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  • 41 absorber

    absorber [apsɔʀbe]
    ➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb
       a. to absorb ; [+ tache] to remove
       b. [+ attention, temps] to occupy
    • absorbé par sa lecture, il ne m'entendit pas he was engrossed in his book and he didn't hear me
       c. [+ médicament] to take ; [+ aliment, boisson] to swallow
    * * *
    apsɔʀbe
    1) ( s'imbiber) [matériau] to absorb
    2) ( consommer) to take [nourriture, médicament]
    3) ( retenir) [organisme, plante] to absorb
    4) ( nécessiter) to absorb [argent]; to occupy [esprit]
    5) ( intégrer) [entreprise] to take over; [parti, région, secteur] to absorb
    * * *
    apsɔʀbe vt
    1) [substance, tissu] [liquide, lumière] to absorb
    2) [choc, énergie] to absorb
    3) fig, [traffic, déchets] to cope with, [surpopulation] to absorb
    4) [connaissances] to take in
    5) MÉDECINE, [boisson] to have, [aliment, médicament] to take
    6) ÉCONOMIE, [entreprise] to take over, to absorb
    * * *
    absorber verb table: aimer
    A vtr
    1 ( s'imbiber) [matériau] to absorb, to soak up;
    2 ( consommer) [personne] to take [nourriture, médicament];
    3 ( retenir) [organisme, sang, plante] to absorb;
    4 ( nécessiter) [projet, entreprise] to absorb [argent]; [activité, tâche, problème] to occupy [esprit]; être absorbé par qch to be absorbed ou engrossed in sth; être absorbé dans ses pensées to be lost in one's thoughts;
    5 ( intégrer) [entreprise] to take over [entreprise]; [parti, groupement] to absorb [parti, groupuscule]; [région, profession, secteur] to absorb [population, immigrés];
    6 ( faire face à) to cope with [dépenses, excédent, déficit].
    B s'absorber vpr s'absorber dans qch to be engrossed in sth.
    [apsɔrbe] verbe transitif
    1. [éponger - généralement] to absorb, to soak up (separable) ; [ - avec un buvard] to blot ; [ - avec une éponge] to sponge off (separable)
    2. ACOUSTIQUE & PHOTOGRAPHIE [lumière] to absorb
    3. [consommer - aliment] to take, to consume ; [ - bénéfices, capitaux] to absorb
    ÉCONOMIE [entreprise] to take over (separable), to absorb
    4. [préoccuper - suj: travail] to absorb, to engross, to occupy ; [ - suj: pensée] to absorb, to grip
    5. [faire s'intégrer - réfugiés, nouveaux élèves, innovation] to absorb
    ————————
    s'absorber dans verbe pronominal plus préposition

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > absorber

  • 42 с головой

    I
    [PrepP; Invar]
    =====
    1. парень, малый, человек и т.п. с головой approv [subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or nonagreeing modif]
    ⇒ very smart, sensible, capable:
    - have (with) brains (a brain, smarts).
         ♦ "Ты, парень, вижу - с головой, понимаешь, что - к чему" (Максимов 3). "I can see you've got a head on your shoulders, boy. You understand things" (3a).
         ♦ Подобрал он [Шутиков], конечно, толковых людей. Люди были с головой (Дудинцев 1). Certainly he [Shutikov] had picked highly competent men for this, men with brains (1a).
    2. [adv]
    ⇒ (to do sth.) sensibly, intelligently:
    - use (using) one's head (brain<s>).
         ♦ "Работаю безотказно. В своем деле спец не из последних... Работаю с головой..." (Копелев 1). "I work nonstop. In my field I'm not the least of specialists....I use my head" (1a).
    II
    [PrepP; Invar; adv (intensif)]
    =====
    1. с головой уйти, окунуться, погрузиться во что, увязнуть в чём, отдаться чему и т.п. (to give o.s. over to sth.) wholly, fully:
    - X plunged (threw himself) into Y.
         ♦ Он [Королёв] с головой окунулся в проектирование сразу двух объектов - ракеты и планера с жидкотопливным ракетным двигателем (Владимиров 1). Не [Korolyov] became completely absorbed in the design of two machines at the same time-a rocket and a glider equipped with a liquid-fuel jet motor (1a).
         ♦... К коммунизму он [Лежан] пришёл путём долгих размышлений, а сделав выводы, с головой окунулся в повседневную политическую работу (Эренбург 1). Не [Lejean] had accepted Communism after long reflection, but had then plunged into everyday political activity (1a).
    2. выдавать с головой кого, often себя [subj: abstr or concr (var. without себя), or human (var. with себя]
    ⇒ (to reveal s.o.'s or one's own involvement in sth.) conclusively, leaving no room for doubt:
    - X выдал Y-а с головой≈ X gave Y away completely;
    - Y betrayed himself.
         ♦ Миша утверждал, что письмо написано не им, но стиль выдавал его с головой. Misha asserted that he wasn't the one who wrote the letter, but the style was a dead giveaway.
         ♦...Через несколько дней после этого разговора был ещё случай, когда он [Едигей] выдал себя с головой и долго каялся, мучился после этого... (Айтматов 2). A few days after this conversation, there was an occasion when he [Yedigei] gave himself away completely, and he regretted it and suffered from it for a long time afterwards... (2a).
         ♦ Лёва угощал и, симулируя беспечность: о том, о сём, - всё подбирался к цели. И когда, наконец, не узнавая свой голос, сразу выдав себя с головой (хотя все силы его были направлены, чтобы вопрос был безразличен и между прочим), всё-таки задал его, то неповторимая улыбочка вдруг подёрнула губы Митишатьева... (Битов 2). Не [Lyova] bought the drinks and all the while-feigning unconcern, talking of this and that-kept sneaking up on his goal. When at last, not recognizing his own voice, betraying himself at once (though he bent every effort to make his question indifferent and casual)-when he did ask it, Mit ishatyev's lips suddenly twitched in an inimitable little smile... (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с головой

  • 43 pedo

    adj.
    drunk, pissed, boozed, drunken.
    m.
    1 fart.
    2 problem, hassle, pickle, difficulty.
    3 drunk, drunkard, drunken person, wino.
    * * *
    1 familiar fart
    \
    estar pedo/ir pedo familiar (por el alcohol) to be pissed 2 (por drogas) to be stoned
    tirarse un pedo familiar to fart, drop one
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ **

    estar pedo — (=borracho) to be pissed ***, be sloshed **; (=drogado) to be high **

    ponerse pedo — (=borracho) to get pissed ***, get sloshed **; (=drogado) to get high **

    2. SM
    1) * fart **
    2) ** [de alcohol, drogas]

    agarrar o coger un pedo — (=emborracharse) to get pissed ***, get sloshed **; (=drogarse) to get high **

    estar en pedo — Cono Sur to be pissed ***, be sloshed **

    ¡estás en pedo! — [al hablar] you must be kidding!

    3)

    pedo de lobo — (Bot) puffball

    4)

    pedo de monja — (Culin) very light pastry

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp, Méx fam) plastered (colloq)
    II
    1) (fam) ( ventosidad) fart (sl)

    tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl), to let off (BrE colloq)

    al pedo — (RPl fam) for nothing

    como un pedo — (AmL vulg) like a shot (colloq)

    2) (arg) ( borrachera)

    estar en pedo — (RPl fam) ( borracho) to be plastered (colloq); ( loco) to be off one's head (colloq)

    3) (Méx fam) (problema, lío) hassle (colloq)

    hacerla de pedo — (Méx vulg) to kick up a stink (colloq)

    hacérsela de pedo a alguien — (Méx vulg) to give somebody hell (colloq)

    ponerse al pedo — (Méx fam) to get tough (colloq)

    * * *
    = fart, trumpet.
    Ex. The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.
    Ex. I detected at the end of the trumpet that Miley unknowingly added a portion of a wet fart to her final round of trumpeting.
    ----
    * pedo churretoso = wet fart.
    * pedo húmedo = wet fart.
    * pedo líquido = wet fart.
    * tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo invariable (Esp, Méx fam) plastered (colloq)
    II
    1) (fam) ( ventosidad) fart (sl)

    tirarse un pedo — to fart (sl), to let off (BrE colloq)

    al pedo — (RPl fam) for nothing

    como un pedo — (AmL vulg) like a shot (colloq)

    2) (arg) ( borrachera)

    estar en pedo — (RPl fam) ( borracho) to be plastered (colloq); ( loco) to be off one's head (colloq)

    3) (Méx fam) (problema, lío) hassle (colloq)

    hacerla de pedo — (Méx vulg) to kick up a stink (colloq)

    hacérsela de pedo a alguien — (Méx vulg) to give somebody hell (colloq)

    ponerse al pedo — (Méx fam) to get tough (colloq)

    * * *
    = fart, trumpet.

    Ex: The longer a fart is held in, the larger the proportion of inert nitrogen it contains, because the other gases tend to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the walls of the intestine.

    Ex: I detected at the end of the trumpet that Miley unknowingly added a portion of a wet fart to her final round of trumpeting.
    * pedo churretoso = wet fart.
    * pedo húmedo = wet fart.
    * pedo líquido = wet fart.
    * tirarse un pedo = fart, trump, break + wind, trumpet.

    * * *
    (Esp, Méx fam) plastered ( colloq), pissed ( BrE sl)
    A ( fam) (ventosidad) fart (sl)
    tirarse un pedo to fart (sl), to let off ( BrE colloq)
    al pedo ( RPl fam); for nothing
    tanto trabajo y todo al pedo all that work for nothing
    como un pedo ( AmL vulg); like a shot ( colloq)
    de la época del pedo ( Arg fam); as old as the hills
    B ( arg)
    (borrachera): agarró un buen pedo en la fiesta he got really plastered ( colloq) o ( BrE sl) pissed at the party
    tenía un pedo que no veía he was blind drunk o out of his head ( colloq)
    estar en pedo ( RPl fam) (borracho) to be plastered ( colloq) (loco) to be off one's head ( colloq)
    ni en pedo me voy a vivir con mi suegra no way am I going to live with my mother-in-law ( colloq)
    estás en pedo si creés que te va a llamar you must be off your head if you think he's going to call you ( colloq)
    C ( Méx fam) (problema, lío) hassle ( colloq)
    armarla or hacerla de pedo ( Méx vulg); to kick up o make a stink ( colloq)
    ponerse al pedo ( Méx fam); to get tough ( colloq)
    pedo3 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( Méx fam) drunk
    * * *

     

    pedo sustantivo masculino
    1 (fam) ( ventosidad) fart (sl);
    ◊ tirarse un pedo to fart (sl), to let off (BrE colloq);

    al pedo (RPl fam) for nothing
    2 (arg) ( borrachera):
    ◊ agarró un buen pedo he got really plastered (colloq);

    tenía un pedo que no veía he was blind drunk (colloq)
    3 (Méx fam) (problema, lío) hassle (colloq);

    pedo m fam
    1 fart
    tirarse un pedo, to fart
    2 fam (borrachera) drunkenness
    estar pedo, to be pissed
    ' pedo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    tirar
    English:
    fart
    - plastered
    * * *
    ♦ adj inv
    Esp, Méx Fam
    estar pedo to be smashed o Br pissed
    ♦ nm
    1. [ventosidad] fart;
    echarse o [m5] tirarse un pedo to fart
    2. Fam [borrachera]
    agarrarse o Esp [m5] cogerse un pedo to get smashed o Br pissed;
    RP
    estar en pedo to be smashed o Br pissed
    3. Méx Fam [problema] problem;
    se armó un gran pedo there was a big free-for-all o bust-up
    4. Comp
    RP Fam
    al pedo [inútilmente] for nothing;
    RP Fam
    a los pedos [rapidísimo] in a flash, double quick;
    RP Fam
    de pedo [de casualidad] by chance, Br by a fluke;
    Méx muy Fam
    hacerla de pedo to be a pain;
    RP Fam
    ni en pedo no way, never in a million years;
    Méx muy Fam
    no hay pedo it's OK;
    Méx muy Fam
    ponerse al pedo to square up [for a fight]
    ♦ nm,f
    Méx Fam drunk
    * * *
    I adj drunk
    II m fam
    fart fam ;
    echar un pedo fam fart fam ;
    agarrarse un pedo fam get plastered fam
    * * *
    pedo n fart

    Spanish-English dictionary > pedo

  • 44 fesseln

    v/t
    1. tie up, bind; mit Ketten: put in chains; mit Handschellen: handcuff, manacle; jemanden an Händen und Füßen fesseln tie s.o.’s hands and feet, bind s.o. hand and foot
    2. fig.: jemanden an sich fesseln tie s.o. to one
    3. fig. (faszinieren) captivate; stärker: enthral(l); (Aufmerksamkeit, Auge etc.) catch; das Buch hat mich gefesselt I found the book quite gripping ( oder enthralling)
    * * *
    (faszinieren) to attract; to arrest; to fascinate; to enthrall; to spellbind; to catch; to captivate; to rivet; to enthral; to spell;
    (festbinden) to chain; to fetter; to shackle; to tie up
    * * *
    fẹs|seln ['fɛsln]
    vt
    1) (mit Tau etc) to tie (up), to bind; (HIST mit Handfesseln, Fußschellen) to fetter, to shackle; (mit Handschellen) to handcuff; (mit Ketten) to chain (up)

    jdn ( an Händen und Füßen) fesseln — to tie/fetter/chain sb (hand and foot)

    jdm die Hände auf dem Rücken fesseln — to tie sb's hands behind his back

    der Gefangene wurde gefesselt vorgeführt — the prisoner was brought in handcuffed/in chains

    jdn ans Bett fesseln (fig) — to confine sb to (his) bed, to keep sb in bed

    jdn an jdn/sich fesseln (fig) — to bind sb to sb/oneself

    2) (= faszinieren) to grip; Aufmerksamkeit to hold
    * * *
    1) (to take up the whole attention of (a person): He was completely absorbed in his book.) absorb
    2) (something used for tying (especially a person): They released the prisoner from his bonds.) bond
    3) (to charm, fascinate, or hold the attention of: He was captivated by her beauty.) captivate
    4) (to attract: She was trying to draw my attention to something.) draw
    5) (to delight greatly: His stories enthralled the children.) enthral
    6) (to fasten with a fetter: She fettered the horse.) fetter
    7) (to keep (a person's attention): If you can't hold your pupils' attention, you can't be a good teacher.) hold
    8) (to fascinate, arouse the curiosity of or amuse: The book intrigued me.) intrigue
    9) (to fix firmly: He stood riveted to the spot with fear; His eyes were riveted on the television.) rivet
    10) (to limit someone's freedom etc: Her work tied her down.) tie (someone) down
    * * *
    fes·seln
    [ˈfɛsl̩n]
    vt
    1. (Fesseln anlegen)
    ▪ jdn [mit etw dat] \fesseln to bind [or tie [up sep]] sb [with sth]
    ▪ jdn an etw akk \fesseln to bind [or tie [up sep]] sb to sth, to shackle, to handcuff
    er wurde mit gefesselten Händen vorgeführt he was brought in with his hands tied
    2. (geh: binden)
    ▪ jdn an sich akk \fesseln to tie sb to oneself
    ▪ etw fesselt jdn [an jdm/etw] sb is captivated [by sb/sth]; (in Bann halten) to captivate
    * * *
    1) tie up; (mit Ketten) chain up

    jemanden an Händen und Füßen fesseln — tie somebody hand and foot

    jemandem die Hände auf den Rücken fesseln — tie somebody's hands behind his/her back

    ans Bett/Haus/an den Rollstuhl gefesselt sein — (fig.) be confined to [one's] bed/tied to the house/confined to a wheelchair

    2) (faszinieren) < book> grip; <work, person> fascinate; < personality> captivate; < idea> possess

    das Buch hat mich so gefesselt — I was so gripped by the book

    * * *
    fesseln v/t
    1. tie up, bind; mit Ketten: put in chains; mit Handschellen: handcuff, manacle;
    jemanden an Händen und Füßen fesseln tie sb’s hands and feet, bind sb hand and foot
    2. fig:
    3. fig (faszinieren) captivate; stärker: enthral(l); (Aufmerksamkeit, Auge etc) catch;
    das Buch hat mich gefesselt I found the book quite gripping ( oder enthralling)
    * * *
    1) tie up; (mit Ketten) chain up

    jemandem die Hände auf den Rücken fesseln — tie somebody's hands behind his/her back

    ans Bett/Haus/an den Rollstuhl gefesselt sein — (fig.) be confined to [one's] bed/tied to the house/confined to a wheelchair

    2) (faszinieren) < book> grip; <work, person> fascinate; < personality> captivate; < idea> possess
    * * *
    v.
    to absorb v.
    to attract v.
    to captivate v.
    to enchain v.
    to fetter v.
    to shackle v.
    to trammel v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > fesseln

  • 45 sache

    f; -, -n
    1. (Gegenstand) thing; Sachen (Kleidung etc.) umg. allg. things; (Habseligkeiten) auch belongings; häng deine Sachen in den Schrank hang up you things in the cupboard (Am. closet); seine Sachen überall herumliegen lassen leave one’s things lying around all over the place; Gewalt gegen Sachen JUR. (violent) damage to property; warme Sachen für den Winter (warme Kleidung) warm things for the winter; süße Sachen (Süßigkeiten) sweet things, sweets; scharfe Sachen (Schnaps etc.) hard stuff Sg.
    2. (Angelegenheit) affair; (auch Vorfall) matter, business; (Problem, Frage) matter; das ist eine Sache für sich that’s a completely different matter; iro. that’s another story; ich werde der Sache nachgehen I’ll look into the matter; bei der Sache bleiben keep to the point; das gehört nicht zur Sache that’s got nothing to do with it; die Sache ist... the thing is..., it’s like this...; die Sache ist die, dass... the point is that...; in eigener Sache sprechen speak on one’s own behalf; wie ist die Sache mit dem Auto ausgegangen? how did that business with the car turn out?; die Sache steht gut things are looking good; die Sache macht sich umg. things are ( oder it’s) coming along fine; das ist so eine Sache it’s not so easy; eine runde Sache a fine piece of work; ich mag keine halben Sachen I don’t like (any) half measures; das ist eine tolle / blöde Sache umg. that’s fantastic / a stupid business; ich habe die ganze Sache ( gründlich) satt I’m sick (and tired) of the whole business; die einfachste / natürlichste Sache der Welt the simplest / most natural thing in the world; das ist nicht jedermanns Sache that’s not for everybody, that’s not everybody’s cup of tea; jemandem sagen, was Sache ist umg. (worauf es ankommt) put s.o. in the picture allg.; (die Meinung sagen) tell s.o. what’s what; sie war ganz bei der Sache she was all attention ( oder quite absorbed); er war nicht ( ganz) bei der Sache he had his mind on other things, he wasn’t (quite) concentrating; seiner Sache sicher sein be sure of oneself; sich seiner Sache sicher glauben think o.s. sure of one’s point; zur Sache kommen get to the point; (handeln) get down to business (brass tacks umg.); zur Sache! can we get to the point?; bleiben wir bei der Sache! let’s stick to the point; das tut nichts zur Sache that makes no difference; das kommt der Sache schon näher that’s more like it; das ist seine Sache that’s his business ( oder affair); das ist nicht meine Sache that’s got nothing to do with me; es ist eine Sache der Erziehung etc. it’s a matter of upbringing etc.; es ist eine Sache von Leben und Tod it’s a matter of life and death; es ist eine abgekartete Sache it’s a put-up job (Am. a scam oder setup) umg.; mach keine Sachen! umg., erstaunt: you’re kidding; warnend: no funny business; Sachen gibt’s(, die gibt’s gar nicht) umg. would you believe it allg.; was machst du denn für Sachen? umg. what have you been up to then?; du machst Sachen! umg. the things you get up to!; was höre ich denn für ( schöne) Sachen? what’s all this I’ve been hearing then?
    3. JUR. case; in Sachen A. gegen B. JUR. in the matter of A versus B
    4. in Sachen umg., fig. (bezüglich) with regard to, as to; in Sachen Umwelt where the environment is concerned, in questions of the environment; was tut sich in Sachen Hausbau? how are things on the housebuilding front?; wie macht er sich in Sachen Schule? how’s he getting on at (Am. how’s he doing in) school?
    5. (Ziel, Anliegen) cause; für eine gute / gerechte Sache kämpfen fight for a good cause / for the cause of justice; mit jemandem gemeinsame Sache machen make common cause with s.o.
    6. (Aufgabe) job; er versteht seine Sache he knows his stuff; sie hat ihre Sache gut gemacht she did a good job; etw. um der Sache willen tun do s.th. for its own sake; es ist Sache des Gerichts zu entscheiden, ob... it is for the court to decide whether...
    7. mit 100 Sachen fahren MOT., umg. do ( oder drive) a hundred (miles an hour), Brit. auch do a ton
    * * *
    die Sache
    affair; cause; business; concern; matter; thing
    * * *
    Sạ|che ['zaxə]
    f -, -n
    1) thing; (= Gegenstand) object, thing; (JUR = Eigentum) article of property

    der Mensch wird zur Sache — man is reduced to or becomes an object

    Sachen gibts(, die gibts gar nicht)! (inf) — would you credit it! (inf)

    2) pl inf = Zeug) things pl; (JUR) property

    seine Sachen packen — to pack ones bags

    3) (= Angelegenheit) matter; (= Rechtsstreit, Fall) case; (= Aufgabe) job

    eine Sache der Polizei/der Behörden — a matter for the police/authorities

    es ist Sache der Polizei/der Behörden, das zu tun — it's up to the police/authorities or it's for the police/authorities to do that

    das mit dem Präsidenten war eine unangenehme Sache — that was an unpleasant business with the president

    das ist eine ganz tolle/unangenehme Sache — it's really fantastic/unpleasant

    die Sache macht sich (inf) — things are coming along

    das ist eine andere Sache — that's a different matter, that's a different kettle of fish (inf), that's a different cup of tea (US inf)

    das ist meine/seine Sache — that's my/his affair or business

    in eigener Sache — on one's own account

    das ist nicht jedermanns Sache — it's not everyone's cup of tea (inf)

    er versteht seine Sache — he knows what he's doing or what he's about (inf)

    er macht seine Sache gut — he's doing very well; (beruflich) he's doing a good job

    diese Frage können wir nicht hier mitbesprechen, das ist eine Sache für sich — we can't discuss this question now, it's a separate issue all to itself

    und was hat deine Frau gesagt?/was meinen Sie zu diesen Streiks? – das ist eine Sache für sich — and what did your wife say?/what do you think about these strikes? – that's another story

    das ist so eine Sache (inf) — it's a bit tricky, it's a bit of a problem

    die Sache mit der Bank ist also geplatzt — so the bank job fell through

    4) (= Vorfall) business, affair

    was hat die Polizei zu der Sache gesagt? — what did the police say about it or about all this business?

    die Sache hat geklappt/ist schiefgegangen — everything or it worked/went wrong

    mach keine Sachen! (inf) — don't be daft (Brit inf) or silly!

    5) (= Frage, Problem) matter, question; (= Thema) subject; (= Ideal, Anliegen) cause

    eine Sache der Erziehung/des Geschmacks — a matter or question of education/taste

    um die Sache herumreden — to talk( all) round the subject

    zur Sache! — let's get on with it; (Parl, Jur etc) come to the point!

    zur Sache gehen (inf) — to come to the crunch (inf); (Sport) to get stuck in (inf)

    seiner Sache sicher or gewiss sein — to be sure of one's ground

    bei der Sache sein — to be with it (inf), to be on the ball (inf)

    sie war nicht bei der Sache — her mind was elsewhere

    bei der Sache bleiben — to keep one's mind on the job; (bei Diskussion) to keep to the point

    6) (= Sachlage) things pl, no art

    so steht die Sache also — so that's the way things are

    die Sache ist die, dass... — the thing is that...

    jdm sagen, was Sache ist (inf) — to tell sb what's what

    7)

    (= Tempo) mit 60/100 Sachen (inf) — at 60/100

    * * *
    die
    1) (a thing or situation that must be done or dealt with: a difficult proposition.) proposition
    2) (an object; something that is not living: What do you use that thing for?) thing
    3) (any fact, quality, idea etc that one can think of or refer to: Music is a wonderful thing; I hope I haven't done the wrong thing; That was a stupid thing to do.) thing
    * * *
    Sa·che
    <-, -n>
    [ˈzaxə]
    f
    1. (Ding) thing, object; (im Laden a.) article
    2. pl (Alkohol)
    scharfe \Sachen (fam) hard stuff fam [or liquor] sing
    3. pl (Kleidung) things, clothes, togs fam
    warme \Sachen warm clothes [or nsing clothing
    4. pl KUNST (fam: Werke, Stücke) pieces
    5. meist pl (Eigentum) property
    ▪ jds \Sachen sb's things [or belongings] [or goods] [or fam stuff]
    bewegliche/unbewegliche \Sachen JUR personal property [or chattels] [or movables]/immovables [or things immovable]
    eingebrachte \Sache contributed item
    herrenlose \Sache derelict property, res nullius
    verbrauchbare \Sache consumable
    vertretbare \Sache fungible
    6. (Angelegenheit) matter, affair; (Problem, Frage a.) question; (Thema) subject; (Anliegen) cause
    ich hatte mir die \Sache eigentlich anders vorgestellt in fact, I had imagined things differently
    wie ist die \Sache mit dem Haus gelaufen? how did the house business turn out?
    die \Sache ist schiefgegangen everything went wrong
    die \Sache steht gut things are looking good
    das ist so eine \Sache (fam) that's a bit tricky [or bit of a problem]
    das ist eine andere \Sache that's another matter [or something else]
    das ist eine \Sache des Geschmacks that's a matter of taste
    es ist eine \Sache seiner Abstammung it's a question of his origins
    ▪ jds \Sache sein to be sb's affair [or business]
    eine aussichtslose \Sache a lost cause
    beschlossene \Sache sein to be [all] settled [or a foregone conclusion]
    in eigener \Sache on one's own behalf
    ▪ eine \Sache für sich akk sein to be a matter apart [or chapter in itself]
    geschäftliche \Sache business matter
    eine gute \Sache (angenehm) a good thing; (wohltätig) a good cause
    eine unangenehme \Sache an unpleasant affair [or business]
    um der \Sache willen for the love of it [or it's own sake]; s.a. Natur
    7. JUR (Fall) case, cause
    in \Sachen... in the matter of...
    in \Sachen Umwelt bleibt noch viel zu tun there is still a lot to be done where the environment is concerned
    in \Sachen [o in der \Sache] Meier gegen Müller in the case [of] [or form in re] Meier versus Müller
    eine \Sache verhandeln/vertreten/verweisen to hear/uphold/remit a case
    sich akk zur \Sache äußern to refer to the merits of the case
    zur \Sache vernommen werden to be questioned [with regard to the matter itself]
    8. (Sachlage) factual situation
    die \Sache ist die, dass... (es geht darum, dass...) the matter so far is that...; (einschränkend) the thing is [that]...
    bei der \Sache bleiben to keep to the point
    neben der \Sache liegen (fam) to be beside the point
    nichts zur \Sache tun to be irrelevant, to not matter
    sich dat [bei jdm/etw] seiner \Sache sicher [o (geh) gewiss] sein to be sure of one's ground
    zur \Sache kommen to come to the point
    9. (Aufgabe) job
    er macht seine \Sache gut he's doing well [or a good job]
    es ist \Sache der Polizei, den Schuldigen zu finden it's up to [or it's for] the police to find the guilty person
    keine halben \Sachen machen to not do things by halves, to not deal in half-measures
    seine \Sache verstehen to know what one is doing [or fam is about
    10. pl (Vorfall) things
    mach keine \Sachen! (fam: was du nicht sagst) [what] you don't say?; (tu das bloß nicht) don't be daft! fam
    was machst du bloß für \Sachen! (fam) the things you do!
    was sind denn das für \Sachen? what's going on here?
    das sind doch keine \Sachen! (fam) you shouldn't do that
    11. pl (fam: Stundenkilometer)
    mit 255 \Sachen at 255 [kph [or fam kliks]]
    12.
    ▶ bei der \Sache sein to be concentrating
    er war nicht bei der \Sache his mind was wandering
    er war bei den Hausaufgaben nicht ganz bei der \Sache he didn't give his full attention to his homework
    ▶ mit jdm gemeinsame \Sache machen to make common cause with sb
    ▶ \Sachen gibt's[, die gibt's gar nicht]! (fam) [well] would you credit it?, isn't it amazing?
    ▶ nicht jedermanns \Sache sein to be not everyone's cup of tea
    ▶ jemandem sagen, was \Sache ist (fam) to tell sb what's what fam, to put sb in the picture fam
    ▶ zur \Sache! come to the point; (in Parlament a.) [the] question!
    * * *
    die; Sache, Sachen
    1) Plural things

    scharfe Sachen trinken — drink the hard stuff (coll.)

    2) (Angelegenheit) matter; business (esp. derog.)

    es ist beschlossene Sache, dass... — it's [all] arranged or settled that...

    es ist die einfachste Sache [von] der Welt — it's the simplest thing in the world

    [mit jemandem] gemeinsame Sache machen — join forces [with somebody]

    [sich (Dat.)] seiner Sache sicher od. gewiss sein — be sure one is right

    das tut nichts zur Sache — that's irrelevant; that's got nothing to do with it

    4) o. Pl. (Anliegen) cause
    5) Plural (ugs.): (Stundenkilometer) kilometres per hour
    * * *
    …sache f im subst
    Charaktersache matter ( oder question) of character;
    Einstellungssache matter ( oder question) of attitude
    Frauensache women’s business;
    Ministersache ministerial matter;
    Regierungssache government matter
    * * *
    die; Sache, Sachen
    1) Plural things
    2) (Angelegenheit) matter; business (esp. derog.)

    es ist beschlossene Sache, dass... — it's [all] arranged or settled that...

    es ist die einfachste Sache [von] der Welt — it's the simplest thing in the world

    [mit jemandem] gemeinsame Sache machen — join forces [with somebody]

    [sich (Dat.)] seiner Sache sicher od. gewiss sein — be sure one is right

    das tut nichts zur Sache — that's irrelevant; that's got nothing to do with it

    4) o. Pl. (Anliegen) cause
    5) Plural (ugs.): (Stundenkilometer) kilometres per hour
    * * *
    -n f.
    business n.
    case n.
    cause n.
    concern n.
    matter n.
    thing n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > sache

  • 46 verlieren

    (unreg.)
    I v/t
    1. allg. lose (an + Akk to); (Blätter, Haar) auch shed; ich habe meinen Autoschlüssel verloren I’ve lost my car key; in dem Gedränge ist meine Handtasche verloren gegangen I lost my handbag (bes. Am. purse) in the crush
    2. SPORT (Kampf, Spiel etc.) lose; das Spiel ging 1:3 verloren we etc. lost the game three one
    3. in Wendungen: kein Wort darüber verlieren not say a word about it; viel / wenig / nichts zu verlieren haben have much / little / nothing to lose; wir haben nichts mehr zu verlieren we have nothing more to lose; du hast hier nichts verloren umg. you’ve got no business being here; das Spielzeug hat in der Küche nichts verloren umg. the toys don’t belong in the kitchen; hast du den Verstand verloren? umg. are you out of your mind?; an dir ist eine Schauspielerin verloren gegangen you could have been an actress; Auge 1, Geduld, Gesicht1 4, Mut 1, Nerv 2 etc.; siehe auch verloren
    II v/refl einander: lose each other; fig. (kaum bemerkbar sein) Ton etc.: be lost; Pfad, Spur etc.: lose itself, disappear; (vergehen, verschwinden) disappear; Menge: disperse; Wirkung, Intensität, Emotion etc.: wear off; das verliert sich wieder Geruch etc.: it’s fading away again; sich in Gedanken / Träumen etc. verlieren be lost in thought / reverie etc.; sich in Details / Nebensächlichkeiten verlieren stray off into details / side issues
    III v/i lose ( gegen to); er / es hat sehr verloren fig. he / it isn’t what he / it used to be; an Wirkung / Reiz etc. verlieren lose some of its effect / its oder one’s charm etc.; an Höhe verlieren lose height; an Wert verlieren lose some of its ( oder go down in) value; der Roman etc. verliert sehr in der Übersetzung loses a lot in (the) translation
    * * *
    (Gegenstand) to lose;
    (Haare) to molt; to shed;
    (Wettkampf) to lose;
    sich verlieren
    to wear off
    * * *
    ver|lie|ren [fɛɐ'liːrən] pret verlor [fɛɐ'loːɐ] ptp verloren [fɛɐ'loːrən]
    1. vt
    to lose; Blätter auch to shed

    jdn/etw aus dem Gedächtnis verlíéren — to lose all memory of sb/sth, to forget sb/sth

    kein Wort über jdn/etw verlíéren — not to say a word about sb/sth

    wir brauchen kein Wort darüber zu verlíéren — we don't need to waste any words on it

    das/er hat hier nichts verloren (inf) — that/he has no business to be here

    nichts (mehr) zu verlíéren haben — to have nothing (more) to lose

    2. vi
    to lose

    sie hat an Schönheit/Charme verloren — she has lost some of her beauty/charm

    sie/die Altstadt etc hat sehr verloren — she/the old town etc is not what she/it etc used to be

    durch etw verlíéren — to lose (something) by sth

    bei jdm verlíéren — to go down in sb's eyes or estimation

    3. vr
    1) (Menschen) to lose each other; (Mensch = sich verirren) to get lost, to lose one's way
    2) (= verschwinden) to disappear; (= verhallen) to fade away, to die

    der Klang verlor sich in dem riesigen Saal/in den Bergen — the sound was lost in the enormous room/faded away or died among the mountains

    3) (fig) (= geistesabwesend sein) to become lost to the world; (= abschweifen) to lose one's train of thought

    verlíéren — to become absorbed in sth

    verlíéren — to get or become lost in sth

    See:
    → auch verloren
    * * *
    1) (to stop having; to have no longer: She has lost interest in her work; I have lost my watch; He lost hold of the rope.) lose
    2) (to have taken away from one (by death, accident etc): She lost her father last year; The ship was lost in the storm; He has lost his job.) lose
    3) (to put (something) where it cannot be found: My secretary has lost your letter.) lose
    4) (not to win: I always lose at cards; She lost the race.) lose
    5) (to waste or use more (time) than is necessary: He lost no time in informing the police of the crime.) lose
    * * *
    ver·lie·ren
    <verlor, verloren>
    [fɛɐ̯ˈli:rən]
    I. vt
    ▪ etw \verlieren to lose sth
    nichts mehr zu \verlieren haben to have nothing [else] to lose
    ▪ etw \verlieren to lose [or shed] sth
    ▪ jdn/etw \verlieren to lose sb/sth
    ▪ etw \verlieren to lose sth
    Flüssigkeit/Gas \verlieren to leak
    ▪ etw \verlieren to lose sth
    ▪ an etw dat \verlieren to lose sth
    an Schönheit \verlieren to lose some of his/her/their etc. beauty
    7.
    ▶ irgendwo nichts verloren haben (fam) to have no business [being] somewhere
    ▶ was haben Sie hier verloren? (fam) what are you doing here?
    II. vr
    ▪ sich akk [in etw dat] \verlieren to disappear [or to vanish] [in sth]
    ▪ sich akk [in etw dat] \verlieren to get lost [in sth]
    ▪ sich akk in etw dat verlieren to get carried away with sth
    sich akk in Gedanken dat \verlieren to be lost in thought
    III. vi
    ▪ [an etw dat] \verlieren to lose [sth]
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb lose; <plant, tree> lose, shed < leaves>
    2.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb lose

    an etwas (Dat.) verlieren — lose something

    3.
    1) (weniger werden) < enthusiasm> subside; <reserve etc.> disappear
    2) (entschwinden) vanish; < sound> die away
    * * *
    verlieren (irr)
    A. v/t
    1. allg lose (
    an +akk to); (Blätter, Haar) auch shed;
    in dem Gedränge ist meine Handtasche verloren gegangen I lost my handbag (besonders US purse) in the crush
    2. SPORT (Kampf, Spiel etc) lose;
    das Spiel ging 1:3 verloren we etc lost the game three one
    kein Wort darüber verlieren not say a word about it;
    viel/wenig/nichts zu verlieren haben have much/little/nothing to lose;
    wir haben nichts mehr zu verlieren we have nothing more to lose;
    du hast hier nichts verloren umg you’ve got no business being here;
    das Spielzeug hat in der Küche nichts verloren umg the toys don’t belong in the kitchen;
    hast du den Verstand verloren? umg are you out of your mind?;
    an dir ist eine Schauspielerin verloren gegangen you could have been an actress; → Auge 1, Geduld, Gesicht1 4, Mut 1, Nerv 2 etc; → auch verloren
    B. v/r einander: lose each other; fig (kaum bemerkbar sein) Ton etc: be lost; Pfad, Spur etc: lose itself, disappear; (vergehen, verschwinden) disappear; Menge: disperse; Wirkung, Intensität, Emotion etc: wear off;
    das verliert sich wieder Geruch etc: it’s fading away again;
    sich in Gedanken/Träumen etc
    verlieren be lost in thought/reverie etc;
    sich in Details/Nebensächlichkeiten verlieren stray off into details/side issues
    C. v/i lose (
    gegen to);
    er/es hat sehr verloren fig he/it isn’t what he/it used to be;
    an Wirkung/Reiz etc
    verlieren lose some of its effect/its oder one’s charm etc;
    an Höhe verlieren lose height;
    an Wert verlieren lose some of its ( oder go down in) value;
    der Roman etc
    verliert sehr in der Übersetzung loses a lot in (the) translation
    * * *
    1.
    unregelmäßiges transitives Verb lose; <plant, tree> lose, shed < leaves>
    2.
    unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb lose

    an etwas (Dat.) verlieren — lose something

    3.
    1) (weniger werden) < enthusiasm> subside; <reserve etc.> disappear
    2) (entschwinden) vanish; < sound> die away
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,pp.: verlor, verloren)
    = to lose v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: lost)

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > verlieren

  • 47 entregado

    adj.
    1 committed, devoted.
    2 handed-over, delivered.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: entregar.
    * * *
    (f. - entregada)
    adj.
    dedicated, devoted
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=dedicado)

    estar entregado a — [+ causa, creencia, actividad, trabajo] to be dedicated to, be devoted to

    una vida entregada a ayudar a los más necesitados — a life dedicated o devoted to helping those most in need

    2) (=sacrificado) selfless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( sacrificado) selfless
    b) [estar] ( dedicado)

    entregado a algo/alguien — devoted o dedicated to something/somebody; ( abandonado) given over to something

    entregado a los placeres de la carne — (liter) given over to the pleasures of the flesh (liter)

    c) (RPl) ( resignado)
    * * *
    = hard-core, committed, devoted.
    Ex. Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.
    Ex. Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.
    Ex. Overprotective feelings occur mostly in very devoted, tender-hearted parents who are inclined to feel guilty.
    ----
    * no entregado = undelivered.
    * totalmente entregado = dedicated.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( sacrificado) selfless
    b) [estar] ( dedicado)

    entregado a algo/alguien — devoted o dedicated to something/somebody; ( abandonado) given over to something

    entregado a los placeres de la carne — (liter) given over to the pleasures of the flesh (liter)

    c) (RPl) ( resignado)
    * * *
    = hard-core, committed, devoted.

    Ex: Crafton unearths material with which even hard-core buffs will be unfamiliar.

    Ex: Indeed, as was pointed out in chapter one, this is the challenge that the committed reference librarian finds so stimulating.
    Ex: Overprotective feelings occur mostly in very devoted, tender-hearted parents who are inclined to feel guilty.
    * no entregado = undelivered.
    * totalmente entregado = dedicated.

    * * *
    1 [ SER] (sacrificado) selfless
    2 [ ESTAR] (dedicado) entregado A algo devoted o dedicated TO sth; (abandonado) given over TO sth
    lo halló en el despacho entregado a la lectura she found him busy reading in the study
    una vida entregada a la ciencia a life dedicated to o devoted to science
    entregado a los placeres de la carne ( liter); given over to the pleasures of the flesh ( liter)
    3
    ( RPl) (resignado): está entregada she's given up
    * * *
    entregado, -a adj
    1. [dedicado] dedicated (a to);
    vive entregado a su trabajo he lives for his work;
    gentes entregadas al vicio y a la depravación people given over to vice and depravity;
    toda una carrera entregada a la investigación médica a lifetime's work devoted to medical research
    2. [entusiasmado] enthusiastic;
    la estrella actuó ante un público entregado the star performed in front of an enthusiastic audience
    3. RP [resignado] resigned;
    durante un tiempo trató de cambiar la situación, pero ahora ya está entregado for a while he tried to change the situation, but now he's given up

    Spanish-English dictionary > entregado

  • 48 М-241

    ВСАСЫВАТЬ/ВСОСАТЬ (ВПИТЫВАТЬ/ ВПИТАТЬ и т. п.) С МОЛОКОМ МАТЕРИ что VP subj: human the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO
    to learn sth. well during one's earliest years
    X всосал Y с молоком матери - X imbibed (absorbed) Y with his mother' milk
    X drank Y in with his mother' milk X learned (was suckled on) Y at his mother' breast X was nurtured on his mother' milk with Y.
    Многих этому учат с детства. Для многих это - неоспоримые истины, воспринятые с молоком матери, и других они никогда не знали (Аллилуева 2). Many have been taught all this since childhood. For many these have been incontrovertible truths absorbed with their mother's milk: they have never known any others (2a).
    В них ещё говорит былой испуг и ужас перед разбушевавшейся стихией, хотя по возрасту большинство любителей порядка не могли в зрелом состоянии видеть стихию. Испуг они всосали с молоком матери (Мандельштам 2). These champions of order talk as they do because of the fear and horror once inspired in them by the elemental fury of popular revolution-though most of them were still at a tender age when it happened. They were suckled on fear of it at their mothers breasts (2a).
    ...Она с молоком матери впитала любовь к труду, рабочая косточка...» (Орлова 1). "...She has been nurtured on her mothers milk with a love for work, she's a worker, body and soul" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > М-241

  • 49 впитать с молоком матери

    • ВСАСЫВАТЬ/ВСОСАТЬ <ВПИТЫВАТЬ/ВПИТАТЬ и т. п.> С МОЛОКОМ МАТЕРИ что
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to learn sth. well during one's earliest years:
    - X всосал Y с молоком матери≈ X imbibed (absorbed) Y with his mother's milk;
    - X learned < was suckled on> Y at his mother's breast;
    - X was nurtured on his mother's milk with Y.
         ♦ Многих этому учат с детства. Для многих это - неоспоримые истины, воспринятые с молоком матери, и других они никогда не знали (Аллилуева 2). Many have been taught all this since childhood. For many these have been incontrovertible truths absorbed with their mother's milk: they have never known any others (2a).
         ♦ В них ещё говорит былой испуг и ужас перед разбушевавшейся стихией, хотя по возрасту большинство любителей порядка не могли в зрелом состоянии видеть стихию. Испуг они всосали с молоком матери (Мандельштам 2). These champions of order talk as they do because of the fear and horror once inspired in them by the elemental fury of popular revolution-though most of them were still at a tender age when it happened. They were suckled on fear of it at their mothers' breasts (2a).
         ♦ "...Она с молоком матери впитала любовь к труду, рабочая косточка..." (Орлова 1). "...She has been nurtured on her mothers milk with a love for work, she's a worker, body and soul" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > впитать с молоком матери

  • 50 впитывать с молоком матери

    • ВСАСЫВАТЬ/ВСОСАТЬ <ВПИТЫВАТЬ/ВПИТАТЬ и т. п.> С МОЛОКОМ МАТЕРИ что
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to learn sth. well during one's earliest years:
    - X всосал Y с молоком матери≈ X imbibed (absorbed) Y with his mother's milk;
    - X learned < was suckled on> Y at his mother's breast;
    - X was nurtured on his mother's milk with Y.
         ♦ Многих этому учат с детства. Для многих это - неоспоримые истины, воспринятые с молоком матери, и других они никогда не знали (Аллилуева 2). Many have been taught all this since childhood. For many these have been incontrovertible truths absorbed with their mother's milk: they have never known any others (2a).
         ♦ В них ещё говорит былой испуг и ужас перед разбушевавшейся стихией, хотя по возрасту большинство любителей порядка не могли в зрелом состоянии видеть стихию. Испуг они всосали с молоком матери (Мандельштам 2). These champions of order talk as they do because of the fear and horror once inspired in them by the elemental fury of popular revolution-though most of them were still at a tender age when it happened. They were suckled on fear of it at their mothers' breasts (2a).
         ♦ "...Она с молоком матери впитала любовь к труду, рабочая косточка..." (Орлова 1). "...She has been nurtured on her mothers milk with a love for work, she's a worker, body and soul" (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > впитывать с молоком матери

  • 51 всасывать с молоком матери

    • ВСАСЫВАТЬ/ВСОСАТЬ <ВПИТЫВАТЬ/ВПИТАТЬ и т. п.> С МОЛОКОМ МАТЕРИ что
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to learn sth. well during one's earliest years:
    - X всосал Y с молоком матери≈ X imbibed (absorbed) Y with his mother's milk;
    - X learned < was suckled on> Y at his mother's breast;
    - X was nurtured on his mother's milk with Y.
         ♦ Многих этому учат с детства. Для многих это - неоспоримые истины, воспринятые с молоком матери, и других они никогда не знали (Аллилуева 2). Many have been taught all this since childhood. For many these have been incontrovertible truths absorbed with their mother's milk: they have never known any others (2a).
         ♦ В них ещё говорит былой испуг и ужас перед разбушевавшейся стихией, хотя по возрасту большинство любителей порядка не могли в зрелом состоянии видеть стихию. Испуг они всосали с молоком матери (Мандельштам 2). These champions of order talk as they do because of the fear and horror once inspired in them by the elemental fury of popular revolution-though most of them were still at a tender age when it happened. They were suckled on fear of it at their mothers' breasts (2a).
         ♦ "...Она с молоком матери впитала любовь к труду, рабочая косточка..." (Орлова 1). "...She has been nurtured on her mothers milk with a love for work, she's a worker, body and soul" (1a).

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  • 52 всосать с молоком матери

    • ВСАСЫВАТЬ/ВСОСАТЬ <ВПИТЫВАТЬ/ВПИТАТЬ и т. п.> С МОЛОКОМ МАТЕРИ что
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to learn sth. well during one's earliest years:
    - X всосал Y с молоком матери≈ X imbibed (absorbed) Y with his mother's milk;
    - X learned < was suckled on> Y at his mother's breast;
    - X was nurtured on his mother's milk with Y.
         ♦ Многих этому учат с детства. Для многих это - неоспоримые истины, воспринятые с молоком матери, и других они никогда не знали (Аллилуева 2). Many have been taught all this since childhood. For many these have been incontrovertible truths absorbed with their mother's milk: they have never known any others (2a).
         ♦ В них ещё говорит былой испуг и ужас перед разбушевавшейся стихией, хотя по возрасту большинство любителей порядка не могли в зрелом состоянии видеть стихию. Испуг они всосали с молоком матери (Мандельштам 2). These champions of order talk as they do because of the fear and horror once inspired in them by the elemental fury of popular revolution-though most of them were still at a tender age when it happened. They were suckled on fear of it at their mothers' breasts (2a).
         ♦ "...Она с молоком матери впитала любовь к труду, рабочая косточка..." (Орлова 1). "...She has been nurtured on her mothers milk with a love for work, she's a worker, body and soul" (1a).

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  • 53 под рукой

    I
    • ПОД РУКОЙ; ПОД РУКАМИ both coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or concr)]
    =====
    ⇒ (of or in refer, to things, often household items that are located in convenient places so that one can easily use them; of or in refer, to people who stay or are kept nearby s.o., ready to help him, carry out his orders etc) (a person or thing is) very close by, easily accessible:
    - (close < near>) at hand;
    - at one's (s.o.'s) side (elbow);
    - [of or in refer, to things only] handy;
    - at one's (s.o.'s) fingertips.
         ♦ Мужчине всегда в некоторой степени свойственно желание попетушиться, а тут ещё под рукой такая штучка, как револьвер, почему же не схватить его, если для этого нужно только открыть ночной столик? (Олеша 3). It's always, to a certain extent, the nature of a man to want to ride the high horse, and when a thing like a revolver is close at hand, why not grab it, especially if all one has to do is open the night table? (3a).
         ♦...По-видимому, распорядитель пира не считал, что веселью пришёл конец, и он, как опытный тамада, всегда имел под рукой верное средство для того, чтобы вдохнуть жизнь в замирающее застолье (Катаев 2)....The tamada evidently decided it was not yet time to end the party, and like the experienced master of ceremonies he was, he had at hand a sure means of breathing life into the expiring company (2a).
         ♦ Ежели у человека есть под руками говядина, то он, конечно, охотнее питается ею, нежели другими, менее питательными веществами... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). If a man has beef on hand, then of course he lives on that more willingly than on other less nourishing substances... (1a).
         ♦ Он отдал распоряжение шофёру. Он приказал референту сообщить в Департамент, что господин прокурор занят... Никого не принимать, отключить телефон и вообще убираться к дьяволу с глаз долой, но так, впрочем, чтобы всё время оставаться под рукой (Стругацкие 2). He gave instructions to his chauffeur and ordered his assistant to inform the department that the prosecutor was occupied. "Don't admit anyone, disconnect the phone. Go to the devil, get out of my sight, but stay within easy reach" (2a).
         ♦ "Я поглотил кучу книг и приобрёл уйму знаний, чтобы быть полезным ей и оказаться под рукой, если бы ей потребовалась моя помощь" (Пастернак 1). "For her sake I devoured piles of books and absorbed a great mass of knowledge, to be available to her if she asked for my help" (1a).
         ♦ "Вы дилетант". Сейчас можно признаться, что тогда я не знал и этого слова. И не имея под рукой словаря иностранных слов, не посмел возражать (Войнович 5). "You're a dilettante." Now I can admit that at the time I had no idea what that word meant, and with no dictionary of foreign words handy, I did not dare object (5a).
    II
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    ⇒ when worked on, refined, crafted etc by s.o.:
    - under the hand(s) of.
         ♦ Под рукой мастера кусок теста превращается в произведение кулинарного искусства. In the hands of a great chef a lump of dough turns into a work of culinary art.
    • ПОД РУКОЙ <-ю> чьей, (у) кого obsoles, coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or collect)]
    =====
    ⇒ a person (or group) is under s.o.'s authority or direction, is totally subjugated to s.o.:
    - X под рукой у Y-a ≈ X is under Y's command (rule, control, thumb);
    - Y controls X.
    IV
    • ПОД РУКОЙ <-ю> obs
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    ⇒ (to do or say sth.) concealing it from others, without the knowledge of others:
    - discreetly.
         ♦ Ему [помощнику градоначальника] предстояло одно из двух: или немедленно рапортовать о случившемся по начальству и между тем начать под рукой следствие, или же некоторое время молчать и выжидать, что будет (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). Не [the assistant town governor] had two choices: either to report the occurrence to the authorities at once, and secretly begin an investigation in the meantime; or else to keep quiet for a while and see what would happen (1a).
         ♦ "Собираются на обед, на вечер, как в должность, без веселья, холодно, чтоб похвастать поваром, салоном, и потом под рукой осмеять, подставить ногу один другому" (Гончаров 1). [context transl] "If they meet at a dinner or a party, it is just the same as at their office-coldly, without a spark of gaiety, to boast of their chef or their drawing-room, and then to jeer at each other in a discreet aside, to trip one another up" (1a).

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  • 54 myśl

    f 1. (proces myślenia) thought
    - bieg a. tok a. nurt myśli train of thought
    - myśli mi się plączą a. mącą I’m getting confused
    - policz to w myśli work it out a. calculate it in your mind
    - ogarnąć coś myślą to grasp sth (mentally)
    - problemy filozoficzne całkowicie zaprzątają jego myśl he is completely preoccupied with philosophical problems
    - ani a. nawet mi to przez myśl nie przeszło it never even crossed my mind
    - być zatopionym a. pogrążonym w myślach to be deep in thought
    - myślami byłem z rodziną my thoughts were with my family
    - siedział na lekcji, ale był nieobecny myślami he sat in class, but his thoughts were elsewhere
    - mówić/odpowiadać, co komuś na myśl przyjdzie to say the first thing/reply with the first thing that comes to one’s mind
    - nie mógł oderwać od niej myśli he couldn’t stop thinking about her
    - zebrać a. pozbierać a. skupić a. opanować myśli to gather one’s thoughts
    - mieć myśli zajęte kimś/czymś to be preoccupied with sb/sth
    - gonitwa myśli racing thoughts
    - na myśl o kim/o czym at the thought of sb/sth
    - przywodzić coś komuś na myśl książk. to make sb think of sth, to put sb in mind of sth
    - rozmowa z tobą przywodzi mi na myśl mojego ojca talking to you makes me think a. puts me in mind of my father
    - to zdjęcie przywodzi mi na myśl wakacje w Grecji this photo reminds me of my holidays in Greece
    - mieć kogoś/coś na myśli to mean sb/sth
    - wcale tego nie miałem na myśli I didn’t mean that at all
    - żyć myślą o kimś/o czymś książk. to live for the thought of sb/sth
    - żyła myślą o ukochanym the thought of her beloved kept her going
    - więźniowie żyli myślą o ucieczce the prisoners lived to escape
    - uciekać a. uciec myślą od czegoś książk. (to try) to put sth out of one’s mind, (to try) to forget sth
    - chciała uciec myślą od codziennych trosk she wanted to forget her everyday concerns
    - zwrócić się myślą a. myślami ku czemuś/komuś to turn one’s thoughts to sth/sb
    - swoboda a. wolność myśli książk. freedom of thought
    - rozwój myśli technicznej w ostatnich latach the development of technical thought in recent years
    2. (wynik rozumowania) thought, idea
    - zawiłe myśli filozoficzne complicated philosophical thoughts
    - wypowiadać a. wyrażać myśl to express a thought
    - wymiana myśli an exchange of ideas
    - czytać w czyichś myślach to read sb’s thoughts
    - podzielić się z kimś myślami to share one’s thoughts with sb
    - być z kimś jednej myśli to be of the same mind a. opinion as sb
    - dręczyła go myśl, że nie podoła tej pracy he was racked by the thought of not being able to cope with the job
    - snuły mu się po głowie leniwe myśli o wakacjach he was thinking lazily about the holidays
    - odpędzać natrętne myśli to try to get rid of persistent thoughts
    - być złej myśl to be pessimistic
    - przebiegła mi przez głowę myśl a thought flashed through my mind
    - nurtowała mnie myśl o wyjeździe I kept turning over in my mind the idea of leaving
    - błysnęła mi w głowie myśl, że… it flashed through my mind that…
    - muszę wybić sobie z głowy myśli o kupnie nowej sukienki I have to forget the idea of buying a new dress
    - uczepić się jakiejś myśli to cling to a thought a. an idea
    - opanowała a. opętała go myśl o wyjeździe za granicę he’s obsessed with the idea of going abroad
    - nie móc się pogodzić z myślą o czymś/że… to not be able to come to terms a. grips with the idea of sth/that…
    - oswoić się z myślą, że… to come to terms with the thought that…
    - pożegnać się z myślą o czymś przen. to kiss goodbye to the idea of sth
    - uderzyła mnie myśl, że… it struck me that a. I was struck by the thought that…
    3. (pogląd) thought
    - myśl filozoficzna/religijna philosophical/religious thought
    4. (pomysł) idea
    - to jest myśl! that’s a thought
    - bić a. łamać się z myślami to be unable to make up one’s mind
    - podsunąć a. poddać a. rzucić myśl to suggest sth
    - kolega podsunął mi myśl o kandydowaniu na posła a friend of mine suggested that I stand for MP
    - porzucić myśl o czymś to give up the idea of sth
    - zaświtała mi w głowie myśl, że… it occured to me that…
    - strzeliła mi do głowy myśl I had a sudden idea
    - nosił się z myślą o zakupie samochodu he was thinking about buying a car
    5. książk. (intencja) intention, intent
    - moją myślą było, by ten ośrodek służył wszystkim potrzebującym my idea was that the centre should serve everyone in need
    - myśl o budowie nowego szpitala the idea of building a new hospital
    - wszystko idzie po mojej myśli everything is going as I intended
    - w myśl czegoś in accordance with sth, according to sth
    - □ myśl przewodnia książk. keynote
    - czarne myśli gloomy thoughts książk.
    - złota myśl książk. words of wisdom
    * * *
    -i; -i; gen pl; -i; f

    mieć kogoś/coś na myśli — to have sb/sth in mind

    w myśl tej zasady... — according to this principle...

    * * *
    f.
    1. thought, idea.
    2. (= myślenie) thinking; to mi nawet przez myśl nie przeszło it never occurred to me; coś/ktoś komuś przywodzi na myśl kogoś/coś sth/sb reminds sb of l. about sb/sth; bądź dobrej myśli hope for the best, think positive; kogo/co masz na myśli? who(m)/what do you mean?; na myśl o tym robi mi się niedobrze the very thought l. idea of it makes me sick; często wracam myślą do tamtych dni I often recall those days; błądzić gdzieś myślami be far away, fantasize about sth; być pochłoniętym (jakąś) myślą l. (jakimiś) myślami be absorbed in thought.
    3. (= umysł) mind; przyszło mi na myśl, że... it came to me that..., it came to my mind that..., it occurred to me that..., it crossed my mind that...; nie mogę się pogodzić z myślą, że... I cannot reconcile myself with the thought of...
    4. (= pojęcie, sąd) opinion, view; czarne myśli gloomy thoughts; wymiana myśli exchange of ideas l. views; czytać komuś w myślach read sb's mind; muszę zebrać myśli I need to concentrate; złota myśl aphorism; w myśl tej zasady according to this principle.
    5. (= idea) idea, concept; błysnęła mi myśl, że... it crossed my mind that...; podzieliła się z nami swoimi myślami na temat... she shared with us her ideas l. thoughts concerning l. on...; myśl przewodnia main l. central idea; iść za czyjąś myślą share sb's opinion; genialna myśl brilliant idea; bić się z myślami be of l. in two minds about sth; wszystko idzie po mojej myśli everything is going just as I planned; nosić się z myślą kupna domu consider l. contemplate buying a house; podsunął mi świetną myśl he gave me a great idea; robimy wszystko z myślą o ludziach potrzebujących pomocy we do everything to help the needy.

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  • 55 Poulsen, Valdemar

    [br]
    b. 23 November 1869 Copenhagen, Denmark
    d. 23 July 1942 Gentofte, Denmark
    [br]
    Danish engineer who developed practical magnetic recording and the arc generator for continuous radio waves.
    [br]
    From an early age he was absorbed by phenomena of physics to the exclusion of all other subjects, including mathematics. When choosing his subjects for the final three years in Borgedydskolen in Christianshavn (Copenhagen) before university, he opted for languages and history. At the University of Copenhagen he embarked on the study of medicine in 1889, but broke it off and was apprenticed to the machine firm of A/S Frichs Eftf. in Aarhus. He was employed between 1893 and 1899 as a mechanic and assistant in the laboratory of the Copenhagen Telephone Company KTAS. Eventually he advanced to be Head of the line fault department. This suited his desire for experiment and measurement perfectly. After the invention of the telegraphone in 1898, he left the laboratory and with responsible business people he created Aktieselskabet Telegrafonen, Patent Poulsen in order to develop it further, together with Peder Oluf Pedersen (1874– 1941). Pedersen brought with him the mathematical background which eventually led to his professorship in electronic engineering in 1922.
    The telegraphone was the basis for multinational industrial endeavours after it was demonstrated at the 1900 World's Exhibition in Paris. It must be said that its strength was also its weakness, because the telegraphone was unique in bringing sound recording and reproduction to the telephone field, but the lack of electronic amplifiers delayed its use outside this and the dictation fields (where headphones could be used) until the 1920s. However, commercial interest was great enough to provoke a number of court cases concerning patent infringement, in which Poulsen frequently figured as a witness.
    In 1903–4 Poulsen and Pedersen developed the arc generator for continuous radio waves which was used worldwide for radio transmitters in competition with Marconi's spark-generating system. The inspiration for this work came from the research by William Duddell on the musical arc. Whereas Duddell had proposed the use of the oscillations generated in his electric arc for telegraphy in his 1901 UK patent, Poulsen contributed a chamber of hydrogen and a transverse magnetic field which increased the efficiency remarkably. He filed patent applications on these constructions from 1902 and the first publication in a scientific forum took place at the International Electrical Congress in St Louis, Missouri, in 1904.
    In order to use continuous waves efficiently (the high frequency constituted a carrier), Poulsen developed both a modulator for telegraphy and a detector for the carrier wave. The modulator was such that even the more primitive spark-communication receivers could be used. Later Poulsen and Pedersen developed frequency-shift keying.
    The Amalgamated Radio-Telegraph Company Ltd was launched in London in 1906, combining the developments of Poulsen and those of De Forest Wireless Telegraph Syndicate. Poulsen contributed his English and American patents. When this company was liquidated in 1908, its assets were taken over by Det Kontinentale Syndikat for Poulsen Radio Telegrafi, A/S in Copenhagen (liquidated 1930–1). Some of the patents had been sold to C.Lorenz AG in Berlin, which was very active.
    The arc transmitting system was in use worldwide from about 1910 to 1925, and the power increased from 12 kW to 1,000 kW. In 1921 an exceptional transmitter rated at 1,800 kW was erected on Java for communications with the Netherlands. More than one thousand installations had been in use worldwide. The competing systems were initially spark transmitters (Marconi) and later rotary converters ( Westinghouse). Similar power was available from valve transmitters only much later.
    From c. 1912 Poulsen did not contribute actively to further development. He led a life as a well-respected engineer and scientist and served on several committees. He had his private laboratory and made experiments in the composition of matter and certain resonance phenomena; however, nothing was published. It has recently been suggested that Poulsen could not have been unaware of Oberlin Smith's work and publication in 1888, but his extreme honesty in technical matters indicates that his development was indeed independent. In the case of the arc generator, Poulsen was always extremely frank about the inspiration he gained from earlier developers' work.
    [br]
    Bibliography
    1899, British patent no. 8,961 (the first British telegraphone patent). 1903, British patent no. 15,599 (the first British arc-genera tor patent).
    His scientific publications are few, but fundamental accounts of his contribution are: 1900, "Das Telegraphon", Ann. d. Physik 3:754–60; 1904, "System for producing continuous oscillations", Trans. Int. El. Congr. St. Louis, Vol. II, pp. 963–71.
    Further Reading
    A.Larsen, 1950, Telegrafonen og den Traadløse, Ingeniørvidenskabelige Skrifter no. 2, Copenhagen (provides a very complete, although somewhat confusing, account of Poulsen's contributions; a list of his patents is given on pp. 285–93).
    F.K.Engel, 1990, Documents on the Invention of Magnetic Re cor ding in 1878, New York: Audio Engineering Society, reprint no. 2,914 (G2) (it is here that doubt is expressed about whether Poulsen's ideas were developed independently).
    GB-N

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  • 56 под руками

    I
    • ПОД РУКОЙ; ПОД РУКАМИ both coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: usu. human or concr)]
    =====
    ⇒ (of or in refer, to things, often household items that are located in convenient places so that one can easily use them; of or in refer, to people who stay or are kept nearby s.o., ready to help him, carry out his orders etc) (a person or thing is) very close by, easily accessible:
    - (close < near>) at hand;
    - at one's (s.o.'s) side (elbow);
    - [of or in refer, to things only] handy;
    - at one's (s.o.'s) fingertips.
         ♦ Мужчине всегда в некоторой степени свойственно желание попетушиться, а тут ещё под рукой такая штучка, как револьвер, почему же не схватить его, если для этого нужно только открыть ночной столик? (Олеша 3). It's always, to a certain extent, the nature of a man to want to ride the high horse, and when a thing like a revolver is close at hand, why not grab it, especially if all one has to do is open the night table? (3a).
         ♦...По-видимому, распорядитель пира не считал, что веселью пришёл конец, и он, как опытный тамада, всегда имел под рукой верное средство для того, чтобы вдохнуть жизнь в замирающее застолье (Катаев 2)....The tamada evidently decided it was not yet time to end the party, and like the experienced master of ceremonies he was, he had at hand a sure means of breathing life into the expiring company (2a).
         ♦ Ежели у человека есть под руками говядина, то он, конечно, охотнее питается ею, нежели другими, менее питательными веществами... (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). If a man has beef on hand, then of course he lives on that more willingly than on other less nourishing substances... (1a).
         ♦ Он отдал распоряжение шофёру. Он приказал референту сообщить в Департамент, что господин прокурор занят... Никого не принимать, отключить телефон и вообще убираться к дьяволу с глаз долой, но так, впрочем, чтобы всё время оставаться под рукой (Стругацкие 2). He gave instructions to his chauffeur and ordered his assistant to inform the department that the prosecutor was occupied. "Don't admit anyone, disconnect the phone. Go to the devil, get out of my sight, but stay within easy reach" (2a).
         ♦ "Я поглотил кучу книг и приобрёл уйму знаний, чтобы быть полезным ей и оказаться под рукой, если бы ей потребовалась моя помощь" (Пастернак 1). "For her sake I devoured piles of books and absorbed a great mass of knowledge, to be available to her if she asked for my help" (1a).
         ♦ "Вы дилетант". Сейчас можно признаться, что тогда я не знал и этого слова. И не имея под рукой словаря иностранных слов, не посмел возражать (Войнович 5). "You're a dilettante." Now I can admit that at the time I had no idea what that word meant, and with no dictionary of foreign words handy, I did not dare object (5a).
    II
    • ПОД РУКОЙ кого; ПОД РУКАМИ
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv]
    =====
    ⇒ when worked on, refined, crafted etc by s.o.:
    - under the hand(s) of.
         ♦ Под рукой мастера кусок теста превращается в произведение кулинарного искусства. In the hands of a great chef a lump of dough turns into a work of culinary art.

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  • 57 निधा


    ni-dhā
    √1. P. Ā. - dadhāti, - dhatte, to put orﾠ lay down, deposit, lay up, preserve (Ā. for one's self);

    to intrust, commit, present to (dat. orﾠ loc.);
    put into, fix in (loc., orﾠ loc. with antár, orﾠ antar ifc.) RV. etc. etc.;
    put orﾠ lay before a person (dat.) KenUp. ;
    (with bhūmau Hit. > orﾠ avaṭe < R. >) to bury;
    with ṡirasi, rarely - sā) to esteem highly R. Kālid. Pañc. ;
    (with dṛiṡam) to fix the eyes upon (loc.) Kathās. ;
    (with manas) to fix orﾠ direct the thoughts upon orﾠ towards i.e. resolve, determine to (dat.) Hariv. ;
    (with manasi, - sā, orﾠ hṛidaye) to keep in mind, bear in mind, remember, lay to heart Kāv. Pur. ;
    (with hṛidayam) to give one's heart to (loc.);
    (with ātmānam) to intrust one's self to (loc.) Kathās. ;
    (with kriyām) to take pains with (loc.) Hit. ;
    (with karmaṇi) to appoint a person to a work Rājat. ;
    to keep down, restrain Kāv. Pur. ;
    to end, close ṠBr.:
    Pass. - dhīyate, to be put orﾠ laid down etc.;
    to be contained orﾠ situated orﾠ absorbed in, to rest in (loc.) RV. AV. etc. etc.:
    Caus. - dhāpayati, to cause to be put orﾠ laid down etc. Vait. R. Hcat. ;
    to cause to be deposited orﾠ preserved Mn. VIII, 30 ;
    to lay up, preserve Car. ;
    to appoint BhP.:
    Desid. - dhitsate, to intend to put down etc. Naish.:
    Intens. nídedhyat (?), to settle down VS. MaitrS. ;
    ni-dhā́
    f. a net orﾠ snare RV. ;

    - pati (-dhā́-) m. possessor orﾠ bearer of snares ib.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > निधा

  • 58 пускаться во все тяжкие

    пускаться во все тяжкие (нелёгкие), тж. пускаться во вся тяжкая уст.
    1) ( безудержно предаваться чему-либо предосудительному) cf. go to the bad; cast prudence to the winds; fling (throw) one's cap over the mill; go on the spree; go on a bat (a bender, a blind); go all lengths

    Утешительный. Помнишь, Швохнев, свою брюнетку, что называл ты пиковой дамой? Где-то она теперь, сердечная? Чай, пустилась во все тяжкие. (Н. Гоголь, Игроки) — Uteshitelny. Remember that brunette of yours, Shvokhnev, the one you called the Queen of Spades? Where is she now, the darling? She's really gone to the bad by now, I expect.

    - Госпожа эта, - возразил князь с усмешкою, - пустилась теперь во все тяжкие. Он, может быть, у ней в пятом или четвёртом нумере... (А. Писемский, Тысяча душ) — 'The lady,' interrupted the Count scornfully, 'has gone all lengths. He may be fourth or fifth on her list...'

    2) (прибегать к любым средствам для достижения желаемого; работать в полную силу) lay oneself out to do smth.; do smth. for all one is worth; work good and hard

    Кузнец часто задумывался, случалось, пережигал поковку, а иногда в перекур говорил заковыристо и темно: - Вот, брат Гришка, стучим мы с тобой во все тяжкие, а дела на рыбью ногу. Оттесняет нас жизнь на задний двор, чтоб нас не задирали... (Н. Грибачёв, Кузница) — Often he became absorbed in silent thought and overheated the piece he was forging, and sometimes during the break for a smoke he would say queer gloomy things: 'That's the way it is, Grisha, my lad, we hammer away for all we are worth - and where do we find ourselves? Life shoves us into the back-yard so that we won't put on airs...'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пускаться во все тяжкие

  • 59 Biles, Sir John Harvard

    SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping
    [br]
    b. 1854 Portsmouth, England
    d. 27 October 1933 Scotland (?)
    [br]
    English naval architect, academic and successful consultant in the years when British shipbuilding was at its peak.
    [br]
    At the conclusion of his apprenticeship at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth, Biles entered the Royal School of Naval Architecture, South Kensington, London; as it was absorbed by the Royal Naval College, he graduated from Greenwich to the Naval Construction Branch, first at Pembroke and later at the Admiralty. From the outset of his professional career it was apparent that he had the intellectual qualities that would enable him to oversee the greatest changes in ship design of all time. He was one of the earliest proponents of the revolutionary work of the hydrodynamicist William Froude.
    In 1880 Biles turned to the merchant sector, taking the post of Naval Architect to J. \& G. Thomson (later John Brown \& Co.). Using Froude's Law of Comparisons he was able to design the record-breaking City of Paris of 1887, the ship that started the fabled succession of fast and safe Clyde bank-built North Atlantic liners. For a short spell, before returning to Scotland, Biles worked in Southampton. In 1891 Biles accepted the Chair of Naval Architecture at the University of Glasgow. Working from the campus at Gilmorehill, he was to make the University (the oldest school of engineering in the English-speaking world) renowned in naval architecture. His workload was legendary, but despite this he was admired as an excellent lecturer with cheerful ways which inspired devotion to the Department and the University. During the thirty years of his incumbency of the Chair, he served on most of the important government and international shipping committees, including those that recommended the design of HMS Dreadnought, the ordering of the Cunarders Lusitania and Mauretania and the lifesaving improvements following the Titanic disaster. An enquiry into the strength of destroyer hulls followed the loss of HMS Cobra and Viper, and he published the report on advanced experimental work carried out on HMS Wolf by his undergraduates.
    In 1906 he became Consultant Naval Architect to the India Office, having already set up his own consultancy organization, which exists today as Sir J.H.Biles and Partners. His writing was prolific, with over twenty-five papers to professional institutions, sundry articles and a two-volume textbook.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1913. Knight Commander of the Indian Empire 1922. Master of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights 1904.
    Bibliography
    1905, "The strength of ships with special reference to experiments and calculations made upon HMS Wolf", Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects.
    1911, The Design and Construction of Ships, London: Griffin.
    Further Reading
    C.A.Oakley, 1973, History of a Facuity, Glasgow University.
    FMW

    Biographical history of technology > Biles, Sir John Harvard

  • 60 de Havilland, Sir Geoffrey

    SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace
    [br]
    b. 27 July 1882 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
    d. 21 May 1965 Stanmore, Middlesex, England
    [br]
    English designer of some eighty aircraft from 1909 onwards.
    [br]
    Geoffrey de Havilland started experimenting with aircraft and engines of his own design in 1908. In the following year, with the help of his friend Frank Hearle, he built and flew his first aircraft; it crashed on its first flight. The second aircraft used the same engine and made its first flight on 10 September 1910, and enabled de Havilland to teach himself to fly. From 1910 to 1914 he was employed at Farnborough, where in 1912 the Royal Aircraft Factory was established. As Chief Designer and Chief Test Pilot he was responsible for the BE 2, which was the first British military aircraft to land in France in 1914.
    In May 1914 de Havilland went to work for George Holt Thomas, whose Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd (Airco) of Hendon was expanding to design and build aircraft of its own design. However, because de Havilland was a member of the Royal Flying Corps Reserve, he had to report for duty when war broke out in August. His value as a designer was recognized and he was transferred back to Airco, where he designed eight aircraft in four years. Of these, the DH 2, DH 4, DH 5, DH 6 and DH 9 were produced in large numbers, and a modified DH 4A operated the first British cross- Channel air service in 1919.
    On 25 September 1920 de Havilland founded his own company, the De Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd, at Stag Lane near Edgware, London. During the 1920s and 1930s de Havilland concentrated on civil aircraft and produced the very successful Moth series of small biplanes and monoplanes, as well as the Dragon, Dragon Rapide, Albatross and Flamingo airliners. In 1930 a new site was acquired at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, and by 1934 a modern factory with a large airfield had been established. His Comet racer won the England-Australia air race in 1934 using de Havilland engines. By this time the company had established very successful engine and propeller divisions. The Comet used a wooden stressed-skin construction which de Havilland developed and used for one of the outstanding aircraft of the Second World War: the Mosquito. The de Havilland Engine Company started work on jet engines in 1941 and their Goblin engine powered the Vampire jet fighter first flown by Geoffrey de Havilland Jr in 1943. Unfortunately, Geoffrey Jr and his brother John were both killed in flying accidents. The Comet jet airliner first flew in 1949 and the Trident in 1962, although by 1959 the De Havilland Company had been absorbed into Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knight Bachelor 1944. Order of Merit 1962. CBE 1934. Air Force Cross 1919. (A full list is contained in R.M.Clarkson's paper (see below)).
    Bibliography
    1961, Sky Fever, London; repub. 1979, Shrewsbury (autobiography).
    Further Reading
    R.M.Clarkson, 1967, "Geoffrey de Havilland 1882–1965", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (February) (a concise account of de Havilland, his achievements and honours).
    C.M.Sharp, 1960, D.H.—An Outline of de Havilland History, London (mostly a history of the company).
    A.J.Jackson, 1962, De Havilland Aircraft since 1915, London.
    JDS

    Biographical history of technology > de Havilland, Sir Geoffrey

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