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61 Shillibeer, George
SUBJECT AREA: Land transport[br]fl. early nineteenth century[br]English coachbuilder who introduced the omnibus to London.[br]Little is known of Shillibeer's early life except that he was for some years resident in France. He served as a midshipman in the Royal Navy before joining the firm of Hatchetts in Long Acre, London, to learn coachbuilding. He set up as a coachbuilder in Paris soon after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and prospered. Early in the 1820s Jacques Laffite ordered two improved buses from Shillibeer. Their success prompted Shillibeer to sell up his business and return to London to start a similar service. His first two buses in London ran for the first time on 4 July 1829, from the Yorkshire Stingo at Paddington to the Bank, a distance of 9 miles (14 km) which had taken three hours by the existing short-stagecoaches. Shillibeer's vehicle was drawn by three horses abreast, carried twenty-two passengers at a charge of one shilling for the full journey or sixpence for a part-journey. These fares were a third of that charged for an inside seat on a short-stagecoach. The conductors were the sons of friends of Shillibeer from his naval days. He was soon earning £1,000 per week, each bus making twelve double journeys a day. Dishonesty was rife among the conductors, so Shillibeer fitted a register under the entrance step to count the passengers; two of the conductors who had been discharged set out to wreck the register and its inventor. Expanded routes were soon being travelled by a larger fleet but the newly formed Metropolitan Police force complained that the buses were too wide, so the next buses had only two horses and carried sixteen passengers inside with two on top. Shillibeer's partner, William Morton, failed as competition grew. Shillibeer sold out in 1834 when he had sixty buses, six hundred horses and stabling for them. He started a long-distance service to Greenwich, but a competing railway opened in 1835 and income declined; the Official Stamp and Tax Offices seized the omnibuses and the business was bankrupted. Shillibeer then set up as an undertaker, and prospered with a new design of hearse which became known as a "Shillibeer".[br]Further ReadingA.Bird, 1969, Road Vehicles, London: Longmans Industrial Archaeology Series.IMcN -
62 extendido
Del verbo extender: ( conjugate extender) \ \
extendido es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: extender extendido
extender ( conjugate extender) verbo transitivo 1 ‹periódico/mapa› to open … up o out; ‹mantel/toalla› to spread … out 2 ‹ brazos› to stretch out; ‹ alas› to spread; 3 ‹pintura/mantequilla› to spread 4 ( ampliar) ‹poderes/plazo/permiso› to extend 5 (frml) ‹factura/cheque/escritura› to issue; ‹ receta› to make out, write extenderse verbo pronominal 1 ( en el espacio) extendidose a algo to extend to sth 2 ( en el tiempo)b) [ persona]:¿quisiera extendidose sobre ese punto? would you like to expand on that point?
extendido
◊ -da adjetivo
extender verbo transitivo
1 to extend (un territorio) to enlarge
2 (desplegar, estirar) to spread (out), open (out) (una mano, las piernas, etc) to stretch (out)
3 (untar) to spread
4 (expedir) (un cheque) to make out (un documento) to draw up (un certificado) to issue
extendido,-a adjetivo
1 (desplegado) spread out, open: el mapa estaba extendido sobre la mesa, the map was spread out on the table (alas, brazos) outstretched: me recibió con los brazos extendidos, he greeted me with outstretched arms
2 (hábito, uso, rumor) widespread: el rumor está bien extendido, the rumour is very widespread ' extendido' also found in these entries: Spanish: extendida - cuyo - plato - tener English: extended - outstretched - prevalent - widespread - extensively - out - rife - wide -
63 ♦ rumour
♦ rumour, ( USA) rumor /ˈru:mə(r)/n. [uc]voce; diceria: Rumours of imminent devaluation are rife in the City, la City è piena di voci su un'imminente svalutazione; There are rumours that he may resign, ci sono voci secondo le quali potrebbe dimettersi; Have you heard the rumours about Lucy and Dave?, hai sentito quello che si dice su Lucy e Dave?; to fuel rumours, alimentare le voci incontrollate; to spread rumours, mettere in giro delle voci; Rumour has it that…, corre voce che…; There is a rumour going around that …, circola voce che …; rumour-monger, chi sparge voci (o dicerie); malalingua; unconfirmed rumours, voci non confermate● (fig.) rumour mill, fabbrica di dicerie; voci di corridoioFALSI AMICI: rumour non significa rumore. (to) rumour, ( USA) (to) rumor /ˈru:mə(r)/v. t.(di solito, al passivo) far correr voce; riferire come diceria: It is rumoured that there will be a Cabinet reshuffle, corre voce che ci sarà un rimpasto governativo; He is rumoured to have run away with the boss's wife, si dice in giro che sia scappato con la moglie del capo. -
64 influence peddling
trafic m d'influenceDuring Bill Clinton's presidency, Republicans were loud in accusing the White House of being too cozy with campaign contributors and lobbyists and relentlessly looking to shape policy to appeal to this or that group of minority voters. Influence peddling seemed rife, as did special treatment and access for corporate bigwigs who shelled out for the Democrats.
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65 popular
1. n массовая газета или массовый журнал2. n эстрадный концерт3. a народныйpopular vote — прямые выборы, голосование на прямых выборах
4. a доходчивый, понятный, популярный5. a общедоступный6. a популярный, пользующийся известностью, популярностью7. a распространённый8. a массовыйСинонимический ряд:1. approved (adj.) approved; favored; well-liked2. celebrated (adj.) celebrated; famous; renowned3. cheap (adj.) affordable; cheap; inexpensive; low; low-cost; low-priced; medium-priced; reasonable; uncostly; undear4. democratic (adj.) democratic; self-governing; self-ruling5. favorite (adj.) favorite; liked; promoted; received; recommend; sought; standard6. favoured (adj.) favoured; favourite; preferred7. prevailing (adj.) current; prevailing; rampant; regnant; rife; ruling; widespread8. prevalent (adj.) accepted; adopted; common; embraced; faddish; fashionable; prevalent9. public (adj.) general; plebeian; public; societal; vulgar10. well-known (adj.) famed; leading; noted; notorious; prominent; well-knownАнтонимический ряд:esoteric; exclusive; odious; old-fashioned; rare; recondite; unaccepted; uncommon; unconventional; unknown; unusual
См. также в других словарях:
rife with — having a large amount of (something bad or unpleasant) : full of (something bad or unpleasant) The school was rife with rumors. a history rife with scandal • • • Main Entry: ↑rife … Useful english dictionary
rife with — full of. → rife … English new terms dictionary
rife — [raıf] adj [: Old English; Origin: ryfe] 1.) [not before noun] if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common ▪ Violent crime is rife in our inner cities. 2.) rife with sth full of something bad or unpleasant ▪ The crowded factories… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rife — [ raıf ] adjective never before noun if something bad or unpleasant is rife, there is a lot of it: Corruption in sports is rife. rife with: The investigation was rife with rumor and speculation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rife´ly — rife «ryf», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. happening often; common; numerous; widespread: »all those noises so rife in a Portuguese inn (George Borrow). SYNONYM(S): prevalent. 2. well supplied; … Useful english dictionary
rife — [rīf] adj. [ME rif < OE ryfe, akin to MDu rijf, abundant, ON rifr, desired < IE * reip < base * rei : see REAP] 1. frequently or commonly occurring; widespread [malicious gossip was rife] 2. a) abundant b) abounding [an interpretation ri … English World dictionary
rife — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (especially of something undesirable) widespread. 2) (rife with) full of. DERIVATIVES rifeness noun. ORIGIN Old English, probably from an Old Norse word meaning «acceptable» … English terms dictionary
rife — adj. abounding in 1) (cannot stand alone) rife with (the city was rife with rumors) misc. 2) to run rife ( to be out of control ) (rumors about them are running rife) * * * [raɪf] [ misc. ] to run rife (rumors about them are running rife; to be… … Combinatory dictionary
rife — [[t]ra͟ɪf[/t]] ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, oft ADJ with n If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common. Speculation is rife that he will be sacked... Bribery… … English dictionary
rife — adjective 1 (not before noun) if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common: Violent crime is rife in our inner cities. see also: run rife run 1 (37) 2 rife with full of something bad or unpleasant: The streets were rife with rumors… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rife — UK [raɪf] / US adjective [never before noun] if something bad or unpleasant is rife, there is a lot of it Corruption in sport is rife. rife with: The investigation was rife with rumour and speculation … English dictionary