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1 rocket
rocket [ˈrɒkɪt]1. nounb. ( = plant) roquette f[prices] monter en flèche3. compounds• it's not rocket science ce n'est pas sorcier (inf) ► rocket scientist noun spécialiste mf des fusées• it doesn't take a rocket scientist to... pas besoin d'être un génie pour...* * *['rɒkɪt] 1.1) gen, Military fusée f2) Botany, Culinary roquette f2. 3.1) [price, profit] monter en flèche2) [person, car] -
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A n1 (spacecraft, firework) fusée f ; distress rocket fusée de détresse ; to take off like a rocket partir en trombe ;2 Mil fusée f ;C vi1 [price, profit, level, value] monter en flèche ; to rocket from 10 to 100/by 400% grimper de 10 à 100/de 400% ;2 [person, vehicle] to rocket ou go rocketing past sth passer en trombe devant qch ; to rocket to fame accéder rapidement à la célébrité.to give sb a rocket ○ GB sonner les cloches à qn ○. -
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I 1. ['rɒkɪt]1) (spacecraft, firework) razzo m.2) mil. razzo m., missile m.2.modificatore [ base] missilistico; [research, ship] spazialerocket engine — motore a razzo, endoreattore
rocket launcher — lanciarazzi, lanciamissili
••II ['rɒkɪt]to give sb. a rocket — BE colloq. dare una lavata di capo a qcn
1) [price, profit] andare alle stelle, crescere vertiginosamenteto rocket from 10 to 100 — balzare o passare rapidamente da 10 a 100
2) [person, car]III ['rɒkɪt]to rocket past sth. — passare sfrecciando davanti a qcs
nome rucola f., ruchetta f.* * *['rokit] 1. noun1) (a tube containing materials which, when set on fire, give off a jet of gas which drives the tube forward, usually up into the air, used eg as a firework, for signalling, or for launching a spacecraft.) razzo2) (a spacecraft launched in this way: The Americans have sent a rocket to Mars.) razzo2. verb(to rise or increase very quickly: Bread prices have rocketed.) (andare alle stelle)* * *I 1. ['rɒkɪt]1) (spacecraft, firework) razzo m.2) mil. razzo m., missile m.2.modificatore [ base] missilistico; [research, ship] spazialerocket engine — motore a razzo, endoreattore
rocket launcher — lanciarazzi, lanciamissili
••II ['rɒkɪt]to give sb. a rocket — BE colloq. dare una lavata di capo a qcn
1) [price, profit] andare alle stelle, crescere vertiginosamenteto rocket from 10 to 100 — balzare o passare rapidamente da 10 a 100
2) [person, car]III ['rɒkɪt]to rocket past sth. — passare sfrecciando davanti a qcs
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4 Goddard, Dr Robert Hutchings
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 5 October 1882 Worcester, Massachusetts, USAd. 10 August 1945 Baltimore, Maryland, USA[br]American inventory developer of rocket propulsion.[br]At the age of seventeen Goddard climbed a tree and, seeing the view from above, he became determined to make some device with which to ascend towards the planets. In an autobiography, published in 1959 in the journal Astronautics, he stated, "I was a different boy when I descended the ladder. Life now had a purpose for me." His first idea was to launch a projectile by centrifugal force, but in 1909 he started to design a rocket that was to be multi-stage and fuelled by liquid oxygen and hydrogen. Not long before the First World War he produced a report, "A method of reaching extreme altitudes", which was for the Smithsonian Institution and was published in book form in 1919. During the war he worked on solid-fuelled rockets as weapons. His book contained notes on the amount of fuel required to raise 1 lb (454 g) of payload to an infinite altitude. He incurred ridicule as "the moon man" when he proposed the use of flash powder to indicate successful arrival on the moon. In 1923 he severed his connections with military work and returned to the University of Massachusetts. On 16 March 1926 he launched the world's first liquid-fuelled rocket from his aunt's farm in Auburn, Massachusetts; powered by gasoline and liquid oxygen, it flew to a height of 12 m (40 ft) and travelled 54 m (177 ft) in 2.4 seconds.In November 1929 he met the aviator Charles Lindbergh, who persuaded both the Guggenheim Foundation and the Carnegie Institute to support Goddard's experiments financially. He moved to the more suitable location of the Mescalere Ranch, near Roswell, New Mexico, where he worked until 1941. His liquid-fuelled rockets reached speeds of 1,100 km/h (700 mph) and heights of 2,500 m (8,000ft). He investigated the use of the gyroscope to steady his rockets and the assembly of power units in clusters to increase the total thrust. In 1941 he moved to the naval establishment at Annapolis, Maryland, working on liquid-fuelled rockets to assist the take-off of aircraft from carriers. He worked for the US Government on this and the development of military rockets until his death from throat cancer in 1945. In all, he was granted 214 patents, roughly three per year of his life.In 1960 the US Government admitted infringement of Goddard's patents during the rocket programme of the 1950s and awarded his widow a payment of $1,000,000, while the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) honoured him by naming the Goddard Spaceflight Center near Washington, DC, after him. The Goddard Memorial Library at Clark University, in his home town of Worcester, Massachusetts, was also named in his honour.[br]Further ReadingA.Osman, 1983, Space History, London: Michael Joseph. P.Marsh, 1985, The Space Business, Harmondsworth: Penguin.K.C.Parley, 1991, Robert H.Goddard, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett Press. T.Streissguth, 1994, Rocket Man: The Story of Robert Goddard, Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Goddard, Dr Robert Hutchings
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5 Braun, Wernher Manfred von
[br]b. 23 March 1912 Wirsitz, Germanyd. 16 June 1977 Alexandria, Virginia, USA[br]German pioneer in rocket development.[br]Von Braun's mother was an amateur astronomer who introduced him to the futuristic books of Jules Verne and H.G.Wells and gave him an astronomical telescope. He was a rather slack and undisciplined schoolboy until he came across Herman Oberth's book By Rocket to Interplanetary Space. He discovered that he required a good deal of mathematics to follow this exhilarating subject and immediately became an enthusiastic student.The Head of the Ballistics and Armaments branch of the German Army, Professor Karl Becker, had asked the engineer Walter Dornberger to develop a solid-fuel rocket system for short-range attack, and one using liquid-fuel rockets to carry bigger loads of explosives beyond the range of any known gun. Von Braun joined the Verein für Raumschiffsfahrt (the German Space Society) as a young man and soon became a leading member. He was asked by Rudolf Nebel, VfR's chief, to persuade the army of the value of rockets as weapons. Von Braun wisely avoided all mention of the possibility of space flight and some financial backing was assured. Dornberger in 1932 built a small test stand for liquid-fuel rockets and von Braun built a small rocket to test it; the success of this trial won over Dornberger to space rocketry.Initially research was carried out at Kummersdorf, a suburb of Berlin, but it was decided that this was not a suitable site. Von Braun recalled holidays as a boy at a resort on the Baltic, Peenemünde, which was ideally suited to rocket testing. Work started there but was not completed until August 1939, when the group of eighty engineers and scientists moved in. A great fillip to rocket research was received when Hitler was shown a film and was persuaded of the efficacy of rockets as weapons of war. A factory was set up in excavated tunnels at Mittelwerk in the Harz mountains. Around 6,000 "vengeance" weapons were built, some 3,000 of which were fired on targets in Britain and 2,000 of which were still in storage at the end of the Second World War.Peenemünde was taken by the Russians on 5 May 1945, but by then von Braun was lodging with many of his colleagues at an inn, Haus Ingeburg, near Oberjoch. They gave themselves up to the Americans, and von Braun presented a "prospectus" to the Americans, pointing out how useful the German rocket team could be. In "Operation Paperclip" some 100 of the team were moved to the United States, together with tons of drawings and a number of rocket missiles. Von Braun worked from 1946 at the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, and in 1950 moved to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. In 1953 he produced the Redstone missile, in effect a V2 adapted to carry a nuclear warhead a distance of 320 km (199 miles). The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed in 1958 and recruited von Braun and his team. He was responsible for the design of the Redstone launch vehicles which launched the first US satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958, and the Mercury capsules of the US manned spaceflight programme which carried Alan Shepard briefly into space in 1961 and John Glenn into earth orbit in 1962. He was also responsible for the Saturn series of large, staged launch vehicles, which culminated in the Saturn V rocket which launched the Apollo missions taking US astronauts for the first human landing on the moon in 1969. Von Braun announced his resignation from NASA in 1972 and died five years later.[br]Bibliography1981, with F.L.Ordway, History of Rocketry and Space TravelFurther ReadingP.Marsh, 1985, The Space Business, Penguin. J.Trux, 1985, The Space Race, New English Library. T.Osman, 1983, Space History, Michael Joseph.IMcNBiographical history of technology > Braun, Wernher Manfred von
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6 lift
1. transitive verb1) heben; (slightly) anheben; (fig.) erheben [Seele, Gemüt, Geist]4) (end) aufheben [Verbot, Beschränkung, Blockade]2. intransitive verb1) (disperse) sich auflösen2) (rise) [Stimmung:] sich aufhellen; [Herz:] höher schlagen3. noun1) (ride in vehicle) Mitfahrgelegenheit, dieget a lift [with or from somebody] — [von jemandem] mitgenommen werden
would you like a lift? — möchtest du mitfahren?
3) (lifting) Heben, dasPhrasal Verbs:- academic.ru/88752/lift_down">lift down- lift off- lift up* * *[lift] 1. verb1) (to raise or bring to a higher position: The box was so heavy I couldn't lift it.) heben2) (to take and carry away: He lifted the table through into the kitchen.) hochheben und wegtragen3) ((of mist etc) to disappear: By noon, the fog was beginning to lift.) sich heben4) (to rise: The aeroplane lifted into the air.) sich heben2. noun1) (the act of lifting: a lift of the eyebrows.) das Heben2) ((American elevator) a small enclosed platform etc that moves up and down between floors carrying goods or people: Since she was too tired to climb the stairs, she went up in the lift.) der Aufzug3) (a ride in someone's car etc: Can I give you a lift into town?) im Auto mitnehmen4) (a raising of the spirits: Her success in the exam gave her a great lift.) der Auftrieb•- lift off* * *[lɪft]I. nto take the \lift den Aufzug nehmen, mit dem Aufzug fahrena bra that gives a bit of \lift ein BH, der etwas stützt; (heel)shoes with a bit of \lift Schuhe mit etwas höheren Absätzena tiny \lift will put this in the right place wenn du es ein klein wenig anhebst, können wir es an die richtige Stelle rücken5. (increase) Anstieg m kein pl; (increase in amount) Erhöhung f [eines Betrags]; of a person's voice Heben nt der Stimmeto give a \lift to sb [or to give sb a \lift] jdn [im Auto] mitnehmenI'll give you a \lift to the station ich kann Sie bis zum Bahnhof mitnehmenII. vt1. (raise)\lift the weight into the starting position bring das Gewicht in die Ausgangspositionwhen will our country ever be \lifted out of this state of economic depression? ( fig) wann wird es mit der Wirtschaft unseres Landes wohl jemals wieder aufwärtsgehen?2. (direct upward)to \lift one's eyes die Augen aufschlagento \lift one's head den Kopf heben3. (make louder)to \lift one's voice lauter sprechen, die Stimme heben4. (increase)▪ to \lift an amount/prices/rates einen Betrag/Preise/Sätze erhöhen5. (airlift)▪ to \lift sth somewhere etw irgendwohin fliegento \lift supplies/troops den Nachschub/Truppen auf dem Luftweg transportierento have one's face/breasts \lifted sich dat das Gesicht liften/die Brust straffen lassen7. (dig up)▪ to \lift sth etw ausgraben8. (improve in rank)▪ to \lift sb/a team jdn/ein Team befördern9. (win)to \lift an event/a prize einen Wettkampf/einen Preis gewinnen10. (make more interesting)11. (elevate)to \lift sb's confidence jds Vertrauen stärkento \lift sb's spirits jds Stimmung heben12. (end)to \lift a ban/restrictions ein Verbot/Einschränkungen aufheben15. (arrest)16. (take)to \lift fingerprints from sth etw auf Fingerabdrücke untersuchenIII. vi* * *[lɪft]1. n1) (= lifting) Heben ntgive me a lift up — heb mich mal hoch
give me a lift with this trunk — hilf mir, den Koffer hochzuheben
2) (WEIGHTLIFTING)that was a good lift — das war eine gute Leistung
his next lift is 100 kg — beim nächsten Versuch will er 100 kg heben
3)(= emotional uplift)
to give sb a lift — jdn aufmuntern; (drug) jdn aufputschen; (prospect) jdm Auftrieb geben4) (in car etc) Mitfahrgelegenheit fto get a lift from sb — von jdm mitgenommen werden/von jdm gefahren werden
want a lift? — möchten Sie mitkommen?, soll ich dich fahren?
don't take lifts from strangers — lass dich nicht von Fremden mitnehmen
2. vt1) hochheben; window hochschieben; feet, head heben; eyes aufschlagen; hat lüften, ziehen; potatoes etc ernten; child etc hochhebento lift the spirits/mood — die Stimmung heben
the news lifted him out of his depression —
the excellence of his style lifts him far above his contemporaries — sein ausgezeichneter Stil stellt ihn weit über seine Zeitgenossen
3) (= remove) restrictions etc aufheben5)to have one's face lifted — sich (dat) das Gesicht straffen or liften lassen
3. vi1) (= be lifted) sich hochheben lassenthat chair is too heavy ( for you) to lift — dieser Stuhl ist zu schwer zum Hochheben
* * *lift [lıft]A s1. a) (Hoch-, Auf)Heben n:he gave the boy a lift onto the chair er hob den Jungen auf den Stuhlb) (Eis-, Rollkunstlauf etc) Hebefigur f2. Steigen nthe proud lift of her head ihre stolze Kopfhaltung4. TECHa) Hub(höhe) m(f)b) Förderhöhe fc) Steighöhe fd) Förder-, Hubmenge f5. a) US Beförderung fb) Luftbrücke f6. a) FLUG, PHYS Auftrieb m, fig auch Aufschwung m:b) Erfolgserlebnis n7. Last f:9. a) Beistand m, Hilfe fb) Mitfahrgelegenheit f:give sb a lift jemandem helfen; jemanden (im Auto etc) mitnehmen;get a lift from sb von jemandem mitgenommen werden;offer sb a lift jemandem anbieten, ihn mitzunehmen;10. TECH Hebe-, Fördergerät n, -werk n11. besonders Br Lift m, Aufzug m, Fahrstuhl m:take the lift den Fahrstuhl nehmen, mit dem Fahrstuhl fahren12. (Ski-, Sessel- etc) Lift m13. Bergbau:a) Pumpensatz mb) Abbauhöhe f14. umg Diebstahl m15. MED Lift m/n, Lifting n:have a lift sich liften lassenB v/ta) (hoch-, auf)heben,b) die Stimme etc erheben:lift one’s eyes aufschauen, -blicken;lift one’s hand to sb die Hand gegen jemanden erheben;2. Gewichtheben: ein Gewicht zur Hochstrecke bringen3. figa) (geistig oder sittlich) hebenb) emporheben (from, out of aus der Armut etc)lifted up with pride stolzgeschwellt5. Bergbau: fördern6. die Preise etc anheben, erhöhen7. umg klauen, stehlen:a) mitgehen lassen umgb) plagiieren8. ein Zelt, Lager abbrechen9. a) Kartoffeln klauben, erntenb) einen Schatz heben10. US eine Hypothek etc tilgen11. jemandem das Gesicht etc liften, straffen:have one’s face lifted sich das Gesicht liften lassen12. eine Belagerung, ein Embargo, ein Verbot etc aufheben13. Fingerabdrücke sichernC v/i1. sich heben, steigen (beide: auch Nebel):a) starten (Rakete),b) abheben (Flugzeug)2. sich (hoch)heben lassen* * *1. transitive verb1) heben; (slightly) anheben; (fig.) erheben [Seele, Gemüt, Geist]4) (end) aufheben [Verbot, Beschränkung, Blockade]2. intransitive verb1) (disperse) sich auflösen2) (rise) [Stimmung:] sich aufhellen; [Herz:] höher schlagen3. noun1) (ride in vehicle) Mitfahrgelegenheit, dieget a lift [with or from somebody] — [von jemandem] mitgenommen werden
3) (lifting) Heben, dasPhrasal Verbs:- lift off- lift up* * *(UK) n.Aufzug -¨e m.Fahrstuhl m.Lift -e m.Personenaufzug m. n.Erfolgserlebnis n.Hub ¨-e m. v.aufheben v.fördern v.heben v.(§ p.,pp.: hob, gehoben)roden (ernten) v. -
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I 1. [træk]1) (print) (of animal, person) orma f., impronta f.; (of vehicle) tracce f.pl.2) (course, trajectory) (of missile, aircraft) traiettoria f., rotta f.; (of storm) movimento m., percorso m.; fig. (of person) traccia f., pista f.the negotiations were on track — i negoziati procedevano regolarmente o come da programma
to be on the wrong track — essere fuori pista o strada
to keep track of — [ person] seguire, tenersi aggiornato su [developments, events]; seguire [ conversation]; [ police] seguire gli spostamenti di [ criminal]; [ computer] tenere aggiornato [ figures]
to lose track of — perdere le tracce di, perdere di vista [ friend]; perdere le tracce di [document, aircraft, suspect]; perdere il filo di [ conversation]
to make tracks for sth. — andare o dirigersi verso qcs.
3) (path, road) sentiero m.4) sport pista f.5) ferr. binario m., rotaia f.; AE (platform) binario m.to leave the track(s) — [ train] deragliare
7) inform. (band) traccia f., pista f.2.modificatore sport [ race] su pista••II 1. [træk]verbo transitivo inseguire, essere sulle tracce di [ person]; seguire le orme di [ animal]; seguire la traiettoria di [rocket, plane]; seguire l'orbita di [ comet]2.verbo intransitivo cinem. fare una carrellata* * *[træk] 1. noun1) (a mark left, especially a footprint etc: They followed the lion's tracks.) traccia2) (a path or rough road: a mountain track.) strada, percorso3) ((also racetrack) a course on which runners, cyclists etc race: a running track; ( also adjective) the 100 metres sprint and other track events.) pista4) (a railway line.) binario2. verb(to follow (eg an animal) by the marks, footprints etc that it has left: They tracked the wolf to its lair.) (seguire le tracce di)- in one's tracks
- keep/lose track of
- make tracks for
- make tracks
- track down
- tracker dog* * *I 1. [træk]1) (print) (of animal, person) orma f., impronta f.; (of vehicle) tracce f.pl.2) (course, trajectory) (of missile, aircraft) traiettoria f., rotta f.; (of storm) movimento m., percorso m.; fig. (of person) traccia f., pista f.the negotiations were on track — i negoziati procedevano regolarmente o come da programma
to be on the wrong track — essere fuori pista o strada
to keep track of — [ person] seguire, tenersi aggiornato su [developments, events]; seguire [ conversation]; [ police] seguire gli spostamenti di [ criminal]; [ computer] tenere aggiornato [ figures]
to lose track of — perdere le tracce di, perdere di vista [ friend]; perdere le tracce di [document, aircraft, suspect]; perdere il filo di [ conversation]
to make tracks for sth. — andare o dirigersi verso qcs.
3) (path, road) sentiero m.4) sport pista f.5) ferr. binario m., rotaia f.; AE (platform) binario m.to leave the track(s) — [ train] deragliare
7) inform. (band) traccia f., pista f.2.modificatore sport [ race] su pista••II 1. [træk]verbo transitivo inseguire, essere sulle tracce di [ person]; seguire le orme di [ animal]; seguire la traiettoria di [rocket, plane]; seguire l'orbita di [ comet]2.verbo intransitivo cinem. fare una carrellata -
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1. noun1) (a mark left, especially a footprint etc: They followed the lion's tracks.) rastro, huella, pista2) (a path or rough road: a mountain track.) camino, senda, sendero3) ((also racetrack) a course on which runners, cyclists etc race: a running track; (also adjective) the 100 metres sprint and other track events.) pista4) (a railway line.) vía; andén
2. verb(to follow (eg an animal) by the marks, footprints etc that it has left: They tracked the wolf to its lair.) seguir la pista, rastrear- in one's tracks
- keep/lose track of
- make tracks for
- make tracks
- track down
- tracker dog
track1 n1. huella / pista2. camino / senda3. pista / circuitotrack2 vb seguir la pista / seguir las huellastr[træk]2 (of rocket, bullet, etc) trayectoria3 (path) camino, senda, sendero4 SMALLSPORT/SMALL pista5 (for motor-racing) circuito8 (belt on wheels) oruga1 (person, animal) seguir la pista de2 SMALLTECHNICAL/SMALL seguir la trayectoria de1 SMALLCINEMA/SMALL hacer una toma larga con la cámara en movimiento\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be on somebody's tracks / be on the track of somebody seguir la pista de alguiento be on the right track ir por buen caminoto be on the wrong track estar equivocado,-a/despistado,-ato have a one-track mind no tener más que un solo pensamientoto keep track of seguir, mantenerse al tanto deto lose track of perder de vista, perder el hilo deto make tracks irse, largarseto stop (dead) in one's tracks parar en secotrack events atletismo en pistatrack record historial nombre masculinotrack and field atletismotrack ['træk] vt1) trail: seguir la pista de, rastrear2) : dejar huellas dehe tracked mud all over: dejó huellas de lodo por todas partestrack n1) : rastro m, huella f (de animales), pista f (de personas)2) path: pista f, sendero m, camino m4) racetrack5) : oruga f (de un tanque, etc.)6) : pista f (deporte)7)to keep track of : llevar la cuenta dev.• rastrear v.• seguir la huella de v.• sirgar v.n.• camino s.m.• cancha s.f.• carril s.m.• estampa s.f.• huella s.f.• llanta s.f.• llanta de oruga s.f.• línea s.f.• pista s.f.• rastra s.f.• reguero s.m.• rodada s.f.• rodera s.f.• senda s.f.• señal s.f.• surco s.m.• trayectoria s.f.• vía (Via férrea) s.f.
I træk1) ( mark) pista f, huellas fplto be on somebody's track(s) — seguirle* la pista or el rastro a alguien
to put o throw somebody off one's/the track — despistar a alguien
to keep/lose track of something/somebody: the police have been keeping track of his movements la policía le ha estado siguiendo la pista; make sure you keep track of the time ten cuidado de que no se te pase la hora; to keep/lose track of the conversation/argument seguir*/perder* el hilo de la conversación/la discusión; I've lost track of a lot of old friends he perdido contacto con muchos de mis viejos amigos; I lost all track of the time perdí por completo la noción del tiempo, no me di cuenta de la hora; to make tracks (colloq) irse*, ponerse* en camino; to stop (dead) in one's tracks — pararse en seco
2)a) (road, path) camino m, sendero moff the beaten track — (away from the crowds, tourists) fuera de los caminos trillados; ( in an isolated place) en un sitio muy retirado or aislado
b) (course of thought, action)to be on the right/wrong track — estar* bien/mal encaminado, ir* por buen/mal camino
3)a) ( race track) pista fto have the inside track (on something) — (AmE) ( have the advantage) estar* en una situación de ventaja; ( be informed about) estar* al tanto or al corriente (de algo); (before n)
track events — atletismo m en pista
b) ( horse-racing) (AmE)to go to the track — ir* al hipódromo or a las carreras (de caballos)
4) u ( track events) (AmE) atletismo m en pista6) ( Rail)a) c ( way) vía f (férrea)to jump/leave the track(s) — descarrilar(se)
to be from the wrong side of the tracks — ser* de origen humilde
b) u ( rails etc) vías fpl7) (song, piece of music) tema m, pieza f8) ( on tank) oruga f9) ( for curtains) riel m
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1) ( follow) \<\<animal\>\> seguirle* la pista a, rastrear; \<\<person\>\> seguirle* la pista a2) ( deposit with feet) (AmE)•Phrasal Verbs:[træk]1. N1) (=trail) [of animal, person] rastro m, pista f ; [of vehicle] rastro m ; [of wheel] huellas fpl, rodada f•
to cover one's tracks — borrar las huellas•
to keep track of sth/sb, they prefer him to live at home where they can keep track of him — prefieren que viva en casa donde le pueden seguir la pistado you find it hard to keep track of all your bills? — ¿le resulta difícil mantenerse al corriente de todas sus facturas?
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to lose track of sth/sb, I lost all track of time — perdí la noción del tiempo por completo•
to make tracks * — (fig) irse marchando, empezar a irseit's time we were making tracks — es hora de irse marchando or de que empecemos a irnos
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to be on sb's track — seguirle la pista or el rastro a algn•
to stop (dead) in one's tracks — pararse en seco•
to throw sb off the track — (fig) despistar a algn2) (=course) [of missile, bullet, satellite] trayectoria f ; [of storm] curso m•
it will take time to get the economy back on track — se tardará un tiempo en volver a encarrilar la economía•
to be on the right track — ir por buen caminoone-track•
to be on the wrong track — ir por mal camino3) (=path) camino m, sendero m4) (Sport) pista ftrack and field events — pruebas fpl de atletismo
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race track — (for horses) hipódromo m ; (for bicycles) velódromo m ; (for cars) autódromo m, pista f or circuito m de automovilismo- be on a fast track to sth- have the inside track5) (Rail) vía f•
to jump the tracks — descarrilar6) (Aut) (on tank, tractor) oruga f ; (between wheels) ancho m de vía (Tech) (distancia entre los puntos de contacto con el suelo de dos ruedas paralelas)7) (Audio) pista ffour/eight track recording system — equipo m de grabación de cuatro/ocho pistas
8) (Comput) pista f9) (=song, piece) tema mtitle track — tema m que da título or nombre al álbum
10) (for curtains) riel m11) (US) (Educ) (=stream) agrupamiento de alumnos según su capacidad2. VT1) (=follow) [+ animal] seguir las huellas de, seguir el rastro de; [+ person, vehicle] seguir la pista a; [+ satellite, missile] seguir la trayectoria de, rastrear2) (=deposit) ir dejando3.VI [stylus] seguir el surco4.CPDtrack events NPL — (Sport) pruebas fpl en pista
track maintenance N — (Rail) mantenimiento m de la vía
track meet N — (US) concurso m de atletismo
track race N — carrera f en pista
track racing N — carreras fpl en pista, ciclismo m en pista
track record N — historial m
it's a company with a poor track record — es una empresa con un historial no muy bueno (en materia de ganancias)
track shoes NPL — zapatillas fpl para pista de atletismo (claveteadas)
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I [træk]1) ( mark) pista f, huellas fplto be on somebody's track(s) — seguirle* la pista or el rastro a alguien
to put o throw somebody off one's/the track — despistar a alguien
to keep/lose track of something/somebody: the police have been keeping track of his movements la policía le ha estado siguiendo la pista; make sure you keep track of the time ten cuidado de que no se te pase la hora; to keep/lose track of the conversation/argument seguir*/perder* el hilo de la conversación/la discusión; I've lost track of a lot of old friends he perdido contacto con muchos de mis viejos amigos; I lost all track of the time perdí por completo la noción del tiempo, no me di cuenta de la hora; to make tracks (colloq) irse*, ponerse* en camino; to stop (dead) in one's tracks — pararse en seco
2)a) (road, path) camino m, sendero moff the beaten track — (away from the crowds, tourists) fuera de los caminos trillados; ( in an isolated place) en un sitio muy retirado or aislado
b) (course of thought, action)to be on the right/wrong track — estar* bien/mal encaminado, ir* por buen/mal camino
3)a) ( race track) pista fto have the inside track (on something) — (AmE) ( have the advantage) estar* en una situación de ventaja; ( be informed about) estar* al tanto or al corriente (de algo); (before n)
track events — atletismo m en pista
b) ( horse-racing) (AmE)to go to the track — ir* al hipódromo or a las carreras (de caballos)
4) u ( track events) (AmE) atletismo m en pista6) ( Rail)a) c ( way) vía f (férrea)to jump/leave the track(s) — descarrilar(se)
to be from the wrong side of the tracks — ser* de origen humilde
b) u ( rails etc) vías fpl7) (song, piece of music) tema m, pieza f8) ( on tank) oruga f9) ( for curtains) riel m
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1) ( follow) \<\<animal\>\> seguirle* la pista a, rastrear; \<\<person\>\> seguirle* la pista a2) ( deposit with feet) (AmE)•Phrasal Verbs:
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