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1 nearly

adverb (not far from; almost: nearly one o'clock; He has nearly finished.) casi

nearly adv casi

it's nearly eight o'clock son casi las ocho

I've nearly finished this book me queda poco para acabar este libro

Es lo mismo que almost

nearly

tr['nɪəlɪ]

adverb

1 casi

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

not nearly ni mucho menos, ni con mucho

■ there's not nearly enough time to finish el tiempo para acabar es del todo insuficiente

nearly ['nɪrli] adv

1) almost: casi

nearly asleep: casi dormido

2)

not nearly : ni con mucho, ni mucho menos

it was not nearly so bad as I had expected: no fue ni con mucho tan malo como esperaba

nearly

adv.

• aproximadamente adv.

• casi adv.

• cuasi adv.

• de cerca adv.

• próximamente adv.

'nɪrli, 'nɪəli
adverb

1) ( almost) casi

I'm nearly ready — estoy casi listo

I nearly said something rude — casi digo or por poco digo una grosería, estuve a punto de decir una grosería

she very nearly died — por poco or casi se muere

we're very nearly there — ya falta poco para llegar

not nearly — ni con mucho

I didn't prepare nearly enough food — no preparé ni con mucho suficiente comida, me quedé cortísima con la comida

2) ( closely) (frml)

what language does Hungarian most nearly resemble? — ¿a qué idioma se parece más el húngaro?

['nɪǝlɪ]
ADV
1) (=almost) casi

it's nearly three o'clock — son casi las tres

she's nearly 40 — tiene casi 40 años

it was nearly dark — era casi de noche

I've nearly finished — casi he terminado

I nearly fell over — casi me caigo

she was nearly as tall as he was — era casi tan alta como él

we are nearly there — casi hemos llegado

I nearly lost it — casi lo pierdo, por poco lo pierdo

very nearly — casi

he (very) nearly succeeded — estuvo a punto de conseguirlo

2) (with negative)

not nearly — ni con mucho, ni mucho menos

these drugs are not nearly as effective as the others — estos medicamentos no son ni con mucho or ni mucho menos tan eficaces como los otros

that's not nearly enough — eso no es ni mucho menos suficiente

your work isn't nearly good enough — tu trabajo no es ni con mucho satisfactorio

it's not nearly ready — falta mucho para que esté listo

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['nɪrli, 'nɪəli]
adverb

1) ( almost) casi

I'm nearly ready — estoy casi listo

I nearly said something rude — casi digo or por poco digo una grosería, estuve a punto de decir una grosería

she very nearly died — por poco or casi se muere

we're very nearly there — ya falta poco para llegar

not nearly — ni con mucho

I didn't prepare nearly enough food — no preparé ni con mucho suficiente comida, me quedé cortísima con la comida

2) ( closely) (frml)

what language does Hungarian most nearly resemble? — ¿a qué idioma se parece más el húngaro?

English-spanish dictionary > nearly
2 there

{ðεə}
I. 1. там
THERE it is! ето го! това е то! THERE you are! ето те/ви! ето какво стана! ето (ти) на! THERE they come eто ги, идат
THERE goes the train ето го влакът, ето че влакът замина/тръгна
he left THERE last night той замина оттам снощи
THERE and then още там, веднага
we are (nearly) THERE почти стигнахме вече
halo/hi/you THERE! ей, ти там! I have been THERE before sl. знам ги тия работи, разбираме ги ние тия (неща)
to be all THERE умен съм, с всичкия си съм, бива ме
not to be all THERE не съм с всичкия си, липсва ми нещо
to get THERE разг. постигам целта си, успявам
THERE or thereabouts горе-долу толкова/тогава, там някъде, татък
THERE and back дотам и обратно
2. тук, по този въпрос/пункт, в този случай
her attitude THERE is wrong нейното отношение по този въпрос е погрешно
THERE is where I disagree with you тук/по този пункт именно не съм съгласен с теб
3. THERE to be има (безлично за наличие)
THERE is only one има само един
THERE are two има две
THERE is a page missing липсва едиа страница
THERE is no stopping him той няма спиране, не можеш да го спреш
for THERE to be progress THERE must be peace за да има прогрес, трябва да има мир
4. пред някои непреходни гл. не се превежда
THERE comes a time when идва време, когато
THERE remains nothing for me to do but нищо друго не ми остава да направя освен
THERE once lived живял някога/едно време
II. 1. ето (на)! вземи! ето ти! на (ти)! (при плесница, удар и пр.)
2. THERE (you are)! ето на! казах ли ти
3. so THERE! ето! на пък! пък на! (на пук)
4. ето, найпосле (свърших, успях, отървах се и пр.)
5. THERE, THERE! хайде, хайде (не плачи, не се ядосвай и пр.)
6. THERE's a good boy/a dear! хайде/браво, ти си добро момче!

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{Ёъ} adv 1. там; there it is! 1) ето го! 2) това е то! there you are! (2) {Ёъ} int 1. ето (на)! вземи! ето ти! на (ти)! (при плесниц

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там; ето;

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1. for there to be progress there must be peace за да има прогрес, трябва да има мир 2. halo/hi/you there! ей, ти там! i have been there before sl. знам ги тия работи, разбираме ги ние тия (неща) 3. he left there last night той замина оттам снощи 4. her attitude there is wrong нейното отношение по този въпрос е погрешно 5. i. там 6. ii. ето (на)! вземи! ето ти! на (ти)! (при плесница, удар и пр.) 7. not to be all there не съм с всичкия си, липсва ми нещо 8. so there! ето! на пък! пък на! (на пук) 9. there (you are)! ето на! казах ли ти 10. there and back дотам и обратно 11. there and then още там, веднага 12. there are two има две 13. there comes a time when идва време, когато 14. there goes the train ето го влакът, ето че влакът замина/тръгна 15. there is a page missing липсва едиа страница 16. there is no stopping him той няма спиране, не можеш да го спреш 17. there is only one има само един 18. there is where i disagree with you тук/по този пункт именно не съм съгласен с теб 19. there it is! ето го! това е то! there you are! ето те/ви! ето какво стана! ето (ти) на! there they come eто ги, идат 20. there once lived живял някога/едно време 21. there or thereabouts горе-долу толкова/тогава, там някъде, татък 22. there remains nothing for me to do but нищо друго не ми остава да направя освен 23. there to be има (безлично за наличие) 24. there's a good boy/a dear! хайде/браво, ти си добро момче! 25. there, there! хайде, хайде (не плачи, не се ядосвай и пр.) 26. to be all there умен съм, с всичкия си съм, бива ме 27. to get there разг. постигам целта си, успявам 28. we are (nearly) there почти стигнахме вече 29. ето, найпосле (свърших, успях, отървах се и пр.) 30. пред някои непреходни гл. не се превежда 31. тук, по този въпрос/пункт, в този случай
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there[ðɛə] I. adv 1. там, на онова място, по-настрани; here and \there тук-там; \there it is! ето го! \there you are! ето ви! ето какво стана! ето ти на! he left \there last night той замина (оттам) снощи, вчера вечерта; I have been \there разг. знам ги тия работи; to be all \there бива ме, умен съм; not to be all \there не съм с всичкия си (ум), разг. не съм наред; \there and back дотам и обратно; отиване и връщане; to get \there ам. постигам целта си, успявам; преуспявам; \there or thereabouts горе-долу толкова (тогава); 2. (с гл.): to be \there безл. има; \there is only one има само един; \there is no stopping him той няма спиране, не можеш да го спреш; \there's a good boy! ти си добро момче (когато искаме нещо от някого, особ. от дете); 3. с други глаголи не се превежда, а заема мястото на подлога: \there comes a time when идва време, когато; \there remains nothing for me to do не ми остава нищо друго да правя; once upon a time \there lived живял едно време; you \there! хей, ти (там); move along \there! я се разкарай, мърдай, не се застоявай! (за привличане на внимание) hallo (hi) \there! ало (хей), има ли някой (напр. при влизане в празна къща); II. int 1. ето (на) вземи! \there now! ето ти на! 2.: \there! \there! хайде, хайде ( успокоително); 3.: so \there! пък на! на пък! I'll do as I like, so \there! ще правя, каквото си ща, пък на!

English-Bulgarian dictionary > there
3 nearly

{'niəli}
1. почти, току-речи, приблизително, едва не
we are NEARLY there now почти стигнахме
pretty NEARLY equal почти/приблизително равни
not NEARLY съвсем/далеч не
2. близко, тясно, отблизо, интимно
we are NEARLY related ние сме близки роднини
to be NEARLY acquainted with добре се познавам с
this concerns you very NEARLY това те засяга отблизо

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{'niъli} adv 1. почти, току-речи, приблизително; едва не; we a

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тясно; почти; приблизително; близо до; интимно;

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1. not nearly съвсем/далеч не 2. pretty nearly equal почти/приблизително равни 3. this concerns you very nearly това те засяга отблизо 4. to be nearly acquainted with добре се познавам с 5. we are nearly related ние сме близки роднини 6. we are nearly there now почти стигнахме 7. близко, тясно, отблизо, интимно 8. почти, току-речи, приблизително, едва не
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nearly[´niəli] adv 1. почти, току-речи, приблизително; едва не; pretty
early equal почти (приблизително) равни; she very
early kissed him тя само дето не го целуна; not
early съвсем не, далеч не; 2. близко; интимно; тясно; много; they are
early related те са близки роднини; те са тясно свързани.

English-Bulgarian dictionary > nearly
4 nearly

adverb

fast

it nearly fell over — es wäre fast umgefallen

be nearly in tears — den Tränen nahe sein

it is nearly six o'clock — es ist kurz vor sechs Uhr

are you nearly ready? — bist du bald fertig?

not nearly — nicht annähernd; bei weitem nicht

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adverb (not far from; almost: nearly one o'clock; He has nearly finished.) fast

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near·ly

[ˈnɪəli, AM ˈnɪr-]

adv inv fast, beinahe

it was so funny we \nearly died laughing es war so komisch, dass wir uns beinahe totgelacht hätten

\nearly certain fast sicher

not \nearly enough nicht annähernd [o bei Weitem nicht] genug

to be not \nearly as bad gar nicht so schlecht sein

to be \nearly there beinahe da sein

to very \nearly do sth beinahe etw tun

that wall is \nearly three metres diese Mauer ist fast drei Meter hoch

she's \nearly as tall as her father now sie ist jetzt beinahe so groß wie ihr Vater

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['nIəlɪ]
adv

1) (= almost) beinahe, fast

I nearly laughed — ich hätte fast or beinahe gelacht

she was nearly crying or in tears — sie war den Tränen nahe

we are nearly there (at a place) — wir sind fast da; (with a job) wir sind fast so weit

he very nearly drowned — er wäre um ein Haar ertrunken

2)

not nearly — bei Weitem nicht, nicht annähernd

not nearly enough — bei Weitem nicht genug

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nearly [ˈnıə(r)lı] adv

1. beinahe, fast:

it’s nearly five es ist gleich fünf

2. annähernd:

he is not nearly so stupid er ist bei Weitem nicht oder nicht annähernd so dumm

3. nahe, eng (verwandt etc)

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adverb

fast

it nearly fell over — es wäre fast umgefallen

be nearly in tears — den Tränen nahe sein

it is nearly six o'clock — es ist kurz vor sechs Uhr

are you nearly ready? — bist du bald fertig?

not nearly — nicht annähernd; bei weitem nicht

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adv.

beinah adv.

fast adv.

nahezu adv.

English-german dictionary > nearly
5 heavy

['hevɪ] 1. прил.
1) тяжёлый, тяжеловесный

heavy load — тяжёлый груз

How heavy are you? — Сколько вы весите?

Protons are nearly 2000 times as heavy as electrons. — Протоны почти в 2000 раз тяжелее электронов.

Syn:

weighty, ponderous

Ant:

light

2) тяжёлый, крупный, массивный

heavy horses — тяжеловозы

heavy pan — сковородка, кастрюля с толстым дном

heavy industry — тяжёлая промышленность

The boy is so heavy he needs extra-large shirts. — Мальчик настолько крупный, что ему нужны рубашки самого большого размера.

3) обогащённый, насыщенный

the air heavy with the rich perfume of the acacias — воздух, напоённый запахом акаций

She brought in a tray heavy with elegant sandwiches, scones and cakes. — Она внесла поднос, уставленный изящными бутербродами, булочками и пирожными.

the words seeming to her heavy with meaning... — cлова, казавшиеся ей наполненными глубоким смыслом...

4) воен. тяжёлый; тяжело вооружённый ( о солдатах)

heavy cavalry — тяжёлая кавалерия

modern heavy bombers — современные тяжёлые бомбардировщики

heavy (marching) order — переход, построение с полной выкладкой

5)

а) сильный, интенсивный

heavy traffic — интенсивное движение

heavy thunderstorm — сильная гроза

heavy sea — бурное море

heavy mist — густой туман

Heavy fighting has been going on. — Тяжёлый бой всё ещё продолжается.

б) обильный, буйный ( о растительности)

6) тяжёлый ( о пище), трудно перевариваемый

7) беременная

Syn:

gravid, pregnant

8) мрачный, тёмный, покрытый тучами (об погоде, облаках, небе)

Syn:

lowering, gloomy

9) грубый, толстый

Heavy lines on the map indicate main roads. — Толстой линией на карте обозначены главные дороги.

Syn:

thick, coarse

10) густой, низкий ( о звуке)

11)

а) тяжёлый, неуклюжий, медлительный; вялый, медленный

I recognized his heavy step on the stairs. — Я узнал его медленные тяжёлые шаги на лестнице.

б) медленно соображающий, скучный, нудный

If there is anything worse it is a heavy man when he fancies he is being facetious. — Если есть что-нибудь хуже, так это когда зануда воображает себя остроумным.

в) осовелый, сонный

Syn:

sleepy, drowsy

•

Syn:

ponderous, lumbering, lumpish, slow, sluggish, clumsy, unwieldy

12)

а) скучный, неинтересный, утомительный ( обычно в отношении театральных постановок и литературных произведений)

Syn:

dull, ponderous, tedious, uninteresting

б) серьёзный (о толстых журналах, газетах, предназначенных для серьёзного читателя)

This philosophy book is too heavy for me to enjoy. — Эта книга по философии слишком серьёзна, чтобы я ею наслаждался.

Syn:

serious

в) разг. глубокий, серьёзный

The job carries heavy responsibilities. — Работа предполагает большую ответственность.

13)

а) театр. серьёзный; резонёрствующий; трагический

John started off in heavy drama. — Джон начинал с трагедии.

б) строгий, жёсткий

- heavy father
- heavy uncle
Syn:

stern, repressive, unbending

14)

а) тяжёлый, мрачный; печальный, грустный, скорбный; тяжкий

heavy calamity — тяжёлое бедствие

It is with a heavy heart that I speak to you tonight. — С тяжёлым сердцем я говорю сегодня с вами.

The world has been very heavy on him. — Жизнь его была просто невыносима.

To the great body of mankind this was heavy news. — Для большинства людей это было очень печальное известие.

Syn:

oppressive, grievous, sore, distressful, sorrowful

б) тяжёлый, обременительный; высокий (о цене, налоге)

The taxes on personal property are getting heavy. — Налоги на личное имущество становятся очень обременительными.

Going bankrupt was a heavy blow to his pride. — Банкротство оказалось очень тяжёлым ударом по его самолюбию.

heavy casualties — воен. большие потери

Syn:

burdensome, crushing, onerous, oppressive

15) трудный, утомительный, требующий большого напряжения и труда

The work, he said, was heavy; but he said it must be done. — Работа, как он сказал, была тяжёлой, но её необходимо было выполнить.

Syn:

laborious, toilsome

16) плохо поднявшийся ( о тесте); плохо пропечённый (о хлебе и т. п.)

heavy bread — сырой хлеб

17) рьяный

I have been a very heavy drinker. — Я очень много пил.

The heavy betters began to quake at this change of things. — Заядлые игроки содрогнулись от этой перемены.

18) вязкий, глинистый (о почве, дороге)

The ground was so heavy from recent rains. — После недавних дождей дорогу совсем развезло.

19) хим.; физ. тяжёлый

heavy isotope — тяжёлый изотоп

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- heavy on hand
- heavy swell
- heavy man
- lie heavy upon
- sit heavy upon
- have a heavy hand
- make heavy weather of smth. 2. сущ.
1)

а) ( heavies) тяжёлая кавалерия, гвардейские драгуны

In the British service there are 7 regiments of heavies, viz. the dragoon guards. — В британской армии существует 7 полков тяжёлой кавалерии, а именно гвардейские драгуны.

б) ( heavies) тяжёлая военная техника; тяжёлая артиллерия

в) ( heavies) солидные толстые журналы, газеты

2)

а) автофургон, тяжёлый грузовик

б) тяжёлый бомбардировщик

в) что-л. очень большое и тяжёлое среди себе подобных

Heavies, very heavy beef cattle, more than two years old. — "Heavies" - очень крупный рогатый скот в возрасте свыше двух лет.

г) матч тяжеловесов; тяжеловес

Syn:

heavyweight

д) крепкий, крупный человек ( обычно сурового нрава)

Cherry is surrounded by threatening creatures, mostly the nightclub heavies. — Черри окружена опасными ребятами, в основном бугаями из ночных клубов.

3) разг. крепкое пиво

4) театр.

а) роль степенного, серьёзного человека, роль резонёра

б) роль злодея

5) ( heavies) тяжёлые отрасли промышленности; акции, доля в таких отраслях

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- do the heavy
3. = heavily

Англо-русский современный словарь > heavy
6 get on

1. intransitive verb
1) (on bicycle) aufsteigen; (on horse) aufsitzen; (enter vehicle) einsteigen

2) (make progress) vorankommen

get on in life/the world — es zu etwas [im Leben] bringen

3) (fare)

how did you get on there? — wie ist es dir dort ergangen?

he's getting on well — es geht ihm gut

I didn't get on too well in my exams — meine Prüfungen sind nicht besonders gut gelaufen (ugs.)

4) (become late) vorrücken

it's getting on for five — es geht auf fünf zu

it's getting on for six months since... — es sind bald sechs Monate, seit...

time is getting on — es wird langsam spät

5) (advance in age) älter werden

be getting on in years/for seventy — langsam älter werden/auf die Siebzig zugehen

6)

there were getting on for fifty people — es waren an die fünfzig Leute da

7) (manage) zurechtkommen

8) see academic.ru/31024/get_along">get along 3)
2. [stress varies] transitive verb
1) (climb on) steigen auf (+ Akk.) [Fahrrad, Pferd]; (enter, board) einsteigen in (+ Akk.) [Zug, Bus, Flugzeug]; gehen auf (+ Akk.) [Schiff]

2) (put on) anziehen [Kleider, Schuhe]; aufsetzen [Hut, Kessel]; (load) [auf]laden auf (+ Akk.)

get the cover [back] on — den Deckel [wieder] draufbekommen

3) (coll.)

get something on somebody — (discover something incriminating) etwas gegen jemanden in der Hand haben

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1) (to make progress or be successful: How are you getting on in your new job?) vorankommen

2) (to work, live etc in a friendly way: We get on very well together; I get on well with him.) gut auskommen mit

3) (to grow old: Our doctor is getting on a bit now.) älter werden

4) (to put (clothes etc) on: Go and get your coat on.) anziehen

5) (to continue doing something: I must get on, so please don't interrupt me; I must get on with my work.) vorankommen

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◆ get on

I. vt (sl)

to \get on it on [with sb] es [mit jdm] treiben euph fam, etwas mit jdm haben euph fam

II. vi

1. (fare)

▪ to \get on on [with sb] sich akk [mit jdm] verstehen

to \get on on badly/well sich akk schlecht/gut verstehen

2. esp BRIT (manage, progress) Fortschritte machen

▪ to \get on on [with sth] [mit etw dat] vorankommen

3. (start)

▪ to \get on on sth etw angehen, sich akk an etw akk heranmachen fam

4. (continue) weitermachen

▪ to \get on on with sth mit etw dat weitermachen

5. BRIT (succeed) erfolgreich sein

6. (age) alt werden

to be \get onting on in years an Jahren zunehmen

7. time spät werden

it's \get onting on — we'd better go es wird langsam spät — wir sollten besser gehen

8. (be nearly)

there were \get onting on a hundred people there sie waren schon um die hundert Leute

9. (criticize)

▪ to \get on on at sb auf jdm herumhacken fam

10. (discuss)

▪ to \get on on to [or onto] sth auf etw akk kommen

11. (contact)

▪ to \get on on to [or onto] sb [about sth] sich akk mit jdm [wegen einer S. gen] in Verbindung setzen

12. (find out)

▪ to \get on on to [or onto] sb jdm auf die Schliche kommen fam

▪ to \get on on to [or onto] sth hinter etw akk kommen

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get on

A v/i

1. ein Pferd, einen Wagen etc besteigen, aufsteigen auf (akk)

2. einsteigen in (akk)

3. sich stellen auf (akk):

get on one’s feet ( oder legs) sich erheben

4. vorwärtskommen, vorankommen (beide auch fig):

get on in one’s job;

how is your work getting on? wie kommst du mit deiner Arbeit voran?;

get on in life

a) es zu etwas bringen,

b) auch get on (in years) älter werden;

be getting on for sixty auf die Sechzig zugehen;

get on without sth ohne etwas auskommen;

I must be getting on ich muss weiter;

it is getting on for 5 o’clock es geht auf 5 Uhr (zu);

it was getting on es wurde spät;

get on with one’s meal weiteressen;

let’s get on with our work machen wir weiter!;

get on with it! umg Tempo!;

get on with you! Br umg das glaubst du doch selbst nicht!

5. → get along B 2, B 3

6. get on to

a) Br sich in Verbindung setzen mit, TEL jemanden anrufen,

b) gewählt oder berufen werden in (akk),

c) zu sprechen kommen auf (akk),

d) umg etwas spitzkriegen, hinter eine Sache kommen,

e) umg jemandem auf die Schliche kommen

B v/t

1. ein Kleidungsstück

a) anziehen:

get one’s clothes on sich anziehen

b) anbekommen:

I can’t get my jeans on ich bekomme meine Jeans nicht an

2. weiterbringen, vorantreiben

3. get it on US sl bumsen vulg (Geschlechtsverkehr haben)

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1. intransitive verb
1) (on bicycle) aufsteigen; (on horse) aufsitzen; (enter vehicle) einsteigen

2) (make progress) vorankommen

get on in life/the world — es zu etwas [im Leben] bringen

3) (fare)

how did you get on there? — wie ist es dir dort ergangen?

he's getting on well — es geht ihm gut

I didn't get on too well in my exams — meine Prüfungen sind nicht besonders gut gelaufen (ugs.)

4) (become late) vorrücken

it's getting on for five — es geht auf fünf zu

it's getting on for six months since... — es sind bald sechs Monate, seit...

time is getting on — es wird langsam spät

5) (advance in age) älter werden

be getting on in years/for seventy — langsam älter werden/auf die Siebzig zugehen

6)

there were getting on for fifty people — es waren an die fünfzig Leute da

7) (manage) zurechtkommen

8) see get along 3)
2. [stress varies] transitive verb
1) (climb on) steigen auf (+ Akk.) [Fahrrad, Pferd]; (enter, board) einsteigen in (+ Akk.) [Zug, Bus, Flugzeug]; gehen auf (+ Akk.) [Schiff]

2) (put on) anziehen [Kleider, Schuhe]; aufsetzen [Hut, Kessel]; (load) [auf]laden auf (+ Akk.)

get the cover [back] on — den Deckel [wieder] draufbekommen

3) (coll.)

get something on somebody — (discover something incriminating) etwas gegen jemanden in der Hand haben

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v.

einsteigen v.

vorwärts kommen ausdr.

vorwärtskommen (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

weiterkommen v.

English-german dictionary > get on
7 get on

vt

to \get on it on [with sb] (sl) [mit jdm] schlafen, etwas mit jdm haben ( euph) ( fam) vi

1) ( fare) sich akk verstehen;

to \get on on badly/ well sich schlecht/gut verstehen;

to \get on on with sb sich akk mit jdm verstehen

2) ( esp Brit) ( manage)

to \get on on [with sth] [mit etw dat] vorankommen;

how are you \get onting on in your new flat? wie kommst du in deiner neuen Wohnung voran?

3) ( start)

to \get on on sth project etw angehen, sich akk an etw akk heranmachen ( fam)

4) ( continue) weitermachen;

to \get on on with sth mit etw dat weitermachen

5) ( Brit) ( succeed) erfolgreich sein

6) ( age) alt werden;

to be \get onting on in years an Jahren zunehmen

7) time spät werden;

it's \get onting on - we'd better go soon es wird langsam spät - wir sollten besser bald gehen

8) ( be nearly)

there were probably \get onting on to a hundred people there sie waren wohl schon um die hundert Leute

9) ( criticize)

to \get on on at sb auf jdm herumhacken ( fam)

10) ( discuss)

to \get on on to [or onto] sth auf etw akk kommen;

how did we \get on onto this subject? wie sind wir auf dieses Thema gekommen?

11) ( contact)

to \get on on to [or onto] sb [about sth] sich akk mit jdm [wegen einer S. gen] in Verbindung setzen

12) ( find out)

to \get on on to [or onto] sb jdm auf die Schliche kommen ( fam)

to \get on on to [or onto] sth hinter etw akk kommen;

to \get on on to sb's plan hinter jds Plan m kommen

English-German students dictionary > get on
8 also ran

разг.

1) спорт. неудачливый участник состязания, "горе-чемпион", "первый от конца" [в отчётах о скачках или бегах имена лошадей, не занявших призового места, приводятся после сведений о победителях. Это перечисление начинается словами also ran... также участвовали...]

Vilkie and Hencken are nearly 3 sec faster than the "also rans", a huge margin in swimming. — Вилки и Хенкен почти на три секунды опередили остальных пловцов. А три секунды в подобных соревнованиях - это очень много.

2) неудачник; не выдерживающий сравнения

Every one who goes to Charleston in the spring, soon or late, visits Magnolia Gardens... it consigns the Baboli at Florence... to the category of "also ran". (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘A Hedonist’) — Всякий, кому случится попасть в Чарлстон весной, рано или поздно побывает в "Саду магнолий"... "Баболи" во Флоренции... не выдерживает с ним никакого сравнения.

‘I'd like you to have seen my family, though, they'll all be there...’ ‘I'll turn up among the "also ran" and keep out of sight.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Flowering Wilderness’, ch. V) — - Мне бы хотелось, чтобы вы поглядели на моих родных. Они все будут там в сборе... - Я проберусь туда, где стоят "и другие". Надеюсь, никто меня не заметит.

Large English-Russian phrasebook > also ran
9 one

1. noun
1) (the number or figure 1: One and one is two (1 + 1 = 2).) uno

2) (the age of 1: Babies start to talk at one.) un año

2. pronoun
1) (a single person or thing: She's the one I like the best; I'll buy the red one.)

2) (anyone; any person: One can see the city from here.)

3. adjective
1) (1 in number: one person; He took one book.) un

2) (aged 1: The baby will be one tomorrow.) de un año

3) (of the same opinion etc: We are one in our love of freedom.) unidos

•

- one-
- oneself
- one-night stand
- one-off
- one-parent family
- one-sided
- one-way
- one-year-old
4. adjective
((of a person, animal or thing) that is one year old.) de un año

- all one
- be one up on a person
- be one up on
- not be oneself
- one and all
- one another
- one by one
- one or two

one¹ adj

1. un

she only had one shoe on sólo llevaba puesto un zapato

why don't we go out together one day soon? ¿por qué no salimos juntos un día de estos?

2. único

it's my one chance es mi única oportunidad

3. mismo

they all ran in one direction todos corrieron en la misma dirección

one² num uno

one, two, three uno, dos, tres

it's one o'clock es la una

one³ pron

1. uno

I want one too yo también quiero uno

2.

which one? ¿cuál?

this one / that one éste / ése

the blue one el azul

3. el que

the one I bought you el que te compré

one another el uno al otro

they were insulting one another se estaban insultando

we love one another nos queremos

one

tr[wʌn]

adjective

1 (stating number) un, una

■ I've got one brother tengo un hermano

■ there's one biscuit left queda una galleta

■ one hundred cien

2 (unspecified, a certain) un, una, algún,-una

■ one day in January un día de enero

■ come for supper one evening ven a cenar una noche

3 (only, single) único,-a

■ the one way to get on in life la única manera de tener éxito en la vida

■ the one and only James Brown el inimitable James Brown

4 (same) mismo,-a

■ in one direction en la misma dirección

■ one and the same thing la misma cosa

5 (with names) un,-a tal

■ one Bill Burroughs un tal Bill Burroughs

pronoun

1 (thing) uno,-a

■ a red one uno,-a rojo,-a

■ this one éste,-a

■ that one ése,-a, aquél,-la

■ which one? ¿cuál?

■ the small one el pequeño, la pequeña

■ the other one el otro, la otra

2 (drink) una copa

■ let's have a quick one tomemos una copa rápida

■ you've had one too many has bebido más de la cuenta

3 (person) el, la

■ he's the one who I was telling you about es él de quien te estaba hablando

■ she's the one I paid the money to es a ella a quien le pagué el dinero

■ you're one of the family eres de la familia

4 (any person, you) uno, una

■ one can't think of everything uno no puede pensar en todo

■ one has to be patient hay que tener paciencia

■ one never knows nunca se sabe

noun

1 (number) uno

■ my son is one today mi hijo cumple un año hoy

■ there's only one left sólo queda uno

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

all in one de una (sola) pieza

a one un caso

■ you are a one! ¡eres un caso!

a right one un,-a idiota

as one / as one man como un solo hombre, todos a la vez

at one with en armonía con

in one (combined, together) a la vez, todo en uno 2 (in only one attempt) de una vez, de un golpe 3 (in one mouthful) de un trago

neither one thing nor the other ni carne ni pescado

one after another / one after the other uno,-a detrás de otro,-a

one and all todos,-as, todo el mundo

one another el uno al otro

■ we help one another nos ayudamos mutuamente

■ they love one another se quieren

one at a time de uno en uno

one by one de uno,-a en uno,-a, uno,-a tras otro,-a

to be one to... ser dado,-a a..., ser de los/las que...

■ I'm not one to gossip no me gusta chismorrear, no soy de las que chismorrean

one ['wʌn] adj

1) (being a single unit) : un, una

he only wants one apple: sólo quiere una manzana

2) (being a particular one) : un, una

he arrived early one morning: llegó temprano una mañana

3) (being the same) : mismo, misma

they're all members of one team: todos son miembros del mismo equipo

one and the same thing: la misma cosa

4) some: alguno, alguna; un, una

I'll see you again one day: algún día te veré otra vez

at one time or another: en una u otra ocasión

one n

1) : uno m (número)

2) (indicating the first of a set or series)

from day one: desde el primer momento

3) (indicating a single person or thing)

the one (girl) on the right: la de la derecha

he has the one but needs the other: tiene uno pero necesita el otro

one pron

1) : uno, una

one of his friends: una de sus amigas

one never knows: uno nunca sabe, nunca se sabe

to cut one's finger: cortarse el dedo

2)

one and all : todos, todo el mundo

3)

one another : el uno al otro, se

they loved one another: se amaban

4)

that one : aquél, aquella

5)

which one? : ¿cuál?

one

adj.

• igual adj.

• solo, -a adj.

• un tal adj.

• uno, -a adj.

• único, -a adj.

art.

• un art.

• una art.

n.

• uno s.m.

pron.

• alguno pron.

• la una (hora) pron.

• uno pron.

I wʌn
noun

1)

a) ( number) uno m

has anybody got five ones? — ¿alguien tiene cinco billetes de un dólar (or un peso etc)?

to be at one with somebody/something — estar* en paz or en armonía con alguien/algo; see also four I

b) ( elliptical use)

he's nearly one — tiene casi un año

it's nearly one — es casi la una

it was interesting in more ways than one — fue interesante en más de un sentido/en muchos sentidos

the chances are one in a million — la probabilidad es de uno en un millón

I only want the one — sólo quiero uno/una

did you see many cows? - one or two — ¿viste muchas vacas? - alguna que otra

2) (in phrases)

as one: they rose as one se pusieron de pie todos a la vez or como un solo hombre; for one por lo pronto; who's going? - well, I am for one ¿quién va? - yo, por lo pronto; in one: it's a TV and a video in one es televisión y vídeo a la vez or todo en uno; one by one — uno a uno, uno por uno

II

adjective

1)

a) ( stating number) un, una

one button/pear — un botón/una pera

one hundred — cien

one thousand, three hundred — mil trescientos

one fifth of the population — la quinta parte de la población

b) (certain, particular)

one boy was tall, the other short — uno de los niños era alto, el otro era bajo

one window looks out over the park — una de las ventanas da al parque

2)

a) ( single)

she was the one person I trusted — era la única persona en quien confiaba

it is too much for any one person — es demasiado para una sola persona

there is not one shred of evidence — no existe ni la más mínima prueba

the one and only Frank Sinatra — el incomparable or inimitable Frank Sinatra

my one and only coat is at the cleaners — el único abrigo que tengo or mi único abrigo está en la tintorería

b) ( same) mismo, misma

we drank out of the one glass cup — bebimos del mismo vaso/de la misma taza

Clark Kent and Superman are one and the same — Clark Kent y Superman son la misma persona

3) ( unspecified) un, una

you must come over one evening — tienes que venir una noche

I'll get even with you one day — algún día me las pagarás

4) ( with names)

in the name of one John Smith/Sarah Brown — a nombre de un tal John Smith/una tal Sarah Brown

III

pronoun

1) ( thing)

this one — éste/ésta

that one — ése/ésa

which one? — ¿cuál?

the one on the right/left — el/la de la derecha/izquierda

the ones on the table — los/las que están en la mesa

the blue ones — los/las azules

I want the big one — quiero el/la grande

it's my last one — es el último/la última que me queda

one of the oldest cities in Europe — una de las ciudades más antiguas de Europa

every one of them was broken — todos estaban rotos

he's had one too many — ha bebido de más, ha bebido más de la cuenta

have you heard the one about... ? — ¿has oído el chiste de... ?

he ate all the apples one after another o the other — se comió todas las manzanas, una detrás de otra

2) ( person)

the one on the right's my cousin — el/la de la derecha es mi primo/prima

it could be any one of us — podría ser cualquiera de nosotros

our loved ones — nuestros seres queridos

he's a sly one, that Jack Tibbs — es un zorro ese Jack Tibbs

I'm not one to gossip, but... — no me gustan los chismes pero...

one after another o the other — uno tras otro or detrás de otro

IV

pronoun uno, una

one simply never knows — realmente nunca se sabe or uno nunca sabe

it certainly makes one think — le da que pensar a uno

one another — each other, each II 2)

[wʌn]
1. ADJ

1) (=number) un/una; (before sing noun) un

one man — un hombre

one man out of two — uno de cada dos hombres

the baby is one (year old) — el bebé tiene un año

it's one (o'clock) — es la una

• for one reason or another — por diferentes razones

• the last but one — el penúltimo/la penúltima

• one or two people — algunas personas

• that's one way of doing it — esa es una forma or una de las maneras de hacerlo

2) (indefinite) un/una, cierto

one day — un día, cierto día

one cold winter's day — un día frío de invierno

one hot July evening — una tarde de julio de mucho calor

one Pérez — un tal Pérez

3) (=sole) único

his one worry — su única preocupación

the one way to do it — la única forma de hacerlo

• no one man could do it — ningún hombre podría hacerlo por sí solo

• the one and only difficulty — la única dificultad

the one and only Charlie Chaplin — el único e incomparable Charlot

4) (=same) mismo

all in one direction — todos en la misma dirección

• it's all one — es lo mismo

it's all one to me — me da igual, me da lo mismo

• they are one and the same — son el mismo

they are one and the same person — son la misma persona

it is one and the same thing — es la misma cosa

5) (=united)

God is one — Dios es uno

• they all shouted as one — todos gritaron a una

• to become one — casarse

• to be one with sth — formar un conjunto con algo

2.

N (=figure) uno m

I belted him one * — le di un guantazo

• one and six(pence) — (Brit) † un chelín y seis peniques

• to be at one (with sb) — estar completamente de acuerdo (con algn)

to be at one with o.s. — estar en paz consigo mismo

• to go one better than sb — tomar la ventaja or la delantera a algn

but John went one better — pero Juan lo hizo mejor

• she's cook and housekeeper in one — es a la vez cocinera y ama de llaves

it's made all in one — está hecho en una sola pieza

you've got it in one! * — ¡y que lo digas! *

• in ones and twos — en pequeños grupos

they came in ones and twos — vinieron uno a uno y en parejas

• to be one up — (Sport etc) llevar un punto/gol etc de ventaja

that puts us one up — (Sport etc) eso nos da un punto/gol etc de ventaja

to be one up on sb — llevar ventaja a algn
fast I, 1., 1), quick 1., 3), road 1., 2)
3. PRON

1) (indefinite) uno/una

have you got one? — ¿tienes uno?

there is only one left — queda uno solamente

his message is one of pessimism — su mensaje es pesimista, el suyo es un mensaje pesimista

• one after the other — uno tras otro

• one and all — todos sin excepción, todo el mundo

• one by one — uno tras otro, uno a uno

• I for one am not going — yo, por mi parte, no voy

• not one — ni uno

• one of them — uno de ellos

any one of us — cualquiera de nosotros

he's one of the group — es del grupo, forma parte del grupo

he's one of the family now — ya es de la familia

• the one..., the other... — uno..., el otro...

you can't buy one without the other — no se puede comprar el uno sin el otro

price of one — precio m de la unidad

two for the price of one — dos por el precio de uno

• one or two — unos pocos

2) (specific)

this one — este/esta

that one — ese/esa, aquel/aquella

this one is better than that one — este es mejor que ese

which one do you want? — ¿cuál quieres?

the white dress and the grey one — el vestido blanco y el gris

who wants these red ones? — ¿quién quiere estos colorados?

what about this little one? — ¿y este pequeñito or (esp LAm) chiquito?

that's a difficult one — esa sí que es difícil
In the past the standard spelling for [este/esta], [ese/esa] and [aquel/aquella] as pronouns was with an accent ([éste/ésta],[ése/ésa] and [aquél/aquélla]). Nowadays the [Real Academia Española] advises that the accented forms are only required where there might otherwise be confusion with the adjectives ([este/esta], [ese/esa] and [aquel/aquella]).
3) (relative)

the one who, the one that — el/la que

the ones who, the ones that — los/las que

they were the ones who told us — ellos fueron quienes nos lo dijeron

he looked like one who had seen a ghost — tenía el aspecto del que acababa de ver un fantasma

to one who can read between the lines — para el que sabe leer entre líneas

the one on the floor — el que está en el suelo

one more sensitive would have fainted — una persona de mayor sensibilidad se hubiera desmayado

4) (=person)

he's a clever one — es un taimado

he's the troublesome one — él es el revoltoso

• you are a one! — ¡qué cosas dices/haces!

• our dear ones — nuestros seres queridos

• the Evil One — el demonio

• you're a fine one! * — ¡menuda pieza estás tú hecho! *

• he's one for the ladies — tiene éxito con las mujeres

he's a great one for chess — es muy bueno al ajedrez

he's a great one for arguing — es de los que les encanta discutir

• the little ones — los pequeños, los chiquillos

• never a one — ni uno siquiera

• he is not one to protest — no es de los que protestan

he's not much of a one for sweets — no le gustan mucho los dulces

5)

• one another, they kissed one another — se besaron (el uno al otro)

they all kissed one another — se besaron (unos a otros)

do you see one another much? — ¿se ven mucho?

it's a year since we saw one another — hace un año que no nos vemos

6) (impers) uno/una

one never knows — nunca se sabe

one must eat — hay que comer

one has one's pride — uno tiene cierto amor propio

one's life is not really safe — la vida de uno no tiene seguridad

one's opinion does not count — la opinión de uno no cuenta

to cut one's finger — cortarse el dedo

* * *

I [wʌn]
noun

1)

a) ( number) uno m

has anybody got five ones? — ¿alguien tiene cinco billetes de un dólar (or un peso etc)?

to be at one with somebody/something — estar* en paz or en armonía con alguien/algo; see also four I

b) ( elliptical use)

he's nearly one — tiene casi un año

it's nearly one — es casi la una

it was interesting in more ways than one — fue interesante en más de un sentido/en muchos sentidos

the chances are one in a million — la probabilidad es de uno en un millón

I only want the one — sólo quiero uno/una

did you see many cows? - one or two — ¿viste muchas vacas? - alguna que otra

2) (in phrases)

as one: they rose as one se pusieron de pie todos a la vez or como un solo hombre; for one por lo pronto; who's going? - well, I am for one ¿quién va? - yo, por lo pronto; in one: it's a TV and a video in one es televisión y vídeo a la vez or todo en uno; one by one — uno a uno, uno por uno

II

adjective

1)

a) ( stating number) un, una

one button/pear — un botón/una pera

one hundred — cien

one thousand, three hundred — mil trescientos

one fifth of the population — la quinta parte de la población

b) (certain, particular)

one boy was tall, the other short — uno de los niños era alto, el otro era bajo

one window looks out over the park — una de las ventanas da al parque

2)

a) ( single)

she was the one person I trusted — era la única persona en quien confiaba

it is too much for any one person — es demasiado para una sola persona

there is not one shred of evidence — no existe ni la más mínima prueba

the one and only Frank Sinatra — el incomparable or inimitable Frank Sinatra

my one and only coat is at the cleaners — el único abrigo que tengo or mi único abrigo está en la tintorería

b) ( same) mismo, misma

we drank out of the one glass cup — bebimos del mismo vaso/de la misma taza

Clark Kent and Superman are one and the same — Clark Kent y Superman son la misma persona

3) ( unspecified) un, una

you must come over one evening — tienes que venir una noche

I'll get even with you one day — algún día me las pagarás

4) ( with names)

in the name of one John Smith/Sarah Brown — a nombre de un tal John Smith/una tal Sarah Brown

III

pronoun

1) ( thing)

this one — éste/ésta

that one — ése/ésa

which one? — ¿cuál?

the one on the right/left — el/la de la derecha/izquierda

the ones on the table — los/las que están en la mesa

the blue ones — los/las azules

I want the big one — quiero el/la grande

it's my last one — es el último/la última que me queda

one of the oldest cities in Europe — una de las ciudades más antiguas de Europa

every one of them was broken — todos estaban rotos

he's had one too many — ha bebido de más, ha bebido más de la cuenta

have you heard the one about... ? — ¿has oído el chiste de... ?

he ate all the apples one after another o the other — se comió todas las manzanas, una detrás de otra

2) ( person)

the one on the right's my cousin — el/la de la derecha es mi primo/prima

it could be any one of us — podría ser cualquiera de nosotros

our loved ones — nuestros seres queridos

he's a sly one, that Jack Tibbs — es un zorro ese Jack Tibbs

I'm not one to gossip, but... — no me gustan los chismes pero...

one after another o the other — uno tras otro or detrás de otro

IV

pronoun uno, una

one simply never knows — realmente nunca se sabe or uno nunca sabe

it certainly makes one think — le da que pensar a uno

one another — each other, each II 2)

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run [rʌn]

course ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) excursion ⇒ 1 (c) trajet ⇒ 1 (e) vol ⇒ 1 (f) série ⇒ 1 (i), 1 (k) tendance ⇒ 1 (l) ruée ⇒ 1 (m) diriger ⇒ 2 (a) organiser ⇒ 2 (b) (faire) marcher ⇒ 2 (c), 3 (k) courir ⇒ 2 (e), 3 (a), 3 (b) transporter ⇒ 2 (i) conduire ⇒ 2 (k) (faire) passer ⇒ 2 (l), 2 (m), 3 (d) se sauver ⇒ 3 (c) couler ⇒ 3 (h), 3 (i) fondre ⇒ 3 (i) circuler ⇒ 3 (l) durer ⇒ 3 (m) être à l'affiche ⇒ 3 (n) (se) présenter ⇒ 2 (q), 3 (r)

(pt ran [ræn], pp run, cont running)

1 noun

(a) (action) course f;

∎ he took a short run and cleared the gate après un court élan il a franchi la barrière;

∎ at a run en courant;

∎ to go for a run aller faire du jogging;

∎ to go for a 5-mile run ≃ courir 8 kilomètres;

∎ I took the dog for a run in the park j'ai emmené le chien courir dans le parc;

∎ two policemen arrived at a run deux policiers sont arrivés au pas de course;

∎ to break into a run se mettre à courir;

∎ to make a run for it prendre la fuite, se sauver;

∎ the murderer is on the run le meurtrier est en cavale;

∎ she was on the run from her creditors/the police elle essayait d'échapper à ses créanciers/à la police;

∎ we've got them on the run! nous les avons mis en déroute!;

∎ figurative we have the run of the house while the owners are away nous disposons de toute la maison pendant l'absence des propriétaires;

∎ we give the au pair the run of the place nous laissons à la jeune fille au pair la libre disposition de la maison;

∎ you've had a good run (for your money), it's time to step down tu en as bien profité, maintenant il faut laisser la place à un autre;

∎ they gave the Russian team a good run for their money ils ont donné du fil à retordre à l'équipe soviétique;

∎ familiar to have the runs (diarrhoea) avoir la courante

(b) (race) course f;

∎ a charity run une course de charité

(c) (drive) excursion f, promenade f;

∎ we went for a run down to the coast nous sommes allés nous promener au bord de la mer;

∎ she took me for a run in her new car elle m'a emmené faire un tour dans sa nouvelle voiture;

∎ humorous shall I make or do a beer run? je vais chercher de la bière?;

∎ I do the school run in the morning c'est moi qui emmène les enfants à l'école tous les matins

(d) (for smuggling) passage m;

∎ the gang used to make runs across the border le gang passait régulièrement la frontière

(e) (route, itinerary) trajet m, parcours m;

∎ the buses on the London to Glasgow run les cars qui font le trajet ou qui assurent le service Londres-Glasgow;

∎ he used to do the London (to) Glasgow run (pilot, bus or train driver) il faisait la ligne Londres-Glasgow;

∎ it's only a short run into town le trajet jusqu'au centre-ville n'est pas long;

∎ there was very little traffic on the run down nous avons rencontré très peu de circulation

(f) Aviation (flight) vol m, mission f;

∎ bombing run mission f de bombardement

(g) Sport (in cricket, baseball) point m;

∎ to make 10 runs marquer 10 points

(h) (track → for skiing, bobsleighing) piste f

(i) (series, sequence) série f, succession f, suite f;

∎ they've had a run of ten defeats ils ont connu dix défaites consécutives;

∎ the recent run of events la récente série d'événements;

∎ a run of bad luck une série ou suite de malheurs;

∎ you seem to be having a run of good/bad luck on dirait que la chance est/n'est pas de ton côté en ce moment;

∎ the play had a triumphant run on Broadway la pièce a connu un succès triomphal à Broadway;

∎ the play had a run of nearly two years la pièce a tenu l'affiche (pendant) presque deux ans;

∎ to have a long run (of fashion, person in power) tenir longtemps; (of play) tenir longtemps l'affiche;

∎ in the long/short run à long/court terme

(j) (in card games) suite f

(k) (of product) lot m, série f; (of book) tirage m;

∎ a run of fewer than 500 would be uneconomical fabriquer une série de moins de 500 unités ne serait pas rentable

(l) (general tendency, trend) tendance f;

∎ to score against the run of play marquer contre le jeu;

∎ I was lucky and got the run of the cards j'avais de la chance, les cartes m'étaient favorables;

∎ the usual run of colds and upset stomachs les rhumes et les maux de ventre habituels;

∎ she's well above the average or ordinary run of students elle est bien au-dessus de la moyenne des étudiants;

∎ the ordinary run of mankind le commun des mortels;

∎ in the ordinary run of things normalement, en temps normal;

∎ out of the common run hors du commun

(m) (great demand → on product, currency, Stock Exchange) ruée f (on sur);

∎ the heatwave caused a run on suntan cream la vague de chaleur provoqua une ruée sur les crèmes solaires;

∎ a run on the banks un retrait massif des dépôts bancaires;

∎ Stock Exchange there was a run on the dollar il y a eu une ruée sur le dollar

(n) (operation → of machine) opération f;

∎ computer run passage m machine

(o) (bid → in election) candidature f;

∎ his run for the presidency sa candidature à la présidence

(p) (ladder → in stocking, tights) échelle f, maille f filée;

∎ I've got a run in my tights mon collant est filé

(q) (enclosure → for animals) enclos m;

∎ chicken run poulailler m

(r) (of salmon) remontée f

(s) Music roulade f

2 transitive verb

(a) (manage → company, office) diriger, gérer; (→ shop, restaurant, club) tenir; (→ theatre) diriger; (→ farm) exploiter; (→ newspaper, magazine) rédiger; (→ house) tenir; (→ country) gouverner, diriger;

∎ she runs the bar while her parents are away elle tient le bar pendant l'absence de ses parents;

∎ a badly run organization une organisation mal gérée;

∎ the library is run by volunteer workers la bibliothèque est tenue par des bénévoles;

∎ the farm was too big for him to run alone la ferme était trop grande pour qu'il puisse s'en occuper seul;

∎ who's running this outfit? qui est le patron ici?;

∎ I wish she'd stop trying to run my life! j'aimerais bien qu'elle arrête de me dire comment vivre ma vie!

(b) (organize, lay on → service, course, contest) organiser; (→ train, bus) mettre en service;

∎ to run a bridge tournament/a raffle organiser un tournoi de bridge/une tombola;

∎ they run evening classes in computing ils organisent des cours du soir en informatique;

∎ they run extra trains in the summer l'été ils mettent (en service) des trains supplémentaires;

∎ several private companies run buses to the airport plusieurs sociétés privées assurent un service d'autobus pour l'aéroport

(c) (operate → piece of equipment) faire marcher, faire fonctionner; Computing (program) exécuter, faire tourner;

∎ you can run it off solar energy/the mains vous pouvez le faire fonctionner à l'énergie solaire/sur secteur;

∎ this computer runs most software on peut utiliser la plupart des logiciels sur cet ordinateur;

∎ Aviation to run the engines (for checking) faire le point fixe;

∎ I can't afford to run a car any more je n'ai plus les moyens d'avoir une voiture;

∎ she runs a Porsche elle roule en Porsche

(d) (conduct → experiment, test) effectuer

(e) (do or cover at a run → race, distance) courir;

∎ to run the marathon courir le marathon;

∎ I can still run 2 km in under 7 minutes j'arrive encore à courir ou à couvrir 2 km en moins de 7 minutes;

∎ the children were running races les enfants faisaient la course;

∎ the race will be run in Paris next year la course aura lieu à Paris l'année prochaine;

∎ to run messages or errands faire des commissions ou des courses;

∎ he'd run a mile if he saw it il prendrait ses jambes à son cou s'il voyait ça;

∎ it looks as if his race is run on dirait qu'il a fait son temps

(f) (cause to run)

∎ to be run off one's feet être débordé;

∎ you're running the poor boy off his feet! le pauvre, tu es en train de l'épuiser!;

∎ to run oneself to a standstill courir jusqu'à l'épuisement

(g) (enter for race → horse, greyhound) faire courir

(h) (hunt, chase) chasser;

∎ to run deer chasser le cerf;

∎ the outlaws were run out of town les hors-la-loi furent chassés de la ville

(i) (transport → goods) transporter; (give lift to → person) conduire, emmener;

∎ I'll run you to the bus stop je vais te conduire à l'arrêt de bus;

∎ to run sb back home reconduire qn chez lui;

∎ I've got to run these boxes over to my new house je dois emporter ces boîtes dans ma nouvelle maison

(j) (smuggle) faire le trafic de;

∎ he's suspected of running drugs/guns il est soupçonné de trafic de drogue/d'armes

(k) (drive → vehicle) conduire;

∎ I ran the car into the driveway j'ai mis la voiture dans l'allée;

∎ could you run your car back a bit? pourriez-vous reculer un peu votre voiture?;

∎ I ran my car into a lamppost je suis rentré dans un réverbère (avec ma voiture);

∎ he tried to run me off the road! il a essayé de me faire sortir de la route!

(l) (pass, quickly or lightly) passer;

∎ he ran his hand through his hair il se passa la main dans les cheveux;

∎ he ran a comb through his hair il se donna un coup de peigne;

∎ I'll run a duster over the furniture je passerai un coup de chiffon sur les meubles;

∎ she ran her hands over the controls elle promena ses mains sur les boutons de commande;

∎ she ran her finger down the list/her eye over the text elle parcourut la liste du doigt/le texte des yeux

(m) (send via specified route) faire passer;

∎ it would be better to run the wires under the floorboards ce serait mieux de faire passer les fils sous le plancher;

∎ we could run a cable from the house nous pourrions amener un câble de la maison;

∎ run the other end of the rope through the loop passez l'autre bout de la corde dans la boucle

(n) (go through or past → blockade) forcer; (→ rapids) franchir; American (→ red light) brûler

(o) (cause to flow) faire couler;

∎ run the water into the basin faites couler l'eau dans la cuvette;

∎ to run a bath faire couler un bain

(p) (publish) publier;

∎ the local paper is running a series of articles on the scandal le journal local publie une série d'articles sur le scandale;

∎ to run an ad (in the newspaper) passer ou faire passer une annonce (dans le journal)

(q) (enter for election) présenter;

∎ they're running a candidate in every constituency ils présentent un candidat dans chaque circonscription

(r) Medicine

∎ to run a temperature or fever avoir de la fièvre

(s) (expose oneself to)

∎ to run the danger or risk of doing sth courir le risque de faire qch;

∎ you run the risk of a heavy fine vous risquez une grosse amende;

∎ do you realize the risks you're running? est-ce que vous réalisez les risques que vous prenez?

3 intransitive verb

(a) (gen) courir;

∎ I run every morning in the park je cours tous les matins dans le parc;

∎ to come running towards sb accourir vers qn;

∎ they ran out of the house ils sont sortis de la maison en courant;

∎ to run upstairs/downstairs monter/descendre l'escalier en courant;

∎ I had to run for the train j'ai dû courir pour attraper le train;

∎ she ran for the police elle a couru chercher la police;

∎ run and fetch me a glass of water cours me chercher un verre d'eau;

∎ I'll just run across or round or over to the shop je fais un saut à l'épicerie;

∎ to run to meet sb courir ou se précipiter à la rencontre de qn;

∎ I've been running all over the place looking for you j'ai couru partout à ta recherche;

∎ figurative I didn't expect her to go running to the press with the story je ne m'attendais pas à ce qu'elle coure raconter l'histoire à la presse;

∎ don't come running to me with your problems ne viens pas m'embêter avec tes problèmes

(b) (compete in race) courir; (score in cricket, baseball) marquer;

∎ to run in a race (horse, person) participer à une course;

∎ there are twenty horses running in the race vingt chevaux participent à la course;

∎ she ran for her country in the Olympics elle a couru pour son pays aux jeux Olympiques

(c) (flee) se sauver, fuir;

∎ run for your lives! sauve qui peut!;

∎ familiar if the night watchman sees you, run for it! si le veilleur de nuit te voit, tire-toi ou file!;

∎ figurative you can't just keep running from your past vous ne pouvez pas continuer à fuir votre passé

(d) (pass → road, railway, boundary) passer;

∎ a tunnel runs under the mountain un tunnel passe sous la montagne;

∎ the railway line runs through a valley/over a viaduct le chemin de fer passe dans une vallée/sur un viaduc;

∎ the pipes run under the road les tuyaux passent sous la route;

∎ the road runs alongside the river/parallel to the coast la route longe la rivière/la côte;

∎ hedgerows run between the fields des haies séparent les champs;

∎ the road runs due north la route va droit vers le nord;

∎ to run north and south être orienté nord-sud;

∎ a canal running from London to Birmingham un canal qui va de Londres à Birmingham;

∎ a high fence runs around the building une grande barrière fait le tour du bâtiment;

∎ the lizard has red markings running down its back le dos du lézard est zébré de rouge;

∎ the line of print ran off the page la ligne a débordé de la feuille;

∎ figurative our lives seem to be running in different directions il semble que nos vies prennent des chemins différents

(e) (move, go → ball, vehicle) rouler; (slip, slide → rope, cable) filer;

∎ the pram ran down the hill out of control le landau a dévalé la côte;

∎ the tram runs on special tracks le tramway roule sur des rails spéciaux;

∎ the crane runs on rails la grue se déplace sur des rails;

∎ the piano runs on casters le piano est monté sur (des) roulettes;

∎ the truck ran off the road le camion a quitté la route;

∎ let the cord run through your hands laissez la corde filer entre vos mains;

∎ his fingers ran over the controls ses doigts se promenèrent sur les boutons de commande;

∎ her eyes ran down the list elle parcourut la liste des yeux;

∎ a shiver ran down my spine un frisson me parcourut le dos;

∎ his thoughts ran to that hot August day in Paris cette chaude journée d'août à Paris lui revint à l'esprit

(f) (words, text)

∎ how does that last verse run? c'est quoi la dernière strophe?;

∎ their argument or reasoning runs something like this voici plus ou moins leur raisonnement;

∎ the conversation ran something like this voilà en gros ce qui s'est dit

(g) (spread → rumour, news) se répandre

(h) (flow → river, water, tap, nose) couler;

∎ let the water run until it's hot laisse couler l'eau jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit chaude;

∎ the water's run cold l'eau est froide au robinet;

∎ you've let the water run cold tu as laissé couler l'eau trop longtemps, elle est devenue froide;

∎ your bath is running ton bain est en train de couler;

∎ your nose is running tu as le nez qui coule;

∎ the cold made our eyes run le froid nous piquait les yeux;

∎ the hot water runs along/down this pipe l'eau chaude passe/descend dans ce tuyau;

∎ their faces were running with sweat leurs visages ruisselaient de transpiration;

∎ tears ran down her face des larmes coulaient sur son visage;

∎ the streets were running with blood le sang coulait dans les rues;

∎ the river ran red with blood les eaux de la rivière étaient rouges de sang;

∎ the Jari runs into the Amazon le Jari se jette dans l'Amazone

(i) (butter, ice cream, wax) fondre; (cheese) couler; (paint) goutter;

∎ her mascara had run son mascara avait coulé

(j) (in wash → colour, fabric) déteindre;

∎ wash that dress separately, the colour might run lave cette robe à part, elle pourrait déteindre

(k) (operate → engine, machine, business) marcher, fonctionner;

∎ to run on or off electricity/gas/diesel fonctionner à l'électricité/au gaz/au diesel;

∎ this machine runs off the mains cet appareil se branche sur (le) secteur;

∎ the tape recorder was still running le magnétophone était encore en marche;

∎ leave the engine running laissez tourner le moteur;

∎ the engine is running smoothly le moteur tourne rond;

∎ the new assembly line is up and running la nouvelle chaîne de montage est en service;

∎ Computing do not interrupt the program while it is running ne pas interrompre le programme en cours d'exécution;

∎ Computing this software runs on DOS ce logiciel tourne sous DOS;

∎ Computing running at… cadencé à…;

∎ figurative everything is running smoothly tout marche très bien

(l) (public transport) circuler;

∎ this train doesn't run/only runs on Sundays ce train ne circule pas/ne circule que le dimanche;

∎ some bus lines run all night certaines lignes d'autobus sont en service toute la nuit;

∎ the buses stop running at midnight après minuit il n'y a plus de bus;

∎ trains running between London and Manchester trains qui circulent entre Londres et Manchester;

∎ trains running to Calais are cancelled les trains à destination de Calais sont annulés;

∎ he took the tube that runs through Clapham il prit la ligne de métro qui passe par Clapham

(m) (last) durer; (be valid → contract) être ou rester valide; (→ agreement) être ou rester en vigueur; Finance (→ interest) courir;

∎ the sales run from the beginning to the end of January les soldes durent du début à la fin janvier;

∎ the sales have only another two days to run il ne reste que deux jours de soldes;

∎ the meeting ran for an hour longer than expected la réunion a duré une heure de plus que prévu;

∎ I'd like the ad to run for a week je voudrais que l'annonce passe pendant une semaine;

∎ the lease has another year to run le bail n'expire pas avant un an;

∎ your subscription will run for two years votre abonnement sera valable deux ans;

∎ interest runs from 1 January les intérêts courent à partir du 1er janvier

(n) Cinema & Theatre (be performed → play, film) être à l'affiche;

∎ the play has been running for a year la pièce est à l'affiche depuis un an;

∎ the film is currently running in Hull le film est actuellement sur les écrans à Hull;

∎ his new musical should run and run! sa nouvelle comédie musicale devrait tenir l'affiche pendant des mois!;

∎ Television this soap opera has been running for twenty years ça fait vingt ans que ce feuilleton est diffusé;

∎ America's longest-running TV series la plus longue série télévisée américaine

(o) (occur → inherited trait, illness)

∎ twins run in our family les jumeaux sont courants dans la famille;

∎ heart disease runs in the family les maladies cardiaques sont fréquentes dans notre famille

(p) (range) aller;

∎ the colours run from dark blue to bright green les couleurs vont du bleu foncé au vert vif

(q) (indicating current state or condition)

∎ to run high (sea) être grosse ou houleuse;

∎ feelings or tempers were running high les esprits étaient échauffés;

∎ their ammunition was running low ils commençaient à manquer de munitions;

∎ our stores are running low nos provisions s'épuisent ou tirent à leur fin;

∎ he's running scared il a la frousse;

∎ to be running late être en retard, avoir du retard;

∎ programmes are running ten minutes late les émissions ont toutes dix minutes de retard;

∎ sorry I can't stop, I'm running a bit late désolé, je ne peux pas rester, je suis un peu en retard;

∎ events are running in our favour les événements tournent en notre faveur;

∎ inflation was running at 18 percent le taux d'inflation était de 18 pour cent

(r) (be candidate, stand) se présenter;

∎ to run for president or the presidency se présenter aux élections présidentielles, être candidat aux élections présidentielles ou à la présidence;

∎ to run for office se porter candidat;

∎ she's running on a law-and-order ticket elle se présente aux élections avec un programme basé sur la lutte contre l'insécurité;

∎ he ran against Reagan in 1984 il s'est présenté contre Reagan en 1984

(s) (drive) faire un tour ou une promenade;

∎ why don't we run down to the coast/up to London? si on faisait un tour jusqu'à la mer/jusqu'à Londres?

(t) Nautical (boat)

∎ to run (before the wind) filer vent arrière;

∎ to run aground échouer; figurative (project, plan) capoter

(u) (ladder → stocking, tights) filer

(v) (salmon) remonter les rivières

(w) (tide) monter

➲ run about intransitive verb

British courir (çà et là);

∎ I've been running about all day looking for you! j'ai passé ma journée à te chercher partout!

➲ run across

1 inseparable transitive verb

(meet → acquaintance) rencontrer par hasard, tomber sur; (find → book, reference) trouver par hasard, tomber sur

2 intransitive verb

traverser en courant

➲ run after inseparable transitive verb

also figurative courir après;

∎ it's not like her to run after a man ce n'est pas son genre de courir après un homme;

∎ she spends half her life running after her kids elle passe son temps à être derrière les enfants;

∎ he's got all these assistants running after him the whole time il a tout un tas d'assistants qui passent sans arrêt derrière ce qu'il fait

➲ run along intransitive verb

(go away) s'en aller, partir;

∎ it's getting late, I must be running along il se fait tard, il faut que j'y aille;

∎ run along to bed now, children! allez les enfants, au lit maintenant!

➲ run around intransitive verb familiar

(a) (from place to place) courir (çà et là)^□ ;

∎ I've been running around all day looking for you! j'ai passé ma journée à te chercher partout!^□

(b) (be unfaithful → husband) courir après les femmes; (→ wife) courir après les hommes;

∎ he was sure his wife was running around il était sûr que sa femme le trompait^□

➲ run around with inseparable transitive verb

familiar (be friendly with) fréquenter^□ ; (have affair with) sortir avec^□ ;

∎ he's always running around with other women il est toujours en train de courir après d'autres femmes

➲ run away intransitive verb

(a) (flee) se sauver, s'enfuir;

∎ their son has run away from home leur fils a fait une fugue;

∎ I'll be with you in a minute, don't run away je serai à toi dans un instant, ne te sauve pas;

∎ run away and play now, children allez jouer ailleurs, les enfants;

∎ figurative to run away from one's responsibilities fuir ses responsabilités;

∎ to run away from the facts se refuser à l'évidence

(b) (elope) partir

➲ run away with inseparable transitive verb

(a) (secretly or illegally) partir avec;

∎ he ran away with his best friend's wife il est parti avec la femme de son meilleur ami;

∎ he ran away with the takings il est parti avec la caisse

(b) (overwhelm)

∎ don't let your excitement run away with you gardez votre calme;

∎ she tends to let her imagination run away with her elle a tendance à se laisser emporter par son imagination

(c) (get → idea)

∎ don't go running away with the idea or the notion that it will be easy n'allez pas vous imaginer que ce sera facile

(d) (win → race, match) emporter haut la main; (→ prize) remporter;

∎ they ran away with nearly all the medals ils ont remporté presque toutes les médailles

➲ run back

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (drive back) raccompagner (en voiture);

∎ she ran me back home elle m'a ramené ou raccompagné chez moi en voiture;

∎ he ran me back on his motorbike il m'a raccompagné en moto

(b) (rewind → tape, film) rembobiner

2 intransitive verb

(a) (return) retourner ou revenir en courant;

∎ familiar to come running back (errant husband etc) revenir^□

(b) (review)

∎ to run back over sth passer qch en revue

➲ run by separable transitive verb

∎ to run sth by sb (submit) soumettre qch à qn;

∎ you'd better run that by the committee vous feriez mieux de demander l'avis du comité;

∎ run that by me again répétez-moi ça

➲ run down

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (reduce, diminish → gen) réduire; (→ number of employees) diminuer; (→ stocks) laisser s'épuiser; (→ industry, factory) fermer progressivement;

∎ they are running down their military presence in Africa ils réduisent leur présence militaire en Afrique;

∎ the government was accused of running down the steel industry le gouvernement a été accusé de laisser dépérir la sidérurgie;

∎ you've run the battery down vous avez déchargé la pile; (of car) vous avez vidé ou déchargé la batterie, vous avez mis la batterie à plat

(b) familiar (criticize, denigrate) rabaisser^□ ;

∎ they're always running her friends down ils passent leur temps à dire du mal de ou à dénigrer ses amis^□ ;

∎ stop running yourself down all the time cesse de te rabaisser constamment

(c) (in car → pedestrian, animal) renverser, écraser;

∎ he was run down by a bus il s'est fait renverser par un bus

(d) (track down → animal, criminal) (traquer et) capturer; (→ person, object) dénicher;

∎ I finally ran down the reference in the library j'ai fini par dénicher la référence à la bibliothèque

2 intransitive verb

(a) (person) descendre en courant

(b) (clock, machine) s'arrêter; (battery → through use) s'user; (→ through a fault) se décharger;

∎ the batteries in the radio are beginning to run down les piles de la radio commencent à être usées

➲ run in

1 separable transitive verb

(a) British (car, engine) roder

(b) familiar (arrest) pincer

2 intransitive verb

(a) (person) entrer en courant

(b) British (car, engine)

∎ running in en rodage

➲ run into inseparable transitive verb

(a) (encounter → problem, difficulty) rencontrer

(b) (meet → acquaintance) rencontrer (par hasard), tomber sur;

∎ to run into debt faire des dettes, s'endetter

(c) (collide with → of car, driver) percuter, rentrer dans;

∎ I ran into a lamppost je suis rentrée dans un réverbère;

∎ you should be more careful, you nearly ran into me! tu devrais faire attention, tu as failli me rentrer dedans!

(d) (amount to) s'élever à;

∎ debts running into millions of dollars des dettes qui s'élèvent à des millions de dollars;

∎ takings run into five figures la recette atteint les cinq chiffres

(e) (merge into) se fondre dans, se confondre avec;

∎ the red runs into orange le rouge devient orange;

∎ the words began to run into each other before my eyes les mots commençaient à se confondre devant mes yeux

➲ run off

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (print) tirer, imprimer; (photocopy) photocopier;

∎ run me off five copies of this report faites-moi cinq copies de ce rapport

(b) (write quickly) (article) pondre

(c) Sport (race) disputer;

∎ the heats will be run off tomorrow les éliminatoires se disputeront demain

(d) (lose → excess weight, fat) perdre en courant

(e) (liquid) laisser s'écouler

2 intransitive verb

(a) (flee) se sauver, s'enfuir;

∎ I'll be with you in a minute, don't run off je serai à toi dans un instant, ne te sauve pas

(b) (liquid) s'écouler

➲ run on

1 separable transitive verb

(lines of writing) ne pas découper en paragraphes; (letters, words) ne pas séparer, lier

2 intransitive verb

(a) (continue) continuer, durer; (drag on) s'éterniser;

∎ the play ran on for hours la pièce a duré des heures;

∎ the discussion ran on for an extra hour la discussion a duré une heure de plus que prévu

(b) familiar (talk non-stop) parler sans cesse^□ ;

∎ he does run on rather quand il est parti celui-là, il ne s'arrête plus;

∎ he can run on for hours if you let him si tu le laisses faire il peut tenir le crachoir pendant des heures

(c) (line of text) suivre sans alinéa; (verse) enjamber

➲ run out

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (cable, rope) laisser filer

(b) (in cricket)

∎ to run a batsman out mettre un batteur hors jeu

2 intransitive verb

(a) (person, animal) sortir en courant; (liquid) s'écouler

(b) (be used up → supplies, money etc) s'épuiser, (venir à) manquer; (→ time) filer;

∎ hurry up, time is running out! dépêchez-vous, il ne reste plus beaucoup de temps!;

∎ their luck finally ran out la chance a fini par tourner, leur chance n'a pas duré

(c) (expire → contract, passport, agreement) expirer, venir à expiration

➲ run out of inseparable transitive verb

manquer de;

∎ we're running out of ammunition nous commençons à manquer de munitions;

∎ we're running out of sugar nous allons nous trouver à court de sucre;

∎ he's run out of money il n'a plus d'argent;

∎ to run out of patience être à bout de patience;

∎ to run out of petrol tomber en panne d'essence

➲ run out on inseparable transitive verb

(spouse, colleague) laisser tomber, abandonner;

∎ she ran out on her husband elle a quitté son mari;

∎ his assistants all ran out on him ses assistants l'ont tous abandonné ou laissé tomber

➲ run over

1 separable transitive verb

(pedestrian, animal) écraser;

∎ I nearly got run over j'ai failli me faire écraser;

∎ he's been run over il s'est fait écraser;

∎ the car ran over his legs la voiture lui est passé sur les jambes

2 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (review) revoir; (rehearse) répéter; (recap) récapituler;

∎ let's run over the arguments one more time before the meeting reprenons les arguments une dernière fois avant la réunion;

∎ could you run over the main points for us? pourriez-vous nous récapituler les principaux points?

(b) (exceed)

∎ to run over the allotted time excéder le temps imparti

3 intransitive verb

(a) (overflow) déborder;

∎ literary my cup runneth over je nage dans le bonheur;

∎ to run over with energy/enthusiasm déborder d'énergie/d'enthousiasme

(b) (run late) dépasser l'heure; Radio & Television dépasser le temps d'antenne, déborder sur le temps d'antenne;

∎ the programme ran over by twenty minutes l'émission a dépassé son temps d'antenne de vingt minutes

➲ run past

1 separable transitive verb

= run by

2 intransitive verb

passer en courant

➲ run through

1 inseparable transitive verb

(a) (cross → of person) traverser en courant;

∎ figurative money runs through his fingers like water l'argent lui brûle les doigts

(b) (pervade → of thought, feeling)

∎ a strange idea ran through my mind une idée étrange m'a traversé l'esprit;

∎ a thrill of excitement ran through her un frisson d'émotion la parcourut;

∎ an angry murmur ran through the crowd des murmures de colère parcoururent la foule;

∎ his words kept running through my head ses paroles ne cessaient de retentir dans ma tête;

∎ an air of melancholy runs through the whole film une atmosphère de mélancolie imprègne tout le film

(c) (review) revoir; (rehearse) répéter; (recap) récapituler;

∎ she ran through the arguments in her mind elle repassa les arguments dans sa tête;

∎ let's just run through the procedure one more time reprenons une dernière fois la marche à suivre;

∎ I'll run through your speech with you je vous ferai répéter votre discours

(d) (read quickly) parcourir (des yeux), jeter un coup d'œil sur

(e) (use up → money) dépenser; (→ case of wine, coffee) consommer; (squander → fortune) gaspiller;

∎ he runs through a dozen shirts a week il lui faut une douzaine de chemises par semaine

2 separable transitive verb

∎ to run sb through (with a sword) transpercer qn (d'un coup d'épée)

➲ run to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (amount to) se chiffrer à;

∎ her essay ran to twenty pages sa dissertation faisait vingt pages

(b) British (afford, be enough for)

∎ your salary should run to a new computer ton salaire devrait te permettre d'acheter un nouvel ordinateur;

∎ the budget won't run to champagne le budget ne nous permet pas d'acheter du champagne

➲ run up

1 separable transitive verb

(a) (debt, bill) laisser s'accumuler;

∎ I've run up a huge overdraft j'ai un découvert énorme

(b) (flag) hisser

(c) (sew quickly) coudre rapidement ou à la hâte

2 intransitive verb

(climb rapidly) monter en courant; (approach) approcher en courant;

∎ a young man ran up to me un jeune homme s'approcha de moi en courant

➲ run up against inseparable transitive verb

(encounter) se heurter à;

∎ we've run up against some problems nous nous sommes heurtés à quelques problèmes

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11 to

to [tu:, unstressed tə]

à ⇒ 1A (a)-(c), 1A (e), 1B (b), 1D (a), 1D (l) en ⇒ 1A (c) jusqu'à ⇒ 1A (d), 1B (b) contre ⇒ 1A (e) pour ⇒ 1C (f), 1C (g), 1D (b) de ⇒ 1D (i)

1 preposition

A.

(a) (indicating direction)

∎ to go to school/the cinema aller à l'école/au cinéma;

∎ let's go to town allons en ville;

∎ he climbed to the top il est monté jusqu'au sommet ou jusqu'en haut;

∎ she ran to where her mother was sitting elle a couru (jusqu')à l'endroit où sa mère était assise;

∎ we've been to it before nous y sommes déjà allés;

∎ the vase fell to the ground le vase est tombé par ou à terre;

∎ I invited them to dinner je les ai invités à dîner;

∎ he returned to his work il est retourné à son ou il a repris son travail;

∎ let's go to Susan's allons chez Susan;

∎ to go to the doctor or doctor's aller chez le médecin;

∎ he pointed to the door il a pointé son doigt vers la porte;

∎ the road to the south la route du sud;

∎ our house is a mile to the south notre maison est à un mile au sud;

∎ it's 12 miles to the nearest town (from here) nous sommes à 12 miles de la ville la plus proche; (from there) c'est à 12 miles de la ville la plus proche;

∎ what's the best way to the station? quel est le meilleur chemin pour aller à la gare?;

∎ she turned his photograph to the wall elle a retourné sa photo contre le mur;

∎ I sat with my back to her j'étais assis lui tournant le dos;

∎ tell her to her face dites-le-lui en face

(b) (indicating location, position) à;

∎ the street parallel to this one la rue parallèle à celle-ci;

∎ she lives next door to us elle habite à côté de chez nous;

∎ to one side d'un côté;

∎ to the left/right à gauche/droite;

∎ the rooms to the back les chambres de derrière;

∎ to leave sth to one side laisser qch de côté

(c) (with geographical names)

∎ to Madrid à Madrid;

∎ to Le Havre au Havre;

∎ to France en France;

∎ to Argentina en Argentine;

∎ to Japan au Japon;

∎ to the United States aux États-Unis;

∎ I'm off to Paris je pars à ou pour Paris;

∎ the road to Chicago la route de Chicago;

∎ on the way to Milan en allant à Milan, sur la route de Milan;

∎ planes to and from Europe les vols à destination et en provenance de l'Europe

(d) (indicating age, amount or level reached) jusqu'à;

∎ the snow came (up) to her knees la neige lui arrivait aux genoux;

∎ unemployment is up to nearly 9 percent le (taux de) chômage atteint presque les 9 pour cent;

∎ they cut expenses down to a minimum ils ont réduit les frais au minimum;

∎ she can count (up) to one hundred elle sait compter jusqu'à cent;

∎ it's accurate to the millimetre c'est exact au millimètre près;

∎ it weighs 8 to 9 pounds ça pèse entre 8 et 9 livres;

∎ moderate to cool temperatures des températures douces ou fraîches;

∎ to live to a great age vivre jusqu'à un âge avancé

(e) (so as to make contact with) à, contre;

∎ she pinned the brooch to her dress elle a épinglé la broche sur sa robe;

∎ they sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic ils étaient coincés pare-chocs contre pare-chocs;

∎ they danced cheek to cheek ils dansaient joue contre joue;

∎ he clutched the baby to his chest il a serré l'enfant contre lui

B.

(a) (before the specified hour or date)

∎ it's ten minutes to three il est trois heures moins dix;

∎ we left at a quarter to six nous sommes partis à six heures moins le quart;

∎ it's twenty to il est moins vingt;

∎ how long is it to dinner? on dîne dans combien de temps?;

∎ there are only two weeks to Christmas il ne reste que deux semaines avant Noël

(b) (up to and including) (jusqu')à;

∎ from Tuesday night to Thursday morning du mardi soir (jusqu')au jeudi matin;

∎ from morning to night du matin au soir;

∎ from March to June de mars (jusqu')à juin;

∎ a nine-to-five job des horaires mpl de fonctionnaire;

∎ it was three years ago to the day since I saw her last il y a trois ans jour pour jour que je l'ai vue pour la dernière fois;

∎ to this day jusqu'à ce jour, jusqu'à aujourd'hui;

∎ he was brave (up) to the last il a été courageux jusqu'au bout ou jusqu'à la fin;

∎ from day to day de jour en jour;

∎ I read it from beginning to end je l'ai lu du début (jusqu')à la fin;

∎ from bad to worse de mal en pis;

∎ I do everything from scrubbing the floor to keeping the books je fais absolument tout, depuis le ménage jusqu'à la comptabilité

C.

(a) (before infinitive)

∎ to talk parler;

∎ to open ouvrir;

∎ to answer répondre

(b) (after verb)

∎ she lived to be a hundred elle a vécu jusqu'à cent ans;

∎ we are to complete the work by Monday nous devons finir le travail pour lundi;

∎ she went on to become a brilliant guitarist elle est ensuite devenue une excellente guitariste;

∎ I finally accepted, (only) to find that they had changed their mind lorsque je me suis décidé à accepter, ils avaient changé d'avis;

∎ she turned round to find him standing right in front of her lorsqu'elle s'est retournée, elle s'est retrouvée nez à nez avec lui;

∎ he left the house never to return to it again il quitta la maison pour ne plus y revenir;

∎ he dared to speak out against injustice il a osé s'élever contre l'injustice;

∎ you can leave if you want to vous pouvez partir si vous voulez;

∎ why? - because I told you to pourquoi? - parce que je t'ai dit de le faire;

∎ would you like to come? - we'd love to voulez-vous venir? - avec plaisir ou oh, oui!;

∎ you ought to vous devriez le faire;

∎ we shall have to il le faudra bien, nous serons bien obligés

(c) (after noun)

∎ I have a lot to do j'ai beaucoup à faire;

∎ I have a letter to write j'ai une lettre à écrire;

∎ that's no reason to leave ce n'est pas une raison pour partir;

∎ I haven't got money to burn je n'ai pas d'argent à jeter par les fenêtres;

∎ the first to complain le premier à se plaindre;

∎ the house to be sold la maison à vendre;

∎ there was not a sound to be heard on n'entendait pas le moindre bruit;

∎ he isn't one to forget his friends il n'est pas homme à oublier ses amis;

∎ that's the way to do it voilà comment il faut faire

(d) (after adjective)

∎ I'm happy/sad to see her go je suis content/triste de la voir partir;

∎ pleased to meet you enchanté (de faire votre connaissance);

∎ difficult/easy to do difficile/facile à faire;

∎ it was strange to see her again c'était bizarre de la revoir;

∎ she's too proud to apologize elle est trop fière pour s'excuser;

∎ he's old enough to understand il est assez grand pour comprendre

(e) (after "how", "which", "where" etc)

∎ do you know where to go? savez-vous où aller?;

∎ he told me how to get there il m'a dit comment y aller;

∎ can you tell me when to get off? pourriez-vous me dire quand je dois descendre?;

∎ she can't decide whether to go or not elle n'arrive pas à décider si elle va y aller ou non

(f) (indicating purpose) pour;

∎ I did it to annoy her je l'ai fait exprès pour l'énerver;

∎ to answer that question, we must… pour répondre à cette question, il nous faut…

(g) (introducing statement) pour;

∎ to be honest/frank pour être honnête/franc;

∎ to put it another way en d'autres termes

(h) (in exclamations)

∎ oh, to be in England! ah, si je pouvais être en Angleterre!;

∎ and to think I nearly married him! quand je pense que j'ai failli l'épouser!

(i) (in headlines)

∎ unions to strike les syndicats s'apprêtent à déclencher la grève;

∎ Russia to negotiate with Baltic States la Russie va négocier avec les pays Baltes

D.

(a) (indicating intended recipient, owner) à;

∎ I showed the picture to her je lui ai montré la photo;

∎ I showed it to her je le lui ai montré;

∎ show it to her montrez-le-lui;

∎ the person I spoke to la personne à qui j'ai parlé;

∎ that book belongs to her ce livre lui appartient;

∎ be kind to him/to animals soyez gentil avec lui/bon envers les animaux;

∎ what's it to him? qu'est-ce que cela peut lui faire?;

∎ it doesn't matter to her ça lui est égal;

∎ did you have a room to yourself? avais-tu une chambre à toi ou pour toi tout seul?;

∎ to keep sth to oneself garder qch pour soi;

∎ I said to myself je me suis dit;

∎ he is known to the police il est connu de la police

(b) (in the opinion of) pour;

∎ $2 is a lot of money to some people il y a des gens pour qui 2 dollars représentent beaucoup d'argent;

∎ it sounds suspicious to me cela me semble bizarre;

∎ it didn't make sense to him ça n'avait aucun sens pour lui

(c) (indicating intention)

∎ with a view to clarifying matters dans l'intention d'éclaircir la situation;

∎ it's all to no purpose tout cela ne sert à rien ou est en vain

(d) (indicating resulting state)

∎ the light changed to red le feu est passé au rouge;

∎ the noise drove him to distraction le bruit le rendait fou;

∎ the rain turned to snow la pluie avait fait place à la neige;

∎ her admiration turned to disgust son admiration s'est transformée en dégoût;

∎ (much) to my relief/surprise/delight à mon grand soulagement/mon grand étonnement/ma grande joie;

∎ (much) to my horror, I found the money was missing c'est avec horreur que je me suis rendu compte que l'argent avait disparu;

∎ the meat was done to perfection la viande était cuite à la perfection;

∎ smashed to pieces brisé en mille morceaux;

∎ moved to tears ému (jusqu')aux larmes;

∎ he was beaten to death il a été battu à mort;

∎ they starved to death ils sont morts de faim;

∎ the court sentenced him to death le juge l'a condamné à mort;

∎ she rose rapidly to power elle est arrivée au pouvoir très rapidement;

∎ she sang the baby to sleep elle a chanté jusqu'à ce que le bébé s'endorme

(e) (as regards)

∎ the answer to your question la réponse à votre question;

∎ a hazard to your health un danger pour votre santé;

∎ what's your reaction to all this? comment réagissez-vous à tout ça?;

∎ no one was sympathetic to his ideas ses idées ne plaisaient à personne;

∎ what would you say to a game of bridge? que diriez-vous d'un bridge?, si on faisait un bridge?;

∎ that's all there is to it c'est aussi simple que ça;

∎ there's nothing to it il n'y a rien de plus simple;

∎ there's nothing or there isn't a lot to these cameras ils ne sont pas bien compliqués, ces appareils photos;

∎ Commerce to translating annual report: $300 (on bill) traduction du rapport annuel: 300 dollars;

∎ to services rendered (on bill) pour services rendus

(f) (indicating composition or proportion)

∎ there are 16 ounces to a pound il y a 16 onces dans une livre;

∎ there are 6 francs to the dollar un dollar vaut 6 francs;

∎ there are 25 chocolates to a box il y a 25 chocolats dans chaque ou par boîte;

∎ one cup of sugar to every three cups of fruit une tasse de sucre pour trois tasses de fruits;

∎ three is to six as six is to twelve trois est à six ce que six est à douze;

∎ Milan beat Madrid by 4 (points) to 3 Milan a battu Madrid 4 (points) à 3;

∎ I'll bet 100 to 1 je parierais 100 contre 1;

∎ the odds are 1000 to 1 against it happening again il y a 1 chance sur 1000 que cela se produise à nouveau;

∎ the vote was 6 to 3 il y avait 6 voix contre 3

(g) (per)

∎ how many miles do you get to the gallon? ≃ vous faites combien de litres au cent?

(h) (indicating comparison)

∎ inferior to inférieur à;

∎ they compare her to Callas on la compare à (la) Callas;

∎ that's nothing (compared) to what I've seen ce n'est rien à côté de ce que j'ai vu;

∎ inflation is nothing (compared) to last year l'inflation n'est rien à côté de ou en comparaison de l'année dernière;

∎ as a cook she's second to none comme cuisinière on ne fait pas mieux;

∎ to prefer sth to sth préférer qch à qch

(i) (of) de;

∎ the key to this door la clé de cette porte;

∎ he's secretary to the director/to the committee c'est le secrétaire du directeur/du comité;

∎ she's assistant to the president c'est l'adjointe du président;

∎ the French ambassador to Algeria l'ambassadeur français en Algérie;

∎ ambassador to the King of Thailand ambassadeur auprès du roi de Thaïlande;

∎ she's interpreter to the president c'est l'interprète du président;

∎ Susan, sister to Mary Susan, sœur de Mary;

∎ he's been like a father to me il est comme un père pour moi

(j) (in accordance with)

∎ to his way of thinking, to his mind à son avis;

∎ to hear him talk, you'd think he was an expert à l'entendre parler, on croirait que c'est un expert;

∎ to my knowledge, she never met him elle ne l'a jamais rencontré (pour) autant que je sache;

∎ it's to your advantage to do it c'est (dans) ton intérêt de le faire;

∎ the climate is not to my liking le climat ne me plaît pas;

∎ add salt to taste salez selon votre goût ou à volonté;

∎ she made out a cheque to the amount of £15 elle a fait un chèque de 15 livres

(k) (indicating accompaniment, simultaneity)

∎ we danced to live music nous avons dansé sur la musique d'un orchestre;

∎ in time to the music en mesure avec la musique

(l) (in honour of) à;

∎ let's drink to his health buvons à sa santé;

∎ (here's) to your health! à la vôtre!;

∎ (here's) to the bride! à la mariée!;

∎ to my family (in dedication) à ma famille;

∎ his book is dedicated to his mother son livre est dédié à sa mère;

∎ a monument to the war dead un monument aux morts

E.

(a) (indicating addition)

∎ add flour to the list ajoutez de la farine sur la liste;

∎ add 3 to 6 additionnez 3 et 6, ajoutez 3 à 6;

∎ in addition to Charles, there were three women en plus de Charles, il y avait trois femmes

(b) Mathematics

∎ to the power… à la puissance…;

∎ 2 to the 3rd power, 2 to the 3rd 2 (à la) puissance 3

2 adverb

(a) (closed) fermé;

∎ the wind blew the door to un coup de vent a fermé la porte

(b) (back to consciousness)

∎ to come to revenir à soi, reprendre connaissance

(c) Nautical

∎ to bring a ship to mettre un bateau en panne

3 to and fro adverb

∎ to go to and fro aller et venir, se promener de long en large; (shuttle bus etc) faire la navette;

∎ to swing to and fro se balancer d'avant en arrière

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12 near

niə
1. adjective
1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) cerca

2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) próximo

2. adverb
1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) cerca

2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) cerca

3. preposition
(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) cerca de

4. verb
(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) acercarse a

- nearly
- nearness
- nearby
- nearside
- near-sighted
- a near miss

near adj adv cerca

is the station near here? ¿está cerca la estación?

there's a café near my house hay una cafetería cerca de mi casa

near

tr[nɪə^SMALLr/SMALL]

adjective

1 cercano,-a

■ where is the nearest bank? ¿dónde está el banco más cercano?

■ Barclays is quite near Barclays queda bastante cerca

2 (relations) cercano,-a

■ a near relative un pariente cercano

■ one's nearest and dearest los más queridos

3 (time) próximo,-a

■ in the near future en un futuro próximo

4 (similar) parecido,-a

■ this is the nearest we have, I'm afraid lo siento, pero esto es lo más parecido que tenemos

adverb

1 cerca

■ I live quite near (by) vivo bastante cerca

preposition

1 cerca de

■ it's near the market está cerca del mercado

■ near the end of the book hacia el final del libro

1 (Also near to) a punto de

■ she was near to crying estuvo a punto de llorar

transitive verb

1 acercarse a

■ we are nearing the day when... nos acercamos al día en que...

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to come near acercarse

to come near to doing something estar en un tris de hacer algo

to draw near acercarse

near miss (shot) tiro que no da en el blanco por poco 2 (situation) situación que no se produce por poco

■ it was a near miss falló por poco

■ the lorry almost hit us, it was a near miss por poco nos da el camión, nos escapamos por los pelos

near ['nɪr] vt

1) : acercarse a

the ship is nearing port: el barco se está acercando al puerto

2) : estar a punto de

she is nearing graduation: está a punto de graduarse

near adv

1) close: cerca

my family lives quite near: mi familia vive muy cerca

2) nearly: casi

I came near to finishing: casi terminé

near adj

1) close: cercano, próximo

2) similar: parecido, semejante

near prep

: cerca de

near

adj.

• afín adj.

• allegado, -a adj.

• aproximado, -a adj.

• cerca adj.

• cercano, -a adj.

• estrecho, -a adj.

• inmediato, -a adj.

• propincuo, -a adj.

• próximo (Cercano) adj.

• vecino, -a adj.

• íntimo, -a adj.

adv.

• cerca adv.

prep.

• cerca de prep.

• hacia prep.

• sobre prep.

v.

• acercarse v.

I nɪr, nɪə(r)
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( in position) cercano, próximo

the nearest store — la tienda más cercana

b) ( in time) cercano, próximo

c) ( in approximation) parecido

that's the nearest thing to an apology you can expect from him — eso es lo más parecido a una disculpa que se puede esperar de él

d) < relative> cercano

2) ( virtual) (before n)

there was near panic when the alarms sounded — casi se produjo el pánico cuando sonaron las alarmas

in a state of near exhaustion — prácticamente en estado de agotamiento

3) (BrE Auto, Equ) izquierdo

II

adverb -er, -est

1)

a) ( in position) cerca

don't go any nearer to the edge — no te acerques más al borde

from near and far — de todas partes

b) ( in time)

we're getting near to Christmas — ya falta poco para Navidad

c) ( in approximation)

the total will be nearer to $1,000 than $500 — el total va a estar más cerca de 1.000 que de 500 dólares

d) ( on the verge of)

near to something/-ing: she was near to tears estaba al borde de las lágrimas or a punto de echarse a llorar; I came very near to hitting him — estuve a punto de pegarle, por poco le pego

2) ( nearly) casi

I'm nowhere near finished — me falta mucho or (colloq) un montón para terminar

that's nowhere near enough — (colloq) con eso no alcanza, ni mucho menos

it'll cost $1,000, near enough — (colloq) costará 1.000 dólares, o por ahí (fam)

III

preposition -er, -est

a) ( in position) cerca de

the room nearest the entrance — la habitación que está más cerca de la entrada

don't go too near the fire — no te acerques demasiado al fuego

b) ( in time)

we're getting very near Christmas — falta muy poco para Navidad

c) ( in approximation)

damage was estimated at somewhere near $2,000 — los daños se calcularon en cerca de 2.000 dólares

I'd say he's nearer 70 than 60 — yo diría que está más cerca de los 70 que de los 60

no one comes near her in stamina — los deja a todos muy atrás en resistencia

d) ( on the verge of)

the project is now near completion — el proyecto está a punto de acabarse

IV

transitive verb acercarse* a

we are nearing our destination — nos estamos acercando a nuestro destino

he must be nearing his 80th birthday — debe faltarle poco para cumplir los 80

the project is nearing completion — el proyecto se está por acabar

[nɪǝ(r)]
1. ADV

1) (in place) cerca

he lives quite near — vive bastante cerca

don't come any nearer! — ¡no te acerques más!

• so near and yet so far, the shore was so near and yet so far — la orilla estaba al alcance de la mano pero llegar a ella era imposible

victory was so near and yet so far — la victoria parecía estar asegurada pero ese último esfuerzo para obtenerla les resultó imposible

2) (in time)

• the agreement brings peace a little nearer — este acuerdo nos acerca un poco más a la paz

• winter is drawing near — el invierno se acerca

• the nearer it gets to the election the more they look like losing — a medida que se acercan las elecciones mayor parece la posibilidad de que pierdan

• to be near at hand — [object] estar al alcance de la mano; [event, season] estar a la vuelta de la esquina

3) (in level, degree)

• the nearest I ever came to feeling that was when... — la única vez que llegué a sentir algo parecido fue cuando...

• you as near as dammit killed me * — no me mataste, pero por un pelo *

• that's near enough — (numbers) no merece la pena precisar más; (amount) con eso vale

• you won't get any nearer than that to what you want — no vas a encontrar otra cosa que se aproxime más a lo que buscas

the nearest I ever got to winning — lo más cerca que estuve de ganar

• it's nowhere near enough * — con eso no basta ni mucho menos

"have you finished it yet?" - "nowhere near" — -¿has terminado ya? -qué va, me falta muchísimo

• as near as I can recall — que yo recuerde

4) (=almost) casi

• I came near to telling her everything — llegué casi a decírselo todo

• near on 3,000 people — casi 3.000 personas

• it's in near perfect condition — está casi en perfectas condiciones

• I could hardly see it in the near total darkness — apenas lo veía en la oscuridad que era casi total

2. PREP
(also: near to)
1) (of place) cerca de

I live near Liverpool — vivo cerca de Liverpool

is there a bank near here? — ¿hay algún banco por aquí cerca?

I sat near the fire — me senté cerca de la chimenea

the schools near where I live — los colegios de mi barrio

the person nearest the door — la persona que está más cerca de la puerta

he won't let anyone near his toys — no deja que nadie se acerque a sus juguetes

• we don't live anywhere near Lincoln — vivimos bastante or muy lejos de Lincoln

• if you come near me I'll kill you — como te me acerques, te mato

nobody comes anywhere near him at swimming — en natación nadie le llega ni a la suela del zapato

• the passage is near the end of the book — el trozo viene hacia el final del libro

• don't go near the edge — no te acerques al borde

• we were nowhere near the station — estábamos bastante or muy lejos de la estación

2) (in time)

her birthday is near mine — su cumpleaños cae cerca del mío

near the end of the century — hacia fines del siglo

3) (=almost)

the sun was near to setting — el sol estaba a punto de ponerse

we were near to being drowned — por poco nos morimos ahogados

• she was near death — estaba al borde de la muerte, tocaba a su fin liter

• near to tears — a punto de llorar

3. ADJ

1) (in place) cercano

my house is near enough to walk — mi casa está muy cerca, se puede ir andando

where's the nearest service station? — ¿dónde está la gasolinera más cercana?

these glasses make things look nearer — con estas gafas todo parece estar más cerca

• £250 or nearest offer — 250 libras o precio a discutir

• calculate to the nearest decimal place — para el cálculo solo utilicen el primer decimal

• he calculated the price to the nearest pound — redondeó el precio a la libra entera

2) (in time) próximo

• in the near future — en un futuro cercano

• the time is near when... — falta poco cuando...

3) (in level, degree)

it's the nearest thing to heaven I can think of — para mí esto es como estar en el séptimo cielo

that's the nearest thing to a compliment you'll get from him — iro eso es lo más parecido a un elogio que vas a conseguir de él

a near thing —

she won, but it was a near thing — ganó, pero por los pelos

4) [relative] cercano

your nearest and dearest — tus seres más allegados y queridos

4. VT

1) (in space) acercarse a

2) (in time)

it was nearing lunchtime — faltaba poco para la hora de comer

I'm nearing the end of my contract — falta poco para que venza mi contrato

he is nearing 50 — frisa en los 50, tiene casi 50 años

3) (in level, degree)

the building is nearing completion — el edificio está casi terminado

the country is nearing total anarchy — el país está al borde de la anarquía total

5.

VI acercarse

6.

CPD

the Near East N — el Cercano Oriente

near miss N — [of planes] casi colisión f ; (when aiming) casi acierto m ; (in competition) (=near-victory) casi victoria f

he had a near miss — (Aer) no se estrelló por poco; (Aut) no chocó por poco

it was a near miss — (target) no dio en el blanco por poco

near money N — (Comm) activos mpl realizables

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I [nɪr, nɪə(r)]
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( in position) cercano, próximo

the nearest store — la tienda más cercana

b) ( in time) cercano, próximo

c) ( in approximation) parecido

that's the nearest thing to an apology you can expect from him — eso es lo más parecido a una disculpa que se puede esperar de él

d) < relative> cercano

2) ( virtual) (before n)

there was near panic when the alarms sounded — casi se produjo el pánico cuando sonaron las alarmas

in a state of near exhaustion — prácticamente en estado de agotamiento

3) (BrE Auto, Equ) izquierdo

II

adverb -er, -est

1)

a) ( in position) cerca

don't go any nearer to the edge — no te acerques más al borde

from near and far — de todas partes

b) ( in time)

we're getting near to Christmas — ya falta poco para Navidad

c) ( in approximation)

the total will be nearer to $1,000 than $500 — el total va a estar más cerca de 1.000 que de 500 dólares

d) ( on the verge of)

near to something/-ing: she was near to tears estaba al borde de las lágrimas or a punto de echarse a llorar; I came very near to hitting him — estuve a punto de pegarle, por poco le pego

2) ( nearly) casi

I'm nowhere near finished — me falta mucho or (colloq) un montón para terminar

that's nowhere near enough — (colloq) con eso no alcanza, ni mucho menos

it'll cost $1,000, near enough — (colloq) costará 1.000 dólares, o por ahí (fam)

III

preposition -er, -est

a) ( in position) cerca de

the room nearest the entrance — la habitación que está más cerca de la entrada

don't go too near the fire — no te acerques demasiado al fuego

b) ( in time)

we're getting very near Christmas — falta muy poco para Navidad

c) ( in approximation)

damage was estimated at somewhere near $2,000 — los daños se calcularon en cerca de 2.000 dólares

I'd say he's nearer 70 than 60 — yo diría que está más cerca de los 70 que de los 60

no one comes near her in stamina — los deja a todos muy atrás en resistencia

d) ( on the verge of)

the project is now near completion — el proyecto está a punto de acabarse

IV

transitive verb acercarse* a

we are nearing our destination — nos estamos acercando a nuestro destino

he must be nearing his 80th birthday — debe faltarle poco para cumplir los 80

the project is nearing completion — el proyecto se está por acabar

English-spanish dictionary > near
13 near

1. adverb
1) (at a short distance) nah[e]

stand/live [quite] near — [ganz] in der Nähe stehen/wohnen

come or draw near/nearer — [Tag, Zeitpunkt:] nahen/näherrücken

get nearer together — näher zusammenrücken

near at hand — in Reichweite (Dat.); [Ort] ganz in der Nähe

be near at hand — [Ereignis:] nahe bevorstehen

so near and yet so far — so nah und doch so fern

2) (closely)

near to = 2 a, b, c; we were near to being drowned — wir wären fast od. beinah[e] ertrunken
2. preposition
1) (in space) (position) nahe an/bei (+ Dat.); (motion) nahe an (+ Akk.); (fig.) nahe (geh.) nachgestellt (+ Dat.); in der Nähe (+ Gen.)

go near the water's edge — nahe ans Ufer gehen

keep near me — halte dich od. bleib in meiner Nähe

near where... — in der Nähe od. unweit der Stelle (Gen.), wo...

move it nearer her — rücke es näher zu ihr

don't stand so near the fire — geh nicht so nahe od. dicht an das Feuer

when we got nearer Oxford — als wir in die Nähe von Oxford kamen

wait till we're nearer home — warte, bis wir nicht mehr so weit von zu Hause weg sind

don't come near me — komm mir nicht zu nahe

it's near here — es ist hier in der Nähe

the man near/nearest you — der Mann, der bei dir/der dir am nächsten steht

2) (in quality)

nobody comes anywhere near him at swimming — im Schwimmen kommt bei weitem keiner an ihn heran

we're no nearer solving the problem — wir sind der Lösung des Problems nicht nähergekommen

3) (in time)

ask me again nearer the time — frag mich, wenn der Zeitpunkt etwas näher gerückt ist, noch einmal

it's drawing near Christmas — es geht auf Weihnachten zu

come back nearer 8 o'clock — komm kurz vor 8 Uhr noch einmal zurück

near the end/the beginning of something — gegen Ende/zu Anfang einer Sache (Gen.)

4) in comb. Beinahe[unfall, -zusammenstoß, -katastrophe]

near-hysterical — fast hysterisch

be in a state of near-collapse — kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch stehen

a near-miracle — fast od. beinahe ein Wunder
3. adjective
1) (in space or time) nahe

in the near future — in nächster Zukunft

the chair is nearer — der Stuhl steht näher

our nearest neighbours — unsere nächsten Nachbarn

2) (closely related) nahe [Verwandte]; eng [Freund]

near and dear — lieb und teuer

3) (in nature) fast richtig [Vermutung]; groß [Ähnlichkeit]

£30 or near/nearest offer — 30 Pfund oder nächstbestes Angebot

this is the nearest equivalent — dies entspricht dem am ehesten

that's the nearest you'll get to an answer — eine weitergehende Antwort wirst du nicht bekommen

near escape — Entkommen mit knapper Not

round it up to the nearest penny — runde es auf den nächsthöheren Pfennigbetrag

be a near miss — [Schuss, Wurf:] knapp danebengehen

that was a near miss — (escape) das war aber knapp!

4)

the near side — (Brit.) (travelling on the left/right) die linke/rechte Seite

5) (direct)

4 miles by the nearest road — 4 Meilen auf dem kürzesten Wege
4. transitive verb
sich nähern (+ Dat.)

the building is nearing completion — das Gebäude steht kurz vor seiner Vollendung

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[niə] 1. adjective
1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) nahe

2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) nahe
2. adverb
1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) nahe

2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) nahe
3. preposition
(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) nahe
4. verb
(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) sich nähren

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near

[nɪəʳ, AM nɪr]

I. adj

1. (close in space) nahe, in der Nähe

where's the \nearest phone box? wo ist die nächste Telefonzelle?

in the \near distance [ganz] in der Nähe

2. (close in time) nahe

in the \near future in der nahen Zukunft

3. (most similar)

▪ \nearest am nächsten

walking in these boots is the \nearest thing to floating on air in diesen Stiefeln läuft man fast wie auf Watte

this was the \nearest equivalent to cottage cheese I could find von allem, was ich auftreiben konnte, ist das hier Hüttenkäse am ähnlichsten

he rounded up the sum to the \nearest dollar er rundete die Summe auf den nächsten Dollar auf

4. attr (close to being)

he was in a state of \near despair er war der Verzweiflung nahe

that's a \near certainty/impossibility das ist so gut wie sicher/unmöglich

a \near catastrophe/collision eine Beinahekatastrophe/ein Beinahezusammenstoß m

5. attr (person) nahe, eng

he's a \near neighbour er gehört zu der unmittelbaren Nachbarschaft

\near relative enge[r] [o nahe[r]] Verwandte[r]

his \nearest and dearest ( hum) seine Lieben hum

6. attr BRIT, AUS AUTO, TRANSP (nearside) auf der Beifahrerseite präd, nach n

7.

▶ a \near thing:

that was a \near thing! it could have been a disaster das war aber knapp! es hätte ein Unglück geben können

she won in the end but it was a \near thing am Ende hat sie doch noch gewonnen, aber es war knapp

II. adv

1. (close in space) nahe

do you live somewhere \near? wohnst du hier irgendwo in der Nähe?

I wish we lived \nearer ich wünschte, wir würden näher beieinanderwohnen

I was standing just \near enough to hear what he was saying ich stand gerade nah genug, um zu hören, was er sagte

\near at hand object in [unmittelbarer] Reichweite; place [ganz] in der Nähe

2. (close in time) nahe

to draw [or get] \near näher rücken

the time is drawing \nearer die Zeit rückt näher

3. (almost) beinahe, fast

a \near perfect performance eine fast perfekte Vorstellung

I \near fell out or the chair ich wäre beinahe vom Stuhl gefallen

as \near as:

as \near as he could recall, the burglar had been tall soweit er sich erinnern konnte, war der Einbrecher groß gewesen

I'm as \near certain as can be ich bin mir so gut wie sicher

there were about 60 people at the party, as \near as I could judge ich schätze, es waren so um die 60 Leute auf der Party

\near enough ( fam) fast, beinahe

she's been here 10 years, \near enough sie ist seit 10 Jahren hier, so ungefähr jedenfalls

they're the same age or \near enough sie haben so ungefähr dasselbe Alter

nowhere [or not anywhere] \near bei Weitem nicht

his income is nowhere \near enough to live on sein Einkommen reicht bei Weitem nicht zum Leben [aus]

he's not anywhere \near as [or so] tall as his sister er ist längst nicht so groß wie seine Schwester

4.

▶ as \near as dammit [or damn it] BRIT ( fam)

it will cost £200, or as \near as dammit so Pi mal Daumen gerechnet wird es etwa 200 Pfund kosten

III. prep

1. (in proximity to)

▪ \near [to] nahe [bei] + dat

he stood \near her er stand nahe [o dicht] bei ihr

do you live \near here? wohnen Sie hier in der Nähe?

we live quite \near [to] a school wir wohnen in unmittelbarer Nähe einer Schule

the house was nowhere \near the port das Haus lag nicht mal in der Nähe des Hafens

don't come too \near me, you might catch my cold komm mir nicht zu nahe, du könntest dich mit meiner Erkältung anstecken

which bus stop is \nearest [to] your house? welche Bushaltestelle ist von deinem Haus aus die nächste?

go and sit \nearer [to] the fire komm, setz dich näher ans Feuer

there's a car park \near the factory bei [o in der Nähe] der Fabrik gibt es einen Parkplatz

2. (almost time of)

I shan't be home till some time \near midnight ich werde erst so um Mitternacht zurück sein

it's nowhere \near time for us to leave yet es ist noch längst nicht Zeit für uns zu gehen

I'm nowhere \near finishing the book ich habe das Buch noch längst nicht ausgelesen

details will be given \near the date die Einzelheiten werden kurz vor dem Termin bekanntgegeben

his birthday is very \near Easter er hat kurz vor Ostern Geburtstag

I'll think about it \nearer [to] the time wenn die Zeit reif ist, dann werde ich drüber nachdenken

\near the end of the war gegen Kriegsende

3. (close to a state) nahe

we came \near to being killed wir wären beinahe getötet worden

they came \near to blows over the election results sie hätten sich fast geprügelt wegen der Wahlergebnisse

\near to starvation/dehydration nahe dem Verhungern/Verdursten

\near to tears den Tränen nahe

4. (similar in quantity or quality)

he's \nearer 70 than 60 er ist eher 70 als 60

this colour is \nearest [to] the original diese Farbe kommt dem Original am nächsten

nobody else comes \near him in cooking was das Kochen angeht, da kommt keiner an ihn ran

5. (about ready to)

▪ to be \near to doing sth nahe daran sein, etw akk zu tun

I am \near to losing my temper ich verliere gleich die Geduld

he came \near to punching him er hätte ihn beinahe geschlagen

6. (like)

he felt something \near envy er empfand so etwas wie Neid

what he said was nothing \near the truth was er sagte, entsprach nicht im Entferntesten der Wahrheit

7. (almost amount of) annähernd, fast

it weighed \near to a pound es wog etwas weniger als ein Pfund

temperatures \near 30 degrees Temperaturen von etwas unter 30 Grad

profits fell from £8 million to \nearer £6 million die Gewinne sind von 8 Millionen auf gerade mal 6 Millionen zurückgegangen

IV. vt

▪ to \near sth sich akk etw dat nähern, etw dat näher kommen

we \neared the top of the mountain wir kamen dem Gipfel des Berges immer näher

to \near completion kurz vor der Vollendung stehen

sb \nears his/her end ( liter) jds Ende naht euph

V. vi sich akk nähern, näher kommen [o rücken]

lunchtime is \nearing es ist bald Mittagszeit

as Christmas \neared, little Susan became more and more excited als Weihnachten nahte, wurde die kleine Susan immer aufgeregter

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[nɪə(r)] (+er)
1. ADVERB

1) = close in space or time nahe

he lives quite near — er wohnt ganz in der Nähe

don't sit/stand so near — setzen Sie sich/stehen Sie nicht so nahe (daran)

you live nearer/nearest — du wohnst näher/am nächsten

to move/come nearer — näher kommen

could you move nearer together? — könnten Sie näher or enger zusammenrücken?

that was the nearest I ever got to seeing him — da hätte ich ihn fast gesehen

this is the nearest I can get to solving the problem — besser kann ich das Problem nicht lösen

that's the nearest I ever got to being fired — da hätte nicht viel gefehlt und ich wäre rausgeworfen worden

the nearer it gets to the election, the more they look like losing — je näher die Wahl kommt or rückt, desto mehr sieht es danach aus, dass sie verlieren werden __diams; to be near at hand zur Hand sein; (shops) in der Nähe sein; (help) ganz nahe sein; (event) unmittelbar bevorstehen

2) = closely, accurately genau

as near as I can tell —

the same size as near as dammit (inf) — fast genau die gleiche Größe

(that's) near enough — so gehts ungefähr, das haut so ungefähr hin (inf)

... no, but near enough —... nein, aber es ist nicht weit davon entfernt

there were near enough 60 people at the party — es waren knapp 60 Leute auf der Party

they're the same length or as near as makes no difference — sie sind so gut wie gleich lang

it's as near stopped as makes no difference — es hat so gut wie aufgehört

3) = almost fast, beinahe; impossible nahezu, fast; dead nahezu

he very near succeeded — fast or beinahe wäre es ihm gelungen

4)

in negative statements it's nowhere near enough — das ist bei Weitem nicht genug

it's nowhere near right — das ist weit gefehlt

we're not any nearer (to) solving the problem — wir sind der Lösung des Problems kein bisschen näher gekommen

we're nowhere or not anywhere near finishing the book —

nowhere near as much — lange or bei Weitem nicht so viel

you are nowhere or not anywhere near the truth — das ist weit gefehlt, du bist weit von der Wahrheit entfernt

he is nowhere or not anywhere near as clever as you — er ist lange or bei Weitem nicht so klug wie du

2. PREPOSITION
(also ADV: near to)
1) = close to position nahe an (+dat), nahe (+dat); (with motion) nahe an (+acc); (= in the vicinity of) in der Nähe von or +gen; (with motion) in die Nähe von or +gen

to get near (to) the church — in die Nähe der Kirche kommen

he lives near (to) the border — er wohnt in der Nähe der Grenze or nahe der Grenze

the hotel is very near (to) the station — das Hotel liegt ganz in der Nähe des Bahnhofs

move the chair near/nearer (to) the table — rücken Sie den Stuhl an den/näher an den Tisch

to get near/nearer (to) sb/sth — nahe/näher an jdn/etw herankommen

to stand near/nearer (to) the table — nahe/näher am Tisch stehen

he won't go near anything illegal —

when we got near (to) the house — als wir an das Haus herankamen or in die Nähe des Hauses kamen

when we are nearer home — wenn wir nicht mehr so weit von zu Hause weg sind

keep near me — bleib in meiner Nähe

near here/there — hier/dort in der Nähe

don't come near me — komm mir nicht zu nahe

near (to) where I had seen him — nahe der Stelle, wo ich ihn gesehen hatte

to be nearest to sth — einer Sache (dat) am nächsten sein

take the chair nearest (to) you/the table — nehmen Sie den Stuhl direkt neben Ihnen/dem Tisch

that's nearer it —

the adaptation is very near (to) the original — die Bearbeitung hält sich eng ans Original

to be near (to) sb's heart or sb — jdm am Herzen liegen

to be near (to) the knuckle or bone (joke) — gewagt sein; (remark) hart an der Grenze sein

2) = close in time with time stipulated gegen

near (to) death — dem Tode nahe

she is near her time — es ist bald so weit (bei ihr)

near (to) the appointed time — um die ausgemachte Zeit herum

phone again nearer (to) Christmas — rufen Sie vor Weihnachten noch einmal an

come back nearer (to) 3 o'clock —

on the Wednesday nearest Easter — am Mittwoch (direkt) vor Ostern

to be nearer/nearest (to) sth — einer Sache (dat) zeitlich näher liegen/am nächsten liegen

near (to) the end of my stay/the play/the book — gegen Ende meines Aufenthalts/des Stücks/des Buchs

I'm near (to) the end of the book — ich habe das Buch fast zu Ende gelesen

she's near (to) the end of her stay — ihr Aufenthalt ist fast zu Ende or vorbei

her birthday is near (to) mine — ihr und mein Geburtstag liegen nahe beieinander

the sun was near (to) setting —

it is drawing near (to) Christmas — es geht auf Weihnachten zu

as it drew near/nearer (to) his departure — als seine Abreise heranrückte/näher heranrückte

3)

= on the point of to be near (to) doing sth — nahe daran sein, etw zu tun

to be near (to) tears/despair etc — den Tränen/der Verzweiflung etc nahe sein

she was near (to) laughing out loud — sie hätte beinahe laut gelacht

the project is near/nearer (to) completion —

he came near to ruining his chances — er hätte sich seine Chancen beinahe verdorben, es hätte nicht viel gefehlt, und er hätte sich seine Chancen verdorben

we were near to being drowned — wir waren dem Ertrinken nahe, wir wären beinahe ertrunken

4) = similar to ähnlich (+dat)

German is nearer (to) Dutch than English is — Deutsch ist dem Holländischen ähnlicher als Englisch

it's the same thing or near it —

nobody comes anywhere near him at swimming (inf) — im Schwimmen kann es niemand mit ihm aufnehmen (inf)

3. ADJECTIVE

1) = close in space or time nahe

to be near (person, object) — in der Nähe sein; (danger, end, help) nahe sein; (event, departure, festival) bevorstehen

to be very near — ganz in der Nähe sein; (in time) nahe or unmittelbar bevorstehen; (danger etc) ganz nahe sein

to be nearer/nearest — näher/am nächsten sein; (event etc) zeitlich näher/am nächsten liegen

it looks very near —

our nearest neighbours are 5 miles away — unsere nächsten Nachbarn sind 5 Meilen entfernt

these glasses make things look nearer — diese Brille lässt alles näher erscheinen

his answer was nearer than mine/nearest — seine Antwort traf eher zu als meine/traf die Sachlage am ehesten

when death is so near — wenn man dem Tod nahe ist

these events are still very near —

the hour is near (when...) (old) her hour was near (old) — die Stunde ist nahe(, da...) (old) ihre Stunde war nahe (old)

2) fig escape knapp

a near disaster/accident — beinahe or fast ein Unglück nt/ein Unfall m

his nearest rival — sein schärfster Rivale, seine schärfste Rivalin

our nearest competition — unsere stärkste Konkurrenz

to be in a state of near collapse/hysteria — am Rande eines Zusammenbruchs/der Hysterie sein

round up the figure to the nearest pound — runden Sie die Zahl auf das nächste Pfund auf

£50 or nearest offer (Comm) — Verhandlungsbasis £ 50

we'll sell it for £50, or nearest offer — wir verkaufen es für £ 50 oder das nächstbeste Angebot

the nearest in line to the throne — der unmittelbare Thronfolger

this is the nearest equivalent — das kommt dem am Nächsten

this is the nearest translation you'll get — besser kann man es kaum übersetzen, diese Übersetzung trifft es noch am ehesten

that's the nearest thing you'll get to a compliment/an answer — ein besseres Kompliment/eine bessere Antwort kannst du kaum erwarten

3) = closely related, intimate relation nah; friend nah, vertraut

my nearest and dearest — meine Lieben

a near and dear friend — ein lieber und teurer Freund

4. TRANSITIVE VERB
sich nähern (+dat)
he was nearing his end — sein Leben neigte sich dem Ende zu

to be nearing sth (fig) — auf etw (acc) zugehen

she was nearing fifty — sie ging auf die Fünfzig zu

to near completion — kurz vor dem Abschluss stehen

5. INTRANSITIVE VERB
(time, event) näher rücken
the time is nearing when... — die Zeit rückt näher, da...

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near [nıə(r)]

A adv

1. nahe, (ganz) in der Nähe, dicht dabei

2. nahe (bevorstehend) (Zeitpunkt, Ereignis etc)

3. nahe (heran), näher:

he stepped near

4. nahezu, beinahe, fast:

£1,000 is not anywhere near enough 1000 Pfund sind bei Weitem nicht genug oder sind auch nicht annähernd genug;

not anywhere near as bad as nicht annähernd so schlecht wie, bei Weitem nicht so schlecht wie

5. obs sparsam:

live near sparsam oder kärglich leben

6. fig eng (verwandt, befreundet etc)

7. SCHIFF hart (am Winde):

sail near to the wind

B adj (adv → nearly)

1. nahe (gelegen), in der Nähe:

the nearest place der nächstgelegene Ort

2. kurz, nahe:

the nearest way der kürzeste Weg

3. nahe (Zeitpunkt, Ereignis etc):

Christmas is near;

the near future

4. nahe (verwandt):

the nearest relations die nächsten Verwandten

5. eng (befreundet oder vertraut):

a near friend ein guter oder enger Freund;

my nearest and dearest friend mein bester Freund;

my nearest and dearest meine Lieben

6. knapp:

we had a near escape wir sind mit knapper Not entkommen;

near miss FLUG, AUTO Beinahe-, Fastzusammenstoß m;

be a near miss

a) knapp danebengehen (Schuss etc),

b) fig knapp scheitern;

that was a near thing umg das hätte ins Auge gehen können, das ist gerade noch einmal gut gegangen

7. genau, wörtlich, wortgetreu (Übersetzung etc)

8. umg knaus(e)rig

C präp

1. nahe (dat), in der oder die Nähe von (oder gen), nahe an (dat) oder bei, unweit (gen):

near sb in jemandes Nähe;

a house near the station ein Haus in Bahnhofsnähe;

get near the end of one’s career sich dem Ende seiner Laufbahn nähern;

near completion der Vollendung nahe, nahezu fertiggestellt;

near here

a) nicht weit von hier,

b) hier in der Nähe;

his opinion is very near my own wir sind fast der gleichen Meinung;

be near doing sth nahe daran sein, etwas zu tun; → bone¹ A 1

2. (zeitlich) nahe, nicht weit von

D v/t & v/i sich nähern, näher kommen (dat):

be nearing completion der Vollendung entgegengehenBesondere Redewendungen: near at hand

a) → A 1,

b) → A 2 near by → nearby A;

come ( oder go) near to

a) sich ungefähr belaufen auf (akk),

b) einer Sache sehr nahe oder fast gleichkommen, fast etwas sein she came near to tears sie war den Tränen nahe, sie hätte fast geweint;

come ( oder go) near to doing sth etwas fast oder beinahe tun;

not come near to sth in keinem Verhältnis stehen zu etwas; → draw near, nowhere A 3

nr abk near

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1. adverb
1) (at a short distance) nah[e]

stand/live [quite] near — [ganz] in der Nähe stehen/wohnen

come or draw near/nearer — [Tag, Zeitpunkt:] nahen/näherrücken

get nearer together — näher zusammenrücken

near at hand — in Reichweite (Dat.); [Ort] ganz in der Nähe

be near at hand — [Ereignis:] nahe bevorstehen

so near and yet so far — so nah und doch so fern

2) (closely)

near to = 2 a, b, c; we were near to being drowned — wir wären fast od. beinah[e] ertrunken
2. preposition
1) (in space) (position) nahe an/bei (+ Dat.); (motion) nahe an (+ Akk.); (fig.) nahe (geh.) nachgestellt (+ Dat.); in der Nähe (+ Gen.)

go near the water's edge — nahe ans Ufer gehen

keep near me — halte dich od. bleib in meiner Nähe

near where... — in der Nähe od. unweit der Stelle (Gen.), wo...

move it nearer her — rücke es näher zu ihr

don't stand so near the fire — geh nicht so nahe od. dicht an das Feuer

when we got nearer Oxford — als wir in die Nähe von Oxford kamen

wait till we're nearer home — warte, bis wir nicht mehr so weit von zu Hause weg sind

don't come near me — komm mir nicht zu nahe

it's near here — es ist hier in der Nähe

the man near/nearest you — der Mann, der bei dir/der dir am nächsten steht

2) (in quality)

nobody comes anywhere near him at swimming — im Schwimmen kommt bei weitem keiner an ihn heran

we're no nearer solving the problem — wir sind der Lösung des Problems nicht nähergekommen

3) (in time)

ask me again nearer the time — frag mich, wenn der Zeitpunkt etwas näher gerückt ist, noch einmal

it's drawing near Christmas — es geht auf Weihnachten zu

come back nearer 8 o'clock — komm kurz vor 8 Uhr noch einmal zurück

near the end/the beginning of something — gegen Ende/zu Anfang einer Sache (Gen.)

4) in comb. Beinahe[unfall, -zusammenstoß, -katastrophe]

near-hysterical — fast hysterisch

be in a state of near-collapse — kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch stehen

a near-miracle — fast od. beinahe ein Wunder
3. adjective
1) (in space or time) nahe

in the near future — in nächster Zukunft

the chair is nearer — der Stuhl steht näher

our nearest neighbours — unsere nächsten Nachbarn

2) (closely related) nahe [Verwandte]; eng [Freund]

near and dear — lieb und teuer

3) (in nature) fast richtig [Vermutung]; groß [Ähnlichkeit]

£30 or near/nearest offer — 30 Pfund oder nächstbestes Angebot

this is the nearest equivalent — dies entspricht dem am ehesten

that's the nearest you'll get to an answer — eine weitergehende Antwort wirst du nicht bekommen

near escape — Entkommen mit knapper Not

round it up to the nearest penny — runde es auf den nächsthöheren Pfennigbetrag

be a near miss — [Schuss, Wurf:] knapp danebengehen

that was a near miss — (escape) das war aber knapp!

4)

the near side — (Brit.) (travelling on the left/right) die linke/rechte Seite

5) (direct)

4 miles by the nearest road — 4 Meilen auf dem kürzesten Wege
4. transitive verb
sich nähern (+ Dat.)

the building is nearing completion — das Gebäude steht kurz vor seiner Vollendung

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adj.

nah adj. prep.

nächst präp.

English-german dictionary > near
14 just

1. adjective
1) (morally right, deserved) gerecht; anständig, korrekt [Verhalten, Benehmen]

2) (legally right) rechtmäßig

3) (justified) berechtigt [Angst, Zorn, Groll]

4) (right in amount) recht, richtig [Proportion, Maß, Verhältnis]
2. adverb
1) (exactly) genau

just then/enough — gerade da/genug

just as — (exactly as, in the same way as) genauso wie; (when) gerade, als

just as you like — ganz wie Sie wünschen

just as good/tidy — etc. genauso gut/ordentlich usw.

come just as you are — komm so, wie du bist

just as fast as I can — so schnell wie ich nur kann

it'll just about be enough — (coll.) es wird in etwa reichen

that is just it — das ist es ja gerade; genau das ist es ja

that's just like him — das ist typisch er od. für ihn

just so — (in an orderly manner) ordentlich; (expr. agreement) ganz recht

2) (barely) gerade [eben]; (with very little time to spare) gerade [eben] noch; (no more than) nur

just under £10 — nicht ganz zehn Pfund

it's just possible — das ist gerade noch möglich

it's just after the traffic lights — es ist direkt hinter der Verkehrsampel

3) (exactly or nearly now or then, in immediate past) gerade [eben]; [so]eben; (at this moment) gerade

I have just seen him — (Brit.)

I just saw him — (Amer.) ich habe ihn gerade [eben] od. eben gesehen

just now — (at this moment) [im Moment] gerade; (a little time ago) gerade eben

not just now — im Moment nicht

4) (coll.) (simply) einfach; (only) nur; esp. with imperatives mal [eben]

I've come here just to see you — ich bin nur gekommen, um dich zu besuchen

just anybody — irgendjemand

just look at that! — guck dir das mal an!

could you just turn round? — kannst du dich mal [eben] umdrehen?

just come here a moment — komm [doch] mal einen Moment her

just a moment, please — einen Moment mal

just in case — für alle Fälle

5) (coll.): (positively) einfach; echt (ugs.)

that's just ridiculous/fantastic — das ist einfach lächerlich/fantastisch

6) (quite)

not just yet — noch nicht ganz

it is just as well that... — [es ist] nur gut od. es ist doch gut, dass...

you might just as well... — du könntest genauso gut...

7) (coll.): (really, indeed) wirklich; echt (ugs.)

That's lovely. - Isn't it just? — Das ist schön. - Ja, und wie

just the same — (nevertheless) trotzdem

that's just too bad — das ist Pech

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I adjective
1) (right and fair: not favouring one more than another: a fair and just decision.) gerecht

2) (reasonable; based on one's rights: He certainly has a just claim to the money.) berechtigt

3) (deserved: He got his just reward when he crashed the stolen car and broke his leg.) gerecht

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- academic.ru/40368/justly">justly
- justness II adverb
1) ((often with as) exactly or precisely: This penknife is just what I needed; He was behaving just as if nothing had happened; The house was just as I'd remembered it.) genau

2) ((with as) quite: This dress is just as nice as that one.) genau

3) (very lately or recently: He has just gone out of the house.) gerade

4) (on the point of; in the process of: She is just coming through the door.) gerade

5) (at the particular moment: The telephone rang just as I was leaving.) gerade

6) ((often with only) barely: We have only just enough milk to last till Friday; I just managed to escape; You came just in time.) gerade noch

7) (only; merely: They waited for six hours just to get a glimpse of the Queen; `Where are you going?' `Just to the post office'; Could you wait just a minute?)

8) (used for emphasis, eg with commands: Just look at that mess!; That just isn't true!; I just don't know what to do.) nur, einfach

9) (absolutely: The weather is just marvellous.) einfach

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- just about
- just now
- just then
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just

I. adv

[ʤʌst, ʤəst]

inv

1. (in a moment) gleich

we're \just about to leave wir wollen gleich los

I was \just going to phone you ich wollte dich eben [o gerade] anrufen

I'm \just coming! ich komme gleich!

2. (directly) direkt, gleich

she lives \just around the corner/by the station sie wohnt gleich um die Ecke/direkt am Bahnhof

\just after gleich [o direkt] danach

\just after getting up/finishing work gleich [o direkt] nach dem Aufstehen/nach Arbeitsende

3. (recently) gerade [eben], [so]eben

they've \just gone out this minute sie sind [eben] vor einer Minute gegangen

4. (now) gerade

▪ to be \just doing sth gerade dabei sein, etw zu tun, gerade etw tun

I'm \just coming! ich komme schon!

5. (exactly) genau

that's \just what I was going to say genau das wollte ich gerade sagen

the twins look \just like each other die Zwillinge sehen sich zum Verwechseln ähnlich

that's \just like you! das sieht dir [ganz] ähnlich! fam

it's \just like him to upset everybody es sieht ihm mal wieder ähnlich, alle zu verärgern fam

it's \just like you to forget your purse es ist mal wieder typisch für dich, dass du deinen Geldbeutel vergessen hast

come \just as you are kommen Sie, wie Sie sind

\just as I thought! das habe ich mir schon gedacht!

\just as I expected! ich hatte es nicht anders erwartet!

he reacted \just as I expected er hat genauso reagiert, wie ich es erwartet hatte

that's \just it! das ist es ja gerade!

\just as bad/good [as] genauso schlecht/gut [wie]

\just as many... as... genau so viele... wie...

\just now [or at the moment] gerade, im Augenblick

it's very hectic \just now es ist im Augenblick [o gerade] sehr hektisch

please not \just now jetzt bitte nicht

\just on ( fam) genau

it was \just on midnight when... es war Schlag [o genau um] Mitternacht, als...

\just then gerade in diesem Augenblick

\just as well ebenso gut

it's \just as well you stayed at home es ist nur gut, dass du zu Hause geblieben bist

\just as/when... gerade in dem Augenblick [o genau in dem Moment] als...

he arrived \just as the train was pulling out er kam gerade in dem Augenblick [o genau in dem Moment] an, als der Zug abfuhr

6. (only) nur, bloß fam; (simply) einfach

why don't you like him? — I \just don't! warum magst du ihn nicht? — nur so!

she's \just a baby/a few weeks old sie ist noch ein Baby/erst ein paar Wochen alt

can I \just finish my coffee? kann ich noch kurz meine Kaffee austrinken?

\just in case that... nur für den Fall, dass...

\just for fun [or ( fam) kicks] [or ( fam) a laugh] nur [so] zum Spaß, einfach aus Jux fam

\just like that einfach so

[not] \just anybody [nicht] einfach irgendjemand

7. (barely) gerade noch

the stone \just missed me der Stein hat mich nur knapp verfehlt

it's \just possible that... es ist nicht ganz ausgeschlossen, dass...

it might \just possibly help if... es wäre eventuell hilfreich, wenn...

there's \just enough space for the two of us der Platz reicht gerade mal für uns beide

that will be \just enough for a week das wird gerade mal für eine Woche reichen

\just in time gerade noch rechtzeitig

8. (absolutely) einfach, wirklich

\just dreadful/wonderful einfach furchtbar/wundervoll

9. with imperatives

\just you dare! untersteh dich!

\just imagine [or think] stell dir [bloß] mal vor

\just imagine! stell dir das mal vor!

\just listen! hör mal!

\just look at this! schau dir das mal an!

\just shut up! halt mal den Mund!

\just taste this! das musst du unbedingt mal probieren!

\just try! versuch's doch mal!

\just watch it! pass bloß auf!, nimm dich ja in Acht!

10.

▶ isn't it \just? und ob!, und wie! fam

▶ that's \just my luck so etwas kann wirklich nur mir passieren

▶ \just a minute [or moment] [or second]! (please wait) einen Augenblick [o einen Moment] [o eine Sekunde] [bitte]!; (as interruption) Moment [mal]!

▶ \just so (perfectly) absolut perfekt; ( form: yes) eben, ganz recht

▶ it's \just one of those things ( saying) so etwas passiert eben [o kommt schon mal vor

II. adj

[ʤʌst]

1. (fair) gerecht (to gegenüber + dat)

2. (justified) punishment gerecht; anger berechtigt; suspicion, indignation gerechtfertigt

to have \just cause to do sth einen triftigen [o guten] Grund haben, etw zu tun

to be \just reward for sth ein gerechter Ausgleich für etw akk sein

3.

▶ to get [or receive] one's \just deserts bekommen, was man verdient hat

it was no more than his \just deserts er hatte es nicht anders verdient

III. n

[ʤʌst]

( old)

▪ the \just pl die Gerechten pl

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I [dZʌst]
adv

1) (immediate past) gerade, (so)eben

they have just left — sie sind gerade or (so)eben gegangen

she left just before I came — sie war, gerade or kurz bevor ich kam, weggegangen

he's just been appointed — er ist gerade or eben erst ernannt worden

I met him just after lunch — ich habe ihn direkt or gleich nach dem Mittagessen getroffen

2) (= at this/that very moment) gerade

hurry up, he's just going — beeilen Sie sich, er geht gerade

he's just coming — er kommt gerade or eben

I'm just coming — ich komme ja schon

I was just going to... — ich wollte gerade...

just as I was going — genau in dem Moment or gerade, als ich gehen wollte

3) (= barely, almost not) gerade noch, mit knapper Not

he (only) just escaped being run over — er wäre um ein Haar überfahren worden

it just missed — es hat fast or beinahe getroffen

I've got only just enough to live on — mir reicht es gerade so or so eben noch zum Leben

I arrived just in time — ich bin gerade (noch) rechtzeitig gekommen

4) (= exactly) genau, gerade

it is just five o'clock — es ist genau fünf Uhr

that's just like you — das sieht dir ähnlich

it's just on nine o'clock —

it happened just as I expected — es passierte genau so, wie ich es erwartet hatte

it's just because of that that he insists — gerade or eben deshalb besteht er darauf

that's just it! — das ists ja gerade or eben!

that's just what I was going to say — genau das wollte ich (auch) sagen

just what do you mean by that? — was wollen Sie damit sagen?

just what does this symbol mean? — was bedeutet dieses Zeichen genau?

it was just there —

just so! (old) — genau, ganz recht

everything has to be just so — es muss alles seine Ordnung haben

5) (= only, simply) nur, bloß

I can stay just a minute — ich kann nur or bloß eine Minute bleiben

just you and me — nur wir beide, wir beide allein

this is just to show you how it works — dies soll Ihnen lediglich zeigen, wie es funktioniert

this is just to confirm... — hiermit bestätigen wir, dass...

he's just a boy — er ist doch noch ein Junge

why don't you want to/like it? – I just don't — warum willst du nicht/magst du es nicht? – ich will/mags eben or halt (inf) nicht

just like that — (ganz) einfach so

I don't know, I just don't — ich weiß (es) nicht, beim besten Willen nicht

you can't just assume... — Sie können doch nicht ohne weiteres annehmen...

it's just not good enough — es ist einfach nicht gut genug

I just prefer it this way — ich finds eben or einfach besser so

6) (= a small distance with position) gleich

just round the corner — gleich um die Ecke

just above the trees — direkt über den Bäumen

put it just over there — stells mal da drüben hin

just here — (genau) hier

7) (= absolutely) einfach, wirklich

it was just fantastic — es war einfach prima

it's just terrible — das ist ja schrecklich!

8)

just as — genauso, ebenso

the blue hat is just as nice as the red one — der blaue Hut ist genauso hübsch wie der rote

she didn't understand you – it's just as well! — sie hat Sie nicht verstanden – das ist vielleicht auch besser so

it's just as well you stayed at home, you didn't miss anything — es macht nichts, dass Sie zu Hause geblieben sind, Sie haben nichts verpasst

it's just as well you didn't go out —

it would be just as well if you came — es wäre doch besser, wenn Sie kämen

come just as you are —

it's just as you please — wie Sie wollen

just as I thought! — ich habe es mir doch gedacht!

9)

just about — in etwa, so etwa

I am just about ready — ich bin so gut wie fertig

it's just about here — es ist (so) ungefähr hier

did he make it in time? – just about — hat ers( rechtzeitig) geschafft? – so gerade

will this do? – just about — ist das recht so? – so in etwa

I am just about fed up with it! (inf) — so langsam aber sicher hängt es mir zum Hals raus (inf)

that's just about the limit! — das ist doch die Höhe!

10)

just now (in past) — soeben (erst), gerade erst

not just now — im Moment nicht

just now? — jetzt gleich?

you can go, but not just now — Sie können gehen, aber nicht gerade jetzt

11)

(other uses) just think — denk bloß

just listen — hör mal

just try — versuchs doch mal

just taste this — probier das mal; (it's awful) probier bloß das mal

just let me try — lassen Sies mich doch mal versuchen

just shut up! — sei bloß still!

just wait here a moment — warten Sie hier mal (für) einen Augenblick

just a moment or minute! — Moment mal!

I can just see him as a soldier — ich kann ihn mir gut als Soldat vorstellen

I can just see you getting up so early (iro) — du - und so früh aufstehen!

can I just finish this? — kann ich das eben noch fertig machen?

the possibilities just go on for ever — die Möglichkeiten sind ja unerschöpflich

don't I just! — und ob( ich...)

just watch it — nimm dich bloß in Acht

just you dare — wehe, wenn dus wagst
II
adj (+er)

1) person, decision gerecht (to gegenüber)

2) punishment, reward gerecht; anger berechtigt; suspicion gerechtfertigt, begründet

a just cause — eine gerechte Sache

I had just cause to be alarmed — ich hatte guten Grund, beunruhigt zu sein

as (it) is only just — wie es recht und billig ist

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just [dʒʌst]

A adj (adv → justly)

1. gerecht (to gegen):

be just to sb jemanden gerecht behandeln

2. gerecht, angemessen, gehörig, (wohl)verdient:

it was only just es war nur recht und billig;

just reward gerechter oder wohlverdienter Lohn

3. rechtmäßig, zu Recht bestehend, (wohl)begründet (Anspruch etc)

4. berechtigt, gerechtfertigt, (wohl)begründet (Empörung etc): → cause A 2

5. richtig, gehörig

6. a) genau, korrekt

b) wahr, richtig (Erklärung etc)

7. BIBEL gerecht, rechtschaffen

8. MUS rein

B adv [ unbetont dʒəst]

1. gerade, (so)eben:

they have just left sie sind gerade (fort)gegangen;

his troubles were just beginning seine Schwierigkeiten begannen erst; → now¹ A 3

2. gerade, genau, eben:

just there eben dort;

just then

a) gerade damals,

b) gerade in diesem Augenblick;

just five o’clock genau fünf Uhr;

just as

a) ebenso wie,

b) (zeitlich) gerade als;

just so! ganz recht!;

that is just it das ist es (ja) gerade oder eben; → like¹ A 2, thing² 1, well¹ A 12

3. gerade (noch), ganz knapp, mit knapper Not:

be just ahead of knapp führen vor (dat);

his shot was just wide SPORT sein Schuss ging (ganz) knapp daneben;

we just managed it wir schafften es gerade noch;

the bullet just missed him die Kugel ging ganz knapp an ihm vorbei, die Kugel hätte ihn beinahe getroffen;

just possible immerhin möglich, im Bereich des Möglichen;

just too late gerade zu spät; → miss² A 6

4. nur, lediglich, bloß:

just for the fun of it nur zum Spaß;

just an ordinary man nur ein Mann wie alle anderen;

just the thought of it der bloße Gedanke, allein oder schon der Gedanke; → moment 1, etc

5. just about

a) ungefähr, etwa:

just about the same;

I’ve just about had enough! umg so langsam reichts mir!

b) gerade noch:

I just about caught the train

6. vor imp

a) doch, mal

b) nur:

just tell me sag mir mal, sag mir nur oder bloß;

just sit down, please setzen Sie sich doch bitte

7. umg einfach, wirklich:

just wonderful

8. eigentlich:

just how many are there?

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1. adjective
1) (morally right, deserved) gerecht; anständig, korrekt [Verhalten, Benehmen]

2) (legally right) rechtmäßig

3) (justified) berechtigt [Angst, Zorn, Groll]

4) (right in amount) recht, richtig [Proportion, Maß, Verhältnis]
2. adverb
1) (exactly) genau

just then/enough — gerade da/genug

just as — (exactly as, in the same way as) genauso wie; (when) gerade, als

just as you like — ganz wie Sie wünschen

just as good/tidy — etc. genauso gut/ordentlich usw.

come just as you are — komm so, wie du bist

just as fast as I can — so schnell wie ich nur kann

it'll just about be enough — (coll.) es wird in etwa reichen

that is just it — das ist es ja gerade; genau das ist es ja

that's just like him — das ist typisch er od. für ihn

just so — (in an orderly manner) ordentlich; (expr. agreement) ganz recht

2) (barely) gerade [eben]; (with very little time to spare) gerade [eben] noch; (no more than) nur

just under £10 — nicht ganz zehn Pfund

it's just possible — das ist gerade noch möglich

it's just after the traffic lights — es ist direkt hinter der Verkehrsampel

3) (exactly or nearly now or then, in immediate past) gerade [eben]; [so]eben; (at this moment) gerade

I have just seen him — (Brit.)

I just saw him — (Amer.) ich habe ihn gerade [eben] od. eben gesehen

just now — (at this moment) [im Moment] gerade; (a little time ago) gerade eben

not just now — im Moment nicht

4) (coll.) (simply) einfach; (only) nur; esp. with imperatives mal [eben]

I've come here just to see you — ich bin nur gekommen, um dich zu besuchen

just anybody — irgendjemand

just look at that! — guck dir das mal an!

could you just turn round? — kannst du dich mal [eben] umdrehen?

just come here a moment — komm [doch] mal einen Moment her

just a moment, please — einen Moment mal

just in case — für alle Fälle

5) (coll.): (positively) einfach; echt (ugs.)

that's just ridiculous/fantastic — das ist einfach lächerlich/fantastisch

6) (quite)

not just yet — noch nicht ganz

it is just as well that... — [es ist] nur gut od. es ist doch gut, dass...

you might just as well... — du könntest genauso gut...

7) (coll.): (really, indeed) wirklich; echt (ugs.)

That's lovely. - Isn't it just? — Das ist schön. - Ja, und wie

just the same — (nevertheless) trotzdem

that's just too bad — das ist Pech

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adj.

einfach adj.

genau adj.

gerade adj.

gerade noch adj.

gerecht adj.

English-german dictionary > just
15 four

fo:
1. noun
1) (the number or figure 4.) cuatro

2) (the age of 4.) cuatro años

2. adjective
1) (4 in number.) cuatro

2) (aged 4.) de cuatro años

•

- four-
- fourth
- foursome
- four-year-old
3. adjective
((of a person, animal or thing) that is four years old.) de cuatro años

- on all fours

four num cuatro

four

tr[fɔː^SMALLr/SMALL]

adjective

1 cuatro

noun

1 cuatro

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

on all fours a gatas Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL See also six/Table 1

four ['for] adj

: cuatro

four n

: cuatro m

four

adj.

• cuatro, -a adj.

n.

• cuatro s.m.

I fɔːr, fɔː(r)
noun cuatro m

six from ten leaves four — diez menos seis es igual a cuatro

three fours are twelve — tres por cuatro (son) doce

on page four — en la página cuatro

he's nearly four — tiene casi cuatro años

at the age of four — a los cuatro años (de edad)

it's nearly four — son casi las cuatro

they are sold in fours — los venden de a cuatro or (Esp) de cuatro en cuatro

the four of us/them — nosotros/ellos cuatro

there were four of us/them — éramos/eran cuatro

divide it into four — divídelo en cuatro

on all fours — en or a cuatro patas, a gatas

II

adjective cuatro adj inv

it comes to four dollars exactly — son cuatro dólares justos

one tablet four times a day — una pastilla cuatro veces al día

[fɔː(r)]
1.

ADJ, PRON cuatro; corner 1., 2)

2. N

1) (=numeral) cuatro m

to form fours — formar a cuatro, dividirse en grupos de cuatro

to make up a four for bridge — completar los cuatro para jugar al bridge

2)

on all fours — a gatas

to go on all fours — ir a gatas; see five

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I [fɔːr, fɔː(r)]
noun cuatro m

six from ten leaves four — diez menos seis es igual a cuatro

three fours are twelve — tres por cuatro (son) doce

on page four — en la página cuatro

he's nearly four — tiene casi cuatro años

at the age of four — a los cuatro años (de edad)

it's nearly four — son casi las cuatro

they are sold in fours — los venden de a cuatro or (Esp) de cuatro en cuatro

the four of us/them — nosotros/ellos cuatro

there were four of us/them — éramos/eran cuatro

divide it into four — divídelo en cuatro

on all fours — en or a cuatro patas, a gatas

II

adjective cuatro adj inv

it comes to four dollars exactly — son cuatro dólares justos

one tablet four times a day — una pastilla cuatro veces al día

English-spanish dictionary > four
16 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.

    Contemporary Portugal

   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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̈ɪkləus I
1. сущ.
1) а) огороженное место б) брит. огороженное поле( в центральных районах Англии) в) (Close) название школьной площадки (в некоторых школах)
2) а) территория вокруг или около здания( обыкн. закрытая, огороженная другими постройками) ;
двор б) преим. брит. территория, прилегающая к собору;
иногда соборное духовенство
3) а) преим. брит. проход, ведущий с улицы во двор к лестнице многоквартирного дома б) тупик (часто в названиях улиц-тупиков) Longwood Close ≈ тупик Лонгвуд Syn: cul-de-sac
2. прил.
1) а) закрытый I've brought a close carriage for him. ≈ Я достал ему закрытую коляску. Syn: closed, shut
2. б) фон. закрытый (гласный) в) закрытый (для доступа широкой публики, для охоты)
2) замкнутый;
ограниченный, узкий The space contained close alleys and open walks. ≈ Пространство включало узкие аллеи и открытые места для прогулок. Syn: confined, narrow
1.
3) заключенный( в тюрьму и т. п.), строго охраняемый;
строгий( о тюремном или подобном заключении) Captain is in close arrest. ≈ Капитан находится под строгим арестом.
4) скрытый, секретный, тайный;
уединенный, скрытый от глаз to keep a thing close ≈ держать что-л. в секрете to keep close, lie close ≈ прятаться Syn: concealed, occult
1., secret
2., hidden;
secluded
5) душный, удушливый, спертый The air in this room is very close. ≈ В этой комнате очень спертый воздух. Syn: stuffy, suffocating, stagnant, unventilated;
muggy, humid, stifling
6) скрытный, замкнутый, сдержанный, молчаливый He was too close to name his circumstances to me. ≈ Он был слишком замкнутым человеком, чтобы рассказать мне о своих обстоятельствах. to keep oneself close ≈ держаться замкнуто Syn: reserved, reticent, uncommunicative
7) скупой, скаредный He's as close with his money as Scrooge. ≈ Он такой же скупой, как Скрудж. Syn: stingy, miserly, tight
1., tight-fisted, close-fisted, penurious, parsimonious, niggardly
1., penny-pinching, ungenerous, grudging
8) плотный;
компактный;
густой;
сжатый, убористый( о почерке, стиле) Living in such close quarters makes privacy difficult. ≈ Проживание в такой густонаселенной квартире мешает личной жизни. The fabric was of a close weave. ≈ Это была плотная ткань. close print ≈ убористая печать Syn: congested, crowded, teeming, populous;
tight
1., cramped, confined, narrow
1., compressed;
dense, compact II
1., solid
1., impenetrable, impermeable
9) а) близкий (о времени и месте) ;
близко расположенный The house is close to the park. ≈ Дом расположен рядом с парком. The migration of the ducks southward showed that winter was close. ≈ Перелет уток на юг показывает, что зима на носу. close column ≈ сомкнутая колонна to get to close quarters ≈ сблизиться, подойти на близкую дистанцию close attack ≈ наступление с ближней дистанции close defence ≈ непосредственное охранение Syn: near
1., neighbouring, approximate
1., imminent, impending>, forthcoming
2., nigh
1. б) кино крупный (план)
10) плотно облегающий;
хорошо пригнанный( об одежде) Syn: close-fitting
11) близкий, интимный;
неразлучный close friend ≈ близкий друг The two brothers are very close. ≈ Два брата очень близки. Syn: attached, friendly
1.,intimate I
2., familiar
1., loving, devoted;
inseparable
12) близкий, схожий;
почти равный( о соревновании, шансах на победу) The color is close to what I want, but the style is wrong. ≈ Цвет очень близок к тому, что я хочу, но фасон мне не нравится. The resemblance is very close and very strange. ≈ Сходство очень сильное и очень странное. close translation ≈ очень близкий перевод It was a close race. ≈ Это были почти равные скачки. Syn: near
1., similar, akin, almost like, almost alike, much the same as, resembling;
well-matched, nearly even, nearly equal
13) внимательный;
тщательный;
подробный Keep a close watch on the children. ≈ Внимательно следите за детьми. close reading ≈ внимательное, медленное чтение close investigation ≈ подробное обследование Syn: intense, intent
2., watchful, careful, attentive, vigilant, keen I, thorough
1., strict, minute III, searching
14) короткий;
коротко постриженный A straight razor gives a close shave. ≈ Прямая бритва бреет очень гладко. a close haircut ≈ короткая стрижка Syn: near to the skin, smooth
1., trim
2., neat I, short
1. ∙ by a close shave
3. нареч.
1) близко, рядом, около;
рядом с (чем-л./кем-л. - to, on, upon, about, beside, behind, below, in и т. д.) to follow close behind the man ≈ следовать непосредственно за этим человеком to stand close against the wall ≈ стоять около стены to come closer together ≈ подойти ближе друг к другу Come close so I can see you. ≈ Подойди и стань рядом, чтобы я мог тебя увидеть. We were close to when it happened. ≈ Мы были рядом, когда это случилось. close at hand Syn: near
2., nearby
2., near at hand, thereabout, in proximity
2) почти He ran me very close. ≈ Он почти догнал меня. close on Syn: almost, nearly
3) коротко (о стрижке волос, о подстриженной траве) to cut one's hair close ≈ коротко постричься close cropped ≈ коротко остриженный II
1. сущ.
1) завершение, заключение, конец, окончание at the close of the day ≈ в конце дня towards the close of the 19th century ≈ к концу 19 века The day had reached its close. ≈ День подошел к концу. The crowd began to leave before the close of the game. ≈ Народ начал уходить перед окончанием игры. bring to a close ≈ довести до конца, завершить, закончить Syn: end 1, finish
1., conclusion, termination, wind-up I, completion;
closing
1., ending
1., finale
2) муз. каденция;
каданс
3) объединение, соединение the close of earth and sky ≈ объединение земли и неба Syn: union, junction
4) архаич. столкновение;
борьба Syn: grapple
1., struggle
1., encounter
1.
2. гл.
1) а) закрывать Close the door tightly. ≈ Закрой плотно дверь. to close the eyes ≈ закрыть глаза б) закрываться Many flowers open in the morning and close at night. ≈ Многие цветы утром распускаются, а вечером закрываются. ∙ Syn: shut
1., secure
2.
2) затыкать, заделывать;
забивать, заполнять The handyman closed the hole in the wall with plaster. ≈ Рабочий заделал дыру в стене штукатуркой. Syn: close up, stop up, stop
2., fill
1., stuff, clog, plug
3) ограничивать;
препятствовать, блокировать;
запирать;
заключать( куда-л., во что-л.) The stableboy closed the horse in the stall. ≈ Помощник конюха закрыл лошадь в стойле. Syn: shut in, shut up, confine
2., pen in, enclose, pen II
2., coop up, blockade
2., block
2., obstruct, seal off
4) а) кончать, заканчивать to close a discussion ≈ прекратить обсуждение The pianist closed the concert with a Gershwin medley. ≈ Пианист завершил концерт исполнением попурри из Гершвина. б) прекращаться, заканчиваться Schools closed for the Christmas holiday. ≈ Школы закрылись на Рождественские каникулы. ∙ Syn: end
2., finish
2., conclude, terminate, stop
2., halt I
2., cease
1., wind up;
adjourn, recess
2., suspend, discontinue, leave off, break off, shut down в) бирж. завершиться каким-л. курсом (о торгах на бирже)
5) а) соединять, объединять The surgeon closed the two edges of the incision with surgical thread. ≈ Хирург соединил края разреза хирургической ниткой. Syn: join
1., link
2., connect, couple
2., unite б) электр. замыкать (цепь) Syn: fuse I
2.
6) а) подходить близко;
сближаться вплотную The soldiers closed ranks. ≈ Солдаты сдвинули ряды. The men closed round him. ≈ Люди столпились вокруг него. б) войти в ближний бой, схватиться в рукопашной;
войти в соприкосновение( с противником) ∙ close about close down close in close in on close off close out close round close up close upon close with be closed with огороженное стеной место (около дома или деревни) - breaking smb.'s * нарушение границы чужого земельного участка соборная площадь, площадь вокруг собора;
территория, обыкн. огороженная (включает постройки, сад) площадка для игр( при школе) (шотландское) ход со двора, проход к лестнице многоквартирного дома тупик (улица) закрытый - * carriage закрытый экипаж - * vowel (фонетика) закрытый гласный закрытый;
ограниченный;
замкнутый - * season время, когда охота запрещена;
охотничий сезон закрыт - * terrain (топография) закрытая местность - * competition закрытый конкурс замкнутый, уединенный - to keep oneself * держаться замкнуто;
жить уединенно тайный, скрытый - * intent тайное намерение - to lie * прятаться - to keep smth. * держать в секрете, скрывать - to say smth. in *st confidence сказать строго конфиденциально скрытный, сдержанный( о человеке) - he was too * about his past life он скрывал свое прошлое строго охраняемый - * arrest строгий арест - * cell особо охраняемая тюремная камера - to keep in * confinement содержать в строгом заключении - as * as an oyster умеет держать язык за зубами закрывать - to * a door закрыть дверь - this road is *d to heavy motor traffic для грузового транспорта эта дорога закрыта - to * a hole заткнуть отверстие - to * a gap заполнить пробел;
(спортивное) сократить разрыв;
(военное) ликвидировать прорыв - to * a drawer задвинуть ящик (стола) закрываться - the window won't * окно не закрывается - the shops * at six магазины закрываются в шесть часов - the wound *d рана закрылась - the play *d after ten performances после десяти представлений пьеса сошла со сцены (электротехника) замыкать (цепь) (морское) задраивать - to * one's doors не допускать, не впускать;
закрыть предприятие - to * the country's doors to immigrants не допускать иммиграции в страну - he had to * his doors for lack of trade он закрыл свое дело из-за отсутствия заказов - to * the door отрезать путь - his attitude *d the door to further negotiations его позиция отрезала путь к дальнейшим переговорам - to * one's parent's eyes закрыть глаза родителю, присутствовать при смерти родителя - to * smb.'s eye подбить глаз - to * one's ear пропускать мимо ушей;
быть глухим - to * one's mouth держать язык за зубами, помалкивать - to * one's purse отказать в деньгах конец;
заключение, завершение - at the * of one's days в конце жизни - day has reached its * день кончился - to bring to a * закончить, завершить;
довести до конца - to draw to a * приближаться к концу закрытие, окончание работы - at the * of the exchange при закрытии биржи - * price( коммерческое) окончательная цена( музыкальное) каданс заканчивать, завершать;
заключать - to * a speech заключить речь - to * a meeting закрыть собрание - to * a subscription list прекратить подписку - to * an account( финансовое) закрыть счет заканчиваться;
завершаться - the meeting *d with a speech by the president собрание завершилось выступлением президента - his short life *d его короткая жизнь оборвалась договариваться - to * a bargain договориться, заключить сделку принять (предложение, условие) - I offered him six pounds and he *d with it я предложил ему шесть фунтов, и он согласился - the two ministers did not * with each other два министра не смогли договориться между собой( биржевое) иметь цену или курс на момент закрытия биржи - that stock *d last night at ten dollars на момент закрытия биржи вчера вечером эти акции стоили десять долларов( военное) войти в соприкосновение - the order was given to * with the enemy дан приказ войти в соприкосновение с противником - to * one's days окончить дни свои, умереть близкий;
находящийся или расположенный недалеко - * proximity непосредственная близость - * combat( военное) ближний бой - * reconnaissance( военное) ближняя разведка - * support( военное) непосредственная поддержка - * fighting бой с ближней дистанции (бокс) - the house is * to the station дом находится близко от вокзала близкий, интимный - he is a * friend of mine он мой большой друг тесный, близкий - * contact тесный контакт - * co-operation тесное сотрудничество;
(военное) непосредственное взаимодействие - there's a * resemblance between them между ними большое сходство плотный, компактный;
тесный - * texture плотная ткань - * thicket густая чаща - to sew with * stitches шить мелкими стежками - * timber( горное) сплошная крепь - * formation( военное) сомкнутый строй - * march( военное) движение в сомкнутом строю - * finish финиширование в тесной группе участников (велоспорт) - * planting загущенный посев, загущенная посадка( растений) - * stand густое стояние;
сомкнутость полога (леса) хорошо пригнанный;
плотный - * lid плотно закрывающаяся крышка - * bonnet плотно сидящая на голове шапочка - * fit (техническое) плотная пригонка облегающий (об одежде) сжатый (о стиле) краткий и содержательный - * statement лаконичное заявление убористый (о почерке) - * print убористая печать, плотный набор душный, спертый - * air спертый воздух - * day душный день - a spell of * weather период летний духоты тщательный;
подробный - * investigation тщательное расследование - * analysis подробный анализ - * attention пристальное внимание - * check( техническое) строгий контроль точный - * translation точный перевод срезанный низко, коротко, до корня - * haircut короткая стрижка - * mowing низкий срез( травы, хлебов) скупой, скаредный - he is * with his money он скуповат почти равный( о шансах) - * combat состязание, в котором силы участвующих почти равны;
состязание достойных соперников;
упорная борьба на выборах - * vote почти равное количество голосов "за" и "против" - * district (американизм) избирательный округ, в котором победа одержана незначительным большинством( разговорное) трудно достающийся, ограниченный (о средствах) - money is * деньги достаются нелегко( разговорное) скуповатый строго логичный - * reasoning логичное рассуждение( устаревшее) строгий, суровый - * mourning глубокий траур( редкое) вязкий;
нелетучий( спортивное) осторожный( о футболе и т. п.) (кинематографический) крупный - * shot крупный план близко - * at hand близко, рядом, под рукой;
рукой подать - to follow smb. * следовать за кем-л. по пятам - the end of the year is drawing * приближается конец года - * to the wind (морское) в крутой бейдевинд коротко - to cut one's hair * коротко подстричься в сочетаниях: - * by рядом - * on приблизительно, около, почти - * to около - to sit * to the fire сидеть около камина - to stick * to the text строго придерживаться текста - * upon приблизительно, около, почти - * upon two hundred people около двухсот человек - to press smb. * обращаться сурово - * to home не в бровь, а в глаз - the speaker's remarks hit * to home замечания оратора попали в самую точку подходить близко, сближаться, смыкаться - the ship sank and the water *d over it корабль затонул, и воды сомкнулись над ним (спортивное) (военное) сомкнуть( ряды) - to * the ranks сомкнуть ряды;
сплотиться, объединиться - we must * the ranks to secure peace мы должны сплотиться, чтобы обеспечить мир (by) a ~ shave на волосок от (by) a ~ shave с минимальным преимуществом ~ конец, завершение, окончание;
to bring to a close довести до конца, завершить, закончить bring to a ~ вчт. завершать close без пропусков, пробелов;
связный ~ близкий, интимный;
close friend близкий друг ~ близкий (о времени и месте) ;
тесный;
close contact тесный контакт ~ близкий ~ близко;
close up поблизости;
close on почти, приблизительно;
there were close on a hundred people present присутствовало почти сто человек ~ внимательный;
тщательный;
подробный;
close investigation подробное обследование;
close reading внимательное, медленное чтение ~ договариваться ~ завершать ~ завершение ~ завершение кредитного соглашения ~ завершение сделки ~ заканчивать(ся) ;
заключать (речь и т. п.) ;
to close a discussion прекратить обсуждение ~ заканчивать ~ заключать ~ заключение ~ закрывать(ся) ;
кончать (торговлю, занятия) ~ вчт. закрывать ~ закрывать ~ закрываться ~ закрытие ~ закрытие биржи ~ закрытие бухгалтерских книг в конце учетного периода ~ закрытый ~ вчт. закрыть ~ замкнутый, молчаливый, скрытный;
to keep oneself close держаться замкнуто ~ замкнутый ~ эл. замыкать (цепь) ;
close about окутывать;
окружать ~ иметь определенный курс на момент закрытия биржи ~ муз. каденция;
каданс ~ компактный ~ конец, завершение, окончание;
to bring to a close довести до конца, завершить, закончить ~ конец ~ кончать ~ коротко;
close cropped коротко остриженный;
to cut one's hair close коротко постричься ~ облегающий (об одежде) ;
хорошо пригнанный;
точно соответствующий ~ огороженное место (часто вокруг собора) ~ ограниченный ~ окончание работы ~ плотный;
густой (о лесе) ;
close texture плотная ткань ~ плотный ~ подробный ~ подходить близко;
сближаться вплотную ~ почти;
he ran me very close он почти догнал меня ~ почти равный (о шансах) ~ почти равный ~ прекращение ~ сжатый (о почерке, стиле) ;
close print убористая печать ~ скупой;
he is close with his money он скуповат ~ спертый, душный ~ строгий (об аресте, изоляции) ~ строго охраняемый ~ тайный ~ точный;
close translation точный перевод ~ точный ~ тщательный ~ уединенный;
скрытый;
to keep a thing close держать (что-л.) в секрете;
to keep (или to lie) close прятаться ~ хорошо пригнанный ~ школьная площадка ~ заканчивать(ся) ;
заключать (речь и т. п.) ;
to close a discussion прекратить обсуждение ~ эл. замыкать (цепь) ;
close about окутывать;
окружать to get to ~ quarters сблизиться, подойти на близкую дистанцию;
close attack воен. наступление с ближней дистанции ~ call амер. на волосок от;
close contest упорная борьба на выборах;
close vote почти равное деление голосов ~ column сомкнутая колонна;
close order сомкнутый строй column: ~ воен. колонна;
амер. мор. строй кильватера;
close column сомкнутая колонна;
in column в колонне, в затылок;
амер. мор. в строю кильватера ~ близкий (о времени и месте) ;
тесный;
close contact тесный контакт ~ call амер. на волосок от;
close contest упорная борьба на выборах;
close vote почти равное деление голосов ~ коротко;
close cropped коротко остриженный;
to cut one's hair close коротко постричься ~ defence непосредственное охранение ~ district амер. избирательный округ, где победа на выборах одержана незначительным большинством ~ down мор. задраивать ~ down закрывать (предприятие) ;
прекращать работу ~ down закрывать ~ down ликвидировать предприятие ~ down подавлять ~ down прекращать работу ~ down применять репрессии;
подавлять ~ близкий, интимный;
close friend близкий друг ~ in окружать, огораживать ~ in приближаться;
наступать ~ in сокращаться (о днях) ;
close on приходить к соглашению;
close round окружать ~ внимательный;
тщательный;
подробный;
close investigation подробное обследование;
close reading внимательное, медленное чтение ~ of financial year конец финансового года ~ of pleadings прекращение обмена состязательными бумагами ~ of polling прекращение процедуры голосования ~ of year конец года ~ близко;
close up поблизости;
close on почти, приблизительно;
there were close on a hundred people present присутствовало почти сто человек ~ in сокращаться (о днях) ;
close on приходить к соглашению;
close round окружать ~ upon = ~ on;
~ with вступать в борьбу ~ upon = ~ on;
~ with принимать предложение, заключать сделку to ~ one's days умереть;
to close the door (on smth.) положить конец обсуждению (чего-л.) ;
сделать( что-л.) невозможным day: his ~ is gone его время прошло, окончилась его счастливая пора;
his days are numbered дни его сочтены;
to close (или to end) one's days окончить дни свои;
скончаться;
покончить счеты с жизнью ~ column сомкнутая колонна;
close order сомкнутый строй order: ~ воен. строй, боевой порядок;
close (extended) order сомкнутый (расчлененный) строй ~ out закрывать свое предприятие ~ out исключать ~ out исключать возможность ~ out ликвидировать ценные бумаги ~ out продавать ~ сжатый (о почерке, стиле) ;
close print убористая печать ~ внимательный;
тщательный;
подробный;
close investigation подробное обследование;
close reading внимательное, медленное чтение reading: ~ чтение;
close reading внимательное чтение ~ in сокращаться (о днях) ;
close on приходить к соглашению;
close round окружать ~ season время, когда запрещена охота или рыбная ловля season: close ~ закрытый сезон ~ плотный;
густой (о лесе) ;
close texture плотная ткань to ~ one's days умереть;
to close the door (on smth.) положить конец обсуждению (чего-л.) ;
сделать (что-л.) невозможным door: door дверь;
дверца;
дверной проем;
front door парадный вход;
to close the door ((up) on smb.) закрыть (за кем-л.) дверь ~ перен. путь, дорога;
a door to success путь к успеху;
to close the door (to (или upon) smth.) отрезать путь (к чему-л.) ;
сделать (что-л.) невозможным;
to open a door (to (или for) smth.) открыть путь (к чему-л.) ;
~ точный;
close translation точный перевод ~ близко;
close up поблизости;
close on почти, приблизительно;
there were close on a hundred people present присутствовало почти сто человек ~ up заканчивать ~ up закрывать ~ up закрываться (о ране) ~ up ликвидировать ~ up сомкнуть ряды ~ upon = ~ on;
~ with вступать в борьбу ~ upon = ~ on;
~ with принимать предложение, заключать сделку ~ call амер. на волосок от;
close contest упорная борьба на выборах;
close vote почти равное деление голосов ~ upon = ~ on;
~ with вступать в борьбу ~ upon = ~ on;
~ with принимать предложение, заключать сделку ~ коротко;
close cropped коротко остриженный;
to cut one's hair close коротко постричься to get to ~ quarters сблизиться, подойти на близкую дистанцию;
close attack воен. наступление с ближней дистанции ~ скупой;
he is close with his money он скуповат ~ почти;
he ran me very close он почти догнал меня ~ уединенный;
скрытый;
to keep a thing close держать (что-л.) в секрете;
to keep (или to lie) close прятаться ~ уединенный;
скрытый;
to keep a thing close держать (что-л.) в секрете;
to keep (или to lie) close прятаться ~ замкнутый, молчаливый, скрытный;
to keep oneself close держаться замкнуто ~ близко;
close up поблизости;
close on почти, приблизительно;
there were close on a hundred people present присутствовало почти сто человек

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > close
18 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.) a, hacia

2) (as far as: His story is a lie from beginning to end.) a, hasta

3) (until: Did you stay to the end of the concert?) hasta

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.) con, a

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.) a, para

6) (into a particular state or condition: She tore the letter to pieces.) en

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.) a

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.) en; para

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.) para

10) (used instead of a complete infinitive: He asked her to stay but she didn't want to.) (hacerlo)

2. tu: adverb
1) (into a closed or almost closed position: He pulled/pushed the door to.) hasta cerrar

2) (used in phrasal verbs and compounds: He came to (= regained consciousness).) a

•

- to and fro

to prep

1. a

we are going to the coast nos vamos a la costa

we got to the airport at six llegamos al aeropuerto a las seis

she sent a postcard to her boyfriend envió una postal a su novio

give it to me dámelo a mí

he ran to school fue al colegio corriendo

2. a / hasta

she works from nine to five trabaja de nueve a cinco / trabaja desde las nueve hasta las cinco

3. menos

it's five to seven son las siete menos cinco

4. para

he rang to say hello llamó para saludarme

to

tr[tʊ, ʊnstressed tə]

preposition

1 (with place) a

■ we're going to a concert vamos a un concierto

■ did you go to the bank? ¿fuiste al banco?

■ he was taken to the police station lo llevaron a la comisaría

■ I have been to lots of countries he estado en muchos países

■ I saw her on the way to the airport la vi camino del aeropuerto

■ they travelled from town to town viajaron de ciudad en ciudad

■ A is to the north/south/east/west of B A está al norte/sur/este/oeste de B

■ it's twenty miles to York York está a veinte millas de aquí

2 (towards) hacia

■ the Labour party has moved to the right el partido laborista se ha desplazado hacia la derecha

■ it's further to the north está más hacia el norte

■ he sat with his back to her se sentó de espaldas a ella

3 (as far as, until) a, hasta

■ from beginning to end desde el principio hasta el final

■ she can count up to 10 sabe contar hasta 10

■ from Monday to Friday de lunes a viernes

■ we work from 9 to 5 trabajamos de 9 a 5

■ her hair reaches down to her waist el pelo le llega hasta la cintura

■ I like all music, from Abba to ZZTop me gusta toda la música, desde Abba hasta ZZTop

■ it's accurate to within one second tiene un margen de error de menos de un segundo

4 (of time) menos

■ it's ten to two son las dos menos diez

■ it's nearly twenty to son casi menos veinte

■ a quarter to eight las ocho menos cuarto

■ there are only two weeks to Christmas faltan sólo dos semanas para Navidad

5 (with indirect object) a

■ I showed the letter to my mother le enseñé la carta a mi madre

■ she lent the book to her friend le dejó el libro a su amiga

■ I gave it to him se lo di a él

6 (for) de

■ the key to the safe la llave de la caja fuerte

■ he's secretary to the board es secretario del consejo de administración

■ what's the answer to question 4? ¿cuál es la respuesta a la pregunta número 4?

■ heir to the throne heredero al trono

7 (attitude, behaviour) con, para con

■ you've been very kind to us has sido muy amable con nosotros

■ be nice to her pórtate bien con ella

■ he was so rude to me se mostró muy grosero conmigo

8 (in honour of) a

■ we drink to his health brindamos a su salud

■ a monument to Churchill un monumento a Churchill

9 (touching) a, contra

■ he put his ear to the wall puso la oreja contra la pared

■ she clutched her bag to her chest se estrechó el bolso contra el pecho

10 (accompanied by) acompañado,-a de

■ we danced to the music bailamos al compás de la música

■ he left to loud shouts of disapproval se marchó entre gritos de desaprobación

11 (causing something) para

■ to my surprise, it was empty para mi sorpresa, estaba vacío

12 (as seen by) por lo que respecta

■ to a foreigner, it must seem awful para un extranjero, debe parecer terrible

■ to some people he was a hero, to others a traitor para algunos era un héroe, para otros era un traidor

13 (indicating comparison) a

■ I prefer tea to coffee prefiero el té al café

■ that's nothing to what I heard eso no es nada comparado con lo que he oído

14 (ratio) a

■ they won by fourteen points to ten ganaron por catorce puntos a diez

■ we lost by three goals to two perdimos por tres a dos

■ the odds are 50 to 1 las posibilidades son 50 contra 1

15 (per, equivalent) a, en

■ there are 100 pence to the pound hay 100 peniques en una libra

■ how much does your car do to the gallon? ≈ ¿cuánto gasta tu coche a los cien kilómetros?

16 (according to) según

■ to my way of thinking a mi modo de entender

■ is it to your taste? ¿es de su agrado?

■ I did it to the best of my ability lo hice lo mejor posible

■ contrary to all appearances en contra de todos los indicios

17 (result) a

■ wait until the light turns to green espera hasta que la luz cambie a verde

■ she was reduced to tears se deshizo en lágrimas

■ the party's rapid rise to power la rápida subida al poder del partido

■ he smashed it to pieces lo hizo pedazos

18 (in order to) para, a fin de

■ I worked overtime to earn some extra money hice horas extras para ganar más dinero

19 (used as object of many verbs)

■ she wants you to go away quiere que te vayas

20 (substituting infinitive)

■ would you like to dance? --I'd love to ¿te gustaría bailar? --me encantaría

■ she didn't want to go, but she had to no quería ir, pero no le quedaba más remedio

adverb

1 (of door) ajustada

■ push the door to ajusta la puerta

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to and fro vaivén, ir y venir Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL Cuando se usa con la raíz del verbo para formar el infinitivo no se traduce/Table 1 ■ I want to help you quiero ayudarte

■ he tried to sell his car intentó vender su coche

to ['tu:] adv

1) : a un estado consciente

to come to: volver en sí

2)

to and fro : de aquí para allá, de un lado para otro

to prep

1) (indicating a place) : a

to go to the doctor: ir al médico

I'm going to John's: voy a la casa de John

2) toward: a, hacia

two miles to the south: dos millas hacia el sur

3) on: en, sobre

apply salve to the wound: póngale ungüento a la herida

4) up to: hasta, a

to a degree: hasta cierto grado

from head to toe: de pies a cabeza

5) (in expressions of time)

it's quarter to seven: son las siete menos cuarto

6) until: a, hasta

from May to December: de mayo a diciembre

7) (indicating belonging or possession) : de, a

the key to the lock: la llave del candado

8) (indicating response) : a

dancing to the rhythm: bailando al compás

9) (indicating comparison or proportion) : a

it's similar to mine: es parecido al mío

they won 4 to 2: ganaron 4 a 2

10) (indicating agreement or conformity) : a, de acuerdo con

made to order: hecho a la orden

to my knowledge: a mi saber

11) (indicating inclusion) : en cada, por

twenty to the box: veinte por caja

12) (used to form the infinitive)

to understand: entender

to go away: irse

I tuː, weak form tə
preposition

1)

a) ( indicating destination) a

we're going to Paris — vamos a París

I'll drive you to the station — te llevo a la estación

we went to John's — fuimos a casa de John, fuimos a lo de John (RPl), fuimos donde John (esp AmL)

you can wear it to a party/the wedding — puedes ponértelo para una fiesta/la boda

b) ( indicating direction) hacia

move a little to the right — córrete un poco hacia la derecha

he turned to me — se volvió hacia mí

it's pointing to the east — señala al Este

c) ( indicating position) a

to the left/right of something — a la izquierda/derecha de algo

a mile to the south of Milton — una milla al sur de Milton

2) (against, onto)

she clasped him to her — lo estrechó contra ella

they stuck the poster to the wall — pegaron el cartel en la pared

3)

a) ( as far as) hasta

she can count (up) to 100 now — ya sabe contar hasta 100

to a certain extent — hasta cierto punto

a year ago to the day — hace exactamente un año

b) ( until) hasta

I can't stay to the end — no puedo quedarme hasta el final

c) ( indicating range)

there will be 30 to 35 guests — habrá entre 30 y 35 invitados; see also from 4)

4)

a) ( showing indirect object)

who did you send/give it to? — ¿a quién se lo mandaste/diste?

give it to me — dámelo

what did you say to him/them? — ¿qué le/les dijiste?

I'll hand you over to Jane — te paso or (Esp tb) te pongo con Jane

I was singing/talking to myself — estaba cantando/hablando solo

to me, he will always be a hero — para mí, siempre será un héroe

he was very kind/rude to me — fue muy amable/grosero conmigo

b) (in toasts, dedications)

here's to Toby — brindemos por Toby

here's to a Happy New Year — Feliz Año Nuevo!

best wishes to you both — los mejores deseos para ambos

to Paul with love from Jane — para Paul, con cariño de Jane

5) (indicating proportion, relation)

how many ounces are there to the pound? — ¿cuántas onzas hay en una libra?

600 pesos to the US dollar — 600 pesos por dólar

it does 30 miles to the gallon — da or rinde 30 millas por galón, consume 6.75 litros a los or por cada cien kilómetros

Barcelona won by two goals to one — Barcelona ganó por dos (goles) a uno

there's a 10 to 1 chance of... — hay una probabilidad de uno en 10 de...

that's nothing to what followed — eso no es nada comparado or en comparación con lo que vino después

6) ( concerning)

what do you say to that? — ¿qué dices a eso?, ¿qué te parece (eso)?

that's all there is to it — eso es todo

there's nothing to it — es muy simple or sencillo

7)

a) ( in accordance with)

to all appearances — según parece

they are not to my taste — no son de mi gusto

b) ( producing)

to my horror/delight... — para mi horror/alegría...

c) ( indicating purpose)

to this end — con este fin

8) ( indicating belonging) de

the key to the front door — la llave de la puerta principal

the solution to the problem — la solución al or del problema

it has a nice ring/sound to it — suena bien

9) ( telling time) (BrE)

ten to three — las tres menos diez, diez para las tres (AmL exc RPl)

10) ( accompanied by)

we danced to the music — bailamos al compás de la música

they sang it to the tune of `Clementine' — lo cantaron con la melodía de `Clementine'

II tə
(in infinitives)

1)

a)

to sing/fear/leave — cantar/temer/partir

I want to dance — quiero bailar

I want them to dance — quiero que bailen

b) ( in order to) para

I do it to save money — lo hago para ahorrar dinero

c) ( indicating result)

he awoke to find her gone — cuando despertó, ella ya se había ido

I walked 5 miles only to be told they weren't home — caminé 5 millas para que me dijeran que no estaban en casa

d) ( without vb)

I'd love to! — me encantaría!

he doesn't want to — no quiere

2) (after adj or n)

it's easy/difficult to do — es fácil/difícil de hacer

you're too young to drink wine — eres demasiado joven para beber vino

she was the first to arrive — fue la primera en llegar

it's nothing to worry about — no hay por qué preocuparse

she has a lot to do — tiene mucho que hacer

III tuː
adverb ( shut)

I pulled the door to — cerré la puerta

[tʊ, tuː, tǝ]
1. PREPOSITION
When to is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg set to, heave to, look up the phrasal verb. When to is part of a set combination, eg nice to, to my mind, to all appearances, appeal to, look up the other word.
1) (destination) a
Note: a + el = al

it's 90 kilometres to Lima — de aquí a Lima hay 90 kilómetros, hay 90 kilómetros a Lima

a letter to his wife — una carta a su mujer

he fell to the floor — cayó al suelo

to go to Paris/Spain — ir a París/España

to go to Peru — ir al Perú

to go to school/university — ir al colegio/a la Universidad

to go to the doctor's — ir al médico

I liked the exhibition, I went to it twice — me gustó la exposición, fui a verla dos veces

we're going to John's/my parents' for Christmas — vamos a casa de John/mis padres por Navidad

• have you ever been to India? — ¿has estado alguna vez en la India?

• flights to Heathrow — vuelos a or con destino a Heathrow

• the road to Edinburgh — la carretera de Edimburgo
church 1., 2)
2) (=towards) hacia

he walked slowly to the door — caminó despacio hacia la puerta

he turned to me — se giró hacia mí

move it to the left/right — muévelo hacia la izquierda/derecha

3) (=as far as) hasta

from here to London — de aquí a or hasta Londres

I'll see you to the door — te acompaño hasta la puerta

4) (=up to) hasta

to count to ten — contar hasta diez

it's accurate to (within) a millimetre — es exacto hasta el milímetro

to some extent — hasta cierto punto, en cierta medida

we are expecting 40 to 50 people — esperamos entre 40 y 50 personas

• to this day I still don't know what he meant — aún hoy no sé lo que quiso decir

eight years ago to the day — hoy hace exactamente ocho años

• he didn't stay to the end — no se quedó hasta el final

• from Monday to Friday — de lunes a viernes

from morning to night — de la mañana a la noche, desde la mañana hasta la noche

• funds to the value of... — fondos por valor de...
decimal 1.
5) (=located at) a

the door is to the left (of the window) — la puerta está a la izquierda (de la ventana)

the airport is to the west of the city — el aeropuerto está al oeste de la ciudad

6) (=against) contra

he stood with his back to the wall — estaba con la espalda contra la pared

he clasped her to him — la estrechó contra sí

to turn a picture to the wall — volver un cuadro mirando a la pared

7) (when telling time)

it's a quarter to three — son las tres menos cuarto, es or (LAm) falta un cuarto para las tres

at eight minutes to ten — a las diez menos ocho

8) (introducing indirect object) a

to give sth to sb — dar algo a algn

I gave it to my friend — se lo di a mi amigo

the man I sold it to or frm to whom I sold it — el hombre a quien se lo vendí

it belongs to me — me pertenece (a mí), es mío

they were kind to me — fueron amables conmigo

it's new to me — es nuevo para mí

what is that to me? — ¿y a mí qué me importa eso?

"that's strange," I said to myself — -es raro -me dije para mis adentros

9) (in dedications, greetings)

greetings to all our friends! — ¡saludos a todos los amigos!

welcome to you all! — ¡bienvenidos todos!

"to P.R. Lilly" — (in book) "para P.R. Lilly"

here's to you! — ¡va por ti!, ¡por ti!

a monument to the fallen — un monumento a los caídos, un monumento en honor a los caídos

10) (in ratios, proportions) por

there were three men to a cell — había tres hombres por celda

it does 30 miles to the gallon — hace 30 millas por galón

eight apples to the kilo — ocho manzanas por kilo

there are about five pesos to the dollar — son unos cinco pesos por dólar

a scale of 1 centimetre to 1 kilometre — una escala de 1 centímetro por kilómetro

200 people to the square mile — 200 personas por milla cuadrada

the odds are 8 to 1 — las probabilidades son de 8 a 1

the odds against it happening are a million to one — las probabilidades de que eso ocurra son una entre un millón

by a majority of 12 to 10 — por una mayoría de 12 a 10

they won by four goals to two — ganaron por cuatro goles a dos

three to the fourth, three to the power of four — (Math) tres a la cuarta potencia

11) (in comparisons) a

superior to the others — superior a los demás

A is to B as C is to D — A es a B como C es a D

that's nothing to what is to come — eso no es nada en comparación con lo que está por venir

12) (=about, concerning)

what do you say to that? — ¿qué te parece (eso)?

what would you say to a beer? — ¿te parece que tomemos una cerveza?

"to repairing pipes:..." — (on bill) "reparación de las cañerías:..."

13) (=according to) según

to my way of thinking — a mi modo de ver, según mi modo de pensar

14) (=to the accompaniment of)

we danced to the music of the band — bailamos con la música de la orquesta

they came out to the strains of the national anthem — salieron a los compases del himno nacional

it is sung to the tune of "Tipperary" — se canta con la melodía de "Tipperary"

15) (=of, for) de

the key to the front door — la llave de la puerta principal

assistant to the manager — asistente del gerente

he was a good father to the children — fue un buen padre para sus hijos

it offers a solution to your problem — te ofrece una solución para el problema

we've found the solution to the problem — hemos encontrado solución al problema

the British ambassador to Moscow — el embajador británico en Moscú

he has been a good friend to us — ha sido un buen amigo para nosotros

16) (with gerund/noun)

• to look forward to doing sth — tener muchas ganas de hacer algo

I'm really looking forward to the holidays — estoy deseando que lleguen las vacaciones

• to prefer painting to drawing — preferir pintar a dibujar

• to be used to (doing) sth — estar acostumbrado a (hacer) algo

17) (in set expressions)

• to this end — a or con este fin

• to my enormous shame I did nothing — para gran vergüenza mía, no hice nada

• to my great surprise — con gran sorpresa por mi parte, para gran sorpresa mía

2. INFINITIVE PARTICLE

1) (infinitive)

to come — venir

to sing — cantar

to work — trabajar

2) (following another verb)

a)
A preposition may be required with the Spanish infinitive, depending on what precedes it: look up the verb.
• she refused to listen — se negó a escuchar

• to start to cry — empezar or ponerse a llorar

• to try to do sth — tratar de hacer algo, intentar hacer algo

• to want to do sth — querer hacer algo

b) (object as subject of following infinitive)

• I'd advise you to think this over — te aconsejaría que te pensaras bien esto

• he'd like me to give up work — le gustaría que dejase de trabajar

• we'd prefer him to go to university — preferiríamos que fuese a la universidad

• I want you to do it — quiero que lo hagas

c)

I have things to do — tengo cosas que hacer

he has a lot to lose — tiene mucho que perder

there was no one for me to ask, there wasn't anyone for me to ask — no había nadie a quien yo pudiese preguntar

he's not the sort or type to do that — no es de los que hacen eso

• that book is still to be written — ese libro está todavía por escribir

• now is the time to do it — ahora es el momento de hacerlo

• and who is he to criticize? — ¿y quién es él para criticar?

3) (purpose, result) para

he did it to help you — lo hizo para ayudarte

I have done nothing to deserve this — no he hecho nada para merecer esto

it disappeared, never to be seen again — desapareció para siempre

I arrived to find she had gone — cuando llegué me encontré con que se había ido

he came to see you — vino a verte

he's gone to get the paper — ha ido a por el periódico

4) (standing in for verb)
The particle to is not translated when it stands for the infinitive:
we didn't want to sell it but we had to — no queríamos venderlo pero tuvimos que hacerlo or no hubo más remedio

"would you like to come to dinner?" - "I'd love to!" — -¿te gustaría venir a cenar? -¡me encantaría!

you may not want to do it but you ought to for the sake of your education — tal vez no quieres hacerlo pero deberías en aras de tu educación

I don't want to — no quiero

I forgot to — se me olvidó

5) (after adjective)
For combinations like difficult/easy/foolish/ ready/ slow to etc, look up the adjective.
it is very expensive to live in London — resulta muy caro vivir en Londres

it's hard to describe the feeling — es difícil describir la sensación

these dogs are hard to control — estos perros son difíciles de controlar

the first/last to go — el primero/último en irse

he's young to be a grandfather — es joven para ser abuelo

See:

EASY, DIFFICULT, IMPOSSIBLE in easy

6) (in exclamations)

and then to be let down like that! — ¡y para que luego te decepcionen así!

and to think he didn't mean a word of it! — ¡y pensar que nada de lo que dijo era de verdad!

7)

to see him now one would never think that... — al verlo or viéndolo ahora nadie creería que...

3.

ADVERB

to pull the door to — tirar de la puerta para cerrarla, cerrar la puerta tirando

to push the door to — empujar la puerta para cerrarla, cerrar la puerta empujando

* * *

I [tuː], weak form [tə]
preposition

1)

a) ( indicating destination) a

we're going to Paris — vamos a París

I'll drive you to the station — te llevo a la estación

we went to John's — fuimos a casa de John, fuimos a lo de John (RPl), fuimos donde John (esp AmL)

you can wear it to a party/the wedding — puedes ponértelo para una fiesta/la boda

b) ( indicating direction) hacia

move a little to the right — córrete un poco hacia la derecha

he turned to me — se volvió hacia mí

it's pointing to the east — señala al Este

c) ( indicating position) a

to the left/right of something — a la izquierda/derecha de algo

a mile to the south of Milton — una milla al sur de Milton

2) (against, onto)

she clasped him to her — lo estrechó contra ella

they stuck the poster to the wall — pegaron el cartel en la pared

3)

a) ( as far as) hasta

she can count (up) to 100 now — ya sabe contar hasta 100

to a certain extent — hasta cierto punto

a year ago to the day — hace exactamente un año

b) ( until) hasta

I can't stay to the end — no puedo quedarme hasta el final

c) ( indicating range)

there will be 30 to 35 guests — habrá entre 30 y 35 invitados; see also from 4)

4)

a) ( showing indirect object)

who did you send/give it to? — ¿a quién se lo mandaste/diste?

give it to me — dámelo

what did you say to him/them? — ¿qué le/les dijiste?

I'll hand you over to Jane — te paso or (Esp tb) te pongo con Jane

I was singing/talking to myself — estaba cantando/hablando solo

to me, he will always be a hero — para mí, siempre será un héroe

he was very kind/rude to me — fue muy amable/grosero conmigo

b) (in toasts, dedications)

here's to Toby — brindemos por Toby

here's to a Happy New Year — Feliz Año Nuevo!

best wishes to you both — los mejores deseos para ambos

to Paul with love from Jane — para Paul, con cariño de Jane

5) (indicating proportion, relation)

how many ounces are there to the pound? — ¿cuántas onzas hay en una libra?

600 pesos to the US dollar — 600 pesos por dólar

it does 30 miles to the gallon — da or rinde 30 millas por galón, consume 6.75 litros a los or por cada cien kilómetros

Barcelona won by two goals to one — Barcelona ganó por dos (goles) a uno

there's a 10 to 1 chance of... — hay una probabilidad de uno en 10 de...

that's nothing to what followed — eso no es nada comparado or en comparación con lo que vino después

6) ( concerning)

what do you say to that? — ¿qué dices a eso?, ¿qué te parece (eso)?

that's all there is to it — eso es todo

there's nothing to it — es muy simple or sencillo

7)

a) ( in accordance with)

to all appearances — según parece

they are not to my taste — no son de mi gusto

b) ( producing)

to my horror/delight... — para mi horror/alegría...

c) ( indicating purpose)

to this end — con este fin

8) ( indicating belonging) de

the key to the front door — la llave de la puerta principal

the solution to the problem — la solución al or del problema

it has a nice ring/sound to it — suena bien

9) ( telling time) (BrE)

ten to three — las tres menos diez, diez para las tres (AmL exc RPl)

10) ( accompanied by)

we danced to the music — bailamos al compás de la música

they sang it to the tune of `Clementine' — lo cantaron con la melodía de `Clementine'

II [tə]
(in infinitives)

1)

a)

to sing/fear/leave — cantar/temer/partir

I want to dance — quiero bailar

I want them to dance — quiero que bailen

b) ( in order to) para

I do it to save money — lo hago para ahorrar dinero

c) ( indicating result)

he awoke to find her gone — cuando despertó, ella ya se había ido

I walked 5 miles only to be told they weren't home — caminé 5 millas para que me dijeran que no estaban en casa

d) ( without vb)

I'd love to! — me encantaría!

he doesn't want to — no quiere

2) (after adj or n)

it's easy/difficult to do — es fácil/difícil de hacer

you're too young to drink wine — eres demasiado joven para beber vino

she was the first to arrive — fue la primera en llegar

it's nothing to worry about — no hay por qué preocuparse

she has a lot to do — tiene mucho que hacer

III [tuː]
adverb ( shut)

I pulled the door to — cerré la puerta

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I 1. [nɪə(r)]
avverbio

1) (nearby) vicino

to move o draw near — avvicinarsi

2) (close in time)

the time is near when... — si avvicina il tempo in cui...

how near are you in age? — quanti anni di differenza ci sono tra voi?

3) (nearly)

as near perfect as it could be — il più vicino possibile alla perfezione

nowhere near ready — tutt'altro che pronto

4) near enough

there are 20 yachts near enough — (approximately) ci sono circa 20 yacht

that's near enough — (not any closer) così vicino va bene; (acceptable as quantity) ce n'è abbastanza
2.
preposizione

1) (in space) vicino a [place, person, object]

near here — qui vicino

2) (in time)

nearer the time — quando verrà il momento

it's getting near Christmas — si sta avvicinando il o siamo quasi a Natale

on or near the 5th — il 5 o intorno al 5

3) (in degree) vicino a

near the end of the article — verso la fine dell'articolo

nearer what I'm looking for — più simile a ciò che cerco

he's no nearer (making) a decision — è sempre allo stesso punto, non ha ancora deciso

he's nowhere near finishing — è ben lontano dall'avere finito

Ј 400? it cost nearer Ј 600 — 400 sterline? era quasi 600

nobody comes anywhere near her — fig. nessuno può reggere il confronto con lei

4) near to (in space) vicino a [place, person, object]

near to where — vicino al luogo in cui

how near are we to Venice? — a che distanza siamo da Venezia?

to be near to tears, to doing — (on point of) essere sul punto di piangere, sul punto di fare; (in degree)

to come nearest to — avvicinarsi il più possibile a [ ideal]

he came near to doing — c'è mancato poco che facesse
II [nɪə(r)]
aggettivo

1) (close in distance, time) vicino, prossimo

in the near future — nel prossimo futuro

2) (in degree)

he's the nearest thing to an accountant we've got — tra tutti è quello che se ne intende di più di ragioneria

it's the nearest thing — (to article, colour required) è la cosa più simile

3) (short)

the nearest route — la strada più breve

4) near- in composti quasi

a near-catastrophic blunder — un errore quasi catastrofico
III [nɪə(r)]
verbo transitivo avvicinarsi a (anche fig.)

to near completion — [ book] essere quasi terminato

to near retirement — essere vicino o prossimo alla pensione

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[niə] 1. adjective
1) (not far away in place or time: The station is quite near; Christmas is getting near.) vicino

2) (not far away in relationship: He is a near relation.) prossimo
2. adverb
1) (to or at a short distance from here or the place mentioned: He lives quite near.) vicino

2) ((with to) close to: Don't sit too near to the window.) vicino
3. preposition
(at a very small distance from (in place, time etc): She lives near the church; It was near midnight when they arrived.) vicino
4. verb
(to come near (to): The roads became busier as they neared the town; as evening was nearing.) avvicinarsi

- nearly
- nearness
- nearby
- nearside
- near-sighted
- a near miss
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I 1. [nɪə(r)]
avverbio

1) (nearby) vicino

to move o draw near — avvicinarsi

2) (close in time)

the time is near when... — si avvicina il tempo in cui...

how near are you in age? — quanti anni di differenza ci sono tra voi?

3) (nearly)

as near perfect as it could be — il più vicino possibile alla perfezione

nowhere near ready — tutt'altro che pronto

4) near enough

there are 20 yachts near enough — (approximately) ci sono circa 20 yacht

that's near enough — (not any closer) così vicino va bene; (acceptable as quantity) ce n'è abbastanza
2.
preposizione

1) (in space) vicino a [place, person, object]

near here — qui vicino

2) (in time)

nearer the time — quando verrà il momento

it's getting near Christmas — si sta avvicinando il o siamo quasi a Natale

on or near the 5th — il 5 o intorno al 5

3) (in degree) vicino a

near the end of the article — verso la fine dell'articolo

nearer what I'm looking for — più simile a ciò che cerco

he's no nearer (making) a decision — è sempre allo stesso punto, non ha ancora deciso

he's nowhere near finishing — è ben lontano dall'avere finito

Ј 400? it cost nearer Ј 600 — 400 sterline? era quasi 600

nobody comes anywhere near her — fig. nessuno può reggere il confronto con lei

4) near to (in space) vicino a [place, person, object]

near to where — vicino al luogo in cui

how near are we to Venice? — a che distanza siamo da Venezia?

to be near to tears, to doing — (on point of) essere sul punto di piangere, sul punto di fare; (in degree)

to come nearest to — avvicinarsi il più possibile a [ ideal]

he came near to doing — c'è mancato poco che facesse
II [nɪə(r)]
aggettivo

1) (close in distance, time) vicino, prossimo

in the near future — nel prossimo futuro

2) (in degree)

he's the nearest thing to an accountant we've got — tra tutti è quello che se ne intende di più di ragioneria

it's the nearest thing — (to article, colour required) è la cosa più simile

3) (short)

the nearest route — la strada più breve

4) near- in composti quasi

a near-catastrophic blunder — un errore quasi catastrofico
III [nɪə(r)]
verbo transitivo avvicinarsi a (anche fig.)

to near completion — [ book] essere quasi terminato

to near retirement — essere vicino o prossimo alla pensione

English-Italian dictionary > near
20 in

1. preposition
1) (position; also fig.) in (+ Dat.)

in the fields — auf den Feldern

a ride in a motor car — eine Autofahrt

shot/wounded in the leg — ins Bein geschossen/am Bein verwundet

in this heat — bei dieser Hitze

the highest mountain in the world — der höchste Berg der Welt

2) (wearing as dress) in (+ Dat.); (wearing as headgear) mit

in brown shoes — mit braunen Schuhen

a lady in black — eine Dame in Schwarz

3) (with respect to)

two feet in diameter — mit einem Durchmesser von zwei Fuß

a change in attitude — eine Änderung der Einstellung; see also academic.ru/34615/herself">herself 1); itself 1)

4) (as a proportionate part of)

eight dogs in ten — acht von zehn Hunden; see also gradient

5) (as a member of) in (+ Dat.)

be in the Scouts — bei den Pfadfindern sein

be employed in the Civil Service — als Beamter/Beamtin beschäftigt sein

6) (as content of)

there are three feet in a yard — ein Yard hat drei Fuß

what is there in this deal for me? — was springt für mich bei dem Geschäft heraus? (ugs.)

there is nothing/not much or little in it — (difference) da ist kein/kein großer Unterschied [zwischen ihnen]

there is something in what you say — an dem, was Sie sagen, ist etwas dran (ugs.)

7) (expr. identity) in (+ Dat.)

have a faithful friend in somebody — an jemandem einen treuen Freund haben

8) (concerned with) in (+ Dat.)

what line of business are you in? — in welcher Branche sind Sie?

he's in politics — er ist Politiker

she's in insurance — sie ist in der Versicherungsbranche tätig

9)

be [not] in it — (as competitor) [nicht] dabei od. im Rennen sein

10) (with the means of; having as material or colour)

a message in code — eine verschlüsselte Nachricht

in writing — schriftlich

in this way — auf diese Weise; so

in a few words — mit wenigen Worten

a dress in velvet — ein Kleid aus Samt

this sofa is also available in leather/blue — dieses Sofa gibt es auch in Leder/Blau

write something in red — etwas in Rot schreiben

draw in crayon/ink — etc. mit Kreide/Tinte usw. zeichnen; see also English 2. 1)

11) (while, during)

in fog/rain — etc. bei Nebel/Regen usw.

in the eighties/nineties — in den Achtzigern/Neunzigern

4 o'clock in the morning/afternoon — 4 Uhr morgens/abends

in 1990 — [im Jahre] 1990

12) (after a period of) in (+ Dat.)

in three minutes/years — in drei Minuten/Jahren

13) (within the ability of)

have it in one [to do something] — fähig sein [, etwas zu tun]

I didn't know you had it in you — das hätte ich dir nicht zugetraut

there is no malice in him — er hat nichts Bösartiges an sich (Dat.)

14)

in that — insofern als; see also far 1. 4)

15)

in doing this — (by so doing) indem jemand das tut/tat; dadurch
2. adverb
1) (inside) hinein[gehen usw.]; (towards speaker) herein[kommen usw.]

is everyone in? — sind alle drin? (ugs.)

‘In’ — "Einfahrt"/"Eingang"

2) (at home, work, etc.)

be in — da sein

find somebody in — jemanden antreffen

ask somebody in — jemanden hereinbitten

he's been in and out all day — er war den ganzen Tag über mal da und mal nicht da

3) (included) darin; drin (ugs.)

cost £50 all in — 50 Pfund kosten, alles inbegriffen

4) (inward) innen

5) (in fashion) in (ugs.); in Mode

6) (elected)

be in — gewählt sein

7) (having arrived)

be in — [Zug, Schiff, Ware, Bewerbung:] da sein; [Ernte:] eingebracht sein

8)

somebody is in for something — (about to undergo something) jemandem steht etwas bevor; (taking part in something) jemand nimmt an etwas (Dat.) teil

we're in for it now! — (coll.) jetzt blüht uns was! (ugs.)

have it in for somebody — es auf jemanden abgesehen haben (ugs.)

9) (coll.): (as participant, accomplice, observer, etc.)

be in on the secret/discussion — in das Geheimnis eingeweiht sein/bei der Diskussion dabei sein

be [well] in with somebody — mit jemandem [gut] auskommen
3. attributive adjective
(fashionable) Mode-

the in crowd — die Clique, die gerade in ist (ugs.)

in joke — Insiderwitz, der
4. noun
know the ins and outs of a matter — sich in einer Sache genau auskennen

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(in(to) usually small pieces: The broken mirror lay in bits on the floor; He loves taking his car to bits.) in Stücke

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in

[ɪn]

I. PREPOSITION

1. (position) in + dat

the butter is \in the fridge die Butter ist im Kühlschrank

I live \in New York/Germany ich lebe in New York/Deutschland

he read it \in the paper er hat es in der Zeitung gelesen

soak it \in warm water lassen Sie es in warmem Wasser einweichen

I've got a pain \in my back ich habe Schmerzen im Rücken

who's the woman \in that painting? wer ist die Frau auf diesem Bild?

he is deaf \in his left ear er hört auf dem linken Ohr nichts

down below \in the valley unten im Tal

\in a savings account auf einem Sparkonto

to lie in bed/the sun im Bett/in der Sonne liegen

to ride \in a car [im] Auto fahren

to be \in hospital im Krankenhaus sein

\in the middle of sth in der Mitte von etw dat

to be \in prison im Gefängnis sein

to be \in a prison in einem Gefängnis sein (als Besucher)

\in the street auf der Straße

2. after vb (into) in + dat

I just put too much milk \in my coffee ich habe zu viel Milch in meinen Kaffee getan

he went \in the rain er ging hinaus in den Regen

slice the potatoes \in two schneiden Sie die Kartoffel einmal durch

to get \in the car ins Auto steigen

to invest \in the future in die Zukunft investieren

to invest one's savings \in stocks seine Ersparnisse in Aktien anlegen

to get \in trouble Schwierigkeiten bekommen, in Schwierigkeiten geraten

3. AM (at) auf + dat

is Erika still \in school? ist Erika noch auf der Schule?

Boris is \in college Boris ist auf dem College

4. (as part of) in + dat

he was a singer \in a band er war Sänger in einer Band

there are 31 days in March der März hat 31 Tage

get together \in groups of four! bildet Vierergruppen!

you're with us \in our thoughts wir denken an dich, in Gedanken sind wir bei dir

5. (state, condition) in + dat

he cried out \in pain er schrie vor Schmerzen

he always drinks \in excess er trinkt immer zu viel

\in anger im Zorn

dark \in colour dunkelfarbig

difference \in quality Qualitätsunterschied m

to be \in [no] doubt [nicht] zweifeln [o im Zweifel sein]

\in his excitement in seiner Begeisterung

\in horror voller Entsetzen

\in all honesty in aller Aufrichtigkeit

to be \in a hurry es eilig haben

to be \in love [with sb] [in jdn] verliebt sein

to fall \in love [with sb] sich akk [in jdn] verlieben

to live \in luxury im Luxus leben

to be \in in a good mood guter Laune sein

\in private vertraulich

to put sth \in order etw in Ordnung bringen

\in a state of panic in Panik

\in secret im Geheimen, heimlich

to tell sb sth \in all seriousness jdm etw in vollem Ernst sagen

6. (with) mit + dat

, in + dat

it was covered \in dirt es war mit Schmutz überzogen

to pay \in cash [in] bar bezahlen

to pay \in dollars mit [o in] Dollar zahlen

to write \in ink/pencil mit Tinte/Bleistift schreiben

to paint \in oils in Öl malen

\in writing schriftlich

7. (language, music, voice)

Mozart's Piano Concerto \in E flat Mozarts Klavierkonzert in E-Moll

\in English/French/German auf Englisch/Französisch/Deutsch

to listen to music \in stereo Musik stereo hören

to speak to sb \in a normal tone of voice sich akk mit jdm normal unterhalten

to speak \in a loud/small voice mit lauter/leiser Stimme sprechen

to talk \in a whisper sehr leise reden, mit Flüsterstimme sprechen

8. (time: during) am + dat

, in + dat

he's getting forgetful \in his old age er wird vergesslich auf seine alten Tage

she assisted the doctor \in the operation sie assistierte dem Arzt bei der Operation

\in 1968 [im Jahre] 1968

\in the end am Ende, schließlich

to be with the Lord \in eternity bei Gott im Himmel sein

to be \in one's forties in den Vierzigern sein

\in March/May im März/Mai

\in the morning/afternoon/evening morgens [o am Morgen] /nachmittags [o am Nachmittag] /abends [o am Abend]

\in the late 60s in den späten Sechzigern

\in spring/summer/autumn/winter im Frühling/Sommer/Herbst/Winter

9. (time: within) in + dat

dinner will be ready \in ten minutes das Essen ist in zehn Minuten fertig

I'll be ready \in a week's time in einer Woche werde ich fertig sein

he learnt to drive \in two weeks in [o innerhalb von] zwei Wochen konnte er Auto fahren

to return \in a few minutes/hours/days in einigen Minuten/Stunden/Tagen zurückkommen

\in record time in Rekordzeit

10. (time: for) seit + dat

she hasn't heard from him \in six months sie hat seit sechs Monaten nichts mehr von ihm gehört

I haven't done that \in a long time ich habe das lange Zeit nicht mehr gemacht

I haven't seen her \in years ich habe sie seit Jahren nicht gesehen

11. (at a distance of) nach + dat

the house should be coming up \in about one mile das Haus müsste nach einer Meile auftauchen

12. (job, profession)

he's \in computers er hat mit Computern zu tun

she's \in business/politics sie ist Geschäftsfrau/Politikerin

she works \in publishing sie arbeitet bei einem Verlag

to enlist \in the army sich akk als Soldat verpflichten

13. (wearing) in + dat

he was all \in black er war ganz in Schwarz

you look nice \in green Grün steht dir

the woman \in the hat die Frau mit dem Hut

the man [dressed] \in the grey suit der Mann in dem grauen Anzug

to be \in disguise verkleidet sein

\in the nude nackt

to sunbathe \in the nude nackt sonnenbaden

to be \in uniform Uniform tragen

14. (result) als

\in conclusion schließlich, zum Schluss

\in exchange als Ersatz, dafür

\in fact tatsächlich, in Wirklichkeit

\in reply [or answer] [or response] to als Reaktion [o Antwort] auf + akk

\in that... ( form) insofern als

I was fortunate \in that I had friends ich hatte Glück, weil ich Freunde hatte

15. + -ing (while doing)

\in attempting to save the child, he nearly lost his own life bei dem Versuch, das Kind zu retten, kam er beinahe selbst um

\in refusing to work abroad, she missed a good job weil sie sich weigerte, im Ausland zu arbeiten, entging ihr ein guter Job

\in saying this, I will offend him wenn ich das sage, würde ich ihn beleidigen

\in doing so dabei, damit

16. (with quantities)

temperatures tomorrow will be \in the mid-twenties die Temperaturen werden sich morgen um 25 Grad bewegen

he's about six foot \in height er ist ungefähr zwei Meter groß

a novel \in 3 parts ein Roman in 3 Teilen

people died \in their thousands die Menschen starben zu Tausenden

to be equal \in weight gleich viel wiegen

\in total insgesamt

17. (comparing amounts) pro + dat

the potatoes are twenty pence \in the pound die Kartoffeln kosten zwanzig Pence pro Pfund

she has a one \in three chance ihre Chancen stehen eins zu drei

one \in ten people jeder zehnte

18. after vb (concerning)

to interfere \in sb's business sich akk in jds Angelegenheiten einmischen

to share \in sb's success an jds Erfolg teilnehmen

to be interested \in in sth sich akk für etw akk interessieren

19. after n

she underwent a change \in style sie hat ihren Stil geändert

she had no say \in the decision sie hatte keinen Einfluss auf die Entscheidung

to have confidence \in sb jdm vertrauen, Vertrauen zu jdm haben

20. (in a person)

▪ \in sb mit jdm

we're losing a very good sales agent \in Kim mit Kim verlieren wir eine sehr gute Verkaufsassistentin

it isn't \in sb to do sth jd ist nicht zu etw dat in der Lage

it's not \in me to lie ich kann nicht lügen

to not have it \in oneself to do sth nicht in der Lage sein, etw zu tun

21. (author) bei + dat

these themes can often be found \in Schiller diese Themen kommen bei Schiller oft vor

22.

▶ \in all insgesamt

there were 10 of us \in all wir waren zu zehnt

▶ all \in all alles in allem

all \in all it's been a good year insgesamt gesehen, war es ein gutes Jahr

▶ \in between dazwischen

▶ there's nothing [or not much] [or very little] \in it da ist kein großer Unterschied

▶ to be \in and out of sth:

she's been \in and out of hospitals ever since the accident sie war seit dem Unfall immer wieder im Krankenhaus

II. ADVERB

1. inv (into sth) herein

come \in! herein!

\in with you! rein mit dir!

he opened the door and went \in er öffnete die Tür und ging hinein

she was locked \in sie war eingesperrt

could you bring the clothes \in? könntest du die Wäsche hereinholen?

she didn't ask me \in sie hat mich nicht hereingebeten

the sea was freezing, but \in she went das Meer war eiskalt, doch sie kannte nichts und ging hinein

to bring the harvest \in die Ernte einbringen

2. inv (at arrival point) train, bus

the train got \in very late der Zug ist sehr spät eingetroffen

the bus is due \in any moment now der Bus müsste jetzt jeden Moment kommen

3. inv (towards land)

is the tide coming \in or going out? kommt oder geht die Flut?

we watched the ship come \in wir sahen zu, wie das Schiff einlief

4. inv (submitted)

to get [or hand] sth \in etw abgeben [o einreichen

5. inv (elected)

to get \in candidate gewählt werden; party also an die Regierung kommen

6.

▶ day \in, day out tagein, tagaus

▶ to get \in with sb sich akk bei jdm lieb Kind machen fam

▶ to get \in on sth über etw akk Bescheid wissen

▶ to let sb \in on sth jdn in etw akk einweihen

III. ADJECTIVE

1. pred, inv (there) da; (at home) zu Hause

is David \in? ist David da?

I'm afraid Mr Jenkins is not \in at the moment Herr Jenkins ist leider gerade nicht im Hause form

to have a quiet evening \in einen ruhigen Abend zu Hause verbringen

2. inv (leading in) einwärts

door \in Eingangstür f

\in-tray AUS, BRIT

\in-box AM Behälter m für eingehende Post

3. inv (in fashion) in

▪ to be \in in [o angesagt] sein

to be the \in place to dance/dine ein angesagtes Tanzlokal/Restaurant sein

4. pred, inv (submitted)

when does your essay have to be \in? wann musst du deinen Essay abgeben?

the application must be \in by May 31 die Bewerbung muss bis zum 31. Mai eingegangen sein

5. pred, inv (elected)

▪ to be \in candidate gewählt sein; party also an der Regierung sein

6. pred, inv SPORT (within bounds)

the ball was definitely \in! der Ball war keineswegs im Aus!

7. pred, inv SPORT

▪ to be \in player am Ball sein; (in cricket) team am Schlag sein

8. pred, inv (in season) reif

pumpkins are \in! Kürbisse jetzt frisch!

9.

▶ to be \in at sth bei etw dat dabei sein

▶ to be \in for sth sich akk auf etw akk gefasst machen müssen

you'll be \in for it if... du kannst dich auf was gefasst machen, wenn...

▶ to be \in on sth über etw akk Bescheid wissen

▶ to be [well] \in with sb bei jdm gut angeschrieben sein

she just says those things to get \in with the teacher sie sagt so was doch nur, um sich beim Lehrer lieb Kind zu machen

IV. NOUN

1. (connection) Kontakt[e] m[pl]

he wants to get involved with that group but doesn't have an \in er würde gern mit dieser Gruppe in Kontakt kommen, aber bis jetzt fehlt ihm die Eintrittskarte

2. AM POL

▪ the \ins die Regierungspartei

3.

▶ to know the \ins and outs of sth sich akk in einer S. dat genau auskennen

▶ to understand the \ins and outs of sth etw hundertprozentig verstehen

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[ɪn]
1. PREPOSITION
When in is the second element of a phrasal verb, eg ask in, fill in, hand in, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg in danger, in the end, weak in, wrapped in, look up the other word.
1) position in (+dat); (with motion) in (+acc)

it was in the lorry/bag/car — es war auf dem Lastwagen/in der Tasche/im Auto

he put it in the lorry/car/bag — er legte es auf den Lastwagen/ins Auto/steckte es in die Tasche

in here/there — hierin/darin, hier/da drin (inf); (with motion) hier/da hinein or rein (inf)

go in that direction — gehen Sie in diese or dieser Richtung

in the street — auf der/die Straße

in Thompson Street — in der Thompsonstraße

he lives in a little village — er wohnt auf or in einem kleinen Dorf

sitting in the window — am Fenster sitzend

a flag hung in the window — eine Flagge hing im Fenster

in (the) church — in der Kirche

to stay in the house — im Haus or (at home) zu Hause or zuhause (Aus, Sw) bleiben

in bed/prison — im Bett/Gefängnis

in Germany/Switzerland/the United States — in Deutschland/der Schweiz/den Vereinigten Staaten after the superlative, in is sometimes untranslated and the genitive case used instead.

the highest mountain in Scotland — der höchste Berg Schottlands or in Schottland

the best in the class — der Beste der Klasse, der Klassenbeste

2) people bei

you can find examples of this in Dickens —

rare in a child of that age — selten bei einem Kind in diesem Alter

you have a great leader in him — in ihm habt ihr einen großen Führer

he hasn't got it in him — er hat nicht das Zeug dazu

he doesn't have it in him to... — er bringt es nicht fertig,... zu...

3) dates, seasons, time of day in (+dat)

in 1999 — (im Jahre) 1999

in May 1999 — im Mai 1999

in the sixties — in den sechziger Jahren or Sechzigerjahren

in June — im Juni

in (the) spring — im Frühling

in the morning(s) — morgens, am Morgen, am Vormittag

in the afternoon — nachmittags, am Nachmittag

in the daytime — tagsüber, während des Tages

in the evening — abends, am Abend

three o'clock in the afternoon — drei Uhr nachmittags

in those days — damals, zu jener Zeit

4) time of life in (+dat)

she is in her thirties — sie ist in den Dreißigern

in middle age — im mittleren Alter

in old age — im Alter

in childhood — in der Kindheit, im Kindesalter

in my childhood — in meiner Kindheit

5) interval of time in (+dat)

she did it in three hours — sie machte es in drei Stunden or innerhalb von drei Stunden

in a short time — in kurzer Zeit

in a week( 's time) — in einer Woche

I haven't seen him in years — ich habe ihn jahrelang or seit Jahren nicht mehr gesehen

in a moment or minute — sofort, gleich

6) numbers, quantities zu

packed in hundreds — zu Hunderten abgepackt

to walk in twos — zu zweit gehen

to count in fives —

to die in hundreds — zu hunderten or Hunderten sterben

in large/small quantities — in großen/kleinen Mengen

in some measure — in gewisser Weise, zu einem gewissen Grad

in part — teilweise, zum Teil

7)

ratios he has a one in 500 chance of winning — er hat eine Gewinnchance von eins zu 500

one ( man) in ten — einer von zehn, jeder Zehnte

one book/child in ten — jedes zehnte Buch/Kind, ein Buch/Kind von zehn

one in five children — ein Kind von fünf

a tax of twenty pence in the pound — ein Steuersatz von zwanzig Prozent

there are 12 inches in a foot — ein Fuß hat 12 Zoll

8)

manner, state, condition to speak in a loud/soft voice — mit lauter/leiser Stimme sprechen, laut/leise sprechen

to speak in a whisper — flüstern, flüsternd sprechen

to speak in German —

the background is painted in red — der Hintergrund ist rot( gemalt) or in Rot gehalten

to pay in dollars — mit or in Dollar bezahlen

to stand in a row/in groups — in einer Reihe/in Gruppen stehen

in this way — so, auf diese Weise

she squealed in delight — sie quietschte vor Vergnügen

in anger — im Zorn

in surprise — überrascht

to be in a rage — wütend or zornig sein

in good condition — in gutem Zustand

to live in luxury/poverty — im Luxus/in Armut leben

9) clothes in (+dat)

in one's best clothes — in Sonntagskleidung

in his shirt — im Hemd

in his shirt sleeves — in Hemdsärmeln, hemdsärmelig

in his slippers — in Hausschuhen

dressed in white — weiß gekleidet

she was dressed in silk —

the lady in green — die Dame in Grün

10)

substance, material upholstered in silk — mit Seide bezogen

to paint in oils — in Öl malen

to write in ink/pencil — mit Tinte/Bleistift schreiben

in marble — in Marmor, marmorn

a sculptor who works in marble — ein Bildhauer, der mit Marmor arbeitet

11)

in respect of blind in the left eye — auf dem linken Auge blind, links blind

a rise in prices — ein Preisanstieg m, ein Anstieg m der Preise

ten feet in height by thirty in length — zehn Fuß hoch auf dreißig Fuß lang

the trousers are too long in the leg — die (Hosen)beine sind zu lang

five in number — fünf an der Zahl

the latest thing in hats — der letzte Schrei bei Hüten

12)

occupation, activity he is in the army — er ist beim Militär

he is in banking/the motor business — er ist im Bankwesen/in der Autobranche (tätig)

13)

set structures __diams; in + -ing in saying this, I... — wenn ich das sage,... ich

in trying to escape — beim Versuch zu fliehen, beim Fluchtversuch

in trying to save him she fell into the water herself — beim Versuch or als sie versuchte, ihn zu retten, fiel sie selbst ins Wasser

but in saying this —

he made a mistake in saying that — es war ein Fehler von ihm, das zu sagen

the plan was unrealistic in that it didn't take account of the fact that... — der Plan war unrealistisch, da or weil er nicht berücksichtigte, dass...

2. ADVERB
When in is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg come in, live in, sleep in, look up the verb.da; (at home also) zu Hause, zuhause (Aus, Sw)
there is nobody in — es ist niemand da/zu Hause to be in may require a more specific translation.

the train is in — der Zug ist da or angekommen

the harvest is in — die Ernte ist eingebracht

the tide is in — es ist Flut

our team is in (Cricket) — unsere Mannschaft ist am Schlag

our candidate is in — unser Kandidat wurde gewählt or ist reingekommen (inf)

my luck is in — ich habe einen Glückstag

he's in for a surprise/disappointment — ihm steht eine Überraschung/Enttäuschung bevor, er kann sich auf eine Überraschung/Enttäuschung gefasst machen

we are in for rain/a cold spell — uns (dat) steht Regen/eine Kältewelle bevor

he's in for it! — der kann sich auf was gefasst machen (inf), der kann sich freuen (iro) __diams; to have it in for sb (inf) es auf jdn abgesehen haben (inf) __diams; to be in on sth an einer Sache beteiligt sein; on secret etc über etw (acc) Bescheid wissen

he likes to be in on things — er mischt gern (überall) mit (inf) __diams; to be (well) in with sb sich gut mit jdm verstehen

3. ADJECTIVE
(inf) in inv (inf)
long skirts are in — lange Röcke sind in (inf) or sind in Mode

the in thing — das, was zurzeit in ist (inf) or Mode ist

the in thing is to... — es ist zurzeit in (inf) or Mode, zu...

it's the in place to go — da gehen jetzt alle hin

the in thing to do — groß in Mode

4. the insPLURAL NOUN

1) = details __diams; the ins and outs die Einzelheiten pl

to know the ins and outs of sth —

I don't know the ins and outs of the situation — über die Einzelheiten der Sache weiß ich nicht Bescheid

2) POL US

the ins — die Regierungspartei

* * *

in [ın]

A präp

1. (räumlich, auf die Frage: wo?) in (dat), innerhalb (gen), an (dat), auf (dat):

in England (London) in England (London); → blind A 1 a, country A 5, field A 1, room A 2, sky A 1, street A 1, etc

2. fig in (dat), bei, auf (dat), an (dat): → army 3, politics 3, share¹ A 4 b, stock A 19, etc

3. bei (Schriftstellern):

in Shakespeare

4. (auf die Frage: wohin?) in (akk):

put it in your pocket steck es in die Tasche

5. (Zustand, Beschaffenheit, Art und Weise) in (dat), auf (akk), mit:

in G major MUS in G-Dur; → arm² Bes Redew, brief B 1, case¹ A 2, cash¹ A 2, doubt C 1, C 3, dozen, English B 2, group A 1, manner 1, ruin A 2, short C 2, tear¹ 1, word Bes Redew, writing A 4, etc

6. (Beteiligung) in (dat), an (dat), bei:

be in it beteiligt sein, teilnehmen;

he isn’t in it er gehört nicht dazu;

there is nothing in it

a) es lohnt sich nicht,

b) → nothing Bes Redew

7. (Tätigkeit, Beschäftigung) in (dat), bei, mit, auf (dat):

in crossing the river beim Überqueren des Flusses; → accident 3, search C 1

8. (im Besitz, in der Macht) in (dat), bei, an (dat):

it is not in her to do sth es liegt nicht in ihrer Art, etwas zu tun; → have Bes Redew, etc

9. (zeitlich) in (dat), an (dat), bei, binnen, unter (dat), während, zu:

in two hours

a) in oder binnen zwei Stunden,

b) während zweier Stunden;

in 1985 1985; → beginning 1, daytime, evening A 1, flight², October, reign A 1, time Bes Redew, winter A 1, year 1, etc

10. (Richtung) in (akk, dat), auf (akk), zu: → confidence 1, trust B 1, etc

11. (Zweck) in (dat), zu, als: → answer A 1, defence 5, etc

12. (Grund) in (dat), aus, wegen, zu: → honor B 2, sport A 4, etc

13. (Hinsicht, Beziehung) in (dat), an (dat), in Bezug auf (akk):

the latest thing in das Neueste in oder an oder auf dem Gebiet (gen); → equal A 10, far Bes Redew, itself 3, number A 2, that³ 4, width 1, etc

14. nach, gemäß: → opinion 1, probability 1, etc

15. (Mittel, Material, Stoff) in (dat), aus, mit, durch:

in black boots in oder mit schwarzen Stiefeln;

a statue in bronze eine Bronzestatue; → oil A 2, pencil A 1, white B 1, etc

16. (Zahl, Betrag) in (dat), aus, von, zu:

seven in all insgesamt oder im Ganzen sieben;

there are 60 minutes in an hour eine Stunde hat 60 Minuten;

one in ten Americans einer von zehn Amerikanern, jeder zehnte Amerikaner;

five in the hundred 5 vom Hundert, 5 Prozent; → all Bes Redew, one A 1, etc

B adv

1. innen, drinnen:

in among mitten unter (akk od dat);

know in and out jemanden, etwas ganz genau kennen, in- und auswendig kennen;

be in for sth etwas zu erwarten haben;

now you are in for it umg jetzt bist du dran:

a) jetzt kannst du nicht mehr zurück

b) jetzt bist oder sitzt oder steckst du in der Patsche, jetzt gehts dir an den Kragen umg;

he is in for a shock er wird einen gewaltigen Schreck oder einen Schock bekommen;

I am in for an examination mir steht eine Prüfung bevor;

be in on

a) eingeweiht sein in (akk),

b) beteiligt sein an (dat);

be in with sb mit jemandem gutstehen;

the harvest is in die Ernte ist eingebracht; → keep in B 3, penny 1, etc

2. herein: → come in 1, show in, etc

3. hinein:

the way in der Eingang, der Weg nach innen; → walk in, etc

4. da, (an)gekommen:

the train is in

5. zu Hause, im Zimmer etc:

Mrs Brown is not in Mrs. Brown ist nicht da oder zu Hause;

he has been in and out all day er kommt und geht schon den ganzen Tag

6. POL an der Macht, an der Regierung, am Ruder umg:

the Conservatives are in; → come in 4

7. in umg, in Mode: → come in 3

8. SCHIFF

a) im Hafen

b) beschlagen, festgemacht (Segel)

c) zum Hafen:

on the way in beim Einlaufen (in den Hafen)

9. dazu, zusätzlich, als Zugabe: → throw in 3

C adj

1. im Innern oder im Hause befindlich, Innen…

2. POL an der Macht befindlich:

in party Regierungspartei f

3. nach Hause kommend:

the in train der ankommende Zug

4. an in restaurant ein Restaurant, das gerade in ist;

the in people die Leute, die alles mitmachen, was gerade in ist

5. umg (nur) für Eingeweihte oder Kenner (Witz etc)

D s

1. pl POL US Regierungspartei f

2. Winkel m, Ecke f:

the ins and outs

a) alle Winkel und Ecken,

b) fig (alle) Einzelheiten oder Schwierigkeiten oder Feinheiten;

know all the ins and outs of sich ganz genau auskennen bei oder in (dat), in- und auswendig kennen (akk)

* * *
1. preposition
1) (position; also fig.) in (+ Dat.)

in the fields — auf den Feldern

a ride in a motor car — eine Autofahrt

shot/wounded in the leg — ins Bein geschossen/am Bein verwundet

in this heat — bei dieser Hitze

the highest mountain in the world — der höchste Berg der Welt

2) (wearing as dress) in (+ Dat.); (wearing as headgear) mit

in brown shoes — mit braunen Schuhen

a lady in black — eine Dame in Schwarz

3) (with respect to)

two feet in diameter — mit einem Durchmesser von zwei Fuß

a change in attitude — eine Änderung der Einstellung; see also herself 1); itself 1)

4) (as a proportionate part of)

eight dogs in ten — acht von zehn Hunden; see also gradient

5) (as a member of) in (+ Dat.)

be in the Scouts — bei den Pfadfindern sein

be employed in the Civil Service — als Beamter/Beamtin beschäftigt sein

6) (as content of)

there are three feet in a yard — ein Yard hat drei Fuß

what is there in this deal for me? — was springt für mich bei dem Geschäft heraus? (ugs.)

there is nothing/not much or little in it — (difference) da ist kein/kein großer Unterschied [zwischen ihnen]

there is something in what you say — an dem, was Sie sagen, ist etwas dran (ugs.)

7) (expr. identity) in (+ Dat.)

have a faithful friend in somebody — an jemandem einen treuen Freund haben

8) (concerned with) in (+ Dat.)

what line of business are you in? — in welcher Branche sind Sie?

he's in politics — er ist Politiker

she's in insurance — sie ist in der Versicherungsbranche tätig

9)

be [not] in it — (as competitor) [nicht] dabei od. im Rennen sein

10) (with the means of; having as material or colour)

a message in code — eine verschlüsselte Nachricht

in writing — schriftlich

in this way — auf diese Weise; so

in a few words — mit wenigen Worten

a dress in velvet — ein Kleid aus Samt

this sofa is also available in leather/blue — dieses Sofa gibt es auch in Leder/Blau

write something in red — etwas in Rot schreiben

draw in crayon/ink — etc. mit Kreide/Tinte usw. zeichnen; see also English 2. 1)

11) (while, during)

in fog/rain — etc. bei Nebel/Regen usw.

in the eighties/nineties — in den Achtzigern/Neunzigern

4 o'clock in the morning/afternoon — 4 Uhr morgens/abends

in 1990 — [im Jahre] 1990

12) (after a period of) in (+ Dat.)

in three minutes/years — in drei Minuten/Jahren

13) (within the ability of)

have it in one [to do something] — fähig sein [, etwas zu tun]

I didn't know you had it in you — das hätte ich dir nicht zugetraut

there is no malice in him — er hat nichts Bösartiges an sich (Dat.)

14)

in that — insofern als; see also far 1. 4)

15)

in doing this — (by so doing) indem jemand das tut/tat; dadurch
2. adverb
1) (inside) hinein[gehen usw.]; (towards speaker) herein[kommen usw.]

is everyone in? — sind alle drin? (ugs.)

‘In’ — "Einfahrt"/"Eingang"

2) (at home, work, etc.)

be in — da sein

find somebody in — jemanden antreffen

ask somebody in — jemanden hereinbitten

he's been in and out all day — er war den ganzen Tag über mal da und mal nicht da

3) (included) darin; drin (ugs.)

cost £50 all in — 50 Pfund kosten, alles inbegriffen

4) (inward) innen

5) (in fashion) in (ugs.); in Mode

6) (elected)

be in — gewählt sein

7) (having arrived)

be in — [Zug, Schiff, Ware, Bewerbung:] da sein; [Ernte:] eingebracht sein

8)

somebody is in for something — (about to undergo something) jemandem steht etwas bevor; (taking part in something) jemand nimmt an etwas (Dat.) teil

we're in for it now! — (coll.) jetzt blüht uns was! (ugs.)

have it in for somebody — es auf jemanden abgesehen haben (ugs.)

9) (coll.): (as participant, accomplice, observer, etc.)

be in on the secret/discussion — in das Geheimnis eingeweiht sein/bei der Diskussion dabei sein

be [well] in with somebody — mit jemandem [gut] auskommen
3. attributive adjective
(fashionable) Mode-

the in crowd — die Clique, die gerade in ist (ugs.)

in joke — Insiderwitz, der
4. noun
know the ins and outs of a matter — sich in einer Sache genau auskennen

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adj.

hinein adj. prep.

an präp.

auf präp.

in präp.

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