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to reach to the knee

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1 to reach the knee

доходить до колен/достигать колен

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to reach the knee
2 knee

[niː]
n

колено

He was struck below the knee. — Его ударили под коленку.

He twisted/sprained his knee. — У него подвернулось колено.

Her knees failed her (gave way). — У нее колени подкосились.

He touched his own knee. — Он потрогал свое колено.

He sat with a hand on each knees. — Он сидел, положив ладони на колени/упершись руками в колени.

She hunched forward, her forearms on her knees. — Она сидела, наклонившись вперед и опустив руки на колени.

He fell slowly forwards his knees bending. — Колени у него подогнулись, он стал валиться вперед.

Any trouble with joints, hips or knees? — Суставы, бёдра, колени не беспокоят?

The shock made me go all weak at the knees. — У меня от этой неожиданности/от шока подкосились ноги.

- smooth knees
- bad knee
- smb's left knee
- both knees
- feeble knees
- trick knee
- cut knee
- sagging knees
- sprung knee
- dislocated knee
- knee deep
- knee breeches
- knee socks
- knee joint
- knee jerk
- knee compasses
- knee pad
- knee room
- knee drip
- knee drop
- knee pipe
- knee roof
- knees of the trousers
- pain in the knee
- pain above the knee
- bruise on the knee
- back of the knee
- callouses on her knees from praying
- baggy at the knees
- leg amputated at the knee
- at knee level
- on one's handsand knees
- on one's knees
- up to one's knee's
- on bended knee
- dislocate one's knee
- scrape one's knee
- hug one's knees with one's hands
- lift one's knees high
- break one's knee
- press one's knees together
- bump knees
- hit one's knee on smth
- hurt the knee
- injure one's knee

- go in to one's knees in the water
- get up from one's knees
- crawl on one's knees
- fall on one's knees
- go to knees to smb
- sink to one's knees
- throw oneself onto one's knees
- strike one's knee against smth
- hurt one's knees badly enough to draw blood
- be on one's knees
- stay on one's knee
- wear out the knees of one's jeans
- bring someone to his knees
- hit the knee against the door
- bend the knee
- bend the knee to smb
- sit knee by knee
- sit knee to knee
- cover the knees with a rug
- reach the knee
- nurse the knees
- ride on smb's knee
- dance a baby on one's knee
- put a bandage on smb's knee
- break smth across the knee
- hold a gun against the knee
- clutch at one's knee with both hands
- take the stick between the knees
- get up rise from one's knees
- slide off smb's knee
- smb's knee is still sore
- smb's knees shake
- smb's knee hurt
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Русскому сидеть на коленях у кого-либо соответствует английское to sit on smb's lap; to hold smb, smth in/on one's lap держать кого-либо, что-либо на коленях; to go down on one's knees или to kneel вставать, стать на колени

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > knee
3 reach

1. I
abs as far as the arm can reach на расстоянии вытянутой руки; as far as the eye can reach насколько видит глаз или насколько может охватить взор, до горизонта; farther than the eye can reach так далеко, что не видно, далеко за горизонт (ом)
2. II
reach somewhere reach far простираться /тянуться/ далеко; how far does the new road reach? до какого места /куда/ доходит новая дорога?; I cannot reach so high (far enough) я не могу дотянуться так высоко (так далеко); the boots reach halfway up the legs сапоги доходят до половины икры
3. III
1) reach smth. reach the port (the town, London, the place, etc.) приезжать /прибывать/ в порт и т.д.; when does the train reach the city? когда поезд приходит в город?; reach one's destination (land, the coast, the top of a hill, the entrance, the other side of the room, etc.) добираться до места назначения и т.д.; the road (the railway) reaches our village (my house, etc.) (железная) дорога доходит до нашей деревни и т.д.; the path reaches the field дорожка выходит /ведет/ к полю; the steps by which you reach the entrance ступеньки, которые ведут к выходу; when he reached the end of the book... когда он уже кончал книгу /подошел к концу книги/...; the epidemic disease had reached the town эпидемия уже докатилась до города /охватила город/; reach the ground (the knee, the sill, etc.) доходить до /достигать/ земли и т.д.; the coat reached his heels пальто доходило /было/ ему до пят; the mass of books reaches the ceiling гора книг подпирает потолок; the anchor reached bottom якорь опустился на дно; the water was too deep for light to reach the bottom было глубоко, и [через толщу воды] свет не проникал /не мог пробиться/ на дно; the spire reaches the sky шпиль упирается в небо; when the chrystal reaches full size когда кристалл достигнет нужного размера или перестанет расти; reach a certain sum (price, billions, etc.) достигать определенной суммы [денег] и т.д.; the sum total of the expenses reaches thousands of francs общая сумма расходов равна ста тысячам франков /исчисляется тысячами франков/; the book reached its sixth edition книга уже вышла шестым изданием; reach old age (middle age, the age of sixty, the end of life, etc.) дожить до пожилого возраста и т.д.; reach adolescence достичь юношеского возраста; when he reached the age of fifty... когда ему исполнилось пятьдесят лет...; reach smb., smth. these rumours (smb.'s message, smb.'s request, smb.'s call for help, etc.) reached me когда эти слухи и т.д. дошли до меня; when the news reached me когда до меня дошло это известие, когда я узнал об этом событии; this must not reach his ears он об этом не должен (у)знать; not a sound reached our ears до нас /до нашего слуха/ не долетало /не доносилось/ ни звука; every syllable reached the audience до аудитории доходило каждое слово; the radio reached millions радио слушают миллионы [людей]; попе of their bullets reached the enemy их пули не настигли противника

2) reach smth. reach one's aims /one's ends, the goal, the mark/ (the object of one's desires, a high standard, perfection, power, a stage of considerable skill, etc.) достигать /добиваться/ своей цели и т.д.; reach an agreement (an understanding, a compromise, etc.) достигать соглашения и т.д., приходить к соглашению и т.д.; reach a conclusion приходить к заключению; reach an opinion составить мнение

3) reach smth. reach the shelf (the top of the door, the ceiling, the apple on the branch, etc.) дотянуться до полки и т.д.; he was so short that he could not reach the door handle он был такой маленький, что не мог дотянуться до дверной ручки /достать дверную ручку/; the stick doesn't reach the bottom палка не доходит /не достает/ до дна

4) reach smb., smth. reach the general (the headquarters, etc.) связываться /устанавливать/ связь с генералом и т.д.; where can I reach you? где я могу вас найти?; there was no way of reaching him с ним никак нельзя было связаться; the law cannot reach him он недосягаем для закона

5) reach smb., smth. reach children (the old woman, smb.'s heart, smb.'s conscience, etc.) произвести впечатление на /тронуть/ детей и т.д.; the words reached his heart эти слова дошли до его сердца /тронули его сердце/
4. IV
reach smth. in some manner he hardly reached my shoulders он едва доставал мне до плеча; the ladder won't quite reach the window лестница /стремянка/ немного не достает до окна; reach smb. somewhere you can reach me here вы меня найдете здесь; reach smb. at some time the letter reached me yesterday (today, too late, etc.) письмо пришло /дошло до меня/ вчера и т.д.
5. V
reach smb. smth. reach me (him, etc.) the pen (the book, the salt, the mustard, etc.) передайте мне и т.д. ручку и т.д.
6. XI
1) be reached by smth. the windows can be reached by a ladder до окон можно добраться при помощи стремянки; be reached by smth. in some manner the village is easily reached by rail до деревни легко добраться поездом /по железной дороге/

2) be reached by (on) smth. the place cannot be reached by telephone с этим пунктом нет телефонной связи; he can always be reached on the office telephone с ним всегда можно связаться по служебному телефону

3) be reached by smth. be reached by flattery быть падким на лесть; be reached by reason прислушиваться к голосу разума; how is her conscience to be reached? как подействовать /повлиять/ на ее совесть?
7. XVI
1) reach to (as far as) smth. reach to the river (to the sea, to the road, to the very mountains, as far as the sea, as far as my house, etc.) простираться /тянуться/ до реки и т.д.; reach nearly to the ground (to the bottom of the ocean, to the top of the wall, etc.) доходить /доставать/ почти до земли и т.д.; the sound of his voice reached easily to the back of the hall его голос было хорошо слышно в конце зала: reach to a considerable figure достигать значительной цифры /значительного количества/; reach to great heights (to the height of perfection, etc.) достигать, больших высот и т.д.; reach from smth. to smth. the rainbow reaches from heaven to earth радуга спускается с неба до самой земли; reach across smth. their voices reached across the lake (across. the river, across the street, etc.) их голоса доносились до противоположного берега озера и т.д.

2) reach into smth. reach into September (into next week, into the XXth century, etc.) захватывать /распространяться на/ сентябрь и т.д.; the winter vacation reaches into February зимние каникулы захватывают часть февраля; reach into the millions (into many hundreds, etc.) насчитывать миллионы и т.д.

3) reach for ( after, towards, etc.) smth. reach for a knife (for the bread, for one's hat, for the receiver, for one's gun, towards a book, after the newspaper, after smth. one has dropped, etc.) протянуть руку /потянуться/ за ножом и т.д.; greedily (promptly, impulsively, vainly, etc.) reach for food жадно и т.д. (по)тянуться к пище; reach after knowledge (after fame, after happiness, after affection, after an ideal, etc.) тянуться /стремиться/ к знаниям и т.д.; reach across smth. reach across the table протянуть руку /потянуться/ через [весь] стол (чтобы дать или достать что-л.)
8. XXI1
1) reach smth. at some time reach the city at six o'clock (the airport at three, the house in the morning, etc.) прибыть в город в шесть часов и т.д., добраться до города в шесть часов и т.д.; we reached the village at midnight мы добралась до деревни в полночь; reach smb. at some time your letter did not reach me until today я получил ваше письмо только сегодня; reach smb. about smb., smth. all that has reached me about him (about his condition, this event, etc.) все, что я слышал /что мне стало известно о нем и т.д.

2) reach smth. from (on, etc.) smth. reach a book from a shelf (sugar on the top shelf, a box under the table, etc.) достать книгу с [высокой] полки и т.д.; reach me the book (the newspaper, the magazine, that box, etc.) on the top shelf [достаньте и] передайте мне книгу и т.д. с верхней полки

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > reach
4 доходить

несовер. - доходить;
совер. - дойти;
без доп.
1) (до кого-л./чего-л.) walk as far as, go/come (to), arrive (at), reach, come out (at) доходить до кого-л. (становиться известным) ≈ to reach smb.'s ears доходить до сведения ≈ (кого-л.) to come to the ears (of), to come to the notice (of)
2) (до чего-л.;
разг.) come across (to) ;
touch, move;
make an impression( upon) игра не доходит до зрителей ≈ the acting does not touch/move the audience
3) разг. be done (довариваться, допекаться) ;
ripen (дозревать)
4) (до чего-л.;
достигать какого-л. предела) reach, rise;
amount (to), run up (to) дойти до мертвой точки ≈ to come to a standstill, to come to a full stop дойти до отчаяния ≈ to be on the point of despair, to become desperate доходить до драки, дойти до драки ≈ to end in a fight, to fall to loggerheads, to get to loggerheads, to go to loggerheads дойти до сути ≈ to come to the point, to touch the ground дойти до точки ≈ to be at the end of one's tether/resources ∙ доходить своим умом ≈ to think out for oneself, to figure it out by oneself руки до не доходят дело дошло до

доход|ить -, дойти
1. (до рд.) reach (smb., smth.), go*/get* as far as (smth.) ;
(о письмах и т. п.) arrive (at) ;
они дошли до станции за 15 минут they reached the station in fifteen minutes;
не ~я this side of, just before you get to;

2. (до рд.;
достигать - о звуках, известиях и т. п.) reach (smb., smth.) ;

3. (до рд.) разг. (становиться понятным) come* across (to) ;
это до меня не доходит, не дошло I don`t see the point, I didn`t get it;
музыка не доходит до слушателей the music doesn`t come across to the audience;

4. (до рд.;
о преданиях и т. п.) come* down (to) ;

5. (до рд.;
достигать какого-л. предела) reach (smth.), come* up (to), ~ до колен reach to the knee;

6. (до рд.) разг. (додумываться) reach (smth.), arrive (at) ;
до всего сам дошёл it is all his own achievement;
дойти до этого своим умом think* it out one self, reach this conclusion unaided;

7. (до рд;
приходить в какое-л. состояние, положение) be* reduced (to) ;
~ до отчаяния be* reduced to despair;
~ до драки come* to blows;
до чего он дошёл! look what he`s come to!, how low he has fallen!.
8. безл.: дело дошло до... it came to...;
дойти до того, что... reach a point where...;

9. разг. (ослабевать, обессилевать) be* on one`s last legs;
~ до абсурда run* into absurdity;
у меня не доходят руки до этого I have no time for that.

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > доходить
5 доходити

= дійти

1) ( досягати якогось місця) to reach, to go, to walk (up, to), to walk as far as, to come (at, to)

не доходити на адресу (про лист) — to miscarry

2) ( досягати якоїсь межі) to reach, to come up (to), to run (to); to amount (to); to be reduced (to)

доходити бійки — to end in a fight, to fall to loggerheads, to get to loggerheads, to go to loggerheads

доходити до відчаю — to be reduced to despair

доходити до колін — to reach to the knee

доходити до краю — to run to an extreme; to be reduced to extremity

доходити до суті — to come to the point, to touch the ground

3) ( дозрівати) to ripen

4) ( додумуватися до чогось) to reach, to arrive (at)

дійти висновку — to arrive at ( to come to) a conclusion

5) ( втрачати сили) to grow weak, to lose one's strength; to collapse, to come to an end

Українсько-англійський словник > доходити
6 sięgać

(-am, -asz); perf; - nąć; vt/vi

to reach

sięgać po coś — to reach (out) for sth

sięgnąć do kieszeni — to reach into one's pocket

czy możesz mi sięgnąć słownik z półki? — can you reach me the dictionary from the bookshelf?

włosy sięgały jej do pasa — her hair came lub reached down to her waist

woda sięgała mi do szyi — the water came up lub reached to my neck

straty sięgały milionów — losses ran into millions

sięgać do słownika/notatek — to refer to a dictionary/one's notes

nasza współpraca sięga roku 1980 — our cooperation goes lub dates back to 1980

sięgać po władzę — to strive for power

jak okiem sięgnąć — as far as the eye can see

sięgać pamięcią (wstecz) (do czegoś) — to go back in one's mind (to sth)

* * *

sięgać

ipf.

sięgnąć pf. -ij

1. (wyciągać rękę itp.) reach (po coś l. do czegoś (out) for sth); mógłbyś mi sięgnąć po to pudło z szafy? could you reach l. get me that box from the wardrobe?; sięgnąć do kieszeni reach into one's pocket; sięgnąć do kieszeni l. portfela przen. use one's own money; sięgać do czyjejś kieszeni (przen.) pick sb's pocket.

2. (= zbliżać się, docierać) reach, come; extend ( czegoś as far as sth); go (od/do/aż do czegoś from/to/up to sth); straty sięgały milionów losses ran into millions; mamy długi sięgające... our debt amounts to...; sięgający w głąb duszy heart-searching; jego ambicje sięgają wysoko he has high aspirations; sięgać pamięcią do czegoś go back in one's mind to sth; jak okiem sięgnąć as far as the eye can see.

3. (= zaglądać do) refer ( do czegoś to sth); consult ( do czegoś sth); sięgać do słownika/notatek refer to a dictionary/one's notes.

4. (= starać się o coś) strive; sięgać po władzę strive for power.

5. (= osiągać jakąś granicę) reach; come (up l. down) ( (do) czegoś to sth); włosy sięgały jej do pasa her hair came l. reached down to her waist; sięgający do kolan ( o płaszczu) knee-length; ( o butach) knee-high; sięgający piersi breast-high l. -deep; woda sięgała mi do szyi the water came up l. reached to my neck; sięgać zenitu climax, reach a climax; napięcie sięgało zenitu tension was at fever pitch; sięgnąć kresu reach the end, reach the limit; sięgnąć dna hit rock-bottom.

6. tylko ipf. (= datować się) go l. date back to; nasza współpraca sięga roku 1980 our cooperation goes l. dates back to 1980.

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > sięgać
7 под

1. същ. floor

слагам под (на стая и пр.) floor (a room etc.)

2. предл. under

(на по-ниско равнище/степен от) below, beneath, underneath

под коляното below the knee

под нулата below zero, below freezing point

под морското равнище below sea-level

под средното равнище below (the) average

под всяка критика beneath criticism

под селото below the village

под продажната стойност below the market value

подписвам се под документ sign a document

той е под трийсет години he is under thirty

3. (при име. надслов и пр.) under

под заглавие under the headline of

под името under/by the name of

пиша под псевдоним... write under the penname of...

4. (за начин) at; in; under

държа под ключ keep under lock and key

под лихва at interest

под прав ъгъл at right angles

под залог on security

под гаранция on bail

под пара under steam

под клетва on/under oath

под ред in order; in succession

под тайна in secret

под строй in military formation

под форма на in the shape/form of

под маската на under the guise of

под наем/печат вж. наем, печат

5. (за обстоятелства) under; in

под налягане under pressure

под неприятелски огън under enemy fire

под акомпанимента на to the accompaniment of

под дъжда in the rain

6. (за ръководство, власт, влияние, грижи, редакция) under; in

под командата/влиянието на някого under s.o.'s command/influence

подробство in slavery/bondage

под чуждо робство under foreign domination

под надзор under control/supervision

под арест/стража under arrest/escort

под грижите на някого under s.o.'s care

под ведомството на under the administration of

под властта на някого in s.o.'s power

под редакцията на edited by, under the editorship of

под диктовката на at the dictation/bidding of

давам под съд вж. съд

под коса на някого under s.o.'s nose

какво трябва да разбирам под това? what am I to understand by this?

гледам под око frown (at), look askance (at)

говоря под носа си speak under/below o.'s breath

смея се под мустак laugh in o.'s beard, laugh up o.'s sleeve

поставям под съмнение call in question. подавам, подям

7. (давам) hand, pass, reach

под ръка hold out/stretch out/extend o.'s hand, offer o.'s hand in greeting

(помагам) lend a (helping) hand (на to)

поде си ръце join hands

той ми подаде парите he reached the money (out) toward me

под глава от вратата pop/stick o.'s head round the door

под главя през прозореца pop/stick o.'s head out of the window

подайте ми солта, моля pass/reach me the salt, please

бутилката се подаваше от ръка на ръка the bottle passed from hand to hand

8. сп. тех. feed

(топка) сп. pass, serve

(при футбол и пр.) pass

(при игра на карти) lead

(за диригент) give the clue

под реплика на актьор театр. feed an actor

под топката към средата на игрището middle

под на нападателите сп. (футбол) feed the forwards

9. (доку-мент) file, hand in, submit (до to)

(телеграма) send, hand in

под протест enter a protest

(оплакване и пр.) lodge (до with), present

(тъжба, жалба) юр. lay

под заявление apply (за for)

под молба file a petition (до with)

под глас cast a vote

под оставка resign office, submit/tend o.'s resignation, ( за министър) resign o.'s portfolio, ( във войската) send in o.'s papers

под се (показвам се) peep out, peer

(издавам се напред) project, stick out, ( нагоре) stick up

(виждам се) show, stick out

(вися навън) hang out

* * *

под,

м., -ове, (два) по̀да floor.

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предл.

1. under; (на по-ниско равнище/степен от) below, beneath, underneath; \под всякаква критика beneath criticism; \под коляното below the knee; подписвам се \под документ sign a document; той е \под трийсет години he is under thirty;

2. ( при име, наслов и пр.) under; пиша \под псевдонима … write under the pen-name of …; \под заглавие under the headline of;

3. (за начин) at; in; under; държа \под ключ keep under lock and key; \под гаранция юр. on bail; \под строй воен. in military formation;

4. (за обстоятелства) under; in; \под акомпанимента на to the accompaniment of; \под дъжда in the rain; \под контрол under control;

5. (за ръководство, власт, влияние, грижи, редакция) under; in; \под ведомството на under the administration of; \под властта на някого in s.o.’s power; \под редакцията на edited by, under the editorship of; \под чуждо робство under foreign domination; • какво трябва да разбирам \под това? what am I to understand by this? поставям \под съмнение call in question; смея се \под мустак laugh in o.’s beard, laugh up o.’s sleeve.

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1. (виждам се) show, stick out 2. (вися навън) hang out 3. (давам) hand, pass, reach 4. (доку-мент) file, hand in, submit (до to) 5. (за диригент) give the clue 6. (за начин) at;in;under 7. (за обстоятелства) under;in 8. (за ръководство, власт, влияние, грижи, редакция) under;in 9. (издавам се напред) project, stick out, (нагоре) stick up 10. (на no-ниско равнище/ степен от) below, beneath, underneath 11. (оплакване и пр.) lodge (до with), present 12. (помагам) lend a (helping) hand (на to) 13. (при игра на карти) lead 14. (при име. надслов и пр.) under 15. (при футбол и пр.) pass 16. (телеграма) send, hand in 17. (топка) сn. pass, serve 18. (тъжба, жалба) юр. lay 19. 1 същ. floor 20. 2 предл. under 21. cn. mex. feed 22. ПОД акомпанимента на to the accompaniment of 23. ПОД арест/стража under arrest/ escort 24. ПОД ведомството на under the administration of 25. ПОД властта на някого in s.o.'s power 26. ПОД всяка критика beneath criticism 27. ПОД гаранция on bail 28. ПОД глава от вратата pop/stick o.'s head round the door 29. ПОД главя през прозореца pop/stick o.'s head out of the window 30. ПОД глас cast a vote 31. ПОД грижите на някого under s.o.'s care 32. ПОД диктовката на at the dictation/bidding of 33. ПОД дъжда in the rain 34. ПОД заглавие under the headline of 35. ПОД залог on security 36. ПОД заявление apply (за for) 37. ПОД името under/ by the name of 38. ПОД клетва on/under oath 39. ПОД коляното below the knee 40. ПОД командата/влиянието на някого under s.o.'s command/influence 41. ПОД коса на някого under s.o.'s nose 42. ПОД лихва at interest 43. ПОД маската на under the guise of 44. ПОД молба file a petition (до with) 45. ПОД морското равнище below sea-level 46. ПОД на нападателите сп. (футбол) feed the forwards 47. ПОД надзор under control/ supervision 48. ПОД наем/печат вж. наем, печат 49. ПОД налягане under pressure 50. ПОД неприятелски огън under enemy fire 51. ПОД нулата below zero, below freezing point 52. ПОД оставка resign office, submit/tend o.'s resignation, (за министър) resign o.'s portfolio, (във войската) send in o.'s papers 53. ПОД пара under steam 54. ПОД прав ъгъл at right angles 55. ПОД продажната стойност below the market value 56. ПОД протест enter a protest 57. ПОД ред in order;in succession 58. ПОД редакцията на edited by, under the editorship of 59. ПОД реплика на актьор театр. feed an actor 60. ПОД ръка hold out/stretch out /extend o.'s hand, offer o.'s hand in greeting 61. ПОД се (показвам се) peep out, peer 62. ПОД селото below the village 63. ПОД средното равнище below (the) average 64. ПОД строй in military formation 65. ПОД тайна in secret 66. ПОД топката към средата на игрището middle 67. ПОД форма на in the shape/ form of 68. ПОД чуждо робство under foreign domination 69. ПОДЕ си ръце join hands 70. ПОДробство in slavery /bondage 71. бутилката се подаваше от ръка на ръка the bottle passed from hand to hand 72. гледам ПОД око frown (at), look askance (at) 73. говоря ПОД носа си speak under/below o.'s breath 74. давам ПОД съд вж. съд 75. държа ПОД ключ keep under lock and key 76. какво трябва да разбирам ПОД това? what am I to understand by this? 77. пиша ПОД псевдоним... write under the penname of... 78. подайте ми солта, моля pass/reach me the salt, please 79. подписвам се ПОД документ sign a document 80. поставям ПОД съмнение call in question. подавам, подям 81. слагам ПОД (на стая и пр.) floor (a room etc.) 82. смея се ПОД мустак laugh in o.'s beard, laugh up o.'s sleeve 83. той е ПОД трийсет години he is under thirty 84. той ми подаде парите he reached the money (out) toward me

Български-английски речник > под
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I Präp.

1. bei Zeitdauer: till, until; bis heute so far, to date; betont: to this day; bis dato förm. to date allg.; bis jetzt up to now; so far; bis jetzt noch nicht not (as) yet; ich habe bis jetzt nichts gehört I haven’t heard anything yet ( oder so far); bis dahin until then; (in der Zwischenzeit) in the meantime; siehe auch 2; bis auf weiteres for the present; Amtsspr. until further notice; bis in die Nacht into the night; bis spät in die Nacht until the early ( oder wee) hours; die Sonne schien bis zum Sonntag the sun shone (up) until Sunday; bis zum späten Nachmittag till late in the afternoon; bis vor einigen Jahren until a few years ago; bis Ende Mai habe ich zu tun I’m busy until the end of May, Am. auch I’m busy through May; bis zum Ende (right) to the end; bis wann wird es dauern? how long will it last?; mit Datum: in der Zeit vom... bis... between... and...; von morgens acht bis abends sechs from eight in the morning until six at night; von Montag bis Freitag Monday to (Am. auch through) Friday; bis einschließlich / ausschließlich up to and including / not including; bis morgen / Montag / bald! see you tomorrow / (on) Monday / soon; bis dann / später / gleich! umg. see you then ( oder later) / later / in a moment

2. (bis spätestens) by; mit Verbkonstruktion: by the time...; bis er zurückkommt, ist es schon dunkel by the time he gets back, it will be dark; es muss bis Freitag eingereicht werden it has to be handed in by Friday; bis wann ist es fertig? when will it be ready by?; bis wann hast du Zeit? how much time have you got?; bis wann willst du es wieder haben? when do you want it back by?; bis ( spätestens) morgen weiß ich Bescheid I’ll know for definite (Am. sure) by tomorrow (at the latest); die Fotos sind bis frühestens übermorgen fertig the photos will be ready the day after tomorrow at the earliest; ich bin noch bis sechs Uhr im Büro I’ll be at work until six o’clock; bis Ende April ist er wieder zurück he will be back by the end of April; alle bis... eingegangenen Bewerbungen all applications received by ( oder before)...; er hätte bis jetzt da sein müssen he should have been there by now; bis dahin werden wir fertig sein etc. by then, by that time

3. räumlich: to, up to, as far as; fährt der Bus bis Glasgow? does this bus go to Glasgow?; bis hierher up to here; bis hierher und nicht weiter auch fig. this far and no further; bis dahin as far as that ( oder there); bis dahin ist es nicht weit that’s not far; bis wohin? how far?; bis ans Knie up to one’s knees; Kleid: down to the knee; von hier bis New York from here to New York; wie weit ist es noch bis nach Innsbruck? how far is it to Innsbruck?, how far have we got to go (before we get) to Innsbruck?; weiterlesen bis Seite zwölf continue to read to page twelve; bis vor das Haus fahren drive up to the front door of the house, drive (right) up to the house; er folgte mir bis ins Hotelfoyer he followed me (right) into the lobby of the hotel ( nicht weiter: as far as the lobby of the hotel); der Blick reicht bis weit ins Tal the view stretches right into the valley; der Ball flog bis hinter den Zaun the ball went over the fence; hier 1, oben etc.

4. Zahlenangabe: bis zu 100 Mann up to..., as many as...; bis zu 9 Meter hoch up to..., as high as...; bis 20 zählen count (up) to 20; Kinder bis zwölf Jahre children up to the age of twelve oder up to twelve years of age; bis auf das letzte Stück down to the last bit (Kuchen etc.: piece)

5. bis aufs Höchste to the utmost; bis ins Kleinste down to the last detail; bis zur Tollkühnheit to the point of rashness; bis zum Überdruss ad nauseam; bis auf die Haut nass werden be soaked to the skin; Bewusstlosigkeit etc.

6. (mit Ausnahme von) bis auf except, with the exception of; alle bis auf einen all except ( oder but) one; bis auf drei sind alle gekommen all except three have come; letzt... 1, 4

II Konj.

1. till, until; (bis spätestens) by the time; es wird eine Zeitlang dauern, bis er es merkt it will take a while for him to find out ( oder before he finds out); er kommt nicht, bis ich ihn rufe he won’t come until ( oder unless) I call him; du gehst nicht, bis du aufgeräumt hast you’re not going until ( oder before) you’ve tidied (Am. cleaned) up; bis dass der Tod euch scheidet until death do you part; bis ich das gefunden habe! verärgert: if I don’t find it soon!, by the time I find it...!

2. zwischen Zahladjektiven: to; 7 bis 10 Tage from 7 to 10 days, between 7 and 10 days; 5 bis 6 Wagen 5 to 6 cars

3. heiter bis wolkig / sonnig bis leicht bedeckt im Wetterbericht: generally fine, cloudy in places / sunny with light cloud cover; die Tendenz war lustlos bis verhalten an der Börse: the tendency was slack to cautious

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until (Präp.); to (Präp.); by (Präp.); unto (Präp.); as far as (Präp.); till (Präp.)

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bịs I [bɪs]
adv (MUS)
bis, twice II [bɪs]
1. PRÄPOSITION (+acc)

1) zeitlich until; (= bis spätestens) byIm Sinne von bis spätestens wird bis meist mit by übersetzt.

bis 5 Uhr mache ich Hausaufgaben, und dann... — I do my homework until 5 o'clock, and then...

das muss bis Ende Mai warten — that will have to wait until or till the end of May

ich kann nur ( noch) bis nächste Woche warten — I can only wait until next week, no longer

er ist bis gegen 5 Uhr noch da — he'll be there (up) until or till about 5 o'clock

bis zum Schluss war unklar, wie der Prozess ausgehen würde — the outcome of the trial was in doubt right up to the end

es dauert mindestens/höchstens bis nächste Woche — it will take until next week at the very least/most

bis jetzt hat er nichts gesagt — up to now or so far he has said nothing

bis spätestens Montag darfst du es behalten — you can keep it until Monday, no longer

die Wäsche ist frühestens bis nächsten Montag fertig — the laundry won't be ready until or before next Monday at the earliest

bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt — up to this time

dieser Brauch hat sich bis ins 19. Jahrhundert gehalten — this custom continued into the 19th century

bis in den Sommer/die Nacht hinein — into the summer/night

bis 5 Uhr kann ich das unmöglich machen/gemacht haben — I can't possibly do it/get it done by 5 o'clock

bis Ende Mai bin ich wieder in Berlin — I'll be in Berlin again by the end of May

das sollte bis zum nächsten Sommer fertig sein — it should be finished by next summer

das hätte eigentlich bis jetzt fertig sein müssen — that should really have been finished by now

bis spätestens Montag brauche ich das Geld — I need the money by Monday at the latest

bis gegen 5 Uhr ist das fertig — it'll be ready by about 5 o'clock

Montag bis Freitag — Monday to or through (US) Friday

bis einschließlich 5. Mai — up to and including 5th May

bis ausschließlich 5. Mai — up to but not including 5th May

bis bald/später/morgen! — see you soon/later/tomorrow!

bis wann gilt der Fahrplan? — when is the timetable valid till?

bis wann bleibt ihr hier? — how long are you staying here?

bis wann ist das fertig? — when will that be finished?

bis wann können Sie das machen? — when can you do it by?

bis dato (form) — to date

bis anhin (Sw) — hitherto

bis auf Weiteres — until further notice

bis auf Weiteres halten wir die Regelung so — until further notice we'll make this the arrangement

sie geht bis auf Weiteres auf die Schule in der Kantstraße — for the time being, she'll continue going to the school on Kantstraße

bis dahin or dann muss die Arbeit fertig sein — the work must be finished by then

bis dahin hatte sie noch nie etwas von Schröder gehört — up to then she hadn't heard anything about Schröder

bis dahin ist noch viel Zeit — that's still a long time off

bis dahin bin ich alt und grau — I'll be old and grey (Brit) or gray (US) by then

bis dahin ist er längst weg — he will have gone long before then

bis dann! — see you then!diams; von... bis... from... to or till or through (US)...; (mit Uhrzeiten) from... till or to...

vom 10. Mai bis 12. Oktober — from 10th May until 12th October

vom 10. Mai bis einschließlich 12. Oktober — from 10th May until 12th October inclusive

von 10 Uhr bis 17 Uhr — from 10am till 5pm

2) räumlich to; (in Buch, Film, Erzählung) up to

bis durch/über/unter — right through/over/under

ich fahre nur bis München — I'm only going to Munich or as far as Munich

ich habe nur bis Seite 35 gelesen — I've only read up to or as far as page 35

bis an unsere Mauer — up to or right to our wall

bis vor den Baum — (up) to the tree

bis hinter den Baum — (to) beyond the tree

es sind noch 10 km bis nach Schlüchtern — it's another 10 km to Schlüchtern

bis ins Letzte or Kleinste — down to the smallest detail

er hat alles bis ins Kleinste ausgearbeitet — he's worked everything out down to the smallest detail

bis wo/wohin? — how far?

bis wohin ist Ihnen der Mann gefolgt? — how far did the man follow you?

bis dort or dorthin or dahin — (to) there

wie weit ist es zum nächsten Supermarkt? – bis dorthin sind es nur 5 km — how far is the nearest supermarket? – it's only 5km (away)

bis hierher — this far

bis hierher hast du ja recht gehabt — so or this far you've been right

bis hierher und nicht weiter (lit, fig) — this far and no further

ich gehe bis hierher, aber nicht weiter — I'll go as far as that, but no further

höchstens bis Carlisle — to Carlisle at the furthest

bis mindestens Carlisle — at least as far as Carlisle

bis einschließlich — up to and including

bis einschließlich Kapitel 3 — up to the end of chapter 3

bis ausschließlich — up to but not including

3) mit Maßangaben up to

Kinder bis sechs Jahre, bis sechs Jahre alte Kinder — children up to the age of six

für Wagen bis sechs Tonnen — for vehicles up to six tons

bieten Sie bis 100 Euro — offer up to 100 euros

4) andere Wendungendiams; bis zu (= bis zu einer oberen Grenze von) up to; (= bis zu einer unteren Grenze von) (down) to

Totschlag wird mit Gefängnis bis zu 8 Jahren bestraft — manslaughter is punishable by up to 8 years imprisonment

er ist genau bis zur Haarspalterei — he is exact to the point of hair-splittingdiams; bis auf

es sind alle gekommen, bis auf Sandra — they all came, except Sandra

das Schiff ging unter und sie ertranken alle, bis auf den letzten Mann — the ship sank and every single one of them drowned

2. BINDEWORT

1) beiordnend to

zehn bis zwanzig Stück — ten to twenty

bewölkt bis bedeckt — cloudy or overcast

2) unterordnend zeitlich until, till; (= nicht später als) by the time

ich warte noch, bis es dunkel wird — I'll wait until or till it gets dark

bis es dunkel wird, möchte ich zu Hause sein — I want to get home before it gets dark

das muss gemacht sein, bis ich nach Hause komme — it must be done by the time I come home

bis das einer merkt! — it'll be ages before anyone realizes (inf)

du gehst hier nicht weg, bis das (nicht) gemacht ist — you're not leaving until or before it's done

bis dass der Tod euch scheide(t) (form) — until or till death do you part (form)

3) = sobald Aus inf when

gleich bis er kommt — the moment he comes (inf), as soon as he comes

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1) (to the place or point mentioned: We walked as far as the lake.) as far as

2) (as far, or as much, as: He counted up to 100; Up to now, the work has been easy.) up to

3) (to the time of or when: I'll wait till six o'clock; Go on till you reach the station.) till

4) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) to

5) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) to

6) (to the time of or when: He was here until one o'clock; I won't know until I get a letter from him.) until

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bis

[bɪs]

I. präp + akk

1. (zeitlich) till, until; (nicht später als) by

\bis anhin SCHWEIZ up to now

\bis bald/gleich see you soon/in a little while [or a minute]

\bis dahin/dann by then

\bis dann! till then!

\bis dahin bin ich alt und grau! I'll be old and grey by then!

\bis dahin war alles gut gegangen until then everything had gone well

\bis einschließlich [o SCHWEIZ und mit] up to and including

das Angebot läuft noch \bis einschließlich 15.Oktober the offer runs up to and including October 15

ich habe noch \bis einschließlich Dienstag Urlaub I am on holidays until Wednesday

\bis jetzt up to now, so far; (spätestens jetzt) by now

\bis jetzt haben wir 200.000 Ausgaben verkauft up to now [or so far] we've sold 200,000 copies

\bis jetzt ist noch alles ruhig so far everything is still quiet

das hätte \bis jetzt erledigt sein sollen that should have been done by now

\bis jetzt noch nicht not yet

irgendwelche Beschwerden? — nein, \bis jetzt jedenfalls noch nicht! any complaints? — no, nothing so far anyway

\bis Montag/morgen/nächste Woche/später till Monday/tomorrow/next week/later

\bis Montag/morgen/nächste Woche fertig sein müssen to have to be ready by Monday/tomorrow/next month

dann bis später/Montag! see you later/on Monday!

\bis spätestens... by... at the latest

er bleibt \bis spätestens Freitag he is going to stay until Friday at the latest

der Text muss \bis spätestens Montag fertig sein the text hast to be ready by Monday at the latest

\bis [gegen] 8 Uhr until [about] 8 o' clock

\bis wann until when

\bis wann gilt der Fahrplan? when is the timetable valid till?, how long is the timetable valid?

\bis wann weiß ich, ob Sie das Angebot annehmen? [by] when will I know, whether you're going to accept the offer?

\bis wann bleibst du? how long are you staying [for]?

\bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt up to this time

▪ \bis in etw akk into sth

\bis spät in die Nacht long into the night

\bis in die frühen Morgenstunden until the early hours [of the morning]

▪ von... [an] \bis... from... until...

von Montag \bis Samstag from Monday to Saturday, Monday through Saturday AM

ich bin von heute [an] \bis einschließlich Mittwoch auf einer Tagung I'm at a meeting from today until the end of Wednesday [or until Wednesday inclusive]

▪ \bis zu etw dat until [or till] sth; (nicht später als) by sth

\bis zu dieser Stunde habe ich davon nichts gewusst! I knew nothing about it until now

das Projekt dürfte \bis zum Jahresende abgeschlossen sein the project should be finished by [or before] the end of the year

sie war \bis zum 17. Lebensjahr im Internat she was at boarding school until she was 17

jetzt sind es nur noch zwei Stunden \bis nach Hause it's only another two hours until we get home

2. (räumlich) to; (nicht weiter als) as far as

der Zug geht nur \bis Wertheim the train's only going as far as Wertheim

jdn von oben \bis unten mustern to look sb up and down

er musterte ihn von oben \bis unten he looked him up and down

der Hof geht genau \bis dahinten hin the yard runs right through to the back

\bis dahin/dorthin [up] to there

\bis dorthin sind es nur 3 Kilometer it's only 3 kilometres there

siehst du die Sandbank? wir schwimmen \bis dahin can you see the sandbank? we'll swim out to there

\bis dahin/hierhin [o hierher] up to that/this point

\bis dahin kenne ich den Film I know the film up to that point

\bis hierher und nicht weiter as far as here [or up to here] and no further

\bis wohin [o (fam) wo] where to

bis wohin können Sie mich mitnehmen? where can you take me to?, how far can you take me?

\bis wohin sind wir in der letzten Stunde gekommen? where did we get to [or how far did we get] in the last lesson?

▪ \bis an/in/über/unter etw akk up to/into/over/under sth

die Äste reichen [ganz] \bis ans Haus the branches reach [right] up to the house

der Rock ging ihr \bis ans Knie the skirt reached down to her knees

▪ \bis vor etw akk/zu etw dat [up] to sth

3. (bei Zahlenangaben) up to

die Tagestemperaturen steigen \bis 30°C daytime temperatures rise to 30°C

ich zähle \bis drei I'll count [up] to three

Kinder \bis 6 Jahre children up to [the age of] 6

▪ \bis zu etw dat up to sth

wir erwarten \bis zu 100 Personen we expect as many as 100 people

die Pflanze kann \bis zu 2 Metern hoch wachsen the plant can grow as high as 2 metres

Jugendliche \bis zu 18 Jahren adolescents up to [the age of] 18

4. (mit Ausnahme von)

▪ \bis auf [o SCHWEIZ an] jdn/etw except [for] sb/sth

5. (einschließlich)

▪ \bis auf jdn/etw down to sb/sth

II. konj

1. (beiordnend) to

400 \bis 500 Gramm Schinken 400 to 500 grams of ham

5 \bis 10 Tage from 5 to [or between 5 and] 10 days

das Wetter morgen: bewölkt \bis bedeckt und strichweise leichter Regen the weather for tomorrow: cloudy or overcast with light rain in places

2. (unterordnend) till, until; (bevor) by the time; (bevor nicht) till, until

ich möchte mit meiner Entscheidung warten, \bis ich mehr Informationen habe I'd like to wait with my decision until I've got more information

\bis es dunkel wird, möchte ich zu Hause sein I want to be home by the time it gets dark

ich warte noch, \bis es dunkel wird I'll wait until it gets dark

\bis die Hausaufgaben gemacht sind, geht ihr nicht raus! you're not going out until your homework's done!

III. adv MUS bis spec

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1.
Präposition mit Akk

1) (zeitlich) until; till; (die ganze Zeit über und bis zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt) up to; up until; up till; (nicht später als) by

ich muss bis fünf Uhr warten — I have to wait until or till five o'clock

bis gestern glaubte ich... — [up] until yesterday I had thought...

von Dienstag bis Donnerstag — from Tuesday to Thursday; Tuesday through Thursday (Amer.)

von sechs bis sieben [Uhr] — from six until or till seven [o'clock]

bis Ende März ist er zurück/verreist — he'll be back by/away until the end of March

bis wann dauert das Konzert? — till or until when does the concert go on?

bis dann/gleich/später/morgen/nachher! — see you then/in a while/later/tomorrow/later!

2) (räumlich, fig.) to

dieser Zug fährt nur bis Offenburg — this train only goes to or as far as Offenburg

bis wohin fährt der Bus? — how far does the bus go?

nur bis Seite 100 — only up to or as far as page 100

bis 5 000 Euro — up to 5,000 euros

Kinder bis 6 Jahre — children up to the age of six or up to six years of age
2.
Adverb

1)

Städte bis zu 50 000 Einwohnern — towns of up to 50,000 inhabitants

bis zu 6 Personen — up to six people

bis nach Köln — to Cologne

bis an die Decke — up to the ceiling

2)

bis auf — (einschließlich) down to; (mit Ausnahme von) except for
3.
Konjunktion

1) (nebenordnend) to

vier bis fünf — four to five

2) (unterordnend) until; till; (österr.): (sobald) when

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bis

A. präp

1. bei Zeitdauer: till, until;

bis heute so far, to date; betont: to this day;

bis dato form to date allg;

bis jetzt up to now; so far;

bis jetzt noch nicht not (as) yet;

ich habe bis jetzt nichts gehört I haven’t heard anything yet ( oder so far);

bis dahin until then; (in der Zwischenzeit) in the meantime; → auch 2;

bis auf weiteres for the present; ADMIN until further notice;

bis in die Nacht into the night;

bis spät in die Nacht until the early ( oder wee) hours;

die Sonne schien bis zum Sonntag the sun shone (up) until Sunday;

bis zum späten Nachmittag till late in the afternoon;

bis vor einigen Jahren until a few years ago;

bis Ende Mai habe ich zu tun I’m busy until the end of May, US auch I’m busy through May;

bis zum Ende (right) to the end;

bis wann wird es dauern? how long will it last?; mit Datum:

in der Zeit vom … bis … between … and …;

von morgens acht bis abends sechs from eight in the morning until six at night;

von Montag bis Freitag Monday to (US auch through) Friday;

bis einschließlich/ausschließlich up to and including/not including;

bis morgen/Montag/bald! see you tomorrow/(on) Monday/soon;

bis dann/später/gleich! umg see you then ( oder later)/later/in a moment

2. (bis spätestens) by; mit Verbkonstruktion: by the time …;

bis er zurückkommt, ist es schon dunkel by the time he gets back, it will be dark;

es muss bis Freitag eingereicht werden it has to be handed in by Friday;

bis wann ist es fertig? when will it be ready by?;

bis wann hast du Zeit? how much time have you got?;

bis wann willst du es wieder haben? when do you want it back by?;

bis (spätestens) morgen weiß ich Bescheid I’ll know for definite (US sure) by tomorrow (at the latest);

die Fotos sind bis frühestens übermorgen fertig the photos will be ready the day after tomorrow at the earliest;

ich bin noch bis sechs Uhr im Büro I’ll be at work until six o’clock;

bis Ende April ist er wieder zurück he will be back by the end of April;

alle bis … eingegangenen Bewerbungen all applications received by ( oder before) …;

er hätte bis jetzt da sein müssen he should have been there by now;

bis dahin werden wir fertig sein etc by then, by that time

3. räumlich: to, up to, as far as;

fährt der Bus bis Glasgow? does this bus go to Glasgow?;

bis hierher up to here;

bis hierher und nicht weiter auch fig this far and no further;

bis dahin as far as that ( oder there);

bis dahin ist es nicht weit that’s not far;

bis wohin? how far?;

bis ans Knie up to one’s knees; Kleid: down to the knee;

von hier bis New York from here to New York;

wie weit ist es noch bis nach Innsbruck? how far is it to Innsbruck?, how far have we got to go (before we get) to Innsbruck?;

weiterlesen bis Seite zwölf continue to read to page twelve;

bis vor das Haus fahren drive up to the front door of the house, drive (right) up to the house;

er folgte mir bis ins Hotelfoyer he followed me (right) into the lobby of the hotel ( nicht weiter: as far as the lobby of the hotel);

der Blick reicht bis weit ins Tal the view stretches right into the valley;

der Ball flog bis hinter den Zaun the ball went over the fence; → hier 1, oben etc

4. Zahlenangabe:

bis zu 100 Mann up to …, as many as …;

bis zu 9 Meter

hoch up to …, as high as …;

bis 20 zählen count (up) to 20;

Kinder bis zwölf Jahre children up to the age of twelve oder up to twelve years of age;

bis auf das letzte Stück down to the last bit (Kuchen etc: piece)

5.

bis aufs Höchste to the utmost;

bis ins Kleinste down to the last detail;

bis zur Tollkühnheit to the point of rashness;

bis zum Überdruss ad nauseam;

bis auf die Haut nass werden be soaked to the skin; → Bewusstlosigkeit etc

6. (mit Ausnahme von)

bis auf except, with the exception of;

alle bis auf einen all except ( oder but) one;

bis auf drei sind alle gekommen all except three have come; → letzt…

B. konj

1. till, until; (bis spätestens) by the time;

es wird eine Zeitlang dauern, bis er es merkt it will take a while for him to find out ( oder before he finds out);

er kommt nicht, bis ich ihn rufe he won’t come until ( oder unless) I call him;

du gehst nicht, bis du aufgeräumt hast you’re not going until ( oder before) you’ve tidied (US cleaned) up;

bis dass der Tod euch scheidet until death do you part;

bis ich das gefunden habe! verärgert: if I don’t find it soon!, by the time I find it …!

2. zwischen Zahladjektiven: to;

7 bis 10 Tage from 7 to 10 days, between 7 and 10 days;

5 bis 6 Wagen 5 to 6 cars

3.

heiter bis wolkig/sonnig bis leicht bedeckt im Wetterbericht: generally fine, cloudy in places/sunny with light cloud cover;

die Tendenz war lustlos bis verhalten an der Börse: the tendency was slack to cautious

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1.
Präposition mit Akk

1) (zeitlich) until; till; (die ganze Zeit über und bis zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt) up to; up until; up till; (nicht später als) by

ich muss bis fünf Uhr warten — I have to wait until or till five o'clock

bis gestern glaubte ich... — [up] until yesterday I had thought...

von Dienstag bis Donnerstag — from Tuesday to Thursday; Tuesday through Thursday (Amer.)

von sechs bis sieben [Uhr] — from six until or till seven [o'clock]

bis Ende März ist er zurück/verreist — he'll be back by/away until the end of March

bis wann dauert das Konzert? — till or until when does the concert go on?

bis dann/gleich/später/morgen/nachher! — see you then/in a while/later/tomorrow/later!

2) (räumlich, fig.) to

dieser Zug fährt nur bis Offenburg — this train only goes to or as far as Offenburg

bis wohin fährt der Bus? — how far does the bus go?

nur bis Seite 100 — only up to or as far as page 100

bis 5 000 Euro — up to 5,000 euros

Kinder bis 6 Jahre — children up to the age of six or up to six years of age
2.
Adverb

1)

Städte bis zu 50 000 Einwohnern — towns of up to 50,000 inhabitants

bis zu 6 Personen — up to six people

bis nach Köln — to Cologne

bis an die Decke — up to the ceiling

2)

bis auf — (einschließlich) down to; (mit Ausnahme von) except for
3.
Konjunktion

1) (nebenordnend) to

vier bis fünf — four to five

2) (unterordnend) until; till; (österr.): (sobald) when

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(dass) konj.

until conj. (zu) konj.

till conj. konj.

till conj.

unless conj. präp.

as far as prep.

by prep.

until conj.

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9 monter

monter [mɔ̃te]

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► When monter has an object it is conjugated with avoir ; otherwise, the auxiliary is être.

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1. intransitive verb

   a. to go up ( dans into ) ; [avion] to climb

• monter à pied to walk up

• monter en courant to run up

• monter en titubant to stagger up

• monter dans sa chambre to go up to one's room

• monte me voir come up and see me

• monte le prévenir go up and tell him

• faites-le monter (visiteur) ask him to come up

• monter aux arbres to climb trees

• monter à Paris to go up to Paris

► monter sur [+ table, rocher, toit] to climb onto

• monté sur une chaise, il accrochait un tableau he was standing on a chair hanging a picture

• monter sur une colline to go up a hill

• monter sur une bicyclette to get on a bicycle

• monté sur un cheval gris riding a grey horse

   b. (dans un véhicule) monter en voiture to get into a car

• monter dans un avion to get on an aircraft

• je suis monté à Lyon I got on at Lyon

• monter à bord (d'un navire) to go on board (a ship)

• monter à bicyclette ( = faire du vélo) to ride a bicycle

• monter à cheval ( = se mettre en selle) to get on a horse ; ( = faire de l'équitation) to ride

• elle monte bien she rides well

   c. ( = s'élever) to rise ; [mer, marée] to come in ; [voix] to go up

• monter à or jusqu'à to come up to

• la vase lui montait jusqu'aux genoux the mud came right up to his knees

• le chemin monte en lacets the path winds upwards

• jusqu'où monte le téléphérique ? where does the cable car go up to?

• une odeur montait de la cave there was a smell coming from the cellar

• le lait monte (sur le feu) the milk's about to boil over

• ça a fait monter les prix it sent prices up

• la tension monte tension is rising

• le ton monte (colère) the discussion is getting heated

• la voiture peut monter jusqu'à 250 km/h the car can do up to 250km/h

• ce tableau peut monter jusqu'à 30 000 € this painting could fetch up to 30,000 euros

• les blancs n'arrivent pas à monter the egg whites won't go stiff

• elle sentait la colère monter en elle she could feel herself getting angry

• les larmes lui montaient aux yeux tears were welling up in her eyes

• le vin lui monte à la tête wine goes to his head

• le succès lui monte à la tête success is going to his head

• c'est l'artiste qui monte he's the up-and-coming artist

2. transitive verb

   a. ( = gravir) to go up

• monter l'escalier précipitamment to rush upstairs

• monter une côte (en marchant) to walk up a hill

   b. ( = porter) to take up

• montez-lui son petit déjeuner take his breakfast up to him

• faire monter ses valises to have one's luggage taken up

   c. monter un cheval to ride a horse

   d. ( = augmenter) monter le son to turn the sound up

   e. ( = exciter) monter qn contre qn to set sb against sb

• monter la tête à qn to get sb worked up

• quelqu'un lui a monté la tête contre moi someone has set him against me

   f. monter la garde [soldat] to mount guard ; [chien] to be on guard

• « je monte la garde ! » "beware of the dog!"

   g. [+ machine] to assemble ; [+ tente] to pitch ; [+ film] to edit ; [+ robe] to sew together

• monter des mailles to cast on stitches

   h. [+ pièce de théâtre] to put on ; [+ affaire, opération, campagne publicitaire] to set up ; [+ canular] to play ; [+ complot] to hatch

   i. [+ diamant, perle] to mount ; [+ pneu] to put on

• monter qch en épingle to blow sth up out of all proportion

3. reflexive verb

► se monter

   a.

se monter à [+ prix] to amount to

   b. se monter la tête to get all worked up

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mɔ̃te
1.

verbe transitif (+ v avoir)

1) ( transporter) ( en haut) gén to take [somebody/something] up (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [somebody/something] upstairs

2) ( placer plus haut) to put [something] up [objet]; to raise [étagère] (de by)

3) ( réussir à transporter) to get [something] up [objet]

impossible de monter le piano par l'escalier — it's impossible to get the piano up the stairs

4) ( parcourir) to go up [escalier, pente, rue]

monter la colline à bicyclette — to cycle up the hill

5) (en valeur, intensité) to turn up [volume, thermostat]; Musique to raise the pitch of [instrument]

6) Culinaire to beat, to whisk [blanc d'œuf, mayonnaise]

7) ( rendre hostile)

monter quelqu'un contre quelqu'un — to turn ou set somebody against somebody

8) ( chevaucher) to ride [cheval]

9) (couvrir, saillir) to mount, to cover

10) ( assembler) to assemble [meuble, appareil]; to put up [tente, échafaudage]; to set, to mount [pierre précieuse]; to mount [gravure]; Musique to string [instrument]

monter un film — to edit a film

11) ( en couture) to put [something] in [col]; to set [something] in [manche]

12) ( organiser) to hatch [complot]; to mount [attaque]; to set up [société]; Théâtre to stage [pièce]

monter une histoire de toutes pièces — to concoct ou fabricate a story from beginning to end

13) ( fournir)

monter son ménage — to set up home

monter sa garde-robe — to build up one's wardrobe

2.

verbe intransitif (+ v être)

1) ( se déplacer) ( en allant) gén to go up; ( à l'étage) to go upstairs; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb; [oiseau] to fly up; [soleil, brume] to rise

tu es monté à pied? — gén did you walk up?

il est monté au col à bicyclette/en voiture — he cycled/drove up to the pass

monter sur — to get onto [trottoir]; to climb onto [mur]

monter sur le toit — [enfant, chat] to go up onto the roof

monter à l'échelle/l'arbre — to climb (up) the ladder/the tree

monter au ciel — to ascend into Heaven

l'air chaud fait monter les ballons — warm air makes balloons rise

faites-les monter — (clients, marchandises) send them up

2) ( sur un moyen de transport)

monter dans une voiture — to get in a car

monter dans un train/bus/avion — to get on a train/bus/plane

il a peur de monter en avion — he's afraid of flying

monter à bord — to get on board

monter sur — to get on [cheval, bicyclette, tracteur]

3) ( s'étendre de bas en haut) [route, voie ferrée] to go uphill, to climb; [terrain] to rise; [canalisation, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go up

monter en lacets — [route] to wind its way up

monter en pente douce — [terrain, route] to slope up gently

monter en pente raide — [terrain, route] to climb steeply

4) ( atteindre) [vêtement, liquide, neige] to come up

il avait des chaussettes qui lui montaient aux genoux — he was wearing knee socks

5) ( augmenter) gén to rise, to go up (à to; de by); [marée] to come in; Musique [mélodie] to rise

faire monter les cours de 2% — to push prices up by 2%

6) (se rendre, séjourner)

monter à or sur Paris — ( de province) to go up to Paris

7) ( chevaucher)

monter (à cheval) — to ride

monter à bicyclette/moto — to ride a bicycle/motorbike

8) Armée

monter à l'assaut or l'attaque — to mount an attack (de on)

monter au front — to move up to the front

monter en ligne — to move up the line

monter au combat — to go into battle

9) Jeux ( aux cartes) to play a higher card

10) ( progresser) [employé, artiste] to rise

à force de monter, il deviendra directeur — he'll work his way right up to director

monter en puissance — [parti, politicien] to rise

11) ( gagner en intensité) [colère, émotion] to mount; [sanglots] to rise; [larmes] to well up

le ton monta — ( animation) the conversation became noisier; ( énervement) the discussion became heated

12) ( saisir)

monter à la gorge de quelqu'un — [sanglots, cri] to rise (up) in somebody's throat

monter à la tête de quelqu'un — [vin, succès] to go to somebody's head

le rouge lui est monté au front — he/she went red in the face

13) Automobile, Technologie

monter à 250 km/h — to go up to 250 kph

3.

se monter verbe pronominal

1) ( s'élever)

se monter à — [frais, facture] to amount to

2) ( s'équiper) to get oneself set up (en with)

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se monter la tête — (colloq) to get worked up (colloq)

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mɔ̃te
1. vt (avec l'auxiliaire avoir aux temps composés)

1) [escalier, côte] (en allant) to go up, (en venant) to come up

Elle a du mal à monter les escaliers. — She has difficulty going upstairs.

2) [valise, paquet] (en allant) to take up, (en venant) to bring up

Monte les valises pendant que je règle le taxi. — Take the suitcases up while I pay the cab fare.

Monte-moi le dossier. — Bring me up the file.

3) [société, opération] to set up

4) [tente, échafaudage, étagères] to put up, [machine] to assemble

Est-ce que ces étagères sont difficiles à monter? — Are these shelves difficult to put up?

5) (= fixer)

monter qch sur qch [dispositif, moteur] — to fit sth on sth

6) [cheval] to mount, to get on

7) ZOOLOGIE, [femelle] to cover, to serve

8) [bijou] to mount, to set

9) COUTURE, [pièce] to sew on, [manche] to set in

10) CINÉMA to edit

11) THÉÂTRE, [pièce] to put on, to stage

12) (autres locutions)

monter qn contre qn — to set sb against sb

monter la tête à qn — to get sb worked up

2. vi (avec l'auxiliaire être aux temps composés)

1) [personne] (aller) to go up, (venir) to come up

monter à pied — to walk up, to go up on foot

monter sur [chaise, escabeau] — to get onto

Tu vas devoir monter sur une chaise pour changer l'ampoule. — You'll have to get onto a chair to change the light bulb.

monter à un arbre — to climb a tree

monter à une échelle — to climb a ladder

2) [avion, voiture] to climb, to go up

3) [chemin, niveau, température, voix, prix] to go up, to rise

Les prix ont encore monté. — Prices have gone up again.

4) [brouillard, bruit] to rise, to come up

5) [passager] to get on

monter dans le train — to get on the train, to board the train

monter dans l'avion — to get on the plane, to board the plane

Il est temps de monter dans l'avion. — It's time to get on the plane.

monter à bord — to get on board

monter en voiture — to get in the car

6) (= faire du cheval) to ride, to ride a horse

monter à cheval (hobby) — to ride, to go riding, (action) to get on a horse

monter bien — to be a good rider, to ride well

monter mal — to be a poor rider, to ride badly

7) (autres locutions)

monter à bicyclette — to get on a bicycle

monter à la tête de qn — to go to sb's head

monter sur les planches — to go on the stage

monter en grade — to be promoted

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monter verb table: aimer

A vtr (+ v avoir)

1 ( transporter) ( en haut) gén to take [sb/sth] up [personne, objet] (à to); ( à l'étage) to take [sb/sth] upstairs [personne, objet]; ( d'en bas) gén to bring [sb/sth] up [personne, objet] (de from); ( de l'étage) to bring [sb/sth] upstairs [personne, objet]; monter les valises au grenier to take the suitcases up to the attic; monter les bouteilles de la cave to bring the bottles up from the cellar; je peux vous monter au village I can take you up to the village; monte-moi mes pantoufles bring my slippers up (to me); je leur ai fait monter les valises au grenier I made them take the suitcases up to the attic; j'ai fait monter le piano dans la chambre I had the piano taken up to the bedroom; faites -moi monter les dossiers secrets get the secret files brought up to me;

2 ( placer plus haut) to put [sth] up [objet]; to raise [étagère] (de by); monte le store put the blind up; j'ai monté le vase sur l'étagère du haut I put the vase on the top shelf; tu peux me monter cette valise sur l'armoire? can you put ou get this suitcase up on the wardrobe for me?; monter l'étagère d'un cran/de 20 centimètres to raise the shelf by one notch/by 20 centimetres^GB;

3 ( réussir à transporter) to get [sth] up [objet]; impossible de monter le piano par l'escalier/par la fenêtre it's impossible to get the piano up the stairs/up through the window; comment va-t-on monter le piano? ( à l'étage) how are we going to get the piano upstairs?; ( dans le camion) how are we going to get the piano in?;

4 ( parcourir) ( en allant) to go up [pente, rue, marches]; to go up, to climb [côte, escaliers]; ( en venant) to come up [pente, rue, marches, escaliers]; je l'ai vu monter les escaliers sur les or à genoux I saw him go ou climb up the stairs on his knees; monter la colline à bicyclette to cycle up the hill; je leur ai fait monter la colline en courant I made them run up the hill; il m'a fait monter les escaliers trois fois he made me go upstairs ou up the stairs three times;

5 (en valeur, intensité) to turn up [volume, thermostat, gaz]; Mus to raise the pitch of [instrument]; Art to intensify [couleur]; monte un peu la radio turn the radio up a bit; monter un violon d'un ton to raise the pitch of a violin by a tone;

6 Culin to beat, to whisk [blanc d'œuf, mayonnaise]; monter les blancs en neige ( dans une recette) beat ou whisk the egg whites until stiff; monter une sauce to thicken a sauce;

7 ( rendre hostile) monter qn contre qn to turn ou set sb against sb; monter qn contre un projet to put sb off a plan; être monté contre qn to have it in for sb;

8 ( chevaucher) to ride [cheval, âne, éléphant]; ce cheval n'a jamais été monté this horse has never been ridden (before);

9 (couvrir, saillir) to mount, to cover;

10 ( assembler) to assemble [meuble, appareil, machine]; to put up [tente, échafaudage]; to set, to mount [pierre précieuse]; to mount [gravure, estampe, photo]; Mus to string [instrument]; monter un film Cin to edit a film; monter une page Imprim to set (up) a page; monter une émission TV to edit a broadcast; monter en parallèle Électrotech to connect in parallel;

11 Cout to put [sth] in [col]; to set [sth] in [manche]; monter un manteau/une robe to make up a coat/a dress;

12 ( organiser) to hatch [complot]; to mount [attaque, opération militaire]; to set up [société, opération financière]; Théât to stage, to put on [pièce]; monter un spectacle to stage ou put on a show; monter une histoire de toutes pièces to concoct ou fabricate a story from beginning to end;

13 ( fournir) monter son ménage/sa maison to set up home/house; monter sa garde-robe to build up one's wardrobe.

B vi (+ v être)

1 ( se déplacer) [personne] ( en allant) gén to go up (à to); ( à l'étage) to go upstairs; ( en venant) gén to come up (de from); ( à l'étage) to come upstairs; [train, ascenseur, téléphérique] ( en allant) to go up; ( en venant) to come up; [avion, hélicoptère] to climb; [oiseau] to fly up; [soleil, brume] to rise (sur over); [fumée, odeur, bruit] to come up; reste-ici, je monte au grenier stay here, I'm going up to the attic; peux-tu monter chercher mon sac? can you go upstairs and get my bag?; tu peux monter m'aider à pousser l'armoire? can you come upstairs and help me push the wardrobe?; il est monté s'allonger he went upstairs to lie down; te voilà! tu es monté par l'ascenseur? there you are! did you come up in the lift GB ou elevator US?; tu es monté à pied? gén did you walk up?; ( plutôt que par l'ascenseur) did you come up on foot?; je préfère monter par l'escalier I prefer to go up by the stairs; nous sommes montés par le sentier/la route ( à pied) we walked up by the path/the road; ( à cheval) we rode up by the path/the road; il est monté au col à bicyclette/en voiture he cycled/drove up to the pass; il est monté vers moi en rampant he crawled up to me; où est l'écureuil? il a dû monter à l'arbre where's the squirrel? it must have gone up ou climbed the tree; monte, je te suis go on up, I'll follow you; monte ici! come up here!; je suis monté en haut de la tour/au sommet de la falaise I went up to the top of the tower/to the top of the cliff; monter sur [personne] to step onto, to get onto [trottoir, marche]; [animal] to get onto [marche, trottoir]; [personne, animal] to climb onto [mur, tabouret]; il est monté sur le toit [enfant, chat] he's/it's gone up onto the roof; monter à l'échelle/l'arbre/la corde to climb (up) the ladder/the tree/the rope; monter à la verticale [ballon, alpiniste] to climb vertically; monter au ciel to ascend into Heaven; l'air chaud fait monter les ballons/planeurs warm air makes balloons/gliders rise; elle m'a fait/ne m'a pas laissé monter dans sa chambre she had me/didn't let me go up to her bedroom; faites-les monter (clients, marchandises) send them up;

2 ( sur un moyen de transport) monter dans une voiture to get in a car; monter dans un train/bus/avion to get on a train/bus/plane; monter dans un canoë/sur un bateau to get into a canoe/on a boat; il n'est jamais monté en avion he's never been on a plane; il a peur de monter en avion he's afraid of flying; monter à bord to get on board; monter sur to get on [âne, cheval, bicyclette, tracteur]; monté sur son cheval/sur son chameau, il parcourait le pays he travelled^GB the country on horseback/on his camel;

3 ( s'étendre de bas en haut) [route, voie ferrée] to go uphill, to climb; [terrain] to rise; [canalisation, ligne téléphonique] ( en allant) to go up; ( en venant) to come up; monter jusqu'à [chemin, muraille, escalier] ( description) to go up to; ( emphase) to go up as far as; monter jusqu'au sommet [route, ligne téléphonique] to go right up to the top; monter en lacets [route] to wind its way up; monter en pente douce [terrain, route] to slope up gently; monter en pente raide [terrain, route] to climb steeply; monter brusquement sur 200 mètres [pente, route] to climb sharply for 200 metres^GB;

4 ( atteindre) [vêtement, liquide, neige] to come up (jusqu'à to); des chaussettes qui montent jusqu'aux genoux socks that come up to the knees; il avait des chaussettes qui lui montaient aux genoux he was wearing knee socks; l'eau nous montait jusqu'à la taille the water came up to our waists, we were waist-deep in water; l'eau montait sur la berge the water came up onto the bank;

5 ( augmenter) [niveau, baromètre, température, pression, prix, taux] to rise, to go up (à to; de by); [marée] to come in; Mus [mélodie] to rise; l’euro est or a monté par rapport à la livre the euro has risen ou gone up against the pound; faire monter les cours de 2% to push prices up by 2%; ça va faire monter le dollar it'll send ou push the dollar up; ça fait monter la température gén it raises the temperature; Méd it puts one's temperature up; ça ne fera pas monter leur niveau de vie it won't raise their standard of living;

6 (se rendre, séjourner) monter à or sur Paris ( de province) to go up to Paris; monter à Lyon ( du Midi) to go up to Lyons;

7 ( chevaucher) monter (à cheval) to ride; monter à bicyclette/moto to ride a bicycle/motorbike; il ne sait pas monter (à cheval) he can't ride; elle monte à cheval deux fois par semaine she goes riding ou rides twice a week;

8 Mil monter à l'assaut or l'attaque to mount an attack (de on); monter au front to move up to the front; monter en ligne to move up the line; monter au combat to go into battle;

9 Jeux ( aux cartes) to play a higher card; monter à carreau/l'atout to play a higher diamond/trump;

10 ( progresser) ( dans une hiérarchie) to rise, to move up; ( en notoriété) [artiste] to rise; à force de monter, il deviendra directeur he'll work his way right up to director; c'est un jeune peintre qui monte he's an up-and-coming ou a rising young painter; monter en puissance [parti, politicien] to rise;

11 ( gagner en intensité) [colère, émotion] to mount; [sanglots] to rise; [larmes] to well up; le ton monta ( animation) the conversation became noisier; ( énervement) the discussion became heated;

12 ( saisir) monter à la gorge de qn [sanglots, cri] to rise (up) in sb's throat; monter à la tête de qn [vin, alcool, succès] to go to sb's head; le rouge lui est monté au front he/she went red in the face;

13 Aut, Tech monter à 250 km/h [véhicule] to go up to ou reach 250 km/h; [automobiliste] to go up to 250 km/h; monter en puissance [moteur] to increase in power.

C se monter vpr

1 ( s'élever) se monter à [dépenses, frais, facture] to come to, to amount to; [dette] to amount to;

2 ( s'équiper) to get oneself set up (en with).

Idiome

se monter la tête○ to get worked up○.

[mɔ̃te] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être ou avoir)

1. [personne, animal - vu d'en bas] to go up ; [ - vu d'en haut] to come up

[avion, soleil] to rise, to climb (up)

[drapeau] to go up

[rideau de théâtre, air, fumée] to go up, to rise

[chemin] to go up, to rise, to climb

monte par l'ascenseur go up in ou use the lift

monte sur une chaise pour que j'épingle ton ourlet stand on a chair so I can pin up your hem

le premier de cordée continuait à monter the leader continued to climb ou continued the ascent

es-tu déjà montée au dernier étage de la tour Eiffel? have you ever been up to the top of the Eiffel Tower?

monter en pente douce to climb gently (upwards)

monter en pente raide to climb steeply ou sharply

ça monte trop, passe en première it's too steep, change down into first

monter de [suj: odeur, bruit] to rise (up) from, to come from

2. [dans un moyen de transport]

monter dans

a. [avion, train] to get on ou onto, to board

b. [bus] to get on, to board

c. [voiture] to get into

tu montes (avec moi)? [dans ma voiture] are you coming with me (in my car)?

elle monte à Versailles [dans le train] she gets on at Versailles (station)

monter sur un ou à bord d'un bateau to board a ship

monter sur un cheval to get on ou to mount a horse

monter sur une bicyclette to get on a bicycle

ça fait longtemps que je ne suis pas monté sur une bicyclette it's a long time since I've been on a bicycle

monter à [pratiquer]: monter à cheval/bicyclette to ride (a horse)/a bicycle

ÉQUITATION to ride

3. [apparaître suite à une émotion]

les larmes lui sont montées aux yeux tears welled up in his eyes, his eyes filled with tears

le rouge lui est monté aux joues the colour rose to her cheeks

le sang lui monta au visage the blood rushed to his face

4. [s'élever - température] to rise, to go up ; [ - fièvre] to rise ; [ - prix, taux] to rise, to go up, to increase ; [ - action] to rise ; [ - rivière] to rise ; [ - mer, marée] to come in ; [ - anxiété, mécontentement] to grow, to increase

faire monter [tension, peur] to increase

faire monter les prix

a. [surenchère] to send ou to put prices up

b. [marchand] to put up ou to increase prices

empêcher les prix de monter to keep prices down

les loyers ont monté de 25 % rents have gone up ou increased by 25%

le thermomètre monte (familier) MÉTÉOROLOGIE it's ou the weather's getting warmer

le lait monte

a. [il bout] the milk is boiling

b. [chez une femme qui allaite] lactation has started

prends de grosses aiguilles, ton pull montera plus vite your sweater will knit up more quickly if you use big needles

faire monter des blancs en neige CUISINE to whisk up egg whites

le soufflé a bien monté/n'a pas monté the soufflé rose beautifully/didn't rise

le ton montait

a. [de colère] voices were being raised, the discussion was becoming heated

b. [d'animation] the noise level was rising

5. [atteindre un certain niveau]

la cloison ne monte pas assez haut the partition isn't high enough

monter à ou jusqu'à [eau, vêtement, chaussures] to come up to

son plâtre monte jusqu'au genou his leg is in a plaster cast up to the knee

les pistes de ski montent jusqu'à 3 000 m the ski runs go up to ou as high as 3,000 m

je peux monter jusqu'à 200 km/h (familier) I can do up to 200 km/h

l'hectare de vigne peut monter jusqu'à 30 000 euros one hectare of vineyard can cost up to ou fetch as much as 30,000 euros

6. MUSIQUE [voix] to go up, to rise

il peut monter jusqu'au "si" he can go ou sing up to B

7. [pour attaquer]

monter à l'abordage NAUTIQUE to board

monter à l'attaque ou à l'assaut MILITAIRE to go into the attack

monter à l'assaut de to launch an attack on

monter au filet TENNIS [au volleyball] to go up to the net

8. [dans une hiérarchie] to rise

monter en grade to be promoted

un chanteur qui monte an up-and-coming singer

[dans le temps]

la génération qui monte the rising ou new generation

9. [aller vers le nord]

je monte à Paris demain I'm going (up) to Paris tomorrow

il a dû monter à Lyon pour trouver du travail he had to move (up) to Lyons in order to find work

10. JEUX

monter sur le valet de trèfle to play a club higher than the jack

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[mɔ̃te] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)

1. [gravir] to go up (inseparable)

monter l'escalier to go ou to climb up the stairs, to go upstairs

la voiture a du mal à monter la côte the car has difficulty getting up the hill

monter la gamme MUSIQUE to go up ou to climb the scale

2. [porter en haut - bagages, colis] to take ou to carry up (separable) ; [ - courrier] to take up (separable)

monte-moi mes lunettes bring my glasses up for me

je lui ai monté son journal I took the newspaper up to him

peut-on se faire monter le repas dans les chambres? is it possible to have meals brought to the room?

3. [mettre plus haut]

monte l'étagère d'un cran put the shelf up a notch

monte la vitre, j'ai froid wind up the (car) window, I'm cold

4. [augmenter - son] to turn up (separable) ; [ - prix] to put up (separable)

monte la télé (familier) turn the TV up

[mettre en colère]

monter quelqu'un contre to set somebody against

5. [assembler - kit] to assemble, to put together (separable) ; [ - tente] to pitch, to put up (separable) ; [ - abri] to rig up (separable)

monter une page IMPRIMERIE to make up ou to paste up ou to lay out a page

monter en parallèle/série ÉLECTRICITÉ to connect in parallel/series

6. [fixer - radiateur] to fit, to mount ; [ - store] to put up (separable), to mount

monter une gravure

a. [sur une marie-louise] to mount an engraving

b. [dans un cadre] to frame an engraving

il a monté un moteur plus puissant sur sa voiture he has put a more powerful engine into his car

JOAILLERIE to mount, to set

7. [organiser - généralement] to organize ; [ - pièce, spectacle] to put on (separable), to stage, to produce ; [ - canular] to think up (separable) ; [ - complot, machination] to set up (separable)

monter un atelier de poterie to set up a pottery workshop

il avait monté tout un scénario dans sa tête he'd thought up some weird and wonderful scheme

8. [pourvoir - bibliothèque, collection, cave] to set up (separable)

monter son ménage ou sa maison to set up house

9. ÉQUITATION

monter un cheval to ride a horse

10. CINÉMA [bobine] to mount

[film] to edit

11. COUTURE to fit (on)

monter une manche to sew on ou to attach a sleeve

le pantalon est prêt à être monté the trousers are ready to assemble ou to be made up

[tricoter - maille] to cast on (separable)

12. CUISINE

monter des blancs en neige to whisk up egg whites

monter une mayonnaise to make some mayonnaise

13. MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIRE & ZOOLOGIE to cover, to serve

14. NAUTIQUE to crew

monter un gréement to rig a ship

PÊCHE to assemble

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se monter à verbe pronominal plus préposition

[coût, dépenses] to come ou to amount ou to add up to

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se monter en verbe pronominal plus préposition

to equip ou to provide oneself with

se monter en vins to stock (up) one's cellar

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10 سروال

سِرْوَال \ pants, trousers: a man’s garment that covers the legs, from waist to ankle: a pair of grey trousers; my trouser pockets; his old white trousers. \ سِرْوَال خَاصّ لِرُكُوب الخَيْل \ jodhpurs: trousers for riding that fit very loosely from waist to knee and tightly from knee to ankle. \ سِرْوَال داخلي طويل \ pants, underpants: a man’s or woman’s under-garment, like very short trousers. \ سِرْوَال رياضي قَصير للرِّجال \ trunks: a man’s garment (like a small pair of shorts for use in various sports): a pair of swimming trunks. \ سِرْوَال ضَيِّق مصنوع من القُطْن السَّمِيك \ jeans: trousers suitable for rought use of strong (usu. dark blue) cotton cloth. \ سِرْوَال قَصِير \ shorts: short trousers that do not reach the knees: My shorts need washing. This pair of shorts needs washing. \ سِرْوَال يُعْقَد تَحْتَ الرُّكبَة \ breeches: short tight trousers, fastened below the knee (esp. for riding).

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11 ערקוב

עַרְקוּבm. (עָקַב, Par.) ( curve, hough, ham, the inner part of the knee; the inner angle of the joint which unites the thigh and the leg of an animal. Bekh.VI, 11 זנב העגל … לע׳ if the tail of a (first-born) calf does not reach the ʿarḳub; לאיזה ע׳ אמרו which ʿarḳub (curve) is meant? לע׳ שבאמצע הירך the ʿarḳub in the thigh, expl. ib. 41a קפץ העליונהוכ׳ the upper joint (the inner part of the knee), not the lower joint (knuckle); Tosef. ib. IV, 14. Tam.IV, 2 (31a) נוקבו מתוך עַרְקוּבוֹוכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. עַרְכּוּבוֹ) he makes a hole through its ham and suspends it.

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12 עַרְקוּב

עַרְקוּבm. (עָקַב, Par.) ( curve, hough, ham, the inner part of the knee; the inner angle of the joint which unites the thigh and the leg of an animal. Bekh.VI, 11 זנב העגל … לע׳ if the tail of a (first-born) calf does not reach the ʿarḳub; לאיזה ע׳ אמרו which ʿarḳub (curve) is meant? לע׳ שבאמצע הירך the ʿarḳub in the thigh, expl. ib. 41a קפץ העליונהוכ׳ the upper joint (the inner part of the knee), not the lower joint (knuckle); Tosef. ib. IV, 14. Tam.IV, 2 (31a) נוקבו מתוך עַרְקוּבוֹוכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. עַרְכּוּבוֹ) he makes a hole through its ham and suspends it.

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13 kniebroek

n. knee breeches, pants that reach to the knees; knickerbockers, short pants that are gathered at the knee

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14 enden

I v/i

1. (räumlich aufhören) (come to an) end, stop; der Zug endet hier the train terminates ( oder stops umg.) here, this is the end of the line (for this train)

2. (zeitlich aufhören, ausgehen) end, finish; Frist: auch run out, be up, expire; Vertrag etc.: expire, lapse; enden mit Sache: end (up) with, end in; Person: finish (up) with ( oder by + Ger.); schlimm oder böse enden come to a bad ( oder sorry) end; wo soll das nur ( alles) enden? whatever are things coming to?; der Film endet tragisch / gut the film (Am. auch movie) ends tragically / happily, the film (Am. auch movie) has a sad ending / happy end; es endete damit, dass er ging the outcome ( oder result) was that he left, it ended (up) ( oder finished) with him leaving, in the end he left; nicht enden wollend unending, never-ending; Beifall: prolonged

3. Rede etc., Redner(in): finish, end, conclude geh.; sie endete mit den Worten... she finished by saying..., finally, she said...

4. euph. (sterben, sein Leben beschließen) end one’s days, finish (up); du wirst noch im Knast / in der Gosse enden! you’ll finish ( oder end) up in jail / in the gutter!

5. LING.: enden auf (+ Dat) end in ( oder with)

II v/t geh. (beenden) end, (bring to a) close, terminate

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to expire; to end up; to conclude; to cease; to come to an end; to finish; to end; to eventuate

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ẹn|den ['ɛndn]
vi
to end, to finish; (Frist auch) to run out, to expire; (Zug) to terminate; (= sterben) to meet one's end
or mit etw enden (Wort) — to end with sth

mit den Worten... enden (bei Rede) — to close with the words...

es endete damit, dass... — the outcome was that...

der Streit endete vor Gericht — the quarrel ended up in court

er endete im Gefängnis — he ended up in prison

wie wird das noch mit ihm enden? — what will become of him?

das wird böse enden! — no good will come of it!

er wird schlimm enden — he will come to a bad end

nicht enden wollend — unending

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1) (to get into a particular, usually unfortunate, situation, especially through one's own fault: If you go on like that, you'll land up in jail.) land up

2) (to finish; to come or bring to an end: The meeting closed with everyone in agreement.) close

3) (to reach or come to an end, usually unpleasant: I knew that he would end up in prison.) end up

4) (to end: It was no surprise to me when he finished up in jail; The car finished up in the dump.) finish up

5) ((with in) to cause or have as a result: The match resulted in a draw.) result

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en·den

[ˈɛndn̩]

vi

1. Hilfsverb: haben (nicht mehr weiterführen) stop, end

die Straße endete nach 40 Kilometern after 40 kilometres the road came to an end

der Rock endet knapp oberhalb des Knies the skirt ends just above the knee

2. Hilfsverb: haben (auslaufen) expire, run out, end

die Frist endet morgen tomorrow is the deadline

3. Hilfsverb: haben (nicht mehr weiterfahren) end, stop

dieser Zug endet hier! this train terminates here!

4. Hilfsverb: haben LING (ausgehen)

▪ auf [o mit] etw akk \enden to end with sth

das Wort endet auf ein „o“ the word ends with an “o”

5. Hilfsverb: sein (fam: landen) end [up]

6. Hilfsverb: haben (zu etw führen)

▪ in etw dat/irgendwo \enden to end up in sth/somewhere

das wird böse \enden! that will end in tears [or disaster]!

jd wird schlimm \enden sb will come to a bad end, sb will come to no good

nicht \enden wollend endless

es endete damit, dass sie sich verprügelten they ended up fighting, in the end they came to blows

wie soll/wird es mit jdm noch mal \enden? what will happen to sb?, whatever will come of sb

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intransitives Verb

1) end; < programme> end, finish

der Zug endet hier — this train terminates here

gut enden — end well

nicht enden wollender Beifall — unending applause

2) (sterben) mit sein

in der Gosse/im Gefängnis enden — die in the gutter/end one's days in prison

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enden

A. v/i

1. (räumlich aufhören) (come to an) end, stop;

der Zug endet hier the train terminates ( oder stops umg) here, this is the end of the line (for this train)

2. (zeitlich aufhören, ausgehen) end, finish; Frist: auch run out, be up, expire; Vertrag etc: expire, lapse;

enden mit Sache: end (up) with, end in; Person: finish (up) with ( oder by +ger);

schlimm oder

böse enden come to a bad ( oder sorry) end;

wo soll das nur (alles) enden? whatever are things coming to?;

der Film endet tragisch/gut the film (US auch movie) ends tragically/happily, the film (US auch movie) has a sad ending/happy end;

es endete damit, dass er ging the outcome ( oder result) was that he left, it ended (up) ( oder finished) with him leaving, in the end he left;

nicht enden wollend unending, never-ending; Beifall: prolonged

3. Rede etc, Redner(in): finish, end, conclude geh;

sie endete mit den Worten … she finished by saying…, finally, she said…

4. euph (sterben, sein Leben beschließen) end one’s days, finish (up);

du wirst noch im Knast/in der Gosse enden! you’ll finish ( oder end) up in jail/in the gutter!

5. LING:

enden auf (+dat) end in ( oder with)

B. v/t geh (beenden) end, (bring to a) close, terminate

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intransitives Verb

1) end; < programme> end, finish

der Zug endet hier — this train terminates here

gut enden — end well

nicht enden wollender Beifall — unending applause

2) (sterben) mit sein

in der Gosse/im Gefängnis enden — die in the gutter/end one's days in prison

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v.

to cease v.

to conclude (with) v.

to end v.

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15 τίθημι

τίθημι (Hom.+) and its by-form τιθέω (Hv 1, 1, 3 and 2, 1, 2 as historical present; B-D-F §321; s. Rob. 318); impf. 3 sg. ἐτίθει, 3 pl. ἐτίθεσαν Mk 6:56 and ἐτίθουν as v.l.; Ac 3:2; 4:35; Hv 3, 2, 7 (B-D-F §94, 1; Mlt-H. 202); fut. θήσω; 1 aor. ἔθηκα (B-D-F §95, 1; Rob. 308; 310); 2 aor. subj. θῶ, impv. 2 pl. θέτε, inf. θεῖναι, ptc. θείς; pf. τέθεικα.; plpf. ἐτεθείκει (Just., D. 78, 5). Mid.: fut. θήσομαι; 2 aor. ἐθέμην. Pass.: fut. 3 pl. τεθήσονται Jer 13:16; 1 aor. ἐτέθην; pf. τέθειμαι, ptc. τεθειμένος (Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 130, 18 p. 401, 3 Jac.) J 19:41; Hs 9, 15, 4 (on the pf. s. B-D-F §97, 2). The middle is gener. not different in mng. fr. the act. (B-D-F §316, 1; s. Rob. 804f). The semantic boundaries of this multivalent verb are quite flexible.

① to put or place in a particular location, lay, put

ⓐ act. and pass.: gener.

α. w. acc. lay (away), set up, put (away) ποῦ τεθείκατε αὐτόν; where have you laid him? J 11:34 (as early as Hom. τιθέναι has the special sense lay away, bury); cp. Mk 16:6; J 19:42; 20:2, 13, 15. Pass. (ApcMos 42 ποῦ μέλλοι τεθῆναι τὸ σῶμα αὐτῆς) Mk 15:47; Lk 23:55. ὅπου ἦν τεθείς GPt 12:51. λίθον Ro 9:33 (Is 28:16 ἐμβαλῶ); 1 Pt 2:6; pass. B 6:2. θεμέλιον lay a foundation Lk 14:29; 1 Cor 3:10f (in imagery).—Of stones ἐξώτεροι ἐτέθησαν they were placed on the outside Hs 9, 8, 3; 5a (cp. c); 7. ἐν ἰσχύι τέθεικεν τὴν σάρκα αὐτοῦ κύριος the Lord (God) has set his (Christ’s) flesh in strength B 6:3a; cp. b (Is 50:7).

β. w. the acc., oft. supplied fr. the context, and a prepositional expr. closely related to the verb (Herodas 4, 34 τιθέναι εἰς τοὺς λίθους ζοήν [ sic]) εἰς κρύπτην put someth. in a cellar Lk 11:33. εἰς μνημεῖον lay in a tomb Ac 13:29; cp. Rv 11:9. Of stones τιθ. εἰς τ. οἰκοδομήν put into the building Hv 3, 2, 7. Pass. Hs 9, 4, 5; 9, 6, 8; cp. 9, 5, 4. Opp. ἐκ τῆς οἰκοδομῆς ἐτέθησαν they were put out of the building 9, 8, 1. ἔμπροσθέν τινος GPt 4:12. ἔν τινι (Gen 50:26; Jos., Ant. 14, 124; TestJob 20:9): ἐν μνημείῳ Mt 27:60; cp. Mk 6:29; 15:46; Lk 23:53; Ac 7:16. Pass. J 19:41.—Mk 6:56; Ac 9:37. ἐνώπιόν τινος (1 Km 10:25) Lk 5:18. ἐπί τινος (X., Cyr. 8, 8, 16; Ezk 40:2; JosAs 3:11; Jos., Ant. 6, 15) 8:16b; J 19:19; Ac 5:15; Rv 10:2; GPt 3:8; 6:21; 12:53. ἐπί τινι 8:32. ἐπί τι (Ps 20:4; 1 Km 6:8; TestAbr B 5 p. 109, 18 [Stone p. 66]; JosAs 16:11; ParJer 9:32; Mel., P. 14, 90) Mk 4:21b; Lk 6:48 (θεμέλιον; s. α above); 2 Cor 3:13. Esp. τὰς χεῖρας ἐπί τι or ἐπί τινα (cp. Ps 138:5) Mk 8:25 v.l.; 10:16: τὴν δεξιάν Rv 1:17. θήσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπʼ αὐτόν Mt 12:18 (=ἔδωκα Is 42:1; τ. τὸ πνεῦμα as Is 63:11). παρά τι (Plut., Mor. 176e; 3 Km 13:31) Ac 4:35, 37 v.l.; 5:2. πρός τι (JosAs 8:4 πρὸς τὸ στῆθος) 3:2; 4:37. ὑπό τι Mt 5:15; Mk 4:21; cp. 1 Cor 15:25 (s. 5aα). ὑποκάτω τινός (Jer 45:12) Lk 8:16a.—Mt 22:44 (Ps 109:1); Mk 12:36.

ⓑ special expressions

α. act. explain in what figure of speech can we present (the Reign of God)? (i.e., how shall I put it?) Mk 4:30.

β. act. take off, give up in Joh. lit. take off, remove τὰ ἱμάτια (Hdt 1, 10, 1 τ. τὰ εἵματα; cp. Herodas 5, 62; Plut., Alc. 195 [8, 2]; Jos., Bell. 1, 390 τ. τὸ διάδημα and s. ἱμάτιον 3) J 13:4. τὴν (ἑαυτοῦ) ψυχήν lay down or give (up) one’s life 10:11 and 15 (both v.l. δίδωμι), 17, 18ab (ApcSed 1:5 τὴν ψυχὴν θῇ ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων; EFascher, Z. Auslegg. v. J 10:17, 18: Deutsche Theol. ’41, 37–66); 13:37f; 15:13; 1 J 3:16ab (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 68 §289 δεξιάς; SibOr 5, 157 τ. simply=δίδωμι).

γ. act. show deference to τιθέναι τὰ γόνατα (σοι γόνυ τίθημι γαίᾳ Eur., Troad. 1307; also in Lat.: genua ponere Ovid, Fasti 2, 438; Curt. 8, 7, 13; B-D-F §5, 3b) bend the knee, kneel down Mk 15:19; Lk 22:41; Ac 7:60; 9:40; 20:36; 21:5; Hv 1, 1, 3; 2, 1, 2.

δ. act. place before someone, serve (X., Mem. 3, 14, 1; JosAs 15:14 τράπεζαν καὶ ἄρτον Just., A I, 66, 4) οἶνον J 2:10 (Bel 11 Theod. οἶνον θές).

ε. act. and mid. have (in mind) θέτε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις w. inf. foll. make up (your) minds Lk 21:14. Mid. ἔθεντο ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν they kept in mind (the obj. acc. is supplied by the immediate context) Lk 1:66 (1 Km 21:13). The same expr.= come to think of someth., contrive someth. in one’s mind 21:14 v.l.; Ac 5:4. Likew. ἔθετο ὁ Παῦλος ἐν τῷ πνεύματι w. inf. foll. Paul resolved 19:21. θέσθε εἰς τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν τοὺς λόγους τούτους Lk 9:44.

ζ. act. and mid. effect someth., arrange for someth. τ. ἐπί τινος foll. by the acc. and inf. ordain by means of someone that … B 13:6.—τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν θήσει (μέρος 2) Mt 24:51; cp. Lk 12:46. Mid. w. acc. (GrBar 2:1 [of God]; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 106 §442 εὐχὰς τίθεσθαι=offer prayers) βουλήν reach a decision (βουλή 2a) Ac 27:12.

η. mid. put (in custody) τίθεσθαί τινα ἐν τηρήσει Ac 5:18; ἐν (τῇ) φυλακῇ (Gen 41:10; 42:17) Mt 14:3 v.l.; Ac 5:25; εἰς φυλακήν (PPetr II, 5a, 3 [III B.C.]) 12:4; εἰς τήρησιν (w. the acc. easily supplied) 4:3. ἐν σωτηρίῳ place in safety, cause to share salvation (w. acc. to be supplied) 1 Cl 15:6 (Ps 11:6).

θ. act. provide (an example) ὑπόδειγμά τινος τιθ. set up an example of someth. 2 Pt 2:6 (cp. Jos., Ant. 17, 313 παράδειγμα τῆς ἀρετῆς τιθέναι). Those persons are added, in the dat., to whose advantage or disadvantage the example is given: τιθέναι πρόσκομμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ Ro 14:13 (πρόσκομμα 2b). σκοπὸν τοῖς νέοις θήσομεν 2 Cl 19:1.

② act. to lay aside/deposit (money), put aside, store up, deposit a t.t. term of commercial life (Demosth. 52, 3 ἀργύριον al.; Hyperid. 5, 4; Theocr., Epigr. 14, 2; Plut., Mor. 829b; pap) opp. αἴρειν you withdraw what you did not deposit Lk 19:21; cp. vs. 22. ἕκαστος παρʼ ἑαυτῷ τιθέτω each one is to put aside at home 1 Cor 16:2.

③ to assign to some task or function, appoint, assign

ⓐ τιθέναι τινὰ εἴς τι place/appoint someone to or for ( to function as) someth. (for the construction cp. Ael. Aristid. 53 p. 636 D.: τοὺς οὐκ ὄντας νόμους εἰς νόμους τ.) τέθεικά σε εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν Ac 13:47 (Is 49:6); pass.: εἰς ὸ̔ ἐτέθην ἐγὼ κῆρυξ 1 Ti 2:7; 2 Ti 1:11. Also τιθ. τινὰ ἵνα appoint someone to … J 15:16.

ⓑ mid. τίθεσθαι τινὰ εἴς τι appoint someone to or for someth. Dg 6:10. W. acc. easily supplied 1 Ti 1:12.

④ to bring about an arrangement

ⓐ establish, give, of a law (τιθέναι νόμον since Soph., El. 580; IAndrosIsis, Kyme 4; the mid. τίθεσθαι νόμον since Hdt. 1, 29. Both oft. in Pla.; likew. Diod S 5, 83, 5, where the act. as well as the mid. is used of law. The act. also EpArist 15; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 316, Ant. 16, 1; Ath. 34, 2. The mid. also Appian, Bell. Civ. 3, 55 §228; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 269; 2, 273; Ar. 13, 7) only in the pass. (as Pla., Leg.; 4, 705d al.; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 184; Just., D. 11, 2; Ath. 33, 1) ὁ νόμος ἐτέθη Gal 3:19 D.

ⓑ mid. w. acc. fix, establish, set καιροὺς οὓς ὁ πατὴρ ἔθετο times which the Father has fixed Ac 1:7. θέμενος ἐν ἡμῖν τὸν λόγον τῆς καταλλαγῆς as he established among us the word of reconciliation (=entrusted to us … ; cp. Ps 104:27 ἔθετο ἐν αὐτοῖς τ. λόγους) 2 Cor 5:19. ὁ θεὸς ἔθετο τὰ μέλη God has arranged the parts of the body 1 Cor 12:18.

⑤ to cause to undergo a change in experience/condition, make, consign

ⓐ act. or pass., either w. a double acc. of the obj. and of the pred. (Hom.+; X., Cyr. 4, 6, 3; Lucian, Dial. Marin. 14, 2; Aelian, VH13, 6; Lev 26:31; Is 5:20; Wsd 10:21; Jos., Ant. 11, 39) or in the form τιθέναι τινὰ εἴ τι (cp. 3a).

α. make someone ὸ̔ν ἔθηκεν κληρονόμον πάντων Hb 1:2. πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε Ro 4:17 (Gen 17:5). ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet (Ps 109:1): Mt 22:44 v.l.; Lk 20:43; Ac 2:35; Hb 1:13; the same quotation introduced with ἄχρι οὗ θῇ 1 Cor 15:25; pass. Hb 10:13 (on this expr. cp. Plut., Mor. 1097c [HAlmqvist, Pl. u. das NT ’46, 104]). Consign, act. εἰ κόλασιν 1 Cl 11:1; pass. of those who refuse to believe the word εἰ ὸ̔ καὶ ἐτέθησαν 1 Pt 2:8; of Paul’s obligation to accept his destiny at Rome εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ ἐτέθην AcPl Ha 7, 15. Cp. 3a.

β. make someth. (Mimnermus 1, 10 D.² cause someth. to become someth. [adj.]: ‘God has made old age vexatious’) ἀδάπανον θήσω τὸ εὐαγγέλιον 1 Cor 9:18.

ⓑ mid. w. a double acc. make someone someth. (Appian., Illyr. 13 §37 φίλον τίθεσθαί τινα; schol. on Pind., O. 1, 58b; 2 Macc 5:21; Ath. 12, 2. S. also Tyrtaeus [VII B.C.] 8, 5 D.³ of the man who is called upon to hate his own life [in battle]: ἀνὴρ ἐχθρὴν ψυχὴν θέμενος) Ac 20:28 (CClaereboets, Biblica 24, ’43, 370–87); 1 Cor 12:28. τίθεσθαι τινὰ εἲ τι consign someone to someth. ὀργήν 1 Th 5:9.—B. 832. DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

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16 just

I.

just

A adv

1 ( very recently) to have just done venir (juste) de faire ; she's just arrived elle vient juste d'arriver ; I'm just back je viens juste de rentrer ; it has just been varnished ça vient juste d'être verni ;

2 ( immediately) juste ; just after your birthday juste après ton anniversaire ; just after you left/arrived juste après ton départ/arrivée ; just before juste avant ; it's just after 10 am/midnight il est 10 heures passées/minuit passé de quelques minutes ;

3 ( slightly) ( with quantities) un peu ; ( indicating location or position) juste ; just over 20 kg un peu plus de 20 kg ; just under 15 cm un peu moins de 15 cm ; just beyond ou past ou after the station juste après la gare ; just below the knee juste en-dessous du genou ; just on the left juste à gauche ;

4 (only, merely) juste ; just a cup of tea juste une tasse de thé ; just for fun juste pour rire ; there will be just the three of us il y aura juste nous trois ; not cross, just disappointed pas fâché, juste déçu ; just two days ago il y a juste deux jours ; just last week pas plus tard que la semaine dernière ; he's just a child ce n'est qu'un enfant ; not just men pas seulement les hommes ;

5 ( purposely) exprès ; he did it just to annoy us il l'a fait exprès pour nous embêter ; I came just to see you je suis venu exprès pour te voir ;

6 ( barely) tout juste ; just on time tout juste à l'heure ; he's just 20 il a tout juste 20 ans ; I've got just enough money j'ai tout juste assez d'argent ; the oven is just hot enough le four est tout juste assez chaud ; I (only) just caught the train j'ai eu le train de justesse ; he (only) just passed the exam il a réussi à l'examen de justesse ;

7 ( simply) tout simplement ; just tell the truth dis la vérité, tout simplement ; she just won't listen elle ne veut tout simplement pas écouter ; I was just wondering if… je me demandais tout simplement si… ; that's just the way it is c'est comme ça, c'est la vie ; just a moment ou minute ou second ( please wait) un instant ; (when interrupting, disagreeing) un instant, minute ○ ;

8 (exactly, precisely) exactement ; that's just what I suggested c'est exactement ce que j'ai suggéré ; it's just what she wants c'est exactement ce qu'elle veut ; it's just what you were expecting c'est bien ce à quoi tu t'attendais ; just as I thought, we're too late c'est bien ce que je pensais, nous arrivons trop tard ; just how do you hope to persuade him? comment espères-tu le persuader au juste? ; just how many there are isn't known on ne sait pas au juste combien il y en a ; it's just right c'est parfait ; just at that moment, Paul arrived juste à ce moment-là Paul est arrivé ; it's just on 8 am GB il est exactement 8 heures, il est 8 heures pile ; he likes everything to be just so il aime que les choses soient parfaitement en ordre ; she looks just like her father elle ressemble à son père comme deux gouttes d'eau ; it's just like him to forget c'est bien lui d'oublier ; it's just like you to be late c'est bien toi d'être en retard ; just so! tout à fait ; that's just it ou the trouble c'est bien ça le problème ; that's just the point! justement! ;

9 (possibly, conceivably) it might ou could just be true il se peut que ça soit vrai ; he may just make it in time il se peut qu'il arrive à temps ;

10 ( at this or that very moment) to be just doing être en train de faire ; to be just about to do être sur le point de faire ; I'm just finishing the letter je suis en train de finir la lettre ; I'm just coming j'arrive ; he was just leaving il partait ; I'm just off! j'y vais! ;

11 (positively, totally) that was just wonderful/delicious c'était vraiment merveilleux/délicieux ; that's just ridiculous/wrong c'est tout à fait ridicule/faux ; that's just typical! iron ça ne m'étonne vraiment pas! ; that's just great! ( enthusiastically) c'est vraiment formidable! ; ( ironically) il ne manquait plus que ça! ;

12 ( easily) I can just imagine her as president je n'ai aucun mal à l'imaginer présidente ; can't you just picture the scene! ce n'est pas difficile d'imaginer la scène! ; I can just smell the pineforests je sens déjà l'odeur des pins ;

13 ( with imperatives) donc ; just keep quiet! tais-toi donc! ; just look at the time! regarde donc l'heure qu'il est! ; just you dare! essaie donc voir! ; just imagine! imagine donc! ; just think, you could have been hurt! mais tu te rends compte? tu aurais pu être blessé ;

14 ( in requests) if I could just interrupt you si je peux me permettre de vous interrompre ; if you could just hold this box si vous pouvez tenir cette boîte ; could you just wait five minutes? est-ce que vous pourriez attendre cinq minutes? ;

15 ( for emphasis in responses) ‘he 's adorable’-‘isn 't he just’ ‘il est adorable’-‘ah, ça oui’ ; ‘that film was dreadful’-‘wasn't it just!’ ‘ce film était absolument nul!’-‘ah, ça oui! ; ‘she's really full of herself’-‘isn't she just’ ‘elle est vraiment imbue de sa personne’-‘ça tu peux le dire’ ; ‘I bet you're furious’-‘aren't I just’ ‘je parie que tu es furieux’-‘et comment!’ ;

16 ( equally) just as big/funny/well as… aussi grand/drôle/bien que… ; I can just as easily walk je peux tout aussi bien y aller à pied.

B just about adv phr presque ; just about cooked/finished presque cuit/fini ; ‘are you ready?’-‘just about’ ‘es-tu prêt?’-‘presque’ ; it's just about 10 o'clock il est presque 10 heures ; just about everything /anything à peu près tout/n'importe quoi ; I can just about see it/reach it je peux tout juste le voir/l'attraper ; just about enough for two juste assez pour deux ; I've had just about enough! j'en ai marre ○ ! ; just about here à peu près ici ; it's just about the most boring film I've seen c'est sans doute le film le plus ennuyeux que j'aie vu ; it's just about the best holiday we've had ce sont sans doute les meilleures vacances que nous ayons passées.

C just now adv phr ( a short time ago) I saw him just now je viens juste de le voir ; ( at the moment) en ce moment.

D just as conj phr juste au moment où ; he arrived just as I was leaving il est arrivé juste au moment où je partais.

Idioms

it's just as well it's waterproof heureusement que c'est imperméable ; just as well! tant mieux! ; it would be just as well if you asked him tu ferais bien de lui demander ; I'd just as soon you didn't mention it j'aimerais autant que tu le gardes pour toi ; take your raincoat just in case it rains prends ton imperméable au cas où il pleuvrait ; I always check just in case je vérifie toujours, on ne sait jamais.

II.

just

A n the just (+ v pl) les justes mpl.

B adj

1 ( fair) [person, society, decision, cause, comment, war] juste ; [action, complaint, demand] justifié ; [anger, claim, criticism, suspicion] légitime ; [reward] mérité ; as is only just à juste titre ; it's only just ce n'est que justice (to do de faire ; that que + subj) ; to be just in one's dealings with sb faire preuve d'équité dans ses relations avec qn ; without just cause sans raison valable ;

2 ( exact) [account, balance, calculation] juste, exact ;

3 Jur [claim] fondé ; [title, request] valable ; [inheritance] légitime.

Idiom

to sleep the sleep of the just dormir du sommeil du juste.

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17 καθίημι

καθίημι, [dialect] Ion. [pref] κατ-, [tense] fut.

A καθήσω A.Eu. 555
(lyr.): [tense] aor. 1 καθῆκα, [dialect] Ep. καθέηκα Il.24.642
: [ per.] 2 dual [tense] aor. 2 κάθετον h.Ap. 487
: [tense] pf. καθεῖκα Lysipp.1
, D.29.46: (v. ἵημι):—let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [ κεραυνὸν].. ἧκε Χαμᾶζε Il.8.134
; κατὰ δ' ὑψόθεν ἧκεν ἐέρσας 11.53
; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, 24.642; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, 21.132; [ ἱστία] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, Od.9.72; λαῖφος καθήσειν A.Eu.
l.c.; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, Hdt.5.16; σῶμα πύργων κ. E.Tr. 1011; κοντὸν ἐς [ τὴν λίμνην] κ. Hdt.4.195; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα E.Hel. 1614
; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ ib. 1375; καθεῖσαν δέλεάρ μοι φρενῶν Id.IT 1181
(so metaph. τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε D.29.46
); κ. τι ἐς πῶμα E. Ion 1034
; νάρθηκ' ἐς πέδον Id.Ba. 706
; κ. σπονδάς pour them, Id.IA60; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, S.Aj. 1285; ἄγκυραν Hdt. 7.36
; τὰ δίκτυα Arist.HA 533b18
; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, Hdt.2.28: abs., καθιέναι reach by sounding, sound, οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν Arist.Mete. 351a13
: Medic., [ αὐλίσκον] pass a catheter, Ruf.Ren.Ves.7.11; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε ( παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) Ar.V. 174; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, D.C.41.47; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, Ael. VH2.13, NA1.57; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, E. Ba. 695, cf. IT52; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, Ar.Ec. 100, cf. Th. 841, Arr.Epict.2.23.21 ([voice] Pass., τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι Crates Com.27
; πώγωνα καθειμένος Plu.Phoc.10
; τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο Ael.VH11.10
); [ αἱ ὄϊες] μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν Arist.HA 596a24
([voice] Pass., of a mare's udder, Hdt.4.2); also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, Th.5.52 ([voice] Pass., καθεῖτο τείχη 4.103
); καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, Pl.Phd. 61c; κατ' ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (sc. τὰ σκέλη) καθέντος, of a wrestler, Gal.6.143; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, X.An.6.5.25; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Th.2.91; rarely of striking, δι' ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος E.Ph. 1413
; καθῆκε ξύλον παιδὸς ἐς κάρα Id.HF 993
; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, Id.Hec. 561; ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν Id.IT 333
; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, Id.HF 1006; εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν D.H.5.27
; [ πώλους] ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην E.IA 423
; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς.. let them march into.., Plb.3.70.11; εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν Id.3.92.7
; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, Id.4.63.9:—[voice] Pass., stretch down seawards, ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα Pl. Criti. 118a
; ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου Epicur.Ep.2p.47U.
, cf. p.51 U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, Hdn.5.2.3.

2 send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, Th.6.16, Isoc.16.34; of plays, produce, Eratosth. ap. Sch.Ar.Nu. 552 ([voice] Pass.); διδασκαλίαν Plu.Cim.8
; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι.. γνώμας καθεῖναι (Com. for προθεῖναι) Ar.Ec. 397; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. D.24.15: freq. in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, Luc.DMeretr.7.4; κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας Philostr.VA6.38
; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, Plu.Per.7, cf. Philostr.VA4.42:—[voice] Pass., to be put in motion, ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt.7.138
.

3 allow to return from exile, φυγάδας X.HG2.2.20
.

II intr., swoop down like a wind, λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς Ar.Eq. 430
; of rivers, run down, ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου Pl.Phd. 112e
; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, Plu.Ant.45; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Lat. descendere in arenam, Id.2.616d, Luc.Alex.6; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, v.l. for κατῆγεν, Polyaen.5.17.2.

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18 حذاء

حِذَاء \ shoe: a firm covering for the foot (if it goes above the ankle, it is a boot). \ حِذَاء خَفيف (ذُو وَجْه من القماش ونَعْل من المطّاط)‏ \ plimsolls, sneakers: light shoes made of strong cloth with flat rubber bottoms. \ حِذَاء طويل للتَّزَحْلُق على المَاء \ water ski: a ski that is worn (without a shoe) for moving over water (while the person is being pulled on a rope by a motorboat). \ حِذَاء عَالي السَّاق (جَزْمَة)‏ \ boot: a heavy shoe, covering also the ankle and part of the leg: football boots. \ حِذَاء من المطّاط (يَصِلُ إلى الرُّكْبَتَيْن)‏ \ wellingtons: rubber boots that reach up to the knee.

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19 contendo

con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.
I.
Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):
arcum,
Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:
tenacia vincla,
Verg. G. 4, 412:
ilia risu,
Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):
oculi contendunt se,
Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:
ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,
Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—
B.
Meton.
1.
(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:
infensam hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 521:
tela,
id. ib. 12, 815:
sagittas nervo,
Sil. 1, 323:
telum aërias in auras,
Verg. A. 5, 520. —
2.
Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:
haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,
Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:
Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,
Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—
II.
Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.
A.
In gen.
1.
Act.
(α).
With acc.:
magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:
contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,
id. Fat. 10, 21:
summas vires de palmā,
Lucr. 4, 990:
animum in curas,
Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:
quo se dira libido,
Lucr. 4, 1043:
tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:
id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—
(β).
With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:
hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21:
summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,
id. ib. 3, 15:
fugā salutem petere,
id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:
neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—
2.
Neutr.:
quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,
Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:
quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,
Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,
remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:
contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:
vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,
Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:
non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),
to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—
B.
In partic.,
1.
To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.
a.
Act.
(α).
With acc. (very rare):
rectā plateā cursum suum,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:
nocte unā tantum itineris,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—
(β).
With inf. (freq.):
Bibracte ire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,
ire cum his legionibus,
id. ib. 1, 10:
in Britanniam proficisci,
id. ib. 4, 20:
in provinciam reverti,
id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:
Dyrrhachium petere,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:
proxima litora petere cursu,
Verg. A. 1, 158; and:
iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—
b.
Neutr. (so most freq.):
in Italiam magnis itineribus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:
huc magnis itineribus,
id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:
huc magno cursu,
id. ib. 3, 19:
inde in Italiam,
id. ib. 1, 33:
in fines Sigambrorum,
id. ib. 4, 18:
in castra,
id. ib. 4, 37:
ex eo loco ad flumen,
id. ib. 2, 9:
ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,
id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:
ad oppidum Noviodunum,
id. ib. 2, 12:
ad castra,
id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:
ad hostes,
id. ib. 5, 9:
ad Amanum,
Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:
Lacedaemonem,
Nep. Cim. 3, 3:
domum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:
ad ultimum animo,
Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:
magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,
id. Off. 2, 13, 44:
ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,
id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:
ad salutem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —
2.
( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.
(α).
Cum aliquo:
neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:
cum Sequanis bello,
id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:
cum eo armis,
Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:
cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,
Sall. C. 53, 3:
cum barbaro,
Nep. Con. 4, 3:
cum victore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:
mecum ingenio et arte,
Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:
cum eo de principatu,
Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:
divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,
Sall. J. 4, 7:
humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:
tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—
(β).
Contra aliquem:
contra populum Romanum armis,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:
tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:
contra vim gravitatemque morbi,
id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:
nihil contra naturam universam,
id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—
* (γ).
Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—
(δ).
With dat. ( poet.):
hirundo cycnis,
Lucr. 3, 6:
Homero,
Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:
Pindaricis plectris,
Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—
(ε).
Inter se:
hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:
viribus inter se,
Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:
interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,
the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—
(ζ).
Absol.:
proelio,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;
3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,
id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:
translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,
Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:
summo jure contenditur,
Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:
de his lite contenditur,
Quint. 3, 4, 8:
de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,
id. 10, 5, 13.—
* b.
In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;
illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—
3.
( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.
(α).
With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:
id cum defensione nostrā,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:
rationem meam cum tuā ratione,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—
* (β).
With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—
(γ).
With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:
vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—
(δ).
With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:
ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:
leges,
id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:
suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,
Tac. A. 12, 1:
vetera et praesentia,
id. ib. 13, 3.—
4.
( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:
cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,
id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,
ab aliquo,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:
a magistris de proferendo die,
id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:
ne quid contra aequitatem,
id. Off. 2, 20, 71:
omni opere, ut, etc.,
Suet. Dom. 2:
magno opere, ne, etc.,
id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:
pertinaciter,
id. Caes. 1.—
5.
( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.
(α).
With acc. and inf.:
sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,
Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:
apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,
Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:
illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,
Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—
(β).
Absol. (very rare):
si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,
Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.
A.
Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:
qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:
acies oculorum,
Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:
contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,
Suet. Tib. 7:
contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:
contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),
Verg. G. 3, 536:
Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,
with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—
B.
Trop., eager, intent:
contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,
Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:
et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,
id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:
contentissimā voce clamitans,
App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:
pro se dicere... mittere contentius,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:
acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,
Gell. 18, 1, 2:
contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:
ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,
id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:
aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,
Gell. 3, 3, 1.

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20 wellingtons

حِذَاء من المطّاط (يَصِلُ إلى الرُّكْبَتَيْن)‏ \ wellingtons: rubber boots that reach up to the knee.

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