the three year period from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.
    Delivering better public services does not just depend on how much money the Government spends, but also on how well it spends it. Therefore the 1998 CSR introduced Public Service Agreements (PSAs). Each major government department was given its own PSA setting out clear targets for achievements in terms of public service improvements.
    The 1998 CSR also introduced the DEL/ AME framework for the control of public spending, and made other framework changes. Building on the investment and reforms delivered by the 1998 CSR, successive spending reviews in 2000, 2002 and 2004 have:
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    provided significant increase in resources for the Government’s priorities, in particular health and education, and cross-cutting themes such as raising productivity; extending opportunity; and building strong and secure communities;
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    enabled the Government significantly to increase investment in public assets and address the legacy of under investment from past decades. Departmental Investment Strategies were introduced in SR2000. As a result there has been a steady increase in public sector net investment from less than ¾ of a per cent of GDP in 1997-98 to 2¼ per cent of GDP in 2005-06, providing better infrastructure across public services;
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    introduced further refinements to the performance management framework. PSA targets have been reduced in number over successive spending reviews from around 300 to 110 to give greater focus to the Government’s highest priorities. The targets have become increasingly outcome-focused to deliver further improvements in key areas of public service delivery across Government. They have also been refined in line with the conclusions of the Devolving Decision Making Review to provide a framework which encourages greater devolution and local flexibility. Technical Notes were introduced in SR2000 explaining how performance against each PSA target will be measured; and
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    not only allocated near cash spending to departments, but also – since SR2002 - set Resource DEL plans for non cash spending.
    To identify what further investments and reforms are needed to equip the UK for the global challenges of the decade ahead, on 19 July 2005 the Chief Secretary to the Treasury announced that the Government intends to launch a second Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) reporting in 2007.
    A decade on from the first CSR, the 2007 CSR will represent a long-term and fundamental review of government expenditure. It will cover departmental allocations for 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010 11. Allocations for 2007-08 will be held to the agreed figures already announced by the 2004 Spending Review. To provide a rigorous analytical framework for these departmental allocations, the Government will be taking forward a programme of preparatory work over 2006 involving:
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    an assessment of what the sustained increases in spending and reforms to public service delivery have achieved since the first CSR. The assessment will inform the setting of new objectives for the decade ahead;
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    an examination of the key long-term trends and challenges that will shape the next decade – including demographic and socio-economic change, globalisation, climate and environmental change, global insecurity and technological change – together with an assessment of how public services will need to respond;
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    to release the resources needed to address these challenges, and to continue to secure maximum value for money from public spending over the CSR period, a set of zero-based reviews of departments’ baseline expenditure to assess its effectiveness in delivering the Government’s long-term objectives; together with
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    further development of the efficiency programme, building on the cross cutting areas identified in the Gershon Review, to embed and extend ongoing efficiency savings into departmental expenditure planning.
    The 2007 CSR also offers the opportunity to continue to refine the PSA framework so that it drives effective delivery and the attainment of ambitious national standards.
    Public Service Agreements (PSAs) were introduced in the 1998 CSR. They set out agreed targets detailing the outputs and outcomes departments are expected to deliver with the resources allocated to them. The new spending regime places a strong emphasis on outcome targets, for example in providing for better health and higher educational standards or service standards. The introduction in SR2004 of PSA ‘standards’ will ensure that high standards in priority areas are maintained.
    The Government monitors progress against PSA targets, and departments report in detail twice a year in their annual Departmental Reports (published in spring) and in their autumn performance reports. These reports provide Parliament and the public with regular updates on departments’ performance against their targets.
    Technical Notes explain how performance against each PSA target will be measured.
    To make the most of both new investment and existing assets, there needs to be a coherent long term strategy against which investment decisions are taken. Departmental Investment Strategies (DIS) set out each department's plans to deliver the scale and quality of capital stock needed to underpin its objectives. The DIS includes information about the department's existing capital stock and future plans for that stock, as well as plans for new investment. It also sets out the systems that the department has in place to ensure that it delivers its capital programmes effectively.
    This document was updated on 19 December 2005.
    Near-cash resource expenditure that has a related cash implication, even though the timing of the cash payment may be slightly different. For example, expenditure on gas or electricity supply is incurred as the fuel is used, though the cash payment might be made in arrears on aquarterly basis. Other examples of near-cash expenditure are: pay, rental.Net cash requirement the upper limit agreed by Parliament on the cash which a department may draw from theConsolidated Fund to finance the expenditure within the ambit of its Request forResources. It is equal to the agreed amount of net resources and net capital less non-cashitems and working capital.Non-cash cost costs where there is no cash transaction but which are included in a body’s accounts (or taken into account in charging for a service) to establish the true cost of all the resourcesused.Non-departmental a body which has a role in the processes of government, but is not a government public body, NDPBdepartment or part of one. NDPBs accordingly operate at arm’s length from governmentMinisters.Notional cost of a cost which is taken into account in setting fees and charges to improve comparability with insuranceprivate sector service providers.The charge takes account of the fact that public bodies donot generally pay an insurance premium to a commercial insurer.the independent body responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics about theUK’s society and economy. (At the time of going to print legislation was progressing tochange this body to the Statistics Board).Office of Government an office of the Treasury, with a status similar to that of an agency, which aims to maximise Commerce, OGCthe government’s purchasing power for routine items and combine professional expertiseto bear on capital projects.Office of the the government department responsible for discharging the Paymaster General’s statutoryPaymaster General,responsibilities to hold accounts and make payments for government departments and OPGother public bodies.Orange bookthe informal title for Management of Risks: Principles and Concepts, which is published by theTreasury for the guidance of public sector bodies.Office for NationalStatistics, ONS60Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARYOverdraftan account with a negative balance.Parliament’s formal agreement to authorise an activity or expenditure.Prerogative powerspowers exercisable under the Royal Prerogative, ie powers which are unique to the Crown,as contrasted with common-law powers which may be available to the Crown on the samebasis as to natural persons.Primary legislationActs which have been passed by the Westminster Parliament and, where they haveappropriate powers, the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly. Begin asBills until they have received Royal Assent.arrangements under which a public sector organisation contracts with a private sectorentity to construct a facility and provide associated services of a specified quality over asustained period. See annex 7.5.Proprietythe principle that patterns of resource consumption should respect Parliament’s intentions,conventions and control procedures, including any laid down by the PAC. See box 2.4.Public Accountssee Committee of Public Accounts.CommitteePublic corporationa trading body controlled by central government, local authority or other publiccorporation that has substantial day to day operating independence. See section 7.8.Public Dividend finance provided by government to public sector bodies as an equity stake; an alternative to Capital, PDCloan finance.Public Service sets out what the public can expect the government to deliver with its resources. EveryAgreement, PSAlarge government department has PSA(s) which specify deliverables as targets or aimsrelated to objectives.a structured arrangement between a public sector and a private sector organisation tosecure an outcome delivering good value for money for the public sector. It is classified tothe public or private sector according to which has more control.Rate of returnthe financial remuneration delivered by a particular project or enterprise, expressed as apercentage of the net assets employed.Regularitythe principle that resource consumption should accord with the relevant legislation, therelevant delegated authority and this document. See box 2.4.Request for the functional level into which departmental Estimates may be split. RfRs contain a number Resources, RfRof functions being carried out by the department in pursuit of one or more of thatdepartment’s objectives.Resource accountan accruals account produced in line with the Financial Reporting Manual (FReM).Resource accountingthe system under which budgets, Estimates and accounts are constructed in a similar wayto commercial audited accounts, so that both plans and records of expenditure allow in fullfor the goods and services which are to be, or have been, consumed – ie not just the cashexpended.Resource budgetthe means by which the government plans and controls the expenditure of resources tomeet its objectives.Restitutiona legal concept which allows money and property to be returned to its rightful owner. Ittypically operates where another person can be said to have been unjustly enriched byreceiving such monies.Return on capital the ratio of profit to capital employed of an accounting entity during an identified period.employed, ROCEVarious measures of profit and of capital employed may be used in calculating the ratio.Public Privatepartnership, PPPPrivate Finance Initiative, PFIParliamentaryauthority61Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARYRoyal charterthe document setting out the powers and constitution of a corporation established underprerogative power of the monarch acting on Privy Council advice.Second readingthe second formal time that a House of Parliament may debate a bill, although in practicethe first substantive debate on its content. If successful, it is deemed to denoteParliamentary approval of the principle of the proposed legislation.Secondary legislationlaws, including orders and regulations, which are made using powers in primary legislation.Normally used to set out technical and administrative provision in greater detail thanprimary legislation, they are subject to a less intense level of scrutiny in Parliament.European legislation is,however,often implemented in secondary legislation using powers inthe European Communities Act 1972.Service-level agreement between parties, setting out in detail the level of service to be performed.agreementWhere agreements are between central government bodies, they are not legally a contractbut have a similar function.Shareholder Executive a body created to improve the government’s performance as a shareholder in businesses.Spending reviewsets out the key improvements in public services that the public can expect over a givenperiod. It includes a thorough review of departmental aims and objectives to find the bestway of delivering the government’s objectives, and sets out the spending plans for the givenperiod.State aidstate support for a domestic body or company which could distort EU competition and sois not usually allowed. See annex 4.9.Statement of Excessa formal statement detailing departments’ overspends prepared by the Comptroller andAuditor General as a result of undertaking annual audits.Statement on Internal an annual statement that Accounting Officers are required to make as part of the accounts Control, SICon a range of risk and control issues.Subheadindividual elements of departmental expenditure identifiable in Estimates as single cells, forexample cell A1 being administration costs within a particular line of departmental spending.Supplyresources voted by Parliament in response to Estimates, for expenditure by governmentdepartments.Supply Estimatesa statement of the resources the government needs in the coming financial year, and forwhat purpose(s), by which Parliamentary authority is sought for the planned level ofexpenditure and income.Target rate of returnthe rate of return required of a project or enterprise over a given period, usually at least a year.Third sectorprivate sector bodies which do not act commercially,including charities,social and voluntaryorganisations and other not-for-profit collectives. See annex 7.7.Total Managed a Treasury budgeting term which covers all current and capital spending carried out by the Expenditure,TMEpublic sector (ie not just by central departments).Trading fundan organisation (either within a government department or forming one) which is largely orwholly financed from commercial revenue generated by its activities. Its Estimate shows itsnet impact, allowing its income from receipts to be devoted entirely to its business.Treasury Minutea formal administrative document drawn up by the Treasury, which may serve a wide varietyof purposes including seeking Parliamentary approval for the use of receipts asappropriations in aid, a remission of some or all of the principal of voted loans, andresponding on behalf of the government to reports by the Public Accounts Committee(PAC).62Managing Public Money
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    GLOSSARY63Managing Public MoneyValue for moneythe process under which organisation’s procurement, projects and processes aresystematically evaluated and assessed to provide confidence about suitability, effectiveness,prudence,quality,value and avoidance of error and other waste,judged for the public sectoras a whole.Virementthe process through which funds are moved between subheads such that additionalexpenditure on one is met by savings on one or more others.Votethe process by which Parliament approves funds in response to supply Estimates.Voted expenditureprovision for expenditure that has been authorised by Parliament. Parliament ‘votes’authority for public expenditure through the Supply Estimates process. Most expenditureby central government departments is authorised in this way.Wider market activity activities undertaken by central government organisations outside their statutory duties,using spare capacity and aimed at generating a commercial profit. See annex 7.6.Windfallmonies received by a department which were not anticipated in the spending review.
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    Англо-русский экономический словарь > near cash

  • 11 Gehen

    ge·hen
    1. ge·hen <ging, gegangen> [ʼge:ən]
    vi sein
    [irgendwohin] \Gehen to go [somewhere]; ( zu Fuß) to walk [somewhere];
    geh schon! go on!;
    \Gehen wir! let's go!;
    \Gehen wir oder fahren wir mit dem Auto? shall we walk or drive?;
    ich gehe raus, frische Luft schnappen I'm going out for some fresh air;
    gehst du heute in die Stadt/ auf die Post/zur Bank? are you going to town/to the post office/to the bank today?;
    wann geht er nach Paris/ins Ausland? when is he going to Paris/abroad?;
    in Urlaub \Gehen to go on holiday [or (Am) vacation];
    auf die andere Straßenseite \Gehen to cross over to the other side of the street;
    ich gehe eben mal schnell auf den Dachboden I'm just going up to the loft quickly;
    [im Zimmer] auf und ab \Gehen to walk up and down [or pace] [the room];
    in/ an etw akk \Gehen to go into/to sth;
    ans Telefon \Gehen to answer the telephone;
    über etw akk \Gehen to go over [or cross] sth;
    zu jdm/etw \Gehen to go to sb/sth;
    wie lange geht man bis zur Haltestelle/zur Post? how far is it to the bus stop/post office?;
    kannst du für mich noch zum Metzger/Bäcker \Gehen? can/could you go to the butcher['s]/baker['s] for me?; s. a. Stelzen, Stock, weit
    2) ( besuchen)
    zu jdm \Gehen to go and visit [or see] sb;
    in etw akk \Gehen to go to sth;
    ins Theater/ in die Kirche/ Messe/Schule \Gehen to go to the theatre/to church/mass/school;
    zu etw dat \Gehen to go to sth;
    zu einem Vortrag/ zu einer Messe/zur Schule \Gehen to go to a lecture/to a [trade] fair/to school;
    an etw akk \Gehen to go to sth;
    an die Uni \Gehen to go to university;
    auf etw akk \Gehen to go to sth;
    aufs Gymnasium/auf einen Lehrgang \Gehen to go to [a] grammar school/on a course;
    etw tun \Gehen to go to do sth;
    schwimmen/ tanzen/ einkaufen/schlafen \Gehen to go swimming/dancing/shopping/to bed
    in etw akk \Gehen to go into [or enter] sth;
    in die Industrie/ Politik/Computerbranche \Gehen to go into industry/politics/computers;
    in die Partei/Gewerkschaft \Gehen to join the party/union;
    zu etw dat \Gehen to join sth;
    zum Film/ Radio/ Theater/zur Oper \Gehen to go into films/radio/on the stage/become an opera singer;
    an etw akk \Gehen to join sth;
    ans Gymnasium/an die Uni \Gehen to join the grammar school/university [as a teacher/lecturer]
    4) ( weggehen) to go;
    (abfahren a.) to leave;
    ich muss jetzt \Gehen I have to be off [or must go];
    wann geht der Zug nach Hamburg? when does the train to Hamburg leave?;
    heute geht leider keine Fähre mehr there are no more ferries today, I'm afraid;
    jdn \Gehen lassen ( davongehen lassen) to let sb go;
    (euph: gestorben sein) to have departed from us ( euph) s. a. Licht, Weg
    5) ( blicken)
    auf etw akk / nach etw akk \Gehen to look onto/towards sth;
    die Fenster \Gehen auf das Meer/ den Strand the windows look [out] onto the sea/beach;
    der Balkon ging nach Süden/ auf einen Parkplatz the balcony faced south/overlooked a car park
    6) ( führen)
    irgendwohin \Gehen to go somewhere;
    die Brücke geht über den Fluss the bridge crosses the river;
    ist das die Straße, die nach Oberstdorf geht? is that the road [or way] to Oberstdorf?;
    wohin geht dieser Weg/Geheimgang? where does this path/secret passage go [or lead [to]] ?;
    die Tür geht direkt auf unseren Parkplatz the door leads [or opens] directly onto our parking space;
    von... bis/ über etw akk \Gehen to go from... to/via somewhere;
    die nach Biberach \Gehende Reise the trip to Biberach;
    dieser Rundweg geht über die Höhen des Schwarzwaldes this circular walk takes in the highest points [or peaks] of the Black Forest
    [zu jdm] \Gehen to leave [for sb], to go [to sb];
    er ist zu Klett gegangen he left to go to Klett;
    gegangen werden ( hum) ( fam) to be given the push [or ( fam) the sack];
    8) ( funktionieren) to work;
    meine Uhr geht nicht mehr my watch has stopped
    9) ( sich bewegen) to move;
    ich hörte, wie die Tür ging I heard the door [go];
    diese Schublade geht schwer this drawer is stiff;
    vielleicht geht das Schloss wieder, wenn man es ölt perhaps the lock will work again if you oil it
    [irgendwie] \Gehen to go [somehow];
    wie ist die Prüfung gegangen? how was the exam [or did the exam go] ?;
    zurzeit geht alles drunter und drüber things are a bit chaotic right now;
    versuch's einfach, es geht ganz leicht just try it, it's really easy;
    kannst du mir bitte erklären, wie das Spiel geht? can you please explain the rules of the game to me?;
    wie soll das denn bloß \Gehen? just how is that supposed to work?
    11) ökon ( laufen) to go;
    das Geschäft geht vor Weihnachten immer gut business is always good before Christmas;
    wie \Gehen die Geschäfte? how's business?;
    ( sich verkaufen) to sell;
    diese teuren Zigarren \Gehen gut/ nicht gut these expensive cigars sell/don't sell well;
    diese Pralinen \Gehen bei uns so schnell weg, wie sie reinkommen we sell these chocolates as soon as they come in
    [irgendwie] vor sich \Gehen to go on [or happen] [in a certain way];
    erkläre mir mal, wie das vor sich \Gehen soll now just tell me how that's going to happen [or how it's going to work];
    das kann auf verschiedene Arten vor sich \Gehen it can proceed in a variety of ways;
    kannst du mir mal erklären, wie das vor sich geht, wenn man die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft annehmen will? can you explain the procedure for taking up German citizenship to me?;
    was geht hier vor sich? ( fam) what's going on here?
    in etw akk / durch etw akk \Gehen to go into/through sth;
    es \Gehen über 450 Besucher in das neue Theater the new theatre holds over 450 people;
    wie viele Leute \Gehen in deinen Wagen? how many people [can] fit in[to] your car?; s. a. Kopf
    14) ( dauern) to go on;
    eine bestimmte Zeit \Gehen to last a certain time;
    dieser Film geht drei Stunden this film goes on for [or lasts] three hours;
    der Film geht schon über eine Stunde the film has been on for over an hour already [or started over an hour ago];
    15) ( reichen) to go;
    [jdm] bis zu etw dat \Gehen to reach [sb's] sth;
    das Wasser geht einem bis zur Hüfte the water comes up to one's hips;
    der Rock geht ihr bis zum Knie the skirt goes down to her knee;
    in etw akk \Gehen to run into sth;
    in die Hunderte [o hunderte] / Tausende [o tausende] \Gehen to run into [the] hundreds/thousands
    16) kochk Teig to rise
    in etw dat \Gehen to wear sth;
    als etw \Gehen to go as sth;
    mit/ohne etw \Gehen to go with/without sth;
    bei dem Nieselregen würde ich nicht ohne Schirm \Gehen I wouldn't go out in this drizzle without an umbrella;
    sie geht auch im Winter nur mit einer dunklen Brille she wears dark glasses even in winter;
    ich gehe besser nicht in Jeans dorthin I'd better not go there in jeans
    18) ( ertönen) to ring
    [bei jdm] \Gehen to be all right [or ( fam) OK] [with sb];
    haben Sie am nächsten Mittwoch Zeit? - nein, das geht [bei mir] nicht are you free next Wednesday? - no, that's no good [for me] [or I can't manage that];
    das geht doch nicht! that's not on!;
    ich muss mal telefonieren - geht das? I have to make a phone call - would that be alright?;
    ( hoffnungslos sein) there's nothing more to be done
    20) ( lauten) to go;
    weißt du noch, wie das Lied ging? can you remember how the song went [or the words of the song] ?;
    wie geht nochmal der Spruch? what's that saying again?, how does the saying go?
    an etw akk \Gehen to touch sth;
    um ihre Schulden zu bezahlen, musste sie an ihr Erspartes \Gehen she had to raid her savings to pay off her debts;
    wer ist dieses Mal an meinen Computer gegangen? who's been messing around with my computer this time?
    an jdn \Gehen to go to sb;
    das Erbe/ der Punkt ging an sie the inheritance/point went to her;
    der Vorsitz ging turnusmäßig an H. Lantermann H. Lantermann became chairman in rotation
    [jdm] an etw akk \Gehen to damage [sb's] sth;
    das geht [mir] ganz schön an die Nerven that really gets on my nerves;
    das geht an die Kraft [o Substanz] that takes it out of you
    24) (fam: angreifen)
    auf etw akk \Gehen to attack sth;
    das Rauchen geht auf die Lunge smoking affects the lungs;
    das Klettern geht ganz schön auf die Pumpe climbing really puts a strain on the old ticker
    an jdn \Gehen to be addressed to sb;
    gegen jdn/etw \Gehen to be directed against sb/sth;
    das geht nicht gegen Sie, aber die Vorschriften! this isn't aimed at you, it's just the rules!;
    das geht gegen meine Prinzipien/ Überzeugung that is [or goes] against my principles/convictions
    mit jdm \Gehen to go out with sb
    nach etw dat \Gehen to go by sth;
    der Richter ging in seinem Urteil nach der bisherigen Unbescholtenheit des Angeklagten on passing sentence the judge took into account the defendant's lack of previous convictions;
    nach dem, was er sagt, kann man nicht \Gehen you can't go by what he says
    zu weit \Gehen to go too far, to overstep the line;
    das geht zu weit! that's just too much!
    über jds Geduld \Gehen to exhaust sb's patience;
    über jds Kräfte/Möglichkeiten \Gehen to be too much for [or beyond] sb;
    das geht einfach über meine finanziellen Möglichkeiten I just don't have the finances for that;
    30) (hum: werden zu)
    unter die Politiker/ Künstler/Säufer \Gehen to join the ranks of politicians/artists/alcoholics
    31) (fam: akzeptabel sein) to be OK;
    er geht gerade noch, aber seine Frau ist furchtbar he's just about OK [or tolerable] but his wife is awful;
    wie ist das Hotel? - es geht [so] how's the hotel? - it's ok;
    ist das zu klein? - nein, das geht [so] is it too small? - no, it's ok like this
    auf die... \Gehen + Zahl to be approaching...;
    er geht auf die dreißig he's approaching [or coming up for] thirty
    WENDUNGEN:
    wo jd geht und steht ( fam) wherever [or no matter where] sb goes [or is];
    in sich akk \Gehen to turn one's gaze inward, to take stock of oneself;
    Mensch, geh in dich! for heaven's sake, think again!;
    \Gehen Sie [mir] mit... ( fam) spare [me]...;
    \Gehen Sie [mir] doch mit Ihren Ausreden! spare me your excuses, please!;
    jdm °über alles \Gehen to mean more to sb than anything else;
    das Kind geht mir über alles! that child means the whole world to me!;
    es geht nichts °über jdn/ etw nothing beats sb/sth, there's nothing better than [or to beat]; [or like] sb/sth;
    [ach] geh,...! ( fam) [oh] come on,...!;
    ach geh, das kann doch nicht dein Ernst sein! oh come on, you can't be serious!;
    geh, so was kannst du sonst wem erzählen! go and tell that to the marines!;
    geh! (österr, südd) get away!;
    geh, was du nicht sagst! go on, you're kidding!; s. a. Konto
    vi impers sein
    1) + adv ( sich befinden)
    jdm geht es... sb feels...;
    wie geht es Ihnen? - danke, mir geht es gut/ausgezeichnet! how are you? - thank you, I am well/I'm feeling marvellous!;
    mir ist es schon mal besser gegangen! I have felt better!;
    nach der Spritze ging es ihr gleich wieder besser she soon felt better again after the injection;
    wie geht's denn [so]? ( fam) how are things?, how's it going?
    2) + adv ( verlaufen)
    irgendwie \Gehen to go somehow;
    wie war denn die Prüfung? - ach, es ging ganz gut how was the exam? - oh, it went quite well;
    es ging wie geschmiert it went like clockwork
    [bei etw dat] um etw akk \Gehen to be about sth;
    um was geht's denn? what's it about then?;
    worum geht's denn? what's it all about then?;
    in dem Gespräch ging es um die zugesagte Gehaltserhöhung the conversation was about the promised increase in salary;
    worum geht es in diesem Film? what is this film about?;
    hierbei geht es um meinen guten Ruf my reputation is at stake [or on the line] here;
    hierbei geht es um Millionen we're talking millions here ( fam), there are millions involved here;
    wenn es um mein Glück geht, lasse ich mir von niemandem dreinreden when it comes to my happiness I don't let anyone tell me what to do;
    es geht hier um eine wichtige Entscheidung there is an important decision to be made here;
    wenn es nur um ein paar Minuten geht, warten wir we'll wait if it's just a question [or matter] of a few minutes
    jdm geht es um etw akk sth matters to sb;
    worum geht es dir eigentlich? what are you trying to say?;
    es geht mir nur ums Geld/ um die Wahrheit I'm only interested in the money/truth;
    es geht mir ums Prinzip it's a matter [or question] of principle; s. a. Leben
    5) ( ergehen)
    jdm geht es irgendwie to be somehow with sb;
    mir ist es ähnlich/ genauso/ nicht anders gegangen it was the same [or like that] /just the same [or just like that] /no different with me, I felt the same/just the same/no different;
    warum soll es dir etwa besser \Gehen als mir? why should you have it better than me?;
    lass es dir/lasst es euch gut \Gehen! look after [or take care of] yourself!
    6) ( sich machen lassen) to be all right;
    geht es, dass ihr uns zu Weihnachten besuchen kommt? will it be possible for you to visit us at Christmas?;
    das wird kaum \Gehen, wir sind über Weihnachten verreist that won't be possible [or work], we're away for Christmas;
    ich werde arbeiten, solange es geht I shall go on [or continue] working as long as possible;
    geht es, oder soll ich dir tragen helfen? can you manage, or shall I help you carry it/them;
    es geht einfach nicht mehr it won't do any more
    7) ( führen)
    nach/ in etw akk \Gehen to go [or lead] somewhere;
    erst fahren Sie über drei Ampeln, dann geht es rechts ab go past three traffic lights then turn right;
    wohin geht's eigentlich im Urlaub? just where are you off to on holiday?;
    auf, Leute, es geht wieder nach Hause come on people, it's time to go home;
    das nächste Mal geht's in die Berge/ an die See we're off to [or heading for] the mountains/coast next time;
    im Sommer geht es immer in den Süden we always go [or head] south for the summer;
    gleich geht's ins Wochenende soon it'll be the weekend;
    wo geht's hier zum Flughafen? how do I get to the airport from here?;
    wo geht es hier raus? where is the exit?; s. a. geradeaus
    8) (nach jds Kopf \Gehen)
    nach jdm \Gehen to go by sb;
    wenn es nach mir ginge if it were up to me;
    es kann nicht immer alles nach dir \Gehen you can't always have things your own way
    WENDUNGEN:
    aber sonst geht's dir gut? (?) but you're OK otherwise?, are you feeling all right?, are you quite right in the head?;
    auf geht's! let's go!, come on!;
    es geht das Gerücht/die Sage, dass... rumour/legend has it that...;
    geht's noch!? ( SCHWEIZ) ( iron) are you crazy?!
    vt sein;
    etw \Gehen to walk sth;
    Sie haben aber noch drei Stunden/17 Kilometer zu \Gehen! you've still got another three hours/17 kilometres to go!;
    ich gehe immer diesen Weg/ diese Straße I always walk this way/take this road
    es geht sich schlecht hier it's hard going [or hard to walk] here;
    in diesen Schuhen geht es sich bequem these shoes are very comfortable for walking [or to walk in];
    sich \Gehen lassen to lose control of oneself [or one's self-control]; ( nachlässig sein) to let oneself go
    2. Ge·hen <-s> [ʼge:ən] nt
    1) (Zu-Fuß-\Gehen) walking
    2) ( das Weggehen) going, leaving;
    schon im \Gehen, wandte sie sich noch einmal um she turned round once more as she left;
    sein frühes/vorzeitiges \Gehen his early departure
    3) sport walking

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  • 12 gehen

    ge·hen
    1. ge·hen <ging, gegangen> [ʼge:ən]
    vi sein
    [irgendwohin] \gehen to go [somewhere]; ( zu Fuß) to walk [somewhere];
    geh schon! go on!;
    \gehen wir! let's go!;
    \gehen wir oder fahren wir mit dem Auto? shall we walk or drive?;
    ich gehe raus, frische Luft schnappen I'm going out for some fresh air;
    gehst du heute in die Stadt/ auf die Post/zur Bank? are you going to town/to the post office/to the bank today?;
    wann geht er nach Paris/ins Ausland? when is he going to Paris/abroad?;
    in Urlaub \gehen to go on holiday [or (Am) vacation];
    auf die andere Straßenseite \gehen to cross over to the other side of the street;
    ich gehe eben mal schnell auf den Dachboden I'm just going up to the loft quickly;
    [im Zimmer] auf und ab \gehen to walk up and down [or pace] [the room];
    in/ an etw akk \gehen to go into/to sth;
    ans Telefon \gehen to answer the telephone;
    über etw akk \gehen to go over [or cross] sth;
    zu jdm/etw \gehen to go to sb/sth;
    wie lange geht man bis zur Haltestelle/zur Post? how far is it to the bus stop/post office?;
    kannst du für mich noch zum Metzger/Bäcker \gehen? can/could you go to the butcher['s]/baker['s] for me?; s. a. Stelzen, Stock, weit
    2) ( besuchen)
    zu jdm \gehen to go and visit [or see] sb;
    in etw akk \gehen to go to sth;
    ins Theater/ in die Kirche/ Messe/Schule \gehen to go to the theatre/to church/mass/school;
    zu etw dat \gehen to go to sth;
    zu einem Vortrag/ zu einer Messe/zur Schule \gehen to go to a lecture/to a [trade] fair/to school;
    an etw akk \gehen to go to sth;
    an die Uni \gehen to go to university;
    auf etw akk \gehen to go to sth;
    aufs Gymnasium/auf einen Lehrgang \gehen to go to [a] grammar school/on a course;
    etw tun \gehen to go to do sth;
    schwimmen/ tanzen/ einkaufen/schlafen \gehen to go swimming/dancing/shopping/to bed
    in etw akk \gehen to go into [or enter] sth;
    in die Industrie/ Politik/Computerbranche \gehen to go into industry/politics/computers;
    in die Partei/Gewerkschaft \gehen to join the party/union;
    zu etw dat \gehen to join sth;
    zum Film/ Radio/ Theater/zur Oper \gehen to go into films/radio/on the stage/become an opera singer;
    an etw akk \gehen to join sth;
    ans Gymnasium/an die Uni \gehen to join the grammar school/university [as a teacher/lecturer]
    4) ( weggehen) to go;
    (abfahren a.) to leave;
    ich muss jetzt \gehen I have to be off [or must go];
    wann geht der Zug nach Hamburg? when does the train to Hamburg leave?;
    heute geht leider keine Fähre mehr there are no more ferries today, I'm afraid;
    jdn \gehen lassen ( davongehen lassen) to let sb go;
    (euph: gestorben sein) to have departed from us ( euph) s. a. Licht, Weg
    5) ( blicken)
    auf etw akk / nach etw akk \gehen to look onto/towards sth;
    die Fenster \gehen auf das Meer/ den Strand the windows look [out] onto the sea/beach;
    der Balkon ging nach Süden/ auf einen Parkplatz the balcony faced south/overlooked a car park
    6) ( führen)
    irgendwohin \gehen to go somewhere;
    die Brücke geht über den Fluss the bridge crosses the river;
    ist das die Straße, die nach Oberstdorf geht? is that the road [or way] to Oberstdorf?;
    wohin geht dieser Weg/Geheimgang? where does this path/secret passage go [or lead [to]] ?;
    die Tür geht direkt auf unseren Parkplatz the door leads [or opens] directly onto our parking space;
    von... bis/ über etw akk \gehen to go from... to/via somewhere;
    die nach Biberach \gehende Reise the trip to Biberach;
    dieser Rundweg geht über die Höhen des Schwarzwaldes this circular walk takes in the highest points [or peaks] of the Black Forest
    [zu jdm] \gehen to leave [for sb], to go [to sb];
    er ist zu Klett gegangen he left to go to Klett;
    gegangen werden ( hum) ( fam) to be given the push [or ( fam) the sack];
    8) ( funktionieren) to work;
    meine Uhr geht nicht mehr my watch has stopped
    9) ( sich bewegen) to move;
    ich hörte, wie die Tür ging I heard the door [go];
    diese Schublade geht schwer this drawer is stiff;
    vielleicht geht das Schloss wieder, wenn man es ölt perhaps the lock will work again if you oil it
    [irgendwie] \gehen to go [somehow];
    wie ist die Prüfung gegangen? how was the exam [or did the exam go] ?;
    zurzeit geht alles drunter und drüber things are a bit chaotic right now;
    versuch's einfach, es geht ganz leicht just try it, it's really easy;
    kannst du mir bitte erklären, wie das Spiel geht? can you please explain the rules of the game to me?;
    wie soll das denn bloß \gehen? just how is that supposed to work?
    11) ökon ( laufen) to go;
    das Geschäft geht vor Weihnachten immer gut business is always good before Christmas;
    wie \gehen die Geschäfte? how's business?;
    ( sich verkaufen) to sell;
    diese teuren Zigarren \gehen gut/ nicht gut these expensive cigars sell/don't sell well;
    diese Pralinen \gehen bei uns so schnell weg, wie sie reinkommen we sell these chocolates as soon as they come in
    [irgendwie] vor sich \gehen to go on [or happen] [in a certain way];
    erkläre mir mal, wie das vor sich \gehen soll now just tell me how that's going to happen [or how it's going to work];
    das kann auf verschiedene Arten vor sich \gehen it can proceed in a variety of ways;
    kannst du mir mal erklären, wie das vor sich geht, wenn man die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft annehmen will? can you explain the procedure for taking up German citizenship to me?;
    was geht hier vor sich? ( fam) what's going on here?
    in etw akk / durch etw akk \gehen to go into/through sth;
    es \gehen über 450 Besucher in das neue Theater the new theatre holds over 450 people;
    wie viele Leute \gehen in deinen Wagen? how many people [can] fit in[to] your car?; s. a. Kopf
    14) ( dauern) to go on;
    eine bestimmte Zeit \gehen to last a certain time;
    dieser Film geht drei Stunden this film goes on for [or lasts] three hours;
    der Film geht schon über eine Stunde the film has been on for over an hour already [or started over an hour ago];
    15) ( reichen) to go;
    [jdm] bis zu etw dat \gehen to reach [sb's] sth;
    das Wasser geht einem bis zur Hüfte the water comes up to one's hips;
    der Rock geht ihr bis zum Knie the skirt goes down to her knee;
    in etw akk \gehen to run into sth;
    in die Hunderte [o hunderte] / Tausende [o tausende] \gehen to run into [the] hundreds/thousands
    16) kochk Teig to rise
    in etw dat \gehen to wear sth;
    als etw \gehen to go as sth;
    mit/ohne etw \gehen to go with/without sth;
    bei dem Nieselregen würde ich nicht ohne Schirm \gehen I wouldn't go out in this drizzle without an umbrella;
    sie geht auch im Winter nur mit einer dunklen Brille she wears dark glasses even in winter;
    ich gehe besser nicht in Jeans dorthin I'd better not go there in jeans
    18) ( ertönen) to ring
    [bei jdm] \gehen to be all right [or ( fam) OK] [with sb];
    haben Sie am nächsten Mittwoch Zeit? - nein, das geht [bei mir] nicht are you free next Wednesday? - no, that's no good [for me] [or I can't manage that];
    das geht doch nicht! that's not on!;
    ich muss mal telefonieren - geht das? I have to make a phone call - would that be alright?;
    ( hoffnungslos sein) there's nothing more to be done
    20) ( lauten) to go;
    weißt du noch, wie das Lied ging? can you remember how the song went [or the words of the song] ?;
    wie geht nochmal der Spruch? what's that saying again?, how does the saying go?
    an etw akk \gehen to touch sth;
    um ihre Schulden zu bezahlen, musste sie an ihr Erspartes \gehen she had to raid her savings to pay off her debts;
    wer ist dieses Mal an meinen Computer gegangen? who's been messing around with my computer this time?
    an jdn \gehen to go to sb;
    das Erbe/ der Punkt ging an sie the inheritance/point went to her;
    der Vorsitz ging turnusmäßig an H. Lantermann H. Lantermann became chairman in rotation
    [jdm] an etw akk \gehen to damage [sb's] sth;
    das geht [mir] ganz schön an die Nerven that really gets on my nerves;
    das geht an die Kraft [o Substanz] that takes it out of you
    24) (fam: angreifen)
    auf etw akk \gehen to attack sth;
    das Rauchen geht auf die Lunge smoking affects the lungs;
    das Klettern geht ganz schön auf die Pumpe climbing really puts a strain on the old ticker
    an jdn \gehen to be addressed to sb;
    gegen jdn/etw \gehen to be directed against sb/sth;
    das geht nicht gegen Sie, aber die Vorschriften! this isn't aimed at you, it's just the rules!;
    das geht gegen meine Prinzipien/ Überzeugung that is [or goes] against my principles/convictions
    mit jdm \gehen to go out with sb
    nach etw dat \gehen to go by sth;
    der Richter ging in seinem Urteil nach der bisherigen Unbescholtenheit des Angeklagten on passing sentence the judge took into account the defendant's lack of previous convictions;
    nach dem, was er sagt, kann man nicht \gehen you can't go by what he says
    zu weit \gehen to go too far, to overstep the line;
    das geht zu weit! that's just too much!
    über jds Geduld \gehen to exhaust sb's patience;
    über jds Kräfte/Möglichkeiten \gehen to be too much for [or beyond] sb;
    das geht einfach über meine finanziellen Möglichkeiten I just don't have the finances for that;
    30) (hum: werden zu)
    unter die Politiker/ Künstler/Säufer \gehen to join the ranks of politicians/artists/alcoholics
    31) (fam: akzeptabel sein) to be OK;
    er geht gerade noch, aber seine Frau ist furchtbar he's just about OK [or tolerable] but his wife is awful;
    wie ist das Hotel? - es geht [so] how's the hotel? - it's ok;
    ist das zu klein? - nein, das geht [so] is it too small? - no, it's ok like this
    auf die... \gehen + Zahl to be approaching...;
    er geht auf die dreißig he's approaching [or coming up for] thirty
    WENDUNGEN:
    wo jd geht und steht ( fam) wherever [or no matter where] sb goes [or is];
    in sich akk \gehen to turn one's gaze inward, to take stock of oneself;
    Mensch, geh in dich! for heaven's sake, think again!;
    \gehen Sie [mir] mit... ( fam) spare [me]...;
    \gehen Sie [mir] doch mit Ihren Ausreden! spare me your excuses, please!;
    jdm °über alles \gehen to mean more to sb than anything else;
    das Kind geht mir über alles! that child means the whole world to me!;
    es geht nichts °über jdn/ etw nothing beats sb/sth, there's nothing better than [or to beat]; [or like] sb/sth;
    [ach] geh,...! ( fam) [oh] come on,...!;
    ach geh, das kann doch nicht dein Ernst sein! oh come on, you can't be serious!;
    geh, so was kannst du sonst wem erzählen! go and tell that to the marines!;
    geh! (österr, südd) get away!;
    geh, was du nicht sagst! go on, you're kidding!; s. a. Konto
    vi impers sein
    1) + adv ( sich befinden)
    jdm geht es... sb feels...;
    wie geht es Ihnen? - danke, mir geht es gut/ausgezeichnet! how are you? - thank you, I am well/I'm feeling marvellous!;
    mir ist es schon mal besser gegangen! I have felt better!;
    nach der Spritze ging es ihr gleich wieder besser she soon felt better again after the injection;
    wie geht's denn [so]? ( fam) how are things?, how's it going?
    2) + adv ( verlaufen)
    irgendwie \gehen to go somehow;
    wie war denn die Prüfung? - ach, es ging ganz gut how was the exam? - oh, it went quite well;
    es ging wie geschmiert it went like clockwork
    [bei etw dat] um etw akk \gehen to be about sth;
    um was geht's denn? what's it about then?;
    worum geht's denn? what's it all about then?;
    in dem Gespräch ging es um die zugesagte Gehaltserhöhung the conversation was about the promised increase in salary;
    worum geht es in diesem Film? what is this film about?;
    hierbei geht es um meinen guten Ruf my reputation is at stake [or on the line] here;
    hierbei geht es um Millionen we're talking millions here ( fam), there are millions involved here;
    wenn es um mein Glück geht, lasse ich mir von niemandem dreinreden when it comes to my happiness I don't let anyone tell me what to do;
    es geht hier um eine wichtige Entscheidung there is an important decision to be made here;
    wenn es nur um ein paar Minuten geht, warten wir we'll wait if it's just a question [or matter] of a few minutes
    jdm geht es um etw akk sth matters to sb;
    worum geht es dir eigentlich? what are you trying to say?;
    es geht mir nur ums Geld/ um die Wahrheit I'm only interested in the money/truth;
    es geht mir ums Prinzip it's a matter [or question] of principle; s. a. Leben
    5) ( ergehen)
    jdm geht es irgendwie to be somehow with sb;
    mir ist es ähnlich/ genauso/ nicht anders gegangen it was the same [or like that] /just the same [or just like that] /no different with me, I felt the same/just the same/no different;
    warum soll es dir etwa besser \gehen als mir? why should you have it better than me?;
    lass es dir/lasst es euch gut \gehen! look after [or take care of] yourself!
    6) ( sich machen lassen) to be all right;
    geht es, dass ihr uns zu Weihnachten besuchen kommt? will it be possible for you to visit us at Christmas?;
    das wird kaum \gehen, wir sind über Weihnachten verreist that won't be possible [or work], we're away for Christmas;
    ich werde arbeiten, solange es geht I shall go on [or continue] working as long as possible;
    geht es, oder soll ich dir tragen helfen? can you manage, or shall I help you carry it/them;
    es geht einfach nicht mehr it won't do any more
    7) ( führen)
    nach/ in etw akk \gehen to go [or lead] somewhere;
    erst fahren Sie über drei Ampeln, dann geht es rechts ab go past three traffic lights then turn right;
    wohin geht's eigentlich im Urlaub? just where are you off to on holiday?;
    auf, Leute, es geht wieder nach Hause come on people, it's time to go home;
    das nächste Mal geht's in die Berge/ an die See we're off to [or heading for] the mountains/coast next time;
    im Sommer geht es immer in den Süden we always go [or head] south for the summer;
    gleich geht's ins Wochenende soon it'll be the weekend;
    wo geht's hier zum Flughafen? how do I get to the airport from here?;
    wo geht es hier raus? where is the exit?; s. a. geradeaus
    8) (nach jds Kopf \gehen)
    nach jdm \gehen to go by sb;
    wenn es nach mir ginge if it were up to me;
    es kann nicht immer alles nach dir \gehen you can't always have things your own way
    WENDUNGEN:
    aber sonst geht's dir gut? (?) but you're OK otherwise?, are you feeling all right?, are you quite right in the head?;
    auf geht's! let's go!, come on!;
    es geht das Gerücht/die Sage, dass... rumour/legend has it that...;
    geht's noch!? ( SCHWEIZ) ( iron) are you crazy?!
    vt sein;
    etw \gehen to walk sth;
    Sie haben aber noch drei Stunden/17 Kilometer zu \gehen! you've still got another three hours/17 kilometres to go!;
    ich gehe immer diesen Weg/ diese Straße I always walk this way/take this road
    es geht sich schlecht hier it's hard going [or hard to walk] here;
    in diesen Schuhen geht es sich bequem these shoes are very comfortable for walking [or to walk in];
    sich \gehen lassen to lose control of oneself [or one's self-control]; ( nachlässig sein) to let oneself go
    2. Ge·hen <-s> [ʼge:ən] nt
    1) (Zu-Fuß-\gehen) walking
    2) ( das Weggehen) going, leaving;
    schon im \gehen, wandte sie sich noch einmal um she turned round once more as she left;
    sein frühes/vorzeitiges \gehen his early departure
    3) sport walking

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  • 13 Historical Portugal

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

    Historical dictionary of Portugal > Historical Portugal

  • 14 einteilen

    ein|tei·len
    vt
    etw in etw akk \einteilen to divide sth up into sth;
    ich habe die Pastete in sechs Stücke eingeteilt I've divided [or cut] the pie [up] into six pieces
    [sich dat] etw \einteilen Geld, Vorräte, Zeit to be careful with sth;
    etw \einteilen to plan sth [out];
    die Vorräte müssen so eingeteilt werden, dass sie uns zwei Wochen reichen we'll have to organize [or divide up] the supplies so that they last two weeks;
    das Geld \einteilen to budget, to manage [or organize] one's money [or finances];
    die Zeit/den Urlaub \einteilen to arrange one's time/holiday;
    die Zeit gut \einteilen to make good use of one's time, to use one's time well;
    sich die Zeit \einteilen to plan [or organize] [or arrange] one's time;
    sich die Arbeit \einteilen to arrange [or organize] one's work
    jdn zu etw dat \einteilen to assign sb to sth
    vi (fam: haushalten) to budget

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch für Studenten > einteilen

  • 15 administrere

    * * *
    vb manage ( fx a business, the money); administer,
    F administrate ( fx the finances);
    ( beherske) control ( fx one's anger);
    [ administrerende direktør] managing director;
    [ administrere sine evner godt] make good use of one's abilities.

    Danish-English dictionary > administrere

  • 16 Geldmittel

    Geldmittel npl BANK, FIN cash, financial means, funds, exchequer Geldmittel beschaffen FIN raise funds Geldmittel leihen BANK borrow funds um Geldmittel dringend ersuchen FIN appeal for funds
    * * *
    npl <Bank, Finanz> cash, financial means, funds, exchequer ■ Geldmittel beschaffen < Finanz> raise funds ■ Geldmittel leihen < Bank> borrow funds ■ um Geldmittel dringend ersuchen < Finanz> appeal for funds
    * * *
    Geldmittel
    funds on hand, [money] means, [pecuniary (financial)] resources, sums, purse, finances, exchequer;
    beschränkte Geldmittel limited resources;
    unzureichende Geldmittel scanty means;
    verfügbare Geldmittel available funds;
    Geldmittel anderweitig anlegen to convert funds to another purpose;
    Geldmittel aufbringen (beschaffen) to put up (raise) funds;
    Geldmittel für ein Unternehmen auftreiben to finance an institution;
    Geldmittel bereitstellen (bewilligen, zuweisen) to appropriate funds, to find cash, to bankroll (US), (parl.) to vote the supplies;
    Geldmittel für den Zinsendienst bereitstellen to provide funds for payment of interest;
    mit kurzfristigen Geldmitteln finanzieren to finance with short-term money;
    gesperrte Geldmittel freigeben to release funds;
    geringe Geldmittel haben to be short of money (pressed for funds);
    keine Geldmittel zur Verfügung haben to have no funds available;
    über die zur Verfügung stehenden Geldmittel hinaus kaufen to overtrade;
    Geldmittel zur Verfügung stellen to ladle out funds;
    Geldmittel für ein Unternehmen zur Verfügung stellen to finance the costs of an undertaking;
    über Geldmittel verfügen to have money at one’s disposal;
    nur über beschränkte Geldmittel verfügen to have only limited resources;
    mit Geldmitteln versehen to put in (furnish with) funds;
    j. mit Geldmitteln versehen to set (put) s. o. up in funds, to furnish (supply) s. o. with funds;
    Geldmittel effizient verwalten to manage liquidity positions efficiently;
    Geldmittel anderen als den vorgesehenen Zwecken zuführen to alienate funds from their proper destination;
    Geldmittelumlauf total money in circulation.

    Business german-english dictionary > Geldmittel

  • 17 оправя

    опра̀вя,
    опра̀вям гл.
    1. set/put right, put in order arrange, adjust, settle, sort out, fix; regulate, rectify; няма аз да \оправя света I’m not out to reform the world; \оправя дете с бой whip faults out of a child; \оправя зъбите си have o.’s teeth attended to/seen to; \оправя каша clear/tidy up a mess, sort out a muddle; \оправя нервите си get o.’s nerves into shape; \оправя някого put s.o. to rights, sort s.o. out; \оправя работите sort matters out, straighten things out, set things square, mend matters; \оправя работите си put o.’s own house in order; амер. get o.’s ducks in a row; \оправя сметките си с square/settle accounts with, get o.’s accounts square with; settle (up) with; \оправя стомаха си settle o.’s stomach, regulate (the operation of) o.’s bowels; \оправя финансите put finances in order; той ще те оправи he will make a man of you, ( заканително) he’ll fix you;
    2. ( нещо криво) straighten, set/put straight; ( коса) arrange, adjust, fix, smooth (down); ( рокля) smooth (down); \оправя легло make a bed; \оправя стая do/tidy/straighten a room, put a room straight; \оправя шапката си settle o.’s hat firmly on o.’s head; \оправя яката си straighten down o.’s collar;
    3. ( нещо разбъркано) untangle; disentangle, unravel;
    4. ( упътвам) show the (right) way to, help (s.o.) on his way;
    5. ( вразумявам) bring to o.’s senses, knock some sense into one; тази сума ще те оправи ли? will this sum tide you over?;
    \оправя се 1. come right, improve, mend; всичко ще се оправи на края things will come (out all) right in the end; за да се оправи, трябва да се развали when things are at the worst, they are sure to mend; оправяй се, както знаеш/сам се оправяй sort yourself out as best you can; работите се оправят things are working out/looking up;
    2. ( след болест) get better, get back on o.’s feet; be on the mend; ( напълно) get well, recover, recuperate; ( след побъркване) recover o.’s sanity; ( съвземам се) rally, be/look o.s. again;
    3. ( напълнявам) put on/gain weight;
    4. ( поправям се) improve (o.’s behaviour), mend o.’s ways, turn over a new leaf, reform o.s.; abandon o.’s bad habits;
    5. ( оправдавам се) clear o.s./o.’s name, put o.s. right, sort o.s. out ( пред with);
    6. ( ориентирам се) find o.’s way about; ( стъпвам на краката си) find o.’s feet; ( намирам пътя) find o.’s way; ( уреждам работите си сам) shift for o.s., take care of o.s.;
    7. (за времето) get better, clear (up); • върви, че се оправяй после you’ll be in a devil of a mess; you’ll have the devil to pay; ще се оправиш you’ll manage/be all right.

    Български-английски речник > оправя

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