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61 uninformed
tr[ʌnɪn'fɔːmd]1 mal informado,-a, ignorante2 (opinion) sin base, sin fundamentoadj.• desavisado, -a adj.• ignorante adj.• no informado adj.• no instruido adj.'ʌnɪn'fɔːrmd, ˌʌnɪn'fɔːmdadjective <opinion/guess> sin fundamentouninformed ABOUT something: she was uninformed about what was going on in the country — no estaba al tanto or al corriente de lo que estaba pasando en el país
['ʌnɪn'fɔːmd]ADJ [comment, rumour, criticism] infundado; [attitudes, prejudice] ignorantewell-meaning but uninformed people — personas fpl de buenas intenciones pero sin conocimientos
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to be uninformed about sth — no estar informado sobre algo, no estar al corriente or al tanto de algohe could not claim that he was uninformed about the law — no podía afirmar que no estaba informado sobre la ley, no podía afirmar que no estaba al corriente or al tanto de la ley
people are generally very uninformed about the disease — la gente en general está muy poco informada sobre la enfermedad
* * *['ʌnɪn'fɔːrmd, ˌʌnɪn'fɔːmd]adjective <opinion/guess> sin fundamentouninformed ABOUT something: she was uninformed about what was going on in the country — no estaba al tanto or al corriente de lo que estaba pasando en el país
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62 fight
[faɪt] 1. n 2. vt, pt, pp foughtperson, urge walczyć z +instr; cancer, prejudice etc walczyć z +instr, zwalczać (zwalczyć perf); (BOXING) walczyć przeciwko +dat or z +instr3. viwalczyć, bić sięto fight for/against sth — walczyć o coś/z czymś
to fight one's way through a crowd/the undergrowth — przedzierać się (przedrzeć się perf) przez tłum/zarośla
Phrasal Verbs:* * *1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) walczyć2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) walczyć3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) kłócić się2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) walka, bójka2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) walka3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) wola, chęć walki4) (a boxing-match.) walka•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
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63 whip up
transitive verb1) (snatch up) [blitz]schnell aufheben2) (Cookery) [kräftig] schlagen3) (arouse) aufpeitschen [Wellen]; (fig.) anheizen (ugs.), anfachen (geh.) [Emotionen, Interesse]; schüren [Hass, Unzufriedenheit]4) (coll.): (make quickly) schnell hinzaubern [Gericht, Essen]* * *1) (to whip: I'm whipping up eggs for the dessert.) schlagen2) (to produce or prepare quickly: I'll whip up a meal in no time.) herzaubern* * *◆ whip upvt1. (excite)to \whip up up enthusiasm Begeisterung entfachento \whip up up bad feeling böses Blut schaffento \whip up up prejudice Vorurteile schürento \whip up up sand/snow/water Sand/Schnee/Wasser aufpeitschento \whip up up support Unterstützung findento \whip up up eggs Eier [schaumig] schlagen* * *vt sep1) (= pick up) schnappen2) (= set in motion) horses antreiben; (COOK) cream schlagen; mixture verrühren; eggs verquirlen; (inf = prepare quickly) meal hinzaubern; (fig = stir up) interest, feeling anheizen, entfachen; support finden, auftreiben (inf); audience, crowd mitreißenI'll just whip up something to eat (inf) — ich mach nur schnell was zu essen
the sea, whipped up by the wind — das Meer, vom Wind aufgepeitscht
* * *whip up v/t2. antreiben3. fig die Menge etc aufpeitschen, die Stimmung etc anheizenb) Leute zusammentrommeln* * *transitive verb1) (snatch up) [blitz]schnell aufheben2) (Cookery) [kräftig] schlagen3) (arouse) aufpeitschen [Wellen]; (fig.) anheizen (ugs.), anfachen (geh.) [Emotionen, Interesse]; schüren [Hass, Unzufriedenheit]4) (coll.): (make quickly) schnell hinzaubern [Gericht, Essen] -
64 rid
A vtr ( p prés - dd- ; prét, pp rid) to rid the house of mice/the streets of cars débarrasser la maison de souris/les rues de voitures ; to rid the world of famine/of imperialism venir à bout de la famine/de l'impérialisme dans le monde ; to rid sb of his/her illusions faire perdre ses illusions à qn.C pp adj to be (well) rid of être (bien) débarrassé de ; to get rid of se débarrasser de [waste, old car, guests] ; faire cesser [pain, famine] ; se défaire de [prejudice]. -
65 die
die [daɪ]a. [person, animal, plant] mourir ; [engine] caler• to die of hunger/cold mourir de faim/froid• he died happy ( = died in peace) il est mort heureux• never say die! (inf) il ne faut jamais désespérer !• I'd rather die! plutôt mourir !• it's to die for! (inf!) ça me fait craquer ! (inf)• she was dying for him to kiss her elle n'attendait qu'une chose: qu'il l'embrasse• to die hard [tradition, attitude, prejudice] avoir la vie dure3. noun(plural dice) [daɪs]dé m[sound, voice, laughter] s'éteindre[emotion, protest] se calmer ; [wind] tomber ; [fire] s'éteindre ; [noise] diminuer ; [applause] cesser ; [violence, conflict] s'atténuer[species, family] s'éteindre ; [custom] disparaître• to be dying out [species, tribe] être en voie d'extinction ; [custom] être en train de disparaître* * *[daɪ] 1. 2. 3.1) ( expire) mourirto die of ou from — mourir de [starvation, disease]
he' d sooner ou rather die than do — il mourrait plutôt que de faire
to die for — mourir pour [beliefs, person]
3) ( wither) [plant, crop] crever4) fig ( of boredom etc) mourir (of de)5) (colloq) ( long)clothes to die for — (colloq) des vêtements à craquer (colloq)
6) ( go out) [light, flame] s'éteindre7) ( fade) [emotion, memory, fame] s'éteindre; [enthusiasm] tomber8) (colloq) ( cease functioning) [machine, engine] s'arrêter9) (colloq) ( on stage) faire un bide (colloq)•Phrasal Verbs:- die down- die out••
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