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  • 21 compuesto

    adj.
    1 compound, mixed, complex.
    2 repaired, fixed, re-fitted, refitted.
    3 composite.
    4 self-composed.
    m.
    compound, mixture.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: componer.
    * * *
    1 (químico, farmacéutico, etc) compound
    ————————
    1→ link=componer componer
    1 (gen) compound
    2 (reparado) repaired, mended
    3 (elegante) dressed up; (arreglado) tidy
    4 figurado (comedido) composed
    1 (químico, farmacéutico, etc) compound
    \
    quedarse compuesta y sin novio to be left in the lurch
    * * *
    1. noun m. 2. (f. - compuesta)
    adj.
    * * *
    1.
    VB [pp] de componer

    estar compuesto de — to be composed of, consist of

    2. ADJ
    1) (Mat, Econ, Ling, Quím) compound; (Bot) composite
    2) (=elegante) dressed up, smart
    3) (=tranquilo) composed
    3. SM
    1) (Quím) compound
    2) (Ling) compound, compound word
    3) (Med, Odontología) compound
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) <oración/número/flor> compound (before n)
    2) ( acicalado) dressed up, spruced up (colloq)
    3) ( sereno) composed; ver tb componer
    II
    masculino compound
    * * *
    = composite, compound, agglomerate, composite, compound, aggregated.
    Ex. The scheme is basically enumerative with simple and composite or compound subjects listed within each class.
    Ex. Thus all simple and all compound or complex subjects are listed.
    Ex. The latter plays an important role in that it is used as an anteriorizing symbol to give the notation for agglomerates.
    Ex. The advanced materials studied were those composites based on ceramic, boron, and carbon fibres = Los materiales avanzados estudiados eran los compuestos de fibras de cerámica, boro y carbón.
    Ex. Even more severe problems arise when we consider isomers: compounds containing the same atoms in each molecule, but differently arranged.
    Ex. These numbers have no meaning or correlation to anything outside of the aggregated data file in which they appear.
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    * apellido compuesto = compound surname.
    * catálogo de listado de ordenador compuesto tipográficamente = typeset computer book form catalogue.
    * colocar como primer elemento de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead.
    * compuesto de cobre = copper compound.
    * compuesto de telurio = telluride.
    * compuesto de trozos = piecewise.
    * compuesto de variables = piecewise.
    * compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.
    * compuesto de varios países = multi-country [multicountry].
    * compuesto inorgánico = inorganic compound.
    * compuesto metálico = metal compound.
    * compuesto orgánico = organic compound.
    * compuesto químico = chemical compound.
    * descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.
    * documento compuesto = composite document.
    * encabezamiento compuesto = composite heading, compound heading.
    * encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.
    * índice de listado de ordenador compuesto tipográficamente = typeset computer book form index.
    * institución compuesta de miembros = membership organisation.
    * interés compuesto = compound interest.
    * materia compuesta = composite subject, compound subject.
    * nombre compuesto = double-barrelled name.
    * nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.
    * obra compuesta = composite work.
    * término compuesto de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept term.
    * termino inicial de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead term, main heading.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo
    1) <oración/número/flor> compound (before n)
    2) ( acicalado) dressed up, spruced up (colloq)
    3) ( sereno) composed; ver tb componer
    II
    masculino compound
    * * *
    = composite, compound, agglomerate, composite, compound, aggregated.

    Ex: The scheme is basically enumerative with simple and composite or compound subjects listed within each class.

    Ex: Thus all simple and all compound or complex subjects are listed.
    Ex: The latter plays an important role in that it is used as an anteriorizing symbol to give the notation for agglomerates.
    Ex: The advanced materials studied were those composites based on ceramic, boron, and carbon fibres = Los materiales avanzados estudiados eran los compuestos de fibras de cerámica, boro y carbón.
    Ex: Even more severe problems arise when we consider isomers: compounds containing the same atoms in each molecule, but differently arranged.
    Ex: These numbers have no meaning or correlation to anything outside of the aggregated data file in which they appear.
    * apellido compuesto = compound surname.
    * catálogo de listado de ordenador compuesto tipográficamente = typeset computer book form catalogue.
    * colocar como primer elemento de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead.
    * compuesto de cobre = copper compound.
    * compuesto de telurio = telluride.
    * compuesto de trozos = piecewise.
    * compuesto de variables = piecewise.
    * compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word.
    * compuesto de varios países = multi-country [multicountry].
    * compuesto inorgánico = inorganic compound.
    * compuesto metálico = metal compound.
    * compuesto orgánico = organic compound.
    * compuesto químico = chemical compound.
    * descriptor compuesto de varias palabras = multiple-word descriptor.
    * documento compuesto = composite document.
    * encabezamiento compuesto = composite heading, compound heading.
    * encabezamiento compuesto de varias palabras = multi-word heading.
    * índice de listado de ordenador compuesto tipográficamente = typeset computer book form index.
    * institución compuesta de miembros = membership organisation.
    * interés compuesto = compound interest.
    * materia compuesta = composite subject, compound subject.
    * nombre compuesto = double-barrelled name.
    * nombre compuesto por varias palabras = multiple-word name.
    * obra compuesta = composite work.
    * término compuesto de conceptos múltiples = multiple-concept term.
    * termino inicial de un encabezamiento compuesto = lead term, main heading.

    * * *
    compuesto1 -ta
    A
    1 ‹oración/sustantivo› compound ( before n)
    2 ‹interés/número› compound ( before n)
    3 ‹flor› compound; ‹hoja› composite
    B (acicalado) dressed up, spruced up ( colloq)
    compound
    * * *

     

    Del verbo componer: ( conjugate componer)

    compuesto es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    componer    
    compuesto
    componer ( conjugate componer) verbo transitivo
    a) ( constituir) ‹jurado/equipo/plantilla to make up;


    b)sinfonía/canción/verso to compose

    c) (esp AmL) ( arreglar) ‹reloj/radio/zapatos to repair

    d) (AmL) ‹ hueso to set

    verbo intransitivo
    to compose
    componerse verbo pronominal
    1 ( estar formado) compuestose de algo to be made up of sth, to consist of sth;

    2 (esp AmL fam) [ persona] to get better
    compuesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹oración/número/flor compound ( before n);

    ver tb componer
    componer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (constituir) to compose, make up
    2 (formar) to make: no fui capaz de componer el puzzle, I was not able to do the jigsaw
    3 (reparar) to mend, repair
    4 Impr to set
    II verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo Mús Lit to compose
    compuesto,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (que no es simple) compound
    2 (formado por) composed [de, of]
    II sustantivo masculino compound

    ' compuesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compuesta
    - constar
    - simple
    - componer
    - nombre
    - por
    English:
    composite
    - compound
    - double-barrelled
    - modular
    - compose
    - double
    - make
    * * *
    compuesto, -a
    participio
    ver componer
    adj
    1. [formado]
    compuesto de composed of, made up of
    2. [múltiple] compound;
    [número] compound;
    interés compuesto compound interest;
    ojo compuesto compound eye
    3. [oración, tiempo] compound
    4. [flor, hoja] composite
    5. [acicalado] dressed up
    6. Comp
    quedarse compuesto y sin novia [perder la novia] to be abandoned at the altar;
    [perder algo] to be left high and dry
    nm
    Quím compound compuesto orgánico organic compound;
    compuesto químico chemical compound
    * * *
    I adj composed;
    estar compuesto de be composed of
    II m compound
    * * *
    compuesto, -ta adj
    1) : fixed, repaired
    2) : compound, composite
    3) : decked out, spruced up
    4)
    compuesto de : made up of, consisting of
    : compound
    * * *
    compuesto1 adj compound
    estar compuesto de/por to consist of / to be made up of
    compuesto2 n compound

    Spanish-English dictionary > compuesto

  • 22 оставаться на бобах

    разг., ирон.
    not get what one expected (hoped) to get; get nothing for one's pains (for one's trouble); have all one's efforts come to nothing (to nought, to naught); be duped; be in a fix; cf. be left high and dry; be left out in the cold (in the basket); get the cheese; be left to hold the sack Amer.

    Посоветовали купить повозку. Купил сегодня за 130 рублей. Если не удастся продать её в Сретенске, где кончается мой лошадиный путь, то я останусь на бобах и взвою. (А. Чехов, Письмо А. С. Суворину, 20 мая 1890) — I was advised to buy a trap. I bought one today for one hundred and thirty roubles. If I don't succeed in selling it at Sretensk, where my horse journey ends, I shall be in a fix and shall howl aloud.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > оставаться на бобах

  • 23 novia

    f.
    1 bride, a woman newly married (recién casada).
    2 woman betrothed.
    3 sweetheart (amiga); fiancée (prometida); bride (en boda).
    4 girlfriend, girl friend, sweetheart, best girl.
    Es ella tu chica? Is she your girlfriend?
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: noviar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: noviar.
    * * *
    1 (amiga) girlfriend
    2 (prometida) fiancée; (en boda) bride
    \
    quedarse compuesto,-a y sin novia familiar to be left in the lurch, be left high and dry
    * * *
    f., (m. - novio)
    * * *
    = bride, girlfriend, fiancée, sweetheart.
    Ex. Lester J. V. Halvorsen, a Swedish immigrant who made a fortune in lumber, built the mansion for his Italian bride.
    Ex. The author looks at problems facing US publishers Little Brown over several of their new offerings, including a book by O. J. Simpson's girlfriend Paula Barberi.
    Ex. Spouses, fiancés/ fiancées, and adopted children of U.S. citizens receive priority in this new immigration system.
    Ex. Be it your sweetheart/a family member/a friend, send a heart-to-heart message and let them know how much they mean to you.
    ----
    * antigua novia = ex-girlfriend.
    * de novias = bridal.
    * para novias = bridal.
    * traje de novia = wedding dress, bridal gown.
    * velo de novia = bridal veil, wedding veil.
    * vestido de novia = wedding dress, wedding gown, bridal gown, bridal robe.
    * * *
    = bride, girlfriend, fiancée, sweetheart.

    Ex: Lester J. V. Halvorsen, a Swedish immigrant who made a fortune in lumber, built the mansion for his Italian bride.

    Ex: The author looks at problems facing US publishers Little Brown over several of their new offerings, including a book by O. J. Simpson's girlfriend Paula Barberi.
    Ex: Spouses, fiancés/ fiancées, and adopted children of U.S. citizens receive priority in this new immigration system.
    Ex: Be it your sweetheart/a family member/a friend, send a heart-to-heart message and let them know how much they mean to you.
    * antigua novia = ex-girlfriend.
    * de novias = bridal.
    * para novias = bridal.
    * traje de novia = wedding dress, bridal gown.
    * velo de novia = bridal veil, wedding veil.
    * vestido de novia = wedding dress, wedding gown, bridal gown, bridal robe.

    * * *

     

    novia sustantivo femenino
    1 (pareja) girlfriend
    2 (prometida oficial) fiancée
    3 (en la boda) bride
    ' novia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ajuar
    - antipatía
    - barbaridad
    - cortar
    - difunta
    - difunto
    - inquina
    - realista
    -
    - todavía
    - traje
    - botar
    - celoso
    - cómo
    - dama
    - dejar
    - dote
    - echar
    - empate
    - entregar
    - guindar
    - monada
    - ramo
    - reñido
    - vestido
    English:
    bottom drawer
    - bride
    - bride-to-be
    - dredge up
    - dump
    - girlfriend
    - leave behind
    - lure
    - moon over sb
    - wedding dress
    - whisk away
    - whisk off
    - disapprove
    - girl
    - steady
    - wedding
    * * *
    f
    1 girlfriend
    2 ( prometida) fiancée
    3 el día de la boda bride
    * * *
    1. (en general) girlfriend
    2. (en una boda) bride

    Spanish-English dictionary > novia

  • 24 положение

    сущ.
    1. situation; 2. position; 3. post; 4. location
    Русское многозначное существительное положение относится как к физическому расположению предмета или человека, так и к социальному, общественному месту, которое человек занимает. Английские соответствия различают эти аспекты и передают эти значения разными словами, для которых типична разная сочетаемость.
    1. situation — (существительное situation многозначно): a) положение, обстановка, положение дел, ситуация: an international situation — международное положение; a financial (strategic) situation — финансовое (стратегическое) положение; ice situation —ледовая обстановка; price situation — уровень/положение цен; the situation at the front — обстановка на фронте Let me know the situation. — Дайте мне знать о положении дел. b) положение, состояние: a happy situation — приятная ситуация; a pleasant situation — удачное положение; to be/to find oneself in a dangerous situation — оказаться в опасном положении; to get into an unpleasant situation — попасть в неприятное положение; to plunge into an awkward situation — вляпаться в неловкое положение; to barge into a dangerous situation — влипнуть в опасную ситуацию/попасть в неловкую ситуацию c) ситуация, момент, эпизод: a dramatic situation — драматический эпизод/драматический момент/ драматическая сцена The play is full of dramatic (strong) situations. — В пьесе много драматических (острых) сцен./В пьесе много драматических (острых) моментов./В пьесе много драматических (острых) эпизодов. d) место, служба, работа: to look for a good situation — искать хорошее место; to find a situation of a governess — найти место гувернантки/найти работу гувернантки; to lose one's situation — потерять место/потерять работу e) расположение: The situation of the house is very convenient — Дом очень удобно расположен. Значение situation состояние, положение — ассоциируется с территорией, физическим местом, обычно вызывающим определенное состояние, чувство, ощущение. Эти ассоциации проявляются в следующих словосочетаниях: a pleasant/happy situation — может быть сравнимо с вашим положением; unpleasant situation — сравнимо с опасным моментом We are in a situation where there is no real winner. — В нашей ситуации реально нет победителя./В наших сложившихся обстоятельствах реально нет победителя. In this work, the author is back on familiar territory. — В этом произведении автор имеет дело со знакомой ему ситуацией. It is time for her to leave the family nest. — Настало время, когда ей пора покинуть родное гнездо. I have felt at home since the moment I started working here. — Я почувствовал себя как дома с первого момента, когда начал здесь работать. This is right up my street/alley. — Это как раз по-моему./Здееь мне все правится. The park is a haven for tired shoppers. — Парк для усталых покупателей — просто рай. This town lias always been a culture desert. — Этот город всегда был пустыней культуры. That part of the city is nothing but a jungle. — Эта часть города просто джунгли. Не spends many years in the political wilderness. — Он мною лет был в самой гуще политической жизни. This is a potential minefield for beginners. —Для новичков это как сплошное минное поле. We have a very rocky road to travel. — Нам предстоит тернистый путь. I have been caught between a rock and a hard place. — Я оказался между двух огней. We were left high and dry when they withdraw our funding. — Мы оказались на мели, когда они прекратили нас финансировать. Не is in a tight spot. — Он в очень трудном положении.
    2. position — (существительное position многозначное): a) положение, место нахождения, расположение: to be in position — быть на месте/занимать обычное положение/занимать правильное положение; to be out of position — быть не на месте The house has a very good position. — Дом удобно расположен. The players were in position. — Игроки были на своих местах. b) положение, поза: to be in an awkward position —лежать в неудобном положении/лежать и неудобной позе c) положение, должность, пост, общественное положение: to hold/to occupy a high position — занимать ведущее положение/занимать высокий пост; to look for a good position — искать хорошую должность; to lose one's position — потерять свое место/свою должность/ свое положение d) положение, возможность: from a position of force/strength — с позиции силы; to be in a position to do smth — иметь возможность что-либо сделать Unfortunately I am not in a position to help you. — К сожалению, у меня нет возможности помочь вам. She put me into a very false position. — Она поставила меня в очень неловкое положение. e) положение, позиция, точка зрения, отношение: We expect you to take a more definite position. — Мы надеемся, что вы займете более определенную позицию. They took up a very firm position. — Они заняли очень твердую позицию.
    3. post — положение, пост (ответственное положение, важная или высокая должность): a diplomatic post — дипломатический пост; to hold high political posts — занимать высокие политические посты
    4. location — положение, местоположение, расположение (на местности): This is a comfortable location for a new school. — Здесь удобное место для новой школы. I like the location of the hotel — at a five minutes' walk from the underground. — Мне нравится, как расположена гостиница — в пяти минутах ходьбы от метро.

    Русско-английский объяснительный словарь > положение

  • 25 оставаться в одной рубашке

    тж. оставаться (остаться) без рубашки
    cf. be left high and dry; be left stranded; be left without a shirt to one's back

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > оставаться в одной рубашке

  • 26 quedarse compuesto y sin novia

    familiar to be left in the lurch, be left high and dry

    Spanish-English dictionary > quedarse compuesto y sin novia

  • 27 quedarse compuesto y sin novio

    familiar to be left in the lurch, be left high and dry

    Spanish-English dictionary > quedarse compuesto y sin novio

  • 28 rade

    I.
    n. m.
    1. Bar (in pub or café). Prendre un verre au rade: To have a drink at the bar.
    2. (Prostitutes' slang): Pavement. ( Faire le rade can have two meanings, either to solicit perched on a bar stool, or more prosaically to 'pound the beat'.)
    II.
    n. f. Etre en rade: To be 'stranded', to be left to cope on one's own. Tomber en rade:
      a (of motorist): To break down.
      b (fig., of plans, projects, etc.): To 'grind to a halt', to come to nothing. (These expressions make colloquial use of the French word for harbour; a maritime-flavoured translation of être laissé en rade could be 'to be left high and dry'—like a ship at low tide.)

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > rade

  • 29 нос

    муж.
    1) nose

    щелкать кого-л. по носу — to give smb. a flick/fillip on the nose

    расквашивать нос кому-л. — to give smb. a bloody nose

    тыкать носом кого-л. во что-л. — to rub smb.'s nose in smth.

    вздернутый нос — pug nose, pug-nose, snub nose, turned-up nose

    под носом, перед самым носом — (right) under smb.'s very nose

    показывать нос — (кому-л.) to thumb one's nose (at)

    хлюпать носом, шмыгать носом — to sniff

    3) мор. prow; bow, head

    Судно ударилось носом о скалы. — The vessel struck the rocks head-on

    ••

    вешать нос — to be down in the mouth/dumps

    водить за нос — (разг.; кого-л.) to lead by the nose, to lead smb. on, to pull the wool over smb.'s eyes, to lead smb. up the garden path

    задирать нос, поднимать нос — перен. to assume airs; to put on airs идиом.; to turn up one's nose; to be haughty

    клевать носомразг. to nod off to sleep, to be drowsy

    на носуразг. ( в скором времени) at hand, near

    нос к носу — face to face, nose to nose

    остаться с носомразг. to be left high and dry, to be left empty-handed

    совать нос — (во что-л.; разг.) to poke/thrust one's nose into smth., to pry into smth.

    держать нос по ветру — to be a timeserver; to trim one's sails to the wind; to wait to see

    заруби(те) на носу/лбу! — to mark it well!

    утереть нос кому-л. разг. — to get the better of smb.

    уткнуть нос в книгу, уткнуться носом в книгу— to bury oneself in a book

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > нос

  • 30 остаться с носом

    разг.
    to be left high and dry, to be left empty-handed

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > остаться с носом

  • 31 ждать у моря погоды

    тж. сидеть у моря и ждать погоды
    разг.
    lit. sit by the sea and wait for fair weather; sit waiting for what will never come; indulge in vain hopes; cf. let the grass grow under one's feet

    Маша. Всё глупости. Безнадёжная любовь - это только в романах. Пустяки. Не нужно только распускать себя и всё чего-то ждать, ждать у моря погоды... (А. Чехов, Чайка)Masha. Bah! Hopeless love only exists in novels. Rubbish! One only has to keep oneself in hand, and not to sit waiting and waiting for what can never come...

    - Я не вернулась к мужу - на это моей воли хватило, - но и от матери не ушла. Теперь мы снова ждём у моря погоды... (А. Чаковский, Свет далёкой звезды) — 'I did not go back to my husband - I had enough willpower for that, but then I was not strong enough to leave Mother. And here we are, left high and dry'.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > ждать у моря погоды

  • 32 Д-54

    HE У ДЕЛ бытье, остаться и т. п. PrepP Invar subj-compl with copula (subj: human or, rare, nonagreeing postmodif) (to be, remain etc) without work (often as a result of a firing, retirement, or dismissal)
    X не у дел = X is out of work ( out of a job)
    X is not working.
    Когда мы жили вместе, она была не у дел по болезни и подрабатывала у меня, помогая по хозяйству (Мандельштам 2). At the time when we lived in the same apartment, she was out of work because of ill-health and I gave her a little money for helping with my housework (2a).
    Муж (Сони) - бывший лётчик, в отставке по болезни. Больно ударила его эта отставка, не мог примириться, что не у дел (Грекова 3). Her (Sonya's) husband was a former pilot, retired because of illness. That retirement had hit him hard. He couldn't live with the fact that he wasn't working (3a).
    И вот она (революция) пришла... а он (Аверкий Степанович), прирождённый и постоянный рабочелюбец... очутился на бобах, не у дел, в опустевшем посёлке, из которого разбежались рабочие, частью шедшие тут за меньшевиками (Пастернак 1). ( context transl) Now it (the revolution) had come...but he (Averkii Stepanovich), the born and faithful champion of the proletariat...had been left high and dry, instead of being in the thick of things, he was in a remote village from which the workers - some of whom were Mensheviks - had fled! (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Д-54

  • 33 не у дел

    НЕ У ДЕЛ быть, остаться и т.п.
    [PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or, rare, nonagreeing postmodif]
    =====
    (to be, remain etc) without work (often as a result of a firing, retirement, or dismissal):
    - X не у дел X is out of work < out of a job>;
    - X is not working.
         ♦ Когда мы жили вместе, она была не у дел по болезии и подрабатывала у меня, помогая по хозяйству (Мандельштам 2). At the time when we lived in the same apartment, she was out of work because of ill-health and I gave her a little money for helping with my housework (2a).
         Муж [Сони] - бывший лётчик, в отставке по болезни. Больно ударила его эта отставка, не мог примириться, что не у дел (Грекова 3). Her [Sonya's] husband was a former pilot, retired because of illness. That retirement had hit him hard. He couldn't live with the fact that he wasn't working (3a).
         ♦ И вот она [революция] пришла... а он [Аверкий Степанович], прирождённый и постоянный рабочелюбец... очутился на бобах, не у дел, в опустевшем посёлке, из которого разбежались рабочие, частью шедшие тут за меньшевиками (Пастернак 1). [context transl] Now it [the revolution] had come...but he [Averkii Stepanovich], the born and faithful champion of the proletariat...had been left high and dry; instead of being in the thick of things, he was in a remote village from which the workers - some of whom were Mensheviks - had fled! (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не у дел

  • 34 один-одинёшенек

    2) Graphic expression: all by one's lonesome

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > один-одинёшенек

  • 35 остаться на бобах

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > остаться на бобах

  • 36 herre

    sg - hérren, pl - hérrer
    1) господи́н м; в обращении

    Hr. Hánsen! — господи́н Ха́нсен!

    2) хозя́ин м; мужчи́на м

    for hérrer — для мужчи́н

    * * *
    lord, master
    * * *
    (en -er)
    ( mand) gentleman;
    ( leder, hersker) master ( fx be master of the situation; be master in one's own house); lord;
    ( ejer) master;
    ( dames kavaler) partner;
    ( Gud) Lord;
    (se også hus);
    [hr.]
    ( foran navn) Mr,
    ( på breve bruges også (meget F) Esq., som efterstilles, fx J. Wilson, Esq. = Mr J. Wilson; Mr og Esq. udelades ved akademiske
    og militære titler, fx hr. oberst N Colonel N);
    [ herrer Jones & Co] Messrs Jones & Co;
    [ dette Herrens år] this year of grace;
    [ i det Herrens år] in the year of grace (el. of Our Lord);
    [ i mange Herrens år] for ages;
    T be left high and dry;
    [ han så herrens ud] he looked like nothing on earth;
    [ som herren er, så følger hans svende] like master like man;
    [ med pron og adj:]
    ( forkortet: d'hrr.) ( i tiltale) you (gentlemen) ( fx will you step this way, gentlemen);
    ( foran navn) Messrs;
    [ være sin egen herre] be one's own master, be a free agent;
    T the powers that be, the top brass, the bigwigs;
    [ min herre] sir;
    [ mine herrer] gentlemen;
    [ nådige herre] my Lord;
    (fx sønnen) the young master;
    [ Vor Herre] the Lord, God,
    ( om Jesus) our Lord;
    [ med vb:]
    ( få kontrol over) become (, make oneself) master (, mistress) of ( fx
    the city, the situation), get control of ( fx a country, the
    situation, a horse), get ( fx the fire, the situation) under
    control, master ( fx one's feelings, one's temper),
    ( overvinde) overcome, master ( fx one's fear);
    [ Herren må vide hvordan] Heaven only knows how;
    [ Herren være med dig] the Lord be with you;
    [ være herre over] control ( fx one's emotions; women want the freedom to control their own bodies), be master (, mistress) of ( fx one's emotions);
    (dvs være ved sin fornuft) be responsible for one's actions.

    Danish-English dictionary > herre

  • 37 nakke

    sg - nákken, pl - nákker
    заты́лок м

    bǿje nákken — гнуть спи́ну (перед кем-л.)

    táge én i nákken — схвати́ть кого́-л. за ши́ворот

    * * *
    * * *
    (en -r) nape of the neck;
    ( baghoved) back of the head;
    [ bøje nakken] bow the neck ( for to);
    [ hun går med håret ned ad nakken] she wears her hair loose;
    (fig: ladt i stikken) be left high and dry,
    ( flov) have egg on one's face;
    [ kortklippet i nakken] (with one's hair) short at the back;
    [ kilde ham i nakken] tickle his neck;
    [ klø sig i nakken] scratch (the back of) one's head,
    (se også II. klø);
    [ med hatten i nakken] with one's hat on the back of one's head;
    [ have øjne i nakken] have eyes at the back of one's head (el. neck);
    [ tage ham i nakken] take him by the scruff of the neck;
    (fig) take a grip on oneself; pull oneself together;
    [ slå med nakken] toss one's head;
    [ få ham ned med nakken] sit on him;
    [ et drag over nakken] a clout on the head;
    [ han er på nakken af mig] he has got his knife into me, he is down on me;
    [ få ham på nakken] get (el. bring) him down on one's neck;
    [ skaffe sig alle på nakken] set everybody against oneself;
    [ tage noget på nakken] shoulder something;
    (se også ben).

    Danish-English dictionary > nakke

  • 38 in die Röhre gucken

    Röhre gucken v: in die Röhre gucken v (infrml) 1. MEDIA (AE) watch the tube, (infrml) gaze at the box (fernsehen); 2. GEN be left high and dry (leer ausgehen)

    Business german-english dictionary > in die Röhre gucken

  • 39 in die Röhre schauen

    Röhre schauen v: in die Röhre schauen v (infrml) 1. MEDIA (AE) watch the tube, (infrml) gaze at the box (fernsehen); 2. GEN be left high and dry (leer ausgehen)

    Business german-english dictionary > in die Röhre schauen

  • 40 sec

    I.
    n. f. inv. En cinq sec (abbr. en cinq secondes): 'ln two ticks', 'in two shakes of a lamb's tail', as quick as a flash.
    II.
    adj. inv.
      a To be 'skint', 'broke', to be penniless. Je me suis fait mettre à sec au pok'! I got cleaned out in a friendly little game of poker!
      b To have run out of words or ideas (literally to have dried up).
    2. L'avoir sec: To 'be fuming', to be furious (also: l'avoir mauvaise).
    3. Rester sec (sch.): To be 'stumped for an answer' (literally to be left high and dry in front of an exam paper).
    III.
    adv.
    1. 'Neat', exactly. Ça lui a coûté toute sa paye sec: It just about cost him all his pay-packet. Ecoper huit ans sec (Prison slang): To get an eight-year stretch (actual incarceration, not a suspended sentence).
      a To down (a drink) rapidly.
      b To drink heavily. Au régiment il buvait sec, ce mec-là! When he was in the Forces, he used to knock 'em back something terrible!

    Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French > sec

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