to+be+of+little+interest

- bardzo/mało kogoś ciekawić to be of great/little interest to sb

- ciekawi mnie, dlaczego/jak… I’m curious to know why/how…

- ciekawi mnie, co będzie dalej I wonder what will happen next

- to wcale mnie nie ciekawi it doesn’t interest me in the slightest

- wszystkich ciekawi, kim jesteś z zawodu everyone’s curious about what you do for a living ⇒ zaciekawić

- ciekawić się światem to be interested in the world (around one)

- ciekawił się wszystkim, co hiszpańskie he was interested in all things Spanish

- nie wyglądało na to, by się ciekawiła muzyką she didn’t look as if she’d be interested in music

- zaczęli zanadto ciekawić się jej życiem they began to take an excessive interest in her life ⇒ zaciekawić się

1. allg. weak; Stimme: weak, faint; Hoffnung, Lächeln: faint; Motor: low-powered; Batterie: low; Puls: weak, faint; Ton, Geruch: faint; Licht: dim; schwache Ähnlichkeit slight resemblance; schwaches Anzeichen faint sign; schwacher Beifall half-hearted applause; schwache Beteiligung low ( oder poor) turnout; schwache Erinnerung faint ( oder vague, dim) recollection; schwacher Esser poor eater; das schwache Geschlecht the weaker sex; schwaches Lob faint praise; schwache Stelle weak spot; eine schwache Stunde a moment of weakness; schwacher Trost small consolation; schwacher Versuch feeble attempt; schwacher Widerstand weak resistance; einen schwachen Willen haben be weak-willed; schwacher Wind slight ( oder light) breeze

2. (schlecht) Mannschaft etc., Schüler: weak; umg. (enttäuschend) hopeless; Gesundheit, Gedächtnis, Gehör: poor; schwache Leistung poor ( oder weak) performance; schwache Vorstellung THEAT. poor performance; umg., fig. (schlechte Leistung) poor show; ein schwaches Bild bieten put up ( oder on) a poor show; schwache Seite Schwäche 2; eines der schwächeren Stücke Brechts one of Brecht’s weaker plays; in Erdkunde ist sie schwach geography is her weak subject, she’s not very good at geography; ein Stützkurs für die Schwächeren a support program(me) for weaker pupils; sozial schwach socially disadvantaged; die sozial Schwachen the socially disadvantaged

3. (nachgiebig) soft; schwach werden weaken; fig. (nachgeben) auch relent; (erliegen) succumb; er wurde schwach fig. auch his resistance broke down; bei dem Anblick wurde ich schwach umg. I melted at the sight; sich schwach zeigen show one’s weakness; mach mich nicht schwach! umg. don’t say things like that!; nur nicht schwach werden! umg. don’t give in!; mir wird ganz schwach, wenn ich daran denke umg. I go weak at the knees just at the thought (of it)

4. schwächer werden weaken (further), grow weaker; Nachfrage: fall off, decrease; Sehkraft: deteriorate; Ton, Licht: fade; schulisch, künstlerisch: abflauen, nachlassen

5. schwach auf der Brust sein umg. be out of pocket

II Adv.:

1. schwach aktiv PHYS., Substanz: low-level; schwach radioaktiv PHYS.... emitting low-level radioactivity, low-level radioactive...; schwach besetzt SPORT, Team: weak; Turnier: with a poor entry; Stadion etc.: half empty; schwach besiedelt oder bevölkert Region: sparsely populated; schwach betont LING., Silbe: weakly stressed; schwach betont sein auch have a weak stress; schwach begabt not at all gifted; Schüler: low-ability; schwach besucht sein be poorly attended; schwach motorisiert low-powered; sich nur schwach wehren offer only weak resistance; sein Herz schlug nur noch schwach he only had a faint heartbeat; schwach dekliniertes Substantiv / Adjektiv weak noun / adjective

2. (schlecht) schwach spielen play badly; schwach entwickelt poorly developed, underdeveloped

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weak; frail; faint; slender; feeble; delicate; slight; feckless; flimsy; infirm; languid; lightweight; sinewed; lame; effete

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1. adj comp - er

2. adv comp -er,

1) (= leicht) schlagen weakly; vibrieren, radioaktiv slightly; spüren, riechen, hören barely

2) (= spärlich) besucht, bestückt poorly

3) (= geringfügig) klatschen weakly; sich interessieren slightly; sich beteiligen very little

4) (= mild) salzen, süßen slightly; würzen lightly; pfeffern mildly

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1) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) low

2) (lacking in strength, brightness, courage etc: The sound grew faint; a faint light.) faint

3) (in a faint manner: A light shone faintly.) faintly

4) (slightly; rather: She looked faintly surprised.) faintly

5) feebly

6) (weak: The old lady has been rather feeble since her illness; a feeble excuse.) feeble

7) (not very well made; likely to break: a flimsy boat.) flimsy

8) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) weak

9) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) weak

10) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) weak

11) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) weak

12) (slenderly: slightly built.) slightly

13) ((of a person) slim and delicate-looking: It seemed too heavy a load for such a slight woman.) slight

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I. adj

1. (nicht kräftig) weak; Stimme feeble, faint

▪ für etw akk zu \schwach sein to not be strong enough for sth

krank und \schwach weak and ill

▪ der Schwächere/Schwächste the weaker/weakest person

\schwacher Widerstand weak [or feeble] resistance

2. (wenig selbstbewusst) Charakter weak

einen \schwachen Willen haben to be weak-willed

3. (wenig leistend) weak

in Rechtschreibung ist er ziemlich \schwach his spelling is rather poor

ein \schwacher Mitarbeiter/Sportler a poor worker/sportsman

ein \schwacher Schüler a poor [or weak] pupil

4. MED (unzureichend) weak, poor

ein \schwaches Gehör/Sehvermögen poor [or weak] hearing/eyesight

im Alter wird das Gehör schwächer one's hearing becomes poorer in old age

\schwache Gesundheit poor health

eine \schwache Konstitution haben to have a frail constitution

5. (dürftig) weak, poor

\schwaches Ergebnis poor result

eine \schwache Leistung a poor performance [or fam show

6. (nicht stichhaltig) Argument weak; Theorie shaky

es gibt noch einige \schwache Stellen in unserem Plan our plan has still got some weaknesses

7. (gering) weak; Licht dim

\schwache Ähnlichkeit remote resemblance

ein \schwaches Anzeichen a faint [or slight] indication

ein \schwacher Bartwuchs a sparse [growth of] beard

eine \schwache Beteiligung [o Teilnahme] poor participation

ein \schwaches Interesse [very] little interest

\schwache Nachfrage poor demand

eine \schwache Resonanz a lukewarm response

eine \schwache Vorstellung von etw dat haben to have a faint idea of sth

8. (leicht) weak

\schwache Atmung faint breathing

eine \schwache Bewegung a slight [or faint] movement

\schwacher Druck light pressure

ein \schwacher Herzschlag a faint heartbeat

ein \schwacher Luftzug/Wind a gentle [or light] breeze/wind

eine \schwache Strömung a light current

▪ schwächer werden to become fainter

9. PHYS (eine geringe Leistung aufweisend) low-powered; Batterie low; Ladung weak

\schwaches Magnetfeld low-intensity magnetic field

dieser Motor ist zu \schwach this engine is not powerful enough

das Licht wird schwächer the light is fading [or failing

10. (dünn) Brett, Eisdecke thin

ein \schwaches Kettenglied a weak chain-link

11. CHEM (gering konzentriert) weak

▶ [bei jdm/etw] \schwach werden (fam) to be unable to resist [sb/sth]

bei Schokoladentorte werde ich immer \schwach I can never resist chocolate gateau

bei dem Gehalt würde wohl jeder \schwach werden anybody would be tempted by a salary like that

nur nicht \schwach werden! (standhaft bleiben!) don't weaken!; (durchhalten!) don't give in!

▶ jdm wird \schwach [zumute] (fam) sb feels faint; s.a. Augenblick, Bild, Trost, Stelle

II. adv

1. (leicht) faintly

das Herz schlug nur noch \schwach the heartbeat had become faint

er hat sich nur \schwach gewehrt he didn't put up much resistance

2. (spärlich) sparsely

nachts sind die Grenzübergänge \schwach besetzt the border crossings aren't very heavily [or well] manned at night

mit Nachschlagewerken sind wir nun wirklich nicht \schwach bestückt we really have got quite a few [or lot of] reference works

die Ausstellung war nur \schwach besucht the exhibition wasn't very well [or was poorly] attended

3. (geringfügig)

Ihre Tochter beteiligt sich in den letzten Monaten nur noch \schwach am Unterricht your daughter has hardly been participating in class in recent months

dieses Problem hat mich immer nur \schwach interessiert this problem has never been of any great interest to me

\schwach applaudieren to applaud sparingly

eine \schwache Erinnerung an etw akk haben to vaguely remember sth

4. (dürftig) feebly

die Mannschaft spielte ausgesprochen \schwach the team put up a feeble performance

5. KOCHK (mild) slightly

der Arzt hat mir geraten, \schwach gesalzen zu essen my doctor has advised me not to add [too] much salt to my food

das Essen ist zu \schwach gewürzt the food isn't spicy enough

6. NUKL

\schwach aktiv low level active

\schwach aktiver Abfall low level active waste

7. CHEM

\schwach basisch weak basic

\schwach flüchtig low volatile

\schwach löslich weakly soluble

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1) (kraftlos) weak; weak, delicate <child, woman>; frail <invalid, old person>; low-powered <engine, car, bulb, amplifier, etc.>; weak, poor <eyesight, memory, etc.>; poor < hearing>; delicate <health, constitution>

2) (nicht gut) poor <pupil, player, runner, performance, result, effort, etc.>; weak <candidate, argument, opponent, play, film, etc.>

3) (gering, niedrig, klein) poor, low <attendance etc.>; sparse < population>; slight <effect, resistance, gradient, etc.>; light <wind, rain, current>; faint <groan, voice, pressure, hope, smile, smell>; weak, faint < pulse>; lukewarm <applause, praise>; faint, dim < light>; pale < colour>

4) (wenig konzentriert) weak <solution, acid, tea, coffee, beer, poison, etc.>

5) (Sprachw.) weak <conjugation, verb, noun, etc.>

1) (kraftlos) weakly

2) (nicht gut) poorly

3) (in geringem Maße) poorly <attended, developed>; sparsely < populated>; slightly <poisonous, acid, alcoholic, sweetened, salted, inclined, etc.>; < rain> slightly; <remember, glow, smile, groan> faintly; lightly < accented>; < beat> weakly

4) (Sprachw.)

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A. adj

1. allg weak; Stimme: weak, faint; Hoffnung, Lächeln: faint; Motor: low-powered; Batterie: low; Puls: weak, faint; Ton, Geruch: faint; Licht: dim;

schwache Ähnlichkeit slight resemblance;

schwaches Anzeichen faint sign;

schwacher Beifall half-hearted applause;

schwache Beteiligung low ( oder poor) turnout;

schwache Erinnerung faint ( oder vague, dim) recollection;

schwacher Esser poor eater;

das schwache Geschlecht the weaker sex;

schwaches Lob faint praise;

schwache Stelle weak spot;

eine schwache Stunde a moment of weakness;

schwacher Trost small consolation;

schwacher Versuch feeble attempt;

schwacher Widerstand weak resistance;

einen schwachen Willen haben be weak-willed;

schwacher Wind slight ( oder light) breeze

2. (schlecht) Mannschaft etc, Schüler: weak; umg (enttäuschend) hopeless; Gesundheit, Gedächtnis, Gehör: poor;

schwache Leistung poor ( oder weak) performance;

schwache Vorstellung THEAT poor performance; umg, fig (schlechte Leistung) poor show;

ein schwaches Bild bieten put up ( oder on) a poor show;

schwache Seite → Schwäche 2;

eines der schwächeren Stücke Brechts one of Brecht’s weaker plays;

in Erdkunde ist sie schwach geography is her weak subject, she’s not very good at geography;

ein Stützkurs für die Schwächeren a support program(me) for weaker pupils;

sozial schwach socially disadvantaged;

die sozial Schwachen the socially disadvantaged

3. (nachgiebig) soft;

schwach werden weaken; fig (nachgeben) auch relent; (erliegen) succumb;

er wurde schwach fig auch his resistance broke down;

bei dem Anblick wurde ich schwach umg I melted at the sight;

sich schwach zeigen show one’s weakness;

nur nicht schwach werden! umg don’t give in!;

mir wird ganz schwach, wenn ich daran denke umg I go weak at the knees just at the thought (of it)

4.

schwächer werden weaken (further), grow weaker; Nachfrage: fall off, decrease; Sehkraft: deteriorate; Ton, Licht: fade; schulisch, künstlerisch: → abflauen, nachlassen

5.

schwach auf der Brust sein umg be out of pocket

B. adv:

1.

schwach aktiv PHYS, Substanz: low-level;

schwach radioaktiv PHYS … emitting low-level radioactivity, low-level radioactive …;

schwach besetzt SPORT, Team: weak; Turnier: with a poor entry; Stadion etc: half empty;

schwach besiedelt oder

bevölkert Region: sparsely populated;

schwach betont LING, Silbe: weakly stressed;

schwach betont sein auch have a weak stress;

schwach begabt not at all gifted; Schüler: low-ability;

schwach besucht sein be poorly attended;

schwach motorisiert low-powered;

sich nur schwach wehren offer only weak resistance;

sein Herz schlug nur noch schwach he only had a faint heartbeat;

schwach dekliniertes Substantiv/Adjektiv weak noun/adjective

2. (schlecht)

schwach spielen play badly;

schwach entwickelt poorly developed, underdeveloped

…schwach im adj

1. qualitätsmäßig:

ausdrucksschwach inarticulate, lacking expressive power;

inhaltsschwach with poor content

2. leistungsmäßig:

gedächtnisschwach with a poor memory;

konditionsschwach unfit, in poor shape;

konzentrationsschwach unable to concentrate properly;

lernschwach with learning difficulties

3. mit zu geringer Zahl:

mitgliederschwach with few members;

PS-schwach low-powered

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1) (kraftlos) weak; weak, delicate <child, woman>; frail <invalid, old person>; low-powered <engine, car, bulb, amplifier, etc.>; weak, poor <eyesight, memory, etc.>; poor < hearing>; delicate <health, constitution>

2) (nicht gut) poor <pupil, player, runner, performance, result, effort, etc.>; weak <candidate, argument, opponent, play, film, etc.>

3) (gering, niedrig, klein) poor, low <attendance etc.>; sparse < population>; slight <effect, resistance, gradient, etc.>; light <wind, rain, current>; faint <groan, voice, pressure, hope, smile, smell>; weak, faint < pulse>; lukewarm <applause, praise>; faint, dim < light>; pale < colour>

4) (wenig konzentriert) weak <solution, acid, tea, coffee, beer, poison, etc.>

5) (Sprachw.) weak <conjugation, verb, noun, etc.>

1) (kraftlos) weakly

2) (nicht gut) poorly

3) (in geringem Maße) poorly <attended, developed>; sparsely < populated>; slightly <poisonous, acid, alcoholic, sweetened, salted, inclined, etc.>; < rain> slightly; <remember, glow, smile, groan> faintly; lightly < accented>; < beat> weakly

4) (Sprachw.)

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faint adj.

feckless adj.

feeble adj.

flimsy adj.

fragile adj.

infirm adj.

languid adj.

slight adj.

weak adj. adv.

faintly adv.

fecklessly adv.

feebly adv.

flimsily adv.

infirmly adv.

languidly adv.

slightly adv.

weakly adv.

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to delve into, to delve deeply into, to burrow into, to comb through.

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(v.) = delve into

Ex. The objective is to enable the reader to eliminate possibly relevant documents, which, in fact, prove to be of little interest without delving into the body of the abstract.

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1 running around, hard work (gestiones, molestias).

2 hustle, rush, bustle, chores.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: ajetrear.

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► nombre masculino

1 activity, bustle

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SM (=actividad) hustle and bustle; (=labor) drudgery, hard work

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masculino hustle and bustle

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= bustle, flurry of activity, hustle and bustle, whirr of activity, hurly-burly, comings and goings.

Ex. The overall plan of the library is to provide an atmosphere of spaciousness and calm, in contrast to the urban bustle outside = El proyecto general de la biblioteca es ofrecer un ambiente de amplitud y calma, en contraste con el bullicio urbano exterior.

Ex. In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.

Ex. The article ' Hustle and bustle or solemn silence?' argues that changes in society require a re-examination of the library's role.

Ex. The wedding day morning is usually a whirr of activity -- everybody running here and there.

Ex. No, the hurly-burly of politics holds no enchantment for me, I in fact have a deep rooted scepticism and I am disillusioned about politics.

Ex. The Governor believes his comings and goings should be secret from taxpayers.

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masculino hustle and bustle

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con tanto ajetreo es imposible concentrarse it's impossible to concentrate with all this activity going on

el ajetreo de los grandes almacenes the hustle and bustle of the department stores

un día de mucho ajetreo a hectic day

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1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

◊ un día de mucho ajetreo a hectic day

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ajetreo nm

con tanto ajetreo me olvidé de llamarle things were so hectic that I forgot to phone him;

hoy hay mucho ajetreo en la oficina there's a lot going on o happening in the office today;

el ajetreo de la ciudad the hustle and bustle of the city

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m bustle

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ajetreo nm

: hustle and bustle, fuss

1 to amputate.

El hacha cercenó la mano de Ricardo The axe amputated John's finger.

2 to cut back, to curtail.

3 to mutilate, to blow off.

El fuego cercenó su cara The fire mutilated his face.

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► verbo transitivo

1 (cortar) to cut, trim; (amputar) to amputate, cut off

2 (reducir) to cut, reduce

■ tuvieron que cercenar el presupuesto they had to cut the budget

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1) (=recortar) to cut o trim the edges of

2) [+ brazo, pierna] to sever

3) (=reducir) [+ gastos] to cut down, reduce; [+ texto] to shorten, cut down

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verbo transitivo (frml) ( cortar - un miembro) to sever; (- el borde de) cut off

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= make + inroads, sunder, scythe.

Ex. In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.

Ex. Both novels tell essentially the same story, that of a woman sundered from her high estate and her betrothed.

Ex. The latest swine fever scare scythed through stock markets, cutting back gains made last week.

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verbo transitivo (frml) ( cortar - un miembro) to sever; (- el borde de) cut off

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cercenar [A1 ]

A ( frml) (cortar la punta de) to sever; (cortar el borde de) to trim, cut off

la máquina le cercenó el brazo the machine severed his arm

un artículo cercenado por la censura an article which had been cut by the censor

B ( frml); ‹derecho› to encroach on

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cercenar vt

1. [amputar] to amputate;

se cercenó una mano con una sierra eléctrica he cut one of his hands off with a power saw

2. [restringir] to cut back, to curtail;

un gobierno que cercena las libertades individuales a government which restricts o curtails personal freedom;

quieren cercenar los gastos they want to cut back o reduce expenses

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1 cut off

2 libertades, derechos curtail

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cercenar vt

1) : to cut off, to amputate

2) : to diminish, to curtail

duke.

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► nombre masculino

1 duke

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SM / F duke/duchess

SM (Orn) (tb: gran duque) eagle owl

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masculino duke

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= duke.

Nota: Femenino duchess.

Ex. The duke died soon afterwards and his successor had little interest in the library.

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masculino duke

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= duke.

Nota: Femenino duchess.

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duke

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duque, -esa nm,f

duke, f duchess

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1 duke;

los duques de the Duke and Duchess of

gran duque eagle owl

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duque nm

: duke

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duque n duke

1 a gable end.

2 a coarse, rude man. (Figurative)

3 lateral face of an excavation, in mining.

4 gable-topped wall, gable, gable end.

5 lateral wall of a mine excavation.

6 rough person, rough individual.

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► nombre masculino

1 gable (end)

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SM (Arquit) gable end

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masculino gable end

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= gable, gable end.

Ex. Some years ago Brande, a small textile town whose art exhibitions attracted little interest decided to experiment with the display of pictures on the gables of its houses.

Ex. According to the new design, the roof will have gable ends as opposed to being hipped with dormer windows.

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* con hastial = gabled.

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masculino gable end

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gable end

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hastial nm

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m ARQUI gable, gable end

to investigate, to inquire into.

Ella preguntó ayer She asked around yesterday.

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Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 to investigate, inquire into

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VT (=investigar) to investigate, inquire into; (=averiguar) to find out, ascertain

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= delve into, enquire into [inquire into, -USA], investigate, poke about/(a)round/into/in, probe, question, probe into, check up on, keep + tabs on, make + enquiry, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. The objective is to enable the reader to eliminate possibly relevant documents, which, in fact, prove to be of little interest without delving into the body of the abstract.

Ex. No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.

Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

Ex. If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The author discusses the general tendency noted for more girls than boys to make enquiries at the library.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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* indagar el pasado de Alguien = delve into + Posesivo + past.

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indagar [A3 ]

( frml); to investigate

to make inquiries*, investigate

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♦ vt

to investigate, to inquire into

♦ vi

to investigate, to inquire;

indagar acerca de algo to investigate sth, to inquire into sth

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v/i investigate

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indagar {52} vt

: to inquire into, to investigate

1 commotion.

armar o causar un gran revuelo to cause a stir

2 turmoil, commotion, stir, storm.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: revolar.

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► nombre masculino

1 (revoloteo) fluttering

2 figurado commotion, stir

\

armar un gran revuelo / provocar un gran revuelo to cause a great stir

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1) [de aves] flutter, fluttering

2) (=conmoción) stir, commotion; (=jaleo) row, rumpus

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masculino ( conmoción) stir; ( de pájaros)

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= stir, hue and cry, brouhaha, commotion, whirr of activity, flurry of activity.

Ex. With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.

Ex. There was no great hue and cry from the coastal community when the two papers appeared in print.

Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.

Ex. She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.

Ex. The wedding day morning is usually a whirr of activity -- everybody running here and there.

Ex. In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.

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* armar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* armar un revuelo = create + a storm.

* causar revuelo = cause + a stir, create + a stir.

* causar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons, make + a splash.

* levantar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* provocar un gran revuelo = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

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masculino ( conmoción) stir; ( de pájaros)

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1 (conmoción) stir

causó revuelo/un gran revuelo it caused a stir/a huge stir

(de pájaros): el disparo produjo un revuelo de palomas a mass o cloud of pigeons flew up when the shot was fired

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revuelo nm

1. [agitación] commotion;

armar o [m5] causar un gran revuelo to cause a stir

2. [revoloteo] fluttering

3. Am [de gallo] thrust with the spur

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m stir;

causar revuelo cause a stir

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revuelo nm

1) : fluttering

2) : commotion, stir

(v.) = be alien to

Ex. The indications are that socialist theory was absolutely alien to the majority of socialist workers, who had little interest in theoretical party literature.

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(v.) = be alien to

Ex. The indications are that socialist theory was absolutely alien to the majority of socialist workers, who had little interest in theoretical party literature.

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1 socialist.

2 socialistic, socialist.

socialist.

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► adjetivo

1 socialist

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 socialist

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ADJ socialist, socialistic

SMF socialist

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adjetivo/masculino y femenino socialist

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= socialist, socialist, socialistic.

Ex. In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.

Ex. The indications are that socialist theory was absolutely alien to the majority of socialist workers, who had little interest in theoretical party literature.

Ex. The author discusses the application of his socialistic ideas to further three causes: (1) socialism and secularism; (2) positivism; and (3) a form of middle class radicalism.

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* bloque socialista, el = socialist bloc, the, Soviet bloc, the.

* de tendencia socialista = socialistic.

* nacional socialista = National Socialist.

* Partido Socialista Nacional, el = National Socialist Party, the.

* régimen socialista = socialist regime.

* república socialista = socialist republic.

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adjetivo/masculino y femenino socialist

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socialist

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♦ adj

socialist

♦ nmf

socialist

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m/f & adj socialist

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socialista adj & nmf

: socialist

♦ socialismo nm

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socialista adj n socialist

coming and going, bustle, chores, hustle.

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► nombre masculino

1 familiar figurado comings and goings plural, hustle and bustle

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1) * (=ajetreo) coming and going, bustle, commotion; (=jaleo) fuss

2) (=transporte) haulage, transport

3) pl trajines * (=actividades) affairs, goings-on

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= flurry of activity, whirr of activity, grind, comings and goings.

Ex. In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.

Ex. The wedding day morning is usually a whirr of activity -- everybody running here and there.

Ex. The stupidity of such classroom grind is usually obvious to the children forced into it, if not to their teachers.

Ex. The Governor believes his comings and goings should be secret from taxpayers.

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* trajín diario = daily grind.

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con el trajín de las Navidades no se encuentra donde aparcar with the Christmas rush there's nowhere to park

hay mucho trajín en las calles the streets are very busy

lleva una vida de mucho trajín she leads a very hectic life

el trajín de las grandes ciudades the hustle and bustle of big cities

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◊ un día de mucho trajín a very hectic day;

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trajín nm

esta mañana hay mucho trajín en la oficina it's a bit hectic in the office this morning;

el trajín de los días de mercado the hustle and bustle of market days;

con tanto trajín, se me olvidó it was all so hectic that I forgot

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m hustle and bustle

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trajín nm, pl trajines

1) : transport

2) fam : hustle and bustle

schwach <schwächer, schwächste> [ʃvax] adj

1) ( nicht stark) weak;

für etw zu \schwach sein to not be strong enough for sth;

der Schwächere/ Schwächste the weaker/weakest person;

ein \schwacher Charakter/ Gegner/ Wille a weak character/opponent/will;

\schwacher Widerstand weak resistance;

krank und \schwach weak and ill

2) ( wenig leistend) weak;

ein \schwacher Mitarbeiter/ Sportler a poor worker/sportsman;

ein \schwacher Schüler a poor [or weak] pupil;

in Rechtschreibung ist er ziemlich \schwach his spelling is rather poor

3) ( gering) weak;

ein \schwaches Anzeichen a faint [or slight] indication;

ein \schwacher Bartwuchs a sparse [growth of] beard;

eine \schwache Beteiligung [o Teilnahme] poor participation;

ein \schwaches Interesse [very] little interest;

eine \schwache Resonanz a lukewarm response

4) ( leicht) weak;

\schwache Atmung faint breathing;

eine \schwache Bewegung a slight [or faint] movement;

\schwacher Druck light pressure;

ein \schwacher Herzschlag a faint heartbeat;

ein \schwacher Luftzug/ Wind a gentle [or light] breeze/wind;

eine \schwache Strömung a light current;

schwächer werden to become fainter

5) ( eine geringe Leistung aufweisend) low-powered;

eine \schwache Ladung/ein \schwaches Magnetfeld a weak charge/magnetic field;

die Batterie muss aufgeladen werden, sie ist \schwach the battery needs recharging, it is low;

dieser Motor ist zu \schwach this engine is not powerful enough;

schwächer werden;

das Licht wird schwächer the light is fading [or failing];

6) ( dünn) thin;

ein \schwaches Kettenglied a weak chain-link

7) ( dürftig) weak, poor;

ein \schwaches Argument a weak argument;

eine \schwache Leistung a poor performance;

ein \schwacher Trost little comfort

8) med ( unzureichend) weak;

ein \schwaches Sehvermögen/ Gehör poor [or weak] eyesight/hearing;

schwächer werden to become weaker;

im Alter wird das Gehör schwächer one's hearing becomes poorer in old age

9) chem ( gering konzentriert) weak

jdm wird \schwach [zumute] ( fam) sb feels faint; s. a. Augenblick, Bild, Stelle, Trost

1) ( leicht) faintly;

das Herz schlug nur noch \schwach the heartbeat had become faint;

er hat sich nur \schwach gewehrt he didn't put up much resistance

2) ( spärlich) sparsely;

nachts sind die Grenzübergänge \schwach besetzt the border crossings aren't very heavily [or well] manned at night;

mit Nachschlagewerken sind wir nun wirklich nicht \schwach bestückt we really have got quite a few [or lot of] reference works;

die Ausstellung war nur \schwach besucht the exhibition wasn't very well [or was poorly] attended

3) ( geringfügig)

\schwach applaudieren to applaud sparingly;

Ihre Tochter beteiligt sich in den letzten Monaten nur noch \schwach am Unterricht your daughter has hardly been participating in class in recent months;

dieses Problem hat mich immer nur \schwach interessiert this problem has never been of any great interest to me

4) kochk ( mild) slightly;

der Arzt hat mir geraten, \schwach gesalzen zu essen my doctor has advised me not to add [too] much salt to my food;

das Essen ist für meinen Geschmack zu \schwach gewürzt the food isn't spicy enough for my liking [or palate];

den Tee bitte nur ganz \schwach gesüßt! not too much sugar in my tea, please!

5) ( dürftig) feebly;

die Mannschaft spielte ausgesprochen \schwach the team put up a feeble performance;

eine \schwache Erinnerung an etw haben to vaguely remember sth

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1 to yield (intereses, dividendos).

2 to earn, to accrue, to bear.

María gMaría dinero Mary earns money.

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Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 (sueldo) to earn

2 (interés) to earn, accrue

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1) [+ intereses] to yield, pay

2) [+ sueldo] (=ganar) to earn; (=tener que cobrar) to be due

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verbo transitivo < beneficios> to yield; < interés> to bear

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verbo transitivo < beneficios> to yield; < interés> to bear

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devengar [A3 ]

‹beneficios› to yield

esta cuenta devenga un interés mínimo this account earns o pays very little interest

el interés devengado hasta la fecha the interest earned o accrued to date

jornales devengados wages due

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devengar vt

un depósito a plazo que devenga altos intereses a fixed-term deposit that yields o pays a high rate of interest;

ingresos devengados durante el ejercicio income earned o accrued during the Br financial o US fiscal year

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v/t yield, pay

- drzwi otworzył niski gruby człowieczek a little fat guy opened the door

- nie interesują się życiem człowieczka, który wzrasta obok they take little interest in the life of the little person growing up alongside them

- zapijaczony człowieczek a well-oiled guy

- śmieszny człowieczek a funny guy

SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping, Public utilities, Weapons and armour

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The only son of a corn merchant, Alderman William Armstrong, he was educated at private schools in Newcastle and at Bishop Auckland Grammar School. He then became an articled clerk in the office of Armorer Donkin, a solicitor and a friend of his father. During a fishing trip he saw a water-wheel driven by an open stream to work a marble-cutting machine. He felt that its efficiency would be improved by introducing the water to the wheel in a pipe. He developed an interest in hydraulics and in electricity, and became a popular lecturer on these subjects. From 1838 he became friendly with Henry Watson of the High Bridge Works, Newcastle, and for six years he visited the Works almost daily, studying turret clocks, telescopes, papermaking machinery, surveying instruments and other equipment being produced. There he had built his first hydraulic machine, which generated 5 hp when run off the Newcastle town water-mains. He then designed and made a working model of a hydraulic crane, but it created little interest. In 1845, after he had served this rather unconventional apprenticeship at High Bridge Works, he was appointed Secretary of the newly formed Whittle Dene Water Company. The same year he proposed to the town council of Newcastle the conversion of one of the quayside cranes to his hydraulic operation which, if successful, should also be applied to a further four cranes. This was done by the Newcastle Cranage Company at High Bridge Works. In 1847 he gave up law and formed W.G.Armstrong \& Co. to manufacture hydraulic machinery in a works at Elswick. Orders for cranes, hoists, dock gates and bridges were obtained from mines; docks and railways.

Early in the Crimean War, the War Office asked him to design and make submarine mines to blow up ships that were sunk by the Russians to block the entrance to Sevastopol harbour. The mines were never used, but this set him thinking about military affairs and brought him many useful contacts at the War Office. Learning that two eighteen-pounder British guns had silenced a whole Russian battery but were too heavy to move over rough ground, he carried out a thorough investigation and proposed light field guns with rifled barrels to fire elongated lead projectiles rather than cast-iron balls. He delivered his first gun in 1855; it was built of a steel core and wound-iron wire jacket. The barrel was multi-grooved and the gun weighed a quarter of a ton and could fire a 3 lb (1.4 kg) projectile. This was considered too light and was sent back to the factory to be rebored to take a 5 lb (2.3 kg) shot. The gun was a complete success and Armstrong was then asked to design and produce an equally successful eighteen-pounder. In 1859 he was appointed Engineer of Rifled Ordnance and was knighted. However, there was considerable opposition from the notably conservative officers of the Army who resented the intrusion of this civilian engineer in their affairs. In 1862, contracts with the Elswick Ordnance Company were terminated, and the Government rejected breech-loading and went back to muzzle-loading. Armstrong resigned and concentrated on foreign sales, which were successful worldwide.

The search for a suitable proving ground for a 12-ton gun led to an interest in shipbuilding at Elswick from 1868. This necessitated the replacement of an earlier stone bridge with the hydraulically operated Tyne Swing Bridge, which weighed some 1450 tons and allowed a clear passage for shipping. Hydraulic equipment on warships became more complex and increasing quantities of it were made at the Elswick works, which also flourished with the reintroduction of the breech-loader in 1878. In 1884 an open-hearth acid steelworks was added to the Elswick facilities. In 1897 the firm merged with Sir Joseph Whitworth \& Co. to become Sir W.G.Armstrong Whitworth \& Co. After Armstrong's death a further merger with Vickers Ltd formed Vickers Armstrong Ltd.

In 1879 Armstrong took a great interest in Joseph Swan's invention of the incandescent electric light-bulb. He was one of those who formed the Swan Electric Light Company, opening a factory at South Benwell to make the bulbs. At Cragside, his mansion at Roth bury, he installed a water turbine and generator, making it one of the first houses in England to be lit by electricity.

Armstrong was a noted philanthropist, building houses for his workforce, and endowing schools, hospitals and parks. His last act of charity was to purchase Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria, in 1894, intending to turn it into a hospital or a convalescent home, but he did not live long enough to complete the work.

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SUBJECT AREA: Chemical technology, Mining and extraction technology, Weapons and armour

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The son of a barber-surgeon who deserted his family to serve in the Swedish army, Nobel showed little interest in academic pursuits as a child and was sent to sea at the age of 16, but jumped ship in Egypt and was eventually employed as an architect by the pasha. Returning to Sweden, he won a scholarship to the Stockholm School of Architecture, where he studied from 1821 to 1825 and was awarded a number of prizes. His interest then leaned towards mechanical matters and he transferred to the Stockholm School of Engineering. Designs for linen-finishing machines won him a prize there, and he also patented a means of transforming rotary into reciprocating movement. He then entered the real-estate business and was successful until a fire in 1833 destroyed his house and everything he owned. By this time he had married and had two sons, with a third, Alfred (of Nobel Prize fame; see Alfred Nobel), on the way. Moving to more modest quarters on the outskirts of Stockholm, Immanuel resumed his inventions, concentrating largely on India rubber, which he applied to surgical instruments and military equipment, including a rubber knapsack.

It was talk of plans to construct a canal at Suez that first excited his interest in explosives. He saw them as a means of making mining more efficient and began to experiment in his backyard. However, this made him unpopular with his neighbours, and the city authorities ordered him to cease his investigations. By this time he was deeply in debt and in 1837 moved to Finland, leaving his family in Stockholm. He hoped to interest the Russians in land and sea mines and, after some four years, succeeded in obtaining financial backing from the Ministry of War, enabling him to set up a foundry and arms factory in St Petersburg and to bring his family over. By 1850 he was clear of debt in Sweden and had begun to acquire a high reputation as an inventor and industrialist. His invention of the horned contact mine was to be the basic pattern of the sea mine for almost the next 100 years, but he also created and manufactured a central-heating system based on hot-water pipes. His three sons, Ludwig, Robert and Alfred, had now joined him in his business, but even so the outbreak of war with Britain and France in the Crimea placed severe pressures on him. The Russians looked to him to convert their navy from sail to steam, even though he had no experience in naval propulsion, but the aftermath of the Crimean War brought financial ruin once more to Immanuel. Amongst the reforms brought in by Tsar Alexander II was a reliance on imports to equip the armed forces, so all domestic arms contracts were abruptly cancelled, including those being undertaken by Nobel. Unable to raise money from the banks, Immanuel was forced to declare himself bankrupt and leave Russia for his native Sweden. Nobel then reverted to his study of explosives, particularly of how to adapt the then highly unstable nitroglycerine, which had first been developed by Ascanio Sobrero in 1847, for blasting and mining. Nobel believed that this could be done by mixing it with gunpowder, but could not establish the right proportions. His son Alfred pursued the matter semi-independently and eventually evolved the principle of the primary charge (and through it created the blasting cap), having taken out a patent for a nitroglycerine product in his own name; the eventual result of this was called dynamite. Father and son eventually fell out over Alfred's independent line, but worse was to follow. In September 1864 Immanuel's youngest son, Oscar, then studying chemistry at Uppsala University, was killed in an explosion in Alfred's laboratory: Immanuel suffered a stroke, but this only temporarily incapacitated him, and he continued to put forward new ideas. These included making timber a more flexible material through gluing crossed veneers under pressure and bending waste timber under steam, a concept which eventually came to fruition in the form of plywood.

In 1868 Immanuel and Alfred were jointly awarded the prestigious Letterstedt Prize for their work on explosives, but Alfred never for-gave his father for retaining the medal without offering it to him.

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