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121 length
{leŋθ}
1. дължина, протежение
lying at (one's) full LENGTH проснат с цялата си дължина
to measure one's LENGTH/to fall all one's LENGTH (on the ground) просвам се на земята
over the LENGTH and breadth of надлъж и нашир по
2. дължина, време, времетраене
LENGTH of service прослужени години
LENGTH of time required to do something време, необходимо да се направи нещо
3. стелен, обсег, разстояние
to go to the LENGTH of (с ger) стигам дотам, че (да)
to go to great/all/any LENGTHs готов съм на всичко, не се спирам пред нищо
4. фон., муз. дължина
5. парче, къс (канап, плат, дърво, тръба)
dress LENGTH плат за една рокля
6. сп. дължина (като мярка при конни и гребни състезания)
7. at LENGTH накрая, най-после, най-сетне, най-подробно, надълго и нашироко
изчерпателно (и at some/great LENGTH)
to have/get/know/take the LENGTH of someone's foot съставям си мнение за някого* * *{lend} n 1. дължина; протежение; lying at (o.'s) full length просна* * *времетраене; протежение; дължина;* * *1. at length накрая, най-после, най-сетне, най-подробно, надълго и нашироко 2. dress length плат за една рокля 3. length of service прослужени години 4. length of time required to do something време, необходимо да се направи нещо 5. lying at (one's) full length проснат с цялата си дължина 6. over the length and breadth of надлъж и нашир по 7. to go to great/all/any lengths готов съм на всичко, не се спирам пред нищо 8. to go to the length of (с ger) стигам дотам, че (да) 9. to have/get/know/take the length of someone's foot съставям си мнение за някого 10. to measure one's length/to fall all one's length (on the ground) просвам се на земята 11. дължина, време, времетраене 12. дължина, протежение 13. изчерпателно (и at some/great length) 14. парче, къс (канап, плат, дърво, тръба) 15. сп. дължина (като мярка при конни и гребни състезания) 16. стелен, обсег, разстояние 17. фон., муз. дължина* * *length[leʃu] n 1. дължина; протежение; over the \length and breadth of a country надлъж и нашир в една страна; 2. дължина, време, времетраене; \length of service старшинство, прослужени години; at \length 1) накрая, най-после, най-сетне; 2) най-подробно, надълго и нашироко; 3. степен, обсег; разстояние; to go the \length of (с ger) стигам дотам, че (да); to go to great ( all, any) \lengths готов съм на всичко, не се спирам пред нищо; 4. ез., муз. дължина; 5. парче, къс (канап, плат, дърво); trouser \length плат, колкото за един панталон; • full-\length film пълнометражен филм; to have ( get, know, take) the \length of s.o.'s foot вземам някому мярката; съставям си мнение за някого; to measure o.'s \length просвам се; to win by a \length сп. печеля с една дължина (при конни и гребни състезания); to keep at arm's \length избягвам близостта на някого, държа някого на голямо разстояние. -
122 place
{pleis}
I. 1. място
in PLACE на място, уместно, уместен, подходящ
out of PLACE не на място, неуместно, неуместен, неподходящ
in PLACEs на места, тук-там
in PLACE of вместо, наместо
in the first/second PLACE на първо/второ място, първо/второ
in the next PLACE по-нататък, след това, после
six PLACEs were laid масата беше сложена за шест души
before I leave this PLACE преди да си тръгна оттук, преди да си отида
all over the PLACE навсякъде
some PLACE някъде
any PLACE някъде, къде да е
in another PLACE парл. в Камарата на лордовете/общините
the other PLACE шег. Оксфорд (употребено в Кеймбридж), Кеймбридж (употребено в Оксфорд)
to take one's PLACE заемам мястото си, сядам
to fill/take the PLACE of замествам, заемам мястото на
to give PLACE to отстъпвам място на, бивам последван/заместен от
to have a soft PLACE in one's heart for питая/имам добри/нежни чувства към, обичам
there is no PLACE like home у дома си е най-хубаво
2. (подходящ) момент/място/време
this is not the PLACE to не му е сега времето да, сега не е моментът да
3. място, сграда (за определена работа, цел), заведение
PLACE of worship църква, храм
PLACE of business кантора
PLACE of residence жилище, дом, местожителство
PLACE of arms плацдарм
PLACEs of amusement увеселителни заведения
4. дом, квартира, жилище, имение
PLACE in the country вила
come to my PLACE елате у дома/у нас
5. селище, град, село
6. площад, улица (в названия)
7. положение, ранг
to know one's PLACE знам си мястото, държа cе почтително
to keep someone in his PLACE държа някого на разстояние, принуждавам някого да се държи почтително
to put someone in his (proper) PLACE поставям някого на мястото му
to put oneself in someone's PLACE поставям се в положението на някого
8. служба, работа, място, длъжност, задължение, право
out of a PLACE без работа, безработен
it is not my PLACE to не е моя работа/мое задължение да, нямам право да
9. пасаж, място (в книга и пр.)
10. сп. едно от първите три места (в състезание)
11. мат. знак
calculated to five decimal PLACEs изчислено до петия десетичен знак
to take PLACE ставам, случвам се, състоя се
to go PLACEs (and see things) пътувам, обикалям, виждам света
to go PLACEs, to get some PLACE преуспявам
II. 1. поставям, слагам, полагам, помествам, намествам
to PLACE in the clearest light прен. хвърлям обилна светлина върху, осветлявам всестранно
to PLACE a question before поставям въпрос пред
to PLACE a price поставям цена, оценявам
to be awkwardly PLACEd намирам се/съм в неудобно/неприятно положение
to PLACE sentries воен. разставям часови
to PLACE an order правя поръчка (with)
to PLACE one's balls skilfully in tennis умело разпределям ударите си при тенис
2. настанявам, назначавам, намирам място на/за
to PLACE a book with a publisher намирам издател за книга, уговарям издаването на книга
the play has been PLACEd пиесата е приета за поставяне
3. влагам, инвестирам, пласирам
to PLACE a bet залагам (при състезание)
4. определям местoположението/времето/мястото на, отнасям към определени обстоятелства/дадена категория, определям какъв е, спомням си
I know his face but I can't PLACE him лицето му ми е познато, но не мога да си спомня откъде го познавам
he was a difficult man to PLACE трудно беше да се определи какъв човек е
5. сп. класирам
to be PLACEd класирам се (на едно от първите места)
6. муз. поставям (глас)
to PLACE confidence in гласувам доверие/доверявам се на* * *{pleis} 1. място; in place 1) на място; уместно; 2) уместен, подход(2) {pleis} v 1. поставям, слагам, полагам; помествам; намества* * *турям; село; селище; служба; слагам; откъслек; помествам; пасаж; пост; пласирам; влагам; работа; дом; длъжност; град; жилище; класирам; здание; квартира; инвестирам; намествам; настанявам; назначавам;* * *1. (подходящ) момент/място/време 2. 1 мат. знак 3. all over the place навсякъде 4. any place някъде, къде да е 5. before i leave this place преди да си тръгна оттук, преди да си отида 6. calculated to five decimal places изчислено до петия десетичен знак 7. come to my place елате у дома/у нас 8. he was a difficult man to place трудно беше да се определи какъв човек е 9. i know his face but i can't place him лицето му ми е познато, но не мога да си спомня откъде го познавам 10. i. място 11. ii. поставям, слагам, полагам, помествам, намествам 12. in another place парл. в Камарата на лордовете/общините 13. in place of вместо, наместо 14. in place на място, уместно, уместен, подходящ 15. in places на места, тук-там 16. in the first/second place на първо/второ място, първо/второ 17. in the next place по-нататък, след това, после 18. it is not my place to не е моя работа/мое задължение да, нямам право да 19. out of a place без работа, безработен 20. out of place не на място, неуместно, неуместен, неподходящ 21. place in the country вила 22. place of arms плацдарм 23. place of business кантора 24. place of residence жилище, дом, местожителство 25. place of worship църква, храм 26. places of amusement увеселителни заведения 27. six places were laid масата беше сложена за шест души 28. some place някъде 29. the other place шег. Оксфорд (употребено в Кеймбридж), Кеймбридж (употребено в Оксфорд) 30. the play has been placed пиесата е приета за поставяне 31. there is no place like home у дома си е най-хубаво 32. this is not the place to не му е сега времето да, сега не е моментът да 33. to be awkwardly placed намирам се/съм в неудобно/неприятно положение 34. to be placed класирам се (на едно от първите места) 35. to fill/take the place of замествам, заемам мястото на 36. to give place to отстъпвам място на, бивам последван/заместен от 37. to go places (and see things) пътувам, обикалям, виждам света 38. to go places, to get some place преуспявам 39. to have a soft place in one's heart for питая/имам добри/нежни чувства към, обичам 40. to keep someone in his place държа някого на разстояние, принуждавам някого да се държи почтително 41. to know one's place знам си мястото, държа cе почтително 42. to place a bet залагам (при състезание) 43. to place a book with a publisher намирам издател за книга, уговарям издаването на книга 44. to place a price поставям цена, оценявам 45. to place a question before поставям въпрос пред 46. to place an order правя поръчка (with) 47. to place confidence in гласувам доверие/доверявам се на 48. to place in the clearest light прен. хвърлям обилна светлина върху, осветлявам всестранно 49. to place one's balls skilfully in tennis умело разпределям ударите си при тенис 50. to place sentries воен. разставям часови 51. to put oneself in someone's place поставям се в положението на някого 52. to put someone in his (proper) place поставям някого на мястото му 53. to take one's place заемам мястото си, сядам 54. to take place ставам, случвам се, състоя се 55. влагам, инвестирам, пласирам 56. дом, квартира, жилище, имение 57. муз. поставям (глас) 58. място, сграда (за определена работа, цел), заведение 59. настанявам, назначавам, намирам място на/за 60. определям местoположението/времето/мястото на, отнасям към определени обстоятелства/дадена категория, определям какъв е, спомням си 61. пасаж, място (в книга и пр.) 62. площад, улица (в названия) 63. положение, ранг 64. селище, град, село 65. служба, работа, място, длъжност, задължение, право 66. сп. едно от първите три места (в състезание) 67. сп. класирам* * *place[´pleis] I. n 1. място; in \place на място; уместен, подходящ, сгоден; уместно; out of \place не на място; неуместен, неподходящ; неуместно; in \place of вместо, наместо; in the first ( second) \place на първо (второ) място; in the next \place по-нататък; след това; после; six \places were laid масата беше сложена за шест души; all over the \place 1) навсякъде; 2) разпилян, объркан, разхвърлян, неорганизиран (за човек); this is no \place for you не е за вас; \place of worship молитвен дом; храм, църква; \place of business търговска къща; кантора; \place of residence жилище, дом; pride of \place най-видното място, най-високата позиция; to give \place to отстъпвам място на; to lose o.'s \place in a line губя си реда (на опашка); some \place някъде; in another \place в Камарата на лордовете; \place of arms плацдарм; to take o.'s \place заемам мястото си, сядам; to take \place случва се, става, състои се; to fall ( click) into \place идвам си на мястото; мозайката се сглобява; to have a soft \place in o.'s heart for s.o. питая (изпитвам) добри (нежни) чувства към някого; a sore ( tender, raw) \place болно (уязвимо) място; to find o.'s \place in the sun слънцето изгрява и на моята улица; намирам щастието си; there's no \place like home у дома си е най-хубаво; to go to o.'s own \place отивам на оня свят, умирам; to go \places постигам успех в живота, издигам се; пътувам, посещавам забележителности; 2. дом, квартира, жилище; здание, сграда; имение; come to my \place tonight елате довечера у нас; 3. селище; град; село; 4. площад; улица (само в названия); market-\place пазарен площад, пазар; 5. разг. пост, положение; to know o.'s \place знам си мястото, държа се почтително; 6. длъжност; служба; работа; out of \place безработен, без работа; I shall lose my \place if I do it ще остана без работа (ще ме уволнят), ако направя това; it is not my \place to correct his errors не ми е работа (не съм длъжен, не ми влиза в задълженията) да поправям грешките му; 7. пасаж, откъс, място (в книга и пр.); 8. сп. едно от първите три места (в състезание); 9. мат. знак; calculated to five decimal \places (to five \places of decimals) изчислено до петия десетичен знак; 10. мин. забой; II. v 1. поставям, слагам, полагам, турям; помествам, намествам; to \place in the clearest light хвърлям обилна светлина върху, осветявам всестранно; to be awkwardly \placed намирам се в неприятно положение; to \place sentries воен. разставям часови; to \place an order правя поръчка ( with); to \place a telephone call поръчвам телефонен разговор; to \place o.'s balls skilfully in tennis умело разпределям ударите си при игра на тенис; 2. настанявам, назначавам, вреждам; намирам място на (за), намествам; to \place a book with a publisher намирам издател за своята книга, уговарям издаването на книга с издател; I have \placed my play пиесата ми е приета, одобрена (за поставяне); 3. влагам, инвестирам; пласирам (in, on, upon); to \place confidence in доверявам се на, гласувам доверие на; 4. определям местоположение (време, място) на; отнасям към определени обстоятелства; спомням си; I knew his face but I couldn't \place him лицето му ми беше познато, но не можах да си спомня откъде; 5. определям (отреждам) мястото на; прен. преценявам; he was a very difficult person to \place трудно беше да се определи точно какъв човек е той; 6. сп. класирам; to be \placed класирам се на едно от първите места; • to \place in circuit тех. включвам във верига; to \place in commission ( operation) предавам за експлоатация. -
123 ♦ step
♦ step /stɛp/n.1 [cu] passo ( anche fig.); orma; pedata; andatura; (fig.) mossa, misura, provvedimento; accorgimento, cosa da fare: He took a step forward [backward], fece un passo avanti [indietro]; to walk with a quick step, andare di buon passo; camminare con passo spedito; Don't move a step!, non fare un passo!; resta fermo!; to retrace one's steps, tornare sui propri passi; step by step, passo a passo; per gradi; a rash step, un passo avventato; the next step, la prossima mossa; steps in the wet sand, orme sulla sabbia bagnata; to be one step ahead of sb., essere un passo avanti a q. ( anche fig.); to follow in sb. 's steps, calcare le orme di q.; seguire l'esempio di q.; I heard a heavy step, sentii un passo pesante; There's no mistaking his step, il suo passo è inconfondibile; to take steps to do st., prendere provvedimenti per fare qc.; We shall take the necessary steps, faremo i passi (o le pratiche, ecc.) necessari; (form., fig.) a retrograde step, un passo indietro2 gradino; scalino ( anche fig.): a staircase of thirty steps, una scalinata di trenta gradini; It is another step in my career, è un altro scalino nella mia carriera8 (pl.) scalinata: the Spanish steps, la scalinata di piazza di Spagna (o della Trinità dei Monti: a Roma)13 (geol.) gradino14 (comput.) passo; passaggio; fase di elaborazione15 (med.) momento; fase16 (mus.) intervallo (tra due note)17 (naut.) scassa● step aerobics, step □ step aside, passo a lato; passo laterale □ (mecc.) step bearing, supporto di base; reggispinta ( di un albero) □ (comput.) step counter, contatore di passi □ (mat.) step function, funzione a gradini □ (fig.) a step in the Peerage, una nomina a Pari d'Inghilterra □ step meter rate, tariffa differenziale ( di un contatore) □ (mecc.) step pulley, puleggia a gradini; cono-puleggia □ step stool, sgabello con gradini, scaletta ( per biblioteca, ecc.) □ (archeol.) step trench, scavo a gradini □ ( sci) step turn, svolta fatta girando uno sci □ to bend (o to direct) one's steps [towards a place, home], volgere i passi, dirigersi [verso un luogo, a casa] □ to break step, rompere il passo □ to change step, cambiare il passo □ to fall into step with sb., mettersi al passo con q. ( anche fig.) □ to fall out of step, perdere il passo, andar giù di passo □ in step, (mil.) al passo; (mus.) in tempo; (fig.) in accordo, all'unisono: to be in step, andare al passo ( con gli altri) □ to keep step, (mil.) stare (o andare) al passo; (mus.) tenere il tempo □ (mil.) to keep in step, andare al passo; marciare al passo □ (fig.) to keep in step with fashion, tenere dietro alla moda □ (fig.: dei salari) to keep in step with the cost of living, tener dietro all'aumento del costo della vita □ to mind one's step = to watch one's step ► sotto □ to be out of step, essere giù di passo ( marciando); non essere al passo ( anche fig.): Grandpa is completely out of step with modern life, il nonnino non è per nulla al passo con la vita di oggigiorno □ (fig.) quite a step up (o a step up in the world), una bella promozione; un bel salto (fig.) □ (leg.) to take legal steps, adire le vie legali □ to turn one's steps = to bend one's steps ► sopra □ to watch one's step, guardare dove si mettono i piedi, fare attenzione; (fig.) essere cauto, guardingo: Watch your step!, sta attento ( a dove metti i piedi, ecc.)!; bada ( a quello che fai)!; attenzione! NOTA D'USO: - stairs, steps o step ladder?-.(to) step /stɛp/A v. i.1 fare un passo; camminare; andare; venire (spec. seguito da prep. o avv. che indicano direzione): to step forward, fare un passo avanti; Sheila stepped out of the room, Sheila è uscita dalla stanzaB v. t.3 (edil.) provvedere di gradini4 tagliare ( il terreno) a terrazze; scavare (o intagliare) scalini in: He stepped the slope leading to his cottage, intagliò dei gradini nel pendio che portava alla sua casetta● to step high, alzare molto i piedi ( camminando); ( di cavallo) alzare bene gli zoccoli ( trottando) □ (fam.) to step lively, affrettarsi; fare in fretta; far presto □ to step short, camminare a brevi passi; fare tre passi su un mattone □ Step this way, da questa parte!; venga (o venite) qua!; per di qua! -
124 bit
I [bɪt] II [bɪt]1) (small piece) (of food, substance, land) pezzo m., pezzetto m.to take sth. to bits — smontare qcs.
2) colloq. (small amount)a little bit — un pochino, un tantino
and a bit over — e un po' di più, e rotti
a bit of — un po' di [time, sun, butter, money]
a bit of difficulty, information — un po' di difficoltà, informazioni
quite a bit of a good bit of parecchio [time, money]; quite a bit o a good bit bigger — un bel po' più lontano, grande
3) colloq. (section) pezzo m.listen, this bit is brilliant! — ascolta, questo passaggio è magnifico!
4) ant. (coin) monetina f.a bit deaf, cold — un po' sordo, freddo
a bit of a problem — un po' un problema, un bel problema
••bits and bobs — colloq. cianfrusaglie
bits and pieces — (fragments) pezzetti; (belongings) armi e bagagli
every bit as good, clever — bravo, intelligente in tutto e per tutto (as quanto)
III [bɪt]not a bit of it! — colloq. neanche per sogno!
nome inform. bit m.IV [bɪt]1) equit. morso m., freno m.2) tecn. (anche drill bit) punta f. (di trapano)••* * *[bit]past tense; = bite* * *I [bɪt] II [bɪt]1) (small piece) (of food, substance, land) pezzo m., pezzetto m.to take sth. to bits — smontare qcs.
2) colloq. (small amount)a little bit — un pochino, un tantino
and a bit over — e un po' di più, e rotti
a bit of — un po' di [time, sun, butter, money]
a bit of difficulty, information — un po' di difficoltà, informazioni
quite a bit of a good bit of parecchio [time, money]; quite a bit o a good bit bigger — un bel po' più lontano, grande
3) colloq. (section) pezzo m.listen, this bit is brilliant! — ascolta, questo passaggio è magnifico!
4) ant. (coin) monetina f.a bit deaf, cold — un po' sordo, freddo
a bit of a problem — un po' un problema, un bel problema
••bits and bobs — colloq. cianfrusaglie
bits and pieces — (fragments) pezzetti; (belongings) armi e bagagli
every bit as good, clever — bravo, intelligente in tutto e per tutto (as quanto)
III [bɪt]not a bit of it! — colloq. neanche per sogno!
nome inform. bit m.IV [bɪt]1) equit. morso m., freno m.2) tecn. (anche drill bit) punta f. (di trapano)•• -
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1. adjective1) kurza short time or while ago/later — vor kurzem/kurze Zeit später
for a short time or while — eine kleine Weile; ein [kleines] Weilchen
a short time or while before/after something — kurz vor/nach etwas (Dat.)
in a short time or while — (soon) bald; in Kürze
within a short [space of] time — innerhalb kurzer Zeit
in the short run or term — kurzfristig; kurzzeitig
wear one's hair/skirts short — seine Haare kurz tragen/kurze Röcke tragen
2) (not tall) klein [Person, Wuchs]; niedrig [Gebäude, Baum, Schornstein]3) (not far-reaching) kurz [Wurf, Schuss, Gedächtnis]good doctors are in short supply — gute Ärzte sind rar od. (ugs.) sind Mangelware
be [far/not far] short of a record — einen Rekord [bei weitem] nicht erreichen/[knapp] verfehlen
somebody/something is so much/so many short — jemandem/einer Sache fehlt soundsoviel/fehlen soundsoviele
somebody is short of something — jemandem fehlt es an etwas (Dat.)
time is getting/is short — die Zeit wird/ist knapp
keep somebody short [of something] — jemanden [mit etwas] kurz halten
[have to] go short [of something] — [an etwas (Dat.)] Mangel leiden [müssen]
she is short of milk today — sie hat heute nicht genug Milch
be short [of cash] — knapp [bei Kasse] sein (ugs.)
he is just short of six feet/not far short of 60 — er ist knapp sechs Fuß [groß]/sechzig [Jahre alt]
the short answer is... — um es kurz zu machen: die Antwort ist...
short and sweet — (iron.) kurz und schmerzlos (ugs.)
in short,... — kurz,...
7) (Cookery) mürbe [Teig]8)sell oneself short — (fig.) sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen
2. adverbsell somebody/something short — (fig.) jemanden/etwas unterschätzen
1) (abruptly) plötzlichstop short — plötzlich abbrechen; [Musik, Gespräch:] jäh (geh.) abbrechen
stop short at something — über etwas (Akk.) nicht hinausgehen
stop somebody short — jemandem ins Wort fallen
bring or pull somebody up short — jemanden stutzen lassen
2) (curtly) kurz angebunden; barschjump/land short — zu kurz springen/zu früh landen (ugs.)
short of something — vor etwas (Dat.)
stop short of the line — vor der Linie stehen-/liegenbleiben
the bomb dropped short [of its target] — die Bombe fiel vor das Ziel
fall or come [far/considerably] short of something — etwas [bei weitem] nicht erreichen
stop short of something — (fig.) vor etwas zurückschrecken
stop short of doing something — davor zurückschrecken, etwas zu tun
4)nothing short of a catastrophe/miracle can... — nur eine Katastrophe/ein Wunder kann...
3. noun 4. transitive verbshort of locking him in, how can I keep him from going out? — wie kann ich ihn daran hindern auszugehen - es sei denn ich schlösse ihn ein?
(Electr. coll.) kurzschließen5. intransitive verb(Electr. coll.) einen Kurzschluss kriegen (ugs.)* * *[ʃo:t] 1. adjective3) (not lasting long; brief: a short film; in a very short time; I've a very short memory for details.) kurz4) (not as much as it should be: When I checked my change, I found it was 20 cents short.) zu wenig2. adverb1) (suddenly; abruptly: He stopped short when he saw me.) kurzerhand2) (not as far as intended: The shot fell short.) zu kurz•- academic.ru/66859/shortness">shortness- shortage
- shorten
- shortening
- shortly
- shorts
- shortbread
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- shortcut
- shorthand
- short-handed
- short-list 3. verb(to put on a short-list: We've short-listed three of the twenty applicants.) in die engere Wahl ziehen- short-lived- short-range
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-tempered
- short-term
- by a short head
- for short
- go short
- in short
- in short supply
- make short work of
- run short
- short and sweet
- short for
- short of* * *[ʃɔ:t, AM ʃɔ:rt]I. adj1. (not long) kurzJo's \short for Josephine Jo ist die Kurzform von Josephine2. (not tall) klein3. (not far) kurz\short distance kurze Streckea \short haul eine kurze Strecke [o Fahrt]a \short hop ein Katzensprung mat \short range aus kurzer Entfernung4. (brief) kurzto have a \short memory ein kurzes Gedächtnis habenat \short notice kurzfristigin the \short term kurzfristig, in nächster Zeit\short trip Kurztrip m\short and sweet kurz und schmerzlos5. (not enough)we're £15 \short to pay the bill uns fehlen 15 Pfund, um die Rechnung bezahlen zu könnenwe're still one person \short to make up a quiz team uns fehlt noch eine Person für ein Quizteamto be \short [of cash] ( fam) knapp bei Kasse seinwe're a bit \short of coffee wir haben nur noch wenig Kaffeeto be \short of breath außer Atem seinto be \short of space wenig Platz haben, räumlich beengt seinto be in \short supply schwer zu beschaffen sein, knapp seinto be \short of time wenig Zeit habento be \short on brains nur wenig im Kopf haben6. LING\short vowel kurzer Vokal, Kurzvokal m▪ to be \short [with sb] [jdm gegenüber] kurz angebunden sein8. STOCKEX\short position Baisseposition f9.▶ the \short answer is ‘no’ die Antwort ist kurz und bündig ‚nein‘he has a \short fuse bei ihm brennt leicht die Sicherung durch fam▶ to make \short work of sb mit jdm kurzen Prozess machen▶ to make \short work of sth etw schnell erledigenII. nIII. advto cut sth \short etw abkürzenI had to cut our holiday \short ich musste unseren Urlaub unterbrechenthey never let the children go \short sie ließen es den Kindern an nichts fehlento fall \short of sth etw nicht erreichen, hinter etw dat zurückbleiben; of expectations etw dat nicht entsprechento stop sb \short jdn unterbrechento stop sth \short etw abbrechenshe stopped \short of accusing him of lying beinahe hätte sie ihm vorgeworfen, dass er log▶ in \short kurz gesagt* * *[ʃɔːt]1. adj (+er)1) kurz; steps, person klein; waist (of dress) hochto be short in the leg (person) — kurze Beine haben; (trousers) zu kurz sein
to be in short trousers — in kurzen Hosen herumlaufen; (fig) ein kleiner Junge sein
a short time ago — vor kurzer Zeit, vor Kurzem
in a short time or while — in Kürze, in kurzer Zeit
time is getting/is short —
in short order ( US inf ) — sofort
short drink — Kurze(r) m (inf), Schnaps m
3) (= brief) kurzshort and sweet — schön kurz, kurz und ergreifend (iro)
the short answer is that he refused — kurz gesagt, er lehnte ab
to be short with sb — jdn schroff behandeln, jdm gegenüber kurz angebunden sein (inf)
to be in short supply — knapp sein; (Comm) beschränkt lieferbar sein
we are (five/£3) short, we are short (of five/£3) — wir haben (fünf/£ 3) zu wenig
it's five/£3 short — es fehlen fünf/£ 3
we are seven short — uns (dat)
we are short of books/staff — wir haben zu wenig Bücher/Personal
we are not short of volunteers — wir haben genug Freiwillige, uns fehlt es nicht an Freiwilligen
I'm a bit short (of cash) (inf) — ich bin etwas knapp bei Kasse
he's one sandwich short of a picnic (hum inf) he's one or several cards short of a full deck ( US hum inf ) — er hat sie nicht alle beisammen (inf)
we are £2,000 short/not far short of our target — wir liegen £ 2.000/(nur) knapp unter unserem Ziel
not far or much short of £100 — nicht viel weniger als £ 100, beinahe £ 100, knapp unter £ 100
he is not far short of his fiftieth birthday now — er ist jetzt knapp unter fünfzig, ihm fehlt nicht mehr viel bis zu seinem fünfzigsten Geburtstag
to be short on experience/examples — wenig Erfahrung/Beispiele haben
See:7) pastry mürbe2. adv1)(= below the expected amount)
to fall short (arrow etc) — zu kurz landen; (shot) zu kurz sein; (supplies etc) nicht ausreichento fall short of sth — etw nicht erreichen; of expectations etw nicht erfüllen
it fell 10 feet short of the target — es fehlten 10 Fuß zum Ziel, es war 10 Fuß zu kurz
it falls far short of what we require — das bleibt weit hinter unseren Bedürfnissen zurück; (in quantity) das bleibt weit unter unseren Bedürfnissen
to go short (of money/food etc) — zu wenig (Geld/zu essen etc) haben
the parents went short of food so that the children could eat — die Eltern haben an sich (dat) selbst gespart, damit die Kinder zu essen hatten
we are running short (of water/time) — wir haben nicht mehr viel (Wasser/Zeit)
sugar/water is running short — Zucker/Wasser ist knapp
to sell oneself short (inf) — sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen, sich unter Wert verkaufen
2) (= abruptly, suddenly) plötzlich, abruptto pull up or stop short (while driving) — plötzlich or abrupt anhalten; (while walking also) plötzlich or abrupt stehen bleiben
I'd stop short of murder —
he stopped short of actually calling me a liar — er ging nicht so weit, mich tatsächlich einen Lügner zu nennen
to be caught short by sth — auf etw (acc) nicht vorbereitet sein
3)nothing short of a revolution can... — nur eine Revolution kann...
I don't see what you can do short of asking him yourself — ich sehe keine andere Möglichkeit, außer dass Sie ihn selbst fragen
short of telling him a lie... — außer ihn zu belügen...
3. n(= short circuit) Kurzschluss, Kurze(r) (inf) m; (inf = short drink) Kurze(r) m (inf); (= short film) Kurzfilm mSee:→ long4. vt (ELEC)kurzschließen5. vi (ELEC)einen Kurzschluss haben* * *short [ʃɔː(r)t]1. (räumlich und zeitlich) kurz:a short time ago vor kurzer Zeit, vor Kurzem;short holiday (bes US vacation) Kurzurlaub m; → hair Bes Redew, run A 1 a, shrift 2, ton1 1 b, work A 12. klein (von Gestalt)3. kurz, knapp (Rede etc). “phone” is short for “telephone” „phone“ ist die Kurzform von „telephone“4. kurz angebunden, barsch5. knapp (Rationen, Stunde etc):run short knapp werden, zur Neige gehen ( → A 8)6. fall ( oder come) short of fig etwas nicht erreichen, den Erwartungen etc nicht entsprechen, hinter einer Sache zurückbleiben7. geringer, weniger ( beide:of als):little short of 10 dollars nicht ganz 10 Dollar;nothing short of nichts weniger als, geradezu;I need £100 but I’m still £10 short aber mir fehlen noch 10 Pfund;8. knapp (of an dat):short of breath kurzatmig;they ran short of bread das Brot ging ihnen aus ( → A 5)9. mürbe (Gebäck etc)10. brüchig (Metall etc)12. WIRTSCH Baisse…13. a) klein, in einem kleinen Glas serviert:b) stark, unverdünntB adv1. kurz(erhand), plötzlich, jäh, abrupt:cut sb short jemandem über den Mund fahren, jemandem das Wort abschneiden fig,;stop short jäh innehalten, stutzen ( → B 3)2. zu kurz:3. short ofb) abgesehen von, außer,c) beinahe, fast:it was little short of a miracle es grenzte an ein Wunder;stop short of zurückschrecken vor (dat)( → B 1)4. WIRTSCH ungedeckt:a) ohne Deckung verkaufen, fixen,b) fig umg bagatellisierenC sa) Kurzfilm mb) MUS kurzer Tonc) LIT kurze Silbed) LING Kürze f, kurzer Laut2. Kurzform f:he is called Bill for short er wird kurz oder der Kürze halber Bill genannt;in short kurz(um)3. Fehlbetrag m, Manko na) Shorts pl,b) bes US (Herren)Unterhose f5. ELEK Kurze(r) m umg (Kurzschluss)6. WIRTSCH Baissespekulant(in)7. pl WIRTSCHa) ohne Deckung verkaufte Waren pl oder Wertpapiere plb) zur Deckung benötigte Wertpapiere pl (beim Blankoverkauf)9. pl feine (Weizen)Kleie* * *1. adjective1) kurza short time or while ago/later — vor kurzem/kurze Zeit später
for a short time or while — eine kleine Weile; ein [kleines] Weilchen
a short time or while before/after something — kurz vor/nach etwas (Dat.)
in a short time or while — (soon) bald; in Kürze
within a short [space of] time — innerhalb kurzer Zeit
in the short run or term — kurzfristig; kurzzeitig
wear one's hair/skirts short — seine Haare kurz tragen/kurze Röcke tragen
2) (not tall) klein [Person, Wuchs]; niedrig [Gebäude, Baum, Schornstein]3) (not far-reaching) kurz [Wurf, Schuss, Gedächtnis]4) (deficient, scanty) knappgood doctors are in short supply — gute Ärzte sind rar od. (ugs.) sind Mangelware
be [far/not far] short of a record — einen Rekord [bei weitem] nicht erreichen/[knapp] verfehlen
somebody/something is so much/so many short — jemandem/einer Sache fehlt soundsoviel/fehlen soundsoviele
time is getting/is short — die Zeit wird/ist knapp
keep somebody short [of something] — jemanden [mit etwas] kurz halten
[have to] go short [of something] — [an etwas (Dat.)] Mangel leiden [müssen]
be short [of cash] — knapp [bei Kasse] sein (ugs.)
he is just short of six feet/not far short of 60 — er ist knapp sechs Fuß [groß]/sechzig [Jahre alt]
5) (brief, concise) kurzthe short answer is... — um es kurz zu machen: die Antwort ist...
short and sweet — (iron.) kurz und schmerzlos (ugs.)
in short,... — kurz,...
6) (curt, uncivil) kurz angebunden; barsch7) (Cookery) mürbe [Teig]8)sell oneself short — (fig.) sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen
2. adverbsell somebody/something short — (fig.) jemanden/etwas unterschätzen
1) (abruptly) plötzlichstop short — plötzlich abbrechen; [Musik, Gespräch:] jäh (geh.) abbrechen
stop short at something — über etwas (Akk.) nicht hinausgehen
bring or pull somebody up short — jemanden stutzen lassen
2) (curtly) kurz angebunden; barschjump/land short — zu kurz springen/zu früh landen (ugs.)
short of something — vor etwas (Dat.)
stop short of the line — vor der Linie stehen-/liegenbleiben
the bomb dropped short [of its target] — die Bombe fiel vor das Ziel
fall or come [far/considerably] short of something — etwas [bei weitem] nicht erreichen
stop short of something — (fig.) vor etwas zurückschrecken
stop short of doing something — davor zurückschrecken, etwas zu tun
4)nothing short of a catastrophe/miracle can... — nur eine Katastrophe/ein Wunder kann...
3. noun 4. transitive verbshort of locking him in, how can I keep him from going out? — wie kann ich ihn daran hindern auszugehen - es sei denn ich schlösse ihn ein?
(Electr. coll.) kurzschließen5. intransitive verb(Electr. coll.) einen Kurzschluss kriegen (ugs.)* * *adj.klein adj.kurz adj. -
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apart [əˈpα:t]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ adverba. ( = separated) houses a long way apart maisons éloignées l'une de l'autreb. ( = aside) à part• apart from the fact that... en dehors du fait que...c. ( = separately) séparément* * *Note: apart is used after certain verbs in English ( come apart, take apart, fall apart etc). For translations consult the appropriate verb entry (come, take, fall etc)[ə'pɑːt] 1.adjective, adverb2) ( separate from each other) séparéwe hate being apart — ( of couple) nous détestons être séparés
3) ( leaving aside) à part4) ( different)2.a race/a world apart — une race/un monde à part
apart from prepositional phrase1) ( separate from) à l'écart de2) ( leaving aside) en dehors de, à partapart from working in an office, he... — en plus de travailler dans un bureau, il...
apart from being illegal, it's also dangerous — (mis) à part que c'est illégal, c'est aussi dangereux
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place [pleɪs]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. endroit m• we came to a place where... nous sommes arrivés à un endroit où...━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► A more specific word is often used to translate place.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• it's a small place ( = village) c'est un village━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Note adjective + place translated by adjective alone.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► place of + noun• place of birth/work lieu m de naissance/de travail• he'll go places all right! ( = make good) il ira loin !• we're going places at last ( = make progress) nous avançons enfin• your place or mine? on va chez moi ou chez toi ?• his business is growing, he needs a bigger place son affaire s'agrandit, il lui faut des locaux plus grandsd. ( = position) place f• (if I were) in your place... (si j'étais) à votre place...• to take the place of sb/sth prendre la place de qn/qch• to fit into place ( = become clear) devenir clair• the moment I changed jobs everything fell into place ( = turned out well) il a suffi que je change de travail pour que tout s'arrangee. (in competition) place f• Paul won the race with Robert in second place Paul a gagné la course et Robert est arrivé deuxième• my personal life has had to take second place to my career ma vie privée a dû passer après ma carrière• he has risen to second place in the opinion polls il occupe maintenant la deuxième place dans les sondagesf. ( = job) place fg. (for student, player) place f• I've looked for him all over the place je l'ai cherché partout► to be in place [object] être à sa place ; [measure, policy, elements] être en place ; [conditions] être rassemblé ; [law, legislation] être en vigueur► in places ( = here and there) par endroits• the snow is very deep in places la neige est très profonde par endroits► in place of à la place de• in the first place, it will be much cheaper d'abord, ça sera beaucoup moins cher• we need to consider why so many people are in prison in the first place nous devons d'abord nous demander pourquoi tant de gens sont en prison• he shouldn't have been there in the first place d'abord, il n'aurait même pas dû être là► in the second place ensuite► out of place [object, remark] déplacéa. ( = put) mettre• events have placed the president in a difficult position les événements ont mis le président en mauvaise posture• we are now well placed to... nous sommes maintenant bien placés pour...b. ( = rank) placer• he places good health among his greatest assets il considère sa bonne santé comme l'un de ses meilleurs atouts• to place local interests above those of central government placer les intérêts locaux avant ceux de l'Étatc. ( = classify) classerd. ( = make) [+ order, contract] passer ; [+ bet] engagere. ( = find job for) trouver un emploi pour• we have so far placed 28 people in permanent jobs jusqu'à présent nous avons réussi à trouver des emplois permanents à 28 personnes• the agency is trying to place him with a building firm l'agence essaie de lui trouver une place dans une entreprise de constructionf. ( = identify) situer• he looked familiar, but I couldn't immediately place him sa tête me disait quelque chose mais je n'arrivais pas à le situer3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━‼|/b] The French word [b]place is not the commonest translation for place.* * *[pleɪs] 1.1) (location, position) endroit msame time, same place — même heure, même endroit
in places — [hilly, damaged, worn] par endroits
in several places — ( in region) dans plusieurs endroits; ( on body) à plusieurs endroits
place of birth/work — lieu m de naissance/travail
in Oxford, of all places! — à Oxford, figure-toi!
to lose/find one's place — ( in book) perdre/retrouver sa page; (in paragraph, speech) perdre/retrouver le fil
he had no place to go — (colloq) surtout US il n'avait nulle part où aller
some place — (colloq) surtout US quelque part
2) (town, hotel etc) endroit ma little place called... — un petit village du nom de...
all over the place — ( everywhere) partout; fig (colloq) [speech, lecture] complètement décousu; [hair] en bataille
3) ( home)4) (seat, space) (on bus, at table, in queue) place f; ( setting) couvert mto keep a place — garder une place ( for pour)
to lay ou set a place for somebody — mettre un couvert pour quelqu'un
5) (on team, with firm) place f (on dans); (on committee, board) siège m (on au sein de)a place as — une place comme [au pair, cook, cleaner]
6) GB University place f (at à)to get a place on — obtenir une place dans [course]
7) (in competition, race) place fto finish in first place — terminer premier/-ière or à la première place
to take second place — fig ( in importance) passer au deuxième plan
in the first place — fig ( firstly) en premier lieu; ( at the outset) pour commencer
8) (in order, correct position)in place — [law, system, scheme] en place
to put somebody in his/her place — remettre quelqu'un à sa place
9) ( role)to have no place in — n'avoir aucune place dans [organization, philosophy]
10) ( situation)in my/his place — à ma/sa place
11) ( moment) moment m2.in places — [funny, boring, silly] par moments
out of place adjectival phrase déplacé3.to look out of place — [building, person] détonner
in place of prepositional phrase à la place de [person, object]4.transitive verb1) ( put) placer, mettre [object]; mettre [advertisement]to place something back on — remettre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]
2) ( locate) placer3) ( rank) ( in competition) classer; ( in exam) GB classerto be placed third — [horse, athlete] arriver troisième
4) ( identify) situer [person]; reconnaître [accent]5) Administration (send, appoint) placer [student, trainee] (in dans); ( find home for) placer [child]••that young man is really going places — (colloq) voilà un jeune homme qui ira loin
to fall ou fit into place — devenir clair; take place
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plunge [plʌndʒ]1. noun• they were plunged into darkness/despair ils ont été plongés dans l'obscurité/le désespoirplonger ; [sales, prices, profits, temperature] chuter• to plunge into debt/recession sombrer dans les dettes/la récession4. compounds* * *[plʌndʒ] 1.1) ( from height) plongeon mto take a plunge — ( dive) piquer une tête
2) Finance ( of share prices etc) chute f libre2.transitive verb plonger ( into dans)3.to be plunged into — être plongé dans [darkness, crisis, strike]; être submergé de [debt]
intransitive verb [road, cliff, waterfall] plonger; [bird, plane] piquer; [person] ( dive) plonger; ( fall) tomber ( from de); fig [rate, value] chuterto plunge into — fig se lancer dans [activity, career]; sombrer dans [chaos]
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