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  • 101 with bated breath

    (breathing only slightly, due to anxiety, excitement etc: The crowd watched the rescue of the child with bated breath.) åndeløst
    * * *
    (breathing only slightly, due to anxiety, excitement etc: The crowd watched the rescue of the child with bated breath.) åndeløst

    English-Danish dictionary > with bated breath

  • 102 TTR

    1) Компьютерная техника: Track Record
    6) Религия: Tale of Two Rivers
    7) Железнодорожный термин: Toy Trunk Railroad
    8) Телекоммуникации: Touch Tone Required
    9) Сокращение: Tank Training Round
    10) Нефть: наработка до восстановления (time to restore), наработка до ремонта (time to repair)
    12) Транспорт: Through The Road
    13) Фирменный знак: Technical Training Resources, Inc., Tesla Technology Research, The Training Registry, To The Rescue Web Design, Transport Travel Research, Ltd.
    15) Образование: Time To Read
    16) Электротехника: thermal test reactor
    17) NYSE. 2002 Target Term Trust, Inc.

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > TTR

  • 103 rally

    ралли имя существительное: глагол:
    собирать (collect, gather, pick, assemble, compile, rally)

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > rally

  • 104 succour

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > succour

  • 105 succor

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > succor

  • 106 end

    end конец, окончание - happy * счастливый конец;
    счастливая развязка - to put an * to smth. положить конец чему-либо, покончить с чем-либо - to put an * to an argument положить конец спору - to bring to an * закончить, завершить - to make an of smth. закончить что-либо;
    положить конец чему-либо - to come to an *, to be at an * прийти к концу, кончиться - I've come to the * of my endurance мое терпение истощилось - we'll see no * of in, there is no * to it этому конца не будет - to follow smth. to its logical * довести что-либо до логического конца - in the * в конце концов, в конечном счете - to the * of time (возвышенно) вечно, на веки веков - this will remain a secret to the * of time это навеки останется тайной - the * crowns the deed конец венчает дело конец, последняя, заключительная часть;
    завершение - the * of the year конец года - the * of a sentence последняя часть предложения - a story without an * рассказ, который ничем не кончается - toward the * of 1914 к концу 1914 г. - by the * of the third quarter к концу третьего квартала - at the * of the 16th century в конце XVI столетия смерть, кончина, конец - untimely * безвременная кончина - to be near one's * быть при смерти - to come to a tragic * трагически погибнуть - to be the * (of) довести до гибели, прикончить - this cough will be the * of me этот кашель меня доконает - you will be the * of me ты меня в могилу сведешь прекращение существования - that will be the * of all war это положит конец всякой войне, войны исчезнут навсегда - the * of the world конец света конец, край - a silver watch at the * of a chain серебряные часы, подвешенные на конце цепочки - on the * of a stick на конце палки - * on концом вперед;
    (морское) прямо носом или кормой - * up стоймя, прямо - * to * непрерывной цепью, впритык - at the southern * of the town в южном конце города - from one * of the country to the other из одного конца страны в другой - to sign one's name at the * of a list поставить свою подпись в конце списка - at the other * of the world на другом конце света - at the world's * на краю света;
    у черта на куличках конец, сторона - to approach the subject from the wrong * подойти к вопросу не с того конца - look through the wrong * of a telescope воспринимать все в искаженном виде (американизм) аспект, сторона - the business * практическая или коммерческая сторона дела - at the consuming * со стороны потребителей;
    в сфере потребления - the advertising * of insurance реклама в страховом деле - at the broadcasting * на радиостанциях (американизм) часть, отделение - our selling * наш торговый отдел, коммерческий отдел нашего предприятия остаток, обломок, обрывок, обрезок - rope's * (морское) линек, конец ( троса) (американизм) (разговорное) верх, вершина (чего-либо) ;
    непревзойденное совершенство - she is the very * of feminity она воплощенная женственность торец - * elevation вид с торца, вид сбоку - * face лобовая или торцовая поверхность( специальное) комель эндсы, дилены (пиломатериалы) (текстильное) одиночная или кордная нить - * down обрыв нити - *s per inch число нитей основы на один дюйм днище( спортивное) половина поля, площадки - to change *s меняться сторонами поля (спортивное) крайний( в футболе) цель;
    намерения, виды - to accomplish one's * достичь цели - to gain one's * достичь цели, добиться своего - to pursue one's own *s преследовать свои собственные цели - to work together for a common * работать на общее дело - with this * in view с этой целью, для этого - the * justifies the means цель оправдывает средства - an * in itself самоцель - to what *? для чего? с какой целью? - to that * с этой целью - to the * that... для того чтобы..., с той целью чтобы... - to no * бесцельно, бесполезно, напрасно - to serve an * служить какой-либо цели - to serve no useful * быть бесполезным - to public *s на общественные нужды, в интересах общества - to defeat one's own * идти вразрез с поставленной целью > no * бесконечно, чрезвычайно > no * obliged to you чрезвычайно вам признателем > no * disappointed ужасно разочарованный > he was no * put out он страшно обозлился, он вышел из себя > this should liven up the debate no * это должно чрезвычайно оживить дебаты > no * of масса, много > no * of trouble масса хлопот > he deserves no * of praise он заслуживает всяческих похвал > it does no * of mischief это наносит огромный вред > on * стоймя;
    дыбом( о волосах) > on * беспрерывно, подряд > for hours on * целыми часами( подряд) > to be all on * быть в состоянии раздражения > at a loose * не у дел, непристроенный > to the bitter * до конца, до последнего;
    до последней капли крови > to be at the * of one's rope быть в безвыходном положении > to be at the * of one's tether дойти до предела, дойти до точки > to be at one's wits' * совершенно растеряться > I am at my wits' * ума не приложу > to go (in) off the deep * взволноваться, разозлиться;
    рисковать, действовать сгоряча;
    пороть горячку;
    не узнавши броду, сунуться в воду > to hold one's * up не сдаваться, не падать духом > to make both *s meet сводить концы с концами > to come out on the short * оказаться в невыгодном положении, опростоволоситься > to hand the short * of the stick (американизм) обвести (кого-либо) ;
    поставить в невыгодное положение > to hold up one's * стойко держаться в трудном положении;
    неукоснительно выполнять свой долг, принятые на себя обязательства кончать;
    заканчивать - to * one's labour on a book кончить свою работу над книгой - to * off a speech with a quotation закончить выступление цитатой - we *ed the dinner up with fruit and coffee мы закончили обед фруктами и кофе - if you don't change your ways you'll * up in prison если ты не изменишь свое поведение, то кончишь тюрьмой кончаться, завершаться - to * in disaster кончиться катастрофой - to * in success завершиться успехом - how does the story *? чем кончается рассказ? - the plateau *s in a precipice плато кончается пропастью - to * in a draw (спортивное) окончить или окончиться вничью - the expedition *ed in the death of two climbers в результате экспедиции погибли два альпиниста - not all English words which * in -ly are adverbs не все английские слова, кончающиеся на -ly, являются наречиями прекращать - to * testing now and for all time прекратить испытания( ядерного оружия) немедленно и навсегда - to * the cold war положить конец холодной войне - to * one's life покончить с собой( редкое) кончиться, умереть( устаревшее) прикончить, убить > all's well that *s well (пословица) все хорошо, что хорошо кончается > to * in smoke кончиться ничем abnormal ~ вчт. аварийное завершение adjustment at year ~ корректировка на конец года the ~ justifies the means цель оправдывает средства;
    any means to an end все средства хороши at the ~ в конце at the ~ of в конце (чего-л.) ;
    at the end of the story в конце рассказа;
    at the end of the month в конце месяца at the ~ of в конце (чего-л.) ;
    at the end of the story в конце рассказа;
    at the end of the month в конце месяца at the ~ of в конце (чего-л.) ;
    at the end of the story в конце рассказа;
    at the end of the month в конце месяца ~ pl стр. эндсы, дилены;
    to be on the end of a line попасться на удочку;
    to make both (или two) ends meet сводить концы с концами end амер. аспект, сторона;
    the political end of (smth.) политический аспект( чего-л.) ~ днище ~ завершение ~ sl зад ~ заканчивать ~ конец, смерть;
    he is near(ing) his end он умирает ~ конец, окончание ~ конец;
    окончание;
    предел;
    end on концом вперед;
    to put an end to( smth.), to make an end of( smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить( что-л.) ~ конец ~ кончать, заканчивать ~ кончать;
    заканчивать;
    прекращать;
    to end all wars положить конец всем войнам;
    to end one's life покончить с собой ~ кончать ~ кончаться, завершаться (in, with) ;
    to end in disaster окончиться катастрофой;
    the story ends with the hero's death рассказ кончается смертью героя ~ край;
    граница;
    ends of the earth край земли;
    глухомань;
    the world's end край света ~ окончание ~ остаток, обломок;
    обрезок;
    отрывок ~ остаток ~ прекращать ~ результат, следствие;
    happy end благополучная развязка, счастливый конец;
    it is difficult to foresee the end трудно предвидеть результат ~ результат ~ следствие ~ смерть, кончина ~ цель;
    to that end с этой целью;
    to gain one's ends достичь цели;
    ends and means цели и средства ~ цель ~ амер. часть, отдел;
    the retail end of a business отдел розничной торговли ~ pl стр. эндсы, дилены;
    to be on the end of a line попасться на удочку;
    to make both (или two) ends meet сводить концы с концами ~ кончать;
    заканчивать;
    прекращать;
    to end all wars положить конец всем войнам;
    to end one's life покончить с собой ~ кончаться, завершаться (in, with) ;
    to end in disaster окончиться катастрофой;
    the story ends with the hero's death рассказ кончается смертью героя the ~ justifies the means цель оправдывает средства;
    any means to an end все средства хороши ~ of data вчт. конец данных ~ of file, EOF вчт. конец файла ~ of financial period конец отчетного периода ~ of financial year конец финансового года ~ of loan истечение срока ссуды ~ of month конец месяца ~ of month последний день месяца ~ of period конец периода ~ of previous financial year конец предыдущего финансового года ~ of volume вчт. конец тома ~ off, ~ up оканчиваться, прекращаться, обрываться ~ конец;
    окончание;
    предел;
    end on концом вперед;
    to put an end to (smth.), to make an end of (smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить (что-л.) ~ кончать;
    заканчивать;
    прекращать;
    to end all wars положить конец всем войнам;
    to end one's life покончить с собой to the bitter ~ до предела, до точки;
    до последней капли крови;
    to keep one's end up сделать все от себя зависящее;
    не сдаваться;
    end to end непрерывной цепью ~ off, ~ up оканчиваться, прекращаться, обрываться ~ цель;
    to that end с этой целью;
    to gain one's ends достичь цели;
    ends and means цели и средства ~ край;
    граница;
    ends of the earth край земли;
    глухомань;
    the world's end край света ~ of file, EOF вчт. конец файла on ~ беспрерывно, подряд;
    for two years on end два года подряд ~ цель;
    to that end с этой целью;
    to gain one's ends достичь цели;
    ends and means цели и средства ~ результат, следствие;
    happy end благополучная развязка, счастливый конец;
    it is difficult to foresee the end трудно предвидеть результат happy: ~ счастливый;
    happy man! счастливец!;
    happy end счастливый конец (романа, фильма и т. п.) ;
    as happy as the day is long очень счастливый ~ конец, смерть;
    he is near(ing) his end он умирает no ~ of разг. прекрасный, исключительный;
    he is no end of a fellow он чудесный малый;
    we had no end of a time мы прекрасно провели время in the ~ в заключение;
    в конечном счете;
    they won the battle in the end в конечном счете они добились победы ~ результат, следствие;
    happy end благополучная развязка, счастливый конец;
    it is difficult to foresee the end трудно предвидеть результат to the bitter ~ до предела, до точки;
    до последней капли крови;
    to keep one's end up сделать все от себя зависящее;
    не сдаваться;
    end to end непрерывной цепью laid ~ to ~ вместе взятые low ~ невысокий результат low ~ низкая цель ~ конец;
    окончание;
    предел;
    end on концом вперед;
    to put an end to (smth.), to make an end of (smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить (что-л.) ~ pl стр. эндсы, дилены;
    to be on the end of a line попасться на удочку;
    to make both (или two) ends meet сводить концы с концами no ~ разг. безмерно;
    в высшей степени no ~ obliged to you чрезвычайно вам признателен no ~ of разг. много, масса;
    no end of trouble масса хлопот, неприятностей no ~ of разг. прекрасный, исключительный;
    he is no end of a fellow он чудесный малый;
    we had no end of a time мы прекрасно провели время no: ~ end of очень много, множество;
    we had no end of good time мы превосходно провели время no ~ of разг. много, масса;
    no end of trouble масса хлопот, неприятностей normal ~ вчт. нормальное завершение on ~ беспрерывно, подряд;
    for two years on end два года подряд on ~ стоймя;
    дыбом end амер. аспект, сторона;
    the political end of (smth.) политический аспект (чего-л.) position ~ позиция на конец месяца ~ конец;
    окончание;
    предел;
    end on концом вперед;
    to put an end to (smth.), to make an end of (smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить (что-л.) ~ амер. часть, отдел;
    the retail end of a business отдел розничной торговли ~ кончаться, завершаться (in, with) ;
    to end in disaster окончиться катастрофой;
    the story ends with the hero's death рассказ кончается смертью героя ~ цель;
    to that end с этой целью;
    to gain one's ends достичь цели;
    ends and means цели и средства to: ~ prep указывает на цель действия на, для;
    to the rescue на помощь;
    to that end с этой целью in the ~ в заключение;
    в конечном счете;
    they won the battle in the end в конечном счете они добились победы to the bitter ~ до предела, до точки;
    до последней капли крови;
    to keep one's end up сделать все от себя зависящее;
    не сдаваться;
    end to end непрерывной цепью no ~ of разг. прекрасный, исключительный;
    he is no end of a fellow он чудесный малый;
    we had no end of a time мы прекрасно провели время ~ край;
    граница;
    ends of the earth край земли;
    глухомань;
    the world's end край света year ~ конец года

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > end

  • 107 Down

    I noun
    (Geog.) [baumloser] Höhenzug; in pl. Downs Pl. (an der Süd- und Südostküste Englands)
    II noun
    1) (of bird) Daunen Pl.; Flaum, der
    2) (hair) Flaum, der
    III 1. adverb
    1) (to lower place, to downstairs, southwards) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich); (in lift) abwärts; (in crossword puzzle) senkrecht

    [right] down to something — [ganz] bis zu etwas her-/hinunter

    go down to the shops/the end of the road — zu den Läden/zum Ende der Straße hinuntergehen

    2) (Brit.): (from capital) raus (bes. ugs.); heraus/hinaus (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    get down to Reading from London — von London nach Reading raus-/hinausfahren

    come down from Edinburgh to London — von Edinburgh nach London [he]runterkommen

    3) (of money): (at once) sofort

    pay for something cash down — etwas [in] bar bezahlen

    4) (into prostration) nieder[fallen, -geschlagen werden]

    shout the place/house down — (fig.) schreien, dass die Wände zittern

    5) (on to paper)
    6) (on programme)

    put a meeting down for 2 p.m. — ein Treffen für od. auf 14 Uhr ansetzen

    7) as int. runter! (bes. ugs.); (to dog) leg dich!; nieder!; (Mil.) hinlegen!

    down with imperialism/the president! — nieder mit dem Imperialismus/dem Präsidenten!

    8) (in lower place, downstairs, in fallen position, in south) unten

    down on the floorauf dem Fußboden

    low/lower down — tief/tiefer unten

    down there/here — da/hier unten

    his flat is on the next floor downseine Wohnung ist ein Stockwerk tiefer

    down in Wales/in the country — weit weg in Wales/draußen auf dem Lande

    down southunten im Süden (ugs.)

    down south/east — (Amer.) in den Südstaaten/im Osten

    down [on the floor] — (Boxing) am Boden; auf den Brettern

    down and out (Boxing) k. o.; (fig.) fertig (ugs.)

    9) (prostrate) auf dem Fußboden/der Erde

    be down in writing/on paper/in print — niedergeschrieben/zu Papier gebracht/gedruckt sein

    11) (on programme) angesetzt [Termin, Treffen]
    12) (facing downwards, bowed) zu Boden

    be down(brought to the ground) am Boden liegen

    down [in the mouth] — niedergeschlagen

    14) (now cheaper) [jetzt] billiger
    15)

    be down to... — (have only... left) nichts mehr haben außer...

    we're down to our last £100 — wir haben nur noch 100 Pfund

    now it's down to him to do somethingnun liegt es bei od. an ihm, etwas zu tun

    16) (to reduced consistency or size)
    17) (including lower limit)

    from... down to... — von... bis zu... hinunter

    18) (in position of lagging or loss) weniger

    be three points/games down — mit drei Punkten/Spielen zurückliegen

    be down on one's luck — eine Pechsträhne haben. See also academic.ru/79258/up">up 1.

    2. preposition
    1) (downwards along, from top to bottom of) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down the stairs/steps — die Treppe/Stufen herunterstürzen

    walk down the hill/road — den Hügel/die Straße heruntergehen

    3) (downwards into) rein in (+ Akk.) (bes. ugs.); hinein in (+ Akk.) (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down a hole/ditch — in ein Loch/einen Graben fallen

    4) (downwards over) über (+ Akk.)

    spill water all down one's skirtsich (Dat.) Wasser über den Rock gießen

    go down the pub/disco — (Brit. coll.) in die Kneipe/Disko gehen

    7) (at or in a lower position in or on) [weiter] unten

    further down the ladder/coast — weiter unten auf der Leiter/an der Küste

    8) (from top to bottom along) an (+ Dat.)
    9) (all over) überall auf (+ Dat.)

    I've got coffee [all] down my skirt — mein ganzer Rock ist voll Kaffee

    10) (Brit. coll.): (in, at)

    down the pub/café/town — in der Kneipe/im Café/in der Stadt

    3. adjective
    (directed downwards) nach unten führend [Rohr, Kabel]; [Rolltreppe] nach unten; nach unten gerichtet [Kolbenhub, Sog]; aus der Hauptstadt herausführend [Bahnlinie]
    4. transitive verb
    (coll.)
    1) (knock down) auf die Bretter schicken [Boxer]
    2) (drink down) leer machen (ugs.) [Flasche, Glas]; schlucken (ugs.) [Getränk]
    3)

    down tools(cease work) zu arbeiten aufhören; (take a break) die Arbeit unterbrechen; (go on strike) die Arbeit niederlegen

    4) (shoot down) abschießen, (ugs.) runterholen [Flugzeug]
    5. noun
    (coll.)

    have a down on somebody/something — jemanden/etwas auf dem Kieker haben (ugs.); see also up 4.

    •• Cultural note:
    Der Name einer Straße in Westminster im Zentrum von London. Das Haus mit der Nummer 10 in der Downing Street ist der offizielle Sitz des Premierministers und das mit der Nummer 11 der des Finanzministers. Unter Journalisten ist der Ausdruck Downing Street oder Number 10 gebräuchlich, wenn vom Amtssitz des Premierministers die Rede ist
    * * *
    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) hinunter
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) zum/auf den Boden
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) weiter
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) gefallen
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) hinunter
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) hinunter
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) hinunter
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) entlang
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) hinunterkippen
    - downward
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright
    4. adjective
    - downstairs
    - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground
    II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) Daunen (pl.)
    - downie®
    - downy
    * * *
    down1
    [daʊn]
    1. (movement to a lower position) hinunter, hinab geh; (towards the speaker) herunter, herab geh
    get \down off that table! komm sofort vom Tisch herunter!
    the leaflet slipped \down behind the wardrobe die Broschüre ist hinter den Kleiderschrank gerutscht
    come further \down [the steps] komm noch etwas weiter [die Treppe] runter fam
    “\down!” (to a dog) „Platz!“
    to fall \down (drop) hinunterfallen; (fall over) umfallen; (stumble) hinfallen
    to let sth \down etw herunterlassen
    to lie sth \down etw hinlegen [o ablegen]
    to pull sth \down etw nach unten ziehen
    to put \down sth etw hinstellen [o abstellen
    2. (downwards) nach unten
    head \down mit dem Kopf nach unten
    to be [or lie] face \down auf dem Bauch [o mit dem Gesicht nach unten] liegen
    to point down nach unten zeigen
    \down here/there hier/dort unten
    \down at/by/in sth unten an/bei/in etw dat
    4. inv (in the south) im Süden, unten fam; (towards the south) in den Süden, runter fam
    things are much more expensive \down [in the] south unten im Süden ist alles viel teurer
    how often do you come \down to Cornwall? wie oft kommen Sie nach Cornwall runter? fam
    5. inv (away from the centre) außerhalb
    my parents live \down in Worcestershire meine Eltern leben außerhalb [von hier] in Worcestershire
    he has a house \down by the harbour er hat ein Haus draußen am Hafen
    \down our way hier in unserem Viertel [o unserer Gegend] [o SCHWEIZ Quartier
    6. ( fam: badly off) unten
    she's certainly come \down in the world! mit ihr ist es ganz schön bergab gegangen! fam
    to be \down on one's luck eine Pechsträhne haben
    she's been \down on her luck recently in letzter Zeit ist sie vom Pech verfolgt
    to hit [or kick] sb when he's \down jdn treten, wenn er schon am Boden liegt fig
    to be \down to sth nur noch etw haben
    when the rescue party found her, she was \down to her last bar of chocolate als die Rettungsmannschaft sie fand, hatte sie nur noch einen Riegel Schokolade
    8. (ill)
    to be \down with sth an etw dat erkrankt sein
    she's \down with flu sie liegt mit einer Grippe im Bett
    to come [or go] \down with sth an etw dat erkranken, etw kriegen fam
    I think I'm going \down with a cold ich glaube, ich kriege eine Erkältung fam
    9. SPORT im Rückstand
    Milan were three goals \down at half-time zur Halbzeit lag Mailand [um] drei Tore zurück
    10. (back in time, to a later time)
    Joan of Arc's fame has echoed \down [through] the centuries Jeanne d'Arcs Ruhm hat die Jahrhunderte überdauert
    \down to the last century bis ins vorige Jahrhundert [hinein]
    to come \down myths überliefert werden
    to pass [or hand] sth \down etw weitergeben [o überliefern
    11. (at/to a lower amount) niedriger
    the pay offer is \down 2% from last year das Lohnangebot liegt 2 % unter dem vom Vorjahr
    he quit the poker game when he was only $50 \down er hörte mit dem Pokerspiel auf, als er erst 50 Dollar verloren hatte
    to get the price \down den Preis drücken [o herunterhandeln]
    to go \down sinken
    the number of students has gone \down die Zahl der Studierenden ist gesunken
    12. (in/to a less intense degree) herunter
    let the fire burn \down lass das Feuer herunterbrennen
    settle \down, you two gebt mal ein bisschen Ruhe, ihr zwei
    to turn the music/radio \down die Musik/das Radio leiser stellen [o machen]
    to water a drink \down ein Getränk verwässern
    13. (including) bis einschließlich
    the entire administration has come under suspicion, from the mayor \down das gesamte Verwaltungspersonal, angefangen beim Bürgermeister, ist in Verdacht geraten
    everyone, from the director \down to the secretaries, was questioned by the police vom Direktor angefangen bis hin zu den Sekretärinnen, wurde jeder von der Polizei verhört
    to have sth \down in writing [or on paper] etw schriftlich [o fam schwarz auf weiß] haben
    to get [or put] sb \down for sth jdn für etw akk vormerken
    we've got you \down for five tickets wir haben fünf Karten für Sie vorbestellt
    15. (swallowed) hinunter, runter fam
    to get sth \down etw [hinunter]schlucken
    she couldn't get the pill \down sie brachte die Tablette nicht hinunter fam
    you'll feel better once you've got some hot soup \down du wirst dich besser fühlen, sobald du ein bisschen heiße Suppe gegessen hast
    16. (thoroughly) gründlich
    he washed the car \down er wusch den Wagen von oben bis unten
    17. (already finished) vorbei
    two lectures \down, eight to go zwei Vorlesungen haben wir schon besucht, es bleiben also noch acht
    18. (as initial payment) als Anzahlung
    to pay [or put] £100 \down 100 Pfund anzahlen
    to be \down to sth auf etw akk zurückzuführen sein
    the problem is \down to her inexperience, not any lack of intelligence es liegt an ihrer Unerfahrenheit, nicht an mangelnder Intelligenz
    to be [or AM also come] \down to sb jds Sache sein
    it's all \down to you now to make it work nun ist es an Ihnen, die Sache in Gang zu bringen
    20. (reduce to)
    to come \down to sth auf etw akk hinauslaufen
    what the problem comes \down to is this:... die entscheidende Frage ist:...
    well, if I bring it \down to its simplest level,... also, stark vereinfacht könnte man sagen,...
    21. (in crossword puzzles) senkrecht
    22.
    \down to the ground völlig, ganz und gar, total fam
    that suits me \down to the ground das ist genau das Richtige für mich
    1. (in a downward direction) hinunter; (towards the speaker) herunter
    my uncle's in hospital after falling \down some stairs mein Onkel ist im Krankenhaus, nachdem er die Treppe heruntergefallen [o hinuntergefallen] ist
    up and \down the stairs die Treppe rauf und runter fam
    she poured the liquid \down the sink sie schüttete die Flüssigkeit in den Abfluss
    2. (downhill) hinunter, hinab geh; (towards the speaker) herunter [o geh herab]
    to come \down the hill den Hügel heruntersteigen [o geh herabsteigen]
    to go \down the mountain den Berg hinuntersteigen [o geh hinabsteigen
    3. (along) entlang
    go \down the street gehen Sie die Straße entlang [o hinunter]
    her office is \down the corridor on the right ihr Büro ist weiter den Gang entlang auf der rechten Seite
    we drove \down the motorway as far as Bristol wir fuhren auf der Schnellstraße bis Bristol
    I ran my finger \down the list of ingredients ich ging mit dem Finger die Zutatenliste durch
    her long red hair reached most of the way \down her back ihre langen roten Haare bedeckten fast ihren ganzen Rücken
    to sail the boat \down the river mit dem Boot flussabwärts segeln
    4. (in a particular place)
    \down sb's way in jds Gegend
    they speak with a peculiar accent \down his way in seiner Ecke haben die Leute einen besonderen Akzent fam
    \down the ages von Generation zu Generation
    \down the centuries die Jahrhunderte hindurch
    \down the generations über Generationen hinweg
    6. BRIT, AUS ( fam: to)
    I went \down the pub with my mates ich ging mit meinen Freunden in die Kneipe
    to go \down the shops einkaufen gehen
    7. (inside) in + dat
    you'll feel better once you've got some hot soup \down you du wirst dich besser fühlen, sobald du ein bisschen heiße Suppe im Magen hast
    8.
    to go \down the drain [or toilet] [or tube[s]] ( fam)
    to go \down the plughole [or BRIT also pan] [or AUS gurgler] ( fam) für die Katz sein sl
    we don't want all their hard work to go \down the drain ich möchte nicht, dass ihre harte Arbeit ganz umsonst ist
    \down the road [or line] [or track] auf der ganzen Linie fig, voll und ganz
    <more \down, most \down>
    1. attr, inv (moving downward) abwärtsführend, nach unten nach n
    the \down escalator die Rolltreppe nach unten
    2. pred ( fam: unhappy, sad) niedergeschlagen, down fam
    I've been feeling a bit \down this week diese Woche bin ich nicht so gut drauf fam
    3. pred, inv ( fam: disapproving of)
    to be \down on sb jdn auf dem Kieker [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ im Visier] haben fam
    4. pred, inv (not functioning) außer Betrieb
    the computer will be \down for an hour der Computer wird für eine Stunde abgeschaltet
    I'm afraid the [telephone] lines are \down ich fürchte, die Telefonleitungen sind tot
    5. attr, inv BRIT ( dated: travelling away from the city) stadtauswärts fahrend attr
    \down platform Bahnsteig m [o SCHWEIZ Perron m] für stadtauswärts fahrende Züge
    6. (sunk to a low level) niedrig
    the river is \down der Fluss hat [o geh führt] Niedrigwasser
    1. (knock down)
    to \down sb jdn zu Fall bringen; BOXING jdn niederschlagen [o sl auf die Bretter schicken
    2. (shoot down)
    to \down sth etw abschießen [o fam runterholen
    to \down tools (cease work) mit der Arbeit aufhören; (have a break) die Arbeit unterbrechen; (during a strike) die Arbeit niederlegen
    the printers are threatening to \down tools die Drucker drohen mit Arbeitsniederlegungen
    4. AM, AUS SPORT (beat)
    to \down sb jdn schlagen [o fam fertigmachen
    5.
    to \down sth (swallow) etw hinunterschlucken; (eat) etw essen; (eat quickly) etw verschlingen [o hinunterschlingen]; (drink) etw trinken; (drink quickly) etw hinunterkippen [o fam runterschütten] [o SCHWEIZ runterleeren]
    he'd \downed four beers er hatte vier Bier gekippt fam
    V. NOUN
    1. (bad fortune) Tiefpunkt m, schlechte Zeit
    ups and \downs Auf und Ab nt
    well, we've had our ups and \downs wir haben schon Höhen und Tiefen durchgemacht
    2. no pl ( fam: dislike) Groll m
    to have a \down on sb jdn auf dem Kieker [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ im Visier] haben fam
    why do you have a \down on him? was hast du gegen ihn?
    3. AM FBALL Versuch m
    it's second \down es ist der zweite Versuch
    \down with taxes! weg mit den Steuern!
    \down with the dictator! nieder mit dem Diktator!
    down2
    [daʊn]
    I. n no pl
    1. (soft feathers) Daunen pl, Flaumfedern pl
    2. (soft hair or fluff) [Bart]flaum m, feine Härchen
    II. n modifier Daunen-
    \down jacket/quilt Daunenjacke f/-decke f
    down3
    [daʊn]
    n esp BRIT Hügelland nt, [baumloser] Höhenzug
    the \downs pl die Downs (an der Südküste Englands)
    * * *
    I [daʊn]
    1. ADVERB
    When down is an element in a phrasal verb, eg get down, sit down, stand down, write down, look up the verb.

    to jump down — herunter-/hinunterspringen

    on his way down from the summit — auf seinem Weg vom Gipfel herab/hinab

    down! (to dog)Platz! __diams; down with...! nieder mit...!

    down thereda unten

    I'll stay down here —

    it needs a bit of paint down at the bottomes muss unten herum neu gestrichen werden

    don't kick a man when he's down (fig)man soll jemanden nicht fertigmachen, wenn er schon angeschlagen ist or wenns ihm dreckig geht (inf)

    the sun was down —

    I'll be down in a minute —

    3)

    = to or in another place usu not translated he came down from London yesterday — er kam gestern aus London

    he's down in London/at his brother's — er ist in London/bei seinem Bruder

    we're going down to the seaside/to Dover — wir fahren an die See/nach Dover

    4)

    = below previous level his temperature is down —

    his shoes were worn down the price of meat is down on last week — seine Schuhe waren abgetragen der Fleischpreis ist gegenüber der letzten Woche gefallen

    interest rates are down to/by 3% — der Zinssatz ist auf/um 3% gefallen

    I'm £20 down on what I expected — ich habe £ 20 weniger als ich dachte

    he's down to his last £10 — er hat nur noch £ 10

    See:
    luck
    5)

    in writing I've got it down in my diary — ich habe es in meinem Kalender notiert

    let's get it down on paper — schreiben wir es auf, halten wir es schriftlich fest

    when you see it down on paperwenn man es schwarz auf weiß sieht

    6)

    indicating range or succession usu not translated from the biggest down — vom Größten angefangen

    from 1700 down to the present —

    7) indicating responsibility __diams; to be down to sb/sth (= caused by) an jdm/etw liegen
    8)

    as deposit to pay £20 down — £ 20 anzahlen

    I've put down a deposit on a new bike —

    2. PREPOSITION
    1)

    indicating movement downwards to go/come down the hill/the stairs etc — den Berg/die Treppe etc hinuntergehen/herunterkommen

    her hair fell loose down her backsie trug ihr Haar offen über die Schultern

    2)

    at a lower part of he's already halfway down the hill — er ist schon auf halbem Wege nach unten

    3)

    = along he was walking/coming down the street — er ging/kam die Straße entlang

    if you look down this road, you can see... — wenn Sie diese Straße hinunterblicken, können Sie... sehen

    4)

    = throughout down the centuries — durch die Jahrhunderte (hindurch)

    5)

    = to, in, at Brit inf he's gone down the pub — er ist in die Kneipe gegangen

    3. NOUN
    (= dislike) __diams; to have a down on sb (inf) jdn auf dem Kieker haben (inf)up
    See:
    up
    4. ADJECTIVE (inf)
    1)

    = depressed he was (feeling) a bit down — er fühlte sich ein wenig down (inf) or niedergeschlagen

    2)

    = not working to be down — außer Betrieb sein; (Comput) abgestürzt sein

    5. TRANSITIVE VERB
    opponent niederschlagen, zu Fall bringen; enemy planes abschießen, (he)runterholen (inf); (FTBL ETC, inf) player legen (inf); beer etc runterkippen or -schütten (inf) II
    n
    (= feathers) Daunen pl, Flaumfedern pl; (= fine hair) Flaum m III
    n usu pl (GEOG)
    Hügelland nt no pl
    * * *
    Down [daʊn] s Down n (Grafschaft in Nordirland)
    * * *
    I noun
    (Geog.) [baumloser] Höhenzug; in pl. Downs Pl. (an der Süd- und Südostküste Englands)
    II noun
    1) (of bird) Daunen Pl.; Flaum, der
    2) (hair) Flaum, der
    III 1. adverb
    1) (to lower place, to downstairs, southwards) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich); (in lift) abwärts; (in crossword puzzle) senkrecht

    [right] down to something — [ganz] bis zu etwas her-/hinunter

    go down to the shops/the end of the road — zu den Läden/zum Ende der Straße hinuntergehen

    2) (Brit.): (from capital) raus (bes. ugs.); heraus/hinaus (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    get down to Reading from London — von London nach Reading raus-/hinausfahren

    come down from Edinburgh to London — von Edinburgh nach London [he]runterkommen

    pay for something cash down — etwas [in] bar bezahlen

    4) (into prostration) nieder[fallen, -geschlagen werden]

    shout the place/house down — (fig.) schreien, dass die Wände zittern

    put a meeting down for 2 p.m. — ein Treffen für od. auf 14 Uhr ansetzen

    7) as int. runter! (bes. ugs.); (to dog) leg dich!; nieder!; (Mil.) hinlegen!

    down with imperialism/the president! — nieder mit dem Imperialismus/dem Präsidenten!

    8) (in lower place, downstairs, in fallen position, in south) unten

    low/lower down — tief/tiefer unten

    down there/here — da/hier unten

    down in Wales/in the country — weit weg in Wales/draußen auf dem Lande

    down south/east — (Amer.) in den Südstaaten/im Osten

    down [on the floor] — (Boxing) am Boden; auf den Brettern

    down and out (Boxing) k. o.; (fig.) fertig (ugs.)

    9) (prostrate) auf dem Fußboden/der Erde

    be down in writing/on paper/in print — niedergeschrieben/zu Papier gebracht/gedruckt sein

    11) (on programme) angesetzt [Termin, Treffen]
    12) (facing downwards, bowed) zu Boden

    be down (brought to the ground) am Boden liegen

    down [in the mouth] — niedergeschlagen

    14) (now cheaper) [jetzt] billiger
    15)

    be down to... — (have only... left) nichts mehr haben außer...

    we're down to our last £100 — wir haben nur noch 100 Pfund

    17) (including lower limit)

    from... down to... — von... bis zu... hinunter

    be three points/games down — mit drei Punkten/Spielen zurückliegen

    be down on one's luck — eine Pechsträhne haben. See also up 1.

    2. preposition
    1) (downwards along, from top to bottom of) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down the stairs/steps — die Treppe/Stufen herunterstürzen

    walk down the hill/road — den Hügel/die Straße heruntergehen

    3) (downwards into) rein in (+ Akk.) (bes. ugs.); hinein in (+ Akk.) (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down a hole/ditch — in ein Loch/einen Graben fallen

    4) (downwards over) über (+ Akk.)

    spill water all down one's skirtsich (Dat.) Wasser über den Rock gießen

    go down the pub/disco — (Brit. coll.) in die Kneipe/Disko gehen

    further down the ladder/coast — weiter unten auf der Leiter/an der Küste

    9) (all over) überall auf (+ Dat.)

    I've got coffee [all] down my skirt — mein ganzer Rock ist voll Kaffee

    10) (Brit. coll.): (in, at)

    down the pub/café/town — in der Kneipe/im Café/in der Stadt

    3. adjective
    (directed downwards) nach unten führend [Rohr, Kabel]; [Rolltreppe] nach unten; nach unten gerichtet [Kolbenhub, Sog]; aus der Hauptstadt herausführend [Bahnlinie]
    4. transitive verb
    (coll.)
    1) (knock down) auf die Bretter schicken [Boxer]
    2) (drink down) leer machen (ugs.) [Flasche, Glas]; schlucken (ugs.) [Getränk]
    3)

    down tools (cease work) zu arbeiten aufhören; (take a break) die Arbeit unterbrechen; (go on strike) die Arbeit niederlegen

    4) (shoot down) abschießen, (ugs.) runterholen [Flugzeug]
    5. noun
    (coll.)

    have a down on somebody/something — jemanden/etwas auf dem Kieker haben (ugs.); see also up 4.

    •• Cultural note:
    Der Name einer Straße in Westminster im Zentrum von London. Das Haus mit der Nummer 10 in der Downing Street ist der offizielle Sitz des Premierministers und das mit der Nummer 11 der des Finanzministers. Unter Journalisten ist der Ausdruck Downing Street oder Number 10 gebräuchlich, wenn vom Amtssitz des Premierministers die Rede ist
    * * *
    (fluff) n.
    Flaum nur sing. m. (feathers) n.
    Daune -n f. adj.
    abwärts adj.
    herab adj.
    herunter adj.
    hinab adj.
    hinunter adj.
    nieder adj.
    rückwärts adj.
    unten adj.
    zusammengebrochen (alt.Rechtschreibung) adj.

    English-german dictionary > Down

  • 108 down

    I noun
    (Geog.) [baumloser] Höhenzug; in pl. Downs Pl. (an der Süd- und Südostküste Englands)
    II noun
    1) (of bird) Daunen Pl.; Flaum, der
    2) (hair) Flaum, der
    III 1. adverb
    1) (to lower place, to downstairs, southwards) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich); (in lift) abwärts; (in crossword puzzle) senkrecht

    [right] down to something — [ganz] bis zu etwas her-/hinunter

    go down to the shops/the end of the road — zu den Läden/zum Ende der Straße hinuntergehen

    2) (Brit.): (from capital) raus (bes. ugs.); heraus/hinaus (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    get down to Reading from London — von London nach Reading raus-/hinausfahren

    come down from Edinburgh to London — von Edinburgh nach London [he]runterkommen

    3) (of money): (at once) sofort

    pay for something cash down — etwas [in] bar bezahlen

    4) (into prostration) nieder[fallen, -geschlagen werden]

    shout the place/house down — (fig.) schreien, dass die Wände zittern

    5) (on to paper)
    6) (on programme)

    put a meeting down for 2 p.m. — ein Treffen für od. auf 14 Uhr ansetzen

    7) as int. runter! (bes. ugs.); (to dog) leg dich!; nieder!; (Mil.) hinlegen!

    down with imperialism/the president! — nieder mit dem Imperialismus/dem Präsidenten!

    8) (in lower place, downstairs, in fallen position, in south) unten

    down on the floorauf dem Fußboden

    low/lower down — tief/tiefer unten

    down there/here — da/hier unten

    his flat is on the next floor downseine Wohnung ist ein Stockwerk tiefer

    down in Wales/in the country — weit weg in Wales/draußen auf dem Lande

    down southunten im Süden (ugs.)

    down south/east — (Amer.) in den Südstaaten/im Osten

    down [on the floor] — (Boxing) am Boden; auf den Brettern

    down and out (Boxing) k. o.; (fig.) fertig (ugs.)

    9) (prostrate) auf dem Fußboden/der Erde

    be down in writing/on paper/in print — niedergeschrieben/zu Papier gebracht/gedruckt sein

    11) (on programme) angesetzt [Termin, Treffen]
    12) (facing downwards, bowed) zu Boden

    be down(brought to the ground) am Boden liegen

    down [in the mouth] — niedergeschlagen

    14) (now cheaper) [jetzt] billiger
    15)

    be down to... — (have only... left) nichts mehr haben außer...

    we're down to our last £100 — wir haben nur noch 100 Pfund

    now it's down to him to do somethingnun liegt es bei od. an ihm, etwas zu tun

    16) (to reduced consistency or size)
    17) (including lower limit)

    from... down to... — von... bis zu... hinunter

    18) (in position of lagging or loss) weniger

    be three points/games down — mit drei Punkten/Spielen zurückliegen

    be down on one's luck — eine Pechsträhne haben. See also academic.ru/79258/up">up 1.

    2. preposition
    1) (downwards along, from top to bottom of) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down the stairs/steps — die Treppe/Stufen herunterstürzen

    walk down the hill/road — den Hügel/die Straße heruntergehen

    3) (downwards into) rein in (+ Akk.) (bes. ugs.); hinein in (+ Akk.) (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down a hole/ditch — in ein Loch/einen Graben fallen

    4) (downwards over) über (+ Akk.)

    spill water all down one's skirtsich (Dat.) Wasser über den Rock gießen

    go down the pub/disco — (Brit. coll.) in die Kneipe/Disko gehen

    7) (at or in a lower position in or on) [weiter] unten

    further down the ladder/coast — weiter unten auf der Leiter/an der Küste

    8) (from top to bottom along) an (+ Dat.)
    9) (all over) überall auf (+ Dat.)

    I've got coffee [all] down my skirt — mein ganzer Rock ist voll Kaffee

    10) (Brit. coll.): (in, at)

    down the pub/café/town — in der Kneipe/im Café/in der Stadt

    3. adjective
    (directed downwards) nach unten führend [Rohr, Kabel]; [Rolltreppe] nach unten; nach unten gerichtet [Kolbenhub, Sog]; aus der Hauptstadt herausführend [Bahnlinie]
    4. transitive verb
    (coll.)
    1) (knock down) auf die Bretter schicken [Boxer]
    2) (drink down) leer machen (ugs.) [Flasche, Glas]; schlucken (ugs.) [Getränk]
    3)

    down tools(cease work) zu arbeiten aufhören; (take a break) die Arbeit unterbrechen; (go on strike) die Arbeit niederlegen

    4) (shoot down) abschießen, (ugs.) runterholen [Flugzeug]
    5. noun
    (coll.)

    have a down on somebody/something — jemanden/etwas auf dem Kieker haben (ugs.); see also up 4.

    •• Cultural note:
    Der Name einer Straße in Westminster im Zentrum von London. Das Haus mit der Nummer 10 in der Downing Street ist der offizielle Sitz des Premierministers und das mit der Nummer 11 der des Finanzministers. Unter Journalisten ist der Ausdruck Downing Street oder Number 10 gebräuchlich, wenn vom Amtssitz des Premierministers die Rede ist
    * * *
    I 1. adverb
    1) (towards or in a low or lower position, level or state: He climbed down to the bottom of the ladder.) hinunter
    2) (on or to the ground: The little boy fell down and cut his knee.) zum/auf den Boden
    3) (from earlier to later times: The recipe has been handed down in our family for years.) weiter
    4) (from a greater to a smaller size, amount etc: Prices have been going down steadily.) gefallen
    5) (towards or in a place thought of as being lower, especially southward or away from a centre: We went down from Glasgow to Bristol.) hinunter
    2. preposition
    1) (in a lower position on: Their house is halfway down the hill.) hinunter
    2) (to a lower position on, by, through or along: Water poured down the drain.) hinunter
    3) (along: The teacher's gaze travelled slowly down the line of children.) entlang
    3. verb
    (to finish (a drink) very quickly, especially in one gulp: He downed a pint of beer.) hinunterkippen
    - downward
    - downwards
    - downward
    - down-and-out
    - down-at-heel
    - downcast
    - downfall
    - downgrade
    - downhearted
    - downhill
    - downhill racing
    - downhill skiing
    - down-in-the-mouth
    - down payment
    - downpour
    - downright
    4. adjective
    - downstairs
    - downstream
    - down-to-earth
    - downtown
    - downtown
    - down-trodden
    - be/go down with
    - down on one's luck
    - down tools
    - down with
    - get down to
    - suit someone down to the ground
    - suit down to the ground
    II noun
    (small, soft feathers: a quilt filled with down.) Daunen (pl.)
    - downie®
    - downy
    * * *
    down1
    [daʊn]
    1. (movement to a lower position) hinunter, hinab geh; (towards the speaker) herunter, herab geh
    get \down off that table! komm sofort vom Tisch herunter!
    the leaflet slipped \down behind the wardrobe die Broschüre ist hinter den Kleiderschrank gerutscht
    come further \down [the steps] komm noch etwas weiter [die Treppe] runter fam
    “\down!” (to a dog) „Platz!“
    to fall \down (drop) hinunterfallen; (fall over) umfallen; (stumble) hinfallen
    to let sth \down etw herunterlassen
    to lie sth \down etw hinlegen [o ablegen]
    to pull sth \down etw nach unten ziehen
    to put \down sth etw hinstellen [o abstellen
    2. (downwards) nach unten
    head \down mit dem Kopf nach unten
    to be [or lie] face \down auf dem Bauch [o mit dem Gesicht nach unten] liegen
    to point down nach unten zeigen
    \down here/there hier/dort unten
    \down at/by/in sth unten an/bei/in etw dat
    4. inv (in the south) im Süden, unten fam; (towards the south) in den Süden, runter fam
    things are much more expensive \down [in the] south unten im Süden ist alles viel teurer
    how often do you come \down to Cornwall? wie oft kommen Sie nach Cornwall runter? fam
    5. inv (away from the centre) außerhalb
    my parents live \down in Worcestershire meine Eltern leben außerhalb [von hier] in Worcestershire
    he has a house \down by the harbour er hat ein Haus draußen am Hafen
    \down our way hier in unserem Viertel [o unserer Gegend] [o SCHWEIZ Quartier
    6. ( fam: badly off) unten
    she's certainly come \down in the world! mit ihr ist es ganz schön bergab gegangen! fam
    to be \down on one's luck eine Pechsträhne haben
    she's been \down on her luck recently in letzter Zeit ist sie vom Pech verfolgt
    to hit [or kick] sb when he's \down jdn treten, wenn er schon am Boden liegt fig
    to be \down to sth nur noch etw haben
    when the rescue party found her, she was \down to her last bar of chocolate als die Rettungsmannschaft sie fand, hatte sie nur noch einen Riegel Schokolade
    8. (ill)
    to be \down with sth an etw dat erkrankt sein
    she's \down with flu sie liegt mit einer Grippe im Bett
    to come [or go] \down with sth an etw dat erkranken, etw kriegen fam
    I think I'm going \down with a cold ich glaube, ich kriege eine Erkältung fam
    9. SPORT im Rückstand
    Milan were three goals \down at half-time zur Halbzeit lag Mailand [um] drei Tore zurück
    10. (back in time, to a later time)
    Joan of Arc's fame has echoed \down [through] the centuries Jeanne d'Arcs Ruhm hat die Jahrhunderte überdauert
    \down to the last century bis ins vorige Jahrhundert [hinein]
    to come \down myths überliefert werden
    to pass [or hand] sth \down etw weitergeben [o überliefern
    11. (at/to a lower amount) niedriger
    the pay offer is \down 2% from last year das Lohnangebot liegt 2 % unter dem vom Vorjahr
    he quit the poker game when he was only $50 \down er hörte mit dem Pokerspiel auf, als er erst 50 Dollar verloren hatte
    to get the price \down den Preis drücken [o herunterhandeln]
    to go \down sinken
    the number of students has gone \down die Zahl der Studierenden ist gesunken
    12. (in/to a less intense degree) herunter
    let the fire burn \down lass das Feuer herunterbrennen
    settle \down, you two gebt mal ein bisschen Ruhe, ihr zwei
    to turn the music/radio \down die Musik/das Radio leiser stellen [o machen]
    to water a drink \down ein Getränk verwässern
    13. (including) bis einschließlich
    the entire administration has come under suspicion, from the mayor \down das gesamte Verwaltungspersonal, angefangen beim Bürgermeister, ist in Verdacht geraten
    everyone, from the director \down to the secretaries, was questioned by the police vom Direktor angefangen bis hin zu den Sekretärinnen, wurde jeder von der Polizei verhört
    to have sth \down in writing [or on paper] etw schriftlich [o fam schwarz auf weiß] haben
    to get [or put] sb \down for sth jdn für etw akk vormerken
    we've got you \down for five tickets wir haben fünf Karten für Sie vorbestellt
    15. (swallowed) hinunter, runter fam
    to get sth \down etw [hinunter]schlucken
    she couldn't get the pill \down sie brachte die Tablette nicht hinunter fam
    you'll feel better once you've got some hot soup \down du wirst dich besser fühlen, sobald du ein bisschen heiße Suppe gegessen hast
    16. (thoroughly) gründlich
    he washed the car \down er wusch den Wagen von oben bis unten
    17. (already finished) vorbei
    two lectures \down, eight to go zwei Vorlesungen haben wir schon besucht, es bleiben also noch acht
    18. (as initial payment) als Anzahlung
    to pay [or put] £100 \down 100 Pfund anzahlen
    to be \down to sth auf etw akk zurückzuführen sein
    the problem is \down to her inexperience, not any lack of intelligence es liegt an ihrer Unerfahrenheit, nicht an mangelnder Intelligenz
    to be [or AM also come] \down to sb jds Sache sein
    it's all \down to you now to make it work nun ist es an Ihnen, die Sache in Gang zu bringen
    20. (reduce to)
    to come \down to sth auf etw akk hinauslaufen
    what the problem comes \down to is this:... die entscheidende Frage ist:...
    well, if I bring it \down to its simplest level,... also, stark vereinfacht könnte man sagen,...
    21. (in crossword puzzles) senkrecht
    22.
    \down to the ground völlig, ganz und gar, total fam
    that suits me \down to the ground das ist genau das Richtige für mich
    1. (in a downward direction) hinunter; (towards the speaker) herunter
    my uncle's in hospital after falling \down some stairs mein Onkel ist im Krankenhaus, nachdem er die Treppe heruntergefallen [o hinuntergefallen] ist
    up and \down the stairs die Treppe rauf und runter fam
    she poured the liquid \down the sink sie schüttete die Flüssigkeit in den Abfluss
    2. (downhill) hinunter, hinab geh; (towards the speaker) herunter [o geh herab]
    to come \down the hill den Hügel heruntersteigen [o geh herabsteigen]
    to go \down the mountain den Berg hinuntersteigen [o geh hinabsteigen
    3. (along) entlang
    go \down the street gehen Sie die Straße entlang [o hinunter]
    her office is \down the corridor on the right ihr Büro ist weiter den Gang entlang auf der rechten Seite
    we drove \down the motorway as far as Bristol wir fuhren auf der Schnellstraße bis Bristol
    I ran my finger \down the list of ingredients ich ging mit dem Finger die Zutatenliste durch
    her long red hair reached most of the way \down her back ihre langen roten Haare bedeckten fast ihren ganzen Rücken
    to sail the boat \down the river mit dem Boot flussabwärts segeln
    4. (in a particular place)
    \down sb's way in jds Gegend
    they speak with a peculiar accent \down his way in seiner Ecke haben die Leute einen besonderen Akzent fam
    \down the ages von Generation zu Generation
    \down the centuries die Jahrhunderte hindurch
    \down the generations über Generationen hinweg
    6. BRIT, AUS ( fam: to)
    I went \down the pub with my mates ich ging mit meinen Freunden in die Kneipe
    to go \down the shops einkaufen gehen
    7. (inside) in + dat
    you'll feel better once you've got some hot soup \down you du wirst dich besser fühlen, sobald du ein bisschen heiße Suppe im Magen hast
    8.
    to go \down the drain [or toilet] [or tube[s]] ( fam)
    to go \down the plughole [or BRIT also pan] [or AUS gurgler] ( fam) für die Katz sein sl
    we don't want all their hard work to go \down the drain ich möchte nicht, dass ihre harte Arbeit ganz umsonst ist
    \down the road [or line] [or track] auf der ganzen Linie fig, voll und ganz
    <more \down, most \down>
    1. attr, inv (moving downward) abwärtsführend, nach unten nach n
    the \down escalator die Rolltreppe nach unten
    2. pred ( fam: unhappy, sad) niedergeschlagen, down fam
    I've been feeling a bit \down this week diese Woche bin ich nicht so gut drauf fam
    3. pred, inv ( fam: disapproving of)
    to be \down on sb jdn auf dem Kieker [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ im Visier] haben fam
    4. pred, inv (not functioning) außer Betrieb
    the computer will be \down for an hour der Computer wird für eine Stunde abgeschaltet
    I'm afraid the [telephone] lines are \down ich fürchte, die Telefonleitungen sind tot
    5. attr, inv BRIT ( dated: travelling away from the city) stadtauswärts fahrend attr
    \down platform Bahnsteig m [o SCHWEIZ Perron m] für stadtauswärts fahrende Züge
    6. (sunk to a low level) niedrig
    the river is \down der Fluss hat [o geh führt] Niedrigwasser
    1. (knock down)
    to \down sb jdn zu Fall bringen; BOXING jdn niederschlagen [o sl auf die Bretter schicken
    2. (shoot down)
    to \down sth etw abschießen [o fam runterholen
    to \down tools (cease work) mit der Arbeit aufhören; (have a break) die Arbeit unterbrechen; (during a strike) die Arbeit niederlegen
    the printers are threatening to \down tools die Drucker drohen mit Arbeitsniederlegungen
    4. AM, AUS SPORT (beat)
    to \down sb jdn schlagen [o fam fertigmachen
    5.
    to \down sth (swallow) etw hinunterschlucken; (eat) etw essen; (eat quickly) etw verschlingen [o hinunterschlingen]; (drink) etw trinken; (drink quickly) etw hinunterkippen [o fam runterschütten] [o SCHWEIZ runterleeren]
    he'd \downed four beers er hatte vier Bier gekippt fam
    V. NOUN
    1. (bad fortune) Tiefpunkt m, schlechte Zeit
    ups and \downs Auf und Ab nt
    well, we've had our ups and \downs wir haben schon Höhen und Tiefen durchgemacht
    2. no pl ( fam: dislike) Groll m
    to have a \down on sb jdn auf dem Kieker [o ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ im Visier] haben fam
    why do you have a \down on him? was hast du gegen ihn?
    3. AM FBALL Versuch m
    it's second \down es ist der zweite Versuch
    \down with taxes! weg mit den Steuern!
    \down with the dictator! nieder mit dem Diktator!
    down2
    [daʊn]
    I. n no pl
    1. (soft feathers) Daunen pl, Flaumfedern pl
    2. (soft hair or fluff) [Bart]flaum m, feine Härchen
    II. n modifier Daunen-
    \down jacket/quilt Daunenjacke f/-decke f
    down3
    [daʊn]
    n esp BRIT Hügelland nt, [baumloser] Höhenzug
    the \downs pl die Downs (an der Südküste Englands)
    * * *
    I [daʊn]
    1. ADVERB
    When down is an element in a phrasal verb, eg get down, sit down, stand down, write down, look up the verb.

    to jump down — herunter-/hinunterspringen

    on his way down from the summit — auf seinem Weg vom Gipfel herab/hinab

    down! (to dog)Platz! __diams; down with...! nieder mit...!

    down thereda unten

    I'll stay down here —

    it needs a bit of paint down at the bottomes muss unten herum neu gestrichen werden

    don't kick a man when he's down (fig)man soll jemanden nicht fertigmachen, wenn er schon angeschlagen ist or wenns ihm dreckig geht (inf)

    the sun was down —

    I'll be down in a minute —

    3)

    = to or in another place usu not translated he came down from London yesterday — er kam gestern aus London

    he's down in London/at his brother's — er ist in London/bei seinem Bruder

    we're going down to the seaside/to Dover — wir fahren an die See/nach Dover

    4)

    = below previous level his temperature is down —

    his shoes were worn down the price of meat is down on last week — seine Schuhe waren abgetragen der Fleischpreis ist gegenüber der letzten Woche gefallen

    interest rates are down to/by 3% — der Zinssatz ist auf/um 3% gefallen

    I'm £20 down on what I expected — ich habe £ 20 weniger als ich dachte

    he's down to his last £10 — er hat nur noch £ 10

    See:
    luck
    5)

    in writing I've got it down in my diary — ich habe es in meinem Kalender notiert

    let's get it down on paper — schreiben wir es auf, halten wir es schriftlich fest

    when you see it down on paperwenn man es schwarz auf weiß sieht

    6)

    indicating range or succession usu not translated from the biggest down — vom Größten angefangen

    from 1700 down to the present —

    7) indicating responsibility __diams; to be down to sb/sth (= caused by) an jdm/etw liegen
    8)

    as deposit to pay £20 down — £ 20 anzahlen

    I've put down a deposit on a new bike —

    2. PREPOSITION
    1)

    indicating movement downwards to go/come down the hill/the stairs etc — den Berg/die Treppe etc hinuntergehen/herunterkommen

    her hair fell loose down her backsie trug ihr Haar offen über die Schultern

    2)

    at a lower part of he's already halfway down the hill — er ist schon auf halbem Wege nach unten

    3)

    = along he was walking/coming down the street — er ging/kam die Straße entlang

    if you look down this road, you can see... — wenn Sie diese Straße hinunterblicken, können Sie... sehen

    4)

    = throughout down the centuries — durch die Jahrhunderte (hindurch)

    5)

    = to, in, at Brit inf he's gone down the pub — er ist in die Kneipe gegangen

    3. NOUN
    (= dislike) __diams; to have a down on sb (inf) jdn auf dem Kieker haben (inf)up
    See:
    up
    4. ADJECTIVE (inf)
    1)

    = depressed he was (feeling) a bit down — er fühlte sich ein wenig down (inf) or niedergeschlagen

    2)

    = not working to be down — außer Betrieb sein; (Comput) abgestürzt sein

    5. TRANSITIVE VERB
    opponent niederschlagen, zu Fall bringen; enemy planes abschießen, (he)runterholen (inf); (FTBL ETC, inf) player legen (inf); beer etc runterkippen or -schütten (inf) II
    n
    (= feathers) Daunen pl, Flaumfedern pl; (= fine hair) Flaum m III
    n usu pl (GEOG)
    Hügelland nt no pl
    * * *
    down1 [daʊn]
    A adv
    1. nach unten, herunter, hinunter, herab, hinab, ab-, niederwärts, zum Boden, zum Grund, (in Kreuzworträtseln) senkrecht:
    down from fort von, von … herab;
    paralysed from the waist down von der Hüfte abwärts gelähmt;
    down to bis hinunter oder hinab zu;
    down to our times bis in unsere Zeit;
    down to the last detail bis ins letzte Detail;
    down to the last man bis zum letzten Mann;
    from … down to von … bis hinunter zu;
    down to the ground umg vollständig, absolut, ganz und gar;
    suit sb down to the ground umg genau das Richtige für jemanden sein;
    a) über jemanden herfallen,
    b) jemanden auf dem Kieker haben umg
    2. nieder…: burn down, etc
    3. (in) bar, sofort:
    ten dollars down 10 Dollar (in) bar; pay down
    4. zu Papier, nieder…: take down 8, etc
    5. vorgemerkt, angesetzt:
    the bill is down for the third reading today heute steht die dritte Lesung der Gesetzesvorlage auf der Tagesordnung;
    be down for Friday für Freitag angesetzt sein
    6. von einer großen Stadt ( in England: von London) weg:
    go down to the country aufs Land fahren; go down 12
    7. besonders US
    a) zu einer großen Stadt hin
    b) zur Endstation hin
    c) ins Geschäftsviertel
    8. (nach Süden) hinunter
    9. a) mit dem Strom, flussabwärts
    b) mit dem Wind
    10. Br von der Universität: go down 10, send down 2
    11. nieder!:
    down with the capitalists! nieder mit den Kapitalisten!;
    down on your knees! auf die Knie (mit dir)!
    12. (dr)unten:
    down there dort unten;
    down under umg in oder nach Australien oder Neuseeland
    13. unten (im Hause), aufgestanden:
    he is not down yet er ist noch oben oder im Schlafzimmer
    14. untergegangen (Sonne)
    15. a) heruntergegangen, gefallen (Preise)
    b) billiger (Waren)
    16. gefallen (Thermometer etc):
    be down by 10 degrees um 10 Grad gefallen sein
    17. Br
    a) nicht in London
    b) nicht an der Universität
    18. a) nieder-, hingestreckt, am Boden (liegend)
    b) Boxen: am Boden, unten umg:
    down and out k. o., fig (auch physisch od psychisch) erledigt umg, ruiniert
    c) erschöpft, kaputt, fix und fertig (beide umg)
    d) deprimiert, niedergeschlagen, down umg: mouth A 1
    e) heruntergekommen, in elenden Verhältnissen (lebend): come down 4, heel1 Bes Redew
    f) außer Betrieb (Computer)
    19. bettlägerig:
    be down with influenza mit Grippe im Bett liegen
    20. SPORT (um Punkte etc) zurück:
    he was two points down er war oder lag 2 Punkte zurück;
    they are 1-4 down sie liegen mit 1:4 im Rückstand (to gegen)
    B adj
    1. nach unten oder abwärtsgerichtet, Abwärts…:
    a down jump ein Sprung nach unten
    2. unten befindlich
    3. deprimiert, niedergeschlagen
    4. Br von London abfahrend oder kommend (Zug):
    down platform Abfahrtsbahnsteig m (in London)
    5. besonders US
    a) in Richtung nach einer großen Stadt
    b) zum Geschäftsviertel (hin), in die Stadtmitte
    6. Bar…: down payment
    7. besonders US sl deprimierend
    C präp
    1. herunter, hinunter, herab, hinab, entlang:
    down the hill den Hügel hinunter;
    down the river den Fluss hinunter, flussab(wärts);
    down the middle durch die Mitte;
    down the street die Straße entlang oder hinunter
    2. (in derselben Richtung) mit:
    down the wind mit dem Wind
    3. a) hinunter in (akk)
    b) hinein in (akk)
    4. unten an (dat):
    further down the Rhine weiter unten am Rhein
    5. zeitlich: durch … (hindurch): age A 4
    D s
    1. fig
    a) Abstieg m
    b) Nieder-, Rückgang m
    2. Tiefpunkt m, -stand m
    3. Depression f, (seelischer) Tiefpunkt
    4. umg Groll m:
    have a down on sb jemanden auf dem Kieker haben
    5. downer 1
    E v/t
    1. zu Fall bringen ( auch SPORT und fig)
    2. niederschlagen
    3. niederlegen:
    down tools die Arbeit niederlegen, in den Streik treten
    4. ein Flugzeug abschießen, runterholen umg
    5. einen Reiter abwerfen
    6. umg ein Getränk runterkippen
    F v/i
    1. umg
    a) hinunterrutschen (Speise)
    b) (gut) schmecken
    2. besonders US sl Beruhigungsmittel nehmen
    down2 [daʊn] s
    1. ORN
    a) Daunen pl, flaumiges Gefieder:
    dead down Raufdaunen;
    live down Nestdaunen;
    down quilt Daunendecke f
    b) Daune f, Flaumfeder f:
    in the down noch nicht flügge
    2. ( auch Bart)Flaum m, feine Härchen pl
    3. BOT
    a) feiner Flaum
    b) haarige Samenkrone, Pappus m
    4. weiche, flaumige Masse
    down3 [daʊn] s
    1. obs
    a) Hügel m
    b) Sandhügel m, besonders Düne f
    2. pl waldloses, besonders grasbedecktes Hügelland:
    b) Reede an der Südostküste Englands, vor der Stadt Deal
    * * *
    I noun
    (Geog.) [baumloser] Höhenzug; in pl. Downs Pl. (an der Süd- und Südostküste Englands)
    II noun
    1) (of bird) Daunen Pl.; Flaum, der
    2) (hair) Flaum, der
    III 1. adverb
    1) (to lower place, to downstairs, southwards) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich); (in lift) abwärts; (in crossword puzzle) senkrecht

    [right] down to something — [ganz] bis zu etwas her-/hinunter

    go down to the shops/the end of the road — zu den Läden/zum Ende der Straße hinuntergehen

    2) (Brit.): (from capital) raus (bes. ugs.); heraus/hinaus (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    get down to Reading from London — von London nach Reading raus-/hinausfahren

    come down from Edinburgh to London — von Edinburgh nach London [he]runterkommen

    pay for something cash down — etwas [in] bar bezahlen

    4) (into prostration) nieder[fallen, -geschlagen werden]

    shout the place/house down — (fig.) schreien, dass die Wände zittern

    put a meeting down for 2 p.m. — ein Treffen für od. auf 14 Uhr ansetzen

    7) as int. runter! (bes. ugs.); (to dog) leg dich!; nieder!; (Mil.) hinlegen!

    down with imperialism/the president! — nieder mit dem Imperialismus/dem Präsidenten!

    8) (in lower place, downstairs, in fallen position, in south) unten

    low/lower down — tief/tiefer unten

    down there/here — da/hier unten

    down in Wales/in the country — weit weg in Wales/draußen auf dem Lande

    down south/east — (Amer.) in den Südstaaten/im Osten

    down [on the floor] — (Boxing) am Boden; auf den Brettern

    down and out (Boxing) k. o.; (fig.) fertig (ugs.)

    9) (prostrate) auf dem Fußboden/der Erde

    be down in writing/on paper/in print — niedergeschrieben/zu Papier gebracht/gedruckt sein

    11) (on programme) angesetzt [Termin, Treffen]
    12) (facing downwards, bowed) zu Boden

    be down (brought to the ground) am Boden liegen

    down [in the mouth] — niedergeschlagen

    14) (now cheaper) [jetzt] billiger
    15)

    be down to... — (have only... left) nichts mehr haben außer...

    we're down to our last £100 — wir haben nur noch 100 Pfund

    17) (including lower limit)

    from... down to... — von... bis zu... hinunter

    be three points/games down — mit drei Punkten/Spielen zurückliegen

    be down on one's luck — eine Pechsträhne haben. See also up 1.

    2. preposition
    1) (downwards along, from top to bottom of) runter (bes. ugs.); herunter/hinunter (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down the stairs/steps — die Treppe/Stufen herunterstürzen

    walk down the hill/road — den Hügel/die Straße heruntergehen

    3) (downwards into) rein in (+ Akk.) (bes. ugs.); hinein in (+ Akk.) (bes. schriftsprachlich)

    fall down a hole/ditch — in ein Loch/einen Graben fallen

    4) (downwards over) über (+ Akk.)

    spill water all down one's skirtsich (Dat.) Wasser über den Rock gießen

    go down the pub/disco — (Brit. coll.) in die Kneipe/Disko gehen

    further down the ladder/coast — weiter unten auf der Leiter/an der Küste

    9) (all over) überall auf (+ Dat.)

    I've got coffee [all] down my skirt — mein ganzer Rock ist voll Kaffee

    10) (Brit. coll.): (in, at)

    down the pub/café/town — in der Kneipe/im Café/in der Stadt

    3. adjective
    (directed downwards) nach unten führend [Rohr, Kabel]; [Rolltreppe] nach unten; nach unten gerichtet [Kolbenhub, Sog]; aus der Hauptstadt herausführend [Bahnlinie]
    4. transitive verb
    (coll.)
    1) (knock down) auf die Bretter schicken [Boxer]
    2) (drink down) leer machen (ugs.) [Flasche, Glas]; schlucken (ugs.) [Getränk]
    3)

    down tools (cease work) zu arbeiten aufhören; (take a break) die Arbeit unterbrechen; (go on strike) die Arbeit niederlegen

    4) (shoot down) abschießen, (ugs.) runterholen [Flugzeug]
    5. noun
    (coll.)

    have a down on somebody/something — jemanden/etwas auf dem Kieker haben (ugs.); see also up 4.

    •• Cultural note:
    Der Name einer Straße in Westminster im Zentrum von London. Das Haus mit der Nummer 10 in der Downing Street ist der offizielle Sitz des Premierministers und das mit der Nummer 11 der des Finanzministers. Unter Journalisten ist der Ausdruck Downing Street oder Number 10 gebräuchlich, wenn vom Amtssitz des Premierministers die Rede ist
    * * *
    (fluff) n.
    Flaum nur sing. m. (feathers) n.
    Daune -n f. adj.
    abwärts adj.
    herab adj.
    herunter adj.
    hinab adj.
    hinunter adj.
    nieder adj.
    rückwärts adj.
    unten adj.
    zusammengebrochen (alt.Rechtschreibung) adj.

    English-german dictionary > down

  • 109 play

    1. noun
    1) (Theatre) [Theater]stück, das

    put on a play — ein Stück aufführen

    2) (recreation) Spielen, das; Spiel, das

    say/do something in play — etwas aus od. im od. zum Spaß sagen/tun

    play [up]on words — Wortspiel, das

    3) (Sport) Spiel, das; (Amer.): (manoeuvre) Spielzug, der

    be in/out of play — [Ball:] im Spiel/aus [dem Spiel] sein

    make a play for somebody/something — (fig. coll.) hinter jemandem/etwas her sein (ugs.); es auf jemanden/etwas abgesehen haben

    4)

    come into play, be brought or called into play — ins Spiel kommen

    make [great] play with something — viel Wesen um etwas machen

    5) (freedom of movement) Spiel, das (Technik); (fig.) Spielraum, der

    give full play to one's emotions/imagination — etc. (fig.) seinen Gefühlen/seiner Fantasie usw. freien Lauf lassen

    6) (rapid movement)
    2. intransitive verb

    play [up]on words — Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel machen

    not have much time to play with(coll.) zeitlich nicht viel Spielraum haben

    play into somebody's hands(fig.) jemandem in die Hand od. Hände arbeiten

    play safe — sichergehen; auf Nummer Sicher gehen (ugs.)

    2) (Mus.) spielen (on auf + Dat.)
    3. transitive verb
    1) (Mus.): (perform on) spielen

    play the violinetc. Geige usw. spielen

    play something on the pianoetc. etwas auf dem Klavier usw. spielen

    play it by ear(fig.) es dem Augenblick/der Situation überlassen

    2) spielen [Grammophon, Tonbandgerät]; abspielen [Schallplatte, Tonband]; spielen lassen [Radio]
    3) (Theatre; also fig.) spielen

    play a townin einer Stadt spielen

    play the fool/innocent — den Clown/Unschuldigen spielen

    play a trick/joke on somebody — jemanden hereinlegen (ugs.) /jemandem einen Streich spielen

    5) (Sport, Cards) spielen [Fußball, Karten, Schach usw.]; spielen od. antreten gegen [Mannschaft, Gegner]

    play a match — einen Wettkampf bestreiten; (in team games) ein Spiel machen

    he played me at chess/squash — er war im Schach/Squash mein Gegner

    6) (Sport) ausführen [Schlag]; (Cricket etc.) schlagen [Ball]
    7) (Cards) spielen

    play one's cards right(fig.) es richtig anfassen (fig.)

    8) (coll.): (gamble on)

    play the marketspekulieren (in mit od. Wirtsch. in + Dat.)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/56069/play_about">play about
    * * *
    [plei] 1. verb
    1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) spielen
    2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spielen
    3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spielen
    4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) spielen
    5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spielen
    6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spielen
    7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spielen
    8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spielen
    9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) richten
    10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) ausspielen
    2. noun
    1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) das Spiel
    2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) das Schauspiel
    3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) das Spiel
    4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) der Spielraum
    - player
    - playable
    - playful
    - playfully
    - playfulness
    - playboy
    - playground
    - playing-card
    - playing-field
    - playmate
    - playpen
    - playschool
    - plaything
    - playtime
    - playwright
    - at play
    - bring/come into play
    - child's play
    - in play
    - out of play
    - play at
    - play back
    - play down
    - play fair
    - play for time
    - play havoc with
    - play into someone's hands
    - play off
    - play off against
    - play on
    - play a
    - no part in
    - play safe
    - play the game
    - play up
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    [pleɪ]
    I. NOUN
    1. no pl (recreation) Spiel nt
    to be at \play beim Spiel sein, spielen
    to do sth in \play etw [nur] zum Spaß tun
    it's only in \play es ist doch nur Spaß
    2. no pl SPORT (game time) Spiel nt
    rain stopped \play wegen des Regens wurde das Spiel unterbrochen
    the start/close of \play der Beginn/das Ende des Spiels
    to be in/out of \play im Spiel/im Aus sein
    3. AM SPORT (move) Spielzug m
    to make a bad/good \play ein schlechtes/gutes Spiel machen
    a foul \play ein Foul[spiel] nt
    4. THEAT [Theater]stück nt
    to go to see a \play ins Theater gehen
    one-act \play Einakter m
    to put on [or stage] [or ( fam) do] a \play ein Stück inszenieren
    radio \play Hörspiel nt
    television \play Fernsehspiel nt, Fernsehfilm m
    5. no pl (change)
    the \play of emotion across his face revealed his conflict seine widerstreitenden Gefühle spiegelten sich in seinem Gesicht wider
    the \play of light [on sth] das Spiel des Lichts [auf etw dat]
    6. (freedom) Spielraum m; TECH Spiel nt
    to allow [or give] sth full \play etw dat freien Lauf lassen
    7. no pl (interaction) Zusammenspiel nt
    to bring sth into \play etw ins Spiel bringen, etw einsetzen
    to come into \play eine Rolle spielen
    8. no pl ( old: gambling) Spielen nt
    9. no pl (coverage) Medieninteresse nt, Aufmerksamkeit f in den Medien
    to get a lot of \play das Interesse der Medien auf sich akk ziehen, Thema Nummer eins sein fam
    10.
    to make a \play for sb/sth ( fam) sich akk an jdn/etw heranpirschen
    to make \play with sth mit etw dat spielen
    to make great \play of [or with] sth viel Aufhebens von etw dat machen
    \play on words Wortspiel nt
    1. (amuse oneself)
    to \play [somewhere] [irgendwo] spielen
    can Jenny come out and \play? kann Jenny zum Spielen rauskommen?
    to \play on the swings schaukeln
    2. SPORT spielen
    Leonora always \plays to win Leonora will immer gewinnen
    to \play fair/rough fair/hart spielen
    it wasn't really \playing fair not to tell her ( fig) es war nicht besonders fair, dass du ihr nichts gesagt hast
    to \play against sb gegen jdn spielen
    they're a difficult team to \play against diese Mannschaft ist ein schwieriger Gegner
    to \play for a city/team für eine Stadt/ein Team spielen
    to \play in attack/defence in der Offensive/als Verteidiger/Verteidigerin spielen
    to \play in goal den Torwart/die Torwartin spielen
    to \play in the match am Spiel teilnehmen
    3. actor spielen
    ‘Hamlet’ is \playing at the Guildhall in der Guildhall kommt zurzeit der ‚Hamlet‘
    to \play opposite sb mit jdm [zusammen] spielen
    to \play to a full house vor ausverkauftem Haus spielen
    Macbeth \played to full houses die Macbeth-Vorstellungen waren immer ausverkauft
    4. (musician) spielen; instrument ertönen
    the searchlights \played across [or over] the facade die [Such]scheinwerfer strichen über die Fassade
    we watched the light \playing on the water wir beobachteten das Spiel des Lichts auf dem Wasser
    she could hear the fountain \playing sie hörte den Springbrunnen plätschern
    a smile \played across [or on] [or over] his lips ein Lächeln spielte um seine Lippen
    6. (gamble) spielen
    to \play for fun zum Spaß [o ohne Einsatz] spielen
    to \play for money um Geld spielen
    how will this \play with the voters? wie wird das bei den Wählern ankommen?
    8. usu neg (cooperate) mitmachen
    9. + adj (pretend)
    to \play dumb sich akk taub stellen
    10.
    to \play fast and loose with sb/sth mit jdm/bei etw dat ein falsches Spiel spielen
    to not be \playing with a full deck AM ( fam) nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fam
    to \play to the gallery billige Effekthascherei betreiben pej; politician populistische Stammtischparolen ausgeben pej
    to \play into sb's hands jdm in die Hände arbeiten
    to \play safe auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam
    to \play for time versuchen, Zeit zu gewinnen, auf Zeit spielen
    1.
    to \play sth game etw spielen; position
    Luke \plays centre forward/back Luke ist Mittelstürmer/Verteidiger
    to \play a match ein Spiel bestreiten, spielen
    to \play sb gegen jdn spielen
    James will be \playing Theo James wird gegen Theo antreten
    3. (strike)
    to \play the ball den Ball spielen; (execute)
    to \play a shot schießen; (in snooker) stoßen
    to \play a stroke schlagen
    4. (adopt)
    to \play a part [or role] eine Rolle spielen
    to \play an important part in sth bei etw dat eine wichtige Rolle spielen
    5. (act)
    to \play sb/sth jdn/etw spielen; ( fig)
    don't \play the innocent with me tu nicht so unschuldig
    to \play the fool [or clown] herumalbern, rumspinnen pej fam, sich akk zum Narren machen
    6. (function as)
    to \play host to sb jds Gastgeber/Gastgeberin sein
    to \play host to sth event etw ausrichten
    to \play sth etw spielen
    \play us a song [or a song for us] then! spiel uns ein Lied [vor]!
    to \play sth by ear etw nach Gehör spielen
    to \play it by ear ( fig fam) improvisieren
    to \play an encore eine Zugabe geben
    to \play sth etw spielen
    to \play the bagpipes/piano/violin Dudelsack/Klavier/Geige spielen
    to play Berlin/London/San Francisco in Berlin/London/San Francisco spielen
    10. (listen to)
    to \play sth CD, tape etw [ab]spielen
    to \play the radio Radio hören
    must you \play your radio loud? musst du dein Radio so laut stellen?
    to \play one's stereo seine Anlage anhaben fam
    11. (watch)
    to \play a video sich dat ein Video ansehen; (insert) eine Videokassette einlegen
    12. (broadcast)
    they're \playing African music on the radio im Radio kommt gerade afrikanische Musik
    to \play the horses auf Pferde wetten
    to \play a slot machine an einem Spielautomaten spielen
    to \play the stock market an der Börse spekulieren
    to \play a trick [or joke] on sb jdn hochnehmen fig fam, jdn veräppeln fam; (practical joke) [jdm] einen Streich spielen
    he's always \playing tricks der ist vielleicht ein Scherzkeks sl
    to \play sth on [or onto] [or over] sth etw auf etw akk richten
    the rescue team \played searchlights over the area das Rettungsteam ließ Scheinwerfer über die Gegend schweifen
    16. CARDS (show)
    to \play an ace/a king ein Ass/einen König [aus]spielen
    to \play a trump einen Trumpf spielen
    17. angler
    to \play a fish einen Fisch auszappeln lassen (durch Nachlassen der Leine)
    18. (treat)
    to \play sb for sth jdn wie etw behandeln
    19.
    to \play ball [with sb] ( fam) [mit jdm] mitziehen [o mitspielen]
    to \play [with] one's cards close to one's chest ( fam) seine Karten nicht offenlegen fig
    to \play one's cards right geschickt taktieren
    to \play it cool ( fam) den Unbeteiligten spielen
    to \play ducks and drakes with sth BRIT (money) etw verprassen; (plans) etw durcheinanderbringen
    to \play ducks and drakes with sb BRIT jdn schlecht behandeln
    to \play sb false jdn hintergehen
    to \play second fiddle [to sb] [im Verhältnis zu jdm] die zweite Geige spielen fam
    to \play the field ( fam) sich akk umsehen
    the firm continues to \play the field and negotiate with other companies die Firma sondiert das Terrain und verhandelt mit weiteren Firmen
    to \play footsie with sb ( fam: under table) mit jdm füßeln DIAL; (cooperate) mit jdm unter einer Decke stecken fam
    to \play the game BRIT sich akk an die [Spiel]regeln halten
    to \play gooseberry BRIT ( fam) das fünfte Rad am Wagen sein fam; (chaperone) den Anstandswauwau spielen hum fam
    to \play hard to get ( fam) sich akk unnahbar zeigen, einen auf unnahbar machen usu pej sl
    to \play hardball esp AM ( fam) andere Saiten aufziehen fig
    to \play havoc with sth etw durcheinanderbringen
    to \play [merry] hell with sth ( fam) etw völlig durcheinanderbringen
    to \play hook[e]y esp AM, AUS ( fam) blaumachen fam, schwänzen fam
    to \play a [or one's] hunch aus dem [hohlen] Bauch heraus agieren sl, seiner Nase folgen
    to \play possum (sleeping) sich akk schlafend stellen; (ignorant) sich akk dumm stellen
    to \play it safe auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam
    to \play silly buggers BRIT (sl) sich akk wie ein Idiot aufführen
    to \play truant [from school] BRIT schwänzen fam
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    [pleɪ]
    1. n
    1) (= amusement, gambling) Spiel nt

    to do/say sth in play — etw aus Spaß tun/sagen

    children at play —

    children learn through play he lost £800 in a few hours' play — Kinder lernen beim Spiel er hat beim Spiel innerhalb von ein paar Stunden £ 800 verloren

    2) (SPORT) Spiel nt

    in a clever piece of play, in a clever play (US)in einem klugen Schachzug

    there was some exciting play toward(s) the endgegen Ende gab es einige spannende (Spiel)szenen

    to be in play/out of play (ball) — im Spiel/im Aus sein

    3) (TECH, MECH) Spiel nt

    1 mm (of) play — 1 mm Spiel

    4) (THEAT) (Theater)stück nt; (RAD) Hörspiel nt; (TV) Fernsehspiel nt
    5) (fig: moving patterns) Spiel nt
    6)

    (fig phrases) to come into play — ins Spiel kommen

    the game allows the child's imagination (to be given) full play — das Spiel gestattet die freie Entfaltung der kindlichen Fantasie

    to make great play of doing sth (Brit) — viel Wind darum machen, etw zu tun

    to make a play for sthes auf etw (acc) abgesehen haben

    2. vt
    1) game, card, ball, position spielen; player aufstellen, einsetzen

    to play shop — (Kaufmanns)laden spielen, Kaufmann spielen

    to play a mean/dirty trick on sb — jdn auf gemeine/schmutzige Art hereinlegen

    See:
    card
    2) (THEAT fig) part spielen; (= perform in) town spielen in (+dat)

    to play it cautious/clever — vorsichtig/klug vorgehen

    to play the fool — den Clown spielen, herumblödeln

    See:
    cool
    3) instrument, record, tune spielen

    to play sth through/over — etw durchspielen

    4) (= direct) lights, jet of water richten
    5) (FISHING) drillen
    3. vi
    1) (esp child) spielen

    to go out to play —

    2) (SPORT at game = gamble) spielen

    to play at mothers and fathers/cowboys and Indians — Vater und Mutter/Cowboy und Indianer spielen

    3) (MUS) spielen
    4) (= move about, form patterns) (sun, light, water) spielen; (fountain) tanzen
    5) (THEAT) (= act) spielen; (= be performed) gespielt werden
    6) (SPORT ground, pitch) sich bespielen lassen

    the pitch plays well/badly — auf dem Platz spielt es sich gut/schlecht

    * * *
    play [pleı]
    A s
    1. (Glücks-, Wett-, Unterhaltungs) Spiel n ( auch SPORT)
    2. Spiel(en) n:
    children at play spielende Kinder;
    watch children at play Kindern beim Spielen zusehen;
    a) spielen,
    b) Kartenspiel: am Ausspielen sein,
    c) Schach: am Zug sein;
    it is your play Sie sind am Spiel;
    in (out of) play SPORT (noch) im Spiel (im Aus) (Ball);
    keep the ball in play den Ball im Spiel halten;
    the ball went out of play der Ball ging ins Aus;
    hold in play fig beschäftigen;
    have more of the play SPORT mehr vom Spiel haben, die größeren Spielanteile haben
    3. Spiel(weise) n(f):
    that was pretty play das war gut (gespielt);
    fair play faires Spiel, a. fig Fairness f, Fairplay n, Anständigkeit f; foul play
    4. fig Spiel n, Spielerei f:
    a play (up)on words ein Wortspiel
    5. Kurzweil f, Vergnügen n, Zeitvertreib m
    6. Scherz m, Spaß m:
    in play im Scherz
    7. a) Schauspiel n, (Theater-, Bühnen) Stück n
    b) Vorstellung f:
    go to a play ins Theater gehen;
    (as) good as a play äußerst amüsant oder interessant
    8. MUS Spiel n, Vortrag m
    9. (Liebes) Spiel(e) n(pl), (erotisches) Spiel
    10. fig Spiel n (von Licht auf Wasser etc):
    play of colo(u)rs (muscles) Farben-(Muskel)spiel
    11. (flinke) Handhabung (meist in Zusammensetzungen): swordplay
    12. Tätigkeit f, Bewegung f, Gang m:
    a) in Gang bringen,
    b) ins Spiel oder zur Anwendung bringen, all seine Routine etc aufbieten;
    come into play ins Spiel kommen;
    a) Wirkung haben,
    b) seinen Zweck erfüllen;
    make play with zur Geltung bringen, sich brüsten mit;
    make great play of sth viel Aufheben(s) oder Wesens von etwas machen;
    in full play in vollem Gange;
    lively play of fantasy lebhafte Fantasie
    13. a) TECH Spiel n:
    give the rope some play das Seil locker lassen
    b) Bewegungsfreiheit f, fig auch Spielraum m:
    full play of the mind freie Entfaltung des Geistes;
    allow ( oder give) full ( oder free) play to einer Sache, seiner Fantasie etc freien Lauf lassen
    14. umg Manöver n, Trick m, Schachzug m:
    make a play for sich bemühen um, es abgesehen haben auf (akk)
    15. US sl
    a) Beachtung f
    b) Publizität f, Propaganda f
    B v/i
    1. a) spielen ( auch MUS, SPORT, THEAT und fig)( for um Geld etc)
    b) mitspielen (auch fig mitmachen):
    play at Ball, Karten etc spielen; fig sich nur so nebenbei mit etwas beschäftigen;
    play at business ein bisschen in Geschäften machen;
    play at keeping shop Kaufmann spielen;
    play for time Zeit zu gewinnen suchen; SPORT auf Zeit spielen;
    play for a cup einen Pokal ausspielen;
    play to win auf Sieg spielen;
    what do you think you are playing at? was soll denn das?;
    play (up)on MUS auf einem Instrument spielen; mit Worten spielen; fig jemandes Schwächen (geschickt) ausnutzen;
    play with spielen mit (a. fig einem Gedanken, jemandes Gefühlen etc; a. engS. herumfingern an);
    play up to jemandem schöntun, sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln;
    play safe umg auf Nummer sicher gehen;
    he will not play again this season er fällt für den Rest der Saison aus; fair1 B 4, false B, gallery 3 a
    2. a) Kartenspiel: ausspielen
    b) Schach: am Zug sein, ziehen:
    white to play Weiß zieht oder ist am Zuge
    3. a) herumspielen, sich amüsieren
    b) Unsinn treiben
    c) scherzen
    4. a) sich tummeln
    b) flattern, gaukeln
    c) spielen (Lächeln, Licht etc) (on auf dat)
    d) schillern (Farbe)
    e) in Betrieb sein (Springbrunnen)
    5. a) schießen
    b) spritzen
    c) strahlen, streichen:
    play on gerichtet sein auf (akk), bespritzen (Schlauch, Wasserstrahl), anstrahlen, absuchen (Scheinwerfer)
    6. TECH
    a) Spiel (-raum) haben
    b) sich bewegen (Kolben etc)
    7. be playing well SPORT gut bespielbar sein (Platz)
    C v/t
    1. Karten, Tennis etc, auch MUS, THEAT eine Rolle, ein Stück etc spielen, eine Nationalhymne abspielen, SPORT ein Spiel austragen:
    play (sth on) the piano (etwas auf dem) Klavier spielen;
    play sb sth jemandem etwas vorspielen;
    play shop (pirates) Kaufmann (Piraten) spielen;
    play the great lady sich als große Dame aufspielen;
    play both ends against the middle fig vorsichtig lavieren, raffiniert vorgehen;
    play it safe umg auf Nummer sicher gehen;
    play it differently es anders handhaben oder machen;
    play it low down sl ein gemeines Spiel treiben (on mit jemandem);
    play the races bei (Pferde)Rennen wetten;
    a) erledigt‘, fertig, erschöpft,
    b) verbraucht (Talent etc), abgetakelt (Schauspieler etc),
    c) abgedroschen (Witz), überstrapaziert (These etc); (siehe die Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven)
    2. SPORT
    a) antreten oder spielen gegen:
    play sb at chess gegen jemanden Schach spielen
    b) einen Spieler aufstellen, in die Mannschaft (auf)nehmen
    3. a) eine Karte ausspielen (auch fig)
    4. spielen oder Vorstellungen geben in (dat):
    5. ein Geschütz, einen Scheinwerfer, einen Licht- oder Wasserstrahl etc richten (on auf akk):
    play a hose on sth etwas bespritzen;
    play colo(u)red lights on sth etwas bunt anstrahlen
    6. FUSSB the ball played him das war angeschossene Hand
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (Theatre) [Theater]stück, das
    2) (recreation) Spielen, das; Spiel, das

    say/do something in play — etwas aus od. im od. zum Spaß sagen/tun

    play [up]on words — Wortspiel, das

    3) (Sport) Spiel, das; (Amer.): (manoeuvre) Spielzug, der

    be in/out of play — [Ball:] im Spiel/aus [dem Spiel] sein

    make a play for somebody/something — (fig. coll.) hinter jemandem/etwas her sein (ugs.); es auf jemanden/etwas abgesehen haben

    4)

    come into play, be brought or called into play — ins Spiel kommen

    make [great] play with something — viel Wesen um etwas machen

    5) (freedom of movement) Spiel, das (Technik); (fig.) Spielraum, der

    give full play to one's emotions/imagination — etc. (fig.) seinen Gefühlen/seiner Fantasie usw. freien Lauf lassen

    2. intransitive verb

    play [up]on words — Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel machen

    not have much time to play with(coll.) zeitlich nicht viel Spielraum haben

    play into somebody's hands(fig.) jemandem in die Hand od. Hände arbeiten

    play safe — sichergehen; auf Nummer Sicher gehen (ugs.)

    2) (Mus.) spielen (on auf + Dat.)
    3. transitive verb
    1) (Mus.): (perform on) spielen

    play the violinetc. Geige usw. spielen

    play something on the pianoetc. etwas auf dem Klavier usw. spielen

    play it by ear(fig.) es dem Augenblick/der Situation überlassen

    2) spielen [Grammophon, Tonbandgerät]; abspielen [Schallplatte, Tonband]; spielen lassen [Radio]
    3) (Theatre; also fig.) spielen

    play the fool/innocent — den Clown/Unschuldigen spielen

    4) (execute, practise)

    play a trick/joke on somebody — jemanden hereinlegen (ugs.) /jemandem einen Streich spielen

    5) (Sport, Cards) spielen [Fußball, Karten, Schach usw.]; spielen od. antreten gegen [Mannschaft, Gegner]

    play a match — einen Wettkampf bestreiten; (in team games) ein Spiel machen

    he played me at chess/squash — er war im Schach/Squash mein Gegner

    6) (Sport) ausführen [Schlag]; (Cricket etc.) schlagen [Ball]
    7) (Cards) spielen

    play one's cards right(fig.) es richtig anfassen (fig.)

    8) (coll.): (gamble on)

    play the marketspekulieren (in mit od. Wirtsch. in + Dat.)

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (theatre) n.
    Stück -e n.
    Theaterstück n. n.
    Schauspiel n.
    Spiel -e (mechanisch) n.
    Spiel -e n. (at) cards expr.
    Karten spielen ausdr. v.
    spielen v.

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  • 110 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    sweep [swi:p] (pt & pp swept [swept])
    1 noun
    (a) (with a brush) coup m de balai;
    the room needs a good sweep la pièce aurait besoin d'un bon coup de balai
    with a sweep of her arm d'un geste large;
    with a sweep of his sword/scythe d'un grand coup d'épée/de faux;
    to make a wide sweep to take a bend prendre du champ pour effectuer un virage;
    her eyes made a sweep of the room elle parcourut la pièce des yeux;
    they jumped over the wall between two sweeps of the searchlight ils sautèrent par-dessus le mur entre deux mouvements du projecteur;
    in or at one sweep d'un seul coup
    (c) (curved line, area) (grande) courbe f, étendue f; Architecture (of arch) courbure f;
    a vast sweep of woodland une vaste étendue de forêt;
    from where we stood, we could see the whole sweep of the bay de là où nous étions, nous voyions toute (l'étendue de) la baie;
    the sweep of a car's lines le galbe d'une voiture
    (d) (range → of gun, telescope) champ m; (→ of lighthouse) balayage m, portée f; (→ of wings) envergure f; (→ of knowledge) étendue f; (→ of opinion) éventail m;
    the members of the commission represent a broad sweep of opinion les membres de la commission représentent un large éventail d'opinions
    (e) (search) fouille f; Military (reconnaissance) reconnaissance f; Military (attack) attaque f;
    police made a drugs sweep on the university la police a ratissé l'université à la recherche de drogues;
    the rescue party made a sweep of the area l'équipe de secours a ratissé les environs ou passé les environs au peigne fin;
    to make a sweep for mines chercher des mines
    (f) (chimney sweep) ramoneur m
    (g) familiar (sweepstake) sweepstake m
    (i) (rapid flow → of river) course f ou flot m rapide
    (j) Aviation flèche f;
    to vary the angle of sweep varier la flèche
    (in rowing) en pointe
    (a) (with a brush → room, street, dust, leaves) balayer; (→ chimney) ramoner;
    to sweep the floor balayer le sol;
    he swept the room il a balayé la pièce;
    the steps had been swept clean quelqu'un avait balayé l'escalier;
    she swept the leaves from the path into a pile elle balaya les feuilles du chemin et les mit en tas;
    I swept the broken glass into the dustpan j'ai poussé le verre cassé dans la pelle avec le balai;
    British figurative to sweep sth under the carpet or the rug tirer le rideau sur qch
    he angrily swept the papers off the desk d'un geste furieux, il balaya les papiers de dessus le bureau;
    she swept the coins off the table into her handbag elle a fait glisser les pièces de la table dans son sac à main
    (c) (of wind, tide, crowd etc)
    her dress sweeps the ground sa robe balaie le sol;
    a storm swept the town un orage ravagea la ville;
    the wind swept his hat into the river le vent a fait tomber son chapeau dans la rivière;
    the small boat was swept out to sea le petit bateau a été emporté vers le large;
    three fishermen were swept overboard un paquet de mer emporta trois pêcheurs;
    figurative the victorious army swept all before it l'armée victorieuse a tout balayé sur son passage;
    the incident swept all other thoughts from her mind l'incident lui fit oublier tout le reste;
    he was swept to power on a wave of popular discontent il a été porté au pouvoir par une vague de mécontentement populaire;
    he swept her off to Paris for the weekend il l'a emmenée en week-end à Paris;
    to be swept off one's feet (fall in love) tomber fou amoureux; (be filled with enthusiam) être enthousiasmé;
    to sweep the board rafler tous les prix;
    the German athletes swept the board at the Olympics les athlètes allemands ont remporté toutes les médailles aux jeux Olympiques
    (d) (spread through → of fire, epidemic, rumour, belief) gagner;
    a new craze is sweeping America une nouvelle mode fait fureur aux États-Unis;
    a wave of fear swept the city une vague de peur gagna la ville;
    the flu epidemic which swept Europe in 1919 l'épidémie de grippe qui sévit en Europe en 1919
    (e) (scan, survey) parcourir;
    her eyes swept the horizon/the room elle parcourut l'horizon/la pièce des yeux;
    to sweep the horizon with a telescope parcourir ou balayer l'horizon avec un télescope;
    searchlights continually sweep the open ground outside the prison camp des projecteurs parcourent ou balayent sans cesse le terrain qui entoure la prison
    (f) (win easily) gagner ou remporter haut la main;
    the Popular Democratic Party swept the polls le parti démocratique populaire a fait un raz-de-marée aux élections;
    American Sport she swept the tournament elle a gagné le tournoi sans concéder une seule partie
    (g) Nautical (mines, sea, channel) draguer;
    the port has been swept for mines le port a été dragué
    (b) (move quickly, powerfully)
    harsh winds swept across the bleak steppes un vent violent balayait les mornes steppes;
    the beam swept across the sea le faisceau lumineux balaya la mer;
    I watched storm clouds sweeping across the sky je regardais des nuages orageux filer dans le ciel;
    a hurricane swept through the town un ouragan a dévasté la ville;
    the Barbarians who swept into the Roman Empire les Barbares qui déferlèrent sur l'Empire romain;
    a wave of nationalism swept through the country une vague de nationalisme a déferlé sur le pays;
    the memories came sweeping back tous ces souvenirs me/lui/ etc sont revenus à la mémoire;
    a wave of panic swept over him une vague de panique le submergea;
    the planes swept low over the town les avions passèrent en rase-mottes au-dessus de la ville;
    the fire swept through the forest l'incendie a ravagé la forêt
    (c) (move confidently, proudly)
    he swept into the room il entra majestueusement dans la pièce;
    she swept past me without even a glance elle passa majestueusement à côté de moi sans même m'adresser un regard
    (d) (stretch → land) s'étendre;
    the rolling prairies sweep away into the distance les prairies ondoyantes se perdent dans le lointain;
    the fields sweep down to the lake les prairies descendent en pente douce jusqu'au lac;
    the river sweeps round in a wide curve le fleuve décrit une large courbe
    to sweep for mines draguer, déminer
    ►► sweep boat bateau m en pointe;
    sweep hand trotteuse f;
    sweep rowing nage f en pointe
    (of wind, tide, crowd) emporter, entraîner;
    we were swept along by a tide of nationalism nous avons été balayés par une vague nationaliste
    (a) (object, person) écarter
    (b) (advice, objection) repousser, rejeter; (obstacle, opposition) écarter
    (a) (dust, snow) balayer
    (b) (of wind, tide, crowd) emporter, entraîner;
    three bathers were swept away by a huge wave trois baigneurs ont été emportés par une énorme vague
    (car) passer à toute vitesse; (person → majestically) passer majestueusement; (→ disdainfully) passer dédaigneusement
    (a) (steps) descendre;
    hills sweeping down to the sea des collines qui descendent vers la mer
    the enemy swept down on us l'ennemi s'abattit ou fonça sur nous
    (clean → room) balayer
    (dust, leaves) balayer;
    she swept up the pieces of glass elle balaya les morceaux de verre;
    he swept the leaves up into a pile il fit un tas des feuilles en les balayant;
    with her hair swept up into a chignon avec ses cheveux relevés en chignon;
    she swept up her two babies and… en toute hâte, elle prit ses deux bébés dans ses bras et…
    (a) (clean up) balayer;
    can you sweep up after the meeting? peux-tu balayer ou peux-tu passer un coup de balai après la réunion?
    she swept up to me (majestically) elle s'approcha de moi d'un pas majestueux; (angrily) elle s'approcha de moi d'un pas furieux;
    the car swept up to the main entrance (quickly) la voiture s'approcha à toute allure de l'entrée principale; (impressively) la voiture s'approcha à une allure majestueuse de l'entrée principale

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  • 112 Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo

    [br]
    b. 25 April 1874 Bologna, Italy
    d. 20 July 1937 Rome, Italy
    [br]
    Italian radio pioneer whose inventiveness and business skills made radio communication a practical proposition.
    [br]
    Marconi was educated in physics at Leghorn and at Bologna University. An avid experimenter, he worked in his parents' attic and, almost certainly aware of the recent work of Hertz and others, soon improved the performance of coherers and spark-gap transmitters. He also discovered for himself the use of earthing and of elevated metal plates as aerials. In 1895 he succeeded in transmitting telegraphy over a distance of 2 km (1¼ miles), but the Italian Telegraph authority rejected his invention, so in 1896 he moved to England, where he filed the first of many patents. There he gained the support of the Chief Engineer of the Post Office, and by the following year he had achieved communication across the Bristol Channel.
    The British Post Office was also slow to take up his work, so in 1897 he formed the Wireless Telegraph \& Signal Company to work independently. In 1898 he sold some equipment to the British Army for use in the Boer War and established the first permanent radio link from the Isle of Wight to the mainland. In 1899 he achieved communication across the English Channel (a distance of more than 31 miles or 50 km), the construction of a wireless station at Spezia, Italy, and the equipping of two US ships to report progress in the America's Cup yacht race, a venture that led to the formation of the American Marconi Company. In 1900 he won a contract from the British Admiralty to sell equipment and to train operators. Realizing that his business would be much more successful if he could offer his customers a complete radio-communication service (known today as a "turnkey" deal), he floated a new company, the Marconi International Marine Communications Company, while the old company became the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company.
    His greatest achievement occurred on 12 December 1901, when Morse telegraph signals from a transmitter at Poldhu in Cornwall were received at St John's, Newfoundland, a distance of some 2,100 miles (3,400 km), with the use of an aerial flown by a kite. As a result of this, Marconi's business prospered and he became internationally famous, receiving many honours for his endeavours, including the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. In 1904, radio was first used to provide a daily bulletin at sea, and in 1907 a transatlantic wireless telegraphy service was inaugurated. The rescue of 1,650 passengers from the shipwreck of SS Republic in 1909 was the first of many occasions when wireless was instrumental in saving lives at sea, most notable being those from the Titanic on its maiden voyage in April 1912; more lives would have been saved had there been sufficient lifeboats. Marconi was one of those who subsequently pressed for greater safety at sea. In 1910 he demonstrated the reception of long (8 km or 5 miles) waves from Ireland in Buenos Aires, but after the First World War he began to develop the use of short waves, which were more effectively reflected by the ionosphere. By 1918 the first link between England and Australia had been established, and in 1924 he was awarded a Post Office contract for short-wave communication between England and the various parts of the British Empire.
    With his achievements by then recognized by the Italian Government, in 1915 he was appointed Radio-Communications Adviser to the Italian armed forces, and in 1919 he was an Italian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference. From 1921 he lived on his yacht, the Elettra, and although he joined the Fascist Party in 1923, he later had reservations about Mussolini.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Nobel Prize for Physics (jointly with K.F. Braun) 1909. Russian Order of S t Anne. Commander of St Maurice and St Lazarus. Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (i.e. Knight) of Italy 1902. Freedom of Rome 1903. Honorary DSc Oxford. Honorary LLD Glasgow. Chevalier of the Civil Order of Savoy 1905. Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal. Honorary knighthood (GCVO) 1914. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honour 1920. Chairman, Royal Society of Arts 1924. Created Marquis (Marchese) 1929. Nominated to the Italian Senate 1929. President, Italian Academy 1930. Rector, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1934.
    Bibliography
    1896, "Improvements in transmitting electrical impulses and in apparatus thereof", British patent no. 12,039.
    1 June 1898, British patent no. 12,326 (transformer or "jigger" resonant circuit).
    1901, British patent no. 7,777 (selective tuning).
    1904, British patent no. 763,772 ("four circuit" tuning arrangement).
    Further Reading
    D.Marconi, 1962, My Father, Marconi.
    W.J.Baker, 1970, A History of the Marconi Company, London: Methuen.
    KF

    Biographical history of technology > Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo

  • 113 end

    [end]
    abnormal end вчт. аварийное завершение adjustment at year end корректировка на конец года the end justifies the means цель оправдывает средства; any means to an end все средства хороши at the end в конце at the end of в конце (чего-л.); at the end of the story в конце рассказа; at the end of the month в конце месяца at the end of в конце (чего-л.); at the end of the story в конце рассказа; at the end of the month в конце месяца at the end of в конце (чего-л.); at the end of the story в конце рассказа; at the end of the month в конце месяца end pl стр. эндсы, дилены; to be on the end of a line попасться на удочку; to make both (или two) ends meet сводить концы с концами end амер. аспект, сторона; the political end of (smth.) политический аспект (чего-л.) end днище end завершение end sl зад end заканчивать end конец, смерть; he is near(ing) his end он умирает end конец, окончание end конец; окончание; предел; end on концом вперед; to put an end to (smth.), to make an end of (smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить (что-л.) end конец end кончать, заканчивать end кончать; заканчивать; прекращать; to end all wars положить конец всем войнам; to end one's life покончить с собой end кончать end кончаться, завершаться (in, with); to end in disaster окончиться катастрофой; the story ends with the hero's death рассказ кончается смертью героя end край; граница; ends of the earth край земли; глухомань; the world's end край света end окончание end остаток, обломок; обрезок; отрывок end остаток end прекращать end результат, следствие; happy end благополучная развязка, счастливый конец; it is difficult to foresee the end трудно предвидеть результат end результат end следствие end смерть, кончина end цель; to that end с этой целью; to gain one's ends достичь цели; ends and means цели и средства end цель end амер. часть, отдел; the retail end of a business отдел розничной торговли end pl стр. эндсы, дилены; to be on the end of a line попасться на удочку; to make both (или two) ends meet сводить концы с концами end кончать; заканчивать; прекращать; to end all wars положить конец всем войнам; to end one's life покончить с собой end кончаться, завершаться (in, with); to end in disaster окончиться катастрофой; the story ends with the hero's death рассказ кончается смертью героя the end justifies the means цель оправдывает средства; any means to an end все средства хороши end of data вчт. конец данных end of file, EOF вчт. конец файла end of financial period конец отчетного периода end of financial year конец финансового года end of loan истечение срока ссуды end of month конец месяца end of month последний день месяца end of period конец периода end of previous financial year конец предыдущего финансового года end of volume вчт. конец тома end off, end up оканчиваться, прекращаться, обрываться end конец; окончание; предел; end on концом вперед; to put an end to (smth.), to make an end of (smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить (что-л.) end кончать; заканчивать; прекращать; to end all wars положить конец всем войнам; to end one's life покончить с собой to the bitter end до предела, до точки; до последней капли крови; to keep one's end up сделать все от себя зависящее; не сдаваться; end to end непрерывной цепью end off, end up оканчиваться, прекращаться, обрываться end цель; to that end с этой целью; to gain one's ends достичь цели; ends and means цели и средства end край; граница; ends of the earth край земли; глухомань; the world's end край света end of file, EOF вчт. конец файла on end беспрерывно, подряд; for two years on end два года подряд end цель; to that end с этой целью; to gain one's ends достичь цели; ends and means цели и средства end результат, следствие; happy end благополучная развязка, счастливый конец; it is difficult to foresee the end трудно предвидеть результат happy: end счастливый; happy man! счастливец!; happy end счастливый конец (романа, фильма и т. п.); as happy as the day is long очень счастливый end конец, смерть; he is near(ing) his end он умирает no end of разг. прекрасный, исключительный; he is no end of a fellow он чудесный малый; we had no end of a time мы прекрасно провели время in the end в заключение; в конечном счете; they won the battle in the end в конечном счете они добились победы end результат, следствие; happy end благополучная развязка, счастливый конец; it is difficult to foresee the end трудно предвидеть результат to the bitter end до предела, до точки; до последней капли крови; to keep one's end up сделать все от себя зависящее; не сдаваться; end to end непрерывной цепью laid end to end вместе взятые low end невысокий результат low end низкая цель end конец; окончание; предел; end on концом вперед; to put an end to (smth.), to make an end of (smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить (что-л.) end pl стр. эндсы, дилены; to be on the end of a line попасться на удочку; to make both (или two) ends meet сводить концы с концами no end разг. безмерно; в высшей степени no end obliged to you чрезвычайно вам признателен no end of разг. много, масса; no end of trouble масса хлопот, неприятностей no end of разг. прекрасный, исключительный; he is no end of a fellow он чудесный малый; we had no end of a time мы прекрасно провели время no: end end of очень много, множество; we had no end of good time мы превосходно провели время no end of разг. много, масса; no end of trouble масса хлопот, неприятностей normal end вчт. нормальное завершение on end беспрерывно, подряд; for two years on end два года подряд on end стоймя; дыбом end амер. аспект, сторона; the political end of (smth.) политический аспект (чего-л.) position end позиция на конец месяца end конец; окончание; предел; end on концом вперед; to put an end to (smth.), to make an end of (smth.) положить конец (чему-л.), уничтожить (что-л.) end амер. часть, отдел; the retail end of a business отдел розничной торговли end кончаться, завершаться (in, with); to end in disaster окончиться катастрофой; the story ends with the hero's death рассказ кончается смертью героя end цель; to that end с этой целью; to gain one's ends достичь цели; ends and means цели и средства to: end prep указывает на цель действия на, для; to the rescue на помощь; to that end с этой целью in the end в заключение; в конечном счете; they won the battle in the end в конечном счете они добились победы to the bitter end до предела, до точки; до последней капли крови; to keep one's end up сделать все от себя зависящее; не сдаваться; end to end непрерывной цепью no end of разг. прекрасный, исключительный; he is no end of a fellow он чудесный малый; we had no end of a time мы прекрасно провели время end край; граница; ends of the earth край земли; глухомань; the world's end край света year end конец года

    English-Russian short dictionary > end

  • 114 to

    1. [tə,tu] preposition
    1) (towards; in the direction of: I cycled to the station; The book fell to the floor; I went to the concert/lecture/play.) proti, na
    2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) do
    3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) do
    4) (sometimes used to introduce the indirect object of a verb: He sent it to us; You're the only person I can talk to.)
    5) (used in expressing various relations: Listen to me!; Did you reply to his letter?; Where's the key to this door?; He sang to (the accompaniment of) his guitar.)
    6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) na
    7) (used in expressing comparison or proportion: He's junior to me; Your skill is superior to mine; We won the match by 5 goals to 2.) od; proti
    8) (showing the purpose or result of an action etc: He came quickly to my assistance; To my horror, he took a gun out of his pocket.) po; na
    9) ([tə] used before an infinitive eg after various verbs and adjectives, or in other constructions: I want to go!; He asked me to come; He worked hard to (= in order to) earn a lot of money; These buildings were designed to (= so as to) resist earthquakes; She opened her eyes to find him standing beside her; I arrived too late to see him.) da
    10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.)
    2. [tu:] adverb
    1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) v (skoraj) zaprtem stanju
    2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).)
    * * *
    I [tu:, tu, tə]
    preposition (osnovni pomen k);
    1.
    (krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob
    to arms!k orožju!
    next door to us — sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
    to take one's hat off to s.o. — odkriti se komu;
    2.
    (časovno) do
    to time — točno, pravočasno
    to live to a great age — doživeti visoko starost;
    3.
    (namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)
    as to... — kar se tiče...
    to you colloquially vam na uslugo
    to what purpose?čemú?
    dead fallen to their hands — mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
    that is nothing to me — to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
    what is that to you?kaj te to briga?
    to come to hand — priti v roke, v posest
    here's to you!na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
    to drink to s.o.'s health — piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
    would to God (Heaven)! — daj bog!;
    4.
    (stopnja, mera, meja)
    to the full — do sitega, do mile voije
    to a great extent — v veliki meri, zelo
    they were to the number of 400 — bilo jih je 400;
    5.
    (pripadnost, posest)
    that is all there is to it — to je vse in nič več;
    6.
    (odnos, razmerje)
    aversion to s.th.odpor do česa
    nothing to... — nič v primeri z...
    to all appearance — po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
    to my (your etc) heart's desire — po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
    the scoreis ɜ to ɔ sport rezultat je ɜ:ɔ
    three to dozen — tri na ducat;
    7.
    (rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)
    she was a good mother to him — bila mu je dobra mati;
    8.
    (za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)
    there is no one to see us — nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
    what am I to do?kaj naj naredim?
    he was seen to fall — videli so ga, kako je padel
    we expect her — to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
    to be honest, I should decline — če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti;
    9.
    (kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)
    I don't go because I don't want to — ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
    I meant to ring you up but had no time to — nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)
    II [tu:]
    adverb
    v normalnem (zlasti zaprtem) stanju; v mirnem položaju
    to and fro, to and backsem in tja
    to bring s.o. tospraviti koga k zavesti
    to come to — priti k sebi, zavedeti se, osvestiti se
    to fall to — planiti (na jed, jedačo)
    to set to — lotiti se dela, pravilno začeti

    English-Slovenian dictionary > to

  • 115 play

    [pleɪ] n
    1) no pl ( recreation) Spiel nt;
    to be at \play beim Spiel sein, spielen;
    to do sth in \play etw [nur] zum Spaß tun;
    it's only in \play es ist doch nur Spaß
    2) no pl sports ( during game) Spiel nt;
    rain stopped \play wegen des Regens wurde das Spiel unterbrochen;
    the start/close of \play der Beginn/das Ende des Spiels;
    to be in/out of \play im Spiel/im Aus sein
    3) (Am) sports ( move) Spielzug m;
    to make a bad/good \play ein schlechtes/gutes Spiel machen;
    a foul \play ein Foul[spiel] nt
    4) theat [Theater]stück nt;
    one-act \play Einakter m;
    radio \play Hörspiel nt;
    television \play Fernsehspiel nt, Fernsehfilm m;
    to go to see a \play ins Theater gehen;
    to put on [or stage] [or ( fam) do] a \play ein Stück inszenieren
    the \play of light [on sth] das Spiel des Lichts [auf etw dat];
    the \play of emotion across his face revealed his conflict seine widerstreitenden Gefühle spiegelten sich in seinem Gesicht wider
    6) ( freedom to move) Spielraum m;
    to allow [or give] sth full \play etw dat freien Lauf lassen tech Spiel nt
    7) no pl ( interaction) Zusammenspiel nt;
    to bring sth into \play etw ins Spiel bringen;
    to come into \play eine Rolle spielen;
    to bring sth into \play etw einsetzen
    8) no pl (dated: gambling) Spielen nt
    9) no pl ( attention from the media) Medieninteresse nt, Aufmerksamkeit f in den Medien;
    to get a lot of \play das Interesse der Medien auf sich akk ziehen, Thema Nummer eins sein ( fam)
    PHRASES:
    to make a \play for sth/sb sich akk an etw/jdn heranpirschen;
    to make great \play of [or with] sth viel Aufhebens von etw dat machen vi
    1) ( amuse oneself) spielen;
    can Jenny come out and \play? kann Jenny zum Spielen rauskommen?;
    to \play with sb/ sth mit jdm/etw spielen;
    do you want to \play with us? willst du mitspielen?;
    to \play on the swings schaukeln;
    to \play in the sandpit im Sandkasten spielen
    2) sports spielen;
    Leonora always \plays to win Leonora will immer gewinnen;
    to \play against sb gegen jdn spielen;
    they're a difficult team to \play against diese Mannschaft ist ein schwieriger Gegner;
    to \play in attack/ defence in der Offensive/als Verteidiger(in) spielen;
    to \play for a city/ team für eine Stadt/ein Team spielen;
    to \play in the match am Spiel teilnehmen;
    to \play fair/ rough fair/hart spielen; ( fig)
    it wasn't really \playing fair not to tell her es war nicht besonders fair, dass du ihr nichts gesagt hast
    3) theat actor spielen;
    ‘Hamlet’ is \playing at the Guildhall in der Guildhall kommt zurzeit der ‚Hamlet‘;
    to \play to a full house vor ausverkauftem Haus spielen;
    Macbeth \played to full houses die Macbeth-Vorstellungen waren immer ausverkauft;
    to \play opposite sb mit jdm [zusammen] spielen
    4) mus spielen
    5) ( move)
    the searchlights \played across [or over] the facade of the palace die [Such]scheinwerfer strichen über die Schlossfassade;
    we watched the light \playing on the surface of the water wir beobachteten das Spiel des Lichts auf dem Wasser;
    she could hear the fountain \playing in the courtyard outside sie hörte den Springbrunnen im Hof plätschern;
    a smile \played across [or on] [or over] his lips ein Lächeln spielte um seine Lippen
    6) ( gamble) spielen;
    to \play for fun zum Spaß [o ohne Einsatz] spielen;
    to \play for money um Geld spielen
    7) (fam: be received)
    how will this \play with the voters? wie wird das bei den Wählern ankommen?
    PHRASES:
    to \play to the gallery ( pej) billige Effekthascherei betreiben ( pej) ( of a politician) populistische Stammtischparolen ausgeben ( pej)
    to \play into sb's hands jdm in die Hände arbeiten;
    to \play for time versuchen, Zeit zu gewinnen, auf Zeit spielen;
    to \play fast and loose with sth/sb bei etw dat /mit jdm ein falsches Spiel spielen vt
    to \play sth etw spielen;
    to \play cards/ darts/ tag Karten/Darts/Fangen spielen;
    to \play house [or mothers and fathers] Vater-Mutter-Kind spielen;
    to \play football/ golf/ tennis Fußball/Golf/Tennis spielen;
    to \play a match ein Spiel bestreiten, spielen;
    to \play a round/ set eine Runde/einen Satz spielen;
    Luke \plays centre forward/ back Luke ist Mittelstürmer/Verteidiger
    to \play sb gegen jdn spielen;
    Sampras will be \playing Agassi Sampras wird gegen Agassi antreten
    3) ( execute)
    to \play a shot schießen;
    ( in snooker) stoßen;
    to \play the ball den Ball spielen;
    to \play a stroke schlagen
    4) ( have)
    to \play a part [or role] eine Rolle spielen;
    to \play an important part on sth ( fig) bei etw dat eine wichtige Rolle spielen
    5) ( act as)
    to \play sb/ sth jdn/etw spielen;
    to \play an act/ a scene einen Akt/eine Szene spielen;
    to \play Cupid/ God ( fig) Amor/Gott spielen;
    to \play the lead die Hauptrolle spielen;
    to \play host to sb jds Gastgeber/Gastgeberin sein;
    to \play host to sth event etw ausrichten;
    don't \play the innocent with me tu nicht so unschuldig
    6) mus
    to \play sth etw spielen;
    to \play the bagpipes/ piano/ violin Dudelsack/Klavier/Geige spielen;
    to \play a solo/ symphony ein Solo/eine Symphonie spielen;
    to \play sth by ear etw nach Gehör spielen;
    to \play it by ear ( fig) improvisieren;
    to \play an encore eine Zugabe geben;
    \play us a song [or a song for us] then! spiel uns ein Lied [vor]!
    7) ( operate)
    to \play sth CD, tape etw [ab]spielen;
    to \play the radio Radio hören;
    to \play one's stereo seine Anlage anhaben;
    they're \playing African music on the radio im Radio kommt gerade afrikanische Musik;
    must you \play your radio loud? musst du dein Radio so laut stellen?;
    to \play a video sich dat ein Video ansehen;
    (start \playing) eine Videokassette einlegen
    8) mus, theat ( perform at)
    to play Berlin/ London/ San Francisco in Berlin/London/San Francisco spielen;
    the band is \playing Los Angeles on the 29th die Band spielt am 29. in Los Angeles
    9) ( gamble)
    to \play the horses auf Pferde wetten;
    to \play a slot machine an einem Spielautomaten spielen;
    to \play the stock market an der Börse spekulieren
    to \play a trick [or joke] on sb jdn hochnehmen ( fig) ( fam), jdn veräppeln ( fam) ( practical joke) [jdm] einen Streich spielen;
    he's always \playing tricks der ist vielleicht ein Scherzkeks (sl), er wandte einen Trick an
    to \play sth on [or onto] [or over] sth etw auf etw akk richten;
    the rescue team \played searchlights over the area das Rettungsteam ließ Scheinwerfer über die Gegend schweifen
    to \play an ace/ a king ein Ass/einen König [aus]spielen;
    to \play a trump einen Trumpf spielen
    to \play a fish einen Fisch auszappeln lassen (durch Nachlassen der Leine)
    PHRASES:
    to \play ball [with sb] ( fam) [mit jdm] mitziehen [o mitspielen];
    to \play silly buggers ( Brit) (sl) sich akk wie ein Idiot aufführen;
    to \play [with] one's cards close to one's chest seine Karten nicht offenlegen ( fig)
    to \play one's cards right geschickt taktieren;
    to \play ducks and drakes with sb ( Brit) ( money) etw verprassen;
    ( plans) etw durcheinanderbringen;
    to \play ducks and drakes with sth ( Brit) jdn schlecht behandeln;
    to \play second fiddle [to sb] [im Verhältnis zu jdm] die zweite Geige spielen ( fam)
    to \play the field sich akk umsehen;
    the firm continues to \play the field and do business with six other companies die Firma sondiert das Terrain und verhandelt mit sechs weiteren Firmen;
    to \play the fool [or clown] herumalbern, rumspinnen ( fam), sich akk zum Narren machen;
    to \play footsie with sb ( fam) mit jdm füßeln ( DIAL)
    to \play the game ( Brit) sich akk an die [Spiel]regeln halten;
    to \play gooseberry ( Brit) das fünfte Rad am Wagen sein;
    ( chaperone sb) den Anstandswauwau spielen ( hum) ( fam)
    to \play hardball ( esp Am) andere Saiten aufziehen ( fig)
    to \play havoc with sth etw durcheinanderbringen;
    to \play [merry] hell with sth etw völlig durcheinanderbringen;
    to \play hook(e)y (esp Am, Aus) blaumachen ( fam), schwänzen ( fam)
    to \play a [or one's] hunch aus dem hohlen Bauch heraus agieren ( fam), seiner Nase folgen;
    to \play possum ( pretend to be asleep) sich akk schlafend stellen;
    ( pretend to be ignorant) sich akk dumm stellen;
    to \play truant [from school] ( Brit) schwänzen ( fam)
    to \play it cool den Unbeteiligten spielen;
    to \play dumb sich akk taub stellen;
    to \play sb false ( form) jdn hintergehen;
    to \play hard to get sich akk unnahbar zeigen, einen auf unnahbar machen ( fam)
    to \play safe auf Nummer sicher gehen

    English-German students dictionary > play

  • 116 of

    [ɔv] ( полная форма); [əv] ( редуцированная форма)
    предл.
    а) отношение принадлежности; передаётся род. падежом

    a dog of John's — собака, принадлежащая Джону

    б) владение чем-л.; передаётся род. падежом
    в) авторство, деятеля или создателя; передаётся род. падежом
    а) уст. после глагола в пассиве; передаётся твор. падежом

    Everything seems to be done of those who govern Spain to keep travellers out of that country. — Теми, кто управляет Испанией, кажется, было сделано всё, чтобы не допустить путешественников в эту страну.

    б) с (чьей-л.) стороны ( перед глаголом в инфинитиве)

    It was a cruel act of him to do it. — С его стороны было жестоко так поступать.

    It was a cunning trick of him to do it. — Это была хитрая уловка с его стороны.

    It is clever / stupid / silly / unkind / wrong / wise of him to go there. — Он умно (глупо, нелюбезно, неверно, мудро) поступает, что едет туда.

    It was careless of you to leave the door unlocked. — Вы поступили очень легкомысленно, оставив дверь незапертой.

    3) из, от (указывает на отношение части и целого; передаётся род. падежом)

    most of the army — бо́льшая часть армии

    4) указывает на принадлежность к какой-л. организации; передаётся род. падежом
    5) указывает на содержимое какого-л. вместилища; передаётся род. падежом
    6) указывает на состав, структуру; передаётся род. падежом
    7) после слов типа "class", "order", "genus", "species", "kind", "sort", "manner"; указывает на класс, вид, разновидность

    of all kinds / sorts — всякого рода, самые разнообразные

    Recipes of all kinds to fit any taste. — Самые разнообразные рецепты на любой вкус.

    It was a kind of magic. — Это было своего рода волшебство.

    Of the eagle, there are but few species. — Существует лишь несколько разновидностей орлов.

    8) из (указывает на выделение лица или предмета из множества аналогичных лиц или предметов)

    He gave me a dinner of dinners. — Он угостил меня самым лучшим обедом, который только можно себе представить.

    She's planning to record the best of her songs. — Она планирует записать лучшие из своих песен.

    9) из (указывает на материал, из которого что-л. сделано)

    a dress of silk — платье из шёлка, шёлковое платье

    10) указывает на вкус, запах; передаётся твор. падежом

    The shirt smelled of perfume. — Рубашка пахла духами.

    His house reeked of tobacco. — Его дом насквозь пропах табаком.

    а) качество, свойство; передаётся род. падежом

    coins of equal value / worth — монеты равного достоинства

    б) возраст; передаётся род. падежом
    12) указывает на область распространения какого-л. качества, свойства

    hard of hearing — тугой на ухо, плохо слышащий

    13)
    а) от, из-за, в результате, по причине ( указывает на причину)

    He died of pneumonia. — Он умер от пневмонии.

    She did it of necessity. — Она сделала это по необходимости.

    I learned it of him. — Я узнал это от него.

    He asked it of me. — Он спросил это у меня.

    14) из (указывает на происхождение; также передаётся род. падежом)

    He comes of a worker's family. — Он из рабочей семьи.

    15) от (указывает на направление, положение в пространстве, расстояние)
    17) указывает на название месяца после даты; передаётся род. падежом
    а) период времени, длительность

    of a week's duration — недельный, продолжающийся в течение недели

    б) уст. время совершения повторного действия
    19) указывает на объект действия; передаётся род. падежом
    20) от (указывает на избавление, лишение чего-л.; передаётся также род. падежом)

    to cure of a disease / illness — вылечить от болезни

    21)
    а) о, об, относительно (указывает на предмет разговора, воспоминаний, слухов)
    б) в (указывает на предмет подозрений, обвинений, опасений, зависти)

    to be sure of smb.'s innocence — быть уверенным в чьей-л. невиновности

    22) вводит приложение, выраженное именем собственным
    23) употребляется в именных оборотах, где одно существительное выступает в качестве образного эпитета для другого

    the devil of a worker — просто дьявол, а не работник

    Англо-русский современный словарь > of

  • 117 boat

    [bəʊt]
    n
    лодка, шлюпка, бот, пароход, корабль, судно, катер
    See:

    The boats were swamped and lost. — Лодки наполнились водой и затонули.

    The current set the boat northward. — Течение сносило лодку к северу.

    A big wave swamped the boat. — Большая волна накрыла лодку.

    To burn one's boats (bridges) behind one. — Сжечь за собой корабли (мосты).

    - small boat
    - smart boat
    - fragile boat
    - slow boat
    - paper boat
    - pirate boat
    - abandoned boat
    - sunken boat
    - heavily-laden boat
    - moored up boat
    - boat rally
    - boat trip
    - boat man
    - boat load
    - boat with a sail
    - boat with an awning
    - boat for hire
    - sail a boat
    - hire a boat
    - hire a whole boat
    - row a boat
    - take a boat
    - get on a boat
    - get off the boat
    - come by boat
    - be in the same boat
    - operate a ferry boat
    - take a boat for London
    - build a boat
    - equip a boat
    - load a boat
    - fit out a boat
    - man a boat
    - launch a boat
    - hoist a boat
    - pole a boat
    - anchor up a boat
    - put in land a boat
    - tow a boat
    - paddle a boat
    - overturn a boat
    - steer a boat with a rudder
    - miss the boat
    - fasten up a boat
    - make a boat fast
    - draw up pull up a boat
    - run one's boat aground
    - set the boat a drift
    - get the boat into a drift
    - bring a boat alongside with another boat
    - send boats to the rescue
    - get a boat out of a boat-house
    - get a boat into a boat-house
    - swamp a boat
    - rip the boat with a sail
    - trim the boat up with streamers
    - fit out a boat with everything necessary
    - render a boat completily watertight
    - rock the boat
    - take to boats
    - prevent the boat from sinking
    - hoist the boat out
    - hoist the boat in
    - boats sail
    - boat lies at anchor
    - boat is chained up
    - boat toppled over
    - boats sink
    USAGE:
    (1.) Названия средств передвижения, такие, как boat, ship, tram, bus в сочетании с глаголами to go, to come, to travel употребляются без артикля: to go (to travel) by boat, to go by train (by bus, by ship). Это же верно и по отношению к названиям способов и среды передвижения: to go by sea, by air, by land. (2.) В сочетаниях с глаголами to take, to catch эти существительные употребляются с неопределенным артиклем: to take a bus (boat, train). Определенный артикль the употребляется при наличии конкретизирующего определения: to catch the eight o'clock boat успеть на восьмичасовой катер, а с описательным определением употребляется неопределенный артикль: to take an early/later boat поехать ранним/поздним катером. (3.) Глаголы to get on и to get off требуют употребления определенного артикля перед названием транспортного средства: help the woman to get off the boat (bus) помогите женщине выйти из лодки (сойти с автобуса).

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > boat

  • 118 spring

    spring [sprɪŋ] (pt sprang [spræŋ] or sprung [sprʌŋ], pp sprung)
    1 noun
    (a) (season) printemps m;
    in (the) spring au printemps;
    spring is here! c'est le printemps!
    (b) (device, coil) ressort m;
    Cars the springs la suspension
    (c) (natural source) source f;
    hot or thermal spring source f thermale;
    volcanic springs sources fpl volcaniques
    (d) (leap) bond m, saut m;
    he made a sudden spring for the knife tout à coup, il bondit pour s'emparer du couteau
    (e) (resilience) élasticité f;
    the diving board has plenty of spring le plongeoir est très élastique;
    the mattress has no spring left le matelas n'a plus de ressort;
    the news put a spring in her step la nouvelle l'a rendue toute guillerette;
    he set out with a spring in his step il est parti d'un pas alerte
    (a) (flowers, weather, colours) printanier, de printemps;
    his new spring collection sa nouvelle collection de printemps
    (b) (mattress) à ressorts
    (c) (water) de source
    (a) (leap) bondir, sauter;
    to spring to one's feet se lever vivement ou d'un bond;
    to spring at bondir ou se jeter sur;
    the cat sprang at the bird le chat bondit sur l'oiseau;
    he saw the blow coming and sprang away in time il a vu le coup arriver et l'a esquivé de justesse;
    she sprang back in horror elle recula d'un bond, horrifiée;
    the couple sprang apart le couple se sépara hâtivement;
    the bus stopped and she sprang off le bus s'arrêta et elle descendit d'un bond;
    he sprang ashore il sauta à terre;
    the car sprang forward la voiture fit un bond en avant;
    springing out of the armchair bondissant du fauteuil;
    to spring to attention bondir au garde-à-vous
    to spring shut/open se fermer/s'ouvrir brusquement;
    the branch sprang back la branche s'est redressée d'un coup
    the police sprang into action les forces de l'ordre passèrent rapidement à l'action;
    the engine sprang to or into life le moteur s'est mis soudain en marche ou a brusquement démarré;
    she sprang to his defence elle a vivement pris sa défense;
    the issue has made the town spring to life l'affaire a galvanisé la ville;
    new towns/companies have sprung into existence des villes nouvelles/de nouvelles sociétés ont surgi d'on ne sait où ou sont soudain apparues;
    to spring to the rescue se précipiter pour porter secours;
    tears sprang to his eyes les larmes lui sont montées ou venues aux yeux;
    a protest sprang to her lips elle eut envie de protester;
    just say the first thing which springs to mind dites simplement la première chose qui vous vient à l'esprit;
    you didn't notice anything strange? - nothing that springs to mind vous n'avez rien remarqué d'anormal? - rien qui me frappe particulièrement;
    he sprang to fame overnight il est devenu célèbre du jour au lendemain;
    familiar where did you spring from? d'où est-ce que tu sors?;
    literary to spring to arms voler aux armes
    to spring from venir de, provenir de;
    the problem springs from a misunderstanding le problème provient ou vient d'un malentendu;
    their conservatism springs from fear leur conservatisme vient de ce qu'ils ont peur
    (e) (plank → warp) gauchir, se gondoler; (→ crack) se fendre
    to spring for sth casquer pour qch
    (a) (trap) déclencher; (mine) faire sauter; (bolt) fermer;
    the mousetrap had been sprung but it was empty la souricière avait fonctionné, mais elle était vide
    (b) (car) munir de ressorts;
    sprung carriage voiture f suspendue
    (c) (make known → decision, news) annoncer de but en blanc ou à brûle-pourpoint;
    I hate to have to spring it on you like this cela m'embête d'avoir à vous l'annoncer de but en blanc comme ça;
    he doesn't like people springing surprises on him il n'aime pas les surprises ou qu'on lui réserve des surprises;
    to spring a question on sb poser une question à qn de but en blanc
    to spring a leak (boat) commencer à prendre l'eau; (tank, pipe) commencer à fuir;
    the radiator has sprung a leak il y a une fuite dans le radiateur
    (e) (jump over → hedge, brook) sauter
    (f) (plank → warp) gauchir, gondoler; (→ crack) fendre
    (h) familiar (prisoner) faire évader ;
    the gang sprung him from prison with a helicopter le gang l'a fait évader de prison en hélicoptère
    ►► British spring balance peson m à ressort;
    the Spring Bank Holiday = le dernier lundi de mai, jour férié en Grande-Bretagne;
    spring binding reliure f à ressort;
    (a) American Cookery poulet m (à rôtir)
    he's no spring chicken il n'est plus tout jeune, il n'est plus de la première jeunesse;
    spring fever excitation f;
    to have spring fever (gen) être tout excité; (be in love) être amoureux;
    Botany spring gentian gentiane f printanière;
    spring greens choux mpl précoces;
    Veterinary medicine spring halt éparvin m sec, épervin m sec;
    spring lock serrure f à fermeture automatique;
    British spring onion petit oignon m;
    spring roll rouleau m de printemps;
    spring snow neige f de printemps;
    School & University spring term dernier trimestre m;
    spring tide grande marée f; (at equinox) marée f d'équinoxe (de printemps);
    spring water eau f de source
    (a) (get up) se lever d'un bond
    (b) (move upwards) bondir, rebondir;
    the lid sprang up le couvercle s'est ouvert brusquement;
    several hands sprang up plusieurs mains se sont levées
    (c) (grow in size, height) pousser;
    hasn't Lisa sprung up this year! comme Lisa a grandi cette année!
    (d) (appear → towns, factories) surgir, pousser comme des champignons; (→ doubt, suspicion, rumour, friendship) naître; (→ difficulty, threat) surgir; (→ breeze) se lever brusquement;
    new companies are springing up every day de nouvelles entreprises apparaissent chaque jour;
    an argument/friendship sprang up between them une querelle éclata/une amitié naquit entre eux

    Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > spring

  • 119 to

    [tu:]
    assistant to the professor ассистент профессора become a party to принимать участие to begin (on (или upon) smth.) брать начало (от чего-л.); to begin over начинать сызнова; well begun is half done посл. = хорошее начало полдела откачало to to at the beginning начинать с самого начала; to begin at the wrong end начинать не с того конца end: to begin at the wrong to начать не с того конца to begin (on (или upon) smth.) брать начало (от чего-л.); to begin over начинать сызнова; well begun is half done посл. = хорошее начало полдела откачало belong absolutely to принадлежать полностью to bring to poverty довести до бедности; to fall to decay (или ruin) разрушиться, прийти в упадок to cheat (on smb.) вести себя нечестно (по отношению к кому-л.: другу, партнеру, мужу и т. п.) to избежать (чего-л.); to cheat the gallows избежать виселицы to занимать (чем-л.); to cheat time коротать время; to cheat the journey коротать время в пути to занимать (чем-л.); to cheat time коротать время; to cheat the journey коротать время в пути to prep указывает на предел движения, расстояния, времени, количества на, до: to climb to the top взобраться на вершину counter to противоречащий, противоположный (чему-л.) to prep под (аккомпанемент); в (сопровождении); to dance to music танцевать под музыку; he sang to his guitar он пел под гитару to prep указывает на: связь между действием и ответным действием к, на; to this he answered на это он ответил; deaf to all entreaties глух ко всем просьбам to bring to poverty довести до бедности; to fall to decay (или ruin) разрушиться, прийти в упадок to prep указывает на принадлежность (к чему-л.) или на прикрепление (к чему-л.) к; to fasten to the wall прикрепить к стене; key to the door ключ от двери give consideration to обсуждать give consideration to рассматривать to мошенничать; обманывать; he cheated me (out) of five dollars он надул меня на пять долларов he could be anywhere from 40 to 60 ему можно дать и 40 и 60 лет to prep передается род. падежом и указывает на отношения: родственные: he has been a good father to them он был им хорошим отцом to prep под (аккомпанемент); в (сопровождении); to dance to music танцевать под музыку; he sang to his guitar он пел под гитару I am going to the University я иду в университет; the windows look to the south окна выходят на юг I can't get the lid of the trunk quite to я не могу закрыть крышку сундука to prep указывает на сравнение, числовое соотношение или пропорцию перед, к; 3 is to 4 as 6 is to 8 три относится к четырем, как шесть к восьми it was nothing to what I had expected это пустяки в сравнении с тем, что я ожидал to prep указывает на принадлежность (к чему-л.) или на прикрепление (к чему-л.) к; to fasten to the wall прикрепить к стене; key to the door ключ от двери to prep указывает на лицо, по отношению к которому или в интересах которого совершается действие; передается дат. падежом: a letter to a friend письмо другу to prep указывает на эмоциональное восприятие к; to my disappointment к моему разочарованию; to my surprise к моему удивлению to prep указывает на эмоциональное восприятие к; to my disappointment к моему разочарованию; to my surprise к моему удивлению object to возражать, протестовать (против чего-л.) to prep указывает на соответствие по, в; to one's liking по вкусу a party was thrown to the children детям устроили праздник ten to one he will find it out девять из десяти за то, что он это узнает; the score was 1 to 3 спорт. счет был 1: 3 to prep передается род. падежом и указывает на отношения: подчинения по службе: secretary to the director секретарь директора to (began; begun) начинать(ся); she began weeping (или to weep) она заплакала ten to one he will find it out девять из десяти за то, что он это узнает; the score was 1 to 3 спорт. счет был 1: 3 to the minute минута в минуту; с точностью до минуты there is an outpatient department attached to our hospital при нашей больнице есть поликлинника to prep указывает на: связь между действием и ответным действием к, на; to this he answered на это он ответил; deaf to all entreaties глух ко всем просьбам to to (on (или upon) smth.) браться (за что-л.) to (began; begun) начинать(ся); she began weeping (или to weep) она заплакала to начинать to начинаться to основывать to приступать to создавать to to at the beginning начинать с самого начала; to begin at the wrong end начинать не с того конца to to with прежде всего, во-первых to жулик to жульничество to занимать (чем-л.); to cheat time коротать время; to cheat the journey коротать время в пути to избежать (чего-л.); to cheat the gallows избежать виселицы to мошенник to мошенничать; обманывать; he cheated me (out) of five dollars он надул меня на пять долларов to мошенничать to мошенничество; обман to мошенничество to обман to обманщик, плут; topping cheat виселица to обманщик to обманывать to плут to самозванец to шулер to: (from Saturday) to Monday (с субботы) до понедельника to prep указывает на высшую степень (точности, аккуратности, качества и т. п.) до, в; to the best advantage наилучшим образом; в самом выгодном свете to prep указывает на цель действия на, для; to the rescue на помощь; to that end с этой целью to обманщик, плут; topping cheat виселица to prep указывает на направление к, в, на; the way to Moscow дорога в Москву; turn to the right поверните направо turn: to поворачивать(ся); обращаться; повертывать(ся); to turn to the right повернуть направо; to turn on one's heel(s) круто повернуться (и уйти) to prep указывает на направление к, в, на; the way to Moscow дорога в Москву; turn to the right поверните направо to prep указывает на лицо, в честь которого совершается действие: we drink to his health мы пьем за его здоровье to begin (on (или upon) smth.) брать начало (от чего-л.); to begin over начинать сызнова; well begun is half done посл. = хорошее начало полдела откачало I am going to the University я иду в университет; the windows look to the south окна выходят на юг

    English-Russian short dictionary > to

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    (сильная форма), (слабая форма перед гласным), (слабая форма перед согласным) prep
    1) в пространственном значении указывает на: а) направление движения к определённому предмету в, на, к, I am going to school( to the university, to the post-office, to the factory etc) я иду в школу (в университет, на почту, на фабрику и т. п.) ;
    he is going to the concert( to the theater, to the ball, to the country, to my friend`s place etc) он едет на концерттеатр, на бал, в деревню, к моему приятелю и т. п.) ;
    б) цель, назначение движения на, we are going to the rescue мы отправляемся спасать;
    в) предел движения на, до;
    we climbed to the very top of the hill мы взобрались на самую вершину горы;
    г) прикрепление к какому-л. предмету к;
    to a post к столбу;
    to a gate к воротам;
    to the mast к мачте;

    2) указывает на лицо, по отношению к которому что-л. совершается, по-русски передаётся дательным падежом: I sent a letter to your neighbor я послал письмо вашему соседу;

    3) указывает на предел, границу во времени, количестве, числе: to this day до настоящего времени;
    it`s ten to twelve now сейчас без десяти двенадцать;

    4) указывает на состояние или результат, к которому приводит данное действие: to fall to decay( или to ruin, to pieces) разваливаться, распадаться на куски;
    to crumble to dust рассыпаться в прах;
    to run to seed идти в семя и т. п. ;

    5) указывает на числовое отношение или пропорцию: the score was 1 to 3 спорт. со счётом 1: 3

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > to I

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